Belgium reached the final, bringing new excitement to the World Cup, and now, the two teams in the World Cup final have been born, namely the Netherlands and Belgium.

13 times in the World Cup, Belgium has never won the Cup, the best result is only in the 2006 World Cup in Germany reached a final, but because of the hands of Degan, let the European Red Devils in Germany hate, although the Dutch team is the third time to break into the final, but the first two times, they lost to the host Argentina and Germany, missed the championship, now the world is looking forward to the birth of a new World Cup champion team, and the Netherlands and Belgium two teams, close to the championship.

In previous World Cup history, only Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina and France have won the tournament, and now the Netherlands or Belgium will become the eighth World Cup champions in history.

The star tactics of the orange team, the passionate style of play of the European Red Devils, the duel between the two will sing the final poem in South Africa, anticipation, excitement, nervousness, sadness, ecstasy, the World Cup that stimulates all human emotions has finally entered the final climax.

Belgium VS Netherlands, this night, destined to be born in the 80-year history of the World Cup of the eighth king, after this night, the new king's chest will be embroidered with Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, England, France, the same shining champion star.

Whether it is the Orange Shirt or the European Red Devils, they will win the 10th championship for Europe, and the balance of the World Cup will be tilted again, with the "10 cups" Europe overpowering the "9 cups" South America, and at the same time, it will also be the first time that a European team has won the World Cup on another continent, and the European team will turn the World Cup into the "European Cup".

The last time the Dutch reached a World Cup final was in Argentina in 1978, when they fell at the feet of their hosts, and 32 years later, the Dutch are frighteningly strong, with the Dutch dreaming of their first world title, a perfect, 100 per cent Hercules Cup.

Facing the upcoming final, Van Persie, the main center of the Dutch team, said: "I'm used to watching other teams' finals, but now I'm in it, I don't know what it's like to win the World Cup, but I have a picture of Maradona lifting the World Cup at home, it's an incredible picture, Maradona is smiling and sitting on the shoulders of his teammates and lifting the trophy, if we win, I want a picture like that!" ”

Now, Van Persie is only one win away from his dream, but their opponents are equally ferocious, winning Euro 2008, the Belgians have made the world look at their bloody football, and now in South Africa in 2010, from the group stage, the Belgians have let those who are not optimistic about them, see their strength, 6:0 Nigeria, 6:0 South Korea, 1:1 Argentina, 3:1 Mexico, 3:2 Germany, 3:0 Spain, The powerful attack power made one opponent after another fall at their feet.

The team's number one star Degan used 27 goals in the World Cup to record his name in the history of the World Cup, and I am afraid it will never be erased.

If Belgium win the tournament, they will be able to break the "curse of the European Championship", only one team in history has managed to win back-to-back European Championships and the World Cup, with West Germany dominating the world in 1974 after winning Euro 1972 against the Dutch.

As for the French, they got the World Cup first, and then they got the European Championship!

The World Cup final touches the hearts of fans all over the world, and people want to know what the outcome of the World Cup final will be when Belgium, the bloodiest player, meets the most "ugly" pragmatist Netherlands.

Whoever lifts the Hercules Cup means that a new king will be born.

Belgium is currently recognized as the most changeable team in world football, they can use chain defense to make the Spanish team subordinate, can also use the pass control style of play to make the Mexicans helpless, they pay attention to the whole, but also highlight the individual, but the only constant is their blood and fire mixed with bloody football, even the German team after losing to Belgium in the quarter-finals, admitted: "The Belgians have the toughest nerves in world football, no one can break them mentally!" ”

Dutch coach Donny van Marwijk has been largely in charge of the Netherlands, but his Dutch team has turned its back on tradition and has been in vogue with utilitarian football and effectiveness, which is very different from the traditional Dutch football that advocates "even if you don't win the title, you have to play well".

After 32 years, the Dutch team reached the final of the World Cup for the third time, but this time it was not accompanied by the praise and admiration of the whole world, not the fascination and madness of orange football, not the admiration and following of such prodigies as Cruyff and Basten, but ridicule, ridicule, accusation and attack.

Because the Dutch team played "too ugly", it was completely "lucky" to be able to reach the final.

Did the Dutch play beautifully?

Yes, the Dutch team today does not have the invincibility of the Cruyff era, the sharpness of the Three Musketeers, and the can't even replicate the sexy backs of Kluivert, Bergkamp, Overmars and Zenden in 1998.

In this World Cup, when almost all teams are conservative and recycling, the Dutch team can still score 12 goals in six games, and the Dutch team has firmly controlled the ball at their feet in every game, and should not be the best face for ugly football.

How lucky were the Dutch team?

Yes, today's Dutch team has the spiritual strength and divine favor that each previous Dutch team does not have, but don't forget that opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared, behind the Dutch team's "lucky promotion" again and again, is the result of the unremitting efforts of generations of Dutch people, is the product of the unity and high morale of the Dutch team, people are exclaiming the good luck of the Dutch, ignoring the team's efforts and perseverance, ignoring the efforts and transformation of head coach Van Marwijk. Don't forget that it was thanks to Van Marwijk's efforts that the Dutch team that appeared in South Africa was free from long-lasting infighting, reduced the mustard between the native and Surinamese descendants, the three major clubs, and was instilled with a tenacity similar to that of German football. Whether it was against a strong Brazil team or a cowering Japanese team, this Dutch team was as always, without impatience, without retreat, and without arrogance.

In the six games of this World Cup, the Dutch team took the lead in the first half except for the first half of the game with Cameroon and Slovakia, and the other four games were either draws or behind, but each time, the Dutch team played a more efficient and sharp attack in the second half, and they were always able to launch a fatal blow when others began to slack off, which is the basis for the Dutch team in front of them to keep moving forward.

When people disdainfully say that the Netherlands is lucky, they seem to forget that the most important thing to win is strength?

No, it's definitely luck.

What about the strength, even if you kick the ball into the goal, the referee can choose to go blind in an instant and blow the ball out, just like the hapless England team.

Believe it or not, there always seems to be such a thing as fate.

In South Africa, the country that was first colonized by the Dutch, the Dutch team could not be used enough, and in 1652, the first Dutch colonial governor Van Ribeek decided to establish a permanent white settlement in Cape Town. 358 years later, another Dutchman, Van Marwijk, also led the Dutch team to defeat Argentina in Cape Town and reach the final of the World Cup in South Africa, and the former "uncrowned king" finally got another chance to be crowned.

Now, the Dutch are one step away from rewriting history, reaching the final with a clean sweep, but they have been criticised internationally for their lackluster style.

"Non. "Ugly" and "ugly" are the words that accompany them, and many media outlets have put obituaries on their headlines for "all-offense and all-defence football" as proof that Dutch football is dead, and that the Orange Army's philosophy of freedom and attack is gone.

"The ugly Dutch football has made victory its sole goal, and the epitome of this transformation is the reuse of fierce and vicious men like Van Bommel in 2008, even the Dutch team in 2008 was better than the current one, Van Basten's team destroyed France and Italy with the best football in the European Championships, while Van Marwijk suppressed the Dutch attacking talent."

However, the Dutch players will probably be happy to accept this view, and Van Bommel of Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga agrees that the Dutch team is more destructive and defensive than in previous editions, and his partner Frenkie de Jong also believes that the current football in the Netherlands is the right one: "We have all learned the truth that the most important thing is not to concede a goal. ”

In fact, this kind of realism does not need to be influenced by the so-called "regression of Dutch football" or even "betrayal of Dutch culture" from the outside world.

Pragmatism has always existed in Dutch football, at least for the last three decades, and it has been there to a greater or lesser extent, and to lament the decline of all-attacking football, just as saddening the replacement of black-and-white televisions with colour televisions and the disappearance of horse-drawn carriages from the city centre, is unnecessary, and the Dutch began to change decades ago, but the so-called bricks have always failed to notice this.

In the sixties and seventies of the nineteenth century, Cruyff's Ajax team pioneered the tactical concept of all-attack and all-defense, and its two core ideas are the maximum pressure on the opponent's space and the frequent turnover between players in different positions on their side, full-backs can be wingers, forwards can also be swapped with midfielders, and in that era when man-to-man tactics are dominant, and teams generally do not pay much attention to space and formation, Ajax's "thinkers" are almost invincible.

At the 1978 World Cup, the Dutch reached the final for the second time in a row, but from that time on, all-attacking football began to be replaced by a more conservative football system, which still looked aggressive, but there would be a few scavengers left behind, but as the football competition became more intense, it became more difficult to maintain such a high intensity in the game.

The Dutch side who won the 1988 European Championships, their only title to date, were most impressive for their individual striker Van Basten and attacking playmaker and shadow striker Ruud Gullit, but their rock-solid scavenger Koeman at the back was overlooked, and the perfect combination of grace and violence was king.

The classic formation of the Netherlands, 433, has not changed in the past few decades, but the trend in football is to become more and more detailed in the role of players, so the direction of development of Dutch football is to move away from the original all-attacking and all-defensive style.

The Dutch team at the 1994 World Cup had a lot of attacking talent like Bergkamp, but don't forget that they also had a fierce man like Waters nicknamed the Bulls in midfield, and the switching of positions between players seemed ridiculous at the time.

The question of how much the Dutch team has changed before Euro 2008 has been so much debated that Cruyff, who still considers himself the leading football thinker in the Netherlands, sharply criticised Van Basten's 4231 formation, saying in a television interview: "It's not the Dutch team, the Dutch team should always have three strikers on the pitch, and we don't need two midfielders, their role is to make up the numbers." ”

As a result, thanks to the excellent play of the two midfield metronomes and the application of quick counter-attacking tactics, the Netherlands played a pleasing football in that tournament.

Cruyff's nostalgia for the tactics of 40 years ago is like covering his ears and stealing the bell, but he doesn't know that the best tactics are the ones that best suit his current players.

In response to Cruyff's accusations, Basten explained at the time: "This is to make enough room for our counterattack." ”

In other words, Basten's coaching philosophy has completely departed from Cruyff's old theories and is no longer limited to attack and defence.

But the cynics always claim that the Netherlands has become unrecognizable, and they see Dutch football even as the other extreme of attacking football.

In fact, the Dutch were no more conservative than they were 30 years ago, only finding that teams that were reluctant to attack were often more difficult to beat, so France and Italy in 2008 fell victim to New Holland football.

If the Dutch team does win the championship, the "obituary writers" are likely to quickly change their tune and celebrate the resurgence of Dutch football.

The most gorgeous offensive football, which has never allowed the Netherlands to win the Hercules Cup, the most famous "Three Musketeers" has never broken into the final of the World Cup, and the orange "Tulip" has faded to be gorgeous, bidding farewell to the full attack and defense, but has re-entered the stage of the World Cup finals.

Van Marwijk, the head coach of utilitarian football, is not well-known, but he led the Dutch team to play the smartest football, a low-key civilian coach, subverting the traditional style of play of the Dutch team and bringing the team to the World Cup final in South Africa.

In Van Marwijk's eyes, the all-attacking and all-defence style of play is "outdated", modern football is more about the balance between attack and defence, and now, what the Netherlands need most is results.

Since Van Marwijk took office, he has always instilled the concept of full-court defense in his players, Sneijder often retreated to the front of the penalty area to help defend, and Kuyt carried forward the "sapper" nature, whether on the left or right, he was active in defense. In the past, the Dutch team had a problem of psychological fragility, but now the improvement of defensive ability has brought victory to the Dutch team and greatly boosted the confidence of the players.

Van Marwijk is a small man, his name is completely off the table compared to many of his predecessors, but it is this small man who has led the Dutch team to great success.

Looking at the coaching history of the Dutch team, which one is not a well-known figure?

However, no one crowned the Netherlands at the World Cup, and Van Marwijk was the least experienced of them, having played just one game for his country as a player in the middle and lower reaches of the Eredivisie.

As a coach, until the age of 48, he entered the Eredivisie Feyenoord, ordinary experience, making Fan Shuai a rare "ordinary person" among Dutch coaches, gorgeous football, never brought honor to the Dutch team, use results to speak, those who mock him, can now shut up. The so-called "ugly" football is a wave of reform set off by Van Marwijk.

The new Dutch squad have reached the World Cup final and now face the feared European champions Belgium.

Before the decisive battle was about to begin, Cruyff, who had criticized Basten's Dutch team during Euro 2008, jumped out again.

"This is the ugliest Dutch team I've ever seen, and such a Dutch team doesn't deserve to win the World Cup at all!"

A person who has returned to the field of disarmament, suddenly said and acted like this, this former celebrity, I am afraid that I have been lonely for too long, I am afraid that I will be forgotten by the public, and I am afraid that I will no longer have the right to speak and be influential in the circle, so I can't wait to jump out and brush up on my sense of existence.

I don't know how Van Marwijk, who has always kept a low profile, felt after listening to Cruyff's words?

Until now, at least, van Marwijk has not been heard in any way.

In the football circle, on the green field, many things are not spoken by mouth, but by kicks, and Van Marwijk knows all this. So, he won't stand up and he won't refute anything. Because, there is no need to argue or refute an active coach and a famous man who has been idle for many years and can only count his foot hair when he is full and has nothing to do.

Maybe Cruyff is really old, and his ability to judge the timing is also poor, at this time, in fact, it is far wiser to not say anything than to jump out and make a high-profile statement. For those people and things that should be forgotten, no matter how much you remind them, it will always be difficult to stay, and rehashing the old things over and over again makes people disdainful.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference at the Dutch stadium the day before the final began, Van Marwijk said: "It's the third time we've reached the final in our history, but this time it's going to be completely different, and I don't want to shy away from 1974 and 1978 because I think that's what inspired us. This opportunity is better for us than it was before, and we can't always compare the current Dutch team to the Dutch team of 28 or 32 years ago, we are just playing for all the Dutch people, not for the predecessors of decades ago. ”

Van Marwijk commented: "I think Belgium played well against Spain and reached the World Cup final, they played very well, in my opinion they are the best team in the world, I like the way they play, we want to learn from them and use them for me, we respect Belgium but we are not afraid of them, although I know that it is a challenge to play against Belgium and beat them, but anything is possible. ”

Van Marwijk led the "atypical" Dutch team to the World Cup final for the third time in their history, and Van Marwijk still retains his confidence against European champions Belgium, who have just eliminated Spain.

'Belgium deserved to win against Spain, we respect Belgium but we won't be afraid of them, the final is a big challenge but we will beat them, this is the third time the Netherlands have reached the final, we have to rewrite history, looking back at the journey from qualifying, it was really not easy, it was unbelievable, now we are one step away from the trophy, it's time to win the title.'

After 32 years to enter the finals, the Dutch team's proud record in South Africa detonated the passion of fans in the country, many Dutch fans did not expect their team to reach the final, so they did not buy tickets for the finals or even semi-finals, but the Dutch team never has to worry about the enthusiasm of "orange fans", it is reported that nearly 1,000 Dutch fans will go to Johannesburg from the domestic charter flight to cheer for the "tulip".

The Netherlands are now just 90 minutes away from being crowned their first World Cup champion.

"90 minutes away from success! 》

The succinct headlines of the Dutch media speak for themselves, and the uncrowned king of the Netherlands, who is in the final for the first time in 32 years, is desperate to take off the hat that has been worn for too long.

If the hat is taken off, the Netherlands will not only change its own history, but also weave the history of the World Cup, which will usher in its eighth title!

This is the third trip for the Netherlands to the title, and since 1974, the Netherlands has been looking to make the world go crazy for orange, and even if it is the turn of the Netherlands, this time the media have bet on the Netherlands.

In a way, the world has owed the Netherlands a world champion for 36 years, and in 1974 the Netherlands should have been the world champions, and this time they just got what they deserved.

From the group stage of the World Cup in South Africa to now, the Dutch team has entered the finals undefeated, and the Dutch team that entered the final in the first two times unfortunately lost to the host, and this time the host is no longer an obstacle, and the Dutch players believe that they can sing the triumphant song all the way to the end.

'It's the third time the Netherlands have reached the final and we have to rewrite history and think back to how we got from qualifying, it's really hard and unbelievable, now we're just one step away from the trophy and it's time to win it.' Dutch player Kuyt said as he looked ahead to the final.

The 35-year-old captain of the Netherlands team, Van Bronckhorst, said he was confident that he could end his football career with a perfect result: "The last game of my career, the World Cup final, was the final of my career, and I hope it will be the most beautiful game of my life. ”

In anticipation of the final, coach Van Marwijk also made a bold statement: "We are so close to victory, I will try to win glory for the national team and bring home the Hercules Cup!" ”

Whether it is the Netherlands or Belgium winning the cup on African soil, this World Cup in South Africa is worth remembering, the first World Cup held on the African continent, finally presenting something new, whether the Netherlands or Belgium win the championship, will become the eighth World Cup champion.

Before this World Cup, only seven countries have won the World Cup, it is an exclusive group, an elite club that is not willing to accept new members, but this year, the Netherlands defeated the two-time World Cup champion Argentina and Belgium beat the three-time World Cup winner Germany, although the final has not yet been played, but one thing is already certain, Belgium against the Netherlands, in any case, the eighth title of the World Cup will be born.

The Netherlands came to the final in a mixed bag, while Belgium was in a much more complicated environment, with Belgium cheering for their second consecutive World Cup final, but the outside world had an undisguised disgust for the bloody team.

Originally, a "non-. The Netherlands has already made the World Cup final a lot of disgrace, and another bloody Belgium, the World Cup final looks like it will become a slaughterhouse.

Now, before the game even started, some people couldn't help but jump out: "An ugly Netherlands, a Belgium full of muscle clubs, the World Cup final that should be the focus of the attention of fans all over the world, will be boring because of these two teams, and I can predict that it will be an even uglier final than four years ago!" ”

For such a tone, the two teams chose to be boring at the same time, what is the final, the final means the championship, it means that success and failure will be born at the same time, the finals of the previous World Cups, there are those games that are exciting.

In order to please the fans, throw aside the victory of the game, neither the Netherlands nor Belgium, no one will agree.

Belgium's captain, the core, and the flag Digan said in an interview: "I think the two teams will do their best to win the game, as for whether the process of the game is gorgeous, will anyone really care about that?" Bloody Belgium? Is this the greatest compliment to us, ugly Holland? This statement is ridiculous, Cruyff? The old man should have been in the coffin a long time ago, and every word he said smelled rancid. ”