Chapter 117: The Great War Ends
Argentina's lead lasted only a short time before it was equalized by a quick counter-attack by the Belgian team, and the Belgian fans at the scene were naturally cheering, while the Argentine fans were at a loss.
They were still celebrating the goal just now, how could it be that after such a short period of time, the one-goal lead disappeared without a trace?
What the hell is going on!?
Some of the fans hadn't even reacted yet, and they were still cheering more than ten seconds ago, and the cheers died down in such a short time.
It's not just the fans who are at a loss, the players on the Argentine field are also looking incredulous at the moment, they were still in heaven just now, how did they return to the world in a blink of an eye.
Degan's 21st goal in the World Cup is now 100% certain, and even if Deegan never scores again, the record he set will not be broken even after a hundred years.
Messi was stunned for a long time, then walked away helplessly with his head down, he has always wanted to beat Digan, but now it seems that it is too difficult, Degan has expanded his number of goals in the World Cup to 21, what about him? His first World Cup goal is still long in coming.
With stoppage time and less than five minutes left, Argentina was once very close to victory, but now, well! A draw!
Draw!?
Belgians don't think so, others don't give up until the last moment, they don't give up until the last moment; Others don't hit the south wall and don't look back, they don't look back even if they hit the south wall.
After the game restarted, Belgium came up with what they do best in pressing, and both full-backs had even pressed past half-time, which made them want to use up the last bit of time, but Belgium refused.
"After the equaliser, the Belgian team still didn't seem to want to stop there, they were still attacking, no! They are defending, but their defense is more threatening than attacking! ”
The best defense is offense!
This is a sentence that has been said badly, but the Belgian team has interpreted the essence of this sentence to the extreme.
The Argentine team, which pays attention to technology and cooperates tacitly, was forced to be embarrassed by the Belgian team for a while, and could only keep passing back to avoid the crazy robbery of the Belgian team.
The current form on the field looks as if the Argentines are afraid, and everyone watching this scene is dumbfounded.
Against any opponent, when did the Argentine team perform like it is now?
Maradona on the sidelines was furious, roaring and cheering for the players, but his personal rendering could not wake up his team, let alone change the fact that Argentina had no ideas at the moment, the attack was messy, and the defense was shoddy.
Argentina could not fully control the ball, in the face of the pressing defense of the Belgian team, Argentina's players on the field seemed to be locked in a cage, facing the more and more courageous Red Devils Belgium, Argentina was like a person about to be drowned, only blind fluttering, facts once again proved that Maradona is only suitable to be a player, not a coach at all.
In the last Cup, Argentina defeated Serbia and Montenegro 6:1 in the group stage, at that time, Argentina made people feel invincible in the world for a while, this time it is not the same, the first two games of the group stage were smooth, especially after winning South Korea with a big score, they all looked confident.
Maradona even said: "Argentina can score 8 points now!" ”
Is this the case with Argentina with 8 points?
Although the score on the field is still 1:1, everyone can see that Belgium did not exert its full strength in this game, at least in the previous two games, won two consecutive 6:0 The main lineup, only half of it, but it can still beat Argentina with 8 points without temper.
They were ahead for less than a minute, and then they were drawn by Belgium, who suddenly made a difference, and then look at the present, from beginning to end, it has proved one point: Argentina is a pseudo-strong team, from Basile to Maradona in recent years, what strong team has Argentina won in official matches?
The answer is no!
In other words, Argentina, ranked seventh in the World Cup, has never won against a team ranked higher than itself since 2009, but there have been many tragedies, losing 1:6 to Bolivia, 0:1 to Chile, 0:1 to Paraguay, 1:3 Brazil, 0:1 Uruguay, 1:2 Spain, scarred and miserable.
After the start of the World Cup, Maradona has been paralyzing the players with the spirit of Ah Q of the spiritual victory method, and his lack of skills and tactics on the field and his lack of command ability have been fully exposed.
German football emperor Beckenbauer is right, this Argentina is a scattered sand, only relying on individuals, not the whole. Messi, Higuain, Tevez, Di Maria, Milito and Aguero on the bench are not wrists, in the absence of reasonable planning, such Argentina's combat effectiveness is okay to pinch South Korea and Nigeria, and it is still far from dealing with Belgium.
Argentina lacked stability, let alone ideas, until the World Cup hastily determined the main lineup, and the formation also abandoned the 442 formation that had been used before, Maradona once personally brought the World Cup to Argentina, and now he has put a shame label on Argentina, which is really sad.
In the final seconds of the game, Belgium was still attacking, and Argentina could only cower on the line of their own penalty area, passively defending, waiting for the end of the game.
Finally, Maradona and his Argentina barely survived the game, at least not against Belgium!
After the game, the Belgian players were the first to come to the mixed interview area, and when everyone left, not a single Argentine player was seen.
About an hour after the game, the Argentine players appeared in a neat row in the mixed interview area, and no matter how many reporters shouted at them, no one stopped, only Tevez spoke to the media.
And Messi, who is mixed in the middle of the team, is still the most attractive to the media, and all the reporters chased him almost from beginning to end, and he did not respond.
Only when he walked out of the locker room, he gently brushed his hair, and a reporter who wanted to ask him for an autograph was also rejected by him, and in order to avoid being harassed, FIFA also sent a press officer to follow him throughout the process.
Although the game was a draw, Messi knew that he had lost again, to Degan, at least Degan had a goal in this game, and his first World Cup goal, it is not known when it will be.
Deegan was very relaxed in the interview, and when asked by a reporter if he would feel disappointed in a draw, Deegan said: "No! I'm not disappointed, in fact, we played very well today, in the last moments of the game, we still had a chance to overtake the scoreline, but unfortunately we missed a few chances, but a draw, it's perfectly acceptable, we just want to top the group, now we have achieved our goal, a big tournament like the World Cup is very rare, we should get more players involved. ”
Digan's words have been very clear, Belgium is training in this game, and in the face of a strong enemy like Argentina, this kind of thing can only be done by crazy Belgium.
"The next knockout round is the most crucial thing for us, we only have one chance in every game, we need to take a good rest and then concentrate on it, as for this game, it's over, we don't need to focus on anything!"
From beginning to end, there was a disregard for Argentina in Degan's tone, which is perhaps the most difficult for Argentines to accept.
At the post-match press conference, coach Maradona revealed to reporters that Messi had cried in the dressing room: "Leo is very disappointed with this result, the whole world knows how much he wants to win, I have been comforting him, I told him that he has performed very well, he is still the best player, I really don't want to see my players like this, I have nothing to say about the game." ”
Maradona really has nothing to say, he should be glad to be able to draw against Belgium in the end, and if it weren't for Belgium missing two chances in a row at the last minute, maybe he wouldn't have even gotten a point now.
The three rounds of Group B group stage have all ended, Belgium won all three games, ranked first in the group, and in the next knockout round, they will face Mexico, the second place in Group A.
In an interview, Digan also said: "Mexico is a good opponent, they have a lot of good players, such as Marquis and dos Santos, they are very good, I have played against them on the pitch, but in the end, I think it will be ours!" ”
Argentina, the second in Group B, will meet Uruguay in the next game, and Uruguay has been very impressive in this competition, especially their striker Suarez, who has attracted the attention of many European giants.
As for South Korea and Nigeria, they have no choice but to get out.
After the game, just after returning to the hotel, the first thing Deegan did was to take Park Ji-yeon and the others to the hotel where the Belgian team stayed, and after the end of the show, they can finally have a good rest.
Now that the matches in Groups A and B have come to an end, with both unexpected and reasonable endings, all the next four teams have to do is prepare carefully and then sit back and watch the success or failure of the other groups.