Chapter 184 The Fire of War 3

The match between Spain and Sweden has actually become the top battle in Group D. Sweden defeated Greece 2-0 in the first game. Ibrahimovic's recovery is good news for Sweden, but if you want to defeat Spain, which has strong ball control ability, physical fitness is a great for the old Sweden. The test.

In the first game, 8 of Sweden's starting 11 players over 30 years old. Larson, the main striker, is about to turn 37 years old, and midfielder Yongberi is also 31 years old. Although they are so old, they still played the whole game in the first game. Their willpower is admirable, but from a competitive perspective In terms of relying on such elderly players, it is actually a hidden danger.

The attack output of the Swedish team mainly relies on the combination of Yongberg, Ibrahimovic and Larson. Once the physical strength of Yongberg and Larson declines, Ibrahimovic's support in the attack will suddenly decrease, and it will be more difficult for Sweden to win.

Spain is best at controlling the ball. Sweden must be in a passive defensive situation in the game, and their running is bound to increase. The eight players in the team are over 30 years old. Whether they have enough physical strength to cope with Spain's smooth front-court pass will be a must for Swedish coach Lagerbeck. The problem.

For the Swedish team, the strength of stars such as Ibrahimovic is the source of the team's confidence, but the team's own problems cannot be ignored. This game against Spain will directly test their "dark horse" appearance.

In the first game, Sweden won the defending champion Greece without blood. The qualifying situation was suddenly enlightened. Although Ibrahimovic's overall performance in the first game was average, that wonderful goal still made him a Swedish hero.

In the second round of the group stage, Sweden will challenge the strong Spain, but before the game, bad news came from the Swedish training base. In the group confrontation, Castron moved too much when defending Rosenberg. His fierce robbery made Rosenberg very angry. The latter tried to rush to beat Castron, okay The goalkeeper Shaban immediately came forward and hugged Rosenberg to resolve an unnecessary conflict.

There is no need to be surprised, because this is not the first internal conflict in the Vikings. Before the first game against Greece, Ibrahimovic almost provoked internal disputes in the team. In an interview with the media, Ibrahimovic believed that Youngberg and Wilhelmsson should be replaced. On the make-up seat. As a result, this statement immediately caused turmoil in the Swedish team, and coach Lagbeck had to stand up to clarify the facts before the crisis in the team was suppressed for the time being.

One wave has equalized and another wave. Now the Swedish team is at the most critical moment in the group stage. Fans who like Sweden can only hope that the conflict between Casteln and Rosenberg will not undermine the internal harmony of the Swedish team. The big enemy should be unanimous to the outside world.

The Swedish team is facing a crisis of unity within the team, while the Spanish team will face the loss of their head coach after the end of the European Cup. In the past, the European Cup will certainly cause a storm of the head coach. Now it is certain that Swiss coach Kuhn and Czech coach Bruckner will leave after this Cup. .

Since the contract with the Spanish Football Association will expire this summer, Caragones is bound to leave the bullfighting. Where will the Spanish coach go? According to Spain's Marca newspaper, Caragones has found the next stop for coaching, a strong Turkish traveler Fenerbahce.

It is said that the two parties have signed the contract, and there are two reasons why they have not been announced to the public. On the one hand, Caragones is leading Spain to participate in the European Cup and is inconvenient to attend the press conference to announce the news. On the other hand, he is afraid that the release of the news will distract the bulls and affect their record in the European Cup.

Although the Spanish Football Association tried its best to retain him, the coach seems to have made up his mind. Now he only wants to lead his Matador Legion further in this European Cup.

In the final result of this game, Spain narrowly defeated Sweden by 2:1, Torres scored the first goal of the national team in 2008, Ibrahimovic equalized the score for Sweden, and Villa staged a final kill in injury stoppage time. The Matador won two games and ranked first in the group with 6 points, qualifying ahead of schedule.

The biggest contributor to Spain's victory is naturally Villa, who scored four goals in two games. Villa has the momentum to win the golden boots of the European Cup. However, in the interview, the modest Villa did not mention his performance too much.

"The important thing is that we get 6 points in two games. Of course, it feels great that I can continue to score goals, but more importantly, the team is still winning."

Villa's excellent performance, his forward partner Torres also showed his strength, scoring 24 goals in the Premier League debut season. Torres has become the player with the most goals in Spanish history in overseas leagues.

Before the unveiling of the European Cup in Switzerland and Austria, the Spanish media had equal expectations for Torres. Some good media even said that 2008 would be the prelude to the era of Torres in Spain, but this unprecedented pressure almost destroyed the nerves of the "Holy Baby". Although the first game performed well, it did not The ability to score a goal was still criticized by some media in Spain, but fortunately, Torres hit back all doubts with a European Cup maid.

As in previous international competitions, Spain will always be praised as the favorite to win the championship before the game, but every time, this expectation will become a burden on the matador, causing them to fail to exert their due strength in the competition and end in disappointment.

But this time the situation is different. Under the ** of Caragones, the Spaniards obviously have more tenacious nerves. After Spain swept Russia 4:1, the players of the Matador Legion have taken off a huge burden, including Torres, of course.

At the age of 19, Torres has already been the captain of Atletico Madrid. He has scored 84 goals in 214 league games and 15 goals in 50 games for the national team. Torres, who became young and famous, is used to the big winds and waves, and he also said before the European Cup: "I know myself It is very concerned and has high expectations. I won't complain about it. The important thing is to learn to face different perspectives of public opinion.

All factors showed that Torres had considerable resistance to pressure, so when infighting and skepticism broke out, Torres quickly found a solution, that is, to score a goal.

Moreover, in the year of playing in the Premier League, Torres has not only improved his shooting skills and physique, but also greatly changed his psychological quality. In front of the picky British media and fans, Holy Child's ability to resist pressure is the same as before.

Torres' goal appeared in the 15th minute of the game. Harvey took the tactical corner kick and passed the ball to Villa. After attracting two defenders, Hulva passed the ball to Silva outside the penalty area. Valencia's winger skillfully rubbed the ball to the front of the small penalty area, and Torres used an extremely irregular step on the ball, almost to leather The ball kicked into the goal.

After scoring, Torres finally broke out and could no longer suppress his joy. This was his first national team goal in nine months and the first goal of two European Cups.

Teammates came together to congratulate him. A scene of a magnificent performance was staged at the Tivoli Stadium in Innsbruck. After Villa hugged Torres when he completed his hat-trick, the Spanish team once again showed its unity to Europe. This spiritual strength was unparalleled.

Torres's performance after scoring the goal became more and more beautiful. In the 61st minute, he completed a turn-around and volley in the penalty area after receiving Silva's pass. In the 63rd minute, his make-up shot near the penalty spot was unfortunately blocked by the Swedish defender. In the 70th minute, Torres passed with a "scorpion tail" He created a shooting opportunity for Villa, and in the 72nd minute, he used the header ferry to create a good opportunity for Seine to score.

Torres completed a total of five shots in the whole game, ranking first in the two teams, and four shots are the highest in the whole game. After the game, the running distance of nearly 10,000 meters is also valuable for a center.

Especially in the second minute of injury time, when Capdevilla launched a long pass attack in the backcourt, Torres used a perfect run to attract all the defensive attention of two Swedish defenders Nilsson and Melberg, thus creating conditions for Villa to single-handle Hanson in the penalty area.

After this game, Torres' performance not only dissipated the previous doubts, but also locked the position of the main striker in the coach's heart.

Before this game, the old coach announced his starting line-up in advance to support his beloved apprentice, but everyone knows that Villa is now in the limelight. If Torres can't catch up, the old coach is likely to remove him and let Xiaofa play 4-1-4-1. In the warm-up match, Sheng Ying got this. A warning.

But now, the power of the two fronts is obviously greater, and Villa needs the cover of a "big goal" like Torres. 4-4-2 obviously overwhelm the previous trial for a long time and won the game 4-4-1. The Spanish formation debate can be temporarily put to an end.

After the game, Torres also said, "I'm very calm. Villa and I each scored one goal, and two goals also made us successfully advance. It's not easy to achieve good results in the European Cup. Pressure and pain are what you have to bear."

Torres and Villa's goals knocked on the door to victory for the Spanish team, and the solid defense saved the Spanish team's victory.

The "great left-back" should never be just a "patent" of Italian Grosso, a left-back active in the traditional European powers, including many excellent pillars.

The 30-year-old Capdevilla is an example. After completing two instigations in the first game, the yellow submarine wingman assisted with a long pass to complete the final kill.

Unlike many left-backs in the history of the Spanish team, Capdevilla does not have a strong ability to fight alone, and breaking through is its technical weakness.

However, compared with these shortcomings, his advantages are not available to others. In recent seasons, whether on behalf of La Coruña or Villarreal, Capdevilla, a full-back, can always be associated with goals. In the just-concluded season, Capdevilla has scored three goals. Account.

Capdevilla, who went with the team in the international competition for the third time, had become the focus of the spotlight long before the start of the European Cup. In the previous three games of the qualifier against Sweden and the warm-up match with France and Peru, the Catalan has scored. He has become the same blessed left-back like Grosso. He The late success is also similar to Grosso.

At the age of 30, he played for the first time for Spain in the competition. His previous two competition experiences were bitter. He spent both 2000 and 2004 European Cups on the bench.

In the World Cup two years ago, Caragones tried his best to abandon Cap de Villa to recruit Peña, but the performance of the Argentine Spanish international disappointed the coach. Now that Karagones has made a lot of profits.

In the first game against Russia, Capdevilla played a key role in the first two goals. First, he found Torres with a long pass 50 meters away and helped the Red Army's Holy Infante complete the assist, and then made Iniesta's name into the assist list with a long-distance pass.

In this game, Capdevilla, who started again, once again played the role of a "win-wner". In the second minute of injury, his foot on the left side of the backcourt was suspected to be relieved, and inadvertently let Villa complete the final kill.

Capdevilla, wearing the No. 11 shirt, is obviously an alternative player on the defensive line. Judging from this game, the yellow submarine full-back, who works as a left-back, has become the player with the most passes in the team.

Dare to take on more responsibility for the ball in the Spanish team full of superstars, which is a manifestation of self-confidence. His "relentless" game style on the defense line is quite similar to that of another excellent defender Mikhail Lodge wearing No. 11 in those years.

While completing the offensive task, Cap de Villa also played a very important role in defense. It was the excellent performance of Cap de Villa and others that helped the Spanish team finally save the victory.

Of course, Spain was able to win in the end, and thanks to a person, that is, the Swedish god Taíbrahimovic. Sweden's performance in this game was not bad, on the contrary, it was very good, but only 45 minutes.

Before the match between Spain and Sweden, the Spanish goalkeeper Casillas said in an interview: "We must be careful of the Swedish team, especially Ibrahimovic on the forward line, which is my special opponent!"

However, in the game, Ibrahimovic still depressed the two Spanish national treasure stars, Ramos and Casillas, in just 45 minutes. Ibrahimovic proved why Real Madrid was willing to pay 70 million to buy him.

In this game, Ibrahimovic completely became a nightmare on the opponent's defense. First, in the 9th minute, he sent a clever pass to Yonberry on the left side, who broke into the penalty area to test Casillas.

Then in the 22nd minute, he suddenly stuffed a "flow of consciousness" pass on the left side. The Spanish defenders did not realize it, but Larson suddenly shot in the crowd and shot in the middle. Although the ball flew away, it was the most wonderful tactical cooperation of the Swedish team in the first 30 minutes.

Then the game entered "Ibrahimovna Time". In the 34th minute, the Swedish team Stol took the ball from the right to the back goalpost. Ibrahimov took the landing point at high speed, leaned against Ramos, and then stopped and turned around in front of the goal. Although Casillas was in the way, he could not stop the ball from rolling into the goal.

For this goal, Ibrahimovic completely relied on his physical fitness in the penalty area, taking advantage of his height and leg length and a large range of control. He stopped and quickly "eat" Ramos, and then turned around and shot. Although he did not swing his legs, he used his super explosive power to "eat raw" again to react quickly. The famous Casillas.

By teasing the two great treasures of Spain, Ibrahimovic proved his ability and value!

Unfortunately, Ibrahimovic, who had just played, had to be replaced in the midfield.

After the game, the head coach of the Swedish team, Lagerbeck, pointed out in an interview: "Zlatan has been injured, but he insisted on playing. After the first half, we found that his knee was swollen. For the sake of the safety of the athletes, we decided to replace him. However, Ibraham's injury was not very serious. I won't miss the next game."

Maybe after the game, the fans will ask, if Ibrahimovic stays on the court, can the Spanish team still win?

There is no if on the football field, but people can analyze the problem from another side.

In the first half, Ibrahimovic had an overwhelming advantage in the technical confrontation with Spanish players, but in the second half, Bremen striker Rosenberg, who replaced Ibrahimovic, was not small, but Rosenberg could not replace Ibrahimovic at all.

It can be said that when Ibrahimovic was present, he could only make the Spanish defenders uncomfortable, and after Rosenberg came up, the Spanish defenders immediately became the masters of everything!

Indeed, as a striker, Ibrahimovic's physical quality and technical characteristics ensure that he can always have an advantage in the competition with defenders, and the training of Inter Milan in two seasons has also greatly improved his shooting and efficiency.

If Ramos and Casillas are the best defensive players in La Liga, then Ibrahimovic has proved at least one thing through this game that now he has a way to deal with any type of defensive player.

The game is over. Sweden and Russia, who can get the second place in Group D, will be reserved until the last game, and the two teams will compete face to face.

And Spain's excellent performance also made them popular to win the championship after the Dutch team.

The smoke of the second round of competition has dissipated, and the fire of the European Cup has no sign of extinguishing, because the real life-and-death battle is coming.

Group A, Czech, Turkey and Belgium will jointly compete for the last qualifying place, Group B, Croatia will qualify in advance, Austria, Germany and Poland will launch a tripartite fight, Group C, the Netherlands will advance, Italy, France and Romania will be the first The fierce competition between the two qualifying places, as well as Group D, the competition between Spain, which advanced early and Greece, which qualified early, has become an exhibition match. Russia and Sweden, two old enemies who have been fighting since the Middle Ages, will fight to the death on the football field.