Chapter 49: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole

"Ball...... Entered! The passionate roar of the commentator came from the sky above Shenyang Wulihe Stadium: "At the end of the first half of the game, the teenager Ding Rui opened the door of the Spanish team with a strong volley after a two-over-two cooperation with Hao Haidong!" The Chinese team leads 2:0! ”

The players of the Chinese team gathered together to cheer, while the Spanish players were dejected one by one, falling behind 0:2, and it was extremely difficult to get it back.

No one expected that the Chinese team would play so smoothly in this game, and in the fifteenth minute of the first half, Ling Feng's long-range shot tore open the door guarded by Casillas.

Ling Feng continued his outstanding form, and he has scored in his fifth consecutive World Cup match!

He has already scored his 10th World Cup goal of the tournament, and at this rate, he is really hopeful of breaking the world record of 13 World Cup goals set by Fontaine.

To be precise, goalkeeper Casillas still has some responsibility, there are some problems with his judgment, maybe he was blocked by the defender, maybe he was not prepared at all, anyway, for a man who is the main goalkeeper in a top club like Real Madrid, his performance is not good.

The director switched to a blonde European in the stands, this person is Spain's original goalkeeper Canizares, but unfortunately, Canizares was accidentally stabbed in the right foot by a perfume bottle before the start of the World Cup, which was very funny but reluctantly left the World Cup.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team led 2:0.

Due to the foul on Baggio at the last moment of the last game, Real Madrid's left-back Zhu Yin was suspended for one game, fortunately FIFA did not add a penalty, but against Spain in this game, Zhu Yin could only sit on the bench to watch the game.

Zhu Yin and Liu Dong, the left-sided duo know the Spanish players very well, but unfortunately Zhu Yin was not able to play, which made the Chinese team's offensive and defensive strength on the left side discounted.

Despite this, they still led 2-0 in the first half.

The substitute for Zhu Yin was Niu Hong, a teenager who played for Bayer Leverkusen, and his performance in this game was also good, and Joaquin's breakthroughs under the interception of the wing many times also made the right wing, the most threatening of the Spanish team, unable to play its original effect.

Raul's performance in the tournament has not been so satisfactory, although he cannot be said to be idle in this game, but under Zhu Yujian's protection and Fan Zhiyi's close defense, it is still difficult to play at a high level.

There is also a serious disunity in the Spanish team, although it has always been claimed that Raul is the core, but in the warm-up games, Raul's performance in the tournament is often substandard, which also makes many people question his core position.

There is also a very important factor - lack of self-motivation.

When it comes to the toughest team in world football, Germany comes to mind.

The tenacity of the Germans illustrates a fact to the world: "Until the last minute, you will never give up the game!" ”

There have been countless battles in history in which the Germans turned around in the face of adversity, but what about the Spaniards? Although it is not like the previous Chinese team, people staged a black reversal in a few minutes under the lead, but it is rare to hear that they turned over and played a beautiful battle when they were at a disadvantage.

This probably has something to do with the Spanish fans, without the support of the fans, how can the players be motivated on the field?

For the World Cup, Spanish fans have not been optimistic, in their opinion, as long as the club's results go up, that's fine, as for the national team, anyway, it can't be supported by Adou, separated by the glass ceiling - although it has always been known as a world powerhouse, but none of the seven World Cups participated in the top four has made Spanish fans lose confidence in the national team.

In the second half of the game, people saw Ling Feng swaggering on the bench, and they couldn't help whispering.

Ling Feng is a belief on the field, a belief in winning, and some media have commented that as long as Ling Feng is on the field, even if he doesn't even touch the ball, the team he is in will retain the belief that he will win.

Now even if the Chinese team leads 2:0, but such a big approach is really incomprehensible, is Spain not at all a chance to fight back? If the situation on the field falls into passivity and Ling Feng can't play again, how can he save the Chinese team again?!

Although, as a core player, it is normal to go down to rest early, but China is not Brazil, there is only one Ling Feng, no matter how the others grow, no one can stand side by side with Ling Feng in terms of prestige alone.

The director naturally cut the camera to China's No. 1 star, and saw Ling Feng talking to the head coach Zhu Guanglu on the side very easily, with a picture of victory in hand.

The Spanish players are very depressed, but they are a little fortunate - as a "traditional strong team", the Chinese team's behavior of not taking them seriously is indeed very depressing, but they also know in their hearts that if Ling Feng is on the field, it can be said that it is impossible to recover the score.

The Spanish team launched a crazy counterattack in the second half!

Joaquín's breakthrough on the right flank caused China a lot of problems, and it was true that Joaquín was the best right winger in the world in the future – oh, and of course, the penalty he missed against South Korea in the past.

The young player Niu Hong's play is quite steady, although he has been broken through by Joaquin a few times, but he can always use reasonable fouls, and Wang Gang and Zhu Yujian around him to help reduce the threat to a minimum, Joaquin has failed to break through several times without success, and occasionally a next cross is also pushed out by Wang Gang, Morientes is anxious to jump back and forth in the penalty area, but unfortunately there is no ball to his feet or head.

Raul was closely guarded by Fan Zhiyi, while Morientes' aerial advantage became the focus of Spain's attack.

Three minutes into the second half, Spain's Sergio Romero shot from the edge of the box and the ball went just out of bounds. Ten minutes later, Fan Zhiyi was booked for a defensive foul and the Spanish team was given a free kick in front of the penalty area, but the veteran Hiero's shot hit the wall.

In the twelfth minute, Liu Dong was tripped on the left side of the frontcourt, and Nadal, who committed a foul, was yellow carded. The Chinese team quickly took a free kick, but the ball was cut off by Hiero on the way to the pass.

Judging from the scene, it is probably that the Spanish team has controlled the initiative of attacking on the field.

"It's miserable...... Maradona stared at the TV screen and whispered: "Camacho, this stupid guy, fell for Ling!" ”

Spanish coach Camacho couldn't stop wiping his sweat, the pressure of being two goals behind was too much for him, fortunately Ling Fengtuo returned to the bench at this time, otherwise, he could have given up in the second half of the game.

Spain's attack is still good at the moment, and if this situation develops, it should be scored soon.

It was a goal that was scored very quickly, and in the fifteenth minute of the second half, the score on the field changed.

"Goal! Hao Haidong! Hao Haidong received Liu Dong's wonderful pass and opened the door guarded by Casillas! "Wulihe Stadium has become a sea of joy, Chinese fans are singing and dancing, the Chinese team leads 3:0, and the game is decided!

"Camacho's stupid!" Maradona laughed crookedly in front of the TV, he could see early in the morning that Ling Feng's purpose was to lure the snake out of the hole!

A 2-0 lead did not guarantee a victory for China in the second half, as was the case against Italy last time.

But thinking that he would face Germany next, as well as the final, Ling Feng absolutely couldn't get injured - he didn't want to repeat the scene four years ago, falling in the quarterfinals, resulting in the semifinals not being able to play.

In the next game, Ling Feng stayed on the court, and he didn't dare to attack too boldly, because the Spanish players who had no way out were likely to be unable to control the movements under their feet.

But if he doesn't play, then the Chinese team doesn't have that certainty to guarantee victory, and Ling Feng wouldn't dare to make this kind of big gamble.

After thinking about it for a long time, I finally came up with a compromise solution, which was to set up a cover for Camacho to jump.

The reason why Maradona can see the conspiracy of the Chinese team at a glance is because he is too familiar with Ling Feng, and Ling Feng will never do anything that he is not sure of, and Zhang Xiaorui, who substitutes Ling Feng, also knows him very well, and he is a player with strong midfield control ability.

Just imagine, under normal circumstances, even if Ling Feng wants to save his strength, it will definitely not be Zhang Xiaorui who will be replaced, but Li Tie or Zhao Junze, strengthen the defense of the midfield, or simply play defensive counterattack.

So after thinking about it, coupled with the fact that the Spanish players on the field saw the opponent's most famous player off the field and desperately stepped forward to attack, Lao Ma immediately understood what Ling Feng meant.

Sure enough, after the Spanish team pressed hard, the gap in the Chinese team's counterattack appeared.

Although it has always been said that the current Chinese team is no longer Ling Feng's one-man team, for the European powerhouses, the biggest threat must be Ling Feng - this creates such an idea for them, the Chinese team's offense is completely dependent on Ling Feng, as long as Ling Feng is off the field, it basically means that there is no threat to the Chinese team's next attack.

Therefore, even a top player with rich experience such as Hiero could not jump out of such an inertial thinking and be attacked by the Chinese team in one fell swoop.

Hao Haidong was replaced by Li Tie after scoring the goal, and in the next half hour, the Chinese team was really going to play a defensive counterattack.

Spain also started to make substitutions, with Raul, who was underperforming, being replaced by veteran Luis Brown. Enrique was replaced by Baraja in midfield by Mendieta, but the three-goal deficit caused the Spanish players to completely lose confidence, and the next attack was also weak.

Think about it, if you're two goals down and you get one goal back, there's hope in your heart – there's one more goal to equalise.

But three goals behind, even if one goal is scored, there is nothing to be done.

Psychologically, or in terms of the desire to win, the Spanish team really doesn't have the demeanor of a top team, which is the main reason why they have been high and low.

Despite the determination of the veteran Enrique, who came off the bench, the player who defected to Barcelona from Real Madrid felt like he was not on the phone with Morientes, and several passes failed to reach the opponent's feet.

Mendieta was in the limelight in 2000, beating Barcelona 4-1 in the Champions League and was a standout player in Spain at the European Championships.

People were marveling at the birth of a genius when tragedy struck, and for £30 million, Mendieta moved to Lazio.

In the 01-02 season, Mendieta had a very poor time in Italy, representing Lazio only a handful, he was originally a talented super libero, but he was confined to a small space, Mendieta's role was reduced, and his play was limited.

The current Mendieta does not have its main position in the national team, and even after playing, it will no longer be able to dominate as before.

Finally, with the referee's whistle, the game ended, and the Chinese team easily solved Spain 3:0 and entered the semi-finals!

This is the easiest game for the Chinese team since the final game of the group stage against Portugal, and it is also the game with the biggest gap in the quarterfinals of this World Cup.

3:0, which can be regarded as a big victory, not to mention in the knockout round, the score of 3:0 means an overwhelming victory, compared to the score of 2:1 in the first three games, this Chinese team can be said to win effortlessly.

What's more, Ling Feng also had half a game break, and in the next game against Germany, it was expected that Ling Feng should fully recover to his best competitive condition.

In the last World Cup, due to Ling Feng's injury, China was eliminated by France in the semifinals, and in this World Cup, the Chinese team should go to the next level!

Three days later, the World Cup semi-finals officially began.

The first game, Brazil vs Argentina!