Chapter 160: The Confederations Cup final begins, and the dominant performance shocks the world!

As soon as Bailey's prediction came out, it immediately sparked public opinion.

There's nothing we can do about it, since Bailey is a famous bad-mouthed guy!

Pele has made predictions every time since the 1990 World Cup.

The result was that without exception, all the popular teams were defeated by him.

In the 1990 World Cup, Pele was optimistic about Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia was eliminated by Argentina in the quarter-finals.

This is not the worst. The worst thing is that after this World Cup, Yugoslavia disintegrated and it didn't even have the chance to take revenge on Argentina.

In 1994, Pele predicted that Colombia would win the championship, but Colombia was eliminated in the group stage. Their defender Escobar was shot dead by his own fans due to an own goal, which led to a tragedy in the football world.

In addition to these two worst teams, France, Argentina and even their own country Brazil have been fooled by his predictions.

Because of Pele's bad luck, fans both respect and fear him, even to the point of seeing enemies everywhere.

During the last World Cup, Pele predicted that Brazil would reach the final.

After hearing his prediction, the Brazilian media directly announced in their reports the next day that the Brazilian team was eliminated. However, before the game started, the media reports caused a huge mistake.

But the Brazilian media just made a mistake. There was nothing wrong with their report. After all, in the game that ended that day, Brazil was really carried away by the Dutch...

Spain was also praised by Pele. During the 1998 World Cup, Pele expressed his confidence that Spain could win the championship.

However, Spain lost consecutive games in the group stage, failed to qualify from the group, and went home directly.

The Spaniards, who had felt the power of Pele's prediction, breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Pele predict that Brazil would win the championship!

Under Pele's social account, a group of Spanish fans came to leave messages:

"Thank you, King Pele, for not killing me!"

"grateful!"

“Thank you +10086!”

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On the other hand, after learning about Pele's prediction, everyone in Brazil was extremely nervous.

Why not poison Spain?

Why do you want to feed us?

This is a wish for our death! I am so angry, I want to curse! But I can't curse! I have to hold it in!

Pele made outstanding contributions to the Brazilian team. He led the team to three World Cup titles! He contributed three of the five stars on the Brazilian uniform.

Faced with such a football legend in their country, the Brazilian players had to hold back their anger even if they were angry.

A Brazilian reporter interviewed Pele and asked him tactfully why he was so bad-mouthing his country's team?

"Why do you all think I'm a jinx? Many of my previous predictions have come true!"

Bailey looked at the camera with surprise and said:

"I think people have a bias against me. Yes, I did make a lot of wrong predictions, but I also made a lot of successful predictions!"

"For example, in the last World Cup, I was optimistic that Germany would beat Argentina before the game, but didn't Germany win in the end?"

The reporter replied weakly: "Before the game, you were optimistic that Brazil and Argentina would meet in the final, but both teams lost in the quarter-finals..."

Pele was very angry: "I say it again, I am optimistic that Brazil will win the championship. I will go to the scene to watch this game and cheer for the Brazilian boys!"

Originally, Pele just opened his mouth to make a prediction, and Brazilian fans were already very nervous.

When they heard that he was going to watch the game live, the Brazilian fans were so scared that they almost cried!

"Please be kind, old man, and let our Brazilian team go!"

"I used to be optimistic about Brazil, but now..."

"Ten thousand people signed a blood letter saying Pele will not go to the game!"

The blood letter written by 10,000 Brazilian fans did not seem to work.

On the day of the final, the on-site camera captured Pele sitting in the box of the Maracana Stadium.

The King of Football is really here! Sitting in the box, Pele himself was also feeling very nervous.

I don't think I have a bad mouth, do I? If Brazil really loses this game...

At 7:00 p.m., the Confederations Cup final officially began.

When the players entered the stadium, the photographer on the scene specially gave a comparison shot of Neymar and Lin Quan.

Obviously, the focus of today's game is these two people.

Whoever wins the game will be able to gain an advantage over his opponent.

However, before the start of this game, Lin Quan had already scored 7 goals in this Confederations Cup, tying the history of the Confederations Cup.

Neymar has scored 4 fewer goals than him, and the gap between the two is huge.

Therefore, even if the Brazilian team wins this game, there will probably still be many people supporting Lin Quan.

But if the Spanish team led by Lin Quan wins, then there will probably be no controversy about who is stronger between him and Neymar.

After all, Neymar can't compare with him in terms of goals, assists and team performance.

What can he use to win? Neymar himself is obviously very clear about this, so he looks at Lin Quan with hostility.

During the handshake session, after Neymar shook hands with Lin Quan, he did not let go immediately, but looked at him straight, as if declaring war on him.

I will definitely prove my strength in the competition!

The championship trophy belongs to us Brazil!

Lin Quan's response to Neymar's expression of hostility and fighting spirit was very bland.

He nodded slightly, as if to say:

Oh, then good luck to you!

This bland response left Neymar a little stunned.

"Haha, Neymar was ignored by Lin Quan!"

"Haha, looking at his appearance, it seems that he is trying his best to beat Lin Quan, but it seems that Lin Quan has never regarded him as a rival!"

"That's true. Lin Huang's opponents must be players of the same level as Ronaldo and Messi. Neymar? He is not qualified!"

Because Neymar's sportsmanship on the field is not very good, and his statistics in this Confederations Cup are not as good as Lin Quan.

Therefore, among neutral fans, Lin Quan's support rate is much higher than Neymar.

But in Brazil, there are obviously more fans supporting Neymar.

Seeing Lin Quan's almost ignoring response, the Brazilian fans at the scene booed him.

They think Lin Quan is just showing off!

Aren't you a young player too?

Do you really think of yourself as a superstar?

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After all the pre-match steps were completed, the players from both sides took their positions.

Lin Quan took a look at the positions of the opposing players and found that the Brazilian team's formation today was 4231.

This is a formation that has both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Spain's formation today is 433, but they don't have a fulcrum striker who can rush forward.

Pedro, Lin Quan and David Silva, who are at the front, are not traditional forwards.

So 433 was just a cover, and Spain immediately turned into a strikerless formation after the game started.

Brazil had already anticipated the Spanish team's formation and playing style.

Spain's formation in this Confederations Cup has hardly changed. When facing strong teams, they play the strikerless formation that they are best at.

Taking advantage of the numerical advantage in the midfield, the team firmly controlled the ball under their feet, and then used continuous passing to tear open the opponent's defense and deliver a fatal blow.

Only when they meet a weak team will they put a traditional striker like Torres into the starting lineup and let him act as a fulcrum in the frontcourt.

In order to limit the Spaniards' midfield advantage, the Brazilian team fielded two defensive midfielders in this game.

Both of them are sweeping defensive midfielders with good physical strength, large running range and strong impact.

One is Gustavo who plays for Bayern, and the other is Paulinho who was signed by Tottenham for 17 million pounds.

Of these two, Lin Quan and Gustavo have fought against each other.

As for Paulinho, Lin Quan has watched him play for Evergrande and knows that he is a B2B type of midfielder.

He is physically fit, has strong defense and impact, has a good pass and long shot, and is nicknamed - Violent Bird! Although he has not yet shown his strength in the top five leagues, he was selected for the Brazilian national team, so he must not be a weak character.

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In this game, the fight between the two sides in the midfield will probably be fierce.

Lin Quan thought the game would be very tense, but he did not expect Brazil to launch an offensive right after the opening.

They bypassed the midfield and had the full-back kick the ball directly from the backcourt to their own forward.

Hulk, known as the Hulk, relied on his physical advantage to get the ball in the fight. After getting the ball, he passed it to Oscar and then made a decisive move forward.

Oscar passed the ball directly into the penalty area, but the ball was blocked by the Spanish defender.

But the clearance was not kicked far enough and was caught by Neymar.

Neymar made a feint to avoid the player who was trying to steal the ball, and shot directly after breaking into the penalty area.

Casillas was well prepared. He jumped high and blocked Neymar's shot.

But after the ball was saved, it was once again grabbed by a Brazilian player.

Fred followed up with a powerful shot and kicked the ball into the empty goal!

Brazil took the lead just one minute into the game.

After seeing the referee confirm that the goal was valid, the Brazilian fans at the scene cheered loudly in disbelief.

Is this a dream? Scoring a goal in the first minute?

Spain doesn’t seem as strong as imagined!

At this moment, Brazilian fans felt like they were about to be overwhelmed by the tide of happiness!

Spain, which was described as miraculous and almost invincible before the game, seemed to have fallen in front of them and was at their mercy! In the box, Pele danced excitedly after seeing this goal! How about it? What did I say?

Brazil can beat Spain at home to win the championship!

Who dares to say that I have a bad mouth now?

He felt that the hat on his head was finally going to be taken off!

But the Spanish players would not agree! "Sorry, I missed someone!"

Alba took the initiative to take the blame, indicating that he did not favor Neymar and let him complete the shot.

"It's not your fault. I failed to control the landing point in the first place!"

Ramos also stood up to admit his mistake. He was not focused enough and there was a mistake in the cooperation with Casillas.

If he had been paying attention just now, after Casillas made the save, he should have been in control of the first point of impact, and Fred would not have had the chance to make a follow-up shot.

"Okay, everyone, stop blaming yourselves. There's still plenty of time left in the game. Instead of blaming yourself, you might as well think about how to tie the score!"

The atmosphere within the Spanish team is good, and consecutive wins have allowed the players to build up strong confidence.

Although the score is not in their favor now, the players are not in a hurry.

I saw that the players were in stable condition and there was no impatience or frustration.

Bosque on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief. He was just worried that losing the ball so early would affect the players' condition.

Now it seems that I was worrying too much! Brazilians, I will let you be proud for a while, and then I will let you know the power of passing and controlling football.

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After the restart, Spain did not rush to attack.

Instead, he kept the ball firmly under his feet and looked for opportunities patiently.

The Brazilians naturally couldn't let them control the ball so unscrupulously. If they couldn't snatch the ball away from their feet, Brazil would not be able to launch an attack.

Therefore, Brazil, including two defensive midfielders, deployed six players to participate in the pressing, trying to break Spain's ball possession tactics.

This level of pressing does not pose too much pressure to Spain, as their players have a very high level of understanding with each other.

The football was passed back and forth between the Spanish players at a very fast speed, while the Brazilian players on the opposite side fought for a long time but couldn't even touch the football.

The opponent's passing ability is really terrifying.

After Spain sped up the pace of the game, the Brazilian players had a hard time keeping up.

Is this the power of top-level passing and controlling football?

The players on the field and the Brazilian fans at the scene all felt the pressure brought by Spain's passing and control tactics at this moment.

Their players run very actively, even at the cost of their physical strength.

But their efforts were rarely successful and almost all of them were in vain.

The football is still under the control of the Spaniards, and the rhythm of the game is firmly in the hands of Spain.

As the football was passed at such a high speed, the Brazilian team's defense line was gradually torn open.

In the 15th minute of the game, Lin Quan got the ball in the frontcourt. He dribbled the ball horizontally to the right, attracted the defensive players, and then passed the ball back to Xavi behind.

Xavi passed the ball to Iniesta on the left without stopping.

Iniesta passed the ball directly to the left side of the penalty area and gave it to left winger Pedro.

Pedro made a back pass to Lin Quan who appeared at the front of the penalty area. Lin Quan continued to pass it straight to David Silva on the right.

Spain's passes were very fast and the Brazilian defenders obviously couldn't keep up with the pace.

When Lin Quan passed the ball to David Silva, there was no defensive player around the latter, and he got a chance to score alone.

Brazil's goalkeeper Cesar felt his scalp tingling. The opponent's pass was too fast. If he was not a goalkeeper, he would have been forced to run around by the opponent's pass.

At this time, he could not count on his teammates and could only rush towards David Silva.

The Brazilian defenders on the left and right sides also rushed towards him like crazy, trying to disrupt his shot.

Unexpectedly, David Silva did not choose to shoot directly, but continued to pass the ball back to Lin Quan who had entered the penalty area.

Lin Quan received the ball near the penalty spot, and now he was the person in the open position.

Not only were there no defensive players around him, even the goal in front of him was empty.

So, Lin Quan took advantage of the situation and pushed the ball into the empty goal easily.

The score on the field was rewritten to 1:1!

It took Spain just 14 minutes to equalize the score.

And unlike the Brazilian goal which was based on luck, this time Spain's goal was a complete crushing result of hard power.

Before scoring the goal, they made six consecutive one-touch passes, completely tearing open Brazil's defense.

Even if it wasn't Lin Quan who took the shot at the end, even if it was an 80-year-old grandmother, she could have easily scored the goal.

In front of them, the Brazilian players seemed to have lost their ability to play football. A group of people were running around chasing the ball like headless flies, and the entire defense line was full of loopholes.

It can be said that this goal showed the dominance of the world champions and let the world know how strong Spain's passing and controlling football can be! (End of this chapter)