Chapter 556: Top Showdown

Captains Van Bronckhorst and Ricardo delivered speeches before the game, opposing racial discrimination and promising fair competition. After picking the side, the Dutch team kicked off.

Before this game, the Dutch team had been unbeaten in 23 games. They were full of confidence and launched a fierce offensive as soon as they came up.

As for the Brazilian team, it has been unbeaten in 32 games, and that loss was a friendly match. In the more than 40 games Dunga led the team to play, the Brazilian team lost a total of 2 games, both of which were friendly matches.

In major competitions, including the Copa America, the Confederations Cup and the World Cup, the Brazilian team is undefeated.

So the spirit of the Brazilian team is quite high.

Seeing that the Netherlands dared to play offensive football against them, Brazil also attacked.

The two sides fought fiercely, and they refused to concede an inch, and they couldn't play smooth football.

In the 6th minute, the Brazilian team scored first. After Ricardo made a breakthrough from the left, he suddenly cut inside. After encountering obstacles, he ran back with the ball, and then suddenly passed the ball to the front of the goal. Goal between the legs.

But when Ronaldo ran to celebrate, the Japanese referee Nishimura Yuichi blew his whistle to signal that the goal was invalid.

The linesman has raised the flag high and Ronaldo is offside first.

Licado felt really wronged. He was very sure that Ronaldo was absolutely not offside the moment he passed the ball.

The problem is that there is no VAR at this time. He argued with Yuichi Nishimura in English, but Yuichi Nishimura just smiled and shook his head, so he had no choice but to give up.

This time the Brazilian team's goal was blown, but the Dutch team still did not restrain themselves. They continued to press the attack, and after the attack failed, they executed a high-position press.

The Brazilian team took the ball and fell slowly in the backcourt for two minutes. They hit the frontcourt and handed the ball to Ricardo. The two Dutch players Van Bronckhorst and Van Bommel immediately double-teamed, but they did not dare to mess up. With a kick, Ricardo didn't want to break through with the ball, and passed the ball back.

The Brazilian team poured more than a dozen balls in the midfield, and the football was handed over to Baptista.

Baptista has been observing the running positions of several of his friends. Kaka was caught by Sneijder and De Jong, and Rico did not run out of space. Ricardo... Ricardo ran to the middle, and then suddenly advanced!

Baptista immediately sent a through kick.

This pass exceeds 20 meters,

But it was very precise, and when it was delivered to Licado, Licado didn't need to slow down at all, and just rushed forward with the ball!

No one can catch up with the soaring Riccardo on the court!

The last defender, Oyer, was constantly retreating, his lips were tightly shut, and he was glaring. The one-on-one with Ricardo obviously made him very nervous.

Ricardo's right foot slid across the football...

It's a fake move, the next move should be the left foot. However, will it be a real move or a fake move? Will his left foot swipe over the football, or will he break in that direction with the football?

Oyer shifted his center of gravity unconsciously.

But Licado's left foot continued to dial the ball to the right! After Ricardo passed the football with his right foot, his shoulders sank to the left, and then his left foot turned the football to the right!

Oyer was delayed for just a moment, and Ricardo had already dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and suddenly he volleyed vigorously with his right foot.

The football turned into lightning and hit the upper right corner of the goal accurately! Stekelenburg stretched his body to the extreme and didn't touch the football!

"Goallllllllll! Ricardo scored again! This is his 7th goal in this World Cup! In the 8th minute of the game, Brazil led 1-0!" The Brazilian commentator danced with excitement , "Brazil has not had a clear advantage so far. But in a surprise attack, Ricardo used his speed to open up the situation for Brazil!"

"After taking the lead, Brazil can start playing the football they are best at! Although it is still early, I want to say that the overall situation has been decided! After Dunga took office, his team has never been reversed by an opponent while leading! "

Of course the Dutch team is not reconciled to failure.

They also don't worry about failing.

They have been unbeaten in 23 games and have enough confidence!

They have not reached the World Cup final for 32 years, and they are desperate!

Being behind can't defeat them, being behind can only make them explode!

After the re-kick-off, the Dutch team launched a more violent attack.

The traces of the once world-famous Total Attack and Total Defense reappeared.

In the 10th minute, a cross from the left was sent by Kevin Dirk, Van Persie missed the first point, and Robben hit the near corner with his foot and hit the ball on the side netting.

In the 12th minute, Robben dribbled the ball past the two and cut inside, kicked a long shot, but unfortunately missed the goal.

The Dutch team attacked aggressively, and the backcourt was naturally empty, and their defense had to adopt foul tactics to deal with the pressure brought to them by Ricardo, Kaka and Ronaldo.

In the 14th minute, Ronaldo received a through pass from Kaka and wiped out Heitinga, but Heitinga pulled him down from behind. For this reason, Heitinga received a yellow card and gave Brazil an excellent position. free kick.

Ricardo took the penalty, but the ball didn't spin enough and didn't fall fast enough over the wall to hit the goal.

Two minutes later, Robben cut inside and was brought down by Bastos and won a free kick for the Netherlands. However, the Dutch team broke out at this time. Robben, Sneijder and Van Persie all wanted to take the free kick and refused to give in .

After the referee blew his whistle, Sneijder and Van Persie were still arguing. Robben simply ran up secretly and blasted the goal with his left foot, but he didn't hold it down and sent the ball flying.

Seeing the scene of infighting in the Dutch team, Dunga's face lit up with joy.

And Van Marwijk turned his head helplessly.

In the 17th minute, Ricardo once again took advantage of the counterattack opportunity to enter the penalty area of ​​the Dutch team, but when he tried to pass to Ronaldo, he was tackled by Heitinga to save the situation.

Being counterattacked in a row, Van Marwijk had to stand on the sidelines and shout, so that the players of the Dutch team should pay attention to defense.

On the Brazilian side, instead of the Netherlands retreating and attacking, the Brazilian team still passed the ball slowly in the midfield, looking for opportunities to suddenly speed up the pace and send a deep pass.

However, the defensive formation of the Dutch team was fairly stable, and did not give the Brazilian players too many through opportunities.

At this time, both sides unanimously relied on the personal abilities of the players to try to change the situation.

Here Riccardo just passed two consecutive crosses, Ronaldo shot high from the middle, and Robben barely kicked the goal with three consecutive shots.

Here Ricardo and Kaka cooperated with continuous passing. Kaka broke into the penalty area and was finally blocked. Over there, Sneijder cooperated with Robben, and the latter got a chance to shoot.

For a time, the competition was exciting and climaxed one after another.

The fans were dazzled and shouted happily, and the commentator also shouted hoarsely.

"No matter what the final outcome is, there are no losers in this game!" said the commentator, "Both sides played very well and left us with a deep impression. These outstanding players have brought us unparalleled sensory enjoyment! This is A top match, a gluttonous feast for the fans!"