Chapter 942: European Cup, Open!

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On June 10, the opening match of the 11th European Championship was played on time at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and the match between the Belgian national team, which is one of the hosts of this European Championship, and the Swedish national team, known as the "Viking Viking".

Due to the special significance of the opening match, although the two sides of this game were not traditional strong teams, Zhuang Mingge and his party decided to watch the game on the spot, and booked a whole VIP box through guò relations.

"Although the stadium as a whole looks like it has just been completed, judging from the manufacturing level of some of the hardware facilities nearly 20 years ago, it should be that the Belgian Football Association has renovated this stadium in order to host this European Cup, right?" Sitting on the couch, little Groz looked at the room and the furnishings in the stadium and asked suspiciously, "Is it my delusion?" Why do you always feel that the expressions of those Belgian players when they sang the national anthem just now looked so heavy? ”

"No, Rebecca, there's nothing wrong with your feelings." Zhuang Mingge uncharacteristically did not choose to flirt with Little Groz at this time, but said a little heavily, "You don't know, in fact, this stadium has another name, a name that is extremely heavy for fans all over Europe, that is Heysel Stadium!" ”

"What?!" Hearing Zhuang Mingge's explanation, Little Groz immediately exclaimed, then quickly lowered his voice and asked in a hurry, "This is the place where the tragedy happened fifteen years ago?" ”

And after receiving an affirmative reply from Zhuang Mingge, Groz Jr. immediately understood why the Belgian players would be so heavy before the game.

While the main victims of the Heysel tragedy were Italian fans (32 Italians out of 39 fans died), with Liverpool and English football most affected, the tragedy was no less memorable for Belgium, the tournament hosts.

After all, in the eyes of many, the Belgian side is actually primarily to blame for the tragedy. It was the Liverpool and England who were ultimately suspended for the death penalty of the Heisel Stadium without reinforcement and poor security at the dilapidated Heysel Stadium, and Liverpool and England, who were eventually sentenced to capital bans, were the victims of a compromise and a series of shady deals from various forces within UEFA.

And because of the severity of the Heysel tragedy and its popularity, when the director zhì celebrates at the Heysel Stadium on May 20 every year, the Belgian side is dragged out by the media and beaten. As a result, Belgium's internationals generally experience considerable mental pressure when playing at the stadium, let alone in the already tense opening match of the European Championships.

"I really don't know what the Belgian Football Association thinks, after something like the Heysel tragedy, they still dare to use this as the home of the Belgian national team, aren't they afraid of casting a shadow on the hearts of the players?" Zhuang Mingge was very puzzled by the move of the Belgian Football Association, and said in his heart that this was simply dragging the national team back.

If Belgium does not qualify from the group, the Belgian Football Federation, which has not arranged a good schedule for its own people, will definitely be to blame.

That's all for now, and now let's get down to business. Although there were no top superstars on either side of the opening match, and the appeal to neutral fans was not as good as that of Italy and the Netherlands, the tactical play of the two teams was not conservative.

"The level of football in Belgium has slipped too hard in recent years, right?" Looking at the Belgian players who seemed a little embarrassed under Sweden's Nordic power flow play, and could only rely on shrinking formations and stacking players to barely ensure that the door was not lost, Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but sigh and said, "I didn't expect that after Enzo Cifo withdrew from the national team, Belgium couldn't even find a shadow of the European Red Devils who were dominant, which is really unexpected." ”

In fact, since the 90s, Belgian football, which had experienced the glory of the 80s, began to decline from prosperity to decline. From the fourth place in the '86 World Cup, to the round of 16 in the '90 World Cup and the World Cup in the United States, to the group stage in the World Cup in France, Belgian football has gone from a quasi-first-class team to a second-rate team in Europe in just over a decade, which is really suffocating.

However, as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the Belgian player's table in this match is a good proof of this. After surviving the Swedes' initial bombardment, the Belgians gradually stabilized their positions in the ensuing period, and began to launch quick counter-attacks under the leadership of leader Mark Wilmots, taking advantage of the mental laxity of their opponents who had been pressing the attack for a long time!

The Belgian's strategy proved correct, while the Swedes, who had been unable to attack for a long time, paid the price for their choice as the first half drew to a close: Belgian midfielder Goul took advantage of a low-level mistake by the Swedish defender to get the ball on the ball and burst into the box, then fired a furious shot past Heidemann to score his first goal since the start of the tournament!

After taking a one-goal lead, the morale-boosting Belgians continued to work hard and played a beautiful attacking combination shortly after the start of the second half, which eventually led to Mponsa extending the score to 2-0!

Although the Swedes believed that Mponza had handballed the ball in the process of receiving the ball, referee Markus Merck ignored the Swede's complaint and ruled that Belgium's goal was valid. Faced with this situation, the Swedish players, who were two goals behind, had no choice but to continue to mobilize manpower to attack aggressively!

However, instead of seizing the onslaught and continuing to extend their lead with counter-attacks, the Belgians made an unforgivable mistake at this time. Only seven minutes have passed since Mponsa's goal, and Belgian goalkeeper De Veld made a mistake when receiving a return pass from his teammate, and actually gave the opponent a chance to hit an empty goal, "assisting" Mjallby to score!

One to two! Sweden pulled one back!

After being chased back by the Swedes, the Belgian players realized that now was not the time to celebrate the victory in advance, and in the rest of the time, the Belgians tried their best to entangle with their opponents, and finally relied on the stalker-like defense to withstand the Swedes' crazy counterattack, and extremely reluctantly kept the fruits of victory, and narrowly got a good start!