[Football] I'm just a defender

The game has been going on for more than 20 minutes, and the score of this game has not changed in the slightest. However, from the perspective of the scene, this is not a stalemate at all.Gein, it seems that the Spanish team is not far away from breaking the Swedish team's goal, and the entire Swedish team's defense can barely cope. Anyone has to give Fran a thumbs up. Rescued the precarious Swedish team.The Swedish team's offense seems to have no clue, and Lagerbeck on the sidelines has no solution for a while.

Even if Lagerbeck is unwilling to admit it, he can only face the fiasco of the midfield competition.

Mourinho, who came to the scene to watch the game, sat in the audience and frowned. He was surrounded by his agent Mendes, who was completely opposite to him and relaxed. "Jose, Spain's World Cup looks like Looks like a champion, although everyone guessed that the Swedish team was unlikely to win, but who would have guessed that it would be such an overwhelming situation?" Iniesta shot a cold arrow, and the Swedish team fell to the side of the goal, The football bounced back to the penalty area, Torres stepped forward to make a supplementary shot, but Fran kicked the football away with a sliding tackle, quickly stood up, picked up the football and rushed towards the midfield tirelessly again.Mendes gave a sigh of regret along with most of the Spanish fans in the audience, and then said to Mourinho twice.

Seeing that Mourinho didn't speak for a while, Mendes turned his head to notice his serious expression, "No, I thought you were just here to inspect the main players of Real Madrid, maybe you are a fan of the Swedish team How is that possible? In private, Mourinho would be pissed every time he watched Alvarez's national team game video. Didn't he always think that Lagerbeck didn't use the defender correctly?

But in fact, look, Lagerbeck is really right, otherwise Sweden would have been bombarded against the goal by now.

"This Spanish team can't help people not think of Barcelona." Even the set of games played was a set that Mourinho was extremely opposed to. "This group of people seems to want to control the ball, not to win the game."

Everyone knows that Tiki-taka pursues too much ball possession, but it is completely different from the concept of regional football. The concept of this method is still the evolved version of the Dutch total defense that Cruyff incorporated back then.Players can't stick to the position of the area. They must quickly and constantly adjust their position according to the situation of their teammates, so as to continuously form a passing triangle.

Most people think that the passing triangle is when the ball is on the ball, passing the ball to control the ball and create space to show power.And Spain, under the command of Del Bosque, used the Swedish team as a living example to show that it is actually using the triangle position when it has no ball.Once the ball is lost, the people involved in the passing triangle will form a defensive triangle at this time, quickly forming an encirclement of the opponent's ball holder, enclosing the ball holder in a "box", and then encircling and suppressing them.Therefore, when Forlan supports the midfielder to hold the ball, Spain will be surrounded by three people. Unless Forlan chooses to give up this attack, he must be pushed forward by the triangle.You are not reconciled?It’s okay not to be reconciled, but when the ball is switched, you have to run back to the Swedish half with the big team, and you need to run a longer distance under restraint.

Tiki-Taka's weapon of offense is also a weapon of defense.

"I'm really confident." Mourinho snorted, but Mendes, who was familiar with him, believed 100% that this was not a compliment, but a mockery. Mendes pouted, "No matter how much you like Alvarez As for that player, you have to admit that he is a defender without the ability to score goals. Even if he is the best defender, he performs to the extreme in a game. The decisive role in a game is the striker, midfielder, It is also difficult for a goalkeeper to be a defender. He cannot sustain nine or 10 minutes with this kind of full participation in defense and offense, even if people say he has an 'iron lung', it is not so ruinous."

"We assume that he can run 800 meters in this game..." As soon as Mourinho spoke, Mendes complained, "[-] in a game, your assumption is really 'conservative' Yes. You know he played every round of this World Cup, do you really think he can't run to death?"

Mourinho did not explain. He believed that Forlan is far from reaching his limit. "You know that when Forlan needs to run to 800, how far do Xavi and Iniesta need to run?" Seeing Mendez's blank face, he turned his face and smiled at the manager, revealing two sweet dimples, "Of course it won't be the three people in a triangle who share 10 meters equally, and it's not just Fran who is tossing and tossing like this People, even if this group of forwards, midfielders, and maybe even guards come in rotation, [-] is definitely there. What gave them confidence, everyone can run down such data in [-] minutes, even if After winning, with a few days of recovery time, do these people want to give up the next semi-finals? What's more, is it really that easy to win?"

While Mourinho has proven his magic time and time again, Mendes disagrees with him this time.In his opinion, Mourinho is too subjective. He is tired of Barcelona's routines, likes Alvarez's defense, and enjoys the plot of pulling the giants down.But even Mendes himself knows that Spain's football style has always emphasized the delicateness of the players' pass and control skills. They like to rely on the basic skills of the delicate pass and control skills to lure the opponent's players to passively rush.

Just like the current scene in the field, the matadors tease an angry bull with a piece of red cloth, constantly show their skills to make the bull exhausted, and finally when the opponent's physical strength is declining, they suddenly block the throat with a sword, killing the opponent .

And all this came faster than Mendes imagined. In the No.309 minute of the first half, in another attack from the side of the Spanish team, although Fran stopped their cross, he finally let Villa fight down a corner.Alonso stood at the corner kick-off without any discussion, which undoubtedly means that even this step is also in the layout of Del Bosque. He seems to want to tell everyone, I will not play tricks with you, and everything will be done aboveboard. plot, and I can win.

The fact is that when Alonso rubbed the ball, the ball quickly drew a beautiful arc in the air and went straight to the penalty area. The Swedish team was in chaos in the penalty area. Fran and Villa jumped up at the same time facing the flying football. However, the winner this time was Villa, whose better positioning allowed him to smash the football into the goal.

This goal ignited the madness of the whole stadium, cheers poured into everyone's ears, and the running and celebrating Spaniards were ecstatic at the corner flag. In their view, if they hold this goal, then victory will be theirs. has fallen into his pocket.The Spanish coaching staff led by Bosque was also very excited. Although this goal came later than they expected, after all, the Swedish team's defense still exceeded Bosque's expectations.Bosque held down Villa's head and shouted in cheers, "That's it, keep it like this!" Villa nodded fiercely. This is already his sixth goal in this World Cup. Confidence in Bosque and even more confidence in myself.

The fans of the Swedish team looked helplessly at the cheers of their opponents, but the obvious gap had already made them worry about the arrival of this goal.They want to say that there are still a few minutes, and they will be able to enter the halftime break if they persist for a few more minutes. Although Lagerbeck has not changed anything on the spot, the midfielder will definitely make a decision.But looking at the man sitting in his penalty area looking up at the celebrating Spain, the hearts of the Swedish fans trembled.

Francisco Alvarez, his jersey has long been dirty in the scrambles and tackles, no one is willing to count how many times he has put tackles in the past 10 minutes, and how many times he is chasing Sometimes he is not used to the grass and almost slips, but immediately catches up at a faster speed.This time he can finally sit and stay in place for even half a minute. Realizing this, the Swedish fans can't wait to let the Spaniards celebrate, have a carnival, or you come to the scene to dance a dance, it doesn't matter how proud you are , as long as he doesn't actually run around the course for nine or ten minutes.

After all, the referee called everyone to restart the game. Fran stood up and patted his goalkeeper teammates.His expression was extremely calm, and the sarcasm faded from the moment he came on stage, and he withdrew all his smiles and focused his eyes on the front.Passing through so many people, Fran just thought that Ibrahimovic was watching him. He took a deep breath, raised his arm hanging by his side, and waved his fist at him.Ibrahimovic lowered his head and grinned lightly, raising his fist in cooperation with him.

The players on the court were waiting for the re-kick-off, but everyone in the audience was a little confused by the fists raised high by the Swedish team's captain and deputy captain suddenly.Theodore's assistant whispered beside him, "Is the situation of the Swedish team very dangerous?" After saying this, he felt that he asked a stupid question. Who can't see that the Spaniard's victory is only a matter of time?Theodore was fiddling with the camera, making sure he captured the scene without speaking.The assistant pursed his lips, and he wasn't sure for a moment whether Mr. Theodore was in a good mood or not, "You just said that tiki-taka is a matador style, so the Swedish team is a bullfight?"

"For bullfighting, the danger has always belonged to both parties," Theodore's words seemed irrelevant. "The bullfighting today is very different from that of a hundred years ago. Perhaps the form is still the same, but because the bullfighting The degree of training and ferocity of the matador is related to the good or bad of the matador. The bullfighter's skills are perfected, and the bulls selected are generally domesticated, so it seems that accidents have decreased. People want to ban it, just because the scene is too bloody. Too cruel."

"You mean, whether the bullfight is won or not, the courage and skill of the bullfighter are very important, but more importantly, it depends on the bull?" The assistant tentatively asked, and got Theodore's approving eyes and approval, "Yeah, because of a bull, training can make it domesticated, but it can't train its nature, which is innate."

This is no longer just a normal game, it has become more of a provocation to that kid.Football players who have played to his level, even if they don't show it to the public, still have their own pride.They may be enjoying the joy of the game, but for that guy, the threat is obviously his life.These Spaniards want to step on his pride and his life, make this game a classic, and let this year's Spain be remembered by the world.

Goals are not the end, for him, this is just the beginning.

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During the intermission in Spain, most people couldn't hold back their joy, especially when the victory was in sight. Some people even thought it was funny that Paraguay would lose to Sweden like this.Bosque had a smile on his face, "That's it, keep going! Let us be remembered by the whole world!" After shouting, Harvey and Iniesta looked at each other, smiled wryly at each other, and continued. The result is that life and death can't catch up.How can that guy's physical strength be so easy to defeat?

In the Swedish locker room, Fran, who had changed his jersey again, sat next to Ibrahimovic as usual, and the two chatted and whispered.Lagerbeck is a headache. His 4-4-2 formation has already attached great importance to the midfield, so what else can it do.And everyone in Sweden was also a little discouraged, no longer the simple and relaxed appearance before the resumption of the game, all of them kept their heads silent.

"Change to 3-5-2," Fran said abruptly, breaking the awkward silence in the locker room. After all, he was already behind, and this was also under consideration by Lagerbeck, but, "The last midfielder, You mean, you just concentrate on defending?" Lagerbeck didn't believe that he was thinking this way, because doing so undoubtedly meant that Fran chose to surrender in this competition, Fran would not choose this way, and he would not fight for a He ruined his vice-captain in a game that had little chance of winning.

"No, to increase the competitiveness of the midfield, I will continue to work hard to provide midfield protection," Fran raised his head and showed a shy smile, which made Ibrahimovic tremble in response, "I will continue to run , they continue to run, let's see who reaches the limit first..." As he spoke, his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of a better way, "I don't have a yellow card, right?" The assistant coach who counted all this After being stunned, he nodded, "And this World Cup has been changed. Before the semi-finals, it was a dirty spot..."

"That is to say, if I get a yellow card, I will be cleared after this game." Fran grinned, "No, it should be, I will continue to run and see them, do you want to continue to run with me? "The assistant coach gave Lagerbeck the 'appreciation' of the running distance of the two teams in the first half. His own players (except for a certain product) are at a general level, but the Spanish team's frontcourt is better than his own. The height of the field is a lot higher, the half-time average is as high as 12000 meters, and Harvey's data is even [-] meters.Fran's [-] half-time Lagerbeck didn't even bother to watch it. Maybe others have forgotten it, but he still remembers that when he first joined Real Madrid, he attracted attention among the superstars with his excellent running average of [-]. Once he stood firm, he didn't need to use running data to bless himself, so he gradually restrained himself.

"Don't mess it up, let those people in Barcelona look down on you." Ibrahimovic slammed at the side, and Fran squinted, "Come on, those people in Barcelona obviously look down on you as a forward." Ibrahimovic choked, but It cannot be denied that if Spain did not think he would waste opportunities, how could there be so many people in the midfield.

The two went out together and happened to see Ramos and Torres walking towards the court.Ramos stopped in embarrassment, Ibrahimovic stood by and stared at his big eyes, Fran rubbed Ramos' head with a smile as usual and dragged Ibrahimovic to take a step ahead, ignoring Ramos behind him What a reaction.Ramos suddenly remembered what Cassie said in the room, and grabbed the bamboo horse beside him, "Be careful." Torres' huh? ' With a sound, Ramos pursed his lips, "I won't hurt you, just be careful."

Ibrahimovic hit Fran's waist, "What were you doing just now?" Fran shrugged, "You and I are the focus of discussion in Spain, and Igor is the Spanish team with the most say in Real Madrid. People, everyone knows that I have a good relationship with Igor, and Igor's always worrying character will definitely tell them to do this, how will I react—"

"There are too many smart people around me, so I don't bother to worry so much, but I'm not stupid," Fran sighed deeply, "That's you, too hardworking, but not smart enough, so I have to worry about it." Ibrahimovic's response Just a slap on the back of his head.

The second half started again, perhaps a short intermission, so that everyone in Spain is still full of energy.Lagerbeck made a change at the beginning, removing a central defender and replacing him with a midfielder.The commentator just said that this is the rhythm of the Swedish team to make Fran fully defend. The next second, he looked at the defender who picked up the ball and ran towards the midfield or even the frontcourt, and felt slapped in the face.

Ibrahimovic hit the goal crossbar with a long shot. Casillas, holding the ball in his arms, felt the world tremble. After he took the ball, he kicked the ball back to the midfield with a big foot, but in front of him Ibrahimovic did not leave after the shot, but stood still and looked at Casillas.Cassie frowned, and looked at this guy who was taller than himself as the goalkeeper and ran away with a smile, feeling strange and inexplicable.

On the other side, everyone in Spain was still adhering to that set of tactics. Fran followed the ball and ran. People couldn't tell whether he didn't feel tired or was hiding it too well.However, although Spain has not stopped, the speed has gradually slowed down.

But the problem is that Spain has slowed down, and Fran has also slowed down.Harvey thought that his suffering was not in vain, after all, he exhausted this guy enough, so he was more motivated to continue, continue, and run.Who would have thought that Fran was worried that if the gap in physical fitness was too large for a while and Spain changed its tactics to comprehensive defense, it would not be worth the candle.

Torres, who was holding the ball, thought about what Ramos said to him to be careful, but he still felt a little baffled. Someone ran up behind him, and Torres had no time to think about it. Experience told him that he must not be defended by Fran, otherwise he would Very likely to lose the ball.He kicked the ball away with his front foot and was about to speed up when a figure slid across from the side. Torres couldn't hold back and was blocked by Fran's calf and fell forward. Run away before you return to your place.

Fran looked down at Torres who fell to the ground, with a faint smile on his face, "Don't worry, I've never shoveled anyone." Torres stood up with his head covered, and Fran said to him, like I was telling myself, "Really, don't worry, next time, next time, I won't hurt you." But if it doesn't fall, it's none of my business.

Torres felt chills down his back.

The author has something to say: This is an update on Saturday!This is Saturday's update!If you read this chapter, you will not be able to wait for the result of this game if there is no accident on the weekend...

Play Atletico Madrid... What should I do, I really can't say what to cheer for Atletico Madrid... For so many years...

Then I will, I will, let me say that Barcelona is the champion!

In other words, Brother Long is really handsome...I want to write Brother Long's sweet bg text, but I can't control myself....