Chapter 942 The European Cup, the opening!
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On June 10, the opening match of the 11th European Cup started on time at the Kings Boduan Stadium in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Both sides of the game are one of the hosts of this European Cup and the Swedish national team, known as the "Virgins".
Due to the special significance of the opening game, although neither side of the match was a traditional strong team, Zhuang Mingge and his group decided to watch the game on site and booked a whole VIP private room through relationships.
"Although the overall look of this stadium looks like it has just been completed, judging from the manufacturing level of some hardware facilities nearly 20 years ago, it should be that the Belgian Football Association specially rebuilt this stadium in order to hold this European Cup, right?" Groz, sitting on the sofa, asked in confusion, while observing the room and the furnishings in the stadium, "Is it my illusion? Why do you always feel that the expressions of those Belgian players when singing the national anthem just now seemed so heavy?"
"No, Rebecca, you have no problem with your feelings." Zhuang Mingge did not choose to flirt with Groz at this time, but said heavingly, "You don't know that in fact, there is another name in this stadium, a name that is extremely heavy for fans in Europe, that is Heisel Stadium!"
"What?!" Hearing Zhuang Mingge's explanation, Groz immediately exclaimed, then quickly lowered his voice and asked in a hurry, "This is the place where the tragedy happened fifteen years ago?"
After receiving a positive answer from Zhuang Mingge, Gross Jr. immediately understood why Belgian players performed so heavily before the game.
Although the main victims of the Heisel tragedy were Italian fans (32 of the 39 fans who died), and Liverpool and English football were the biggest affected, the tragedy was also an unforgettable thing for Belgium, the organizer of the event.
After all, in the eyes of many people, the occurrence of this tragedy should actually be mainly attributed to Belgium. They did not strengthen and poor security work for the disrepaired Heisel Stadium, which was the culprit of the tragedy, and Liverpool and England, who were eventually sentenced to ban, were just victims of the various internal forces within UEFA after compromise and a series of undercover transactions.
Due to the severity of the Heisel tragedy and its popularity, Belgium is dragged out by the media to beat him when the celebrations are held on May 20 every year. It is precisely because of this that Belgian internationals generally suffer considerable mental pressure when playing football on this stadium, not to mention the opening match of the European Cup, which was originally very tense.
"I really don't know what the Belgian Football Association is thinking. After the Heisel tragedy, they dare to regard this place as the home court of the Belgian national team. Are they not afraid of casting shadows on the players' hearts?" Zhuang Mingge was very puzzled by the Belgian Football Association's actions, and thought to himself that this was obviously dragging the national team down.
If Belgium did not finally get the right to qualify from the group, the Belgian Football Association, which did not arrange a good schedule for its own people, would definitely not escape the blame.
Let’s talk about it here, and now we get back to the point. Although there are no top superstars in this opening match, and their attractiveness to neutral fans is not as good as Italy and those who win the championship in the Netherlands, the tactical styles of the two teams are not conservative. After the game begins, the Swedish players even turned away and attacked the entire line, suppressing Belgium, which has the right time, place and people!
"Belgium's football level has declined too seriously over the years, right?" Looking at the Belgian player who seemed a little embarrassed under Sweden's Nordic power flow style and could only rely on shrinking formations and accumulating players to barely ensure the goal was not lost, Zhuang Mingge couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that after Enzo Shifu withdrew from the national team, Belgium could not even find the shadow of the mighty European Red Devils back then. It was really unexpected."
In fact, since entering the 1990s, Belgian football, which had experienced the glorious 1980s, has begun to decline from prosperity. From fourth place in the 1986 World Cup, to the top 16 in the 1990s and the United States World Cup, to the group stage in France, to return home. In just over a decade, Belgian football has changed from an international quasi-first-class team to a second-rate European team. It is really regrettable.
However, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The performance of Belgian players in this game proves this sentence well. After surviving the bombardment of the Swedes at the beginning, Belgian players gradually stabilized their positions in the following time and began to use the mental relaxation caused by the opponent's long-term attack under the leadership of the leader Mark Wilmotz, under the leadership of the leader Mark Wilmotz, to launch a quick counterattack!
Facts have proved that the strategy adopted by the Belgians was correct, and the Swedes, who had been unable to defeat for a long time, paid the price for their choice at the end of the first half: Belgian midfielder Goul took advantage of a low-level mistake by the Swedish defender to get the ball and broke into the penalty area, then angrily shot through Heidman's ten fingers, and scored the first goal after the opening of this European Cup!
After gaining a goal lead, the Belgian player with great morale continued to work hard and made a beautiful offensive cooperation shortly after the start of the second half, Mponsa finally expanded the score to 2-0!
Although the Swedish player believes that Mponsa's handball is the first in the process of receiving the ball, referee Marcus Merck ignored the Swedish complaint and determined that Belgium's goal was valid. Faced with this situation, the Swedish player who was behind two goals had no choice but to continue to mobilize personnel to attack!
However, the Belgian, who had a great situation, did not seize the opportunity of the opponent's attack and continued to use counterattack to expand their lead. Instead, he made an unforgivable mistake at this time. Just seven minutes after Mponsa's goal, Belgian goalkeeper De Verde made a mistake when receiving the teammate's return pass, and actually gave the opponent a chance to hit an empty goal, "assisted" Mialby scored!
One to two! Sweden won a game back!
Chapter completed!