Chapter 178: The Round of 16 Begins
Because the impact of the phonegate incident is far from what human beings can imagine, perhaps if there is no such event, Serie A will not fall so quickly, after the outbreak of the phonegate, the Champions League and other mainstream arenas rarely see the shadow of multiple Serie A teams, although Milan won a Champions Cup during this period, Inter Milan too, but the flaw is that the decline of Serie A.
Berlusconi was shocked by Nie Huan's text message, and it seemed that he knew Milan far from what he imagined.
"Adriano, you're reporting those things to the Italian prosecutor's office as quickly as possible." Galliani on the other end of the phone was stunned. But I quickly reacted, that incident will break out sooner or later, and I always have to pay it back when I come out, and I know this position very well.
Although this matter is not yet on the verge of exploding, but now Moji's series of practices are enough for him to drink a pot.
I think this incident only started in 04, but over the years Moggi has brought Italian football to a miasma. It can be said that the whole of Italy is completely covered by him, otherwise Juventus would not be the number one giant in Serie A.
Now they are already in action, although it is not obvious, but as Juventus' holy ally, Galliani's instincts are still very sharp.
Anyway, don't die and don't die, go and report it yourself, I hope you don't be used as cannon fodder.
Galliani is moving, the World Cup side of the round of 16 has come out, France against Belgium, England against Ireland, Spain against Portugal, Nigeria against Russia, Germany against Paraguay. Brazil vs. Croatia, Turkey vs. Cameroon. Italy vs. Denmark.
As soon as this group of matches came out, some people were happy and some were worried. The happy people are Germany, England, these teams, because their opponents are not very strong, and the unhappy ones are Italy, Spain, and FIFA is deliberately doing them.
In the entire round of 16, it seems that European teams still account for 60 percent, and Asian teams are all wiped out. There are two African teams this time, and there are two in South America, and overall this World Cup has been very successful without black whistles.
The first match between France and Belgium attracted a lot of attention, and the round of 16 was not in Osaka but in Busan.
This Belgian team still has many familiar faces with Nie Huan, such as Van Bitten, Vermant, and Wilmots, although they are not as good as the French team, but Nie Huan believes that they will definitely be able to bring some pressure to the French team. In particular, the midfielders Vilmante and Wilmots have learned the strength of these two in the German Cup final.
The race was soon underway. Both Belgium and France have the same lineup of 442.
France kicked off first, and the ball came to the feet of Zidane, and Wilmots immediately stuck to it. Zidane was unhurried in a Marseille maneuver, seeing this move, Wilmots just wanted to scold his mother, his sister's Nie Huan was a brute who played like this in the final of the German Cup. You fucking play like this, Lao Tzu let you go and never go back.
Zidane's Marseille maneuver is better than Nie Huan's. More elegant, however, he didn't know that Wilmots had come to his breakthrough route. As soon as he turned the ball around, Wilmots cut it off, but as soon as Wilmots cut it, Vieira's slut ran over and stabbed the ball with one kick.
The reason why the French team is terrible is not because of their forward line, but their midfield, Zidan's attack is unparalleled in the world, and Vieira has both attack and defense, these two can be said to be the real soul core of the French team.
"Cut, boy, don't be too happy, with my Vieira midfielder, you will never be able to get by." Vieira also spewed trash talk with Wilmots in the past, trash talk sometimes works better than any fierce defense, look at Materazzi in his previous life in 06, he just got Zidane off the court, trash talk is the most indispensable thing on the basketball court, and the effect of this trick on the football field is also surprisingly good.
Wilmots, a veteran of football for many years, simply ignored Vieira because Vilmante was already entangled with each other.
Belgium was able to advance to the round of 16 thanks to these two people in the midfield, but they are still a little worse than Vieira. Vieira didn't wait for the opponent to press, and directly made a long pass to the front, and today the French forward line was still Henry and Trezeguet.
Le Maire is actually very helpless, these two people are the masters they can't provoke, this time seeing Vieira's pass, Henry directly threw off the opponent's defender to accelerate, and Trezeguet did not move in place, and then the linesman raised the flag, this is an obvious offside, Henry didn't see it clearly at all.
Trezeguet gave Henry a disdainful look. Then go back.
Nie Huan was very puzzled, why the formation of the French team was completely different from the previous life, the 433 in the previous life became the current 442, in the audience, Nie Huan looked at the formation of the French team and pondered for a while.
In the thirtieth minute, Thuram made a long pass from the back to Trezeguet, who skipped the Belgian backline like the wind, and in the face of the Belgian goalkeeper's easy push, the ball went into the net, and the Juventus striker finally broke his goal drought.
Lemaire looked at Thuram's pass, tilted his head, and was thinking about something on the sidelines, and the first half was over quickly, relying on Trezeguet's goal, France temporarily led Belgium.
In the dressing room of the French team in midfield, "We played well in the first half, but I finally found the key to our victory, I have always ignored the formation for the sake of Yuri, Yuri, you take a break in the second half, Sylvain, we are now in formation 433, Sylvain, you have to connect well in the front. Lemaire said.
Wiltord was very happy, but when he heard the coach's words, he couldn't be happier anymore, every striker has a heart to score, even Heskey is no exception, but the coach let himself play just in tandem, eh.
It's better to play than not to play. The pearl of the night can't be buried in the earth, and Wiltord is cheering himself up.
Cisse's gaze darkened. I thought that the coach would send himself on the field, but the coach still chose Wiltord, is he inferior to the other party?
In the second half, the French lineup returned to 433. Seeing this lineup, Nie Huan felt a little more pleasing to the eye, and Wiltord's play solved the problem of incompatibility between Henry and Trezeguet very well.
Not long after the start of the second half, Trezeguet scored his second goal, again Thuram, and another long pass from the back, this time to Wiltord, who first judged after receiving the ball. Trezeguet, who was in a better position than himself, did not hesitate to pass the ball over, who received the ball and headed it straight away, 2-0, and the French team extended their lead.
This is Wiltord, who is not as physically fit as Trezeguet and Thierry Henry, but who can always judge the best attacking options at the moment of receiving the ball, rather than blindly going it alone. In terms of realm, he is indeed higher than the top two, but the goalscoring efficiency of Thierry Henry and Trezeguet is not comparable to him.
With two goals down, the Red Devils have no way out. They began to press the French team on the attack, and finally in the 60th minute of the game, Vermante broke through the door of Butters with a world wave hole.
2;1。 Belgium seemed to see hope of an equaliser, and Le Maire reacted well on this occasion. He replaced Thierry Henry, who was sleepwalking in this game, and replaced Cisse with Cisse.
Cisse comes on. The French team's attack came alive again, and in the 75th minute, Cisse suddenly kicked the ball outside the penalty area, and the ball was very powerful, and the Belgian goalkeeper played steadily to hold the ball out. France were awarded a corner.
Zinedine Zidane took a corner, which landed very high and Cisse, Van Bittenla did not pull him, he jumped high, and his header penetrated the Belgian door again, 3:1, and France once again extended their lead to two goals. However, Belgium did not give up, and they scored another goal in the 80th minute, 3:2, and Belgium seemed to have gone completely crazy in the second half.
It's a pity that the French team didn't give them the opportunity to continue to score, so it was until the end of the halftime, the French team relied on more firepower than Belgium to eliminate the opponent and first advance to the top 8, the European Red Devils played really well today, although they lost, but they are not losers, there are really not many teams that can force the defending champions to this part.
"It's a pity that those soft eggs in Belgium didn't eliminate the French team." Jeremes pouted as if to feel sorry for Belgium.
Nie Huan thinks more than Jeremes, in the case of the French team returning to the traditional formation, it is really hard to say whether they will become the biggest opponent of the German team, at least from the perspective of this half of the game, this formation is more suitable for them than 442.
After the end of the French team, the next game is between England and Ireland, Ireland is not weak, the Netherlands was eliminated by them, although there is no Roy Keane, but Given, Robbie Keane, Duff and a group of people still have the power to fight against England, England is really hard to say if you don't play with all your strength in this game.
England players are very important to this game, although the opponent Ireland in this game is not very strong, but every time they play against them, they can collide with fierce sparks.
Gascoigne's suspension has been lifted, but Eriksen has not put him in the squad at all.
"Coach, I'm ready to play, why don't you put me in the squad." Gascoigne's second offense is simply a rhythm that no one can stop.
"Paul, you should be in your own situation now, you are now almost the public enemy of the whole of England, if I put you in the squad at this time, wouldn't it be looking for death? I'm definitely going to be fired after this World Cup, but if I take England to the last four or the final, then I'll be able to find my next job, and you've been completely banned from England. Facing Gascoigne, Eriksen could no longer swallow his anger.
Blocked? Enemy of the Nation? These two words kept echoing in Gascoigne's head, why, what was wrong with choosing to play for his country, and why the fans should treat him like that.
Gascoigne was at a loss at this moment, was he really wrong? In the first game of the group stage, I really tried my best, but I couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the opposing players at all, have you started to say goodbye to the national team?
At this time, none of the English players have asked Gascoigne how they are, they are preparing for the quarter-final in Ireland, and judging from the historical record of the encounter, England does not have much advantage.
England also did their best in this game, Eriksen sent the strongest lineup to play, Ireland did not coerce, and also sent the strongest lineup, although their core Roy Keane could not play, but this Ireland team wanted to easily solve them It is really not so simple.
The game started, and as soon as Robbie Keane and Owen almost fought, it seems how strong the gunpowder smell of this game is.
Beckham's midfielder, Ireland is difficult to bargain for, in the countdown stage of the game, it is Beckham's iconic long pass, Owen again, and the goal is from a small angle, the ball is scored again, Given's hateful look at Beckham, you can't have something fresh.
The first half ended with Owen's goal, and Ireland's offensive finally came in the second half, Duff and Robbie Keane continued to create problems for the opponent, and the England backline and Seaman were under tremendous pressure during this time.
Ashley Cole is the first time to be selected for the national team, he seems very excited about this World Cup, thinking about how he has achieved fame, just the second he thinks, Duff cut off his ball like the wind, facing Seaman, Duff easily scored the ball, 1:1, because of Ashley Cole's thinking life, in the 80th minute of the game, the score was tied.
At the critical moment, it was Beckham who stood up to save England, he took advantage of a set-piece opportunity, and it was the full moon scimitar, Givens knew that the opponent would come to this move, but there was nothing he could do, the ball went in, and with less than three minutes left in the game, Beckham's free kick helped England take the lead again.
Ireland didn't give up, they were still trying to make the most of the last moment, but this time Ashley Cole didn't get distracted, Duff didn't get another chance, and in the end England got through Beckham's set-piece.
※※※ (To be continued.) )