Chapter 82: The Battle of the Old and New World Champions

Spain did not rush to attack after the opening, but took possession of the ball and slowly tested the defensive intensity of the French.

The French team played three midfielders today and was very good at sweeping at the back.

Judging from their running and interceptions at the beginning, the battle between the two sides in the midfield in this game may be very intense.

In the opening five minutes, Spain firmly dominated possession.

After testing the reality of the opposition defence, Spain began to pick up the pace.

In the 7th minute, Lin Quan broke through with the ball on the right side of the penalty area.

However, he had just passed the defender and was about to enter the box when he tripped from behind the defender.

Spain won a free-kick in front.

The ball was very close to the penalty line, and the direct shot would be blocked by the wall, and the position was not particularly good.

Lin Quan discussed with his teammates and took a tactical free kick, he passed the ball back to his teammates.

Xavi, who was originally behind Lin Quan, suddenly gave way to his teammates when the ball approached him, giving up the opportunity to shoot.

Spain's centre-back Sergio Ramos emerged from behind unexpectedly and fired a powerful volley towards goal.

The players of the French team were shaken by Xavi, and they didn't expect that it was the opponent's central defender who shot at the end.

Goalkeeper Lowry stood still and did not react to the ball.

However, Ramos' shot went over the crossbar to the relief of the French players.

Ramos couldn't help but laugh when he saw the ball fly into the stands.

Letting defenders shoot from a distance is somewhat unreliable, after all, they usually have a habit of clearing with big feet.

In the 11th minute of the game, Lin Quan retreated to receive the ball, Iniesta side, and the two staged a wonderful cooperation on the side!

Two to one, two to two, looking like he was about to enter the penalty area, but the ball was cleared by the opposing defender in time and kicked out of the sideline.

Spain's attack was not small in these few minutes, but their attack was difficult to penetrate the French defence.

The opponent's back sweep range is too large, the defensive intensity is also very high, not to mention the physical fitness, and the Spanish players cannot take advantage of the physical confrontation.

However, most of the French team's energy was invested in defence, they had too few players up front, and several counter-attacks were stopped by Spanish players in their own half due to lack of response.

The game time passed little by little, and it seemed that there was nothing that could be done about each other.

Lin Quan saw that the opponent's defense in the penalty area was very tight, and the midfield fight was so fierce, so he took the initiative to retreat and formed a diamond-shaped position with Iniesta and others.

The advantage of this is that the team-mates in the front line and the front waist line are closer together, shortening the passing distance and reducing the risk of interception.

And after he retreated, the position actually became a forward midfielder, which is equivalent to adding one more person in the midfield.

As a result, the Spanish team slowly gained the upper hand in the midfield scramble, and their ability to pass the ball also improved.

On the sidelines, Bosque saw Lin Quan's choice and nodded with satisfaction.

He had just seen the problem and was about to alert the players on the field.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually discovered this and made adjustments in time.

This kid has a very good ability to read the game!

In the 18th minute, Andres Iniesta broke through on the left side of the box and was intercepted, and he passed the ball back to his team-mates.

Xavi transitioned to Lin Quan, who pulled away after dribbling the ball horizontally, glanced at the goalkeeper's position, and suddenly fired a cold arrow directly at the top of the penalty area with his right foot.

The quality of the ball was very high, but because of the angle that was too much, the ball hit the post.

More than 50,000 fans at Calderón Stadium lamented in unison, "The goal only needs to be slightly off!"

The French team was taken aback and quickly strengthened their defense against long-range shots.

Seeing that the opponent strengthened the defense near the top of the arc of the penalty area, Lin Quan decisively ran to the side and began to attack from both sides of the penalty area.

In the 22nd minute, Lin Quan broke through on the right side and went down, attracted the defense of the opposing defender, and passed the ball to his teammate Pedro.

Pedro faked a real pass and slid the ball straight to David Silva on the other side.

Silva received the ball on the left side of the box and fired a low right-footed shot through the defender's legs before being easily saved by Lloris.

It was a good chance and a good game, but unfortunately it couldn't get past the goalkeeper.

Three minutes later, Lin Quan dribbled the ball down again, and when he reached the bottom line, he crossed the ball to the goal.

It was a low, fast ball, and the trio of Iniesta, David Silva and Pedro all fell to the ground in front of goal, and it was basically a goal if one of the three touched the ball.

But all three are small players, and the tallest Andres Iniesta is only 1.71m.

The legs of the three were a little shorter, just a dozen centimeters, but they didn't touch the ball, and the ball slid past the goal.

The Calderón Stadium let out another sigh, and the three Andres Iniesta, who missed the goal, looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

There's no way, you're born only so tall, so what should I do?

The French team broke out in a cold sweat, and if this goal had been replaced by a high striker like Giroud, I am afraid it would have been scored.

Can't let the kid continue to cross like this, who knows if they can have such good luck next time?

There was a lot of defensive pressure on the French team's side during this period, and even Benzema and others on the front line returned to the rear to participate in the defense.

However, this did not seem to work, on the contrary, because of their retreat, the pressure on Spain's defense was greatly reduced, and more troops could be invested in the attack.

In the 25th minute, Lin Quan took the ball down again, and the French full-back Debich rushed up at the first time to stop his cross.

Derbich used to play as a winger before being converted into a full-back at Lille.

This is a player who is strong in attack and weak in defense, and after recalling the characteristics of the opponent in his mind, Lin Quan made a decision.

Instead of passing, he dribbled to the box.

Debihi stood in front of him, leaning sideways and retreating while slotting, intending to squeeze him to the baseline.

Lin Quan bent his right knee and made a forward breakthrough movement.

Debich judged based on his defensive experience that the opponent intended to break through from his right, so he immediately moved his feet to defend the right side.

As a result, after he adjusted his center of gravity, he found that the other party was a feint.

When he moved, Lin Quan quickly touched the ball with his left foot, dialed the ball to the bottom line, and his body circled around the bottom line, overtaking in the corner.

Debich was dumbfounded, can this still be kicked like this?

The bottom line, the little prince Benzema, was also dumbfounded, this Nima stole me, right?

From the perspective of French fans behind the French goal, the goal looked like it was out of bounds.

So they booed Lin Quan wildly, and put pressure on the referee on the field, shouting that the ball was out of bounds and asking the referee to blow the whistle.

The baseline referee's eyes widened, staring intently at the ball, as long as the ball went out of bounds, he would blow the whistle as soon as possible.

But the ball was just next to the bottom line and never qualified.

After Lin Quan passed Debichy, he took the ball before the French players who were making up the defense could break it, accelerated and entered the penalty area.

Debich was passed, Lin Quan entered the penalty area again, and the right side of the French team's penalty area became noisy.

They haven't forgotten the manager's pre-match instructions:

In the Spanish team, the biggest threat is the number 30 player!

In the last game, this kid scored 3 goals, and if he was a little lax in his defense, he could have scored.

Without thinking much about it, Skocherny and Sacco almost subconsciously pounced on Lin Quan.

Lin Quan saw that the two of them were very fierce, and he was not sure that he would pass them in a short time and then hit the door.

He glanced at the goalkeeper's position and saw that the goalkeeper was standing on the near side of the goal, blocking the angle of his shot.

This position means that most of the French team's goal is empty!

As long as you can pass the ball, it's an open goal.

So he flicked the ball and made a gesture to shoot.

Skocherny immediately raised his leg to interfere, and Sacco hurriedly stepped forward with his arm behind his back to block.

Lin Quan was waiting for this moment, and when he saw Skacherny raise his foot, he immediately knocked the ball across the open space in the middle of the box.

If the teammates are tacit enough, someone should step forward to shoot at this time.

Sure enough, when he passed the ball, a red figure wearing the number 6 jersey rushed out from behind, caught up with the ball, fell to the ground, and kicked the ball into the goal.

In the 26th minute of the game, Lin Quan assisted Andres Iniesta to score, and Spain temporarily led the French team 1:0.