There is an evil soul, a group of demons dancing, a challenger in Brazil and a roadblock in China. ...
After the draw for the Olympic football match, the media in China were almost unanimous-Brazil can't be shaken, Belgium will fight to the death, and New Zealand will leave it alone for the time being. Having said that, many people still despise Belgium, an opponent who "must fight to the death". For example, when analyzing Group C, some media wrote: "If it weren't for Australia, New Zealand would never have entered the Olympic Games, and Belgium is the weakest team (Netherlands, Seville, Belgium, Italy). They have not entered the Olympic football competition for 80 years. " The weakest team? Is this too arbitrary? What I want to say is that it is really difficult to judge the strength of these teams only from the performance of U2 1 European Youth Championship. The strength of the Belgian Youth Army is stronger than many people think. ...
Let's start with the 2007 U2 1 European Youth Championship. Now this Olympic team is basically dominated by those people, and that World Youth Championship can be regarded as the starting point of these "little red devils". Under the leadership of Dutch coach De Sutter, Belgium swept Greece and Ireland in the qualifying stage, and beat Bulgaria 5-2 in the two rounds of the qualifying round to advance to the final. In the final stage, Belgium is in a group with Portugal and the Netherlands, which have always been strong in this age group, and Israel is also in a group.
In the first match of the final stage, Belgium met a powerful Portugal-in the face of young talents like Belloso, Motinho, Nani, Fernandez and Almeida, Belgium played more actively. Miralles, with the support of martens, Vandenbury and de Mures, frequently attacked the Portuguese goal, but always approached the goal, and the two sides finally reached a blank.
In the second game, Belgium played against Israel led by Ben Saha. In the first half of the game, the slightly anxious Belgian team got six yellow cards. To make matters worse, their main midfielder Fellaini got a second yellow card in 18 minutes and was expelled. Even so, young people in Belgium still maintain a balance of power with their opponents by virtue of their strong overall strength. Miralles's breakthrough and shooting in the frontcourt almost helped the Belgian score in adversity, but it was not until the 82nd minute of the game that the deadlock was broken. Miralles received a long pass from a teammate on the right. Relying on his excellent physical quality and anticipation, he threw the opposing defender behind him and scored a single goal. Belgium won a hard-won victory in the absence of a large number of people.
In the third game, Belgium once again encountered a strong enemy-the Dutch team with Babel, Drenthe, Donk, Suellen and others. In the 9th minute, Miralles received an accurate cross from Demoures on the wing and headed the ball to help the team take the lead. After that, the Dutch team turned around with goals from Rigote and Drenthe. In the 70th minute, Poconori equalized the score with a small-angle heavy cannon that surprised everyone, and finally advanced to the semi-finals.
Just as the Belgians were looking forward to the final against Holland, the brave "Little Red Devil" lost to Serbia in a somewhat humiliating way in the semi-final. After the game started, Fellaini wasted a steal shot 5 meters away from the goal. Serbia won a free kick on the right side of midfield in the 4th minute. Kolarov's pass didn't touch anyone and the draw bounced to the left of the goal. After that, Belgium attacked crazily, but never scored. On the contrary, in the 87th minute, Serbia seized the opportunity to fight back and win.
In my opinion, the final outcome of Belgium is quite unpopular, which can be regarded as the tempering and frustration encountered by this group of young people in Belgium during their growth. Although the Belgian boys finally failed to realize coach De Sutter's heroic words of "writing the history of Belgian football", their outstanding performance will not be ignored. UEFA gave them a high evaluation, and many of them have been promoted to the international level of Belgium's adult national team, shouldering the heavy responsibility of reviving the "European Red Devils". By the way, during the 2007 European Cup U2 1, the well-known devil defender Kong Pani was at home recovering his ankle. ...