113: Game on!
"Argentine Digital Satellite Television, Argentine Digital Satellite Television! Welcome to the final round of the group stage of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where Argentina faced the Netherlands, and I am Varydek, the commentator of the Argentine Digital Satellite TV station! ”
"I'm Kempes."
"I'm Barty."
"Now that the game is about to begin, oh well, you can hear the FIFA fair play song has been played, and Argentina and the Netherlands have set foot on the World Cup stadium in Frankfurt. On the Argentine team's side, at the forefront is our captain - Leonville! ”
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At the Eintracht Frankfurt World Cup Stadium, as Argentina in blue and white uniforms and the Netherlands in traditional orange uniforms stepped onto the pitch, the stadium with a capacity of more than 50,000 people was instantly overwhelmed by the cheers of the enthusiastic fans of the two teams!
Argentina and the Netherlands had an overwhelming advantage over their opponents in terms of fans in the previous two group games, but today, as two teams with a large number of fans around the world, today's Eintracht Frankfurt can really be described as half orange and half blue and white.
Today's referee is Ariis from Switzerland, a 33-year-old referee from FIFA who officiated in the Champions League group stage last season and is one of FIFA's key targets.
After the national anthem and pre-match photo of the two teams, Leonwill and Van Bronckhorst walked to the centre circle, and after exchanging flags from their respective football associations, Areis signaled to pick a side to start.
An ordinary coin was tossed into the sky by Areis amid the cheers of the World Cup stadium in Frankfurt. Frontally, the Netherlands won the pick and Argentina won the ball.
Van Bronckhorst chose the first half for the Dutch team to attack from left to right, and after shaking hands with Leon, Van Bronckhorst also walked back to his team's half with a serious face.
Tevez and Crespo, the golden duo, walked to the center circle, and referee Areis stood next to the two and looked at his watch, which was the highlight of today's World Cup match, and in the stands, scouts from Germany, England, Portugal and Mexico were all present.
If Argentina tops their group and beats Mexico in the round of 16 and Germany make it all the way to the quarter-finals, the long-awaited rivals Germany and Argentina will face each other in the quarter-finals.
The Netherlands, on the other hand, will be their opponents if they top their group, and if the Netherlands reach the quarter-finals, then all goes according to script, they will face the Three Lions in the quarter-finals.
Looking at the 06 World Cup in Germany in the previous life, this is a World Cup with the return of giants, and the strong knockout squad makes this World Cup known as the most classic World Cup after 98 years.
Gathering the mighty, the stars, the talents, the legends, the German summer is destined to be a fairytale summer, a summer that only exists in fairy tales.
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"Game on!"
"Argentina attacking from right to left!"
After Crespo kicked the ball to his striker Carlos Tevez, the high-profile attacking football battle kicked off.
Bielsa is not Pekerman, Leonwell is not Riquelme.
The difference in the core is destined that this Argentine team will not be a sheep. They were a group of lions, and the Argentine team quickly launched their attacking formation after the start of the game!
The young Leo Messi and the seasoned Luis Gonzalez are separated, with the experienced Zanetti behind Messi backing up the talent, while Milito will use his experience to stifle the attack of Dutch flyer Arjen Robben.
In the midfield of the Argentine team, Cambiasso and Leonville, the golden pair, began to press, and Crespo and Tevez had already rushed to the Dutch team's position with bayonets!
Soon, the Dutch spotted the difference in the Argentine team......
"Sure enough, the Argentines wanted to eat us." Wesleysneid, the heart of this Dutch team, the young midfielder scrambled up with his teammates to stifle Argentina's attack after frowning.
Leonville, the commander of the Argentine team, handed over the first attack of the Argentine team to Leo Messi, who was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf! The Messi of this life is no longer the Messi of the previous life.
The Dutch right-back, Chelsea's piranha Bolaruz, a killer defender who made a name for himself in the Champions League, rushed to Messi!
Messi had no intention of forcing Bora Luz, he knocked the ball to Cambiaso, who was plugged in and continued to cut forward, while Cambiaso chose to plug through after watching for a while.
Young Dutch defender Heitinga was right to keep out Cambiaso's through ball, but his subsequent stop was wrong and Leon kept the ball at his feet.
Leonwill's possession of the ball in this position made the Dutch team immediately nervous, and the prestige of the king of the world is not blown.
Today, in the midfield position, Van Basten opted for the experienced Cocu to help Sneijder, and the veteran Cocu motioned for Sneijder to go up and press. Because Cocu is 32 years old this year, his physical fitness cannot be compared to when he was younger, so more often than not, the Dutch team's defense is Sneijder who takes the lead in pressing.
Looking at Sneijder, who was thinner than when he debuted, Leon smiled, he would not underestimate Sneijder because of his thin body, in fact, Sneijder has always been an underrated player.
Sneijder, in the Dutch media's criticism of Van Basten, many people thought he was not a good midfielder, but Leon did not think so.
Because four years ago, there was also a very thin back to support a team's offense and defense.
And in the Apennines, there has always been a thin master of art who holds up half the sky of Apennine football. On the football field, it's not the position that chooses the player, it's the player who chooses the position.
Sneijder's physical fitness is not good, so his pressing is more of a steal, because Leon won't worry about Sneijder playing with him for real.
Leon grabbed the ball with his right foot while leisurely observing the situation on the pitch. Perhaps it was Leon's ease that angered Sneijder, or maybe Sneijder's body had the momentum of a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and Sneijder pounced directly on Leon.
As the saying goes, the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable, at the moment when Sneijder pounced on him, Leon instantly pulled the ball to his left foot faster than Sneijder's pounce, and then Leon used his shoulder to reasonably block Sneijder's top position, and he planned to break through the defense of the Dutch team in one go.
However, Leon seems to be underestimating the defense of the Dutch team, which reached the World Cup final with a defensive counterattack four years later, and the current Netherlands is no longer the Netherlands of the Cruyff era.
This Dutch team is Van Basten's Dutch team, a young Dutch team with veterans at the same time.
Cocu blocked Leon's way to force Sneijder, which left Leon in the middle of Sneijder's pocket defense after Cocu.
It is impossible to break through the Dutch defense in one go, and the king of the world seems to be in a great dilemma, and the Dutch defense is about to form a closure.
At the critical moment, Leon, who is bold and daring, is in danger of winning, and he doesn't look at people and directly picks up the penalty area!
Cocu obviously didn't expect Leon to be in this position, passing the ball in this situation, and it was a pick-up pass, but what Cocu didn't expect was that under such pressure, Leon's pass without looking at his teammates' running position really formed a killing opportunity!
The little fat Tevez appeared in the most dangerous place in the Dutch backline, and the young Heitinga made the empirical mistake of thinking that Tevez was offside, but it was through Heitinga's hesitation that Tevez formed a single knife!
The linesman signalled that it was a good shot, and Argentina had a good chance just one minute into the game!
Guarding the door for the Netherlands was the late bloomer Van der Sar, the star goalkeeper from Manchester United who came out quickly, and Tevez observed Van der Sar's position and chose to push a shot into the back corner from the penalty line!
Argentina fans can almost already celebrate the goal.
However, Van der Sar miraculously blocked Tevez's shot with his own feet!
In this world, there are not only Buffon and Cech, nor only Casillas, but the Netherlands' ability to reach the World Cup in 10 years is not unrelated to Van der Sar, who is the anchor of the Dutch team and Manchester United.
Alex Ferguson once said that a good goalkeeper can make a team concede at least 10 to 15 fewer points in a season, but Ferguson never imagined that the interim goalkeeper he selected for Manchester United would give United a world-class goalkeeper for up to six years.
Van der Sar saved Tevez's one-on-one effort and he saved Argentina's surprise attack.
Referee Areis signaled that it was a corner kick for Argentina and the Netherlands, and the Eintracht Frankfurt World Cup stadium probably didn't expect that the excitement would come so quickly......
Leon comforted Tevez, who had not scored the goal, and then walked to the left corner, which is an area that suits Leon's right foot, and on the pitch, the Dutch players are nervously deployed, and the Dutch team's attention is mainly focused on the likes of Crespo and Samuel.
As for the diminutive Ayala? The diminutive centre-back doesn't seem to be noticed by much.
Except for Leon Will.
The Argentine team's corner kick was quickly opened, neither Samuel looking for the front point, nor Crespo looking for the middle, just when everyone's eyes were attracted by the arc opened by Leon, the diminutive Ayala suddenly jumped up from behind, and he jumped flat - shaking his head and hitting the goal!
Van der Sar made another world-class save as he made a sideways block to once again defuse Argentina's attack, but Van der Sar's block didn't go far and the clever Luis Gonzalez hit the shot!
The Frankfurt World Cup stadium, just one minute and 47 seconds after the opening kick-off, became a sea of joy for the Argentines!
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