Chapter 315 The World Cup Final Begins, Spain VS Germany!

The current king of Spain is Felipe VI, who has just ascended the throne.

Half a month ago, the old King Juan Carlos I announced his abdication and handed over the throne to his son, Crown Prince Felipe.

However, the whole of Spain is focused on the World Cup in Brazil, and they are not very concerned about such trivial matters as the replacement of the king.

After all, like many European countries, the Spanish royal family is just a mascot and has no real power.

Compared to the king, the Spanish Prime Minister is the one who truly holds power.

However, Prime Minister Rajoy's trip was just a political show to increase his presence in front of the media and Spanish fans.

He himself doesn't care much about football, but King Felipe VI is different.

Although the king has no real power, he really loves football! Including the old king who abdicated not long ago, almost all members of the king's family are die-hard fans of the Spanish team.

It is for this reason that Felipe VI was so eager to go abroad to comfort the Spanish players shortly after he ascended the throne.

He didn't come here to comfort the players. He was clearly taking the opportunity to watch the game, and he was watching the game at public expense.

And the king did not come alone, he also brought his two children - Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia.

These two little princesses are 9 and 7 years old respectively. Although they are very young, they are already die-hard fans of the Spanish team.

Four years ago, when the Spanish team won the World Cup in South Africa, the photo of the two princesses wearing Spain's red team uniforms and holding the World Cup trophy was so adorable that it made countless fans fall in love with them.

This time, as die-hard fans of the Spanish team, the two little princesses also came to the team with their father and joined the team of condolences.

While the king and the prime minister were having a "cordial conversation" with Bosque and some player representatives from the team, the two little princesses looked around the Spanish training base with their cute big eyes opened curiously.

"You must be Lin, I heard my grandfather talk about you, he praised you for being so good, saying that you are the best player in the Spanish team!"

The 9-year-old Princess Leonor walked up to Lin Quan, looked like a little adult, and asked him in a serious tone.

Lin Quan resisted the urge to wipe his sweat: Is this something you can say in public? Fortunately, the teammates did not mind what the little princess said, and instead echoed her: "As expected of His Majesty the King, you have a good eye!"

"That's right, Princess, Lin is the most powerful among us!"

"This guy scored 9 goals in his first World Cup. It's only been 6 games, averaging 1.5 goals per game. Is he still a human being?!"

"I've participated in so many World Cups, but I haven't scored as many goals as Lin did in just one World Cup!"

Ramos said with great sorrow.

His words drew collective complaints from his teammates: "You are a defender, and you want to score more goals than a forward, why don't you go to the sky?"

"That's right. You've scored enough goals among defenders. If you score all the goals, what's the point of having forwards? Just replace them all with defenders!"

Hearing what the players said, Princess Leonor's eyes gradually lit up.

She raised her pretty face slightly and asked in an extremely expectant tone:

"Since you are so good, can you score a hat trick in the World Cup final?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the players who had been extremely noisy just now immediately quieted down.

It is so difficult to complete a hat trick in the World Cup final!

In the 84 years since the first World Cup, only British striker Hurst has accomplished this feat.

Others, such as Fontaine who scored 13 goals in a single World Cup, Klose who set a record for total goals, and super strikers like Ronaldo, all failed to achieve this achievement.

There has never been a famous game in the finals since ancient times, let alone the World Cup final.

In a game of this nature, both teams' tactics tend to be conservative, and they play very cautiously and dare not make mistakes.

Therefore, the scores in the finals are usually not high, and sometimes there is no goal and the game has to be decided by penalty shootouts.

“It’s difficult, but I can give it a try!”

Lin Quan did not guarantee that he could complete it, but said he would try.

He had seen the results of the games between Argentina and Brazil and knew that Messi had tied himself in total goals.

For the World Cup trophy and also to consolidate his position as the top scorer in the World Cup.

On the stage of the final, he will definitely give his all and try to score a goal.

However, the German team's defense is very strong and they will only have four or five chances in a game.

It is too difficult to seize such a limited opportunity to complete a hat trick, so Lin Quan can only do his best.

Hearing Lin Quan's words, the little princess nodded contentedly: "If you can complete the hat trick, I will definitely convince my father to award you the medal!"

When Lin Quan heard this, he was shocked.

I am not interested in the so-called damage, but I am surprised that the little princess is only 9 years old and can already make promises for others.

As expected of the first heir to the throne, he has been able to play political games since he was young...

Compared to her sister, Princess Sofia appears more innocent and cute.

After her sister and Lin Quan finished talking, she walked over carefully, raised her head, looked at Lin Quan, and asked, "Super awesome big brother, can you please give me an autograph?"

After saying that, he took out the paper and pen he carried with him and handed them to Lin Quan carefully.

"no problem!"

Lin Quan took the paper and pen handed to him and signed his name carefully.

"Thank you, big brother!"

After getting the idol's autograph, the little princess cheered and jumped for joy.

I have heard that the King family likes to watch football, but I have never been in contact with them before, so I am not sure whether these rumors are true.

After this personal contact, he no longer doubted these rumors.

It seems that not only the two kings like to watch football, but many members of the royal family are also fans.

Especially the family of Felipe VI, the king himself is a professional athlete and has participated in the canoeing competition at the Olympics.

His two daughters inherited his athletic genes and have loved sports since childhood.

Football is the number one sport in Spain. In addition, Spanish football has been at its peak in recent years, which has led to great attention to football.

It's not surprising that the royal family likes football.

It is said that King Felipe VI plans to send his youngest daughter, Princess Sofia, to a women's football school for training. Maybe there will be a professional player in the royal family in the future.

In order not to disrupt the team's preparations, King Felipe VI and the Prime Minister did not stay in the training base for too long.

After shaking hands with the players and coaching staff, taking photos, and encouraging the players, the two prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Felipe VI said:

"Everyone, I will set up a celebration banquet for you in the Royal Palace of Madrid and await your triumphant return!"

Felipe VI looked confident and seemed very sure that Spain could successfully defend the World Cup.

They were able to eliminate Germany in the last World Cup. This time they are even stronger than last time, so their chances of winning are naturally greater.

In order to witness the Spanish team's defense of the title with his own eyes, Felipe VI will bring his two daughters to the Maracana Stadium to watch the game.

It is a tradition in Spain for the king to go to the stadium to watch the game. There is even a cup competition named after the king in Spain - the King's Cup.

During every King's Cup final, the King personally attends the game and presents awards to the winning team.

This time the old king was not in good health and the distance was too far, so he was unable to attend the game in person. Otherwise, both kings would have come to the Maracana Stadium to watch the game! Not long ago, in the Champions League semi-final, when Real Madrid went to challenge Manchester City away, the old king was not in good health and still went to watch the game on crutches.

When someone first captured this scene, it caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

Netizens couldn’t help but sigh that this old man really loves football!

Even in this situation, they still insisted on watching the game! The King's statement made the players feel a lot of pressure. Seeing the solemn expressions of the players, the members of the coaching staff looked at each other and saw the helplessness on each other's faces.

Forget it, it seems that the psychological counseling before the game was in vain.

Bosque originally planned to call the team for another tactical meeting, but looking at the players' condition, he was worried that it would increase the players' psychological burden, so he had to give up in the end.

Fortunately, there are not many young players in the team, and the old players are very familiar with the technical and tactical aspects, so there is no need to emphasize them too much before the game.

As for the young players, Lin Quan has a very high basketball IQ and he understands these things immediately, so there is no need to explain too much.

Other young players can make use of the game time to receive timely explanations in the coaching booth so that they can have a deeper understanding of the team's tactics and the requirements for themselves.

After canceling the tactical meeting, Bosque asked the coaching staff to rush the players back to the hotel and let them go back to their rooms to rest early.

Although many people are destined to be unable to sleep tonight, even if you can't sleep, you must lie in bed and rest obediently. You are not allowed to run around or visit other players' rooms.

Old team members are experienced and generally have ways to adjust their own state.

You can relax by reading a book or listening to soothing music, or you can

It’s mainly the young players. I’m afraid that they will be so excited that they won’t be able to sleep the whole night and cause trouble for others.

The person Bosque is most worried about is none other than Lin Quan.

Although Lin Quan's mentality is very mature, he is only eighteen years old after all, and this is his first World Cup.

Bosque was worried that he would be too excited at night, resulting in poor rest and affecting his condition the next day.

Although other young players' lack of rest also had an impact, most of them were substitutes and might not have the opportunity to play, so the impact was not that great.

Lin Quan is different. He is the absolute main force of Spain.

If he is not in good form, Spain's chances of winning will probably drop significantly.

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So, Bosque arranged for the experienced Puyol to go to Lin Quan's room to talk to him and pass on some of the experience of the veteran player.

"Captain, what's up?"

"Nothing, the coach asked me to ask you, can you sleep tonight?"

"Well, if you were here, I would probably suffer from insomnia!"

Lin Quan joked.

"Haha, then I'll go, you go to bed early!"

Puyol left without any hesitation.

He believed in Lin Quan's ability to self-regulate. This guy was a man with a big heart.

This can be seen from his performance in the Champions League final. A player who can complete a hat trick in the Champions League final cannot be someone who suffers from insomnia due to nervousness before the game.

This was indeed the case, and Lin Quan slept well that night.

On the contrary, when he got up at the normal time the next morning to have breakfast, he found that only a few teammates got up on time.

"Good morning!"

When Harvey saw Lin Quan, he greeted him.

"Morning, Captain, where are the others?"

"I overslept. The coach cancelled the morning training. I guess I went straight to the training ground in the afternoon."

"Is this okay?"

Lin Quan said with some concern that training is also required on the day of the game. Although the intensity is not high, it is very important for maintaining the feel of the ball and the condition.

"There's no better way. We can't just go to their room and wake them up now!"

Harvey smiled and said, "Don't worry too much though. Most of us old guys can get up. Not many people will actually be affected."

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Spanish players set off for the Maracana Stadium on a bus.

On the day of the final, the streets of Rio de Janeiro were filled with fans wearing various jerseys, including Spanish fans wearing red jerseys and German fans wearing white jerseys.

But the majority are Brazilian fans wearing yellow jerseys.

As expected of the football kingdom, although the Brazilian team has been eliminated, this does not seem to have affected Brazilians' enthusiasm for watching the game at all.

For this game, there were a lot of Brazilian fans coming to the scene, almost equal to the total number of fans of the Spanish and German teams.

During the pre-match warm-up, Lin Quan noticed that his teammates were in good shape, so he felt relieved.

Lin Quan, in a relaxed mood, performed several tricks for the fans who arrived early.

He was about 30 meters away from the goal and his two consecutive shots hit the junction of the crossbar and the goal post in the upper left corner of the goal.

This superb footwork made the fans at the scene couldn't help but give him warm applause.

"Damn, this kicking technique is invincible!"

"I thought the first kick was a mistake, but after the second and third kicks, he knelt down before Emperor Lin!"

"I have a feeling that Lin Huang will probably score directly from a free kick in this game!"

Spain had been warming up for less than half an hour when the German team arrived.

The two teams each occupied half of the field and began training without interfering with each other.

Seeing the German team coming, Lin Quan stopped his performance and started practicing dribbling.

While the players from both teams were warming up, the head coaches of both teams were observing the status of their opposing players.

Germany coach Loew has two focuses of observation. One is Lin Quan, who performed well in previous games, and the other is Diego Costa, who was hidden after returning from injury.

Love feels that Lin Quan is a young player and is likely to be affected by the pressure of the game, leading to poor performance.

But after seeing Lin Quan's condition in the warm-up training, Löw frowned.

On the surface, there seems to be no problem, but the opponent's true condition can probably only be confirmed during the game.

So he turned and began to observe Diego Costa.

Previously, many people outside believed that Diego Costa’s injury had not recovered and that the Spanish team deliberately concealed this news.

Löw was skeptical about the reports from outside and had a glimmer of fantasy in his heart.

If Diego Costa really hasn't recovered, that would definitely be good news for the German team.

But after watching Diego Costa's training, he was disappointed, as Löw was sure that the opponent had fully recovered from his injury.

Therefore, the smoke bomb released by Bosque before the game is likely to be true, and Spain is very likely to have two strikers in this game.

Lin Quan alone is enough to give people a headache, and adding Diego Costa to the mix is ​​also a headache.

This game will probably be difficult to play! Loew's worries soon became a reality. In the starting lineup announced before the game, Diego Costa really replaced Torres and became the starting striker of the Spanish team.

The opponent played Diego Costa, so how should they arrange their strikers? Should they continue to trust the 36-year-old veteran Klose, or should they choose the young Gotze?

It's a pity that Reus is injured, otherwise the German team would have more offensive options in this World Cup.

To make matters worse, just as Löw was thinking about how to arrange the team's starting lineup, an accident suddenly happened to the German team while they were warming up on the field.

Khedira strained his calf during warm-up and will not be able to represent the German team in the final!

Upon hearing the news, Löw's face turned black.

There were only a few hours left before the final, and the midfielder was injured unexpectedly. This was just like the ancient army's flag being blown off by the wind during a swearing-in ceremony! This was not a good sign! As a last resort, Loew had to temporarily arrange for Borussia Mönchengladbach's young player Kramer to replace Khedira.

However, Löw, who originally thought that his team could compete with Spain in the midfield, no longer had such confidence at this time.

There was no time for Löw to adjust. At 5:00 p.m., the final of the Brazil World Cup between Spain and Germany officially started.

When Spain's starting lineup and formation came out, Löw cried out that he had been cheated.

What the hell is this 442? It's just a smokescreen!

It seems that they felt that the accidental injury of the German midfielder before the game gave their team an opportunity to take advantage.

After the start of the game, the Spanish team played very actively.

Without much probing, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the German team's half.

After being passed three or two times, the football was quickly handed to Lin Quan's feet.

Seeing Lin Quan dribbling the ball, German fans couldn't help but get nervous, even though the opponent was still far away from their goal.

However, Lin Quan's name alone put tremendous pressure on them.

Lin Quan also lived up to their attention and even fear. While dribbling the ball, he observed Neuer's position, and when he was more than 40 meters away from the goal, he decisively kicked the ball and made a long shot! Seeing Lin Quan's shot, Neuer widened his eyes in horror and quickly retreated towards the goal.

(End of this chapter)