Chapter 535, the decisive battle, Spain VS Germany.

If Portugal defeated Poland with difficulty through a penalty shootout, it was within everyone's expectations.

Then the result of the other game was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

In another quarter-final held on July 2, the Belgian team, which had been favored by the outside world and even regarded by experts as the favorite to win the championship before the game, was eliminated by the Welsh team with three goals in a row after taking the lead 3:1.

Belgium played in a completely disorganized manner in this game. Although the players on the field were all valuable and talented, they rarely cooperated with each other and were fighting completely on their own.

On the other hand, Wales worked together to maximize their advantages, using Ramsey and Bale's advantages on the wing to break through Belgium's rotten defense time and time again.

If Ramsey and Bale, who performed well, are competing for the best player of the game, then the big and small Lukaku from Belgium will have to fight for the title of the worst performer.

Lukaku, a supernova who was highly regarded by the outside world before the game, saw his value plummet by 20 million because of this game! In the past, some people may have regarded him as a striker of the same level as Suarez and Lewandowski, but after this game, such voices disappeared.

Of course, Lukaku is not the one who was criticized the most.

Belgium captain Hazard and Manchester City superstar De Bruyne were both criticized no less than Lukaku.

Especially Hazard, he hardly cooperated with De Bruyne in this game. He seemed to be too confident in his own strength and wanted to open up the situation by fighting alone. He kept shooting and dribbling, but did not achieve any results.

This behavior of not trusting teammates is a microcosm of Belgium's loss in this game.

If we were to say who was responsible for the 11 players on the field becoming a mess, it must be the head coach's fault.

Belgian fans scolded their head coach Wilmots as a pig-head. After England was eliminated, the outside world thought that England's head coach Hodgson was the worst coach in this European Cup.

But after watching this game, everyone was surprised to find that there is always someone stronger than Hodgson! Wilmots is a talent who can bring the superstar-studded and talented Belgian team to this point, almost comparable to Maradona in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

On the field, if the players were described as Maradona, it would be a compliment.

But if you are in the coaching industry, it is almost like pointing at someone and calling him a fake.

After learning about Belgium's crushing defeat, Lin Quan sent a message to De Bruyne to comfort him.

De Bruyne tried his best in this game, but there was nothing he could do because his teammates around him were too unreliable.

No matter how hard he tried, he was alone.

Football is a team game after all. With the team in such a bad state, De Bruyne is naturally powerless to turn the situation around.

At this moment, De Bruyne has begun to realize how rare it is to have a group of teammates who are close to each other and cooperate well with each other.

"It will be your turn tomorrow. The German team is not easy to play against, so be careful!"

Although he was not in a good mood, De Bruyne still sent a reply after seeing the message from Lin Quan.

I don't have the chance to go further, so I can only wish my teammates the best.

…

July 3, 5:00 p.m., Bordeaux Atlantic Stadium.

The key battle of the 2016 European Cup quarter-finals took place here.

The two teams facing each other in this match are currently the top three teams in the FIFA rankings and are also the two teams with the highest odds of winning this European Cup.

Precisely because both teams in this match are very strong, this match received unprecedented attention before the game.

The Atlantic Stadium, which was just renovated in the outer city last year, had a total of more than 42,000 fans today, filling every corner of the stands! Among the more than 40,000 fans, more than 15,000 came from Spain, more than 10,000 came from the German team, and the rest were local French.

As tickets were hard to come by, there were still a large number of Spanish and German fans outside the stadium who had not bought tickets. They simply gathered outside the stadium, following the cheering songs inside the stadium, and cheering for their national team outside the stadium.

The German team was determined to win this game, and Löw deployed a 3421 formation.

At the front is Germany's center forward Gomez, followed by Muller and Reus.

Behind Reus are Hector, Kroos, Khedira and Kimmich.

The three players in the back line are Hummels, Boateng and Höwedes.

The goalkeeper is Neuer.

If we were to ask who is the most surprising player in the German team's starting lineup, it would undoubtedly be No. 21 Kimmich.

Kimmich is Manchester City's backup full-back. He has performed well for Manchester City, but his appearances and playing time are not many.

Such a rotation player, but Löw boldly put him into the starting lineup, especially in such a crucial match against Spain.

I have to say that Löw is very courageous.

Compared to the German team's strange formation, Spain's formation is more conventional.

Bosque did not make any adjustments to Spain's formation and starting lineup. Spain's formation was still 433. The front three continued the previous configuration, from left to right were David Silva, Morata, Lin Quan,

The three midfielders are Fabregas, Busquets and Iniesta.

The back line is guarded by Juanfran, Pique, Ramos and Alba.

However, in terms of goalkeeper, Bosque chose to trust veteran Casillas in this game.

De Gea's goal-line skills are first-class, but his control range is not large enough, and the timing and choice of attack are still problematic.

In such an important game, Bosque finally chose to play it safe.

Both teams are very strong on paper, and there haven't been many changes in their playing styles. There are basically not many injuries in the lineups, so both teams can be said to have put all their main players into this game.

So for the fans watching the game, this game is extremely exciting and not to be missed for even a second.

The atmosphere of the game was rather solemn, so in the player tunnel, Lin Quan, Kroos and others did not say hello.

Both parties are adjusting their mindsets and putting themselves in a state of appropriate tension and excitement.

In the coin-tossing session before the game, the Spanish team guessed correctly and chose the venue, and the German team gained possession of the ball.

At 5 p.m., the game officially began with a whistle from the referee.

The German team launched a fierce attack right from the start, with no intention of testing the opponent at all.

They may know more about the strength of this Spanish team than the Spaniards themselves!

So there is no need to test it!

The Spanish team was caught off guard by the German team's fierce attack. The opponent posed a threat in the first round of attack. Reus' breakthrough in the frontcourt attracted the attention of many Spanish players.

But Reus was just a trick. When the Spanish players were attracted by him, Kroos, who was lurking behind him, suddenly made a long shot from the top of the penalty area, which gave the Spanish team a warning and shocked the Spanish fans in the stands! Kroos's long shot was slightly higher than the crossbar, but it still received warm applause and cheers from the German fans in the stands.

They saw the German team's determination and fighting spirit from the attack just now.

As long as we continue to maintain this fighting spirit, we will have no problem scoring against Spain in the remaining time!

However, Spain is the dominant force that has defended the World Cup and the European Cup.

After being given a warning by the German team, they immediately fought back.

Fabregas took the ball forward and after forming a partnership with Lin Quan, he suddenly kicked the ball to the left.

David Silva dribbled past Kimmich, cut inside and crossed the ball into the penalty area. Morata made a ghostly move, shook off the double-team of two German defenders, and fell to the ground and shot near the penalty spot.

The threat of this ball was much greater than the long shot just now by the German team. When the German fans in the stands saw this scene, they turned pale with fright and subconsciously covered their mouths with their hands, not daring to breathe.

Neuer made a contribution at the critical moment. On his way to attack, he saw the opponent falling to the ground and shooting, so he hurriedly stretched out his right leg and blocked the ball narrowly.

The ball bounced over the crossbar and Spain got a corner kick.

The German team had a huge height advantage, so Spain chose to use tactical cooperation.

Iniesta took the initiative to run towards the corner area from the top of the penalty area, as if he was going to receive the ball. The opponent's attention was attracted by him, but unexpectedly, Iniesta just feinted and did not receive the ball.

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The ball was not passed to him, but to Busquets behind him.

After receiving the ball, Busquets did not choose to take a long shot, but immediately passed it to the back point, allowing Ramos and Pique who were lying in ambush there to compete for the header.

The German players at the back point were less vigilant when they saw that the opponent did not pass the ball to the back point immediately.

When Busquets got the ball, everyone thought he was going to take a long shot because there was no one guarding him.

What was unexpected was that the opponent went around in a big circle and still managed to head the ball into the goal from the back.

However, at this time, because they were repeatedly disturbed, their attention was not fully focused on defending the Spanish players around them, which gave Ramos the opportunity to start.

Although Ramos is not very tall, he has amazing jumping ability. He jumped high and headed the ball into the goal before Hummels.

Spain scored a goal just two and a half minutes into the game! What a dream start!

After seeing the referee's gesture confirming the goal was valid, the Spanish fans in the stands started celebrating wildly.

They thought of countless scenarios before the game, but they never expected the situation to be like this.

Ramos' header gave all Spanish fans a huge surprise.

Ramos himself was actually quite surprised. Hummels has rich defensive experience and Boateng is not someone he can easily deal with.

The opponent did a very good job of defending at the beginning, completely keeping a close eye on him and Pique, not giving them any chance at all.

However, he did not expect that just a few excessive kicks would make the opponent relax their vigilance, giving him such a comfortable header opportunity.

Ramos is not very confident in his shooting skills. After all, he is a defender and usually he only thinks about how to clear the ball, so he doesn't have many opportunities to shoot.

But Ramos is too confident in his header!

Whether in club games or in national team games, he has scored many goals with headers.

Ramos was extremely excited to score such a crucial header in such a crucial match against Germany.

If the game hadn't just started and he had received a yellow card in the previous game, he would have wanted to take off his clothes to celebrate.

Ramos excitedly rushed to the sidelines and slid down the court to celebrate.

The teammates behind him ran over and joined in the celebration.

Looking at the Spaniards celebrating wildly on the sidelines, the German players couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.

It was a bit unfair to lose this ball. The players were not fully into the game shortly after the start of the game.

If they had not been inattentive when defending just now and given the opponent such an opportunity, they would not have lost the ball so quickly.

"Better focus and don't make mistakes. There's still a lot of time left in the game and we still have a chance!"

As the captain, Neuer did not blame his teammates for their mistakes, but instead encouraged them loudly, trying to boost their morale.

His shouting did have some effect. After all, the game had just begun and there was still a lot of time left for the German team.

After the restart, the German team continued to attack Spain, seemingly unaffected by the goal they had just lost.

However, as the opponent was prepared, their attack was not as effective as before.

Seeing that continuing the attack had no effect, the German team began to change their tactics.

Royce's appearance rate is starting to increase!

Compared to Ozil, Reus is faster and has stronger breakthrough ability, which gives the German team more options in the frontcourt.

The Spanish side were obviously well aware of this, so from the beginning of the game, they targeted Reus.

If he dribbled the ball a little deeper, he would easily be double-teamed by Juanfran, Fabregas and Busquets.

Especially Professor Bu, he abandoned the huge threat of Muller. As long as Reus got the ball, he would go over to assist in defense and not give Reus the chance to approach his own penalty area.

With the help of Professor Bu, the threat posed by Royce was temporarily eliminated.

But Mueller's threat is beginning to emerge again.

Although on the surface, it seemed that the German team was led by center forward Gomez.

But their real killer weapon is Muller who is lurking behind Gomez. As the world's top shadow striker, Muller always appears where he should be and sends the ball into the goal in the most reasonable way.

Before that, you couldn't see anything special about him. He seemed to be just an ordinary person with no sense of existence.

But this kind of killer is the most terrifying!

On the sidelines, Spain's coach Bosque held his chin and looked at the field with a frown.

Muller is very good at running without the ball, which can be seen from his games for Bayern.

The German team is likely to take advantage of this!

But now there is a question, between Reus and Muller, who is the real offensive core of the German team in this game?

(End of this chapter)