Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 297 Damn, let him pretend!

Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa looked nervously at Lin Quan who was more than ten meters away.

He was really powerless to complain in his heart, this penalty came too fast and too suddenly.

In the shadow of a famous tree, Lin Quan's reputation is too great. The Mexican coach emphasized his threat to the players many times before the game.

This caused the teammates to be too nervous. When Lin Quan dribbled the ball into the penalty area just now, Rodriguez could have trusted the teammate who defended after being passed, but he subconsciously pulled the opponent down and received a yellow card. At the same time, he also sent an undisputed penalty.

For this penalty penalty, the Mexican players have nothing to say.

But sending a penalty to the powerful Spain in just 5 minutes of the opening made them all a little desperate.

Fortunately, I still have a chance to save the team. As long as I save this penalty, Mexico still has the hope of advancing!

Come on, let me see your strength!

Ochoa took a deep breath, pulled himself together, and stared at Lin Quan's every move intently, as if trying to see through him.

Seeing that both sides were ready, the referee blew his whistle to indicate that Lin Quan could shoot.

Lin Quan took a deep breath, glanced at the direction of the goal, and began to speed up the run-up.

One step, two steps, three steps...

His pace is getting faster and faster, and Ochoa accurately judges that Lin Quan will shoot with his right foot!
In other words, he will hit the left side of this ball!

Without any hesitation after making his judgment, he immediately rushed towards the left side of the goal.

The audience at the scene held their breath. Whether it was the Spanish fans or the Mexican fans, they all stared at the goal with wide eyes, not even daring to blink, for fear of missing the most critical moment.

Ochoa judged the right direction, and the ball did fly to the left of the goal.

But it was a little different from what he thought. The ball didn't go to the lower left corner of the goal, but went straight to the dead corner of the upper left corner.

His wonderful save did not have any effect, but instead became the best foil in front of Lin Quan's almost unsolvable shot.

Lin Quan's goal made the stadium quiet for a moment, and then a tsunami of cheers and applause erupted.

"You really used this trick in the game!"

"The ball was played beautifully!"

"Damn it, let your kid pretend!"

"Haha, seeing you taking penalty kicks in this way, the coaches must have been quite frightened!"

When the teammates rushed up to celebrate, they didn't forget to tease a few words.

Lin Quan glanced at the direction of the coach's bench, Bosque was obviously very happy, seeing how excited he was punching, he was not frightened at all!

On the sidelines, after Bosque threw his fist vigorously to celebrate, he felt a little scared:
"Lin Quan is too brave. He actually dared to use this method in the game. If he misses the penalty, he will be scolded to death by the fans, right?"

But the result was good, the goal was scored.

When he misses a penalty kick and suffers a loss, then persuade him to change it!

After the Mexican players lost the ball, the expressions on their faces were very frustrated.

In this game, they were going to use defensive counterattack tactics to deal with the powerful Spain, but they fell behind at the beginning, which made their tactics impossible to continue.

With such a hasty adjustment, how much combat power they can exert, the Mexican players have no idea.

Wait until the Spanish players finish celebrating and the game restarts.

Even Mexican fans can see that their team is struggling.

"Hey, this lineup is prepared for defensive counterattacks. It is not suitable for positional warfare at all. If you don't make substitutions and adjustments in a few key positions, positional warfare will definitely not be effective!"

But the game has just started, and if there is a substitution now, what if there is an injury in the second half and they run out of substitutions?
Even if you really want to make a substitution, at least you have to wait until the end of the first half.

Adjusting tactics and personnel at the same time during the intermission can achieve the greatest effect.

But this also means that the first half will be very difficult for the Mexican team!

Their opponents won't give them time to breathe!

After suppressing Mexico's counterattack, the situation of the game quickly returned to Spain's control.

In this game, Spain played their familiar pass and control tactics. Under the control of a group of top midfielders, Spain's offense was extremely oppressive.

The football was passed back and forth under their feet, tearing through Mexico's defense line after pass.

The Mexican players had to work hard and deal with every pass of the opponent carefully.

Because if you don't pay attention, there may be loopholes, giving your opponent an opportunity.

This state of mental tension made the Mexican players feel very tired.

It was only the first half, and many players were already panting heavily.

The consumption of physical energy is second, and the main reason is that the consumption of spirit is too great.

They don't know how long they can maintain this concentration, but they are absolutely certain in their hearts that once their concentration drops, they will lose the ball again.

On the sidelines, Mexico's head coach Herrera looked extremely anxious. He looked at his watch frequently, wishing he could move the hour hand and speed up the time!
Let this damn first half end quickly, Mexico's counterattack is not threatening, the defense is precarious, and he is really worried that he will lose the ball if he continues to play.

Compared with Mexico's head coach, Spain's coaching staff is much more comfortable.

"Can you still score in the first half?"

"I don't know, let's see if the opponent gives us a chance, but there is not much time left in the first half. If the opponent does not make a mistake, there may be no goal!"

Bosque glanced at the game time, it was already the 37th minute, and the first half of the game was over in 8 minutes.

For these Spanish players, this time is enough for them to complete several attacks, but it is hard to say whether these attacks can score goals when the opponent is fully defending.

Thanks to Mexico not making random adjustments after conceding the ball, otherwise, their defense may not be able to withstand Spain's violent attack for 10 minutes.

But just like a string, if it is stretched too tightly, it will break easily!

In the 44th minute, seeing that the first half of the game was coming to an end, the Spanish players began to control the rhythm of the game.

This made the Mexican players couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

After being pressed for half a game in a row, they were already a little out of breath.

This tense feeling of suffocation is finally over. I hope the coach can make some adjustments during the intermission so that they can regain some initiative in the second half and stop being so passive!

However, just as their first half was about to end like this, Spain suddenly picked up speed.

Pique took the ball out of his defensive position, and after a few steps towards the midfield, passed the ball to Xavi.

Xavi beat the Mexican press and passed the ball to David Silva.

David Silva quickly put the ball at the feet of Lin Quan, who slid it straight to Torres.

Torres then passed to Iniesta on the other side, and Iniesta then passed to Lin Quan who had reached the front of the penalty area.

Almost all of these passes were passed with one kick. In just a few seconds, the football went from the front of Spain's penalty area to the periphery of Mexico's penalty area.

This extremely fast offensive rhythm made the Mexican players completely unable to keep up.

When Lin Quan received the ball again at the front of the penalty area, there were only 2 defensive players left in front of him.

Mexico's defender was a little bit numb, the opponent's attack was too fast, and his own midfielder was penetrated almost without any interception.

Now there are three Spanish players appearing around their penalty area, but they only have two.

If they rush to Lin Quan who is dribbling the ball, the opponent is very likely to pass the ball to an open teammate.

However, it would not work to let Lin Quan do nothing at this time, because this guy himself is the most threatening player in the Spanish team.

No way, Mexico defender Moreno had to rush towards Lin Quan, blocking and interfering with the opponent's shot.

In order to prevent being passed by Lin Quan, he did not charge too far forward, and always kept an appropriate distance from his teammates. In this way, if Lin Quan forcibly passed him, there is a high probability that he will be defended by his teammates after passing him. Steal the ball.

However, Lin Quan is not a reckless man. Obviously, in a situation where more fights are less, why should he be reckless?

After attracting Moreno's grab, Lin Quan quickly passed the ball to Iniesta who came in from the side of the penalty area.

Iniesta dribbled the ball into the penalty area without hesitation, making a gesture to shoot.

In the penalty area, the last defender of Mexico also had to step forward to block.

However, like Lin Quan, Iniesta also chose to pass the ball.

Instead of passing the ball to Torres who was in an offside position, he passed the ball to David Silva who slammed into the penalty area from the other wing.

David Silva didn't waste his teammate's wonderful pass. After receiving the ball, he lightly pushed the far corner and scored the ball, helping Spain extend its lead to 2 goals!
The ball was lost at the wrong time, and the first half would be over in a few tens of seconds.

At that time, Mexico can calmly arrange tactics when they return to the locker room to prepare for the counterattack in the second half.

But this conceded goal before the half-time whistle sounded, completely ruining their plan.

One goal behind and two goals behind, the pressure on players and coaches is completely different.

If only one goal is conceded, a successful counter-attack in the second half can equalize the score, and if they score another goal, they can even reverse Spain.

But now they are two goals behind, which makes it much more difficult for them to equalize.

As for directly advancing to the top eight, that is almost impossible!
Score three goals against Spain in half time?
This kind of thing can't even be imagined by Mexicans!
So when the halftime whistle sounded, all of their players were worried, and they were very worried about the team's promotion situation.

In addition to the Mexicans being anxious about the score on the field, several other teams in the lower half that may encounter Spain are also very worried.

Spain's state is really good. From the group stage all the way to the present, they have maintained a winning streak, and they have won every game very easily.

If it is said that Spain has achieved such results by abusing food, then that is fine, but the problem is that the opponents they defeated are not weak at all.

The Netherlands, Chile, including Mexico in this game, are all strong teams in the World Cup, and some even have the strength to win the championship.

But they all fell at the feet of Spain, and they didn't even have the strength to fight back.

"Who can stop this Spanish team!"

The coach of Costa Rica let out a long sigh, feeling that their luck had come to an end, and he gave up hope for the team's promotion to the semi-finals.

However, for them, it is enough to reach the knockout stage all the way, and even have a great hope of advancing to the quarterfinals.

After all, the best result in the history of the Costa Rica team is only the top 16. It has already made history for them to reach the top eight.

The open-minded attitude of the Costa Rica coach is obviously not available to everyone.

The head coaches of Belgium and Argentina, who were also in the second half, also had worries written on their faces after seeing the score in the first half.

They will not face Spain in the quarter-finals, but if they advance to the quarter-finals, they will most likely face Spain in the semi-finals.

Judging from the situation of this game and the opponents that Spain may encounter in the next game, they have a very high probability of advancing to the semi-finals.

Unless Spain make a huge mistake, or their opponents come up with a god-level performance, no one can change the result.

Thinking that they might meet Spain in the next round, the head coaches of Belgium and Argentina feel very uneasy. It seems that it is necessary to start collecting information about Spain in advance and study how to deal with them.

Del Bosque praised the players in the locker room without making tactical and personnel adjustments.

On the contrary, on the Mexican side, they went all out and replaced two players directly, posing as if they were going to fight to the death.

In this regard, Spain expressed its willingness to accompany.

After the start of the second half, the Mexican players played very proactively.

They know very well that if they don't want their World Cup journey to end here, they must give up their lives.

Mexico's coach Herrera made some adjustments to the team's offensive and defensive tactics during the intermission.

The main reason is to increase the intensity of fighting in the midfield, in an attempt to contain Spain's offense by limiting the Spanish midfielder.

Spain's luxurious midfield lineup can be said to be second to none among the 32 teams participating in the World Cup.

Because of this, he felt that if he could limit and destroy the smooth operation of the Spanish midfielder, he would be able to regain the initiative in the game and resolve the huge defensive pressure they faced.

Moreover, in addition to destroying the opponent's offense, fighting in the midfield has another advantage. Once they steal the ball in the midfield, they can hit Spain's counterattack on the spot.

This is much closer to the opposition's goal than if they counterattacked from their own half, and the threat of counterattacks is much greater.

If it was Spain four years ago, this tactic against the Mexicans would definitely not be afraid.

But it's not working now, their midfield lineup is a bit aging, Harvey is 34 years old, and his physical function and physical condition are far worse than himself four years ago.

Therefore, under the fierce pressing of Mexican players, his performance has declined significantly.

When Harvey was young, he was very good at protecting the ball, but as he got older, he couldn't do many moves.

It's not that the skills are gone, it's just that he doesn't have enough physical strength to support him to complete these movements, especially under fierce physical confrontation.

This led to Harvey making several mistakes in a row after the opening of the second half.

And Mexico took advantage of his mistakes and tried to organize several counterattacks, but before their counterattacks started, they were strangled in the cradle by Busquets.

Professor Bu plays football with his head. He is very aware of Harvey's situation, so he consciously approached him to provide him with support and protection.

This choice has made great contributions in these few defenses!

On the sidelines, the Mexican coach saw that the team's counterattack was resolved again, and plucked his hair annoyed.

Damn Busquets, why does he appear in such a timely manner every time?

If it weren't for this guy's hindrance, Mexico's several counterattacks might be able to fight once!
Their morale is still relatively low right now, and they urgently need a goal to boost morale.

As long as they can get one goal back, the morale of the players will be completely different. At that time, the Mexican players may be able to go all out and chase two goals in a short period of time to tie the score!

It's a pity that his opponent is not a wooden stake, he only gets beaten and doesn't fight back.

Bosque had a keen insight into the opponent's intentions, and the opponent seemed to be planning to force Harvey on this point.

Harvey is getting older, and his competitive state has declined greatly. Bosque has long known about these situations.

In this regard, he also had a countermeasure, which was to replace Harvey when his physical condition declined in the second half.

It's just that after glancing at the bench, Bosque was a little bit in trouble.

Who is better to replace?

There are too many backup candidates!
Forget it, play it safe and change to a player with a more solid defense!
Thinking of this, Bosque called Cork's name and told him to get up and warm up.

Cork is much younger than Harvey Alonso, which allows him to have more physical fitness to deal with Mexico's midfield strangle.

And under Simeone's training, Cork not only has excellent offensive ability, but also greatly improved defensive ability.

Young, able to run, and a positive defensive attitude, these are the things that the current Spanish team needs.

The reason why Bosque gave up Cazorla and took Koke was to train these young players with the help of the stage of the World Cup and lay the foundation for the next generation of matadors!

(End of this chapter)