Chapter 406: 40 at halftime, the Japanese were stunned

After saving Honda Keisuke's penalty, De Gea roared with excitement.

Saving a penalty is a huge test for a goalkeeper. No matter how solid the basic skills of a goalkeeper are, there is no guarantee that he can save the opponent's penalty.

Therefore, any successful save is the result of the goalkeeper's utmost strength combined with a certain amount of luck, and deserves applause.

On the field, the Spanish players saw De Gea actually saved the opponent's penalty, and they all ran over excitedly to pat his butt, touch his head, and offer encouragement and praise.

“Well done, David!”

Lin Quan also came back and hugged De Gea. De Gea's skills in the small penalty area were impeccable, but his control range and attacking ability were relatively weak.

If he can improve his attacking level in a targeted manner, De Gea's strength will only become stronger.

"Thanks!"

De Gea was very happy to receive Lin Quan's praise.

This is recognition from the team boss!

Although Lin Quan is young, he is the undisputed top player in the Spanish team. The entire Spanish team will be built around him in the future.

If you want to gain a foothold in the Spanish team in the future, you must have a good relationship with Lin Quan.

De Gea plays for Manchester United, which is a sworn enemy of Lin Quan's team.

Therefore, the two of them did not have much contact in private. In fact, because of the relationship with the club, De Gea was a little worried that Lin Quan would not like him.

This situation has happened before in the Spanish team. A few years ago, when Barcelona and Real Madrid accumulated a lot of hatred in the league and the Champions League, the players of the two teams brought this conflict to the national team.

This led to the emergence of distinct factions in the Spanish national team - the Barcelona gang and the Real Madrid gang!

This kind of internal conflict will inevitably affect the strength of the Spanish team, so it is hard to say that the rapid decline of the Spanish team in history has nothing to do with this.

Fortunately, Lin Quan is not the kind of person who cannot distinguish right from wrong.

What club De Gea plays for does not affect his evaluation of De Gea.

Unless the other party really did something against you.

De Gea, who was in great form, performed better and better in the remaining time, showing more and more like a general.

On the bench, Casillas saw De Gea's outstanding performance and a complicated look in his eyes, with mixed feelings.

Casillas' contract with Real Madrid expires this summer.

However, Real Madrid did not invite him to renew his contract. Obviously, Real Madrid has no intention of retaining him.

This seems unbelievable. As a two-time World Cup champion and Golden Glove Award winner, Casillas's strength is enough to rank among the top three goalkeepers in today's football.

Although he is a little older now, his condition will decline little by little.

But the goalkeeper position is becoming more and more important.

Juventus goalkeeper Buffon, the best player in the world, is older than him, but isn't he still firmly in the starting position for Juventus?

Therefore, Real Madrid's cleaning out of Casillas is not entirely due to his age.

As for the real reason, Casillas actually has some guesses in his mind.

As early as 2010, Mourinho's first season at Real Madrid, there were rumors that Casillas did not vote for Mourinho in a FIFA best coach selection.

This caused dissatisfaction in Mourinho, and the relationship between the two sides within the team has always been bad.

When Mourinho was still coaching Real Madrid, he had been criticizing Casillas' journalist girlfriend for leaking team information, and their relationship became strained.

Although there is no conclusive evidence for these news, the spread of these rumors itself has affected Casillas' reputation.

Although Mourinho left later, the impact of these incidents has not subsided.

Moreover, the club's president Florentino also had some complaints about Casillas and did not like the captain very much.

Florentino has publicly expressed his interest in goalkeepers such as De Gea and Buffon, which is undoubtedly a hint to Casillas to pack up and leave as soon as possible.

As the captain of Real Madrid, Casillas knows in his heart that if he continues to stay in Real Madrid, there will probably be no good results.

He joined Real Madrid at the age of 9 and has been at Real Madrid for 25 years.

After such a long time, Casillas knows very well that very few players can have a good ending in Real Madrid.

Even someone as strong as Raul couldn't do it! Naturally, he couldn't do it either, so when he failed to receive a contract extension from the club at the end of the season, Casillas knew it was time for him to leave.

Casillas has a vague premonition in his heart that after he leaves, the person who will replace him in the Real Madrid team will most likely be De Gea, right?

In this way, his position in both the national team and the club was taken away by the same person.

No wonder he looked at De Gea with such a complicated look...

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On the field, after Spain's main players came on the field one after another, the situation of the game immediately changed dramatically.

Compared with the substitute players, Spain's main players are not only stronger, but also have more game experience.

After they came on the court, they did not immediately launch an attack on the Japanese team, but slowly used their advantage in ball possession to gradually control the situation on the field.

After losing the ball, the Japanese team played more and more passively. They could not launch any attack at all and were forced to follow the rhythm of Spain and shrink towards their own half little by little.

Not long after, the entire Japanese team retreated to their own half, and their space for movement was greatly reduced. The Spanish team then launched an oppressive attack against them in the Japanese team's half.

Here we come!

The Japanese fans at the scene were all excited. The long-awaited Western-style passing and controlling football appeared! "Let the world champions' strongest tactics test the strength of our Japanese team!"

Seeing the Spanish team use their passing and controlling tactics, the Japanese fans were nervous but full of expectations at the same time.

Spain's passing and controlling tactics are well-known, and this is a tactic that is invincible anywhere in the world.

There is no team in the world that can withstand the attack of Spain's tactics.

How terrible is Spain during this period? Someone has done statistics. In international competitions, when facing Spain, losing by two is considered a small number, losing by three is normal, and losing by four or five is not surprising.

The only team that lost by only one goal was Argentina, led by Messi and with a large number of top stars.

Other top teams such as the Netherlands and Germany were all beaten to a pulp by Spain! Spain's terror had long been known to everyone.

It is normal for the Japanese to feel afraid when facing such a formidable opponent.

However, while they were afraid, they also had some anticipation in their hearts, just like in those anime with a lot of second-year plots, where the protagonist, when being suppressed by the villain, suddenly awakens, bursts out with amazing power, and finally defeats the villain.

In the eyes of the Japanese, they are obviously the protagonists, and the villain is naturally Spain on the opposite side.

On the sidelines, Japan's head coach Halilhodzic frowned.

Spain's passing and controlling football is indeed worthy of its reputation. He currently cannot see any flaws in the opponent's tactics.

This style of play was completely different from the Spanish team's regular style of play in the first half, making all members of the Japanese team feel tremendous pressure.

More and more sweat appeared on their foreheads. Facing the Spanish players' threading and passing in the frontcourt, they had to be fully alert at all times.

Because if they relax even a little, the opponent might find their flaws and launch a fatal attack.

However, humans are not made of iron and it is impossible to maintain this state of concentration all the time.

Even if their bodies can bear it, their spirits cannot.

In the 35th minute of the first half, after a ten-minute continuous siege on the Japanese team.

Spain's crazy attack seemed to have finally stopped! Seeing that the opponent's offensive had eased, the Japanese players breathed a sigh of relief.

If they were besieged like this again, they would be exhausted to death.

However, just when they were secretly relieved, the Spanish side suddenly accelerated.

David Silva suddenly dribbled the ball inside and after a series of two-on-one passes with Lin Quan, Iniesta and others, Lin Quan got the ball at the front of the penalty area.

When the Japanese defenders saw that the person holding the ball was Lin Quan, they instantly became nervous and their scalps went tingling.

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Before the game, Halilhodzic repeatedly told them to be careful of Lin Quan and not to give him any chances.

However, Lin Quan was not included in the starting lineup, and they did not encounter Lin Quan in the first 20 minutes, which made them gradually relax their vigilance.

At this moment, when Lin Quan appeared on the penalty area line with the ball, the fear deep in their hearts was awakened.

At once, Hasebe Makoto, Sakai Takatoku and others all rushed towards Lin Quan.

At this time, they had forgotten about defensive tactics and had only one thought in mind, which was to stop Lin Quan, not let him break into the penalty area, and not let him shoot.

Not only were the Japanese players on the field feeling nervous, but tens of thousands of Japanese fans in the stands also had their hearts in their throats when they saw Lin Quan dribbling towards the Japanese team's penalty area.

However, after seeing their three defenders double-teaming them, they all felt relieved.

In such a small space, it is absolutely impossible to succeed against three defenders alone! Although there is a video on the Internet of Lin Quan's one-on-five challenge against the Chinese team's back line, the Japanese are dismissive of it.

What is the strength of the Japanese team and what is the strength of the Chinese team? Can they be compared?

Their players are much better than their neighbors next door. After all, many players on the Japanese team play in the top five leagues. How can the Chinese national team compare with them?

Three to one, the advantage is on my side, it’s secured!

However, in the next second, they were all dumbfounded!

No one knew what magic Lin Quan used, but the football seemed to have life, rolling around under his feet like an elf, easily dissolving the opponent's three-man double team and successfully breaking through the siege.

Japan's goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima was stunned!

Is this even possible? A one-on-three fight can lead to a breakthrough?

Are my three teammates made of paper?

Seeing that the Japanese goalkeeper was in a daze, Lin Quan had to give up the idea of ​​dribbling past the goalkeeper and decisively chose to shoot.

After all, he really couldn't get past the opponent until he left the goal.

Kawashima Eiji only had time to make a subconscious save, but the football had already flown into the goal before he completed the action.

The score became 1:0, Spain is leading!

This goal was just a basic move for Lin Quan, so when his teammates saw him score the goal, they just rushed up to hug him, or patted his shoulders and praised him, but did not seem very excited.

For these players, no matter what feats Lin Quan accomplishes, they are no longer surprised.

Busquets and Iniesta even had a feeling that Lin Quan had surpassed Messi in his prime.

As Messi's teammates, they know better than anyone how terrifying Messi is at his peak.

However, the feeling that Lin Quan gave them on the court at this time was even better. In fact, this was not his limit! This guy seemed to have no upper limit. You never knew where his limit was.

Compared to the "well-informed" Spanish players, the Japanese players were all stunned as if they were struck by lightning.

Three for one, actually failed!

Is this fake? The plot that only exists in anime is actually happening in real life! Not only the players on the field were shocked, but also tens of thousands of Japanese fans in the stands.

I originally thought that the Chinese national team's double-team was broken by Lin Quan because their level was too low, but I didn't expect that the result would not change after they replaced them.

Doesn’t this mean that the Japanese team is as weak as the Chinese national team?

No, that is absolutely not the case!

Since this is not the case, there is only one reasonable explanation - Lin Quan is just too strong! The Japanese have a strong admiration for the strong, and when they meet someone weaker than themselves, they don't even treat them as human beings.

However, when they meet someone who is stronger than themselves, they can flatter him in various ways and find ten thousand reasons to justify this behavior.

Just like now, seeing Lin Quan easily defeat their players, the Japanese want to worship Lin Quan as a god.

Too strong, really too strong!

As expected, he is the best in the world, he is so strong!

Then, some interesting things happened on the field.

This is clearly the Japanese team's home court, but there were many voices cheering for Lin Quan.

Especially those female fans whose voices were extremely penetrating. Even Lin Quan on the court could hear their cheers in unison.

Turning around, I saw that some female fans had already started holding up various slogans, pictures and banners to support him, and they would occasionally shout "Gang De" to cheer him on.

This scene made Lin Quan slip and he almost fell flat on his face.

His teammates didn't understand Japanese, and when they saw Sakura Girl switching sides, they actually started cheering for the Spanish team. The Spanish players were like chicken blood, and they all wanted to perform in front of Sakura Girl.

So, the Japanese team was in trouble.

Before they could recover from the shock of conceding the goal, they suffered a series of heavy losses in the next ten minutes.

In the 38th minute, Iniesta scored with the assist of Lin Quan, changing the score to 2:0. Two minutes later, David Silva cut inside and scored with a long shot, changing the score to 3:0. In the injury time of the first half, Lin Quan scored another goal with an extremely elegant S-shaped free kick, freezing the score at 4:0. In the first 20 minutes of the game, the two teams were still fighting back and forth. When the penalty kick was awarded, the Japanese team even fantasized about defeating Spain.

But when the whistle sounded to end the first half, all their dreams were shattered.

All that was left was fear! Starting from the 35th minute, Spain had already scored 4 goals in just ten minutes!

They thought the odds were 50-50, but it turned out to be that their opponents were not serious enough.

Once the opponents got serious, they were like paper, completely vulnerable! What was even more terrifying for the Japanese was that they conceded four goals in ten minutes, and there was still a long 45 minutes in the second half.

If Spain continues to play with this goal efficiency, it seems that it is only a matter of time before the Japanese team is kicked out of the team's record-breaking tragedy.

(End of this chapter)