Chapter 304 Give Lin Huang a little shock to fans all over the world!

After creating two threatening attacks in a row, Costa Rica's players smelled danger.

They began to further shrink their defense lines, not seeking merit, but seeking no faults.

If they can draw with Spain and drag the game into a penalty shootout, then they may still have a glimmer of hope.

But if they continue to play at this pace, they are likely to be completely defeated by Spain.

After Costa Rica's defense line shrank, Spain's offense became more difficult.

Lin Quan tried to use his personal ability to break out several times, but the opponent's defense was very tight and did not give him a good chance.

If you lead too deep, you will easily be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the passing line to your teammates will also be easily cut off completely, making it difficult to pass the ball out.

Faced with such intensive defense, Spain began to try long-range shots outside the penalty area to see if they could catch one.

However, Navas's performance was so outstanding. With him guarding the goal, it was difficult for long-range shots to penetrate his fingers.

In the 37th minute, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Lin Quan pretended to accelerate and break through, attracting the opponent's defensive players to follow him, and then knocked the ball back to the center.

Iniesta followed up and completed a powerful long-range shot from the top of the penalty area!

When Iniesta was shooting, Lin Quan just moved away from him, leaving the window for the shot.

As the defender guarding Lin Quan moved, he just blocked the shorter Iniesta, causing Navas to fail to see Iniesta's shot at the first opportunity.

However, in this case, Navas relied on his superhuman reaction speed to fly and complete an almost impossible save.

With a snap, the football was shot out of the air with one hand.

Seeing that the opponent saved his shot again, Iniesta held his head in disbelief and couldn't help but grab the few hairs left on his head.

He couldn't figure it out, how did the opponent complete such a god-level save without observing it in advance?

Lin Quan glanced at Iniesta with some worry, not that he was worried that the other person's mentality would be affected.

Mainly because I'm worried about the other party's precarious hairline!

In his early years at La Masia's youth training camp, he often met Iniesta.

At that time, Xiaobai's hairline was not so high. Over the years, his hairline has steadily moved back a little bit.

In a few years, he might become bald like Guardiola.

"Lin, next time you take the shot!"

Iniesta's mentality has been affected to some extent. Let alone him, even a striker who takes scoring goals as his own mission can't help but doubt his life when he misses several shots in a row.

"good!"

So after hearing Iniesta's request, Lin Quan simply agreed.

When Pellegrini told him before that Manchester City was interested in and planned to introduce Navas, he had no special feeling.

Although I have heard of Navas's reputation, after all, it was him who stole Saint Cassie's starting position after entering Real Madrid.

Anyone who can squeeze Casillas away will naturally not be mediocre.

However, he had only heard of Navas' name. Because the two had never played against each other directly, Lin Quan lacked an intuitive feeling about how powerful the opponent was.

It just so happens that the two of them can have a good discussion using the opportunity of this competition.

When playing against the Chilean team before, Bravo left a deep impression on Lin Quan anyway. I wonder if Navas can reach the level of Bravo.

The end of the first half is getting closer and closer, and the Costa Rica players are becoming more and more united, desperately trying to hold on to the 0:0 score.

However, after they chose to hide in defense, the Spanish players rushed past the half and began to play passing football in the opponent's half.

Thanks to the large amount of offensive forces invested, Spain's passing and control tactics can still exert great power despite the opponent's close defense.

After all, the personal strength of Costa Rica's players is still a little weaker. If this tactic is adopted by teams from the five major leagues, it may be difficult for Spain to break the opponent's goal.

But in Costa Rica, it may be difficult to do this.

The only variable is probably the goalkeeper.

Navas' strength is obvious to all. In this game, as Spain took more shots, his condition gradually improved during the save.

This time it became increasingly difficult to deal with.

In the 42nd minute, Spain played wonderful cooperation at the front of the penalty area.

Under the intensive defense of the opponent, they passed the ball extremely quickly and suddenly opened a hole in Costa Rica's defense.

Lin Quan dribbled the ball into the penalty area and passed it to Torres in a small area. Torres, despite the interference from the opponent's defender, adjusted and passed the ball back to Lin Quan.

In this pass, Torres's tactical value is reflected.

Compared with Villa, a pure shooter, a player with a traditional center template like him can serve as a fulcrum in the opponent's penalty area and provide the ball for his teammates.

He did not pass the ball directly to Lin Quan's feet, but gave him a slight advance, allowing Lin Quan to accelerate forward without slowing down.

Nice pass, Torres!

Lin Quan secretly praised in his heart, sprinted faster, got the ball before the opponent's defender destroyed the ball, and then pulled the ball to the right, passing the opponent's last defender, forming a one-on-one!

Navas strikes!

If it were another player, such as Torres, he might not attack.

But before the game, Costa Rica's head coach showed him five hours of Lin Quan's shooting highlights, from the games when he first debuted at Werder Bremen to the latest World Cup group stage and knockout shots, everything!

After watching these video tapes, Navas was greatly afraid of Lin Quan's strength.

This guy has a variety of shooting skills. In addition to headers, he is proficient in all eighteen other martial arts!

Especially his single-sword success rate, which is simply ridiculously high.

Although it is easy for him to pass by him when he takes the initiative, if he stays in the goal and does not move, it is almost impossible to save his shot.

Whichever is the lesser of two evils, relatively speaking, the success rate of the attack is greater, and you can better grasp the initiative!

Lin Quan was not surprised at all when he saw Navas moving.

A good goalkeeper usually prefers to take the initiative into his own hands.

I don't like to passively follow the opponent's rhythm!

Coincidentally, Lin Quan also likes to take the initiative!

He moved the ball laterally, trying to use his speed to distance himself, bypass Navas' attack, and get a chance to hit an empty goal.

Of course Navas would not give him such a chance. He pounced on the football at Lin Quan's feet, forcing Lin Quan to shoot immediately, otherwise, the ball would be destroyed by him!

Even if Navas fails to steal the ball from Lin Quan, as long as he forces Lin Quan to make major adjustments, he can buy the defenders time to complete this defense.

Goalkeepers never fight alone, they have many teammates fighting side by side!

Seeing Navas' choice, Lin Quan's expression became solemn.

The other party's intention was obvious, but even if he knew the other party's purpose, he had no other choice but to follow the script set by Navas.

This guy seems to be not only very strong, but also very mentally strong.

This kind of saving method, which is almost gambling, will naturally bring you glory if it succeeds, but once it fails, it will become the sinner of the team's loss and become the target of criticism.

But Navas did it without any scruples!

Lin Quan could only secretly praise this, how brave!

He was not an indecisive person, and he raised his foot without hesitation and aimed at the upper left corner of the goal to complete the shot.

Navas immediately waved his right arm and tried to intercept Lin Quan's shot in the air.

The distance between the two is very close. Navas has a lot of blocking space, but his reaction time is too short.

Whether his save touches the ball or not depends on luck.

Fans from both sides at the scene saw Lin Quan and Navas bayoneting each other at close range. Every one of them stopped breathing nervously and stared at the goal without blinking.

Can this goal be scored?

Lucky for Navas, he felt as if his forearm touched the ball while waving his arm.

The direction of the football has changed, from flying straight towards the goal to flying towards the sky.

After feeling the touch on his arm, Navas completed the save and lost his center of gravity. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve.

In the showdown with Lin Quan, it seemed that he had the last laugh.

However, he was happy too early.

Although the football was blocked by his forearm, the ball did not completely go out of bounds.

And because his arm had lost some of its strength, and Lin Quan didn't use much force when shooting, the ball didn't fly very high, and it quickly began to fall back.

As soon as the football fell from the sky, Navas felt a shadow covering him.

After falling to the ground, he subconsciously raised his head and saw Spain's No. 30 leaping high and heading the ball into the goal with a very standard move.

boom!

After a moment of silence in the New Water Source Arena, deafening cheers suddenly erupted like a volcano erupting.

Spanish fans are delighted!

Not only were they happy for Lin Quan's goal to break the deadlock, but they were also surprised and excited to see Lin Quan score a header with a header for the first time.

"Did I read that correctly? Lin Quan seemed to have pushed the ball into the goal with his head?"

"Damn, Emperor Lin actually knows how to header!?"

"Messi can score with a header, but Lin is 3 centimeters taller than Messi. There's no reason why he can't!"

"But it seems that I have never seen him score a header with a header before. This is really rare!"

"My impression seems to be that he had a record of scoring goals with headers when he was in the Bundesliga, but only very rarely."

"It must be very few. I have watched Lin Huang play so many games, but I have never seen him score with a header. Today is an eye-opener!"

"Haha, judging from Emperor Lin's movements, he must have practiced it secretly. The lion's head-shaking movement looks decent!"

"If Lin Huang's height is increased by ten centimeters, he might become another header hero!"

"Haha, are you talking about Ramos?"

"Steamed buns, don't you hold the ball up? Shui Ye is the second goalscorer in the Spanish team, and his skill with this header is amazing!"

Ramos is not very tall, only 1.84 meters tall, but his header is very powerful, at least much better than Pique, who is 1.94 meters tall.

Because Lin Quan's header goals are so rare, the Spanish players couldn't help but become concerned when they ran over to hug him and celebrate:

"Lin, when did you secretly practice heading the ball, and you actually scored a header on the World Cup stage without saying a word. It's really yours!"

"I practiced blindly when I had nothing to do. It was just for emergencies, but I didn't expect it to actually come in handy!"

"Did you practice blindly? This standard movement doesn't look like you practiced blindly. Did you steal some tips from some header master in private?"

After hearing his teammates' words, Lin Quan had not yet answered, but Ramos stood proudly and straightened his chest.

Needless to say, of course I learned it from Master Shui!

Our heading skills are said to be the best in the Spanish team, no one has any objections, right?

On the sidelines, Bosque hugged Coach Tony excitedly.

While excited, he couldn't help but asked curiously:

"When did this kid practice heading the ball?"

Coach Tony was also confused: "I don't know. Logically speaking, with his height, it is difficult to grab points in the penalty area. Heading training is basically a waste of time, so we did not arrange training in this area for him!"

"Could it be that he was trained at Manchester City Club?"

Del Bosque didn't remember that he had arranged heading training subjects for Lin Quan, so he couldn't help but murmured curiously.

In this game, because Navas and Lin were both going to play, Pellegrini came to the court early.

At this time, after seeing Lin Quan complete a header and score a goal, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart like Del Bosque:

"With Lin's height, the Spanish team actually arranged for him to train heading balls. I don't understand, what is this old boy Del Bosque doing?"

He also felt that Lin Quan's header practice was a waste of time because it was too impractical.

Instead of wasting time training on headers, it is better to improve your shortcomings in other areas and further improve your own strength.

Navas looked at the football in the goal frame in a daze. He guessed the beginning but not the end.

Who knew that this guy actually had a secret trick and used a header that he had never seen in the video to break the goal he was guarding.

This is really a bit of bad luck, because Lin Quan rarely uses headers to attack goals. The header he scored in the Bundesliga was almost like a mask. His movements were very non-standard, and it was impossible to tell that he knew how to header the ball.

So when the Costa Rica coach was sorting out the videotape, he actively ignored Lin Quan's header.

This resulted in Navas not knowing that Lin Quan had this trick, and suffered a big loss in intelligence.

Navas' mentality quickly adjusted!

It's just one goal behind, but it's not like the sky is falling.

Believe in your teammates and the coach, and you may not be unable to regain the score in the second half.

As long as you continue to guard the goal and prevent the opponent from expanding their lead, you still have a chance to win this game!

Since Costa Rica has reached the quarterfinals, setting a record in team history, why can't they look forward to the semifinals?

There was not much time left in the first half. When the Spanish players finished celebrating, the referee blew the whistle to end the game shortly after the restart.

Taking the lead before the break was a great result for Spain.

With this goal, the opponent's tactics in the second half were easy to predict, and they had the initiative to take countermeasures against Costa Rica's tactics!