46. The semi-finals of the European Championship are born
At this time, Qiu Ze's agent Victor 61 Antonio was very busy, he was busy with the Wenchuan earthquake relief on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to help Qiu Ze take care of these business contracts, which was really too busy to breathe.
However, Victor 61 Antoniot is busy and happy, these are all good things, what is there when he is busy?
While Victor 61 Antoniot was busy, Qiu Ze was training in Haode to prepare for the next European Championship semi-finals. At the same time, at this time, the remaining quarter-finals of the European Championship are also underway.
The quarter-finals between Germany and Portugal are between Turkey, the second in Group A, and Croatia, the first in Group B. The winner of this match will be the opponent of the Portuguese national team in the semi-finals.
I still remember the big comeback staged by the Turkish team, which was second in Group A, in the first round of the group stage, and Turkey's tenacity is still fresh in the memory of all Europeans. In this game, the Turks showed their tenacity again.
After the start of the game, the Turkish national team still chose the strategy of defensive counterattack, and the Croatia team in front of them was the winning German team, how weak can their attacking strength be? So, against Croatia, what is it that is not looking for death?
Turkey are still defending and counter-attacking, and they are more familiar with this style of play.
After the start of the game, Croatia's attack was very fierce, especially in the middle of Modric's play was simply excellent, no wonder someone gave him the title of "New Cruyff", and countless giants chased after him behind his ass.
However, the Turks were very tenacious, and under their tight defense, Croatia, who were very attacking, did not find a place to enter.
In the end, neither side scored for 90 minutes and both sides went into extra time. After going into extra time, the Turkish national team still played according to their tactics, and at one point they played very well, and when the penalty shootout was coming, the Turkish tactics were successful.
Until 118 minutes of extra time, the deadlock was still not broken. The climax of the game was played out in the three-minute time period of Zuihou.
In the 119th minute of the game, Croatia's Krasnic finally broke the deadlock, the Croatian team broke through on the right side, Srna was blocked, Modric got the ball before the ball went out of the bottom line and turned and crossed, Rustu attacked and released the empty goal, Krasnic shook his head in front of the goal and broke the net, Croatia 1-0 Turkey.
Sure enough, Modric showed people his strength and value, and it was really in vain.
At this time, everyone thought that the Turks were finished, but the tenacity of the Turks shocked all Europeans again.
In the second minute of stoppage time, 122 minutes into the game, Turkey's Semih pumped the ball into the net in a scuffle in the penalty area, and the Turkish equalised in even more magical fashion, and the Turk managed to save himself and pull himself back from the brink. The 120 minutes were over, and the game went to a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, Turkey came out strong and defeated Croatia 3-1, and in the end, the Turks miraculously reversed Croatia with an aggregate score of 4-2 and advanced to the semi-finals.
This game shocked all Europeans, this Turkey is really tenacious, it seems that this Turkey really has the potential to become a super dark horse. Now everyone is paying attention to this Turkish team, and if they win the championship, everyone will not be surprised because they have the quality.
The third quarter game can be described as the Dutch Civil War. Ahead of this match, the game has been hyped up and they think it will be a testament to who is the most authentic Dutch football.
Because someone said before the game that although Hiddink's players are Russian, they play the most authentic Dutch football, and they play all the offense and defense to the extreme. Van Basto's men are all Dutch, but they don't play authentic Dutch football.
So, this game has become the most authentic Dutch football battle.
Russia has indeed improved significantly under the leadership of Hiddink, and they have played very beautifully and strongly, and many fans are more optimistic about the Russian team before the game.
After the start of the game, both sides attacked and defended each other, and both performed well, but Hiddink's Russian team took the lead in the 56th minute and almost led until the end of the game. But the tenacious Dutchman equalised in the 86th minute of the game and the two sides went into extra time.
The course of the game was really shocking, because Russia really played better than the Dutch team, which surprised people, could it be that the Russians played the most authentic Dutch football?
After entering extra time, Hiddink's Russian national team had an even more obvious advantage, and the whole attack was fully defended, and in five minutes of extra time, Russia scored two goals in a row to defeat the Netherlands with a score of 3-1 to enter the semi-finals.
The result shattered everyone's eyes, and it was shocking, astonishing. The Russians really took Dutch football to the next level by beating the Dutch team in Zuihou.
At this time, the Dutch fans were very awkward. Their Dutch team was eliminated, they were very unhappy, they were Dutch football but they were not eliminated. The Russians showed through this match that they are playing more Dutch football.
This made the Dutch very upset, and they began to complain about the Dutch Football Association, why didn't Weishenme choose Hiddink to coach the Dutch team in the first place? If Guus Hiddink were now in charge of the Dutch team, would the Dutch team be eliminated?
Obviously not! So, at this time, there are a lot of Dutch goals, and you start calling on Dutch football to make Guus Hiddink the head coach of the Dutch national team.
Zuihou is a quarter-final match between the Matadors and Shijie Cup champions Italy, and this match is also very interesting, because one former Shijie champion and the other are now very strong and are considered the biggest favorites to win this European Cup.
In this game, almost everyone is optimistic about the Spanish team, because the performance of the Italian national team in the group stage is simply disappointing, this is simply not the performance that the shijie champion should have, and even some Italian fans think that Italy is very suspenseful and Spain should win.
However, the national team performed well in this game, and they even had a chance to beat the Spanish team in the game, but unfortunately their striker did not bring shooting boots, continuing their previous poor performance in the group stage, missing many chances, and finally the two sides played 0-0 in 120 minutes, and the two sides went to a penalty shootout.
The penalty shootout became a contest between Casillas and Buffon, two super goalkeepers, and finally San Cassie beat Buffon with two penalty saves, and the Spanish national team advanced to the semi-finals with a score of 4-2.
The performance of Italy, the former champion of this European Cup, is really quite bad, they can qualify from the group is already very amazing, the Italian national team's forward and defensive performance is quite poor, which makes Italian fans very unhappy.
So far, the semi-finals of the 2008 Swiss 61 Austria European Championship have all been born, Portugal, Turkey, Russia and Spain. The semi-final matches were Portugal against Turkey and Russia against Spain.
The Portuguese national team and the Turkish national team have already played each other in the group stage, they are from the same group, in the previous game, the Portuguese national team defeated the Turkish national team, but they did not win easily, so the Portuguese national team may not have one foot in the final of this European Cup.
Now this match is being called a revenge battle by the Turkish media. After a couple of successive Zuihou comebacks, the Turks are now confident that they are no worse than any team and that they have what it takes to challenge for the Zuihou title.
This European Cup is really very interesting, first in the group stage, the first place in the four groups has won three consecutive victories and won nine points, which is really good to see in the European Cup, which shows that the difference in strength between the teams in this European Cup is still very large.
Then there's the semi-finals of this European Championship, looking at Portugal vs. Turkey, Russia vs. Spain, the Portuguese national team and the Turkish national team are in the same group, and the Portuguese national team has beaten Turkey in the group stage.
The Russian and Spanish national teams are also from the same group, and in the group stage, the Spanish national team also defeated the Russian national team. Isn't it very interesting, two teams from the same group met in the semi-finals, and both semi-finals were like this, which is really interesting.
In the first match between Portugal and Turkey, the Portuguese national team won the game and the score was relatively large, but it was not easy for them to win, which is a fact. The same is true between Russia and Spain, although Spain also beat Russia by two goals, but they did not win easily, and Russia also created many chances in the game, almost upsetting Spain.
So, these two games are not as suspenseless as they appear on the surface. The suspense of these two matches is actually quite strong, and it is obvious that Turkey and Russia are thinking of revenge and advancing to the final of Zuihou.
This time, they certainly won't let the situation happen again in the group stage, so these two games will definitely not be too calm, and they will be very interesting and exciting.
When they learned that their opponent was the Turkish national team, the players of the Portuguese national team were not particularly happy, and they did not think that they would definitely be able to qualify for the final of Zuihou, but they were still a little worried.
The performances of the Turkish national team in the group stage and knockout stages are a wake-up call for the Portuguese national team, and Turkey are very tenacious and they cannot afford to overturn in the gutter. Playing against Turkey requires a high degree of mental concentration every minute and every second, and you can't make a small mistake.
In this regard, Scolari has been emphasizing to the players of the Portuguese national team in every training session that they must not take it lightly, and they must not give the Turkish national team a chance to turn the tables, and they must concentrate at all times, even when they are leading by a big score.