Luck!

This is what Aragonés concluded in a matter of three seconds.

There was clearly no problem with the team's tactics, as Juan Mata's series of unstoppable breakthroughs on the flanks and the final narrow shot showed that the tactics of "using Xavi as the core and Mata as the knife" were correct. If Mata's shot against John Terry in the 15th minute hadn't been blocked by Taylor, Spain would have been leading 1-0 by now, where would England take advantage of the counterattack to catch their side off guard and score?

All this, if not because that damn Chinese took shit luck, or because of what?

Therefore, after the restart, Aragonés did not adjust the team's tactics, and the heart of Spain's attack was still Juan Mata. With a steady stream of possession being fed to the left side of the team like an endless supply of ammunition, Juan Mata became the player with the most shots on the pitch for a while!

And Mata also stimulated and comforted Aragonés with his excellent performance over and over again, so [Football Wisdom] unswervingly implemented the tactics he originally envisioned............ Time passes.

The game continues.

Contrary to the performance of the Spanish team, the Three Lions did not take advantage of the victory to chase after the goal, but unexpectedly shrank back sharply, and very "generously" handed over the hard-fought scene initiative back to the control of the enemy Matador Legion, without the slightest nostalgia...... This strange scene is like ...... It's like a life-and-death fight between the two armies, the Han general Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang finally went through a lot of hardships and fought for 180 rounds, and then knocked away the Tang general Qin Qiong and Qin's second brother's cooked copper eight gongs, but he didn't take advantage of the upper hand to chase and fight hard to win, but as if he was stupid by thunder, he let the enemy general Qin Second Brother slowly get off his horse, picked up his weapon, brushed off the dust on his body, and fought again...... [God on the side of the football field] stupid, right?

What kind of tactic is this?

Defensive counterattack?

Even if it is a defensive counterattack, it is only a passive tactic that has to be adopted when the gap with the opponent is too large, if the strength of one's own side is obviously not bad and occupies this advantage in morale, situation, score, Tianli, etc., but it still has to defend and counterattack, is this not caught in the mechanical materialist ontological circle of defensive counterattack for the sake of defending and counterattacking?

Why would the madman Lee make such a low-level mistake?

For a while, the more than 40,000 people at the Ernst Happel Stadium were all plunged into a "fog", and the cheers and boos that had filled the stadium gradually dissipated a lot............ Sidelines.

The old coach Aragonés, who was originally full of confidence, was also a little confused.

If something goes wrong, it's a demon!

Although the Spanish team regained the dominance of possession on the field, after analyzing and reasoning about every possible surname but could not find a clue, a heart-pounding feeling gradually occupied the heart of [Football Wisdom].

To some extent, the wiser a person is, the more accustomed he is to doubt and reflect, but when he racks his brains and finds nothing, he will fall into an inexplicable fear of the unknown, and [Wisdom] Aragonés at this time is obviously like this!

It's a pity that at this moment, the only thing [Zhisuo] can do is to respond to all changes with the same!

…… Thankfully, Juan Mata played as well as ever in the 20th minute.

Juan Mata cut inside laterally after forcing a break down Gareth Barry down the left flank and a small one-two with Andres Iniesta to break away David Beckham's defence, and the ball was lifted over the crossbar by a highly focused Joe Hart...... Corner kick!

In rain battles, long-range shots and set-pieces are the best weapons to break the deadlock.

Spain's corner was a great threat to England, as it was another unmistakable maniac Lee imitation tactic – forcing a corner.

Xavi, who took the corner, did not send the ball into the crowded box, but the half-high ball was passed to the outside of the penalty area, and Juan Mata, who was waiting there, fired a direct volley, and the ball narrowly smashed into the crossbar and bounced countless splashes out of bounds............ Woohoo, danger! It's Juan Mata again, and it seems that the Newcastle youngster is desperate to show himself in front of the club's boss Maniac Lee! Eighty per cent of Spain's attack was launched from Mata's side...... It was a beautiful corner kick tactic that Crazy Lee had used countless times in the game to score against the opposition's goal, but today he almost took it upon himself...... I have to admit that this imitation of Aragonés finally has a certain level......"...... 25th minute.

Juan Mata is back!

It was still a break down the left flank, shaking off Ashley Young's defence and once again using his speed to eat Gareth Barry, who was able to send the ball into the box a second before being tackled...... In the restricted area.

David Villa, unable to turn and shoot under Steven Taylor's defence, gently recurred the ball with the arch of his foot, and Iniesta Jr. from outside the box fired a long-range shot...... The soccer ball slammed into John Terry's body, sending a raindrop off the baseline...... Another corner!

……“…… Juan Mata's excellent performance helped Spain gain an absolute advantage, and the Three Lions' 1-0 lead could disappear at any moment...... I don't think the madman Lee must have imagined that one day he would encounter such an embarrassing situation, and the best disciple he had ever cultivated, the absolute star of the club he coached, Newcastle, would stand on the opposite side of him and make him sleep...... Aragonés's previous imitation of the madman Lee was a bit inferior, but in his use of Juan Mata, it was worthy of his reputation as a wise man......"

The live commentators at the Ernst Happel Stadium talk eloquently.

…… Sidelines.

A smile gradually appeared on Aragonés' face.

The team's wonderful performance on the field gradually made [Football Wisdom] abandon the original feeling of frightening in his heart, although the tactics of the England team still let him see through it so far, but he can't control so much, maybe this is the madman Lee Zai's trickery?

Only the advantage on the field is king.

At this moment, the Spanish team's offensive is like a never-ending storm wave after wave of angry rush against the England team's defense, Aragonés believes that as long as the game continues according to this trend, the England team's defense will collapse in less than ten minutes!

…… The other side.

Li Tongfan smiled more proudly than Aragonés.

Ten minutes to break Lao Tzu's defense?

Are you dreaming, old boy? Do you think Gareth Barry really can't guard against Juan Mata? The main thing is, do you think Juan Mata today is the same Juan Mata who defeated the Orange Dutch in the quarter-finals a few days ago?

You must know that although Mata has been at Newcastle for nearly half a season, his [potential] has been greatly developed, and the surname measures developed by Lao Li himself through the FM2008 system database have accelerated Mata's development to a dominant superstar to the greatest extent...... However, this does not mean that the potential of the little one over 190 has been fully exploited!

According to the latest display data of the FM2008 system, Mata's [current ability] value is 170, which means that after being removed from the [superman state], Mata is at most a wing player at the same level as Downing and Ashley Young, and it is obviously a luxury to expect him to dominate a game like Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi!

So why was Juan Mata able to deliver a phenomenal supershot in the quarter-finals?

The answer is: A certain sullen man took advantage of Mata being a Newcastle player and consumed 1 character point to keep him in [Superman Condition] once.

And the reason why it was done was because of an extremely evil and insidious conspiracy!

Big conspiracy!

It all started 10 days ago – in the second game of the group stage against Spain, Lee quickly discovered that Aragonés likes to emulate himself. This discovery made the stuffy man move in surprise and his heart moved, except for a very evil and shameless thought - can we use this to make the Three Lions benefit in the next game?

Li Tongfan began to ponder, according to the record at that time, the Spanish team will definitely be able to qualify from the group. If they survive the quarter-finals, then according to the rules of the game, England may continue to face this strong team, and if the 2008 system makes some harsher restrictions again, it will be a lot of trouble to win the game...... In case something goes wrong, the punishment and anger of the system after the failure of the big bull-level system mission [Top of Glorious Europe] Lao Li can't afford it...... So, a conspiracy full of bad taste gradually came to life in Li Tongfan's brain!

In the first step, Li Tongfan did not hesitate to spend a sum of [character points] to maintain Juan Mata's [superhuman state], so that Mata could play a dominant strength in the training of the Spanish team...... As a result, Aragonés will soon notice Mata's presence, and the old man who likes to imitate himself will surely get the idea of Mata to imitate his own use of Mata in the Newcastle and Real Madrid eras, so that Mata can charge for Spain...... In the second step, when the Spanish team faced the Dutch team in the quarterfinals, Li Tongfan did not hesitate to continue to consume character points to maintain Juan Mata's [superhuman state], so that Juan Mata helped the Spanish team defeat the Dutch team in a godly state, and the Matadors successfully advanced to the top 4...... The reason for this is because after all, the Dutch team has shown amazing strength in winning all three games in the group stage, and if the Dutch team advances to the semi-finals and becomes the opponent of the England team, in case there is a limit on the number of times the FM2008 system can be made, it is still unclear who will die...... On the contrary, Spain's semi-final is more advantageous for Lee Tong-beom. On the one hand, the two sides have played each other in the group stage, and a 3-0 victory gave England a psychological advantage, and on the other hand, Lao Li firmly believes that through his excellent performance against the Netherlands, Aragonés will definitely rely more on Juan Mata and will definitely be entrusted with the task in the semi-finals...... At this time, the third and most critical moment of the conspiracy is coming!

(To be continued)