Chapter 57 Super Golden Boy

Italy continued their slow pace, but Spain, which drew for the first game, was unwilling to wait. In the second game, Spain finally showed their super dominance on the court.

In this game, the best performance was Torres, who surprised everyone. After the Spanish team announced the list in this European Cup, many people were very dissatisfied with Torres's selection of the national team with his poor performance this season.

This is not harsh on Spanish fans. The key is that Torres is at least a new generation of Spanish golden boy, but he only scored poor six goals in 32 games in Chelsea last season. Are you a striker? Are you the main force? What does this weak performance mean?

The most unacceptable thing is that in six games, there was not even a shot. In the confrontation with the defender, he fell down and directly got a nickname of Toniu, which humiliated the whole of Spain.

But through this game, Torres can finally correct his name and finally owes a part of the debt of Bosch, who has been supporting him. The two goals in this game against Ireland not only made Torres say goodbye to the long and cruel competition goal shortage, but also rewarded Bosco'ss as Xiban. The coach of the national team has given him complete trust.

Two years ago, in the World Cup in South Africa, Bosco was waiting for Torres to break out. Although the latter barely caught the last bus to the South African World Cup due to a knee injury, Torres himself was frustrated, which made Bosco also criticized by the domestic media after losing to Belgium in the semi-finals.

In this European Cup, Bosc continued to give Torres enough trust. In the match against Italy, although Bosco played a frontless formation, he finally let Torres play, but unfortunately Torres continued to be in that painful state.

" Torres is very active on the field, and he provides us with speed." After Spain's first match against Italy, Bosc commented on Torres.

However, the coach consciously or unconsciously avoided the problem of Torres missing two scoring opportunities in the game. Indeed, Torres was not a starter in the Italian game. He only played for 17 minutes, and as Bosc said, he provided speed for the Spanish team, and he also got rid of the opposing defender twice. The defense, but the crux of the problem is that he can't seize the opportunity.

Of course, there are also many people who support Torres in their doubts. They believe that the Spanish national team performed better when Torres played.

However, according to a survey by the Spanish media, more than 90% of Spanish fans want Bosco to let Lorente start, because in the face of British-style players like Ireland, a high front is the most reasonable choice.

But after the game with Ireland began, it was found that Torres appeared in the starting lineup.

In the end, Torres returned Bosco's trust with a goal. In the third minute after the start of the game, he seized the mistake of Irish defender Dunn and scored. At that time, Silva broke through and Dunn made a mistake. Torres seized the opportunity to grab the football. After pulling a few meters, he suddenly got up with a strong foot with his right foot. The shot broke through the gate guarded by Jiwen.

There is no better start for Bosco's decision to bet Torres. After scoring, Torres pointed to his ear and seemed to say that he had heard the criticism from the outside world, but he wanted to prove himself with excellent performance.

If this goal is not enough, Torres once again contributed a goal to the team in the 70th minute, which not only helped Spain secure the victory, but also made Spain enter the top eight of the European Cup. At that time, the Spanish team launched a beautiful counterattack, Silva sent a deep pass, and Torres quickly inserted it. As a single knife, this time he did not miss the opportunity to break through Jiwen's ten fingers with a perfect shot again.

Speed, explosive power, shooting accuracy, Torres seems to have recovered to the best. Torres needs such a game and goals.

From the age of 16 to 19, Torres has been the best young striker in the world. He has won the European championship trophy on behalf of Spain's under-16 and under-19 national teams, and scored the winning goal in the finals twice. However, in terms of goal data, Torres is not a productive shooter.

In his career, Torres has scored more than 20 league goals in only one season. Before the game, Spanish media also believed that Torres's title of world-class striker is somewhat untrue. In the Spanish national team, Torres's data is also average.

In any case, Torres won the praise of the media again with a double win against Ireland.

After the game, Spain's famous Marca newspaper said that Torres used his decisive performance against Ireland in response to external criticism. Those who said that Torres' explosives were wet now have to admit that they were wrong.

With two goals against Ireland, Torres is going back to his position in the team, Spain's European Cup journey, and now there is No. 9 player.

Torres seized the opportunity given to Bosk to score twice and cleared the national team's controversy about the center. In the case of Torres' appearance, the team was deeper and had a benchmark in the opponent's penalty area.

Torres seemed very satisfied after the game: "Two goals, I think I have proved that I am qualified to occupy a position in the Spanish national team. I know that there are many people criticize me before the game, and I don't want to fight back. In my opinion, even criticism is very important to me, which will make me more It's motivated."

However, Ireland is not a strong team after all. In the face of strong enemies, Torres used to pull the trigger. He only scored a hat trick against weak teams like New Zealand and San Marino. He only played against strong opponents in the 2004 friendly match against Italy and the 2008 European Cup final. Germany has scored in the game, and Torres obviously needs to work harder to really take over Raul's class.

The name Spanish Golden Boy has been worn on his head since Raul was excluded from the Spanish national team, but unlike Raul's goals in the national team, Torres has not scored many goals in the national team.

I hope that the two goals against Ireland can make those critics less, and I also hope that Torres can be more confident in the game.

After two rounds of Group C, Ireland has lost two games and no points. It has been out early, while Italy, Croatia and Spain have to compete for two places in the last round.

Among these three teams, Spain has one win and one draw, with four points and four goals, while Croatia also has one win and one point and two goals, while Italy has two draws with two points and zero goals.

Although Italy's opponent in the last round is Ireland, the weakest in the group, and Croatia wants to meet Spain, from the analysis of the promotion rules, Italy's promotion initiative is indeed not in its own hands.

For Italy itself, it must defeat Ireland in the last game, which is the bottom line that must be achieved, but in fact, even if Italy defeats Ireland, Italy may also be eliminated.

Because according to the European Cup promotion rules, if two teams, or more than two teams, have the same score at the end of the group stage, they will compare the mutual match points, winning goals and goals of the same team in turn to determine the final ranking.

Since Spain drew 1:1 with Italy and Croatia drew Italy 1:1 in the first two rounds, if Croatia and Spain draw in the last round, the three teams will form a small cycle of the same score, and the winning goals in the small cycle are the same, and the goals of the three teams need to be compared. In this case, if Croatia and Spain play 2:, or a bigger draw, then Croatia and Spain will score more goals than Italy, and Italy will be eliminated.

In the simplest terms, if Croatia and Spain play a draw of more than 2:2, then Italy is definitely out.

Do you seem to have known such a situation?

Yes, Italy encountered this situation at the 2004 European Cup eight years ago. Italy won in the last round, but Denmark and Sweden drew 2:2. Finally, Cassano said goodbye to the European Cup in tears. The helpless tears of the bad boy were distressing, but there was no way to help Italy go further. .

This year, Italy's first two games are indeed the same as that year, ushering in the last two consecutive draws. As the Italian media feared, will Cassano really step into such a tragic fate again eight years after the first two draws?

This is the magic of fate, and what's more amazing is that in the 2004 European Cup, the Italian coach was Trapatoni, and the coach this year was Ireland, which had just been eliminated by Spain. The Italian media had expected Ireland to block Spain after a draw with Croatia, but In the end, Trapatoni failed. While he saw his team become the first team, he also let his mother team fall into the difficult difficulties he had encountered.

Pirlo said in an interview with reporters after the game: "Spain is a good team, and so is Croatia. I believe they will definitely play fair."

Eight years later, Italy once again needed to "supervise" the fair match of its opponents. The 2:2 actually resurrected the fraudulent corpse from history and returned to Italy, and the team is still in the team by Cassano, Pirlo and Buffon.

Only by striving to win and taking the absolute initiative can you ensure that you will not lose your lead. As for worrying about Italy? It's also a matter of the final if you really meet them again. Those who can get to that point are not weak. What's the difference between Italy or not?

Spain does not want to reach any tacit understanding with Croatia. Although a 2: score in the last round can make Spain and Croatia qualify together, Spain does not want this kind of unethical joy. They reminded Croatian players that there is no room for an agreement, and West The message from the Bingya locker room also made Italian players feel much more at ease.

Of course, it's better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. If the Italians can't take Ireland by themselves, even if Spain beat Croatia into a sieve, they will still get out of here.