Chapter 137: Not Worthy of Respect
Brazil was eliminated by the Dutch team, Kaka left South Africa without saying goodbye to Degan, and returned to Brazil, maybe he didn't want to disturb Digan, maybe he didn't want to face it, the promise of the two brothers, he didn't finish, as an elder brother, Kaka's face can't be put down.
Digan sent a text message to Kaka: Four years later, in Brazil, no one is allowed to miss the appointment this time!
Back in Rio de Janeiro, Kaka saw this text message from Digan, did not reply, just held the phone tightly in his hand, the feeling of loss was swept away, and all that was left was endless motivation, four years later, Kaka was 32 years old, and it would be his last World Cup.
The next day, the World Cup in South Africa continued, and the second 1/4 finals were played against Argentina and Ghana.
What makes the Ghanaians even happier is that in this game, Essien and Muntari will return to the game, which greatly improves the midfield strength of the Ghana team.
Maradona continued his rebelliousness, and at the pre-match press conference, he couldn't wait to announce his "nirvana" to the world.
'Ghana is a very strong opponent, but Argentina is stronger, we are not going to give the opponent a chance to do a miracle, the only goal of this game is to win.'
Maradona announced the order to kill, and the Argentine team looked confident, and the captain of the team, Mascherano, also said in an interview: "We have come to this point, and nothing can stop us from moving forward, we want to beat all opponents and win the championship." ”
Contrary to Argentina's shouting, Ghana have been much more low-key and have done wonders for the young Blackstar team to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup, and now all they have to do is make their World Cup journey as far as possible.
The silent lion can bite a person at any time.
When the game began, people were surprised to find that even against the mighty Pampas Lions, the Ghanaians were not a soft persimmon to be manipulated.
Even in the fifth minute of the game, a quick counter-attack from Ghana saw Muntari pass to Asamoah, who stopped the ball and fired a volley that left the Argentine goalkeeper completely unresponsive, but fortunately in the final moments, the post saved the Argentine and denied Asamoah's shot.
For most of the game, although Argentina occupied the initiative on the field, there were very few threatening shots on goal, but it was several quick counterattacks on the Ghana side, which shocked Maradona's cold sweat.
On the field, the two sides went back and forth, and the game was very intense, and it was completely impossible to see that this was a dialogue between strength and weakness, and people even felt that the weak back line of the Argentine team could collapse instantly at any time under the repeated impact of the African black star.
Maradona began to roar loudly, constantly reminding the players on the field to pay attention to this, to pay attention to that, and his instructions sounded inverted and disorganized.
On the field, the Argentine team is also becoming more and more passive, but fortunately, luck is indeed on the side of the Argentine team today, and they withstood the passive second half.
When the regular time was exhausted, the game on the field was still 0:0, and the game entered extra time, in which Argentina began to counterattack after waking up from a dream, but the solid defense of the Ghana team made the Argentine's attack futile again and again.
The game was dragged into the final penalty shoot-out, which was the second penalty shoot-out after the start of the World Cup in South Africa, the first five rounds were hit by both sides, and in the sixth round, luck once again favored the Argentine.
Asamoah's spoon penalty deceived the Argentine goalkeeper but was denied by the crossbar, and then Mascherano took the penalty and hit it safely, giving Argentina a thrilling pass.
After 1990, Argentina, who reached the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time, began to celebrate wildly, while Ghanaian youngsters shed tears of grief over the defeat.
However, in the comments of the major media after the game, the praise was unanimously given to the young Ghana team, and the evaluation of the Argentine team's victory was: unconvincing!
In the game, the Ghana team obviously had more chances, but unfortunately their luck was too bad today, but the Ghanaians were justifiably proud to be able to force the mighty Argentina into a penalty shoot-out, and in the end it was only because of luck that they missed the opportunity to move on.
As the best African team in this World Cup, Ghana has defended the dignity of Black Africa, and even if they leave, they should leave with their heads held high.
On the contrary, it was Argentina, the performance of the whole game, it was hard to believe that they were the ultimate winners, when the game was played, the style of play was chaotic, attacking, hesitating, defending, full of loopholes, in the words of the media: "Such an Argentine team, even if it continues to move forward, what can it do?" Can they still be expected to defeat the mighty Netherlands? ”
The team's star Messi's performance in this game also looked unusually sluggish, with only two shots on goal in the whole game, and all of them were high.
Higuain, the team's current top scorer, was even more disappointing in his performance, and he was substituted early after half-time.
It can be said that the performance of this Argentine team did not show the strength of a championship favorite at all, and it can be said that Maradona's Argentine team had no ideas at all, and it was completely piled up by a bunch of stars, and then relied on the individual ability of the stars to fight and play.
Such a team may not show much against the weak team, but when facing the strong team, what kind of performance will be seen.
Maradona was of course not convinced by the unanimous singing of the media, and found countless excuses to excuse the Argentine team, and finally vowed that Argentina would definitely enter the final and win the World Cup.
'I know some people are saying strange things, what is unconvincing to win, is it that we only have to score a dozen goals in every game to win? I know very well the quality of Argentina, this is definitely the strongest Argentine team in history, we are on the right path and we will continue to go and win the championship in the end! ”
Lao Ma's ambition is admirable, but ambition also needs strength to support, and the current Argentina is really a little worried about the strength.