Chapter 200: Showdown with Messi
The three quarter-finals are over, which can be called a lot of upsets, followed by the high-profile fourth matchup, which will also be played at the National Stadium in Brasilia, against Belgium, led by Digan, and Argentina led by Messi.
If Argentina progress, it will be their first World Cup semi-final since the summer of Italy 1990 and the first time they have reached the semi-finals alongside Brazil.
People are looking forward to the final of this World Cup on the South American continent, where the final can really stage a showdown between the two strongest teams in South America.
But if you want to make all this happen, Argentina will first face the powerful Belgium, Belgium led by Degan, is undoubtedly the most terrifying existence in world football today, Belgium and Argentina have also played each other in the World Cup before, but the last World Cup, also in the 1/4 knockout round, Argentina was completely destroyed by Belgium, that game, the leader Messi performed extremely badly.
After the game, he was criticized by countless media as "a dwarf who can only play for Barcelona", this World Cup, Messi was ashamed and brave, only scored one goal in the previous two World Cups, and now in the four games that have ended, he has scored four goals, and his state is a hot mess.
For this game, people are more concerned about another duel between Degan and Messi on the World Cup stage, but in the face of Belgium led by Degan, most of the media are still not optimistic about Argentina's prospects for qualification, after all, if Messi's state is hot, then Degan's state is simply the level of God.
In this game, Argentina is still ready to play offensive football from the perspective of formation, the goalkeeper is Romero, the back line is Zabaleta, Demichelis, Garay and Basanta, the midfielder is Biglia, Mascherano, Di Maria, Lavezi and Messi on the front line, and Higuain sits in the middle.
The Belgian side changed the formation and played 4-2-3-1, the goalkeeper is Courtois, Alderweireld, Van Bitten, Kompany and Pokolinho in the backline, Vermaelen suffered a small injury before the start of this game, for safety reasons, François put him on the bench, the double back is Fellaini and Witsel, Na England, who has been the main force before, is not in very good shape in this World Cup, and the position is also replaced by Witsel, the two wings are Mirallas and De Bruyne, Eden Hazard swooped forward, with Degan playing as a lone striker.
When Deegan and Messi stood in the middle circle, the huge height difference between the two made this scene look very loving, Degan, a ghost who lacked morality, also deliberately raised his head and chest, showing his image extremely tall, Messi even if he was on tiptoe, but in front of Degan, he looked like a naughty boy.
Deegan still won the first attack as always, and with the referee's whistle, the game officially began, and the football reached Degan's feet after a few passes.
As soon as Digan got the ball, Mascherano rushed over, and without waiting for Digan to turn around, he directly kicked a flying tackle, Digan didn't expect the Argentine to fight so fiercely at the beginning of today, and he was a little caught off guard for a while, but fortunately he was highly skilled, picked the ball up, and dodged Mascherano's tackle, but the football was out of his control, and Biglia rushed over, with a big foot, and drove the ball to the side.
Damn, this is going to be a destructive football!
The Argentines are obviously very aware of their situation in today's game, although Argentina's football style has always felt passionate, excellent technique, but if they still adhere to this style, in the end they can only be beaten to the death by Belgium, play Belgium, don't think about through control, kill the opponent, must fight, fight at all costs, Argentina wants to win, must put down the body, put yourself in the role of a weakling, and fight with Belgian bayonets.
I have to admit that this time the Argentines are finally on the right path, they used to be a football power, every time they participated in the World Series, before winning, the first thing that came to mind was how to play the ball beautifully, and winning was placed in second place, and the result was that the results of every major tournament were not satisfactory.
Now the Argentines are finally sober, their status as a football powerhouse, in fact, has been unworthy of the name long after Maradona retired, at best it is first-class in South America and quasi-first-class in the world.
After recognizing their identity, the Argentines have also begun to become pragmatic in this World Cup, and in the previous four games, you can see their changes, although there is less of the passionate Pampas Eagles, but the pragmatic Argentine team has become more intimidating.
In the opening four minutes, the Argentines got the first chance to shoot, Mascherano split the ball in the middle, Di Maria received the ball, after advancing a few meters along the right side, he suddenly chose to cut inside, Van Bitten's reaction was a little slow, and he couldn't pounce on it at the first time to block, Di Maria seized the opportunity, at the edge of the penalty area, shot with his left foot, and the angle was very tricky, fortunately Courtois's reaction was very fast, fell to the ground and pounced sideways, blocking the ball.
In the next game, the Argentine seemed to have found his senses, fighting more and more fiercely in the midfield, but instead forced the Belgian team to scramble and gradually took the initiative in the game.
In the eighth minute of the game, Witsel dribbled the ball in the middle, was stealed by Mascherano, got up, passed the ball out at the first time, Messi plugged in at high speed, and after continuously turning to get rid of Kompany's defense, knocked the ball to the right side, Di Maria followed, a horizontal pass, touched Van Bitten's calf and then changed the line, and flew directly to the goal, Higuain, who has not been in good shape in this World Cup, will naturally not miss such a good opportunity, pounce on it, and in the case of no defense, fall to the ground and tackle, Before Courtois, he kicked the ball, although Courtois made a timely save, but Higuain's shot was too close and the power was very large, so he could only helplessly watch the football fly past him and fall into the goal behind him.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL!Higuain, Higuain's goal! Argentina is ahead! Argentina is ahead! GOAL! The Argentine team's wonderful front-court cooperation, after breaking the ball, only after three passes, the goal was scored! Higuain! Higuain became a hero for Argentina! ”
In the commentary bench in the stands, the Argentine commentator yelled excitedly, looking at his appearance, if it wasn't for the situation, he would have rushed into the field to kiss Higuain, who brought Argentina's goal.
The last time Argentina beat Belgium on the World Cup stage was 28 years ago, when Argentina won 2-0 against Belgium on the World Cup stage in Mexico thanks to two goals from Maradona.
In the eyes of the Argentine, it is time to bring everything back to square one!
Scored the first goal of this World Cup Higuain is also very excited at this moment, since the start of this World Cup, his state has been criticized, and some people even suggested that the Argentine coach at the right time, abandon him, let Tevez as the main force, today's game, Higuain is also holding back a momentum, and now finally scored, the previous depression completely disappeared at this moment.
Messi is also very excited, although this goal was not scored by him, nor did he assist, but before, he was wonderful and made a great contribution to this goal, when celebrating, Messi did not forget to glance at Digan, seeing that Digan's face was expressionless, just intervening and standing, he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart.
The Argentine's frantic celebrations were over, the game was restarted, and surprisingly, the Belgian team who had conceded the goal did not look flustered, and everything was still going on in an orderly manner.
It is no wonder that although the vast majority of the Belgian team are young people under the age of 30, especially after Simmons withdrew from the national team, and now the Belgian national team is over 30 years old, there is only one Van Bitten, but this group of young people who have been through several major tournaments are not inferior in terms of experience at all.
Just lost a goal, it's not a big deal, just chase it back!
In the thirteenth minute of the game, the Belgian team got the first real chance, the Argentine team's attack, advanced to the midfield, Fellaini successfully broke the ball, after the break, the Belgian team quickly attacked by the defense, after Hazard received the ball, turned around at the same time, passed the ball, hit the ball to the left side, De Bruyne followed, on the left side of the penalty area, the left-footed volley was blocked by the opponent's defender, Digan followed, wanted to make up the shot, but was slightly slower half a beat, the ball missed the near post.
Missing such a good opportunity, Deegan also looked very annoyed and punched the ground hard.
"Deegan had actually received it just now, and if the ball hadn't been touched by Argentina's defender Demichelis, Deegan could have scored the ball, but it's a pity! It's a pity! ”
The Belgian team didn't have time to regret that the score was behind, and the most important thing for them now was to recover that one goal.
In the eighteenth minute of the game, Belgium had a corner kick opportunity, De Bruyne took a corner from the left, Kompany fought for the header, the header was flicked back, Digan followed up with a powerful header, and the Belgian fans in the stands were already jumping up to celebrate the goal, but the ball was scooped out by Argentine goalkeeper Romero on the goal line.
Seeing that such a ball couldn't be scored, Deegan was helpless, shaking his head and smiling bitterly!