Chapter 644: Beat Kante!

"The French team doesn't seem to be slow to warm up, does it? Didn't they play well in the first half?"

The audience at the scene and in front of the TV were a little surprised by the performance of the French team, because it was different from the reports they saw from various channels before the game.

"Maybe it's because the previous opponents of the French team were too weak to pose a threat to them, so they are so slow to warm up. Unfortunately, they are facing Spain in this game, so the French team has to be serious!"

This statement was agreed by many people, because it can be clearly felt that the intensity of this game is very high.

If the French team is still as slow to warm up as before when facing the Spanish team, which is best at playing in the first half, then there may be no chance to wait until their power period, and the game will be irreversible.

The performance of the French team won unanimous recognition from everyone, and the better the performance of the French team, the corresponding weakness of the Spanish team.

"More than half of the first half has passed, why hasn't Spain scored yet?"

"It's almost 30 minutes, if there is no goal, the situation of the Spanish team will be dangerous."

Some fans who support the Spanish team couldn't help but feel anxious when they saw that the Spanish team had not scored a goal.

The French team had performed very well in the first half. Once they entered the second half, their performance would be even better, and then it would be even more difficult for the Spanish team to play.

Not only the fans were anxious, but the players on the field, and even the coaching staff on the sidelines, could not help but get impatient.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Isco was intercepted by the opponent because he was in a hurry to attack, and he almost made a big mistake.

"Keep calm, keep your mind steady, there is plenty of time!"

Lin Quan noticed the fluctuations in his teammates' mentality, so he spoke to comfort them.

However, this can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to completely stabilize your teammates' mentality, the most effective way is to score a goal.

Lin Quan looked back at Kante, who was panting and supporting his knees with his hands, and felt relieved. It was almost time!

"Kante's physical energy consumption is much faster than expected!"

In the French team's coaching bench, Deschamps and the assistant coach also noticed Kante's behavior.

After only 33 minutes, Kante, who is known for his running ability, is already sweating and panting. It seems that Lin Quan has caused a lot of consumption on him.

"Well, Lin Quan has been too active recently, and Kante has paid a big price to limit him!"

Deschamps nodded: "But these are all worth it. As long as we drag it out in the first half, the pressure caused by the Spanish team's offense will not be so great in the second half."

Using Kante's physical consumption to freeze the opponent's absolute core and then ensure that his team will not lose the ball in the first half, this deal is very cost-effective in Deschamps's view.

It's just a pity that the French team's offensive threat has not been played during this period, and it has not put enough pressure on the Spanish defense line.

If they can play a threat and make the Spanish team afraid to act, then the current defensive pressure on the French team may be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, Deschamps' eyes moved back and forth between Mbappe and Griezmann.

In the first half, they relied on defensive players such as Kante, and in the second half, they would rely on offensive players like them.

Mbappe's speed and impact will be the sharp edge of the French team's counterattack, while Griezmann's passing and organization in the frontcourt will be the brain of the French team.

As long as these two players are in good condition, the French team's offense will be unstoppable.

But judging from the performance in the first half, Mbappe was targeted by the opponent.

There are always Spanish players staring at him, and sometimes there are more than one.

And the Spanish side obviously knows Mbappe's playing habits very well, and never gives him the opportunity to speed up. Every time he receives the ball, he will destroy it, either cutting off the pass from his teammates in advance, or pressing and blocking when he receives the ball, so that he can't speed up.

As long as there is a slight delay, other defensive players can get into position, and Mbappe will lose the opportunity to break through alone.

Alas, if Mbappe had Lin Quan's dribbling and breakthrough ability!

Just imagine, combining Mbappe's own speed advantage with Lin Quan's technical advantage, how terrifying would such a player be?

Just when Deschamps was distracted, bursts of exclamations rang out on the court.

He was awakened by the huge sound waves above the stadium, and immediately looked towards the stadium, and saw that the Spanish team had launched an attack on the French team's goal again.

Like before, this time it was still Lin Quan who took the ball to attack, but the difference was that this time he retreated very deep, almost to the middle.

Seeing this, Giroud and Griezmann were not polite and pressed Lin Quan at the first time.

Lin Quan took the ball to the right and chose to break through from Giroud's side.

Giroud's height reached 192, and his body flexibility and turning speed were not as good as Lin Quan's small and fast players.

Although Giroud tried his best and even committed a foul, he still couldn't stop Lin Quan from passing him.

Giroud looked at his empty hands in astonishment. He just stretched out his hand to pull Lin Quan to prevent the opponent from breaking through, but unfortunately, he was too slow and didn't catch anything.

This guy, after accelerating, is like a loach, slippery!

Giroud couldn't help shaking his head, and he laughed at himself: It didn't seem shameful to be passed by Lin Quan. After all, so many top defenders couldn't defend him. How could a striker like him have the confidence to challenge him?

Behind Giroud was Kante. After Lin Quan passed Giroud, Kante was the first to bear the brunt and couldn't hide.

Kante naturally didn't hide, but bravely rushed up. After all, it was his duty to defend Lin Quan.

But he only ran two steps and immediately felt something was wrong.

"No, this guy is still accelerating. His speed is too fast!"

Kante only took a glance and secretly said in his heart that it was not good.

When he was training in the club team, he often practiced with Lin Quan. Although he was abused in most cases, he occasionally defended successfully.

There was only one situation where Kante could never defend Lin Quan, that is, when Lin Quan's speed was fully raised!

As we all know, Lin Quan's footwork frequency is very fast. Normal people are already at the extreme of two steps per second, and he can take four steps per second.

When his speed has not been fully raised, even if your pace cannot keep up with him, as long as you can catch up with him in speed, the defensive player still has a chance to make up for it when he has not completely passed your defensive position.

The reason why Kante was able to tangle with Lin Quan for so long is mainly due to this trick.

When he ran at full speed, some of his mistakes could be made up.

But the price is that the speed of physical energy consumption will be very fast, which is why Kante seemed to have played the whole game before the end of the first half, sweating all over his body, as if he had been fished out of the water.

But if Lin Quan's speed is fully raised, there will be no chance to make up for it. Defending him becomes a one-shot deal. Whether you kick or not, he only needs one move to pass you.

No wonder he had to retreat to such a deep position to receive the ball just now, it turned out that he was able to speed up before meeting himself!

At this moment, Kante had already understood the true intention of Lin Quan's move just now.

It's just a pity that it seems a little late to understand it at this time.

Now he had no other choice but to foul.

The fans in the stadium, including the head coaches on both sides, did not realize the difficulties Kante was facing at this moment.

On the contrary, they were all very excited when they saw Kante rushing up.

"That's it, limit him like before, Kante!"

"When I saw Kante come out, I knew this wave was stable!"

"Spain really won't turn back until it hits the south wall. This trick has been tried countless times before, and it doesn't work at all. Why don't they listen to advice at all?"

The fans of the French team were still sneering at the Spanish team. After more than 30 minutes of the game, their confidence had exploded. They seemed to think that the Spanish team's offense was just so-so and not as powerful as the outside world boasted.

Since they could defend the Spanish team's offense in the first 30 minutes, they could do it this time.

But as the distance between Lin Quan and Kante got closer and closer, the head coaches on both sides, including some players who were close to each other on the court, had already seen that Kante might find it difficult to limit Lin Quan this time!

"No, Kante is going to be passed!"

Deschamps' face changed drastically. Lin Quan's speed was too fast. If Kante could not accurately steal the ball from the opponent's feet when he rushed forward at this time, then the only result waiting for him was that Lin Quan would pass him cleanly.

So can Kante accurately steal the ball from Lin Quan's feet?

Deschamps felt that this hope was very slim, because Kante had almost never succeeded when Lin Quan was slower before, not to mention that the opponent had now fully accelerated.

Thinking of this, Deschamps's sight immediately passed Kante and looked at the French team's back line behind him, and his sight fell on the French team's central defender Umtiti.

Umtiti was about to move at this time, and he was seen moving forward and taking the initiative to fill in for Kante.

Seeing his choice, Deschamps was relieved.

As expected of being the focus of Barcelona's cultivation, Umtiti's choice proved that he deserved a price of 50 million euros.

Umtiti, who was favored by Deschamps, was not as confident as Deschamps.

In his horrified eyes, he saw Kante was like a wooden man, being easily passed by Lin Quan. The opponent didn't have any fancy moves, just a simple outside pass and then overtaking.

Very simple, but very practical.

Seeing that the opponent was already coming towards him, Umtiti gritted his teeth and prepared to fight.

But at this moment, he heard a "pop" sound, and Lin Quan, who was dribbling at high speed, suddenly fell on the lawn.

Beep!

A short whistle sounded, and the referee had a serious expression. While running towards the scene of the incident, he stretched out his hand to get a card.

Someone fouled!

This was Umtiti's subconscious reaction, and when his eyes passed the fallen Lin Quan and fell on Kante who was still tackling, Umtiti suddenly realized that it was his teammate Kante who fouled.

Kante had lost his defensive position just now. He was tackling from behind, which is a dangerous action that is strictly prohibited on the football field. Once you tackle someone, you will definitely get a card, and in more serious cases, it may even be a red card.

Seeing that the referee was about to take out a card, the French players became nervous.

When Kante tackled Lin Quan, they had already assumed that Kante would get a card, but they didn't know what color the card would be.

If it was a yellow card, they could still accept it, but if it was a red card, it would be a bolt from the blue for the French team!

This was only the first half, if one player was sent off early, the French team's hope of winning would be very slim.

Kante obviously realized his mistake, and immediately went to Lin Quan to apologize and took the initiative to admit his mistake.

He was just hot-headed and acted subconsciously in a hurry.

When he kicked the ball, he regretted it, so when he tackled, he had a movement of retracting his foot, and in the end, it was Lin Quan who tripped him instead of kicking him down.

Lin Quan naturally felt it, so he didn't take advantage of the situation and pretended to be seriously injured, like some players holding their legs and rolling back and forth on the lawn.

He patted the dirt and grass on his socks, stood up quickly, jumped back to the spot, and signaled to the audience and the referee that he was not injured.

Lin Quan's move helped Kante a lot. The referee only gave him a yellow card as a warning and did not impose a death penalty on him.

This made the French team, including Kante, feel relieved. Fortunately, it was not a red card, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"Alas, Lin Huang, why doesn't he know how to act? If Busquets was violated, the opponent would be lucky not to be directly expelled from the field!"

After seeing this, some Spanish fans couldn't help shaking their heads and felt that Lin Quan was too honest.

What a good opportunity, as long as he acted a little, he could beat the opponent with more people.

With more than 60 minutes left in the game, 11 vs. 10, it was like sending the World Cup to them, but Lin Quan didn't appreciate it.

Alas, I really don't know what to say about him.

"Don't worry, it's not the first day you've known Lin Huang. Lin Huang never likes to fake falls. This has happened to him more than once or twice. What's the big deal?"

"But can it be the same? This is the World Cup final. The outcome of the game is related to the World Cup and Spain's three consecutive championships. For such an honor, can't we act a little?"

"Brother, the reason why we like Lin Huang is not only because of his good skills and strong ability, but also because of his superb sportsmanship and character. Let alone a red card, the referee had previously Didn't Lin Huang also miss the penalty kick at the cost of misjudgment rather than take advantage of his opponent? In today's football world, with diving and fake falls, and major film and television academies everywhere, don't you think that pure football players like Lin Huang are rare? "

"Well said, some people can do anything to win, but some people have their own persistence and bottom line. Even if they are faced with the World Cup, which symbolizes the highest honor in football, they will not change their original intentions. "

After seeing the referee's decision, the fans of the French team breathed a sigh of relief, and soon, there was a round of applause.

Among the applauding fans, there are many fans of the French team wearing blue jerseys.

Even in such a life-and-death battle involving the highest honor in football, some noble qualities of the opponent can impress the fans of the opponent. (End of this chapter)