Chapter 430: Spain's hidden worries, France's ambitious team

De Gea's teammates were powerless to do anything about what happened to him.

Ramos had been hoping to have another Spaniard join Real Madrid to strengthen the local team, but now the big brother Casillas is gone and De Gea, the younger brother, can't come either.

The power of Real Madrid's local gangs has been further weakened.

Casillas' experience made Ramos feel a little sad.

Real Madrid will not let Casillas spend the rest of his life in the club. So if one day in the future he can no longer play, will Real Madrid keep him?

The answer is probably no.

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After everyone arrived, Spain began training.

As usual, there were a large number of fans outside the national team's training base.

There is no easier way to meet a bunch of stars than going to the national team's training base. If you are lucky, you may be able to get their autographs and take photos with them.

Perhaps affected by the club's transfer, De Gea's performance in team training was very poor.

In view of De Gea's poor form, Bosque did not choose De Gea to play when arranging the starting lineup against Slovakia, but continued to trust Casillas.

After joining Porto, Casillas has played three full games for Porto. In these three games, he contributed two clean sheets and performed very well.

For Casillas, joining Porto is a good choice for him.

After coming to the Portuguese Super League to play football, the burden on him has been much lighter.

Porto has a dominant position in the Portuguese Super League. The pressure in the league is not great, and the competitiveness in the Champions League is not strong. If they are lucky, they can qualify from the group stage. If they are unlucky, they can fight for a Europa League spot after the group stage and play in the Europa League.

All of this is completely different from when he was at Real Madrid. After all, Real Madrid has always dreamed of winning the tenth Champions League trophy in team history, but they have failed time and time again, which puts tremendous pressure on every player in the team.

From a geographical point of view, Portugal is very close to Spain, and it is very convenient to travel back and forth between the country. There is no difference between playing football in Portugal and playing football in Spain.

These are the things that attracted him to Porto, but of course, everything has its pros and cons.

The teams in the Portuguese Super League are relatively poor. Even the richest Porto is far less generous than Real Madrid in terms of wages.

After Casillas joined Porto, his salary was reduced from 6.5 million euros to 5 million euros. If he chose to join other giants, the salary he could get would definitely be higher than this. After all, with his current strength, he has not fallen to the point where no team wants him.

Given Casillas' current form, there will be no problem for him to be Spain's goalkeeper for another two years.

As for whether they can hold out until the 2018 World Cup, it is a bit hard to say.

After all, if it really comes to 2018, Casillas will be 37 years old by then. More importantly, Lin Quan remembers that Casillas seemed to have heart disease, and he retired early because of a heart attack.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan felt it necessary to remind Cassie to go to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination as soon as possible.

If it can be discovered and treated in time, it may be possible to avoid being forced to retire in the future.

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On September 6, Spain will face the challenge of Slovakia, ranked second in Group C, at the New Tartier Stadium in Oviedo.

This game is not only about the top spot in the group, but also about whether Spain can qualify in advance.

In addition, this is a game played at home, so Spain sent out its entire main lineup.

The same goes for Slovakia, both sides want to win the game.

In the second round of the group stage held last October, Slovakia defeated Spain 2:1 at home, breaking Spain's unbeaten streak.

So for Spain, this game is also their battle of revenge.

After the opening, Spain did not make any attempts and immediately launched a fierce attack on Slovakia.

David Silva, Iniesta, Lin Quan and others frequently played wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt, making the Slovakian defense line uneasy.

On the other side, Diego Costa, who was in his prime, also showed his potential as a striker. He created a huge threat in the opponent's penalty area and could also act as a troublemaker, using various small moves to make the opponent's defenders very uncomfortable.

The Slovak players were furious. You are a World Cup champion, but you still use such a despicable method. Do you still have any shame? However, Diego Costa didn't care about that. As long as the referee didn't find out and stop him, he would continue. If the opponent's defender was completely enraged and did something uncalm in anger, that would be great! In the fifth minute of the first half, Lin Quan dribbled forward, and David Silva cut inside to meet the opponent's full-back.

A red figure ran along the sideline like a whirlwind. Lin Quan seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. Without looking back, he made a lob pass on the edge of the penalty area.

The ball was passed to the right side of the Slovak penalty area, where there was a large space.

Seeing Lin Quan's pass, the players from both sides in the penalty area failed to react immediately, and some people even thought that Lin Quan had made a mistake.

However, when the red figure rushed over and received Lin Quan's pass, they realized that this was definitely not a mistake, it was a wonderful pass! The one who broke into the penalty area was none other than the Spanish full-back Alba.

When Alba saw the football flying towards him, he subconsciously stretched his head forward, but he didn't even have time to finish heading the ball. The football bounced back as if it had hit a rock.

The speed of the football itself plus the speed of his sprinting forward, the two combined caused the football to fly towards the Slovakia goal at an extremely fast speed.

The Slovak goalkeeper was caught off guard and had no time to do anything. He could only watch the ball go into the net.

The score became 1:0, and Spain got off to a dream start.

After scoring the goal, Alba excitedly ran along the field, touching his head in disbelief as he ran.

The defender felt so good when he scored a goal. No wonder Ramos kept going into the penalty area! Seeing their team take the lead so quickly, the Spanish fans who came to the scene cheered.

Although they have seen the Spanish team win too many times, they are still very excited when they see the national team players score goals. It is as if they have rockets on their butts. They can't sit still and can't help but jump up.

Football is such a fascinating sport that can easily stir people's emotions and make people happy and crazy about it.

Taking the lead so quickly indicates that the game will go very smoothly.

What happened next was not unexpected. After Spain scored the first goal, the mentality of the players on both sides was greatly affected.

The Spanish players became more calm, while the Slovak players became a little anxious.

After getting the ball, they were eager to launch a counterattack, but it was difficult for them to get past the Spanish midfield. Every time they passed the ball to the half court, they easily lost the ball.

Once the ball is lost, Spain will launch an extremely quick counterattack on the spot.

In this counterattack, Diego Costa's advantages were brought into play.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Diego Costa received a through pass from Lin Quan and scored against Slovakia again.

The game was basically over at this point, and no one could beat Spain when they were leading by two goals.

The Slovak players tried to struggle desperately, but ended up being beaten black and blue.

Considering that the opponent was still resisting and had not surrendered, Bosque, who had originally planned to start making substitutions at halftime, postponed the substitution time to the 65th minute.

These extra twenty minutes were a disaster for Slovakia.

At the beginning of the second half, Lin Quan scored the third goal against Slovakia with a free kick.

Five minutes later, David Silva made a cross in front of the goal, Lin Quan made a flanking shot and scored the ball, completing his second goal.

In the first half, although Lin Quan made two assists, he did not score a goal himself, which made the Spanish fans who came to watch the game a little uncomfortable.

There were even some fans at the scene shouting collectively, asking Lin Quan to score.

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Unexpectedly, Lin Quan actually satisfied them, and scored two goals at once, which was double satisfaction.

In the 63rd minute, Lin Quan made a good move for Li. When he had a chance to shoot, he passed the ball to David Silva, who scored into the empty goal and extended the score to 5:0. The Slovak players were completely stunned and obedient. They stopped struggling as there was nothing to struggle for.

They were already five goals behind, and even a god couldn't save them.

Seeing the team score consecutive goals in the second half, Bosque was overjoyed.

So he waved his hand and let Pedro come on the field, replacing Lin Quan, allowing him to receive the applause of the fans alone.

Spanish fans are very fond of their own players. When Lin Quan left the field, all the fans stood up and applauded him.

All five goals scored by Spain in this game were related to Lin Quan. I really don’t know what words to use to describe his data of two shots and three assists.

Thousands of words can be summed up in two words - awesome! With such talents in our national team, what more can we ask for?

After Lin Quan left the court, the situation on the field became much calmer.

Without Lin Quan's coordination and transition, Spain's offensive momentum was sharply reduced.

After being beaten badly, Slovakia on the opposite side completely calmed down and the game became dull.

Seeing this, Bosque let Cazorla, Koke and others come on the field one after another, replacing Iniesta and Fabregas.

They have another game to play in three days. Although they have already qualified for the group stage, Bosque still plans to take these players with him.

Even if it is not for participating in the competition, it would be good to train with the main team for two more days.

After all, the national team's training time together is limited, and the tacit understanding between the players is far from that of their teammates in the club.

Just like in this game, Lin Quan obviously cooperated with David Silva more frequently and more closely.

If other teammates can achieve the same tacit understanding as these two, the strength of the Spanish team will only be improved.

Three days later, at North Macedonia's home ground, Spain did not score a goal but still defeated their opponent with a score of 1:0.

The only goal of the game came from an own goal by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Bosque arranged a large number of substitutes to play in this game. Judging from the performance of the substitutes on the court, it can only be said to be mediocre and not very satisfactory.

In this game, Spain had a ball possession rate of 78%, completed 18 shots in total, 6 of which were on target, but no goals were scored.

Judging from the data and the situation on the field, this was a one-sided game.

But judging from the final score, this should have been a very tense game, as Spain showed its old problem that often appeared in the past - lack of offensive power.

In the absence of Lin Quan, the Spanish players seemed to have no idea how to attack. The ball was passed back and forth between their feet. The passing was beautiful, but the final shot was extremely ugly.

After Bosque replaced Diego Costa in the second half, the situation did not change. Diego Costa completed four shots, two of which missed the goal frame, and both shots on target were successfully saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In terms of the ability to seize opportunities, the gap between him and Lin Quan is indeed quite large. If these four shooting opportunities were given to Lin Quan, at least two goals could have been scored, Bosque thought to himself.

As for the newcomers in the team, the performances of Vitolo, Paco, Marc Bartra, Bernat and others were really unsatisfactory.

Bosque could clearly feel that there was a huge gap between the talent and strength of these people and the golden generation.

It is simply unrealistic to expect them to replace these old players.

This makes Bosque full of worries. At present, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the Spanish national team can still be maintained, but after the golden generation of 85 retires, the latecomers will not be able to fill the vacancies left by them.

Among the current young generation, except for a few such as Isco, Juan, Koke, Morata, etc., the others are simply disgraceful.

But to maintain a team, it is obviously not enough to rely on these few people. Even if there is a great player like Lin Quan in the team, he can't lead a group of pig teammates! If no more young talents can be discovered in the future, then the Spanish dynasty may only last until 2018.

After all, people with clear minds like Bosque are a minority in Spain.

People are just immersed in the current joy and ignore the hidden dangers of the team. Even if someone discovers them, it is likely that they will not be able to wake up those sleeping people.

However, objective facts cannot be transferred or changed by human will.

The problems of the Spanish team were not only noticed by Bosque, but also by France coach Deschamps.

Moreover, he had started preparing for a rainy day long ago by promoting and reusing a large number of newcomers, allowing them to occupy the main positions in the national team.

Thanks to his efforts, the French team has now begun to gradually get rid of the lows of the past few years and is beginning to regain vitality.

"Spain team, let us test your quality in next year's European Cup!"

(End of this chapter)