No. 565: German vehicles advance to the semi-finals!
The game was over, Argentina suffered a 4-0 defeat at the feet of Germany, the Pampas eagle folded its wings, and the German tank continued to advance.
Germany became the first team to beat both Argentina and England in the same World Cup!
It was also the first team since Brazil in 1970 to score four goals in three games in a single tournament, and Argentina's last World Cup defeat was back in 1974 when they lost 4-0 to Lan.
Before the game, everyone thought that it would be a close matchup, but the score of 4-0 was so cruel......
After the game, the Argentine players shed bitter tears, and Messi was particularly saddened.
For the best striker in football today, the World Cup in South Africa was his nightmare, and he didn't score a single goal for Argentina, which was completely out of his line.
Maradona looked ten years older, and he endured the pain in his heart to comfort his players.
The German fans at the scene yelled excitedly, and some even went directly to provoke the heartbroken Maradona.
Enraged, the king came to the back of the dugout and began to insult the German fans, who even wanted to rush to the stands and beat the German fans. However, Lao Ma's daughter Dalma was afraid of the big problem and stopped her father, and the members of the coaching staff also came over to avoid escalating the situation.
In the stands, there were also pushes and shoves between German and Argentine fans, with the Argentine fans who witnessed the loss of their team even more angry, and wanted to attack their opponents after hearing the German fans' provocative sarcastic slogan of "Argentina only has Messi".
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In the post-match press conference, Maradona clearly did not admit defeat after the game.
'The score was deceptive, it wasn't a reflection of what was on the pitch and that's why I'm still proud of my players and I want to thank the team and the coaching staff. We didn't have a dream, but we respect the Argentine style. ”
For the first time, the world seems to have seen a frail and even somewhat pitiful Maradona.
At that moment, he dissipated his aggressive rebelliousness, as if he had suddenly aged ten years old, and his eyebrows showed sadness and helplessness: "I can resign tomorrow, but Argentina is now on the right path." ”
Recalling that Maradona has been the same flamboyance and arrogance as Mourinho since he coached Argentina, the current Argentine football king is like a swordsman who is sad after the defeat, there are no tears, no rendering of the end, but it is enough to touch the softest place in people's hearts.
And behind this weakened version of Maradona for the first time in history, he experienced what is undoubtedly the most painful twenty-five minutes of his life. In fact, as early as the first 65 minutes of this game, Maradona was as passionate as ever.
After Thomas Muller's surprise goal for Germany shortly after the opening kick-off, the Argentine ace kept getting up and directing Argentina's attack, anxiously cheering for his players.
He had waved his arms at Heinze and almost roared at Tevez to lay out his running tactics.
In Maradona's legendary life, he was knocked down but never defeated, even when he was disqualified from the World Cup in 1994 for a drug test, and even when he wept in the face of his own Italian illegitimate son.
After taking over the reins of Argentina, Maradona had been criticized by domestic public opinion due to his poor qualifying results, but he faced the pressure and fought angrily.
Leaving aside Maradona's tactical rivalry in coaching Argentina, Maradona, whether as a player or as a manager, has always been like a fighter, fighting non-stop and never giving in.
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As the arch-rival of Argentine football, Brazilian fans excitedly marched 10,000 people after witnessing Argentina being eliminated from the tournament in a crushing defeat.
According to the US media: Argentina was defeated 4-0 by the German team, and this result not only made the German team happy, but also the fans of another country were very happy, and that was the Brazilian team.
In Rio de Janeiro, fans gathered to watch the game, cheering on Germany's victory and taunting Maradona's exit.
The Brazilian media also played a role in fueling the fire, with Brazil's "Globo" mocking Argentina after the game, saying that "Germany is responsible for the massacre, and Argentina is out!" ”。
On the discussion post of Globo Brasil, a large number of Brazilian fans left messages of joy for Argentina's exit, with one fan named Julio Bueno saying: "It's spectacular! Brazil's defeat to the Netherlands was very frustrating, but Argentina's four-goal loss to Germany was priceless. I can go to Buenos Aires now. ”
One fan named Nicasio said: "190 million Brazilians want Argentina out. ”
In fact, such rhetoric abounds, and on Twitter, Brazilian fans are also cheering at Argentina's elimination.
Argentina and Brazil are neighbors and have long had a feud, especially when it comes to football, Pele and Maradona have a fight from time to time, and it is normal for fans to "go to war" on the Internet.
Of course, Brazilian fans are not just quick to talk on the Internet, in real life, Brazilian fans are also eager to see Argentina lose.
According to Brazilian media reports, in Rio de Janeiro, a large number of fans gathered to watch the game, such as going to the open-air broadcast plaza of the "FIFA Fan Carnival", to enjoy the fun of Argentina's elimination. Brazilian fans wore German jerseys and waved Brazilian and German flags together to celebrate Argentina's exit.
This is true for Brazilian fans, but also for Argentines, according to a report by the Spanish-language website "Dadi.com" a day ago, when Brazil was eliminated by the Dutch team, in the Argentine capital of Unsuitables Nos Aires, many Argentine fans cheered for the Brazilian team's exit.
Within two days, Brazil was eliminated by the Netherlands, and Argentina was humiliated by Germany.
The departure of the South American duo from South Africa has grieved their home fans as far away as the continent, but it has also given Brazil and Argentina fans some comfort while grieving for their teams.
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Beckenbauer, the "Emperor of Football", who watched the whole match from the stands, said in an interview with the media after the game: "The German team has performed very well from the beginning of the World Cup.
We won 4-0 against Australia in our opening game, something that many people didn't expect before the game. Australia also had some quality, but we didn't beat the opponent to pieces.
Despite our defeat to Serbia, we were still better than our opponents when we were not superior in numbers and missed a penalty.
After that, they sent England home 4-1 in the knockout round, and now they beat Argentina 4-0, which is fantastic! ”
This young German team also reminded Beckenbauer of the two unbeatable German teams of the 70s and 90s: "I haven't seen the German team play so well for a long time, it reminds me of the German team in the 70s or the 90s World Cup, we were confident on the pitch and the team was really good. ”