Chapter 639 Lin Quan Scored Twice, Killing the Game!

During the halftime break, the English dressing room was filled with worries.

Including the head coach and the players, almost everyone was thinking hard about how to make up for the disadvantage.

Although they were only one goal behind their opponents, for them who mainly played defensive counterattacks, this one goal was the end of their lives.

With only three substitutions, it was very difficult to make drastic adjustments to the team's existing personnel and tactics. After all, they had previously used five defenders to strengthen their defense.

And the help these five defenders can provide in the offense is quite limited. If they pursue offense, they must replace some of them with offensive players.

In fact, there are still many offensive players sitting on the bench of the England team, such as Leicester City striker Vardy, Manchester United winger Rashford and others.

Substituting these people can effectively improve the offensive power of the England team, but the number of substitutions is limited. If all the substitutions are used up too early, if something unexpected happens later, they will have no substitutions to use.

And Southgate was also very worried. What if they attacked in the second half and the back line was empty, and the opponent took advantage of the situation to score again?

The probability of this happening is quite high. After all, their defense in the first half was completed by piling up defensive players in the backcourt.

Once all the players participate in the attack and the number of defenders decreases, their defense will definitely be greatly weakened.

Unless they can play the ultimate pass control like the Spanish team and firmly control the ball at their feet, otherwise, they will have to face the frequent and threatening counterattacks of the Spanish team.

Southgate hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to observe and see the situation first.

Substitutions must be made, but he dare not use all three substitutions at once.

Instead, only one was used, replacing Ashley Young with Rashford.

As for the vacancy after Ashley Young left, Southgate chose to advance Stones' position on the back line and let him cooperate with Henderson to play double defensive midfielder.

Stones and Lin Quan are teammates in the club, and he occasionally played as a defensive midfielder when he was in Manchester City. His understanding of this position and Lin Quan as a teammate will help him achieve good performance.

This is the real idea of ​​Southgate to make such an arrangement, but it is hard to say whether it will work.

Compared with the adjustments made by the England team, the Spanish team did not make any substitutions.

They still had the same lineup as in the first half, and even their playing style did not change.

After the second half started, fans soon discovered that England had more offensive attempts.

This change can be seen from their active midfield steals and their active forward advancement after steals.

The English were obviously well prepared. They must have practiced the sweep and pressing of the Spanish midfield before the game, so at the beginning of the second half, they took advantage of the opponent's lack of defense and caught the Spanish team off guard.

The Spanish team was really a little careless. They warned that the opponent would strengthen the attack in the second half, but they obviously underestimated the power of the opponent's youth storm.

The overall age of the England team on the field is very young. It is the team with the lowest average age in this World Cup, even younger than the French team.

After Ashley Young was replaced, all 11 England players on the field were born in the 1990s!

Harry Kane, who is less than 25 years old, Sterling, 23 years old, Lingard, 25 years old, Rashford, who is less than 19 years old, and Ali, 22 years old...

This England team is a little too young, and it is no wonder that the outside world has such high expectations for them.

After they reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, they were dubbed the super platinum generation.

Maybe it will be difficult for them to go further in this World Cup, but in the next World Cup, when these young players grow up, how strong the England team will become is simply unimaginable.

The young players may not have as much experience as the old players, but their physical fitness and impact are obviously not comparable to the old antiques.

What's more, the England team has tall and strong players like Kane and Ali in the midfield and frontcourt, especially Ali, who has an absolute advantage in the physical confrontation with the Spanish midfielders.

Under Ali's outstanding performance, the England team has gained many offensive opportunities during this period.

But due to the lack of a stable passer, England's attack was not threatening.

Lingard and Ali were not the kind of people who could deliver the final pass, and their intention to pass it forward to the striker was too obvious, so that the Spanish team could always intercept and defend first.

Sterling and Kane on the front line could only return empty-handed again and again.

The attack in the middle was fruitless, but the attack on the wing was improved.

After Rashford came on the court, the threat on the left side of England increased sharply.

Rashford at this time point was not the master of later generations, and his attitude on the court was still fine.

Moreover, Rashford was very fast, had good footwork and good dribbling ability.

With his presence, England's attack on the left side was booming.

Rashford made tireless passes from the bottom again and again, and selflessly passed the ball to his teammates.

But his teammates on the front line were really not very good, wasting his "wonderful passes" again and again.

Well, this wonderful pass was made up by Rashford himself in his mind.

In fact, Harry Kane and Sterling on the front line had a lot of opinions about his passing. They thought Rashford's passing was too formulaic, and they just dribbled the ball down the bottom and dribbled it to the middle.

After a few times, the opponent's defender was prepared, and Harry Kane was blocked tightly and could hardly get the ball.

Although Sterling could find gaps because of his short stature, Rashford's passes were all high balls. He was only 170 cm tall and could not grab the landing point at all, and he was completely reduced to a decoration in the penalty area.

Southgate on the sidelines was so angry that his nose was crooked. Rashford, this guy, really makes people love and hate him!

He can break through and cross the wing, which is very good, but you are a winger, not a full-back. Why do you always pursue crosses from the bottom? Can't you cut into the penalty area to cooperate with your teammates?

If you dribble the ball to the penalty area, even if you don't rush in, you are just outside the penalty area, which can distract the attention of the opponent's defender and reduce the pressure on your teammates in the penalty area.

What's more, the closer to the goal, the higher the threat of the ball. If you can pass the ball directly to Kane's feet, wouldn't Kane have scored a goal long ago with his strength?

In fact, it's not that Rashford doesn't want to do this, but he can't do it at all.

Spain's defense is very targeted. When the England team attacks, Lin Quan will come from the middle to assist in defense, cooperate with David Silva on the wing, and drive Rashford to the wing together.

And Spain's right back Carvajal is also very experienced. He blocked Rashford's route to the penalty area and gave you the outside line.

You can dribble the ball to the bottom or cross it, as you like, but you can't cut inside!

Although Rashford has a good breakthrough ability, it is still very difficult to fight one against two. Facing the defense line arranged by these two people, he dare not rush hard, and can only be forced to dribble the ball to the bottom and cross it according to the opponent's intention.

But in front of him, Carvajal's defense did not lose his position. In the case of interference, the quality of his cross can be imagined.

England's offensive lasted for seven or eight minutes, and the Spanish team, which had gradually adapted, began to take the initiative.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Cork completed a steal in the backcourt and then passed the ball to David Silva on the wing.

David Silva avoided Sterling's steal and then passed the ball diagonally to Lin Quan's feet in front of the left.

Lin Quan changed direction and dribbled the ball, passing Lingard who was blocking him. Then he looked up and observed the position of his teammates, and made a long pass to transfer the ball to the left side of the court.

There, Isco had already rushed up.

The ball was passed a little ahead of time, and combined with his speed, Isco just caught up when the ball landed.

England's right back Walker was sprinting quickly, trying to compete with Isco in speed.

But at this time, seeing that the opponent had successfully taken the ball, he had to slow down and prepare to intercept Isco's breakthrough.

Seeing this, Isco took the ball to the middle, attracted Walker to follow up, and then passed the ball back to the wing.

A red figure rushed past. Alba, the left back of the Spanish team, had passed two people, received the ball on the wing and sprinted towards the bottom line quickly.

Walker hurriedly chased back, but the opponent's speed had already increased, and he could not catch up for a while.

As soon as Walker left, Isco came alive again. He hurriedly accelerated and walked straight along the rib area, ready to rush to the front of the penalty area to cooperate with his teammates.

Alba's name is very similar to Alaba of Bayern, with only one word difference.

But in fact, these two are players of different styles. Alba's offensive ability is greater than his defensive ability, which is very similar to Marcelo of Real Madrid.

As the world's first left back, Alaba is a real all-round warrior, with both offensive and defensive capabilities. While his offensive ability is outstanding, he also has strong defensive ability.

In addition, Alaba has comprehensive skills at his feet and a good long shot. In the Austrian national team with a lack of talent, he is even used as the core of the midfield.

Guardiola has always wanted to introduce him before, but he has always failed to get what he wanted. Bayern simply does not let him go.

Alba did not cross the ball like Rashford did, but passed the ball back to Isco, and chose to cut inside and rush to the penalty area.

Isco understood and immediately passed the ball to him.

Spain's pass-cut coordination tactics on the wing are already very proficient, and coupled with Alba's distinctive personal characteristics, this side of the attack was emphasized by Bosque before the game.

The continuous pass-cut coordination between the two was very tacit and fast.

Walker was running all the time, but how could a person's speed be faster than the speed of the ball?

Although he had tried his best, it still had no effect, and he could only watch Alba shoot.

England's goalkeeper Pickford reacted quickly, and when Alba shot, he immediately moved sideways and flew to save the ball, and the ball was lifted over the crossbar.

Alba saw that the ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and shook his head helplessly.

In the previous shot, he felt that he had performed beyond his normal performance, but he still didn't score.

Spain got a corner kick opportunity, and Lin Quan discussed the tactics of the corner kick with David Silva.

They took a lot of corner kicks and set pieces in the first half, but since the opponent had a clear height advantage, these set pieces failed to pose a threat.

So Lin Quan tried to change the tactics and no longer kicked directly into the penalty area.

"Let's kick like this... first like this... then like this..."

After Lin Quan finished speaking, David Silva and Busquets nodded repeatedly.

"I think it's feasible!"

David Silva had no objection.

"Don't worry, I will definitely send the ball to your feet accurately!"

Busquets patted his chest and said that he would complete the task assigned to him.

Seeing the two people's statements, Lin Quan nodded and chose to believe them.

It doesn't matter if the tactics don't succeed this time, it's just a waste of a corner kick.

So far in this game, the Spanish team has won 9 corner kicks.

The previous eight times were all unsuccessful, so it's no big deal if it was wasted this time.

Of course, if it can succeed, it would be the best.

Seeing the opponent's players discussing tactics and pointing at the penalty area, the English players also became a little suspicious, not knowing what the opponent's gourd was selling.

But they all raised their vigilance because they knew that the opponent must have no good intentions.

Soon, David Silva came to the corner kick area.

He stepped back a few steps, looked at the penalty area, and made a gesture.

The players of the England team did not understand what this gesture meant, but seeing that Ramos, Pique and other Spanish players were running back, they also moved back.

At this moment, David Silva kicked the ball to Busquets who was not far away from him.

Tactical corner kick?

The players of the England team saw that the opponent did not directly enter the penalty area. After a moment of stunned, the players in the front court immediately rushed over to interfere with and intercept Busquets.

Busquets saw that the opponent's formation was indeed rushing out as Lin Quan expected, and he was overjoyed. He continued to pass the ball without panic. This time he passed the ball to Lin Quan who was ambushed outside the penalty area.

Lin Quan saw the ball coming and shot it directly without hesitation. It was a long shot.

Because he was far away from Busquets, most of the opponent's players rushed in the direction of Busquets, so that no one on his side came up to interfere in the first time.

This gave Lin Quan a safe shooting space, and he could shoot from a distance without interference and threat.

After completing this long shot, Lin Quan felt that he had it in his heart.

It turns out that the players' intuition is very accurate.

Lin Quan's long shot was a world wave. The football drew a beautiful arc in the air at a very fast speed and hit the dead corner of the goal.

England's goalkeeper Pickford had tried his best, but he was really powerless against this long shot that hit the dead corner.

The score became 2:0. Lin Quan, who scored twice, almost killed the England team by himself!