INTERVIEW WITH WORLD CUP!
Welcome to knock-out round.
Round of sixteen! The round was waiting 16 teams. After 6 groups, only 16 remains. And yet, it wasn't over.
South Korea, Netherlands, Switzerland, Cameroon, Colombia, all made history. Meanwhile other teams weren't too strange with us.
This would decide who deserve to be in the final. No sooner or later. The battle would decide everything, was here!
Knock-out…
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20 June, 2015
Ottawa, Canada
Lansdowne Stadium…
Germany 4-1 Sweden
Before the clash, Sweden and Germany were both candidates of champion. However, after Sweden's disappointing results in the group stage, they suspected a win for her and Pia Sundhage.
And when the distance was still at large, nobody could be sure for Sweden.
It was true. After all 90', Sweden got smashed…
In few minutes early, Germany played pressing and got hard for Sweden. She – Sweden – always remained calm, never did much, but now when she saw Prussia and Germany like this, she couldn't hold your brain clean. Sweden had to defend, but in 24', from a mistake, Germany used it like an advantage.
"Send the ball! Send!"
And when Anja Mittag took a shoot, Lindahl failed to capture. A GOAL! GOAL from a far distance! Thank you Célia! GGGOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 Germany. But Sweden's nightmare was not ended. Saskia Bartusiak later was given a yellow card, and would not be in quarter-final. However, Amanda Ilestedt's foul made Germany… 2-0! GGOOAAAALLLL! From a penalty by Célia Šašić!
And so be it, Sweden was in deep trouble. She needed backup! She begged helps from Pia Sundhage. But Sundhage just shook her head "I can do nothing now… they played like losers…"
Not good…
In the second half, Sweden and Germany kept clashing. But when Germany remained strong and far more Sweden over strength, a ton of mistakes from Sweden almost caused them another goal down.
Prussia, however, could smile about this match. I was with Sally Bollywood. Trouble Indian girl…
But in 78', a kick from Anja hit the upright, but Célia… again Célia! 3-0! Now Sweden were collapsed. However, Sweden did not choose death easily. Thanked for a foul by Annike Krahn, Sweden made a goal from a freekick in 82'. Header Lina Sembrant. Germany 3-1 Sweden. Sweden then made a counter-attack, but missed a chance! Sofia Jakobsson missed a goal! And in 88'…
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GOAL! GGGGOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL! 4-1! An unbelievable goal by Dzsenifer Maroszán, at first, she just wanted a free pass, however, it became an unbelievable goal because of her clumsy.
And the Hungarian German's clumsy goal had ended Germany's famous 4-1 victory. But Sweden, Prussia and Germany, both were shocked about this… goal…
I was shocked too!
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Edmonton, Canada
Commonwealth Stadium…
China 1-0 Cameroon
China was aware about their chance to rewrite history. However, they weren't an imperial power like 1999 before. China needed to beat Cameroon, an emerging power from Africa, and also Africa's last hope.
Cameroon had admitted to me she would not let China go!
But she should rethink when I saw China.
In 12', from a freekick, bad defending from Cameroon caused a… GGGOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 for China from Wang Shanshan! China got a goal. So lucky for them!
And so, Cameroon had to do the best. Brave Lionesses of Cameroon started to fight back. At first, China supressed Cameroon, however, Cameroon proved that she wasn't a coward. She fought crazily.
Two teams missed ton of chances. Both Cameroon and China did not hit the target.
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And in the second half, Cameroon now got attacked by China. But Enow told his students "don't scare". And so they repulsed back, but some counter-attacks. Even more. Too bad such players like Enganamouit, Ngono Mani failed to score a goal. China did not make better. They missed too.
So be it, Enow and Chang (assistant of Hao Wei) had to replace players. But nothing changed as 1-0 was remained as the last result of the match. A 1-0 win over Cameroon was considered as "not persuaded" in Chinese newspapers late of the day.
With me, I saw Cameroon. She just shook her head…
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21 June, 2015
Moncton, Canada
Moncton Stadium…
Brazil 0-1 Australia
This must be the biggest shock at the day.
Unlike her man counterpart, Brazil, she never won any World Cup trophy. And they had to spend over many years seeking for it. Germany had stolen Brazil's chance in 2007, and so be it, Brazil must reform!
Australia was not too strange to Brazil. Meeting twice, both Brazil's victories, however, Vadão understood his mission was harder than before. Alen Stajcic was not a stupid man.
Alen told Australia something but I did not know. Even Brazil. She did not mention it. Instead she mentioned about the last year nightmare…
This nightmare affected her…
First half, Brazil dominated all the field. But Lydia Williams stood well. Brazil sometimes got attacked badly by Australia, but they still stood. Because of this, Marta screamed to score. However, the nightmare last year in Belo Horizonte affected Brazil so much.
Australia only waited for that…
Second half, Brazil continued their counter-attack. And Brazil was very unlucky: Marta, Cristiane, Andressa missed a lot. Australia failed the same: Heyman, Butt,… and so both had to replace players.
Somehow, a sudden death came…
In 80', a shocking mistake was used as an advantage. Captain Lisa De Vanna shot, hit Luciana's hand but she did not quite grabbed, but let it outside. Kyah Simon! GGGOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 Australia! A shock attack destroyed Brazil's dream!
Brazil 0-1 Australia after 80'.
And now, Brazil got nothing to lose. They must die for honor. They must drive the Aussies back. But nothing changed.
And so be it, 0-1, final score. Brazil OUT! Australia IN!
Hey Australia, you are a beautiful thief.
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Montreal, Canada
Olympic Stadium…
France 3-0 South Korea
So AFC got two teams in quarter-final. Latin America got no team currently. France, with a mission that to destroy all Asian team, decided to fight against South Korea.
France, she was more clever. Unlike Brazil, she believed on a real victory. She knew that Brazil still failed to escape from the past, so France must defeat South Korea. South Korea, in spite of lacking experiences, trusting on a win.
And Salomé di Iorio started the match. South Korea started to attack first. However, France was too strong to attack. Lawrence of Arabia had said something when he spoke to Faisal I…
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"What do you think about my army?"
"Well, very great, but far from Damascus."
Everyone thought Lawrence insulted Faisal. However, Faisal…
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"Thanks Allah, I'm getting closer to the Turks!"
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In that case, I believed about that. At first, the lost to Colombia had insulted France. Mr. Bergeroo just calmed and laugh: "they will be ruined!" And in 4'…
GOAL! GGGOOOAAAALLLLLL! A quick attack given Marie-Laure Delie a goal! 1-0 France! But just another 4 minutes later, France took the lead 2-0.
Wow, such fast, when I was in Montreal…
A counter team work launched a sudden attack, which Élodie Thomis scored 2-0. France now totally dominated the field. South Korea chose not to give up, as Turkey and Azerbaijan cheered for her. Turkey saved South Korea in 1950-53 war, so after some controversies, they returned together. Unfortunately, Japan and China had a bad look about South Korea, stood on the stand with hatred behind…
With Japan, her calm face did make her remember the time she ruled Korea; with China, South Korea was nothing than betraying Armenia and Greece, victims of Turkey, and denying the past when Koreans murdered by Japanese army in the same way Turks did.
I did not comment more on it.
South Korea still fought bravely. However, Turkey's face made France mad. France never trusted Turkey. With her, Turkey must pay for crimes over Europe and Armenia. And so be it, Turkey kept cheering South Korea, France played more harder.
And result 2-0 after 45'…
Second half brought more amazed scene. South Korea, always losing focus and notice on the opening match, could not manage a surprise. Le Sommer sent the ball for Delie and Delie… SCORE! 3-0 at 48'. Now South Korea was fallen. But the Taegeuk ladies still used France's faults to attack.
Sadly, Yoon Deok-yeo's girls were not successful.
France sometimes almost made 4-0. But there was no more goal. Instead of asking, thought about it, South Korea was failed! With China, she said: "this is what Korea had to pay for walking with Turkish barbarians".
Japan? No comment. She said nothing.
And France 3-0 South Korea remained after all 90'…
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Vancouver, Canada
BC Place…
Canada 1-0 Switzerland
Canada might have advantages, but too shame that they only won one and gained 5 points. Switzerland was not strong, but Switzerland played exactly with their motto: always prepared, make hard for enemy!
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg vs. John Herdman, battle began.
Haha, the first half saw Canada opressed all Switzerland's land. But their misses were too many. Ashley Lawrence, Christine Sinclair, Sophie Schmidt, and others… missed! Always missed! While Switzerland was not better.
Sadness miss was Ashley Lawrence. Did anybody say she missed? Yes.
And when the fighting continued, Canucks did not wanna see a lost in front of 55.000 spectators. Canada and Switzerland tried to breakthrough. The chaos did not stop. McLeod and Thalmann must be the most tired player.
Sadly, Thalmann did not be lucky.
In the second half, a chaos in front of Swiss defenders and Canadian forwards giving a chance. Josée Bélanger, taking a pass from teammate, shot! SCORE! GOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 Canada. And Canada broke through. Canada felt she had finished the stress outside. What did you think?
And so be it, Switzerland's Bachmann, Dickenmann, Crnogorčević,… all missed. While Tancredi also missed a lot. Substitutes were not better. All missed.
Final score, 1-0 for Canada. An embraced victory for Canucks, but they would face tons of criticizes after it…
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22 June, 2015
Ottawa, Canada
Lansdowne Stadium…
Norway 1-2 England
Sweden out, Brazil out, what else? Ah, now was Norway's mission. Her job was to beat England, even thrashing England to dust.
Norway trusted that she would smash England easily, just a few minute. Norway was a former champion, no wonder she felt very cocksure for it. But when a former champion could not grab more title, Norway had to pay.
First half started! All focused on the field.
Bad defending from England caused so many troubles for them. Sadly, Norway, she did not know to use it. So many times her players faced Karen Bardsley, and no goal.
Ada Hegerberg missed! Isabell Herlovsen missed! Gry Tofte Ims! Kristine Minde! Oh my God, I must commit suicide if they did not score!
And so be it, Norway still attacked. However, Alice played defending better than opening. So many missed chances, created by her team, were the answer for Norway's attacks. Norway 0-0 England. Esther Staubli ordered to end the first half with no goal.
Norway talked to Even Pellerud something on it. England talked to Mark Sampson too. Nobody knew what the heck were they talking about. GOD!
In the second half…
I was sleeping and… GGGGOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 Norway! WHAT? I woke up, and asked how. Thor answered: from a corner kick, ball came to Solveig Gulbrandsen as she headed to the net. The ball was on! A goal! GOAL! Thanked Norway for that!
Too bad for England. Could it be another knock-out lost?
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No.
After 54' (when Norway scored 1-0), England began their counter-attack. And also from a same corner kick in 61', Stephanie Houghton… GGGOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-1! Steph scored a goal, a goal from the Captain. Later, Elise Thornsnes replied with a kick, but she missed it after a clumsy move.
So be it.
Norway did not mention about a superkick. In 76', from a trio pass, ball was sent to Lucy Bronze as she chose to shoot. A shot! GGGGOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 2-1 for England! Lucy Bronze! A kick could change everything!
England now lead 2-1 and so England could be happy. Luciana Bronze rose again. England would win this match. However, Carney still wanna grab sadness to Norway. Too bad she failed.
But 2-1 was enough. Norway 1-2 England, first knock-out win for England. Norway was out! The third shock!
And I… did not say… more… about… it…
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Edmonton, Canada
Commonwealth Stadium…
United States 2-0 Colombia
Brazil was dead, now Colombia was the last hope for Latin America and Caribbean. This should be a moment that Colombia must finish their quest.
And so they faced the Americans. However, Emily F. Jones seemed stronger than Colombia. Two times champions, no wonder.
Jill Ellis told all the players that they would analyze the Colombians first before attack. Colombia vs. United States, started!
Colombian girls played not bad. They did not fear the US heats. However, Abigail Wambach, using a mistake from Colombia to take advantage. Wait, and she had been there! Catalina missed chance. She shot! A goal! Gg… hold on…
Oh man! A whistle following a flag: she was offside. Wambach was offside! No goal! Oh, she stood under the defenders. Catalina Pérez later played like a God!
She denied many chances of America. Emily did not feel harsh. She still waited for a chance. Too bad, a foul from Lauren Holiday caused her to stay out from quarter-final if her nation win. Therefore, the next yellow card, given to Megan Rapinoe, caused her the same.
So be it, 0-0. No goal after 45'.
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In the second half, I watch the USWNT. In 47', wait, Alex Morgan was getting closer. Dangerous! And Catalina moved out! A FOUL! A foul which was given a red card by referee Frappart! This was a penalty! Stefany Castaño was ordered to go on the field…
And penalty was waiting for Wambach… 1, 2, 3…
MISS! A shock missed by Abby! 0-0! Sometimes thinking back over the penalty, Abby must be very sorry for it. Lucky for her, a counter-attack in 53' was used by a kick from Alex Morgan! GOAL! 1-0 for America! Stefany was very unlucky.
Also, I needed to ask, why Fabián Taborda always changed goalkeeper?
Later, Rapinoe, in a moving way to breakthrough Colombia's line, was fouled! A foul from Angela Clavijo! A penalty with a yellow card! Now, this kick was given to Carli Lloyd.
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GOAL! GGGGOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL! 2-0 for Emily! Now Colombia had nothing to lose. They must pull themselves to fight toward the match.
But if I compared the Thais and the Americans, Colombia should fuck Thailand, not America. She was totally unlucky.
2-0, final score! No more troubles, no more rocks, Emily kept walking away…
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Vancouver, Canada
BC Place…
Japan 2-1 Netherlands
Japan vs. Holland. A big distance between two side. But looking what the Dutch had played, Japan should be careful about it.
Norio Sasaki and Roger Reijners, showdown began!
Japan at first, as defending champion, refused to leet the game fell under the Dutch. 5 years ago, with the same refuse, Japan lost 0-1 in South Africa.
As women's, thing was different.
At 10', Japan attacked from a pass by Aya Miyama, captain of Japan. Too bad her teammate failed to score by head. Unlucky for the Dutch, it wasn't over. Ball fell to Saori Ariyoshi. A KICK! GGGGOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! 1-0 for Japan! Saori Ariyoshi! Japan continued their counter offensive, making threats over Netherlands' territory. The Dutch needed helps!
"DO NOT FALL DOWN, TULIPS!"
Too much noise from the Dutch. Roger Reijners taught his students "not let the game for others" "crushing them by our storm". However, the Dutch isn't strong as it was their first World Cup. Japan, as the champion respectively, conquered all the field.
So many attacks from Japan always caused danger for Netherlands. And Netherlands, she felt very lucky. She did not suffer more goals after the first half.
1-0 after 45'.
After this the battle between Japan and Holland more fiercer! Second half arrived with a lot of hopes for the Dutch. They attacked Japan. But nothing crossed through the hand of Kaihori. Japan stood well, as they quickly replied with many dangerous attacks.
Japan still not found an opponent.
In 78', after a counter attack, a fake shot was replaced by a real shot from… Mizuho Sakaguchi! GGGGOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL! 2-0 for Japan. Now Netherlands had to accept this, they would lose. Loes Geurts failed to prevent these goals. So, the battle of Japan and Holland was ended.
In 90+2', the Dutch would not let the game ended easily. With a pass, Kirsten van der Ven headed to… GGGGOOOAAAAALLLLLL! 1-2! Netherlands could be proud on it after this match. This goal, despite changing nothing, still proved to everyone about the match.
Japan 2-1 Netherlands.
This game was a failure for Japan. They managed a good tactics but not enough, while Netherlands should feel honorable…
For the game.
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This round of sixteen was totally appalled me. I appealed my brothers, please, did you know what chaos was?
Netherlands: It's sad when we are out! But we never give up! Soon, the Dutch will return. Promise about that!
Brazil: Can you shut up? This is the shame! We are getting weaker and weaker for this! How to answer for this failure? Shame!
England: Don't think that we are like the men's. We have proved a lot. Thank you for supporting!
South Korea: The Korean players performed well. We did not even believe that we had been here. So wonderful. We played with all our hearts. Thank you.
Germany: Our team is still the greatest. We did think that we found no opponent after this. However, our true journey began! Stay strong, Mannschaft!
Japan: Proud about Nadeshiko! Nadeshiko strong! We believed on it! We will never surrender, even more troubles.
Colombia: Great job, players. After Brasil 2014 legendary, we managed one our our next best squad! We will never stop reforming!
United States: HAHAHAHA! I knew we would win. Although it was very difficult, we are going to win the title. Do not stop us or you will get destroyed!
France: Still, telling about this, we did not perform well. But I felt proud we won. In the next game, our opponent will be the no.1 Germany. Believe me, we will win!
Canada: As the host nation, I did not feel satisfied for it. Shame! We must not allow this happen again. England is a different way to the Swiss.
China: Red Dragons move forward! Don't fear, ladies! We will continue our game! We must find our first title!
Norway: SHHHIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT…
Switzerland: We are just unlucky! Not fair! We will revenge! Switzerland will revenge!
Sweden: (no comment)
Cameroon: As the last hope of Africa… GO CAMEROON! I will be very proud on it! Thank you for supporting the Brave Lionesses! We are out, but future is very bright!
Australia: I'm so happy, so so so so so HAPPY! Only that can answer: we have reformed!
Why Nordic states always calmed? I think this time I need an answer. When we saw those games, nobody trusted that they could make surprise. But more surprises had come…