Beast King Costa

Chapter 228
The game plus injury time, there are still about 30 minutes, the Spanish team does not want to just sit and wait.

Therefore, Bosque made two very important substitution adjustments.

Raul off, put on Reyes!

Iniesta off, replaced by Cesc Fabregas!

When Raul and Iniesta left the field, they all had stern expressions on their faces.

The former missed the best chance of the game, and the latter has been playing due to injuries since the end of last season. This game also played very awkwardly because of playing with injuries.

"It seems that Bosque is going to let Fernando Torres go to the front to fight with Terry and Ferdinand. This effect should be much stronger than Raul going to the front directly!"

After all, Caesar analyzed to Diego: "Actually, Raul is not suitable to be an arrow figure. His characteristics are more suitable for the shadow forward position like your Benficano Gomez, hidden behind the center forward Kick the ball, catch the second attack or respond to the ball."

"Then how do you replace Raul?"

Diego was a little puzzled: "Bosque replaced Raul behind Torres, wouldn't it be enough? Now replace Reyes...I think it's better to replace it with a taller one."

"Spain's high center forwards are almost all technical styles, and they can't compete with England's central defenders. It's not uncommon for you to know the playing style of the Premier League. England's central defenders are the pillars of the Premier League giants. They all come from fighting with world-class center players. Which one is not a steel frame?"

After refuting Diego's point of view, Caesar then slowly explained to Diego: "The reason for replacing Raul is not difficult to explain-after missing that good chance to score in the first half, Raul has already played well. I am getting less and less confident. I have several chances in the frontcourt, either I dribbled the ball and missed it, or I shot directly when I was more than ten meters away from the penalty area line. It was just nonsense! So, a substitution like Bosque, yes It's perfectly fine."

"Hey, the hero is late."

Diego knew that this World Cup would be Raul's final performance in the national team.

After Raul retired, Spain's No. 7 jersey was officially passed on to David Villa.

Since then, the "Matador Legion" has entered a heyday!

"Gourd Baby" also lived up to expectations, bringing Spain 2 European Cup titles and 1 World Cup title, and achieved the honor of being the top scorer in Spanish history-it can be said that from 2008 to 2012, the entire world football Changed by the red of Spain.

However, at this moment, David Villa, the future top scorer of the Spanish national team, has not yet become the striker of the Spanish team.

"Gourd baby" hidden in the left, constantly impacting England's right back Gary Neville.

Its erratic movement, flexible dribbling, and delicate footwork make Gary Neville, a traditional British defender, very uncomfortable to defend.

In the 78th minute of the game, Bosque's substitution adjustment finally paid off!

Midfielder Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's young midfielder, under the pressure of Lampard, used a very dexterous pass through the crotch to make the interception of the blue team's soul invisible, and directly slanted his foot. A long pass was given to David Villa on the left.

David Villa has forgotten how many times he has faced Gary Neville's individual defense in this game, but he has no fear. The action, bewildering Gary Neville's center of gravity tilt.

Gary Neville did not dare to move recklessly.

What I am facing is the existence of the top three scorers in La Liga, and the young Spanish striker who led the "Bat Legion" Valencia to kill the Quartet in the Europa League by himself.

It's like facing Henry, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Darren Bent directly in the Premier League.

That's not a striker who can be intercepted by a single defense!

However, Gary Neville's cautious treatment is tantamount to giving David Villa a fairly wide operating space.

David Villa did not give birth to Gary Neville either. After all, the Manchester United-born full-back's individual defensive ability is quite strong. David Villa is not absolutely sure. From his side break in.

I saw David Villa took a glance from the corner of the eye and saw that Reyes on the right had gotten rid of the defense and moved into the England team's penalty area.

Ever since, David Villa swept the ball directly and passed the ball to the direction of Reyes on the right!

Diego's eyes lit up: "Later!!!"

Reyes followed up decisively, but instead of catching the ball and shooting, he swept the ball towards the goal.

Fernando Torres, who followed up in the middle, came out and completed a spot-on shot!
The distance was so close that Robinson didn't even have time to react!

"This ball is here!!!"

Watching the ball roll into the net behind Robinson, Diego was so excited: "Spain finally equalized! God Torres scored a goal! It's great!!!"

"Tsk tsk, is Torres also called a male god?"

Caesar glanced at Diego with disgust on his face: "I think, Torres is not even [-]% as handsome as me... Tsk tsk, how can he be called a male god with freckles on his face?"

"Being able to score goals is a god!"

"I can also score goals! The number of goals scored in the career of this football king is very much!"

"But I've never seen one."

Diego glanced at Caesar: "Why don't you go to the field now and show me one?"

"Uh...forget about this, I'm already old, I'm afraid I'll get cramps if I go up and run."

"cut!"

Diego didn't bother to continue joking with Caesar: "Then watch the game seriously and see if Torres still scores goals later."

With more than ten minutes left in the game, Spain tied the score at 1-1, which means that the game still has to be played. Diego is quite satisfied.

As a fan audience, the last thing I want to see is that after 80 minutes of the game, the one with a one-goal lead will start to defend. All kinds of tough iron barrel formations, supplemented by various "Oscar actor" level lying grass performances , use up the last time.

But the current score means that the last 10 minutes will be even more exciting!
Both sides still have a chance!

With a high probability, the two sides will still focus on offense and try to resolve the battle of this game within 90 minutes of regular time!
As Diego guessed, neither coach was interested in letting the game go into overtime.

In the 82nd minute of the game, the two sides tacitly made the last substitution adjustment of the game.

England replaced Wayne Rooney with Michael Owen!Replaced Stuart Downing, replaced by Joe Cole!

Such a substitution adjustment means that England is preparing for a comprehensive speed-up in the last 10 minutes!

The last substitution adjustment of the Spanish team was placed in the midfielder position.

Senna comes on, replacing Xavi Alonso!
Including injury time, exactly 10 minutes, this will be the countdown to the showdown between these two strong teams!
After the substitutions and adjustments of the two sides were completed, the two sides did not make any reservations.

All talents and strengths are brought out at this moment, and everyone will be thinking about resolving the battle as soon as possible!

No one wants to play overtime.

Overtime means too many variables.

Let alone a penalty shootout.

To a certain extent, the penalty shootout is too much luck, and everyone is more willing to hold their fate tightly in their own hands, rather than to fight luck at the last moment.

At this moment, the problem returned to the original point again.

Diego smiled and asked, "Caesar, let me ask you again—who do you think will win this game?"

"I am optimistic that the England team can win the final victory in regular time!"

"what???"

Diego thought that Caesar would give himself another vague answer, similar to "both teams have a chance", or a perfunctory answer of "this game is hard to say".

Unexpectedly, Caesar gave himself a very definite answer without even thinking about it: the England team!
Diego was a little unbelievable: "Why?"

"Because the Spanish team's physical fitness has reached a bottleneck, and they can no longer support the two fast horses brought in by the England team!"

After saying that, Caesar pointed to Michael Owen who was holding the ball in the frontcourt and dribbling to the wing, attracting two Spanish defenders: "I think Owen will be the key player to determine the final outcome of this game. !”

"Ah... Owen!"

Ok……

Diego is more impressed by the name of Irving, the NBA star Kelly Irving, rather than the super fast horse Michael Irving who was the peak of the "Three Lions" when he debuted.

Obviously, Michael Owen at this moment is no longer the spirituality of his youthful peak.

Under the defense of Ramos and Puyol of the Spanish team, he was not able to hold the ball, and finally Puyol stabbed the ball away.

Immediately, Puyol made a long pass, skipped the midfield transition, and gave it to Reyes in the frontcourt.

Reyes is still physically fit at the moment. After holding the ball, he directly hit the side of the road where Ashley Young was sitting, and completed the pass from the bottom to the middle!
Fernando Torres followed up with a header in the middle!
Diego stood up excitedly: "Is there any ball!!!"

Fernando Torres, however, didn't take his chances and headed a Reyes cross straight into the stands.

"Well……"

The audience at the Munich World Cup Stadium could not help but sigh with regret.

After all, with this ball, Fernando Torres had passed Terry who was marking him, and the one who could stop his header was the England goalkeeper Robinson.

However, Fernando Torres did not seize this excellent opportunity and killed the game!
Compared with the Spanish team having Fernando Torres' excellent header in front of the goal this time, the England team can be said to have no chance after completing the substitution adjustment.

The Spanish team did a very good job of restricting England's two wide crosses, which made the "high guy" Crouch in the frontcourt isolated and helpless-as a big center who relies entirely on headers, Crouch too much needs two wingers to give him high balls.

As for Michael Owen, after playing, he has been stuck in a solo fight.

This also makes the Spanish team's defense against Irving quite simple. It only needs to double-team Irving. In addition to taking the ball out of the sideline, Irving can only obediently give up the ball.

When the game time came to the 89th minute, the score was still 1 to 1!

At this time, the fourth official on the sidelines walked to the sidelines and held up a sign for stoppage time - 4 minutes of stoppage time in the second half!

In this regard, Diego was slightly disappointed: "The last 4 minutes, it seems that there is no script, right? This game is going to overtime."

"It's hard to say."

Caesar still insisted on his attitude: "I still think that the England team still has a chance in this game."

"Tsk, why are you so stubborn, old man?"

Diego couldn't help but say: "Could it be possible, do you still believe that Michael Owen will stand up and end the suspense of the game?"

"That's right!"

Caesar showed a mysterious and confident smile.

"Beep..."

At this moment, the referee stepped forward to steal the show.

In the 92nd minute of the game, David Villa dribbled through the frontcourt and was brought down by Gary Neville!
In addition to giving the Spanish team a free kick less than 28 meters away from the penalty area, the referee also showed Gary Neville his second yellow card of the game - two yellow cards turned into one red, Gary Neville Weir ended his World Cup journey early and went back to the locker room to take a shower early.

"This free kick is in a good position!"

Seeing Harvey walking behind the ball and keeping his eyes on Robinson's position, Diego always felt that the ball should be there!

"Hey, wait for Harvey to take a free kick and go straight to the dead corner!"

"Look."

"Beep..."

After the players from both teams lined up the wall, the referee blew the whistle again!
Harvey stepped on in small steps and slammed the ball!
The ball outlined a strange arc and went straight to the dead corner of the goal behind Robinson!

At this moment, the spectators at the Munich World Cup Stadium stood up excitedly, stretched their necks and looked towards England's goal!

Can Harvey's direct free kick kill the buzzer and kill the suspense of the game?
Diego also stood up excitedly: "This ball, you should have it!"

however!
Something unexpected happened to everyone!
Although Harvey's direct free kick had bypassed the goalkeeper Robinson, the ball actually hit the goal post impartially!

Goal post, rejected the Spanish team's buzzer lore!

"Well……"

The spectators at the Munich World Cup Stadium couldn't believe that the ball was intercepted by the goalpost!

At this moment, the players of the Spanish team could hardly hide the disappointed expressions on their faces.

However, before the players of the Spanish team reacted, Robinson, the goalkeeper of the England team, quickly took a big kick to the frontcourt!
The last counterattack of the "Three Lions" in the regular time of this game! ! !
(End of this chapter)