Chapter 303 A global problem: How to limit Lin Quan!

In the New Water Source Arena in El Salvador, the match between defending champions Spain and Costa Rica is underway.

In this game, Costa Rica played very cautiously and they lined up in a 541 formation.

This choice can be said to be quite wise, because the Spanish team is currently the team with the strongest offensive firepower in this World Cup.

They have scored a total of 16 goals in their past four games, an average of 4 goals per game.

Facing a team with such strong offensive firepower, if you don't rely on defense and instead fight them offensively, you really won't even know how you died.

After the game started, Spain was not in a hurry to attack.

Instead, they tested Costa Rica's defensive weaknesses through patient passing and cooperation.

Most of the Costa Rican players play in their domestic league, which is not at a very high level, so their individual abilities are definitely not as good as those of the Spanish players.

To deal with this level of defense, Spain has a good way, that is to speed up! The main reason why the top five leagues are higher than other leagues is that there are many stars in the top five leagues, and their technical and tactical levels are very high, which allows them to speed up the pace of the game.

In lower-level leagues, due to the individual strength of the players, their game pace is generally slower.

Due to limitations in physical fitness, passing skills, awareness and vision, it is difficult for players in lower-level leagues to play fast-paced games. Once the pace is accelerated, their error rate will increase significantly.

This can be seen from the annual Club World Cup, where the top European clubs compete with the champions from other continents.

Evergrande, which won the Asian Champions League, was completely unable to adapt to the opponent's game rhythm when facing Bayern in the Club World Cup.

And Evergrande can beat the Central American champions! These weaknesses have been studied and summarized by the Spanish coaching staff before the game.

The Spanish players are well aware of their own strengths and the opponent's weaknesses, so they plan to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

In this game, Lin Quan finally felt the treatment of a superstar.

Of course, it's not a good thing.

Costa Rican players listed him as the number one threat in the Spanish team and arranged for someone to guard him throughout the game.

Once he gets the ball, they will immediately arrange for multiple people to double-team and press him, and even resort to fouling to deal with him.

Only 20 minutes into the first half, Lin Quan had already received three yellow cards.

The referee of this game, Irmatov, is from Uzbekistan. He is a referee who likes to control the situation very much.

In the games he officiates, the situation rarely gets out of control.

Often when the game shows the slightest sign of this, he will take action to kill it.

Before the game started, he guessed that the Costa Rican players might adopt foul tactics against Lin Quan.

This tactic is not impossible to use, but there will be a price to pay if you use it.

Otherwise, if the opponent continues to use this foul tactic, it will definitely cause the offended players to become more and more angry, and eventually the game will get out of control and the two sides will fight on the court, which would be very bad.

The three yellow cards he gave out in a row also calmed the Costa Rican players down a lot.

In the subsequent games, they did not dare to commit fouls easily, which gave Lin Quan a lot more room to move.

In the 21st minute, Spain launched a quick counterattack. After Lin Quan took the ball and attracted the attention of the opponent's defensive players, he looked towards the center of the court, but passed the ball to David Silva on the wing with his heel.

The pass was very concealed, and the Costa Rican full-back failed to keep up with David Silva in the first place, giving the latter the opportunity to dribble the ball down the line and complete a cross.

In order to avoid the ball being intercepted in mid-flight, David Silva passed the ball with greater force.

Torres started a little slow, and his outstretched foot failed to touch the ball. Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas made a mistake in his attack and failed to get the ball.

Unfortunately, there was no second Spanish player at the back post, causing the ball to slip through the goal without being touched.

On the sidelines, Spain's head coach Bosque stood up and applauded the players to encourage them.

Although this attack failed to score a goal, it successfully created a threat.

And the most important thing is that Lin Quan’s condition has recovered!

In the 25th minute, Spain launched another attack.

This time, they changed direction and attacked from the right.

Lin Quan dribbled the ball forward while observing the position of the opposing defensive players.

The opponent's full-back saw that Lin Quan's attention was not on the football, thought there was an opportunity, and suddenly stretched out his foot to grab the ball.

However, after his foot stretched out, the other foot kicked the ball away at a faster speed.

Gamboa was dumbfounded!

Didn't he watch the ball? How did he react so quickly? No, it couldn't be purely based on reaction!

Could it be that he deliberately pretended not to look at the ball to lure him to intercept it? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was very high, but it was useless to figure it out at this time.

Lin Quan had completed the breakthrough on him, left the right wing, and cut into the penalty area.

Seeing Gamboa being dribbled past, the Costa Rican defenders all retreated and their central midfielder Borges rushed towards Lin Quan immediately.

He planned to stop Lin Quan, and if he really couldn't stop him, he would use foul tactics to stop him.

When his teammates fouled Lin Quan and got a card, Borges was lucky to escape.

This means that he has not received a yellow card yet, so there is a certain amount of room for error.

Lin Quan noticed Borges approaching, but he did not stop dribbling the ball forward, nor did he pass the ball immediately.

The teammates were unable to run out of space, and passing the ball at this time would most likely lead to a positional battle and lose the suddenness of the quick attack.

If we reorganize the attack, the Costa Rican defensive players are already in position, and it is not easy to break through their defense.

Therefore, the best option is for him to continue dribbling the ball for a distance, attracting the attention and interception of more defensive players, and then pass the ball.

At that time, there will be more Spanish players in the frontcourt and he will have more options for passing the ball.

Borges was overjoyed to see that Lin Quan did not pass the ball immediately, and he rushed towards Lin Quan without any hesitation.

In his opinion, he was half a head taller than Lin Quan, so shouldn't he be able to knock him down easily? However, to his surprise, Lin Quan was like a small tank, and he didn't fall down after the collision.

Instead, he was knocked back several steps and sat on the ground! Borges was shocked and surprised that he failed in the physical confrontation!

Not to mention him, the fans at the scene, including the coaches of both teams, were also very surprised when they saw the result.

After Lin Quan passed Borges, he was double-teamed by two opponents.

At this time, he did not continue to stick to the ball, but decisively passed the ball.

Iniesta received the pass from Lin Quan, he broke into the penalty area and completed a high-quality shot.

Unfortunately, Navas continued his excellent performance in the previous game and made a difficult save, blocking Iniesta's shot!

Seeing Iniesta's shot being saved, Lin Quan couldn't help but glance at Navas in front of the goal.

This guy is really strong. He saved the ball so well that I even wanted to applaud him!

Iniesta couldn't help but shook his head. He had played the ball very decisively and of good quality. If he had changed the goalkeeper, maybe the ball would have gone in.

But the opponent is the best goalkeeper in La Liga, and this level of shot seems not enough!

Although the Spanish fans at the scene felt sorry for Iniesta's shot, they were still very happy that the team launched a series of threatening attacks in a short period of time.

The fans who can come to Brazil to watch the game live are basically die-hard fans of the Spanish national team.

They have watched many national team games, so they are very confident about the strength of their own team.

As long as Spain plays in good form and continues this momentum, scoring is only a matter of time.

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Compared to the fact that Iniesta's shot was saved, the fans watching the game at the scene and online were more concerned about the funny and hilarious thing that Borges tried to hit Lin Quan but knocked himself down! "Haha, Costa Rica's No. 5 is trying to hit Lin Huang!"

"What a pity, the scam failed!"

"Not only did he fail, but he also embarrassed himself in front of the whole world. If I were him, I would want to find a crack on the court to crawl into!"

"Haha, stop talking, I can feel how embarrassed he is and want to dunk a three-bedroom apartment on the court with his toes!"

"Emperor Lin looks small and inconspicuous, but I didn't expect him to be so capable!"

"Haha, Fulham defender Richardson tried to challenge Lin Huang, but was taught a lesson by Lin Huang. Even though Lin Huang is short, his physical confrontation ability is not bad at all!"

"I checked and found that Lin Huang weighs 74 kilograms, which is one kilogram heavier than Borges on the opposite side. In addition, he is short and has a low center of gravity. If the two of them collide, Lin Huang may not suffer a loss!"

"Emperor Lin is 173cm tall, isn't that considered short?"

"A normal person's height, right? Still a bit taller than Messi!"

"Haha, if we're comparing heights, a certain player who likes to stand on tiptoe when taking photos has something to say!"

"Comparing Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi Lin's heights together is too bullying!"

"That's right, what's the point of comparing heights? If you're brave enough, why don't we compete in scoring goals, like in the World Cup?"

"Trivia: Messi has participated in three World Cups in total. So far, he has scored five goals in the World Cup!"

"C Ronaldo has also participated in three World Cups and has scored a total of four goals so far!"

"Here comes the point. Lin Huang only participated in this World Cup. His current total number of goals is 6. He is also the top scorer of this World Cup. After James Rodriguez was eliminated, the only two people who can pose a threat to him on the scorer list are Messi and Muller!"

You don't know until you compare. You'll be surprised when you do.

Fans all know that Lin Quan performed very well in this World Cup and scored many goals.

But because Lin Quan has scored so many goals in the league and the Champions League, many people don’t know what these goals mean.

When some fans listed Messi and Ronaldo's performance in the three World Cups, they realized how terrifying Lin Quan's 6 goals in 4 games were! "This game is not over yet, Lin Huang might be able to score more goals. If he scores one more goal, he will be able to surpass James Rodriguez and top the scorer list!"

"Hiss, is Emperor Lin so powerful? Although I have always known that he is powerful, I feel that he is even more powerful than I imagined!"

"To be honest, I feel the same way, but why?"

"Why? It's because Lin Huang is relatively young, hasn't appeared in the professional arena for a long time, and doesn't have enough fans, so everyone subconsciously thinks Messi and Ronaldo are better!"

"Well, that makes sense. It may also be related to the league and team that Lin Huang is in!"

"After all, Messi and Ronaldo are both in La Liga, and Real Madrid and Barcelona are both top teams in the world. The topic of their clash will naturally be much higher than that of Lin Huang in Manchester City. Therefore, not only the fans pay more attention to Messi and Ronaldo, but even the news media like to report the clash between the two!"

This may be the most convincing explanation, and fans generally agree with this reason.

"Then, through this World Cup, let those guys who ignored Lin Huang take a good look at how much Lin Huang has grown!"

"Go, Emperor Lin!"

…

Borges was indeed embarrassed. When he was pulled up by his teammates, he couldn't help but explain:

"Just now my feet slipped and I didn't stand firmly. I won't do that again next time!"

His teammates looked at him suspiciously and said, "I don't blame you. Why are you explaining so excitedly?"

Borges failed to realize the mistake he made, but Costa Rica's head coach Pinto saw this: "Spain's No. 30's physical confrontation ability seems to be stronger than we thought!"

I thought the opponent was short, with flexible footwork and weak physical confrontation ability.

That's why he arranged a strangulation tactic against Lin Quan!

Judging from the results of the first 20 minutes, this tactic seemed to have a certain effect.

However, the fact that Borges was knocked down by Lin Quan just now told him that the strangulation tactics of physical confrontation did not seem to be the effective one, but the strangulation tactics combined with the foul tactics.

It will still be difficult to limit him if there are not enough fouls.

But the problem is that three players on the field already have yellow cards.

If the foul tactics continue to be implemented, given Irmatov's law enforcement habits, he will definitely not condone Costa Rica's fouls.

By that time, the game might not be over yet and several of their players might be sent off!

So, this method doesn’t work, and we have to rethink other methods.

However, it is too difficult for him to come up with a solution in such a short time when so many coaches of top European clubs cannot come up with a solution.

Therefore, the final result is that there is no solution!

Costa Rica cannot restrict Lin Quan! 　Thank you for your concern. I would like to report the current situation in the hospital. My mother's condition has improved since she was admitted to the hospital. She is currently in a relatively stable state. The doctor has arranged for a coronary angiography tomorrow to determine the blockage of the heart vessels, and then consider whether to use a stent or bypass surgery.

I typed this chapter on my phone in the hospital. I am not used to typing on my phone, so I write very slowly. I don’t know if I can finish the update tomorrow. The update during this period may be very unstable. Please bear with me. Thank you! 　　PS: If you find any typos, please help correct them. I wrote it in a hurry and didn’t have time to check it.

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