Chapter 291: The Last World Cup Final

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With the release of the list of the two teams that qualified for the final, the discussion about the World Cup final has also become hot.

One of the two teams in the final is the defending champion of two consecutive World Cup winners.

The other is an old powerhouse that has risen from the trough and re-emerged.

Both teams have strong hard power and strong backgrounds, and it looks like anyone could win the championship.

As a result, the debate over who will win the World Cup has been unstoppable from the beginning, and the differences on this issue have become wider and wider as the number of people involved in the discussion has grown.

"Who will win the championship? It has to be Spain, and Spain's attack asks who can stop it? ”

"Although the French team is very strong, the players are too young and lack the experience of major competitions, especially the final, and Spain has reached the World Cup final for the third time in a row, which can be described as experienced, so it will definitely win in the end!"

"Don't forget that there is Lin Huang's thick thigh in the Spanish team, this is the man who is best at creating miracles, with him, the Spanish team has a better chance of winning out of thin air!"

"Is it only one percent? It's too underestimate Emperor Lin! ”

"That is to say, I think that with Emperor Lin, it can increase Spain's chances of winning by 20%!"

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Most of the fans who supported Spain's victory were drawn to Spain's various honours at national tournaments over the past decade.

Since 2008, Spain's results in international competitions have been nothing short of blinding.

In just ten years, the Spanish team has won 3 European Championships and 2 World Cup titles......

As long as they participate in international competitions, the final champion is theirs, which can be described as a soft win for the award.

The vast majority of fans are Muqiang, and whoever is strong will support whomever they want.

Of course, there are also some teams that can attract countless fans with their unique style of play, even if they are not so strong.

And Spain's tactical play is smooth and gorgeous, coupled with excellent results, such a team with such a brilliant record, a good game, and superstars in the team has naturally attracted the support of a large number of fans.

After all, even some short-lived teams can attract countless fans with their momentary strength, and a super team like Spain, which has dominated football for nearly 10 years, naturally has more fans.

This naturally includes some of Lin Quan's fans.

Although the number of fans of the French team is not large, it is still far from Spain.

So in terms of volume, it seems that the voices supporting the Spanish team to defend the title are louder.

"Hehe, the truth is often in the hands of a few, don't think that your voice is great."

"I admit that Lin Huang is very strong, but the weakness of the Spanish team is too obvious, and with so many veteran players playing together, there is very little hope of beating the French team!"

"The French squad is younger, and the overall strength is stronger than Spain's previous opponents, and when they start to work in the second half, the Spanish team with declining fitness may not be able to withstand it."

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The fans of the two teams have their own insistences and reasons, and no one can convince anyone.

However, some of the points they hold are interesting.

Before the game, major media interviewed some celebrities and coaches in the football world, hoping that they would comment on the strength of the two teams and predict the outcome of the game.

Jose Mourinho, who was specially invited by Russian TV to be a guest commentator, was the first football coach to be interviewed.

Jose Mourinho: "Both teams have the strength to win the championship, and whether they can win the championship in the end depends on their on-the-spot performance, who is in better shape, who can give full play to their technical and tactical advantages, and who can win the championship." ”

Mourinho said the right nonsense, and while there was nothing wrong with what he said, the journalists were clearly not happy:

"So who do you support more, France or Spain?"

Jose Mourinho, a Portuguese who is now in charge of a Premier League team, has little to do with the two teams in the final, so the reporter hopes that he can express his views from an objective and impartial perspective.

The madman of this period, although his coaching achievements in recent years are not very outstanding, he is still the world's top coach, and his influence in football is still very great.

Mourinho thought about it for a while, he was short and soft-mouthed, and since he accepted the host's high notification fee, he should be a little serious, and it would be too perfunctory to be dedicated.

"Spain will enter a period of weakness in the second half, especially after 70 minutes, for reasons that are well known, so they will be very ferocious in the first half, and if they can gain a big advantage during this period and withstand the opponent's attack in the second half, then they will win the cup!"

"So, are you more optimistic about the Spanish team winning the championship?"

The reporter's eyes lit up, and he had already begun to write hard and prepare to concoct a big news.

"Ahem, I'm not done yet, France is a slower team, which is the opposite of Spain.

They were not in good form in the first half and would have given Spain chances.

But in the second half, their form was picking up, and the Spanish team faced the negative impact of a slump in fitness, and then the French team was about to launch a full-scale comeback.

So, there are two things to watch in this game: how many goals Spain can score in the first half and how many goals France can recover in the second half! ”

Jose Mourinho's views are almost mainstream in football, and the two teams competing in the World Cup final this time are too bizarre.

One plays in the first half and the other plays in the second half.

Who wins and who loses depends on who can perform better in their strong period!

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After the semi-finals, the Spanish team has not been able to rest.

The semi-finals are less than three days away from the final, which is not plenty of time for the Spanish team, who have a large number of veterans.

So they have to take the time to rest and recover as soon as possible so that they can wrestle with France in the final.

In terms of schedule, the Spanish team, which is not as physically fit as the opponent, actually suffers.

Because the semi-finals of the French team ended a day earlier than them, it was equivalent to an extra day of rest out of thin air.

However, the Spanish team is the team with worse physical fitness and older overall age, which will invisibly further magnify the gap between the two sides in terms of physical reserves.

Bosque was clearly aware of this disadvantage, so after returning to the temporary base, he gathered his players, arranged the next training tasks, and emphasized that the players should reduce their physical exertion:

"During this period of recovery training, you have to control the intensity of training, try to avoid injuries, and you don't want to miss the World Cup final, right?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison, the quadrennial World Cup, with a full count, is only 7 games at most.

It was not easy to stand out from the crowd of competitors, and after going through many difficulties and dangers, I came to this last hurdle, and no one wanted to be absent at this time.

Because of the short preparation time, Bosque did not give the players a holiday and did not allow them to go out and make out with his wife/girlfriend.

The amount of training is controlled and I don't dare to give more, how can I let the players consume physical strength elsewhere?

After the finals are played and the national team is disbanded, this group of livestock can toss as much as they want, and by then eighty percent of the old man has already retired and pensioned, so don't worry about it.

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Although he did not let the players go out to wave, the old man did not prevent the players' families from coming to visit the base.

So at the end of the daily training, there is always a group of family members and players outside the Spanish training base who stage a cry through the iron fence......

Pep Guardiola also brought Serra and Lin Quan's three younger siblings to visit him.

Ten-year-old Valentina fluttered her big sparkling eyes, saw Lin Quan come out, jumped up and rushed into his arms.

Lin Quan gave her a warm hug, and then patted her head gently:

"Do you miss your brother?"

"Mmmm, brother, I miss you! I used all my pocket money to buy it, brother, and you won! ”

"Really?"

Lin Quan was very surprised when he heard it, although spinach is legal in Europe, but a ten-year-old girl, this is too early!

"Really, Sister Maria said that buying this is to support the big brother, and the more you buy, the easier it will be for you to win, so I used all my pocket money!"

Lin Quan was a little crying and laughing, and Valentina probably couldn't figure out the situation.

The odds of spinach are linked to the outcome of the game, which is just an estimate of the game by the spinach company, which has a certain relationship with the outcome of the game, but does not determine the outcome of the game.

After all, the odds are just odds, and it is the players who play on the field who decide the outcome of the game.

"Don't worry, she didn't buy much!"

Guardiola saw that Lin Quan seemed a little worried, and quickly explained.

Valentina is still young, so the amount of pocket money is limited.

Even if she loses it all in the end, it doesn't matter, as her own personal little padded jacket, how can Guardiola not compensate her?

It's just that if Valentina loses the bet, she is not the only one to be comforted.

At that time, the saddest person is probably Lin Quan!

Since it was instigated by Mary, she must have bought it too.

Lin Quan asked, and sure enough, Maria and Marius, including Guardiola and Serra, all bought them.

At this moment, the family is tied to a chariot, and if Lin Quan overturns, everyone will suffer.

"So, big brother, you have to work hard, you are the hope of our whole village!"

Eighteen-year-old Maria had a look of adoration on her face, four years ago she was just a cloud fan, but since then she has become a real fan and a die-hard fan who only focuses on her big brother.

If Lin Quan loses, Maria will probably cry sadly!

"It's not for the stakes you're putting on you, are you? If that's the case, then I think it's good to lose a game and teach you a lesson. ”

Lin Quan doesn't have a good impression of gambling, and he doesn't really want his family to get involved in this thing.

Although spinach is legal, this stuff is addictive and can't be quit.

There is a good saying: bet on dogs, bet on dogs, bet until the end is nothing.

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Although he deliberately controlled the amount of training for his players, Bosco did not do much other preparation work in the past three days.

Without depleting the players' physical energy, he improves the players' understanding of the opponent by playing the opponent's game video, explaining the opponent's tactical characteristics to the players, as well as the technical characteristics of some players.

In this way, when they are on the field, they can know themselves and their opponents.

Because they had a hunch that the opponent's defensive intensity would be high, and Spain were very desperate to score in the first half.

So Bosque went out of his way to rehearse some attacking tactics, including set-pieces.

Although the probability of being dragged into a penalty shoot-out was low, the Spanish team still found time to practice the penalty.

However, most people think that it doesn't matter if they practice this thing or not, because Spain's physical fitness can't hold it in the second half, and if they really want to be dragged to extra time, then they will have been defeated by the opponent and can't wait for the penalty shootout.

"Lin, in the final, if the opportunity is right, use direct free kicks to try to shoot!"

Bosque is still a little uncomfortable with the team's attack, and he deliberately wants Lin Quan to play more selfishly and not so teamly.

But Spain's midfielder is really inseparable from Lin Quan, and if he is allowed to go forward, there will be problems in the midfield.

So he had to compromise and let him try it from set-pieces.

Lin Quan's free kicks are still very threatening, and his free kick skills are very rich, not only a single technique, which makes it difficult for the opponent's goalkeeper to predict how his free kicks will be kicked, which further increases the difficulty of defense.

"Well, I'll take my chance!"

Lin Quan nodded, in fact, even if Bosque didn't explain it like this, he would have to do it.

This final will be against a different opponent and to beat France you will have to score as quickly as possible and score as many goals as possible.

Only by crushing the opponent's fighting spirit and holding them down can we avoid the embarrassment of the Spanish team in the second half.

Therefore, when it comes to the arena, Lin Quan will not have any reservations, he will definitely be full of firepower and strive to defeat the opponent as soon as possible.

Unlike the World Cup in Brazil four years ago, Spain's overall strength was still there in 14 years, although Lin Quan was the core of the team, but the team was not dragged forward by him, but pushed forward by the big guys.

Even if he doesn't step up, other teammates can step up and solve the problem.

But four years later, this national team can really be said to be dragging his feet.

If he doesn't step up, others may not be able to step up, and the game will probably be lost

At this time, the Spanish team is obviously going downhill, and the future rebuilding period may take a long time.

Just like the French team that won the championship in '98, it took a full 20 years to re-emerge.

And some teams have never gotten back up even after falling to the bottom.

Lin Quan can't predict the future, and he doesn't know if the Spanish team will be able to reach the World Cup final again in the future.

But he has to treat this opportunity as if it was the only chance of his life, as if it was his last World Cup final. (End of chapter)