bigabreads Chapter 591: The Big Dark Horse, Saint Cruel and the Treacherous Van Gaal
Chapter 591: The Big Dark Horse, Saint Cruel and the Treacherous Van Gaal
Chapter 591: Big Dark Horse, St. Cruel and the cunning Van Gaal
On the other side, Argentina once again made all the fans unconvinced. It's not that they lost the game, on the contrary they won.In the quarter-finals, they met the European Red Devils Belgium, but their score with Belgium was [-]-[-], which was a worthy victory.
Although Belgium, which has Hazard, Lukaku, Kompany, Vermaelen and Courtois, is a young guard that cannot be ignored, it is definitely not strong enough to face a veteran giant like Argentina.Moreover, Argentina's lineup is stronger and more luxurious, but Argentina once again staged a thrilling thrill. They were almost forced to a penalty shootout by Belgium. The same thing is that Messi stood up again this time.Although he didn't score the goal, it was he who attracted the attention of the Belgian defense team when he was attacking with the ball, and then assisted center Higuain.The performance of the small smoking gun in this World Cup is not satisfactory, but this time he seized the opportunity created by Messi and scored the only goal in the game, which made Argentina enter the semi-finals. up.
If it is said that Argentina's game made the fans worry, then the performance of the various strong Tulips against Spain in the group made the fans feel sad.
They were tied in nine 10 minutes of regular time, without a single goal from either team.Then the two teams still failed to score a goal in the 10 minutes of extra time after nine 10 minutes. It was expected that Costa Rica did not score, but it was too surprising that the Netherlands did not score.
Costa Rica pulled down the more powerful Dutch team from the altar with their strong defensive counterattack ability, which made the Dutch team very embarrassed to have a penalty shootout with Costa Rica.What kind of strength is Costa Rica?Among the 32 teams participating in the World Cup, they may be the last ones, but the ones falling below them are not weak teams, such as England, Italy, Uruguay and Greece, which is famous for its defense Team.
When the game couldn't start, the old coach Van Gaal also made a substitution. He replaced Lens at 76 minutes. In the second half of overtime, that is, at 6 minutes of the game, He was replaced by the Dutch striker Huntelaar, who has been thriving.
It's just that these two substitutions did not bring goals, but to a certain extent, they threatened Costa Rica's goal even more, so that the Costa Rica offensive line headed by Ruiz and Joel Campbell could no longer threaten the Netherlands' goal.
It is worth mentioning that Joel Campbell, Costa Rica's main striker, is an Arsenal player. He transferred from Saprissa to Arsenal's youth team in [-]. Young, successively loaned by Arsenal to the Ligue [-] powerhouse Lorient, the Spanish La Liga mid-range team Real Betis and the Greek powerful Olympiakos club. It can be said that he has rich experience.
Strictly speaking, Joel Campbell is still Li Zihan's senior brother, but Campbell has been loaned in other foreign leagues all year round.
There were not many things to watch before the game. Although it is undeniable that Costa Rica is the biggest dark horse in this World Cup, after they met the Netherlands, everyone thought that was it.
So the only topic worthy of the media's manipulation before the game is the contest between the former Arsenal striker Robin van Persie and the current Arsenal teenager Joel Campbell.
Another thing to watch is the Leaps against the Shield. The Dutch team is one of the strongest offensive teams in this World Cup. They have scored twelve goals in four games so far and only conceded four goals.And Costa Rica is even more crazy. Except for the penalty shootout, although they only scored five goals in four games, they only conceded three goals. They are the team that has conceded the fewest goals so far in this World Cup, none of them!
No one could have imagined that the result of the game would be like this.
When the game entered the most exciting penalty shootout moment, Van Gaal used his last remaining substitution places.
This number of substitutions greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, and it also shocked everyone.
At the beginning of the penalty shootout, Van Gaal resolutely replaced the Dutch team's No. [-] national goalkeeper Sirison, and replaced him with goalkeeper Krul who played for Newcastle United in the Premier League.Although Krul is Newcastle's main goalkeeper, he is only the No. [-] goalkeeper in the Dutch team, and the younger and better-performing Cillisson is the No. [-] national goalkeeper.
It's just that Van Gaal's substitution at this time is really unbelievable, because Silison was not injured and there was no need to make a substitution. Secondly, Silison's performance in this game and even this World Cup so far has not only made no mistakes, but even But the performance is still very good, so everyone can't figure out why Van Gaal replaced Sirison at this time.
Could it be that Krull has a special experience in saving penalty kicks?But when he was at Newcastle United, he didn't see his special penalty skills.
No matter how unbelievable it is, Van Gaal's substitution was very resolute, and at the same time, the fourth official also played the electronic card for the substitution.
The penalty shootout began, and after guessing coins, Costa Rica took the penalty first.Costa Rica's first penalty was Borges, a midfielder for AIK Solna in the Swedish league.Borges' penalty went straight to the lower right corner of the goal. Although the Dutch goalkeeper Krul judged the right direction, he was still out of reach.The loss of the penalty made everyone even more incomprehensible about Van Gaal's tactic of changing the goalkeeper. If it was Sirison, would the ball be thrown down?
The Dutch team's first penalty was captain Robin van Persie. Robinson's penalty also chose the lower right corner of the goal. Although Navas judged it correctly, Van Persie's shot angle was extremely tricky and he still scored.Netherlands one to one Costa Rica.
In the second round of Costa Rica, captain Ruiz took the penalty. He also chose the lower right corner of the goal, but his shot was weak and was saved by Krul!This penalty save shows that Krull is not incompetent, but Ruiz's penalty is also too problematic.
Arjen Robben made two free throws for the Dutch team, and Peter Pan decisively shot straight to the upper left corner of the goal, fooling Navas, and the Netherlands scored [-]-[-] against Costa Rica.
It was Bolanos who took the penalty in the fourth round of Costa Rica. His penalty was accurate, but Krul once again judged the right direction, which was amazing.Continuously judged the direction of the opponent's penalty kick, and also saved a penalty kick. Now everyone began to understand Van Gaal's decision, and Krul did have experience in saving penalty kicks.
The Dutch team took the penalty in the fourth round. It was Dirk Dirk. His penalty went straight to the lower left corner of the goal. Although Keylor Navas judged the right direction, Dirk's shot was too tricky.Netherlands 4-3 Costa Rica.
At the most critical moment, it was Costa Rica's turn to take a penalty kick.If Costa Rica's fifth-round penalty shooter hits the football, the game will continue and the pressure will shift to the Dutch team, because the last penalty is the most critical. If the Dutch team misses the fifth penalty Then the two sides will stand on the same starting line again, and the game will continue.
Moreover, the Dutch team's players who are good at penalty kicks and goals are almost done, and finally there are veterans Sneijder and Huntelaar.
Costa Rica's central defender Umana stood in front of the most critical penalty kick, and then took a deep breath and made the most critical and fateful penalty for Costa Rica.
Umana's penalty kick was a half-high ball flying to the right. Krul once again miraculously judged the right direction and bravely saved the opponent's penalty kick.
Umana, who took the penalty kick, knelt on the grass in a daze. The Costa Rica player seemed to have left his body and soul at once. He looked at the brave Krul with no focus in his eyes.
The Dutch team swarmed into the stadium to celebrate their promotion to the semi-finals.
Despite Costa Rica's elimination by the Netherlands, there was a standing ovation for their performance.This included the fans of their opponent, the Dutch team, and the stars of the Dutch team also came up to comfort the Costa Rican players after the first celebration. The performance of the other party won the respect of these big-name stars.
Joel Campbell hugged his brother Van Persie with tears in his eyes, and then he and his golf friends began to thank the fans for their support.And Van Persie handed over his captain's armband to an old fan in the stands who was over seventy years old and wore the captain's costume.
After watching the match between the Netherlands and Costa Rica, John Dassler in the stands slapped Li Zihan’s thigh heavily on the lap of Li Zihan who was sitting next to him: “Fack!! People from Costa Rica came to us and hoped that our Puma Became their jersey sponsor, the idiots in the sports investment department rejected them in the end, and now they are picked up by Italian Lotto!!"
Li Zihan grinned in pain and gave him a blank look.
With Costa Rica's outstanding performance, their jersey sponsor Lotto has of course become one of the winners. They spend the least cost but get the most benefit. If Krull, the biggest enemy who eliminated them well, maybe Costa Rica will advance to the semi-finals
Although Costa Rica was eliminated by the knockout round, the media and newspapers on the second day were full of reports and articles praising Costa Rica. Obviously Costa Rica lost the game but won the respect of fans all over the world.
And Van Gaal, who magically replaced the substitute goalkeeper at the crucial penalty shootout moment, also became the target of "flattering" by the media.Of course, the more magical Krull is also indispensable.
"The Dutch team defeated the dark horse Costa Rica, one was Van Gaal and the other was Krul." Some media satirized yesterday's Dutch team.