No. 606: Impassable Walls!
After Iniesta got the ball, he didn't hesitate, he made a direct pass, and the football went towards Villa, who was deep in the hinterland!
"Good shot!"
There was a burst of exclamations from the stands, and the Spanish fans applauded the precise long ball.
However, their applause came to an abrupt end, and an orange figure flew out like lightning from the right side of the football!
The figure clings to the turf, its right foot like a fast-moving wall, intercepting the Spanish midfielder's precise through pass!
"Good shot!"
"Beautiful!"
This time it was the Dutch fans' turn to cheer loudly.
Adar the Dutch national TV commentator said loudly in surprise: "Chen! He intercepted Iniesta's through pass! ”
On the court, after Chen Fan completed the steal, he immediately stood up and controlled the football at his feet, but he did not immediately launch a long pass to quickly counterattack, but signaled to his teammates to slow down the pace.
During this time, the speed of the transition between attack and defense between the two sides was too fast, which caused the Netherlands to be unstable at the back, and he wanted to change the situation.
The ball began to roll around in the Dutch backfield, with the Dutch midfielder quickly coming back to pick it up, and the Spanish midfield immediately started pressing again.
Chen Fan finally handed over the football to Sneijder, who returned to the center circle, and he did not overstep his authority to organize the team's attack.
Sneijder, who has a lot of experience in the game, didn't know how to control the tempo now, and under his thread, the Dutch passing combination was on the right track, and the Dutch team slowly pulled back the passive situation.
The anxious Spaniards had to use fouls frequently to interrupt the smooth coordination of the Netherlands, and the Dutch fans in the stands finally breathed a sigh of relief, this is the Netherlands......
Bosque could no longer sit comfortably on the bench, and he came to the command area to signal Xavi not to rush and to calm down.
The Spaniard's mentality is slowly calming down under the coach's prompting, yes, there is still a long time left in the game, we still have time, we are strong and we have the ability to equalize......
The two sides returned to a certain equilibrium, and a fierce battle was ensued in midfield.
The Spanish midfielders are undoubtedly the most creative and dangerous in the world today, and slowly they are gaining the upper hand in the battle for midfield.
After getting the ball, Spain were not in a hurry to get the ball to the feet of their strikers, they wanted to control the situation on the field.
The Dutch team's three midfielders stood by and erected a solid barrier on the back line, with Chen Fan being particularly strong.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Xavi and Iniesta played a quick one-two in the heart of the Netherlands, instantly tearing apart Van Bommel's defense.
Xavi led the ball to the penalty area, and De Jong immediately pounced.
"Smack! ……”
Xavi didn't wait for De Jong to move the ball to the left side, Pedro didn't stop the ball, and directly crossed the middle, and the ball flew behind De Jong!
Andres Iniesta flew up and he was going to get the ball.
Chen Fan was like a maggot on his tarsal bone, clinging to his right side, not giving him a chance to shoot directly with his feet.
A good Iniesta, stretched out his right foot, and pulled the football on the inside of his foot to rotate a hundred and eighty degrees, instantly getting rid of Chen Fan's block!
The Spanish national television commentator couldn't help but shout: "Shoot! ”
However, Iniesta didn't shoot, not that he didn't want to shoot, but that Chen Fan had already turned around with his quick reaction, and as long as he swung his leg to shoot, Chen Fan could stretch his leg to block.
The Spanish midfielder responded immediately after being amazed, and with a sudden smash of his right foot, he had to get rid of Chen Fan's defense again and look for opportunities to pass or shoot.
The next moment, a surprising scene appeared, Chen Fan seemed to have guessed that Iniesta would smash the ball and stretch out his right foot!
The ball hit the inside of Chen Fan's right foot, out of Iniesta's control.
Where would De Jong let go of such an opportunity and step forward to take control of the football, and Spain's attack came to an abrupt halt.
Sky Sports commentator Bill exclaimed: "If Chen is willing to be a defensive midfielder, he will definitely be ranked in the top three in the world!" Even Iniesta can't get rid of it! ”
Four minutes later, Spain were back on the feud when Gerard Pique launched a quick counter-attack with a long ball at the back. De Jong and Pedro interfered with each other and couldn't get to the first point, and the ball fell to the turf.
Villa flew up and he was about to snatch the ball down.
At this moment, an orange figure arrived in advance and unloaded the football steadily!
"Chen!"
The German national TV commentator shouted: "It's Chen again, he snatched the football again!" ”
Villa did not give up, and immediately pressed, Chen Fan handed over the football to central defender Mathieson, completely making Spain's attack futile.
With little time left in the first half, the Netherlands put most of their forces on defence and didn't have many personnel to attack, so it was impossible to talk about how much threat there was in attack.
So there was a situation of Spanish dominance on the field.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Spain suddenly increased the pace of attack, and Iniesta started to attack from the left and passed the football to Villa in front of the penalty area.
Van der Wiel clung to Villa's back, giving him no chance to turn around, and the Spanish striker had to pass the ball back to Andres Iniesta, who was moving towards the middle.
Iniesta didn't stop the ball and again passed directly to Pedro in the middle.
Pedro knocked back and Andres Iniesta got the ball again, by which point he had moved from the left to the middle.
"Smack! ……”
Nessa passes the ball again and the ball flies to Alonso in front of the right!
Alonso couldn't complete the turn under the pressure of Mathieson, and directly knocked back!
From a distance, Iniesta looked like no man's land, stirring up boundless clouds in front of the Dutch penalty area, cooperating with different teammates from the left side and directly hitting the right side.
But Iniesta knew in his heart that it was not that he was too strong, but that the Dutch defense was too good, which could be described as leaky, and his teammates could not find a chance to shoot, so they had to knock the football back.
Passing the ball to his team-mates in front of him, his teammates couldn't find a chance to shoot, and after winning the ball again, Iniesta changed his mind and turned to pass the ball to Xavi, who stepped forward to meet on the back.
Spain's pass reached the pinnacle of world football history, Xavi did not stop the ball, and with a diagonal pass, the ball flew towards Inesta in front of the right.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Spain played so beautifully, this combination, smooth like a piano song!"
In front of the TV, some fans couldn't help but marvel, but they didn't know the bitterness in Iniesta's heart, and if he could, he didn't want to cross the entire stadium.
Iniesta saw that Xavi also chose to believe him, and he knew that this attack would have to be completed by himself.
So the Barcelona midfielder stretched out his right foot, led the ball forward with the outside instep, and then raised his right leg, he wanted to shoot!
The ball had just flown out of Iniesta's instep when it was blocked by a leg!
"Chen!"
The German national television commentator said loudly: "It was Chen who blocked Inesta's shot again, and Spain's attack was blocked again!" ”
Adal said loudly as a commentator on Dutch national television: "The three Dutch midfielders have formed an incomparably strong wall to break up Spain's attacks again and again!" ”