Chapter 621 Ronaldo’s hat trick, Spain defeats Portugal

Given that the two teams played evenly in the first half, fans felt that there would be a half-game battle in the second half, and a close game was waiting for them.

But the situation seemed a little different from what they imagined. As soon as the second half started, Spain kept accelerating the pace of the game and launched a fierce attack on Portugal's goal.

Lin Quan, who was too team-oriented in the first half, significantly increased the number of personal breakthroughs in the second half.

Portugal seemed a little unprepared for the opponent's sudden change of play, especially because they did not expect that the opponent's attack would focus on the center.

In the 51st minute of the second half, Lin Quan and Iniesta completed the wall-to-wall cooperation in the middle, reached the front of the penalty area, shook off Moutinho who was guarding him, and was about to take a shot.

Unexpectedly, Moutinho slipped under his feet and was unable to stop the car. His left foot caught Lin Quan's supporting leg and tripped him to the ground. Spain won a well-positioned free kick in the frontcourt.

Lin Quan got up from the ground, stood in front of the ball, and prepared to take the free kick himself.

This ball is very close to the penalty area line. If there is a wall blocking it, it is not easy to directly attack the goal, because there is a high probability that it will be blocked by the wall.

Therefore, when Portuguese players are defending, they spend a lot of energy on guarding against these Spanish players in the penalty area.

Lin Quan seemed to have the same plan. Before taking the free throw, he specifically discussed it with Busquets. The latter nodded after listening to his words, quickly ran to the Portuguese penalty area, and stayed in the right side of the penalty area to ambush.

This action of Busquets aroused the vigilance of the Portuguese players, and they had to send someone to keep an eye on Busquets.

But there are still many high points in the Spanish team. Ramos, Pique, Diego Costa and others can all compete for the top in the penalty area, and they all need to arrange dedicated people to mark them.

With so many people to mark, chaos will inevitably begin in the penalty area.

Lin Quan retreated while making a gesture of tactical coordination. Upon seeing this, several players immediately drilled around in Portugal's penalty area.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that the opponent's defender's attention was distracted by these moving Spanish players, Lin Quan quickly fired the ball.

Judging from his discussion with Busquets and the subsequent tactical gestures, many people thought Spain would cooperate tactically.

But when the football took off from the lawn, everyone was dumbfounded!

The ball actually went directly towards the goal!

The Portuguese team's wall jumped immediately, and Cristiano Ronaldo on the outermost edge even felt a gust of wind brushing his scalp and flying past.

Still in the air, he suddenly turned back and looked at the football passing by him.

In Ronaldo's sight, the football suddenly dropped in the sky with a weird flight trajectory, like an elevator, and fell into the goal!

After the football flew into the net, the goalkeeper's save was delayed by just a few tenths of a second. If it had been faster, the ball would have been saved.

boom!

The fans in the stands behind the goal were all excited when they saw the football hit the net.

They clenched their fists, raised their arms and shouted, all excited.

The third goal!

Leading again!

And it was Lin Quan who scored the goal this time!

After scoring, Lin Quan put his hands next to his ears and made a listening gesture.

This is asking for applause from the fans at the scene!

The Spanish fans and a large number of neutral fans were already shouting excitedly, but now they shouted even harder after seeing Lin Quan's action.

Although this game was very exciting and the fans were very excited to watch it.

But before Lin Quan scored, they always felt that there was something missing in this game.

Now that Lin Quan has finally scored, the fans are satisfied.

This game is not only a contest between the Portuguese and Spanish teams, but also a personal contest between the two super giants in football, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lin Quan.

Cristiano Ronaldo has already scored two goals in the first half. As one of the protagonists, how can Lin Quan be absent?

Seeing Lin Quan score, the other protagonist of this game looked helpless and couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at Lin Quan's back.

But his emotion was quickly forgotten. Ronaldo looked up at the time.

There is still plenty of time to play, and they still have a chance!

However, Spain's offense was more threatening in the second half than in the first.

Just two minutes after Lin Quan scored, in the 55th minute, Lin Quan suddenly rushed to the left.

Seeing that he was about to cut inside and enter the penalty area, the Portuguese team, which was facing a formidable enemy, sent many people to double-team him, trying to intercept the ball at his feet.

In the narrow space of the penalty area, Lin Quan's dribbling seemed a bit stumbling amid countless blocks and scrambles, but the ball was always at his feet and was not lost.

But there were too many defensive players in front of him, and he had no shooting angle at all.

So Lin Quan got up and passed to Isco in the middle of the penalty area.

Isco was a little unprepared, and he didn't expect that Lin Quan could pass the ball in this situation.

This caused him to miss the opportunity to shoot directly. If he had waited for him to adjust before shooting, the defensive player would have already been in position.

So Isco simply passed the ball out again, using an almost clearance-style method to pass the ball to the edge of the penalty area.

There was no one in this place, but a white figure suddenly appeared. He shot directly at the ball without stopping, and hit a very high-quality ground slash.

The ball passed the Portuguese goalkeeper and crashed into the net.

Spain's right back Nacho scored Spain's fourth goal in the 55th minute of the second half, rewriting the score to 4:2.

After conceding two goals in a very short period of time, the Portuguese players' heads were buzzing and they were a little stunned.

Not to mention them, even the Spanish fans in the stands were a little dizzy.

Not long ago, the score was 2:2, but only a few minutes later, it became 4:2!

The happiness came so suddenly that they all doubted that it was not a dream.

Some people secretly reached out and pinched their thighs, and then breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it was not a dream.

"Sure enough, you can't easily draw conclusions about a team's strength just because of a few inconsequential warm-up matches. I think the Spanish team played very well in this game. It's not like what everyone said before the game. Well!"

"That's right, although this Spanish team doesn't feel as star-studded as it did four years ago, it plays more holistically and as a team!"

"Indeed, the Spanish team four years ago had many big players in the team, but this Spanish team only has one big player in the team. Everyone knows who they should play around!"

"Here I have to praise Lin Huang by name. He took the lead in the national team for the first time. His performance today was impeccable, even a little too team-like!"

"Yes, I think so too. If Lin Huang had not been so team-like and played more selfishly in the first half, I feel that the Spanish team would have taken the lead!"

"Emperor Lin, he is serious, I cry to death!"

"Stop saying anything, let's just start the game. After watching this game, do you think you are more optimistic about the Spanish team or the French team now?"

"Huang Lin's performance is so good, of course I am more optimistic about the French team!"

"puff……"

"Brother, you are really coquettish, you almost missed my waist!"

"Don't jump to conclusions too quickly. The French team hasn't played yet. We should at least wait until the French team has finished playing before we can compare, right?"

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On the field, Nacho's goal gave the Spanish team a huge advantage.

In the next few dozen minutes, they played the passing and controlling game they are good at, playing very patiently and firmly taking the initiative in their own hands.

Portugal's attempted counterattack was like a punch on cotton, but it was all resolved by them.

In the 70th minute, seeing that the overall situation was decided, Bosque began to make substitution adjustments.

He first replaced veteran Iniesta with Thiago, who played for Bayern.

Iniesta is thirty-four years old and his physical fitness is not as good as before. Considering that there are still many games to play in the future, replace him early and let him rest well.

It is very important both for Iniesta himself and for the Spanish team.

After the substitution, Bosque observed for a while and saw that there was no problem. After 7 minutes, he replaced Diego Costa with Asensio.

Costa is injured and is not too young. Considering that the team still needs him to charge forward in subsequent games, it is reasonable to replace him.

Del Bosque kept holding on to the last substitution spot and was not willing to use it.

This substitution quota was prepared for Lin Quan, but Del Bosque was worried that the situation on the court would get out of control after Lin Quan was replaced.

After losing the absolute core, he was worried that the players on the field didn't know how to play, so he didn't take action.

Until the game time entered the 86th minute, there were only a few minutes left in the game, and the two-goal lead should be a guaranteed 3-point victory.

Del Bosque finally used up the last substitution spot. He replaced Lin Quan with Vazquez.

Although Lin Quan only scored one goal in this game, all four of Spain's goals were related to him.

Del Bosque deliberately chose to replace him before the end of the game so that he could accept the cheers of the fans alone. This is a reward for players who have performed well.

Lin Quan obviously understood the coach's intention. After seeing the substitution card raised by the fourth official, he smiled and high-fived several teammates around him. He trotted all the way to the sidelines and high-fived Vazquez, who was about to come on as a substitute. Standing outside the sideline, applauding the fans in the stands.

From the time he started to leave the game to the time he stood on the sidelines, the entire stadium echoed with warm applause.

Fans have sharp eyes, and they can still tell whether a player performs well or poorly.

And such warm applause clearly proves the fans' affirmation of Lin Quan.

"Tsk, tsk, you kid, this applause is louder than all of us combined!"

"That's right, you took all the limelight by yourself!"

On the bench, Iniesta, Diego Costa and others who had been replaced before came over and joked.

Of the two, Iniesta is not at all jealous of Lin Quanneng receiving such warm welcome and love from the fans.

The way to get applause from the fans is very simple, just use your strength and performance to conquer them.

Compared to Iniesta, Diego Costa is really a little jealous.

He always feels that because he is not a native Spaniard, he is treated differently by Spanish fans. Otherwise, why did he not get even half the applause and cheers of Lin Quan when he scored 2 goals?

This is actually because he thinks too much. The Spanish fans are naturally very supportive of him, but among the audience at the scene, there are a large number of neutral fans from Ukraine and all over the world.

Most of these fans come for Lin Quan and Cristiano Ronaldo. Diego Costa is very strong, but he cannot reach the level of a super giant, so naturally he will not get applause from these fans.

Bosque thought he was careful enough, but shortly after Lin Quan came off the field, Ronaldo scored another goal in the 88th minute of the game, raising his number of goals to 3 goals and making the score 4 :3.

Spain's lead has been reduced to one goal again!

"Holy crap, Ronaldo cheated in this game!"

"This is so awesome, a hat trick in the World Cup!"

"There is still time and opportunity. Portugal may not really lose!"

"Haha, I'm afraid the Spanish head coach regrets it now. If he had known that Cristiano Ronaldo could score goals at this time, he would not have dared to replace Lin Huang!"

"Stop talking, this Spanish fan is already sweating!"

It was not just one person who was sweating profusely. At this moment, countless Spanish fans around the world began to beat their hearts when they saw the player wearing Portugal's No. 7 jersey in the TV broadcast.

Is this the state a 33-year-old player should be in?

At this age, he can actually complete a hat trick in the World Cup! ?

Someone went to check it out and discovered that just now, Ronaldo's goal broke the World Cup record, becoming the oldest hat trick holder in the World Cup at the age of 33 years and 130 days!

At such an old age and still in such good shape, it seems that Ronaldo still has a lot of oil in his tank.

There are rumors that Ronaldo has broken up with Real Madrid and is likely to leave the Bernabeu this summer.

Fans who were originally not optimistic about Ronaldo's transfer prospects because of his age had to re-evaluate after watching this game.

At least based on Ronaldo's performance in this World Cup, his ability has not declined and remains at the top.

In this way, buying him is not just for his commercial value. His joining can really improve the team's immediate combat effectiveness.

After figuring this out, teams that were interested in Ronaldo, a super giant, began to take action.

For a moment, Ronaldo’s agent Mendes’ cell phone was almost full of calls.

Although Ronaldo performed very well, the overall strength of Portugal is indeed not very strong.

In injury time, after Quaresma missed a good opportunity, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

After a hard battle, Spain finally defeated the Portuguese team with a score of 4:3.

Although his team lost the game, Ronaldo did not receive any criticism. Instead, he won praise from various media and fans.

Even Spanish team coach Del Bosque publicly praised Ronaldo at the post-match press conference.

"Cristiano is a very good player. He used this game to prove his strength to the world!" (End of Chapter)