Chapter 34: A Perfect Debut Begins a Legendary Career for the National Team (Part I)

The Belgian national team is one of the oldest powerhouses in European football, having appeared in the finals of the World Cup in the thirties and fifties of the twentieth century, and their best result was in the 1986 World Cup, when they defeated the Matadors Spain to reach the quarter-finals, but unfortunately were beaten 2-0 by Argentina in the semi-finals. Then in the third-place match, they lost to the Gallic Roosters France on penalties and finished fourth in that World Cup.

In the European Championships, they did not do well, finishing third at the 1972 European Championships hosted by Belgium, and in 1980, they became the runners-up team in the European Championships.

Because Belgium's home kit is a bright red, they also have a resounding nickname - "European Red Devils", which is quite imposing like Manchester United's nickname.

However, when the time entered the turn of the century, the Belgian national team began to go downhill, due to the fault line of talent, and the chaos of the national team management, Belgium successively missed the 2004 and 2008 European Championships, the 2006 World Cup they were also blocked in the qualifiers, this time in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Belgium once again failed and failed to reach the final finals.

The Red Devils in Europe are at an all-time low.

After Bosque took office, the reason why Belgium has repeatedly arranged Belgium as his team's opponent is because of his considerations, first, although Belgium is no longer magical, but there are also many powerful players in the team, such as Kompany, Vertonghen, Hazard...... These players are the absolute main force in the clubs of the five major European leagues, so although Belgium has not been able to enter the World Cup, its strength is not weak, and it is suitable as a whetstone for Spain to experiment with new players in the new lineup.

On the other hand, most of the time, the Spanish national team played Belgium and had good luck, although it was a warm-up friendly match, but Bosque still hoped that his team could win, which was undoubtedly beneficial to the morale of the team and the confidence of some new players to the national team.

Bosque is completely regarded as a hard-working sparring partner of the "European Red Devils", which may be difficult to accept by fans who like Belgium, but it is the case, the Spanish national team is the new king of world football today, the double glory of the European Cup champion and the World Cup champion, they are the NO.1 in today's football, so they have such confidence to look at the world.

The process of the game was as Bosque expected, in the first 20 minutes, Belgium's resistance was very tenacious, their active running and tough defense caused a lot of trouble for Spain's attack, but as time progressed, Spain's technical flow passed the style of play, quickly controlled the dominance of the midfield, under the dispatch of Xavi and Iniesta, the away team could only be tired of running, which made the opponent's physical fitness decline rapidly, and Spain's chances gradually increased.

The first goal of the game came in the 41st minute of the first half, Belgium, which had been "played" by Spain's pass-and-control play, and the holes in the defense line were infinitely expanded, and the Spanish national team seized this opportunity and made a breakthrough.

Busquets quickly transitioned the ball in the midfield, Iniesta and Xavi cooperated to move forward with a quick pass, continuous inverted foot pulling, Belgium's left defense was finally torn out of a hole, Capdevilla decisively inserted to a straight line, Xavi's pass penetrated like a scalpel with precision, without any hesitation and adjustment, the submarine fullback took his left foot and crossed directly.

Belgium's defense completely collapsed at this moment, and the middle of the penalty area did not have time to make an effective organization, Fan Bizhuang was like a peng spreading his wings, and jumped up violently on the line of the Zhongda penalty area in the run, and the visiting team captain Kompany wanted to jump up to block, but was completely suppressed by Fan Bizhuang.

Almost pressed Kompany, Fan Bizhuang hit a ferocious header attack, the football directly changed the line, with a violent spin into the upper right corner of the goal, the standard Liege veteran goalkeeper Jean. Francois. Gillay froze in place without any reaction, watching the football go into the net!

1:0!

Towards the end of the first half, the Spanish national team scored the lead by one goal.

And this goal is of great significance to Fan Bizhuang, this is his first national team game, but also his first national team goal, is the first official match goal on the international stage, which means that he, from this moment officially started, really as an international player, standing on the stage of the international arena.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! The ball is in! The ball is in!! It was Van who scored the goal! It's the much-anticipated fan! He lived up to all the expectations of his support and scored in his first international game! Started his national team career with one goal, and Fan's performance was flawless! ”

"A powerful header! Belgian national team captain Vincent Kompany can't afford to cause Van any trouble! Yes, the Belgians were crushed by the strong van! What a job...... Pretty! ”

"Fan's 'sGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Powerful, passionate, full of power, this is Fan's inherent way of scoring goals, this is the goal that belongs to Fan! I've shouted the phrase Van 's GOAL in many games, but today, I still shout it because ...... Van brings his Van 's GOAL to the national team! So...... Cheer for Van to score his first national team goal! Fan's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...... AL! ”

While the Spanish commentators were in a frenzy of excitement, the stands of the Mestalla Stadium also resounded with loud cheers, and the Valencia fans hated Van Bizhuang with itchy teeth, but the goal was beautiful and had no words to say, and it was of great significance, so they could only remain silent. This made the voices of Fan Bizhuang's supporters and neutral fans suddenly take over, and wave after wave, the sky was filled with applause and cheers.

In the midst of such cheers, Van Bizhuang was already on his knees, pointing his first international goal to the sky, and Capdevilla ran from near the baseline, pulled him to the ground, and threw himself on top of him and yelled with excitement.

Albiol, Casillas and other Real Madrid players also ran over from the backfield and pounced on them to celebrate together.

On the sidelines, Fan Bizhuang's old partner Cazorla was excited to swing his fists and shout, shouting: "I knew this kid could do it!" I knew this guy was going to score goals! MD, no one in this world can stop him from moving forward except himself! No one! No one!! ”

Ramos, who was on the bench in the game, also stood up and applauded, saying to Real Madrid teammate Marcos Alonso next to him: "A lot of people say that the biggest star in our team is the Portuguese. I think Fan is the best one. I've fought him on the pitch and to be honest, the pressure he puts on me is stronger than that Portuguese! A fan in a normal state is unstoppable by anyone! Thankfully, he's one of ours now! We went all the way with him! ”

Alonso nodded repeatedly, Rowe and Van Bizhuang are his teammates, which is a good comparison, as far as he is concerned, he is more optimistic about Van Bizhuang, very simply, in the club game, he can pass the ball to Van Bizhuang very comfortably, and the latter can also pass the ball in any way, in the most reasonable and best way to unload, and the connection is smooth, quickly complete the follow-up advancement.

At this point, Alonso is more willing to pass the ball to Fan Bizhuang, and C. Ronaldo is also very good, but Alonso just thinks that Fan Bizhuang is better, understands himself better, and is more suitable for his own passing!

When the two of them were chatting, someone next to them suddenly sighed in a low voice.

"It's as if I've seen a real legend rise at this moment!"

Ramos and Alonso looked back to see Barcelona captain Puyol looking at the pitch with a puzzled expression. This exclamation came from his mouth.

The two were stunned, but they didn't expect that Barcelona's Golden Retriever Lion King would have such a high opinion of a Real Madrid player and a Barcelona outcast.

Fan Bizhuang is indeed excellent and remarkable, but ...... Didn't he have a bad relationship with Barcelona, and the two sides were on fire?

Puyol felt that someone was looking at him, turned his head, looked at the two people who were in a daze, and smiled faintly, but such a smile seemed somewhat complicated and bitter to the two Real Madrid players.

"Give up Fan, perhaps...... No, it must be, it will be one of the worst decisions in the history of Barcelona! ”

Ramos and Alonso looked at each other, but neither was speechless.

……

Whether Puyol's prediction will come true, and whether Van Bizhuang will be the biggest mistake and trauma in Barcelona's history, will remain to be seen.

But at least in terms of performance in this game, Fan Bizhuang was enough to make people crazy.

Puyol's evaluation of Van Bizhuang is high enough, but it turns out that a goal is far from satisfying Van Bizhuang's appetite and ambition, and a goal starts a legendary career for the national team? Maybe ordinary players will be satisfied with this, but Fan Bizhuang is not an ordinary person, he wants to do it, just do it well!

After the celebration, the game resumed.

The goal conceded before half-time was a huge blow to Belgium's morale, and what made them even more helpless and painful was that two minutes later, Fan Bizhuang was inserted into their hearts again as usual!

The same Xavi organized in the midfield, continuous scheduling, the football passed to the feet of Iniesta, the Barcelona midfielder pretended to break through, but it was with Fan Bizhuang, who was running diagonally, came to a comprehension of the pass and cut cooperation, a very penetrating and imaginative through ball, straight to the penalty area by Iniesta, Fan Bizhuang folded and ran back, got rid of the defender, and succeeded in anti-offside.

Facing the goalkeeper with a single knife, he calmly raised his foot and fired low, and the ball rolled into the far corner of the goal with unmistakable accuracy.

2:0!

Scoring two goals in two minutes, Fan Bizhuang scored a stunning brace in the first half of his national team debut, and delivered a perfect answer!