Chapter 208
At the Ernst Haper Stadium in Austria*, the venue of the final match of the 2008 European Cup, the fans of both teams have made the final preparations. Just like the last time Belgium faced Turkey, it was red.
The Spaniards waved their red cloaks, while the Belgians decorated the coats of the European Red Devils. Fans were singing to celebrate their team's once again reaching the European Cup final.
On the one hand, 24 years of waiting, and on the other hand, 28 years of expectation. The Spaniards are looking forward to winning the Drone Cup again after 44 years, while the Belgians are looking forward to the European Red Devils coming to Europe for the first time.
In the safe passage, the players of the two teams are making final preparations. Degan stood at the front of the Belgian team. He could feel that many eyes were focused on him. The Spaniards were looking forward to revenge. In that game three years ago, many players in the Spanish team today have experienced, Casillas, Pu Joel, Harvey, and of course Fabregas, Iniesta and Torres, but in that game, they watched their national team be blocked from the World Cup finals on the bench.
When it was time to enter, there was a burst of cheers in the stands, and the last feast of the 2008 European Cup was about to begin.
When competing for the ball, the captains of the two teams, Degan and Casillas, did not have a verbal confrontation as people expected. None of them spoke or even met their eyes.
Lost?
Digan looked at the coin in the referee's hand and was a little depressed, which was not a good omen.
The depressed mood just flashed by. Degan turned around and left the middle circle, gathered his teammates together, and told him again. Degan can imagine that the competition for this game will not only happen on the court, but also other factors must be taken into account.
"When defending, you can't move too much. You must not be caught by the referee, understand?"
There is nothing you don't understand. They have already learned from the previous semi-finals, and everyone can feel that there is a power that they don't want them to laugh to the end.
"Concentrate, such an opportunity may be only once in a lifetime for us. Don't go home with regret!"
In the previous World Cup, Digan had no choice but to accept a defeat due to injury. He watched the Italians hold high the Hercules Cup. Now the final has become the European Cup. This time, Degan will never allow the same situation to happen again.
With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began. As soon as the Spanish team came up, they did not seem to be in a hurry to attack. The players in the midfield were skillfully and patiently looking for opportunities. This is the best tactic they are. They use a small range of passes to catch the ball, pull the opponent's defense, find the gap, and then launch a fatal one. Hit.
Of course, Digan couldn't let them get what they wanted. When the football was passed to the foot of Iniesta, Digan rushed up. At the same time, Bollet and Dembélé also rushed to the Spanish team according to the tactics formulated before the game.
Seeing that Belgium seemed to be unable to calm down, the players of the Spanish team couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but soon the joy disappeared. What made them wonder was that the Belgian frontcourt players began to grab it, but the three midfielders did not move, as if they were watching a play and did not come to help at all.
Of course, this is also formulated before the game. Regional defense, no one can move before entering their territory, and must firmly defend their own defense line.
Seeing that there was no gap in the middle, when Harvey caught the ball again, he kicked the ball to the left side. Iniesta quickly pressed it, which was also a common routine in Spain. With the combination of sides, Digan had been playing badly in Florence for a long time.
And Spain has a fatal disadvantage of this side attack compared with Fiorentina. Torres is not the kind of strong center. In the face of Vermaren and Compani's defense, it is impossible for him to fight for the header.
Therefore, the Belgian team developed a tactic of defending Spain's side attack before the game. The two full-backs are only defending the Spanish side attacking players. If they pass the ball, it will be handed over to Compani and Vermaren. The other three midfielders should protect the front generation of the penalty area to prevent the Spanish team from passing, or Grab the second point and shoot from outside the penalty area.
Sure enough, Iniesta saw that there was no chance to cut inside and was forced near the bottom line by Van Bitten. He could only make a cross in a hurry. Although Torres grabbed the position, unfortunately, Torres had no chance to face Compani, the air overlord.
After the football was pushed out by Compani, the second point was also easily obtained by Belgium. Fellaini stopped the ball, looked at the front, and kicked the ball directly to the side of the front court.
In the half of his side, he played the ball as soon as he took the ball, which was also repeatedly emphasized before the game, for fear that Spain would seize the opportunity to open the wall.
The football passed directly through the midfield and landed on the right side. Degan came forward to stop the ball and rushed towards Cap de Villa. Iniesta has not yet returned, and the Spanish team's midfield defense has not yet been formed. As a result, he was hit directly behind by a long pass from Belgium.
Fabregas rushed towards Degan. At the same time, Degan's teammate in Florence, Macena, was also moving in the direction of Degan. Capdevilla did not rush to grab it, but kept retreating, trying to form a three-person bag for Degan.
Digan can't see the Spanish player's satisfactory calculation. Just as Fabregas was about to stick to it, Digan passed the ball directly, handed the ball to Dembélé, and then continued to rush along the side road.
The football reached the feet of Denbelle, and he was surrounded by Senna. At this time, Denbelle did not dare to show off his skills and wanted to pass the ball to Bolette.
But Pujol had been on guard for a long time. He suddenly grabbed the ball and broke the ball, but failed to stabilize the ball. As a result, Bolette broke the ball back. However, even if the ball was successfully cut, he had no chance to shoot now. Ramos has stood in front of him. Bolette is characterized by fast speed and strong explosive ability. , but the ability to challenge defensive players one-on-one is almost the same, not to mention that Pujol is still on his side.
"Here!"
When Degan saw that Bolette had some sticky ball, he obviously hesitated and shouted quickly. When Degan heard Degan's shouting, it was like seeing a savior. He quickly kicked the ball back to the side road. At the same time, he suddenly stepped forward and squeezed into the Spanish penalty area.
Digan stopped the ball steadily, and the cross was obviously not good. Bolette was surrounded by two major protectors, Pujol and Ramos. Even if he passed the ball out, it was difficult for Bolette to grab it.
Then only~~~~~~~
With a gentle tap of Degan's arch, the football just drilled between Capdevilla's legs, and Degan immediately turned around and cut inside!
Machena has arrived. The two were teammates when they were in Florence, but now they are their own masters. Macena has no intention of mercy at all. He knows that it is difficult to keep Degan, so he directly tripped Maso.
Unexpectedly, Digan had been prepared for a long time. He gently poked the ball and jumped up from Macenna's horizontal leg. After stopping the ball, he already had an angle and shot directly.
The football was like a bomb that was detonated and flew to the far corner of the Spanish goal with the wind. Although Casillas concentrated, he did not expect that Digan would suddenly shoot at that position, quickly moved towards the far post, and then jumped high and leaned back to the ball. Pounce out.
But Degan's foot was so fast that he skimmed directly over Casillas' fingers, which shocked Casillas.
But~~~~~
Bang!
Fortunately, the goalpost helped the Spanish team at this time.
But Belgium's attack is not over yet. Bolette took advantage of the Spanish player's stunned surprise and suddenly stepped forward to face the flying back football and directly headed the ball to make up for the shot.
At this time, Casillas showed the ability of a super goalkeeper. He was still sitting on the ground and saw that Bolette's supplementary shot had arrived. His whole body suddenly bounced up and held it with one hand. As a result, the football could fly out of the bottom line with the beam.
Hu~~~~~~~~~~
Spain took a breath from up and down. Fortunately, God was on the side of the Spanish team, otherwise it would be really dangerous.
Caragones looked at the court, and the handsome man frowned. Now the development of the situation is completely different from what he expected!
Belgium obviously had very well prepared before the game. Just now, when the Spanish team attacked, every step was in the Belgian team's calculation. At the same time, when Belgium attacked, a blow hit Spain's weakness.
I don't fight in the midfield at all and directly behind the Spanish defense. Although this attack has been resolved, it is not a way to be beaten by the Belgians like this!
Then, the Belgian team made a corner kick, and Dembélé's corner kicked down directly. Degan had already stood there. Despite Pujol in front of him, Degan did not pay attention to the Spanish vice captain at all.
The arc of the foot ball was very large, and Casillas did not dare to attack and pick it. Seeing the ball flying over, Degan jumped up in advance. What surprised everyone at the scene was Degan's terrible air stagnation ability.
If you have the ability to play basketball, you can't play basketball on the football field!
Pujol competed for the top, but was completely suppressed by Digan. As soon as he shook his head, the football flew towards the Spanish goal. This time, there was something wrong with Casillas' position. Seeing that the football was about to fly into the goal, the crossbar of the goal helped Spain again. The ball hit the lower edge of the goal and was reacted quickly. Casillas pressed on the goal line.
Damn!
It's a little worse!