Iron Man on the pitch

As expected before the game, Spain's set-piece offense was average.

The Spanish team, which uses Barcelona players as the framework, does not have many high points in the team, and even fewer have the deterrence of headers.

Pique, who is 1.92 meters tall, is the absolute core point of Spain's set piece offense. In set piece tactics, both Puyol and Ramos have to play around him.

Another player, 1.91 meters tall, Busquets is not good. Despite his tall figure, his heading offensive ability can be said to be very poor. When the Spanish team launches a corner kick attack, they usually check for missing points outside the penalty area. Prevent the opponent from attacking.

But in addition to these three defenders, the only one who can play some role in the set-piece offense is forward David Villa.

Because other players are generally around 170cm tall, they will have the possibility of heading in the penalty area where there are many people. Unless the opponent's morale is disintegrating and the defensive system is poor, they will have the possibility of heading.

For example, the German team that was just defeated by Spain, when Spain only invested 3-4 players to compete for the top, the 178cm Puyol could win the header among the German team defensive players of the 190cm The goal must be a problem with the German players' thinking.

However, the problem with the German team was also caused by the Spanish team's pass control system for 70 minutes. The Portuguese team is in full swing and there are no loopholes in the defense line. The Spanish team cannot get such an opportunity.

Not to mention that when defending the set ball, Ronaldo and Li Ling both retreated to the penalty area to assist in the defense. If nothing unexpected happens, the Spanish team will not be able to use the set ball to open the Portuguese team's goal.

The same is true.

Xavi took the corner kick, and Pique had just jumped, and his vision was blocked by a piece of white. The green number 10 on the white clothes was extremely dazzling.

"Why don't you play basketball if you jump so high?" Pique complained in his heart.

Although Li Ling did not deliberately hit Pique, Pique still felt that he had hit a speeding car, so he could only wave his hands to maintain balance. Even so, Pique staggered a little when he landed.

After landing, Pique looked back and felt a little shocked, and then ran back: "Oh no!"

The Portuguese team chose to let Ronaldo and Li Ling return to defense. In addition to their ability to defend the set ball, they are indeed good at air defense. Another thing is that the only one in the Portuguese team can get rid of the pressing while sending accurate long passes. The two of them.

Of course, Deco can do it on the bench, but Deco shoulders another mission and cannot start.

The reason why they were arranged to be the backcourt goal point was because the Spanish team was very good at targeting the ball holder when the opponent launched a counterattack and cutting off the rhythm of the opponent's counterattack. It would be fine if you were just fouled, but being stolen is the real nightmare.

There are multiple backcourt shots that can quickly form a counterattack, because the Spanish team has three defenders rushing into their own penalty area, which is when the defense is weak.

Another point is that after Ronaldo and Li Ling get the ball in the backcourt, they can use the fastest speed to get forward to meet players who dribble the ball and counterattack. Who made them do it? The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

Li Ling won the confrontation with Pique and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

Joao Moutinho desperately pushed Iniestaka behind him, stopped his chest and pushed the ball to Ronaldo beside him.

Ronaldo kept passing the ball with a long pass, and the football fell directly in front of Nani, who was running towards the front court as if he had eyes. Nani steadily stopped the football and then dribbled the ball.

Spain's left-back Capdvilla did not expect Ronaldo's pass so accurately, and the start was half a beat slower, so he was one position behind Nani and could only chase back desperately. Also running to the backcourt with him were Iniesta and Pedro.

At the same time, in the middle of the stadium, two white figures were rushing from Portugal's half to Spain's half. The speed was so fast that they almost pulled out two white parallel lines.

It was Ronaldo and Li Ling.

Behind them, a group of Spanish players were also running hard, trying to return to defense. However, as the distance of running grew, the gap between people became further and further.

The slow players, such as Xavi Alonso and Busquets, were not only able to take advantage of their position to follow Ronaldo and Li Ling at the beginning, but later they were left farther and farther away, and finally gave up catching up.

Players who are slow and do not have an advantage in position, such as Pique, simply gave up chasing back from the beginning.

Players who are fast enough, such as Ramos and Puyol, have fought for their lives,But they had no choice but to find that the gap between them and Ronaldo and Li Ling had not narrowed, but they still refused to stop and bet on the remaining possibilities.

Chasing to the front of the penalty area, Capdvilla finally overtook Nani, but he did not dare to steal because there were no teammates behind him to defend. Iniesta and Pedro, who were retreating together, were going to guard Ronaldo and Li Ling, he is fighting alone at this moment.

Capdwell could not afford the price of failing to grab the ball, so he chose to block Nani's route and gave up the pass space on his side.

Nani made two fake moves like physical instincts, and found that there was no possibility of breakthrough. So he turned to observe and saw Li Ling rushing over to pick him up, so he decisively returned.

Li Ling slowed down immediately, but he still ran a little. At this time, he found that Pedro was rushing towards him and had arrived, so Li Ling changed to take the ball with his back, ready to withstand the impact, and then pass the ball to C. Luo.

However, the next second, Li Ling saw a leg stretching out from between his legs and kicking towards the football. At the same time, a powerful force was transmitted to his legs, forcing him to fall to the ground and protect himself.

"Dou!" The referee blew the whistle, awarding Portugal a free kick at the front of the penalty area, and also showing a yellow card to Pedro who was rolling on the ground.

Portuguese players and Spanish players surrounded the referee at the same time.

"This is a shoveling person behind the scenes, it should be a red card!" The angry Ronaldo waved his arm.

"It's just an ordinary foul, and it shouldn't be given a card." The breathless Puyol defended the referee.

"No, this is just a normal steal. Portugal's No. 10 fake fall!" Busquets used words to interfere with the referee's judgment.

"He pressed me when he jumped, and he should have a penalty kick." Pique ran over quickly and joined the ranks of besieging the referee.

Joao Moutinho came to Li Ling, who was lying on the ground with his legs covering his head and constantly pounding the ground: "Are you okay?"

Li Ling tried hard to make a constipated expression, and her whole face turned like Brother Wufly: "Call the team doctor quickly."

Joao Moutinho suddenly panicked and quickly greeted the sidelines and called the team doctor to come over.

But the one who arrived first was the Spanish team doctor.