Volume 4 Chapter 65

At 10:20 p.m. local time on July 7th, the 2010 South Africa World Cup final matchup team is officially announced. England VS Spain, the Three Lions battle the bulls!

After winning the European Cup in 2008 and becoming an upstart, Spain has launched the most violent impact on this World Cup champion, and its gorgeous style of play has attracted people's attention.

The national team in the world is gorgeous, and the five-star Brazil is the first. Brazil is not far behind. The golden generation headed by Figo in Portugal used to be famous in football, but in the end, because there is no championship bonus, as they get old, they will also lose. drowned in time.

Spain has always given the impression that it was soft and lost the chain in the big competitions. Until Barcelona's traditional system was fully mature, it changed not only Catalan football, but also Spain.

After 2008, Spain has completely become a powerful European power, and their technical talents have ushered in a blowout explosion.

It is quite interesting to say that Cruyff, as a Dutchman, did not completely change Ajax, nor did he change Eindhoven. Football became his philosophy.

As a result, in this World Cup, the Netherlands played their defense rebelliously, but Spain raised the banner of Cruyff's passing and controlling football.

If this kind of thing were put in Asia, he would be blatantly sprayed as "the rape", which shows the huge difference in culture and customs between the East and the West.

What surprised Mark Qin was that all his teammates and the British coaching staff showed a little joy and relief at the result, although it was not obvious.

For England, it is a feud with Germany, but they really lose more and win less. If they choose one of the two subconsciously, they are more willing to touch Spain.

Although we know that Spain is also very strong now, because they have eliminated Germany and are still the European Cup champions, but the thinking habits cultivated in a football culture are not so easy to change.

England has an absolute advantage against Spain with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the historical main game record, and that loss dates back to ancient times. This is the role of psychological self-suggestion.

For them, both Spain and Germany are very strong opponents, but from a feeling point of view, the chances of winning against Spain are greater, not to mention that they have an advantage in their impact against Spain, and they really have no advantage against Germany. These cloud-covered things are collectively called "metaphysics" in later generations.

The England team, which was suddenly shrouded in "metaphysics", unexpectedly revealed a high-spirited atmosphere in an instant, quite like the rhythm of the eve of the outbreak of the Saint Seiya Cosmos and the transformation of the Super Saiyan.

"Winning the championship is an opportunity and a gift given to us by God. England's hegemony in 1966 will be repeated in South Africa!" Terry stood up and shouted slogans.

For a while, the crowd was full of enthusiasm, shouts of "champion", "champion", "kill Spain", "bring back the Hercules Cup" and so on were endless.

There is no reason for this inexplicable high fighting spirit. I have never seen you so confident when you played against Uruguay and the Netherlands. Instead, you are full of chicken blood when you fight against Spain.

Ma Keqin was a little cute for a while, but it was not a bad thing anyway. Capello also looked at the group of boys with his chest in the front row, and somehow helped him solve the problem of fighting spirit.

When they relieved a little, he raised his hand and pressed, "Go back early to rest, we still have 4 days of training time, Spain has one day less rest than us, if you want to win, you have to do every detail well, The most important thing is to stay in shape”

After Ma Keqin and the others went back to rest, it was almost early morning.

The players can rest, but the coaching staff can't. This is their busiest time, and they must formulate the final tactics as soon as possible overnight, so that they can be implemented in training during these 4 days.

In Capello's mind, Germany is actually similar to Spain. In terms of overall strength, it is higher than the current England team. Spain's midfield is better, but it lacks a strong center forward. The problem with the German team is that they are too young and lack experience in major competitions. .

But no matter which of these two teams is playing, England will face a huge problem, the problem of ball possession, which is what he has been thinking about today.

He has no certainty that he will be able to win possession at the feet of Germany and Spain, because the general technical ability of the players in these two teams is higher than that of England.

If they don't have possession of the ball, their current tactics may not be a good one, because the core of the team, Mark Qin, must basically ensure that the ball runs under his feet in running, responding, and interspersing.

Fight back? He didn't make up his mind, because although Spain has followed the Barcelona system, he is not Barcelona after all, and Del Bosque is not the perfectionist Guardiola.

Although they lack Messi, they are obviously more patient in passing and controlling, and most importantly, whether Torres will play, this is a serious question.

In the absence of Torres, Spain's actual style of play is more like a frontless formation. They will use the numerical advantage in the midfield to complete the strangulation of Mark Qin, which is inevitable.

And considering that Spain replaced Torres in two consecutive games, the possibility of not using Torres in the final is quite high. Bosque obviously confirmed this tactical idea in the second half against Germany.

The coaching staff headed by Capello and Italian assistant coach Tacchiti studied until late at night, and failed to come up with a way to help England gain possession of the ball in front of Spain.

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"Thank you to the fans who have been with us for a month in this World Cup. Now we are preparing for the final battle. The morale is very high. I can't wait to touch Spain."

"There are some old friends of mine, Alonso, Torres, Arbeloa, Reina, we all want to win the championship, maybe this is one of the most important games I have faced since I played, guys, the day after tomorrow See you tonight!"

Peterson finished reading the screenshots on the big screen. Mark Qin just posted the Ins news in the morning. Obviously, they are doing a pre-match analysis program. The prediction of the finals has become a hot topic in the UK these days.

But the most depressing thing for the whole of England is that Paul the octopus made his last prediction for this World Cup last night: Spain!

The whole of Spain is boiling, because since the start of the World Cup, Germany's Octopus has predicted 7 times without making a mistake. This is the 8th time.

But the England fans stopped doing it, and they all yelled, thinking that this was a conspiracy by the Germans. They didn't make it to the final, but they didn't want to see their old rival England win the championship.

"This is a blatant curse!, F**KShit, if I throw it (Octopus Paul) a crumb, he will choose me, there is no basis for it"

"This is simply the funniest thing in the world. When will the outcome of a football match depend on an octopus who doesn't even know what a ball is?"

"I just want to say, F**KOff, I love takoyaki," followed by a big middle finger.

In the fan interview screen played on the big screen, the crowd was excited, because in the past few days, countless British celebrities and stars have come forward and talked about various reasons why England can win the championship, which originally made the fans feel very good.

Unexpectedly, the octopus Paul was disturbed. The most important thing is that its previous predictions were not wrong.

And the theme of this episode is: Defeat Paul the Octopus!

"Oh, oh, compared to Paul, I am more willing to believe in Mark. He led us all the way to create a miraculous road this summer. We can see from his dynamics that he is quite confident in winning (where do you come from? You can see it?), do you think so, Micah," Peterson asked, turning his head.

McManaman smiled. This kind of program is actually very nonsensical, but fans love to watch it, and it also reflects from one aspect how fragile the psychology of English fans is now.

On the one hand, they look forward to the reappearance of the past glory of Great Britain. On the other hand, they have to accept the reality of loneliness, and they can't even stand the stimulation of a little failure. This is especially obvious in the football circle.

Sometimes many scapegoats are not introduced by the team or the head coach, but the fans need such a person to anesthetize the pain of their psychological failure.

"Haha, for me, it's just a game or a joke, we can't pin our hopes on an octopus," he said with a big laugh, "I would actually rather listen to what celebrities say, I think we will win"

"Hiller, what's your opinion?" Peterson asked again.

As a special guest, Alan Shearer thought about it seriously, and said: "From my point of view, although this England is not perfect, it is indeed the most perfect, and the results prove it."

"Yes, we are above the standard in all aspects, as well as St. Mark," McCa echoed.

"Capello actually has a lot of options, and Spain's technical level is indeed higher than ours," Shearer continued, "but their striker problem is very serious. Except for Villa, no one can bring continuous firepower, but we There are relatively many attack points.”

"Indeed," Peterson nodded, "We scored three times as many goals as Spain, but conceded three times as many goals as them. Neither team has announced their lineup yet."

"If I were Capello," Shearer said, "I would consider giving up Crouch. I'm not saying that he performed badly. On the contrary, he is the biggest guarantee for Mark to go back and forth at will, but this will be special. Crouch's slow pace could be exploited by Spain"

"Put all the offense on the MR combination?" Mika asked.

"No, No", Shearer shook his head, "I don't suggest Capello to compete with Spain for goals, I believe he won't do it either, this is the final"

"Okay, okay, let's not analyze the tactics for now, Alan, what is the score you predicted?" Peterson asked.

"1:0 or 2:1, of course, England wins"

"OK, there are already a lot of celebrities predicting the outcome these days, but there are still many fans who are worried about Paul, well, I'm starting to hate Paul now," Peterson walked out of the host seat and gestured to the backstage.

"Wow...", "OhMyGod", "Shark...", "My God..."

"That's right, haha," Peterson said, looking at the huge fish tank pushed up by the staff and the little tiger shark inside, "This is Shaq the Shark!"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh', what do you want it to do, do you want to predict the outcome?"

"Of course, Shaq is Paul's natural enemy. I think its choice is more convincing, isn't it?" he shouted loudly, peeling off the sealing paper in front of the fish tank, with the flags of England and Spain on each side.

"Guys, audience friends, let's see who Shaq's choice is..." Peterson yelled, letting the camera keep close-ups on the inside of the fish tank.

Shaq, who has obviously been trained, swam back and forth in the huge fish tank for a few laps, and then swam directly behind the flag of England by conditioned reflex, biting and slapping with his tail!

"Hoo..." and "Well done, Shaq", whistles and cheers erupted at the show, and the show also set a new high in ratings!

"Hey, let the octopus Paul die, we have Shaq, haha", the fans drinking and watching the show in the bar suddenly cheered and raised their glasses to celebrate.

"Get rid of Paul, England is the champion..."