Chapter 156: Passed several people in a row and shocked Brazilian fans!

On the last day of the group stage, Spain faced Nigeria at the Maracana Stadium.

Nigeria's strength is not strong, but it is not particularly weak either.

So Spain sent a half-main and half-substitute lineup to face them.

Although in the eyes of the Spaniard, they were half substituted.

But in the eyes of Nigerian players, the opponent's substitute lineup is even more luxurious than their own main lineup.

So even if Spain comes on the bench, it will be difficult for them to win.

The progress of the game also confirmed this.

Only three minutes into the game, Lin Quan broke through from the wing and cut inside with the ball. After passing three people, he entered the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper, he calmly pushed the ball into the far corner and succeeded. While performing a one-stop process, he helped the team change the score. .

This goal was incredible and caused bursts of exclamations from the fans at the scene.

In front of Lin Quan, the opponent's defender was as clumsy as a piece of wood. He almost didn't have time to react before he passed him clean!

No matter how much the Brazilian fans at the scene supported Neymar, they looked down on Lin Quan.

I have to admit that the opponent's shot was very beautiful.

Although Neymar also has this kind of goal that beats several people, but such goals are very rare, and they look far less easy than the opponent.

In the process of scoring the goal just now, Lin Quan did not use any fancy moves at all, just simple flicks and dunks, plus changes in rhythm, and he easily completed the pass.

In front of his ultra-high pace and touch frequency, the opponent's defender is really like a wooden stake, completely unable to keep up with his rhythm.

This extraordinary way shocked Brazilian fans.

Although they looked down on each other's inability to spend time before, they felt the impact of each other on the spot.

They began to feel: This way of passing people seems to be more efficient?

After scoring this goal, Lin Quan's number of goals in this Confederations Cup came to 4.

Neymar finally caught up with him in terms of goals scored in the previous game, but Lin Quan kicked him out in just three minutes, and he took the top spot!

Before the Nigerian players had fully entered the game state, their own door had already been breached.

This left the Nigerian players confused.

The score fell behind early, and the opponent was too strong.

Under the heavy pressure of qualifying from the group, Nigeria's players were somewhat unbalanced.

In the 11th minute of the first half, when Lin Quan was dribbling the ball, Nigerian defender Kennet Omero wanted to make a tackle, but accidentally strained his thigh while making the tackle.

This is really a case of stealing the chicken but losing the rice. If the ball is not scooped, I can't hold on.

Nigeria had to make substitutions passively.

After losing one of its main defenders, Nigeria's defense became even more fragile.

And Spain is also very smart, seizing on this weak link of the opponent.

Their targeted attack soon yielded results!

In the 34th minute of the first half, Spain expanded its lead.

Lin Quan received the ball in the middle and sent a precise long pass to Torres at the edge of the penalty area.

After Torres received the ball, he stepped forward into the penalty area before the opponent's defender could press him, and blasted the ball into the goal.

This is Lin Quan's second goal assisted by Torres. The cooperation between the two on the field looks very good.

Torres was very excited after scoring the goal, and took the initiative to run over to celebrate with Lin Quan, hugging him, and thanking him.

After scoring two goals in two games, no one can say that Torres is here just for fun!

We have also made outstanding contributions to the team!

Facing Spain's powerful midfield, Nigeria's counterattack was difficult to threaten.

The 2:0 score lasted until the end of the first half.

Spain began to make substitutions in the second half, and Isco came on to replace Cesc Fabregas.

This is Isco's first game for the Spanish national team.

Isco, who made his debut, was very excited and surrounded the opponent's defender like a mad dog to grab the ball in the frontcourt.

However, he failed to grab the ball, and he was given a yellow card by the referee for a foul.

He received a yellow card in less than five minutes of playing time, no one else.

Del Bosque on the sidelines was scared to death when he saw Isco receiving a yellow card early.

"Damn it, can't this guy calm down? That foul was completely unnecessary!"

He did not ask Isco to make any contribution to the team's offense. Replacing him was simply to let him feel the atmosphere of the game.

But if Isco gets two yellow cards and is ejected after coming on, it will be a joke!

Why can't these young players be as reliable as Lin Quan?

Bosque complained helplessly in his heart.

"Isco, control your emotions and don't get too excited.

The game is still long. If you get fouled again and get sent off with a red card, then I'm sure there will be no place for you in the national team in the future! "

Lin Quan also noticed that Isco was too excited, so he took the opportunity of a dead ball and walked over to remind him.

"I understand, thank you, Brother Lin!"

Isco nodded heavily, indicating that he knew what to do.

He is not a brainless person like Balotelli. Isco is a normal person with an online IQ.

After adjusting his emotions, he quickly calmed down.

After calming down, Isco's performance began to get better and better.

Del Bosque on the sidelines finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Isco's transformation.

"Have you noticed that Lin has a high prestige among young players?"

Thinking of the scene where Lin Quan took the initiative to enlighten Isco, Del Bosque turned his head and asked Coach Tony sitting next to him.

"I've discovered it a long time ago. Didn't you see that Morata and the others have been surrounding Lin Quan? This kid is the leader of the younger generation of players!"

Tony obviously noticed this earlier than Del Bosque.

After hearing Tony's words, Bosque began to think seriously:

There is no doubt that Lin Quan will be Spain's tactical core for the next ten years or even more.

Since he is the most important member of the team, it is natural that he should be given some other responsibilities.

For example, becoming the captain of the team and assuming the responsibility of the team's spiritual leader.

This idea has actually already occurred to Del Bosque, but it's just because Lin Quan's qualifications in the team are relatively low, and his age is indeed a bit too young.

So Bosque never took action.

But now, after realizing Lin Quan's prestige among young players, Bosque felt that it was time to prepare in advance.

With Lin Quan's current qualifications, it will definitely be difficult to convince the public if he is appointed as the captain of Spain.

But if you arrange for him to be the team vice-president, third or fourth captain, etc., there shouldn't be much resistance?

With this level of identity, when the older generation of players gradually withdraw from the national team, he can automatically become the captain and spiritual leader of the national team.

Thinking of this, Bosque secretly made up his mind to wait for the Confederations Cup to end before going back and trying slowly.

If they can win the championship and Lin Quan performs very well in subsequent games, then he will take the opportunity to announce the decision and the pressure of opposition may be much less.

…

In a box in the stands, Ronaldinho and Ronaldinho, who had made an appointment to watch the game together, began to comment on Lin Quan's performance after watching most of the game.

"This kid's position in the frontcourt is not fixed. He plays a bit like Messi in Barcelona!"

Ronaldinho, who has a very good relationship with Messi and has always been very concerned about Messi, after watching for a while, he found that Lin Quan played the same position as Messi - a free man in the frontcourt!

This position is not easy to play because the position is not fixed and the role is not fixed.

You need to have the ability to break through and pass on the wing, and you need to be able to act as a fulcrum on the forward line, have the ability to get and play the ball, and have excellent finishing abilities.

In the midfield, he needs to have strong organizational and passing abilities, as well as excellent overall view and broad vision.

Can seize the fleeting opportunity on the opponent's defense, use the pass to tear the opponent's defense, and complete the fatal blow.

Any one of these three abilities can be considered an outstanding player.

Having both can almost make him a star!

And having all three at the same time, there is no doubt that he is a top star.

Even if he is as strong as Ronaldinho, he dare not say that he can perfectly fulfill this kind of role.

Ronaldo frowned, he was not interested in any frontcourt free agent.

As a forward, he is more concerned about how many goals Lin Quan has scored in the game.

This guy, except for the beautiful dribble goal at the beginning, seemed to have no idea about the goal the rest of the time.

Sometimes he clearly had a chance to shoot, but instead of hitting the goal himself, he passed it to his teammates.

This choice makes Ronaldo feel very puzzling. Isn't this guy a forward?

Isn’t a striker’s job to score goals?

In this case, why do you still pass the ball and shoot it yourself!

He had seen Lin Quan's extraordinary ability, but he didn't believe that Nigeria's back line could stop Lin Quan's breakthrough?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

So this guy limited himself!

As if in response to Ronaldo's call, in the 71st minute of the game, Lin Quan took advantage of a free kick and scored twice, scoring twice.

"Well, free kicks count too!"

Ronaldo has scored relatively few free kicks, but he cannot deny that scoring directly from free kicks is also an ability.

After scoring this goal, Lin Quan himself was replaced.

However, this goal also brought his total number of goals in the Confederations Cup to 5, leaving 2 goals behind Neymar in second place.

Considering that the Brazilian team only has two games left at most, and the opponents they face are very strong, it becomes even more difficult for Neymar to catch up with him!

Spain made two substitutions at once, and David Silva came on to replace him.

Morata also appeared, replacing Pedro.

After Morata came on the scene, he was as active as Isco and wanted to score a goal.

But their luck didn't seem to be very good.

In the 79th minute, Morata got a chance to score a single goal. Unfortunately, the kid went too far and the goalkeeper who attacked confiscated the ball.

Morata was very upset, if he had known better than to hit the door directly with that kick!

In that case, there might be a chance to score, but now, the ball has been confiscated!

Moreover, after missing the one-on-one opportunity, his teammates may have doubts about his own strength, and they may not pass the ball to him again if there is such an opportunity in the future!

When he thought of this, Morata began to miss Lin Quan.

If Lin Quan were present, based on her relationship with him, maybe he would continue to feed her cakes.

Morata and Isco didn't score, but it doesn't mean that other Spanish players didn't have a chance.

In the 88th minute of the game, Alba hit a beautiful kick, and the ball hit the dead center of the goal, rewriting the score to 4:0.

After the goal, Alba glanced at Isco and Morata, seemingly showing off his footwork to the opponent:

If you want to score goals, you have to play like this!

Morata and Isco were frustrated and blushing. They were despised by a defender. What a shame!

…

In the end, Spain defeated Nigeria with a score of 4:0, winning all three group matches and advancing to the semi-finals.

Their opponent in the semi-finals will be Italy, the second-placed team in Group A, who previously played against Spain in the European Cup final.

In this Confederations Cup, Italy's performance in the group stage was not good.

Their chain defense seemed to be gradually losing its power. In the three group matches, Italy conceded a total of eight goals.

In addition to four goals scored by the host Brazil, Italy actually scored three goals against Japan, the weakest opponent in the group stage.

Italy was always lagging behind its opponents in that game. If the Japanese team hadn't scored an own goal at a critical moment, Italy might have lost.

Even the small Japanese team had such a hard time winning, which made the outside world worried about Italy's state:

Why did the mighty European runner-up fall to this level in such a short period of time?

Why doesn't this happen in Spain?

There is also a large group of veterans in the team, and the Spanish team's performance in this Confederations Cup was perfect.

After three games, they scored 21 goals and conceded only one goal.

He averaged 7 goals per game, setting the highest record in the history of the Confederations Cup.

And they only conceded one goal, which feels completely opposite to Italy, which is known for its defense.

It seems that Spain is better at defense than Italy!

In view of the completely different performances of the two teams in the group stage, the outside world is generally optimistic that Spain can advance to the finals.

It's hard to believe that such an out-of-form Italian team can pose any threat to the world championship.

Not only do they think so, but the Spaniards also think so.

Their opponents were in poor form, and they had previously defeated Italy 4-0 in the European Cup final.

Whether judging from the current status of the two teams or the recent data from the battle between the two teams, Spain has the upper hand!

Therefore, when facing such an opponent, the whole Spanish team feels very optimistic.

It seems that it is not difficult to win against Italy.

Many people have even begun to study the opponents in the finals and prepare for the finals!