Chapter 692
"So we also need a very fast right winger, Ferran Torres!"
Hierro is sure he has thought of Spain's starting lineup!
At 6:30 pm, as soon as Spain arrived at the semi-final stadium, Stam received Spain's starting lineup. Now the fans can finally compare the starting lineups of the French and Spanish teams together!
"Let's take a look at Spain's starting lineup. The goalkeeper is still Unai Simon!"
"Why are there only three defenders?"
"Gaya, Laporte and Azpilicueta, where is the central defender?"
Scholes was also watching. He searched around and his eyes focused on the names of Busquets and Rodri.
According to Spain's past style, they have long started playing with a single defensive midfielder and will not use two defensive midfielders at the same time, so one of Busquets and Rodri will be the central defender, and obviously, the younger Rodri is more likely!
Then Gullit also started looking. He was looking for the Spanish center forward, but he only saw two attacking midfielders, Pedri and Olmo, but not the center forward Morata!
"Let's not discuss who will be the central defender first, let's see who will be the center forward first. What is Spain trying to do?"
Tony Adams then noticed that Morata was not on the field.
"So one of Pedri and Olmo will play as a center forward?"
"Yero must be crazy!"
Scholes thinks the center forward might be Lin Chen!
"Lin can play center, I think it could be him!"
Gullit immediately retorted.
"Impossible. If he wants to deal with Kante and Pogba, Lin must play in the midfield. Spain has no other midfielder who can deal with these French players!"
Xavi could almost imagine how confused these people would be when they saw the starting lineup, and Deschamps was also confused now.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Lin Chen and Griezmann brought Spain and France into the stadium respectively. Many French players knew Lin Chen, and they were smiling and looking at Lin Chen while shaking hands.
When all the Spanish players stood in their positions, the fans realized that Olmo would play as center forward and Rodri would play as center back.
And Busquets, who had never started a game before, actually started in the semi-final against France!
"If they lose this game, even if Hierro has won a championship before, he will probably be hard to escape the criticism from Spanish fans!"
"How confident does Hierro have to be to start like this? The opponent is France. Do you think it's Slovakia?"
"Let's talk about the French team. Why are you mentioning Slovakia?"
Both the Spanish and French fans looked a little nervous. After the game started, the fans of both teams did not make any sound and just watched quietly!
"The European Cup semi-final has begun, Benzema is dribbling the ball back, this is the characteristic of the French team!"
"Benzema will not pass the ball back, he will only control it himself, and then let Griezmann and Pogba run to the tactical position to form a pass with him, because Benzema's characteristics are enough for Deschamps to use this tactic!"
Although Deschamps had not selected Benzema for the national team due to some problems before, Benzema played so well in Real Madrid, and many German fans also hoped that Deschamps would choose Benzema, so Deschamps brought Benzema to this European Cup.
Sixth minute of the European Cup semi-final!
"Benzema dribbled the ball himself and Pogba ran to Busquets' side. He definitely has an advantage against Busquets now."
"Benzema picked the ball up and it flew over Pogba and landed next to Pavard."
"I don't know when Pavard on the right had already run behind Gaya. Gaya and Pedri chased Pavard at the same time, but the French full-back chose to pass the ball!"
Mbappe was about to overpower Laporte, but Rodri blocked the ball with a header!
"He has the ability to play as a centre-back and he will also make Spain's penalty area better for Mbappe and Benzema!"
After Rodri blocked the ball with a header, Gaya followed up with a header to Busquets!
Busquets's decline in ability is mainly due to his age, but it does not mean that his passing and ball protection have disappeared.
He stopped Gaya's header while standing still, then dragged the ball to a position about one step away from Pogba as if he was pulling the ball, and then pushed the ball straight through Pogba, through Kante, and to Olmo!
The reason why Hierro let Olmo start will be reflected in Spain's next attack!
Olmo received the ball and passed it to Lin Chen, who passed it to Olmo without stopping.
This is Olmo turning around with the ball!
Pass it straight to Sarabia!
Sarabia got the ball and shot!
Lori saves Sarabia's shot with an excellent one-handed stretch!
Spain shot first and created danger first!
"Olmo handled it very well this time. He attacked Lenglet and Kimpembe instead of Varane."
"I don't know how Deschamps arranged the positions of the three central defenders, but he let Lenglet stand in the middle of the three defenders. I think Varane should be in this position."
Immediately after Spain's corner kick, Olmo took the penalty and looked at Lin Chen, who was looking for Kimpembe!
Kimpembe knew what Lin Chen was going to do, because he knew that his header might not be able to beat Lin Chen, so he kept switching defenses, always wanting Varane to defend Lin Chen.
But Lin Chen's switching defense is more flexible than his!
This kind of evasion has caused confusion in the French team's defense!
Olmo took the opportunity to take a corner kick!
Lin Chen pressed down Kimpembe and jumped!
Lori appeared in front of Lin Chen again and saved his header!
"Lori has been saving the French team since the beginning of the game!"
"French blue goalkeeper!"
"But besides Lori, other players have to get into the game quickly!"
"Otherwise Spain will soon make France's ticket to the European Cup final disappear!"
