The news that the defending champion was eliminated only took two days to dissipate. After all, football only pursues victory. A team without victory will be abandoned by the fans no matter how glorious it was in the past.
In competition, the winner is always king!
After entering the knockout rounds, Argentina put away the last trace of laxity in their hearts, and they began to adjust themselves to the best condition to challenge the opponents who came to this venue.
Mexico, their opponent in the quarter-finals, is confident enough to despise the king of North and Central America.
Now in the Americas, there is no team that can rival Argentina. Even Brazil has to go around when they see blue and white. Gago, Messi, Higuain, Milito, Aguero, they have given Argentina a blockbuster reputation among the giants.
The result of the game between Argentina and Mexico did not exceed the expectations of the fans. In the 12 minutes of the first half, Gago's pass assisted Tevez to score the lead. After the second half, Higuain scored a beautiful goal from the left rib of the penalty area. Corner kick, and in the 70th minute, Gago scored a direct free kick and scored his first official goal in this World Cup.
Although in the end Hernandez got a goal back through his personal ability, five minutes later, Tevez scored another goal to help Argentina completely seal the victory.
A 4:1 victory over Mexico. This game completely pushed Argentina's name to the altar. If Germany hadn't also beaten their old enemy England 4:1, I'm afraid many media would have awarded the Hercules Cup to Argentina!
After entering the knockout rounds, the major players never made any mistakes again. The Netherlands, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Spain have entered the quarterfinals.
In addition to the battle between England and Germany in this round, the most attractive thing for fans is the match between Spain and Portugal. One is the King of Europe. Another one possesses the mortal weapon of Cristiano Ronaldo, the derby in the Iberian Peninsula ended with Spain's victory.
Another casual 1:0. After the group stage, Del Bosque's team's control of the scene improved to a higher level and the game returned to normal. Spain completely controlled the situation of the game. Although the score was only 1:0, Portugal had no power to fight back.
If Gago hadn¡¯t clearly known that Spain was going all the way to the final 1:0 to win the championship, he might have thought that the King of Europe was nothing more than that.
But the showdown with Spain is secondary. The most important thing now is to prepare for the game with the old enemy Germany.
This is Argentina's biggest rival besides Brazil. In his peak period, Maradona was competing against the German team. With his genius, he could only maintain an undefeated situation with the German team. It is conceivable that We know how strong the German team is.
This German team is also playing dazzling offensive football after undergoing a fresh change. The 4:1 elimination of England, known as the Super Platinum Generation, is his masterpiece.
And Argentina has always been a representative of offensive football. The dazzling cooperation between Gago and Messi in the frontcourt is called the football that best represents Latin football.
After the top 16, the World Cup finally entered the most exciting showdown for fans. The teams that can enter the top eight are teams with countless die-hard fans around the world. Basically all have won the World Series, and more than half of the teams have lifted the World Cup.
But before this round of competition, a piece of heavy news came, which cooled down the heated atmosphere in South Africa. After nearly a month of elections, Real Madrid and Barcelona each completed the change of presidents.
Calderon resigned for financial reasons. Florentino was automatically elected unopposed as Real Madrid president. This incident made all the fans unresponsive.
Real Madrid had just won an unprecedented Triple Crown under Calderon's tenure, and the change of chairman was completed just one month later. Although Florentino's determination to recover can be seen from many developments, when things really happened, it still surprised Real Madrid fans who had never cared about this.
Some individual fans are even afraid. They are afraid that this businessman who does not understand the rules of competition will once again severely damage Real Madrid's vitality. They are afraid that he will sell the team's flag just like when he entered the palace. It is very possible that Redondo's situation was Happened to Gago.
But before anyone with ulterior motives could attack, Florentino announced that he would negotiate a new contract with the Argentine king Fernando Gago, the hero of the team's Triple Crown.
"If this new contract is signed, Gago will stay at Real Madrid until 2015, and his annual salary will definitely be the first in the world. I think there is no more outstanding star on this planet than him!"
Florentino¡¯s public statement calmed the fans down a bit, but they still?Hope to hear that Gago can stay on the team.
The most famous Redondo die-hard fan in the world, Gago definitely hates Florentino more than he likes it. If he leaves Real Madrid because of Florentino's second entry into the palace, then Real Madrid fans will definitely want to Cry forever.
However, regarding Real Madrid¡¯s request for contract renewal, Gago¡¯s agent and his eldest sister Xia Weier said through official channels that we would wait until after the World Cup!
"Perez, this is what they mean. It seems that this annual salary of 12 million euros after tax has not completely impressed them!"
As a bridge between Florentino and Gago, Valdano will give a detailed report on the results of the discussions with Xavier.
"If he leads Argentina to the World Cup, this salary is really not enough. It seems that we need to find a sponsor. Adidas is subsidizing a little. Fifteen million euros should be enough!"
After listening to Florentino casually mention 15 million euros, Valdano's legs almost went weak. In his time, being able to get 1.5 million euros was already the world's largest annual salary. But now, not even a fraction is enough.
"Okay, leave this matter to me!"
After hearing this, Sanchez on the other side expressed his understanding aloud!
"In addition, the transfer fees for Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo have been negotiated. As long as our funds are in place, they will be ours after the World Cup!"
After Sanchez finished speaking, Mijatovic respectfully handed over two contracts to Florentino.
"Eighty million pounds and 65 million euros, yes, but wait until after the World Cup to send it out. Now, no matter how sensational the news is, it will be washed away by the Hercules Cup, and there will be no sensational effect!"
"Also, if someone makes an offer for the Dutch, we will wait until after the World Cup to discuss it. I always feel that their value can still rise!"
After listening to Florentino¡¯s words, everyone present respectfully left.
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If Real Madrid¡¯s change of chairman leaves fans in disbelief, then Barcelona¡¯s change of chairman is completely expected.
¡°The mortal enemies have already won the Triple Crown. If Barcelona doesn¡¯t find a scapegoat, they will definitely be suffocated this summer.
Russell¡¯s appointment is the wish of all Barcelona members. After he took office, he also vowed to break Real Madrid¡¯s monopoly in La Liga in the new season. He also promised that Guardiola is the most suitable head coach for the team and will not replace him.
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After the bosses of the two giants in La Liga were replaced, the World Cup has reached the most critical moment. In the quarter-finals, the first powerful showdown is between the Netherlands and Brazil!
The duel between the "Uncrowned King" and the "Five-Star Samba" created the highest attendance rate in this competition, and the game was as exciting as the fans expected.
In the first ten minutes, Robinho opened the scoring for the team with a calm shot from the edge of the penalty area, but the Dutch team, which once again reached its peak, played a perfect second half. Without Gago's suppression, Sneijder showed His super midfielder style first forced the opponent's midfielder Melo to score an own goal. Then in the 70th minute, he received Robben's corner kick and scored, almost single-handedly eliminating the Brazilian team. .
After this game, Sneijder's name resounded all over the world. Although he was very good at Real Madrid in the past, under the dazzling brilliance of Gago, everyone ignored him.
Now, the fans know that this bald man is also a fierce man, almost as powerful as Gago's 80%!
And just after the super battle between the Netherlands and Brazil, there is the duel between Argentina and Germany.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the grievances between the two teams. Before the game, there were countless media from the World Cup to friendly matches to warm-up matches, calculating the grievances between the two teams from every trivial matter.
But for Argentina and Germany now, the only intersection between them was the friendly match in March this year. In the end, Argentina relied on Gago's golden goal to defeat the German team at the Allianz Arena with difficulty.
It¡¯s just that the German team had just completed its reorganization at that time and was completely incomparable with the strong Argentina. It was this showdown that attracted the attention of fans.
Perfect Argentina and perfect Germany are both representatives of offensive football, representative teams of American football and European football. The showdown between the two teams has not yet begun, and the sound is louder than the showdown between the Netherlands and Brazil. .
When the game started, the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town was completely occupied by the fans.Now, countless Argentinian fans and German fans are clearly separated in the north and south of the stadium. There are neutral fans between the fans of the two teams. Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of fans, Gago closed his eyes and took a breath, then opened them.
"It seems that Argentina was eliminated at this time in history. Let's change history from here. I will be the king here!"
When Gago finished speaking, the referee blew the whistle to start the game!