ball magic

After the match between Italy and South Korea, the top eight of this World Cup were also selected——

Germany, England, Brazil, USA, Spain, Turkey, Argentina, Italy.

The release of the quarter-finals also means that this World Cup has finally reached the climax.

On June 6, England and Brazil, Germany and the United States took the lead in competing.

Compared with Germany and the United States, which does not have much suspense, fans still pay more attention to Brazil and England.

After all, Ronaldinho and Kaka in the Brazilian team are both playing for Manchester United, and England's rounding is considered half of Manchester United.

It was also the first time that Ronaldo met the old Robson in the national team.

Compared with Germany and the United States, the two teams played more gimmicks.

For Rafael, this game is also very interesting.

Think about it, Brazil on one side and England on the other, these are Argentina's sworn enemies.

Leaving aside the position of the national team, for him personally, it is very interesting to have the old Robson and half of Manchester United on the one hand, and Ronaldo, Rivaldo, and Jaminha on the other.

It's not just him who finds it interesting, but also other Argentine internationals.

Come to think of it, both sides are bitter rivals, and now they meet in the World Cup, anyone who is Argentine will find it interesting.

Not only will they find it interesting, but they will also fall into choice phobia——

Which of these two rotten apples is more worthy of promotion?

In fact, the Argentine media really did a survey. According to their street and Internet statistics, Argentine fans still prefer England to advance.

The reason is so good that Raphael has nothing to say——

"We've won against England and if Brazil lose against England we can laugh at them!

And after England qualify, we can beat them again, which is also very interesting! "

Such arrogant Argentine fans, of course, attracted abuse from Brazilian fans.

Because the number of Brazilian fans is dominant, the number of keyboard warriors is obviously dominant.

As for England fans?

They don't care about arguing with Argentine fans at all now. The most important thing for them now is the state of their players.

The opponent is Brazil, can they really win?

In the face of fans' questions, at the pre-match press conference, Robson also made it clear and clear.

"Brazil is very strong now, although they only met Turkey, a strong opponent in the group stage, other times they solved the battle easily.

But from these games, we can also see that the state of the Brazilian players is actually very relaxed, and they can also control the game in their own way.

There is nothing more terrifying than a Brazilian team like this.

So I hope the media can face up to this——

Our opponent is really strong.

When I praise our opponents, I am not making excuses for losing.Sometimes seeing each other's strength can help us go further. "

After that, the old Robson also praised Ronaldo and Rivaldo without hesitation.

Praise the latter is fine, but praise the former, isn't this creating a problem for yourself?

Sure enough, the reporters immediately asked Rafael, Ronaldo and Owen, which one is his favorite player, and which one is the strongest player in his heart.

Old Robson had been prepared for a long time, but seeing the reporter dug two holes for him by himself, he couldn't help but praise him as a talent in his heart.

But can two pits stump him?

The old Robson smiled: "If I say my favorite player, I think I can only say Rafa. We spent a lot of good times together and won everything. I can't go against my heart.

As for the strongest player——

I think the question itself is a bit problematic.

Because although Michael and Ronnie are in the same position, I don't think any real fans will compare them, because they have completely different styles, which are too different, and this is also limited by their respective physical conditions.

How to evaluate this?

As for Rafa, he definitely doesn't want to participate in this selection, because he will always be the No. 10 player.

But I can say objectively——

In my heart, Rafa is the strongest number 10. "

Old Robson thought he answered the questions flawlessly. Thinking about it, Rafa had indeed spent the longest time with him and had the deepest relationship with him. Is there anything wrong with choosing him?

As for the rest, there is nothing wrong with it.

After the old Robson finished answering the [pit question], he stopped accepting questions and left gracefully.

The reporter looked at his back, and wanted to remind this handsome jazz——

Have you forgotten that Owen also wears the No. 10 jersey in the national team?

At the end of the pre-match press conference, the old Robson advocated Brazil so much that he didn't even give his own person the selection of the best player in his heart. If it followed the past, the British media would definitely criticize it.

But this time is different. The British media evaluated the press conference quite objectively, and even did not give poisoned milk to this game.

The reason for this is because of the 5-2 game Argentina gave them.

Even after that game, under the leadership of the old Robson, they defeated Nigeria and Denmark by a big score, but facing Brazil, the British media still hesitated and did not dare to mess with the rhythm.

After all, even if they want to blow it to the sky now, the people don't believe it.

Not only do I not believe it, but I also feel that they put pressure on the players.

Under such circumstances, they can only follow along and be forced to keep a low profile. ⒊[-]

Facts have also proved that Brazil is really not easy to play!

On June 6, England coached by Robson Sr. and Brazil coached by Scolari met in the quarter-finals.

At the end of 90 minutes, Brazil eliminated England 3-2.

With one pass and one shot, Rivaldo was elected the best player of the game.

The old Robson still congratulated Scolari very gracefully after the game, and also took the initiative to congratulate Ronaldo and Rivaldo. Even after comforting his players, he specifically found Jaminia and asked him for his jersey.

Even this Brazilian bald man didn't even get a chance to play for 1 minute in this game.

Jaminia is the direct descendant of Lao Tuo, and he has never had much dealings with this old British man before, but the old Robson's behavior gave him enough face, and he couldn't help but praise him sincerely.

Old Robson could understand limited Spanish, so he still laughed out loud at his compliment.

Raphael also laughed when he saw such a picture on the TV.

Don't think he doesn't know, the old man asked Jaminia for the jersey, probably to stimulate Lao Tuo——

Since Laotuo generously told him that he wanted to support Jaminia, how could he not sue Robson?

Thinking of this, Raphael took the initiative to send a text message to old Robson, praising him for a good job, and at the same time blowing him up.

Although the old Robson only took England 3 games, but in his opinion, he didn't take badly.

Take this game against Brazil as an example. They also played at the level that these players should have. As for the loss——

Which team can pat their chests and say that they will definitely beat Brazil?

This is Brazil with top players in 11 positions in the game.

After Brazil advanced to the semi-finals, the Brazilian fans were not idle. They suddenly became fans of Turkey, cheering for their opponents in the same group in the group stage, wishing they could send Argentina home tomorrow.

On the same day, Germany relied on Ballack's goal to eliminate the United States and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

Before the arrival of this World Cup, Germany and England were in the same group. In the end, England relied on Beckham's golden goal to beat Greece and won the World Cup ticket, while Germany had to participate in the play-offs.

This kind of experience made Germany almost lose the qualification of the seed team in this World Cup, but in the end, Germany still told the fans all over the world with its real record——

This German national team may not have so many stars, but our lower limit is very stable!

After England and the United States have both returned home, the tests belonging to Italy, Spain, Argentina and Turkey come a day later.

On June 6, the match between Italy and Spain started first.

The two teams fought 90-1 in 1 minutes and eventually entered overtime.

In this cruel golden ball era, neither side scored a goal and had to enter a penalty shootout.

This is also the second time the Spaniard has played a penalty shootout after entering the knockout round.

In the end, Spain eliminated Italy 5-3.

Italy once again fell in front of the penalty spot.

Regarding this result, there was a lot of discussion in the Argentine team, and Rafael faintly heard what they were talking about, which made him give them a blank stare.

"Don't think too much, it's just an ordinary duck, an ordinary duck!"

But Simeone didn't care about him at all. Instead, he picked up his mobile phone and said to everyone: "I remember Rafa and Juan agreed that the duck was only on loan until the final. Now I want to remind Juan."

Everyone praised Simeone for his good work and his responsibility, and they almost called him the captain.

Raphael: "..."

Forget it, he was too lazy to care about it.

At 7:30 in the evening, the match between Argentina and Turkey began at the Nagai Land Arena in Osaka.

At the beginning of this World Cup, everyone's definition of the Turkish team was generally "indistinguishable from Europe and Asia". This is not only because of Turkey's geographical location, but also because of their football style.

But before the game started, Bielsa, who had learned his lesson, first analyzed Turkey's tactical style.

In response to Turkey's side attack, three tactical lessons were arranged for them.

The two sections are to explain to them to help them understand their opponents and strengthen their cognition.

In the last section, the Feynman learning method was adopted, allowing players to tell their own understanding of tactics and opponents.

Bielsa's painstaking efforts were not in vain. After the game started, Argentina quickly suppressed the opponent.

But after halftime, Bielsa found out depressingly——

Their biggest opponent is not how to attack, let alone how to defend, but how to send the ball into Turkey's gate!

In the past half of the game, the Turkish goalkeeper Rustu made high and low blocks, and even in the 13th minute of the opening, he saved Rafael's shot, Batty's supplementary shot and Aimar's consecutive shots after saving the ball. ...

And in the 32nd minute, Rafael received Zanetti's cross and "looked back at the moon" in the penalty area. It should have been a wonderful and elegant side hook shot, but it was ruthlessly destroyed by the goalkeeper.

Even Batty's iconic explosive shot can be saved by him!

This kind of performance is no longer the level to make fans kneel down and shout papa.

If Turkey can eliminate Argentina, Rustu's performance, not to win the Golden Glove Award, it's unreasonable!

For this situation, Bielsa has no better way than to try his luck with substitutions.

In the 60th minute of the second half, Redondo was replaced by Simeone.

In the 65th minute, Saviola was lucky to get a chance to play because Keeley was injured before.

After Saviola came on the field, not only Aimar was working hard for him, but Rafael was also doing the same. After all, Rustu threw himself into the middle and front courts and almost shut himself up. They want to change their luck!

In the 72nd minute, Saviola's shot from the left side of the penalty area was thrown from a small angle, and Argentina got a corner kick.

Placente handled the corner kick himself. After the ball was taken, Turkish defender Ozaran pushed out of the penalty area and landed at Simeone's feet.

Simeone hoisted the ball into the penalty area again. After seeing the ball, Turkish goalkeeper Rustu tried to attack and directly controlled the ball.

At this time, Rafael took off, not only successfully competed for the top, but also sent the ball into the net under the shocked eyes of the Argentine fans.

In fact, it wasn't just the Argentine fans who were shocked, even Luis in the stands, after seeing what happened, excitedly pulled his father's sleeve and shouted: "Rafa scored! Scored! Header! It's a header!"

Yes, that header is so precious to Rafael's fans and family.

Because it can be used to hit the face of black powder——

Who said Rafa is so tall for nothing?Our Rafa can also score headers!

And this goal is also a huge blow to Turkish fans.

In this game, because of Rustu's outstanding performance, they also played back and forth with Argentina.

It even gave them hope—

If we persist for more than ten minutes, it will be overtime. If we break through Argentina's goal first, we can advance to the semi-finals!

But the fact is so cruel, in the 75th minute of the game, Rafael's goal extinguished their hopes.

After falling behind, the Turkish players did not give up. They once posed a huge threat to Argentina's goal.

And this reckless attack also gave Argentina many opportunities to counterattack.

In the 84th minute, Saviola cruised to the middle of the left side of the penalty area, received Aimar through and scored.

Argentina 2 to 0 Türkiye!

After the game, Raphael took the initiative to walk towards Rustu.

After seeing him, the Turkish goalkeeper took off his gloves and jersey without waiting for him to speak.

Rafael also gave him a hug after exchanging jerseys with him.

This is the toughest opponent he has ever faced in the World Cup.

After that, Raphael went to the legendary veteran Su Ke.

Su Ke once played football in Italy and could speak Italian. After seeing him, he complained a little: "As long as I meet you, I will lose."

Raphael couldn't help laughing.

The Turks would say this because he had previously played for the Turkish giants Galatasaray for a long time.

Yes, it is Galatasaray who has "blood feud" and "disfigured hatred" with Raphael.

When Rafael finished comforting his opponent, he was called to the stands where the Argentine fans were.

Look, Maradona brought the rhythm again.

This is the first time Argentina has advanced to the top four since the 1990 World Cup!

And their opponent is the old enemy Brazil!