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Chapter 584 The tragic history of the Netherlands World Cup!

The stars of the Dutch team are shining, but they are still unable to enter the finals. The Dutch fans are very disappointed.

L'Equipe published a long commentary: The tragic history of the Dutch team!

Another penalty shootout!

Vlaar and Sneijder's penalty kicks were saved successively. The Netherlands lost to Argentina [-]-[-] and missed the World Cup final in Brazil.

In 1998, the scene was repeated again. The Dutch team once again fell in the penalty shootout and failed to enter the final!

Perhaps the World Cup is destined to be tragic for the Dutch team. Except for the two semi-finals falling in penalty shootouts, it is unprecedented for them to miss the championship in three finals. The Oranje will have to wait another four years to get rid of the "uncrowned king".

In the late 60s, Dutch coach Michels introduced a brand-new football style at that time. Every player on the field has no specific position. In this style, all players except the goalkeeper can participate in offense or defense at any time. He became the Dutch national football player. After the team leader, he introduced his unique football style into the team, which is called "Total Football".

In the 70s, the Dutch "Golden Generation" represented by Cruyff was born. However, the beautiful "Total Defense" does not mean the championship. In the 1974 World Cup in the Federal Republic of Germany, the "Golden Generation" of the Netherlands made it all the way to the final, but eventually lost to the host country, and the curse of the "Uncrowned King" was born from then on.

It can be said that the 1974 World Cup belonged to the Dutch - except for the champion.

The Oranje team won two wins and one tie in the group stage and advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, they won three games: 4-0 Argentina, 2-0 former East Germany, 2-0 Brazil.In the final, the opponent of the Dutch team, the former West Germany team, only 1 minute into the game, Cruyff dribbled the ball into the goal and was tackled. Neeskens scored a penalty kick for the Dutch team to lead 1-0. None of them came across.

Unfortunately, the good luck of the Dutch didn't last long. The German team overtook the score in the first half with Breitner's penalty kick and Gerd Muller's goal. In the end, the Dutch team failed to win again Goal, they lost 1-2 to the former West Germany in their first World Cup final, finishing runner-up.

Four years later, in the World Cup in Argentina, although Cruyff was missing, the Dutch team was still strong.Despite the poor performance in the group stage and only achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, the Dutch team was lucky enough to enter the rematch.

In the rematch, the Dutch team beat Austria and drew with Germany. In the crucial final battle, they defeated the Italian team with Tiemenzoff and Golden Boy Rossi with Arihan's stunning long-range shot, and once again advanced to the final.

This time, the Dutch team met the hosts again in the final. The Argentines led the Dutch team 1-0 in the first half with the goal of their core Kempes, and the Oranje didn't equalize until the 82nd minute of the game.

In stoppage time, the Dutch team had a chance to kill the opponent. Midfielder Rensenbrink's shot made the opponent's goalkeeper give up, but the goal post finally saved the Argentine. The Dutch team was only 5 centimeters away from the world championship.Kempes and Bertoni of the Argentine team scored two goals in extra time, and the Dutch team had to fall short for two consecutive cup matches.

As some meritorious veterans withdrew from the national team one after another, the overall strength of the Dutch team plummeted. They missed two consecutive World Cups in 1982 and 1986.It was not until 1990, under the leadership of the "Three Musketeers of the Netherlands" and other stars, that they were able to return to the World Cup.

However, in the summer of Italy that year, the Dutch team, which had just won the European Cup, was completely out of shape, and the main striker Basten could not find the feeling he had two years ago. In his only World Cup, the legendary striker did not Can score a goal.The Dutch team barely qualified in the group stage after three games and three draws. In the 1/8 finals, they lost to the German team that later won the championship and were eliminated.

In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Rijkaard was the only one left among the Three Musketeers who was still fighting.

The Dutch team qualified with 2 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, and defeated the Irish team 1-8 in the 2/0 finals to advance to the top 8; in the 1/4 finals, the Dutch team staged a classic battle with the Brazilian team. The progress of Romagno and Bebeto The ball gave Brazil a 2-0 lead, and the Dutch team then scored two goals to equalize with Bergkamp and Winter. At the last moment, Brazil's left-back Blanco's free kick ruthlessly rushed into the dead corner of the Dutch team's goal. .

In the 1998 World Cup in France, the Dutch team further advanced to the semi-finals, but in the semi-finals, the Dutch team lost to the suffering Brazil team again in a penalty shootout and missed the final.The Dutch team, whose performance in the World Cup was soaring, capsized in the gutter in the 2002 qualifiers. They lost to the Irish team in a crucial battle and eventually missed the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

In 2006, the former striker Basten became the head coach of the national team. He led the Dutch team to qualify for the group stage, but lost 0-1 to the Portuguese team in the quarter-finals and missed the quarter-finals.

In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Dutch team entered the knockout round with a record of three victories, and eliminated Slovakia 2-1 in the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, with Sneijder's outstanding performance, the Netherlands reversed the unfavorable start and eliminated the five-star Brazil 2-1.

The Dutch team defeated Uruguay 3-2 in the semi-finals and entered the World Cup final again after 32 years.This is the third time the Dutch team has reached the World Cup final after 1974 and 1978, and the third time tragedy has happened.In the final with Spain, Robben missed the 62nd minute single-handedly, and Iniesta's lore goal in overtime allowed the Dutch to go to the runner-up for the third time without precedent.

When they came to the World Cup in Brazil, the Dutch team narrowly lost to Spain in the first game and succeeded in revenge. Since then, they have been advancing all the way. In the quarter-finals, facing the biggest dark horse Costa Rica, the game between the two sides entered overtime.

The Oranje have faced extra time four times before at the World Cup, losing three times in overtime and another on the penalty spot.

When the Dutch fans were worried about the curse of overtime, Krul, who came on in the final stage of stoppage time, saved the opponent's penalty twice, and the Dutch team won the penalty shootout.

Facing Argentina this time, the game entered a penalty shootout again, Krul did not appear again, and the penalty kicks of Vlaar and Sneijder were saved one after another. The Dutch team fell in the penalty shootout again. The nightmare scene in 1998 Repeat again.

The "Sanya" of the Oranje team is unprecedented, because judging from the past history of the World Cup, the number of times they participated in the World Cup and the number of times they won the championship can reach at least 50%.

In other words, if a team can reach the finals twice, it can win at least one time, and there has never been a team that has failed to win three consecutive finals.

Germany have reached seven World Cup finals, winning three of them.They lost the two World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986, but in the 1990 World Cup, the German team entered the final for the third time in eight years and finally won the championship.

Brazil have reached the finals of the World Cup six times, winning a staggering five times.

The Italian team has also reached the final six times, winning four of them.

Argentina has reached the final four times and won it twice.France has reached the final twice and won once.

Uruguay, England, and Spain all entered the final and won the championship.

Perhaps it is destined that the Oranje is going to be the "uncrowned king".

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