reporter Yi Han reported that in the last round of the group stage, fans saw the rare "many scenery" in the first two rounds, such as France, which sent 9 substitutes, Brazil, which all 11 people rotated, and Iberian twos who won and lost without worry... But starting tonight, we probably won't see such a scene again. The bayonet must be red. - Who dares to be arrogant?
rumored Enrique 's anger after the last round of the group stage will probably make the Germans who have been eliminated even more uncomfortable. Regardless of whether the intention or unintentional of Espanyol , the consequences of the Bullfighters' final qualifying for the second place will at least make another giant that is determined to win the championship invisibly advantageous - that is Argentina. The upper half of the Pampas Eagles is located, and another strong championship rival is missing.
Of course, for Messi and coach Scaloni, they still have no time to think so far - after all, with Brazil guarding the gate, they may not be able to meet Spain in the semi-finals, and to get to that point, they have to pass two levels first. Tonight, Australia, the first opponent in the knockout round, will come to the door.
Facing the favorite to win the championship, it is the most popular team in this World Cup. Australia is undoubtedly the weaker side. Of course, coach Arnold is also aware of this. At the pre-match press conference, he was asked about Messi by reporters without any suspense. The Australian coach responded: "For Argentina, you must pay attention to Messi, but paying too much attention to him may make you forget other players and look at the game of Polish , that's it." What should I do with
? Arnold didn't hide it: "In the last game of Denmark, the most important thing we are to prevent Eriksen from from getting too many goals. For Messi, he can't be a player when he defends him, but he can be 5!"
It is worth mentioning that Messi faced Poland in the last game, and the starting right-back Cash was Messi's loyal fan. After the game, he also asked Aston Villa teammate and Argentina's main goalkeeper Martinez to come to Messi's signature jersey. There are also Messi's loyal fans in the Australian team, their main defender Degnek . He said: "I am a super fan of Messi. He wants to win the championship, but I also want it! We are facing the best players in history, but they only have one Messi, not 11!"
Confidence is confidence, but if we want to overthrow Argentina, Australia may have to play more than 100% of its ability. In history, they have never reached the World Cup quarterfinals. In the last round, their 11 starters were not able to play in the top five European leagues, and even four of them were mixed in the secondary league, including the striker Cook who only played in the J2 league in Japan.
defender Wright is even from England's third-level Sunderland . Before the battle with Denmark, he also received sad news that his mother-in-law was critically ill, but after discussing with his wife, he also continued to stay in Qatar : "The team needs everyone's unity and efforts. Although there are only 11 brothers on the court, we will all fight to the end."
And in Australia, several big cities, including Sydney , Melbourne and Adelaide, have set up super large screens in the city center to prepare for live broadcast of the showdown. There is no doubt that there will be more fans present at that time than when they were against Denmark.
This is the 11th time Argentina has entered the knockout round in the past 12 World Cups. Coach Scaloni has expressed his affirmation of his opponent as usual, but is also paying attention to the recovery of di Maria . Messi's best partner in the national team over the past decade was forced to leave early in the last muscle strain.
For Messi himself, who is highly expected by the outside world, he also looks forward to a breakthrough in this quarter-finals. He has assisted in the eight-finals of the past three World Cups, which is also a record in the history of the World Cup.But he had already shot 23 consecutive times in the World Cup knockout stage but failed to score. In this game tonight, can Messi break the goal drought in the individual knockout stage?
