Chapter 304 gives fans all over the world a little shock to Lin Huang!

After creating two consecutive threatening attacks, the Costa Rican players smelled danger.

They began to further shrink their defense line, not seeking to achieve success, but to avoid mistakes.

If they can draw with Spain and drag the game into a penalty shootout, then they may still have a chance of survival.

But if they continue to play at this pace, they will most likely be completely defeated by Spain.

After Costa Rica's defense line contracted, Spain's attack became much more difficult.

Lin Quan tried to use his personal ability to break through several times, but the opponent's defense was very tight and did not give him many good opportunities.

If you carry the ball too deep, you will be surrounded on all sides, and the passing line to your teammates will be easily cut off, making it difficult to pass the ball.

Faced with such dense defense, Spain began to try long shots outside the penalty area to see if they could score.

However, Navas' performance was so outstanding that with him guarding the goal, it was difficult for long-range shots to penetrate his defense.

In the 37th minute, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Lin Quan pretended to speed up and break through, attracting the opponent's defensive players to follow up, and then knocked the ball back to the middle.

Iniesta followed up and completed a powerful long shot from the top of the penalty area!

When Iniesta shot, Lin Quan just moved in front of him, leaving the shooting window.

The defender who was defending Lin Quan just blocked the shorter Iniesta while moving, resulting in Navas not being able to see Iniesta's shot at the first time.

However, in this situation, Navas relied on his superhuman reaction speed to fly and complete an almost impossible save.

With a snap, the football was slapped out of the air with one hand.

Seeing that the opponent had saved his shot again, Iniesta held his head in disbelief and couldn't help but grab the few remaining hair on his head.

He just couldn't figure out how the opponent managed to make such a god-level save without observing it in advance?

Lin Quan looked at Iniesta with some concern, but he was not worried that the other party's mentality would be affected or something.

I’m mainly worried about the other person’s precarious hairline!

He often saw Iniesta when he was in the La Masia youth training camp in his early years.

At that time, Xiaobai's hairline was not so high. Over the years, his hairline has been moving back little by little.

In a few years, I might become bald like Guardiola.

"Lin, you take the shot next time!"

Iniesta's mentality was still affected. Not to mention him, even a striker who takes scoring goals as his mission would not be able to help but doubt his life after missing several shots in a row.

"good!"

So after hearing Iniesta's request, Lin Quan agreed without hesitation.

When Pellegrini told him that Manchester City had taken a fancy to Navas and was planning to sign him, he didn't feel anything special.

Although I have heard of Navas's fame, after all, it was he who took away Casillas' starting position after joining Real Madrid.

Anyone who can squeeze out Casillas is naturally not a mediocre person.

However, he had only heard of Navas' name. As the two had never played against each other directly, Lin Quan lacked an intuitive feeling of how powerful the opponent was.

It just so happens that they can use this opportunity of competition to have a good exchange with each other.

In the previous match against Chile, Bravo left a deep impression on Lin Quan. I wonder if Navas can reach the same level as Bravo.

As the end of the first half approached, the Costa Rican players became more and more united, trying desperately to maintain the score of 0:0.

However, after they chose to defend, the Spanish players pressed across the half court and began to play passing and controlling football in the opponent's half.

Thanks to the large number of offensive forces invested, Spain's passing and controlling tactics can still exert great power under the opponent's close defense.

After all, the individual strength of Costa Rican players is still a little weak. If a team from the top five leagues adopts this tactic, it would be difficult for Spain to break the opponent's goal.

But for Costa Rica, it may be difficult to do this.

The only variable probably lies in the goalkeeper.

Navas's strength is obvious to all. In this game, as the number of shots of Spain increased, his condition gradually improved during the process of saving.

It was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with at this time.

In the 42nd minute, Spain played a wonderful combination in front of the penalty area.

Under the opponent's dense defense, they used an extremely quick pass to tear a hole in Costa Rica's defense line.

Lin Quan dribbled into the penalty area and passed the ball to Torres in a small area. Torres endured the interference of the opponent's defender, adjusted himself and then passed the ball back to Lin Quan.

In this pass, Torres' tactical value was demonstrated.

Compared to Villa, who is a pure shooter, a player with a traditional center template like him can act as a fulcrum in the opponent's penalty area and pass the ball to his teammates.

He did not pass the ball directly to Lin Quan's feet, but gave him a little lead time so that Lin Quan could accelerate without slowing down.

Good pass, Torres! Lin Quan secretly praised in his heart, sprinted and accelerated, got the ball before the opponent's defender destroyed it, then pulled the ball to the right, wiped past the opponent's last defender, and formed a single knife!

Navas strikes!

If it was another player, such as Torres, he might not attack.

But before the game, Costa Rica's head coach showed him five hours of Lin Quan's shooting highlights, from his debut matches at Werder Bremen to the latest World Cup group and knockout matches! After watching these tapes, Navas was greatly afraid of Lin Quan's strength.

This guy has a wide variety of shooting skills. Apart from headers, he is proficient in all other skills! Especially his success rate of single shots, it is simply outrageous.

Although it is easy for him to pass you if you take the initiative to attack, it is almost impossible to save his shot if you stay inside the goal.

Choose the lesser of two evils. Relatively speaking, the success rate of attacking is higher, and you can take the initiative!

Lin Quan was not surprised at all to see Navas move.

A good goalkeeper usually prefers to keep the initiative in his own hands.

I don’t like to passively follow the opponent’s rhythm!

Coincidentally, Lin Quan also likes to take the initiative! He flicked the ball sideways, trying to use his speed advantage to increase the distance, bypass Navas and get a chance to shoot into the empty goal.

Of course Navas would not give him such an opportunity. He pounced on the football under Lin Quan's feet like a hungry tiger, forcing Lin Quan to shoot immediately, otherwise the ball would be destroyed by him!

Even if Navas failed to successfully snatch the ball from Lin Quan's feet, as long as he forced Lin Quan to make drastic adjustments, he could buy time for the defenders to complete their defense.

Goalkeepers never fight alone, they have many teammates fighting side by side!

Seeing Navas' choice, Lin Quan's expression became solemn.

The opponent's intention was obvious, but even if he knew the opponent's purpose, he had no other choice but to follow the script set by Navas.

This guy seems to be not only very strong in strength, but also has a strong mentality.

This kind of saving method, which is almost like gambling, will naturally bring glory if it succeeds, but if it fails, the player will become the culprit for the team's loss and the target of public criticism.

But Navas did it without any scruples!

In this regard, Lin Quan could only secretly praise him for his courage! He was not a hesitant person, and without hesitation, he raised his foot and aimed at the upper left corner of the goal to complete the shot.

Navas immediately waved his right arm, trying to intercept Lin Quan's shot in the air.

The distance between the two was very close, and Navas had a lot of space to block, but his reaction time was too short.

Whether he can touch the ball when he saves depends entirely on luck.

When the fans of both teams saw Lin Quan and Navas fighting with bayonets at close range, they all held their breath nervously and stared at the goal without blinking.

Will this goal go in? Navas was lucky. As he swung his arm, he felt that his forearm seemed to touch the ball.

The direction of the football changed slightly, from flying straight to the goal to flying towards the sky.

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After feeling the touch on his arm and completing the save, Navas, who lost his balance, couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

In the duel with Lin Quan, it seems that I had the last laugh.

However, he was too happy too early.

Although the football was blocked by his forearm, it did not completely go out of bounds.

And because his arms dissipated some of the strength, and Lin Quan did not use too much strength when shooting, the ball did not fly very high and quickly began to fall back.

As soon as the football fell from the air, Navas felt a shadow covering him.

He fell to the ground and subconsciously looked up, and saw Spain's No. 30 jump high and head the ball into the goal with a very standard move.

Boom! After a moment of silence, the New Water Source Arena suddenly exploded with deafening cheers, like a volcanic eruption.

The Spanish fans were so happy! Not only were they happy about Lin Quan's goal that broke the deadlock, but they were also surprised and excited that it was the first time they saw Lin Quan score a goal with a header.

"Am I seeing right? Lin Quan seemed to have headed the ball into the goal?"

"Damn, Lin Huang can actually head the ball!?"

"Messi can score with a header, and Lin Huang is 3cm taller than Messi, there's no reason why he can't do it!"

"But I've never seen him score a header before. It's really rare!"

"I remember that he had a record of scoring with a header when he was in the Bundesliga, but it was only a few times."

"Of course it's rare. I've watched Lin Huang play so many games, but I've never seen him score a goal with a header. Today I've really opened my eyes!"

"Haha, judging from Emperor Lin's movements, he must have practiced secretly. This lion-shaking head movement looks pretty realistic!"

"If Lin Huang's height is increased by 10 centimeters, he might become a header warrior!"

“Hehe, are you talking about Ramos?”

"Zhengmo, aren't you going to support me? Shui Ye is the second top scorer in the Spanish team. This header is truly amazing!"

Ramos is not very tall, only 1.84 meters tall, but he is very good at heading, at least much better than Pique who is 1.94 meters tall.

Because Lin Quan's header goal was so rare, the Spanish players couldn't help but show their concern when they ran over to hug him and celebrate:

"Lin, when did you secretly practice heading? You actually scored a header on the World Cup stage without anyone noticing. You are amazing!"

"I just practiced it when I had nothing to do. It was just for a rainy day, but I didn't expect it would come in handy!"

"Practice blindly? This standard movement doesn't look like practiced blindly. Did he secretly learn from some header expert?"

After hearing his teammates' words, Lin Quan hadn't answered yet, but Ramos next to him straightened his chest proudly.

Of course, I learned it from me! My heading level is the best in the Spanish team, no one would disagree, right? On the sidelines, Bosque excitedly hugged Coach Tony.

In addition to being excited, he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"When did this kid learn heading?"

Coach Tony was also confused: "I don't know. With his height, it is difficult for him to get points in the penalty area. Training headers is basically a waste of time, so we didn't arrange any training for him in this area!"

"Could it be that he trained at Manchester City Club?"

Bosque didn't even remember that he had arranged heading training for Lin Quan, so he couldn't help but mutter out of curiosity.

In this game, Pellegrini arrived at the stadium early because Navas and Lin Quan had to play.

After seeing Lin Quan score a header, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart like Bosque:

"With Lin's height, the Spanish team actually arranged for him to train in heading. I don't understand what this old guy Bosque is trying to do?"

He also felt that Lin Quan was wasting his time practicing heading because it was too impractical.

Instead of wasting time training headers, it is better to improve your shortcomings in other aspects and further enhance your strength.

Navas looked at the football in the goal frame in a daze. He guessed the beginning but not the end.

Who knew this guy actually had another trick up his sleeve, and he scored a goal with a header that he had never seen in a video tape.

This was really a bit of bad luck, because Lin Quan seldom uses headers to attack the goal. The header in the Bundesliga seemed to be a guess. The movement was very non-standard and it was completely impossible to tell that he could head the ball.

So when the Costa Rican coach was sorting out the video tapes, he actively ignored Lin Quan's header.

This resulted in Navas not knowing that Lin Quan had this trick up his sleeve, and he suffered a great loss in intelligence.

Navas quickly adjusted his mentality! It was just one goal behind, it wasn't like the sky was falling.

Trust your teammates, trust your coach, and you may be able to equalize the score in the second half.

As long as we continue to guard the goal and prevent the opponent from expanding their lead, we still have a chance to win this game!

Since Costa Rica has already made it to the quarterfinals, setting a record in team history, why can't they look forward to reaching the semi-finals?

There was not much time left in the first half. After the Spanish players finished celebrating and the game was restarted, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Taking the lead before half-time was a very good result for Spain.

With this goal, the opponent's tactics in the second half were easy to predict, and they had the initiative and could take countermeasures against Costa Rica's tactics!

(End of this chapter)