Beast King Costa

Chapter 207

At 6:30 on the evening of June 21th, German time, the first game in the second half officially kicked off!

"Kangaroo Army" Australia vs. Ukraine!

This is also the Premier League striker battle between Viduka and Shevchenko!

This season, Viduka played 27 times in the Middlesbrough League and scored 7 goals. He played 16 games in the League Cup and FA Cup and scored 9 goals!
You know, Viduka is not the first choice for Middlesbrough's striker.

As a substitute striker, Viduka's data sheet is enough to satisfy the Middlesbrough club executives.

Although Middlesbrough has struggled in the Premier League this season, it has created the best record in history in the Europa League - under the leadership of former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson's deputy McLaren, they eliminated Roma one after another. , Basel and Steaua Bucharest and other strong opponents entered the final, and finally lost 0-4 to the Spanish team Sevilla and won the runner-up.

After the end of this season, McLaren announced that he would not renew his contract with the club. He will officially take up the post of England national team leader and lead the "Three Lions" to the World Cup in Germany with the Swedish coach Eriksson.

Southgate, the former Middlesbrough meritorious player, announced his retirement at the same time and went directly to the position of Middlesbrough's head coach.

At the press conference when he took office, Southgate told the media: "Next season, Mark Viduka will be the best choice for Middlesbrough's striker! This striker from far away Oceania has my favorite team. With his tenacity and positivity, I believe he can achieve a big breakout next season!”

Shevchenko will officially land in the Premier League next season, and "nuclear warhead" Sheva will become Jose Mourinho's striker!
On May 2006, 5, Shevchenko officially announced his departure from AC Milan after playing for AC Milan for seven seasons.

On June 2006, 6, Chelsea officially announced the signing of the "nuclear warhead" Shevchenko, whose transfer fee was as high as 1 million pounds, setting a new record for the transfer fee of the Chelsea club. year contract.

Shevchenko, who is now [-] years old, also left the remaining golden period of his career to Stamford Bridge.

Last season was a season of scoring spurts for Shevchenko - "Shevchenko" represented AC Milan in 28 league appearances and scored 19 goals.And in the Champions League, he won the Champions League Golden Boot last season with 12 goals in 9 games.

Therefore, Chelsea fans are full of infinite expectations for the next season after the arrival of the "nuclear warhead". Let's win the long-lost championship!

Of course, these are things for next season.

For the fans, this World Cup quarter-final is the current top priority!
The fans all hope that the Premier League-level striker contest between Viduka, Cahill, and Shevchenko will not have too few goals.

The tactics of the two teams did not disappoint the fans.

In this game, the "magic coach" Hiddink put up a 4-4-2 formation very boldly, allowing Viduka and Cahill, the Premier League strikers, to form a powerful double center.

On the Ukrainian side, although they played a 4-5-1 formation, with "Nuclear Warhead" Shevchenko on the front line, four of the five midfielders behind him were offensive midfielders. In fact, it is more like a 4-1-4-1 formation, which is not conservative at all.

Perhaps, the head coaches of both sides feel that the opponent is able to advance to the quarter-finals because of luck?

Therefore, everyone saw the dawn of winning a big victory over their opponents and advancing to the semi-finals.

It is a pity that because neither team is the favorite to win this World Cup, the World Cup Stadium in Hamburg, which has a capacity of 55000 people, only attracted less than 30000 fans to watch the game.

But the progress of the game proved that the audience of less than 30000 fans has a good vision-this is indeed a direct contest of Premier League strikers, a real goal battle!

In the 2nd minute of the game, Shevchenko showed his strength as the second top scorer in AC Milan's history, crushing the Australian central defender combination Moore and Nell, and directly entered the Australian penalty area.

As the captain of the team, Shevchenko did not take advantage of the opportunity to shoot - his position was not the best shooting angle, although he was more than 7% sure that he could directly penetrate the door guarded by Schwarzer.

I saw Shevchenko do it with his back and give it to the midfielder Gusev who inserted in the back.

Gusev kicked the ball straight to the goal at the twelve yard point without stopping the ball!
Due to the short distance, Schwarzer didn't have time to go down to the ground to intercept, so he could only watch Gusev's shot piercing the goal behind him!

1 is better than 0!

Ukraine took the lead from the very beginning!
"awesome!"

Diego in front of the TV sighed again: "This ball, Shevchenko can turn around and shoot by himself. As a result, at this time, he can find a better opportunity and return the ball to a better position. .This is the smell of a world-class striker!"

"So, are you admitting now that you are not a world-class striker?"

David Luiz, the "upright boy", simply did not save face for Diego: "You were on the training ground this morning. Didn't you still claim that you were world-class?"

Since both Diego and David Luiz are players of Jorge Mendes, the Benfica club arranged the two in an apartment.

Tonight, Fernando Santos did not arrange for the players to go back to the training base to watch the game together, so Diego took David Luiz to watch the live broadcast together in the apartment.

In order to let David Louis accompany him to watch the game, Diego even "spend all his money" and bought an authentic Turkish barbecue for David Louis for dinner.

"Well……"

Having become accustomed to David Luiz's speaking style, Diego stopped arguing with him.

After thinking for a while, Diego perfectly responded to David Luiz's complaint.

"I am a world-class striker in the future! I will succeed Shevchenko in the future."

"Oh! That means, your future goal is to play for Chelsea?"

"Chelsea, uh..."

Diego almost spat out: Going to Chelsea to play football is the destination for your "puffy head"!My highlight is Atletico Madrid!

"I think, let's go to Atletico Madrid in the future!"

"Ah? Are you right? Atletico Madrid? It should be Real Madrid, right?"

David Luiz's answer to Diego is somewhat unpredictable. After all, Atletico Madrid is also a second- and third-tier team in Europe. Although Fernando Torres, who came from their own youth training, played very successfully last season, they played in the last season. The final ranking of La Liga is only tenth.

Diego shook his head and said, "No! I'm really talking about Atletico Madrid. I'm not very interested in Real Madrid."

David Luiz felt a little incredible: "Well, what's so good about Atletico Madrid? If I'm right, in this year's world club rankings, Atletico Madrid is far behind Benfica, right? Since you have come to Benfica, what if you go to Atletico Madrid? , isn’t it going downhill?”

In response, Diego grinned quite nonchalantly: "Then I can go to Atletico Madrid and bring Atletico Madrid to the top ranks of Europe!"

David Luiz shook his head and said: "I think Atletico Madrid will definitely not be able to rise to the top ranks in Europe."

"Uh...what's the explanation?"

"It's simple. The city of Madrid already has Real Madrid, the world's top team. As the saying goes, 'one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers', the fans in Madrid are basically fans of Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid wants to become a top European team. It's not possible without the support of a big enough fan base."

"If the results are achieved, how can there be no fans?"

Diego is full of confidence in the future of Atletico Madrid: "As long as Atletico Madrid can enter the UEFA Champions League, in the UEFA Champions League as a dark horse, they will pass five stages and kill six players, and reach the capital final. Then in La Liga, beat Real Madrid and Barcelona. If a team from the 'Western Super League' won the La Liga title, why worry about having no fans?"

David Luiz doesn't think so: "With the strength of Atletico Madrid, it is very difficult to even enter the Champions League group stage, let alone win the La Liga championship under the rule of Barcelona and Real Madrid."

"Hehe! As long as Atletico Madrid is given a head coach who can twist people's hearts together and train the team's defense well, anything is possible..."

Of course, Diego will not forget to blow his "rainbow fart" by the way: "Oh! There is also a super center forward who is full of arrogance and strong individual combat ability. opportunity for the ball."

"Oh!"

David Luiz gave Diego a blank look: "The 'super center forward with full of domineering and strong individual combat ability' is talking about yourself! This is really, Huang Po sells melons, sells herself... …”

David Luiz hadn't finished speaking, and there were cheers on the TV-Viduka scored a goal to help Australia equalize the score!

Diego and David Luiz looked at each other, and what they saw in their eyes was unbelievable.

"Digging, it's only 6 minutes, and the score was evened?!"

Watching the replay of the goal, the two realized how wonderful Viduka's goal was.

Cahill also made the ball with his back and gave it to Viduka who cut diagonally from the wing to the center.

After Viduka received the ball on the Ukrainian penalty area line, his center of gravity swayed, his left foot was dunked again, and he easily swayed past the defender and the goalkeeper. With a flick of his right ankle, he shot the ball to the far corner!

Ukrainian goalkeeper Shevkovsky is completely out of luck!
David Luiz said with emotion: "A striker at the Premier League level is really amazing! Whether it is the mentality in front of the goal, awareness, or shooting skills, they are all top-notch!"

"Yes!" Diego also sighed with emotion: "David, if you have a chance in the future, you have to go to the Premier League to educate those top forwards."

"I'm definitely going to the Premier League!"

In the eyes of David Luiz, it was firmness: "To play in England, the birthplace of modern football, is my father's dream when he was a player!"

"Hey, come on!"

Diego patted David Luiz's arm with a senior attitude and said: "Young man, I am optimistic about you! Next season, first defend the main forwards of the Portuguese Super League, and then go to the Premier League later. Get those world-class forwards. I dare say you will be the starting centre-back for the Brazilian national team in the future."

"Well! I appreciate your words. Uh..."

As soon as David Luiz finished speaking, Australia scored again!

Diego was shocked from ear to ear: "Tim Cahill! Grooving!!! This 'world wave' is beautiful!"

In the 9th minute of the game, Tim Cahill, who is emerging in the "Toffees" Everton this season, received a long pass from the backcourt and counterattacked quickly in the frontcourt. The individual advanced to about 15 meters away from the Ukrainian penalty area. After the distance, seeing that the goalkeeper's position was too far forward, he almost kicked the goal and completed a "world wave" to overtake the score!
2 is better than 1!

The Premier League-level double center combination of the "Kangaroo Legion" is too lethal!Ukraine's defense simply couldn't resist Viduka and Cahill's individual ball-holding impact.

However, to the slight disappointment of Diego, David Luiz, and the fans and spectators at the Hamburg World Cup Stadium, the game ended in the first half with 10 goals already scored in less than 3 minutes. The rest of the time cooled down quickly.

Even the three Premier League strikers are still working hard in the frontcourt, fighting for chances to score goals.

However, the defenses and goalkeepers of both sides have entered the game state, which did not allow the goal to continue.

It wasn't until the 60th minute of the second half that the fourth goal was slowly born!
Shevchenko!

During the golden period of his career, "Nuclear Warhead" showed a strong sense of hunger for the national team's pursuit of honor. Even if he switched from offense to defense, he would still maintain a high-intensity frontcourt press in the midfield.

Despite being surrounded by Australian players, Shevchenko still found a gap in the crowd, passed the ball, single-handedly entered the Australian penalty area, and scored with a low shot!
2 is better than 2!

When everyone thought that this game was going to overtime, Shevchenko stood up again!

In the 87th minute of the game, Shevchenko completed a steal in the frontcourt and advanced quickly, completing a quick counterattack in the frontcourt alone!
Despite the rough pushing by the Australian defensive players, Shevchenko still couldn't stop Shevchenko from reaching the World Cup semi-finals!

After stumbling into the Australian penalty area, Shevchenko directly kicked off and fired!
3 is better than 2!

Shevchenko scored twice!

The atmosphere at the World Cup Stadium in Hamburg was instantly ignited!

The audience was all chanting "Sheva", "Shevchenko", and "Nuclear Warhead". After Sheva scored, he also ran to the coaching bench excitedly to celebrate this achievement with all his teammates and coaches. The goal that gave Ukraine a ticket to the semi-finals of the World Cup!
"Shevchenko! It's a perfect combination of strength and technique! It's amazing!"

At this moment, Diego in front of the TV found that besides Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the all-round center in his heart had another name - Andrei Shevchenko!

Hopefully, before Sheva retires, Diego can play against him in the Champions League!

(End of this chapter)