Chapter 675
"Football is never about just one player, and Croatia used all the players on the field to create victory."
“But the most important of them is always Luka Modric, throughout the first half, Luka Modric scored goals in a way that Unai Simon had never thought of, that Rodri and Laporte had never thought of.”
"Looking back at Luka Modric's shooting movements now, he leaned forward too much, and the swing of his legs almost made Luka Modric lose his balance when shooting."
"But the ball still went in. He seemed to be telling everyone with this goal, I am Luka Modric, so I can score this goal!"
Scholes believes that Croatia still cannot take the lead over Spain, but he also believes that if Spain takes the lead, Croatia will most likely equalize the score again!
"It seemed like an endless game. After Spain took the lead, I felt Croatia would always find a way to equalize."
"But they seem to have lost their talent for overtaking the score, and then they will fall into endless competition with each other, so this game may be dragged on for a long time!"
“Given that Croatia is very good at playing long games, Hierro needs to defeat Croatia as soon as possible, especially Luka Modric.”
Hierro is thinking of a way, and Zabia is thinking of a way. In the past, it was always the opponents who thought of how to deal with Lin Chen. Zabia designed a series of defensive tactics based more on Lin Chen's advantages and the overall strength of Spain, but now Zabia must stop Modric.
Rodri was still upset. He couldn't accept that he was overtaken by Modric in the first half, which indirectly led to Spain losing the ball.
Rodri never allows himself to fail in defense like this on the court!
"Almost every time Croatia attacked, they would let Brozovic run first, then let Modric dribble the ball, and finally pass it to Petkovic or Modric to shoot directly."
Hierro used his hands to indicate Modric's running route in front of Zabia, while Xavi rested his chin on his hand in deep thought.
“He seemed to be constantly drawn to the ball.”
Lin Chen also joined the discussion at this time. In the Spanish locker room, he always had the most direct discussion rights.
"If you think about it, Luka Modric always seems to be where the ball is, or he only appears where the ball is."
"It's not that he doesn't have the ability to play without the ball, but because Modric can only help Croatia completely by doing this, otherwise Croatia will have more and more loopholes!"
"In this case, let's put the ball in more places."
After Lin Chen finished speaking, the players around him didn't understand. There has always been only one ball on the court. Since the number of balls is fixed, how can we make more places with balls?
Hierro understood, and Zabia understood too.
When Lin Chen said about increasing the number of places with the ball, he didn’t mean increasing the number of balls, but increasing the number of players catching the balls!
"In the second half, both Rodri and Pedri received the ball in the front of the midfield, and Sarabia also came to the midfield."
"Don't stop the ball at all, pass it when it reaches your feet, pass it until you can't see Modric anymore, or you see Modric is far enough away from you, then dribble the ball forward, otherwise just keep passing the ball!"
"In order for Croatia to cooperate well on the field, Modric must insist on appearing where the ball is."
"So as long as we use this method, we can definitely defeat Modric. If we defeat Modric, we can defeat Croatia!"
Hierro asked all the players to cheer together!
"Defeat Modric first, then defeat Croatia!"
