Jagged Wings

Chapter 124 Who is slower than

After three group matches, Aragones' 4-3-3 has also been recognized by the public.Of course, with the participation of Reyes, this 4-3-3 is also very different from the original tactics.The media voices who questioned Aragones not using Raul were also much quieter. The Lord of the Rings only scored one goal in three games, which was significantly different from Torres, who had already scored four goals.

Another striker, Villa, also scored two goals in two games, and his performance was eye-catching, so it is naturally impossible to be replaced.

In the midfield, Xiaofa has an eye-catching performance. So far, Xiaofa has played a total of 124 minutes in three games, and 134 of 126 passes have been accurately delivered to his teammates. His passing accuracy is as high as 94%, so high His passing accuracy even surpassed that of Spain's midfielder Harvey, whose passing accuracy was only 87%.

Therefore, there are also high calls from the outside world for Xiaofa to be the starter.

Aragones also did not hesitate to praise: "He is a game manipulator!"

In the Champions League match between Arsenal and Juventus, Cesc Fabregas had the upper hand in the confrontation with Vieira and made Vieira suffer a lot. I believe that facing Vieira again, Fabregas's The psychological advantage will be great, which also adds a lot of weight to him.

The next day, when Spain's lineup was announced, it was similar to what the media thought. Fafa started and Senna replaced Alonso as the starter.In the front trident, Reyes replaced Garcia and partnered with Villa and Torres.

Of course, the formation looked more like the popular 4-2-3-1 than a 4-3-3.This is Reyes' advice to Aragones.In this formation, the two wingers Reyes and Villa are obviously a little bit late, and there is no avant-garde behind Reyes who is waiting for an opportunity at any time. Xiaofa and Senna partnered to form a double midfielder. Harvey's The position is very flexible, he can appear in any position, and Aragones has given him enough freedom to attack or defend.

After Del Horno's injury, the left back behind Reyes fell into fierce competition. In the end, the left back Paco Peña from the La Liga team Getafe defeated other opponents and became the Starting left back.Peña has a terrifying statistic, that is, as a right back, he can score 10 goals in a single season in a weak team, which is also outstanding among offensive defenders. Sergio Ramos is still the main starter.

"After the opening, the two sides played very cautiously, and Spain is also slowly looking for opportunities!" said the commentator.

This is very normal in a game like the World Cup. After all, everyone attaches great importance to the result. It is also good to get to know the opponent first.

But after 10 minutes of the game, France had already begun to exert its strength, and when Spain was still advancing like a classic car, some people saw the clues.

"Their tempo seems to be playing very slowly, even slower than the French team... Spain seems to have not entered the state yet? Or are they playing so slowly on purpose?"

Yes, the core of Spain's tactical play in this game is "slow".

Spain's own style of play tends to be coordinated and technical, and the rhythm is very slow; while the French team is getting older and the rhythm cannot be fast, so due to their own deliberation and the opponent's habits, the rhythm of the whole game is very slow.Some viewers who were looking forward to seeing the exciting scenes were a little drowsy...

The game went on for 10 minutes, and the only player they saw sprint was when the goalkeeper kicked the ball...

The French team played a bit awkwardly. They originally thought that Spain had to rely on young players to play fast football to consume their physical strength, so they formulated a series of countermeasures.To be honest, the French team has a lot of experience in dealing with the kind of play that consumes their physical strength with a lot of running, but it is not expected for the game that is too slow...

"The French team seems to be a bit uncomfortable? They seem to be more used to playing against that kind of fast football, because ten out of ten opponents will choose to use constant running to wear down the old France when facing France. Now facing Spain, whose rhythm is slower than theirs, and France seem to be at a loss..."

Yes, Reyes knew that France's state was not good. It was not until the last round of the group stage that France's state improved a little. France has always been slow, and this year is no exception.

If Spain plays fast football, France's vast experience will prevail.But now that the pace is deliberately slowed down, Spain's technical advantages can be brought into play, which is enough to offset a large part of France's experience advantages.

In the first half of the game, the French team was very uncomfortable with the slow rhythm of Spain.They have a number of passers who can find space in the fast tempo, but Spain's slow tempo has also magnified its technical advantage.Even a defender like Ramos has the ability to play tricks on the opponent with his flexible skills at his feet, not to mention the technically delicate offensive players.

Especially Reyes, Xiaofa took into account the two big midfielders of Makelele and Vieira in the middle and did not dare to play too much, but Reyes is not afraid.He used all the techniques that he didn't dare to use before.Although the French right-back Sagnol is a French player, he usually plays in the Bundesliga.

Although the Bundesliga is named one of the five major leagues, there is a clear gap with other leagues.Sagnol, who is used to dominating the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich all the year round, has never seen such a dazzling technique?Moreover, he is also a player who is good at offense, but he is still not trained enough in defense.

Reyes protected the ball and cut in from the side. Sagnol couldn't break the ball, so he kept following, and he didn't blindly go forward to grab the ball and lose his position.His caution also gave Reyes room to make moves. During the process of dribbling, Reyes looked up at his teammates in the penalty area and was about to pass the ball.

Sagnol couldn't wait any longer and wanted to come up directly to steal the ball.

"You've been fooled!" Reyes smiled, shrank his body, and rushed into the penalty area.

"Oops!"

Just as Reyes was swinging his legs to shoot, a black figure rushed up and knocked him into the air.

"Beep—" the referee's whistle sounded, and then his finger pointed to the penalty spot.

"Vieira pushed Reyes down, penalty! No doubt!"

Torres came up and stretched out his hand to pull Reyes up from the ground: "Good job!"

Reyes threw a smug look.

Villa came up to take the penalty kick, French goalkeeper Butters judged the wrong direction, and Spain led 1:0!

The lagging French team stepped up their offense, and Zidane and Vieira's successive long-range shots were quite threatening.

And Spain did not play conservatively, and several counterattacks were very effective.

In the 44th minute of the first half, France ushered in the best opportunity.After Makelele steals the ball, Senna thought he would hand it over to Zidane to organize the attack, but he didn't expect Makelele to send a direct pass and pass the ball to the feet of Ribery who inserted at high speed from the right.At this time, Spain's left-back Peña was still assisting in the frontcourt at this time and did not withdraw.

Opportunity!
However, a figure appeared beside Ribery, and when Ribery's speed was not fully up, he pushed him down from behind.

The head coach ran over and showed a yellow card.

"Fa used a yellow card to stop Ribery's breakthrough. Judging from the effect, this yellow card is still very worthwhile. Spain's two defensive midfielders have a clear division of labor. Senna takes care of the center, and Xiaofa takes care of the full-backs. It's free."

(End of this chapter)