Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 306 Spain VS Argentina in the semi-final, Messi's tension!
Costa Rica's second attack was unsuccessful, but Spain scored another goal instead.

The suspense of this game is basically gone.

Now looking back at Navas' attack just now, from the perspective of God afterwards, it seems that there are some problems.

He seemed to be affected by Lin Quan's goal last time, and his mentality changed a little, becoming a little impatient.

He is not an impulsive person, but just now he was a little bit swayed by the desire to win, and he seemed eager to prove himself by defeating Lin Quan, the world's top star.

Navas knows that many club scouts have been inspecting him recently, including some top giants.

Facing Spain, which ranks first in the world, is another key battle for the team to advance to the semi-finals of the World Cup. While falling behind in the score, it also encountered inspections from other clubs.

The superposition of these factors made Navas' mentality a little impatient.

Fortunately, he soon realized this, and his subsequent performance was as stable as ever.

This made the scouts who came to the scene to inspect his state nodded in satisfaction.

After watching most of the game, they began to write down their inspection results of Navas in their notepads.

"Navas has solid skills, quick response, strong predictive ability, can quickly identify the opponent's offensive line, and make the most reasonable choice."

"He's decisive in his strikes, he can be a bit reckless at times, but with his physical skills and superb goalkeeping, he can defuse most crises.

In addition, in the Costa Rica game, Navas showed excellent leadership skills, and he communicated well with his teammates, especially the defenders, so that Costa Rica, which is far inferior to its opponents, can compete against Spain, the world's most powerful team. Below, deal with it! "

"Comprehensive evaluation: Excellent!"

"Transfer price assessment: 1000-1800 million euros!"

Del Bosque made a quick substitution after David Silva scored Spain's second goal.

In the 67th minute, Torres was replaced and Pedro came off the bench.

Spain's formation has become a frontless formation, which is the formation they are most familiar with.

In Spain, which uses a frontless formation, the number of passes of players has increased and the frequency has become faster.

The Costa Rica players are in a physical bottleneck period at this time. Facing Spain's practice of improving the pace of the game again, they are powerless and completely unable to keep up.

And the result of not being able to keep up is that there are many dangers in front of their door!

In the 71st minute, Pedro entered the penalty area and hit the goal slightly wide of the post.

Five minutes later, it was Pedro again. He received Lin Quan's goal and took a volley from the left side of the penalty area, which was shot out with one hand by Navas.

Less than 10 minutes after coming off the bench, Pedro felt the feeling of his teammates facing Keylor Navas.

This guy, why does it feel like he's on the hook, so difficult to deal with?
Similar to his feeling, the defenders of Costa Rica gasped and looked at Spain's NO.30 in disbelief.

This guy, in such a small space just now, two people double-teamed him, but they failed to break the ball from his feet, but let him pass the ball.

How on earth did he do it?
What should I do to completely see him to death?

Could it be that he really couldn't be prevented?
Fortunately, they don't need to think about this issue right away.

In the 80th minute, Del Bosque was replaced by Diego Costa, who was replaced by Lin Quan, the core of the Spanish team.

In order to cope with the game against Argentina four days later, Bosque wants to reduce the consumption of the main players of the team, so that they can deal with the challenge of Argentina in a better state.

After Lin Quan came off the field, Spain's offense did not stop.

Diego Costa, who came off the bench, was very active, running back and forth in the front court at all costs, trying to find a good opportunity to score.

With the assistance of Spain's top midfield masters, he did get a few good opportunities.

But unfortunately, he was not able to seize these opportunities. Several shots were either easily saved by Navas, or he kicked them sideways.

Under the close marking of the Costa Rican defenders, Diego Costa, who had just returned from injury, played awkwardly.

His ability to hold the ball in a small area is far inferior to that of Lin Quan, and it is very difficult to get out of the way like Lin Quan.

Costa Rican players were a little afraid of Diego Costama because of his status as Atletico striker.

But after playing for a while, they only had one feeling:
That's it?

It feels much weaker than the previous No. 30!
Of course, Diego Costa's characteristics are completely different from Lin Quan's. Although his dribbling and breakthrough are not as good as Lin Quan's, he relied on his strong body to forcibly find several opportunities to hit the goal in the penalty area.

It's a pity that none of these opportunities were converted into goals, and it was difficult for Costa Rica's offense to play a threat when the core midfielder Ruiz was restricted to death.

The score of 2:0 has been maintained until the moment the final whistle sounded.

Spain easily defeated their opponents and advanced to the semi-finals with their heads held high.

After the game, the Costa Rican players were a little dazed. Some of them had their hands on their hips, some were half kneeling on the ground, and some were simply lying on the ground.

Panting heavily, he looked enviously at the Spanish players who were clapping and cuddling in the distance.

The opponent got the last ticket to advance to the semi-finals, which is really enviable!

It's a pity that I am not as skilled as others, and I can't beat them. Costa Rica is convinced of this defeat.

All in all, they were an honorable defeat.

Because Costa Rica is by far the one that has conceded the fewest goals among all the teams that have encountered Spain.

Coupled with the disparity in the value of the players between the two teams, it is already very good that they can persist to this level.

At the press conference after the game, Bosque, who had just led his team to the semi-finals, seemed very happy.

He answered a lot of questions from reporters in one go, even some questions that he would not normally touch.

Seeing that he was in a good mood, the reporters asked questions enthusiastically.

"Coach Bosque, your team has entered the semi-finals, and the next opponent is the mighty Argentina. Are you confident to lead the team to defeat them?"

Bosque smiled: "Of course, why not? We are the defending champions!"

Hearing his answer, an Argentine reporter was immediately dissatisfied:

"We have Messi, how can Argentina lose?"

Before Bosque could answer, the Spanish reporter immediately retorted: "Spain also has Lin Quan!"

"Lin Quan has only debuted for a few years, how can he be compared with the great Messi?"

"Hehe, although Lin Quan hasn't debuted for a long time, he has already won the Confederations Cup with the team. May I ask if Messi has any honors in the national team that are worthy of praise?"

Argentine reporters and Spanish reporters launched a heated debate on the topic of Messi and Lin Quan.

The other reporters at the scene watched the excitement one by one. Not only did they not take any action to stop the quarrel between the two sides, they even fanned the flames, wishing that the two sides would fight directly!

This is a good opportunity to make big news, Spain VS Argentina, Lin Quan VS Messi, with a dozen of these tags, the topic and traffic will not increase layer by layer?

Sure enough, after the promotion list of all the semi-finals appeared on the day and the results of the semi-final matchup were announced, fierce debates erupted immediately among the fans supporting each team on the Internet.

"Brazil is number one in the world, we are optimistic about Brazil's elimination of Germany!"

"Hehe, the Brazilian captain is suspended, and the team's core is injured and retired. What can I use to fight my German tank?"

The semi-final of the upper half is a contest between the hosts and the German team, both teams are very strong.

If Thiago Silva is not suspended and Neymar is not injured, then the suspense of this game should be great.

However, after losing these two offensive and defensive cores, the strength of the Brazilian team was seriously damaged.

This makes the outside world not optimistic about the host. If this is not Brazil, but other countries, then their chances of winning may not even be 3%.

That is because this is Brazil, and they have the advantage of home court, so the outside world's prediction for this game is [-]-[-], Brazil [-], Germany [-].

For the second half, the Spain-Argentina game, the differences among the fans were even more serious.

"With Spain in such a state of god-blocking and killing gods, Argentina will encounter them, and I'm afraid it will be more or less auspicious!"

"Indeed, their game highlighted a relaxed style. No matter who the opponent is, Spain seems to win easily. I have never seen them being cornered!"

There are obviously more fans who are optimistic about Spain. Not only local Spanish fans support them, but also many neutral fans overseas are attracted by Spain's strong strength and gorgeous playing style and become their fans.

"Hehe, Spain is also good at abusing food. It may not be so good against a real strong team!"

Fans of Argentina and Messi naturally don't agree with this statement. They think that the reason why Spain's record is so good is entirely because of good luck in signing and not encountering top teams.

Argentina is not the same as those cats and dogs that Spain encountered before. They are one of the favorites to win this World Cup.

Spain wants to defeat them, but it is not that simple.

What's more, Argentina has Messi!

……

As the World Cup is getting closer and closer to the final, the heat and attention of the game has also increased.

In football, there has always been a debate:
Is European football stronger or South American football stronger?

European football is famous for its strong leagues, stable youth training and rapid innovation of skills and tactics. In recent years, its influence in football has been increasing day by day. In the World Cup, it has also achieved two consecutive championships.

South America is known for its abundance of talented players, and the two champions are also from South America.

Their league may not be as influential as the five major leagues, but no one can deny the strength of South American players!

As a result, such debates have never been concluded, and fans of both sides have been unable to convince each other.

The existence of the World Cup has given the two sides a stage for direct competition.

Let them play against each other directly in the World Cup, and use actual combat results to prove whether European football is more advanced or South American football is stronger.

In addition to this World Cup, in the past 19 World Cups, South American teams have won a total of 9 championship trophies, including 5 in Brazil and 2 in Argentina and Uruguay.

On the European side, they won 10 championship trophies, slightly suppressing the South American teams.

But in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, South American teams not only failed to win the championship, but even failed to reach the final.

Both World Cups have turned into civil wars among European teams, which can be said to be quite unfavorable to fans who support the view that South American football is stronger.

Therefore, this World Cup held in Brazil is a great opportunity for South American teams to avenge their shame.

They are also very competitive. Compared with the previous two World Cups, they have made a big breakthrough this time.

Both Brazil and Argentina have reached the semi-finals!

And luckily, no civil war broke out on either side, and the two semi-finals were duels between European teams and South American teams.

This means that as long as their performance is good enough, the two teams can even meet in the final and present a civil war among South American teams to the world.

Of course, if it goes wrong, it's likely to be two European teams that end up in the final.

Let the European teams meet in the final for the third consecutive time at home, which may discredit the host Brazil and even the entire South American team.

Therefore, before the start of the semi-finals, the pressured South American Football Federation called on fans to go to the scene to cheer for Brazil and Argentina.

The football debate about the strength of European football and South American football may come to a conclusion after this semi-final.

And they can't afford to lose!

……

With a bang, the football flew into the goal with a graceful arc and brushed against the crossbar in the upper left corner.

Seeing this scene, Messi finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.

After learning that Argentina's opponent in the semi-finals was Spain, Messi increased his training intensity.

Only when he played in La Liga did he understand how terrifying the strength of the Spanish national team is.

If it was before that guy joined the Spanish team, Argentina might be able to split [-]-[-] with Spain, and even have a certain upper hand.

But now, Messi feels that Argentina may not even have a 4% chance of winning, and their situation may be more dangerous than the Brazilian team in the upper half.

Judging from the performance of the German team from the group stage to the knockout stage, their offensive firepower is not as strong as expected.

As long as the Brazilian team can choose a more stable tactic, without Neymar and defender Thiago Silva, they will not fight against each other, but choose to control the rhythm of the game and use a stable defensive counterattack to counterattack. The words of the German team.

Their odds of winning are still not small!

But Spain is different!

This team can't see too many shortcomings at present, on the contrary, their advantages are too prominent!

The offensive power is super powerful!
The control is very strong!
The players have a lot of competition experience!

These three points are their shortcomings for Argentina.

Argentina, which has Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Di Maria and many other good attackers, the biggest shortcoming is actually the offense!
Their forwards have collectively fallen into a scoring drought in this World Cup. They have played five games in the World Cup, and Aguero has not yet opened.

Higuain had just fired not long ago, and Di Maria only scored one goal.

Messi, the biggest contributor to Argentina's previous wins, has also fallen into a scoring drought in the last two games.

Compared with Lin Quan, who scored steadily in every game, Messi has not scored for 225 minutes!
In this state, Messi couldn't help feeling worried.

He's not sure he'll be able to score against Spain, but if he can't step up and help the team, who can he count on?

Therefore, Messi can only choose to seize the last time and work hard to improve himself.

What he chose to practice during this time were penalty kicks and free kicks.

Messi was impressed by the penalty scored by Lin Quan in Spain's game against Mexico.

There are a lot of penalty shootouts in this World Cup, so Messi feels it is necessary to practice.

In this case, if he is really dragged to a penalty shootout, maybe his extra training will have a miraculous effect!
(End of this chapter)