Football King Bale

The schedule of the Confederations Cup is very intensive. The three group matches are held every three days, and the venues have to be moved. Due to the vast territory of Brazil, the distance between the two games is almost a few kilometers. Hundreds of kilometers or even thousands of kilometers, even though they were transferred by plane, the players still felt very tired.

After playing the group stage against Brazil in the eastern seaside city of Salvador, Wales finally had some breathing room. Their semi-final against Spain will be five days later, although it requires a thousand-mile flight from El Salvador. We have to travel several kilometers to Fortaleza, another coastal city in northeastern Brazil, but after all, we only have five days, so Wales doesn’t need to be in such a hurry.

The group match between Wales and Brazil was held on the afternoon of June 22, local time in Brazil. After the game, Wales rested for a night in El Salvador and took a charter flight to Fortaleza on the morning of June 23.

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After the Welsh team arrived in Fortaleza, Coleman immediately led the team to the training ground.

The undefeated group stage did not make the Welsh team completely lose their minds. In the subsequent group stage summary, when Bell spoke as captain, he was the first to point out the team's defensive problems. He believed that this would become the team's next step. The biggest obstacle.

Among the four teams that entered the semi-finals, Wales is the team that conceded the most goals. They conceded 7 goals in three games, which is almost the sum of the goals conceded by the other three teams!

The best performer in the group stage was Spain, which won all three games, scoring 15 goals but conceding only 1 goal; Uruguay also performed well, scoring 11 goals and conceding 3 goals in three games; because it conceded too many goals in the game against Wales. In the three group matches, Brazil scored 9 goals and conceded 4 goals.

It will be very difficult for this kind of defense to continue in the next game. Because for the knockout rounds, defense can usher in victory.

Facing a team with strong offensive power like Spain, fighting them offensively is seeking death!

Bell is strong, but how can his offensive power compare to that of a Spanish team?

Coleman is also aware of Wales' problems. After more than a year of running in, the Welsh lineup has almost taken shape and the tactics have become stable.

Speaking of which, they conceded so many goals in the group stage, but the problem was caused by Bell. Under the influence of his new five-star skill leader's heart, Welsh players are full of confidence. Many times they think about offense, but they forget about defense.

In the training days before the start of the semifinals, Coleman strengthened the team's defensive training, hoping to solve the obvious problems in the team's defense in the game against Spain.

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Castello Stadium, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Fortaleza, located near the equator, has high temperatures all year round, and the end of June is the hottest time in the city.

It was at this time that the semi-finals between Wales and Spain in the Confederations Cup began.

For this game,

The Spaniard shouted the slogan of revenge for last year's European Cup defeat at the feet of Wales and missing out on defending the European Cup.

However, when the game started, people discovered that Spain actually played quite conservatively. Although they firmly controlled possession of the ball, they absolutely did not attack rashly.

Especially when facing Bell, they were even more cautious. As soon as Bell got close, their ball-carrying players would immediately transfer the ball; and once Bell got the ball, two or three Spanish players would immediately come up to grab it. They couldn't do it anyway. Let Bell get the ball.

Wales, who had unified the idea of ​​defending before the game, would not take the initiative to attack. Almost the whole team huddled in the midfield and backcourt, building their defensive third zone into an iron wall. Even Spain, which is famous for its offense, could not It is difficult to penetrate their defense, especially with the bonus of Bell's Heart of the Leader.

As for Bell, if he can't get the ball, he won't get it. He had no intention of attacking most of the time in this game, so let's hold off for now.

Under such circumstances, the game went very dull, which disappointed the local Fortaleza fans who came here for the fun. On the contrary, the Welsh fans and Spanish fans who had flown all the way to Brazil to support the two teams were all excited. They are constantly cheering for their respective teams.

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When the game passed seventy minutes, Spain finally couldn't hold it any longer and began to attack.

However, this played into Wales's hands. After the Welsh team intercepted the ball at the edge of the 30-meter area in their own half, Ramsey launched a quick counterattack with a long pass over the top.

Bell sprinted forward at great speed from the left wing.

"The Welsh team launched a counterattack. The referee did not blow the whistle and Bale succeeded in countering offside!"

More than 20,000 Welsh fans, overseas students from the East, Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian fans in the Castellan Stadium who came all the way to cheer for the game all cheered and shouted Bale's name.

Bell quickly caught up on the court and stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area.

Spain's right back Arbeloa is also very fast in returning to defense. In this game, he has been clinging to Bell. The two were going one-on-one inside and outside the penalty area.

Facing Bale, who was approaching with the ball, Arbeloa acted as if he was facing a formidable enemy and took a defensive posture. At the same time, he kept reminding himself in his mind, be careful, don’t be fooled, his tricks are all lies. Fake action!

When entering Aveiroa's defensive zone, Bell suddenly started to speed up, then sank his left shoulder and rushed to the baseline.

Even though Arbeloa had repeatedly reminded himself not to be fooled before, even though he had been fooled by Bell many times before, when Bell suddenly changed speed and suddenly made a move to rush down the left side into the penalty area, Arbeloa Veroa was still fooled. He had no idea what was going on behind him, and he didn't know whether Bell would choose to cross after getting down.

This guy is very proficient with both his left and right feet. He can cut in and hit the goal, and he can also pass down the base. He is very difficult to guard.

As soon as he moved, he felt the figure in front of him flicker. Bell dunked the ball back, and almost brushed Arbeloa's side and squeezed into the penalty area.

Arbeloa kept an eye on it and reacted immediately when he discovered that he had been deceived, but Bell had already rushed into the penalty area with the ball, and many of his actions had to stop abruptly.

What he didn't expect was that as soon as Bell rushed into the penalty area, before he could react, he started to hit!

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"Bale hits the goal directly! The ball goes in!!!"

“In the 71st minute, the Welsh team launched a counterattack after stealing the ball. Bell quickly dribbled the ball from the left and rushed into the penalty area. Facing Arbeloa’s defense, Bell calmly chose to kick directly and hit the goal. Spain’s Goalkeeper Casillas, despite his reaction, was unable to prevent the ball from entering the net."

After Bell scored, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly and ran all the way to the bottom of the stands. He opened his arms towards the fans supporting him in the stands, as if he wanted to hug the fans in the stands. This earned Bell even more warm applause. and cheers.

The teammates behind him also swarmed up and surrounded Bell.

Bell got up from the ground, hugged his teammates one by one, and celebrated his eighth goal in this Confederations Cup.

But most importantly, he wants to win!

Judging from the game process of more than an hour, Spain is indeed stronger. The Spanish midfielder, transplanted from Barcelona's midfield combination, firmly controlled the ball and had a very obvious advantage.

In the past three games of Wales, except for the third group match where the ball possession rate was slightly inferior to Brazil, the other two games were all around 55%.

This was something Bell had never thought of before. He had no idea that the team could do so well in terms of ball possession. With the addition of the leadership heart, the Welsh players ran actively and their personal abilities were also improved.

The more running, the more connections and connections. In addition, Ramsey is also a technical midfielder. Although the three midfielders are defensive most of the time, their foot skills are not bad at all, and the passing skills are also good. Quite thoughtful. As a result, Wales' midfield is full of creativity.

With Kanu or Morrison in the frontcourt, Bell on the left, and Ramsey on the right, the Welsh team's entire midfield offense is quite good.

If we have to point out the shortcomings, it is that the defense is not stable enough. Only one Collins is reliable, and the two full-backs are also conservative and fail to provide enough support to the midfield and frontcourt.

But it is precisely because of this that Coleman chose the tactic of luring the snake out of the hole, retreating with all members, and luring the Spanish team to attack.

However, Wales did not expect that Spain, which shouted loudly for revenge before the game, would be so stubborn after the game started and had no intention of attacking with all its strength.

Fortunately, Wales has enough patience and they are not afraid of dragging out the game. Finally, they exhausted Spain's patience and allowed the Matador Legion to attack desperately.

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Entering the knockout round, every goal is crucial.

After falling behind by one goal, Spain had no other choice but to continue to increase its offensive intensity, even pressing the defense.

But just when Spain gave it a try and wanted to tie the score again, Wales stole the ball in the backcourt and quickly moved to the left to Bale. Bale was closely marked by the Spanish players and drove horizontally to the center and passed the cloth. After Scotts, he directly passed the ball diagonally behind him and sent the ball to the empty right wing.

Ramsey quickly stepped in along the right and transferred Bell's diagonal pass to the stop. Facing the Spanish player who returned to defense in time, Ramsey suddenly accelerated and made a pass in the penalty area, sending the ball to the small team. The frontier of the restricted area.

Morrison, who was inserted in the back row, made a diving leap from far away and directly headed Ramsey's cross into the goal.

2:0!

The entire Castellan stadium once again erupted in thunderous cheers.

Bell also rushed to Morrison immediately and congratulated him on scoring such a wonderful goal.

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