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Chapter 873 The Great Yang Yang

On the evening of June 29, Spain played against China in the knockout round of the World Cup.

The game was held at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, and the participating Spanish team also ranked their strongest lineup.

The goalkeeper is Iker Casillas, the defense is Capdevila, Pique, Puyol and Ramos, the combination of Iniesta, Busquets, Xavi and Xavi Alonso in the midfield, and the frontcourt is the double striker of Villa and Torres.

Spain's style of play still adheres to their consistent tradition, firmly locking possession of the ball.

The Chinese team also played with an all-main lineup, even in a four-five-one formation, leaving Yang Yang in the front to counterattack, with three midfielders in the back, and both wings retreated very sharply, but even so, in the game, the Chinese team still easily lost the ball.

Spain's pass and control style is so skillful and tacit that in many cases, Chinese players simply cannot catch up with their pass and control, and can only be forced to retreat tightly within the 30-meter area of ​​their own side, allowing the opponent to plan and organize the attack.

What Alihan used for reference was Spain's first match in this World Cup, a [-]-[-] loss to Switzerland. Hitzfeld's team relied on tight defense and sharp counterattacks to defeat Spain.

But obviously, Bosque has learned enough experience and lessons from the first game, and the strength of the Chinese team can't reach the Swiss's defensive strength.

No.307 minutes, Spain finally broke the deadlock on the court.

After Xavi Alonso steals the ball from the backcourt, he makes a long pass to the left side of the frontcourt. Torres, the striker who plays for Liverpool, gets the ball and forcefully inserts into the penalty area, forming a single goal and directly facing the goal.

Chinese goalkeeper Wang Dalei resolutely abandoned the goal and saved Torres' shot, resolving a crisis, but the saved ball fell to Villa's feet, and the Spanish striker lobbed directly through the Chinese team's goal.

One to zero.

The Chinese players have long been mentally prepared for falling behind or even losing, so they are not in the slightest disorder, and they still organize a tight defense. They are very clear that it is quite rare to be able to break out of the World Cup group stage in a historic way. As long as they don't lose too badly, they will all become heroes.

The first half ended in the strict defense of the Chinese team and threats from Spain again and again.

But after changing sides to fight again in the second half, the Chinese team suddenly launched a quick counterattack.

Chen Tao picked a pass from the right to the frontcourt. Yang Yang ran to the space to get the ball, then suddenly started, turned around and got rid of Puyol, and drove straight in with the ball. With Ramos and Pique chasing all the way, Yang Yang dribbled the ball into the Spanish penalty area.

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The ball was sent into the goal guarded by Casillas by Yang Yang.

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"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Yang Yang! Great Yang Yang!"

"It's his fifth goal in this World Cup!"

"Five goals in four games is unbelievable."

"The Chinese team's only threatening counterattack opportunity in this game was caught by Yang Yang."

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After Yang Yang scored the goal, he turned around and quickly rushed out of the court, rushed all the way to the sidelines, slid and knelt in the corner, and screamed to the sky.

Behind him, the Chinese players also swarmed up and surrounded him.

One to one, the two sides returned to the same starting line.

This goal came too suddenly, but it was not easy.

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"No one could have imagined that Yang Yang suddenly exerted his strength in just 2 minutes of the second half, and single-handedly dribbled the ball into Spain's defense line. He upset the opponent's defense line by himself and scored a goal."

"This is definitely a wonderful goal, from Yang Yang!"

"Looking at the expressions of the Spanish players, they seem very helpless. They have all tried their best, but Yang Yang's state tonight is obviously very good, and the sudden move in the second half caught Spain by surprise."

"One to one, the current situation is still back to a stalemate."

"Moreover, after the score is equalized, the morale of the Chinese team will obviously be stronger."

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After the two sides returned to the court, the Spanish players looked at Yang Yang's eyes suddenly changed.

Subsequently, Spain continued to control the situation on the field, but was never able to create a threat.

Bosque quickly made a substitution in 8 minutes. High center Llorente replaced Torres, which was obviously a signal of a strong attack.

And after Llorente played for 5 minutes, Spain played a very subtle teamwork in the frontcourt.

Several Spanish players made consecutive kicks, which completely messed up the Chinese team's defense. Then Iniesta made a straight pass from outside the penalty area. Xavi stepped in behind and knocked the ball.

Before the Chinese team could rejoice, Villa kept up with the miss and hit, [-] to [-], and the score was exceeded again.

This wonderful cooperation, the Chinese team didn't even have a chance to grab the ball during the whole process of more than a dozen passes, which shows the huge disparity in strength between each other.

After that, Spain failed to play such a match again, but the Chinese team also failed to fight back.

Especially at 10 minutes, when Del Bosque was replaced by Javi Martinez.

This Spanish midfielder who is rumored to be expected to transfer to Real Madrid this summer is very tall, with excellent physical fitness and strong defensive ability, but at the same time he also has a good ability to play the ball.

In the end, the Chinese team lost to Spain [-]-[-], and they had no choice but to stop at the top [-].

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The Chinese team stopped at the top [-] and achieved outstanding results, and the domestic public opinion also gave it a very high affirmation.

Especially for the number one star Yang Yang, who single-handedly scored all the goals of the Chinese team in the World Cup. It can be said that he brought the national team out of the group stage by himself, which made Yang Yang even more highly recognized by the domestic media and fans.

Some people even, this is Yang Yang's team alone.

On the second day after the Chinese team finished playing Spain, Alihan formally submitted his resignation.

After leading the Chinese team to the World Cup for two consecutive years, the Dutch coach has achieved quite good results. However, before this World Cup, he was under tremendous pressure from public opinion, which made him physically and mentally exhausted, and he was already prepared to resign.

Officials of the Football Association symbolically failed to retain Alihan and accepted Alihan's resignation.

When Yang Yang led the team back to Beijing from South Africa, he attended the press conference. In an interview with the media, he expressed his and the national team’s gratitude to Ali Han. He believed that his achievements in leading the team in the past few years are worthy of recognition, and hoped that he will have good luck in the future.

As for the upcoming selection of coaches, Yang Yang said that high-level foreign teachers should continue to be the main focus. He always firmly believes that high-level foreign teachers can bring help to Chinese football.

The Football Association also stated on the spot that it will seriously consider Yang Yang's opinion, and will come up with a list of coaches as soon as possible, and strive to finalize it as soon as possible.

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While the Chinese team ended the Alihan era, the World Cup in South Africa is still in full swing.

After defeating the Chinese team, Spain defeated Paraguay [-]-[-] and Germany [-]-[-] to reach the World Cup finals. Their opponent was the Netherlands from Europe.

The Dutch team headed by Sneijder and Arjen Robben performed well in this World Cup, especially Sneijder, the core midfielder of the Netherlands, performed perfectly, leading the Netherlands all the way to the World Cup final.

But it is a pity that in the final final, the Netherlands regrettably lost. With Iniesta's lore in overtime, Spain narrowly defeated the Netherlands [-]-[-] and won the World Cup championship.

This is the second time that Spain has won the championship of a major international event after the European Cup in [-].

After the finals, FIFA also began to reward meritorious service.

South Africa World Cup's all-star lineup: Coach Del Bosque.

Goalkeeper Iker Casillas, defense Lahm, Puyol, Ramos and Maicon, midfielders Iniesta, Schweinsteiger, Xavi and Sneijder, forwards Villa and Diego Forlan.

Among them, Brazil's right back Maicon is the only player from a non-final four team selected for the best team. Although the Brazilian team was eliminated early, Maicon performed quite well in this World Cup, especially scoring a zero-angle volley in the group stage, which left a very deep impression on people.

In terms of individual awards, although Uruguay only won No.4, Diego Forlan still won the Golden Globe Award and became the best player by virtue of his outstanding performance in this World Cup.

According to the usual practice, the list of winners of the Golden Globe Award is selected by the FIFA technical research team based on the performance of all participating players, and then the top three are selected by the media.

Without exception, these ten candidates are basically from the top four teams. Not only did Yang Yang, who stopped in the top sixteen, miss out, even Messi, who was in the top eight, was hard to enter. Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal also stopped in the top sixteen.

In the selection of the Golden Boot for the top scorer, Yang Yang of the Chinese team, Thomas Muller of the German team, David Villa of Spain, Sneijder of the Netherlands and Diego Forlan of Uruguay all scored five goals and tied for the top scorer list.

But in terms of assists, Germany's Thomas Müller was even better and eventually took the Golden Boot.

This also made many media and fans feel sorry for Yang Yang's experience, because China played a total of four games, and Yang Yang scored five goals. In terms of efficiency and importance, Yang Yang far exceeds all other competitors.

Many people even believe that Yang Yang should be the best player for being able to lead the Chinese team to stand out from the crowd simply based on performance and importance.

But it is a pity that without the backing of achievements, any remarks lack convincing.

In the end, Yang Yang failed to gain anything in terms of team and individual awards, but he himself is quite open about it.

"For me, the Chinese team's ability to qualify from the group stage is the best reward."

"We are the only team in Asia that has advanced to the top [-]!"

(End of this chapter)