Chapter 16: Kill the Game Completely!
"This, this can't be my pot too, right?"
Seeing that Neymar missed the penalty, Pele in the box muttered to himself.
The Brazilian fans at the scene had mixed feelings.
Disappointment, frustration, sadness, anger and all kinds of emotions pass through their hearts.
If there is no hope of an equaliser, they will not be so mixed.
But Neymar created hope for them with his own hands, and then kicked that hope away.
Brazil's fans find it hard to accept!
Penalty!
That's a penalty!
The probability of a penalty being saved is less than 20%, and you kick it away!
It was as if 10,000 grass and mud horses were running wildly in the hearts of Brazilian fans.
But is Neymar to blame for not scoring this goal?
It seems that he can't be blamed, because he created the penalty himself.
It can only be said that Neymar failed to take advantage of his chances and failed to step up and save the team when it was in a difficult situation.
If he wants to be the leader of the Brazilian team, he is still far from it.
The penalty missed had a great impact on Neymar's mentality.
The horses were a little sleepwalking for the next few dozen minutes, although they were still working diligently with their teammates.
But his spirituality and creativity seem to have been erased, and his kick can only be said to be decent, not brilliant.
Neymar was one of the biggest threats in Brazil's team, losing his spirit and dealing a fatal blow to Brazil's attack.
On the other hand, Spain's attack is still very threatening.
In the 64th minute of the game, Spain once again played a mercury-like attack.
Their constant passing and running up front once again tore apart the Brazilian backline.
Andres Iniesta finally delivered a lethal through ball that hit Thiago Silva's back, giving Lin the chance to face the goalkeeper.
However, this time Brazil's goalkeeper Cesar was very focused, and when Iniesta was about to pass the ball, he sensed the danger and struck in time to confiscate the ball before Lin Quan.
The Brazilian fans at the scene collectively let out a burst of exhalation!
When the ball started to be quickly crossed and cut from Spain, their hearts were already raised.
When I went to the back, I saw that the Spanish players hit the wall continuously and passed the ball into their own penalty area.
The hearts of the Brazilian fans have jumped to their throats and are almost jumping out.
In the end, they were relieved to see that their goalkeeper confiscated the ball.
Fortunately, Cesar has made a meritorious service, otherwise, the Brazilian team may have fallen behind by two goals at this time.
In the 65th minute, Spain began to change tactics.
Xavi's position has been advanced from the back to the front, and he will direct the team's attack with Andres Iniesta.
Lin Quan's position came to the right wing, and along the right corridor, he continued to attack the left side of the Brazilian team.
The left-back of the Brazilian team is Marcelo, and Marcelo has a characteristic, that is, the attack is strong and the defense is weak.
There is a joke in football that one Marcelo can beat three Marcelos.
It means that when Marcelo is attacking, all three of them can't defend themselves.
Lin Quan's offensive ability is stronger than Marcelo's, and in addition to his ability to pass the ball and pass people, he also has a strong scoring ability.
In the face of Lin Quan's attack from the right side, Marcelo couldn't resist it at all, and was broken through by the opponent several times.
On the sidelines, the head coach of the Brazilian team, Scolari, was a little unable to sit still after seeing this tactic of Spain.
Marcelo and Neymar are on one side, and the reason why Brazil's attack on the left is so dangerous is because both of them are strong in attack.
But once Lin Quan appeared on this side and completely suppressed Marcelo, Marcelo didn't dare to rush up to assist.
At this moment, Neymar in the front court has no support, the threat has plummeted, and there is almost no chance to perform in the front court.
What a ruthless move!
Bosque, I really underestimate you!
Because Lin Quan has been a free man in the front court in the previous games, he has not been fixed on the side.
So Scolari has always treated him as a Spanish striker, if not a traditional striker, at least a nine-and-a-half player.
But after this impression was fixed, Scolari almost forgot that Lin Quan played as a right winger at Werder Bremen.
It's not just Scolari who didn't expect Bosque's adjustment, but the commentators on the commentary seats, the commentators of major TV stations, were also surprised by this adjustment in Spain.
"Bosque actually fixed the core of Spain's front court on the right wing, this adjustment has to be said to be very bold!"
Martin Taylor was impressed by Spain's tactics and admired Bosque's boldness.
Lin Quan has been at the heart of Spain's midfield, playing in a nine-and-a-half position, which means taking on some of the responsibilities of a striker and midfielder.
But if he is fixed on the side, then he will become a sharp knife, leaving behind the organizational work, and going all out to stab through the enemy's defenses with the knife!
It is foreseeable that after Spain has made this adjustment, their attack will be very active in the next period of time!
Inside Chelsea's office, Jose Mourinho frowned at Bosque's change.
In his opinion, Bosque's use of Lin Quan like this is completely tyrannical.
If a player like Lin Quan was in his hands, he would have ten thousand ways to maximize Lin Quan's power!
On the other hand, Guardiola laughed when he saw Bosque's appointment.
Isn't this style of play the same way he played when he led Barcelona?
However, Spain don't have a centre-forward like Samuel Eto'o.
Kicking like this, the heavy responsibility of attacking can all fall on Lin Quan's head.
If Bosque knew the speculation, he would have laughed out loud.
The world thinks I'm going to attack aggressively, but I'm actually defending aggressively.
It doesn't matter if Lin Quan can score or not, it is important to suppress Brazil's left wing.
Putting Lin Quan on the right side of the road is equivalent to using him to exchange the two chess pieces of Marcelo and Neymar, which is very profitable no matter how you calculate it.
Seeing Lin Quan go to the right side, Brazil's two central defenders finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I don't have to face this difficult guy head-on!
Their days are better, but left-back Marcelo's days are sad.
From the 65th minute, Spain launched a series of attacks from the right flank, although Marcelo tried hard to keep up with Lin Quan's tempo.
But the other party's excellence was too unreasonable, and his heads-up basically ended in failure.
If you're lucky, your teammates can make up for him in time and defuse the crisis.
If you're unlucky, even your teammates who are defending will be passed together, and the opponent will be able to get a shot directly after cutting inside.
Marcelo, who was tired like a dog, didn't have the strength to go up and assist.
Without his forward insertion, Neymar is even more lonely in the frontcourt, often caught by Spanish players, and his already sluggish state is now about to freeze into ice.
So, playing and fighting, the fans on the sidelines realized that something was wrong.
Why has it been Spain attacking all this time, and where has Brazil's counterattack gone?
In fact, the Brazilian team also organized counterattacks.
But their counterattack was mainly from the right, that is, from Hulk's side.
Hulk's physical fitness is strong, but his technique at his feet is a big step worse than Neymar's.
It's okay to have him as a finisher, but it's not so good to have him assist his teammates.
As a result, Brazil's offense can't threaten, so it gives people the feeling that there is no counterattack and they are beaten all the way.
In the 77th minute, Lin Quan dribbled the ball on the right side, and Marcelo was reluctant to come over to defend him.
Fortunately, his good brother Gustavo came to help, and the two of them took care of Lin Quan together.
The two of you are a kid, it's impossible for you to beat me and my brother together, right?
Lin Quan glanced at Gustavo and forced Marcelo along the sideline.
Marcelo desperately stuck his position and didn't let Lin Quan pass.
But Lin Quan's real intention was not to overtake from the sideline, he slammed the ball and suddenly killed Gustavo.
When Gustavo was at Bayern, he saw Lin Quan's power.
Seeing Lin Quan rushing towards him with the ball, he immediately put on a posture and was engrossed in preparing to intercept.
Lin Quan flicked the ball to the left, and accelerated to the left.
Gustavo hurriedly stepped out to intercept, but unexpectedly, the opponent plucked the ball twice in a row in the process of moving, not only dodging his interception, but also dodging Marcelo's outstretched foot.
Lin Quan came out of the bag between the two.
Thiago Silva scolded secretly and had to come up to fill in the position.
If he didn't come, Lin Quan would be able to shoot directly with his feet.
Facing Thiago Silva, the world's number one defender, Lin Quan did not act brutally.
He chose to pass the ball to his teammates.
Xavi received the ball on the edge of the box and David Luiz lunged towards him fiercely.
Xavi didn't have the angle to shoot, so he slipped the ball straight into the open space left by David Luiz's attack.
Andres Iniesta appeared here and took the ball and shot in one go.
Cesar made another world-class save and he flew to save the ball.
But the football did not fly far and fell at the feet of the Spanish players.
After Pedro got the ball, he faced his club teammate Alves, and after he tried to feint and failed to break through, he immediately chose to pass the ball to his team-mate.
There were so many people in the box that Pedro didn't choose to pass the ball into the box, but instead passed it back to the edge of the box.
Martinez, who had just arrived at the position, took the ball and looked at the situation in the box, where Spain was almost entirely small players.
And the opponent's defender is tall, if he hoists this ball into the penalty area, it will probably be for nothing.
As for ground infiltration, there are too many people in the restricted area now, and it really can't be passed in.
So, Martinez chose to come by himself!
With a thud, he kicked his round leg and shot it, and the football was kicked out of shape, and it whined, whistling towards the Brazilian goal.
The ball was too fast, Cesar couldn't see where the ball was coming from, and could only instinctively make a save in one direction.
His luck wasn't good, and although he pounced in the right direction, the ball slipped under his armpit and slammed into the net with a bang!
In the 78th minute of the game, the Spanish team scored another goal from the defender Martinez to expand the score to 3:1!
Spain, who are two goals ahead, can already see the champions beckoning to them!
Martinez's goal can be said to have directly nailed the coffin board of the Brazilian team!
With less than 20 minutes left, let them score twice in a row?
I'm afraid that even the Brazilian fans themselves don't believe it!
If they really had such a strong offensive firepower, they wouldn't have scored only one goal so far!
And this goal was the result of the opening attack, and when Spain set up the formation and entered the game, they never broke through the opponent's goal again!
Thinking of this, countless Brazilian fans were red-eyed.
It's hard for them to accept that their team lost the title at home, but that's how brutal football is.
There's only one championship trophy, and there's a whole bunch of teams competing for it.
The winners are destined to be the minority, and the losers are the majority.
Bosque breathed a sigh of relief to see his team extend their lead.
He's starting to make substitutions.
Cazorla came on to replace the veteran Xavi.
The Spanish fans who came to watch the match stood up and gave Xavi a round of applause for his contribution to the team.
Xavi trotted off the pitch and applauded the fans and thanked them for their support.
After Cazorla came on, Spain continued their previous attack, still forcing Brazil on the left.
Brazil's left flank was completely confined and there was no way to attack from the left.
And Hulk's attack on the right was no threat.
Scolari had to make a personnel change, replacing Hulk with Lucas Jr.
Lucas Jr. can play as a winger or as a midfielder.
He is not very tall, only 1.72 meters, but he is extremely fast, and he is a typical fast horse on the wing.
Clearly, Scolari wants to use his pace and organisational skills to help open things up.
The substitution had a certain effect, as Lucas Jr. did create a few threats after coming on the pitch, and even forced Pique to foul him and receive a yellow card.
However, Brazil's attack still failed to convert into goals, and the time of the game passed little by little.
In the final stage of the game, after Lin Quan got the ball, he no longer continued to attack the opponent.
After Xavi's departure, Cazorla played in midfield for a while and then returned to a central midfield position.
Lin Quan then returned to the position of No. 9 and a half and took on the organization of the front.
At this time, playing against the opponent is not good for Spain, who are leading the scoreline, what they need is to control the pace of the game and consume time a little bit.
So, after receiving the ball, Lin Quan consciously lowered the pace of the game, and patiently looked for opportunities while pouring his feet with his teammates.
Brazilian fans had seen the team's attack improve after the substitution of Lucas Jr., and at this time they were expecting the team to change the score or even create a miracle.
As a result, I saw these old Spanish coins playing inverted on the field!
This made them angry, and the boos and invectives flew at the Spanish players as if they didn't want money.
The Spanish players were unmoved, though.
You boo yours, I pour my feet.
It's good, it's good!
Brazil's head coach Scolari looked at Bosque angrily, which seemed to mean to ask, how can you be so shameless?
Bosque spread his hands:
Shameless?
Come on, we're not in the back, we're in the middle at most, you can come up and grab it, and no one is stopping you.
Forcing is a definite thing!
There are only a few minutes left in the game, and if they don't run out of time by throwing them back like this, then Brazil will lose.
Anyway, it's already two goals behind, and the barefoot ones aren't afraid to wear shoes.
So Scolari waved his hand and asked the players to all bet on him and grab him!
Lin Quan was slowly backing his feet with his teammates, and when he saw the opponent rushing up with red eyes, he immediately made a gesture and signaled to speed up the rhythm of the pass.
All of a sudden, Spain's passing speed was getting faster.
Lin Quan deployed in the middle, making full use of the width of the field, passing the ball to the back for a while, and the ball to the winger for a while.
Anyway, he has a second-level physical talent, and his physical strength is still very abundant at this time, so it's no problem to run a few more steps.
But not with the players of the Brazilian team!
They chase the ball everywhere, the opponent passes the ball back and forth in the front and back courts, and they can't catch the ball even if they run to death!
So, in a fit of rage, they overturned Lin Quan, who was dispatched in the center.
Beep!
The referee blew the whistle and gave Oscar a yellow card for the foul and gave Spain a free-kick.
Lin Quan didn't stall on the ground, although many Spanish fans wanted him to do so.
He sat on the lawn, rubbed his ankles, and thought to himself, Oscar, this kid has really black feet!
There is a reduction effect of injury talent, and he feels the pain of this ball.
If he didn't have the talent for injury, the ball would probably have tackled him.
"Do you want to call it a stretcher?"
Iniesta and Silva walked up and asked with concern.
"No!"
Lin Quan shook his head, stood up with the help of his teammates, and tried to take two steps, but the place where his ankle was shoveled hurt very much.
However, the pain is reducing, so I should be able to apply ice when I go back.
Seeing Lin Quan stand up again, Spanish fans breathed a sigh of relief.
The game is almost won, and if the core of the house is tackled, then the price of this victory is a bit big.
Bosque, who was more nervous on the sidelines than the Spanish fans, called in Torres and told him to get ready to play.
However, Lin Quan gestured to him on the field, signaling that he would come down after kicking this free kick.
The free-kick was near the centre circle, very far from the goal, and it was almost impossible to hit it directly.
But Spain wanted to hang the penalty area, so the Brazilian players could only obediently run back to line the wall.
Although it is impossible for the opponent to score directly, it is also very dangerous to let them drop into the box to grab a header on the goal.
The Spanish players were pushing around with opposing players in the penalty area, and the referee ran over to warn them and tell them to pay attention to the action.
Woo!
The crowd booed from the fans, the game had already reached 86 minutes, and it would take at least 2 minutes for the Spaniards to take this free kick!
This is clearly stalling for time!
It's so despicable, so shameless!
Lin Quan ignored the fans' boos and gestured at his teammates, signaling that he would hit the back post.
The football kicked off and the Spanish players rushed to the back post.
The Brazilian players saw them rushing backwards and followed suit.
As a result, the ball fell to the front point, not the back point.
Pique grabbed the spot, but instead of shooting straight at goal, he was ferried to an open team-mate.
Cazorla received the ball on the edge of the penalty area and swung his leg to shoot, and nearby Brazilians rushed towards him to block his shot.
However, Cazorla did not choose to shoot, but instead kicked the ball into the space on the left side of the Brazilian team.
There, a red figure arrived, received the ball and went into the penalty area, and before the goalkeeper blocked it, he pushed the ball into the goal!
4:1!
Lin Quan scored his third goal of the game!
Moreover, while he scored a hat-trick, he also completely killed the match!
Including stoppage time, there are less than six minutes left.
The Brazilian team is powerless!
(End of chapter)