Chapter 83 Black whistle?
After nearly half an hour of siege, Spain finally broke through.
If we don't score a goal, there will be many variables on the field!
Being unable to attack for a long time can easily cause players to become irritable and then be counterattacked by the opponent!
After seeing the ball fly into the net, Del Bosque and Coach Tony hugged each other excitedly.
The players and coaches on the bench and coaching bench also rushed out excitedly, and some hugged each other with their colleagues.
Some rushed directly to the field to celebrate with the players.
The audience at the Calderon Stadium also burst into earth-shattering cheers the moment Iniesta scored.
The Spanish fans were so excited that they kept waving their flags and chanting the names of the players on the field.
They had the advantage before, but the team's delay in scoring made them feel restless.
But it's different now. After having a one-goal lead, the fans are relieved!
Sure enough, we in Spain are invincible!
Even top-notch teams like France are no match for us, so who else can stop us?
Thinking of this, many Spanish fans are beginning to think about next year's Confederations Cup and even the World Cup the year after that.
With the strength and dominance that Spain currently displays in football, these two events should be a sure win!
Spain is very likely to become the first team to defend the title in the past 50 years!
For the French team, Deschamps, the new coach who took over the national team in the summer, was sitting on the coaching bench, holding his chin and looking at the Spanish players celebrating on the field.
His eyes were fixed on the No. 30 player in the Spanish team, and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
My luck is so bad!
The tactics against Spain that were finally developed were ruined by the appearance of this boy.
After Spain won the World Cup and defended the European Cup, the world was figuring out how to play the Spanish national team, just like every club was figuring out how to play Barcelona.
The tactics of these two teams are very similar, and a large part of the players on the field overlap.
Therefore, the tactics used by the club to deal with Barcelona can also be used for reference at the national team level.
Even the effect will be better, because the Spanish national team is obviously not as strong as Barcelona, and they lack Messi in the frontcourt!
The most effective tactic against Barcelona is Mourinho's defensive counterattack tactics!
As early as 2010, he led Inter Milan to eliminate Barcelona in the Champions League and win the Champions League that year.
Last season, Chelsea, the team he built, eliminated Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals with their excellent defensive counterattack tactics.
The Real Madrid he coached also snatched the La Liga championship from Barcelona last season and defeated Barcelona on the road.
It can be said that Mourinho is the most successful coach against Barcelona in recent years.
Although he doesn't win every time, he has the highest success rate compared to others.
Therefore, Deschamps chose to learn from Mourinho's tactics and planned to use defensive counterattacks to deal with Spain.
If this was Spain a month ago, then he felt that the French team might have a close to 50% chance of winning.
The reason is simple. The Spanish forward is weak and it is difficult to score against the French team's defense.
And as long as they seize one opportunity, they can win the game.
But now, the opponent has a player whose playing style is very similar to Messi's, which solves the problem of weak forward.
This was completely beyond Deschamps' expectations and disrupted his deployment.
Deschamps doesn't know if his tactics can still work!
With Lin Quan, the Spanish national team has surpassed Barcelona in terms of strength.
The French national team is obviously not as strong as Real Madrid.
Real Madrid had one win, two losses and one draw against Barcelona last season, clearly at a disadvantage.
The French national team, which is weaker than Real Madrid, meets the Spanish national team, which is stronger than Barcelona. The winning rate is probably not even 10%!
Such an analysis immediately made him pessimistic about the outcome of the game!
Can the French team turn the game around?
"The French team is difficult to play. After Lin Quan joined, Spain's offensive power in the frontcourt has been greatly enhanced, and the power of the no-forward tactics has been taken to a higher level. The French team's defense cannot contain the opponent's offense. If they continue to play defensive counterattack tactics, they will I’m afraid more goals will be conceded.”
In the Sky Sports commentary box, Martin Taylor shook his head and sighed.
I thought I could enjoy a world-class competition, but judging from the current situation on the field, apart from being slightly better defensively than Belarus, the French team did not do much better than the opponent in other aspects.
Their attacks hardly pose a threat, and their defense is impossible to prevent.
The No. 30 on the opposite side has an unstable position in the frontcourt. He wanders around, sometimes on the front line and sometimes on the wing, which creates great difficulties for the French team's defense.
If we continue playing like this, the French team will definitely lose this game.
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The score was behind, and so was the situation on the field.
The players of the French team played very hard. They have worked very hard to defend in this game.
But it seems that blind defense cannot win the game. If you want to win the game, you must rely on offense.
So, when the ball kicked off again, Ribery and Benzema discussed it, and the two decided to focus more on offense.
The team is already lagging behind. If they try hard, they may equalize or even reverse the score, but if they continue to play step by step like this, they will definitely lose.
The game restarted, and the French team, unwilling to lag behind, significantly increased its offensive investment.
Their midfielders are indeed not very creative, but their physical fitness is so good that it is not difficult to intercept the ball from the Spanish players' feet when they actively fight for it.
In the 33rd minute, Cabaye stole the ball in the backcourt, moved his big foot to the wing, and looked for French team winger Franck Ribery.
After receiving the ball, Ribery dribbled the ball down and passed. Benzema's low shot in the penalty area was saved by club teammate Casey.
A corner kick was taken and Ramos pushed the ball out, but the ball's placement was controlled by the French players and the football was passed into the penalty area again.
There was chaos in the penalty area. Spain's defender Arbeloa and France's winger Mene both fell to the ground.
The ball was cleared by someone's big foot and kicked out of the sideline.
The players of the French team thought that the Spanish defender had committed a foul in the penalty area and surrounded the referee to get a penalty kick.
The referee ignored them and awarded the ball to the French team and then signaled the game to continue.
The TV broadcast footage showed that Arbeloa did make a pushing movement on his hand, which may have been a missed call.
After the French team came up, their defense in the backcourt became empty.
Spain immediately seized the opportunity and started to counterattack!
In the 36th minute, Spain quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and Pedro's shot was lifted over the crossbar by the goalkeeper with one hand.
Xavi took a corner kick from the left, and Ramos' header shot from the center of the penalty area hit the post.
The ball bounced back and Lin Quan got the ball in the penalty area. He shot directly without stopping the ball, preparing to hit the upper right corner of the goal.
As a result, the football flew out, hit the defensive player's arm, and bounced off the baseline.
The Spanish player immediately reached out to signal a handball in the opponent's penalty area, and the referee's whistle sounded in time, pointing to the penalty spot.
Spain got a penalty!
There is no problem with this penalty, but the players of the French team cannot accept it.
They felt that the referee missed their previous penalty kick. If they had not missed that penalty kick, the next penalty kick would not have occurred!
This back and forth is equivalent to giving two balls to the opponent!
So they rushed to the referee one after another, trying to argue with the referee.
The referee was surrounded by French team players. While retreating, he took out yellow cards and showed yellow cards to Koscielny, Gonalons and others.
After being shown two consecutive yellow cards, the French team players finally calmed down.
However, their anger is building up, like a volcano about to erupt, and is approaching a critical point.
According to the Spanish team's penalty kick order, Fabregas stood at the penalty spot and prepared to take a penalty kick.
Fabregas took a look at the goalkeeper's position and chose to shoot the penalty kick into the lower left corner of the goal.
Lori accurately judged the direction of the opponent's shot and flew in time to save the ball.
Fabregas hugged his head in annoyance, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
He actually missed the penalty kick!
If this goal is scored, the score on the field becomes 2:0, and Spain can say that it is a sure win.
Well now, the penalty kick was kicked away, the score remained unchanged, and the French team was completely angered. The outcome of the game may be difficult to say!
