Jagged Wings

Chapter 129 Defeat Brazil!

In the second half of the game, the Brazilian team obviously strengthened their offensive. Juninho and Ze Roberto, two of the three defensive midfielders, began to advance frequently, while Gilberto stayed behind and defended full-time.

The Brazilian team has maintained an 11-game winning streak in the previous World Cup games, and they want to continue this record in this game.However, their striker's performance in this World Cup is a bit disappointing. They prefer to use their personal ability to solve the battle rather than tacit cooperation.

Take the match between Brazil and Ghana in the last game. Although Brazil's 3-0 score seems to be a very disparate score, Brazil's three goals were all scored through defensive counterattacks. A goal in a positional battle is still a zero egg.

Moreover, the Brazilian team is pressing up, and Spain has a lot more space to fight back. Gilberto is obviously a little stretched alone.But he is the last barrier before the defense line, and Spain cannot be allowed to pass in front of him anyway, so in many cases, he will choose to use fouls to terminate the opponent's offense.

Gilberto has a lot of experience with fouls, and he can keep the opponent down without taking a card.Although there are free kickers in the Spanish team, I haven't heard of anyone who is particularly good.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Puyol cut off Ronaldinho's ball and passed it to Xavi, who passed it to Iniesta.Iniesta with his back against Gilberto.The two also played against each other in the Champions League final, so they are considered old rivals.Iniesta knew that Gilberto defended well from the front, so if he wanted to pass him, he must use some unusual methods.

At this time, Gilberto kept carrying Iniesta behind him, preventing him from turning around. He didn't want to see the personal skills of Spanish players anymore.

Seeing the football coming, Iniesta did not catch the ball with his feet, but crossed his legs and missed the ball.Then he got short and ran over against Gilberto's body. Gilberto knew it was wrong and wanted to catch Iniesta, but he couldn't catch it.

Iniesta, who had regained the ball behind Gilberto, ran to the wing, and Cafu had already run over and knocked him to the ground.

The referee whistled for a foul by Cafu.

Reyes came running, ready to take the free kick near the touchline.Puyol and Ramos in the backcourt pressed up, ready to head the ball in the penalty area.

He raised his right hand high and then clenched it into a fist, which was a tactical signal they had pre-determined.

Although many things have changed, Brazil's opponent has also changed from France to Spain, but some things still cannot be changed.

For example, out of the corner of Reyes' eye he sees Carlos tying his shoe on the penalty area line.

Raul's ability to grab points is very good, but what is strange about him is that when rehearsing this free kick tactic before the game, Reyes deliberately asked him to run from the penalty area line to the far corner of the goal.Although he thought Reyes' request was strange, he still complied.

He saw Reyes raise his hand and clenched it into a fist, the signal to execute the play, and he ran out of the crowd to the lane.

Reyes took a deep breath, then closed his eyes and recalled the arc and speed of the ball in his memory, and then calculated the power and angle he needed to use.After a while, he opened his eyes, a faint smile appeared on his face, and then he ran up and started the ball!
The flying height of the football is a bit high, but the speed is very fast.The players in the penalty area began to push each other and run forward. Players with good headers such as Puyol, Ramos, Torres, etc. were closely monitored. They crowded together and rushed towards the near point. Raul, who ran far away, was obviously out of tune with the crowd.

Puyol took off, almost; Lucio took off, still almost, the football flew over everyone's head and fell to the back point. shoot.Although Raul's current state is very different from his peak period, there is no reason for him to miss such a close shot!
The football flew into the goal with Dida's desperate eyes.

2: 0!

Spain extended its lead.

"Reyes kicks the ball - no one gets the ball in the middle - who is in the back - Raul! Shot! goooooooooal!"

"The tacit understanding between Reyes and Raul played a key role!"

"This point should be Carlos' defense zone - let's see when he was - tying his shoelaces? When Raul scored a goal, he was tying his shoelaces?"

After scoring the goal, Raul was not excited, but he was a little stunned.Before Reyes arranged for him to hit the back point, he was a little skeptical, but when he ran, the football passed through the crowd and reached his feet.

This is too incredible, right?

After the celebration was over, Raul found Reyes: "Antonio, how do you know that this ball will definitely fly to the back point?"

"Guess, since everyone is running forward, the back point must be empty, as long as the footwork is slightly controlled-well, I didn't expect to succeed in one go, what a shit luck!"

"That's it..." Raul was a little disappointed.

Looking at Raul's back, Reyes thought to himself: "Hey, even if I tell you the truth, will you believe it?"

The Brazilian team, which is two goals behind, is a little anxious. They are five-star Brazil, the favorite to win the championship, and a team with 11 consecutive victories. How could they lose?

The Brazilian team is burdened with the burden of wanting to win and fear of losing. The offensive players want to equalize, but the defensive players are afraid of losing the ball.At the critical moment, the Brazilian stars still subconsciously chose to use their personal abilities to resolve the battle, but facing Spain's united defense, the superstars fell into a hard fight.

Even though Perea put all his eggs in one basket at the last moment of the game and replaced two forwards, Robinho and Adriano, but the advantage in numbers did not translate into an advantage in the scene. In the end, Spain kept the score until the end.
They defeated Brazil 2-0 and advanced to the semi-finals of the World Cup.

When the final whistle blew, the entire Spanish team embraced.They reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, tying the best record in history.And this so-called "best record in history" dates back to 1950...

"Four finals! Four finals!" The substitute players who had been waiting on the sidelines for a long time rushed into the field and hugged the players on the field. Sweat, tears, and mud mixed together and gathered into a sea of ​​joy.

And the photographers and text reporters on the sidelines couldn't wait to rush into the field, looking for the Spanish players, and asking them how they felt about being promoted and tying history.

Reyes once again scored an assist in this game. The number of assists in this World Cup has reached 4. This number is already ahead of Totti, Schweinsteiger, Ronaldinho and other players ranked second.And Villa tied his teammate Torres with his two goals in two games. Both of them ranked first in the scorer list with four goals in five games.

Spain's two goals, Raul's goal was assisted by Reyes, and Villa also scored after receiving a pass from Reyes. Reyes contributed the last pass to both goals. Yes ended up being the man of the match.

But Reyes still has some resentment towards Villa: If he didn't pass Cafu in the middle of his goal, wouldn't he get two assists?
On the other side, after comforting his teammates, Brazil captain Cafu came over and pointed to Reyes' own jersey, and then pointed to the opponent's jersey. The meaning of this action could not be more clear: exchange jerseys?

Cafu played against Reyes in this match, and the confrontation between the two couldn't tell who would win and who would lose. His impression of Reyes was obviously quite deep.

"Of course!" Reyes quickly took off his dirty and sweat-soaked jersey and handed it to Cafu, who also gave Reyes his jersey.Cafu, who lost the game, obviously didn't have much interest in chatting. He put Reyes' jersey on his shoulders, patted Reyes on the shoulder and left.

Gilberto came over with a look of resentment: "I wanted to exchange jerseys with you..."

"Stop talking nonsense, I'll trade with you!" Xiaofa ran over, took off his yellow vest, which symbolizes a substitute, and handed it over.

"Go to hell!" Gilberto opened Xiaofa's mischievous hand: "Let's go, I hope I can see you two when the team gathers!"

After finishing speaking, Gilberto turned and left.

(End of this chapter)