Chapter 153: The Final Field

Mandela Square Stadium, the final battle of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is about to begin, yesterday was also here, the three or four finals of the World Cup, Spain defeated Argentina 3:0, the two sides staged a wonderful battle on the field, today's final, attracted the attention of fans all over the world, people are looking forward to it, the two sides can dedicate a wonderful game to fans all over the world on the field.

The starting line-ups for both sides have been announced before, with Belgium continuing their main line-up from previous games, and the Netherlands making appropriate fine-tunings.

The goalkeeper is still No. 1 Stekelenburg, although he is not well-known, but when he sees Stekelenburg for the first time, people will immediately think of a person, that is, his fellow disciple Van der Sar.

The same tall and thin body, also born in Ajax, and even played in the Eredivisie before the age of 20. With Van der Sar's retirement from the national team, Stekelenburg quickly rose to the top and the speed of progress he has made in recent years has also shown his genius, in addition to his excellent physical condition, his solid fundamentals are also a major strength.

At the last World Cup in Germany, Basten brought him to Germany as the first substitute for Van der Sar, but he did not play a game, and in the 2008 European Championships, he played again with the team, and he appeared in the third game of the group stage against Romania.

In this World Cup qualifier, Stekelenburg became the first choice goalkeeper of the Dutch team, and in the previous games, as the main goalkeeper of the former Dutch team, Stekelenburg's outstanding performance was a big guarantee that the Dutch team could advance to the final.

At the back, it was Donny van de Wiel, Heitinga, Mathieson and captain Donny van Bronckhorst.

With Van der Sar's retirement from the national team, Van Bronckhorst became the oldest member of the Dutch squad today, playing in a central midfield role at the beginning of his career, and after moving to Barcelona, his Dutch predecessor Rijkaard transformed him into a left-back, a position where Van Bronckhorst also rejuvenated the second spring of his career and reached the peak of his career.

Van Bronckhorst is currently the most experienced member of the Dutch squad in the tournament, having already competed in two World Cups in 1998 and 2006, as well as three European Championships in 2000, 2004 and 2008, and his experience at the World Cup in South Africa has been an invaluable asset to the relatively young Dutch team.

In the previous semi-final against Argentina, Van Bronckhorst helped the Dutch team take the lead with a wonderful long-range shot in the first ten minutes, and also opened the door to victory for the Dutch team.

Like Stekelenburg, Heitinga is also a product of the famous Ajax Academy in the Netherlands, he made a name for himself in the Eredivisie in his early years, and was once dubbed the "new Koeman" by the Dutch media due to his fierce defensive moves, excellent bounce and ability to assist and shoot from a distance. However, Heitinga is not calm enough in defense and makes a lot of mistakes, and it is still not reassuring to play at central defender, which is why he is now playing more as a right wing-back in the Dutch national team.

Heitinga's first international appearance for the Netherlands was at the 2004 European Championships, where he played the first two group games as a regular right-back, but two yellow cards suspended him for the third group game, before the Netherlands beat Sweden in the quarter-finals and Portugal in the semi-finals.

Heitinga was also named in the squad for the next two major tournaments, the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008. In this World Cup, Heitinga also played as the main central defender and helped the team reach the final.

At present, many members of the Dutch team are players who participated in the European Championship two years ago, and Van de Wiel is one of the few newcomers in the team, but he occupies the main position.

Born in 1988, Van der Wiel is just 22 years old, and he is strong, quick, and capable of breaking through, and is a key force in the Dutch team's attack on the right flank.

Now that the Dutch team's attack has shifted from the left flank to the right flank in the past, in addition to Van Bronckhorst's aging and Robben's right-leaning side, Van der Wiel's superior assist ability is also a key reason.

In the group stage, with this World Cup debut against Denmark, he fully showed his ability on the biggest stage and made people can't help but shine.

In this match against Denmark, Van der Wiel's most eye-catching thing was the succession of wonderful breakthroughs. In the game, Van der Wiel broke through the middle with the ball and was tackled by his opponent on the edge of the box after passing two in a row, and the Dutch right-back almost completed a fatal breakthrough. His body and speed are the guarantee of his breakthrough, and his strong impact is also good in technique, which ensures the success rate of his breakthrough.

Then Van der Wiel had another time to break through a number of defenders in a row, and split the ball on the right side at the edge of the penalty area, but unfortunately Van Persie failed to get the ball in time and missed the opportunity to get the ball into the penalty area to get a single knife.

The performance in the debut game is good both offensively and defensively, but it does not mean that Van de Wiel has no weaknesses, he is very easy to lose the ball on the pitch, such mistakes are absolutely fatal for defenders, and Van der Wiel's crosses are not too many and quality, he is better at driving the ball straight into the door to threaten the opponent, but without a variety of means such as crosses and shots, his offensive ability is not enough to make the opponent frightened.

In the following games, Van der Wiel's performance also became better and better, ensuring that he played a huge role in the attack while ensuring the defense.

Due to Van der Wiel's outstanding performance, many European giants have targeted the Dutch international, in the past season, many Premier League giants, Inter Milan and AC Milan have had scandals with Van der Wiel, and before the World Cup, Barcelona was hyped to be Van der Wiel's first target.

Mattheeson is much less well-known than his defensive partner, but his role on the pitch is very prominent, he can always stand in the most critical position, and protecting the second point is his specialty.

In the middle of the game, it was not so easy for any attacking player to get past Mathieson, his steals were fierce but accurate, and the best option at this time was to bypass him.

At the same time, Mathieson has good speed, he doesn't suffer when he targets speed forwards, and most importantly, Mathieson's assist ability is quite good.

However, being easily impatient is Mathieson's biggest flaw, and emotional swings often affect his performance.

In the midfield, Van Bommel and Van der Vaart partnered in the back, before this game, De Jong was injured in training, so Van der Vaart got a chance, although not from the back, but now the forward back is a major trend in world football, maybe Van Marwijk also wants to test it on Van der Vaart.

Van Bommel is a traditional midfielder, from the technical characteristics, Van Bommel has a good overall view, full of physical strength, good offensive and defensive ability, is the absolute ruler of the field, his ground direct pass and long-range shooting is even better, Van Bommel is very solid in defense, and his offensive sharpness is also his main characteristic.

Strong physicality, great technique and a big-picture perspective make Van Bommel a key part of the Dutch team's tactical system, and his free-kick skills are a weapon that any team needs.

At the club level, Van Bommel has had great successes, but he has had a less than satisfactory experience with the Dutch national team.

After 2000, Van Bommel was called up to the Dutch national team and officially entered the world stage, but the Netherlands failed to attend the World Cup finals.

In 2004 he missed the 2004 UEFA Nations Cup due to injury problems, and Van Bommel's first real major appearance was in the 2006 World Cup, in Germany, where he played three games for the Netherlands, losing to Portugal in the round of 16.

After the World Cup in Germany, Van Bommel publicly criticized the Dutch national team coach Basten and declared that he would not play for Basten's national team again, which also caused him to miss the 2008 European Championship.

Subsequently, Basten stepped down, Van Bommel's father-in-law Van Marwijk took office, and Van Bommel was truly reused, representing the Dutch national team in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, following the Dutch team all the way to the final.

At present, the captain of the Netherlands, Van Bronckhorst, has announced that he will retire after the World Cup, and Van Bommel is also very hopeful to become the new captain of the Dutch team.

Partnering with Van Bomart is the generation of Dutch football genius Van der Vaart, and Van Bommel is slightly rough, Van der Vaart's technique is superb, passing is very imaginative and lethal, as early as 2001, when he was not yet 18 years old, Van der Vaart was selected for the Dutch national team for the first time and played in the match against Andorra.

What really made Van der Vaart famous was on November 30, 2003, the 150th "Dutch National Derby" between Ajax and Feyenoord, just three minutes into the opening game, Ajax striker Mitja crossed from the left, Van der Vaart met the incoming ball, soared forward in the penalty area, crossed in the air, and hooked the ball into the net with his left heel.

In this World Cup, Van der Vaart is not the absolute main force of the Dutch team, and he was able to play in the final, mainly because of De Jong's unexpected injury, but Van Marwijk sent such a lethal talent in the midfield, which may also have an unexpected effect.

Ahead of the two midfielders were Robben, Sneijder and Kuyt.

The Dutch team has long been known for their winger tactics, and as the first winger in the history books of the Netherlands, Overmars was an idol for all his peers to learn from, and now, Robben has taken over the battle gun from his predecessors and continues to carve out the wing corridors of the orange shirts.

Arjen Robben first represented the Netherlands at Euro 2004, but it was the Dutch national team that fell in the sand that it was the result of a new star, and that star was Robben.

Robben started the second game of the group stage and set up team-mate Bouma for a goal just four minutes into the game, before Robben set up Ruud van Nistelrooy again to double the score.

In the final group game, Robben, who played the whole game, helped the team beat Latvia 3-0 with an assist.

In the quarter-finals, the Netherlands and Sweden entered a penalty shootout, and Robben used a penalty to help the Netherlands advance to the semi-finals, and also shattered the nightmare of the Netherlands penalty kick.

On the field, Robben gives people a refreshing feeling every time he gets the ball, with superb passing skills and his own super strength, every pass of this "playmaking winger" makes the Dutch team's striker feel "quite comfortable", and Robben has gradually gained the trust of coaches and teammates in the national team.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Robben, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie formed a strong triple arrow, Robben and Van Persie's winger combination was seen as an emerging force in the Netherlands, Robben scored the Netherlands' first goal in the 2006 World Cup against Serbia and Montenegro, which was also Robben's first goal in the World Cup, and that single goal showed his unparalleled advantage in long-distance travel.

In Euro 2008, Robben's outstanding performance helped the Orange to advance to the knockout stage with a group winning record, but were upset by Russia in the quarter-finals.

In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Robben's performance was perfect, assisting Huntelaar to beat Cameroon in the group stage, and the Netherlands won all the group stages. In the 1/8 finals, Robben and Sneijder scored goals at the same time to eliminate Slovakia, in the 1/4 finals, Sneijder scored a brace to eliminate Brazil, and in the semifinals, he scored at the same time as Sneijder to eliminate Argentina 3:0, and marched all the way to the final.

Winger-turned-Arjen Robben has world-class dribbling skills and unrivalled speed, which gives him an advantage when it comes to long-distance sprints against opposition defenders, and he has repeatedly played long runs before beating the Yellow Dragon in his career.

At the same time, Arjen Robben is a team player whose existence is not only about scoring goals, but also about creating scoring opportunities for his team-mates. Due to his exceptional pace, Robben's burst speed is an absolute defender's nightmare when he is one-on-one with opposing defenders on the flanks.

In the 2008 European Championship against France, Robben's high-speed bottom made Makelele, who is known as "little quick", desperate and unable to catch up, and finally had to watch Robben assist Van Persie to score.

Arjen Robben is a left-footed player, but in recent years he has increasingly played as a right winger, and the intention of the coaches is very clear, which is to use Robben's in-cut after getting rid of the defence to create left-footed opportunities.

And because he played as a midfielder when he was young, Robben also practiced an outstanding long-range shooting kung fu, and in the early years of the Eredivisie schedule, Robben had repeatedly staged a good show of 100 steps through Yang.

Robben's long-range shooting skills have also been enhanced by his excellent defence in Europe's top flight since joining Chelsea, and he has repeatedly turned the tide with a number of netting from outside the box.

UNLIKE TRADITIONAL WINGERS, ARJEN IS NOT SHORT AT 181CM, BUT HE IS AS AGILE AS ALL WINGERS, AND DUE TO HIS THIN STATURE, HE CAN START VERY QUICKLY, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS HIM TO PLAY WITH OPPONENTS BETWEEN APPLAUSE.

And unlike many wingers who use feints to shake continuously, Robben's passing method is more direct, and this left-footed player, who rarely uses feints, is completely using his own speed and direction to break through the defense.

Basten, the former head coach of the Dutch team, once said: "Robben is too fast, no one can guard him in one-on-one." ”

On the other side of the Dutch team, Robben echoes Kuyt, compared with the traditional Dutch wingers, Kuyt's goal efficiency is not very high, and he is often ignored on the pitch, and his low-key personality has always made him miss the national team, his first Bole is Basten, after Basten took over the coaching of the national team, he abandoned many players, such as Mackay and Kluivert, and Kuyt became a beneficiary.

Kuyt was more often a substitute at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and the experience was anything but pleasant for him.

What really made him shine for the national team was the 2008 European Championships, where he was knocked out by Russia, but Kuyt's performance was unanimously recognized.

In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Kuyt participated in the previous six games of the Dutch team as the main right winger, scoring one goal and providing three assists, and also made great contributions to the team at the defensive end, making great contributions to the final for the Dutch team.

In the middle of the Dutch midfield is Sneijder, whose international career began in 2003, and on April 30, 2003, in a friendly between the Netherlands and Portugal, Sneijder made his international debut at the age of 19, becoming the eighth young player in the history of the Dutch team.

In the 2004 European Championship qualifying play-off against Scotland, Sneijder started the game, he and the same young Van der Vaart gave the Netherlands a 6-0 victory with a dazzling performance, when Scotland defeated the Netherlands in the first game, the Netherlands must win the game at home, Snyder and Van der Vaart, who performed impressively at the club, started for the first time in the national team as a duo of midfielders, and Sneijder, who scored the first goal, then gave an assist. almost single-handedly revitalized the Dutch team, and since then has become the new idol of the Dutch team, so much so that after the game, the Dutch media couldn't help but shout: "God is only 19 years old." ”

Sneijder was named in the squad for Euro 2004 but did not get enough appearances, and was substituted in the two group games in the non-traditional Dutch formation as a right midfielder.

In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Sneijder started all four games of the Dutch team, but the inexperienced coach Van Basten suddenly whimsically put Sneijder in the midfield position and limited his forward insertion, Sneijder's performance was greatly limited, and later the Dutch media criticized Van Basten very harshly for Sneijder's misuse.

Sneijder shone at Euro 2008, wearing the number 10 as the leader of the team, perhaps the shortest player in the Dutch team, but he was the core of the midfield who could run, pass and shoot, and people couldn't help but give the title of "Superman", the Dutch team beat Italy 3-0 and France 4-1 in the group stage, Sneijder scored in both games, and was named the best player of the match.

Sneijder led the Netherlands to the heart of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, playing in all six of their previous games, scoring five goals and providing one assist.

Among them, Sneijder scored two goals in the quarterfinals to send Brazil away, and in the semifinals, Sneijder scored another goal to seal the victory, helping the Netherlands defeat Uruguay 3-0, and finally helping the Netherlands reach the World Cup final for the third time in history with an excellent performance.

Single striker Robin van Persie, four years ago in Germany, Van Persie wore the number 17 shirt of the Netherlands and played for the first time in the World Cup, when he was the main right winger of the Dutch team.

Robben Robben scored the only goal of the game in the opening game of the group stage, and in the second game of the group stage, Van Persie opened the scoring with his trademark powerful free-kick to help the Netherlands beat Ivory Coast 2-1.

Van Persie then went on to play in the Netherlands' matches against Argentina and Portugal, but the Dutch had a dull performance and were eventually eliminated by Portugal in the quarter-finals, and Van Persie was one of the few bright spots for the Dutch team in this tournament.

At Euro 2008, Van Persie had to cede the position of shadow striker to Van der Vaart due to the Dutch team's 4231 formation, while Sneijder was squeezed on the left flank.

Van Persie came off the bench in the first two games of the group stage, but he did quite well, and in the second group game against France, Van Persie came off the bench in the second half and quickly scored a goal to help the team beat France 4-1.

Robin van Persie finally got his chance to start the third group game against Romania, where he also scored his second goal of the tournament.

In the quarter-finals against Russia, Van Persie still came off the bench, but this time he and the Netherlands did not play at a high level, and the Netherlands finally lost 1:3.

At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Van Persie became the main center forward of the Dutch team and also wore the number 9 shirt of the main center forward, but he was not happy to play in this cup competition.

Robin van Persie played all six of the Netherlands' previous games, scoring just once in the Netherlands' third group game against Cameroon.

The rest of the time, Robben and Sneijder stole the limelight, which had a lot to do with the conservative tactics specified by Dutch manager Van Marwijk.

Van Persie was placed in the centre-forward position, but he was actually only covering for Sneijder and Robben, and the Netherlands rarely got the ball to Van Persie's feet, so he was very lonely most of the time, but Van Persie accepted the arrangement.

The Dutch team played a dull game, but they eventually reached the final, and now Van Persie is very keen to make a breakthrough in this decisive battle.

Van Persie shoots very well, his shots are mainly based on powerful left-footed volleys, the ball is fast and erratic, in addition to his right-footed shots are also good, perhaps the most commendable is the ability to adjust after receiving the ball, even if his teammate's passing is not ideal, he can adjust the shot in one go after losing his body balance, and he can complete a powerful shot without a lot of body swing before shooting, often so that the opponent's goal will not have time to react, and the volley is a must.

The Netherlands are now ready for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The stadium at Nelson Mandela Square has long been filled with fans from both sides, with orange on one side and the red of the European Red Devils on the other, and the stands look like they are about to burn from afar.

Digan Lukaku stood in the centre circle and waited for referee Webb to blow the whistle for the match.

I couldn't sleep last night, but from the moment I walked into the finals, the tension was immediately swept away, and all that was left was excitement and excitement.

This is Degan's second World Cup final, the last time he played with an injury, but he went off injured before half-time, and the Belgian team also missed the chance to lift the cup.

This time, Deegan will never allow the same thing to happen again!

Four years of waiting, four years of waiting!

Deegan and his team are finally here once again to challenge for the World Cup title.

"Captain! I seem to be a little nervous! Lukaku, a teenager standing across from Digan, frowned.

Digan smiled when he heard this: "That's not nervousness, it's excitement, understand?" ”

Excited?

Lukaku is a little confused, all right! Even if it's exciting!

Unlike the few players in the squad who have experienced the final four years ago, this is the first time for a young man like Romelu Lukaku, how many times does a professional player have such opportunities in his life?

Deegan wants to make up for the regret of four years ago, and Lukaku and other young people also don't want to miss this good opportunity to reach the top of the football world.

Beep~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The referee Webb's whistle was accompanied by a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene, and the final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa officially began.

Romelu Lukaku played the ball to Digan, who turned and played a pass to Eden Hazard before running towards the Dutch half.

At the same time, the Dutch defense also unfolded, and the fierce battle between the two sides began.

At this moment, the hearts of countless fans around the world have been touched, the World Cup every four years, has too much charm that is difficult to refuse, and now after a month of fighting, it is finally time for the decisive battle, and after 90 minutes, a new world champion will be born.

Is Tulip Holland?

Or the Red Devils Belgium?

There is so much to look forward to! All expectations will be given in 90 minutes, the final answer will be given!