Chapter 112: Chapter 314 The final is coming, and 1 billion viewers around the world are focusing on it!
While the coaches of the two teams were busy fighting, the battle for third and fourth place in the 2014 World Cup began.
The host Brazil team, which was bloodbathed by the German team, sat at the National Stadium in Brasilia to face its fellow South American team Argentina.
Both teams are from different places, and both teams have dreamed of this World Cup, sitting on their own doorsteps and watching the Europeans meet for the third consecutive World Cup final.
For both teams and South American football as a whole, this is their darkest moment.
Latin football, which once led the development of football, has gradually lost its advantage in competition with European football, and has even begun to lag behind the times.
This result caused countless South American football people to reflect:
Could it be that we are really on the wrong path?
If this trend continues, will South American football still have a future?
No one can answer their question, they must find the answer themselves.
If they don't want the next World Cup to become a backdrop for European performances, they must start reforming from now on.
Having said that, thinking about the future of football in South America is a matter for later.
Now let's consider how to win this match!
The grudge between the two teams was originally very deep, and at this time they both needed a victory to stabilize their morale.
Therefore, under the old and new grudges, this game was played very unrestrainedly.
Although Neymar is missing, Thiago Silva's comeback has made the Brazilian team's defense much stronger, no longer like the last game, which was broken at the touch of a touch.
Without the pressure of performance, the performance of Argentina's forward players has also improved significantly.
Including Messi, the condition of several players in their frontcourt has improved visibly.
In the 7th minute, Messi scored with a single goal, rewriting the score to 1:0!
In the 11th minute, the Brazilian team used set-piece tactics to get a goal back. The goal was scored by their captain, Thiago Silva, who had just returned from the ban.
In the 24th minute, Higuain showed his true qualities as a shooter and received a pass from Messi in the penalty area. He seized the fleeting opportunity and calmly shot into the far corner to help the team win again. lead.
The score became 2:1.
The Brazilian team immediately launched a counterattack. Oscar completed a long shot in the middle, and Romero concentrated on saving the ball.
But Brazil's forward Fred suddenly appeared like a ghost, completed a supplementary shot in front of the goal, and scored the ball, helping Brazil equalize the score again.
The fans who came to watch the game were not in a very high mood. Their team had lost the hope of winning the championship and could only fight for a worthless third place, which made them feel a little depressed.
But after the game started, the wonderful performance between the two teams, the intense offense and the intensive goals severely stimulated their adrenal glands and made them feel that the trip was worthwhile.
Not only the fans who came to the scene felt this way, but also those who sat on the sofa at home and watched the game on the TV had similar emotions:
"If they had shown this form earlier, maybe they would have reached the finals!"
"Yes, the Brazilian team is unlucky, and the Argentine team simply killed itself!"
"Argentina and Spain are in the same half zone, and their luck seems to be no better than that of the Brazilian team..."
"If Argentina is in the top half, maybe they can beat Germany and advance to the final!"
"It's hard to say. In two consecutive World Cups, the Argentine team fell at the feet of the German team. They really may not be able to beat this German team."
"I think FIFA has to find a way to divide the two strong teams from South America into one and a half zones. In this way, they can guarantee a place in the finals, and there will not always be a civil war in Europe. !"
The World Cup is said to be a feast for all teams around the world to participate in, but there are huge regional differences in the level of football across continents.
Therefore, the World Cup is actually a stage for European football and South American football to compete. The main theme has always been the confrontation between these two regions.
Others, such as Africa, North America and Asia, can act as spoilers at best.
Weak Asia is not even considered a spoiler. This World Cup has been completely reduced to a point giveaway.
Under this situation, if South America continues to decline, it will really become a dominant European team. This is not a good thing for improving the ratings and international influence of the World Cup.
"Come on, even if these two teams are really divided into half zones, who can guarantee that they will not be beaten twice by the strong European teams?"
"You're right. There are too many strong teams in Europe. Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The strength of these six teams cannot be underestimated. No one knows whether they will win the next World Cup. It will break out suddenly, so unless FIFA explicitly controls the competition, the South American teams still cannot 100% advance to the finals!"
"If you ask me, you have to be strong yourself. Instead of placing your hopes on the draw and division, you should be down-to-earth and improve your football level."
Many European fans feel that after experiencing a series of failures, Latin Americans should lower their arrogance and learn from Europe's advanced concepts.
After all, European teams have used their outstanding records and honors to prove that European football is the development direction of modern football.
The strength of European football is based on the high-level training of the five major leagues and the strong blood transfusion of youth training.
European countries are generally wealthy, have a large middle class population, and have relatively sound social welfare systems.
They have a large football population, and a large number of young people are devoted to football but are not able to make a living from it.
This makes their professional football system run very stable and healthy, completely different from the Chinese Super League and the money-burning leagues of the Middle East tycoons.
Latin America lacks such conditions. Their outstanding local players have all gone to Europe to seek gold. Their domestic leagues have limited appeal to these top stars.
This makes it very difficult for them to improve the level of the Brazilian League and the Spanish League.
The fans discussed it over and over again, but there was no good solution.
Some people even suggested that since the local league cannot be established, it is better to send as many outstanding local talents as possible to Europe to play football.
This is exactly what some countries in Asia are trying to do!
South American players can use the platform of the five major leagues to train and improve their own strength, and even learn the advanced concepts of European football and take these things home.
It's just that in this way, the style of South American football will gradually be obliterated and move closer to the direction of European football.
Fans were discussing the match lively online, and the two teams were sparkling on the field.
After the start of the second half, Argentina's offensive was overwhelming.
In the 55th minute, Messi scored his second goal of the game to help the team take the lead again.
And his total number of goals in this World Cup has reached 8 goals!
After Messi scored this goal, the Argentine fans who came to the scene shouted Messi's name and gave him warm cheers and applause.
Hearing the huge cheers from the fans, Messi, who had been in a bad mood since losing to Spain, finally smiled.
He smiled and waved to the fans in the stands, thanking them for their applause and cheers.
The Argentine fans were extremely excited, but the Brazilian fans next to them were irritated!
This is our home stadium, how can we tolerate you Argentinians being so arrogant here?
They booed Messi unceremoniously, and some even made insulting gestures towards Messi.
The Brazilian players were also deeply stimulated. While launching a fierce counterattack, they also frequently fouled Messi.
However, Argentina's state has fully improved. They just fouled Messi and it did not solve the problem.
In the 75th minute, Di Maria dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was tripped by David Luiz. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick.
Judging from the slow-motion replay, there was actually nothing wrong with the ball call.
But the problem is that it was Di Maria who was violated, and Di Maria is a famous diver.
In recent years, Di Maria has created many penalty kicks in European competitions, far ahead of other players in number.
You can say that he has strong personal strength, is good at breakthroughs, and is prone to fouling.
However, in terms of breakthrough ability, Lin Quan's ability far exceeds that of Di Maria, right?
But Lin Quan's number of penalty kicks is not as good as Di Maria's!
The reason why Di Maria takes more penalties is mainly due to his ability to perform.
When I enter the penalty area, as long as someone touches me, no matter if it's a foul or not, I just fall down.
Among the penalty kicks Di Maria made last season, nearly half of the penalty kicks were replayed in slow motion on TV and could not escape the suspicion of diving.
This made the fans give him the title of "Porcelain Man"!
In the last game against Spain, Di Maria had such a performance in the penalty area.
This time, it was the host Brazil's turn to be the victim.
Naturally, the Brazilians are not happy!
In the National Stadium in Brasilia, calls for black whistles and abuse of players came one after another.
Brazilian fans wanted to rush into the stadium and kill Di Maria!
However, the referee did not change due to the protests from the fans.
He insisted it was a penalty.
Messi stood at the penalty spot.
Facing Cesar, Messi still chose to kick the ball into the upper left corner of the goal.
The opponent's talented player was so bold that Cesar could only sigh in despair, having absolutely no way to do anything about the ball.
After Messi scored this goal, he completed his first World Cup hat trick and at the same time increased his total goals in this World Cup to 9 goals!
Currently, Lin Quan, who ranks first among the top scorers in the World Cup, has exactly 9 goals in total, no more, no less!
This means that Messi has finally tied his opponent on this list.
If Lin Quan fails to score again in the upcoming World Cup final, then he will share the Golden Boot with Messi.
If he can win a World Cup Golden Boot, it will not be completely fruitless for Messi.
However, compared with the Hercules Cup, this kind of personal honor may not be worth mentioning for Messi. After all, he has even won four Ballon d'Ors.
After Messi scored the penalty kick, the morale of the Brazilian team was greatly affected.
They once again became the same as the last game, a little impatient. The players were in a very unstable emotional state and received yellow cards one after another for excessive movements.
Moreover, when defending, their performance was also substandard, and they almost allowed the Argentine players to expand the score again.
Fortunately, Scolari made timely adjustments in the end, allowing Brazil's defense to stabilize.
The score of 4:2 remained until the end.
In the civil war in South America, Argentina led by Messi had the last laugh and won the third place in this World Cup.
As for the host Brazil, after losing two games in two games, they can only settle for fourth place.
After the appetizers, it's time for the main meal.
The day after the match between Brazil and Argentina, the final of this World Cup, between Spain and Germany, will be held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
This stadium is very famous because it can accommodate 200,000 spectators.
The Brazilians originally planned to witness their team win the cup at home here, but they did not expect that the Brazilian team fell in the semi-finals. Their carefully prepared performance stage ended up being a wedding dress for others.
However, this does not seem to be entirely a bad thing. After all, it can attract fans from Germany and Spain to watch and spend money on site, which will be of great help to stimulate the local economy of Brazil.
Before the game, FIFA predicted on its official website that the number of viewers worldwide watching this game tonight is likely to exceed 1 billion.
This data is based on the ratings of the semi-finals and the finals of the last World Cup.
In the two semifinal games, Germany's 7:1 sweep of Brazil attracted a total of 390 million simultaneous viewers.
Another game in which Spain defeated Argentina 3:2 attracted more fans to watch because the two teams had more stars, including superstars with many fans like Messi and Lin Quan.
The game had 670 million viewers, surpassing the previous record of 530 million viewers for the 2010 South Africa World Cup final.
Therefore, FIFA's speculation that the number of viewers of this final may exceed 1 billion is really not bragging.
Before the final, the head coaches of both teams were trying to relieve pressure on the players.
The World Cup final is a huge test for any player.
Many of them may only have one chance to stand on the finals stage in their lives. Once they miss out on the championship trophy, they will regret it.
The expectations of the outside world and the players' own nervousness and uneasiness will put them under very heavy psychological pressure.
This pressure is likely to cause players to misperform and lose the game.
Therefore, psychological intervention needs to be carried out on the players before the game.
Both teams brought psychiatrists with them to participate in the game. They took turns providing psychological counseling to the players before the game to calm their emotions and reduce their psychological pressure.
I don't know if it's useful, but if they don't do something, they will definitely feel uneasy.
However, such work seems to be in vain.
Because, that night, the King and Prime Minister of Spain came to the team's training base and cordially met with the team's players.
The team members, who had finally let go of their nervousness, now started to get nervous again!
The situation on the German team is not much better. German Chancellor Merkel also came to the team, met and expressed condolences to all members of the German team, and encouraged them to work hard and win glory for the country!
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