Iron Man on the pitch

The quarterfinals were still in progress, and in the subsequent matches Paraguay defeated Japan in a penalty shootout.

The last 16-to-8 game was played between Spain and Brazil. The last time the two teams met was dated back to the friendly match in 1999, but now things have changed, and the past match records are endless. As the two favorites to win this World Cup, this game will be a battle between Mars and Earth.

Brazil's top star Kaka ended his red card suspension and returned to the starting lineup; but Dunga's favorite Philippe Melo was suspended due to a red card. After thinking about it, he replaced Thiago Silva. Strengthen midfield defense.

The Spanish team is in a neat manner.

Brazil team formed a 4-4-2 formation.

Goalkeeper: Julio Cesar.

Defenders: Macon, Lucio, Juan, Michelle Bastos.

Midfielders: Kaka, Gilberto Silva, Thiago Silva, Daniel Alves.

Forwards: Robinho, Fabiano.

Spain also set up a 4-4-2 formation.

Goalkeeper: Casillas.

Defenders: Capdvilla, Puyor, Pique, Sergio Ramos.

Midfielders: Xavi, Xavi Alonso, Busquets, Iniesta.

Forwards: Villa, Fernando Torres.

The offensive and defensive rhythm of both sides is very compact, and they are constantly causing danger.

Villa's sudden cold arrow caused Julio Cesar to lose his hand, but unfortunately Fernando Torres was slower to start and failed to complete the supplementary shot.

Kaka's extremely high-quality long shot was saved by Casillas.

Iniesta's shot at the front of the penalty area rubbed against the post and flew out of the bottom line.

Kaka passed directly behind him, and Pique cleared the football before Fabiano.

Xavi made a pass, Fernando Torres stopped the ball in his chest and shot it away with a volley.

Kaka broke through Sergio Ramos on the wing and was pulled down by him.

Xavi Alonso's long shot at 30 meters hit the crossbar and bounced out of the bottom line.

Robinho passed Capdevila by bicycle, and his final cross was snatched by Puyol before Fabiano.

As the game progressed, the Brazilian team gradually showed a downward trend.

Almost everyone in Spain can serve as the starting point of the offense, while Brazil relies mainly on Kaka, and others can not help him much.

Finally, in the 63rd minute of the game, Villa received an assist from Xavi and scored a key goal.

Subsequently, the Spanish coach Boske replaced Xavi Alonso with Xavi Martinez, and he was allowed to keep Kaka close to him, completely blocking the Brazilian offensive engine.

The balance of victory began to tilt towards Spain.

Brazil's head coach Dunga, after looking at his bench, found that no one could change. He has high hopes that he can help Kaka's player Elano offensively bid farewell to this World Cup due to injury. The remaining midfielders are basically defensive players and cannot provide much help in offense.

I wonder if the Brazilian team, which is increasingly difficult to attack, will Dunga regret not recruiting Ronaldinho and Pato?

Although the Brazilian team did not have the undercover performance of Filipe Melo in this game, which ruined the team's future, they had only single offensive methods and could never tear the Spanish team's defense line.

Instead, because of the huge pressure from all the players, the defense was empty and the Spanish team beaten to a counterattack, and Fernando Torres won another goal.

The moment the referee blew the final whistle, the Brazilian players collapsed on the court in depressed manner.

Kaka covered her face and cried bitterly. He also played in this game with a closed shot, but after paying such a huge price, the final result was that the team stopped in the top 16, which was a huge blow to him.

In the Spanish team, the players at Real Madrid did not come to comfort him, and passed by like passers-by.

On the other hand, the Barcelona players hugged Daniel Alves one by one and exchanged greetings for a while.

However, in the end, the winner left the court with his head held high and his chest held high. The loser bowed his head and cried and silently boarded the return flight.

The hotel where the Portuguese team stayed.

"Oh..." Ronaldo, who had watched the whole game, silently picked up his phone and started sending messages.

Li Ling felt a little weird. Although he couldn't remember the details of his previous life, the ending of the Brazilian team was probably the original fate of the Portuguese team. Since even the Brazilian team can't stop it, it seems that there should be no problem for the Spanish team to enter the finals.

But you shouldn't think about such a long-term thing now, because every step in the future is creating a new history, and I stillWe should focus on the next game against the Netherlands.

Brazil's defeat reminded Portugal's head coach Paul Bento. The Portuguese team under him is quite similar to the Brazilian team under Dunga. He pays attention to defense and relies on core players on offense.

He needs to think about how the team's offense should be launched when Li Ling is restricted.

After thinking about it, Paul Bento laughed in silence.

Although the team lost to Barcelona when coaching at Sporting Lisbon this season, the Portugal team was formed with Sporting Lisbon as the foundation. The Spanish team was formed with Barcelona as the foundation.

However, the strength of the Portuguese national team is more than one level stronger than Sporting Lisbon, while the Spanish national team has declined a little compared to Barcelona.

Even compared with Brazil, it's different.

The biggest difference between the two teams is that Portugal is much better offensively than Brazil.

Needless to say, Ronaldo's deterrence is far superior to any of Robinho and Fabiano. As long as two wing forwards, especially Nani, can help Ronaldo share some pressure. Portugal's forward line The pressure on the Spanish team's defense is far greater than that of Brazil.

In the midfield core, Li Ling's performance this season is much more eye-catching than Kaka. The most important thing is that Li Ling was not injured, as strong as a calf, no, he was simply a human-shaped tank; while Kaka fought with injuries, and his most powerful dribbling ability was much deteriorated due to injuries.

"No matter how you say it, we are not as powerless as Brazil."

The next day, the match between Brazil and Spain dominated the front pages of major news media, and many people believed that Villa's goal was suspected of offside.

Because of the misjudgment of England and Germany in that game, the refereeship work of this World Cup has been questioned a lot. For this reason, FIFA said that it will strictly enforce the law in the next game.

However, Portugal doesn't have much energy to pay attention to these news, because the first game of the quarter-finals is Portugal's match against the Netherlands on July 2.