Dominate the midfield

Chapter 673 Chapter 672: Chicken ribs?fierce!
At 08:30 on the evening of the [-]th, South African time, the penultimate match of this World Cup started at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

The opponents are the Netherlands and Germany, who lost in the semi-finals, and they have to decide the ranking.This game can also be regarded as a warm-up before the final. Some people think that the battle for the third and fourth places is more exciting than the final from the viewing point of view. Both sides of the game have no burden and can contribute to everyone.

After the start of the game, the Germans took the lead in attacking, Ogo threw a ball into the sideline from the left, Schweinsteiger ferried the header, and Thomas Muller raised his foot and shot from outside the penalty area!

Soccer over the bar!

After 2 minutes, the Dutch immediately responded. Robben suddenly cut in from the right and flashed Schweinsteiger. He shot 25 meters away from the goal, and the football flew towards the left side of the goal!

German substitute goalkeeper Bout made a beautiful side attack and saved the football to the bottom line.

The two sides played against each other, and wonderful pictures were constantly presented to fans all over the world. In the 10th minute, the German missed the goal, Ozil took a corner kick from the right, and Friedrich then pointed a header from the edge of the penalty area!

The football passes through the fingers of Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenberger!

When people thought that the first goal of the game was about to come, "Pong!..." There was a loud noise, and the football hit the crossbar!

The ball bounced back into the box and Thomas Müller flew forward to beat Mattison with a header!
Another central defender of the Netherlands, Heitinga, blocked the football with his chest, and then kicked the football out of the sideline with a big foot, finally defusing the German's extremely sharp set-piece tactics this time.

Without Sneijder in the midfield, the Dutch attack mainly relied on Robben's wing breakthrough, posing a threat to the German goal.

No.14 minutes, after Robben made a successful breakthrough from the wing, he made a cross pass and passed the football into the German penalty area. Van Persie beat Friedrich in the front point and shot a near corner!
German goalkeeper Bout instinctively stretched out his left foot and blocked the football from the bottom line!

No.18 minutes, Germany launched an attack from the right. Schweinsteiger volleyed with his right foot 28 meters in front of the goal. The football flew towards the right side of the goal like a cannonball!

Stekelenberger moves quickly, makes a lunge, lunges at the football...

Although the football was blocked by him, it flew towards Thomas Müller. How could Thomas Müller miss such an excellent opportunity to push the ball and the football flew into the net from the lower right corner of the goal!
One to zero!

The Germans took the lead in breaking the deadlock!

After scoring the goal, Thomas Muller surprised the Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenberg with a provocative gesture with a thumbs down!
The Netherlands and Germany are close neighbors. The two countries are a pair of old enemies in football. Their grievances ended in the final of the 74 World Cup. They met in the first round of the knockout round in the 90 World Cup. Conflict, both were sent off...

Thomas Muller's provocation caused chaos on the field, and the two sides got entangled and almost fought.Thanks to the efforts of the referee, they managed to avoid a gang fight on the court, but the next game turned into another matter completely, and the actions of both sides became rough.

The Dutchman became extremely fierce. In the No.208th minute of the first half, Schweinsteiger dribbled the ball near the center line. De Jong fiercely shoveled the football away from the side. Before La pounces, the ball is split to the right.

After Robben took the ball, he flew like lightning, and took the football to the German penalty area. The German defense line was in chaos!
After the Dutch flying wing broke through to the penalty area, facing the siege of two German defenders, he made a direct pass and the football got into the penalty area. Van Persie moved to meet the ball.

A white light flashed, and the football flew past the German goalkeeper Bout's ten fingers and flew into the net from the far corner!
One to one!

The Dutch equalized the score!

In the first half, the two sides shook hands one to one to make a draw. On the way back to the locker room, the players of both sides almost fought in the player tunnel, which left a foreshadowing for the more heated scene in the second half.

Just at the beginning of the second half, there was a shocking scene on the field. The German backcourt launched a quick counterattack with a long pass. Thomas Müller flew forward to stop the ball. The kick on his chest!
Thomas Muller let out a scream and rolled on the turf in pain, the German players rushed towards Heitinga, and the Dutch players rushed forward...

The referee gave Heitinga a red card, but this still couldn't extinguish the anger of the Germans, and the stadium was in chaos...

Players from both sides on the field pulled and spat at each other, the coaches of the two teams scolded each other on the sidelines, and fans from both sides clashed in the stands...

The Spanish national TV commentator said: "Who would have thought that the irrelevant three or four contests would be so intense and so hot?"

It took a full 5 minutes for the game to restart. Obviously, the players on both sides had become angry, and their movements became more and more rough. The referee had to blow his whistle frequently to interrupt the game.

In the 9th minute of the second half, Robben launched an attack from the right. Van Persie's strong shot from outside the penalty area was blocked by Bout. The alert De Jong shoveled and the football hit the net!

Two to one!

The Dutchman, who fought with one less man, reversed the score!
To make matters worse for the Germans, in the 14th minute of the second half, defender Ogo violated Robben and got a second yellow card. Two yellow cards turned into one red, and the German advantage in numbers disappeared.

On the contrary, this inspired the tenacity in the German's bones. In the No.19 minute of the second half, Boateng made a pass from the right. Jansen beat Van Bronckhorst at the back and scored a vicious header six meters away from the goal!

The football flies into the net from the bottom right corner of the goal!

Two to two!
The Germans equalized the score!

After that, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and fouls continued.

In the 305th minute of the second half, the German got a corner kick. Özil took a corner kick from the right. Friedrich blocked back to the middle. Dutch defender Van der Weil made a clearance error and Khedira headed five meters in front of the goal. lob!

The football flew into the net from the right side of the goal!
Three to two!
The tough and tenacious Germans lead again!
In the No.40 minute of the second half, Robben was brought down by Friedrich behind his back, but the referee ignored it, and the angry Van Bommel stepped forward to face Friedrich with a thick mouthful of phlegm.

Van Bommel paid the price with a red card for his lack of composure, and the Netherlands had to be outnumbered again, but that changed after five minutes.

In the No.405 minute of the second half, Ozil elbowed Van Persie while fighting for a header and was sent off with a red card!

In the 4th minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the German-Dutch battle finally came to an end.However, the battle between the players on both sides was not over. After the game, they pulled each other on the court. If the security guards did not intervene strongly, the scene would be unmanageable...

The French national TV commentator sighed: "The referee showed four red cards and eleven yellow cards in this game, but still failed to control the game.

The football rivals Germany and the Netherlands are not here tonight to compete, but to fight. "

(End of this chapter)