Chapter 201: The duel against Messi continues

The duel between Argentina and Belgium, to be precise, is actually a contest between Digan and Messi, and the game has been going on for more than 20 minutes, and so far, it seems that Messi is ahead.

The previous goal of the Argentine team, although it was not scored by Messi, nor was it Messi's assist, but before he scored, the series of wonderful dribbles were enough to make him the biggest contributor to that goal.

It must be admitted that Messi is now much more mature than four years ago, he no longer blindly carries the ball, no longer hopes that one person will decide everything, he began to play more reasonably, while fully showing his ability, as the captain of the Argentine team, he is also influencing his teammates.

No wonder before the start of the World Cup, some Argentine media said: "The current Messi is like a real leader!" ”

In comparison, Degan's performance so far in the game has been a little less satisfying, with two shots on goal, but the distance to score is always a fraction of a second.

The Argentine fans at the scene seemed to see the hope of the team to continue to move forward, and kept cheering for the Argentine team, and the Belgian fans were not to be outdone, and had begun to set off fireworks to celebrate in advance.

Although the team is still down by one goal, all Belgian fans believe that with Digan in place, it is only a matter of time before the equaliser or even overtake.

In the 26th minute of the game, Belgium's attack returned, Degan drove straight into the ball and passed the ball to Witsel in front of the penalty area, who hit a through ball, De Bruyne followed, and volleyed vigorously in front of goal, causing Romero to get out of his hands, Hazard followed up with a follow-up shot, but could not play in the right position, and the Belgian team missed another chance to equalize.

Immediately afterwards, the Argentine team also launched a fast attack, in the 28th minute, Messi's midfielder long-distance precision behind the defensive line, Di Maria burst into the penalty area, near the penalty spot, the left-footed push was blocked by Kompany.

From the current situation of the game, the two sides are basically evenly matched, and the Argentine team still has a slight advantage, but soon, a decisive change suddenly happened.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Di Maria dribbled the ball and suddenly fell to the ground without making physical contact with anyone.

Di Maria was lifted off the pitch and, after some checking, it appeared that Argentina had to make a passive substitution due to a thigh muscle strain, with Perez coming on as a substitute.

Perez got a chance to perform as soon as he came on when he crossed from the right and Messi was brought down by Marouane Fellaini in the middle, and then Messi's free-kick went straight to the goal and skimmed over the crossbar.

It seems that Perez seems to be fully capable of replacing Di Maria's vacancy, but soon, the gap in strength between the two men is highlighted, although Perez is good, but he does not have Di Maria's ability to decide the game, his characteristic is that he is fast, and his foot technology is at least a light year behind Di Maria.

In the forty-second minute, Perez hit the ball on the right side again, but was easily stuck by Pokolinho, cut off the ball, and then passed the ball forward, De Bruyne received the ball, along the left side, a long drive, near the bottom line of the cross, this time Digan did not let the opportunity pass in front of him, jumped up in the high-speed run, pressed Demichelis two heads, a powerful rush, so that Romero was powerless this time, can only turn his head, watch the football hit the net.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Rod! Rod! Rod! Rod! Rod! Rod! Rod! As if to take revenge on his Argentine counterparts who got carried away just now, the Belgian commentator on the commentary bench shouted out seven "Rods" in one breath, and after shouting, he felt that his brain was going to be deprived of oxygen, "Wonderful goal, Demichelis can't stop Rod at all, in front of Rode, he is like a child, completely vulnerable!" ”

After the goal, Digan also looked very excited, if the score could not be equalized in the first half, once Argentina set up a bucket formation in the second half, then the game was really troublesome.

You know, since the first World Cup in 1930 lost 2:4 to the host Uruguay, Argentina has never lost in the first half of the leading World Cup matches, and the final reversal when leading at half-time in all competitions dates back to seven years ago, when they lost 1:2 to Colombia on November 20, 2007.

And, most importantly, the Argentines must not be given confidence.

Degan rushed a few steps and jumped directly on the back of De Bruyne, who provided him with an assist, and the biggest discovery of the Belgian team in this World Cup is probably the young man De Bruyne.

In the previous European Championships, although De Bruyne also participated, he was only a substitute player at that time and almost did not get any chance to perform.

In this World Cup, with Na England injured at the beginning and in poor form after the injury, De Bruyne finally got the coveted main position, and he did not live up to François's trust, and he played very well in the last two knockout games.

In the next few minutes, Argentina launched a fierce attack, seemingly hoping to seize this last bit of time and score another goal, while Belgium began to defend and neutralize Argentina's offensive one by one.

In the end, the two sides ended in a 1:1 draw in the first half!

In the break room, Deegan is mobilizing his teammates: "Guys! We did a good job in the first half, but a little bit of bad luck, in the second half the Argentines will definitely attack aggressively, they can't afford to delay, they will definitely want to end the game in 90 minutes, before they had a few players injured, this Di Maria went off the field due to injury, the longer it drags on, the more it is not good for them, this is our chance, in the second half, what we have to do is wait for them to press first, and then it is time for us to attack, I think you all don't want to miss the opportunity to defend the World Cup title, Then for the next 45 minutes, everyone on the field has to do all they have to do! ”

At the beginning of the second half, as Digan said, Argentina attacked aggressively from the beginning, and in the 51st minute of the game, Higuain cut into the box on the left side, received a pass from Messi, and fired a diagonal shot that was blocked by Van Bitten on the goal line at the near post.

Just five minutes later, Argentina's attack returned, Higuain almost scored twice, Hazard was cut off in front, Perez launched a counterattack on the right, a kick crossed, Higuain cut through the crotch of Kompany, burst into the box and hit the crossbar, missing the best opportunity to take the lead again!

Subsequently, the Belgian team also made substitution adjustments, François replaced Dembele, replaced Mirallas, this game, as the starting winger Mirallas highlights are really not many, which makes the Belgian team, which is ready to fly with wings before the game, most of the time, can only rely on De Bruyne to attack, replace Dembele, let Hazard play the side position, is hoping to use the tacit understanding that Dembele and Digan have cultivated in the club, threatening Argentina's goal.

In the 61st minute of the game, Hazard, who moved to the left wing, crossed the ball from the side, and the attention of the Argentine defenders was attracted by Digan, and Fellaini, who had inserted the assist, jumped high and headed the goal, but unfortunately he was too anxious, and the football grazed the crossbar and flew off the field.

A minute later, it was Eden Hazard's cross from the left, and it was Fellaini who fought for the spot, but this time it was unlucky as the ball grazed the post again.

Although two consecutive attacks, failed to score, but Belgium's momentum has obviously been played, in the 65th minute, Belgium's attack, and transferred to the right side, De Bruyne near the bottom line, a low flat ball, hit the ball to the Argentine team's goal, digan high-speed insertion, Argentina defender Garay grabbed ahead of Digan, tackle the ball, almost stabbed the ball into his own door, fortunately Romero's reaction was fast enough, a vicious dog pounced, hugged the ball, pressed under him.

Immediately afterwards, Argentina also made a substitution, replacing Lavezzi, who was obviously suffering from fitness problems, with Palacio.

But at this moment, the situation of the game has been firmly controlled by the Belgian team, less than three minutes after the Argentine team completed the substitution, after Digan took the ball in the middle, pulled the side, made a gesture to go down, and after deceiving the opponent's defenders, he suddenly cut inside and hit the goal, and after being touched by Romero, it missed the near post.

After that, Argentina also used up their third substitution, replacing striker Higuain with midfield defender Gago in a strikerless formation.

Argentina began to defend, and the game gradually fell into a stalemate, until the 85th minute of the game, De Bruyne fired a low shot from outside the box, Romero misjudged the direction and was about to cross the goal line, but was blocked by defender Garay on the goal line.

Belgium have missed a chance to overtake!

In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Argentina also got a chance to beat Belgium, Gago sent a direct pass on the left side to instigate a counterattack, Messi counterattacked and broke into the penalty area, 15 meters in front of the goal, his left-footed stab was blocked by Courtois.

This is also the best chance for Messi in this game, if this opportunity is placed at the beginning of the game, Courtois has absolutely no chance to block the ball, but at this moment, after running for more than 90 minutes, Messi is also tired, at the moment of shooting, his body is obviously a little tilted, and as a result, the ball is played too positively, giving Courtois a chance to make a meritorious contribution.

Courtois got up and immediately threw the ball in his hands to attack, and although the game was played to this point, the fitness of the Belgian team seemed to be completely unaffected, and everyone was still walking like a fly.

Fellaini received Courtois's hand throw, and without waiting for the Argentine defender to pounce, he directly picked up the ball and hit the ball to the edge of the Argentine team's penalty area.

At this moment, Mascherano, who pounced from behind, fell directly to the ground and put the shovel at a long distance, and Digan had already noticed Mascherano and pulled the ball sideways to lure Mascherano into being fooled.

Just as Mascherano's foot was about to touch the football, Digan pulled the ball back again, and then struck forward, and the ball went straight between Demichelis's legs, and then Degan ran hard with both legs, squeezing Demichelis away, catching up with the football, and stabbing with a single shot.

Although Romero chose to attack at the first time, he was still a little slower, and could only split his legs as much as possible, hoping that a miracle would happen, but this was not their territory after all, and the God they believed in would not give them shelter from this stadium.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!”

In the last minute of stoppage time, Deegan's goal killed the game completely.

Behind the running Degan, Mascherano lay on the ground in pain, and the tackle just now was too violent, directly tearing his anus, making a bow, full of wounds, OPPA's anus was torn!

Messi, who was in the middle circle, was also slumped on the ground in despair at the moment, he had worked hard in this game, but unfortunately in the end, he could only accept this desperate ending.

In order to be able to make the whole team play at its best, Messi even gave up a lot of offensive opportunities in the game and played a passing role, but unfortunately, the final result still disappointed him.

When the whistle blew at the end of the match, the ecstatic Belgians celebrated wildly on the pitch and the Argentine players shed tears of sadness.

In fact, there is no need for the Argentines to be disappointed, in the last few World Cups, this time is their best performance, but it is a pity that they met Belgium too early and met the European Red Devils.

"This time the World Cup is over!" Messi, who was interviewed in the mixed interview area, could not hide his disappointment, "We did our best, we can only accept the result, but I must say that we are not losers, we still have a chance!" ”

Messi does have a chance, he is still young, he has every chance to participate in the next World Cup in Russia, and in four years, Messi may be more mature.

Argentine football legend Maradona also comforted his former disciple in an interview after the game: "Messi's performance in this World Cup is much better than the last time, but this time Argentina's luck is too bad, before the start of this game, Aguero was injured, and then the first half of the game was not over, Di Maria withdrew due to injury, I can only say that this time God did not favor Argentina, if it were not for the injury factor, Argentina would definitely be more worthy of winning this game!" It's just that there is no assumption in this world, Argentina lost, but Argentina's future is still full of hope! I'm really looking forward to seeing a more mature Messi and a better Argentina team in Russia in four years' time! ”

As Maradona said, in this World Cup, the Argentine team has been plagued by injuries, Aguero only played the first game of the group stage, and has been on the injury list since then, and there are basically few people available in other positions, before the start of this 1/4 knockout match with Belgium, the Argentine team can play, including two substitute goalkeepers, and only a pitiful sixteen people.

But with such a lineup, the Argentines and the defending champion Belgium have been fighting for more than 90 minutes, and even before Digan's stunner, they still have a chance to kill, but it's a pity that ~~~~~~~

With Messi's ability, he can definitely create an era, but it is a pity that both Shengyu and He Shengliang, in La Liga, there is a golden mulo who fights against him, and in world football, there is a Deegan who suppresses him to death.

Whether in the national team or in the club, Messi has in fact never won against Degan, not once!

Digan didn't know that without him, Messi would finally be able to become a god in this World Cup, because he was reborn the day before the start of the World Cup in Brazil, to Italy in 2004.

Without his existence, Messi may really be able to repeat the great deeds of Maradona 28 years ago, but it makes no sense to say these things now, it is precisely because of the appearance of Degan that everything has changed.

Digan, who was the opponent, also affirmed Argentina's performance after the game: "They caused us a lot of problems today, for a long time we had to be in a backward position, but luckily in the end we still won, the next game, we will face the Netherlands, of course I hope the team can go forward, the final!" No! It's obviously not enough to aim for the finals, we want the ultimate champion! ”

On the stage of the World Cup, Digan once again left Messi behind, Belgium will continue to advance, Argentina can only go home with the bitterness of defeat, maybe from now on, no one will regard Messi as his opponent.

Next, Belgium will face the opponent in the semi-finals, is their final opponent in the World Cup in South Africa four years ago, compared with four years ago, today's Netherlands, under the tutelage of Van Gaal, has become more mature, abandoned the flashy, although the so-called celebrity of Cruyff's idle eggs, wantonly attacked, but everyone must admit that today's Netherlands is more simple than every Dutch team in history, and at the same time it is terrifying!