The next few days.
The final round of competition for each group has also ended one after another.
Group C: Slovenia 0-1 England, the United States 1-0 Algeria, the United States and England qualify together.
Group D: Ghana 0-1 Germany, Australia 2-1 Serbia, Germany and Ghana are ranked 1 and 2 respectively!
Group E: Denmark 1-3 Japan, Cameroon 1-2 Netherlands, the Netherlands and Japan advance simultaneously!
Group F: Slovakia 3-2 Italy, Paraguay 0-0 New Zealand, Paraguay and Slovakia advance into the knockout rounds with their heads high!
Group G: Portugal 0-0 Brazil, North Korea 0-3 Cote d'Ivoire, Brazil and Portugal entered the knockout rounds together.
Group H: Chile 1-2 Spain, Switzerland 0-0 Honduras. Spain, which lost one game, managed to return to the top of the group at the last moment and led Chile into the top 16.
Since then, the top 16 matches in the knockout rounds have been completely determined.
Among them, the most interesting ones are naturally the heavyweight showdown between England and Germany in advance, and the powerful showdown between Spain and Portugal.
As for other games?
It's basically a showdown with no suspense.
certainly!
Croatia, which massacred South Korea and blocked Argentina in the group stage, also made many people look forward to their results.
Although Croatia's opponent is Mexico, which is similar in strength to them.
However, because of Su Qin's existence.
Many people still believe that Croatia's entry into the quarterfinals is a sure thing.
July 1, 2010.
The quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa have officially begun.
Yes.
Lao Ma once again stepped onto the stage that attracts the attention of thousands of people.
This time, Lao Ma seemed to have learned the lessons of the group stage, and Milito, who had never been popular with Lao Ma, started.
However, when facing two abnormal-level super shooters such as Fran and Suarez!
Lao Ma's Argentina still suffered from defense issues.
In the 19th minute of the game, Forlan helped Uruguay score a goal with a shocking long shot in front of Mascherano.
1:0!
The old horse, who was in high spirits before the game, suddenly became weak.
He is looking forward to Messi being able to step up and lead Argentina in a strong counterattack.
However, Messi once again fell into the super double-team quagmire created by the Uruguayans.
It was this goal that ended Argentina's World Cup journey in the quarter-finals.
The moment the referee's whistle sounded.
The spiritual totem of Argentina could no longer restrain his emotions and burst into tears in front of countless reporters' cameras.
at the post-match press conference.
With tears in his eyes, Lao Ma told all the Argentinian citizens how sorry he was.
However, no matter how sincere Ma's apology was, Argentine fans still didn't seem to buy it and called for the Argentine Football Association to fire Lao Ma.
The Argentine's World Cup journey is over.
However, Lao Bi, who has been quarreling with Maradona, is still actively preparing for the war.
It was the same night that Argentina was eliminated.
Lao Bi was blocked by reporters at the door of the hotel and accepted an interview.
"It's normal to win or lose in football matches. I have always admired Mr. Maradona. I hope that Mr. Maradona can get out of the shadow of failure as soon as possible and lead the Argentine national team back to the top of the world. !”
Look!
How great is this magnanimity.
It was just after Lao Bi accepted the interview and the reporters released the interview video.
The Argentine Football Association also held a press conference to announce that Mr. Maradona, the head coach of the Argentine national team, has voluntarily resigned from his position as head coach of the Argentine national team due to physical reasons.
Although the Argentine Football Association said it tactfully.
But everyone knows that this is the Argentine Football Association looking for a scapegoat for the Argentine national team's failure!
When Lao Bi returned to the room at night, he suddenly felt embarrassed when he saw Lao Ma being laid off.
He is still babbling to bless his old horse!
Why did the old horse disappear so suddenly?
The Argentine has withdrawn from the World Cup stage.
As the new opponent of Croatia’s dark horse.
Aguirre, the head coach of the Mexican national team, took over from Lao Ma and became the new darling of the media.
no way!
Nowadays, the most anticipated thing about the World Cup is not which strong team can win the championship.
What fans are most concerned about is whether Su Qin, who has scored eight goals in the group stage, can really break the single World Cup scoring record that has been dusted for more than fifty years.
that's all.
The day after Argentina were eliminated.
Mexico head coach Aguirre was blocked at the hotel exit by reporters and asked about it.
"Mr. Aguirre, may I ask if your Mexico has made a plan to freeze Su Qin? In this quarter-finals, what do you think your Mexico's chances of winning are when facing Croatia?"
However, reporters were disappointed.
Aguirre, who has always been cautious and reticent, ignored reporters' questions.
that's all!
Mexico maintained a sense of mystery right up to the pre-match press conference.
Just after Lao Bi and Aguirre sat together.
Aguirre finally spoke.
"A player who can score eight goals in the World Cup group stage, I can't treat him as an ordinary player in the game."
"In my opinion, Croatia is not what everyone calls a dark polo team."
"In 1998, they entered the World Cup for the first time and became the semi-finals."
"And the most important thing is that Croatia has a head coach who is a master tactician."
"Yes, I personally think that Mr. Bilic can definitely be called a top tactician."
"We can see it just from the game against Argentina in the group stage!"
"This game will definitely be difficult for Mexico, but now that we in Mexico have come here, our only goal is to win the final victory!"
hiss!
Aguirre's first question made the reporters a little angry.
What the fuck!
How can you praise your opponent like this before the game even starts?
The reporters were a little confused!
But Lao Bi, who was sitting next to Aguirre, felt a little embarrassed now.
Master tactician?
Or the top one?
This. This is called Aguirre. Are you mocking me?
no!
There are so many reporters, so we must stay calm and not react in any way!
After a moment of self-comfort in my heart.
Lao Bi took the phone without changing his expression or heartbeat.
"Forehead"
“Thank you very much Mr. Aguirre for your recognition of Croatia!”
"However, in my opinion, if a team wants to achieve good results, it cannot just have perfect tactics."
"Aside from tactics, the most important thing is the boys who execute the tactics!"
“I’m grateful to my players for their tireless running to make my tactics work!”
have to!
Lao Bi said the above words in front of so many reporters without any unusual expression.
Fortunately, Su Qin was not present at this time.
Otherwise, Su Qin himself would never be able to hold back.
From the very beginning, it was a scene of respect and hospitality.
Naturally, the following press conference was also full of harmony.
The old Biqua Aguirre was ordered to give Mexico, which was on the verge of elimination, a five-game winning streak and eventually led Mexico to South Africa. Aguirre was even compared to Mexico's spiritual totem.
On the other side, Aguirre patted his chest and said that in this game, he was here to learn Mr. Bilic's tactics!
By the end, some reporters with poor tolerance could not help but shake their heads!
The press conference is over.
As soon as Lao Bi went out, he cursed.
no way!
That old man Aguirre is so sinister and eccentric, but he is so clear-minded.
so!
As soon as he returned to the locker room, Old Bi exploded.
"victory!"
"I just want to win, and a big victory at that!"
"The tactics are the same as we have been practicing for so many days."
"After compressing the defensive area!"
"Go straight out wide and get the ball to Sue's head!"
Tactics?
There are people like Su Qin who are perverted.
He always has shitty tactics.
Isn’t it nice to copy homework?
To be honest, Lao Bi still can't figure out why the Maradona guy next door obviously has all the correct answers in his hand, but this guy didn't even look at it.
Old Bi here gives Bilic-style blood to his players step by step.
Aguirre on the other side is different.
"Defend as much as possible to keep the Croatian players trapped!"
"Moreover, after testing the referee's penalty scale, try to make the rhythm of the game as chaotic as possible!"
"Of course, you must control the time you receive yellow cards as much as possible!"
"At least before halftime, the team cannot receive more than four yellow cards!"
"While keeping an eye on Su in the backcourt, remember that Modric in the midfield can't be taken lightly either!"
"If you can interrupt his transition ball, then try your best to interrupt him."
"Croatia looks stronger than us, but their weaknesses are also obvious!"
"Just freeze Sue and Modric."
"Then the other Croatian players won't be much of a threat!"
Poker face!
This old Mexican man who looked extremely kind before the press conference seemed to have completely changed his appearance at this moment.
Especially when it comes to interrupting the rhythm of the game and not receiving more than four yellow cards.
Those cold looking eyes can't help but make people feel a chill all over their body!
After Aguirre finished speaking.
The Mexican players sitting next to him all nodded their heads obediently.
They know that the only reason their team can reach this point is because of Aguirre in front of them!
July 2, 2010 at 7:45 pm local time!
Under the arrangement of the staff, all players from both teams stood in the player tunnel!
Forehead.
Interestingly, there was an acquaintance of Su Qin in the Mexican formation at this time.
Rafael Marquez!
As the main defender of the Mexican national team.
Rafael Marquez has actually been playing for Barcelona these years.
As for why Rafael Marquez is familiar with Su Qin.
That goes back to the 2008-09 season.
That year, with the arrival of Pique, Rafael Marquez, who had been able to get rotation opportunities most of the time, was directly thrown into the cold palace after being injured.
This so-called Barcelona cold palace is naturally a match for the reserve team.
It was during the reserve team games for a few months.
The poor Su Qin became familiar with the new poor Rafael Marquez.
Especially when Su Qin and Pique fought over Shakira.
Rafael Marquez didn't know why, but as soon as he saw the two of them taking action, he stopped him and pulled back Pique's raised right hand.
It just so happened that he pulled it.
Only then could the thin Su Qin successfully knock Pique down on the turf at the first opportunity, followed by a flurry of fists.
As for the story after this!
Su Qin was sold by Barcelona, but Rafael Marquez was inexplicably renewed by Barcelona because of Puyol's decline in form.
"Raphael! Long time no see!"
"Haha, Su, you kid, it's been a long time since I last saw you. Who would have thought that more than a year ago, when you were still in the reserve team worrying about your future life with me, you would already be breaking the World Cup single-scoring record! "
"Ahem, no way, I'm just lucky!"
The two just covered their mouths and greeted each other in front of the camera.
certainly!
Except for Rafael Marquez, Su Qin didn't know any of the other Mexican players.
Moreover, Su Qin felt that many Mexican players had a different look when they looked at him.
Forehead!
Su Qin was honestly used to this kind of look.
He knew that he would have to fight with others again in this game.
"Zhuang Mater Terrace!"
"Zhuang Mater Terrace!"
"Here is the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals being broadcast live for you, Croatia VS Mexico!"
"Players from both teams are already standing in their respective halves!"
"The referee is also looking at his watch!"
"Beep!!!"
"With the referee's whistle, the game officially begins!"
"First is the starting lineup of both sides!"
"Croatia's starting goalkeeper wearing the traditional red and white checkered jersey attacking from left to right: Pletikosa!"
"On the other side, wearing the traditional green jersey, Mexico's starting goalkeeper attacking from right to left: Luis Mitchell!"
"Left back: Salcido!"
"Center defender: Magallon, Marquez partner!"
"Right back: Osorio!"
"Five midfielders: Vela, Barrera, Torado, Castro, Dos Santos partnering!"
"Lone striker: Javier Hernandez!"
"Facing Croatia, the biggest dark horse in this World Cup, the cautious Aguirre gave up his traditional 4-3-3 formation and played a conservative 4-5-1!"
"Moreover, on both wings, Aguirre has replaced players with extremely fast speed. It is obvious that Aguirre is trying to limit Croatia's crosses to Su Qin from the wing!"
On the field in Johannesburg!
When the referee's whistle sounds.
The Mexican began to pass and control skillfully!
Yes!
The most important reason why Aguirre's Mexico team was able to win five consecutive victories in the World Cup preliminaries and enter the World Cup is that after learning Guardiola's passing and controlling style, Aguirre decisively transformed the Mexican team that was originally unsatisfactory. All the rough guys who were good at controlling the ball were eliminated from the team.
Instead, boldly recruit new people.
Just like the current lone forward Javier Hernandez on the front line.
It is reported that before the start of the World Cup, Manchester United head coach Ferguson has notified the club's transfer department to prepare for the introduction of the young Mexican forward.
The third minute of the game!
After Mexico completed a series of short passes comparable to Barcelona's, Mexico finally pushed the ball to the edge of Croatia's penalty area.
Then
Then there is no more.
no way.
Today's Lao Bi is no longer the Lao Bi who used the old Muka card yesterday.
Just after confirming that Croatia’s opponent is Mexico!
Lao Bi decisively inserted the Wen-style pass control card given to him by Su Qin.
According to what Wenger and Su Qinna would say.
Old Bi put the Mexican midfielder directly in.
Just in your own half.
Old Bi gave Mexico almost pressure-free passing space.
However, just wait for Mexico to advance the ball to the edge of the penalty area!
Croatia's originally tight defense suddenly relaxed.
At the same time, a multi-person encirclement was formed near the ball.
that's all!
Dos Santos, who was carrying the ball and originally thinking about how to send it out, was directly brought down to the turf by Pukrivac with the ball.
And, because it was a frontal tackle.
Pukrivac is not suspected of fouling at all this time!
Then, right there.
Croatia started their simplest long pass and lob play.
Su Qin immediately rushed up from the middle.
Eduardo on the left, adhering to Wenger's will, played a classic Arsenal-style counterattack on the Johannesburg Stadium.
Because most of the troops are invested in passing and controlling the frontcourt.
Therefore, Eduardo, who was running wildly on the left wing at this time, rushed directly to the top of Mexico's penalty area without any pressure!
The moment the Mexican full-back came close to him!
Eduardo sent the football under his feet away!
No surprises!
Eduardo's pass flew directly towards Su Qin.
Su Qin, who was in the penalty area, threw his entire body into the air.
In the air, he met his old acquaintance Marquez and another Mexican central defender Magalong.
only!
In front of Su Qin who has Harland's 5% bonus.
The two central defenders, who were not too strong to begin with, were knocked to the ground by Su Qin almost instantly.
Su Qin, who knocked the two away, hit the ball hard into the goal of Mexican goalkeeper Luis Mitchell with a header just above the Johannesburg Stadium!
1:0!
The referee blew the whistle validating the goal.
"The ball is in!"
"Fifth minute of the game!"
"A goal that was not surprising to everyone appeared!"
"Croatia used the simplest but most efficient long pass to score their first goal!"
"Su Qin!"
"While helping Croatia take the lead, Su Qin also raised his World Cup goals to 9!"
"Four more balls!"
"Su Qin can break that record that has been dusty for more than fifty years!"
All right!
Although Su Qin scored, except for the Croatian fans at the scene, including Mr. Huang in the commentary box, there was nothing too exciting.
After all, Su Qin was able to score a header against a Mexican team that didn't have a strong central defender, just like a donkey that can't turn around when the sun is on the edge of a cliff!
It seems that Mexico can only endure it with its middle door open.
Big center!
Especially a cheating super center like Su Qin.
When facing a thin team like Mexico, Su Qin's single header was completely crushing.
Sideline!
Seeing Su Qin help Croatia take the lead so quickly, Lao Bi naturally gave Su Qin a round of applause with a look of relief on his face.
Of course, not far away in front of the Mexican bench.
Aguirre, who was wearing a green ball cap, looked unhappy!
Obviously, I had clearly explained to these brats how to interrupt Croatia's offensive rhythm.
Are these guys dumbfounded and not listening?
As a result, the angry Aguirre fired directly at his disciples on the court.
And the competition!
After Aguirre's roar, he suddenly became unusual.
After the restart.
Mexico continued their passing control.
Just like this, after four or five minutes of non-stop passing.
Mexican left midfielder Vela finally got his chance. Castro made a scalpel-like pass and sent the ball to Vela's feet.
Vela, who broke into the baseline, did not choose a long pass, which Mexico is not good at. Instead, he dunked the ball and brought the ball directly along the baseline into the Croatian penalty area.
However, although it looked very dangerous, Croatia, which had already pressed its defensive formation near the penalty area, did not panic and immediately organized its players to press.
Finally, after successfully grabbing the ball from Vela, Simunic began to plan to send the ball directly to the frontcourt with a big kick and continue to counterattack.
However!
It seemed as if he heard Aguirre's shout from the sidelines.
He watched as the ball was taken away from his feet.
Bella fell to the ground with a sliding tackle without hesitation.
With this kick, Bella hit Simunic's supporting foot firmly.
All of a sudden!
Simunic, known as a tough guy, actually fell to the ground and rolled while holding his left leg!
Old Bi on the sidelines was terrified!
He knew that his old darling had never been one to pretend.
really!
After the team doctor went up to check it out.
Croatia's core central defender Simunic injured his left ankle and was replaced.
And this time for the injury, the Mexican only paid a yellow card!
Although the score is still ahead.
However, at this moment, a hint of haze suddenly appeared in the Croatian sky, which was originally clear!
The game continues!
The rhythm of the game seems to have really changed since Simunic's injury.
19th minute.
After receiving the ball in the midfield, Modric was about to transition the ball to the frontcourt wing, but was directly knocked to the turf by Dos Santos coming from the side.
Although Modric was not injured, Croatia's counterattack opportunity was also interrupted.
Dos Santos didn't even get a yellow card for this foul!
24th minute!
Mexico finally had its first threatening attack of the game.
It is from the young Mexican forward Hernandez.
At the top of the penalty area, after receiving a cross-knock from Dos Santos, Hernandez used a fake move to get rid of the Croatian center back Robert Kovac who was pressing him and shot the ball hard. It hit the beam!
Although he did not score a goal, Hernandez's shot still boosted the morale of the Mexican players!
Since then, Mexico began a ten-minute offensive frenzy!
only!
What Lao Bi played today was Wen's style of passing and controlling.
In this ten-minute attack, Mexico not only failed to score a goal, but almost stole another one by Croatia using a counterattack.
Fortunately, in the end, Su Qin's header hit the crossbar and bounced off the baseline!
He stabilized his defense during the enemy's furious attack and even almost scored again.
Old Bi was naturally filled with joy when he saw his Croatian team, which had completely matured.
However, a scene that made Lao Bi desperate happened again.
The 39th minute of the game!
In a positional battle.
Eduardo on the left was once again brutally tackled by a Mexican player during a sudden attack with the ball.
Mexican midfielder Castro!
This time, Eduardo did not avoid Castro's raised soles.
Just once!
Eduardo, who had been in the field for overhaul once, was injured!
After being replaced by his teammates while crying.
Lao Bi began to put pressure on the fourth official on the sidelines.
no way!
This time, Mexico still did not get a red card for the tackle.
Since then!
Less than half of the game, Croatia lost two dollars in a row!
However, what makes Lao Bi a little bit gratified is in this free kick tactic.
Su Qin successfully used Modric's freehand pass to change the score to 2:0!
Su Qin, who scored two goals in the half and successfully pushed his World Cup goals to 10, did not look happy at all during the halftime break.
Because the news from the team doctor really hit the Croatian team deeply.
Simunic suffered a fracture and was determined to bid farewell to the World Cup.
Although Eduardo's injury is not serious, he still has at least two weeks to recover!
At half the game, both main players bid farewell to the World Cup.
This kind of thing naturally caused Lao Bi to explode in the locker room.
The angry old Bi punched the wardrobe in front of him!
However, even so, Lao Bi also knew that Simunic and Eduardo would never come back.
the other side!
Inside the Mexican locker room.
Although his team fell behind by two goals.
But Aguirre didn't look anxious at all.
He deployed his team's offense and defense as always.
Moreover, Aguirre's deployment indeed found Croatia's weaknesses very accurately!
Just seven minutes into the second half.
Mexican midfielder Torado successfully found the gap where the Croatian substitute central defender Torado, who replaced Simunic, and Roberto Kovac made a mistake in cooperating, and sent the ball to Hernandez's feet.
Hernandez, who broke into the penalty area, did not waste the opportunity and made a deft push to change the score to 1:2!
When the referee's whistle sounds.
More than 10,000 Mexican fans in the stands suddenly shouted wildly.
It's like they know that their team will complete a shocking reversal!
this moment!
The Croatian fans in the stands were indeed a little panicked.
Two key players were injured and they conceded a goal at the start of the second half.
seem!
It seems that the promotion they thought was stress-free has become dangerous.
and!
This is the kind of time that makes all Croatia fans nervous!
Su Qin stood up again.
This time! It was not a header, but Su Qin who received Modric's clever through ball at the front of the penalty area and successfully triggered the special effect of the title of attacker.
With the addition of special effects, Su Qin used a heavy shot to rewrite the score to 3:1!
hat trick!
Su Qin successfully increased his World Cup goals to 11.
Sideline!
Watching Su Qin stabilize the situation again.
Lao Bi was just about to run up and kowtow to Su Qin.
However!
Although Su Qin once again opened the score.
The Mexicans' crazy counterattack continues.
The centre-back combination, which already seemed to have some loopholes, became the main point of attack for the Mexicans.
If it weren't for Pukrivac's constant mending of his crotch, and Su Qin also retreating to his own half, he would basically give up the offense and continue to participate in defense.
Croatia even had to concede a goal!
finally!
The game ended with a bang.
3:1!
Mexico, without a strong central defender, lost as expected.
However, Bilic, who won the game, was not happy at all.
Croatia, which reached the top 8, lost two generals in this game.
A defensive core Simunic!
Eduardo, his favorite horse.
Without these two people, the other tactics that could have been used in Lao Bina's notebook suddenly became stretched.
at the post-game press conference.
As if he had become a different person, Old Bean began to denounce the Mexican team's dirty style of play.
certainly!
No matter how much Lao Bi talks, it won't help now.
Moreover, something even more uncomfortable for Lao Bi happened the next day.
In that England-Germany game, everyone thought it would be a tense battle.
The Germans actually bloodbathed England with a devastating 4:1.
If Beckham hadn't used a full moon scimitar to help England score a face-saving goal at the last moment, Capello's Three Lions would have even been beaten 4:0 by the German tank!
With the end of the England-Germany game.
Croatia's quarter-final opponents have also been determined.
German team!
The German team, which has top center backs such as Mertesacker and Friedrich, has become Croatia's opponent.
Su Qin is very strong.
However, in front of the giants of the German team, everyone knew that Su Qin's famous super headbutt would become difficult in the German penalty area like a forest of steel!
This time!
Bilic is really in trouble.
He really doesn't know how his team can overcome this difficulty of the German team.
No need to guess that Su Qin's header will be the focus of the German team.
However, except for Su Qin's head, Croatia really has no weapons that can be used now!
Go to the Twin Towers?
With the German's height and header, they are not afraid of the twin tower tactics at all.
Pass control?
Ahem, Croatia is terrible at passing the ball!
Defensive counterattack?
Without the explosive point of Eduardo, only Srna is left.
After the quarter-final match between Croatia and Germany was confirmed.
In the following days.
Several other quarter-final matches have also been finalized.
Just like Su Qin remembered.
Ghana defeated the United States 2:1 and will compete with Uruguay for a spot in the semi-finals.
The Netherlands defeated Slovakia 2:1, and easily defeated Chile and Brazil 3:0 to meet in the quarterfinals.
Paraguay beat Japan.
Portugal, led by Ronaldo, lost 0:1 to Spain and was eliminated.
Since then!
In the World Cup, the two superstars Messi and Ronaldo completely bid farewell to the stage.
Ronaldo scored one goal and assisted one goal, while Messi handed in a 0 answer sheet!
that's all!
The Sumero dispute, which was still raging, has temporarily subsided.
Everyone began to look forward to whether Su Qin could overcome this obstacle faced by the Germans.
Moreover, can Su Qin, who has already scored 11 goals, really break the German record that has been dusted for more than 50 years?
PS: Guys, there was a bloody battle yesterday, but today I am completely paralyzed and in no condition at all.
I can only write 8,000 words.
The World Cup plot is over soon, and a new chapter with a new club is about to begin!
(End of chapter)
