087 The Hand of God, the sworn enemy relationship between Anglo-Ahmad

Just after the end of England's match against the Netherlands.

The final match of the quarterfinals, between Argentina and Belgium, was played eight hours later at the National Stadium in Brasilia.

Argentina has stopped in the top 8 in the previous two editions. Excluding penalty shootouts, the last time they won the quarter-finals was a 2-1 win over England in 1986.

In the end, with Higuain's goal, Argentina defeated Belgium 1-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

In the end, the top four of the World Cup have all been born.

The timing and matchup schedule for the semi-finals have also been determined.

Wednesday, July 9, Brazil vs. Germany.

Thursday, July 10, England vs Argentina.

The two teams in the World Cup final will be the winners of the semi-finals.

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After all the quarterfinals are over.

People are still talking about the big game between England and the Netherlands.

Compared to the other games, the two teams scored a total of seven goals in this game.

That's more than the other three games combined!

At this stage of the event, it is quite rare to be able to score so many goals.

After all, the knockout round, like the final, is a one-game tiebreaker.

Any team is going to be a little bit more cautious when playing this kind of game.

Therefore, there will also be a saying that the final is nameless.

Therefore, in the World Cup, or the knockout round of the quarterfinals, it is really rare to play a game in which both teams score seven goals in 90 minutes of a single game.

Therefore, it is only natural that this game will be in the spotlight.

And the England team has become more hot because of this.

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On England's side.

Fans still have high hopes for this match against Argentina.

Speaking of which.

England and Argentina are mortal enemies.

Let's start with the political relationship between the two countries, which is quite hostile.

Back then, the two sides fought a war over the Falklands.

Argentina was defeated.

Although England did not feel much about Argentina as the winners.

But in football, they feel much deeper.

Because, Maradona's "hand of God" back then, England was the one who suffered.

On June 22, 1986, in the quarterfinals of the 1986 Mexico World Cup football match at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Diego Maradona, then the captain of the Argentine national team, scored the ball with his hand into the goal of the England team, which is the famous "Hand of God" (Hand of God) incident.

In the 6th minute of the second half, the two sides were still tied 0:0. Maradona first distributed the ball to his team-mate Baldano on the wing, whose shot was blocked by England defender Hodge before passing it back to goalkeeper Hilton. At this time, although Maradona grabbed the first point, but in the face of the tall Hilton, he wanted to head the goal is extremely difficult, in the end, he chose to hit the ball into the goal with his hands, because he is short, the action is also very hidden, Tunisian referee Nasser did not find out, and ruled that the ball is valid, although Hilton and his teammates tried to argue, but the outcome can not be changed.

With this goal, Maradona then scored one of the most spectacular goals in World Cup history - "Goal of the Century". In this game, Argentina finally won 2:1 and finally won the World Cup.

Suffice it to say that if there was no such misjudged goal.

It is still unknown whether Argentina will be able to beat England to advance that year.

England was also excluded from the last four because of a miscalculation.

This, of course, made England fans quite angry.

Compared to being regarded as a hero by the Argentine whole country.

Maradona's image in the eyes of England fans has always been bad.

Especially when England protested against the goal.

The Argentines celebrate the goal (footage shows Maradona watching the referee out of the corner of his eye).

This made the English very annoyed with the Argentine players.

And, in his post-match press conference, Maradona further humiliated the British by declaring that the goal was "a little of the hand of God, and a little of the head of Maradona", by implying that God is the ultimate master of the goal.

For the Argentines, who had just been defeated by the British in the "Falklands War", a win could be the best means of revenge. Maradona saw the goal as God's punishment for the English, adding to the feud between Argentina and England in football. Relations between the two countries were very tense at this time.

And even years after the end of this World Cup, Maradona still doesn't see anything wrong with his handball goal.

This, he argued, was God's punishment for the English.

When asked by a Daily Mirror reporter "what exactly does the hand of God mean", Maradona said: "This goal is not a sincere deception on my part. I'm not disrespecting the British, but there are many, many goals like this on the green pitch in Argentina. I jumped on the pitch that afternoon, but I wasn't tall enough, so I had the Hand of God. “

Maradona said that among South American footballers, the "hand of God" method is very common to score goals, and the referee mostly does not blow fouls.

Of course, such a statement angered the English even more.

They angrily denounced Maradona as a thief and Argentina stole a victory.

The relationship between the two teams is naturally more hostile.

Therefore, in this game, many England fans mentioned the hand of God when they were interviewed.

They hope that the team will defeat Argentina in the semi-finals to avenge the revenge of the year!

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And on the Argentine side.

If the English have more of a football hatred for Argentina.

Then for the Argentines who lost the war on their doorstep.

For Britain, it is a complete national hatred.

However, Argentina has now degenerated from a developed South American country to a non-industrial country, and its national power is weaker than it was during the Falklands War a few decades ago.

Of course, the British Empire was also weakened.

But emaciated camels are bigger than horses.

No matter how weak Britain is, it is not comparable to Argentina.

Therefore, Argentina, which cannot compete in this regard, has pinned its emotions on football.

"We're going to teach the British a good lesson!"

"It's a game you can't lose!"

"Long live Argentina!!"

When Football Meets Politics!

The fans became even more frenetic.

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It can be said that these two teams met in the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Even the neutral fans were a little excited.

Perhaps, this one carries too many games... There will be some unexpected results.