Chapter 290: Spain's odds of winning the championship soared, and the situation of qualifying was very good!

The team was leading by a large margin, and Bosque was already humming a little tune leisurely.

He glanced at the bench and called up Xabi Alonso to warm up.

In the 65th minute, Spain made a substitution.

Xabi Alonso comes on, replacing Xabi.

This is a positional substitution. In the past, the two Xavis could coexist on the court.

But now, as the two players are getting older, Bosque consciously uses them in staggered positions to avoid two veterans appearing on the court at the same time, who would end up being beaten by the opponent because of their age.

Of course, Xabi Alonso's style is different from Xavi's. Compared with Xavi, Alonso is more defensive.

Therefore, this substitution is a signal that Spain is going to start playing more conservatively!

Seeing Spain's substitution, Van Gaal hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to replace De Guzman with Wijnaldum, who is faster and has better dribbling skills.

Although the score of 4:1 seems to be no longer worth saving, we can only try our best at this time.

Even if we can't equalize or reverse the situation in the end, it would be good if we could score one more goal and make them lose in a more decent way.

After all, the Dutch team is also a top team. If he loses too badly, he will be scolded to death by Dutch fans when he returns.

Before Van Gaal made the substitution, most of the Dutch team were ready to give up.

But there is one exception, and that is Robben!

Wijnaldum's appearance has injected some vitality into the Dutch team's frontcourt.

With his excellent speed and dribbling skills, he quickly created a chemical reaction with Robben after coming on the pitch.

In the 67th minute, Wijnaldum made a wonderful pass, Robben cut in from the wing and completed a long shot, but unfortunately the ball could not be controlled and went over the crossbar.

In the 72nd minute, Wijnaldum made a successful breakthrough and sent a straight pass.

Robben received a pass from his teammate in the penalty area, dribbled past Pique with his right foot in a small space, and then shot with his left foot before Ramos blocked the ball.

It took less than two seconds for Robben to stop the ball, adjust, dribble past the opponent and shoot.

The quality of the shot was extremely high. The ball passed Casillas' fingers but was blocked by the crossbar with a bang.

Robben stood there, shook his head regretfully, and felt deeply that fate was unfair.

He has already exerted his personal abilities to the utmost, but his luck is really bad, so he can only sigh.

The combination of Wijnaldum and Robben made Spain aware of their threat and began to put more energy into limiting them.

After being targeted, it became difficult for Wijnaldum to pass the ball as he did before.

After Robben was targeted, he was unable to launch such a threatening attack, and the Netherlands team's counterattack completely lost its threat.

In the 75th minute, Bosque made another substitution.

He replaced Iniesta with Pedro.

Pedro sat on the bench for more than an hour, and he was so excited when he saw his teammates beat the Netherlands team 4 goals.

It was finally his turn to play. He had been holding back for a long time, but he was very active after he came on the court.

He ran around tirelessly in the frontcourt, pressing the opponent's ball-handler like a mad dog. Whether on the offensive or defensive end, he could be seen running wildly regardless of his physical strength.

Seeing Pedro so active, Lin Quan consciously began to move towards him.

In the 80th minute, Spain's attack reached the penalty area. Facing the pass from his teammate, Lin Quan feinted and gave the ball to Pedro. Pedro took the ball into the penalty area and his shot from the right side of the penalty area hit the crossbar.

Seeing the ball blocked by the crossbar, the Sabres were dumbfounded.

Lin Quan couldn't help but shook his head. His luck seemed to be comparable to that of Diego Costa.

When Robben's shot hit the crossbar just now, the Dutch fans sighed and lamented. Now it was the turn of the Spanish fans to sigh and lament! The damn crossbar seemed to have rejected Spain's shot twice! In the 83rd minute, Spain got a free kick on the left.

Lin Quan lifted the ball into the penalty area. Ramos had a conflict with the opponent's defender Indi while competing for a header. Both of them were very angry and started to confront and push each other.

The referee gave each of them a slap on the wrist and showed them a yellow card.

Seeing the yellow card, Bosque couldn't help but frown.

Ramos is very capable, but he has a bad temper. It would be better if he could change it.

However, is Ramos still a hot-tempered player? As the game gradually came to an end, the Spanish players became more and more relaxed.

The Dutch players, unable to accept such a crushing defeat, gradually lost control of their emotions.

In the 86th minute, Van Persie kicked Pedro from behind and received a yellow card.

This was the fifth yellow card for the Netherlands in this game.

Busquets saw the other team surrounding the referee arguing about the yellow card, so he took a quick free kick without any ethics. The Dutch team's energy was all focused on the previous foul, and they had almost no defense against Spain's quick attack.

Lin Quan received the ball and scored easily, but the linesman raised the flag to indicate offside.

Before Lin Quan himself could say anything, the fans at the scene were already unhappy.

If this ball is counted as a goal, then Lin Quan has completed a hat trick.

The slow-motion replay on the big screen showed that the ball was just a hair's breadth away. When David Silva passed the ball, Lin Quan was only slightly ahead.

I have to say that the linesman's keen eyes are quite impressive.

However, when luck comes, it cannot be stopped.

In the 88th minute, Spain's high pressing caused the Netherlands to make a mistake.

Goalkeeper Cillessen made a mistake in stopping the ball when he received the pass from his teammate and accidentally stopped the ball a little far away.

Lin Quan was nearby and rushed over quickly after seeing the opponent make a mistake.

Cillessen tried to clear the ball in a panic, but he was a beat too slow. Lin Quan took the ball away first, passed the goalkeeper and shot into the empty goal!

The score was changed to 5:1. Lin Quan scored a hat trick in his first World Cup match! For a moment, the fans watching the match on site and online were all excited.

"Lin Huang is awesome! Is this the first hat trick in this World Cup?"

"Yes, it is also the only hat trick in this World Cup so far!"

"Lin Huang is only a little over 18 years old now, right? Is this the youngest hat trick in World Cup history?"

"No, the fastest hat trick was scored by Pele in Brazil's 1958 semi-final win over France.

At the time, Pele was only 17 years and 244 days old, and he is currently the only person under the age of 18 to have scored a hat trick.

"Damn, is Bailey so awesome? I thought he was just good at having a bad mouth!"

"After all, he is the first soccer champion. How could he be crowned champion without some ability? By the way, why didn't we hear Pele make predictions for this World Cup?"

"Haha, maybe he was gagged by the Brazilian Football Association? After all, he predicted last year that Brazil would win the Confederations Cup, but Brazil was swept by Spain. In January this year, he predicted that Brazil would win the World Cup, which scared Brazilian fans!"

"Given the prestige of Pele, it is unlikely that he would issue a gag order. It is most likely that the Brazilian Football Association came to his door and begged him to stop making blind predictions. Even if he wants to make bad predictions, please ask him to do so for other teams instead of messing with the Brazilian team!"

On the court, after Lin Quan completed his hat trick, he excitedly did a front flip to celebrate.

Bosque on the sidelines was shocked. Didn’t this guy forbid him to do such dangerous celebrations?

German star Klose, who was watching the game with his teammates, couldn't help but smile after seeing this scene.

When he was in Serie A, he heard that a very promising new player had appeared in Werder Bremen, and like him, he also loved to celebrate with front flips.

At that time, he thought the other party was paying tribute to him. After all, he had played for the Parrot Army for three years, so God K saw his own shadow in Lin Quan.

But he didn't expect that in just two years, the young boy has grown to such a level. This made Klose feel a little emotional.

"The front flip celebration is very dangerous. If you have the chance, you should remind him to use it as little as possible in the future!"

Bosque felt a little regretful, he should have known that he would not have to make the three substitutions so quickly.

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If there were still room for substitutions, he would definitely replace Lin Quan and let him accept the cheers of the fans alone.

This is the best compliment for his outstanding performance in this game! Coach Tony came over and asked Bosque: "Vincent, do you still think you are too doting on Lin?"

Bosque was speechless for a moment.

Lin Quan's goal completely crushed the morale of the Dutch team. Spain's fifth goal was not because of their good performance, but purely because of the Dutch team's own mistakes.

If even the goalkeeper made such a low-level mistake, what can we expect from their other players?

In the last few minutes of the game, the Dutch players on the field played in a daze, just wanting to end this torturous game as soon as possible.

Spain is still trying to continue attacking. Although Lin Quan is no longer pursuing goals, this does not prevent him from creating opportunities for his teammates.

In the 91st minute, Spain got a free kick opportunity in a good position.

Under normal circumstances, the penalty kick should be taken by Xavi or Lin Quan. However, Xavi was not on the field at that time. Seeing that Ramos was eager to try, Lin Quan gave up the opportunity on his own initiative.

Ramos' footwork was a bit outrageous. He missed the 25-meter free kick and failed to threaten the goal.

In the third minute of injury time, Torres fell in the penalty area. Perhaps because the Dutch team lost so badly, the referee did not award a penalty this time.

In the end, Spain defeated the Netherlands 5:1 and got off to a good start in their group stage.

After the game, the news that Spain defeated the Netherlands 5:1 immediately became the front-page headlines of major sports newspapers around the world.

People were shocked by Spain's powerful strength, but also regretted the rapid decline of the Orange Army.

Four years ago, the Netherlands team was able to tie with Spain, but now, they and the Spanish team seem to be not on the same level and were beaten by the opponent without any chance to fight back.

This shocking score is a true reflection of the strength of the two teams! Although many experts and institutions predicted that Spain would win before the game, almost no one could have imagined that they would win in this way.

Therefore, after this game, bookmakers have raised the odds of Spain winning the championship, and the number has soared to 2.2. That is to say, with only one round of group matches played, the outside world believes that the probability of Spain winning the championship is more than 45%!

How crazy! After winning the game, Bosque was in a good mood.

Without waiting for Van Gaal to come over, he took the initiative to walk up to him and gave him a warm hug.

Van Gaal's face looked unhappy. He didn't want to hug this old man, but the other party was too "enthusiastic" and forced to hug him, which made him extremely embarrassed.

"Haha, old buddy, how about it, are you convinced of your defeat?"

"Humph, you're just lucky. I've found a way to restrain you. See you in the finals!"

Van Gaal tried to save his dignity, shook off Bosque's embrace and left proudly.

Bosque looked at the Dutchman's stubborn back and couldn't help but feel a little amused.

Why does this sound so familiar? Oh, so he said the same thing before the game! That's fine!

After defeating its strongest opponent, the Netherlands, Spain's qualifying situation is very good.

Five days later, Spain will travel to the Maracana Stadium to face Chile, their second opponent in the group stage.

The Chilean team is weaker than the Netherlands. If they can win this game, the Spanish team will qualify for the group stage one round in advance.

In view of this, Bosque gave the players two days off and allowed them to reunite with their families.

This wise decision was warmly welcomed by the players, so when he announced a holiday, the players immediately dispersed.

While most of the players went to see their wives, Lin Quan went to the hotel where Guardiola was staying and discussed tactical play with him all night.

After the match between Spain and the Netherlands ended, in another match in Group B, Chile defeated Australia 3:1.

This score is not unexpected, and the Chilean team deserves the title of a strong team in South America.

After Group B, matches in other groups also started one after another.

In Group C, Côte d'Ivoire reversed Japan 2:1, and Colombia defeated Greece 3:0.

The match in Group D produced the first upset of this World Cup: the powerful Uruguay lost 1:3 to Costa Rica.

Uruguay, which has stars such as Suarez, Cavani and Forlan, was considered by the outside world to have the strength to reach the quarterfinals or even the semi-finals before the game, but it failed in the first game.

This proves that victory is not guaranteed just because of strong strength on paper, and there can be no room for carelessness on the World Cup stage.

There were no upsets in the remaining games. Among the favorites to win the championship, the stronger Italy defeated England 2:1.

France beat Honduras 3:0, Argentina defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:1, and Messi scored a goal.

The German team defeated Portugal 4:1. Ronaldo tried his best and finally scored a goal.

It is worth mentioning that in Belgium's 2:1 victory over Algeria, De Bruyne came on as a substitute in the 75th minute and scored a goal, helping the team to defeat the opponent.

After the first round of group matches, Europe achieved a record of 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses, which is neither good nor bad.

The South American team has a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, with a higher winning rate than European teams.

However, the team with the highest winning rate was the North American team, who achieved an impressive record of 3 wins and 1 loss, which was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

Asia has 2 draws and 2 losses without a single win, solidifying its title as the weakest region.

The situation in Africa is not much better with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses.

The schedule of the competition is very tight. After the first round of Group H, the second round of Group A and Group B will start soon! In this round, Brazil and Spain, who both have three points, have encountered strong opponents. Whether they can advance in advance depends on their performance in this game.

(End of this chapter)