Brazil defeats hardness with softness
Beijing time November 9th 23:00: Croatia vs Brazil
South American powerhouses have the highest call for winning the championship, and the lineup is the most complete. Although the last game of the group stage was unexpectedly lost to the African Lions Cameroon , it would not hinder the overall situation and would not affect the team's morale at all. In the last round of knockout round, he defeated Tai Chi Tiger South Korea 4:1. Winnieus, Neymar , Richarlison, and Paqueta shots one after another. The biggest gain of Tit is that he practiced different offensive tactics in the first four games.
Brazil's team has a variety of tactics. Unlike Messi and Mbappe , the offensive core Neymar is very flexible in position and often cross-switching positions. He can restrain his opponent's great defensive strength and energy on the field. Richarlison, Vinicius, Paqueta, and the midfield core Casemiro have very strong scoring ability.
If Brazil has not encountered a real opponent in the first four games, the opponent Croatia in this game is a really hard bone. Croatia was the runner-up of the last World Cup, and the players were seriously aging and were not favored before the game. Unexpectedly, these European tough guys eliminated Belgium in the group, and tied with African dark horse Morocco and Asian dark horse Japan in 90 minutes. The rich experience and skilled technical and tactical playing styles make lattice still indestructible. The international official game has remained unbeaten in 9 games, including 1 win and 1 draw this summer.
The two sides once met in two games in the group stage of the World Cup, and Brazil won two games in two games. Brazil's rich offensive methods and personal abilities are far from comparable to the Japanese team . The last round of knockout match had a hard 120 minutes of hard work, which consumed a huge amount of physical fitness for Croatian players. After all, age is unforgiving. Brazil will defeat hardness with softness, and there is almost no suspense to defeat the plaid army with iron-like defense in 90 minutes.
water and fire
Beijing time November 10th at 3 am: Netherlands vs. Argentina
quarter-finals Dutch Tulips vs. Pampas Eagles Argentina. If you ask the fans who can beat the opponent and make it to the semi-finals, there is no doubt that 90% of fans will vote for Argentina led by Messi.
I am also a fan, I also like the flow of Argentine football, and I also like Messi who has magic under my feet.
Don’t forget that this is a competitive game, a war of civilization in peacetime. Players compete on the field for skills, body, and wisdom. Coaches compete on the field for wits off the field, and players compete on the field for courage. It is not a simple mathematical calculation problem at all. It has no fixed formula.
Argentine football is like the beautiful tango . It likes to move horizontally, wants to advance but retreat, has a staggered speed and slow movement and stillness.
Dutch football is like the fashionable Modern dance , tolerant, generous, optimistic, ideological and philosophical, and pursue individuality, timeliness and creativity.
If Argentina's tactics are compared to a tight net, the Dutch tactics are like a sharp knife.
If Argentine football is compared to water, Dutch football is fire.
In history, the Netherlands and Argentina have played 9 games in total, with the Netherlands having a slight advantage in 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
The two teams met three times in the World Cup knockout stage. Argentina defeated the Netherlands in the 1978 final and the 2014 semi-finals respectively. In the 1998 quarter-finals, Borgkamp staged a magical pen and eliminated Argentina. In the 2006 World Cup group stage, the two teams drew 0:0. In the 2014 semi-finals, the Netherlands lost to Argentina. The head coach was van Gaal, who regained the Netherlands's coach.
summarizes the lessons learned from the previous two coaching failures. Van Gaal has made drastic reforms to Dutch football skills and tactics, from the traditional full offense and all defense to the more pragmatic defensive counterattack .
Van Gaal's recreated 352 formation can not only defend intensively but also control the rhythm of the game, but also make compact defense and fast counterattacks.On the defense line, Van Dijk, Dricht and Ak were in a bad mood, goalkeeper Nopat showed his courage, Dumfries and Blinder two wingbacks can attack and defend, De Jong, Klassen, De Jongen midfield dispatch and organization, De Pehl on the front line, De Pehl and Gakbo are like two sharp swords.
A very interesting phenomenon seems to be destined. Although there is no home and away game in the World Cup, in the schedule and match table, the only time Argentina defeated the Netherlands in the 90-minute knockout stage was Argentina's schedule and match table position in the home team, and the other three schedule and match table arrangements were arranged in the home team, and the Netherlands was unbeaten in 90 minutes.
One-eighth knockout stage Messi broke the curse of not scoring in the knockout stage. Can this visiting team position curse be broken?
The curse of teams that eliminate Argentina in the knockout stage will be eliminated in the next round. Can it be broken by the Netherlands, which may eliminate Argentina?
I wonder if careful fans have noticed that the Dutch team's jerseys have changed a lot in this World Cup. Although the home team uniform is still the traditional Dutch orange tone, with less red and more yellow tone. At first glance, they give people a yellow visual effect. The players running on the court seemed like a ball of jumping flames. It is said that Van Gaal's underwear is orange.
Midfielder Lo Celso 's absence due to injury has a great impact on Argentina's strength, and the important task of 's offensive organization falls on Messi and Alvarez. Although the Argentina team has a high voice to win the championship, the team's performance has not been stable since the first four games. The offense is too dependent on Messi and is not sharp enough. They always like to look for fighter opportunities in the midfield and frontcourt. They lack sharp offense and interlude cooperation. They blindly pass the midfield and frontcourt to give people a feeling of being a bit fancy. Even Messi scored two goals in the sports game with a clever way to break the gold.
If the first game loss to Saudi is purely careless, in the last round of knockout, if it weren't for the goalkeeper and defender's brave rescue, Argentina would probably find it difficult to overcome the threshold of in the 8th final of . This is very similar to Spain, which is good at controlling the ball and looking for fighter jets. Spain and Morocco fight in the game. Espanyol uses his skillful footwork and cooperation to control the situation on the field with an overwhelming advantage. Facing the Moroccan defense line, he cannot find a chance to give his opponent a fatal blow, and he will not score points after getting the ball.
Compared with Morocco and Australia, the Dutch team has a sharp counterattack. Almost every player can suddenly break into the penalty area and act as a finisher. His figure is not inferior to Australia, and his body is more flexible, faster, and his heading ability is stronger.
Compared with Australia and Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands has more scattered attack firepower. In addition to Gakbo's 3 goals, Delong, Blind, Dumfries, Deppé and Dejong each scored one goal. Argentina is generally short, and its ability to defend is a fatal flaw. It makes full use of set pieces to attack Argentina's penalty area and goal, which is also another killer weapon for the Dutch to deal with South American teams.
The Netherlands showed extremely high tactical qualities and personal abilities. Compared with Argentina Van Gaal, the Dutch team was more formed. There were no big-name players, and the team was a united group, and the coach's tactical arrangements were more thorough.
Many Dutch football celebrities accused Van Gaal of having the current tactical style of play that is separated from the essence of Dutch football. No player stood up and stood firmly on Van Gaal's side.
No fans want Argentina to leave the World Cup too early, no one doesn't like Messi's intoxicating tango on the field. Messi is not Maradona . His role in Argentina is the leader, and Maradona plays the soul of the Argentine midfielder. Portugal relies too much on C Ronaldo in the group stage and played shakyly. In the one-eighth knockout round, Sanchez decisively placed Ronaldo on the bench. Portugal, without Ronaldo, suddenly burst out with strong attack power, defeating Switzerland with a stable defense 6:1.
Football is a whole, and the role of the star is a double-edged sword. The 44-year-old Argentine coach Scaloni must not have the courage to let Messi sit on the bench. The 71-year-old experienced coach Van Gaal has long seen the Argentina game clearly. This game is his good opportunity to revenge against Argentina.
This is Messi's last World Cup and Van Gaal's last World Cup. Beating Argentina is the best gift from the Dutch generals to this terminally ill old coach.
Maybe the Arab myth story happened at the Lucerne Stadium on December 10, 2022. Argentina, the favorite to win the championship 18 days ago, lost 1:2 to Saudi Arabia in this stadium. I hope that the "Lucel Stadium" will not become the Waterloo of the Panspa Eagles, and the sadness of a generation of star Messi!
One passion is like fire, the other tenderness is like water, either extinguishing the water or boiling the water.
The two different styles of European and American football will be staged tonight. The winners of the two games will meet in the semi-finals. Looking forward to the winners tonight are the European Legion and the other are the South American Legion.
