Football King Bale

The land of my fathers, oh land of the free,

A man who is full of poets and singers.

Brave warriors and patriots are protected by her,

They shed their blood in order to be free.

Wales! Wales!

I will dedicate myself to my dear country.

May our ancient language last as long as the sea surrounds this rich land like a wall.

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The singing was loud and clear in the stands, and the applause was like thunder.

The jubilant Welsh fans turned Donetsk's Donbass Stadium into a sea of ​​celebration.

Bale, Ramsey and other players on the field, together with teammates on the Welsh bench, came to the stands hand in hand and thanked the fans.

It was a perfect night for the Welsh. Being able to get to this point is a huge success for the Welshman, regardless of whether the game is won or lost four days later.

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Looking at the reveling Welsh fans in the stands, the Welsh players celebrating with the fans, and the heartbroken Spanish players and fans, Del Bosque sighed.

This game is over, and his journey as the coach of the Spanish national team is likely to be over.

Four years ago, he took over this invincible team from Aragones, and has been on the road to victory since then, and successfully reached the top of the world in South Africa two years ago.

In this European Cup, Spain's only goal is to defend the title, and they have overcome one difficulty after another along the way. But when they were about to knock on the door of the final final, they lost to Wales, a weak opponent that no one thought that the mighty Spain would lose!

However, to lose is to lose, Spain has been eliminated, and their journey in this European Cup is over.

Bosque can imagine what kind of situation this defeat will bring him. He will be the target of public criticism. Outsiders will laugh at his conservative style of play, and the Spaniard will also attribute all the crimes to his tactics.

but,

In Bosque's heart, there was not much loss, but a sense of relief.

It is unbearably cold at the top, and the pressure to lead such an invincible army like Spain is unimaginable. Any failure will be magnified to the whole world by a magnifying glass.

Bosque looked to the field, the Spanish players fell on the grass.

They all seemed to lose their souls the moment the final whistle sounded.

They are the most depressed people today.

The biggest competition stage that every European football player yearns for is nothing more than the Champions League final, the European Cup final and the World Cup final.

If there is a higher goal, then the only possibility is: to defend the title!

Today, the Spanish players are only one step away from stepping onto the stage of the European Cup final, which is the second time they have set foot on that stage in four years!

Unfortunately, they lost, and the glory of the final belongs only to the winner.

This may be the cruelty of competitive sports.

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Busquets was lying on the ground, he looked up at the Welsh players celebrating, especially Bale.

In today's game, he still failed to restrain Bell. Busquets knows that this is the most direct reason why Spain was eliminated today.

Bell's free kick was the biggest contributor to Wales' promotion to the final.

However, Busquets can't help it either.

In order to limit Bell, the team coach Bosque made the most adequate arrangements, including him and other defensive players. The core defensive task is to mark Bell. This makes Bell almost have at least two players in the whole game. Players mark, more often even three or four players mark.

But the subsequent story, everyone has seen, Bell is still the brightest star on the field.

"Why do you feel that this guy is much better than he was in the Champions League final last year?" Busquets kept replaying this sentence in his mind.

Although there is a lot of room for young people to grow up, once they meet Bole, coupled with competition training, their strength will soar rapidly, but Bell's progress speed is too fast!

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When the UEFA Champions League was decided last year, Busquets felt that Bale's strength was on par with Messi's, but his style was a little different.

In the past year, as a teammate of the club, Busquets knew how much the ability of the little flea in Barcelona had improved. He also felt that Messi might have surpassed Bale in terms of personal ability. It's just Manchester United's luck to surpass Manchester United. Bell is actually not as good as Messi.

Although Bell set a terrifying new record of 90 goals in a single season last season, breaking the scoring records of the five major leagues in a single season and the scoring record in a single season in the Champions League, Messi's performance is not bad at all. The four fronts of La Liga, Champions League, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup scored 73 goals for Barcelona. Bell scored 17 more goals, more because he faced the underdogs in the next few rounds of the Premier League to collect data, and there were more games.

However, after this game, Busquets knew that he was really wrong.

Messi is indeed very strong, but compared with Bell, he is still not strong enough. At least, he is not as terrible as Bell.

This is a truly formidable opponent with almost no weaknesses!

Last year, Bell's personal ability was already very strong, but facing Barcelona's double-team, there is a high probability of losing the ball.

But now, facing the siege of three to four Spanish players, he can still control the ball steadily, and even pass a deadly threatening ball!

Not to mention his impenetrable shot, almost unsolvable speed and dribbling, and his desperate free kick!

Facing Bell, Busquets felt like an ordinary player in an online game when he meets a krypton gold boss, powerless, helpless and even a little bit like crying.

This is not just the feeling of Busquets alone. In fact, the players on the entire Spanish defense line, including Alba, Pique, Ramos and Aveiroa, have similar feelings.

In this game, Bell made them all tormented enough. The five of them received six yellow cards on Bell, not including the red card that Aveiroa turned from two yellows to one red!

In other words, Spain's four defenders plus Busquets, Spain's defensive midfielder, everyone has received at least one yellow card from Bell!

As for Wales' starting striker, although his running is indeed very active, he hardly poses much threat to Spain's defense.

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After the game, Welsh First Minister Kahn Jones and nominal national leader Prince Charles also came to the Welsh dressing room to celebrate with the team.

Accompanying the Prince and First Minister were Phil Pritchard, chairman of the Football Association of Wales, and senior FA official and Manchester United meritorious Ryan Giggs!

That's right, although Giggs is still an active player of Manchester United, he is already a heavyweight in the Welsh FA. In addition to Bale, who went to Ukraine to participate in the European Cup group stage draw last year, he was the representative of the Welsh Football Association.

After the VIPs left, manager Chris Coleman briefly praised and encouraged the players in the dressing room.

"This European Cup, everyone thinks that we are here to accompany the runners, especially after the loss to Russia."

"However, you did it! You lived up to the red jersey you were wearing, and you lived up to your professionalism. All of you, every single one of you!"

"Next, we will launch the final impact on the championship."

"If we win this trophy, it will be the first time in the history of Welsh football that we have won a trophy in a major event. By then, each of your names will be recorded in the history of Welsh football; each of you, Will be a Welsh hero to be worshiped by tens of thousands of fans at the National Stadium!"

"But before that, what I want is for all of you to go back to the hotel and rest well! After leaving the stadium, go to rest immediately and recharge your spirits. There is still a crucial game waiting for us."

"Win that game and we'll be heroes!"

"come on!"

"come on!"

"come on!"

The players clapped hands and encouraged each other. Everyone's eyes are bright. A color called "dream" is swaying in the dressing room.

At this time, no one thought about who the opponent in the final was and how strong it was. At this last moment, no matter who stood in front of them, there was only one word: enemy!

It is the enemy who will be defeated!

Portugal so!

Spain so!

Upcoming opponents remain the same!

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Leaving the locker room, Bell was once again stopped by enthusiastic reporters in the mixed media area. Reporters from all over the world rained all kinds of questions on him.

The weak Welsh defeated the mighty Spain. Such a result was too unreal. No one dared to imagine it before the start of the game, or even before the final whistle of the game.

To be honest, even the most optimistic Welsh fans may not dare to think so.

However, Bell led his teammates who mainly played in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, and even the British Championship and League One, overcoming obstacles all the way to defeat Spain, the hegemony of world football in the past four years.

He and his Wales reached the final of the European Championship.

All this is like a fairy tale!

It's a real life version of David's victory over Goliath!

Bell who caused all this is undoubtedly the writer of fairy tales.

Although Bell is Mr. Golden Globe, although these reporters know him very well, at this moment, they all feel that they need to get to know Bell again.

Although Bell was very tired, although he really wanted to go back to the hotel to lie down and sleep, but he also knew that at this time, he had to make some sacrifices.

Fortunately, in the past three years, Bell has faced this situation too many times, so he is familiar with it. After answering some questions, he got rid of the reporters' siege.

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