The game has been locked in a tough battle.

This is a situation that the Spanish team did not anticipate in advance. In fact, in the past, including in several games that have been played in this World Cup, the Spanish team has encountered this kind of stubborn resistance and desperately defended opponents, after all, the strength of the Spanish team is recognized in world football, either the first or the second, and the team that is not as strong as them is naturally based on defensive counterattacks.

But like Paraguay, almost the number of people completely blocked the 35-meter area of the penalty area, they really haven't met, and what's even more helpless is that the opponent is just stubbornly defending, and the defensive action is so fierce and rude, often if the foot action is not fast enough, maybe the next moment will be knocked to the ground.

Before the start of the game, because of Martino's "provocation", the whole Spanish team was in a mood of hatred, which made them extremely excited and positive from the beginning of the game, wanting to score as soon as possible, and then completely beat the opponent.

But as the game progressed, they were helpless to find that the process of the game was not as they expected, although from the point of view of various statistics, they were the side that had the upper hand, but Paraguay's defense was complete and tight, and the scramble action was even more ferocious, they not only failed to teach the opponent a lesson, but were repeatedly put to the ground by the opponent.

It's more like Paraguay is "teaching" them!

The Spanish players played extremely depressed and angry on the field, but they were helpless, the opponent's pressing was too fast and too ruthless, which forced them to continue to speed up the pass, and in this way, the error rate began to increase again, which gave Paraguay more opportunities to counterattack, resulting in constant trouble in front of their goal.

It's like a vicious circle. It's like Martino's carefully arranged cover, leading the Spanish team's nose and jumping inside.

Bosque could no longer sit comfortably in the dugout, pacing on the sidelines, waving and shouting, instructing his team to put more pressure on the opposition at the back.

The situation at this time is not good for the Spanish team, but it is not too dangerous to talk about it, and in his opinion, the main reason why his team is facing such a dilemma is due to the attack. If the front line can score, then Paraguay's turtle shell will not be broken, and in the case of falling behind, Paraguay will have to pull out the attack, then it will give the Spanish team more opportunities to tear apart the defense.

But the problem is that if the team can't open the situation for a long time, then the game process will not return to the rhythm that Spain is most familiar with, which is the most troublesome point.

"Attack! Offensive!! ”

"Andrés, move closer to the middle and pass a little faster!"

"Xavi, you have to press a little bit higher and help your teammates put more pressure on the opponent!"

Bosque's order was to get his team to speed up the passing tempo and put more pressure on the Paraguayan defence, but the consequence of this was that Paraguay had more and more counter-attacking opportunities.

In the 37th minute, after another successful steal, Paraguay launched an offensive with a long pass from the backfield, Cardoso received a pass from his teammates, galloped quickly on the side, and immediately hoisted the football into the penalty area after using his super speed to shake off Cardoso. The high striker Santa Cruz had been waiting for him for a long time, and the Manchester City center forward used his height advantage to hold down Puyol, jumped on the spot and shook his head, and the football changed direction and flew straight towards the top right corner of the goal.

"Paraguay's counter-attacking chance!"

Cardoso crosses...... The middle lane is Santa Cruz! He held Puyol down, jumped, and flicked his head at goal—"

"Oooooo......oo Igor...... Casillas ...... The Spanish captain made a world-class save and he saved the Spanish team! The matadors escaped! ”

"Although Santa Cruz didn't score with this shot, Spain had to make a change! Paraguay's counter-attack was fast and sharp, and this shot was the harshest wake-up call! ”

At the critical moment, Casillas, who was praised by Spanish fans as "San Cassi", stepped forward, he moved his feet quickly, and then threw his body out, and struggled to hit the fast-forward football with his right hand, and the football was knocked out of the bottom line.

The scene resounded with bursts of exclamations, as well as cheers and applause one after another.

The fans were exclaiming for Casillas' wonderful save, but after Casillas got up from the ground, he did not have the slightest sense of joy to "save the world", he waved his hands fiercely while yelling at the defenders in front of him: "What are you doing? Don't give that guy a chance to take his feet and cross in stride! Also, keep an eye on him and don't let him jump! MD！ ”

Casillas, who had a calm temperament, burst into foul language, apparently in a very unhappy mood. In the first half, his emotions were undoubtedly extremely depressed, the team's offensive in the front court failed to reap, and his defensive area was ravaged by the opponent's tall man with headers over and over again, and he couldn't remember how many times he made such a rescue move. This time he was lucky enough to save the ball, but who can guarantee that next time, next time, he will be able to make a successful save?

Puyol and Pique nodded apologetically to Casillas, and were constantly suppressed by Santa Cruz, they naturally bear a lot of responsibility, of course, it is not accurate to throw all the pots at them, after all, under the signal of head coach Bosque, the team pressed on the attack, and the defense was naturally empty, and even the two fullbacks were pressed extremely forward, which gave Cardoso the opportunity to rush the ball wantonly.

"Attack!"

"Suppress them to the death, don't give the opponent a chance to fight back!"

On the sidelines, Bosque waved and shouted again.

Casillas's face was almost dark, and he snorted coldly, muttered two more words, and said no more.

Only Pique and Puyol, who were close, heard it clearly, and Casillas muttered: "Idiot! ”

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"Idiot!"

It wasn't just Casillas who cursed in such an unhappy low voice, but Fan Bizhuang also vented his dissatisfaction in a low voice.

After the game restarted, the Spanish team once again used the pass to pull a little space, Fan Bizhuang was clever in the run, just held the ball, and before he could make the next move, he was pulled to the ground by the opponent's defender Barreto.

Once again, Spain's attacking rhythm was interrupted.

Fan Bizhuang slapped the grass hard in anger, and then got up from the ground, he stared at Barreto coldly, obviously trying to restrain the anger in his heart.

For the rudeness and ferocity of the Paraguayan defenders, Fan Bizhuang naturally has a lot of dissatisfaction, but he often encounters such treatment in the league, and he is used to it, he is even more unhappy that the first half is here, he has the same feeling of grievance as the previous game, his running is very positive, he tries to run a wide range of positions to find opportunities, but the more he plays, the more difficult it is - his partner Torres disappeared without a trace, and he shouldered the multiple tasks of running, pulling sides, and transitioning alone.

It's not that he can't do these jobs, when he was at the club, he was a versatile player up front, but the problem is that in this game, he was the focus of the opponent's defense, getting rid of one and the other, the defenders were more fierce and rude than the other, and he couldn't do his job of shooting and scoring at all.

It doesn't matter if you switch roles with Torres, as long as it's good for the team and you can score, it doesn't matter, but Torres's form in this cup is really average, and the Super T9 who used to be galloping in the league is completely gone, and what he is better at now is disappearing.

He was really full of complaints about Torres becoming his partner who was not in good shape, originally Torres occupied a starting spot to cover for him, but now he has become a feint, but Torres has not been able to shoulder the role of "Terminator".

If you can't open up the situation offensively, you will naturally be passive on defense, and this is the real reason why the team is playing chaotic now.

Fan Bizhuang is well aware of this, and in his opinion, the manager should make adjustments at this time, and the best way to break down the dense defense is to have a high striker who stands on the bench, and Llorente is still sitting on the bench off the field, which is a typical center forward who can stand up for a position.

But the conservative Bosque just didn't make adjustments, and kept signaling the team to press the attack - the team listened to the order to continue to attack, but the gains were few, and even more and more dangers appeared in the backfield.

Fan Bizhuang's "idiot" is a vent of dissatisfaction in his heart.

But no matter what, the head coach is the helm of the team, and even if Fan Bizhuang has his own opinions, he can only hold back.

The game continued, but the situation was still deadlocked, Paraguay used the impregnable defense to block the Spanish team's waves of attack, and launched sharp counterattacks from time to time.

And in the forty-third minute, after Fan Bizhuang was brought down again when he broke through in the front court, he finally couldn't suppress the anger in his body, bounced up from the ground, and roared angrily to go forward to find trouble with the fouling Santana - such an irrational behavior is not only anger at the fouler, but also dissatisfaction with the head coach's lack of hesitation to change. More of a concentrated outburst of the first half that was so frustrating.

Fortunately, Alonso was by Fan Bizhuang's side, and immediately discovered that Fan Bizhuang's mood was wrong, and dragged him away violently, which avoided worse consequences.

Rao was so, and Van Bizhuang also received a yellow card from referee Batres.

This is the second yellow card Fan Bizhuang received in this World Cup, according to the rules, in the group stage and the quarter-final stage, the player who accumulates two yellow cards will be automatically suspended for one game. It is also the luck of Fan Bizhuang, this game is the quarter-finals, and all the previous yellow cards have been cleared, otherwise, even if the Spanish team can beat the opponent in this game to advance to the semi-finals, then in the next game, he can only sit in the audience.