If Portugal defeated Poland on penalties, it was expected.

Then the result of the other game was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

In the other quarter-final held on July 2, the Belgian team, which had been favored by the outside world before the game and was even regarded as the favorite to win the championship by experts from all walks of life, was swept out of the tournament by the Welshman three goals in a row and 3:1 in the case of the first goal.

In this game, Belgium played a complete game of loose sand, although the players on the field are all valuable and talented, but they rarely cooperate with each other, and they are completely alone.

Wales, on the other hand, worked together to take advantage of their strengths, taking advantage of Ramsey and Bale on the flanks to blast Belgium's rotten backline again and again.

If the two who performed well were Ramsey and Bale to compete for the best player of the game, then Romelu Lukaku, who was on the Belgian side, had to compete for the title of the worst performance of the game.

Before the game, Lukaku, a supernova who was very optimistic about the outside world, plummeted by 20 million because of this game!

In the past, some people may have regarded him as a striker of Suarez and Lewandowski, but after this game, that voice disappeared.

Of course, Lukaku is not the most severely scolded.

Belgium's captain Eden Hazard and Manchester City superstar Kevin De Bruyne are no less scolded than Romelu Lukaku.

Especially Hazard, he hardly cooperated with De Bruyne in this game, and seemed to be overconfident in his own strength, wanting to rely on individual combat to open up the situation.

This distrust of teammates is a microcosm of Belgium's defeat in this game.

And if you want to say who caused the result of the 11 players on the field, it must be the manager's pot.

Belgian fans scolded their coach Wilmots as a pig's head, and after England were eliminated, the outside world thought that England coach Roy Hodgson was the best coach in this European Cup.

But after watching this game, everyone was surprised to find that the strong have their own strong players, and there are people who are more fierce than Hodgson!

To be able to bring the star-studded and talented Belgian team to this point, Wilmots is also a talent, almost comparable to Maradona at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

On the pitch, to describe the players as Maradona is to compliment them.

But if you are in the coaching industry, it is almost pointing at the nose and scolding parallel goods.

After learning the news of Belgium's fiasco, Lin Quan sent a message to De Bruyne to comfort him.

De Bruyne tried his best in this game, but there was no way, these teammates around him were too unreliable.

No matter how hard he tries, he will be alone after all.

Football is a team game after all, and the team is rotten like this, and De Bruyne is naturally powerless.

At this moment, De Bruyne has begun to realize how rare it is to have a group of close teammates around him who cooperate tacitly.

"It's up to you tomorrow, the German team is not easy to play, be careful yourself!"

Although the interest was not high, after seeing the message sent by Lin Quan, De Bruyne still replied with a message.

I don't have a chance to go further, so I can only bless my teammates.

……

July 3rd, 5 p.m., Arena Atlántica, Bordeaux.

The focus of the Euro 2016 quarter-finals was played here.

The match will be played against two teams in the current top three FIFA rankings and the two teams with the highest odds to win the tournament.

Because of the strength of the match against both sides, this match received unprecedented attention before the match.

The Atlantic Stadium, which was just renovated in the outer city last year, has more than 42,000 fans today, filling all the corners of the stands!

Of the more than 40,000 fans, more than 15,000 came from Spain, more than 10,000 from Germany, and the rest were local French.

Due to the scarcity of tickets, there were still a large number of Spanish and German fans outside the stadium who did not have tickets, so they simply gathered outside the stadium to follow the cheering songs inside the stadium and cheer for their national team outside the stadium.

The Germans were determined to win the game, with Loew fielding a 3421 formation.

At the top of the pack is Germany's centre-forward Gomez, and behind him are Muller and Reuss.

Behind Reuss are Hector, Kroos, Khedira and Kimmich.

The back three are Hummels, Boateng and Hevedes.

The goalkeeper is Manuel Neuer.

If there was one of the biggest surprises in Germany's starting line-up, it was undoubtedly No. 21 Kimmich.

Kimmich was City's back-up full-back and did well for City, but he didn't make many appearances or minutes.

Such a rotation player, Loew boldly put him in the starting lineup, or in a key matchup with Spain.

I have to say that Loew is very bold.

Compared with the strange formation of the German team, the formation of the Spanish side is more conventional.

Bosque did not make any changes to Spain's formation and starting lineup, and Spain's formation for this game was still 433.

The forward trio continued the previous configuration, from left to right, David Silva, Morata, Lin Quan,

The midfield three are Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta.

The backline is guarded by Juanfrán, Pique, Ramos and Alba.

However, in terms of goalkeepers, Bosque chose to trust the veteran Casillas in this game.

De Gea's goal-line skills are top-notch, but the range of control is not large enough, and the timing and selection of strikes are still questionable.

In such an important game, Bosque finally chose to seek stability.

Both teams are strong on paper, and there is not much change in the style of play, and there are basically not too many injuries in the lineup, and this game can be described as the main force.

So for the fans watching the game, this game is extraordinarily exciting, and not to be missed for a second.

The atmosphere of the game was relatively solemn, so in the players' tunnel, Lin Quan, Kroos and others did not greet each other.

Both sides are adjusting their mindsets to put themselves in a state of appropriate tension and excitement.

In the pre-match coin guessing session between the two sides, the Spanish team guessed correctly and chose the venue, and the German team won the ball.

At seventeen o'clock, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

The Germans launched an onslaught from the start, with no intention of probing.

They probably know more about the strength of this Spanish team than the Spaniards themselves!

Then there is no need to tempt!

Spain were caught off guard by the onslaught of the German team, who threatened in the first round of attack, and Reus's breakthrough up front attracted the attention of several Spanish players.

But Reus was just a trick, and when the Spanish players were attracted to him, Kroos, who was ambushed behind him, suddenly stepped in and shot a long shot at the top of the penalty area, giving the Spanish team a blow to Ma Wei, and also shocked the Spanish fans in the stands!

Kroos' long-range shot flew just over the crossbar, but it still received a round of applause and cheers from the German fans in the stands.

From the attack just now, they saw the determination and fighting spirit of the German team.

As long as you continue to maintain this fighting spirit, you will not be able to break through Spain's goal in the rest of the time!

However, Spain is the one who has defended the World Cup and the European Championship.

After being beaten by the German team, they immediately returned the color.

Cesc Fabregas took the initiative to step forward with the ball, and after forming a cooperation with Lin Quan, he suddenly shifted his big foot to the left side.

David Silva flicked past Kimmich, cut inside and crossed into the box, where Morata ghostly ran to shake off two German defenders and tackle the ground near the penalty spot.

The threat of this goal was much greater than the German team's long-range shot just now, and the German fans in the stands turned pale with fright when they saw this scene, and subconsciously covered their mouths with both hands, and they didn't dare to come out.

At the critical moment, Neuer made a meritorious service, he saw the opponent fall to the ground on the way to shoot, hurriedly stretched out his right leg, and narrowly blocked the ball.

The bouncing ball goes over the crossbar and Spain wins a corner.

The height advantage of the German team was too great, and Spain opted for tactical coordination.

Iniesta took the initiative from the top of the penalty area to run towards the corner area, as if to catch the ball, the opponent's attention was attracted by him, but Iniesta just made a false shot and did not receive the ball.

The ball was not passed to him, but to Sergio Busquets behind him.

Busquets did not choose to shoot from distance after receiving the ball, but immediately passed to the back post for Ramos and Pique, who were lying in ambush here, to fight for the top.

The players of the German team at the back point saw that the opponent did not hoist the ball to the back point at the first time, and the vigilance in their hearts had been lowered a lot.

After seeing Busquets get the ball, they thought he was going to shoot directly from a distance because there was no one around him to defend him.

As a result, I never expected that the opponent went around in a big circle, and he still had to nod the ball from behind.

It was only at this time that they were distracted one after another and did not fully focus on the Spanish players around the defense, which gave Ramos a chance to start.

Ramos wasn't very tall, but his bounce was amazing, and he jumped high to get ahead of Hummels and slammed the ball into the back of the net.

Just two and a half minutes into the opening period, Spain scored!

It's a dream start!

The Spanish fans in the stands celebrated wildly after seeing the referee's gesture confirming the validity of the goal.

They thought about countless scripts before the game, but they never imagined that this would be the case.

Ramos' header was a huge surprise for all Spanish fans.

Ramos himself was actually surprised, Hummels has a lot of experience defending, and Boateng is not good at it.

The opponent's defense at the beginning was very good, staring him and Pique to death completely, without giving the slightest chance.

Unexpectedly, just a few over-kicks made the opponent relax his vigilance and gave him such a comfortable header opportunity.

Ramos is not very confident in his footwork when he shoots, after all, he is a defender, and he usually thinks about how to clear the ball, and there are not many opportunities to shoot.

But Ramos was too confident in his header!

Whether it is in club games or in national team games, he has never failed to make contributions with headers.

At this time, Ramos couldn't be more excited to score such a crucial header in a crucial game against Germany.

If it weren't for the fact that he had just started and received a yellow card in the last game, he would have wanted to strip and celebrate.

Ramos excitedly rushed to the sidelines and celebrated with a passionate slide.

The teammates behind him ran over from behind and joined in the celebration.

Looking at the Spaniards celebrating wildly on the sidelines, the German players were inevitably a little frustrated.

The goal was a bit too unjust and the players weren't quite in the groove early on.

If it weren't for the lack of concentration when defending just now, if they had given the opponent such a chance, they would not have conceded the ball so quickly.

"Improve your concentration, don't make mistakes, the game is still long, we still have a chance!"

As the captain, Neuer did not blame his teammates for their mistakes, but loudly encouraged his teammates in an attempt to boost their morale.

His shouting still had some effect, after all, the game had just begun, and there was still a lot of time left for the German team.

After the resumption of the match, the German team continued to attack Spain and did not seem to be affected by the goal they had just conceded.

However, when the opponent is prepared, their attack is not as effective as before.

Seeing that continuing to attack like this had no effect, the German team began to change their tactics.

Royce's appearances are starting to get more!

Compared to Mesut Ozil, Reuss is faster and more capable of breaking through, which gives Germany more options up front.

The Spanish side was obviously aware of this as well, so from the very beginning of the game, it was very aimed at Reuss.

When he dribbles a little deeper, he can easily get caught in the trap of the likes of Juanfran, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Busquets.

Professor Bu, in particular, abandoned the threatening Muller, and as long as Reus got the ball, he went over to help defend and did not give Reus a chance to get close to his own penalty area.

With Professor Boo's help, the threat of Royce's point was temporarily eliminated.

But Mueller's threat is starting to show itself again.

Although on the surface, the German team attacked the city with Gomez, the center forward at the top.

But their real killer move was Muller, who was ambushed behind Gomez, and as the world's top shadow striker, Muller was always where he should be and put the ball into the net in the most reasonable way.

And before that, you don't see anything special in him, it seems that he is a mediocre person with no sense of existence.

But such a killer is the most terrifying!

On the sidelines, Spain coach Bosque looked at the pitch with his chin on his back and a frown.

Muller's ability to run off the ball was evident in those games he had at Bayern.

The German team is likely to take advantage of this to make a fuss!

However, now there is a question, Reus and Muller, who is the real attacking core of the German team in this game?

(End of chapter)