Chapter 592: A Generation of Green Legends

When the semi-finals are all out, everyone's focus is, of course, the semi-finals.

In the two semi-final matches, the hosts Brazil face Germany, a very strong team and one of the biggest favourites in this World Cup, and of course when the game comes to this, the rest of the team is a strong team.

The uncrowned king of the Netherlands will face another South American powerhouse, Argentina led by Lionel Messi. While European teams dominate the top after the round of 16, Europe and South America now account for half of the top four. And now the powerhouses of football are basically from these two continents.

And before the semi-finals began, there were also developments on the club side.

First of all, Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa, who has been eye-catching with Premier League giants Chelsea, has officially transferred to Chelsea, and the official websites of the two clubs have confirmed the news, according to the well-informed "Mirror", the Spanish rookie international is still worth as much as 32 million pounds, which is equivalent to 35 million euros, despite his poor performance in the national team. Obviously, the transfer was made before, and now Spain is also out of the World Cup, and it is also the transfer period, so the two sides announced the news, and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho also wants the other side to arrive in the team earlier to start the run-in.

Chelsea also announced the transfer of Atletico Madrid's Brazil international, full-back Felipe Luiz, to Chelsea with Diego Costa, who is valued at around £20 million. Felipe Luiz is a left wing-back, and everyone has seen the birth of this transfer and everyone has speculated that the days of England veteran Ashley Cole, who has not been reused under Jose Mourinho, are running out at Chelsea, when Felipe Luiz will play on the left, while Spain's regular right wing-back Azpilicueta will go to his old right wing-back. As for Serbian centre-back Branislav Ivanovic, who played at right wing-back, it is likely that he will go to the middle and be a first substitute, or that the trio of Terry, Cahill and Ivan will compete with each other for the two centre-back positions, after all, Terry is not young.

Meanwhile, the day before the semi-finals, both AS Roma and Chelsea confirmed that England's legendary full-back Ashley Cole had joined the Italian powerhouse as a free agent. This transfer further confirms the speculation.

Chelsea also said that young Belgian international Thibaut Courtois, who has been on loan at Atletico Madrid, has officially returned to the club and will no longer be on loan.

And the news also caught everyone's attention, because Chelsea's main goalkeeper was Petr Cech before, and the veteran has always been very good and has not yet reached the time of second goalkeeper. However, Courtois, who is better at Atletico Madrid, is obviously not likely to stay at Chelsea as a substitute, so the question is not to ask about excavator technology, but how to reconcile Courtois and Cech. The goalkeeper position is different from other positions, and other positions can be rotated, and the goalkeeper is estimated to rotate only five or six games in a season, and it is also an unimportant game in the League Cup.

Chelsea's transfer has just been announced, and Manchester United have joined in the fun. Manchester United official website. It has been announced that the Dutch decorated coach and world-class coach Louis van Gaal will lead the Red Devils in the new season.

This news made everyone enthusiastic all of a sudden, at this time Van Gaal is still coaching the Dutch national team, and soon they will face off against their semi-final opponent Argentina, at such a critical juncture, Manchester United announced the news will not be a hindrance to the Dutch national team?

Fans of several clubs that are mortal enemies of Manchester United have said that Manchester United and Argentina are true love!

But Van Gaal stood up and said: "The decision not to renew the contract with the Dutch national team was made before the World Cup, and I communicated with the Dutch Football Association at that time, and they and the players respected my opinion, no matter what the World Cup results were, even if I won the championship in the end, I would resign." I was going to retire when I left the national team this year, but Manchester United got in touch at this time. You know that it takes a lot of courage to turn down an offer from a great club like Manchester United, so I didn't turn it down. I don't know how long I'll be at Manchester United, but Manchester United is definitely my last stop and I'll be retiring after that."

The captain of the Dutch team, Van Persie, and the three heavyweight stars of Arjen Robben and Sneijder also understood and respected Van Gaal's decision, although they were very reluctant.

On the eve of the semi-finals, FIFA's specific punishment for Suarez's biting incident in the World Cup has not yet come out, but at this time Barcelona officially announced: "We are pleased to announce that Liverpool's leading goalscorer, Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, has officially joined our team, and he will play for Camp Nou in the new season and destroy the city for Catalonia!" ”

Fans around the world have said that the semi-finals of this World Cup have not yet been staged, why have so many highlights been staged? This is a blatant stealing of the show!!

Although Barcelona did not announce the specific transfer fee, according to "World Sports", Suarez's transfer fee may be as high as 81 million euros, and Suarez's contract break fee in Barcelona has also reached 200 million euros!

With the relationship between "World Sports" and Barcelona wearing a pair of pants, this transfer fee should not be able to run.

It's just that this transfer fee figure still scares many people, and many people say that Suarez is not worth so much money. Despite his good performance in the South American qualifiers for the World Cup and his impressive performance at Liverpool, how long has he been on the spot? Who knows if this was a flash in the pan, and his public image was poor, especially after biting Ivanovic and then Chiellini

Of course, these are all talking about the fans, and the transfer is already done.

These blockbuster transfer deals completely kicked off the World Cup semi-finals.

Brazil and Germany will play first, while the Netherlands and Argentina will play the next day.

For the five-star Samba Army and the three-star German tank encounter, everyone is very much looking forward to this Mars collision with the Earth. Both teams are world-class powerhouses, with stars in them, and even the substitutes are the main members of the giant clubs, so everyone's feelings are very high.

The game of a strong team against a strong team is something that everyone likes to watch.

But when the game started, everyone was completely uninterested in the game, and they were even looking forward to another game a day later.

Because it was the German team that burst the rhythm of Brazil from the beginning, Mesut Ozil and Toni Klos kept threatening the Brazilian goal.

In the 12th minute, a Klos corner was driven into the box and Thomas Muller fired a right-footed volley into the net undisturbed to make it 1-0 and Germany took the lead.

In the seventeenth minute, Brazil had a chance to equalize. German captain Lahm brought down Marcelo behind inside the box, but the referee did not say that a penalty was not awarded, and although Brazil stepped forward to theorize, it was to no avail.

In the 23rd minute, Germany doubled the score, and this time it was the veteran Klose who scored for the German team. Mesut Ozil, who had been deployed on the flank by Germany boss Loew, threatened with a cross from the right, Klose gave in a through ball and Muller cut in laterally for Klose. The legendary veteran pushed, but was started by Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar, but the ball still fell to the feet of Klose, he shot again, this time Cesar fell to the ground and could not do anything, 2-0, Klose extended the score for the German team and laid the foundation for victory.

Klose himself also broke the World Cup goal record held by the legendary Brazilian superstar Ronaldo with this goal, and since then the top scorer of the World Cup is no longer shared by Klose and Ronaldo, but Klose dominates the reputation.

Klose, who scored the goal, rushed to the sideline at a brisk pace and then came a photo move of his, backflip!! Only this time he couldn't get up, and halfway through it he fell out of the air and sat on the grass, and the thirty-six-year-old Klose was no longer as good as he was when he was sixteen and twenty-six.

But everyone who saw this scene did not laugh at him, on the contrary, almost everyone stood up and applauded. It's a tribute to a hero and a legend.

And some of the post-80s old fans shed tears after seeing this unsuccessful backflip. Time has taken away too many memories, and Klose's action evokes their memories, the idol who was once personable and gentlemanly and handsome, is now almost a year old.

When he first stepped on the World Cup stage, it was in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, but he won the reputation of "new bomber" for scoring Saudi Arabia's header, and his particularly domineering backflip celebration was deeply imprinted in everyone's minds.

Now twelve years have passed, the zodiac signs have gone through a reincarnation, and the twenty-four-year-old Klose has also reached the age of thirty-six.

From Werder Bremen to Bayern Munich to Lazio, from the World Cup to the European Cup to the club for 12 years, it is enough to change a lot, the only thing that remains the same is that Klose is still running tirelessly on the greenery, although his body does not allow him to make such a difficult celebration, but when it appears, the once high-spirited Klose appears in front of everyone's eyes again.

While everyone was still praising Klose, Brazil conceded another goal.

This time it was Kloss who scored the goal, Ozil made a direct pass, Lahm sent a precise cross from the right side, Muller, who was outflanked in the middle, did not kick the shot, and Kloss, who followed up at the back point, scored with a left-footed volley, 3-0.

Halfway through the first half, Brazil were already three goals down and the goal was just a minute after Klose's goal