Iron Man on the pitch

Portugal and the Netherlands have been entangled since the new century.

In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, the record between the Netherlands and Portugal was one draw and one loss, and they eventually missed the World Cup.

In the quarterfinals of the 2004 European Cup, Portugal eliminated the Netherlands with a score of 2:1.

The closest encounter between the two teams was the 2006 World Cup quarterfinals, with Portugal defeating the Netherlands 1-0. This game is a famous red and yellow card battle in World Cup history, with a total of 4 reds and 16 yellows, setting a Guinness record.

In this game, there is a very classic shot. Ronaldo, who was still called Ronaldo at the time, was kicked in the thigh and was replaced and crying on the bench because he could not continue the game.

The famous three-stick player of the Dutch team also participated in this game, but no one expected that when they met again four years later, the young boy had changed his appearance, and their situations were very different.

In the summer of 2009, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for 94 million. Robben and Sneijder lost their tactical status because Florentino wanted to clean up the Dutch gang introduced by Calderon and had to go away to Bayern Munich and International. Milan.

But what's interesting is that in the 2009-2010 season, the two left were doing very well. While winning the Serie A and Bundesliga championships, they both reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Sneijder also won the St. Berede Cup. , which is the UEFA Champions League trophy commonly known as the Big Ear Cup by fans.

This is also the origin of a famous joke "There are four semi-finals in the Champions League, and the three semi-finals are thankful to my emperor; my emperor is 250 million, and the sixteenth clan of the Champions League."

In the 2010 Champions League semi-finals, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, got the key core figures of the team from Real Madrid; and Lyon, who came from Ligue 1, entered the Champions League four after selling the top star Benzema to Real Madrid. powerful.

However, the story of Sanpuke at this time was not called Sanpuke. The story of electric pole iron pole and wooden pole was not invented by enthusiastic Oriental netizens until the 2012 European Cup.

Coincidentally, it was precisely because of the 2012 European Cup group stage that the Dutch team was defeated by Portugal and failed in the group stage, which made the enthusiastic Oriental netizens have the idea of ​​"Dutch team internal strife" and thus created the Three Sticker Literature.

Although it is still 2010, the previous grievances between Portugal and the Netherlands are enough to make the media fan the flames and add fuel to the fire.

The media started with the star players of the two teams.

There is no doubt that the most famous stars of the Portuguese team are Cristiano Ronaldo and Li Ling.

Ronaldo has a tangle with Robben and Sneijder in Real Madrid, and he also participated in both games in 2004 and 2006; and although Li Ling has never had contact with the Dutch, he also has a ties with Real Madrid because of his transfer. There is a big involvement and is pulled into this vortex.

After all, as the World Cup progressed, Jorge Mendes frequently contacted the media to make efforts. It seemed that he wanted to speculate Li Ling's value to the sky, and he had the strength to buy Li Ling's club.

The media began to make a big fuss.

"Historical record of battle, Portugal's Tencé Netherlands"

Is the "Orange Legion's World Cup Tour ending here? 》

"From Ronaldo to Mr. Golden Ball, Ronaldo in hot form is unstoppable"

"Supernova from Sporting Lisbon will set off a tornado to destroy the windmill"

"Royce: My goal is the champion, and any opponent that blocks me will be crushed by me"

"Li Ling: I want you to recognize what true talent is"

After the media first praised the Portuguese team in real or fake terms, they began to criticize the Portuguese team after a change of tone.

"Can Portugal stand the test of the competition when the golden generation is old? 》

"Royce Can't Take the Leadership of Portugal"

"The so-called young commander has his own merits, and restore the real Paul Bento for you"

"Too immature, Li Ling's mentality will become a stumbling block that hinders the Portuguese team from going further"

"Although Portugal scores many goals, it has no reference value when it comes to North Korea"

"Portuguese wins four consecutive games, but just a false prosperity"

"The four major season championships are empty, and the value of 94 million is all water! 》

Then he even overestimated his affairs and spoke a declaration of revenge for the Dutch team.

"Real Madrid abandoned generals want to revenge Real Madrid's top star"

"Robben: I will prove that Florentino has taken a look and I am better than Ronaldo! 》

"Sneider: I want to fight for a sigh of relief, not to prove that I am amazing, but to prove that what I have lost, I must take it back with my own hands! 》

"Sneider: Real Madrid buys Li Ling? Why would you like to go back

"Van Persie: Revenge of Portugal is my long-cherished wish"

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But being hailedThe players who came to the name came forward to refute the rumors, saying that they had not received any private interviews and they had never said those words.

In short, three topics in different directions have made newspaper sales rise steadily and the ratings of TV programs have surged.

Of course, the preview of Argentina's match against Germany on July 3 occupied the other half of the page, but the media's wording was much gentler, at least not hyped up a strong gunpowder smell like the match between Portugal and the Netherlands.

Although the German team eliminated Argentina through a penalty shootout in the World Cup in 2006, the initiators and focus of revenge were all focused on Argentina's head coach Maradona.

As the first influential player in Argentina and Germany, Maradona can be said to be a verbal fighter.

From being squirted against German coach Löw, to German leader Bierkhov, he was even quarrel with Pele. Regardless of the game's winning or losing, Maradona's big mouth has really made the fans happy in the pre-match news these days.

No wonder the media and fans focused on these two games, because the remaining two matches, whether it is Ghana and Uruguay, or Paraguay and Spain, the seemingly winning or losing is decided. The game could not arouse the enthusiasm of the fans.

In such a noisy atmosphere, the competition is about to begin.

The Portuguese team's bus arrived at the parking lot of the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. As soon as the door opened, Li Ling heard the terrifying cheers outside. Portuguese fans waved the flags vigorously to cheer their team up. .

"How is it? Are you nervous?" Joao Moutinho poked Li Ling.

Li Ling looked back and saw that he deliberately made a calm look, but the beads of sweat slowly oozed out of his forehead.

"There is no need to do this, relax," Li Ling patted Joao Moutinho on the shoulder, "Even if the sky falls, Ronaldo will still be holding on."

After comforting his teammates, Li Ling followed Cristiano Ronaldo and signed a few lucky guys, leaving Joao Moutinho messy in the wind.

He trotted and caught up with Li Ling a few steps, and signed several fans: "Serious?"

"Of course it's a joke." Li Ling replied happily and picked up another fan's signature book.

"It is said that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. When I reach this point now, I will definitely fight the responsibility of losing with Ronaldo. It is impossible to say that there is no pressure." Li Ling shrugged, "If I really don't want to fight against it, I really don't want to fight it." Isn’t this responsibility the best to win. Isn’t the usual training and competition just for this moment?”