Chapter 150 World Cup Finals Begin, Spain VS Germany!
The current king of Spain is Felipe VI, who has just ascended the throne.
Half a month ago, the old king Juan Carlos I announced his abdication and gave up the throne to his son, Crown Prince Felipe.
However, the focus of the whole country in Spain is on the World Cup in Brazil, and they are not very concerned about such a small thing as the change of king.
After all, like many countries in Europe, Spain's royal family is a mascot and has no real power.
Compared to the king, the Spanish prime minister, on the contrary, is the real man who holds the real power.
However, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's visit was just for a political show, to make his presence felt in front of the media and Spanish fans.
He himself didn't care much about football, but King Felipe VI was different.
Although the king has no real power, the king really loves football!
Including the old king, who just abdicated not long ago, the king's family members are almost all die-hard fans of the Spanish team.
It is precisely because of this that Felipe VI rushed abroad to comfort the Spanish players not long after he ascended the throne.
Why did he come to comfort the players, he obviously took the opportunity to come to watch the game, and he watched the game at public expense.
And the king did not come alone, he also brought his two children - Princess Leonor and Princess Sophia.
These two little princesses, one is 9 years old and the other is 7 years old, they are both very young, but they are already die-hard fans of the Spanish team.
Four years ago, when the Spanish team won the World Cup in South Africa, the two princesses wore Spain's red team uniforms and lifted the photo of the Hercules Cup, which can be said to have swept countless fans at that time.
And this time, as die-hard fans of the Spanish team, the two little princesses also came to the team with their father and joined the condolence team.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the King and the Prime Minister to 'talk cordially' with Bosque and some of the player representatives in the team, the two little princesses curiously opened their cute eyes and looked around the training base in Spain.
"You must be Lin, I heard my grandfather talk about you, he praised you for being very good, saying that you are the most powerful star in the Spanish team!"
The 9-year-old Princess Raonor walked in front of Lin Quan, looking like a little adult, and asked Lin Quan with a straight look.
Lin Quan resisted the urge to wipe his sweat: Is this something that can be said in public?
Fortunately, the teammates didn't mind the little princess's words, but echoed them:
"It is worthy of His Majesty the King, and his vision is so accurate!"
"That's right, Your Highness Princess, Lin is the most powerful of us!"
"This guy scored 9 goals in his first World Cup, and he has only played 6 games, averaging 1.5 goals per game, is this still human?!"
"I've participated in so many World Cups, and I haven't scored as many goals as Lin scored in one World Cup!"
Ramos said bitterly.
His words caused a collective complaint from his teammates: "You are a defender, and you want to score more goals than a striker, why don't you go to heaven?" ”
"It's like, you've scored enough goals in the defenders, and if the ball scores all the balls, then what do you need the strikers to do? Just replace them all with guards! ”
Hearing the players' words, Princess Leonor's eyes gradually lit up.
She raised her pretty face slightly, and asked in an extremely expectant tone:
"Since you're so good, can you score a hat-trick in the World Cup final?"
As soon as these words came out, the players, who were extremely noisy just now, immediately quieted down.
Scoring a hat-trick in a World Cup final is just too difficult!
In the 84 years since the first World Cup, only English striker Hirst has accomplished this feat.
Other super-strikers such as Fontaine, who scored 13 goals in a single World Cup, Klose, who scored a record number of goals, and Ronaldo, have failed to complete this achievement.
Since ancient times, there has been no name in the finals, let alone the final of the World Cup.
In a game of this nature, the tactics of both sides will be conservative, and they will not dare to make mistakes when they play carefully.
Therefore, the score in the final is usually not high, and sometimes there is not even a goal to decide the winner by penalty shootouts.
"It's difficult, but I can give it a try!"
Lin Quan didn't have a packing ticket to definitely complete it, but said he would try it.
He has seen the results of the match between Argentina and Brazil and knows that Messi has equalled himself in terms of total goals.
For the Hercules Cup, but also to consolidate his position as the top scorer in the World Cup.
On the stage of the final, he will definitely go all out to play and try to complete the goal.
It's just that the German team is very strong defensively, and they will only be given four or five chances at most in a game.
It was too difficult to seize such a limited opportunity to complete the hat-trick, and Lin Quan could only do his best.
Hearing Lin Quan's words, the little princess nodded contentedly:
"If you can complete the hat-trick, I will convince my father to award you a medal!"
When Lin Quan heard this, everyone was shocked.
It's not that I'm interested in the so-called damage, but I'm surprised that the little princess is only 9 years old, and she can already draw cakes for others.
is worthy of being the first heir to the throne, and he will play with power when he is young......
Compared with her sister, Princess Sophia is more simple and cute.
After her sister finished talking with Lin Quan, she cautiously walked over, raised her head, looked at Lin Quan, and asked:
"Super powerful big brother, can you please sign for me?"
After speaking, he took out the paper and pen he carried with him, and carefully handed them to Lin Quan.
"No problem!"
Lin Quan took the paper and pen handed by the other party and signed his name seriously.
"Thank you, big brother!"
After getting the idol's autograph, the little princess cheered and jumped up happily.
I have long heard that the Kings family like to watch football, but they have not been exposed to it before, and I am not sure if these rumors are true.
After this personal contact, he no longer had any doubts about these rumors.
It seems that not only the two kings like to watch football, but even the members of the royal family have many fans who are fans.
In particular, the king himself was a professional athlete and had participated in Olympic canoe competitions.
His two daughters inherited his athletic genes and loved sports since childhood.
Football is the number one sport in Spain, and the fact that Spanish football has been at its peak in recent years has made football gain a lot of attention.
It's not so surprising that the royals love football.
It is said that Felipe VI has plans to send his youngest daughter, Princess Sofia, to a women's school for training, and the royal family may have a professional player in the future.
In order not to disturb the team's preparations, Felipe VI and the prime minister did not stay in the training base for long.
After shaking hands with the players and members of the coaching staff, taking a group photo and encouraging the players, the two were ready to leave.
Before leaving, Felipe VI spoke:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I will set up a celebration banquet for you in the Royal Palace of Madrid, waiting for your triumphant return!"
Felipe VI looked confident and seemed very sure that Spain would be able to successfully defend the World Cup.
They were able to eliminate Germany in the last World Cup, and this time they are stronger than the last time, and they naturally have a greater chance of winning.
In order to be able to witness the Spanish team defending their title, Felipe VI will bring his two daughters to the Maracanã Stadium to watch the game in person.
It is already a tradition in Spain for the king to go to the stadium, and there is even a cup named after the king in Spain - the Copa del Rey.
At each Copa del Rey final, the Kings are there to watch the game and present awards to the winning teams.
This time, the old king was not in good health, and the distance was too far to be there in person, otherwise, the two kings would probably come to the Maracanã Stadium to watch the game!
Not long ago, in the semifinals of the Champions League, when Real Madrid went to challenge Manchester City away, the old king was not in good health, and he still went to watch the game away from home with crutches.
When someone first filmed this scene, it once caused a heated discussion on the Internet.
Netizens can't help but sigh that this old man really loves football!
It's like this, and I still insist on watching the game!
The king's statement made the players feel a lot of pressure, seeing the solemn expressions of the players, the members of the coaching staff glanced at each other, and they all saw the helplessness on each other's faces.
Come on, the psychological counseling before the game seems to have been done in vain.
Bosque had planned to call the team for another tactical meeting, but looking at the state of the players, he was worried that it would increase the psychological burden of the players, so he had to give up in the end.
Fortunately, there are not many young players in the team, and the old players know a lot about technical and tactical things, so they don't need to emphasize too much before the game.
As for the young players, Lin Quan's own ball quotient is very high, and these things are understandable, so there is no need to say too much.
Other young players, on the other hand, can use the game time to explain in the dugout, so that they can have a deeper understanding of the team's tactics and their own requirements.
After canceling the tactical meeting, Bosque asked members of the coaching staff to drive the players back to the hotel and let them go back to their rooms early.
Although there are bound to be a lot of people who can't sleep tonight, even if I can't sleep, I must lie in bed honestly and rest, and I am not allowed to run around, let alone go to other players' rooms.
Veteran players are experienced and generally have ways to adjust their own condition.
Or relax with a book, listen to soothing music, or meditate and
Mainly young players, I am afraid that they will not be able to sleep all night due to their excitement and excitement, and they will also affect others.
Bosque is most worried about no one else, none other than Lin Quan.
Although Lin Quan's mentality is very mature, he is only eighteen years old after all, and this is the first World Cup he has participated in.
Bosque was worried that he would be too excited in the evening, which would lead to a poor rest and affect his form the next day.
Although the rest of the other young players did not rest well, it also had an impact, but most of them were substitutes and did not necessarily have the opportunity to play, so the impact was not very big.
Lin Quan is different, he is the absolute main force that cannot be beaten by Spain.
If he is not in good form, Spain's chances of winning may drop by a large margin.
So, Bosque arranged for the experienced Puyol to come to Lin's room to talk to him and teach him some of the experience of the veteran players.
"Captain, is there something wrong?"
"It's nothing, the coach asked me to ask you, can you sleep tonight?"
"Well, if you're here, I'm probably going to lose sleep!"
Lin Quan quipped.
"Hehe, then I'll go, you rest early!"
Puyol didn't drag his feet and walked away.
He believed in Lin Quan's self-regulation ability, this guy was a person with a big heart.
This is known from his performance in the Champions League final, and the player who can complete a hat-trick in the Champions League final must not be someone who can't sleep because of nervousness before the game.
The fact is also the same, Lin Quan slept well this night.
On the contrary, when he got up at the normal time the next morning to go to breakfast, he found that very few of his teammates got up on time.
"Morning!"
When Harvey saw Lin Quan, he greeted him.
"Morning, Captain, what about the others?"
"I overslept, the coach canceled the morning training, and probably went straight to the field in the afternoon."
"Is that okay?"
Lin Quan said with some concern that he also had to train on the day of the game, although the intensity was not large, but it was very important to maintain the sense of the ball and the condition.
"There's no better way, you can't go to their room and call them up now!"
Harvey smiled: "But don't worry too much, most of us old guys can get up, and there are not many people who are really affected." ”
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Spanish players departed for the Maracanã Stadium by bus.
On the day of the final, the streets of Rio de Janeiro were filled with fans wearing all kinds of jerseys, including Spanish fans in red jerseys and German fans in white jerseys.
But the most of them are the Brazilian fans in yellow jerseys.
It is worthy of the kingdom of football, although the Brazilian team has been eliminated, but this does not seem to affect the enthusiasm of Brazilians to watch the game at all.
In this game, the number of Brazilian fans who came to the scene was very large, almost equal to the total number of fans of Spain and Germany.
When warming up before the game, Lin Quan noticed that his teammates were in good shape, so he was relieved.
Lin Quan, who was in a relaxed mood, performed several flower jobs for the fans who arrived in advance.
He was about 30 metres from goal and hit the crossbar and the post in the top left corner of the goal with two shots in quick succession.
This superb footwork made the fans at the scene can't help but give him warm applause.
"Damn, this footwork is invincible!"
"I thought it was a mistake for the first kick, but after the second kick and the third kick, I knelt directly to Emperor Lin!"
"I have a hunch that Lin Huang is likely to score directly with a free kick in this game!"
Spain warmed up for less than half an hour, and the German team also came.
The two teams each occupied half of the field and began to train without interfering with each other.
Seeing the German team coming, Lin Quan put away the performance and began to practice dribbling.
While the players of both teams were warming up, the managers of both teams were watching the form of the opposing players.
Germany coach Loew has two key points to observe, one is Lin Quan, who has played well in the previous games, and the other is Diego Costa, who has been hidden after returning from injury.
Loew felt that Lin Quan was a young player and was likely to be affected by the pressure of the game, which could lead to poor performance.
But after seeing Lin Quan's state in the warm-up training, Loew frowned.
On the outside, there seems to be no problem, and the true state of the opponent will probably be confirmed in the game.
So, he turned to Diego Costa.
Previously, many people in the outside world believed that Diego Costa's injury had not recovered, and that the Spanish team had deliberately concealed the news.
Loew will be skeptical of the outside world's reports, and he also has a hint of illusion in his heart.
If Diego Costa really doesn't recover, then the German team is definitely good news.
But after watching Diego Costa's training, he was disappointed and Loew was sure that his opponent had fully recovered from his injury.
Therefore, the smoke bombs released by Bosque before the game are likely to be real, and Spain will most likely have two strikers in this game.
One Lin Quan is enough for a headache, plus a Diego Costa.
I'm afraid this game will be difficult to play!
Loew's fears soon became a reality, and Diego Costa replaced Fernando Torres as Spain's starting striker in the pre-match starting line-up.
The opponent is on Diego Costa, how should he arrange the strikers on his side?
Do you continue to choose to trust the 36-year-old veteran Klose, or choose to play the young Gotze?
It's a pity that Reuss is injured, otherwise, the German team will have more offensive options in this World Cup.
The house leak happened overnight, and just as Loew was thinking about how to arrange the team's starting list, the German team that was warming up on the field suddenly had an accident.
Khedira strained his calf during the warm-up and was unable to represent Germany in the final!
Loew's face darkened when he heard the news.
There are only a few hours before the start of the final, and the midfielder was accidentally injured, which is no different from the ancient army when the flag was blown off by the wind during the oath meeting!
That's not a good sign!
As a last resort, Loew had to temporarily arrange Borussia Mönchengladbach's youngster Kramer to replace Khedira.
It's just that Loew, who originally thought that he could wrestle with Spain in the midfield, didn't have so much confidence at this time.
There was no time for Loew to adjust, and at five o'clock in the afternoon, the final of the World Cup in Brazil, Spain vs. Germany, officially began.
When Spain's starting line-up and formation came out, Loew was fooled.
What a bullshit 442, it's just a smoke bomb!
It seems that the German midfielder was injured unexpectedly before the game, which gave his side a chance.
After the start of the game, the Spanish team played very actively.
Without too much probing, he launched a fierce attack on the German team's half at the first time.
After the football was passed by three or two feet, it was quickly handed to Lin Quan's feet.
Seeing Lin Quan dribbling the ball, the German fans couldn't help but start to get nervous, even if the opponent was still far from their own goal.
However, Lin Quan's name alone put a lot of pressure on them.
Lin Quan is also worthy of their attention and even fear, he observed Neuer's position when he was dribbling the ball, and when he was still more than 40 meters away from the goal, he decisively got up and shot a long shot!
Seeing Lin Quan's shot, Neuer's eyes widened in horror and hurriedly retreated towards the goal.
(End of chapter)