Chapter 123 The Last Mystery

France and Italy have been eliminated one after another. It can be said that in South Africa, European teams have created the worst record in the history of participating in the World Cup, and Switzerland is the last straw on top of this worst.

When the Spaniard defeated Chile and created an excellent opportunity for Switzerland, the Swiss themselves gave up their own bright prospects. In the end, Switzerland burst into tears after being eliminated, but judging from the performance of this game, the Swiss were in tears. It is clear that it is self-inflicted, and it is not worthy of sympathy.

Before this game, Chile had two victories in two games and accumulated six points. Spain and Switzerland had one win and one loss. Although Chile temporarily ranked first in the group, from the perspective of the schedule, Switzerland may have the biggest qualification. In the last round, Switzerland Facing Honduras, which is the weakest in the group, Spain faces Chile. Since Spain has not yet secured the qualification, Del Bosque's team must win. Once Spain beats Chile and Switzerland beats Honduras, Switzerland and Spain will join hands to qualify, and Switzerland The possibility of defeating Honduras is much higher than that of Chile defeating Spain. Therefore, in general, Switzerland and Spain have the best qualifying situation, while Chile, which temporarily ranks first in the group after two rounds, is relatively dangerous in the final round.

But the final fact is that Spain defeated Chile, but Switzerland can be said to have a thrilling draw with Honduras, and they can only be eliminated with their opponents.

In the final battle of life and death, the United States attacked the whole field, and finally scored a goal in the second minute of stoppage time, staged the Hollywood miracle of the World Cup, but the miracle of the Swiss Alps has not yet arrived. Hitzfeld seems to be waiting The result of the game in Spain, as the saying goes, is to watch the food and eat, but Hitzfeld is watching Spain play chess, and completely pins his hopes on his European compatriots. They were promoted in minutes, and they never thought of assassinating their opponents like sabers in life-and-death battles.

There is no shortage of upsets in this World Cup, and the biggest upset comes from Switzerland. They beat the European champions in the first round, but in the life-and-death battle, Hitzfeld seemed to pin all his hopes on the Spaniard. After the opening, Switzerland The sabers have been reluctant to make a move. They seem to hope that Spain will beat Chile by a big score, so that they only need a small victory to advance to the top 16, but hope has always come from their own hard work. The Swiss pin their hopes on others. , while Chile seized the opportunity by themselves, trailing by two goals in the first half, and at the same time was defeated by the red?

?? sent off one man, but Bielsa still played offensive football and pulled a goal back in the second half to push Switzerland into a desperate situation, because in this case, Switzerland must score two goals to qualify, and at this time the It was too late to wake up, and I had enjoyed it for too long, and my whole body was already weak when I needed to exert strength.

In addition, at the moment when adjustments were needed, Hitzfeld's substitutions seemed very mediocre, replacing Jakin, Frey, and Shaqiri, replacing Fernandez, Nkuf and Hugel, and replacing two midfielders with two midfielders. A midfielder, a striker replaced by a striker, all of them are match-up substitutions. In the case of the most need to strengthen the offense, the substitutions of Heathfield, who also defeated Spain in the first game, were so conservative and not enterprising. After the man entered the field, although Switzerland took the initiative on the scene, it did not pose a substantial threat. On the contrary, Honduran striker Alvarez almost single-handedly scored in the second half. If it were not for Benaglio's wonderful save, Switzerland would have May be directly out of the game.

Think about it a day ago when Lippi replaced two offensive players at the same time after the midfielder, and finally got the ups and downs in the last ten minutes. In Switzerland today, if you want to find an image metaphor, a frog in warm water may be more appropriate. Against the weakest Honduras, the Swiss had planned to take it easy, wait for another good news, and then score a goal to reach the last 16.

But Chile, which was in the heat of water, struggled out of hell and ascended to heaven by its own efforts, while Switzerland, which was comfortable in warm water, finally fell into hell slowly. How can such a self-inflicted death method , How to win the sympathy of fans?

Compared with the performance of Honduras, which failed to score a single goal, in the last round, Switzerland, which had an upset victory over Spain, seemed even less enterprising. Their elimination may be a great blessing for the World Cup, because such a team stayed in the World Cup. On the stage, it will only reduce the overall charm of the World Cup.

Compared with the Swiss team's lack of progress, Spain and Chile joined forces to dedicate to the fans. Since the start of this World Cup, the most exciting match.

Before the start of this game, the best news for Spain is that Iniesta is back, and in the subsequent game, he showed a good state. It can be said that Iniesta is Spain's leader in this game. The propeller is the key for the team to reach the top 16.

After Iniesta played, the Spanish team's passing level immediately rose to a higher level, and the team quickly took advantage. In the game, Iniesta almost staged a solo recital in the first half. In addition, he also scored A beautiful goal to help the team lock the victory, for the Spanish team, Iniesta is extremely critical.

In the 36th minute of the match against Chile, Iniesta did not take the ball into the penalty area after the midfielder completed the steal, but chose to distribute it to Villa on the wing. The latter knocked back on the left. Star shot the ball into the goal from a tricky angle.

Apart from this goal, Iniesta has always been very eye-catching, active and restless in the game. As long as he gets the ball, he can always make a difference.

It can be said that Iniesta's comeback has allowed the Spanish team to regain some of the lost style. Although Silva and Cesc Fabregas were absent, Iniesta injected Spain with style with his own feet.

Villa is active on the wing, and there are not many opportunities to participate in the game. This tactical asymmetry forced Iniesta to quickly give up the position on the wing arranged for him on the tactical board, and move closer to the center. And it worked wonders.

Spain won the victory and finally advanced to the top 16 as the top of the group. In the first knockout round, they will face Portugal, who is second in Group G. With Spain's current state, they can overcome this two-tooth battle and advance to the next round. In the next round, it shouldn't be a problem.

Chile, who advanced to the second place in the group, lost the game, but fans all over the world couldn't help cheering for their defeat.

In the World Cup, if a game is lost, the team's hope of advancing will be at least halved, so utilitarianism is essential. It can be seen that in order to ensure that each side gets a point, many boring draws were born in the World Cup. The most recent one is probably the battle between Brazil and Portugal.

But the emergence of the Chilean team prevented this World Cup from becoming a "world tragedy". The offensive tone that people love to see is particularly clear in the Chileans, even against a super team like Spain, even if they are 10 dozen 11, but the reckless attack made the Chilean team undoubtedly the best team with a surge in popularity in this cup.

In the first two games, the Chileans contributed two exciting victories. This time against Spain, the Chilean team sent off one player in the first half, but they did not choose the iron bucket formation at all to prevent the increase of conceded goals, but worked hard Pressing out and playing, Spain, which is the most adept at ball-handling tactics, became flustered under the crazy impact of Chile.

Obviously, people like to watch such a team whose only standard of survival is offense, even if this offense reveals too much immaturity.

Football is a reappearance of war in some form, but football is definitely not a war full of too much human wisdom. When it comes to the highest level of war, the Chinese believe that it is "a soldier who surrenders without fighting". So let's take a look at this set of football. ?

Then there would be no such sport at all. The birth and development of any sport is supported by its simple or even naive concept. The first concept of football is to find ways to kick into the opponent's gate , instead of trying to keep the door from being breached.

Bielsa thought this way a long time ago, and the Chileans fully accepted his point of view. Bielsa is famous for playing 3313, and of course he was dismissed for playing 3313. In this World Cup, his Chilean team's starting lineup is all 433, which increases A defender, less people attacking in the frontcourt?

Of course it's impossible. Madman Bielsa's Chilean team is strong because they are strong. There is only one defensive player in the three midfielders. If not, all change hands in the midfield.

Taking the most representative match against the Swiss team, the importance of this ball is very clear to both teams. The midfielder of the Chilean team, Vidal, plays on the left, and uses his super wide range of running to hit the Swiss team. On the right wing, Fernandez is generally on the right, with a large forward position. In fact, he is a right winger. Carmona directs in the middle, Bossa Noel plays the left winger in the frontcourt, Suazo in the middle, Sanchez right forward, pay attention to his midfielder , Vidal and Fernandez are obviously stronger offensively than defensively. Speaking of 433, it looks more like the configuration of 4141, even more aggressive to the point of indescribable. The Chilean team's two full-backs, especially Isla on the right, rushed forward every game, forming waves of attacks.

The premise of this kind of play requires the players on both sides to press firmly and have a very strong breakthrough ability, and the short pass on each line is all for the sole purpose of moving forward quickly. Stop and push forward, of course very tired.

But Bielsa would rather continue this strong offensive through substitutions than to achieve balance and stability. So should Bielsa's Chilean team defend?

Judging from the performance of these three games, the most basic defense he advocates is to fix two central defenders who are not available. One of the midfielders can retreat to assist in the defense. Especially the midfielders, but if they can't run back, it's not something Bielsa has to worry about.

Under such an almost "perverted" request, the Chilean team that the fans saw, even in the face of Spain, played 10 against 11 when they were sent off early, and the lineup was completely unbalanced. Players from the field came to beat the Spanish defense line and played Mira. They thought Mira would come up to fill the midfielder position of the sent-off Estrada. As a result, Mira hit the frontcourt as soon as he came up and scored with a lob. When the Chilean team doesn't care about defensive gains or losses at all, trying to find the opponent's space to play offense has become their only motivation for the game.

Recalling the 98 World Cup, Chile had Salas and Zamorano at the time, but they played a five-back lineup in their own half. Austria, with this kind of trick, the quality of the draw will be much lower, and after entering the round of 16, the five defenders are like toys in front of Brazil, and they were beaten 4:1 without saying anything.

But now the Chilean team understands one thing. They must play freely and win the love of the world. If there are no superstars, they must use their style of play to please them. So little defender, but want to get three of him in a game? It's better to beware of your own goal being smashed by the Chileans.

In the next game, Chile will face Brazil. The latter is the team that is most likely to break Chile's offensive lineup. In the two qualifiers, they beat Chile by a large margin, but will Bielsa suddenly change to a Paraguayan-style Kamepai formation?

Obviously unlikely, even if he knew he was doomed, Bielsa would definitely show the Chilean's strong attack system in front of the Brazilian team without hesitation. If the game ends with a five-goal loss, his Chilean team, Be sure to lose 1:6 or 2:7.

Besides, at this time, you must not believe in evil, and you can't just lose as soon as you meet Brazil. Perhaps this game of 16 to 8 is an earth-shattering victory for Bielsa's football philosophy. With a team like Chile that makes people excited , any of his games is destined to have exciting content that fans can't imagine.

I have to admit that Bielsa is an outlier, the only one left when football becomes more and more utilitarian. His game does not require winning or losing, but not lagging behind on the scene.

You can take a look at this game against Spain. Although Spain won in the end, in the whole game, most of the games were 10 against 11. The Chilean team was not behind on the scene at all, and even at some points, It can also dominate in numbers, and the leading Spanish team played without temper.

The Chilean team with Bielsa can be said to be the luck of the World Cup in South Africa.

Even Degan, who had watched the game, said: "In this World Cup, the team I most hope to meet is Chile. At that time, the scene must be very intense!"

However, it is a pity that if Chile, which is full of ambition, wants to meet Belgium, the first thing it has to face is Brazil, which is becoming more and more utilitarian.

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