Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 286 The whole team arrives in Brazil, the Brazilian's off-market move! (transitional chapter)

As the runner-up of this Champions League, Atletico Madrid has selected 4 people in the national team squad this time, even surpassing Real Madrid.

In order to maintain stability, almost all of Bosque's recruits this time are players who have performed very well in their respective clubs this season, secured their starting positions, and have strong immediate combat power.

People like Isco, Cazorla, Morata, Xavi Garcia, Negredo and others were all abandoned by him.

After the announcement of this list, it is not without controversy. The biggest controversy actually comes from the striker.

"Isn't it too much to have five strikers on the front line?"

A few years ago, the most troublesome problem for Spanish fans was that the team was weak and lacked strong forwards.

In just a few years, they no longer have this kind of worry. Instead, they dislike the team's striker for being too bloated!
"To be honest, the striker really doesn't need to bring so many people. Iniesta and David Silva can play as wingers. Lin Quan and Villa can play both sides. Lin Quan can even play as a midfielder. Torres and Kos Just take one of the two center forwards!"

"That's right, Torres' performance in the past few seasons has been terrible. He played 32 games for Chelsea last year and only scored 9 goals. This is too shabby!"

Torres has really struggled in the past few seasons. His scoring statistics are not as good as those of Lin Quan and Diego Costa, but even compared with the 33-year-old veteran Villaby.

Many Spanish fans have thought of the last World Cup.

During the World Cup in South Africa, Torres played 7 games on behalf of Spain, but failed to score a goal, which was surprising.

Fans, like military fans, are big pigs.

After having a new favorite, the old one is thrown aside in a blink of an eye.

Since you can't score goals, then everyone naturally doesn't want to play with you.

"Didn't Diego Costa just get injured in the Champions League final? Has he recovered from his injury?"

"It's not so fast, is it? It's less than a week away from the final, how can it be so fast!"

"Since his injury is not recovering, why should he be recruited?"

For Diego Costa, who was selected for the national team for the first time, fans have a lot of doubts.

He was injured in the Champions League final, and the outside world doubts whether he can make it to the World Cup.

The Champions League final and the World Cup are less than a month away. In such a short period of time, even if he recovers from his injury, he still has no time to train and get in touch with his teammates.

It's doubtful how much of an impact he'll be able to make by playing him straight in the absence of chemistry and coordination.

If Spain is still the team that lacked strikers before, then the fans of the Matador Legion may be hungry.

But now, they already have Lin Quan.

As a result, many people were puzzled by Bosque's decision, and doubts arose one after another.

In any case, after the final 23-man roster was announced at the end of May, Spain's lineup framework was basically finalized.

Bosque had a week of closed training after the team was fully assembled.

Spain's traditional tactic is the pass control tactic, which has helped them win countless glory in various competitions.

Logically speaking, they shouldn't easily change their style of play.

However, this season, Barcelona's successive defeats in the league and the Champions League have given Bosque a serious sense of crisis.

At this stage of football control, the mystery of the past has long been lost. Everyone has a comprehensive understanding of it, knows its advantages and disadvantages, and knows how to limit it.

In La Liga, Atletico Madrid's high-position press and defensive counterattack made Barcelona play very uncomfortable, proving that this method can effectively limit the pass and control of football.

In Group B where Spain is located, the Dutch team, which is good at total attack and total defense, is a team that likes to press high.

As the uncrowned king, the Dutch team has a very luxurious lineup.

A team that can play total defense will naturally not be weak.

Therefore, they will undoubtedly be Spain's biggest competitors in the group stage. The Dutch, who are eager for revenge, will definitely show their best form when they meet the bullfighting army, and avenge their revenge for the World Cup final in South Africa.

In this case, the situation is a bit unfavorable for Spain.

The game between the two teams is the first game of the group stage, and the outcome of this game is crucial to the qualifying situation of the two teams.

The winning side will undoubtedly have the upper hand in qualifying, while the losing side is in danger of being eliminated.

Moreover, the second place in the group will encounter the top players in other groups. If they really qualify as the second place in the group, it will be difficult to play the subsequent games.

As the defending champion, Spain will undoubtedly receive a lot of attention from all parties.

In this case, their every move is observed by the outside world under a magnifying glass.

If the first game is lost, the criticism from the outside world will completely swallow them up, and the players and coaching staff will be under unprecedented pressure.

If this state continues to the next game, they might have two consecutive losses, and two consecutive losses means that they will be eliminated!

The dignified World Cup champion, lost two games in a row at the beginning, did not qualify for the group stage, and went home at the speed of light. This may set a new world record!

This kind of record is not a good record, but the kind of record that will be remembered and ridiculed for a lifetime.

During the World Cup in South Africa, the defending champion Italy still persisted until the third round of the group stage. Spain could not break their record anyway.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, Bosque intends to make some adjustments to the team's tactics.

Of course, due to limited time, he couldn't recreate a new set of tactics.

These adjustments are mainly for the first game of the group stage, which is the game against the Netherlands.

Facing the full-offensive and full-defense Netherlands, how to play a threatening counterattack is the key to limiting or even defeating them.

And this is the main reason why Del Bosque recruited Diego Costa into the team!

For this reason, he specially designed a set of playing styles and practiced them inside the team.

The results of the rehearsal were not bad. During the period, he also played two friendly matches with two low-level league teams in Spain to test the status of the players.

In general, except for some older players, Spain's overall state is good.

However, the problem of aging team lineup is very obvious.

After playing for a whole season without getting a rest, this caused the competitive status of Harvey, Villa, Alonso and others to decline.

And their physical fitness may not be able to support them to play the whole game.

Therefore, in the next game, if these people are to be arranged to play, it is necessary to reduce their appearance on the field at the same time as much as possible, so as to avoid not having enough substitutions in their hands when unexpected situations arise.

Fortunately, there are a lot of backup players on the bench, and Bosque doesn't have to worry about personnel issues for the time being.

On June 6th, eight days before the start of the group stage, the Spanish team took a plane and set off from Madrid to Brazil, the host city of this World Cup!
Spain is not the first team to set off. Before them, the Three Lions and the German chariot have already set off one step earlier.

However, as the number one favorite in this World Cup, Spain has received much more attention than the other two teams.

The Spanish team first arrived in Washington, the capital of the United States by plane, and after a short stay here, they transferred to Curitiba, Brazil.

During their stay at the Washington airport, they caused a huge commotion at the airport. After seeing the Spanish national team, many fans surrounded them one after another and asked them for autographs and group photos. The scene was a little out of control.

The airport had to assign hundreds of security personnel to maintain order and isolate their area, which stabilized the situation.

When they entered the Brazilian base camp, they were wildly sought after by local fans. There were more than 5000 local Brazilian fans and Spanish fans who arrived at the airport to pick them up at the airport.

As for the reporters from various countries who came to the scene, there are countless.

The Spanish players felt the atmosphere of the World Cup after seeing hundreds of journalists' long guns and short guns outside the airport and the heads of thousands of fans.

As players who have experienced countless major competitions, they can be said to have seen such scenes a lot.

However, the World Cup is very different from other competitions.

Even players who have experienced it personally will be infected by the atmosphere of the scene when they come to such an occasion, and can't help but feel excited and nervous.

Not to mention Lin Quan, a rookie who has never participated in the World Cup before.

"Relax, it's still early!"

Puyol noticed the nervousness of the players, clapped his hands in the bus, and comforted him.

"Besides, we are the defending champions, why are we nervous? Others should be the ones who should be nervous!"

This sentence caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere in the bus dissipated a lot.

Lin Quan secretly gave Puyol a thumbs up.

Sure enough, it was an extremely correct decision to invite Puyol to go out with the team!
In order to welcome the arrival of the Spanish team, Coritiba Airport and Kahu Sports City Base sent 500 security personnel to escort the Spanish team's bus to the training base.

But even so, when leaving the airport, players including top star Lin Quan, Spanish coach Del Bosque, captain Iker Casillas and Iniesta were hugged and asked for autographs by fans.

No way, there are too many fans at the scene.

Moreover, the security personnel arranged by Brazil were not professional enough. While blocking the fans, they relied on the convenience of their positions to ask the Spanish players for autographs and group photos before the fans.

This made the Spanish players a little dumbfounded: Brother, you are working, can you be more serious?
But not everyone was welcomed. Spain's new striker Diego Costa was booed by Brazilian fans when he appeared at the airport.

Some fans even compared him with an "international friendly" gesture. Diego Costa's face was ugly and he didn't dare to attack. He could only pretend not to see it. on the team bus.

As for his teammates, they are still surrounded by fans and cannot escape for the time being.

In view of the commotion in Spain at the airport, the event organizers attach great importance to the safety protection of the defending champion.

In order to ensure the safety of the Spanish team, from the day they arrive, there will be at least 200 security guards scattered in every corner of Kahu Sports City every day, so as to ensure that the training and living of the defending champion will not be disturbed by the outside world to the greatest extent.

After a 16-hour long-distance flight, Spain is exhausted.

After arriving at the World Cup training base in Coritiba, Bosque did not arrange training, but let the players go directly to rest.

There is a 5-hour time difference between Brazil and Spain. Players need to adapt to the time difference as soon as possible and adjust their physical condition as soon as possible.

Otherwise, poor rest will seriously affect their competitive state and make them miss the starting list for the opening match!
The players naturally knew this very well, so they all went back to their rooms to rest honestly.

During the World Cup, in order to prevent the players from going out and fooling around, there was a scandal.

Del Bosque allowed the players' families, the famous wives, to travel with the team.

For such things as abstinence, Bosque does not explicitly prohibit such things as the German coach Joachim Loew.

As long as the players don't mess around, he has no objection to the players' wives and girlfriends trying to appease the players.

Of course, the premise is that it cannot affect the game.

With such an enlightened head coach, the Spanish internationals are naturally grateful to Dade.

A few days after Spain arrived in Brazil, the teams that came to participate in this World Cup basically arrived one after another.

The atmosphere of the World Cup has also become more and more intense, and slogans and pictures promoting the World Cup can be seen hanging in the streets and alleys.

This point, even if they stay in the training base, Spanish players can gradually feel it.

Because, the number of Brazilian fans outside the training ground gradually increased.

Moreover, unlike the previous Brazilian fans who liked and supported Spain, almost all of these fans who rushed outside their training base were diehard fans of the Brazilian team.

They waved the Brazilian flag, stuck the Brazilian flag on their faces, made a lot of noise outside the training ground, and could hear them shouting insults to Spanish players from time to time.

It's hard to hold a World Cup in the country, and Brazil is extremely hopeful that it can win the Hercules Cup in the country!
However, judging from the results of the final of the Confederations Cup last year, in order to realize this dream, they need to cross the huge mountain of Spain.

However, in the face of this almost invincible division, the Brazilians are not very confident.

Therefore, many Brazilians pin their hopes on the Netherlands and Chile, hoping that they can join forces to eliminate Spain.

For this reason, they did not hesitate to go outside the training base in Spain to interfere with their training, affect their state, and add difficulty to their games.

The opponent's behavior was too bad, and the Spanish team leader immediately called for security personnel, hoping that they would send someone to disperse the fans.

But after the security personnel dispersed the fans perfunctorily and routinely, they let it go.

Seeing the attitude of the security personnel, the fans became more courageous. Not only did the number increase, but the distance also became closer.

This pissed off Bosque, and while he asked people to urgently re-contact the hotel and change the place of rest, he contacted the Spanish Football Association and asked them to protest to FIFA.

Before the game started, the Brazilian team made such an off-the-box move, which is really embarrassing!

(End of this chapter)