Chapter 545 31 eliminated the French team and advanced to the European Cup finals
"Damn, is Griezmann so fierce?"
"I would like to call him Little Messi!"
"The French team is gaining momentum. If they keep playing like this, they might even equalize!"
"No way, no way. 11 players against 10. How can they lose when they are two goals ahead? If Spain really loses, all these players on the field will be nailed to the pillar of shame!"
The fans were also shocked to see Griezmann perform so fiercely.
I thought the game was over when Pogba was sent off and Lin Quan scored the second goal, but Griezmann messed it up and the situation became confusing again.
Although Spain still leads by one goal, no one can guarantee that France cannot equalize or even reverse the score in this state.
"Someone from Spain must step up as soon as possible and control the tempo of the game. We can't let the French continue playing like this!"
Just like calling a timeout in a basketball game, in a football match, when one side is gaining momentum and launching a very threatening offensive wave, the other side must find a way to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.
These methods are nothing more than fouls, passing the ball back in the backcourt to delay time, etc.
These tasks were originally done by Xabi Alonso and Xavi in Spain. After these two retired from the national team, Xiaobai became the person who controlled the pace of the game.
But as luck would have it, Iniesta was injured in the last game and could not play in this game, which caused some confusion in Spain's midfield.
Although Lin Quan replaced Iniesta's position, he was not a midfielder. He spent much more time playing as a winger than as a midfielder, which led to no one on the Spanish side thinking of this at the first time.
Fortunately, Lin Quan reacted quickly. After successfully blocking an attack by the French team, he gestured to his teammates to slow down the pace of the game.
When the teammates saw Lin Quan’s gesture, they all felt relieved.
This extremely fast-paced offensive and defensive battle consumes a lot of the players' physical energy.
Many of them were already so tired that they could hardly breathe. At this time, Lin Quan wanted to slow down the pace of the game, which was what they wanted most.
So they began to cooperate with Lin Quan tacitly, creating safe space for him to pass the ball and control the ball.
The French team was full of energy and didn't feel tired at all at this time.
Seeing that the Spanish team tried to control the tempo of the game and delay time, they naturally could not agree!
So, under the leadership of Griezmann and others, the French players rushed up aggressively and tried to press Spain in a high position.
Seeing that the opponent was coming at him aggressively, Lin Quan did not confront him head-on. Instead, he dribbled the ball towards the baseline.
Griezmann and Giroud rushed over together, one on the left and one on the right, trying to block Lin Quan's passing and dribbling space.
The two men were thinking that even if they couldn't snatch the ball away from Lin Quan, they would at least force an opportunity for a corner kick.
Now they are in the opponent's half. As long as the French team can successfully steal the ball, they can immediately form a threatening attack. If they can get a corner kick opportunity, they can also let their players try to score with headers.
The French team now only wants to continue this momentum and equalize the score as soon as possible.
If we are really dragged down by the opponent and their morale is exhausted, then the next game will be difficult.
French players are not tireless iron men. The reason why they don't feel tired now is because they are too excited after scoring the goal, and the excitement covers up the feeling of tiredness.
Once this passion fades, they will soon feel tired, and because they consume more energy than their opponents due to running, they will even be more tired than the Spanish players.
By then, the French team will be more tired, have fewer people, and be behind in the score, which will probably be very bad.
Griezmann was very clear about the team's current situation, so his pressing action this time was extremely resolute.
However, Lin Quan knew their intentions very well.
When Giroud rushed over, he suddenly turned half way and kicked the ball towards Giroud.
Giroud had no time to brake and could only half turn his body to try to avoid the ball.
However, his nickname is Big Giroud, and his huge body of 192cm is not so easy to dodge.
The football hit Giroud with a bang and bounced out of the baseline.
Beep! The referee blew the whistle, signaling that it was Spain's goal kick.
Giroud looked depressed and turned around to glare at Lin Quan.
Lin Quan spread his hands and said, "You are so big, if I don't kick you, would I kick Griezmann?"
Casillas is a veteran with a wealth of experience.
He knew that the team now needed to delay time as much as possible, so he was not in a hurry and took his time to kick the ball into the goal.
Seeing Casillas wasting time, the French players protested to the referee.
Casillas accurately grasped the referee's tolerance limit and kicked the ball out with a big foot before the referee could draw a card.
The ball was not heading towards the center of the field, but towards the side!
Morata saw the captain's gesture long before Casillas kicked off, and had already run to the wing to block the position. As soon as the ball arrived, he overpowered the opposing player and jumped high, then passed the ball to his teammate.
Busquets received the ball and without thinking, passed the ball back to the goalkeeper who had left the penalty area before the French players rushed towards him.
Casillas easily stopped the ball, took a few steps outside the penalty area, and when the opponent's forward rushed over, he passed the ball horizontally to Pique.
Giroud abandoned Casillas and went for Pique.
Pique continued to pass the ball to Juanfran on the wing, Juanfran then passed the ball to Lin Quan who retreated to receive the ball, Lin Quan continued to move to the left and passed the ball to Ramos.
Spain started to pass the ball backwards in the backcourt. Although Giroud, Griezmann and others who rushed over at the beginning tried their best, they could not get the ball because they were too few in number.
After most of the French players rushed to their own half, Lin Quan immediately changed his strategy and passed the ball to the full-back Alba.
This time, Alba did not pass the ball back, but took advantage of the empty backcourt of the opponent and strode towards the opponent's half with the ball.
The French players had just run to the Spanish half and had to run back without stopping. After going back and forth several times, they finally couldn't run anymore.
It was already the 65th minute. Since Griezmann scored ten minutes ago, neither side had any good scoring opportunities. The only shot of the Spanish team was far off the target and posed no threat at all.
The French fans in the stands were furious and gnashing their teeth in hatred.
The Spanish team is really despicable. It would be fine if they didn't attack themselves, but they also used this method to waste time and consume the French team's physical strength.
At this time, the passion of the French players faded and a strong sense of fatigue swept over them.
Many players were breathing heavily, as playing 10 against 11 was really too much of a drain on the players' physical energy.
In addition to the fact that they had to passively run back and forth behind the opponent, many of them had reached a bottleneck in their physical fitness and could no longer run.
The consequence of the decline in physical fitness is that the high-pressing tactics can no longer be executed.
Without the pressure created by high-pressure pressing, they would not be able to resolve the opponent's passing and control, and could only let the Spanish team control the tempo of the game.
Deschamps knew that the players had reached their limit and had to be replaced.
So he replaced Sissoko with Matuidi, and replaced Giroud with Gignac.
Deschamps' substitution had a certain effect. After these two new players came on the court, the French team's pressing intensity increased. When counterattacking, the right side had a speed advantage and was able to pose a threat.
Bosque countered the opponent's moves and made substitutions as well.
He replaced Juanfran for Azpilicueta, replaced Fabregas for Koke.
Spain needs to strengthen its defense.
After these two players came on the court, they immediately curbed the French team's attack on the right side.
As time went on, the French team's numerical disadvantage began to gradually become apparent.
As the players' physical energy was severely depleted and their running ability declined, they were increasingly unable to keep up with Spain's rhythm and kept missing people when defending.
Seeing this situation, Spain decisively switched from defense to offense and began to press the French team.
In the 79th minute of the second half, Spain played a dazzling pass and cut combination in the frontcourt.
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The ball was passed through five players and broke through the French team's defense.
Lin Quan dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and shot the ball before the goalkeeper, kicking it into the goal again.
The score became 3:1!
Lin Quan's goal killed the suspense of the game and Spain completely secured the victory!
After scoring the goal, Lin Quan quickly got up from the grass, ran towards the corner area, and pounded his chest with his right hand.
All the cameras at the scene were following his footsteps, capturing his domineering movements.
No one noticed that behind Lin, France's goalkeeper Lori was pounding the grass unwillingly.
No one noticed that Griezmann, Kante and others who chased back to the penalty area looked gloomy.
The so-called success is the king and the failure is the bandit, it is nothing more than this.
In fact, Lin Quan still gave the French some face. According to his previous management, after scoring three goals and completing a hat trick in an away game, he would usually turn up his collar, look around the stadium, and do a king's tour.
France coach Didier Deschamps was stunned, as if all his strength had been drained away, and slumped in his seat.
After waiting so long for a chance to play at home, they were just one step away from making it to the finals, but once again fell to their old rivals.
He was extremely unwilling in his heart, but at this moment, no matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to accept the humiliation.
French fans in the stands had different reactions when they saw Lin Quan score another goal.
Some people angrily threw things onto the field, some cursed, some were dejected, and some female fans simply shed tears of sadness, crying like pear blossoms in the rain.
The Spanish fans on the opposite side were so happy that they threw away their manners and jumped up and down on their seats, singing hymns with great joy.
As for the Spanish team's coach Bosque, the old man was not as crazy as before this time.
He just waved his arms lightly, then returned to the coaching seat calmly, with the demeanor of a famous coach who was not easily disturbed by fame or disgrace.
If it weren't for the wildly twitching corners of his mouth that exposed his inner thoughts, and the not-so-elegant celebration in the first half that gave it away, everyone might have really been fooled by him.
In the stands, Guardiola, who came to watch the game, felt relieved after seeing Lin Quan's goal that sealed the victory.
While clapping, he was secretly proud in his heart: This is my son, hehe, the best football player in the world!
However, with Guardiola's experienced vision, he actually saw that Lin Quan exposed a lot of problems in the midfield position in this game.
If the opponent wants to develop into a midfielder in the future, he will need more guidance from me.
"Midfield is a position that requires both talent and experience. As a father, I don't have much else, but my 20 years of midfield experience can teach you something!"
Guardiola is considered a first-rate midfielder, but he is not as good as a top midfield master.
However, since he took over as coach, he has coached several world-class midfielders. Combining his own experience and unique insights into midfielders, Guardiola is still very experienced in coaching midfielders.
It is also because of this that many midfielders around the world are trying their best to play for Guardiola's team.
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Although the game has not ended yet, Lin Quan's goal has turned the remaining time into garbage time.
The French team's morale suffered a severe blow, and coupled with the decline in physical strength, they were unable to launch an attack on Spain.
Spain also did not want to make excessive consumption. After all, Portugal had rested for one more day and was in much better physical condition than them. Now that they had already won, they would naturally save as much as possible.
Even after seeing that the opponent had no intention of attacking, Bosque used his last substitution in the 81st minute and replaced Lin Quan in advance, allowing him to receive applause from the fans.
The audience all saw Lin Quan's performance in this game.
So even the fans of the opposing team did not deliberately boo or insult him at this time.
There were even some French fans who joined the Spanish fans in applauding Lin Quan.
"We didn't lose to the Spanish team, we lost to Lin!"
I don’t know who first came up with this statement, but after the game, this statement quickly spread in France.
In this game, all the goals scored by the Spanish team were scored by Lin Quan. If he was removed from the Spanish team, the French felt that Spain would definitely not be their opponent!
Spanish fans naturally scoffed at this.
What's wrong? Isn't it good that our Spanish team has a very powerful world-class star?
You are just jealous. If you have the ability, can you also send a Lin Quan to the French team?
Ouch!
A seventeen-year-old black boy in the stands sneezed.
"Wash your neck and wait. See you at the World Cup in two years!"
The French fans couldn't win the argument, so they made some harsh remarks.
They have realized that Spain's main lineup is deteriorating day by day.
Three years ago, the French team was beaten by Spain without any chance to fight back, but in this game at least they played back and forth.
The power gap between the two sides is narrowing, not widening.
Just because we can’t beat Spain now doesn’t mean we won’t be able to beat them in two years.
When all the old players of Spain's golden generation retire, even with Lin Quan holding the stage, they may not be unable to win! (End of this chapter)