Chapter 92: The Dutch Counterattack (Part II)
Bosque was indeed depressed.
His side had a huge two-goal lead in the first half, and in his opinion, it almost meant that the World Cup trophy was beckoning to him.
Before the final began, Bosque fantasized about the team being able to beat their opponents and lift the Hercules Cup, and of course, he had to prepare hard for the championship.
But he didn't expect that the process of the game would be so smooth, and his team scored two goals in a row with three strikes and five divisions, completely taking the initiative into their own hands.
Throughout the break, he looked extremely excited, praising the performance of his players and encouraging him to keep up the good momentum.
As a veteran coach with rich coaching experience, he knows very well that the more important significance of this goal for the Dutch team is not to close the gap in the score, this is only one aspect, and another point is to let the Dutch team see the hope of "life", a team that has lost hope, and a team with a strong fighting spirit, the attitude shown is completely different.
Bosque couldn't help but start worrying, he feared that the Dutch team would cause more problems for his team after seeing the hope of equalising again, and the advantage of one goal was not so safe after all.
"Good luck!"
Bosque muttered to himself.
That's right, this is his most intuitive feeling about the Dutch team's goal, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with his team, the team is still that team, the people are still those people, and even the tactical play is no different from the first half - this can only be explained by luck, the Dutch team's "nerve" like a sudden siege led to the team's mistakes, which led to this goal.
This is a constant occurrence, and with Spain on guard, Bosque believes that the Netherlands will not have such an easy chance to counter-attack.
Bosque, who didn't pay much attention, thought for a moment and loudly signaled to the players on the field: "Keep the formation, keep pressing them!" ”
Spain's continuous and rapid passing showed great power in the second half of the first half, and the Dutch team was completely led by Spain's passing and control cooperation, and Bosque felt that if he continued to play in this way, he could still suppress his opponent.
He also has another calculation, that is, to suppress the opponent, then the advantage is still on his side, if he can convert the advantage into goals again in the subsequent time, then the remaining game time, the Spanish championship cause, is more secure.
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At the end of the celebration, Van der Vaart and Huntelaar, who assisted, walked back side by side. The two are very close friends in private, Huntelaar also played for Real Madrid, and Van der Vaart is currently a member of Real Madrid, with such a relationship, there is more communication between the two people, and there are more topics.
"Your long diagonal pass, Raphael, is so beautiful, it's so comfortable!" Huntelaar exclaimed, "Ha, I didn't realize that your passing was good before, but it's like it is now...... Well, it's so precise, I almost only need one jump to touch the ball, and the timing is just right! ”
"When I was at the club this year, I stepped up my passing practice. Van der Vaart replied like this, there is a sentence he didn't say, because there is a better Fan Bizhuang in the same position, he lost the main position, he is very unwilling, but he also knows that he can't catch up with the other party in terms of goals, so he has put a lot of effort into passing assists, his idea is very simple, I can't compare to you in terms of goals, but in serving the team, I must do better than you.
However, what made Van der Vaart feel "desperate" was that he soon discovered that Van Bizhuang's passing skills were even better than shooting and scoring, and Van der Vaart, who was frustrated in all aspects, had no choice but to accept his fate.
But a long time and a lot of practice, so that his passing ability has been greatly improved, he and most of the teammates of the national team are not strangers, often work together, tacit understanding is also there, familiar with the teammates' running and shooting habits, so when passing the ball, subconsciously according to the situation of teammates made the best choice in advance.
That's why Huntelaar felt so comfortable with the diagonal pass this time.
As the saying goes, the power of idols is endless. Fan Bizhuang is not Van der Vaart's idol, but he must admit that Fan Bizhuang is indeed a player who is excellent in all aspects and has almost no shortcomings, and it is the strength of not admitting defeat that is held in his bones, Van der Vaart also spurs himself to redouble his efforts, in this case, he feels that his ability has improved significantly.
Multiple thoughts flashed through his mind, and at the thought of the man, Van der Vaart raised his head and looked back. At this glance, he was a little stunned, and he found that Fan Bizhuang was looking at him not far away.
Nodding slightly, Fan Bizhuang's lips moved, and then turned back to the middle circle.
"The pass was beautiful!"
Although he couldn't hear what Fan Bizhuang said, Van der Vaart understood the other party's mouth shape, and immediately prepared to be not to be outdone.
"I said it would make you look good, I will make you look good! You ...... Bastard! ”
Although Fan Bizhuang had already turned around, Van der Vaart still gritted his teeth and muttered unwillingly.
"What do you think, Raphael?"
Huntelaar patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Keep up the good work, don't forget, you'll have to pass me a few more beautiful balls later, ha, Robin has scored, I can't fall behind!" ”
"Okay."
Van der Faw's head promised.
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As soon as Fan Bizhuang walked back to the center circle, he heard instructions from the head coach on the sidelines and was noncommittal.
Spain's best play is passing and possession, so it makes sense to continue to keep their opponents pressed in this way.
It's just that he is faintly worried in his heart, the sudden siege and pressing of the Dutch team, in his opinion, is not accidental, if the opponent continues to use this way to contain, it will bring great trouble to the team's passing and control in the second half.
And most importantly...... Fan Bizhuang looked up at the front, the faces of the Dutch players were full of excitement and hope, their spirit returned, stimulated by "hope", it can be said that the fighting spirit is high and full of morale.
A team full of confidence and expectation is not a bone to gnaw on!
Fan Bizhuang shook his head slightly, cheered up, clapped his hands and shouted to his teammates: "Don't take it to heart, it's still us who are ahead!" Let's keep working hard and try to score another goal and kill the game! ”
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The game resumes.
It was not out of Fan Bizhuang's expectations, after being stimulated by the goal, the Dutch team was more combative into the game, and their front line was constantly premised, frequently running in a wide range of the stadium, and pressing was more active, often the Spanish team's pass was only halfway through, and the players in the midfield were pressing violently, and Spain could no longer pass and cooperate as freely and easily as before.
Under the continuous crazy pressure of the opponent, the error rate of Spain's passing gradually increased, and the Spanish team still had an advantage in terms of possession, but several times it was successfully intercepted by the opponent or forced into a dead corner, and the football was like a "hot potato", and the players did not dare to be too greedy for the ball at their feet, so they could only transfer the ball away in a panic.
This situation led to the stagnation of Spain's advance and attack.
On the other hand, the Dutch team put most of their energy into closing and pressing, although they effectively contained the momentum of Spain's attack, they did not create too many good chances in the frontal advancement. However, they were still very dangerous on the counter-attack, and after a successful tackle on the spot, a few quick passes were able to pass the ball into the box, and then let the two high-impact players of Huntelaar and Van Persie fight for it.
The game is moving towards a stalemate.
The two sides struggled for nearly seven or eight minutes, and the situation suddenly changed again.
In the 55th minute, the Dutch team was unhurriedly carrying out inverted foot cooperation in the midfield, Van der Vaart received the ball at the same time, the upper body shook the feint to get rid of Iniesta, and then did not give the opponent a chance to stick up, suddenly directly kicked up a long pass, the football crossed the field and fell on the right side near the bottom line.
Capdevilla and Robben chased the ball almost at the same time, the latter sprinted at a significantly faster speed, poked the ball away first, Robben galloped with the ball at high speed, faced the central defender Pique who came out of the position, pulled his left foot, shook off the defender at the same time, and also cut inside into the penalty area.
Peter Pan's two famous stunts in world football, one is his super speed, and the other is his left foot outside the inside of the goal, defenders all over the world know that he will make the choice to cut inside near the penalty area, but there are not many players who can stop him from completing this action.
I'm just going to pick the ball, I'm going to cut inside, what can you do? If you can't stop me, then you can only watch!
In this situation, Pique, who was shaken, and Robben, who cut into the penalty area with an unstoppable momentum, perfectly confirmed this!
"Cut! Robben shook off Pique, and the Barcelona central defender couldn't stop the flying Dutchman at all! ”
"Van der Vaart's through ball, precise and full of penetrating power! Combined with Robben's speed, it's a match made in heaven! ”
'High-speed sprints, deft plucking in, Robben getting into the box, what would he do? …… I think there is no doubt about it, I can't think of a second ending other than shooting! ”
In fact, just like the exclamations of the commentators, Robben, who burst into the penalty area, did not hesitate, he didn't even look at Huntelaar, who was obviously running out of a better position, slowed down slightly, flicked the ball with the outside of his left foot, adjusted the angle and posture, and kicked the football with his left foot again - only this time, he did not use the outside of his foot, but the inside of the arch of his foot, and pushed the football out!
The speed of the ball was not slow, but it was not extremely fast, and Casillas was very focused, and the moment the ball was off the ground, he threw his body out.
But everything was sudden.
Robben's inward cut hit the goal, the angle was extremely tricky, and the black and white elf almost stuck to the intersection of the column and the crossbar, and drilled into the goal!
A proper ten-point angle!
The ball is scored, the net is broken, and the score is rewritten again at this moment!
2:2!
The Dutch team chased two goals in a row, and the two sides returned to the same running line!