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Waves of sound hit the stadium, making the already tense atmosphere even more intense.

Players from both sides are also ready and the game is about to begin.

The referee pressed the earphone for final communication with the control department. This time he raised his hands towards the goalkeepers on both sides to indicate whether they were ready. After receiving feedback, the referee decisively exited the center circle and blew the whistle to start.

Beep! ! ! !

The sharp whistle pierced the sky, which means that the World Cup semi-finals have officially begun. Today, a winner will advance to the World Cup finals.

Whoever gets this right, Croatia or the Netherlands, depends on their performance in the 90 minutes.

"here we go!"

Dawo Suk clenched his fists nervously, and the others also looked solemn.

The opening stage is very important. At this moment, we must not be led by the Netherlands. There may be a certain passive situation, but as long as the rhythm is not too bad, Croatia can correct all these.

Compared to the Netherlands, Croatia is better at long-term operations, and they are also very patient.

For this reason, Davor Suker believes that Croatia should win the game in this way.

But soon, he looked at the court with some surprise.

After the kick-off, Croatia's overall passing route and running direction faintly revealed an edge. This was not like a steady control, but a surging momentum of impact.

"Croatia kept moving the ball towards the wings, while Suker and Perisic put pressure on both sides again and again."

"The Netherlands is currently unable to determine which side is the most lethal offensive line, but they must defend well!"

Krausiewicz looked nervously at the game.

He did not expect that Croatia would immediately pick up the pace at the beginning of the game.

They were supposed to be controlling the kick for stability, but they actually took the initiative to show off their swords!

Su Ke is ready to move on the wing, and his running route is also a bit worrying.

Although there will always be a lack of marking players next to Su Ke, this is Su Ke!

Every time he touches the ball, the hearts of Dutch fans are tugged at him.

Bang!

Suker simply returned the ball. When he turned his head, he found that Kuyt, De Jong and Sneijder were all staring at him eagerly.

It's not like Suk has never experienced a triple-team situation.

But judging from the positioning distance of these three people, this means that they want to get on their bodies as soon as possible, and they want to knock themselves down even if they commit a foul.

Su Ke pondered for a moment and said secretly:

“It’s time to create some distance!”

He is not a fool, and there is no way he can go head-to-head with guys like Holland.

One person fighting against three people, Suk's body really can't handle it.

He needs to make more use of his flexible movement.

Thinking of this level, Suk began to swim around continuously.

Suker's running also greatly affects the Netherlands' defensive attention.

Even if Suker is not holding the ball, they must follow.

This also results in Su Ke being able to open up space for his teammates every time, even if he does not touch the ball, but the effect is very good.

"Suk is constantly helping his teammates to create space, and the pressure on other positions has also become much less."

Krausiewicz said with some excitement.

It seems that the situation is much more optimistic than expected. They thought that the Netherlands would pose a threat to them in the opening stage, but unexpectedly, they were suppressed faintly.

In this process, Suk played a very key role. He was an excellent bait.

However, this cannot rely solely on Suker. Modric's reasonable distribution of passes is the key to this situation.

"This guy! He's in good shape!"

When Suker is running, he is also paying attention to Modric's passing route.

Modric at this time is focused, cautious and bold.

This statement seems contradictory, but it is understandable.

Focusing on the game allows him to better observe the situation on the field and maximize his passing.

Carefully pass back to avoid excessive pressure on the defense. Rather than letting the defense bear the pressure, Modric chose to bear more pressure himself.

Boldness means forward passing. When he sees a slight chance, Modric will pass forward. Some of them are not even safe balls, but they can make the Netherlands very uncomfortable.

After going back and forth, the Netherlands gradually fell into a disadvantage.

"Press! Don't let him pass it on like this again!"

Sneijder watched as Modric gradually controlled the midfield and continued to threaten his own defense.

He knew that if the situation continued to develop, even if Suker was not used, a big hole in their defense might be exposed.

They cannot continue to play like this, they must contain the key to this, which is Modric.

After that, frontcourt players such as Sneijder, Robben and Van Persie began to retreat. They cooperated with the midfielder to put pressure on Modric, even at the expense of physical confrontation.

The Croatian side also saw this situation. Perisic planned to retreat to help, but at this time Suker's shout rang in his ears.

"Stay still!"

Su Ke shouted and retreated on his own initiative.

Perisic's retreat makes little sense. He is not a ball-controlling player and cannot relieve Modric's pressure.

Su Ke's retracement is the most necessary!

Sure enough, seeing Suker's retreat, Modric, who was suffering from the lack of passing routes, immediately passed the ball to Suker.

When the ball rolled out of the crowd, the Dutch players turned their heads and rushed to Suker again!

They must grab the ball and interrupt Croatia's rhythm.

But at this moment, Suker kicked hard and made a large-scale transfer directly.

The ball crossed the entire court and flew accurately from the left to the empty position on the right.

And Srna ran forward and just filled this position.

Srna stopped the ball steadily. Although it was a direct pass, Suker's pass was still very comfortable and there was no difficulty in stopping the ball.

Srna stopped the ball at his feet and gave Suker a thumbs up from a distance.

Now, the Dutch pressing was interrupted by this large-scale transfer.

Of course, the Netherlands can continue to try to press, but Croatia continued to do so. If you have the ability, run!

You can't run to death!

Srna felt that the idea of ​​​​this game was very clear.

Not only the players, but even the commentator felt this idea.

"Oh~! It's so uncomfortable! This large-scale transfer is really fatal for the Netherlands!"

"They originally planned to keep the ball on the side where Suker was, forming a large-scale pressing, but Suker's large-scale transfer disrupted the pressing mode that the Netherlands had not yet fully formed!"

"If Suker stopped, the Netherlands would immediately rush forward to form a siege, but Suker also saw through all this and directly kicked the transfer."

The Dutch coach Van Gaal on the sidelines also frowned.

Something is wrong, the rhythm is wrong.

They can't play like this!

It should have been their strong offensive link, but it was dragged down by Croatia.

No!

It can't be considered dragging, but being suppressed.

"That's right! Just play like this!"

In the VIP room, Davor Suker waved his arms excitedly, his whole face flushed with excitement.

Other Croatian celebrities in the room were also full of smiles.

The fans felt that the situation was stable, but they were professional players. Although they have retired now, they still have vision and experience.

They knew this situation very well.

The Netherlands was suppressed!

The opening stage should have been the strong period of the Netherlands, but they were suppressed!

These guys from Croatia actually achieved very significant results in areas they were not particularly good at.

This completely disrupted the rhythm of the Netherlands.

They failed to perform well in the strong period. When Croatia slowly integrated the game, the Netherlands would have to suffer.

But obviously, Croatia wanted more than just suppression.

They also wanted to score!

Bang!

Facing the fierce pressing of the Netherlands, Modric pulled the ball and turned halfway, and then suddenly kicked a long pass.

The ball was aimed at the gap behind the Dutch right back Verhach. He noticed that this guy was standing a little forward and there was a gap behind him that could be used.

Moreover, there was only a gap of three positions between Suker and him.

Modric believed that with Suker's speed, he would definitely be able to reach the landing point in the first time.

In fact, when Modric kicked the ball, Suker was about to start.

Years of tacit understanding and cooperation, but when this moment comes, some things are tacitly understood.

Modric saw it!

Suker also saw it!

For this reason, the two made the same choice almost at the same time.

Of course, Modric might not pass the ball, but Suker had to run!

If Modric didn't pass the ball, at most he would run into nothing.

But if Modric passed the ball and he didn't run, then there would be a big problem.

For this reason, Suker would do his best to fight for any glimmer of hope.

Opportunities will not be left to lazy people!

When he frequently inserted forward, there was always a chance to get a shot.

How critical was the choice at this moment? When Verhach had not turned around yet, Suker had already smoothed the distance of two positions and reached the starting state.

"Oh no!"

Verhach knew that it was too late to turn around and chase back at this time.

For this reason, he could only bite the bullet and rush towards Suker and slam into him.

He wanted to knock Suk down or hold him back, so that he could at least buy himself some time.

But he also found that Suk's running was in an arc, that is, if Verhach ran two steps and stretched out his hand, he could barely touch Suk's jersey.

Verhach stretched out his hand to grab it, trying to keep Suk.

The moment he stretched out his hand, he could clearly feel his fingertips touching the jersey.

If it was the loose jersey of the old era, he would have a chance to grab the jersey and pull Suk back.

But nowadays, jerseys are slim-fitting and close to the body. When he put his five fingers together, his fingertips passed through the jersey, but he couldn't catch it.

Swish!

Verhach staggered two steps to stop himself from falling.

But the moment he turned his head, he desperately found that Suk had rushed out.

"Suk!!! Rushed out!!"

Klausevich stood up excitedly.

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Suker broke through Filhach's defense and successfully unloaded the ball. Now in front of him was Vlaar who came to defend, and two other Dutch players were De Foley and Blind.

On the Croatian side, in addition to Suker, Mandzukic also firmly restricted De Foley and Blind, preventing them from disturbing Suker.

Give Suker a one-on-one situation.

He believed that in a one-on-one situation, no one would want to keep Suker unless they committed a foul.

And Suker naturally knew this, so he went straight into the penalty area diagonally.

He didn't give Vlaar any room to operate at all. If you dare to foul when you enter the penalty area, I dare to fall.

Then get a penalty kick, wouldn't it be great!

Vlaar was also having a headache at this time, or rather, he was completely confused.

He could only try his best to stick to Suker.

"Vlaar! Vlaar! Vlaar!"

The Dutch commentator looked at the situation in the penalty area nervously.

Vlar was one-on-one with Suker, which was not a good thing.

He felt his heart was beating violently, as if it was about to jump out of his throat.

He could only shout Vlar's name again and again, hoping that he could save the Netherlands and stop Suker.

Vlar was indeed very cautious, but the tension he felt when facing Suker was indescribable.

What would Suker do?

Would he pass the ball?

How would he choose to break through?

How would he shoot?

One fake move!

The second fake move!

But when the third fake move appeared, Vlar could no longer bear this torture and kicked.

"It's over!"

The Dutch commentator shouted almost subconsciously.

When Vlar kicked, he felt that it was going to be bad.

Sure enough, Suker adjusted his high-frequency small steps, and the ball, which was originally swiped horizontally, suddenly buckled inward.

His feet were also immediately parallel, exerting force horizontally, instantly forming a breakthrough space, and passed Vlar from the side.

Wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ——

At this moment, the whole stadium was completely blown up!

Croatian fans were shouting excitedly.

Suker broke through.

But the position seemed not very good.

At this time, Suker was at the sharp corner of the small penalty area, and the goalkeeper was in front of him, with his arms open to expand the defensive area.

The space for shooting was not large, and it was very difficult.

Suker could also shoot reluctantly, but he had a better choice.

Facing Mandzukic's forward rush, the other two Dutch defensive players were also following closely to restrict him.

At this moment, Suker suddenly stopped and gently pushed the ball towards the penalty spot.

This was an inverted triangle pass.

The Dutch goalkeeper turned his head and saw his pupils shrink slightly.

When he saw Rakitic, who had already taken a shooting posture at the penalty spot, his mind was blank.

Rakitic, who was inserted from behind, was in an unguarded position. Facing the assist ball sent by Suker, he chose a stable push shot.

This push shot aimed at the gap in the middle, and the ball went through Mandzukic and De Foley and hit the net accurately.

Swish!

The net shook.

In the 9th minute of the first half, Croatia scored the first goal.

"Goal!! Goal!! Goal!! Goal!!"

"God!! No! It should be Suker!! This is simply amazing!"

"The choice and opportunity of this attack were created by Suker."

"He used his speed to get rid of Verhach, and at the same time passed Vlaar, almost feeding the goal into Rakitic's mouth!"

"Faced with such a great opportunity, Rakitic did not disappoint Suker and hit the goal accurately!"

"9 minutes into the first half, Croatia led the Netherlands 1:0!"

"We scored the first goal and took the lead, which was great. This start is so comfortable!"

Klausevich jumped up from his seat excitedly, his whole face flushed, dancing with joy, obviously in extreme excitement.

Scored the first goal and took the lead in the semi-finals.

This means they are one step closer to the final, how can this not be exciting.

What's more, Croatia is indeed good at playing in disadvantageous situations and is very resilient.

But don't forget that Croatia is more capable of killing the game when it is in an advantageous situation.

"It's killing me!"

Van Gaal grabbed his hair with both hands, his whole face was bitter.

It's a mess!

It's completely a mess!

I wanted to score a goal in the first half and then suppress Croatia.

But I didn't expect it to be like this.

In the previous few games, Croatia's offensive desire in the first half was not so strong, and Van Gaal thought Croatia needed a certain amount of time to get into the game state.

But I didn't expect these guys to be in such a good state in this game.

Not only did they play a wonderful cooperation in the offense, but they also withstood their pressing in the first half and scored a goal.

Now, the Netherlands is forced into a desperate situation!

Don't look at it as just a goal, but it is also a complete collapse of rhythm, tactics and situation.

Compared with the former, the latter is the key!

This means that their tactics failed in the first 9 minutes of the first half, and what should they do in the remaining 36 minutes?

If Croatia continues to play like this, the situation may get worse and worse.

But if they make substitutions, they will waste their substitution quota, and if they fail to achieve the desired effect, they may lose everything.

In the camera, Van Gaal's expression was heavy and profound.

This scene was also transmitted to all parts of the world through television.

In the hotel where the German team stayed, the entire conference room was silent.

"Croatia scored first, and the Netherlands was forced into a desperate situation!"

"The biggest problem is not the goal, but the tactical choice failed early in the 9th minute. How should the Netherlands hold on for the next 36 minutes?"

"I think Van Gaal's biggest mistake was to choose to take the initiative in the first half. We may not be able to withstand Croatia's counterattack!"

The German players talked about it.

Watching this game, they also clearly realized that if they faced Croatia in the final, it would be a very tough game.

The German team's performance in this World Cup was amazing!

But the equally strong Croatia should not be underestimated.

"Keep watching, I feel Van Gaal will make substitutions!"

"It's impossible not to make substitutions, the tactics are bankrupt, if we continue, Croatia will continue to suppress us, and we may even lose more goals!"

"But I'm afraid he will hesitate," Mustafi said bitterly, "Get rid of it, don't let Croatia enter the final, beat them, I don't want to play against Suker!"

Mustafi was a little terrified when he thought about playing against Suker.

"What are you afraid of!" Muller rolled his eyes and said, "The captain will play against him!"

After that, he turned his head and said, "Isn't it! Captain?"

Rham did not respond, but looked at the big screen with concentration and seriousness.

Obviously, Suker also put a lot of pressure on him.