Football King Bale

Chapter 496: The Enemy Arrives

There is no doubt that Spain is strong. They have won the last two World Series championships. This European Cup is also the biggest favorite in the odds list offered by major gambling companies.

And after the start of this European Cup, Spain's performance did not disappoint. In Group C with Italy, Croatia and Ireland, they finally achieved an unbeaten record of 2 wins and 1 tie, accumulating 7 points to beat the world ranking Italy in 12th place, Croatia in 8th place and Ireland in 18th place made a strong advance to the quarterfinals.

The quarter-finals between Spain and France, the third of four matches, will be played at the Donbas Stadium in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk at 8:45 p.m. local time on June 22, Ukraine. .

Bell and the Welsh team still watched the game from their hotel in Wroclaw. After a not-so-exciting 90-minute battle, the Matador Legion beat the Gallic Roosters 2-0. Real Madrid midfielder Alonso, who has reached the milestone of 100 games for Spain, performed well and scored twice to carry the audience.

After watching the whole game, the Welsh players were silent, they felt tremendous pressure!

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When Spain meets France, who would have imagined that a passionate matador meeting an impassioned Gallic rooster would create the match with the fewest shots in this cup?

Due to the poor shooting of the French team and Spain's busy "embroidery" and the idea of ​​passing the ball into the opponent's goal, the 13 shots of the two teams broke the record of the current European Cup created by Wales and Greece in the group stage. A record low of 15 shots per game.

Since 15 shots in a single game has been equal to the lowest record in the European Cup in the past 32 years, the two passionate teams of Spain and France have joined forces to create the game with the fewest shots in a single game in the past 32 years of the European Cup.

Gorgeous or ugly? this is a problem. How to evaluate this Spanish team is even more of a problem.

The traditional concept was subverted by Bosque's team, that is, the scene and the result can be separated, the conservative can be artistic, the control can be ugly, the defense can be active, and the offense can be negative.

In the games that have ended, Spain scored 8 goals in 4 games, the average number of goals per game is second only to Germany, which scored 9 goals in 4 games, and the average number of shots per game was 11 shots within the goal range, ranking first among all teams , with an average of 802 passes per game, the success rate of 81% of the passes is the first, and the possession rate of 61% is still the first.

Judging from these statistics alone, there are only gorgeous words to praise, but if you actually watch the game, what you see is a dull, yawning, and uninspired team.

The key is that the purpose of the Spaniard in possession of the ball is to control the ball.

The purpose of non-stop passing back and forth is to send the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, from the left to the right, then from the right back to the left, and from the frontcourt to the backcourt.

When the score was at a stalemate, the Spanish players passed it patiently, ensuring the success rate was the first element, and did not give the opponent any chance to steal the ball and counterattack.

And when the score is ahead, even when there is a chance to counterattack, the players will pass slowly and non-stop. Basically, no player will try to break through with the ball in a straight line, and abruptly grind the counterattack into a positional battle, and then start a new round foot.

Yes, this style of play in Spain has nothing to do with offensive football at all. It is completely utilitarian football in the cloak of technical football. It is more Chelsea than Chelsea, and Mourinho is more than Mourinho. The premise of everything is defense. First of all, make sure you don’t make mistakes, and then use the opponent’s fatigue and slack to make a fatal blow. Isn’t this utilitarian football? Isn't this what the Italians are best at defensive counterattack football?

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In fact, this is how the Spaniards played in the World Cup in 2010. The four consecutive 1-0 knockout rounds are proof, but the team had Villa, who was in peak form at that time, and the game scene would not be so boring. Now Villa Absent, Bosque then completely torn skin.

Bosque was clever, and he put on a beautiful disguise for his utilitarian thinking. He did not directly imitate the Italian's concrete defense, but combined with the actual situation of the team, replacing passive defense with active defense.

The traditional defensive counterattack tactics hand over control of the ball to the opponent, and then wait for the opponent to make a mistake in the offense to launch a counterattack, while Spain takes control of the ball in their own hands and defends by passing it non-stop.

The biggest purpose of the Spaniard's non-stop passing is not to create opportunities, but to prevent the opponent from getting opportunities. He will never force an attack. He mainly uses cross passes and short passes within 5 meters to ensure the success rate. Only when there is an absolute opportunity Only a straight pass of more than 10 meters will be sent. If the court is reduced by one-third, then the Spaniard will actually keep falling in the backcourt. The key to the problem is that the Spaniard's personal skills and tacit understanding are too high. Can't grab it at all.

Another evidence is: In order to ensure the success rate of the pass and the quality of defense, unless a free kick is obtained within 30 meters from the goal, the Spaniard will never directly hoist the ball to the penalty area, and basically kick the ball to the nearest The players, not to mention any tactical coordination, pass the ball purely for the sake of passing the ball. They would rather lose a possible chance to score than bear the risk of being intercepted by the opponent and counterattacked.

If the score is leading, even if it is a corner kick, the Spaniard's first choice is to go to the outside instead of driving the ball into the penalty area.

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Everyone was deceived by the Spaniard. Behind the gorgeous ball possession rate is a heart that will sacrifice everything for victory. The Gallic Rooster was fooled even more. Blanco sent 5 defenders and 3 midfielders, Wanting to defeat the Spaniard with counterattack tactics, the result was tragic. Instead, his team was tempered by the Spaniard.

Facing an opponent who regards not making mistakes as the top priority and is even more conservative than himself, how can he fight back?

On the contrary, in the second half of the second half, the French lineup pressed forward and strengthened the frontcourt. The Spaniard's pass success rate decreased, and the conceded area was closer to the goal. As a result, the Gallic Roosters got several opportunities. This may be helpful for Wales. Certain reference significance.

But the problem is that Wales is not as strong as the French team. Except for Bell and Ramsey who have strong personal abilities, the strength of the rest of the players is very limited. If you want to strengthen the frontcourt press, you have to rely on numbers to achieve it. But in this way, there will definitely be problems with the defense. Maybe the defense will be sieved by Spain before the frontcourt has a strong chance.

Spain's attack line may not be able to crush a strong team like France with the same number of people, but there is no pressure to crush a weak team like Wales.

Of course, the more important thing is that Bell can't use the Avatar of the Gods in this game, because the time interval between the two games is only 6 days, and the cooldown time for the skills of the Avatar of the Gods has not yet expired.

Bell, who can't inspire the gods to descend to earth, although his personal ability is still enough to crush most of the Spanish players, even 1v2 is not a big problem, but if he wants to achieve 1v3 or even 1v4, don't even think about it .

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After discussing with the coaching staff, Bell, the captain of the national team, has not found a way to deal with Spain for a while, but the game is close at hand.

The battle of West France is on the evening of June 22, while the semi-final between Wales and Spain will be on the evening of June 27.

It seems that there are still five days to go, but because the venue of the match is still Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, and the distance from Wroclaw is as high as more than 1,500 kilometers, according to UEFA's requirements, Wales must advance 48 days. Arrive in Donetsk.

In other words, Wales needs to arrive in Donetsk before the evening of June 25.

The real time left for Wales to prepare for the war, that is, the time for targeted drills to deal with Spain's tactics, is only three days!

At the end, Coleman couldn't help but look at Bale expectantly, asking if he could use Portugal against Spain.

Bell was very speechless. Of course he couldn't tell Coleman that the cooling time of my ult hadn't expired, so don't think about such an explosion. As the captain, he must shoulder some responsibilities that others cannot.

Bell thought about it, and told Coleman that the tactics against Portugal can still be used, that is, defend the whole court, and let him attack to see if he can find a chance to break the Spanish goal.

If you can't find a chance, then at most the two sides will play overtime, or even a penalty shootout.

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Although Coleman is not satisfied with such a result, he also knows that Bell is a human being after all, not a superhero in the movie, and he cannot be expected to show his superhuman strength in the battle against Portugal in every game, let alone Spain is stronger than Portugal, and it is used against Portugal, but it may not be useful against Spain.

If the time can be dragged into overtime in the game against Spain, or even a penalty shootout, it will be a huge success for Wales.

After discussing tactics with the coaching staff, Bell was thinking about his own personal tactics.

Although there is no way to use the gods to descend to earth, there are other ways to look forward to. Because leading Wales to the quarter-finals and then to the semi-finals, Bell has completed the two three-star tasks given by the ball saint system.

Before, because Bell didn't pay much attention to the effect of three-star skills in the game. After all, three-star skills are basically some technical skills. For him who has reached the top level of ball skills, The help is limited, but now facing Spain, which is so strong that it is almost impossible to deal with it, some unexpected factors are his greatest hope.

Bell decided to use both draws to see what skills he could get.

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