"Yue King" Morata, this is a figure that can be as famous as "King of the Pestle" and "Qinxiao Gong" in the world.

Arguably, if there were specific statistics, Alvaro Morata could be the player with the most offsides in football history.

Yes, maybe even the spicy man living on the offside line - Inzaghi can't compare!

In a Champions League group game between Juventus and Barcelona, Alvaro Morata scored three times, but all three times were ruled offside and cancelled.

As a result, Morata also became the first player to complete an offside hat-trick in the Champions League.

During his time at Atletico, he was the most offside player in La Liga with 36 offsides in a single season.

He was also famous when he played at Chelsea, being offside five times in a game against Everton, the most in a single Premier League game that season.

He was offside in one season in the Premier League, more than many teams combined.

It can be seen that Morata is indeed a veritable "offside striker", so the fans gave him the nickname "Yue King", which is really reasonable.

In fact, he is offside so much, in addition to showing that he is very active in running and likes to cut forward, it is more a reflection of Morata's sense of position is still slightly worse, and the passing and running cooperation with his teammates is not so tacit.

He himself jokingly attributed this to his own big feet in an interview:

"Maybe it's because I have big feet, my shoe size is 45, and other people's shoe sizes are 42......"

But no matter what the reason, since Pan Yi knows about Morata's weakness, of course he has to take advantage of it.

Because of this, Pan Yi actually greeted Lindelof and Granqvist before the game, asking them to pay attention to their position and deliberately create an offside trap for Morata.

After all, while Alvaro Morata's sheer speed isn't as fast as many of the world's "supercar" strikers, it's still enough against the Swedish double centre-backs.

It would be too risky to let Victor Lindelof or Granqvist compete with Morata after the opponent has passed the ball.

So, Pan Yi arranged an offside tactic.

No, it worked.

And at the moment when the whistle blew, Bosque, who was standing on the sidelines, shook his hand vigorously, a little angry.

It was Spain's most dangerous attack since the start of the game, but it fell into the Swedes' offside trap, which was somewhat frustrating.

After all, being judged offside is actually equivalent to a one-handed opportunity to be taken away.

"Morata started too early, and the other party saw through it!" Tony Grande shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Tony Grande is the assistant coach of the Spanish national team and Bosque's most trusted assistant.

When Bosque was in charge of Real Madrid, Grande was already his number one assistant.

Bosque nodded, knowing that this time the offside decision would be no problem.

Even the slow-motion replay on the big screen at the scene showed that Morata was indeed offside when Cesc Fabregas passed, and it was obvious.

It can only be said that this kid just watched the game, didn't pay attention to his position, and fell into the trap set by the Swedes.

"I kept telling him to pay attention to where he is, to pay attention to the timing of the start, but he just couldn't change it." Bosque shook his head, "If it weren't for the fact that we really don't have a better striker on our hands......"

Grande nodded slightly.

Since Villa's retirement from the national team and the aging of Torres, Spain has indeed been unable to find a suitable central striker.

Diego Costa is strong, but he doesn't seem to be able to fully integrate into the national team and never play at his highest level.

And this time he was also a little injured, so Bosque didn't bring him to France at all.

As a result, they had to use Alvaro Morata, who has been in excellent form at the club, to play as the main centre-forward, and brought in 35-year-old Valencia striker Aduris as a substitute.

Perhaps, this is also a reflection of the decline in the competitive level of the Spanish national team in recent years.

"Pan Yi is very cunning, he should have studied the characteristics of Morata, so he specially designed an offside tactic for him." Grande reminded.

Bosque nodded slightly, agreeing with his assistant's opinion, then after thinking about it, he took a few steps forward and clapped his hands vigorously: "Álvaro (Morata)!" Watch your location! Watch your start-up timing! It's really not good, slow down, wait for your teammates to pick up! ”

This is another reminder to Morata.

At the same time, this is also a tactful criticism: if you can't make a single knife, don't waste the opportunity with offside, be honest and make a fulcrum, and support your teammates!

Morata pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.

Of course, he understood what Bosque meant, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

But what's the solution?

He is now a 24-year-old young striker who was only selected for the national team for the first time at the end of 2014 and will only be playing in his first major tournament with the team.

The main thing is that he was really not cautious enough just now, and he easily fell into the offside trap of the Swedish team, so now he can only listen to the coach.

"Hey, hey, hey, mention the spirit point, the game has just begun, we still have more opportunities, don't be discouraged, all lift the spirit!"

With Bosque and Grande shouting from the sidelines, Spain regained their spirits and began to organize waves of attacks.

They gave full play to their technical advantages, and tried to coordinate with each other through one pass and receive the ball as much as possible, never letting the ball stay more at their feet, and completing the pass with one kick.

Including Alvaro Morata, he also honestly retreated to act as a "stopover", allowing the ball to have an extra point in front of the court.

This approach also made the Swedish team's pressing almost useless.

Sometimes, the gap in strength is not simply based on diligence, it can be filled by hard work, otherwise a hard-working village Super League player can not play in the Premier League?

The technical gap made the Swedes have to invest more energy and manpower than their opponents if they want to contain Spain's attack.

And the more manpower is invested here, the less manpower there will naturally become, after all, football is still a 11-player VS 11-player sport.

Soon, Spain passed the ball in front of the Swedish defence through a small link-up.

David Silva fired a sharp through ball past Granqvist and this time it was Pedro who stepped forward quickly!

Known as the "Sabre", he is very fast, but the Swedish side has long been on guard.

Olsson, who didn't suffer in terms of pace, was deliberately a little behind in this defence, and he also noticed Pedro's intention to step forward.

As a result, Olsson managed to fend Pedro with his body and before the latter, he cleared the ball off the touchline and formed a throw-in.

Olsson's solid clearance prevented Sweden's defence from falling into crisis.

And the Norwich wide horse also began to call on his teammates to come back and organize the defence after the clearance, because as soon as the throw-in is released, it is in the danger zone.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Spain to throw a throw-in.

David Silva was locked in on the left to pick up the ball and immediately faced Olsson's marking, so he knocked back to Marcos Alonso, who was on the back of the game.

The proud disciple of Pan Yi at Chelsea directly crossed the box diagonally and hoisted the ball to the back post, but it was still grabbed by Johansson before Pedro, and the header cleared the bottom line.

This is also the biggest shortcoming of this Spanish team, that is, poor air dominance.

After the corner, the ball was cleared by Glenqvist at the first time, and the Swedes played a counter-attack.

The ball was at the feet of Ibrahimovic, who saw that Spain's recovery was very fast and immediately passed to Isak on the left.

Isak felt Ramos' pressing, and after getting a pass from Ibrahimovic, he immediately knocked back, and the two formed a one-two combination around Ramos and Pique.

However, after Ibrahimovic won the ball, he was already caught up by the Spanish players, and he had to barely get up directly at a distance of about 25 meters.

The angle was on target, but De Gea was firmly in front of the position and saved Ibrahimovic's long-range shot to defuse the threat.

Ievee shook his head vigorously, and as he walked back, he still gave Isaac a thumbs up.

This kid's consciousness is really good, especially just now, Ibu didn't raise his hand or shout or anything, but he can perceive Ibu's intentions with a clear mind, and his brain is good, not bad!

Isaac also nodded and smiled at Big Brother's approval, and then immediately went back to prepare for defense.

At the same time, Ibrahimovic couldn't help but glance at the coach's box.

After all, Isaac was directly summoned by Pan Yi as soon as he entered the national team, or Pan Yi is amazing!

These games have really proved that Isak does have the quality to play in this national team, although he will not turn 17 until two months away.

Pan Yi didn't notice Ibrahimovic's gaze, because he was waving towards his backline!

Pan Yi was signaling to Lindelof to let him advance the defensive line a little.

That's because it can be seen from Ibrahimovic's shot just now that the players of the Swedish team have adapted to the rhythm of Spain's defense, and at this time they can withstand the oppressive pressure of the opponent to play a wave of attacks, which can also suppress Spain's arrogance.

That's when De Gea took a goal kick straight into midfield.

Lindelof got ahead of David Silva and headed the ball forward, Azpilicueta headed it back, and this time Ekdal headed it back to Guidetti, who dropped back to get the ball and was interfered with by Azpilicueta and knocked the ball back to Lindelof behind him.

The ball was passed a few times at the feet of the Swedish team, stabilizing the situation and it was the Spanish half.

Spain's frontcourt pressing is not light, and it is obvious that they hope to force Sweden to speed up the pace by counter-attacking on the spot.

At this time, Forsberg realized the gap on the left flank, immediately ran over to catch the ball, and after winning the ball, he quickly passed it to Olsson, who cut in on the left.

The Swedish left-back immediately broke through along the left side of the ball after receiving the ball, and Isak in front of him was also the first to pull out the gap for Olsson and cover for him.

At this time, Olsson advanced to the periphery of Spain's penalty area, passed the ball to Isak, and continued to speed forward.

Isak also tucked the ball straight to the bottom line, allowing Olsson to squeeze past Azpilicueta with his speed and cross before the ball went off the line.

Ibrahimovic had already been ambushed in the penalty area, and as soon as he saw Olsson's cross, he immediately followed in the back row, jammed Pique with his body, and waited for the ball to come.

'Olsson was very fast, he passed the ball to Ibrahimovic, but it seemed to be a little bit off target...... But it didn't bother Ibrahimovic, he took the ball with his back and came with a half-turn volley! ”

'Oops, De Gea reacted quickly, fell to the ground and saved the ball, corner!'

"Forsberg takes a corner, Lindelof heads it over!"

"Oh my God, it's Isak's cross on the left again, Ibrahimovic shoots in front of the goal, oops, Ramos blocked Ibrahimovic's shot with his body at the critical moment, and the Swedes missed the opportunity again!"

The on-site commentator's commentary on this game can be described as a surprise, all kinds of "oops".

But it's no wonder, because during this time, Sweden played very aggressively and had a lot of shots on goal.

It's actually quite rare to get so many opportunities in front of a team like Spain with a strong possession ability.

'After the start of the game, the Swedes had a lot of movement, they had a lot of range of movement and they were pressing, which also allowed them to shoot a lot.

'Sweden have had seven shots on goal in the 30 minutes so far, allowing De Gea to make three very good saves. On the other hand, Spain have had five shots on goal and threatened just one goal. ”

"This kind of back-and-forth battle between the two sides is very exciting. Probably a lot of people, including me, thought that Sweden would definitely play defensive counter-attack, or even put on a bus, which seems like an intention from their midfield configuration, but it is not. ”

'Sweden are using more defensive midfielders in midfield in order to disrupt Spain's passing while giving themselves more space to attack and more opportunities to move forward.

"It's a kind of tactical play that makes people shine. Pan Yi's Swedish team is very balanced in attack and defense. You say he emphasizes offense, but he doesn't press all the way like other teams; You say he defends, but they threaten and push into the Spanish penalty area a lot, the quality of the counter-attack is very high, and the combination and routine are also a lot......"

"Perhaps, this is a proactive counter-attacking tactic. Use the pass to pull the opponent out, then quickly push the ball to the front court, and then tear apart the opponent's defense through multi-point attacks in the front court, through tempo changes and team cooperation. ”

"Pan Yi knows that Spain likes to press forward and counter-attack on the spot, so he lets you grab and then quickly send the ball to the front. And Ibrahimovic, the core of the attack in front, can always find a way to threaten Spain's goal. ”

"Pan Yi and Ibrahimovic, a pair of masters and apprentices in Milan, trust each other very much, and Pan Yi is also very relieved to hand over the responsibility of scoring goals to Ibrahimovic."

"Compared to the six knockout matches of the European Championship that have already ended, the first 30 minutes of this match between Sweden and Spain may be the most exciting half an hour. Because both sides did not have the slightest reservation, they gave a wonderful performance to the fans. ”

"However, we can also see that whether it is the underdog Sweden team or the superior Spain team, both sides have done a very good job in defensive tactics. So far in the game, no one has been able to break through the opponent's goal. ”

But just as the on-site commentators applauded Sweden's starting tactics, and even when they were expecting when Sweden would be able to break through Spain's goal, Spain played a quick attack.

Sergio Busquets made a turn in the middle to get rid of Forsberg's entanglement and then split the ball down the right.

Iniesta took the ball and went straight forward, Azpilicueta stepped forward, and after breaking through Olsson, who came to defend her, he came directly to the penalty area with a close cross!

And in the middle, it's Morata!

He used his speed to shake off Glenqvist, who was marking him, and was already outflanking in front of goal!

Swedish goalkeeper Isaksson tried to intercept the cross, but he couldn't save it, and instead leaked out most of the empty net behind him.

Cesar Azpilicueta crossed from the right and Morata was able to push the ball into the empty net with his left foot!

It's just that......

When Morata rushed to goal, he was magically replaced by a right-footed shot!

With this 0.1 second change, the ball only touched the tip of Morata's right foot, and then changed a little bit and slid out of the bottom line from the left side of the goal!

The ball didn't score!!

"I'm grass!"

When Morata knelt on the ground and hugged his head, and a group of Spanish players next to him also hugged their heads, Pan Yi was also startled on the sidelines and scolded.

"MD, it's good that it's Morata...... who has two backlegs," Pan Yi rejoiced.

Yes, in addition to the nickname "King Yue", Morata also has the stalk of "double backfoot".

Probably Morata, when the left foot is the support foot, the right foot is the backfoot; When the right foot is the supporting foot, the left foot is the reverse foot...... In short, there is no one who is smooth.

This is because Morata often can't grasp opportunities in front of the goal, and many of them are still the kind of goals that "grandma can score", so the fans gave him this "nickname".

Fortunately, Morata's "skill" took effect at this critical moment.

This also allowed the Swedish team to escape!

The frightened Pan Yi hurriedly walked to the sidelines, waved to his players, and signaled that he was about to start seeking stability.

As soon as the command was given, the Swedish team began to shrink and began to maintain a tight distance.

There's no way around it.

Sweden started off well, with a well-structured defensive system from front to back, able to limit Spain's passing through effective contraction and local confrontation.

However, once Spain settled into Sweden's rhythm and pressing intensity, they began to control the midfield steadily, using scheduling and transfer to pull Swedish players.

If Pan Yi does not adjust and allows the situation to develop like this, then in the end, it is very likely that the Swedish team will be pulled by the nose of Spain.

In the end, he kept running, but he couldn't grab the ball, and in the end, he ran out of energy and became a lamb to the slaughter on the Spanish board.

Pan Yi is a master at this himself – he did it a lot when he was at Chelsea, most recently in the Champions League final against Bayern!

As a result, he knows better than anyone what Bosque and the Spanish group of players are thinking.

Alvaro Morata's shot just now is actually a product of this style of play.

It is because the first half has been played for more than 30 minutes now, and after the opening to the current high-tempo scramble and attack, the physical fitness of the Swedish players has reached a small limit, so when the Spanish players attack again, they are already a little unable to keep up.

Therefore, Pan Yi asked the Swedish team to take back the kick first, get through the first half first, and then see how to do it after halftime adjustments.

After all, he's not the kind of coach who will make his team attack non-stop just to make the fans feel comfortable.

If you lose, who will remember how you lost today in a few years?

Only by winning, only by going further, can this Swedish team make their mark at Euro 2016!

It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes.

When Sweden defended a corner, Ibrahimovic returned to the box to push the ball out of the box, but he limped a little.

After arriving on the sidelines, the team doctor Walfath immediately rushed up to inspect Ibrahimovic's situation, and then immediately reported the situation to Pan Yi: "It's a little twisted, the problem is not very big, but this game may not be able to be played." ”

"Wang Defa?" Pan Yi scolded.

Ibrahimovic is a very important part of his tactics, and now that the game has only started for more than half an hour, if Ibrahimovic goes off the field due to injury, how will the Swedish team's tactics be carried out?

"Let me keep playing, Zlatan won't run away!" Ibu said firmly.

"We can't take that risk, you're going to help me play in Germany." Pan Yi smiled and patted Ibu on the shoulder, "Please believe me, and trust these teammates of yours!" ”

Eevee nodded slightly.

He does trust Pan Yi very much, so he believes everything Pan Yi says!

And Pan Yi turned around, ready to replace.

Now there is no way but to enable Plan B.

"You, get ready to play!" Pan Yi shouted at Kulusevsky.

Kulusevsky was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting to call him.

Under normal circumstances, the substitution would have been called Marcus Berry, because Kulu has been used as a central midfielder in previous games......

But Kulusevsky immediately took off his coat and began a simple warm-up.

And Pan Yi immediately walked to his side and began to explain what he should pay attention to after he played.

'Ibrahimovic is obviously injured and he hasn't been able to get back to play on the sidelines, so Sweden are 10 men for the time being.

"It doesn't seem to be on Sweden's side of luck. Everyone knows how important Ibrahimovic is to this Swedish team! As Sweden's number one star and captain, he has also scored three goals in two games for the team and ranks first in the European Cup scoring charts. ”

"If he can't keep playing now, it will be a big blow to the tactics and morale of the Swedish team!"

"I don't know what Pan Yi will do to deal with this kind of accident? Now it is midfielder Kulusevski who is starting to warm up, does Pan Yi want to directly remove a striker and play 4-4-2 or something to strengthen the defense? ”

"Judging from the style of play of the Swedish team in recent times, it is indeed a bit of a defensive bias. Pan Yi doesn't want to put a bus to drag the time to overtime now, and then play a penalty kick to try his luck, right? ”

"This doesn't seem to be the Pan Yi we know. But there is really no other way, without Ibrahimovic, what can Sweden, which is already weak, do with others...... Wait, let's watch this ball! ”

The so-called house leak coincided with overnight rain, and the so-called wind blew eggshells......

If you're unlucky, nothing goes well.

Especially in such an important football match, luck is often the key factor in determining the outcome of the game.

When Ibrahimovic went off injured in the 40th minute and the substitutes were not yet on the pitch, Spain took the opportunity to make an attack.

Sweden's defence also looked a bit distracted by the captain's injury, with Victor Lindelof recklessly passing David Silva and Glenqvist leaving his position to help fill in his position.

David Silva passed the ball to Pedro, who got the ball and went straight into the six-yard box and fired a cool left-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the net to open the scoring for Spain!

All the Swedes stood in place at once, jubilant as they watched the Spaniards rush towards their fans.

1:0, Spain leads Sweden!!

(End of chapter)