Vienna, Austria, morning 22 June.

Like every game day morning, Yang Hao got up, brushed his teeth, washed his face, changed his clothes, and went out to eat with the players.

Now, his daily job is to prepare, train, and compete......

That is, the afternoon before yesterday, Blake Lively and the player's family went to the hotel to visit the class, the two walked around Vienna for an afternoon, and then went back to the hotel for a night, and suddenly felt refreshed.

She, like all the players' families, went back in the middle of the night.

The national team has specially prepared hotels and special car transfers for them, and they will sit in the stands to cheer for the Spanish internationals during the match between Spain and Russia.

After eating, Yang Hao got the player's physical examination report, which clearly listed the player's physical condition.

Yang Hao also watched the news in his spare time.

The Wenger guy sent him a couple of texts.

During the European Cup, this shameless guy went to France TV as a game commentator.

He was the one who commented on Spain's game against France before, and now he has to explain Spain's game against Russia.

He also forwarded an interview video of the turtle to Yang Hao by the way, "I'm your fan now, I praise you a lot, remember to treat!" ”

Yang Hao assured that rubbing rice was his real purpose.

He took a look at this interview with Arsene Wenger.

This is a program made by a number of French media in conjunction with France TV One, mainly to discuss the European Cup.

Because France were eliminated from the group stage, they need to reflect deeply.

What is going on in French football?

As the world's top coach, Wenger still said a lot of dry goods.

For example, he mentioned that there is no major tactical innovation in this European Championship, even Spain, which is more of a continuation of the tactical style of play during the Atletico Madrid period.

But Arsene Wenger mentioned that many of the teams that used to play 442 are now making changes.

When attacking, the number 10 or wide player pushes forward, forming a 442 double forward tactic, but when defending, it retreats and becomes something similar to 451, or it can also be said to be a 4231 tactic.

Including the relationship between Spain, Torres and Villa, it's actually like a double striker, except that Villa often roams around Torres, "When Villa is cruising in the middle, all the defenders get a headache. ”

In addition to this, David Silva, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Cesc Fabregas's penetration and advance in the middle are also very dangerous ways for Spain to attack.

In connection with this, Arsene Wenger said that in the last eight knockout rounds of the European Championship, he is optimistic that Spain will advance.

"I even think that Yang Hao's team will enter the finals!"

Why?

Wenger said that Spain played Portugal, and Yang Hao was retained.

If the two sides are dead-footed, Spain will win.

Russia and the Netherlands have very similar tactical plays, they are both straight and straight, "Yang Hao and Spain are very good at playing such teams, so I think they can reach the final. ”

Regarding Yang Hao's Spain, Wenger said that many people have misunderstood.

"I've heard a lot of voices lately, all saying that Yang Hao's Spain began to inherit Barcelona's possession, not Atletico Madrid's passing, which is actually wrong."

"One of the obvious differences is that Barcelona's possession is more like a means of using their own passing advantage to wear down the opponent, and we can see this in this Spanish team as well."

When Wenger said this, he did not forget to secretly yin Mourinho, "Of course, there is no trace of possession of the ball at all now, they go against tradition and play more utilitarian football." ”

"And what about Spain? They will also use possession to wear down opponents, but more often than not, they are pulling and shifting, full of variety and flexibility in the process, and the frequent running, switching and forward insertion of players makes opponents very elusive. ”

"Scolari has spoken about this before."

For the current Spanish team, Wenger believes that the key to how far they can go is to see Torres.

"From the game against Portugal, we can actually clearly see that when Torres is not there, Spain's attacking threat has slipped at least a notch, and against Portugal, it is difficult to have an attacking threat."

"Llorente is still a little far from Torres."

"It's actually a lot of people who ignore it, thinking that Torres is physical, can score goals, has a great impact and so on, but in fact his movement, his ball, is a very big threat."

"As you know, in 2000, Arsenal and I were trying to sign Torres with Arsenal and a lot of other teams in Europe, and almost everybody thought that the youngster had great speed and impact.

'As he gets older and his body strengthens, he becomes more and more threatening, and we are all aware of that, but the scouts reported to me at the time that Torres was not very consistent with the ball and that would limit his ceiling.

"Of course, this so-called lack of strength is relative to the top center forward, so I was thinking at the time that if we sign Torres, we should strengthen his skills, improve his stability, and make up for this shortcoming."

When Wenger said this, he smiled and shook his head, "But everyone knows that Yang Hao led Atletico Madrid to relegation, Torres stayed in the Sheets Army, and after that, Yang Hao asked Kiko to take Torres and focus on honing his skills, so now, we see that Torres's entire tactical adaptability is very strong." ”

'Of course we can say that his strength is in the frontal impact, but his ability to carry the ball with his back is also very, very good, and combined with his strong body and great strength, he can be a great threat both inside and outside the box.

"He can switch freely between different tactics and play at his own level."

Wenger couldn't help but laugh again, "Yang Hao reminded many people before that Torres is only 24 years old. ”

'But we see that he's already one of the best centre-forwards in world football today, and I think his team-mates Didier Drogba, Adriano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are on the same level.

"So, how far Spain can go, in fact, the key depends on how long Torres can maintain this form."

Arsene Wenger said that if Russia wants to have a chance of beating Spain, Hiddink must limit Torres.

As long as Torres is frozen, Spain's attacking threat will be greatly reduced.

This video was only a few minutes long, and Yang Hao finished watching it at once.

After snorting twice, Yang Hao sent a message back to Wenger.

"I can thank you, just this big mouth, and you still want to rub rice?"

Arsene Wenger was quick to reply, "Hiddink must have seen that, too. ”

"What if he doesn't see it?"

"That's okay, he didn't even see it, and even if I did, he wouldn't be able to play with you, right?"

"That makes sense."

"So, this meal should be pleased, right?"

"Look at your slamming appearance, you deserve to lose to Mourinho......"

After thinking about it, Yang Hao deleted the last half of the sentence and rewrote half of the sentence, "...... For your sake, I'll go back and invite you to dinner. ”

Let's respect the elderly.

Who made Wenger so pitiful, after losing the Champions League final, he still had to come out to work part-time part-time?

……

In the evening, at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna.

European Cup quarterfinals knockout round, Spain vs. Russia.

In the sixth minute, Spain tried to get the ball down the middle, with Andres Iniesta passing to Torres.

However, after Torres got the ball, he had no chance to threaten and was forced to knock back.

Iniesta then gave it to David Silva.

At this time, Russia did not retreat quickly, but chose to press Spain near the center line.

But just as David Silva got the ball, the Spanish midfielder sent a long diagonal pass near the center circle to the right side of the front.

Villa stepped forward at high speed, on the periphery of the right corner of the penalty area, judged the landing point of the ball, stopped the ball with his chest, and controlled the ball at his feet.

Torres also rushed to the top of the arc at this time, and immediately stretched out his finger to the right front and shouted, "Hulu baby." ”

Villa knew it was Torres when he heard the voice, and when he saw his gesture, he immediately understood it, and when he turned to face to the left, he sent a behind-the-back pass.

The ball passed from between the two Russian defenders to the right side of the penalty area.

Torres cut diagonally behind the defence at the top of the arc, caught up with Villa's pass on the right side of the penalty area, and slammed the ball horizontally with his right foot, directly past the Russian central defender who was defending him, and the ball was dunked by him to his left foot, and the Spaniard picked up his left foot and pulled out a furious shot.

The ball flew past Akinfeev's goal with great speed and drilled into the left side of the Russian goal.

"The ball is in!!!"

"Torres!!"

"It was his fifth goal of the tournament!!"

'Spain's opening attack worked again, we saw David Silva's long ball find Villa with precision.

"It was a very interesting fit."

"We've always said that Spain's attack is unpredictable."

"As a central striker, when Torres retreated, it was Villa who pressed up, and after stopping the ball on his chest, he played the role of a tactical center forward and created opportunities for Torres."

"I believe that Hiddink should also be stunned to see such a goal."

"From the slow-motion replay, you can see that in fact, Villa had two options at that time, one was to find Torres, the other was to find Iniesta, it seems that Torres will be more sure, but Iniesta's chances are also very good."

"It's called double insurance!"

"Just six minutes into the game, the Russian goal was lost!"

"This is the Spain that Yang Hao trained up!"

……

Although they scored in 6 minutes, Yang Hao and Spain were still not satisfied.

Hiddink's Russia is very tenacious.

Whether it is Yang Hao's previous life or now, the personal ability of this team is not as strong as rumored, they rely more on the players' physical investment to press and press, and suppress the opponent on the court with the overall battle.

The biggest feature of their attack is that they are quick and concise.

The Spanish players' foot skills are much better than theirs, and Yang Hao has focused on important teams to strengthen the pressing of the midfield, which makes it difficult for the Russians to form effective ball control.

Often, after two or three passes, the ball is lost.

Arshavin was heavily cared for by Marcos Senna tonight and was unable to continue his impressive performance in the group stage.

And in the 21st minute, David Silva completed a beautiful one-two with Iniesta on the left side of the front field, and dribbled straight into the Russian penalty area.

Near the left-hand corner, David Silva suddenly distributed the ball to the left and Antonio López burst out from behind him, burst into the left side of the box and crossed underneath.

In the middle penalty area, Torres forced his way through the Russian defense with his body, and when the ball was not high, he was in a hurry, leaned over, and once again pushed Antonio López's cross into the Russian goal.

2 to 0!

"Scored a brace!!"

"Fernando Torres scored a brace!"

"6th goal!"

"My God, it's unbelievable!"

"Torres showed a very amazing momentum in the game, with a very difficult diving header, for Spain to score another goal, 2-0!"

"Now for Hiddink, maybe it's really time to focus on defence."

"In the face of Spain, which is getting better and better, especially Torres, who is now in red and purple form, Russia should be more cautious and cautious."

……

"Another successive pass from Spain in midfield."

'Pushed up front again and handed it to David Silva.'

"Look at what David Silva did this time, dribbling the ball to the middle."

'Fernando Torres went down the left but the defenders were following David Silva, look at this one.

'At the edge of the box, David Silva didn't hit the goal directly, he did it with his heel.

"Andres Iniesta followed, diagonal pass ......"

"Torres is empty on this side, there's a chance!"

"The ball is in!!"

"It's Torres again!"

"In the 36th minute of the first half, it was Torres' goal again."

"A push into the far corner from the left side of the box with little interference from defenders around."

"Russia's defenders were so attracted to David Silva that they forgot in a hurry that Spain's most dangerous scorer was waiting in the gap."

'It was a terrible defensive mistake.

'David Silva's heel is very crucial and Iniesta's diagonal pass is just right.

"From the slow-motion replay, it can be seen that Torres stopped with his left foot and pushed his right foot directly into the far corner, which is obviously prepared."

"Spain's offense is fantastic right now."

"3 to 0!"

"Torres scored another hat-trick!"

'It was already his seventh goal of the season's European Championships.'

'Before Torres, whether it was Alan Shearer in '96, or Kluivert in 2000 or Barosh in '04, they had only scored five goals.

"A little earlier, back in '88, Van Basten also scored five goals."

"But now, Torres has scored seven goals."

"This puts him very close to the record of 9 goals in the Golden Boot for the French national team in 84 years when the current UEFA president Michel Platini set the record for the highest goal in the Golden Boot at the European Championship!"

"Now, Torres is two goals away from Platini's all-time record, so it's still worth looking forward to."

……

When Spain scored their third goal, there was no suspense in the game.

Guus Hiddink's side opted to tighten up defensively but also created a threat with a quick counter-attack, with Pavlyuchenko also playing a very dangerous shot that was saved by Casillas.

St. Cassie is not famous!

In the second half, when Russia tried to play again, Spain were near midfield and Marcos Senna stole Arshavin and distributed the ball to the right.

Ramos dribbled forward quickly down the right flank and crossed to Xavi on the edge of the right-hand corner of the box.

The Barcelona midfielder delivered a volley that went over the head of the defence and into the right side of the penalty area.

Villa cut in the back row, chested the ball, faced the attacking Akinfeev and fired a right-footed volley into the Russian goal again.

4 to 0!

What does it mean to be overwhelmed?

Spain's performance in this European Championship is nothing short of spectacular!

When they drew the draw to the Group of Death, drew Italy and Portugal, and drew the World Cup runner-up France, everyone felt that Spain was unlikely to qualify, and they used a wonderful offensive football feast to qualify as the first in the group!

When they ran into Guus Hiddink's Russia, when countless people felt that Hiddink's team had the ability to cause problems for Spain, they knocked Russia down again 4-0 within an hour.

Guus Hiddink has clearly realised that he has no skills to recover, so he opted to make substitutions and strengthen his defense to avoid losing an even more miserable scoreline, which would be a great shame at the European Championship.

Although, 0-4 is shameful enough.

……

It is often said that whether it is the Champions League, the European Cup, or the World Cup, after entering the knockout stage, every game will have a huge impact on the next opponent.

Of course, this is based on the promotion team.

If you are eliminated, there will be no next opponent.

After playing the quarterfinals on the 22nd, the semifinals of the European Championship were ushered in on the 26th, and the opponent was the Netherlands.

The venue is still the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna.

The quarter-finals of the Netherlands were played against Portugal the day before Spain.

As a result, the two teams played 3-2, with the Netherlands having a slight advantage.

In the game, there was a place that caught Yang Hao's attention, that is, the Netherlands scored 3 goals first, but in the second half of the game, especially after 70 minutes, the Netherlands conceded 2 goals in a row, of which Ronaldo scored a goal.

Why did this phenomenon attract Yang Hao's attention?

It's not just the game itself, but also the intelligence that the Spanish coaching staff has gathered and analysed.

Judging from the information that Yang Hao has, there were some problems with the physical fitness of the Dutch players in the second half of the game.

The coaching staff also named two players, midfielder Ngral and right wing-back Bora Luz.

The 28-year-old is a Dutch native of Surinamese origin who started his career in the Feyenoord academy and has since moved through a number of teams, currently playing for Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

Don't look at the tall and strong player, who is 1.97 meters, not only has a good midfield interception ability, but also has a large running range, which is a barrier in front of the Dutch backline.

What's even more rare is that despite his tall stature, he has a good passing and the ability to organize and plan attacks.

There have even begun to be many media and fans calling him another generation of black swans in the Dutch national team after Rijkaard.

From the group stage to now, he is the only two players in the Dutch national team who have played all the games.

The other is right wing-back Bora Luz.

From the game between the Netherlands and Portugal, Yang Hao saw that there was a physical problem with the Dutch team.

Not only Bolaruz and Ngelal, but also others, are in poor fitness.

This has something to do with the way the Dutch team plays.

After Van Basten took charge of the Dutch national team, he changed the team's style of play, especially in this year's European Championship, showing a very straightforward tactical style.

On the defensive end, they emphasize getting in position as soon as possible and containing the opponent's attack with tight defense, while the midfield is to suppress the opponent with aggressive strangulation tactics, so they are equipped with the two "beast waists" of De Jong and Engraar.

In the front court, it is emphasized to be fast up and down.

In other words, the current Netherlands does not emphasize ball control, but more through solid defense, after grabbing the ball, quickly pass through the midfield, and directly form an offensive threat in the frontcourt.

The Dutch forward line has a strong attacking firepower, with Robben, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Van Persie, Kuyt, Sneijder, Van der Vaart and other internationals, all of which have made the Dutch attack group shine.

But Van Basten's style of play also poses a problem, which is the physical exertion of the team.

Especially with a lot of that kind of back-and-forth fast sprints and switchbacks.

By Euro 2008, it was not uncommon for players to run an average distance of more than 9,000 metres per game.

But the Dutchman runs between 10,000 and 11,000 metres per game.

Also, they have a lot of that kind of straight up and down sprint switchback, and the pace is very fast, which is very physically exhausting for the team.

When it came to the quarterfinals and the knockout round against Portugal, in the second half, the Netherlands had already shown signs of inadequacy, and Portugal scored two goals in a row.

Although Spain runs a lot, they pass more balls, and Yang Hao has been rotating to rest the players.

It is even often a substitution break after establishing an advantage early in the game.

This has become a hallmark of Spain at this European Championship.

Yang Hao also adjusted the team's tactical play style specifically for these characteristics of the Dutch national team.

For example, David Silva, who has performed well in the past few games, was hidden by Yang Haoxue in this game and replaced by Reyes.

Moreover, after Reyes started, he did not play on the right, but on the left.

Yang Hao just hopes to use him to impact the right side of the Netherlands, focusing on attacking the side of Bolaruz.

But in this game, Van Basten's starting tactics surprised Yang Hao and others.

The starting lineup is still the same group.

Goalkeepers: Van der Sar;

Defence: Van Bronckhorst, Mathieson, Oye and Bolaruz;

Midfielders: Ngral and Frenkie de Jong form a back two, with Sneijder, Van der Vaart and Kuyt in front;

Forward: Ruud van Nistelrooy.

There were basically no major changes to the lineup, and Robben was still put on the bench by Van Basten.

This is also standard for the Dutch team in the group stage.

Van Basten always likes to bring on Arjen Robben in the second half to get the Dutchman up for a rush.

Arjen Robben also performed well and changed the situation every time he came on.

Incidentally, the Netherlands are also the only team to have won all of their games so far in this tournament.

And tonight, Van Basten made an adjustment and took the initiative.

From the very beginning, the Dutch team took the lead in pressing forward and launched a positional attack on Spain.

After losing possession, the Dutch team did not retreat, but quickly organized counter-attacks, especially near the halfway line.

This style of play came as a surprise to all in Spain.

"What does he want to do?" Guardiola asked with a frown.

The Netherlands created a succession of attacking chances down the flanks, notably in the sixth minute when Van Bronckhorst's cross led to a header from Ruen van Nistelrooy that was saved by Casillas.

The Dutch team still kept the pressure on Spain up front.

"I'm afraid I can't hold the whole game physically, so I want to try to score in the first half." Juanma Lillo guessed.

This should be a very important reason.

"Another point is that they have learned the lessons of Russia and feel that they cannot hold it." Yang Hao said.

Russia and the Netherlands are actually very close in style of play.

It stands to reason that Spain's passing is very similar to Barcelona's passing control, and the Netherlands should also be in the style of this way.

But the Netherlands, under Van Basten, played more direct, very similar to Hiddink's Russia.

As a result, they couldn't control the ball at all in front of Spain.

If they continue to play tight shrinking defense and play quick counterattacks, "Van Basten should be worried that their defense will be flawed and unable to hold under our pull and penetration." ”

Mathieson and Oye have never been very strong centre-backs, and they are not very consistent.

"What do you think?" Juanma Lillo asked with concern.

The opening tactics of the Dutch team were unexpected by Yang Hao and the coaching staff, and they did not expect Van Basten to suddenly adopt such a set of tactics in such a crucial semi-final.

It's really adventurous!

"They don't want to defend tightly, so let's replace us!" Yang Hao made a decision immediately.

Spain's defensive quality is not bad.

Especially this Spain team under Yang Hao's tutelage.

Only Antonio López will suffer a lot against Kuyt, so Yang Hao arranged Capdevilla tonight.

The back line composed of Capdevilla, Puyol, Pepe and Ramos, Yang Hao is still full of confidence.

In terms of midfield, Yang Hao originally thought that he would face the retreat of the Netherlands, so he arranged for Xavi Alonso to start.

But that's fine, just let Xavi support Xavi Alonso a little more.

"Let's focus on defending and counterattacking!"

Defeat the Dutch with Dutch tactics!

……

Throughout the first half, the game went back and forth between Spain and the Netherlands.

The Netherlands took the initiative and pressed higher, but in reality, they did not have much advantage on the field.

Spain, on the other hand, took the position to shrink the defense, grabbed the ball, and then quickly instigated a counterattack through a skillful pass, and both took two wings, especially the left side.

This forced the Dutch team to try their best to grab and fight every time they lost a goal, and every time they were beaten behind by Spain, they had to try their best to chase back, which brought huge pressure to the Dutch team.

The physical exertion is very high.

It wasn't until near the end of the first half that the Dutch team was forced to pass back to Engral to reorganize after a frustration in the frontcourt.

Iniesta grabbed the ball as soon as possible, pestering Engraar closely.

The Dutch midfielder is a lot taller than Iniesta, but his movement frequency and agility are not as high.

In a hurry, he didn't notice that Reyes suddenly withdrew from the front, took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, and stabbed the ball to Capdevilla first.

The Dutch player immediately counter-attacked on the spot.

Capdevilla kept the ball and pushed it to Xavi Alonso.

Van der Vaart pounced, but Xavi Alonso still made a pass to Iniesta.

Xiaobai pushed the ball forward and distributed the ball to the left side.

Reyes sprinted down the left flank, caught up with Andres Iniesta's pass, crossed the halfway line and drove long along the left touchline.

The Dutch defenders were dropping back quickly, but it was too late for Borarouz.

When Reyes rushed to the left side of the box with the ball, Oye stood in the big box to defend.

The Spaniard first slowed down and was about to go to the ribs, but before he reached the left corner of the penalty area, Reyes suddenly drove the ball to the bottom line, and the whole person suddenly accelerated and jumped out of Oye, catching up with the ball he had tripped out.

Reyes was near the baseline and sent a low ball with his left foot.

In the middle of the small penalty area, Torres shook off Mathieson, slapped the horse to arrive, met Reyes's cross, and pushed the inside of his right foot to the bottom left corner again, making Van der Sar, who moved to the middle, feel extremely depressed.

The ball drilled into the bottom left corner of the Dutch goal.

"The ball is in!!!"

"It's Torres!"

"8th goal!!"

"In this European Championship, Torres's eighth goal!"

"It's incredible."

"A quick counter-attack from Spain, Reyes on the left forced a cross with the ball and Torres outflanked it in front of goal."

"1 to 0!"

'Spain's counter-attack was very sharp, Reyes was very dangerous with the ball on the left and Torres was very timely in front of goal.

The live TV footage was also specially given to the sidelines.

Yang Hao was so excited that his whole body jumped up, and on the other side, Van Basten was sitting in the coach's seat, his brows were tightly locked, obviously he didn't know what to do for a while.

……

In the first half, Spain led 1-0 thanks to a goal from Fernando Torres.

At half-time, the Dutchman made a substitution, bringing on Arjen Robben for Ngral.

In the entire first half, Ngral had just 24 touches of the ball, one of which was a mistake with the ball and a counter-attack after being tackled by Spain.

In terms of the number of dangerous passes, he has 0, and De Jong has at least 1.

It is clear that in this style of play of the Dutch team, Ngraar's performance is substandard.

So, Van Basten replaced Ngal with Robben, returning Sneijder to the middle and handing over the left to Robben.

It's about wanting to strengthen the team's attacking front.

Yang Hao was still unmoved.

At half-time, he encouraged the Spanish internationals to continue in the second half, but on the other side he stuck to his original tactics and continued to tighten up the defence to keep the Netherlands out.

He just wants to use this way to drag down the physical fitness of the Dutch team.

Sure enough.

In the second half, as their fitness declined, especially in the scoreline, the Dutch team began to increase their attacking investment, and Spain was able to get more and more counter-attacking opportunities.

And every counterattack will cause the Dutch team to desperately return to defense, which makes the Dutch team tired.

Spain's counter-attacks also often played on the left flank, making it difficult for Bora Ruz to parry.

He first fouled Reyes in the 51st minute.

Just three minutes later, he committed another foul, this time with Reyes and Andres Iniesta, which left Bora Rouz helpless and forced to foul the tackle, and the referee showed him a yellow card.

Van Basten is also clearly aware that Bolaruz is running out of energy.

So, in the 55th minute, the Dutch team made a second substitution.

Heitinga replaces Bora Luz.

The substitution had an immediate effect.

Heitinga, who had just come on the pitch, looked more sure of Reyes.

The defence was a little steady, while Arjen Robben was able to get the ball on the left flank.

Ramos faced Atletico's teammates and was extra cautious in his defense.

Although in Atletico Madrid, Yang Hao called Ramos, Pepe and Neuer the auspicious three treasures, but in fact, their individual defensive ability has improved a lot in the past few years.

Not to mention in Atletico Madrid, with Ramos's current strength, it is a proper main force in any team in the world.

And Yang Hao has been telling Ramos to pay attention to Robben before the game, and Ramos has also made a lot of preparations for this.

Now, dealing with Robben, Ramos is still doing well.

In the 77th minute, Torres retreated from the front, forced De Jong, who had the ball, and forced the opponent to pass to Van der Vaart with a mistake, and Iniesta successfully tackled the ball.

After breaking the ball in front of the 30-meter area, Xiaobai quickly handed it to Xavi and rushed forward quickly.

Xavi met Iniesta's pass, picked it up to the right and sent a pick pass past the defender and into the right side of the penalty area.

Villa quickly stepped forward.

Because Van Bronckhorst stepped forward to participate in the attack just now, he could not come back in time, resulting in a gap on the left side of the entire defense, and Mathieson had to rush out to grab it.

Covilla took the lead and volleyed Xavi's pass into the air and once again lifted the ball high past Mathieson to the right of the penalty spot.

And at this moment, Xiaobai arrived with a horse, stepped out to meet Villa's pick-up pass, and unloaded the ball from mid-air.

The Spanish midfielder's delicate footwork and outstanding subtle stopping skills are vividly reflected in this seemingly effortless stop, but in fact it is extremely technical and a test of ball sense.

The football was stuck to Iniesta's instep and was stopped by him.

Van der Sar is already very old.

If it was before, he would abandon the door at every turn, and he didn't say anything.

But now, he is already an old man, and he rarely attacks at every turn like he did when he was young.

But this time, he was already standing in the small penalty line, and when he saw Iniesta rushing up, he decided to attack.

It's just that Van der Sar never expected that Iniesta would stop the ball with one kick and stop so steadily.

By the time Van der Sar realized the danger, he had no regrets.

Andres Iniesta had just stopped the ball with his shoulder slightly to the left and had a feint to shoot, which tricked Van der Sar into taking his centre of gravity away before he suddenly kicked a shot at goal.

From the back cut to the stoppage to the sudden kick shot, the whole process takes place in the blink of an eye.

Xiaobai's shot went under Van der Sar's crotch and into the Dutch goal behind him.

Xiaobai, on the other hand, turned around and ran, cheering excitedly all the way, and rushed straight to the sidelines, under the stands where the Spanish fans were, shouting frantically.

"Andres Iniesta's brilliant shot!"

"This is definitely a blitz of amazing genius!"

"We can see that Iniesta's stop is really very good, and I can't help but think of the Dutch striker Bergkamp's stoppage, which is also so wonderful and breathtaking."

"I have to admit that the Spanish players are really good at their feet, and tonight, although Spain didn't have more dominance on the field, they still created more chances."

"Spain's offensive coordination is very beautiful, 2-0!"

……

Just six minutes into the second goal, Spain broke the ball again in midfield.

When Andres Iniesta received the pass, a skilful croquette dribbled directly past De Jong, who defended him, pushed the ball all the way forward, and after entering the 30-metre area of the Netherlands, sent a behind-the-back ball.

Reyes slotted into the left side of the box at high speed, caught up with Andres Iniesta's pass near the baseline, and crossed with his feet.

This time it was blocked by Heitinga and the ball was blocked.

Reyes received the ball near the baseline, brought it back, and crossed to the middle.

Torres turned his back to the direction of the attack and blocked Oye with his body.

After seeing Iniesta follow, he quickly distributed the ball.

Xiaobai crossed diagonally to the right side of the penalty spot.

Due to the chaotic battle on the left side, Villa was undefended in the area on the right side of the penalty area.

When Andres Iniesta's pass came, Villa stopped the ball and stepped forward, chased it up and fired a volley into the bottom right corner of the Netherlands goal.

3 to 0!

The entire Happel Stadium was instantly plunged into a carnival.

All the fans who came to watch the game and wore Spanish jerseys cheered wildly at this moment.

No one could have imagined that towards the end of the game, Spain would create a succession of attacking opportunities.

Especially in the closing stages, almost every attack can be a threat.

The Dutch team looked like they were completely exhausted, and it was difficult to organize even a decent defence.

Not to mention organizing the team's attack.

On the contrary, Spain was significantly more excited and excited, constantly launching attacks, constantly threatening the Dutch goal, which made the Spanish fans in the stands particularly excited.

It's 3-0, and the attack continues!

Could it be that tonight, there will be a bigger score?

Van Basten is also well aware that his players are running out of energy.

Especially when Ruud van Nistelrooy fell to the ground with cramps, it was clear to everyone that the Dutch team was on the way.

So, as a last resort, he could only choose to defend.

In the end, Spain defeated the Netherlands 3-0 and successfully advanced to the final of the European Championship!

Woo woo, it's more than 3 o'clock again! I'll be on time for that chapter tomorrow night! Kneel and beg for a monthly pass! Bye, thanks, blah!!

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