Chapter 120: The Mystery Revealed (3)

Unlike the other groups that have to wait until the third round to reveal the mystery, Group E is much clearer before the third round, with the Netherlands already qualified early, Cameroon out early, and the other qualifying spot will be decided by Denmark and Japan in direct talks.

For the Danish team, the match with Japan has two major tasks, one is to go all out to win and ensure that the team reaches the round of 16, and the other is to expect the veteran striker Tomasson to score and make him the striker with the most goals in the history of the Danish national team.

The first goal, very unceremoniously pinched by the Japanese team, the second goal, was completed with great difficulty, but the twists and turns of the process made people want to cry, just like a suspense film with a strong sense of drama, after experiencing so many "almost", everything seemed to end in failure, at this time, the ball was scored.

Although the Japanese team played very well, Denmark today was not without chances, and even had many chances, but the Danes made a collective mistake, they could pull Bendtner back and let Romedalar only shoot suddenly, all with the aim of giving Tomasson more chances to shoot.

But this paranoid approach killed Denmark and almost made Tomasson a "sinner", if you only emphasize those balls that were conceded by Tomasson, he is actually a "sinner".

Tomasson became the all-time striker with the most goals in the Danish national team's history through today's game, but again, he wasted too many chances to get Denmark out of the group.

Three shots in the small penalty area, if you can hit the power at the first time, the worst result is also high or off, but Tomasson is either flawed or missed, and the ball does not go into the goal at all.

Tomasson is indeed a superstar player of the current Danish national team, but the problem is that he is really a little old, and the coordination of this action in the penalty area is far less than that of the year, although he plays very actively, but in front of the Japanese, he insists on playing fast and flexible, but it is easy to become a laughing stock, 34-year-old Tomasson, in front of almost easy opportunities, has disappointed Danish fans again and again.

And Thomasson's trademark powerful volley, also lost his head, either deflected or high, everything was developing towards such a result, Tommasson let himself die of hardship, scored a goal, no way.

But in the 81st minute of the game, the opportunity finally came, Hasebe Makoto pushed Ager behind in the penalty area, the Danish team got a penalty opportunity, and the big brother Tomasson did not let him get the penalty opportunity, but fate seemed to play a joke with him again, his penalty was too easy to catch the right way, and it was taken by the little Japanese son Kawashima Yuyue.

Now it seems that even God feels that the situation has no credit, but the hard work of a lot of Tormasson is too unfair, or left him the last chance to shoot, Kawashima shot the ball, this time Tomason finally rushed to act before the Japanese players, he strode to keep up with the shot, and finally completed the set goal, but he used too much force, thigh muscle strain, the last ten minutes can only grit his teeth and insist, but it is completely useless, the Danish team is basically 10 to 11 in the end.

It can be said that for this goal, which is only a personal record, Tomasson has completely lost hope for the Danish team!

In any case, Tomasson was the one who set the record with 52 goals, and the legend of the early part of the last century, Bol Brown. Nelson is tied for first place in Denmark, while his 112 international caps are the second, 17 fewer than Kasper Schmeichel in first place.

To be able to continue to set his own records at the end of his career, as far as he is concerned, of course, it is worth being happy, but the whole Danish team wasted the attacking talent of other players for him, and looking back, it was really a big delay.

Denmark collectively set a record for Tomasson, while Japan won the right to qualify from the group, which made little Japan ecstatic, and after the game, Keisuke Honda, who scored the first free kick for Japan, even arrogantly said: "Goal!" It's out! I'm happy, but not as ecstatic as I am, our goal is still ahead, Japan's goal is to win the World Cup, it's not impossible, we just need to move forward step by step. ”

Defender Yuji Nakazawa was a little more subtle: "I'm very happy, we have also gone through a difficult period of time, and everyone has a desire to win. It's the first time I've been in the round of 16 and I'm going to go to the knockout round of the World Cup, and then we're going to win one game at a time and hopefully get to the last four. ”

Champions, semi-finals, obviously little Japan didn't take their opponents in the first round of the next knockout round into account, but whether it's Italy, Slovakia, Paraguay, or even New Zealand, are they really that easy to deal with?

All right!

The game hasn't started yet, so let's let little Japan YY take a look first!

In the other match played at the same time in this group, after defeating African powerhouse Cameroon 2-1, the Dutch team won the group with a record of three wins and advanced to the round of 16 of the World Cup, which is also the best group stage record in the history of the Dutch team in the World Cup.

In this World Cup, the Dutch team defeated Denmark 2:0 in three games, defeated Japan 1:0, defeated Cameroon 2:1, and scored nine points in three games.

In this World Cup, the Dutch team has abandoned the once gorgeous style of play, which seems to be unattractive, and there are no epoch-making superstars like Cruyff, Basten, Gullit, and Rijkaard, but the overall strength is better, the style of play is mature, and it has achieved a record that the predecessors have never achieved.

The current coach of the Dutch team, Van Marwijk, although not as famous as Basten, Advocaat, Hiddink and others, his simple style and steady style of play have allowed the Dutch team to achieve good results in a row.

In this game, the Dutch team has always controlled the rhythm of the game, while Cameroon is fighting for honor, and the desire to win is stronger, on the contrary, the Dutch team is already preparing for the quarterfinals, but even so, the Dutch team's defensive system is quite solid, comparable to Italy four years ago, the Dutch are so calm, which is not seen in previous games, and the players also seem to trust each other and cooperate very tacitly.

Van Marwijk's tactical system is to be safe first, he abandoned the kind of big open and big sum in the previous Dutch team's games, and after the Netherlands stabilized the defense, in the attack, instead of pursuing a single straight line as before, but more using broken lines, using small combinations to penetrate the Cameroonian defence.

This more pragmatic approach also allowed the Dutch to ensure their results, so to speak, abandoning the gorgeous Netherlands, which became a bit ugly, but allowed them to go further.

In the previous 2008 European Championship, Van Basten maintained the gorgeousness while maintaining the gorgeous, but also increased the defense and improved the efficiency, although it was criticized by Cruyff who had nothing to do, but there is no doubt that in that European Cup, the Netherlands was the best team outside Belgium, passionate attack, solid defense, let people see a different side of tulips.

With Van Marwijk taking over, the Dutch team has once again undergone a metamorphosis, this time becoming more utilitarian and faster.

What is even more surprising is that the Dutch team is still able to maintain unprecedented unity, which was unimaginable before.

There are no factions, no internal friction, all the players are closely united around Van Marwijk, and such a Dutch team is undoubtedly extremely strong.

Speaking after the game, Van Marwijk said: "Our first goal has been achieved, the next thing we have to do is keep going, the Dutch team that has become united will shock all the opponents, and I am convinced that we will finish a great World Cup, there is no doubt about it!" ”

Van Persie, the scorer of the game, also said in an interview: "We played perfectly today, of course we can do better, but that's enough, we need to prepare for the knockout round, no matter who the opponent is, we are fearless, all our players have the same belief, this mind will always support us to move forward!" ”

As the greatest star in the history of Cameroonian football, Samuel Eto'o will remain in the memory of the World Cup in South Africa, only the penalty scored against the Netherlands, obviously this report card is very different from his fame.

When Cameroon's World Cup ended, the media immediately broke the news that Cameroon's performance in this World Cup was entirely due to the riots created by Eto'o.

Just before the start of the World Cup, Eto'o even called the Cameroon Football Association because of the bonus issue, and even failed to reach an agreement on the bonus, and gathered several players to boycott the game.

"That world superstar's head is stuffed with money and!"

This is a comment from a mainstream African media, although it is a bit radical, but the real situation is that this is what it is.

In the end, the Cameroonians also paid a heavy price because of their disunity, and in a relatively speaking, the form is not too severe, the Cameroonians can only lose all three games and go out of the bottom of the group, which has to be said to be a great irony. And Eto'o's performance is obviously not worthy of his title as a world superstar.

Now, the most important question for Cameroonians is whether it is time to choose a new leader in four years' time!