Chapter 589 Liu Feng's guess
Under such a tense situation, both teams showed extremely high tactical qualities.
The Dutch team's fast in and out of Robben as the core offensive tactics, and the Spanish team slowly advances the ball control tactics that firmly control the ball rights. The two teams have their own styles, and the wonderful performances of the players have also constantly aroused cheers from the fans in the stands.
Against this background, the passage of game time quickly accelerated. Sixty minutes later, the Dutch team, with a strong desire to attack, took the lead in the attack.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Sneider intercepted the ball in the midfield. After intercepting the ball, the midfield core of the Orange Army quickly observed the position of his teammates and quickly seized the opportunity.
That was Robben's diagonal insertion. Due to the Dutch team's interception, Van Persie and others in the middle, Espanyol's control of Robben did not reach the intensity of the second half of the first half.
And this also gave the Dutch team a chance.
"Sneider dribbled the ball and stepped forward, and the Dutch team overall started to press forward, and the advancement was very fast!!!"
In front of broadcast screens around the world, countless pairs of eyes were staring at the pictures on the court. The next moment, Sneider made a choice.
"Bang! With a quick pass, the ball directly crossed the Spaniard's defense and fell into the area behind the back line. Robben! It's a one-on-one!!!"
It was a long time to say that at this moment, for countless Dutch fans, the dawn of victory suddenly appeared. Robben, who had a single shot, quickly advanced two steps and then directly shot.
However, once again, Saint Cassi became the hero of all Spaniards.
"Robbon's low shot! Casillas saved the ball from his lower body, and the ball was blocked and got out of the bottom line! This was an extremely important save, Saint Cassi, he completed a divine pounce!"
"boom!!!"
At the Johannesburg Football City Stadium, the Spanish fans in the stands were completely boiling at this moment. They kept shouting and cheering, and they didn't care about the Dutch fans holding their heads in annoyed manner in another stand.
Perhaps this failed offense exhausted the Dutch team's energy, causing them to take some time to recover, and in the subsequent time, they completely lost the initiative in the offensive.
After Casillas' magical pounce, the Spanish team became more and more brave, and then began to counterattack through helpless ball-controlling tactics.
Soon, the opportunity came.
In the 69th minute of the game, Spanish wing forward Navas broke through on the right and found his own rhythm. He was unstoppable all the way and finally chose to cross after two defensive players leaned towards him at the same time.
This cross was a bit too pursuing angle, which also led to the Dutch defender Hettinga touching the ball in the middle.
However, it is obvious that Hetinga did not expect the ball to come into contact with him. He did not significantly affect the ball's route, which caused the ball to stumble and still came to the feet of Spanish center Villa.
"Villa got the ball and chose to shoot directly!!!"
It has to be said that he can become the starter of the top event like the World Cup final, and no one has any skills. Just when everyone thought Villa's shot would fly to the goal without any obstacles, Hetinga's legs appeared again.
This time, he deliberately blocked it. The ball hit his leg and flew out of the bottom line.
These two shots from both sides can be said to be the two attacks that are most likely to change the game in the second half. Just like before, this time, he cheered loudly and became a Dutch fan, while the Spanish fans were in infinite annoyance.
After this attack, the coaches of both sides began to adjust the lineup. Since Espanyol made a substitution in 60 minutes, they did not make adjustments early as early as the Dutch team.
The Netherlands team replaced Elia with a yellow card with Kuyt in 71 minutes, strengthening the team's offensive strength.
The passage of time then accelerated again in the two teams' back and forth attacks. In the 87th minute of the game, the Spanish team replaced the team's midfielder Xavi Alonso with the young Fabregas to continue to strengthen the control of the midfield.
With such a steady adjustment from Spain, the Dutch team, which was gradually weak, still did not find any chance to change the score in regular time.
When the injury time officially ended, the referee's sharp final whistle announced that the game was about to enter the overtime stage.
Liu Feng and Yuan Xiao, who had been paying attention to the situation on both sides, finally had the opportunity to relax for a while, but when Yuan Xiao was relaxing, Liu Feng fell into deep thought.
He wondered whether he could break through the defense and create goals when he appeared on the court as the striker of these two teams.
In the end, he concluded that he had much more chances in Spain than in the Netherlands because Spain had too much support for the striker, and the Netherlands relied on the free performance of the forward line.
After the opponent firmly controls the midfield and manages his own defense line into a quagmire position, any forward can only follow other people's rules, and only occasionally can he appear like a bargain.
"Feng, who do you think will win?"
Yuan Xiao's shouting summoned Liu Feng from his imagination. He almost said his guess without thinking: "If the Spanish team did not make a big mistake, they should win."
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After a short break, the overtime game kicked off directly.
At the beginning of overtime, the Netherlands had been fighting against Espanyol's defense several times with their momentum, but the Bullfighters, who were striving for progress, did not give them any chance.
In the 109th minute of the game, the first red card of the game was finally born.
It was a wonderful pass from Spanish midfielder Xavi. The ball passed the defense range of the Dutch midfielder and fell towards Xiaobai. However, the Dutch defender Hetinga, who had already carried a yellow card, chose to directly tackle Iniesta and get his second yellow card. The two yellows turned red and went directly to the field.
The Dutch team, which fought ten people, was completely in a passive situation.
With fans looking forward to the attention, Espanyol began to make great efforts. With one more person fighting, they did not want to play any penalty shootout with their opponents.
In the 116th minute of the game, the opportunity came like this.
It was the performance of the young talented midfielder Fabregas from the Gunners. When he got the ball in the midfield of the Dutch team, he directly chose to send out a diagonal straight pass.
"Iniesta successfully counterattacked. He got the ball and shot directly! He shot with a volley!!!"
"Bang!"
Chapter completed!