Chapter 87： The hand of God, the mortal enemy relationship between England and Afghanistan

087 Hand of God, the relationship between Ying-Ara and mortal enemy

Just after the match between England and the Netherlands was over.

The final match of the quarterfinals, Argentina and Belgium, took place at the Brasilia National Stadium eight hours later.

Argentina stopped at the top 8 in the previous two sessions. Excluding the penalty kick, the last time he won the quarter-finals was a 2-1 victory over England in 1986.

In the end, thanks to Higuain's goal, Argentina beat Belgium 1-0 and advanced to the semifinals.

In the end, the World Cup semi-finals have all been born.

The game time and matchmaking arrangements for the semifinals have already been determined.

On Wednesday, July 9, Brazil vs. Germany.

On Thursday, July 10, England vs. Argentina.

The two teams in the World Cup finals will be born among the winners of the semi-finals.

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After all the quarterfinals are over.

What people talk about is still the battle between England and the Netherlands.

Compared to other games, the two teams scored a total of seven goals in this game.

More than the other three games combined!

At this stage of the event, it is quite rare to score so many goals.

After all, the knockout matches are the same as the finals.

Any team playing this kind of game will be a little cautious.

Therefore, there will be the argument that the finals are unnamed.

Therefore, in the World Cup, it is still the knockout of the quarterfinals. Within 90 minutes of a single game, the two teams have scored seven goals in total. It is really rare to see.

Therefore, it is normal for this game to become the focus.

The England team has therefore become more popular.

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On the England side.

The fans still have high hopes for this game against Argentina.

Speaking of it.

England and Argentina are mortal enemies.

Let me talk about the political relationship between the two countries, which is quite hostile.

Both sides fought a battle for Falklands.

Argentina was defeated.

Although England, as a winner, did not feel much about Argentina.

But in football, they feel much more profound.

Because, at the time, Maradona's "hand of God", it was England that suffered.

On June 22, 1986, in the quarter-finals of the 1986 Mexico World Cup at the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City, Diego Maradona, then captain of the Argentine national team, scored the ball into England with his hands. The team’s goal, this is the famous "handgod" event.

At that time, the game was in the 6th minute of the second half, and the two sides still fought a 0:0 tie. Maradona first distributed the ball to the wide teammate Valdano. The latter's shot was blocked by England defender Hodge, and then passed back to goalkeeper Hilton. At this time, although Maradona grabbed the first point, he wanted to head the goal extremely difficult to face the tall Hilton. In the end, he chose to hit the ball into the goal with his hand. Short and very concealed, the Tunisian referee Nasser did not find it and ruled that the ball was valid. Although Hilton and his teammates argued vigorously, the outcome could not be changed.

After leading with this goal, Maradona then scored another goal called the most exciting goal in World Cup history-"Goal of the Century". In this game, Argentina finally won 2:1 and finally won the World Cup.

It can be said that without this misjudged goal.

It is still unknown whether Argentina could beat England to advance.

England was also blocked from the semi-finals because of a miscalculation.

This of course makes England fans quite brooding.

Compared to being regarded as a hero by the whole country of Argentina.

Maradona's image in the eyes of England fans has always been bad.

Especially when England protested the goal.

The Argentine is celebrating the goal (the video shows that Maradona was observing the referee from the corner of his eye).

This makes the English very annoyed by the Argentine players.

Moreover, in the press conference after the game, Maradona declared that the goal was "half of God's hand and half of Maradona's head" (alittlethehandgod, andalittletheheadmaradona), which extended whether God scored a goal or not. The ultimate dominance of the country further humiliated the British.

For the Argentines who had just been defeated by the British in the "Falconian War", winning may be the best means of revenge. Maradona believes that this goal is God's punishment for the English, so that the grievances between Argentina and England in football have been further intensified. At this time, the relationship between the two countries is very tense.

Even many years after the end of this World Cup, Maradona still does not think there is any problem with his handball goal.

He believed that this was God's punishment for the English.

When a reporter from the "Daily Mirror" asked Maradona "what does the hand of God mean?" Maradona said: "This goal is not a sincere deception. I am not disrespectful of the British, but On the green field of Argentina, there were many goals like this. In the game that afternoon, I jumped on the field, but I was not tall enough, so I had the hand of God."

Maradona said that among South American football players, "God's Hand" scoring is very common, and most referees do not call fouls.

Of course, such a statement angered the English even more.

They denounced Maradona as a thief, and Argentina stole a victory.

The relationship between the two teams is naturally more hostile.

Therefore, in this game, many English fans mentioned the hand of God in the interview.

They hope that the team will defeat Argentina in the semi-finals to avenge the revenge of the year!

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And here in Argentina.

If we say that the English people have more of a hatred of football for Argentina.

So for the Argentines who lost the war at home.

For the United Kingdom, that would be a complete national hatred.

However, Argentina has now degraded from a developed South American country to a non-industrial country, and its national strength is weaker than that of the Falklands War decades ago.

Of course, the British Empire is also very weak.

But a lean camel is bigger than a horse ~ www.novelhall.com ~ No matter how weak the UK is, it cannot be compared to Argentina.

Therefore, Argentina, which can't compete in this regard, puts its emotions on football.

"We have to teach the British well!"

"This is a game you can't lose!"

"Long live Argentina!!"

When football meets politics!

The fans became even more enthusiastic.

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It can be said that the two teams met in the World Cup semi-finals.

Even the neutral fans are a little excited.

Perhaps, this game carries too many games... there will be some unexpected results.