At half-time, the British's dressing room was cloudy.

Almost everyone, including the manager and the players, is struggling to figure out how to recover from the disadvantage.

Although they are only one goal behind their opponents, for them who are mainly defensive and counter-attacking, this goal is going to kill them.

With only three substitutions, it will be difficult to make drastic changes to the team's existing personnel and tactics, after all, they have previously added five defenders to strengthen their defence.

The help that these five defenders can provide in attack is quite limited, and if they are to pursue attack, they will have to replace some of them with attacking players.

In fact, there are many attacking players on the bench of the England team, such as Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, Manchester United winger Marcus Rashford and others.

Putting these people on the pitch can effectively improve the attacking power of the England team, but the number of substitutions is limited, and if all the substitutions are used up too early, they will not have any substitutions to use if something happens later.

And Southgate is also worried, what if they go out in the second half, the back line is empty, and the opponent takes advantage of the situation and scores again?

This kind of thing is quite probable, after all, their defense in the first half was done by piling up defenders at the back.

Once the players are involved in the offense and the number of defenders drops, their defence will definitely be greatly weakened.

Unless they can play the ball like Spain's and keep the ball firmly at their feet, they will have to face frequent and dangerous counter-attacks from Spain.

Spain's defense is very targeted, and when the England team is attacking, Lin Quan will come from the middle to help defend and cooperate with David Silva on the wing, and drive Rashford to the side together.

It's nice that he can break down the flanks and cross, but you're a winger, you're not a full-back, so why can't you cut inside into the box and play with your teammates when you're always chasing down the bottom cross?

What's more, the closer you are to the goal, the higher the threat of the ball being passed, but if you can shove the ball straight to Kane's feet, with Kane's strength, wouldn't you have already broken the goal?

Although Sterling can see the seams because of his short stature, Rashford's passes are all high balls, and he is only 170 tall and he can't grab the landing point at all, and he is completely reduced to a decoration in the penalty area.

After Marcus Rashford came on, England's threat on the left flank increased dramatically.

After Ashley Young was replaced, all the 11 English players on the field were post-90s!

Harry Kane, who is not yet 25 years old, Raheem Sterling, 23, Jesse Lingard, 25, Rashford, who is less than 19 years old, and Alli, who is 22 years old......

Southgate hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to observe and see how it went.

After they reached the last four of the World Cup, they were dubbed the Super Platinum Generation.

At this point in time, Rashford is not the master of the future, and his attitude on the field is still fine.

Let Sterling and Kane on the front line only return again and again.

The substitution must be replaced, but he didn't dare to use up all three substitutions in one go.

Young players may not have as much experience as older players, but their physical strength and impact are clearly not comparable to those of the old antiques.

Instead, only one was used, replacing Ashley Young and replacing Rashford.

Compared with the adjustment of the England team, the Spanish team did not make substitution arrangements.

The England squad is a bit too young, and it's no wonder that expectations are so high for them.

With Alli's excellent performance, England had a lot of attacking opportunities during this time.

The Englishmen obviously came prepared, and they must have practiced before the game against the sweeping and pressing of the Spanish midfield, so at the beginning of the second half, they took advantage of the opponent's negligence to catch the Spanish team off guard.

As the second half kicked off, fans quickly noticed that England were trying to attack more.

They are still the same lineup as in the first half, and even the style of play has not changed.

John Stones and Lin Quan are club team-mates and occasionally made cameo appearances at the back when he was at Manchester City, and his knowledge of this position and Lin Quan as a team-mate will help him perform well.

Maybe it will be difficult for them to go further in this World Cup, but in the next World Cup, when this group of young players grows up, it is unimaginable how strong the England team will become.

However, due to the lack of a consistent passer, England's attack was not a threat.

What's more, England also have tall players like Kane and Ali in the midfield, especially Ali, who has an absolute advantage in the physical confrontation with the Spanish midfielder.

The attack in the middle was fruitless, but the attack on the wing did improve.

This change can be seen in the fact that they are aggressive in the midfield, and they are aggressive in pushing forward after making tackles.

Southgate's nose on the sidelines is crooked, Rashford, this guy, is really loved and hated!

As for the vacancy left by Ashley Young's departure, Southgate opted to move up the position of John Stones at the back and let him play in a back two alongside Jordan Henderson.

Well, this is a wonderful story that Rashford himself made up in his mind.

It's not that Rashford doesn't want to do it, it's that he can't do it at all.

With his presence, England's attack on the left flank flourished.

Marcus Rashford tirelessly sent in low crosses again and again, selflessly sending passes to his team-mates.

The overall age of the England team on the pitch is very young, the lowest average age of the team in this World Cup, and even younger than the French team.

After a few plays, the opposing defenders were prepared, and Harry Kane was so defended that he could barely get the ball.

And Rashford is very fast, has good technique at his feet and good dribbling ability.

Lingard and Alli are not the kind of people who can deliver the final pass, and their intention to pass forward to the strikers is too obvious, so that the Spanish side can always make interceptions and defend first.

Spain's right wing-back Carvajal is also very experienced, so he blocked Rashford's route to the box and gave you the perimeter.

You dribble the ball into the box, even if you don't rush in, just outside the box, to distract the opposition defenders and take the pressure off your team-mates in the box.

The Spanish team was really a little careless, they had a warning that the opponent would strengthen their attack in the second half, but obviously underestimated the power of the opponent's youth storm.

That's Southgate's real idea of making such an arrangement, and it's hard to say whether it will work or not.

In fact, Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling in the front line have a lot of problems with his passing, and the two felt that Rashford's passing was too formulaic, so they dribbled down the ball and hung it down the middle.

But his teammates on the front line are really not very good, and he wasted his 'wonderful passes' again and again.

You have to dribble down or cross, whatever you want, but you have to cut inside, that's not going to work!

Although Rashford has a good ability to break through, but it is still very reluctant to play with one against two, and in the face of the defensive line arranged by these two people, he did not dare to rush, and could only be forced to dribble down and cross according to the opponent's intentions.

But in front of him, Carvajal's defence was not out of position, and the quality of his crosses was palpable when there was interference.

England's offensive lasted seven or eight minutes, and the Spanish team, which was gradually adapting, began to counter-attack.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Cork made a steal at the back and then split the ball to David Silva on the wing.

David Silva dodged Raheem Sterling's tackle and then crossed the ball diagonally to Lin Quan in front of him.

Lin Quan changed direction and smashed the ball, past Lingard who was in front of him, and then he looked up to observe the position of his teammates, and a long pass transferred the ball to the left side of the pitch in a wide area.

Over there, Isco had already rushed up.

The pass was a little bit ahead of time, and combined with his speed, Isco just slapped the ball just in time to catch up when it hit the ground.

England's right wing-back Walker was sprinting at a brisk pace trying to match Isco's pace.

But seeing that the opponent had successfully won the ball, he had to slow down and prepare to intercept Isco's breakthrough.

Seeing this, Isco took the ball and walked down the middle, attracting Walker to follow up, and then passing the ball back to the wing.

A red figure galloped by, and Spain's left wing-back Jordi Alba had already crossed the two, received the ball on the flank and sprinted quickly towards the baseline.

Volcker hurriedly chased back, but the opponent's speed had already risen, and he would not be able to catch up at all for a while.

As soon as Walker left, Isco was alive again, and he quickly accelerated, walking straight along the rib area, ready to kill at the edge of the penalty area to play with his teammates.

Alba's name is very similar to Bayern's Alaba, but it is only one word missing.

But in fact, these two are different styles of players, and Alba's offensive ability is greater than his defensive ability, much like Real Madrid's Marcelo.

As the world's No. 1 left wing-back, Alaba is a true all-round warrior, with both offensive and defensive capabilities, outstanding offensive ability, and strong defensive ability.

On top of that, Alaba has a well-rounded skill set at his feet and a good long-range shot, and he has even been used as the heart of the midfield in the Austrian national team, which is staggering with talent.

Pep Guardiola has always wanted to bring him in, but he has always failed to get what he wants, and Bayern will not let him go at all.

Alba didn't cross like Rashford did, but instead played the ball back to Isco, who chose to cut inside and sprint into the box.

Isco understood and immediately shoved the ball into him again.

Spain's set of passing and cutting tactics on the side is already very proficient, coupled with Alba's distinctive personal characteristics, so the attack on this side is what Bosque emphasized before the game.

The continuous passing and cutting cooperation between the two is very tacit and fast.

Walker was running the whole time, but how could a person's speed be as fast as the ball?

Although he had tried his best, it still had no effect, and he could only watch Alba shoot with his feet.

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford reacted quickly, moving sideways as Alba shot and making a flying save to slot the ball over the crossbar.

Alba saw that the ball was saved by the opposing goalkeeper and shook his head helplessly.

With this shot just now, he felt that he had played beyond the norm, but he still didn't score.

Spain got a corner kick opportunity, and Lin Quan discussed the corner kick tactics with David Silva.

In the first half, they took a number of corners and set-pieces, but none of them were a threat when the opposition had a clear advantage in height.

So Lin Quan tried to change his tactics and no longer kicked directly into the penalty area.

"That's how we played...... First...... Again......

After Lin Quan finished speaking, David Silva and Busquets nodded again and again.

"I think it's doable!"

David Silva has no objections.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely get the ball to your feet accurately!"

Busquets patted his chest and said he would complete the task assigned to him.

Seeing the two of them say this, Lin Quan nodded and chose to believe them.

It doesn't matter if the tactic doesn't work out this time, it's just a wasted corner.

Spain have won 9 corners so far in this game.

The first eight times were all unsuccessful, and this time even if it was wasted, it would not be a big deal.

Of course, if it can be successful, it will be the best.

Seeing that the opposing players were discussing tactics and pointing at the penalty area, the players in England were also a little suspicious, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the opponent's gourd.

But they all raised their vigilance, because they knew that the other party must not be well.

Soon, David Silva was in the corner area.

He took a few steps back, looked into the box, and made a gesture.

The England players couldn't understand what the gesture meant, but when they saw that Spanish players such as Ramos and Pique were running backwards, they followed suit.

At that moment, David Silva kicked the ball to Sergio Busquets, who was not far from him.

Tactical corners?

The players of the England team were stunned for a moment when they saw that the opponent did not directly enter the penalty area, and the players in the front field immediately pounced, ready to interfere and intercept Busquets.

Busquets saw that the opponent's formation was indeed rushing out as Lin Quan expected, and he was overjoyed, and continued to pass the ball unhurriedly, this time he passed the ball to Lin Quan, who was ambushed on the outside of the penalty area.

Lin Quan saw the ball coming, and without hesitation, he shot directly at the ball and shot a long shot.

Because he was far away from Busquets, most of the opposing players rushed in Busquets' direction, so that no one on his side came up to interfere at the first time.

This gives Lin Quan safe space to shoot from a distance without interference or threat.

And after completing this long-range shot, Lin Quan felt it in his heart.

The players' instincts proved to be accurate.

Lin Quan's long-range shot hit the world wave, and the football crossed a beautiful arc in the air at a very fast speed, hanging straight to the dead corner of the goal.

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has done his best, but there is really nothing he can do about this kind of long-range shot that goes straight into the corner.

The score became 2:0, and Lin Quan, who scored two goals, almost single-handedly killed the England team!

(End of chapter)