Chapter 628 What he plays is not football, it is simply art!
"You played very well in the first half, I'm proud of you!"
It seemed that because he had yelled at the players before, after Del Bosque entered the locker room, he praised the players as soon as he opened his mouth.
Several defenders who originally thought they were worried about the defense in the 37th minute felt relieved after hearing Del Bosque's words.
It seems that the head coach has no intention of pursuing him!
"But we can do better!"
However, it turned out that they were still happy too early.
The words before the two words 'but' are not the key point, the words after these two words are the key point.
"Our defense can do better!"
As expected, the first thing Del Bosque mentioned was the team's defensive problem.
The Russian team did not have many offensive opportunities in the first half, so the Spanish defenders were a little relaxed, and many people actively ran to the frontcourt to participate in the attack.
So when facing the opponent's counterattack, they were a little confused.
Fortunately, the opponent's ability to seize opportunities is not strong. If it were a team with a strong ability to seize opportunities, such as the French team, Spain would have conceded the ball during the Russian team's attack in the first half.
Del Bosque put a lot of effort into urging his players to work hard on defense.
The defenders also knew that they almost made a mistake in the first half, so they all listened very carefully.
Just when Del Bosque was emphasizing defense, in the Russian locker room next door, their head coach was emphasizing offense.
"Judging from the experience in the first half, Spain's defense is not as powerful as we thought. We have every chance to break their goal!"
When the Russian coach said these words, several forward players involved in the offense nodded frequently. They had experience playing against the Spanish defense and knew that the opponent's defense did have loopholes.
Moreover, Spain's formation is too forward and the backcourt is empty, which is very suitable for them to counterattack quickly through the wings on both sides.
But the problem now is that it is difficult for them to steal the ball from the Spanish players.
Even if you grab the ball, you will be surrounded by the opponent immediately, making it difficult to pass the ball safely and quickly.
Many times, players in the frontcourt see teammates in the backcourt stealing the ball, so they start sprinting and wait for the pass from their teammates.
However, his teammates were unable to pass the ball out immediately, causing them to waste their energy in vain.
To solve this problem, it is necessary to adjust the team's current ball release point.
Since the midfielder can't do it, why not let the defender try?
The fifteen-minute intermission ended quickly and both sides returned to the court.
After the change of sides, Spain still maintained its playing style in the first half, tormenting the Russian players with suffocating passing and control.
The Russians felt like there was a rope around their necks, which was being tightened little by little by their opponents, leaving them breathless.
They struggled and tried to steal the ball from the Spanish players.
However, the opponent's passing and ball control are very good, and the passing success rate is stable at above 95%, making it impossible to win.
The Russian, who was anxious to kick, gradually began to move more aggressively during the fight.
Their number of tackles and fouls has skyrocketed. Although the referee has taken care of the host country, he cannot sit idly by and ignore such blatant and frequent fouls.
So, within five minutes of the 54th and 59th minutes, he showed two yellow cards to the Russian players in succession, finally stopping this unhealthy trend.
In fact, the Russians were a little afraid to continue to foul at this time, because Spain's passing and control was played in their half, and they would give their opponents a free kick opportunity if they committed a foul.
And every time a free kick is taken, the Spaniard will start to design tactics in a serious manner. If the distance is far away, he will hang into the penalty area and let the taller players compete for the top. If the distance is closer, he will directly kick the ball and shoot.
Although they did not score a goal, they did so many times, which consumed a lot of time. It also made the Russian goalkeeper jittery and the goalkeeper's nerves were tested and even tortured at all times.
What's more, Lin Quan has taken more free kicks and his condition is getting better and better.
The last two direct free kicks almost resulted in a goal. One of them hit the crossbar and bounced out, while the other was saved by the goalkeeper.
These two goals scared the Russian players, who did not dare to foul easily in front of the penalty area and near the 30-meter dangerous area.
The opponent didn't dare to foul anymore, so Spain immediately followed the stick and took the initiative to find the goal.
After 65 minutes, taking advantage of the defensive player's declining physical fitness, Lin Quan began to become active. After receiving the ball, he tried more passes.
To deal with densely defensive opponents, you can rely on the star's personal strength to explode at a single point, use dribbles and breakthroughs to disrupt the opponent's defense, make the opponent make mistakes, and create scoring opportunities.
The Spanish team had a lot of dribbles in this game. Lin Quan himself tried 12 times, succeeded 9 times and failed 3 times.
Counting other teammates, Spain has successfully completed 22 dribbles so far.
However, most of Lin Quan's past dribbles occurred in the midfield, and there were relatively few near the penalty area.
But this time it was completely different. He was heading towards the opponent's penalty area.
The Russian defenders were quite wary of Lin Quan's breakthrough at first, but the game lasted for more than 60 minutes and the opponent rarely made such attempts near the penalty area.
As time goes by, they become a little slack or paralyzed.
So, when Lin Quanzhen came over with the ball, they suddenly seemed a little confused.
They had long heard that Lin Quan's extraordinary ability was very strong, but they did not expect it to be so strong.
Even among a crowd of people, in a very narrow penalty area, I saw Lin Quan moving the ball, smashing the ball, changing direction, and breaking through at an extremely fast frequency...
In the face of his quick pace and movements, the opponent's defensive players seemed to be pressed into slow motion and could not keep up with his rhythm.
If you want to stop him, just one person is not enough, you must have multiple people to double-team him.
Even so, many times multiple double teams may not work.
All the fans in the stands were stunned:
Is this the strength of the world's number one person?
It feels like what he is playing is not football, it is simply art!
It turns out that he didn’t use all his strength before!
Seeing the miserable appearance of the Russian players in the penalty area, many fans felt sorry for them.
It's so pathetic, you're just being played!
In the 77th minute, Lin Quan once again dribbled the ball into the penalty area, passing one, two, three, four...
The audience at the scene couldn't help but hold their breath. Almost everyone stared at the red figure in the penalty area with their eyes wide open.
Lin Quan passed four people in a row and finally broke through the Russian team's defense, and he went crazy. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he clearly had the opportunity to shoot directly, but he still chose to pass the goalkeeper together!
The Russian players and fans were all stunned, and other fans in the stands couldn't help but exclaimed.
What does it mean for a god to come down to earth!
They felt like they were witnessing a miracle!
Lin Quan, who almost brought the ball into the opponent's goal, put his hands by his ears and ran around the field excitedly after scoring. There was thunderous cheers at the scene, and almost all the fans stood up and applauded him.
Even Russian fans are no exception!
Although their own team was unfortunately reduced to the background, being able to witness the birth of such a goal on the spot was a return of their tickets.
Lin Quan was not the only one to be excited, his teammates were even more excited than him.
Lin Quan ran in front after scoring the goal, and his teammates chased him like crazy. Even De Gea, who was a hundred meters away, raised his fists like a madman and rushed over with an angry roar.
Not to mention them, Bosque, who was almost seventy years old, felt blood rushing to his forehead, and his face turned red with excitement.
This goal boosted morale so much that even if he didn't score it, the players on the team felt like they were on a roll.
Before Lin Quan scored, the Russian team was helpless. After Lin Quan scored this goal, the outcome of the game was no longer in suspense.
After Bosque calmed down, he immediately made substitution adjustments and replaced Lin Quan protectively.
Firstly, it was to let him accept the cheers of the fans alone, and secondly, it was also to protect him.
After all, after he scored such a wonderful goal, he still didn’t know how the opponent’s players would retaliate against him!
If the disgraced Russian chooses to kick him and injure him, the Spanish team will suffer a big loss.
After Lin Quan came off the field, Spain's formation began to shrink and the offensive threat dropped rapidly.
The Russians, who took a breath of relief, seized a chance to counterattack in the 85th minute and scored a face-saving goal.
The ball was intercepted by the Russian midfielder. Seeing that the opponent was very close and had no chance to turn around, he passed it back to the defender. The defender directly passed the ball to the frontcourt and found their forward. .
However, the ball came too late, and after the Spanish team's formation shrank, the defensive intensity was greatly increased. The Russians' final counterattack failed to work, and the score was fixed at 3:1.
After defeating the opponent, Spain also advanced to the quarterfinals for the third time after France and Uruguay.
In another game that ended earlier, Uruguay, a traditional Latin American team, defeated Portugal 2:1.
Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score in this game, and his team also stopped in the top 16.
At this point, among the three super giants of Meroline, Lin Quan is the only one left.
Messi and Ronaldo are both super giants in football, with large numbers of fans and high topicality.
So after Portugal lost to Uruguay and Spain defeated Russia, there was a heated discussion on the Internet.
"It's really a pity for Cristiano Ronaldo. If he could still score in this game, he might really be the savior."
"Portugal's overall strength is indeed not as good as Uruguay, Ronaldo has tried his best!"
"Oh, if the empty goal in seat B had not been missed, the ending might have been different."
"It's useless to say this now. Cristiano Ronaldo is already 33 years old, and he will be 37 in the next World Cup. It's hard to say whether he is still playing football, so this game is likely to be Cristiano Ronaldo's farewell game in the World Cup. "
When it comes to this, Roman fans are very sad.
But other fans don’t feel this way:
"The era of Mero has finally come to an end!"
"There are talented people from generation to generation, and each of them has been leading the way for hundreds of years!"
Although it is not stated clearly, there is no suspense about who will come after Melo.
"Lin Huang is only 22 years old this year. In his current state, as long as he can stay healthy, he can dominate football for at least ten years. Ten years means that he can play in two more World Cups. If football does not give birth to him again, For a star of this level, Lin Huang’s family will basically be the dominant player in the next period of time.”
"I think Kylian Mbappe of the French team is very good. He may grow into a super giant in the future."
"Ma has also been settling down for four years. He may be able to hit the super giant position, but I don't know if he can lead the team in this World Cup to avenge his disgrace."
"I think Griezmann, the core midfielder of the French team, is very good. He has the style of a general and may be able to take further steps in the future."
"Courinho and Dembélé, whom Barcelona purchased at a high price, should have something, otherwise they wouldn't be worth that much money. There may be some hope for these two."
Fans looked through the talent pool and found that there were not many young talents who could make it onto the stage.
As European football becomes more and more systematic, players become more and more comprehensive, like mass production on a factory assembly line.
There are fewer and fewer players with sharp edges and distinctive personal characteristics.
This makes many people worry that after Melo, or even after Lin Quan retires, will there be players like them in football?
……
After the match against Russia, the Spanish team returned to the training base.
According to the schedule, the next game will be held 7 days later.
During this period, they have enough time to adjust their state, restore their physical fitness, and seize the time to collect information on their opponents.
Del Bosque was also very reasonable and gave the players another day off to let them go out and relax.
Having been in Russia for so long, except for the last time, there is almost no personal time for the players.
Many people have never even left the training base, let alone go shopping, eating, or shopping.
After coming to a game, you can't leave empty-handed. At least take a photo, check in, and bring some souvenirs back, which can be used as souvenirs of this World Cup in the future.
Of course, if they had worked harder and brought the Hercules Cup back, all the other souvenirs could have been dispensed with.
……
According to the rules of the World Cup, Spain's opponent in the quarterfinals is the winner between D1 and C2.
That was the winner of the next game between Croatia and Denmark. So, after the game, Guardiola made an appointment with Lin Quan to watch the game together.
"Who do you think will win?"
Guardiola asked before the game even started.
“Croatia!”
Lin Quan replied without thinking.
In his impression, Croatia's final result seemed to be runner-up?
In other words, they made it to the finals.
In this case, the Croatian team must have won this game.
"Denmark's overall strength is not weak, and it will not be easy for Croatia to win."
Guardiola is actually optimistic about Croatia because he thinks Croatia's midfielder is very strong.
But Croatia also has shortcomings, and the opponent is also a strong European team, so this game may be very anxious. (End of chapter)
