80. The semi-finals of the World Cup are born
In the second minute of stoppage time in the first half, Mensah went straight in the midfield, Gyan knocked back in the middle, and Muntari made a wonderful long-range left-footed shot from nearly 36 meters, and the inattentive Muslera made a slow side pounce, and the ball entered the right corner of the goal. 1-0, Ghana took the lead.
After the break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the Ghana team still occupied the initiative on the field. However, in the 55th minute, Forlan took a direct free kick from 20 meters away and hit the far corner of the goal with his right foot, and the ball drew a beautiful arc into the top right corner of the goal.
Uruguay equalised at 1-1 and Ghana created a number of chances that they didn't take advantage of, and the game ended in a 90-minute draw and the two sides went into extra time.
There was a chance between the two sides after the start of extra time, but overall it was Ghana who had the advantage and had a chance to open the scoring in the last minute of extra time. In the scuffle in the penalty area, Aditya's header almost flew into the empty net.
Suarez, who was on the goal line, knocked the ball out of the box with a volleyball move, and Suarez held on to the draw at the cost of a red card. Ghana also had a chance to kill their opponents, but Gyan missed the fatal penalty and the two sides had to go to penalties.
In the end, Uruguay won 4-3 on penalties, and Uruguay defeated Ghana 5-4 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa. This is the first time in 40 years that the Uruguayan team has reached the semi-finals of the World Cup!
After this game, Suarez has become a hotly debated figure, it is precisely because of this guy's initiative to receive a red card at the last moment of extra time that Uruguay returned to the World Cup semi-finals after 40 years, and this time he became a hero of Uruguay!
After the game, media reporters also chased Suarez, all wanting to know what Suarez thought at that time?
It was a very dangerous situation, at that time, if Suarez didn't have to stop the football, Uruguay would have been eliminated, and Suarez became a hero in this way, this guy is really lucky.
However, because of this, Suarez also lost the opportunity to participate in the semi-finals of this World Cup, and they will be suspended for a red card.
The next match, which will also be a highlight of the quarter-finals of this World Cup, is the match between the Argentine national team and the German national team.
This match is the 19th time the two teams have faced each other, after Argentina had the advantage of eight wins, five draws and five losses, but in the World Cup Germany won two wins, two draws and one loss, including the last game Germany eliminated Argentina in the quarter-finals on penalties, and that was the only defeat of Argentina in six meetings between the two sides since 1990.
This game can be said to be a good time for the Argentine national team to take revenge, they were eliminated by the German national team in the last World Cup, this time they should take revenge, they want to expel the German national team, Maradona is very confident in this.
Before the game, Maradona had said that they would win the match and he was very confident.
Of course, in fact, in everyone's hearts, everyone is more or less optimistic about the Argentine national team, because the Argentine national team looks much better than the German national team.
However, once the game started, the course of the game surprised everyone.
In the third minute of the game, Schweinsteiger took a free kick with his right foot, Muller ran to shake off Otamendi's header, Romero misjudged and stretched his leg to block the ball or flew into the net, this is Muller's fourth World Cup goal, and it is also the 200th goal of the German team in the World Cup.
Yes, the German national team, which everyone was not optimistic about at the beginning of the game, took the lead, which exceeded all expectations, and of course gave the Argentine national team a blow, and the players of the Argentine national team did not react.
This was really unexpected, Nani sitting next to Qiu Ze was also surprised, he didn't expect the luck of the German national team to be so good, and he scored as soon as he came up, which was a dream start. Now the Germans will be able to play their defensive counter-attacks more comfortably.
Sure enough, in the following game, the German national team began to defend and counterattack, while the Argentine national team attacked ferociously.
Messi's state in this game is not very good, to be honest, Messi's state has not been good since the World Cup came, which is also what everyone criticizes. However, Maradona still insisted on Messi and believed in Messi.
However, Messi's performance is indeed a little sorry for Maradona's trust. At the end of the first half, the Argentine national team trailed the German national team by one goal.
This result is actually acceptable to the Argentine side, and they are confident that he will be able to pull the score back soon. Comrade Maradona also firmly believed in this, and at halftime, he also talked to Messi once, hoping to make Messi improve in the second half.
After the start of the second half, the German national team still defended and counterattacked, and it can be seen that they are not in a hurry at all.
The Argentine national team was very anxious at this time, they immediately launched an attack, besieged the German national team, and they also created some chances, but there was still a certain distance from the goal.
In the 67th minute of the game, Muller of the German national team passed the ball when he fell to the ground, Podolski took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and calmly pushed through Romero's defense, and Klose easily rewrote the score with an empty goal. Two to zero.
The counterattack of the German national team created some trouble for the Argentine national team before, but unfortunately the Argentines did not pay attention, and this time they were attacked by the German national team again, and the Argentine national team suddenly fell into an unprecedented crisis.
With two goals behind, the Argentine national team has no other options, attack, onslaught! The Argentine national team is starting to launch a general attack, and their attack is still threatening, but the Argentine's form today seems to be a bit problematic.
In the 74th minute of the game, after the German team's left-hand corner kick tactical coordination, Schweinsteiger made a bold breakthrough and passed Pastore after getting rid of Di Maria, Higuain passed the ball near the bottom line, and Friedrich grabbed a left-footed shot from the edge of the small penalty area before Heinze who was destroyed by a sliding tackle, scoring his first goal for the national team.
Three to zero, the Argentine national team was completely blinded by the German national team, and now they are still thinking about revenge, they have been dizzy, and they don't know where they are!
On the sidelines, Maradona, the head coach of the Argentine national team, was pale at this time, he really didn't expect this game to be like this. He was here for revenge, and before the game he kept saying that they would win.
It's okay now, not only did this not win, but it was also beaten into a stopper, where will his old face be put now?
However, the blow to Maradona is not over. In the 89th minute of the game, Podolski pushed a straight pass, Ozil crossed from the left, and Klose scored twice with a volley from 11 meters, and his total World Cup goals reached 14, only one goal away from the record holder Ronaldo.
Four to zero, the Argentine national team was completely blinded by the German national team, everyone on the scene was shocked to see this score, no one thought that the Argentine national team, which was generally favored by them before the game, was abused by the German national team like this, everyone was shocked.
After the game, Maradona did not stay here for a quarter of an hour, and even ignored the head coach of the German national team, Loew, and left here early, not wanting to stay here and be insulted.
In the end, the German national team unexpectedly defeated the Argentine national team, one of the favorites to win the championship, with a score of 4-0 to advance to the semi-finals of this World Cup, which is also the third team to advance to the semi-finals of this World Cup. This match gave everyone a glimpse of the strength of the German national team.
After the game, Nani next to Qiu Ze screamed, it was obvious that the strength of the German national team shocked him, and he kept exclaiming incredible, which made Qiu Ze's eardrums hurt.
Next up is the final quarter-final match of this World Cup, between Paraguay and Spain.
The two teams have met three times in their history, with Spain unbeaten with one win and two draws, and one win and one draw in the World Cup. This seems to mean that Paraguay will not be able to get past the Spanish national team, which is indeed the favorite to win the championship, even surpassing the Portuguese national team to become the team with the highest call to win the championship in the quarterfinals.
The Spanish national team showed their strength from the start of the game, they kept the football firmly at their feet, constantly pouring the ball in the middle and back, and Paraguay rarely had the opportunity to get the ball.
Don't look at the Spanish national team's possession of the ball seems to be useless, but they are very sharp when they are sharp, the sudden change of rhythm in the Spanish national team's possession of the ball is the sharpest weapon, you don't know when they will suddenly shoot a cold arrow, so that you can't guard against it.
However, the most threatening attack in the first half came from Paraguay, who scored a goal, but unfortunately it was ruled offside, but it was indeed offside.
At the start of the second half, Paraguay had chances to score. However, Cardoso's penalty was firmly held in Casillas' arms, and Paraguay missed the best chance of the game.
The Paraguayan team, which had repeatedly wasted chances, was finally punished.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Iniesta split the ball after connecting two people in the middle, and the unguarded Pedro pushed a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball hit the left post and bounced back into the field. Villa won the ball in the middle of the box and fired a right-footed shot that hit the right post and bounced off the left post and rolled into the net.
1-0, Spain takes the lead!
It was Villa's fifth goal of the tournament, which puts him behind Qiu Ze in the scorers' charts. Huluwa also equalled the record held by Barsola in 1950 and Putragno in 1986 for a single goal scored by a Spanish player, as well as a record for four consecutive World Cup goals.
In the end, the Spanish national team defeated Paraguay 1-0 and advanced to the semi-finals of this World Cup.