green mercenary

Chapter 498 The Salvation of the Soul

There is new news every day for an event like the World Cup.

Just like Klose's hat-trick, Bai Xiaotian's hat-trick was covered up by the updated news after a small wave of waves.

On June 6, Russia beat Tunisia 5-2, temporarily taking the top spot in the group in the event of a draw between Japan and Belgium.

In the battle of Group D, the youth army of the United States broke the second upset of this World Cup.

In the opening 4 minutes, the US team scored a goal, not to mention creating the fastest goal in this World Cup, and still maintained a 40-3 lead 0 minutes ago.

Although Portugal regained two goals after that, they were unable to recover after all, and finally lost to Maicheng 2-3.

In the final match of the first round of the group stage, Germany played against Ireland.

Although the German team, which won 8-0 in the first game, put on the same lineup as before, the fans can see that the players on the field still have the meaning of preserving their strength.

In the 18th minute, Ballack, the core of the German midfielder, took the ball from the left side of the midfield and dribbled it to the left side of the frontcourt.Klose understood and succeeded in heading the ball to the top. While opening the scoring for the German team, he also scored his fourth goal in this World Cup.

The game entered the stoppage time period. Just when everyone believed that the German team successfully defeated the Irish team 1-0 and became the first team to reach the top 16, the goddess of luck magically favored the Irish team.

After Quinn responded from the right side of the penalty area, the header was ferried to Robbie Keane in front of the goal, and the latter calmly shot into the net with his right foot!Ireland eventually drew with Germany 1-1.

There is no doubt that the news headlines from June 6th to 5th were once again dominated by Klose.

Not only did he temporarily top the scorer list with 4 goals, but he also scored all headers. The title of "New German Bomber" fell directly on the young Klose.

But after the game, Klose still expressed deep regret when facing the media. In his opinion, so many personal goals are not as good as a victory.

Similarly, Klose's headlines only occupied one day.

On June 6, Denmark drew with Senegal 6-1. Danish striker Thomasson scored his third goal in this World Cup. He is currently ranked second in the scorer list with Bai Xiaotian.

Cameroon relied on Eto'o's single-handedly to go to the meeting, with a score of 1 to 0, a small victory over Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis lost both games and became the first team to be eliminated from the World Cup.

6月6日19时30分，世界杯A组第2轮第2场比赛在釜山体育场开始，这场比赛也是今日里最受关注的比赛。

Henry was sent off with a red card shortly after the start. The French team's strong attack was not effective when they played less and more. Uruguayan star Recoba also wasted two excellent opportunities.

The loser of this campaign will become the second eliminated team.Zidane's thigh injury has not yet healed and he is still unable to play.

After 90 minutes, defending champions France and Uruguay scored a goalless draw.

When the Mexican referee blew the final whistle, the whole of France fell into disappointment again.

The stock price of France 1, which bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the World Cup for 6 million euros, immediately fell by 1%, which was another heavy blow for them.

In the next game, the French team will beat Denmark by 2 goals in the absence of many generals to qualify.

On June 6, Nigeria, the "African Eagle" in Group F, lost to Sweden 7-1 in the second game, becoming the second team eliminated in this cup.

Different from the death group in Group F, Spain, the "boss" in Group B, won Paraguay with a score of 3 to 1, winning two games and becoming the first team to reach the top 16 of this World Cup.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Spain scored 4 goals.The last one was caused by Puyol accidentally pushing into his own goal when he made a clearance.

6月7日19时30分，世界杯F组第2轮第2场比赛在札幌穹顶体育场鸣哨。被称为世纪之战的“英阿大战”，就此拉开帷幕。

Speaking of football grievances between England and Argentina, it usually dates back to the 1966 World Cup.

In the quarter-finals of the World Cup, the two teams met at Wembley Stadium.The Argentine captain refused to leave the field because he was dissatisfied with the referee's red card, causing the game to be interrupted for more than 6 minutes.

After the game, the England coach spoke angrily: We hope to play against a high-level team that comes to play, not a group of beasts.

This made Argentina, which was already dissatisfied with Britain, even more unstable, thinking that it was a kind of racial discrimination.

In 1982, the famous Falklands War broke out. The disastrous defeat of this war brought a big blow to Argentina, and they were very eager to take revenge through football.

In the 1986 World Cup, Maradona, with a heart of revenge, perfectly conquered everyone, including England fans, with his famous "Hand of God" and "Best Goal of the Century".

However, the grievances between the two teams are not over yet.

In the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup, this war between Britain and Afghanistan has almost become the most classic World Cup game in the hearts of fans all over the world.

This game contains almost all the elements of a football game: superstars, penalty kicks, long-distance rush goals, wonderful free kicks, red cards, acting skills, penalty kicks.

Of the 4 goals that appeared in total, 2 became eternal classic moments.

One is Argentina's free-kick tactical cooperation, which was finally scored by Zanetti; the other is Owen's famous work.

However, after this game, England gave birth to a sinner with a heavy burden-David Beckham.

Beckham's red card is still full of controversy until now. Some people say that it is because Simeone is too cunning, and some people say that Beckham is too young.

But it is undeniable that Beckham's red card led directly to England's passiveness in the next game.

Even after England was eliminated because of a penalty kick, the English still put the account on Beckham.

It wasn't until the 2001 World Cup qualifiers that Beckham scored with a free kick to help England draw with Greece 2-2 and qualified for the 2002 World Cup finals. The pressure of the red card three years ago was completely released.

Tonight, the Anglo-Afghanistan war is staged again.For the young England captain, it was time to make a break.

After the opening, the two teams played more cautiously, attacking and defending each other.

Eriksson's starting lineup only changed one person. Defensive midfielder Butt replaced the young striker Vassell, Scholes played left midfielder, and Husky topped the striker to partner with Owen.

For Argentina, Bielsa's roster has also changed compared with the first game.Bad Claudio.Lopez was Keely.Gonzalez substitute.Captain Ayala's thigh strain has not recovered, and the captain's armband is still worn on Veron's arm. Thorin, who has been absent from training for several days, has recovered from his injury in time.

In the 43rd minute, Irving broke into the Argentine penalty area from the left rib. When facing the defense of the Argentine No. 4 defender Pochettino, he flicked the ball to the right.At this time, Pochettino made a very unwise stretching of his legs to intercept, and Owen immediately fell to the ground. The referee on duty, the Italian Collina, immediately whistled and awarded a penalty kick.

Before the penalty kick, Beckham's old enemy Simeone tried to approach him. After the game, Beckham said: "At that time he approached me, I thought he might want to shake my hand, but then Bart and Scholes came over. This is the last time I saw him."

After putting aside all the weird thoughts in his mind, Beckham took a short run-up and volleyed vigorously with the right instep.The ball flew low and fast through the middle, past the feet of the swayed Argentinian goalkeeper Caballero, and flew into the net to give England a 1-0 lead.

This goal became the only goal of the game.

In the end, England won the game.This not only allowed England to avenge its unbeaten opponents in 22 years, but also allowed Beckham, who had been the "scapegoat" for 4 years, to unload all the burdens on him.

After the game, facing the media, Beckham showed a long-lost smile: "I can finally let everything that happened four years ago rest in peace. It feels really good."

(End of this chapter)