Chapter 331 Brother, remember to act quickly and accurately...
Brother, remember to act quickly and accurately.
Spain finally beat Japan and advanced to the quarter-finals. At this time, the Samba Army was already sharpening their knives at the Kazan Arena, waiting for the pressed duck. This duck, which had been basking in the sun on the Iberian Peninsula, must have been particularly plump and delicious. Coupled with their secret barbecue sauce, the Brazilian Army had already raised their knives and was ready to take action.
Although Brazil suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Germany in the last World Cup, they recovered quickly. Their world ranking has continued to rise in recent years and is now stable at around second or third. The difficulties faced by the Banya team in the midfield and frontcourt are almost written on their faces. How could Brazil be afraid of such a Spain?
Casemiro and Marcelo were very careful and kept telling their teammates to be careful of Leandri, Ramos and others. They have been teammates for so many years and are well aware of the two's ability to explode at critical moments.
On July 7, the World Cup quarter-final match between Brazil and Spain officially began. The wives of the players on the sidelines painted a beautiful landscape, but the picture was not right when it came to the Banyas. No one knew what was going on in the Perez family's mind. Florentino chose to sit there in a suit and tie, looking very stylish, with Maria and his eldest son by his side. This also caused the relatives and friends of several other Real Madrid players in the Spanish team to feel a little uncomfortable, but Sister Pi was very polite and greeted the leader of her husband's unit.
Kroos, whose national team was eliminated in the group stage, failed to get the family ticket. He is now sitting next to Raul Gutimorientes and has no words with the former club captain Casillas.
Raul hugged Kroos, "Igor doesn't have any problem with you. You've known each other for so long, you must know what kind of person he is. He's just worried about Ryan."
Kroos used the long time they had known each other to ensure that Casillas was now so displeased with him that he wanted to kill him. Ever since this guy took the initiative to tell Ryan before his transfer last year that he knew they were dating, Kroos has never seen the other party have a good face whenever they have private contact. But Cross was not worried. He was actually quite happy to see the other party's gloomy expression. Now the biggest threat to my love life has finally given up! Cross was not going to give the other man a chance to comfort his "sad" wife.
When walking out of the player tunnel, Leandri saw his relatives and friends from afar, but he did not wave and smile at them like he did in the past. This was a decisive game. If they lost, they would have to leave the World Cup stage in disgrace. And his team, Spain, still had many problems to resolve.
Brazil's offensive capabilities are there, and Leandri knows very well that this will be a tough battle.
"Dear viewers, welcome to watch the 2018 Russia World Cup quarter-final match between Brazil and Spain. The referee has blown the whistle and the game has begun. Let's take a look at the performance of both teams today."
"Both teams in today's game are veteran World Cup powerhouses. Brazil's history needs no elaboration, and Spain's three-game winning streak is only a short time ago. I hope both teams can play a wonderful game."
"Although both teams have good historical performance, their status in this World Cup is still very different. Brazil has been very successful, while Spain has bigger problems. In the last game, we saw that they had difficulty forming a threatening attack against Japan. It will be even more difficult for them to face Brazil today."
"Fernandinho passed the ball to the wing, Coutinho started dribbling, the two of them passed Carvajal by colliding with the wall, and Busquets was a step too slow in his defense."
"Neymar starts to cut inside, it's a screen! Coutinho passes the ball to Marcelo who comes in from the back! Marcelo shoots directly!"
"I have to say that Leandri has a really good grasp of his old teammate's offensive awareness. He seemed to have known that Marcelo might appear here. The slow-motion replay showed that when Marcelo kicked the ball, Leandri had already moved to the end of the ball's range!"
The game had just started and the commentators hadn't even finished announcing the starting lineup, but Brazil had already completed its first round of attack.
Leandri held Marcelo's shot with both hands, and then immediately launched a counterattack with a powerful toss.
Pique retreated to receive the ball from Leandri and was about to move forward, but Fernandinho and Coutinho immediately appeared in front of him. The two formed a double team and tried to steal the ball from the opponent directly in the Spanish half.
Pique did not make it difficult for himself. When he saw two people approaching, he immediately passed the ball back to the goalkeeper. Leandri sent a long pass over the top to the ball, and Koke and Marcelo competed for the header at the front point.
Leandri watched carefully in the backcourt, and only felt relieved when he saw the opponent suppress the Brazilian full-back with a big hair and pass the ball to Isco.
But with Miranda's close defense, Isco could only shoot hastily. In the end, an uncle whose drink was spilled in the stands was surprised to receive an official World Cup ball.
Brazil's attacks followed one after another.
In the 16th minute, Neymar's fancy dribbling from the wing was tackled out of the sideline by Carvajal, but then Coutinho almost threw the ball into the penalty area with a hand throw.
William's off-ball movement to the middle attracted Pique's defensive attention for Jesus, giving the opponent ample space to shoot.
Ramos hurriedly tried to come over to block, but Jesus quickly passed the ball to the side, where Brazil's sharpest knife and most affectionate people were lying in ambush.
Neymar was already in physical confrontation with Dasha, but he had obviously started earlier and had already left his opponent behind.
As a result, when he was about to look up at the position in front of the Spanish goal, he found that the most important person in the opponent's defense was already standing in his face. Leandri kicked the ball away from Neymar!
In the first half, Brazil clearly wanted to score a goal through a massive attack. Just five minutes after Leandri's clearance, Brazil made a comeback.
Paulinho and William overlapped and easily passed Alba. Then Paulinho made a cross and Jesus completed the shot again.
The ball was headed out of the baseline by Ramos.
Corner kick for Brazil.
The ball was kicked out and was headed out by the tall Pique at the first landing point, but Marcelo on the outside followed up with a super long shot. Brazilian defenders generally like Carlos, let alone Marcelo, a guy who has been taken care of by Carlos since he came to Real Madrid. Marcelo tightened his thighs and put all his strength into this shot.
Leandri also spotted Marcelo in the distance, and when he saw his thighs raised high he knew something was wrong. Leandri immediately ran two steps to the right of the goal, and when he took the last step he pushed with all his might, and the whole person seemed to be flying in the air.
The ball just hit Leandri's arm, but Marcelo was obviously trying to imitate Carlos's great power to create miracles. As soon as Leandri's arm touched the ball, he was shocked by the powerful force and his body fell backwards.
The ball was blocked and Leandri himself fell heavily on the goal post, with his entire head just scraping the bottom of the goal post.
Before the crisis came, the ball was grabbed by Neymar and he kicked the ball again!
Leandri stood up immediately, and rushed in the opposite direction awkwardly, barely able to press the ball under him.
Ramos' heart trembled when he looked back, and he quickly signaled to the referee that someone was injured.
Just as Leandri was about to stand up, he realized that something was blocking his view. He raised his hand and touched it, and saw red blood all over his gloves.
The Chinese team doctor rushed over. Although no one knew the specific situation, Perotegui had already asked De Gea to warm up urgently.
"It's just a skin injury above the brow bone, but there's quite a lot of bleeding." The teammate gave his verdict after checking.
"Then stop the bleeding. I still have to play." Leandri thought to himself, this is not a big deal. Even if he has a brain disorder, he doesn't want to leave the field as long as he can still see the ball clearly.
"Your wound is a bit big. You need stitches to stop the bleeding."
After hearing this, Leandri gestured to the referee and walked to the sidelines with the team doctor, "Okay, okay, then get the stitches. There's blood on your clothes so I'll change my jersey."
"You need anesthesia!"
"By the time it takes for it to take effect, the game might be over," Leandri continued to persuade the team doctor. "Sew it up, don't wait for the referee to urge you to do it. Man, remember to be quick, accurate and ruthless, because I'm the one who'll enjoy it!"
The team doctor was almost speechless after hearing what Leandri said, and had no choice but to forcibly stitch Leandri's head at the opponent's urgent request.
Many of his teammates on the bench gathered around him, and a few simply couldn't bear to watch such a bloody scene.
After the team doctor put the last piece of gauze in place and touched the back of his good brother's hand, Leandri quickly changed into a clean jersey and went on the court.
Nacho looked at Leandri's expressionless face, but the deep crescent-shaped mark left on his hand that had just been inserted into Leandri's palm clearly told him what Leandri was going through.
Seeing their goalkeeper getting stitches on the sidelines to stop the bleeding and continuing to play, the Banyao fans applauded him and felt a little relieved.
They also saw the blood flowing, but they really didn't want Leandri to be substituted so soon. After all, among the eleven people on the field, Leandri was the only one who made them feel most at ease.
The game continued, and the tension between the two sides did not subside at all because of injuries. This is the World Cup, this is a knockout match, and anyone who is soft-hearted will only have to taste the bitter fruit of failure.
In the 35th minute, Paulinho's shot hit Alba's leg and flew out of the bottom line, and Brazil got another corner kick.
"Another corner kick. Brazil's desire to attack has been very strong since the first half. Several of their attacks were very threatening, and they scored from multiple points."
"That's right. Spain's continuous loss of balls in the front court has put Spain's backcourt under greater pressure than before, and it is very easy to make mistakes under such heavy pressure."
"Having said that, Leandri's performance today almost overshadowed all of Spain's problems. Facing Brazil, Leandri still firmly guarded the Spanish goal. Even with the siege of Neymar and Jesus from the start, Leandri still did not let the score be rewritten."
"Leandri has made great contributions to Spain in recent years. We just saw him bandaging his wound on the sidelines. Normally, such a large wound would require anesthesia and stitches to stop the bleeding, but it took him less than three minutes from going to the sidelines to returning to his position. I don't know how he endured it."
"But Spain needs Leandri's spirit now."
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