Chapter 372 World Champion VS Uncrowned King, another game of grudges!

"Lin, pass the ball to me more often when you go on the court. I have a feeling I'm going to score a goal!"

Standing in the player tunnel and preparing to enter the field, Morata came up to Lin Quan and said to him.

Lin Quan glanced at him and saw that he looked pleading, so he nodded and said, "Pay attention to the opportunity!"

Morata was put in the starting position today. If he can score a goal, he might win the trust of Bosque and secure his position in the national team in the future.

However, Lin Quan feels that with Diego Costa in the team, it would be difficult for him to become a starter.

Compared to Morata, Diego Costa's goal efficiency is much higher.

After the World Cup, Spain's forward line also saw a replacement of the old with the new.

Torres and Villa have both faded out of the national team, and Villa has even left the top five leagues.

After hesitating for a long time between the Chinese Super League and the Major League Soccer, he finally chose to join New York FC.

Leaving the top five leagues means that he will no longer be called up by the national team.

However, for Calabash Brothers, who has already won two European Cups, two World Cups and one Confederations Cup with the team, it doesn’t really matter whether he comes or not as the team has successors.

At this time, Spain was not in a state of transition or the dynasty was about to collapse.

Although the team is full of talented players, Bosque was still cautious in his deployment of troops in this game.

He only arranged a few young players such as Morata, Isco and Juanfran to play, with the aim of winning this crucial game steadily.

The reason for doing this is because of painful lessons learned in the past.

In the European qualifiers on October 10 last year, Spain lost to Slovakia away from home.

In that game, Bosque aggressively replaced a large number of new players and did not summon main players such as Lin Quan.

The new players' mentality was unstable. After falling behind unexpectedly at the beginning, they became more and more anxious as the game went on. Although they had the advantage in the game, they were unable to score a goal. After besieging the team for most of the game, Paco finally scored a goal in the 82nd minute to equalize the score.

However, due to their lack of experience, their opponents took advantage of the opportunity when their psychological defense was relaxed after scoring the goal, and scored another goal in the 87th minute of the game, defeating the Spanish team.

This defeat was Spain's first loss in an international tournament in four years since losing to Chile in the 2010 World Cup group stage.

Even if we count the friendly matches, it was the first defeat in three years.

The loss made the new players very scared, even though the old players comforted them by saying that it was just an ordinary European Cup qualifier and that losing was no big deal and would not affect their first place in the group.

However, because of their poor performance, the team's unbeaten streak was broken, and the new players could not help but feel panic and self-blame.

In view of this, Bosque feels that he should not act too hastily, but should proceed step by step, gradually increasing the number and time of appearances of young players.

During this process, it would be best to arrange more main players to guide them and help them regain their confidence.

During the transition period between the old and the new, the team will inevitably experience a period of pain. Bosque hopes that this period of pain will pass soon.

Right now, a large number of players born after 1985 are still in their golden years, but after the 2016 European Cup, these players will start to decline.

Given their age, it is hard to say how good their form will be by the time of the 2018 World Cup.

Therefore, Bosque only has about three years to adjust.

I hope that in the next three years, more young and talented players will emerge in Spain! It would be best if there were more players like Lin Quan! Of course, this is wishful thinking!

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The Ukrainian team is not very strong. In Group C, they are currently ranked third in points, tied with Spain and 3 points behind Slovakia.

Therefore, this match is a crucial battle for both sides to compete for the right to qualify for the group.

But if Spain loses to Ukraine, their qualifying situation will take a sharp turn for the worse and they may not qualify at all.

For the double champions of the World Cup and the European Cup, it would be too embarrassing to spread the news that they failed to qualify for the European Cup finals. They could not afford to lose face no matter what.

So in this game, Bosque gave the team a death order, they must win!

After the opening, Spain did not make any attempts, but took advantage of its home court to launch a fierce attack on the Ukrainian team.

Ukraine knew the huge gap between its own strength and that of the World Cup champion, so it parked the bus in its own half in this game, trying to steal a goal with a defensive counterattack tactic.

It doesn't matter even if they fail to steal the ball. Getting a point away from home is a completely acceptable result for them.

The opponent's bus caused some obstacles to Spain's attack. In the first 20 minutes of the game, Spain had a high ball possession rate and firmly grasped the initiative on the field, but their attacks failed many times and they were unable to break through the opponent's defense.

This made the Spanish fans who came to watch the game feel impatient and worried. They began to call the names of the players on the field, hoping that they would stand up.

As the biggest player on the field and the core of the national team, Lin Quan's name was called the most times and the loudest.

As if hearing the fans’ shouts, Lin Quan began to take action!

In the 28th minute, Lin Quan relied on his strong personal strength to pass two people and made a lob pass from the left side of the penalty area, assisting Morata to score.

After scoring the goal, Morata excitedly jumped on Lin Quan, hugged Lin Quan's head and kissed his hair continuously.

"Great pass! This ball was passed beautifully!"

Morata was full of praise for Lin Quan's pass just now. He felt that he had never scored such a comfortable goal.

If I had a powerful teammate like Lin Quan when I was in the club, my number of goals would definitely go to the next level.

He feels that his current teammates, such as the talented midfielder Pogba, simply cannot deliver such comfortable passes.

"Lin, make a few more passes like this later. I feel like I'm in great shape. I'm sure I can score a hat trick in this game!"

Morata said with a solemn vow.

Seeing that the opponent's shot just now was of good quality, Lin Quan chose to believe him temporarily.

After falling behind in the score, Ukraine's iron defense could no longer continue and they had to attack.

Once they attack, Spain's offensive problems will naturally be solved.

In the 32nd minute, Lin Quan passed the ball to Morata again, but Morata kicked the ball into the stands.

There was an uproar at the scene. Countless fans hugged their heads with their hands that were raised to celebrate the goal, and were very shocked by Morata's outrageous shot.

Morata himself was also very surprised. He didn't expect that this ball could be fired high? "Lin, my left foot is my dominant foot. Next time, pass it to my left foot, I promise I will score a goal!"

Lin Quan frowned in confusion: Is this guy's dominant foot his left foot?

Why do I remember that he seemed to be able to move his feet with both feet and didn't have a weak foot?

Forget it, since he said so, I'll just believe him for once!

In the 55th minute of the second half, Spain played a smooth cooperation. After completing a series of wall passes, Lin Quan once again passed the ball to Morata.

Moreover, the ball was passed to his left foot specifically as Morata requested.

When Lin Quan passed the ball, the goalkeeper had already lost his defensive position, and Morata's shot was almost facing an empty goal.

However, his shot into the far corner missed the far post and rolled out of the bottom line.

“Woo!”

"hiss!"

There were sounds of exclamations and gasps from Spain. Who is this guy?

Why are your footwork so bad?

Even an empty goal was not scored? What a waste of Lin Quan's wonderful pass!

After wasting two great passes in a row, Lin Quan learned his lesson and stopped passing the ball to this kid.

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He suspected that the boy's first shot was a fluke. With his skills, how could he make such a high-quality shot?

Coincidentally, Morata had consecutive opportunities to shoot, which made the Ukrainian players pay special attention to him.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity, in the 72nd and 77th minutes of the game, Lin Quan successively assisted David Silva and Pedro to score.

After scoring two goals in a row, the score became 3:0 and the outcome of the game was decided.

In the 80th minute, Bosque started to make substitutions. He replaced Morata, who was gradually lost on the field, with Diego Costa.

Two minutes later, Bosque replaced Lin Quan, the absolute hero who led the team to victory, and let him receive the applause of the fans alone.

Tens of thousands of Spanish fans in the Pizjuan Stadium stood up and applauded Lin Quan.

After Lin Quan high-fived his teammates who came on as substitutes, he also responded with applause from the surrounding stands.

The main color of the Pizjuan Stadium is red, symbolizing fiery passion.

Judging from the behavior of the fans throughout the game, it really lives up to its reputation.

Although the stadium is not large and has a capacity of only more than 45,000 people, Lin Quan and other Spanish players like this home stadium very much.

Maybe it’s because the colors here are very similar to the colors of the Spanish team uniforms, which makes them feel familiar.

Plus, the team won the game here, which made them feel happy! In the end, Spain, playing at home, defeated Ukraine 3:0 without any bloodshed. However, on the other side, Slovakia also defeated Luxembourg 3:0. The difference between the two sides is still 3 points. Spain temporarily ranks second in the group.

The next round of the group stage will not be until mid-June, when Spain will travel to Minsk to challenge Belarus away.

After the end of the European preliminaries, the Spanish national team did not disband.

They took advantage of the international match day to invite an old rival for an international friendly match.

This old opponent is none other than Spain's old enemy, the uncrowned champion Netherlands team.

On April 1, April Fool's Day, the entire Spanish team came to Amsterdam to challenge the Dutch team.

In this match, both sides tacitly arranged a large number of young players to play, but the Dutch team was obviously well prepared.

In the 13th minute of the game, the Netherlands team took advantage of a corner kick to create chaos in the Spanish penalty area. Eventually, central defender De Vrij, who plays for Lazio, scored a goal to help the Netherlands team temporarily take the lead.

Three minutes later, the Netherlands team scored another goal, the goal was scored by Klaassen who plays for Ajax.

After conceding two goals in a short period of time, the Spanish players on the field were almost stunned.

They have always been known for their passing and control advantages, but they actually lagged behind their opponents in ball possession.

This made Bosque in the coaching booth unable to sit still.

These young people are a bit unreliable!

How did the game turn out like this? The main players who were chatting and laughing on the bench stopped talking involuntarily and their expressions became serious after seeing the team lose the ball continuously and the players were beaten to a state of panic.

These young players of the Dutch team look quite fierce!

Except for a few veteran players such as Vermeer, Huntelaar, Sneijder, Janmaat, etc., the remaining seven players were all born in the 1990s, and even two of them were born in 1994.

On the field, the Dutch fans who came to watch the game felt proud to see their team beating Spain! In the past two World Cups, Spain has caused countless troubles for the Dutch.

They lost to Spain in the final of the South Africa World Cup and missed a great opportunity to get rid of the title of uncrowned king.

In last year's World Cup in Brazil, they faced Spain in the first group match and were beaten by Spain with an exaggerated score of 5:1.

After this big defeat, the Dutch players were hit hard and their confidence suffered a severe blow. Although they barely made it out of the group stage, they fell in the round of 16 and once again missed out on the championship.

It is easy to imagine how much the Dutch hate the Spanish team after their World Cup dreams were ruined by the Spanish team twice in a row.

However, while they were happy, they still felt that something was missing.

The opponent's main players, especially No. 10 player Lin Quan, were still sitting on the bench and did not appear on the field.

If he was on the field, it would be difficult for the Dutch team to gain such a huge advantage.

Although they were very happy about the outstanding performance of the post-90s players in their team, once they remembered Lin Quan's existence and his age, the Dutch fans were no longer happy.

Lin Quan, born in 1996, is younger than the youngest player on the field.

And there was no player in the Dutch team who could match Lin Quan! In the second half, Bosque replaced all the main players at once, including Lin Quan, Diego Costa, Iniesta, David Silva, Busquets and Ramos.

The Dutch team was not to be outdone and substituted key players such as Van Persie and De Guzman.

Both teams played with their full main lineups, turning a friendly warm-up match into a strong showdown like the World Cup final.

However, in previous games, the Spanish players have already proved it with practical actions.

Their strength is stronger than the main players of the Dutch team!

After 90 minutes of play, with Lin Quan's double and Ramos's header, Spain reversed the game 3:2 and defeated the Netherlands in the warm-up match.

The result of this game seemed to make people forget its original intention - this was supposed to be a friendly warm-up match.

Unexpectedly, it turned into a game of grudges in the end!

However, winning with the main team cannot cover up the problems of young Spanish players.

(End of this chapter)