Chapter 161 A God-Level Performance in the Finals!

"Incredible goal!"

"Gorgeous passing and cutting coordination!"

"The Spanish team gave a wonderful goal to the audience on site and in front of the TV. I think any football-loving fan should not miss this wonderful goal."

"Yes, that's right. Although Lin Quan's last shot was mediocre, his cooperation with his teammates before that was breathtaking. This goal fully demonstrated the Spaniard's playing philosophy, which is Pass the ball into the opponent’s goal!”

On Sky Sports TV, Martin Taylor and Andy Gray teamed up to commentate on the game for a global audience.

Although the finals have been unknown since ancient times, this game made the two of them feel excited and uncontrollably excited.

Whether it was Brazil's goal in just one minute of the opening, or Spain's goal just now.

Both goals were wonderful and both showed their own style.

Brazil's lineup is young and full of energy. They win with speed and impact, using a fast break to break Spain's goal!

Spain is good at passing and controlling, so they used dazzling passing and cutting cooperation to provide the world with such a wonderful goal.

If this game can continue at this pace, it will definitely be very exciting.

Both of them can't wait for the subsequent competition!

On the Internet, fans are also excited about Spain's goal.

"Holy shit, I saw something, it covered the team uniform, I thought it was Barcelona playing on the field!"

"This style of play is indeed very Barcelona!"

"There is a big overlap between the Spanish team's lineup and Barcelona's. Their central axis is from Barcelona. It is not surprising to use Barcelona's playing style!"

"Haha, the Spanish team has used this tactic before, but it has never been so terrible. The arrival of Lin Quan has made up for their last shortcoming!"

After praising the strength of Spain, the fans also started to worry about the Brazilian team:

"It's a bit difficult for the Brazilian team in this game. Their ball possession rate is now only 31%. The football is controlled at the feet of the Spanish players most of the time. If they can't get the ball, they have no chance to score!"

"I think the Brazilian team should still speed up. They have to push the players up. Otherwise, if the opponent passes the ball back and forth in front of their penalty area like this, they will easily lose the ball!"

"That's right. When Italy played against Spain in the last game, they defended very well in the first half. Their two defense lines reached beyond the 30-meter danger zone, preventing Spain's passing from directly posing a threat. .”

"South American players are free and unrestrained. I'm afraid they can't play with Italy's defensive tactics, right?"

…

The fans discussed it over and over, but could never come up with a good solution.

Breaking the passing and control systems of Barcelona and Spain is a worldwide problem. Countless coaches in football have been studying this in recent years.

But so far, there are not many tactics that can perfectly restrain it.

The most successful is Heynckes' Bayern.

In the Champions League semi-finals, they shut out Barcelona in two rounds. For the first time in a head-to-head confrontation, they completed the crushing of passing football.

Therefore, after his own team fell into a disadvantage.

Brazil coach Scolari immediately thought of Heynckes' tactics.

How did Heynckes defeat Barcelona?

Speed ​​+ power!

Utilize the speed and personal ability of the two super wingers to continuously attack Barcelona's defense lines on both sides, suppress Barcelona's full-backs, prevent them from assisting, and reduce Barcelona's passing points.

Take advantage of the physical fitness of Bayern players to increase running and physical confrontation to interfere with Barcelona players, making them unable to hold the ball and prevent smooth cooperation.

The Brazilian team's wingers are not as strong as Bayern, but the physical fitness of their players is not bad.

Therefore, Scolari previously asked players to increase physical confrontation in the game, but it seems that the effect of this trick alone is not obvious.

It's not like Spain has never played against physically strong opponents. They have already found a way to deal with their opponents' active confrontation.

Since one method doesn't work, we can only follow Bayern's example and let the wide players participate more in the offense.

Thinking of this, Scolari stood up, called Thiago Silva over and explained to him.

After the sister-in-law returned to the court, she immediately informed the coach of the arrangements.

After the game restarted, the Brazilian team's tactics changed.

Seeing the Brazilian team's tactical adjustments, Martin Taylor frowned and said:

"The Brazilian team seems to be trying to open up a breakthrough from the wing. In the past few minutes, their offense has been launched from Centenary Road. Neymar and Hulk have taken the ball significantly more often."

Partner Andy Gray answered:

"Neymar has skills at his feet and has a high success rate in one-on-one dribbling, while Hulk is nicknamed the Invincible Giant by fans. His body is extremely strong. He can eat the opponent's defender alive with his body and hand the ball to these two Man, this is a good idea!”

Martin Taylor smiled slyly and asked:

"So Andy, do you think Brazil's offense is going to work?"

Andy Gray didn't even think about it and said directly:

"Of course, the Brazilian team has used this method to score a goal before, which proves that their method works!"

"Wow, I didn't expect you to be so optimistic about the Brazilian team, Andy. In that case, how about we make a bet?"

Taylor knew that Andy Gray was more aggressive, so he had already guessed that the other party would be fooled.

"Okay, what are you going to bet on?"

"Whoever loses the bet will hit the ball 100 times in this studio, using leather shoes!"

"Oh man, are you serious?"

Andy Gray looked at his partner with an exaggerated expression. Martin Taylor is 68 years old this year and is not a professional player.

He himself was once a professional player in Scotland, and he switched to commentary only a few years after retiring.

Such punishment is not difficult for him.

But for Martin Taylor, it was hard to reach the sky.

"Of course, I don't think Brazil's attack will work, so I dare to bet with you!"

Martin Taylor looked confident.

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll make a bet with you!"

Andy Gray knows that his old partner may be creating a program effect to attract more fans to watch the game on Sky Sports.

So he quickly agreed to the other party's proposal.

The bet between the two quickly aroused discussion and attention from fans. People may not care that Andy Gray is playing football in the studio.

But they really wanted to see the funny look of 68-year-old Martin Taylor hitting the ball with his leather shoes, so many fans turned on their TVs, locked on the Sky Sports channel, and watched the game with great anticipation.

…

Chelsea FC offices at Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho, who has signed a contract with Chelsea and returned to the head coach of the Blues, is currently watching the game in the head coach's office.

Mourinho snorted disdainfully upon hearing the bet between Andy Gray and Martin Taylor.

Andy Gray has played football for so many years in vain, and his vision for watching football is actually not as good as that of Martin Taylor, a commentator who has never played football.

On the surface, it seems that Brazil's offense is going well. Both Neymar and Hulk have successfully caused a lot of trouble for their opponents on the wing.

But in fact, Spain's defense is very stable, and the Brazilian team's several attacks have not achieved very good results.

And as the game continues, the ball will soon return to Spain's feet.

When Brazil can't even touch a football, how many times can it launch such an attack?

If they don't even have a few attacks, how can they attack Spain's goal?

When playing against teams like Barcelona, ​​they should resolutely implement their own theories:

Use efficient and fast counterattacks to penetrate the opponent's defense in the shortest possible time and complete the attack.

The Brazilian team lacks a passing master in the midfield and is unable to send out that kind of high-quality passes.

Neymar was placed on the wing as a blaster, causing their frontcourt organization ability to further decline.

Is this kind of attack expected to break through Spain's gate?

Dreaming!

It seems that Scolari is just a person in name only and is no longer as brave as he once was!

It's not just Mourinho who is paying attention to this game, there are many people in the world of football who are paying attention to this game.

In a manor on the outskirts of Munich, Bayern's new head coach Guardiola turned on the TV early.

In order to watch this game, he specially adjusted his work schedule to ensure that within these 2 hours, he could watch the game without any interruption.

Guardiola was thoughtful after seeing the Brazilian team's adjusted offensive tactics.

As the founder of pass-and-control football, Guardiola knows the advantages and disadvantages of this tactical play better than anyone else.

He himself has studied in depth Barcelona's defeat to Bayern in the Champions League.

Although there is a certain degree of restraint in tactical play, Bayern's strength in those two games was indeed stronger than Barcelona's.

Although they still carry the name of Team Cosmos, Barcelona's lineup is obviously aging.

His dominance is far less than when he won six crowns a few years ago!

Especially in the midfield position, Harvey, who is too old and has declining physical fitness, can easily be restricted by his opponents in high-intensity games.

Once the opponent restricts Barcelona's midfield, Barcelona's offensive threat will be reduced by half.

The same applies to Spain!

But Bosque was smart. He placed Xavi in ​​the midfielder position and asked Martinez to act as a bodyguard to protect Xavi.

Not only that, in order to prevent the opponent from pressing, Harvey will even retreat to the back line when receiving the ball. This position is more like a defender than a midfielder.

Here, even if the opponent wants to press him, he cannot succeed because his position is too high and there are many teammates around him to support him.

Xavi's offensive ability is very strong, and placing him behind will inevitably reduce Barcelona's offensive ability.

But here in Spain, there seems to be no such problem.

Their frontcourt is more luxurious, they can replace Harvey, and there are too many people to complete the offense.

All Harvey has to do is pass the ball from behind with peace of mind.

In this way, Harvey's own burden is reduced, and the pressure from the opponent's close pressing is reduced. His physical fitness can support him to play longer, and it also allows him to have more time to observe the opponent's position before passing the ball. position to complete the fatal blow.

Guardiola has actually used this trick, but he used Busquets, asking Busquets to retreat to the defender position to assume this responsibility.

But Busquets is inferior to Harvey in terms of experience and passing ability, so Harvey's effect in assuming this role is obviously better.

Thinking of this, Guardiola used his brain:

Can he replicate this trick at Bayern?

Bastian Schweinsteiger or Kroos, who can retreat?

…

Whether a tactic can be effective depends not only on whether they play well, but also on whether their opponents give them a chance.

Obviously, Spain is not prepared to give it a chance.

In the 23rd minute, after defusing an attack from the opponent, Casillas quickly handed the ball to Xavi.

Fred immediately stepped forward to press Harvey, but because there were no other teammates around him to assist, Harvey turned around and escaped with a signature move, avoiding Fred's press.

While dribbling the ball forward, he observed the positions of his teammates and opponents, sent a through ball, and found Iniesta in the midfield.

After Iniesta got the ball, he knocked back to Martinez. Martinez passed the ball diagonally forward and passed it back to Iniesta who completed the turn and got rid of it.

The nearby Brazilian defensive players immediately moved towards Iniesta to intercept his breakthrough.

While running at high speed, Iniesta passed the ball across to Lin Quan.

After Lin Quan received the ball, he went straight forward and hit the wall with Iniesta.

Defensive players habitually follow the ball with their eyes. After seeing Iniesta passing the ball to Lin Quan, they all felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

As a result, he lowered his vigilance towards Iniesta, allowing the latter to successfully break out of the opponent's double-team and reach the penalty area to receive the ball.

"Stop him!"

Seeing that his teammates' defense was about to be penetrated again, Cesar quickly directed his teammates to step forward to intercept.

Thiago Silva and Marcelo rushed towards Iniesta one after the other.

Marcelo advanced on Iniesta, while his sister-in-law was slightly behind, intending to block Iniesta's passing line.

Ten minutes ago, their opponent used this move to score a goal.

Now I won’t be fooled again!

His sister-in-law's judgment was very accurate. Facing Marcelo's block, Iniesta was not prepared to shoot on his own.

He quickly chose to pass the ball, and it was Lin Quan who passed the ball.

good chance!

Thiago Silva's eyes lit up and he seemed to see an opportunity to steal the ball and fight back.

He quickly stretched out his foot, intending to kick the ball to his teammates.

Unexpectedly, one foot moved faster than him and touched the ball first.

How can it be?

When did this guy come over?

When Thiago Silva saw Lin Quan appearing in front of him, his face was full of disbelief.

When this guy just passed the ball to Iniesta, he was still seven or eight meters away from him. How come he appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye!

Could it be that when he passed the ball to Iniesta, he already thought about how to cooperate with Iniesta?

When Alves and Luis saw that Silva failed to intercept, they immediately rushed towards Lin Quan.

There are too many people in the penalty area, and Lin Quan's route to the ball has been blocked.

He can only hit this ball by himself!

The fans of the Brazilian team felt excited when they saw the Spanish players entering their own penalty area.

At this time, they all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lin Quan trapped in a double-team by three of their own players.

This ball should have been defended, right?

However, something happened that stunned them.

In the double-team of three Brazilian players, Lin Quan was like a nimble little flea, moving around and forcefully fighting his way out from among the three players.

All the Brazilian fans in the stands were stunned and looked in disbelief.

How did this guy do it?

The Brazilian goalkeeper was also stunned. Unexpectedly, his teammate's double team failed!

Meanwhile, in the boxes at the Maracana, in the Sky Sports dugout, in the manager's office at Stamford Bridge, and at his Munich estate.

Almost everyone who saw this ball had the same idea:

Is this guy still a human?