Chapter 303 A worldwide problem: How to restrict Lin Quan!

At the New Water Arena in El Salvador, the match between defending champions Spain and Costa Rica is underway.

In this game, Costa Rica played very cautiously. They arranged a 541 formation.

This choice can be said to be quite wise, because the Spanish team is currently the team with the most powerful offensive firepower in this World Cup.

They have scored a total of 16 goals in the past four games, averaging 4 goals per game.

Facing a team with such strong offensive firepower, if you don't rely on defense and instead fight against them, you really don't know how you will die.

After the game started, Spain was not in a hurry to attack.

Instead, they tested Costa Rica's defensive weaknesses through patient passing and cooperation.

Most of Costa Rica's players play in their home league, and the level of the league is not very high, so their personal abilities are definitely not as good as those of Spanish players.

To deal with this level of defense, Spain has a good way, and that is to speed up!

The main reason why the five major leagues are higher than other leagues is that the five major leagues have many stars and high technical and tactical levels, which allows them to speed up the pace of the game.

In low-level leagues, the pace of their games is generally slow due to the players' personal strengths.

Limited by physical fitness, passing skills and awareness, and vision, it is difficult for players in lower-level leagues to play fast-paced games. Once the rhythm is accelerated, their turnover rate will greatly increase.

This can be seen from the battles between Europe's top giants and those champion teams from other continents in the Club World Cup every year.

Evergrande, which won the AFC Champions League, was completely unable to adapt to the opponent's game rhythm when they faced Bayern in the Club World Cup.

And Evergrande can defeat the Central American champions!

These weaknesses have been studied and summarized by the Spanish coaching staff before the game.

Spanish players are very aware of their own strengths and the weaknesses of their opponents, so they plan to use their strengths and avoid weaknesses.

In this game, Lin Quan finally felt the treatment of a superstar.

Of course, it's not a good thing.

Costa Rica's players ranked him as the top threat to the Spanish team and arranged for someone to mark him throughout the game.

Once he gets the ball, he immediately arranges for multiple double-teams and pressures, and even uses fouls to deal with him.

After only 20 minutes of playing in the first half, Lin Quan had already received 3 yellow cards.

The referee Irmatov is from Uzbekistan. He is a referee who likes to control the situation very much.

In the games he officiated, the situation rarely got out of control.

Often when the game shows any signs of this, he will take action to kill it.

Before the game started, he guessed that Costa Rica players might take foul tactics against Lin Quan.

It's not that this tactic cannot be used, but if you use it, you will have to bear the price.

Otherwise, if the opponent continues to use this foul tactic, the offended player will definitely become more and more angry. In the end, the game will get out of control and the two sides will fight on the field, which is very bad.

And he gave three yellow cards in succession, which also calmed down the Costa Rica players a lot.

In the subsequent games, they did not dare to foul easily, which gave Lin Quan a lot more room for movement.

In the 21st minute, Spain launched a quick counterattack. After Lin Quan took the ball to attract the attention of the opponent's defender, he looked towards the center of the court, but used his heel to pass the ball to David Silva on the wing.

This pass was very concealed. The Costa Rican full-back failed to keep up with David Silva at the first time, giving the latter the opportunity to dribble the ball down and complete a cross.

In order to avoid the ball being intercepted while flying, David Silva's pass is relatively powerful.

Torres started a little slower and failed to touch the ball with his outstretched foot. Costa Rica goalkeeper Navas made a mistake and failed to get the ball.

Unfortunately, there was no second Spanish player outflanking the ball at the back point, causing the football to slide past without being touched.

On the sidelines, Spanish coach Del Bosque stood up and applauded and encouraged the players.

Although this attack failed to score a goal, it successfully created a threat.

And the most important thing is that Lin Quan's condition has recovered!

In the 25th minute, Spain attacked again.

This time, they changed direction and attacked from the right.

Lin Quan dribbled the ball forward while observing the position of the opponent's defensive players.

Seeing that Lin Quan's attention was not on football, the opponent's full-back thought he had an opportunity and suddenly stretched out his foot to grab the ball.

However, after his foot came out, the other foot kicked the ball away at a faster speed.

Gamboa was dumbfounded!

Didn't he watch the game?

How come you react so quickly?

No, it can't be purely by reaction!

Could it be that in this trap of his, he deliberately pretended not to watch the ball and tempted himself to stretch his feet to intercept it?

The more he thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible, but it was useless even if he figured it out at this time.

Lin Quan had already completed his breakthrough, left the right wing and cut into the penalty area.

Seeing Gamboa being passed, Costa Rica's defenders all retreated, and their central midfielder Borges rushed towards Lin Quan immediately.

He planned to stop Lin Quan. If he couldn't stop him, he would use foul tactics to stop him.

When his teammates fouled Lin Quan and got a card, Borges was lucky enough to escape.

This has resulted in him not receiving a yellow card yet, so there is a certain amount of room for error.

Lin Quan noticed Borges approaching, but he did not stop dribbling the ball forward, nor did he pass the ball out immediately.

None of the teammates can run out of space. If the ball is passed out at this time, there is a high probability that it will fall into a positional battle and lose the suddenness of a fast attack.

When reorganizing the offense, Costa Rica's defensive players are already in position, and it is not easy to tear apart their defense.

Therefore, the best option is for him to continue dribbling the ball a certain distance, attracting the attention of more defensive players and intercepting it, and then pass the ball.

At that time, there will be more Spanish players in the frontcourt, and he will have many more options for playing the ball.

When Borges saw that Lin Quan didn't pass the ball immediately, he was overjoyed and bumped into Lin Quan unceremoniously.

In his opinion, he was half a head taller than Lin Quan. Didn't he just knock him down easily?

However, what surprised him was that Lin Quan was like a small tank, but he didn't fall down after being hit.

Instead, he was knocked back several steps and sat down on the ground!

Borges was shocked and extremely surprised that he failed in the physical confrontation!

Not to mention him, the fans at the scene, including the coaches of the two teams, were also very surprised when they saw this result.

After Lin Quan passed Borges, he was double-teamed by the two opponents.

At this time, he did not continue to stick to the ball, but decisively passed the ball out.

Iniesta received a pass from Lin Quan, he rushed into the penalty area and completed a high-quality shot.

It's a pity that Navas continued his excellent performance in the previous game and made a difficult save to save Iniesta's shot!

Seeing Iniesta's shot being saved, Lin Quan couldn't help but glance at Navas in front of the goal.

This guy's strength is really strong. He made such a save that he almost wanted to applaud the opponent!

Iniesta couldn't help but shook his head. He had already hit the ball very decisively, and the quality was also good. If he had changed to a different goalkeeper, he might have scored.

But the opponent is the best goalkeeper in La Liga, and a shot of this level seems not enough!

Although the Spanish fans at the scene felt sorry for Iniesta's shot, they were still very happy that the team played threatening attacks in a short period of time.

Fans who can come to Brazil to watch the game are basically die-hard fans of the Spanish national team.

They have watched many national team games, so they are very confident about the strength of their own team.

As long as Spain is in good form and continues this momentum, it will only be a matter of time before they score.

Compared with Iniesta's shot being saved, fans watching the game on the spot and online were more concerned about Borges trying to hit Lin Quan but knocking himself down. Very funny, very funny thing!

"Haha, Costa Rica's No. 5 wants to touch the Emperor of Porcelain!"

"It's a pity that the porcelain attempt failed!"

"Not only did he fail, but he was also embarrassed in front of the audience all over the world. If I were him, I would now want to find a crack in the field to crawl through!"

"Haha, stop talking, I can feel how embarrassed he feels when he wants to use his toes to create a three-bedroom apartment on the court!"

"Huang Lin's small body seems to be inconspicuous, but I didn't expect that he can carry it!"

"Haha, when Fulham defender Richardson wanted to touch Lin Huang, he was taught by Lin Huang. Even though Lin Huang is short, his physical confrontation ability is not bad at all!"

"I checked and it seems that Lin Huang weighs 74 kilograms, which is one kilogram heavier than Borges opposite him. In addition, he is short in height and has a low center of gravity. If the two collide, Lin Huang may not be able to do it. Suffer!"

"Huang Lin is 173. He is not short for his height, right?"

"A normal person's height, right? He's still a little taller than Messi!"

"Haha, if it's a height comparison, a certain player who likes to tiptoe when taking pictures has something to say!"

"Putting Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi together to compare their heights is too bullying!"

"That's right, what kind of heroes do you think you are if you compare your height? Let's compare our goals if we have the ability. For example, the goals in the World Cup?"

"Trivia: Messi has participated in a total of 3 World Cups. As of now, Messi's total number of goals in the World Cup is 5!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo has also participated in 3 World Cups, and his current total number of goals is 4!"

"Here's the key point. Lin Huang only participated in this World Cup. His current total number of goals is 6. He is also the top scorer in this World Cup. After Ronaldo was eliminated, he can now pose a challenge to him on the scorer list. The only threats are Messi and Muller!"

If you don't compare, you don't know. If you compare, you will be shocked.

Fans all know that Lin Quan performed very well in this World Cup and scored many goals.

But because Lin Quan also scores a lot of goals in the league and Champions League, many people don't know what these goals mean.

And when some fans listed the results of Messi and Ronaldo in three World Cups, they realized how terrifying Lin Quan's 6 goals in 4 games were!

"This game is not over yet. Lin Huang might still be able to score. If he scores another goal, he will be able to get rid of Ronaldo and take the top spot on the scorer list!"

"Hiss, is Emperor Lin so fierce? Although I have always known that he is very powerful, but I feel that he is even more powerful than I imagined!"

"You know, I feel the same way, but why?"

"Why? It's not because Lin Huang is relatively young, has not been in the professional arena for a long time, and has not accumulated enough fans, so everyone subconsciously thinks that Messi and Ronaldo are more powerful!"

"Well, it makes sense. It may also have something to do with the league and team Lin Huang is in!"

"After all, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both in La Liga, and Real Madrid and Barcelona are also the top teams in the world. The collision between them will naturally bring more topicality than Lin Huang's time in Manchester City. So, not only the fans pay more attention to Melo, but even the news media prefer to report on the collision between the two!"

This may be the most convincing explanation, and fans agree with this reason.

"Then through this World Cup, let those who have ignored Lin Huang take a good look at how far Lin Huang has grown!"

"Come on, Emperor Lin!"

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Borges was indeed embarrassed. When he was pulled up by his teammates, he couldn't help but explain:

"My foot slipped just now and I couldn't stand firmly. It won't happen like this next time!"

His teammates looked at him suspiciously, "I don't blame you, why are you explaining so excitedly?"

Borges failed to realize the mistake he made, but Costa Rica coach Pinto saw it on the sidelines:

"Spain No. 30's physical confrontation ability seems to be stronger than we thought!"

I thought the opponent was short, with flexible footwork and weak physical resistance.

That's why he arranged a strangulation tactic against Lin Quan!

Judging from the results of the first 20 minutes, this tactic seems to have had a certain effect.

However, what happened when Borges was knocked down by Lin Quan just now told him that it was not the strangulation tactics of physical confrontation that were effective, but the strangulation tactics combined with foul tactics.

If there are not enough fouls, it will still be difficult to restrict him.

But the problem is that three of the players on the field have already received yellow cards.

If the foul tactics continue to be implemented, Irmatov will definitely not condone Costa Rica's fouls based on his law enforcement habits.

By then, before the game is over, they may have to send off several players!

Therefore, if this method does not work, we must rethink other methods.

It's just that it's too embarrassing for him to come up with a solution in a short period of time when coaches from so many top clubs in Europe can't think of it.

Therefore, the final result is no solution!

Costa Rica cannot restrict Lin Quan!