The Football Journey After Soul Shifting

The current Spanish team is not the Spanish team that swept Europe four years later. In the European Cup not long ago, they lost 0:1 to Portugal, tied Greece 1:1, and only beat Russia 1:0. , even failed to qualify for the group stage, which directly led to the resignation of Spain's head coach Seth.

However, the powerful Spain team in the future has already taken shape at this moment. In the friendly match lineup, most of the players are under 25 years old, and the oldest is captain Raul, who is only 27 years old.

Italy and Spain have always been rivals in European football. In the quarter-finals of the 1994 World Cup, Liu Wen's quasi-mentor Tassotti hit Luis Enrique on the nose in the penalty area.In the end the Italian advanced, the Spaniard was out and Enrique went to the hospital.The Spaniards thought they were concentrating on the game itself, while Italy smashed the nose of an innocent young man and won the game.In the eyes of the Spaniards, this Italian victory was illegal and criminal.Since then, the two countries have formed a bridge. In 8, the Italian media complained about Raul’s deliberate handball in the Champions League. The Spanish media retorted: "How dare you teach us?!" "Marca" immediately published a special issue, listing a lot of messy Italian football stories. Tips, such as diving, match-fixing, poorly equipped stadiums, etc.

For Italian football, Spaniards have both a sense of superiority and inferiority. Spaniards always believe that their football is better than Italians, but deep down, they feel that Italians will definitely beat themselves in a dirty way.

In this context, Aragones, who had just succeeded Seth as the head coach of Spain, and Trapattoni, paid extraordinary attention to this game.

In order to win this game, the coaches of both sides sent all the main players to play, and Flores returned to the bench again, replaced by Udinese striker Quagliarella, who has performed well this season.

Out of the emphasis on this game, the Spanish National Sports Television broadcast the game live.At this moment, the famous Spanish player Bosque is serving as a guest commentator, sitting in the commentary seat with the commentator Carmela.

"First of all, let's liven up the atmosphere." Camela turned on the music with his hand, and the music of "Star Wars" sounded, "This is a big battle between the Iberian vultures and the evil army of the Mediterranean. May the goal be with you in Spain!"

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Under the continuous autumn rain on the Apennine Peninsula, this high-profile friendly match finally kicked off.When Liu Wen ran out of the player tunnel, the Flakki Stadium had already entered into a hustle and bustle.

Crazy Italian fans chanted the names of every player on the pitch, from Buffon to Cannavaro.From Vieri to Totti, when Liu Wen came on the stage, the cheers from the entire stands reached **.

Moments later, the Italian national anthem "Song of Mameli" and the Spanish national anthem "Royal March" were played at the Fragchi Stadium. After playing the national anthems of both sides, Liu Wen followed his teammates and shook hands with the Spaniards in turn.

Carles Puyol (carles puyol i saforcada) looked curiously at this boy who was much younger than himself.Recently, he has not heard the name of Mariano Arini in his little brother Messi in the Barcelona team. Although he has not trained with Messi for a long time, he knows it very well.How powerful is this delicate and shy Argentine genius.As for Arini, who is deeply admired by Messi, let him weigh how capable he is.

Liu Wen didn't know what Puyol was thinking. After shaking hands with every Spanish player, he and his friend Christian Vieri stood in the middle circle and prepared to kick off.

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It is different from Seth's slightly conservative 442 formation.As soon as Aragones took office, he changed the team's formation from 442 to 433, with Torres on the forward line.Raúl and Urces were up front, putting constant pressure on the Italian defense.

Trapattoni sat on the bench with a heavy face, holding his elbows and staring at the situation on the field.

The score on the field has become 0:1.Just now, Raul Gonzalez's cold shot in front of the penalty area passed through Cannavaro's crotch and knocked on the goal guarded by Buffon.After conceding the goal, the Italians' formation was not scattered. In their view, the Italians are the newly promoted European Cup champions, while Spain did not even qualify for the group. Their best results can be traced back to 1964-they Won the European Cup that year.This huge gap in the results of the World Series is directly reflected in the strength, and it cannot be changed by a random dribble.

Totti dribbled the ball to the left side of the frontcourt. Vieri, who was in an offside position, was retreating. Not far away, Liu Wen was asking for the ball from Totti. He avoided Puyol's entanglement and ran sideways into the penalty area. go.This running position is very good, but Totti's ball is a bit slow, and Puyol, who is in charge of defending Liu Wen, has stopped.

Before Liu Wen touched the football, the linesman raised the flag in his hand.

Another offside!

The Italian fans booed loudly. This was already the fifth offside in the first half. Liu Wen alone accounted for four of them. Take this time as an example. If the referee didn't blow it, it would be obvious that A sure-fire single-handed sword...

"Another stupid offside, Mariano is re-interpreting the offside rule on his own, and he is still very novice." Spanish commentator Carmela said excitedly, "Puyol's defense against him was very successful. So far, Mariano has shown nothing."

Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas kicked the ball into the Italian half.

Except for Raul's goal shortly after the opening, the game was as dull as a pantomime in ancient Rome.Under the bright autumn sun, the referee's frequent whistles became the main theme of the game. Spain's procrastination and slow pace complemented Italy's reinforced concrete defense line, killing the game time every minute.

Liu Wen once again fell into the offside trap created by the opponent, and Camoranesi's pass was a bit late again. When Liu Wen passed by the opponent's defender, Camoranesi hesitated slightly, waiting for him to confirm Liu Wen passed the ball after he had already started, but Liu Wen fell into an offside trap.

Liu Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead, and gestured an approving gesture to Camoranesi, but there was no smile on his face.In this game, the opponent's right back was in surprisingly good condition. Several one-on-one defenses stopped him and caused him to be offside several times...

Casillas kicked the ball out, and the Spanish team successfully passed the football to the edge of the penalty area in Italy under Xavi's organization. Nesta's body was thin but like a city wall, and he carried the AC Milan teammate Torres with his back protecting the ball. , has reached him to the corner area.Torres kicked the ball and kicked Nesta's foot to bounce off the baseline.Spain's corner kick.

Xavi took the corner, which had obvious outspin, and Buffon jumped high in the crowd, reaching out to take the ball from Urces' head, but he and Gattuso collided in the air Together, they overturned on the lawn, and the ball passed over the heads of most people with a strong spin - the Spanish midfielder Xavi Alonso appeared at the back point and volleyed against the line of the ball...

"Harvey Alonso shot!" The high-pitched voice of the live commentary echoed over the court, and his response was a loud exclamation.

"Oh!!" The exclamation of countless people sounded at the same time, followed by loud applause and cheers.Xavi Alonso's shot was impeccable, but Liu Wen miraculously cleared the shot from the goal line...

"Mariano's incredible clearance! Spain missed the opportunity to expand the score! This game Mariano Arini appeared on the camera either at the offside line or at the goal line. I wonder whether he is Arini or Arini. Kimmed?"

...Of course Liu Wen couldn't hear Carmela's cynicism. After he cleared the ball out of the goal, Grosso took control of the ball and then kicked forward with his big foot. Vieri used his chest to stabilize the ball before Albelda He stopped the ball and hesitated for a while. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Totti jumping in from the back row at high speed, knocking the ball with his heel lightly.

Totti took the ball beautifully and rushed to the front field along the middle. At this time, most of the Spanish players have not returned to the defense. This is an excellent counterattack opportunity!

"Look, Mariano! His speed is as fast as a Ferrari that can be active in the F1 arena! Overtaking, overtaking or overtaking!"

The camera lens keenly captured that Liu Wen, who was still on the goal line to clear the siege just now, was rushing forward at high speed. At this moment, he had quietly ran to the frontcourt and was still sprinting forward. Totti made a beautiful through ball— ——This through pass finally easily shattered Spain's offside tactics. Liu Wen passed Puyol's side beautifully, stretched out his right foot and stopped the ball in a very comfortable dribbling position.

"Mariano is offside!"

From the stands, Liu Wen, who started at an extremely fast speed, seemed to have paused the time. He opened the distance from Puyol almost as soon as he passed by. There was no defensive player in front of him. up.

Facing Casillas who abandoned the goal and attacked, Liu Wen took a step forward with his left foot, and at the same time shifted his center of gravity slightly to the left. After two or three fake moves, Casillas had lost his center of gravity and sat down on the ground.

"Pendulum-style extraordinary..." Carmela, who was still chattering just now, was speechless at the moment.Liu Wen, who reinterpreted the offside rules on his own, succeeded in turning the ball forward with his right foot. He passed Casillas and gently pushed the ball into the goal.

1:1, Italy equalized the score again! (To be continued..)