The final battle between the Netherlands and Spain did not bring people the beauty and enjoyment of art football, but walked through the legal time in the short call of hitting the enemy with their own strengths. At least from the perspective of the managers on both sides, the game can be played in a way that you punch me and kick, without creating a one-sided embarrassing situation.
In the previous two semi-finals, Spain strangled the young Germany with possession and experience, and the Netherlands narrowly defeated Uruguay in a goal battle, considering that the two stadiums had not won the championship before - the Netherlands had reached the final twice, and on July 11, the football stadium in Johannesburg was looking forward to a new king's crown.
Before the final, Marca creatively typed out a series of childhood photos of some Spanish internationals and recent photos, and gave it an extremely sensational title: We have dreamed of since childhood. It is said that this set of pictures moistens the eyes of too many readers and netizens, when people see Harvey's innocent eyes, Torres's beautiful blond hair, all of them deeply lament the passage and change of the years, and a piece of the vicissitudes of dreams.
In the end, the dream of countless Spanish footballers finally came true, and on the cool night of 11 July in Johannesburg, in the name of the first star, Spain won the European Championship and the World Cup in two consecutive years, after only West Germany in 1974 had completed this feat (the reverse in 1998 france team order). Spain also became the first team in history to win the title after losing its first group game.
race
Spain has a strong middle, the Netherlands has excellent wingers, Spain finds loopholes in the Dutch middle, and the Netherlands targets Spain's relatively weak left gate, which is the idea of the two teams attacking. After the opening, the Dutch team was not busy attacking, and the Spanish team calmly obtained the possession. However, unlike Germany, which wants to win and fear defeat, the Netherlands is not gentle and elegant, van Persie, van Bommel, Sneijder, De Jong, the four fierce generals have successively shown their fierce feet to the Spaniards. Van Marwijk's strategy is very clear, since the ball can not fight Spain, it is a raw way to prevent the game from entering Spain with the pass.
The move worked quite well, and both sides soon entered a state of bayonet red. In the first 30 minutes, the Dutch had received three yellow cards, and Spain had also received 2 yellows. Because of this hand-to-hand combat environment, Xavi, Iniesta and others can no longer calmly weave a fine transmission net, so Spain's strong offensive in the first 15 minutes is gone.
Sneijder revealed that ramos, a teammate who played for Real Madrid, had texted himself: "You have won enough championships this season, you can calm down now." But after the start of the second half, Sneijder and his team-mates did not calm down. On the one hand, the Dutch are still fierce, on the other hand, they are quietly brewing a killing machine, in the 62nd minute, it was Snyder's direct plug that gave Robben a one-handed chance, but unfortunately it was defused by the unusually calm Cassie.
The danger scared Spain into a cold sweat, and then Xavi led his teammates back to the old way of calmly controlling the ball, hoping to watch for opportunities in patience. However, at this time, Spain made a mistake of attacking again, although the substitute Navas created many dangers on the right side, but the Spanish attack was soon calm, but Robben won another single knife, and was blocked by Casillas.
Robben's two splurges, or St. Cassie's two saviors, buried the hopes of the Netherlands. In the 92nd minute, Spain played a small match at the front of the penalty area, in the Iniesta penalty area was closed by two defenders and fell to the ground, but the referee ignored it. In the 95th minute, after Iniesta's direct pass on the counter-attack, Fablias's one-handed push was blocked by Steckelenburg with his legs. Later, in extra time, Heytinga was sent off for a foul on Iniesta. In the end, Iniesta staged a deadly match away to Chelsea in the 2009 Champions League semi-finals, killing him again at a crucial moment, and he also took off his shirt and ran wildly again. That little white kill won Barca a chance to reach the Champions League final and win six titles, and this time, he fulfilled the dream for all Spaniards.
Iniesta dreamed of presenting himself at the highest level in the World Cup final with the Netherlands, and he did. It was Manchego Junior's 116th-minute kill that brought espanyol the first World Cup title in history. After scoring, Iniesta took off his shirt and revealed the words "Halk will always be with us" on his underwear in honor of his late friend. Although this move received a yellow card, it touched the world. Spain's no. 6's stunning shot not only kicked the first world championship in the history of the Spanish team, but also kicked out the most colorful and colorful legendary chapter of the World Cup in South Africa.
The top of the world on one side
With no goals, no Golden Boot, no Gold Cup, Snyder missed the chance to become Europe's first four-time champions. In the first half he was relatively average, heavier than destruction rather than planning, but in the second half Snyder was clearly more active than in the first 45 minutes. In the 62nd minute, Sneijder's midfielder fell to the ground and the ball penetrated the Spanish defence, robben was given a one-handed opportunity, but the shot was blocked by Casillas with his foot. In the 82nd minute, the Spanish left side broke through, handed Iniesta to burst into the box with the ball, did not pass or shoot in time, was snatched by Sneijder's tackle, the two people also hugged and smiled together, unfortunately, in the end, the Dutchman was still killed by Iniesta. Because of the defeat, Sneijder failed to become the first European in history to conquer the Treble and the World Cup. Historically, South Americans have had similar feats. In 1962, Pele (but he won) and six other Brazilians won the World Cup with Brazil after winning the triple crown at Santos. Santos' triple crowns at the time were copa Libertadores, Copa Dopa do Brasil and São Paulo. (There was no Brazilian National League at the time.) ）
Like Snyder, there was Robben, who scored two singles in the second half. In the 62nd minute, he personally missed a wonderful long pass from Sneijder, and then in the 83rd minute he won another chance to kill Puyol, using the speed advantage to rush to Puyol's side, to win a one-on-one opportunity with the goalkeeper, but the ball was saved by Casillas, Robben thought Puyolla was fouled, but the referee did not award a penalty. In 2010, although Robben ushered in a career turnaround, he was runners-up in the two most important events, which made him miserable.
Penalty Scale:
Judging from the scale of the competition, it is basically consistent with the spirit of the competition. In order to sabotage the opponent's attack, the two teams used a lot of unconventional work, and in a relatively short period of time, referee Weber reasonably used yellow cards to control the situation on the field, showing his majesty as a judge.
Of all the yellow cards, the most controversial one came from the 29th minute. At that time, the Spanish midfielder advanced, and the Dutch back De Jong kicked the opponent's chest with his foot after Alonso's ball, and the action was more bad. In slow motion, Delong used a very rough movement to foul the opponent after the ball was fired, which was a serious foul and should be sent off with a red card according to the rules, but At that time, Weber's observation angle happened to be blocked by Van Bommel, and he may have just sentenced De Jong based on experience. And according to his full court enforcement scale, this ball should definitely be a foul on the penalty court.
In addition to this penalty, Weber's decision on other fouls after the ball was accurate, reasonably protecting the side with the greater advantage in possession. The moment he was sent off in extra time, his mind was very clear, but unfortunately, in the second half of overtime, Robben's shot after the whistle was an obvious non-sports behavior, Robben already had a yellow card on his body, and then eating a yellow card will be sent off, which will seriously affect the quality of the game and the balance of victory and defeat, so Weber is a little soft at this time, affected by the previous red card decision, leaving an obvious law enforcement flaw.