The tragedy of the century in the semi-finals of the 7-1 defeat to Germany by the host Brazil did not abate with the passage of time, but with the final approaching, the coverage became more and more so that many Brazilian fans struggled to recover from the bad result.

The German team sent Brazil a crushing defeat of the century, which can be said to be a bitter revenge, and the other team to advance to the final is the long-standing rival Argentina, which means that the World Cup won on home soil will be decided by two bitter enemies.

It was a very uncomfortable feeling.

But the match was a great anticipation for German, Argentine and neutral fans.

The same is true for Tang Zheng, who stayed in Brazil to watch the World Cup, and is very much looking forward to the third meeting between Germany and Argentina in the history of the World Cup final.

The two teams have met a total of 20 times in their history, with Argentina having the upper hand with nine wins, five draws and six losses, but the two sides have drawn in terms of goals, and the two teams have met six times in the World Cup, with Germany having the upper hand with three wins, two draws and one loss.

In the past 1/4 finals of the World Cup in Germany and South Africa, the German team defeated Argentina through a penalty shootout, and the World Cup in South Africa four years ago was equally difficult for Argentina to accept, with Germany beating Argentina 4-0.

The two teams have met twice in the past, in Mexico 1986 and Italy 1990, winning one game each.

However, before that, there is a third- and fourth-place final at the National Stadium in Brasilia, which is a qualifying match between Brazil and the Netherlands, who lost in the semi-finals.

The third and fourth place finals can be said to be chicken ribs for the two teams, but for the fans, it is enjoyable, because the third and fourth finals are not very important to both sides, and often play a hearty game and enjoy it.

Brazil and the Netherlands have met 11 times in their history, with each side winning three games each, drawing the remaining five, and even scoring 15 goals each.

The Netherlands has won four World Cup meetings, with two wins, one draw and one loss, the most recent meeting was in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa, where the Netherlands beat Brazil 2-1.

Brazil rotated as many as six players in the starting line-up compared to Germany in the semi-finals, while the Netherlands made just two changes in position.

The largely unglorious third-place finalists surprised the crowd from the start of the game, with Robben taking advantage of a breakthrough to foul Thiago Silva in the box just 87 seconds into the opening game.

Penalty kick!

Captain Robin van Persie hit the ball to give the Netherlands a 1-0 lead.

Brazil did not have a trustworthy attacking player on the front line after losing Neymar in the quarter-finals, and Ramirez, Oscar, Willian and Ruo were unable to carry the banner of Brazil's attack.

In the sixteenth minute, the Netherlands extended the score.

Arjen Robben broke down the right and went straight down the right, De Guzman broke through to the bottom line and crossed, Luis was not far away, and Blind, who was actively following up, unloaded the ball with a left-footed volley near the penalty spot, and then the unfamiliar right foot kicked the ball towards the goal.

2：0

The Netherlands took an early two-goal lead and the tempo slowed down a bit, allowing Brazil to breathe and organise their attacks.

But now this Brazilian team is indeed quite mediocre, without any star flavor, full of holes in defense and no achievements in attack.

Fortunately, the Dutch did not rush to attack, otherwise it would have been possible to extend the score to three goals before the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Brazilian team, which was two goals behind, tried to change its offensive tactics through substitution adjustments, but the effect was not obvious, but the Dutch team, which was leading the score, played brilliantly.

Tang Zheng, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the game, shook his head and sighed, now this Brazilian team gives people a feeling that there is no hope.

Think of the star-studded five-star Brazilian team in the past, and then look at the Brazilian team that was defeated 7:1 by Germany in the semifinals.

If there is really no contrast, there is no harm.

The score continued in stoppage time, and the Dutch finally made the most of one after a succession of missed chances.

Robben again!

His breakthrough found Janmaat, who cut in on the right, and the latter's quick cross was followed up by Wijnaldum in the middle and slotted into the near corner.

It was also the last goal in the third-place final, and the Netherlands beat the host Brazil 3-0 to win the third place in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

A day later, the Stadio Maracanã in the Temple in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, attracted global attention as the 2014 FIFA World Cup final in Brazil was to be held.

Tang Zheng got four VIP tickets through sponsorship early and was able to watch the World Cup final live.

The Maracanã Stadium, which can accommodate 85,000 fans, was already full more than an hour before the start of the game, and the fans on both sides created a very frenzied atmosphere for the game.

It is worth mentioning that Tang Zheng's teammate Di Maria in Real Madrid has missed this World Cup in advance because of a tendon strain in the 1/4 finals, and the player who replaced him is Ravitch.

The lack of Di Maria on the wing is expected to give Argentina the efficiency of the transition between attack and defense on the wing.

It's not that Ravitch is not capable, but Di Maria's attitude to the game is better than Ravitch's.

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With the whistle of Italian referee Rizzoli, the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil officially kicked off at the Maracanã Stadium.

The game was not much different from Tang Zheng's prediction, and both sides took a tentative offensive in the early stages and played very cautiously.

Argentina's number one star and captain Messi is naturally targeted by German players, so the shortcomings of Argentina's lack of creativity in the central offensive organization are very obvious when Messi is targeted.

However, the German team's attack is under pressure on the defensive end, and the number of people who invest in the attack is also very limited, and the veteran Klose has a lot of experience in the game, but the decline in competitive form brought about by age is inevitable, and the decline in physical confrontation is serious.

Argentina's double centre-backs Demichelis and Garay are both very physical centre-backs, with Klose only able to play his way to create space for the three front-roost defenders, Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos and Muller.

With a lack of creativity in midfield, Messi began to return to midfield to get the ball and create chances for his teammates.

But Messi's power is known as a professional player, so pay attention to Messi's German defensive players are very large, so the two sides compete more in the midfield.

As the saying goes, whoever wins the midfield wins the world, but neither side can win the other in the midfield, so the game is always in a stalemate.

Until the end of the first half, the score did not change.

0：0

When the break came, the frenzied atmosphere at the Maracanã Stadium had decreased, and Tang's father turned his head to Tang Zheng when he had nothing to do: "Ah Zheng, do you think it is possible to score in the second half?"

"Maybe?" Tang Zheng took the mineral water handed over by his girlfriend Zhao Lina, unscrewed it and took a sip, thoughtful: "It may be possible, but the probability is not high." ”

"Does that mean there's a good chance the game will go to extra time?"

"Yes, quite possibly. ”

Tang Zheng tapped his chin.

"Why?"

Father Tang asked curiously.

"It is undeniable that the German team is inferior to Argentina in terms of individual ability, but now the combination of this German team is very reasonable, and the difference between the players is not large, so they play a completely different football than Argentina relies on Messi. Tang Zheng patiently explained: "Of course, it is not that Argentina's overall ability is inferior to Germany, it can only be said that Argentine players are living in the shadow of Messi, and they will think about Messi everywhere, and the German team will not be in this situation, they are like an overall service, I don't know who will win the championship in the end, but it is difficult to decide the winner within 90 minutes of regular time." ”

Tang's father fell into deep thought, and Zhao Lina asked her boyfriend Tang Zheng curiously: "Then do you think the game will go to a penalty shootout?"

"Penalty shootout?" Tang Zheng lowered his head and pondered, and only said after about half a minute: "The chance of a penalty shootout will not be very high, because I said that it is difficult to decide the winner in regular time because both sides will put a lot of effort on the defensive end, and it will be different when it comes to extra time, and it is difficult to guess a series of problems caused by the decline in physical fitness, of course...... There can be problems in regulation time, but the odds are much lower than in overtime. ”

Although Tang's mother is not particularly interested in football, football is the profession of her son and her daughter-in-law, so she listens to it with relish, even if she can't interject at all.

The fifteen-minute half-time break passed quickly, and the second half changed sides.

As the winner of the match will become the winner of the 20th FIFA World Cup, the two sides are still playing cautiously, and the number of people involved in the attack is always small, so the battle is more reflected in the midfield.

Argentina's three midfielders Mascherano, Perez and Biglia are lacking in attacking creativity, but the defensive intensity is adequate, and with Messi often dropping back into the midfield to participate in the attacking organization, Argentina's attacking organization is relatively fluid.

However, the striker Higuain, who was at the front, was a bit out of form and was a little lost under the watchful eye of the centre-back duo of Hummels and Boateng.

The German team has done a good job on the defensive end, and the offensive players can rest assured that they can participate in the attack.

Unfortunately, the two full-backs have always had limited pressure to the point where the attack is not three-dimensional enough to create an absolute threat.

And Klose has passed the age of playing, his state is difficult to compare with his peak, and the confrontation with Demichelis and Garay is at a disadvantage, and he does not contribute much to the attack, so the German team's attack is more completed by three defenders and Schweinsteiger who is involved in the attack.

At the end of the second half, Götze came on in place of Klose, and the German team's formation changed to a strikerless formation.

Three minutes of stoppage time passed in a blink of an eye, and the game went into extra time as Tang Zheng predicted.

The frenetic atmosphere at the Maracanã Stadium has not diminished as the game went into extra time, but has grown significantly.

Everyone knows that the birth of the 20th World Cup winner is getting closer and closer.

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"Whoa—"

There was not much rest time in extra time, and the two sides began to play extra time after a short rehydration period, and the three fans in the stands were full of passion, and the explosion was no less than the opening stage, and even more frenzied.

Tang Zheng's feeling of watching the game also became excited with the frenetic atmosphere of the Maracanã Stadium, and he changed from the original sitting state to the current standing state.

The on-site director's ability to capture wonderful shots is in place, and the wonderful picture of Tang Zheng jumping up in the middle of the game is presented in front of fans all over the world.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei smiled: "I interviewed Tang Zheng before the game, he is more neutral, no one is biased, the German team has a number of former teammates, the Argentine team has his current teammate Di Maria, although Di Maria missed the World Cup final due to injury, but Tang Zheng is indeed difficult to choose...... However, it is his unbiased behavior that makes him enjoy the purest joy of football. ”

Fifteen minutes into the first half of extra time, the two sides still did not make a difference, and the two sides entered the second half of extra time with a score of 0:0.

In the second half of extra time, the frenzied atmosphere at the Maracanã Stadium increased significantly, and all the fans stood up and watched the game passionately, except for the fans who were unable to stand with disabilities in their feet.

Of course, the fans on both sides of the game were both excited and worried, fearing that their goal would be breached by the opposing player at some point and miss out on the championship.

At this stage of the game, no one can afford to concede a goal!

Because the game system has particularly high physical requirements for the players, the game went to overtime in the second half of the game, except for a few players who came off the bench to maintain good fitness, the physical fitness of other players has decreased to varying degrees.

Once the ball is broken due to the excessive range of attack, the physical consumption brought by high-speed return defense is huge.

In order to avoid the occurrence of emergencies, the two sides played very well in the game, and still organized the attack in an orderly manner.

It wasn't until the 112th minute that Schurrle suddenly accelerated to cross from the left, and Gotze ghostly appeared in the middle of the rib space between central defenders Demichelis and Garay.

Schurrle's cross after the break was also quite accurate, right between Demichelis and Garay.

The follow-up Gotze padded the ball forward with his chest on the run, and then kicked the ball with his left foot very consistently, and it was too late for goalkeeper Romero to get the ball, and the ball crashed into the far net.

Germany leads Argentina 1:0!

Tang Zheng, who was standing in the VIP seat, was dumbfounded, and he didn't expect that Gotze would suddenly explode at the critical time of overtime.

The German fans at the scene were not in a daze, and they created a deafening loud shout: "Whoa-whoa-"

Argentine fans are obviously very confused at this time, and losing the ball at this juncture is undoubtedly a disaster!

After about a few seconds, Tang Zheng shook his head, he knew...... The championship already has a home.

Germany played team football, while Argentina relied on Messi.

Outcome...... It can well be imagined.

With Messi under tight guard, the other players failed to step up, and the seats did not change until the Italian referee Rizzoli blew the whistle at the end of the game.

1：0

Germany eventually won the 20th World Cup thanks to Gotze's quasi-stunner goal, thus reaching the top for the fourth time.

After the World Cup, Tang Zheng also started his vacation trip, taking a flight to Hawaii from Rio de Janeiro the next day.