Chapter 707
"And Trippier's footwork is so good that his crosses are so accurate. Trippier plus Kane is a perfect offensive combination!"
"We need to have the midfielders pay attention to Kyle Walker at all times. He is fast and you never know when he will suddenly rush up to join the attack, just like when we played against France, Rodri suddenly rushed up from the center back position and scored a goal. Isn't that the way Kyle Walker helped England score the first goal?"
Hierro was also very satisfied with Rodri's answer, and then Hierro asked Lin Chen to say something, he knew that Lin Chen would always see the deeper details of the game.
"All the defenders, I don't know if you noticed one thing, although Foden and Saka started this game, one played as attacking midfielder and the other played as left midfielder."
"But when attacking, Foden and Saka will go to midfield at the same time, Bellingham will keep running to the center back position, then Kane will continue to run forward, and then Foden and Saka will control the ball in midfield at the same time!"
Hierro knew that Lin Chen would definitely see this. Southgate asked the England team to attack, mainly by letting Foden and Saka attack at the same time.
Moreover, Hierro feels that Southgate seems to be a bit conservative in his use of Foden. He wants Foden to take on more relatively conservative tasks, which may make the England team play more stable, but there may also be a lack of offensive firepower in the frontcourt.
"So when England attacks, our midfielders need to be careful to defend Foden and Saka at the same time!"
"I don't know who will be the starting midfielder. For example, me and Rodri, we have to block Foden and Saka at the same time."
Lin Chen looked at Rodri and smiled. He had a lot of experience in playing against Foden. He had played against him many times in the past, and each time he left a deep impression on Foden.
After Foden was promoted to Manchester City's first team, he often had to face off against Lin Chen, because Foden was often arranged in a position close to the attacking midfielder and the wing, and then dribbled the ball to attack the opponent's midfield, while Lin Chen has always been responsible for defending Foden in Liverpool.
Hierro decided to announce the lineup now.
"I asked you to come together to watch the game today so that we can decide the starting lineup for the final. I'm glad you all came!"
"First of all, as goalkeeper, I decided to start De Gea!"
De Gea couldn't believe what he heard. He had never been in the starting lineup in all the previous European Cup games, but in the final, the most important final, the game in which goalkeeper rotation should not be allowed, Hierro actually had to replace Unai Simon in the starting lineup!
Hierro made the boldest decision. He knew that De Gea was angry and wanted to prove that he could definitely help Spain win the European Cup.
In addition, the coach evaluated that De Gea's training performance during the European Cup was extremely outstanding, so Hierro decided to let De Gea return to the starting lineup directly in the European Cup final!
"Left-back Alba."
"Right back Gaya!"
"I have great trust in you two. Let Saka know what a full-back is!"
"Busquets and Rodri play as double defensive midfielders in the midfield, but when attacking, Busquets plays as the single defensive midfielder, and Rodri plays as the central midfielder to help Lin attack together!"
Hierro did not start Pedri but Busquets, which surprised Lin Chen a little. After all, Busquets did not play much in this European Cup, and he is indeed old.
"I don't need to emphasize anything about Lin starting, and then in the frontcourt, Morata is the center forward!"
Hearing that he would start in the final, Morata breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Hierro did not let him start when playing against France.
"Olmo is the left winger, Sarabia is the right winger. We will switch between the two flanks in the first and second half. Olmo will play on the left in the first half and on the right in the second half!"
"To all the players who didn't start in the final, I promise that as long as I see any adjustments that need to be made, I will put you on the court immediately because I believe in you!"
Xavi and Zabia stood on the left and right behind Hierro, and the three Spanish coaches were in high spirits!
"Lin, as the captain, let me say a few words to cheer for the European Cup final in a few days!"
Lin Chen walked in front of all the Spanish players.
"We have played so many European Cup games. Are we afraid of anyone?"
"no!"
"I respect every team, but France left because of us. I think they should have been the European Cup champions, so we will be the European Cup champions after eliminating them!"
"Let the England team know how clearly and distinctly the European Cup champions can play football!"
Six days later, the European Cup final!
The final battle of the European Cup!
Gullit started to speak less and less, while Scholes became the same character as Gullit, talking a lot!
"Gullit, are you going to announce the starting lineup for this final or am I going to announce it?"
"Gullit, do you want to say hello to the fans in the live broadcast room? I saw a fan said that he has always been a fan of yours!"
"Gullit, say something, Gullit, why don't you say anything? Weren't you the one who liked to talk the most among us?"
Stam could already feel Gullit's anger.
"Scholes, you'd better say less. I'm worried that I won't be able to stop Gullit if he suddenly starts to attack you."
Scholes just kept on laughing, then got Spain's starting line-up and started telling all the fans!
"I was surprised by Spain's lineup for the final. So many Spanish veterans started!"
"Does Hierro want these veterans to represent Spain in its final push for a major championship?"
