i want to be king

Chapter 750 Farewell, Maradona!
The development of things seems to be moving towards Su Dong's expectation.

After Argentina narrowly beat Nigeria in the first game, they beat South Korea [-]-[-] in the second game.

Real Madrid teenager Higuain scored a hat-trick, Lionel Messi created an own goal, and Argentina performed very well.

In the third game, although Argentina only defeated Greece [-]-[-], the advantage on the field became more obvious. Whether it was the number of shots or the ball possession rate, the Pampas Eagles had an overwhelming advantage.

After all, Rehhagel's Greece failed to repeat the miracle of the [-] European Cup.

Under the coaching of Maradona, Argentina won three games and three victories in the group stage, and their performance was better than one game. This also made the outside world quite optimistic about this Argentina team. After all, it has the most luxurious attacking lineup in this World Cup.

Wenger even believes in the column that Argentina and Germany are the teams that have the best chance to challenge Spain.

But in-depth analysis, Wenger believes that Argentina's biggest problem is that the lineup is too loose and lacks integrity.

"The three-game winning streak is a very positive signal for Argentina. Maradona should take this opportunity to integrate the team so that all players can play more integrally, instead of the scenes where players fight on their own that often appear in the game."

Wenger believes that this also has something to do with Maradona's character.

Rebelliousness has always been the label of Argentines, such as the flowing long hair back then.

But today's football pays more attention to integrity, even if it is as strong as Maradona, in the current football environment, he certainly cannot be as wanton as before.

"Today's Argentina is like Maradona's style of play. On the offensive end, this is manifested as a lack of teamwork and players fighting on their own. On the defensive end, this is Argentina's biggest hidden danger so far."

Wenger made no secret that if Argentina can solve their defensive problems, I believe this team can go further in the World Cup.

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Su Dong watched Argentina's three group games. After playing against Greece, Su Dong made a phone call with Messi. When analyzing the group games, he focused on his experience watching the games.

He believes that in addition to the defensive problem, Argentina also has a very serious problem exposed.

"Core!" Su Dong said on the phone.

In the two games against Nigeria and Greece, Veron was started. In both games, Argentina played quite awkwardly. The reason is that the 35-year-old Veron no longer has the physical fitness to play the whole game.

Although Veron had a rest for the Korean team in the middle, but in the third game against Greece, Veron couldn't take it anymore in the second half. He was basically jogging and walking. Obviously, the white wizard was exhausted enough.

But Su Dong's point of view is not only that, but also that Veron's style is difficult to be compatible with Messi in the frontcourt.

Veron has a lot of experience, a strong view of the overall situation, and excellent rhythm control ability, but his passes are mostly long-distance and long-distance.

But now Argentina has no physical advantages at all. Messi, Carlos Tevez, Di Maria and others, even Higuain, do not take much advantage of their physical strength when they encounter outstanding opponents. Messi mainly uses short passes to cooperate.

This creates a disunity in thinking.

Then comes a new question, Veron is very old, but now the ace of Argentina is Messi, so who should the players on the field listen to?
Su Dong believes that if Argentina wants to go further and Messi wants to achieve results, they should think carefully about this aspect.

Messi also confessed on the phone that in the three group matches, he was actually not comfortable playing, and he had a strong heart, but he couldn't play the effect.

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The discussion about whether Veron will start is also noisy after the group stage.

The most surprising thing about this World Cup group stage is the elimination of France and Italy.

France was drawn into a group with Uruguay, Mexico and South Africa. As a result, they only scored one point in three games and were eliminated at the bottom of the group. This is really surprising.

But France is relatively extenuating.

What happened to defending World Cup champions Italy was absolutely shocking.

Italy is in the same group as Paraguay, Slovakia and New Zealand. Logically speaking, with Italy's strength, it is not difficult to advance to the group, right?
But the result?

With two draws, Italy was out at the bottom of the group, even worse than New Zealand, which shocked everyone.

Switzerland, led by Iron Marshal Hitzfeld, made an accident in the first game, upset Spain [-]-[-].

But then, Spain quickly adjusted, defeated Honduras and Chile in a row, and successfully advanced.

Bosque's team is more inclined to possession of the ball than Aragones two years ago. It has gone a step further in this concept and firmly established a concept with Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets as the core.

Among them, Bosque resisted all opinions and recruited Manchester City midfielder Busquets into the national team and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. He was under considerable pressure from public opinion, but in this national team, Busquets performed very well.

Su Dong also took the time to watch a Portuguese game, which beat North Korea [-]-[-], but Ronnie only scored one goal in this game, and it was a dispensable goal in the closing stage, which made him very dissatisfied.

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In late June, the World Cup entered the knockout stage, and the competition became more and more intense.

Su Dong watched three knockout games, Germany beat England [-]-[-], Argentina beat Mexico [-]-[-], and Spain beat Portugal [-]-[-].

After the game, Su Dong also met with Ronnie and Pepe.

The most depressing player in this World Cup is Pepe. He failed to play in the first two games of the group stage. In the third game against Brazil, he did play, but he played in a midfielder position that he was not familiar with.

In the knockout match against Spain, Pepe started again, but he still played as a midfielder.

The unlucky Pepe has not fully exerted his own strength, and his World Cup journey is over.

"It's okay, at least you played in the World Cup, unlike me..."

Su Dong's words really comforted Pepe.

Who said no?
No. 1 in world football, but he couldn't even play in the World Cup. What's the matter?

Just like what the Argentine star Kempes said in his column before, for this World Cup, he, like fans all over the world, has a kind of regret, because he failed to see the demeanor of the No.1 Sudong in world football. This is a pity for the World Cup and a loss for all fans.

Kempes also said that Sudong is one of his favorite players. He believes that both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo should learn from Sudong, because after he won the Golden Globe and World Footballer, there was no obvious decline.

"Before Su Dong, every Golden Globe Award and World Footballer of the Year would more or less decline after winning the award, but Su Dong did not. On the contrary, his performance has always been on the rise, which is very, very rare."

Wang Chuqing has been silently accompanying Su Dong, watching the World Cup in South Africa.

Although Su Dong didn't say anything, she knew that Su Dong was participating in the World Cup in this way.

In his bones, he still longed to participate in the World Cup, but he hid it.

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The biggest surprise in the quarter-finals was Germany's [-]-[-] victory over Argentina.

In just 3 minutes of the opening, Thomas Muller's goal put Argentina in an absolute passive position.

At this time, Argentina's problems gradually came to light.

The lack of a real core on the court, players fighting independently, and lack of integrity led to Argentina being suppressed by Germany as a whole on the court, and the players were also cut apart, resulting in the inability to form a joint force.

Especially in the second half, Argentina kicked more and more urgently, and finally was scored again and again by the German team.

In the end, the German team defeated Argentina [-]-[-].

It was a massacre that shocked fans all over the world.

So far in this World Cup, the best-performing team is Argentina. They have won four consecutive victories and scored many goals. As a result, they met German Chariot in the quarter-finals and were beaten [-]-[-] by their opponents.

But in turn, this also represents a football trend.

In this World Cup, the German team played a pass and control style of play, which is completely different from the previous German team.

Especially Schweinsteiger, who has become the core midfielder of the German team and is the best player.

Integrity, coupled with advanced technical and tactical concepts, Loew finally led the German team to the most authentic level.

The four-to-zero victory over Argentina can be called the most hearty victory in this World Cup so far.

The German media also adopted eye-catching headlines [Farewell, Maradona! ], to express his affirmation of Germany's tactical philosophy, thinking that Maradona's coaching philosophy in Argentina has not kept up with this era.

However, after passing Argentina, the German team encountered Spain, which has stronger ball control ability and more skilled overall combat.

After nine and 10 minutes of fierce fighting between the two sides, Spain, with Puyol's goal, beat Germany [-]-[-] and successfully advanced to the final.

This is where Del Bosque and his Spain are most questionable.

In terms of ball possession, Spain is definitely the top. In terms of lineup, this team also does not fear any opponents.

But Bosque's use of troops is too stable, so that almost every game he only wins the opponent by one goal, and exhausts the opponent by constantly passing and controlling the ball. This is a bit like the pass-and-control version of Capello.

Su Dong also felt that Spain did not play unrestrainedly enough, but it was understandable.

After Aragones led Spain to win the European Cup two years ago, that team has reached its peak. Anyone who takes over in this situation will encounter a very difficult problem, that is, how to continue to lead this team to maintain this state and continue to achieve results.

It is difficult to fight the country, but it is even more difficult to defend the country!
Bosque has done really, really well in this regard.

In the end, in the World Cup final, Spain and the Netherlands scored a zero-to-zero battle in regular time, and Iniesta's lore in stoppage time helped Spain win the World Cup.

This is undoubtedly the best recognition for Bosque!

Su Dong also returned to Europe the day after the final.

But this time he didn't fly to Germany, but to London.

(End of this chapter)