Chapter Two Hundred and Eight

Chapter Two Hundred and Eight

The Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna, Austria, the venue for the 2008 European Cup final match, in the stands, the fans of the two teams have made their final preparations, just like when Belgium faced Turkey in the last game, looking around , a piece of red.

The Spaniard is waving a red cape, the Belgian is adorned with the coat of the European Red Devils, and the fans are singing heartily, celebrating their team reaching the final of the European Cup once again.

One side is 24 years of waiting, and the other is 28 years of anticipation. The Spaniard is looking forward to winning the Delaunay Cup again after 44 years, and the Belgians are looking forward to the European Red Devils coming to Europe for the first time.

In the safe passage, the players of the two teams are making final preparations. Degan is standing in the front of the Belgian team. He can feel that many eyes are on him. The Spaniard is looking forward to revenge. Three years ago That game has been experienced by many players in the Spanish team today, Casillas, Puyol, Xavi, and of course Cesc Fabregas, Iniesta and Torres, but in that game, they It was from the bench watching their national team be blocked from the gate of the World Cup finals.

When it was time to enter the field, cheers broke out in the stands immediately, and the last feast of the European Cup in 2008 was about to begin.

When fighting for the ball, the captains of the two teams, Degan and Casillas, did not have a verbal confrontation as people expected. Neither of them spoke, and they didn't even meet their eyes.

lost?

Degan looked at the coin in the referee's hand, feeling a little depressed. This is not a good sign.

The gloomy mood just flashed by. Degan turned and left the center circle, called his teammates together, and gave some instructions. Degan can imagine that the competition in this game will not only happen on the court, Other factors must also be considered.

"When defending, we should not move too much, and we must not be caught by the referee, understand?"

There is nothing that everyone doesn't understand. They have already experienced the previous semi-finals, and everyone can feel that there is a force that does not want them to have the last laugh.

"Concentrate on it. For us, such an opportunity may only come once in a lifetime. Don't go home with regrets!"

In the previous World Cup, Degan had no choice but to accept a defeat because of injury. Watching the Italians hold up the Hercules Cup, now the final has become the European Cup. This time, Degan will never allow the same The situation happened again.

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began. The Spanish team did not seem to be in a hurry to attack. Pass and receive the ball in a small range, pull the opponent's defense line, find a gap, and then launch a fatal blow.

Of course, Degan couldn't let them do what they wanted. When the football was passed to Iniesta's feet, Degan rushed forward. Pressed.

Seeing that Belgium seemed restless, the players of the Spanish team couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but soon, this joy disappeared. What made them puzzled was that the Belgian frontcourt players started to press, but the three midfielders didn't even move. , It's like watching a play, and I don't come up to help at all.

Of course, this was also established before the game. Zone defense, no one can move until they enter their territory, and they must firmly hold their own defense line.

Seeing that there was no gap in the middle, when Harvey received the ball again, he kicked the ball to the left, and Iniesta quickly pressed up. This is also the usual routine in Spain. Florence has already played badly.

Moreover, compared to Fiorentina, Spain has a fatal flaw in this side attack. Torres is not the kind of powerful center forward. Facing the defense of Vermaelen and Kompany, he wants to fight for the header. impossible.

Therefore, the Belgian team formulated a tactic to defend Spain's side attack before the game. The two full-backs only defended the Spanish side attacking players from cutting in. If the ball is passed, it will be handed over to Kompany and Vermaelen. The three defensive midfielders must protect the first generation in the front of the penalty area to prevent the Spanish team from crossing, or seize the second point and shoot long shots from outside the penalty area.

Sure enough, Iniesta saw that he had no chance to cut inside, and was forced to near the baseline by Van Buyten. He could only make a cross in a hurry. There is simply no chance.

After the football was pushed out by Kompany, the second point was also easily taken by Belgium. Fellaini stopped the ball, glanced forward, and kicked the ball directly to the side of the front field with a big kick.

In his own half, the ball should be played as soon as possible after taking the ball. This is what Antiiennis repeatedly emphasized before the game, in order to prevent Spain from seizing the opportunity and deploying the wall.

The football passed directly through the midfield and landed on the right. Digan stepped forward to stop the ball and rushed towards Capdevila. There was no composition, and he was hit directly behind by a long pass from Belgium.

Fabregas rushed towards Digan. At the same time, Digan's Fiorentina teammate Marchena was also moving in the direction of Digan. He retreated and tried to form a three-man double-team for Digan.

How could Degan fail to see the wishful thinking of the Spanish players? Just as Cesc Fabregas was about to post it, Degan passed the ball directly to Dembele, and then continued to rush along the sidewalk past.

The football reached Dembele's feet, and Senna was beside him. Dembele didn't dare to show off his skills at this time, and wanted to pass the ball to Brat with a through ball.

But Puyol had been prepared for a long time. He suddenly grabbed the ball and intercepted the ball, but he failed to stabilize the ball. As a result, he was intercepted by Bratt, but even if the interception was successful, he has no shot now. Ramos has already stood in front of him. Brat is characterized by fast speed and strong explosive ability, but his ability to challenge defensive players one-on-one is almost impossible, let alone Puyol. at the side.

"here!"

When Degan saw that Bratt was sticking to the ball, he obviously hesitated, and quickly shouted. Hearing Degan's shout, Bratt kicked the ball back to the side as if he saw a savior, and at the same time suddenly Go forward and squeeze into the Spanish penalty area.

Degan stopped the ball steadily, and it was obviously impossible to pass the ball. Brat has Puyol and Ramos around him. Even if he passed the ball, it would be difficult for Brat to catch it. .

Then only ~~~~~~~

Digan tapped the arch of his foot lightly, and the football passed through Capdevila's buttocks. Digan immediately turned around and cut inside!

Marchena has arrived. The two were teammates when they were in Florence, but now they are their masters. Marchena has no intention of showing mercy at all. He knows that it is difficult to keep Digan, so he directly stumbling.

Unexpectedly, Degan was already on guard, poked the ball lightly, jumped up at the same time, jumped over Marchena's sideways legs, stopped the ball, already had an angle, and volleyed directly.

The soccer ball was like a detonated bomb, and it flew towards the far corner of the Spanish goal whistling with the wind. Although Casillas was concentrated, he did not expect Degan to shoot suddenly at that position. Hurry up Move towards the far post, then leap high, leaning back, trying to save the ball.

But the speed of Degan's kick was too fast, and it passed directly over Casillas' finger, which made Casillas turn pale with fright.

Boom!

Fortunately, the goalposts helped the Spanish team at this time.

But the Belgian attack was not over yet. Taking advantage of the Spanish player's daze, Brat suddenly advanced forward, facing the flying back football, and directly shot with a header.

At this time, Casillas showed the ability of a super goalkeeper. He was still sitting on the ground. Seeing that Brat's supplementary shot had arrived, he suddenly bounced up and held it up with one hand. As a result, the football rubbed against the crossbar. Fly off the bottom line.

Spain went up and down and let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, God was on the side of the Spanish team, otherwise it would be really dangerous.

Calagones looked at the field, and the coach frowned. The development of the situation is completely different from what he expected!

Belgium obviously had a very complete preparation before the game. Just now when the Spanish team was attacking, every step was calculated by the Belgian team. At the same time, when Belgium was attacking, it hit Spain's weakness with one blow.

He didn't play in the midfield at all, and directly hit the back of the Spanish team's defense. Although this attack was resolved, if the Belgian caught his weakness like this and beat him hard, it would not be a solution!

Immediately afterwards, the Belgian team took a corner kick. Dembele's corner kicked directly to the back point. Degan was standing there a long time ago. Although there was Puyol in front of him, Degan did not take the Spanish player The deputy captain looked at it.

The arc of the ball was very large, and Casillas didn't dare to rush to pick it up. Seeing the ball flying over, Degan jumped up ahead of time. What surprised everyone at the scene was Degan's terrifying ability to stay in the air.

If you have this ability, don't play basketball, just mess around on the football field!

Puyol competed for the top, but was completely suppressed by Degan. With a flick of his head, the football flew towards the Spanish goal. This time, Casillas had some problems with his position, and the football was about to fly into the goal. The goal, but the crossbar of the goal helped Spain again. The ball hit the lower edge of the goal, and Casillas, who reacted quickly, pressed it on the goal line.

Depend on!

It was a little bit worse again!