Chapter 204 Popular

24 years after the 1984 French European Cup, Spain once again entered the European Cup final. In that match, Spain was finally defeated by the French team led by Platini.

And now, they will face another opponent - Belgium.

"Belgians, surrender!"

At the beginning of the competition, Spain's As newspaper headline represents the views of most Spaniards. In their opinion, only Spain, which has the most goals and loses the fewest goals, deserves the final championship.

However, there is no market in football, although Belgium's head coach Antiennis also admitted: "Spain is a team that is difficult to defeat."

After four years of painstaking efforts**, the Spanish team has taken shape and established the playing style of ball control and fast attack. Many players in the team not only serve as the main force in their respective clubs, but many of them have had final experience with the Spanish youth team.

Harvey, Macenna and Casillas are the champions of the Nigerian World Youth Championship. Harvey, Pujol and Capdevilla eliminated Italy to advance to the final at the Sydney Olympics.

is supplementing younger Ramos and David. After Silva and Fabregas, the age structure of the Spanish team is more reasonable. The important thing is that the current team's morale is good and full of hunger for honor.

From a technical point of view, Spain's technology flow is also a magic weapon to restrain Belgian power football. The Spanish national team is similar to Barcelona's football style, and Spanish players also believe that they are significantly superior to Belgians in terms of technology.

The possibility that is unfavorable to Spain is that Villa missed the final due to injury. If he can't play, Spain is likely to hide behind Torres and change the formation to 4411. Judging from the game against Russia, Fabregas's performance is trustworthy. Of course, if Ka If Ragonnes arranges Guiza to play and form a double striker with Torres, his running and impact are also threatening.

Of course, football matches are not just paper talk. Some hidden things, such as the discipline and willpower of the Belgian team, may become the weight of the winning and losing balance, and even like luck in the finals, will be the key factors affecting whether the team can finally win the championship.

The Spaniards have been waiting for 24 years in this final. Looking at the history of the Spanish national team, it can also be called a painful history far more painful than joy, and a tragedy full of misfortune and humiliation.

For a long time, the Spanish national team has left a very consistent impression on the world's fans: the stars are brilliant but flashy, the football skills are first-class but ill-fated, and the people's hearts are not worthy of the name.

In the World Cup, the Spanish team's best result was the fourth place in 1950. In the European Championship, the Spanish team's only glory dates back to 44 years ago, when the "Goatador Legion" defeated the former Soviet Union and won the European Championship under the leadership of a generation of famous player Suarez.

Since then, the Spanish team has been listed as a favorite in every competition, but it will always lose in an unbelievable way. Although it reached the final of the European Championship in 1984, it finally lost to France.

Unfortunately, they are entangled with the Spanish team like a ghost, and the "Battlemen Legion" has always been higher than the sky and their lives are thinner than paper. Now, 24 years later, they have finally entered the final of the competition again. Can history change?

Now, Spain and Belgium will meet in the finals, and the "bullfight" representing technical football and the "European Red Devils" representing disciplined football will have a decisive battle of art and tactics, thought and will.

Because the characteristics of Spain and Belgium are almost completely different, which side can better play its advantage in the final will win. Now it is generally believed that the "bullfighting" who has found his true self in the semi-finals is likely to overturn the "European Red Devils" to win the championship.

Leinkel, a former Barcelona player and current BBC football commentator, recently said in a comment: "The Spanish team will be very likely to win the European championship trophy again after 44 years since the 1964 European Cup. Spain is the strongest and best-performing team of all teams in the European Cup. They played enjoyable football, and everyone is very happy to see what they have done in this game. The Spanish team has many high-level players, excellent strikers, excellent goalkeepers, and the whole team is at a high level. On the contrary, the Belgian team is not. He was divided into a relaxed group, and most of the opponents in the European Cup were not strong, and there was luck in reaching the finals. This is the strongest Spanish team I have ever seen. They are open and emphasize attack, which is why fans like them. Some of my friends and I like the Spanish team very much.

Leinkel also believes that although Villa will miss the final due to injury, another striker Torres is capable of scoring, because he is also a very outstanding striker. Perhaps it is time for Spanish football to win the championship.

Before the European Cup final, Barcelona's "godfather" Cruyff also said that compared with Belgium, Spain was a big favorite to win the cup.

The Spanish team is more likely to win the championship for many reasons. First of all, the way they play, their goals and the current state of the whole team have put Spain in the upper hand. The growth of the Spanish team's strength is obvious to all, but they can't always think about negative things, as they did to the Italian team in 120 minutes. The Spanish team has never lacked excellent players, and now they have the mentality of treating victory correctly on this basis. It is normal for anyone to lose or win in the final. If Spain loses, the players have every reason to be proud of their performance.

At the same time, Russian coach Hiddink, who was blocked from the Spanish team in the final, also talked about the upcoming final in an interview with UEFA.

"I think the Spanish team played better after Fabregas appeared in the midfield. They always play the ball in sports. It is very difficult to play against such an opponent. It's only a matter of time before they put the ball upside down and score a goal. Personally, I like the way the Spanish team attacks and plays football very much. Spanish players like passing, are experienced, and know when to pass and when to take, but the Belgian team played two good games in this cup, which will be a battle between power football and technical football.

Spain will compete with Germany for the European Cup. Regardless of the result, Caragones will step down after the game, and the battle will be the last battle led by the Spanish coach.

After defeating Russia in the semi-finals, Spain's domestic call for Caragones to leave the most **, but the coach insisted that even if he won the championship, he would say goodbye.

Why is that?

Aragones solved the puzzle himself: "I will leave, because no one told me anything, so I decided to leave and won't look back."

The "indifferent and intention" attitude of the Spanish Football Association disappointed Caragones. The news that Bosc, the former Real Madrid coach, has negotiated to be the Spanish coach, is also well known, which clearly announced that the Spanish Football Association was the first to give up Caragones.

Therefore, when the domestic media reported that the Football Association intended to renew the contract for two years, Caragones still decided to leave: "No one told me after Spain advanced from the qualifiers. At that time, I decided to leave, and I will not look back now."

In short, Caragones has to go, but before he leaves, he has to complete the last thing: lead Spain back to win the European Cup.

"At present, the team is in a very good psychological state and has strong self-confidence. I believe that we will win. Although the Belgian team is also very strong and has strong players, any team that wants to win the cup must play with the belief of victory from the beginning of the game."

Spain's top striker Villa was absent due to injury, but the team has been recorded, and head coach Aragones hinted that Fabregas would play instead.

Villa was injured, and another substitute striker Guiza would have had the best chance, but Caragones first considered changing the formation and adding one person in the midfield. He said, "When you lose a player like Villa, you will always be worried, but I know that Fabregas can do a good job in the midfield."

In the semi-final with Russia, it was Fabregas who replaced the injured Villa. He personally assisted the last two goals. After the game, Caragones said that Spain was more controll when playing single strikers than playing two strikers.

Caragones is also very satisfied with Spain's current state: "My team is in good condition. This is a very good time for us. I hope we can win important achievements together."

Spain is eager to win the cup again after 44 years to make up for the regret of losing to the French 24 years ago. Similarly, Belgium also reached the final again after 28 years.

In the 1980 European Cup, Belgium's golden generation gave them the opportunity to touch the highest glory of European football, but in the final, they lost to the West Germany at that time, and now the opportunity is defeated in front of the Belgians. Although they are not favored, the Belgians will also do their best. Force.

"I know our current situation. People are not optimistic about our prospects. Almost everyone thinks that Belgium is very lucky to get to this day!"

Antienis looks a little low-key. The master of psychology has always been gentle and seems to never talk to the media like those personalities, but today he wants to startle everyone.

"However, I don't think so. Being able to get to this day is the result of our hard work. In the group stage, we lacked the most important core players, but in the end, we entered the knockout stage as the first in the group. In the two knockout matches, we were not facing Jane. Single opponents, Germany, Turkey, and everyone who has watched their game know that their strength is very strong. What I want to say is that since we have defeated so many opponents and come to this day, why can't we go further! Spain is the favorite to win the championship. In my opinion, it doesn't make any sense. People's expectations will make them feel more pressure. In comparison, we are much easier! As for the final, I think the winning rate is five or five. Whoever can laugh to the end is a reasonable result, but my players and I are ready to celebrate the victory!"

Antiennis seems very confident. The source of his confidence is, of course, Degan. The two European Cup knockout matches have made everyone see the horror of Degan. In the face of Germany, he scored a pass and shot in the face of Turkey, creating a penalty. Now who else can stop Degan, perhaps the whole It is a common proposition in world football.

At present, Degan has scored four goals and tied Belgium at the top of the scorer list. As long as he can score another goal, he can enjoy the glory of the best scorer in this European Cup. Degan, who has always been eager to score goals, will obviously not miss this opportunity.

"We are ready for a crucial game. Is the Spanish team strong? I think that's just someone else's opinion. They did play a few good games in this European Cup, but so what? They are still my losers. They have nothing to be proud of before defeating me!"

Degan's remarks will undoubtedly arouse the hatred of all Spanish fans. For Spanish football, even if they finally defeated Belgium and won the cup in the 29th game, they would not have forgotten the old story three years ago. If it hadn't been for Degan and Belgium led by him, maybe now This golden generation has long been able to show their style to fans all over the world at the World Cup in Germany.

Moreover, what the Spaniards couldn't accept most was that Belgium had advanced ahead of schedule before that game, but still refused to let Spain go.

"I know that the Spaniards want to revenge in this game, so all right! Although I came, I was never afraid of any kind of challenge, and so did my teammates, and I never felt guilty about what happened. The Spaniards wanted to participate in the World Cup, which was just their idea. Similarly, Serbia and Herzegovina at that time also needed a chance to compete fairly. I just did it. What a player should do, as for how painful the Spaniard will be, do nothing!"

This time, Degan stabbed the hornet's nest, and even the old comrade Carlos, the king of Spain, jumped out and accused Degan of being a "vulgar guy".

Digan didn't care what the old girl farted. The day before the final, Degan welcomed several special guests on the training ground.