Chapter Ninety-Six: The First Battle of the African Eagle
Nigeria can be among the world's strongest teams, naturally there is a reason for him, Nigeria was also called star-studded, but in recent years, as the group of players in Okocha has gradually aged and retired, Nigerian football is no longer beautiful, and in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Nigeria was blocked out of the finals.
Kanu, the former number one star, can now only sit on the bench and watch the scenery, and it is Yakubu who is very inefficient in scoring goals in the Premier League for Nigeria.
The match, which was played in Johannesburg, South Africa, was dominated by the Red Devils of Belgium almost from the first second of the game.
Under the leadership of Degan, the starting lineup with an average age of only 22 years old completely suppressed the African Eagles, the offensive wave after wave, after trying several counterattacks, unable to push the football into the front of the penalty area, Nigeria also seemed to accept their fate, concentrated all their energy, began to defend, Obina retreated to the midfield, leaving only one Yakubu in front of him to be in charge.
In the stands, this time Park Ji-yeon was rightfully seated in the Belgian wife's group, and beside her were a few friends who came with her, as well as a few staff members carrying cameras.
This time she came to South Africa, Park Ji-yeon did not simply watch the game, but by watching the game, she recorded a reality show for a TV station in South Korea.
Originally, this show mainly recorded Park Ji-yeon and others cheering for the Korean team, but now that South Korea has lost, and there is no face left in the loss, Koreans can only find comfort in Digan, the Korean son-in-law.
On the pitch, the Belgian team erupted with such energy that the game almost turned into a half-court offensive and defensive drill, and most of the time, football was played back and forth in the Nigerian half.
It is normal for Degan to perform well, and the most surprising thing is the performance of the young man entrusted by Antienes, with full-back Alderweireld providing a series of assists and several crosses of great quality.
Lukaku, who is Degan's partner, has also been eye-catching, with him at the front, Degan can easily retreat and connect the attack of the whole team.
The most surprising was Eden Hazard, a young player who showed a maturity that was not in keeping with his age, running very aggressively on the pitch, passing the ball a few times and being a threat and, in the seventh minute, he also received a return pass from Digan and fired a long-range shot from outside the box that grazed the post.
"Although the score on the field is still 0:0, but now it seems that there is no suspense in this game, Belgium will win in the end, and people are probably most concerned about when Deegan can break the record of fifteen goals set by Ronaldo in the last World Cup!"
At present, in the World Cup scorer list, Deegan and Ronaldo are tied for first place, both scoring fifteen goals, but Ronaldo scored fifteen goals in four World Cups, and Deegan only used one.
In the last World Cup, Digan scored 15 goals in seven games, breaking the legendary French goalscorer Fontaine, the goal record of a single World Cup, and finally tied with Ronaldo for the top of the World Cup scorer list.
It can be said that if it weren't for Digan's injury and the early exit of the final, I am afraid that in the last World Cup, Digan would have been able to dominate the scorer list.
Fifteen minutes into the first half, Digan had already had two chances to score, one of which was headed over by Eden Hazard's cross from the wing, which was tipped off the bar by Nigeria's goalkeeper Nyeyama, and the other shot hit the post to the beneficiacal crowd.
But sooner or later the goal is coming, when the first half of the game to the twenty-first minute, after receiving Hazard's pass, Deegan drove straight into the Nigerian penalty area, under the pull of the opposing defender, Deegan barely stabilized his body, in the face of the attacking Enyeama, the daring Digan chose to shoot.
Enyeama was caught off guard and could only tilt his head and watch as the ball flew over his head and then crashed into the goal behind him.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!”
With this goal of Degan, the stands suddenly boiled, and the Belgian fans who had been ready for a long time showed their banners to pay tribute to the legend one by one, Degan, 16 goals!
At the moment when Di Gan scored, Park Ji-yeon also jumped up excitedly, hugged her friends around her, and yelled excitedly, forgetting that there was a camera around her.
"Goal! Scored! ”
It was a member of her idol group who was hugged by Park Ji-yeon, and looking at Park Ji-yeon's excited appearance, her friend couldn't help but laugh: "Ah! As soon as Digan's son-in-law scored, our Ji-yeon was so happy that she forgot everything! ”
After scoring this goal, Degan was also excited in his heart, stood up with his hands and feet, took off his shirt, showed his strong muscles, and rushed out with a roar.
His teammates on the pitch also ran towards Degan, and finally stopped him in front of the Belgian bench, and everyone pounced on him.
"Goal! Rhodes scored! It was his sixteenth goal in the World Cup, great! Great! Now there is only one word that can be used to describe the greatness of Rod, two World Cups, sixteen goals, and he is now a well-deserved number one in the world! Long live Rhodes! Long live Rhodes! ”
The Belgian commentator yelled hoarsely, and the Nigerian commentator sitting next to him had a gloomy face, and he also knew that with Digan's goal, Nigeria had no chance to win.
The frenzied celebration continued on the sidelines of the pitch, and when Digan got back on his feet, Belgium's head coach Antienes sent a flag that had been prepared long ago to Digan, with a big number 16 printed on it!
Digan took it, stood on the side of the court, and slammed the flagpole into the ground, and the Belgian fans at the scene cheered again.
Belgium broke the record in the first game of the World Cup in South Africa, and there is reason to believe that in this World Cup, he will continue to break the record he has created, and when Digan leaves this stadium, what kind of legend he will leave behind, people are now looking forward to it more and more.
The celebration was finally over and the game restarted with the intervention of the referee, but the game, already with Degan's goal, was largely killed.
Nigeria wanted to fight back, but their attack was still unimproving, while Belgium continued to attack after the goal, looking at the form of the pitch, as if they were behind.
Belgium doubled their lead just five minutes after Digan's goal, when a long-range shot from the left side of the box found the crossbar and Lukaku headed home before the Nigerian defender cleared the ball and scored his first goal on World Cup stage.
After falling behind by two goals, Nigeria was completely stunned, and the African players had good physical fitness and excellent technical characteristics that could not be played at all, and they could only be beaten passively in the next game.
But Belgium did not give up the desire to continue scoring because Nigeria disarmed in advance, Argentina in the same group has already won South Korea, and it is a three-goal victory, the Belgians are not willing to let Argentina ride on their heads, dominant, is what they want.
Just before half-time, Belgium scored again, this time by defender Vincent Kompany, who headed straight into the corner from Digan, who rose high and struck a powerful header into the corner surrounded by Nigerian defenders.
3:0!
The Belgian fans in the stands are going crazy with joy at the moment, the dark history of Belgian football has long been left behind by them, since Degan came to the team, every day of the national team match has become their holiday, they just need to cheer and sing in the stands, and then welcome the victory of one game.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides again, and Belgium's slaughter of the African eagles continued, and at the beginning of the second half, Hazard received a cross pass from Digan and pushed the goal.
In the 63rd minute, substitute Mirallas scored in front of goal to extend the lead to five goals.
The Belgian fans in the stands were shouting hoarsely, but no one cared, they were still shouting, they were still cheering, they were still excited about every goal of the Belgian team.
In the end, when the game reached the 82nd minute, Degan's direct free kick scored to seal the game.
6:0!
"It's crazy, people thought before the game that Belgium would win this game, but I guess no one could have imagined that the final result would be 6:0! A one-sided massacre! ”
For the rest of the time, the Nigerian players are simply living like years, and the Belgian side does not seem to have any intention of continuing to score, and the two sides began to consume the remaining time tacitly.
In this regard, the fans did not have any dissatisfaction, and they were satisfied with the six-goal victory.
With the referee's whistle, Digan used all his strength to kick the ball into the stands, and then all the Belgian players rushed onto the pitch to celebrate their first World Cup victory in South Africa.
6:0!
Belgium got off to a good start, and their prospects at the World Cup in South Africa are starting to get more and more promising!