Chapter 717
"With Bellingham on the pitch, England should attack more fiercely. Hopefully, England can have some chances."
"If England still can't find a way to break through Spain's goal after the second half starts, they may have no chance once they enter the second half."
"Because Spain is very good at playing at the end of the game, they are very dominant in the last 20 minutes of the game!"
Scholes has watched too many Spanish games. When the game is about to end, the players' physical strength of other teams declines and the team's performance gradually deteriorates, but Spain is completely the opposite!
England's supporters really want the team to win the European Cup!
"Let England be the European Cup champion for once. After such a long time, the efforts of Southgate and the England players should be rewarded!"
"If so many young English players can win the European Cup, it will definitely be an important achievement on their young resumes, just like when Lin Chen won the World Cup!"
"Keep it up, Saka. Let Spain's left side continue to suffer in the second half!"
The second half of the European Cup final has finally begun. This is the longest 15 minutes that all fans feel they have ever waited for!
After the second half of the game started, you could definitely feel the anxiety of the English fans, and England also began to increase its offensive intensity on the field!
Young Bellingham rested for the entire first half, so he became the most active player in the England team in the second half.
Bellingham frequently pressed forward and attacked the Spanish penalty area again and again.
"Bellingham's characteristics are completely unlike those of an engineer midfielder. At the beginning, many fans thought he might become an engineer midfielder in the future."
"But judging from the current change in playing style, Bellingham has a better chance of becoming an attacking midfielder, a shadow striker-type midfielder!"
The 49th minute of the game!
“Bellingham’s movement in attack is so good and his presence really puts Rodri and Busquets under more pressure!”
Zabia's midfield arrangement is to let Rodri help Gaya defend Saka more, so the task of following Bellingham falls on Busquets, but how can Busquets follow the young Bellingham?
Henderson made a long pass to Saka from the midfield, who immediately knocked the ball to the middle to find Rice.
Lin Chen followed Rice closely and tried to block his route to pass the ball to Bellingham.
But Bellingham cleverly went around Lin Chen and ran towards Rice's right side.
Rice immediately made a straight pass, which slipped past Lin Chen and was handed to Bellingham. Busquets had already lost his position at this time, and Bellingham and Kane attacked the Spanish defender together!
Laporte instructed Torres to stay close to Bellingham, while he prepared to assist in defense while observing Kane's position!
Smart command caused Bellingham's right foot to pause slightly when preparing to pass the ball. Kane immediately bypassed Laporte, trying to find an opportunity to receive the ball, and saw the route to cooperate with Bellingham.
But Lin Chen had successfully retreated during Bellingham's pause, and quickly approached Bellingham, forming a double-team defense with Busquets!
This was the first time for the young Bellingham to face Lin Chen. Before this, Bellingham had never played a game against Lin Chen!
Pulling the ball behind him with his left foot, Bellingham then protected the ball with his right foot and began to expand his range of movement by turning with the ball.
This is a midfield ball protection move that Bellingham often uses. Usually, the opponent will be left behind because they cannot keep up with his dribbling rhythm!
However, this time, just as Bellium pulled the ball behind him, a figure behind him almost pushed him away!
Bellingham immediately exerted force to protect the ball, and nervously pushed the ball to the left, trying to pass it to Saka to solve the urgent problem.
But Gaya completely kept his eyes on Saka, and if Bellion dared to pass the ball, it would be intercepted by Gaya!
Out of desperation, Bellingham could only continue to move the ball to the right rear to ensure that he could keep the ball as much as possible.
However, Bellingham just took a step towards the right rear, and it was this step that allowed the figure behind him to seize the opportunity!
Lin Chen exploded instantly, completely pushing Bellingham away and blocking him behind him.
Lin Chen successfully stole the ball!
"Bellingham is still too young. He performed very well in protecting the ball in front of Lin Chen, but there were some problems with his selection."
"When facing Lin, you can't just rely on yourself to protect the ball. No one has been able to do that in the past few years!"
"Lin made a steal and counterattacked with the ball on the left. Bellingham followed and Rice continued to prepare for the backup defense. But the England team must remember that Rice has a yellow card!"
Rice didn't dare to rush forward directly, so he could only get closer to Lin Chen, squeezing his dribbling space and waiting for Bellingham to assist in defense.
Lin Chen did not continue dribbling. Rice's defense was indeed very good. If he continued to take advantage of the space, Rice would only press him less and less!
Lin Chen stopped the ball, observed and passed it to the middle, Rodri had already rushed up!
Rodri received the ball and made a straight pass. Morata was indeed still looking for Kyle Walker!
With his back to Kyle Walker, Morata passed the ball to Sarabia, who had returned to the left side in the second half!
Trippier kept a close eye on Sarabia, but Sarabia made a beautiful stop to gain the advantage, then broke through with the ball and took Trippier down the wing!
Olmo at the back post is asking for the ball!
Sarabia crosses the ball immediately!
Olmo almost headed the ball, but Stones still kept hope for England!
"Stones' excellent form is the guarantee for Southgate's three central defenders!"
"Stones has played very well in this final so far!"
"Bellion's introduction did change England's attack, but it wasn't enough!"
Although he headed the ball first, Stones failed to clear it and instead headed it out of the baseline, so the Spanish team immediately got another corner kick!
Stones was defending nervously in the penalty area, and Olmo took a corner kick and lifted the ball to the middle!
Stones got the ball early and cleared it again, but this time he still managed to push the ball to the bottom line under the pressure of Morata, and the Spanish team got another corner kick!
“England defended successfully in the first two attempts, but they can’t let Spain take corner kicks all the time, because you can’t always defend against Spain’s corner kicks!”
This time almost all England players came back to defend. Olmo took another corner kick, but Maguire cleared the ball in front!
This time, the England team finally cleared the ball outside the penalty area. Then Lin Chen, who was disturbed by Henderson, suddenly started and stretched out his hand to gently support Henderson!
It was this push that caused Henderson, who was about to start with Lin Chen, to instantly lose the initiative in defense.
Lin Chen rushed towards the ball headed by Maguire outside the penalty area, stopped the ball with his chest, and created a rebound trend with his chest and the ground!
Lin Chen deliberately pushed the ball towards the grass with his chest. When the ball bounced on the grass and began to rise, Lin Chen followed up and kicked it directly!
The ball drew an arc in the shape of a U-shaped line. The huge force drove the ball to rotate towards Pickford, and then the ball moved towards the right goal post!
