Ten matches have been played in the German summer, and after the eleventh match, both matches in the same group in the final round will start at the same time slot, so from the eleventh match onwards, four matches will be played every day, at 4pm and 8pm.

With one day to go until the final round of the group stage between Argentina and the Netherlands, Argentina's preparation plans have been fully integrated into their usual training.

"The Dutch team plays mainly on the counter-attack, they are very fast on the counter-attack, and if you want to limit their counter-attack, you have to limit their passes." Just as Argentina coach Bielsa circled the name of a man on the tactical board, the head coach of the Dutch team, Van Basten, who was preparing for the final game of the group stage, also circled the name of this person with his marker.

Van Basten had a sense of crisis from the moment he started playing, and after becoming a coach himself, Van Basten's sense of crisis continued. Looking at Van Basten's record in Leon's previous life as coach of the Dutch team, except for the match between the Dutch team and the Portuguese team in the summer of 06 due to the incompetence of the referee, Van Basten was always able to find a good solution for the Dutch team through his prediction and this sense of crisis before the game.

The final game of the group stage with Argentina is approaching, and it stands to reason that the Netherlands and Argentina have already qualified in advance, and there is no need for either side to stumble, after all, a few days of rest after the group stage is the more crucial knockout round. Judging from the schedule this time, because of the strength of the European giants, whether it is the first or second place in the group, they will definitely encounter strong opponents when they enter the knockout round.

Van Basten doesn't want to die, but he has to know whether the Argentines want to die or not, Van Basten can accept a tacit goal, the Netherlands can willingly be second in the group, that's fine, but the Netherlands can't lose.

Because the Dutch team is so young, a loss could have a chain reaction, and Van Basten has his own considerations.

Judging from the news and news coming out of the Argentine team so far, the Argentine team has been very easy to prepare, and they have even opened up their training sessions to the media and fans. And the stars of the team also go shopping frequently, and it is clear that this is not the rhythm of the Dutch team.

But Van Basten feels the defending champions may not be as easy as they appear. "No matter how you look at it, there is no need for Argentina to fight us, a tacit game to preserve strength should be something that both sides are willing to accept. However......"

Van Basten's eyes were glued to the tactical board, and the sense of crisis in his heart made him feel that he was afraid that the Argentine team would give it their all in this inconsequential game.

Is it for the fans? Of course not, the Argentines have their own agendas.

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It wasn't just Leonwill's own idea to win the Netherlands, it was Bielsa's idea, and the game against Serbia and Montenegro was so easy that it didn't make Argentina as nervous as they did against Ivory Coast.

If this form is carried to the knockout rounds, Argentina is likely to tighten up in some tense and high-pressure games, scoring 12 goals in two games, Argentina's attacking power has terrorized the world, but Argentina beat the inexperienced Ivory Coast in the first game, and the second game was a big win over the unmotivated Serbia and Montenegro.

"Even though our players are playing in Europe, we don't have the experience to play against the big European teams, the Netherlands play very fast, and if we finish top of the group and go to the knockout rounds, we will have to face the hosts Germany in the quarter-finals. But the Dutch team will not show their quality in front of us...... "Bielsa's surname is completely different from the previous Argentine coach Pekerman.

Bielsa is a madman, the coach who conducts horrific football chemistry experiments with all sorts of games, while Pekerman is a good old man. Different surnames, different fates.

This is an Argentine team with Leonville at its core, and the Argentine's goal is simple, to defend the title. If Argentina wants to defend their title, they will have to do better.

"We have to force the quality of the Dutch team, no amount of intelligence is the key to a real battle, the Dutch can accept a draw, but they will not accept defeat willingly. We need to be well prepared before we play the Germans. Bielsa's idea is simple, and on this point, he has agreed with León.

In the 11th match of the World Cup, just when people were looking forward to the appearance of the host German team and the battle between England and Sweden, the Argentine team, which had been performing very easily, suddenly announced that they would have closed training today.

The Argentine's bizarre behaviour caught the attention of Dutch coach Van Basten, who was already certain that Argentina would not compromise with the Dutch so easily.

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"Alas, really, I was going to go shopping, but today I have to practice for a day."

"Alright, stop complaining, Tevez, it's the boss's idea."

Cambiaso looked at Tevez, who was a little unhappy, and said.

At this time, Leon walked in with Bielsa from the other side of the training ground.

"Good coach, good captain." The players of the Argentine team, who were still a little lazy, immediately gathered when they saw the head coach and captain.

"Very good, it looks like everyone's spirit is very good, and I'm sure you all probably think that we don't have to go all out in the last game of the group stage, so you're all a little bit relaxed." Bielsa said with a smile as he looked at his teammates.

Bielsa, who was selected by him and Leon, knows nothing better.

"I'm also sure that you've been having questions about my training schedule for the past few days, because logically speaking, our opponent in the round of 16, Mexico, has always been a South American team, but in the past few days, I've been asking you to train at the same pace as you play against European teams." Bielsa continued to smile and look at his teammates.

By the time Bielsa said this, quite a few of the players who reacted quickly had already felt the tension on the training pitch.

In Cambiaso's book "My National Team Career", he once recalled the training before the match against the Dutch team in the World Cup in Germany, "Just when we were all relaxed thinking that the coach would arrange some substitutes to play against the Dutch team and let the main players rest, Coach Bielsa ordered us with an affirmative and necessary tone. God, at that moment I felt like I was in the army, take, take, take Holland! Coach Bielsa repeated it three times, and these three wins were reflected in the minds of all the Argentine players. I don't know what made Coach Bielsa decide to fight against a strong opponent when Argentina had already qualified, but none of the Argentine players dared to question the coach's decision. Because we know that Coach Bielsa will consult with our captain on everything, and when all the Argentine players look at the captain's determined eyes, we feel a sense of adoration in our hearts. Yes, take, take, take Holland! All the Argentine players went from vacation in Hawaii and Dubai to wartime in an instant! ”

This was the last training session before the match between Argentina and the Netherlands, who had a well-planned battle plan for the Dutch's style of quick counter-attack.

One of the most important is the man who is in the circle of Bielsa and Van Basten at the same time.

Wesley Sneijder.

He was the most crucial point in the Dutch team's counter-attack, because if the Dutch team wants to play with speed, then they must rely on Sneijder's pass.

At the World Cup in Germany in '06, many people criticized Van Basten for not putting Sneijder in the midfield position, but they didn't know that Van Basten did not do it whimsically.

Throughout the World Cup of the Dutch team, they did not lose to Sneijder to play in the back, but because they were too young and lacked experience in major tournaments. It can be said that Van Basten is a genius, a genius in the absolute sense of the word!

Because later, when Mourinho created the Triple Crown Inter in the previous life, Sneijder's position was actually not a forward midfielder in the traditional sense!

At that time, Inter Milan often played a back three tactics, Mourinho and Van Basten both saw that Sneijder's body was too thin, so he could not charge the point, Sneijder's biggest advantage was his pass, and his greatest strength was this.

In the 06 World Cup in Germany, Van Basten did not limit Sneijder's forward insertion, but he wanted to reduce the mistakes of the Dutch team, because Sneijder's body was thin, so once the opponent was strong, Sneijder was easy to concede the ball.

Van Basten is a long-sighted manager who has definitely plotted to win the World Cup.

It's just that he lost to the god-like referee and that weird game. Sneijder is the key to the Dutch team's counterattack, and whether his pass can be in place will directly affect the two flanks of the Dutch team.

The biggest reason why the Dutch team played very steadily in the 06 World Cup in Germany was that Sneijder made few mistakes, and in the era of Inter Milan's Mourinho, the reason why Inter Milan's counterattack was able to play well was precisely because Mourinho's back three protected Sneijder.

Sneijder is a genius, but his weaknesses are also obvious. Van Basten is an absolute top coach, but the Dutch media don't understand football too much, otherwise the Dutch team would not have been able to win the World Cup.

The Dutchmen are still basking in the joy of attacking and defending all the time, and they don't know that going all out doesn't necessarily follow the trend of every era, and they want their team to win and win beautifully, but that is not possible for Van Basten, who wants to win until the end.

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