Chapter 154: The Fierce Battle (I)
Boom!
Wow~~~~~~~~~~~
The fans in the stands at Nelson Mandela Square couldn't help but let out an exclamation, looking at the time, just four minutes into the game, Dugan tested the Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenburg with a brilliant long-range shot.
Degan's kick was played very suddenly, without any warning at all, and even before he shot, there were Dutch defenders in front of him, so to speak, the angle of the shot was pitiful, but Degan still chose to shoot, without hesitation at all, if it wasn't for Stekelenburg's reaction fast enough, Degan was likely to score for Belgium at the beginning of the game.
"Deegan shoots! Yes! Pity! Just a little bit! ”
The Belgian narrator was excited and annoyed, looking at him, as if he wanted to eat all the microphones.
Digan didn't show too much annoyance, just smiled and shook his hand, the ball just now, the reason why he chose to hit the goal directly was entirely because he felt good at the time, so he shot it, but it was a pity to check a little bit.
Although he failed to score, Degan's shot really scared Van Marwijk on the sidelines, and his original idea was to sneak attack after the game started, but he didn't expect the sneak attack to fail, but was attacked by Belgium.
After all, it is the final, and every tiny detail may affect the final result of the game, and this result is related to the championship of the World Cup!
In the next corner kick of the Belgian team, the Dutch team directly transferred all the players except Robben and Van Persie to the penalty area to participate in the defense.
Hazard's corner kick was taken, and although Digan grabbed the position, Van Bommel was the first to push the ball out of the box under the cover of two defenders of the opposing side.
After dismantling the crisis, the Dutch team quickly unfolded, and the ball went into attack mode immediately after passing under Van der Vaart's feet.
Now many people are criticizing the Dutch team's tactics for getting older and uglier, and even the old flying man Cruyff in the Netherlands, an old coffin with half of his body in the ground, jumped out of the poor BB, saying that the current Dutch team is ugly, completely abandoning tradition, and even openly accusing Van Marwijk.
What is tradition?
Tradition doesn't mean it's all the essence, and some are the dross!
Although the current Dutch team is no longer so passionate in attack, it is more stable, with more emphasis on the balance of attack and defense on the field.
The Dutch team in the Cruyff era played very well, but it failed to bring anything to the Dutch team, and the current Dutch team may not be exciting, but it is closer to success.
Van Marwijk's Dutch side will be trying to get rid of the dregs that have fallen behind and re-establish the style of the team, but there is still some essence to be retained, which is the traditional wing attack of Dutch football.
The Dutch team's wide attack is not just about making a cross from the bottom and then fighting for the top on the front line, but it is a combination of the side and the middle, and when hitting the opponent's hinterland, you can choose to cross from the side or cut directly inside.
In the history of Dutch football, there have been many outstanding wingers, the most famous of which is Overmars, but now Arjen Robben has gradually replaced him in the minds of Dutch fans.
After Sneijder's excess, the football reached the feet of Robben, and the main person in charge of defending Robben in this game was Belgian winger Pokolinho.
Originally, Antienes was still a little hesitant about whether to use Lombarts or Pokolinho, but in the end, Degan's opinion played a key role, and Pokolinhod, who was better defensively, started the game.
In the face of the menacing Robben, Poccoliño showed his maturity that was completely inconsistent with his age, and did not rush to pounce at the first time and try to steal, but retreated sideways, and at the same time guarded Robben from suddenly cutting inward, and turned a blind eye to Robben's series of feints.
But Robben is certainly not only these three axes, his dribbling frequency is very fast, the movement at his feet is dazzling, suddenly, Robben's instep pushes the ball forward, and then suddenly accelerates, although Pocorinho has been prepared, but his speed is still too difficult to keep up with Robben, and he can only try to stick it up and block Robben's cut.
Seeing that the inside cut could not be made, Robben's speed became faster and faster, and he quickly opened up the distance between him and Pocorinho, and then crossed with a kick.
Van Persie in the middle, Kuyt on the left has been outflanked in place, Van Persie in front of the point deliberately missed, so that Courtois, who was attracted to him all the attention, couldn't help but be shocked, fortunately, Vermaelen, who was in charge of marking Kuyt, concentrated his energy and grabbed the ball before Kuyt, and pushed the ball out of the bottom line!
Corner kick for the Netherlands!
"The two sides played very actively at the beginning, without reservations at all, and invested a lot of troops in the attack, and there were concerns before, because both sides of this game are not representatives of artistic football play, which will make this World Cup final look very boring, but judging from the current process, people's worries are completely unnecessary!"
The Dutch team took a corner, and the first point was grabbed by Belgium, Kompany pushed the ball off the line, and then the two sides started a fierce battle in midfield.
In this game, Van Marwijk replaced De Jong with Van der Vaart, as Van Bommel's central partner, which played a miraculous effect, Van der Vaart's passing awareness, and superb skills, although it could not play the role of Pirlo in the Italian team, however, Van der Vaart's skills were better, and he was more resolute when he inserted back, and when Sneijder was targeted by the Belgian team, his back insertion often had an unexpected effect.
And, on top of that, the Netherlands' two flanks were more active, while Belgium were a little more passive and couldn't help Digan and Romelu Lukaku in attack.
However, in the same way, the Dutch midfield has also been involved in too much experience, especially Brewer and Naeng's assistance on the two wings, which made Robben and Kuyt lose their sharpness for a while.
The game is starting to get into the heat!
"It's been 10 minutes into the game, and Rod has been a little quiet except for a wonderful long-range shot from outside the box in the fourth minute, and he is running very aggressively, but he has received too little support!"
Degan was also aware of the problem and began to consciously step back, playing two wings with Eden Hazard, leaving Lukaku alone in front and involving the Dutch defence.
The change worked wonders immediately, and in the fifteenth minute, after winning the ball on the wing, Deegan chose to break through with the ball, and the Dutch right-back had no choice but to watch Deegan pass him with a huge speed advantage and then cross underneath.
Lukaku, who received in the middle, pressed ahead of Heitinga and headed the ball into goal, but Stekelenburg reacted very quickly and dragged the ball off the crossbar with one palm when his body had lost its center of gravity.
Corner kick for Belgium!
"Ahh Pity! Lukaku's header was full of power, but unfortunately it was rejected by Stekelenburg at the last moment, but it didn't matter, Belgium got a corner! ”
Hazard's corner kick was opened, and this time Digan took the initiative to press forward, blocking in front of Van Bommel and heading back, but unfortunately Fellaini was half a step slower, fell to the ground and failed to touch the football, watching the football slide out of the door on his toes and out of the bottom line.
"It's a pity! Just a little bit! ”
Before the Belgian team had time to regret, the Dutch team quickly launched a counterattack, the football reached the feet of Robben again, Peter Pan ran all the way with the ball, and then suddenly cut inside the goal, Courtois was blocked by his teammates, and the reaction was a little slower, but Robben's shot finally hit the goal post, and the Belgian team escaped.
"Maybe no one will say that it will be a boring game now, the game is currently going on for 17 minutes, both sides have had a lot of chances to score, but unfortunately the luck is a little bit worse, but the two teams are not conservative on the field, and when attacking, the forward pressure is also very resolute, which is what fans all over the world want to see!"
For those fans who have no position and it doesn't matter who wins, the excitement of the game is the most important thing, the two teams can play against each other on the field, those fans are of course happy, after all, no one wants to see a dull final like four years ago, Italy desperately defended in the first half, Belgium lost Digan in the second half, that kind of game, can only be described as "boring".
The game was played well, and the fans in the stands were also very hardworking, cheering and shouting all the time, cheering for the team they supported.
In the 26th minute of the first half, Degan, who had retreated to the middle, had a chance here, and after receiving the ball, he turned to find that there was no Dutch defender around him.
It was Van der Vaart who made the mistake, he was not a defensive player after all, and his positional sense was very average, and when he found out that Deegan had formed a threat with the ball, he couldn't help but be shocked and quickly pounced.
But Deganco won't give him a chance to make up for his mistakes, and the power under his feet, the amazing explosiveness was perfectly displayed at this moment, when Van der Vaart pounced, he buckled with his feet, and then took advantage of Van der Vaart's unstable foothold and rushed forward directly.
"Danger! Degan got the ball, and now there are no defenders around him, in this position, Degan has a very accurate long-range shot, and the Dutch team is in danger! Dangerous! ”