Chapter 556: Top Showdown

Captains Van Bronckhorst and Riccardo gave speeches before the game, opposing racism and pledging to fair play. After picking the side, the Netherlands kicked off.

The Dutch team had been unbeaten in 23 games before this game, and they were full of confidence and launched a fierce offensive as soon as they came up.

As for the Brazilian team, they are unbeaten in 32 games, and that defeat was a friendly match. In the more than 40 games that Dunga has led the team to play, Brazil have lost a total of two, both of which have been friendlies.

In major tournaments, including the Copa America, the Confederations Cup and the World Cup, Brazil have not tasted defeat.

So the morale of the Brazilian team is also quite high.

Seeing that the Netherlands dared to play offensive football with them, Brazil also attacked.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle, unable to give an inch, unable to play smooth football.

In the 6th minute, Brazil scored first. After Ricardo broke down the left, he suddenly cut inside, and when he met an obstacle, he ran back with the ball and then suddenly passed the ball in front of goal, Ronaldo stabbed it in, and the ball went between Stekelenburg's legs and into the goal.

But when Ronaldo ran to celebrate, Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura blew the whistle to signal that the goal was invalid.

The linesman has raised the flag high and Ronaldo is offside.

Ricardo felt truly wronged. He was sure that the moment he passed the ball, Ronaldo was absolutely offside.

The problem is that there is no VAR at this time, he argues with Yuichi Nishimura in English, Yuichi Nishimura just smiles and shakes his head, and he can only give up.

This time, Brazil's goal was whistled, but the Netherlands still didn't catch it, they continued to press the attack, and after the attack failed, they executed high pressing.

Brazil took the ball and fell slowly at the back for two minutes, hit the front court and handed the ball to Ricardo, two Dutch players, Van Bronckhorst and Van Bommel immediately, but they did not dare to mess around, and Ricardo did not want to break through with the ball and pass the ball back.

Brazil poured a dozen more kicks in central midfield, and the ball was handed to Baptista.

Baptista has been watching the movements of several of his friends, with Kaka being caught up by Sneijder and De Jong and Rico not getting out of the air. Licardo ...... Ricardo ran to the middle of the lane and then suddenly cut forward!

Baptista immediately sent a through ball.

This pass was more than 20 meters, but it was very accurate, and it was sent to Ricardo, who didn't have to slow down at all, and rushed straight forward!

Ricardo, who is soaring at speed, has no one to catch up with on the court!

The last defender, Oyer, was constantly retreating, his lips closed and his eyes glaring angrily, and the one-on-one with Ricardo clearly made him nervous.

Ricardo's right foot swiped over the football......

It's a feint, and the next move should be the left foot. However, will it be a real action or a fake action? Will his left foot run over the ball, or will he break through from that direction with the ball?

Oyer unconsciously shifted his center of gravity.

But Ricardo's left foot continued to flick the ball to the right! After Ricardo crossed the ball with his right foot, his shoulder sank to the left, and then his left foot flicked the ball to the right!

Oyer was delayed for a moment, and Ricardo had already run to the top of the arc with the ball, and suddenly volleyed with his right foot.

The ball turns into lightning and hits the top right corner of the goal accurately! Stekelenberg stretched his body to the extreme and didn't touch a football!

“Goallllllllll! Ricardo scored again! It was his 7th goal of this World Cup! In the 8th minute of the game, Brazil led 1:0! The Brazilian commentator danced excitedly, "The game has been played so far, and the Brazilian team has not had a clear advantage. But in one raid, Ricardo used his speed to open up the situation for Brazil! ”

"After taking the lead, Brazil can start playing what they do best! It's still early, but I would like to say that the big picture is decided! Since Dunga took office, his team has never been reversed by an opponent while taking the lead! ”

The Dutch team, of course, was not willing to accept defeat.

They also don't worry about failure.

They are 23 games unbeaten and have enough confidence!

They haven't reached a World Cup final for 32 years and they can't wait for it!

Falling behind can't beat them, falling behind can only make them explode!

After the restart, the Dutch team launched a more aggressive attack.

The traces of the once world-famous all-out offense and all-defense have reappeared.

In the 10th minute, Kuyt sent in a cross from the left, Van Persie missed the front post, and Robben kicked the ball into the near corner and hit the ball into the side-netting.

In the 12th minute, Robben dribbled past two people and cut inside, and shot from a distance, but unfortunately deviated from the goal.

The Dutch attacked aggressively, and the backfield was naturally empty, while their backline had to resort to foul tactics to deal with the pressure brought to them by Ricardo, Kaka and Ronaldo.

In the 14th minute, Ronaldo received a through ball from Kaka and brushed past Heitinga, but Heitinga pulled him down from behind, for which Heitinga received a yellow card and gave Brazil a free-kick in a good position.

Ricardo took the penalty, but the ball didn't spin enough and didn't fall fast enough over the wall to fall into the back of the net.

Two minutes later, Robben was brought down by Bastos to win a free-kick for the Netherlands, but infighting erupted in the Dutch team, with Robben, Sneijder and Robin van Persie all wanting to take the free-kick and not conceding to each other.

After the referee blew the whistle, Sneijder and Van Persie were still arguing, Robben simply sneaked up and hit the goal with his left foot, but he didn't hold it down and sent the ball away.

Seeing the scene of infighting in the Dutch team, Dunga's face was filled with joy.

Van Marwijk, on the other hand, tilted his head helplessly.

In the 17th minute, Ricardo again took advantage of a counter-attack opportunity to break into the Dutch penalty area, but when he tried to pass to Ronaldo, he was saved by Heitinga's tackle.

Successive counter-attacks forced Van Marwijk to stand on the sidelines and shout to get the Dutch players to pay attention to the defense.

On the Brazilian side, instead of the Netherlands shrinking back and attacking, the Brazilian team still passed the ball slowly in the midfield, looking for opportunities to suddenly increase the tempo and send deep passes.

However, the Dutch team's defensive formation was fairly stable and did not give the Brazilian players too many opportunities to go through.

At this time, both sides invariably relied on the individual abilities of the players to try to change the situation.

Here, Ricardo just crossed from two people in a row, Ronaldo shot high in the middle, and Robben barely got up to shoot after three people in a row.

Here, Ricardo and Kaka played together in succession, Kaka broke into the box and was finally cut off, and Sneijder and Robben combined on that side, and the latter got the chance to shoot.

For a time, the game was exciting, and the high-tide was repeated.

The fans were dazzled and hooked, and the commentators shouted hoarsely.

"No matter how it ends, there are no losers in this game!" The commentator said, "Both sides played very well and left a deep impression on us. These are fantastic players who give us an unbeatable treat for the senses! It's a top-level showdown, a feast for the fans! ”