Chapter 1138 Consistent with Impressions
Despite the presence of five Valencian players in the starting line-up, there are still many commentators and reporters who have received the starting line-ups of both sides, especially the local media from Valencia, who are even eager to see all the Spanish starting line-ups use Valencian players.
In fact, in Bosque's mind, there were more than six Valencia players in the starting line-up, as he tasted the sweetness of the 2008 European Championship and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Putting more of the same players in the starting line-up will create a huge chemistry - and it will work together more tacitly!
In other words, if Bosque hadn't taken care of the face of Barcelona and Real Madrid, he would have more Valencia players in his starting line-up.
However, when there were five Valencian players in Spain's starting line-up, the local media in Catalonia were extremely unhappy, you know...... In the past, Andres Iniesta has always started as a left winger, but ...... In this crucial group stage, Isco, who is only 22 years old, was used.
Similarly, the capital's media are also unhappy with the starting line-up, and in their perception, Jesse is also capable of this position.
However, when most of the on-field commentators got their hands on the starting lineup, only the appointment of the center was questioned.
Diego Costa did excel in La Liga last season, being the best Spanish striker and scoring the most goals, but he has a fatal problem that he has a hard time controlling his temper on the pitch and he has an injury to his right calf.
In this position, the commentators decided that Valencia striker Paco would be more suitable.
As for the Dutch team, Van Gaal did not have any surprises in terms of personnel and sent the strongest team.
It's just that at the same time as the starting line-ups of both sides came out, some media also focused on the two players in this game, they are Xavi Alonso and De Jong, in the World Cup final in South Africa four years ago, De Jong used a martial arts move, if it were not for the mercy of the referee Webber at the time, it is estimated that the defeat of the Dutch team would have been decided.
Returning to the game, the focus was on the Pantanal Stadium, which began with the cheers of more than 40,000 fans.
Spain, known for their superb ball control ability, took the initiative from the beginning of the game, but Van Gaal was very good at the tactics of the Dutch team, knowing that it must not be comparable to Spain in terms of possession, so he decisively chose to defend and counterattack.
Louis van Gaal's tactics quickly paid off, taking advantage of two counter-attacks to knock the tide and make Spain's attack more careful.
So in the first 20 minutes of the game, the scene was a little dull, and the energy of both sides was more focused on the midfield.
But in the 26th minute, the referee's decision became the focus of the game, David Silva sent a pinpoint through ball from 35 yards out, Diego Costa burst into the box to try to get rid of De Vrij, but fell to the ground, and the Italian golden whistle Rizzoli decisively blew a penalty.
In slow motion, Diego Costa is suspected of a fake fall, and he is more like he is hanging his foot on De Vrij's foot.
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Although Diego Costa was suspected of touching porcelain in slow motion, the referee's decision was not changed, and Xavi Alonso's penalty hit the bull's-eye, giving Spain a one-goal lead over the Netherlands.
Xavi Alonso's goal also drew a chorus of shouts from the fans in the stands, who roared hysterically, as if they were shouting at the Dutch fans: "Your uncle will always be your uncle!" ”
However, the high spirits of the Spanish fans did not last long, and before first-half stoppage time, Dutch left-back Blind suddenly took the ball from the left halfway, and the football traveled through the air for about 50 meters, and the erratic Van Persie rushed to the football landing point.
At this time, Pique, who was keeping an eye on Pesci, thought that the former was suspected of offside, but what he didn't know was that Ramos, who often appeared on the scene of the nerve knife, was dragging behind, so Van Persie, who was in line with Blind's pass, was not offside.
Van Persie did not choose the relatively safe chest to unload the ball and then shoot when he was already two positions beyond Pique, but chose the most difficult to dive and leap to the top, and the whole person was extremely coordinated when he jumped into the air.
Casillas was even a little sluggish, so he didn't realise he should make a save until Van Persie made a header to the top, but ...... It's already too late.
Robin van Persie equalised for the Netherlands just before half-time.
When Rizzoli blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was still 1-1, and in the second half, neither side made any adjustments.
Clearly, both managers are satisfied with their current squads.
With the scoreline the same, everyone thought that both sides would converge in the second half, after all, with Spain and the Netherlands, who were relatively strong in Group B, getting a point in the first round, as long as they played normally in the remaining two rounds against Chile and Australia, there was no problem in picking up points.
But in the sixth minute of the second half, Blind sent a precise long ball in the first half, and he took the ball from the left to the box, where the receiving Robben unloaded the ball perfectly, and then beautifully slammed the ball to the left with his right foot, dodged the gap, and shot before Ramos blocked it.
With the distance so close, goalkeeper Casillas had no choice but to declare the whip out of reach.
Seeing this, Iroh, who was sitting in the hotel watching the game, suddenly frowned, but no teammates noticed the change in his expression.
The reason why Iroh frowned was very simple, that is, the first three goals of this game were exactly the same as he remembered, which meant that ...... Spain will lose heavily to the Netherlands in this game.
In other words, fate may not allow Iroh to win a Grand Slam.
And what happened next seemed to test Ielloh's guess, in the 65th minute, Sneijder dismissed a free kick on the left side, Van Persie collided with goalkeeper Casillas with a header at the front point, and De Vrij, who was ambushed at the far post, scored with a header, and the Netherlands 3:1 Spain, extending the score.
Subsequently, it is not known whether Casillas was affected by the successive goals conceded, and made a fatal mistake when receiving the ball at the back, stopping the ball five meters away, captain Van Persie had a keen sense of smell, kicked the ball away before Casillas, and successfully hit the empty goal.
4:1
The Dutch team scored four goals in a row to almost kill the game.