The gold content of the Confederations Cup is still not strong enough.

The main thing is that the strength is uneven.

With the exception of South Africa, the host of next year's World Cup, the other seven teams are cup winners on all continents.

Since Brazil won the Copa America after winning the World Cup in 2006, it is customary to replace Argentina, the runner-up of the Copa America.

In the group, Spain were drawn with Oceania Cup of Nations champions New Zealand, hosts South Africa and Copa America runners-up Argentina, while reigning World Cup champions Brazil were drawn with Asian Cup winners Iraq, North American champions the United States and Africa Cup of Nations champions Egypt.

And as is customary, the opening game is usually about taking care of the hosts.

Placed in a group with Spain and Argentina, it doesn't take much to know that South Africa's opening game will definitely be against New Zealand.

Then Spain's first match in the Confederations Cup can only be Argentina.

When Yang Hao led the team to arrive in Rustenburg, he got first-hand information about Argentina.

His first reaction was that not only the Football Association in South America was cheating, but also the Football Federation.

In order to support Spain's participation in the Confederations Cup, UEFA has made special adjustments to the schedule, postponing Spain's World Cup qualifiers, which has given Spain more time to prepare.

But what about South America?

No, the World Cup qualifiers continue.

Today's Brazil is very arrogant in South America, and under the leadership of Kaka, they beat Uruguay 4-0 away and have almost qualified for the World Cup finals.

Back at home, they reversed Paraguay 2-1.

Of the two games, Alves was the most impressive, with a pass and a shot in the opening game, and he also provided an assist against Paraguay to help Adriano equalise.

Argentina's situation is not so rosy.

After a narrow 1-0 home win over Colombia, a 2-0 defeat away to Ecuador was made.

Argentina's situation in the World Cup qualifiers is not optimistic.

Both South American teams only finished their World Cup qualifiers on June 10 and left for South Africa on June 11.

On June 14, Spain met Argentina.

On June 15, Brazil meets Egypt.

You must know that the internationals of Brazil and Argentina were all at the end of May, especially the internationals like Real Madrid, who only returned to China after playing in the Champions League.

This kind of long-distance travel has a very big impact on the international players.

Yang Hao knew Argentina's schedule before, so he specially arranged for Mendio and Caminero to go to South America to spy on Argentina and Brazil's game information respectively.

By the time Yang Hao and his party arrived in Rustenburg, both of them had already sorted out the scouting report and submitted it to Yang Hao, so that Yang Hao had a further understanding of the two strongest opponents.

……

After Yang Hao arrived in South Africa, in addition to training, the most important thing was to watch Argentina's two World Cup qualifiers, and he saw Maradona's transformation and the new problems that arose after the transformation.

The most interesting thing is that the two peripheral qualifiers did not use the same tactical play.

Mainly in midfield.

Playing Colombia at home, Argentina used 433 tactics.

Mascherano played as a lone midfielder, with Veron and Gago up front, and the front trident of Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi.

Diego Milito came off the bench.

Judging from these games, Maradona still prefers smaller players up front, with Diego Milito and Higuain both on the bench.

In addition, he did not recruit Cambiaso of Inter Milan and Riquelme of Argentina.

In this game, Argentina's attack was still not smooth, and in the end, it was a free kick assist that barely scored 1 goal and defeated Colombia 1-0 at home.

When it came to the away game against Ecuador, Maradona adopted a different style of play and became 442.

The four midfielders are Gutiérrez, Gago, Maxi Rodríguez and Batagria.

As a result, the 4 midfielders were beaten 0-2 away from home by Ecuador.

"Judging from the two games, the key to Argentina's problem is two words, chaos!"

Pep Guardiola pointed out the problem when the coaching staff met to discuss it after watching two games.

"I don't see Maradona thinking at all, I don't even know what kind of football he wants the team to play, they even do a very poor job of running without the ball in the minimum attack, maintaining distance in the defence."

These are really the most basic.

Take a prime example.

In the 433 game against Ecuador, Tevez and Messi were separated from each other, and it often happened that when they got the ball, there was no one around to answer it, there was no way to pass the ball, and in the end they could only rely on their individual ability to play.

So it was presented on the field, and this is what the fans saw: digging grooves, are these internationals stupid?

Don't you know how to cooperate, don't you know how to pass?

One by one, they will only bury their heads in their own and do it themselves, without even the least cooperation, what are they eating?

Also, the distance between the players is too long.

It is often the case that there are no teammates within 20 metres of a player with the ball, which is very problematic.

In Atletico Madrid, Yang Hao's request is that in any case, there should be at least two contact points around 10 meters.

Why two?

With only one word, the opponent easily cut it off, and the intention of passing the ball was too obvious.

And what about Argentina?

There are often no contact points within 20 meters, and the vast majority have only one.

Then the question arises, what do the players do on the pitch?

You can only rely on your ability to dribble the ball, to rush, to shorten the distance between you and the player, and then to pass the ball.

Playing under this tactical system is very painful and very tiring.

But it's hard and tired, but it's actually okay.

That's the case when you get the ball, but what about when you lose the ball?

What is the concept that there is often no one around the 20 meters around the conceder?

In other words, Argentina can't do the first time to counter-rob, 20 meters away, react and then chase, the fastest is 3 seconds.

By the time you react and rush over, the situation is completely different.

Under the chain reaction, the entire defensive system, let alone being formed, collapsed directly.

"Maradona was a great player."

Yang Hao took over the words of his assistant and analyzed the environment in which Maradona is now.

"But with these great players, they often can't understand other people's minds, and other people have a hard time understanding their interpretation of football."

"This is reflected in the actual situation, many things he feels that he doesn't need to say much at all, for him, they are the most basic, all the players should be like playing football, they know how to run, how to respond, how to pass and cooperate, these are all taken for granted, do they need to be emphasized?"

"But for the players, it's not like that at all, no one can read the game like Maradona, otherwise, they wouldn't be what they are now, they would be the second Maradona."

Everyone nodded one after another, understanding Yang Hao's statement.

That's why great players don't often make great managers.

Of course, this is not absolute, Beckenbauer, Cruyff, Ancelotti and others all belong to the type where players and coaches are very successful, as well as Zidane and Guardiola in Yang Hao's previous life.

"Many people say that the head coach of the national team is very special, and he always feels that he wants to be old before he wants to be, giving people a feeling of retirement, but in fact, it is not."

"The head coach of the national team is very experience-oriented and pays attention to detail."

Yang Hao has also coached the Spanish national team for 3 years, and he also wants to share the difference between his national team coach and the club's head coach.

"You see, the biggest difference between the club's managers is that they have a wide range of materials, of course, not all of them, some small and medium-sized teams don't have that treatment, but they can play together for a long time."

"This kind of chemistry that has been built up when they have played together for a long time, and the habits they have cultivated from playing under the same tactical system for a long time, is something that the players in the national team do not have in any way."

"Even if it's like us in Spain, a lot of players are teammates in the youth team, and they still can't do it."

Everyone nodded.

This is indeed very critical.

They have always felt that the main reason why Yang Hao is willing and confident to take over the Spanish national team is that there are too many players from Atletico Madrid in this Spanish national team.

This makes Yang Hao more dominant in coaching.

It's not uncommon for this to happen.

For example, the German national team often builds its team with Bayern Munich as the team.

The advantage of this is that it can make up for the shortcomings of the players' tacit understanding and playing habits to the greatest extent.

So what is the biggest difference in coaching the national team from this?

It's about picking out the details.

If you can be selected for the national team, there is absolutely no problem with the ability of the players, and their performance in the club can also be in the national team, the difference is the ups and downs of form.

The question is, how do you get them to play?

At this point, the manager has to be very, very detailed, telling the players who they need to be in which area and under what circumstances.

Under what circumstances and in what area is the main area of activity?

When defending, should you be the first to fall into position, and in what position?

Fill-in? Whose position needs to be filled, and which area should be filled?

Because the players have different playing habits and characteristics, the manager has to pick out all the problems very, very carefully.

One that everyone is familiar with is England's double Germany.

Yang Hao had seen a lot of interviews and autobiographies in his previous life.

Fabio Capello, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard themselves all find it particularly strange, so why are they just not compatible?

Obviously, the two of them are so strong, and they can perform very well when they are separated, but why can't they be together?

Some will say that because they have similar characteristics, they conflicted.

But, the question that everyone wants, Capello and the coaching staff can't think of, Gerrard and Lampard can't think of?

The truth is, they all thought of it.

At first, Capello meant that two world-class midfielders would go together, one would go up and the other would drop back.

It looks harmonious, and it's hard for the opposition to defend, right?

But the problem arises.

Who goes up and who comes back?

When to go up and when to come back?

So it often appears in the game, either both go up, or both come back, and it is very troublesome to cooperate.

In the end, the result is that they are either unwilling to accommodate each other, but precisely because they are too accommodating to each other, causing them to shackle themselves in the game, and in the end they can't play at their real level.

At first, everyone thought that it was enough to get used to the tacit problem, but then it intensified, and they themselves lost confidence.

How did you solve it in the end?

Capello simply made a brutal assertive, one for the front and the other for the back, and it was said before the game.

So, after having a clear and detailed division of labor, the performance of the two rebounded.

From this question, it can actually reflect that the biggest difference between the national team and the club is the same.

The time left for the head coach of the national team is very limited, and it is necessary to quickly identify and solve problems in the shortest possible time.

This requires a lot of experience.

This is precisely the problem that Maradona is facing.

His understanding of football exists in his head and no one knows.

And he lacks coaching experience, he can't instill it in other people, so no one knows what he wants to do.

Anyone who has read the book knows that doing a question right is completely two dimensions to teaching someone to do a question correctly.

Whether Maradona will do it now, no one knows, but he certainly will not teach.

"Actually, in a situation like Argentina, I personally think it's better to learn from Pellegrini's Villarreal." Yang Hao gave his own answer to the point.

"That's right, but Maradona won't recruit Riquelme." Juanma Lillo shook his head and sighed.

It's really hard to work together with two people with such a character.

In the current situation in Argentina, Yang Hao is right.

Instead of having everyone run around like headless flies, it's better to simply sort out a core around which they can run and pass.

The good thing about this is that everyone has a beacon in their hearts.

After Pellegrini coached Villarreal, he quickly created the South American style of play of the Yellow Submarine, especially the running and passing, with Riquelme as the core.

Once everyone is familiar with the tactical system, Pellegrini will have the courage to break with Riquelme.

There are many things that outsiders don't know at all, including Yang Hao.

It stands to reason that the Argentine national team is now full of talent, not just players.

The current sports director of the Argentine national team is the legendary Bilardo, who led Argentina to win the World Cup that year.

They have three assistant coaches for Maradona, namely Sergio Batista, José Luis Brown and Miguel Angel Lemay.

Among them, Batista is the head coach of the Argentine national youth team, and he has also coached the Argentine national team before, and he is also very experienced; Brown and Lemay are both assistant coaches for Bilardo, with the former coaching in Argentina and now serving in Argentina's Under-17 youth team.

Lemay followed Bilardo to coach Sevilla in La Liga since the 90s, and has followed him all the way to the present.

Judging by the level of coaching, these people are not bad.

But the problem is that none of them look familiar to Maradona.

Perhaps, at this time, the Argentine Football Association moved out of Maradona, more hoping to use Maradona's influence in the minds of Argentines to unite the team.

Therefore, after taking charge, Maradona paid little attention to tactics, and more emphasized spirit, hard work and unity.

But the problem is that times are different.

In the past, when individual ability was paramount, it was useful to emphasize these with the individual ability of the Argentine players.

But now?

In the face of football as a whole, this style of play is useless at all.

Even sometimes the harder you fight, the more you make mistakes, and the worse you lose.

"I'm a little worried about whether my relationship with Messi will deteriorate after this game?" Yang Hao said with a little headache.

Juanmar Lillo and the others all laughed.

It seems that Yang Hao is already in his chest.

……

On the evening of June 14, Rustenburg Royal Bambavken Stadium.

The match between Spain and Argentina attracted 42,000 fans and packed the Real Bambafken Stadium.

When Yang Hao walked into the court, he happened to see that Maradona was already standing in the coaching command area on the other side, and he immediately walked over with a smile.

When the pot-bellied Maradona saw Yang Hao, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Hello, Yang, it's a pleasure to meet you, my friend!" Maradona smiled and gave Yang Hao a warm hug.

"Nice to meet you, Diego!"

At the beginning, Maradona led the team to a heavy defeat to Bolivia, and when he couldn't get off the stage, Yang Hao gave him enough face, which made Maradona have a very good impression of him, and he always said that he wanted to go to Spain to meet Yang Hao and have a chat.

As a result, now the two are rivals.

"Diego, you need to be merciful tonight."

"You should go and tell Messi about this, let him be merciful." Maradona laughed.

"Tonight, what I said didn't work, he only listened to you."

Maradona smiled very happily, "Young, thank you very much for developing Messi for us, he is a very different player, I am studying how to play his role well." ”

"I'm glad to hear you say that, but tonight, we'll do everything we can to stop him!"

"You can't do it." Maradona looked extraordinarily confident.

In this game, Argentina still adopted the tactical style of 442.

Goalkeepers: Andujar;

Defence: Heinze, Demichelis, Otamendi and Zanetti;

Midfielders: Gutierrez, Mascherano, Veron and Maxi Rodriguez;

Forwards: Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi.

Yang Hao found a very interesting phenomenon that Maradona's starting lineup for this game seems to be compatible with the tactics of the previous two games, but the players in the starting lineup are different.

For example, he had previously arranged for Gago to play as a back-to-back playmaker, but in this game he used Mascherano to partner Veron, playing as a double midfielder.

It's kind of interesting!

Yang Hao is full of confidence in tonight's game.

Spain's starting lineup tonight is still 433.

Goalkeepers: Casillas;

Defenders: Antonio López, Puyol, Pepe and Ramos;

Midfielders: Xavi Alonso trails, Andres Iniesta and Xavi in the middle;

Forwards: David Silva, Fernando Torres and Villa.

In the locker room just now, one of the points that Yang Hao emphasized before the game was that the team should remain compact and meticulous in formation.

That will be the key for Spain to deal with Argentina tonight.

As long as you give full play to Spain's passing and possession advantages, you will definitely be able to beat Argentina down.

……

The moment the referee from Benin, Kofi Kodega, blew the whistle for the start of the match, Argentina went all out.

Before this match, Maradona gave an inspiring mobilization order in an interview with the authoritative Argentine media.

"In South Africa, we have only one goal, and that is to win the championship!"

"In the first match against Spain, there can only be one result, and that is victory!"

"I'm going to live and die with the team!"

"Spain must be strangled, Spain must be rushed, fight like a man, go on the field with testicles!"

It is clear that Maradona's mobilization is still working.

At the beginning of the game, Veron sent a through ball to the right side of the penalty area, Messi cut forward at high speed, but when he received the ball, he was blocked by Puyol with his right foot at close range.

Messi had no room to play with his left foot, so he had to go to the bottom line, and hit the goal with his right foot from a small angle, which was saved by goalkeeper Casillas.

Corner kick.

Argentina took advantage of the situation and launched a wave of scrambles.

This was within Yang Hao's expectations, so he was not in a hurry, signaling the team to play steadily and be patient.

After winning the European Cup, Yang Hao has been maintaining tactical stability.

Messi soon discovered that the manager he respected most had put a tight cage on him.

Although Argentina played 442, Tevez and Maxi Rodriguez are both a bit far away from Messi.

Argentina controlled the advantage from the start, but it soon became clear that Messi had to pull back and retreat to midfield to receive the ball.

Because if you stay in front, the ball won't reach his feet.

But after withdrawing, he had to stay away from the restricted area.

Often after he bursts with the ball, he can only come to the periphery of the penalty area, and he will be blocked by defenders.

Xavi Alonso, his team-mate at Atletico, has now become a barrier to his entry into the box.

For example, in the 12th minute, Zanetti cut in on the right and made a low pass to Messi, who retreated to answer.

After the Argentine burst forward with the ball, with him as the center of the circle, there was no one within a radius of 20 meters.

This is the problem that Yang Hao said.

Messi can only rely on his personal ability to force Xavi Alonso, but can he still break Puyol again?

So, I could only barely get up, but the shot was a bit far away and I couldn't hit the force.

Just four minutes later, it was Messi's retreat to receive the ball again, and he rushed forward, this time to the line of the penalty area, just past Xavi Alonso, and Puyol came up to fill in the position.

With no one around to answer and no passing points, Messi got up again to shoot, but this time the shot was blocked by Puyol.

In the first 16 minutes, Argentina used this kind of attack to close to 70% of the possession, which is very outrageous, very incredible, and even Messi himself is afraid.

This is anything but unusual!

Messi knows Yang Hao very well, although Yang Hao is not like Barcelona in the past, who regards ball control as his life, but he is by no means a person who will give the initiative to the opponent.

So what is he doing now?

He's waiting for his time!

Especially when Messi saw that Zanetti was actively involved in the attack, he was really a little worried.

But I don't know how to say it.

Now that the team is in control of the initiative, if you come out and talk about your worries at this time, isn't it disturbing the morale of the military?

Just when Messi was a little worried, when the game reached the 21st minute, Spain finally played a quick counterattack.

After the half-time break, Xavi quickly handed it to Villa, who received the ball with his back and Ramos was quick to cut it in.

After receiving a pass from Villa, Ramos dribbled quickly down the left flank and diagonally into the right corner of the penalty area, and when he was about to pass to Torres, Demichelis rushed out to foul him.

Spain was given a free-kick from the edge of the right-hand corner of the field.

Demichelis also received a yellow card.

"Be careful, keep yourself in good spirits." Messi shouted loudly.

"Watch out for Ramos and Pepe."

The Argentine knows these two team-mates too well, and they are both very good at heading.

Especially Ramos.

Xavi stood at the penalty spot and smiled slightly after hearing Messi's shout.

It's really worthy of being teammates for many years, and they know each other!

This makes Xavi really a little envious of this group of players at Atletico Madrid.

But he still took a deep breath and quickly ran forward to send the ball into the penalty area.

If time slows down at this point, Argentina's two centre-backs, Demichelis and Otamendi, have been pulled away and followed Pepe and Puyol straight to the left-hand post at the back post.

And just when the attention of the Argentine defense was near the left post, there were large gaps in the middle and at the front post.

When Xavi's free-kick came on, Ramos burst out of the crowd and Heinze was a step behind.

Ramos leaps high and a lion flicks his head into Xavi's free-kick into the bottom right corner of the Argentine goal.

"The ball is in!!"

"Ramos!!"

"Spain's first goal in the Confederations Cup!"

"Sergio Ramos, with a brilliant header, opened the scoring for Spain!"

'It was Spain's third shot of the game, and Ramos had a beautiful header.

"1 to 0!"

The Spanish players all rushed to Ramos, who had already gotten away to celebrate.

Messi looked depressed.

He had already reminded his teammates to watch out for Ramos and Pepe, and as a result, they paid attention to Pepe and left Ramos out.

Messi turned his head and looked to the sidelines, his gaze habitually found Yang Hao first, but soon moved to Maradona.

Unlike Yang Hao, who clenched his fists excitedly in celebration, Maradona looked very helpless, standing in place, looking a little overwhelmed, or rather, he didn't know what he should do at this time.

That's what worries Messi the most.

……

After Spain opened the scoring opener, the Argentine players looked a little flustered.

They started to fight back and wanted to level the score as soon as possible.

At this time, Maradona did not seem to give very clear instructions, but kept shouting from the sidelines, calling on the players to attack and keep the pressure on Spain.

But just five minutes after the goal, Spain broke the ball again and launched an attack.

When the ball reached the feet of David Silva on the left side of the pitch, he couldn't break through Zanetti on the left touchline and was forced to pass back.

Antonio López also came up and received the ball before handing it to Xavi Alonso.

Xavi Alonso passes through to Andres Iniesta, who retreated with his back to pick up.

Xiaobai didn't stop the ball, and directly rubbed a half-high ball and gave it to David Silva, who was close to the left touchline in the frontcourt.

Gutierrez made a big foot and tried to clear the siege, but he didn't kick the ball and slipped instead.

David Silva got ahead of Zanetti and played the pass back.

Antonio López quickly cut diagonally into the penalty area from the slippery Gutierrez, caught up with David Silva's pass, stepped directly into the left side of the penalty area, and crossed to the middle.

Torres followed up with a right-footed shot that sent the ball back into the Argentine goal.

2 to 0!

Torres quickly rushed off the pitch and raced to the sidelines to celebrate.

The Spanish players all chased after them, and they all looked very excited.

Sure enough, the manager's pre-game deployment was not wrong at all.

The Argentine players' defense was really stretched.

Everyone is also more and more confident.

And just 42 minutes towards the end of the first half, Argentina played an attack on the left and passed to Tevez, and the beast tried to dribble into the Spanish penalty area, but was stopped by Pepe.

After the ball was tackled, Xavi Alonso quickly crossed to the feet of Iniesta.

Xiaobai quickly dribbled forward along the left rib and instigated Spain's quick counterattack.

The Argentine stepped back quickly, but when he advanced to the 30-metre area, he scrambled the ball to the left and got to David Silva's feet before Veron could get on it.

When David Silva got the ball in the left corner of the penalty area, he didn't wait for Zanetti to be in place, he went straight to the bottom line, chased it up and crossed it with his left foot and crossed it in front of the goal.

After Torres carried Demichelis with his body, he fell to the ground in the middle of the penalty area and shoveled the ball, sending the ball into the goal of the Argentine team again, 3-0!

The fans in the stadium were cheering for Spain's brilliant counterattack!

Judging from the performance of the first half, although Spain did not have the same dominance in passing possession as in the past, they were more threatening and scored three goals.

Argentina really can't come up with an effective way to face Spain's style of play.

Especially in the second half.

From the start, Maradona's team wanted to attack again and play some threats.

But this style of play was ineffective in the first half.

Although Maradona replaced Veron and Aguero at halftime, trying to play the three-striker tactic of 433, whether it was Aguero or Messi, several shots failed to form a threat.

They were all closely watched by the Spanish defenders and struggled to find effective starting points.

Spain, on the other hand, retreated in the 67th minute after a counter-attack up front failed to threaten.

Xavi Alonso spotted his chance and suddenly fired a long-range shot.

The shot was very sudden, and the ball was extremely fast, straight into the top right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Andujar struggled to make a save, but there was nothing he could do but watch the ball go into the net.

4 to 0!

Fiasco!

A complete fiasco!

At this moment in the game, the suspense has been completely lost.

Yang Hao also made substitutions one after another.

But in the end, Spain kept the score 4-0 until the end of the game.

……

In the opening match of the Confederations Cup, hosts South Africa beat New Zealand 2-0 to get off to a flying start.

And the second game shocked the whole world.

In this world-watching, pinnacle duel between Spain and Argentina, Spain slaughtered Argentina led by Maradona with a powerful 4-0.

And everyone can still perceive that Yang Hao's team has saved strength in the second half.

Especially after taking a 4-goal lead, Yang Hao began to make continuous substitutions to save strength for the next group stage, rather than chasing after the victory.

Otherwise, Argentina will lose even more.

After the game, the media and fans in Spain were extremely happy, but the fans in Argentina were full of grief.

As a football powerhouse, Argentina was ambitious before the game and wanted to compete with Spain.

As a result, he lost so badly, why?

……

Yang Hao and the Spanish national team, who are far away in South Africa, have no time to cheer and reflect with the media and fans.

After playing Argentina, the team returned to the hotel to rest.

The next morning, the team set off from Rustenburg and headed south to Bloemfontein.

For the first game of the Confederations Cup, the Spanish national team also carried out discussions and analysis, mainly for the problems that occurred in the game, and Yang Hao also affirmed the team's wonderful performance in the first game.

"But that's just the beginning."

Arrived in Bloemfontein on the 15th, and on the evening of the 17th ushered in the second match of the Confederations Cup.

At the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, Spain welcomed hosts South Africa.

The match attracted 48,000 fans.

Despite this, South Africa is very pragmatic.

Brazil coach Santana repeatedly stressed Spain's strength before the game, saying that South Africa will need to give it their all to have a chance.

And in the game, they are also the most pragmatic defensive counterattack tactics.

Throughout the first half, Spain played patiently and South Africa defended solidly.

Pienaar created one of the most dangerous chances of the first half when he burst into the box and crossed, but the ensuing shot was saved by Casillas.

Spain also had a couple of very good shots on goal, but none of them were converted into goals.

After the rematch in the second half, Spain launched a wave of attacks.

In the 51st minute, after the cooperation of Antonio Lopes and David Silva on the left side, he crossed from the bottom, Torres stopped the ball on his chest in front of the goal, and scored with a left-footed volley to open the scoring for Spain!

The Spanish center striker scored in two consecutive games.

Just three minutes later, still on the left, Andres Iniesta combined with David Silva's one-two and burst into the box with the ball before being fouled, and the referee had to award a penalty.

This foul is too obvious, it can't stop people, and it is directly hugged from behind, which is not a foul, and no penalty is given, which is really insulting the IQ of the fans.

Torres conceded the penalty and Villa calmly pushed it to give Spain another goal.

After taking a two-goal lead, Yang Hao made another substitution adjustment.

In the 82nd minute, Villa created a free kick opportunity on the right side, Xavi quickly sent a free kick, substitute Cesc Fabregas picked up a pass, and the high school striker Llorente, who also came on as a substitute, hit the goal with a header to extend the score.

3 to 0!

Spain eventually beat the hosts 3-0 thanks to goals from three strikers to make it two wins in a row.

Argentina beat New Zealand 2-0 in the other game thanks to Messi's brace.

As a result, Spain advanced with two consecutive wins, and Argentina defeated South Africa in the last round, and whoever wins will advance.

……

On the evening of June 20.

Or at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.

Spain, who have already qualified in advance, is almost a full set of starting lineups in rotation, Yang Hao has allowed all the substitutes to play, and the main players are resting in rotation to prepare for the semifinals.

Llorente, Juan Mata, Reyes and Cesc Fabregas all got on the scoresheet, with Llorente netting his second and third goals of the Confederations Cup as Spain thrashed New Zealand 5-0.

The disparity in strength in this game is indeed very large.

In the other game, Argentina played inextricably with the host South Africa, and it was Messi's goal that helped Argentina narrowly beat South Africa and won 1-0.

In the end, in the group stage, Spain won all 3 games and qualified first in the group.

Argentina finished second in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss.

Hosts South Africa have made it back in the group stage.

……

On the evening of June 24.

Or at the Bloemfontein Free State Stadium.

Confederations Cup semi-finals, Spain vs. United States.

As early as when he played the European Cup, the coaching staff reminded Yang Hao of one thing, that is, if he won two consecutive games in the group stage, the strong rotation in the third round was like a double-edged sword.

With good use, the main players can get enough rest.

But if you don't use it well and let it go in one go, then the situation is quite bad.

In Yang Hao's previous life, in the 09 Confederations Cup, the reason why Spain lost to the United States in the semifinals was because Bosque rotated heavily in the third round of the group stage, which led to the poor overall performance of Spain in the semifinals.

It just so happened that they met the United States, which had excellent running ability and defensive counterattacks.

But after several considerations, Yang Hao still decided to rotate significantly.

However, he is also very mindful of the mental state of his players.

In the semi-finals against the United States, Spain dominated the ball in the early part of the game, and first stabilized the rhythm under the running and impact of the United States.

It wasn't until the 18th minute that Xavi made a low cross from the right, and after Torres stopped the ball near the penalty spot, he turned and kicked the goal to open the scoring for Spain.

However, in the 27th minute, after a quick counter-attack by Dempsey, the United States passed into the penalty area, and Altidore blocked Puyol with his body and hit the goal with his feet to equalize the score.

But before the end of the first half, Torres received a pass from Villa on the right side, burst into the penalty area with the ball, and after deducting the central defender Bocanegra, he kicked the goal and exceeded the score again, 2-1!

After the rematch in the second half, Spain continued to dominate the field.

In the 64th minute, Ramos stepped forward, burst into the right side of the penalty area with the ball and picked up a pass, Torres's header was ferried to the back point, David Silva followed up and hit the goal with his left foot, further expanding the score, 3-1!

The score remained in place until the end of the game.

Spain beat the United States 3-1 thanks to a brace from Fernando Torres.

In the other game, Brazil defeated Argentina 3-1 with Kaka's pass and shot.

In the two semi-finals, the scores turned out to be the same.

In the final of the Confederations Cup, Spain will face Brazil.

The third and fourth decisive match was Argentina against the United States.

I'm sorry! Yesterday's plan for that chapter was disrupted. Originally, I planned to use a chapter to finish the Confederations Cup, after all, the opponents in the group stage were not strong, but suddenly I came to Argentina, so I had to reorganize, and I checked some information, and it was almost 4 o'clock in the morning after writing. This situation is the most annoying, and it makes me scramble. There are also things like updates, which turned out to be fine, but suddenly got sick, and the biological clock and renewal habits were all messed up. I made up one chapter on Saturday, and now I still owe 4 chapters, I don't rest on the weekend, continue to make up, thank you for your understanding! Thanks!

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