Chapter 542 The most decisive shot, Spain 10 France!

Relying on Kante's outstanding performance, the French team temporarily froze the core of the Spanish team's offense, making Spain's offensive impossible, which made the situation on the field a bit anxious.

The two sides fought fiercely on the court, with frequent fouls and some receiving yellow cards.

This makes the rhythm of the game intermittent and not very coherent.

In this case, it was difficult to organize an effective offense, and both sides began to try to open up the situation through fast breaks from the wings.

Griezmann's performance on the court during this period was very impressive. He dominated the French team's attack on the left wing, making Spain's right wing uneasy.

In just a few minutes, the French team completed several shots, and Griezmann himself also took a long shot.

Although these three shots did not result in a goal, the French team's offensive has gradually gained momentum. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before they score.

However, Spain is not completely passive and unable to fight back!

Spain replaced Pedro in this game, and the Sabers were a fast horse on the wing, so after Lin Quan found that he was pestered by Kanter and it was difficult to cooperate effectively with his teammates in the middle, he took the initiative to move towards Move closer to the wing and cooperate with Pedro on the wing.

This can take away one or two defensive players and increase the offensive space in the middle, making it easier for teammates in the midfield and backcourt to insert from behind and receive passes from the wing to complete the attack. It can also take advantage of the Sabres' speed advantage and give France The team exerted pressure to prevent them from attacking so unscrupulously.

In the 15th minute of the first half, Spain played an excellent wing cooperation.

After Lin Quan and Pedro completed the cooperation, Pedro cut inside and took away the opponent's full-back. Alba quickly assisted from behind, then received Pedro's pass and sent a cross.

Morata, who was outflanking the penalty area, jumped high, grabbed the landing point of the ball, and completed a very threatening header.

But unfortunately, the French team's goalkeeper Lori was very focused, stood up in advance, and bravely saved Morata's header.

Although this attack failed to score a goal, this cooperation proved that the idea of ​​opening up the situation from the wing was correct.

This further strengthened the Spanish team's belief that they should play on the wing.

The French team was also frightened by the opponent's attack. Deschamps called Payet over and gave him some instructions.

After Payet returned to the court, he conveyed the coach's message to teammates such as Griezmann and Sissoko, asking them to pay more attention to protecting the wings and do a good job in assisting defense on the wings.

With the protection provided by the midfield, the French team's defensive intensity on the wing has indeed improved a lot.

At least when Spain's full-back attacks, they can allocate manpower to defend him faster and prevent him from easily passing the ball.

But when their central players move to the wings to participate in defense, they have fewer people in the middle.

This gave the Spanish team an opportunity to open up the situation from the center!

In the 23rd minute of the first half, Lin Quan dribbled the ball towards the left wing, giving the illusion that he was going to repeat his same tricks.

There is no doubt that the French team has him. While Kanter was following Lin Quan, Payet also quickly followed, intending to work with the full-backs to encircle and suppress Lin Quan and Pedro with a three-on-two advantage. .

Lin Quan was waiting for this opportunity. After Payette moved, he suddenly changed his dribbling rhythm, stopping and dunking. Taking advantage of Kanter's lateral movement and unable to react in time, he quickly knocked the ball horizontally to the cloth diagonally behind him. Skates.

Busquets' golf IQ is extremely high. Although Lin Quan did not tell him what his intentions were, he just looked up at the positions of the players on both sides of the court and immediately made the most correct choice - to The ball is passed to David Silva, who moves in from the right and returns to the attacking midfielder position!

After Morata saw David Silva dribbling the ball, he immediately accelerated towards the opponent's half.

David Silva did not pass the ball to Morata immediately, but took advantage of Pogba's opportunity to rush towards him and passed the ball diagonally to the right wing.

A player wearing the red jersey No. 16 rushed up from behind like a whirlwind and caught the ball before the opponent's full-back intercepted it.

Pogba, who was closest to Juanfran, remembered the coach's instructions and immediately abandoned David Silva, leaving the task of guarding him to his teammate Griezmann. He moved closer to the wing, preparing to join the wing. Road assistance.

Under normal circumstances, this choice is no problem.

Griezmann has abundant physical energy, strong running ability, and a large coverage area in the middle. He is a trustworthy defensive barrier.

However, Griezmann's current position is not in the center. After Payet was attracted by Lin Quan's movement of dribbling the ball to the left wing, he moved a few steps to the left, which resulted in his position being far away from David Schiff. Salva is a little further.

Just such a short distance of a few meters gave the Spanish team the opportunity to complete small-scale passing and cutting cooperation.

Juanfran passed the ball back to David Silva before the opponent could double-team him.

David Silva received the ball and sent a through ball, and then handed the ball to Juanfran, who had already broken through two interceptions.

The Spanish team made a beautiful wall-to-wall cooperation in the opponent's half. At this time, there was no defensive player in front of Juanfran!

Instead of dribbling the ball down, he chose to cut inside, which forced Koscielny, who was defending Morata with his partner, to leave his position and step forward to intercept him.

Morata was originally tightly guarded by two central defenders and could not find any opportunities in the penalty area.

At this time, his teammates helped him attract someone, which greatly reduced the pressure on him.

Morata was overjoyed and accelerated to the right. While getting rid of Umtiti, he reached for the ball.

Juanfran did not hesitate and passed the ball before Koscielny blocked his passing line.

The ball was passed well, and Morata was about to receive the ball and then sweep the ball into the goal.

However, Morata underestimated the strength of the young defender next to him.

Umtiti, who is only 23 years old and currently plays for Lyon, had not fully entered everyone's field of vision in 2016.

But at this time, he has already shown the potential to become the world's top central defender.

Moreover, Umtiti, who has not been affected by injuries, is in his best period.

After seeing Juanfran passing the ball, he immediately judged Morata's intention, suddenly accelerated, broke away from physical contact with Morata, and successfully circled in front of him.

He wanted to intercept Juanfran's pass to Morata!

Morata was shocked when he saw the opponent's move. If he continued to shoot according to the previous plan, the probability of the ball being intercepted was extremely high.

Thinking of this, Morata had to make an emergency adjustment. He turned around in a hurry and used his body to get in front of Umtiti, denying the opponent a chance to steal.

But in this case, he would not be able to complete the shot.

Umtiti will not give him a chance to turn around and shoot!

Moreover, Koscielny also rushed over at this time, intending to cooperate with Umtiti to double-team and steal the ball away from Morata's feet.

Just as Morata was scrambling, he heard a shout:

"Pass the ball to me!"

The person who shouted was none other than Lin Quan.

Taking advantage of his teammates' vigorous play on the left, Lin Quan also got rid of Kanter's entanglement and went straight to the opponent's penalty area.

He originally wanted to see if he could find an opportunity to participate in the offense. If not, he could also serve as a peripheral supporter for his teammates.

While he was running, he saw that his teammates were about to complete the attack, and he thought that his trip would be in vain.

Unexpectedly, due to Morata's carelessness and Umtiti's outstanding performance, Spain's attack failed to succeed.

What a coincidence is that his current position happens to be vacant!

There are no defensive players within two or three meters around him. As long as his teammates can pass the ball to him, Lin Quan will have an excellent goal.

When Morata was in a state of panic, when he heard this familiar voice, he immediately seemed to grasp at a life-saving straw. Out of his absolute trust in Lin Quan, he didn't think much about it. The moment he raised his head to observe, there were already people under his feet. Passed the ball.

As soon as the ball rolled out, it flew back again in less than a second.

The difference is that when the ball rolls past, it is away from the penalty area and the goal, but when the ball flies back, it goes straight towards the goal.

And it’s much faster!

What a decisive shot!

Morata was shocked. He thought of Lin Quanhui's shot, but he didn't expect Lin Quanhui to be so decisive.

He originally thought that Lin Quanhui would rely on his strong breakthrough ability to get into the penalty area and get a better angle before shooting. Unexpectedly, the opponent shot directly from outside the penalty area!

Not only did Morata not expect it, but neither did French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

His attention was focused on Morata just now. When Morata passed the ball back to Lin Quan, he noticed Lin Quan who had quietly approached the penalty area.

However, Morata was on the left side of the goal before, while Lin Quan was on the right side of the goal.

Even though Lori moved his position immediately, he still couldn't get into position before Lin Quan shot.

Lori reluctantly stretched out his right hand and made a sideways movement to the right.

However, the opponent's ball was too decisive. Not to mention the speed of the ball, the angle was also very tricky. It almost missed the post and flew into the goal.

Lori had no choice but to watch the ball hit the net.

boom!

There was a commotion in the stands, and the Spanish fans jumped up as if they were on a rocket.

They were so excited that they didn't even care whether the people around them were acquaintances or not. They hugged each other crazily, jumped and jumped, and roared loudly in celebration.

Spain's bench wasn't much better. When Morata caught the ball, the bench players couldn't sit still and rushed to the side of the court. When they saw Lin Quan score with a long shot, At that moment, everyone went crazy, waving their jerseys and screaming strangely as they rushed towards the court.

On the court, Morata seemed more excited than Lin Quan who scored the goal.

After witnessing the ball hitting the net, Morata roared and rushed to Lin Quan excitedly, then hugged Lin Quan tightly in his arms and shouted in his ears, which made Lin Quan's eardrums scream. It all hurts.

Other teammates were not much better. They all rushed over excitedly, hugged and high-fived Lin Quan.

This goal was so critical. After the start, Spain was not actually in the upper hand. The opponent gradually began to gain the upper hand in the fight with its strong body and better running ability.

In this case, if the Spanish team's offense fails to improve, the opponent will invest more troops in the offense, gradually burning the flames of war into the Spanish half, and finally forming a siege on their goal.

By that time, even if Spain wanted to control the rhythm and reverse in their own half, they would not be able to do so.

But at this most critical moment, Lin Quan scored.

This is like seeing a glimmer of light in the dark night, which brings great encouragement to the Spanish players.

Moreover, this goal can also severely dampen the opponent's morale and confidence, allowing French players to fight with a greater psychological burden!

The defensive intensity of both teams in this game is not low. The first half has been played for more than 20 minutes, but both teams have very few shots.

The Spanish team only completed two shots, and the French team had one more shot than them.

However, Spain scored a goal with 2 shots and gained a very obvious advantage.

Next, it was the French team's turn to have a headache.

How will they attack next?

How do you ensure the safety of your defense when attacking?

"Damn it!"

Deschamps looked very irritable after seeing Lin Quan score.

The French team has already gained momentum before, and he feels that he can break the deadlock with a few more attempts.

But unfortunately, their opponents scored before them.

This made the situation completely different from what he expected. The French team was now passive. Not only could they not continue the defensive counterattack tactics he had formulated before, but they had to take huge risks and continue to strengthen their offense.

When the opponent has a quick counterattack player like Pedro on the wing, the risk of attacking aggressively is very high.

If they are not careful, they may concede another goal.

Facing a top team like Spain, there is still hope of a comeback after conceding one goal, but once behind by two goals, it is basically a death sentence.

In the past eight years, no team has ever been able to complete a comeback from falling behind by two goals at the hands of Spain!

Thinking of this, Deschamps beckoned Kanter over to discuss the matter.

"Listen, Kanter, you have to completely lock down the opponent's No. 10 and not give him any space!"

The loss of the ball just now has a lot to do with Kanter's loss of position. If he could keep up with Lin Quan in time when Lin Quan was crossing forward and stay close to the opponent, Lin Quan might not be able to catch Morata's ball. Passing the ball, he can't comfortably complete such a high-quality shot.

Kanter obviously knew that this was his mistake, so he blamed himself very much.

After hearing the coach's instructions at this time, Kanter nodded heavily. In the next game, he will try his best to keep an eye on Lin Quan!