Before the World Cup finals in Holland and Spain, the Orange Legion was favored by many fans. The reason is very simple, as the saying goes: things are only three. No team has ever reached the World Cup finals three times without winning a championship. Not only that, the Dutch players had an extra day off before the final, which gave them some physical advantages. But it seems that this is not the most important factor. Compared with the Dutch team that appeared in the World Cup in the past, the biggest advantage of this Dutch team is that the Orange Legion has more luck.
In the past, the Dutch team had very bad luck in the World Cup. 1978 world cup final, Dutch striker Jensen brink hit the post 1 minute before the end of the regular time, otherwise they might be the champions of that session; 1990 world cup group match, the Netherlands and Ireland have the same data, so it is necessary to draw lots to decide the ranking. As a result, they were unlucky and won the third place in the group. After qualifying, he directly met his sworn enemy Germany and was eliminated. 1998 World Cup semi-final, the Netherlands beat Brazil half to death, and the Orange Army finally lost to 12 yard line. ...
But in this World Cup, before entering the final, the Dutch team was incredibly lucky. In the first match of the group stage in Denmark, Danish defender Poulsen headed the ball to clear, but the ball was on the back of teammate Agger, which led to the Liverpool iron guard throwing an own goal. The Dutch team broke the deadlock and finally won 2-0. In World War II in Japan, Sneijder's long-range shot was too straight, and Japanese goalkeeper Chuan Dao Eiji made a mistake and failed to stop the ball. The Netherlands finally won with 1-0; In the final of Brazil 1/4, under the unfavorable situation that Holland was 0- 1 behind, Brazilian midfielder Melo headed the ball into his own net, which enabled the Orange Legion to complete a 2- 1 reversal. Before Sneijder scored in Uruguay's semi-final, Van Persie obviously interfered with the opposing goalkeeper in the offside position. ...
All this makes people feel that fate is favoring this Dutch team. But who could have expected that fate showed a strange smile at the last minute, and the Dutchman fell down again in a position close to the World Cup.
With silver medals around their necks, orange Dutch people stood on both sides of the street, welcoming the Spanish team that surrounded the World Cup gold cup from the podium with a straight face. Who made such cruel rules for the award ceremony? The smiling faces of Spaniards are like handfuls of steel knives, which deeply hurt the hearts of everyone in the Dutch team.
This is the third time that the Netherlands has lost the World Cup final, and they have to sigh that they have completely changed from the "uncrowned king" to the "king of tragedy". Is the World Cup really destined to be an eternal tragedy for the Dutch?