Algeria 解雇する/砲火/射撃d by the 願望(する) for 復讐 as they take on Germany with 1982 in mind
- Algeria were knocked out of 1982 World Cup when West Germany and Austria played out match with 1-0 result that put both through
- 32 years on they 会合,会う Germany in first ever last-16 match
- Vahid Halilhodzic has built a team that play attractive football
- Algeria 直面する Germany on Monday night in Porto Alegre
In Walthamstow, the sky was red with 花火s. In the 郊外s of Paris, the streets were packed in 祝賀. In Algeria itself, the whole country reached a frenzy of 幸福感.
Algeria has waited a long time for this. They should have reached the second 段階 of the World Cup in 1982; finally, 32 years on, a draw against Russia took them out of the group for the first time.
That 1982 味方する lives on in the romantic imagination as one of the 広大な/多数の/重要な what- might-have-beens.
Four years earlier, Tunisia had beaten Mexico to become the first African 味方する to 勝利,勝つ a match at the World Cup, but that 業績/成就 was nothing to the shock of? Algeria’s 勝利,勝つ over West Germany in Gijon.
Past glory: The Algerian coach and players celebrate victory in 1982 when they (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 West Germany
復讐: Algeria were knocked out にもかかわらず winning in '82 after the 'Anschlus' - now they want 復讐
They then lost to Austria but (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Chile and would have gone through with any result other than a 狭くする West German victory over Austria in their final game ― a match played after Algeria’s last game.
West Germany, of course, won what became known as the Anschluss match 1-0 and Algeria, in the cruellest circumstances, were out.
‘We have not forgotten,’ Algeria’s Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodzic 警告するd before the tournament.
He also has unfinished 商売/仕事 at the World Cup. He was part of the Yugoslavia squad in Spain, but was 大部分は kept out of the 味方する by Safet Susic, who coached Bosnia at this World Cup.
Then he should have taken Ivory Coast to the 2010 World Cup, only to be 解雇(する)d に引き続いて 敗北・負かす to ― coincidentally ― Algeria in the 4半期/4分の1-final of the Cup of Nations.
His 味方する took the lead with a minute to go, only to 譲歩する an 傷害-time equaliser and then a 勝利者 two minutes into extra-time.
The 残り/休憩(する) of the world ― Algerians 含むd ― may be surprised by what the country have 達成するd, but Halilhodzic has always given the impression that he 推定する/予想するd 進歩 to at least the 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of 16.
Delight: Algerian fans around the world, and 特に in フラン, celebrated widly last week
Diaspora: Many of the Algerian team, were born in フラン where last-16 資格 was celebrated
‘I’ve 後継するd wherever I’ve been,’ he shrugged.
He won a league 肩書を与える and an African 支持する/優勝者s League with Raja Casablanca. He took Lille to 昇進/宣伝 and then into the 支持する/優勝者s League. He saved Rennes from relegation. He won the league with Dinamo Zagreb.
He is as irascible as he is intelligent, but he has been successful.?
He is also utterly his own man. Halilhodzic retired from his playing career に引き続いて the death of his mother. During the Yugoslav War, he returned to Mostar to defend his home and remained even after 存在 wou nded, only leaving after Croatian 国家主義者s 脅すd his life, 結局 destroying his home.
He has a (疑いを)晴らす idea of how football should be played and has reshaped the Algerian game to that image.
When Algeria shocked West? Germany they were an attractive 味方する based around the direct attacking play of the likes of Rabah Madjer, Lakhdar Belloumi and Salah Assad.
Success: Vahid Halihodzic has taken Algeria その上の than many outside the country 推定する/予想するd
Unique: Halihodzic, who has had a difficult 関係 with the World Cup, is 確信して in his own abilities
THE OTHER SURPRISE PACKAGES 世界保健機構 MADE THE LAST 16
Costa Rica
Group D was supposed to be three 巨大(な)s 加える Costa Rica, yet it was the Concacaf 味方する who (機の)カム 最高の,を越す of the group.
Their method is simple: pack men behind the ball and look to break using the playmaking ability of Bryan Ruiz and the 孤独な 前線-running of Joel Campbell.
Mexico
Mexico were a shambles in qualifying, with Miguel Herrera their fourth coach in 12 months.
But they got to Brazil in the end, and they have been defensively sound and neat in 所有/入手, 奮起させるd by the goalkeeping of Guillermo Ochoa and the 静める of Rafael Marquez, 35.
Nigeria
‘One day I will be in 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 of Nigeria, and then they will know what a coach is,’ said Stephen Keshi in 2006.
He has been as good as his word, ending a 19-year トロフィー 干ばつ by winning the Cup of Nations then 主要な them to the last 16 of the World Cup. The 星/主役にする is Emmanuel Emenike.
USA
Football in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs is 改善するing, but few would have 選ぶd them to get past Portugal and Ghana.
They are 極端に fit and have a tremendous spirit and, if they were fortunate to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Ghana, they were much the better 味方する in 製図/抽選 2-2 with the Portuguese.
They 保持するd that 評判 through the Eighties when they were 正規の/正選手 競争相手s for the African Cup of Nations before finally winning it on home 国/地域 in 1990.
The civil war of the Nineties broke up that 味方する, though, and more recently Algeria have become more 公式文書,認めるd for the sort of dour defence they 論証するd in 製図/抽選 0-0 with England at the last World Cup.
Halilhodzic, though, has 抑えるのをやめるd the attacking instinct of Algerian football. They are good to watch again and the coach must take credit for that.
The other 重要な 人物/姿/数字 in the 創造 of this 味方する has been the 大統領,/社長 of the football 連合, Mohamed Raouraoua.
Moment of joy: Islam Slimani 長,率いるd home against Russia to send Algeria into the last 16 for the first time
Not only did he work with tremendous energy to keep football alive during the worst days of the war, but he ロビーd FIFA to change their 支配するs on 国家の 適格(性).
As a result, Algeria have been able to draw from the 広大な diaspora to the extent that 16 of the 23-man squad were born in フラン.
As ever, results outweigh all else, and if Algeria could shock Germany and 伸び(る) their 復讐 for 1982, every member of the 味方する would be celebrated wherever there are Algerians.
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