Relying on N'Golo Kante's excellent performance, the French team temporarily froze the attacking core of the Spanish team, making Spain's offensive unable to play, which made the situation on the field a little anxious.

The fight between the two sides on the field was very intense, with frequent fouls and yellow cards.

This makes the rhythm of the game intermittent and not very coherent.

In this situation, it was difficult to organize an effective attack, and both sides began to try to open up the situation with fast attacks on the flanks.

Antoine Griezmann has been very impressive on the pitch during this period, leading the French team's attack on the left flank, making Spain's right side a storm.

In just a few minutes, France had several shots on goal, with Antoine Griezmann himself coming in with a long-range shot.

Although those three shots did not score, the French team's attack is gradually gaining momentum, and if they continue like this, it may only be a matter of time before they score.

However, Spain was not completely passive and unable to fight back!

Spain was replaced by Pedro in this game, and the Sabres are a fast horse on the side, so Lin Quan took the initiative to move closer to the side and cooperate with Pedro on the side after finding himself entangled by Kante and difficult to play an effective match with his teammates in the middle.

This can take away one or two defenders, make the attacking space in the middle larger, make it easier for teammates in the midfield to plug in from behind, receive passes from the wing to complete the attack, and also give full play to the speed advantage of the Sabres, putting pressure on the French team to not attack so recklessly.

In the 15th minute of the first half, Spain played an excellent wide combination.

After Lin Quan and Pedro completed the set-up, Pedro cut inside to take away the opposing full-back, Alba quickly assisted from behind, and then sent a cross after Pedro split the ball.

Alvaro Morata, who was outflanked in the box, leaped high to find the ball and slotted home a dangerous header.

But it was a pity that the French goalkeeper Lloris was very focused, stood up in advance and bravely saved Morata's header.

Although the attack failed to score, the combination proved that the idea of opening up the situation from the wing was the right one.

This further strengthened the Spanish team's belief that they should play on the wing.

The French side was also frightened by the opponent's attack, and Deschamps called Payette over and told him something.

After Payette returned to the pitch, he conveyed the manager's message to his teammates such as Antoine Griezmann and Sissoko, asking them to pay more attention to protecting the wing and doing a good job of assisting the wing.

With the protection provided by the midfield, the defensive intensity of the French team on the flanks has really improved a lot.

At least when the Spanish full-backs are in the back of the attack, they can split up their men to defend him more quickly and not give him easy crosses.

But when their central players run to the flanks to defend, they have fewer people in the middle.

This gave Spain a chance to open up the game from the middle!

In the 23rd minute of the first half, Lin Quan moved to the left side with the ball, giving people the illusion that he was going to repeat his old tricks.

The French team did not doubt him, and while Kante was following Lin Quan's movement, Payette also quickly followed, intending to encircle Lin Quan and Pedro with a three-on-two superiority with fullbacks.

Lin Quan was waiting for this opportunity, after Payette moved, he suddenly changed the rhythm of dribbling, stopped and dunked, and took advantage of the opportunity that Kante was moving sideways and could not react, and quickly knocked the ball horizontally to Busquets diagonally behind.

Sergio Busquets' ball intelligence is extremely high, and although Lin Quan didn't tell him what his intentions were, he just glanced up at the positions of the players on the pitch and immediately made the right choice - to pass the ball to David Silva, who was adducted from the right flank and returned to the midfield position!

When Morata saw David Silva dribbling the ball, he immediately accelerated towards the opponent's half.

David Silva didn't get the ball to Morata in the first place, but took advantage of Pogba's rush to his own and slotted the ball diagonally to the right wing.

A player wearing the number 16 red shirt rushed up from behind like a whirlwind, catching the ball before the opposition full-back could intercept it.

Pogba, who is closest to Juanfran in his position, heeded the manager's advice and immediately abandoned David Silva and handed over the task of defending him to team-mate Antoine Griezmann, while he approached the wing and prepared to participate in the support of the wing.

If it is in general, this choice is fine.

Antoine Griezmann is fit, athletic, and has a lot of coverage in the middle, making him a reliable defensive barrier.

However, Antoine Griezmann is not in the middle of the pitch and he moved a few steps to the left after Payette was attracted by Lin Quan's move to the left with the ball, which left him a little further away from David Silva.

It was such a short distance of a few meters that gave the Spanish team the opportunity to complete a small range of crossings.

Juanfran scrambled to get the ball back to David Silva before he could get a grip on him.

David Silva received the ball and sent a through ball to Juan Fran, who had already broken through to the two interceptors.

The Spanish team had a beautiful wall-to-wall combination in the opposing half, and there were no defenders in front of Juanfran at this time!

Instead of dribbling down with the ball, he opted to cut inside, forcing Koscielny, who was defending Alvaro Morata with his partner, to leave his position and come up to intercept him.

Alvaro Morata had been heavily defended by two centre-backs and couldn't find much of a chance in the box.

At this time, his teammates helped him attract a person, which greatly reduced the pressure on him.

Alvaro Morata was overjoyed and sped up to the right, shaking off Umtiti and reaching for the ball.

Juanfran didn't hesitate and passed the ball before Koscielny could block his pass.

The ball was well passed and Morata was about to receive it and smash it into the back of the net.

However, Morata underestimated the quality of the young defender next to him.

At just 23 years old and now playing for Lyon, Umtiti was not yet fully in everyone's sights in 2016.

But at this point, he has already shown the potential to become the world's top centre-back.

Moreover, Umtiti, who has not been affected by injuries, is in his best form.

When he saw Juanfran passing, he immediately judged Morata's intentions, and suddenly accelerated, broke away from physical contact with Morata, and successfully circled in front of him.

He wanted to intercept Juanfrán's pass to Morata!

Alvaro Morata was shocked to see this move, and if he continued to shoot as planned, there was a high probability that the ball would be intercepted.

Thinking of this, Morata had to make an emergency adjustment, and he hurriedly turned around and stuck his body in front of Umtiti to not give the opponent a chance to steal.

But in this case, he will not be able to complete the shot.

Umtiti won't give him a chance to turn and shoot!

And Koscielny also rushed over at this time, intending to cooperate with Umtiti to snatch the ball from Morata's feet.

While Morata was in a hurry, he heard a shout:

"Pass me the ball!"

It was none other than Lin Quan who opened his mouth to shout.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of his teammates playing on the left side, Lin Quan also shook off Kante's entanglement and went straight to the opponent's penalty area.

He originally wanted to see if he could find an opportunity to participate in the attack, but if he couldn't, he could also be a teammate on the periphery.

Originally, while he was running, he saw that his teammates were about to complete the attack, and he thought that he would run for nothing.

As a result, I didn't expect that because of Morata's carelessness and Umtiti's excellent play, Spain's attack was not successful.

And coincidentally, the position he is currently in is exactly in the vacant position!

There are no defenders within two or three meters around, as long as his teammates can pass the ball to him, Lin Quan has an excellent goal.

Morata was in a panic, hearing this familiar voice, it was as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, out of absolute trust in Lin Quan, he didn't think much about it, and the moment he looked up to observe, the ball had already been passed out under his feet.

The ball just rolled out, and in less than a second, it flew back again.

The difference is that when the ball rolls over, it is away from the penalty area and the goal, while when the ball flies back, it goes straight to the goal.

And it's a lot faster!

What a decisive shot!

Morata was shocked, he thought that Lin Quan would shoot, but he didn't expect Lin Quan to be so decisive.

He thought that Lin Quan would rely on his strong breakthrough ability to get into the penalty area to get a better angle before shooting, but he didn't expect the opponent to shoot directly outside the penalty area!

Not only did Morata not expect it, but also the goalkeeper of the French team, Lloris.

His attention just now was focused on Morata, and when Morata passed the ball back to Lin Quan, he noticed that Lin Quan had quietly approached the penalty area.

It's just that Morata was on the left side of the goal before, while Lin Quan was on the right side of the goal.

Even if Lowry moved his position for the first time, he still couldn't get in place before Lin Quan shot.

Very reluctantly, Lori stretched out his right hand and made a sideways gesture to the right.

However, the opponent's ball was too decisive, not to mention the speed of the ball, and the angle was particularly tricky, almost grazing the post and flying into the goal.

Lloris could do nothing but watch the ball go into the net.

Rumble!

There was a commotion in the stands, and the Spanish fans jumped almost as if they were on a rocket.

They were so excited that they didn't even care whether the people around them were acquaintances or not, they hugged each other crazily, jumped and jumped, and shouted loudly in celebration.

Spain's bench didn't get much better, when Morata received the ball, the substitutes couldn't sit still and rushed to the side of the pitch, and when they saw Lin Quan score with a long-range shot, they all went crazy, waving their jerseys and screaming and rushing to the pitch.

On the pitch, Morata looked more excited than Lin Quandu, who scored the goal.

After witnessing the ball into the net, Morata roared, rushed to Lin Quan excitedly, and then held Lin Quan in his arms, shouting and screaming in his ear, and Lin Quan's eardrums hurt.

The other teammates were not much better, and they all rushed over excitedly, hugging and high-fived Lin Quan.

The goal was too crucial, and after the opening, Spain was not actually in the upper hand, and the opponent gradually began to gain the upper hand in the scramble with a strong body and better running ability.

In this case, if the Spanish team's attack does not improve, the opponent will invest more troops in the attack, gradually burning the fire to the Spanish half, and finally forming a siege of their goal.

At that point, even if Spain wanted to control the tempo and fall to their feet in their own half, they would not be able to do so.

But at this most critical moment, Lin Quan scored.

It was like seeing a glimmer of light in the dark night, which gave the Spanish players a great encouragement.

And this goal can also hit the opponent's morale and confidence, so that the French players will fight with a greater psychological burden!

The defensive intensity of both teams was not small in this game, and the first half had been played for more than twenty minutes, but both teams had very few shots on goal.

Spain had just two shots on goal, while France had one more shot.

However, Spain scored a goal with two shots on goal and gained a very clear advantage.

Next, it's the turn of the French team to have a headache.

How are they going to attack next?

And how do you ensure the safety of your own defense when attacking?

"Damn it!"

Deschamps looked very irritable after seeing Lin Quan break the goal.

France had already picked up the momentum and a few more visits he felt he could break the deadlock.

But alas, the opponent scored before they did.

This made the situation completely different from what he expected, and the French team was now on the passive, not only could not continue the defensive counter-attack tactics he had developed before, but also had to take huge risks and continue to strengthen the attack.

With a quick counter-attacking player like Pedro on the wing, it's risky to press on the attack.

If one is not careful, they could concede another goal.

In the face of a top team like Spain, there is still hope of turning the tables by conceding one goal, but once you fall behind by two goals, it is basically a death sentence.

In the last eight years, no team has come back from two goals behind Spain!

Thinking of this, Deschamps beckoned Kante over to teach him face-to-face.

"Listen, Kante, you have to lock the opponent's number ten completely, and you can't give him any space!"

There is a lot to do with Kante's loss of position just now, if he can keep up with Lin Quan in time when Lin Quan is interspersed forward, and stick to the opponent, Lin Quan may not be able to receive Morata's pass, and he will not be able to complete such a high-quality shot comfortably.

Kante obviously knew that it was his mistake, so he blamed himself very much.

After hearing the manager's advice at this time, Kante nodded heavily, in the next game, even if he tried his best, he would stare at Lin Quan!

(End of chapter)