Chapter 649 The Second Half Begins, the French Team Attacks

"The French team got the ball, Griezmann pushed forward and passed the ball to Mbappe on the wing!"

"Mbappe broke through and passed the Spanish team's full-back Calhava, what a fast speed!"

When Griezmann passed the ball, Mbappe was still a whole body behind Carvajal, but when Mbappe started to accelerate, he quickly left his opponent behind and overtook directly on the curve.

This dynamic scene fell into the eyes of the audience and stunned everyone.

Before the game, everyone had more or less heard that there was a fast winger in the French team, but they didn't expect his speed to be so fast.

The opponent was not an unknown person. This was the main full-back of Real Madrid and the Spanish team, but he was not a match for Mbappe at all.

"He was like turning on nitrogen acceleration!"

"Mbappe, you are simply my Superman!"

"Go, Mbappe, go, France!"

The French fans in the stands saw Mbappe eating the opponent's defender alive, and they climaxed on the spot, almost pinning all their hopes on him.

After passing Carvajal, Mbappe did not continue to dribble the ball down the bottom, but chose to cut inside, but Pique had come to fill in the position, and Koke in the middle was also moving towards this position, and soon he would double-team him.

Faced with this critical situation, Mbappe showed the style of a general.

He calmly dribbled the ball to the inside, and it seemed that he was preparing to shoot at a small angle.

But in fact, after dribbling the ball to the bottom line, he staggered with Giroud who had reached the middle of the penalty area, and finally had the opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates.

Mbappe did not choose to shoot himself, but passed the ball to Giroud who was in a better position.

Giroud did not seem to expect his teammates to be so selfless, and in a hurry he actually missed the ball!

In order to prevent Mbappe from shooting, the Spanish goalkeeper De Gea stood closer to the near corner of the goal.

Giroud chose to shoot in the far corner. As long as he could hit the goal frame, De Gea would most likely surrender.

But unfortunately, Giroud did not seize this opportunity.

There was a huge sigh from the stands. The fans of the French team were very disappointed after seeing Giroud miss this opportunity.

Mbappe was even more disappointed than them. If I had known that Giroud was so unreliable, I might as well do it myself!

Mbappe could have shot this ball by himself, but he saw that the opponent's goalkeeper had blocked it. His shooting angle was not large. If he forced a shot, the probability of scoring was very low.

So he passed the ball to Giroud, who was in a better position, but Giroud wasted his assist.

Although the French team did not score a goal in this attack, they were very close to scoring.

The Spanish team was shocked and began to realize the seriousness of the matter.

Sure enough, the second half of the game was really different from the first half.

The opponent's state has obviously improved. Is it really a slow-heating team?

"Focus, cheer up, and pay attention to your position when defending!"

Bosque was also scared and sweated, and hurriedly shouted to the court to let the players concentrate.

The opponent attacked so fiercely at the beginning of the game, and the Spanish team must first stabilize the rhythm and wait until the opponent's offensive wave is consumed before continuing to exert force.

If they now fight against the opponent's offensive, the speed of the game will be pulled to the highest level.

In this state, the players' physical energy will be greatly consumed, and mistakes will increase. Both sides will have a lot of opportunities. Who can score depends on who has a better ability to seize opportunities.

If the Spanish team's physical fitness is very good, and the game is behind or even, he doesn't mind having such a confrontation with the opponent.

But now the Spanish team is leading, and their physical fitness can't withstand such tossing.

So Bosque has no intention of fighting against the opponent!

Spain must stick to its own tactical style of play, firmly control the ball at its feet, and cannot be dragged into the opponent's rhythm by the opponent.

Contrary to Bosque's position, the French coach Deschamps hopes to continue to speed up the pace of the game.

Everyone knows that Spain's lineup is seriously aging and there will be physical problems in the second half.

In this case, it is natural to seize this weakness and fight to death.

If the game is accelerated to the point where they stab each other and explode each other, he is confident that he can blow up the Spanish team within 20 minutes.

But unfortunately, judging from the response of the old man Bosque, the opponent was not fooled at all.

He is indeed a legendary coach who has won two World Cup and European Cup trophies. He is really good.

But if you want to stabilize, can you really stabilize it?

Did the Spanish team ask the French team for their opinions when they wanted to control the ball steadily?

Deschamps waved his hand and grabbed it!

Completely different from the relatively conservative style of play in the first half, the French team in the second half was like a group of mad dogs.

They were crazy and frantically pressed the Spanish players who had the ball, so that they couldn't hold the ball at all.

In order to prevent losing the ball, the Spanish team had to passively speed up the frequency of passing. Many times, they didn't even see the position of their teammates clearly, but had to pass the ball quickly because they were frantically pressed by the opponent.

In this state, the effect of passing and controlling was not achieved at all, because their passing and controlling space was severely compressed and cut by the opponent.

Because of the hasty passing, the passing success rate is not guaranteed at all, and the opponent's success rate of stealing is also high, which makes the Spanish team pass the ball and the backyard catch fire.

"Why do you feel that the Spanish team's passing and controlling tactics have been cracked by the French team?"

"Well, they have made a lot of passing errors during this period, and several times they were almost intercepted by the opponent's backcourt and counterattacked on the spot!"

In the stands, the commentators were shocked to see this scene.

Ever since the Spanish national team and Barcelona won countless honors in the World Cup, European Cup and Champions League with the passing and controlling style eight years ago.

Spain's passing and controlling football has begun to dominate the football world!

Over the years, countless teams have studied and targeted the passing and controlling tactics, but no one has ever really cracked this tactic.

But today, the French team seems to have found a way to crack it.

If Deschamps knew what the outside world thought, he would probably laugh.

What so many people have not done, how can he do it?

The reason is actually very simple, just better than the opponent in running and carrying.

The French team is black and tough, with good physical fitness, young, able to run and fight. When they meet the Spanish team, which is a white-cut chicken, they will be defeated.

Before participating in the World Cup, he regarded the Spanish team as the biggest competitor of the French team, so he began to study the technical and tactical style and playing style of the Spanish team a few years ago.

By watching a large number of game videos and studying the playing styles of specific players in the Spanish team, he summarized some rules:

The Spanish team's running ability is not outstanding, and the Spanish team's physical confrontation ability is relatively weak.

Coincidentally, these two are the specialties of the French team.

In this case, it is natural to fully play their own advantages and seize the opponent's weaknesses to beat them to death.

From the current effect, this trick is very useful.

The Spanish players are not used to the French team's highly aggressive playing style, and they subconsciously choose to dodge.

So the balls that should have been passed out were all turned into horizontal passes or even back passes.

In this way, the opponent naturally pressed forward and completely compressed their passing and control space within the narrow range of their own half.

At this point, the Spanish team's passing and control naturally could not be maintained.

In such a small area, both sides have concentrated so many players, and passing and control is to give the opponent the ball.

Therefore, under the huge defensive pressure, the Spanish side even began to make long passes in the backcourt.

It is called a pass, but in fact there is no player in front of them. This long pass is actually just a clearance.

But using this method to clear the siege is simply a way to stop the boiling water, and it has no effect at all.

Before they can catch their breath, the opponent passes the ball three or two times, and the ball returns to the front of the Spanish penalty area.

Now, the situation of the game is completely reversed from the first half. From the Spanish team besieging the French team's goal, it has become the French team besieging the Spanish team's goal.

"I'm not mistaken, the French team is so fierce, they pressed the Spanish team to the ground!"

"It's really unexpected. After all, they were the ones who were pressed to the ground in the first half. Who would have thought that in just a dozen or twenty minutes, the situation would change so dramatically."

"After watching the first half, I had only one thought in my mind: Is this the French team?

But after watching the second half, I realized that the French team is really worthy of its reputation. This team seemed to have been reborn in the second half. It's so scary!"

"It's really outrageous. It didn't take long for the French team to suddenly wake up and become stronger."

The performance of the French team shocked many fans. If they were completely suppressed by other teams, there would be no such effect.

But the team suppressed by the French team was the Spanish team, the winner of two World Cups and three European Cups!

This is the overlord who has been invincible and has dominated the football world for nearly 10 years!

For many young fans who have watched football for a short time, they have never seen the Spanish team play so passively.

"Pogba passed the ball, Mbappe broke through the wing, he passed the defender and shot!"

"De Gea!"

"The Spanish goalkeeper stood up again and blocked Mbappe's high-quality shot with one hand."

In the studio, the commentators were singing praises to De Gea's god-level save.

De Gea, who made this wonderful save, couldn't help but hold his knees and gasped.

During this period, the Spanish team's goal was in a state of panic, and the busiest player changed from Lori to De Gea.

The opponent's attack in this round was very fierce, and there was no time for breathing.

He couldn't remember how many times he had saved. He only remembered that in just a few minutes, he saved the shots of Mbappe, Giroud and Griezmann.

"De Gea!"

"De Gea!"

"De Gea!"

The Spanish fans in the stands were convinced by De Gea's outstanding performance during this period, and they wanted to change their words and call De Gea "Big Daddy".

De Gea is a goalkeeper with excellent goal-line skills. His attack may not be as good as Neuer and others, but in the area in front of the goal line, he is invincible!

During this period, he almost single-handedly kept the Spanish team's goal intact.

Don’t think that the fans of the Spanish team now worship De Gea as a god, but in fact, before this, Spanish fans did not like De Gea.

Because before him, the goal of Spain has always been guarded by San Casillas.

Casillas’ strength is needless to say. Whether in the club or in the national team, he has performed impeccably and is the white moonlight in the hearts of many Spanish fans.

On the other hand, De Gea’s performance in the club may be very brilliant, but in the national team, his performance is far less brilliant than when he was in the club. He even made low-level mistakes in the game, which made many fans question him.

But in this most crucial game, De Gea defeated himself, showed his best level, and washed away his shame with one magical save after another.

"The Spanish team played too passively. They have hardly launched any decent counterattacks during this period. If they continue to be suppressed by the opponent like this, they will lose the ball sooner or later!"

Gary Neville said proudly in the commentary booth of Sky Sports.

During the halftime break, he predicted that the French team would reverse the game in the second half. Now, the performance of the French team seems to have confirmed his prediction, which made him feel very proud.

"Yes, the Spanish team needs a threatening counterattack to make the French team's defense feel some threat. Otherwise, if they continue to attack in such a large-scale way, the Spanish team will be too passive."

Martin Taylor ignored Gary Neville's attitude and began to give advice to the Spanish team:

"I think the Spanish team can change their style of play. They can consider moving Lin Quan's position forward and put him on the front line. When counterattacking, they can try their luck with a long kick."

From the situation on the field, the Spanish team is now unable to effectively control the midfield, and even cannot organize an effective attack through the midfield.

In this case, there is no need to continue to put Lin Quan in the position of front midfielder. Simply move his position forward and maximize his deterrence, which will make the opponent afraid to act.

Moreover, unlike other old, weak and disabled players in the Spanish team, Lin Quan is very young. Judging from his several sprints on the field just now, he has no physical problems, so he is the only one who has the physical strength to attack the opponent's defense line.

"Long pass? Will the Spanish team lower their status to use such a simple and crude tactic?"

Andy Gray on the side expressed doubts about this. This tactic is more common in the Premier League, and is often used by mid- and lower-level teams at the bottom of the league.

Compared with the more gorgeous and complex passing and controlling tactics, long pass is a very simple and crude tactic. Top teams and wealthy teams generally disdain to use this tactic.

Moreover, with Lin Quan's height, can he really play long pass? (End of this chapter)