Chapter Twenty-Six: Putting It Together

It wasn't until the twentieth minute that Spain had their first shot on goal.

It was Andres Iniesta who crossed from the right and Villa volleyed in the box, much like Yan Min's previous volley.

But Villa's volley not only went wide of the bottom line, but was also offside......

While the shot was generally unsuccessful, the good news was that Spain were slowly finding their groove and their attack was starting to become more threatening.

Three minutes later, Spain's attack returned, and Torres retreated to the 30-metre zone to receive a pass from a team-mate, pretending to dribble the ball to the wing, but suddenly slammed the ball behind him with his heel and quickly turned.

Yang Hao, who followed him, hurriedly turned around, and Torres brought the football forward.

Yang Hao leaned up and used his body to block and interfere with Torres' dribble. At the same time, directly in front of Torres, Guo Nu also stepped forward and prepared to break the ball.

Under Yang Hao's interference, Torres did not control the ball well, and the football was directly on Guo Nu's leg by him.

But Guo Nu was also very hasty about the sudden ball, he just passively endured it, and there was no way to take the initiative to control the football.

After hitting his calf, the ball bounced off and landed right in front of Villa.

Villa rushed to catch the ball, but he didn't try to get the ball himself, even though everyone thought he was going to do it - China's right-back Zhang Linpeng rushed up after Villa, trying to stick to him and not let him take the ball and turn around easily.

But Villa didn't stop the ball, he was smart enough to slam the ball behind him with his heel!

In this way, the football penetrated the rib defense of the Chinese team and rolled into the gap left by Zhang Linpeng after he came up......

"Villa's heel pass! dangerous!" Liu Jianhong shouted, a little nervous.

At this time, Alba had already rushed to the line of the big penalty area, just behind Zhang Linpeng, and because Feng Xiaoting was dragging at the back, Alba was not offside!

After receiving the ball, Alba took a small step forward, and at the same time made adjustments and shot with his feet!

As soon as he shot the football, Guo Nu's flying tackle arrived, and if he adjusted it a little more, the ball might have been shoveled out by Guo Nu......

But although the football escaped Guo Nu's tackle, it was not able to penetrate Sun Pan's ten fingers.

Sun Pan, who blocked the angle, fell to the ground and pounced sideways, and he did not choose to hold Alba's powerful and close shot, in which case the football was likely to get out of his hands. He hit the ball out with both fists!

The ball fell outside the box and was kicked off the sideline by a Chinese player.

At this time, Torres signaled to the referee that Yang Hao, a player of the Chinese team, had committed a foul just now, and he showed "evidence" - to pull the jersey that was torn by Yang Hao......

"Torres's jersey was torn out with a big hole, which should have been torn by Yang Hao when he was defending just now...... It seems that after Yang Hao was shaken by Torres just now, he was really desperately defending......" Liu Jianhong said.

He was right, Yang Hao was really desperately defending just now. He was taken aback when Torres suddenly turned around, for fear that Torres would cause trouble for the defenders behind him after getting rid of him, so he also quickly turned around and defended with his hands and feet, at that time he didn't care about whether he would be judged a foul.

Zhou Yi has returned to the team, if the Chinese team still can't qualify, then what is the point of everything we have done before?

In any case, we can't let Zhou Yi's comeback lose its meaning, and we can't make our own efforts meaningless!

This is what Yang Hao thought at that time.

Now he saw that Torres's jersey was torn by himself, and he was a little scared - if the referee had ruled that he had been fouled, wouldn't it be a well-placed free kick?

He looked at Zhou Yi, who was also looking at him with a smile, and then gave him a thumbs up.

This is the second time Zhou Yi has given a thumbs up in this game.

He gives credit to his teammates and they really deserve to be praised because everyone works hard, they work hard and they all work together.

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Next, the two sides entered the stalemate stage.

Spain do have to fight for glory, and with the line-up and tactical changes, the current set of players on the pitch is more comfortable.

Especially Torres and Villa, the two "veterans", who were the heroes of Spain's World Cup victory in the last World Cup, they cooperate with the players in the team, and they are not lacking in fighting spirit. In the first two games, Villa sat on the cold bench for 180 minutes, watching the team be eliminated, but he could not contribute the slightest.

And now that he has the opportunity to contribute and restore the glory of Spanish football in front of the whole world, how can he not give his best?

The 33-year-old is well aware that this will be his last World Cup appearance, and it will be his last.

This last time, he didn't want to leave himself with any regrets.

Spain is working hard, and the Chinese team is also fighting.

The two sides fought together.

In the 25th minute, Torres changed his shirt and came on to receive a through ball from Andres Iniesta - in Xavi's absence, Iniesta was responsible for the final pass, while Xavi Alonso was more responsible for the overall tempo.

After receiving the ball, Torres fired directly from the right side of the box.

But Guo angrily appeared in front of Torres with his hands behind his back, and the ball hit him firmly in the chest and bounced out.

And Guo Nu suffered such a blow, but like no one else, he immediately threw himself into the game, and did not roll on the ground with his chest covered.

Spain then won another corner in the thirtieth minute.

However, this corner kick did not pose a threat to Sun Pan's goal, Spain opened a tactical corner, but in the face of the Chinese team's leaky defense, coupled with the lack of Xavi, the Spanish team did not have a better passing idea, and finally the tactical corner became a return pass, all the way back to the feet of goalkeeper Reina.

"It's a bit of a surprise that Spain's corner turned into a return pass...... In the face of the Chinese team's defense, Spain didn't even have the idea of trying to pass into the penalty area, was it worried that the Chinese team would fight back after the ball was broken?" joked Marcel Leif, a commentator on German television. "Zhou Yi does have a very good ability to seize counterattack opportunities......"

The match was also broadcast live on German television throughout the country. The commentator who commented on this game was specifically looking for Marcel Leif, who was very familiar with Zhou Yi.

Then the Chinese team also launched an attack, in the 34th minute, Yan Min took the ball on the left side, he was not fast, and the Spanish right-back Juan Fran who was in front of him did not dare to make a rash move. How Yan Min played at Dortmund last season, everyone knows that Juanfran is no stranger to him, knowing that this player has good explosiveness, fast start-up speed, is good at changing direction continuously, and has a very fast speed at his feet. Don't dare to kick rashly, for fear that as soon as he kicks, he will reveal his flaws and let the other party pass him, he can only fight and retreat, hoping to force Yan Min to a dead end, the smaller the space left for him, the more difficult it is for him to threaten the Spanish goal.

But who would have thought that for Yan Min, entering the forbidden area is like a fish in water.

As soon as he entered the restricted area, Yan Min stepped on his bicycle in front of Juanfran.

Juanfran was very depressed - he didn't dare to stretch his feet before, because he was afraid that Yan Min would pass him, but now he didn't dare to stretch his feet, for fear that Yan Min would fall to the ground and give a penalty.

So in the face of Yan Min's bicycle, Juanfran seemed hesitant.

At this time, Yan Min was keenly aware of Juanfran's hesitation, and found that Juanfran was unstable, so he decisively used the outside of his left foot to gently knock the football forward, and then slammed an arrow step to overtake Juanfran!

"Yan Min!

When approaching the bottom line, Yan Min swept the football to the goal!

"Cross...... Look at this ballβ€”β€”!"

In Liu Jianhong's shouting.

He Ying quickly stepped forward to the front point, and then stretched out his foot and kicked the football!

But he didn't hit the football, which passed in front of his feet and rolled to the back post!

In the back, Wu Lei was entangled with Spain's right-back Alba, and Wu Lei wanted to touch the ball before Alba. As long as the ball can be touched, it will be a goal nine times out of ten.

But Alba has more experience than Wu Lei, always stuck Wu Lei behind him, and did not rush to clear the siege, but when the football came, he gave up the football in a flash, and at the same time blocked Wu Lei, who was trying to overtake, behind his body.

Yan Min's cross just slid past the door at a fast speed...... Rolled straight out of the sidelines.

"Ouch, hey!" Liu Jianhong exclaimed. "I didn't touch anyone, so I crossed it like this! The Chinese team missed a great opportunity to break the deadlock!"

"The sirens sounded in front of the Spanish goal, and in the face of the impactful Chinese team's attacking lineup, Spain's backline looked a little flustered!" "Marcel Leif is not completely neutral, although he is a commentator for neutral countries, but because he is familiar with Zhou Yi and Yan Min, he is naturally on the side of the Chinese team.

Anyway, Spain has been eliminated from the competition, and of course he hopes that Spain will sacrifice himself so that the Chinese team can qualify from this group. He also wants to see more of Zhou Yi's performance in the World Cup...... How can just watch this one be enough?

Zhou Yi has already proven his talent and ability in the league and the Champions League, how can he miss such an important event as the World Cup?