Chapter 83 Black whistle?
After nearly half an hour of siege, Spain finally broke the door.
If we don’t score again, there will be more variables on the field! If we can’t score for a long time, it is easy for the players to lose their mentality and then be counterattacked by the opponent!
After seeing the ball fly into the net, Bosque and coach Toni hugged each other excitedly.
The players and coaches on the bench and coaching bench also rushed out excitedly, and some hugged their colleagues.
Some even rushed directly onto the field to celebrate with their teammates.
The audience at the Calderon Stadium also burst into earth-shaking cheers the moment Iniesta scored.
The Spanish fans were very excited, waving their flags and shouting the names of the players on the field.
They had the upper hand on the field before, but the team's lack of goals made them anxious.
But now it’s different. With a one-goal lead, the fans are relieved!
Sure enough, we Spain are invincible!
Even a top-notch team like France is not our opponent, so who else can stop us? Thinking of this, many Spanish fans began to imagine next year's Confederations Cup and even the World Cup the year after.
With the strength and dominance that Spain has shown in the football world, it is almost certain that they will win these two events! Spain is likely to become the first team to defend the title in nearly 50 years!
On the French team side, the new coach Deschamps, who took over the national team in the summer, sat in the coaching seat, holding his chin and watching the Spanish players who were celebrating on the field.
He stared at the No. 30 player on the Spanish team and couldn't help but curse under his breath.
My luck is so bad!
The tactics against Spain that were developed with great difficulty were destroyed because of the appearance of this guy.
After Spain won the World Cup and defended the European Cup, the whole world was studying how to play the Spanish national team, just as all clubs were studying how to deal with Barcelona.
The tactical playing styles of these two teams are very similar, and there is also a large overlap in the players playing on the field.
Therefore, the tactics used by the club against Barcelona can also be used as a reference at the national team level.
Even more, the effect will be better, because the Spanish national team is obviously not as strong as Barcelona, they lack Messi in the frontcourt! And the most effective tactic against Barcelona is Mourinho's defensive counterattack tactic!
As early as 2010, he led Inter Milan to eliminate Barcelona in the Champions League and won the Champions League that year.
Last season, Chelsea, which he built, eliminated Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals with excellent defensive counterattack tactics.
The Real Madrid he coached also snatched the La Liga championship from Barcelona last season and even defeated Barcelona away from home.
It can be said that Mourinho is the most successful coach against Barcelona in recent years.
Although he doesn't win every time, his success rate is the highest compared to others.
So, Deschamps chose to borrow Mourinho's tactics and planned to use defensive counterattacks to deal with Spain.
If this was Spain a month ago, he felt that France might have had close to a 50% chance of winning.
The reason is simple, the Spanish forwards are weak and it is difficult to score against the French team's defense.
And they only need to seize one chance to win the game.
But now, the opponent has a player with a playing style very similar to Messi, which solves the problem of weak striker.
This was completely beyond Deschamps' expectations and disrupted his deployment.
Deschamps doesn't know whether his tactics will work now! With Lin Quan, the Spanish national team has surpassed Barcelona in terms of strength.
The French national team is obviously not as strong as Real Madrid.
Last season, Real Madrid had one win, two losses and one draw against Barcelona, and was clearly at a disadvantage.
The French national team, which is weaker than Real Madrid, meets the Spanish national team, which is stronger than Barcelona. The winning rate may not even be 10%!
This analysis immediately made him pessimistic about the outcome of the game! Can the French team still turn the game around? "It's going to be hard for the French team. After Lin Quan joined, Spain's attacking power in the frontcourt has been greatly enhanced, and the power of the strikerless tactics has been further improved. The French team's defense is unable to contain the opponent's offense. If they continue to play the defensive counterattack tactics, they may lose more balls."
In the Sky Sports commentary booth, Martin Taylor shook his head and sighed.
I thought I could enjoy a world-class match, but judging from the current situation on the field, the French team did not do much better than the opponent except that their defense was slightly better than Belarus.
Their attacks hardly pose a threat and their defense is unstoppable.
The No. 30 on the opposite side had an unstable position in the frontcourt. He moved around everywhere, sometimes on the front line and sometimes on the wing, creating great difficulties for the French team's defense.
If they continue to play like this, France will definitely lose this game.
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We were behind in the score and the situation on the field was also behind.
The French players played very frustratingly. They had tried very hard to defend in this game.
But it seems that defense alone cannot win the game. If you want to win the game, you must rely on offense.
So, when the game kicked off again, Ribery and Benzema discussed it and decided to focus more on offense.
The team is now behind. If they try harder, they may be able to equalize or even reverse the score, but if they continue to play like this, they will definitely lose.
The game resumed, and the French team, unwilling to fall behind, significantly increased their offensive manpower.
Their midfielders do not have much creativity, but their physical fitness is so good that it is not difficult for them to steal the ball from the Spanish players through active fighting.
In the 33rd minute, Kabaye intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it to the wing, looking for French winger Ribery.
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After receiving the ball, Ribery dribbled to the bottom and made a cross. Benzema's low shot in the penalty area was saved by his club teammate Casillas.
A corner kick was taken and Ramos headed the ball out, but the ball was controlled by the French players and was passed into the penalty area again.
There was chaos in the penalty area, and Spanish defender Arbeloa and French winger Menez both fell to the ground.
The ball was kicked out of the sideline by someone.
The French players believed that the Spanish defender had committed a foul in the penalty area and surrounded the referee asking for a penalty.
The referee ignored them, awarded the ball to the French team and signaled the game to continue.
The TV station's broadcast footage showed that Arbeloa did make a pushing gesture with his hand, which may have been a missed call.
After the French team attacked, their backcourt defense became empty.
Spain immediately seized the opportunity and started counterattacking!
In the 36th minute, Spain quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and Pedro's shot was saved by the goalkeeper with one hand and hit the crossbar.
Xavi took a corner kick from the left side, and Ramos headed the ball from the center of the penalty area and hit the post.
The ball bounced back and Lin Quan got the ball in the penalty area. He shot the ball without stopping, preparing to hit the upper right corner of the goal.
As a result, the football flew out, hit the defender's arm, and bounced out of the baseline.
The Spanish players immediately raised their hands to signal that there was handball in the opponent's penalty area. The referee's whistle sounded in time and pointed to the penalty spot.
Spain got a penalty! There was nothing wrong with the decision, but the French players couldn't accept it.
They felt that the referee missed their previous penalty kick. If he hadn't missed that penalty kick, the next penalty kick wouldn't have happened! This back and forth was equivalent to giving the other side two goals!
So they rushed towards the referee, wanting to argue with him.
The referee was surrounded by French players. He retreated and took out yellow cards, showing them to Koscielny, Gonalons and others.
After being shown two yellow cards in a row, the French players finally calmed down.
However, their anger is accumulating, like a volcano about to erupt, and it is approaching a critical point.
According to the penalty kick order within the Spanish team, Fabregas stood at the penalty spot and prepared to take the penalty kick.
Fabregas took a look at the goalkeeper's position and chose to shoot the penalty kick towards the lower left corner of the goal.
Lori accurately judged the direction of the opponent's shot and flew in time to save the ball.
Fabregas held his head in frustration, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
I actually missed the penalty kick!
If this ball had gone in, the score would have become 2:0, and Spain would have secured victory.
Now, the penalty kick missed, the score remained unchanged, and the French team was completely enraged. The outcome of the game may be hard to say!
(End of this chapter)