On the evening of June 29, the World Cup quarterfinals were knocked out, Spain played against China.

The game was held at Cape Town Green Penalty Stadium, and the participating Spanish team also ranked their strongest lineup.

The goalkeeper is Casillas, the defense is Capdevilla, Pique, Puyol and Ramos, the midfielder Iniesta, Busquets, Xavi and Xavi Alonso, and the frontcourt is Villa and Torres.

Spain's playing style still adheres to their usual traditions and firmly locks in possession of the ball.

The Chinese team also played with all the main lineups, and even formed a 451 formation. There was a Yang Yang fighting back in front, taking three midfielders behind him, and both wings retreated very strongly. But even so, the Chinese team still easily lost the ball in the game.

Spain's pass control style is too skillful and tacit. In many cases, Chinese players cannot catch up with their pass control at all, and can only be forced to retreat within the 30-meter area of ​​the team, allowing the opponent to plan and organize the attack.

What Alihan learned from was the first match between Spain in this World Cup, and the game lost to Switzerland by zero to one. Heathfield's team relied on strict defense and sharp counterattack to defeat Spain.

But it is obvious that Boske has learned enough lessons from the first game, and the Chinese team's strength cannot reach the defensive intensity of Switzerland.

In the 37th minute, Spain finally broke the deadlock on the court.

Xavi Alonso intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it to the left of the frontcourt. The forward Torres, who played for Liverpool, got the ball and forced into the penalty area, forming a single shot and facing the goal directly.

Chinese goalkeeper Wang Dalei decisively abandoned the goal and rushed out, saving Torres' shot, resolving a crisis, but the saved ball fell to Villa's feet, and the Spanish forward shot directly, piercing through the Chinese team's goal.

One to zero.

Chinese players are mentally prepared for lagging behind or even losing, so they are not at all disordered, and they still organize strict defenses. They are all very clear that it is already quite rare to be able to break out of the World Cup group stage historically. As long as they don’t lose too ugly, they will become heroes.

The first half was ended with the Chinese team's strict defense and Spain's repeated threats.

But after the second half of the game, the Chinese team suddenly launched a quick counterattack.

Chen Tao passed the ball from the right to the frontcourt. After Yang Yang ran to the gap, he suddenly started and turned around to get rid of Puyol. He drove the ball straight in. With the two players Ramos and Pique all the way back, Yang Yang dribbled the ball into Spain's penalty area.

Emergency stop! Screw! Screw again!

The ball was sent by Yang Yang into the goal guarded by Casillas.

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"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"

"Yang Yang! The great Yang Yang!"

"This is his fifth goal in this World Cup!"

"It's incredible to score five goals in four games."

"The Chinese team's only threatening counterattack opportunity in this game was captured by Yang Yang."

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After scoring the goal, Yang Yang turned around and rushed out of the court, rushed all the way to the side of the court, slid and knelt in the corner kick area, and whistled to the sky.

Behind him, Chinese players rushed forward and surrounded him.

One to one, both sides returned to the same starting line.

This goal came too suddenly, but it was not easy.

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"No one could have thought that in just two minutes in the second half, Yang Yang suddenly exerted his strength and rushed into Spain's defense alone. One person stirred the opponent's defense line and scored a goal."

"This is definitely a wonderful goal, from Yang Yang!"

"Looking at the expressions of the Spanish players, they seemed helpless. They all had tried their best, but Yang Yang was in a very good condition tonight, and his sudden move in the second half also caught Spain off guard."

"One to one, the situation is still back to a stalemate."

"And, after the equalization of the score, the Chinese team will obviously be more motivated."

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After both sides returned to the stadium, the Spanish players' eyes when they looked at Yang Yang changed.

Subsequently, Spain continued to control the situation on the field, but never created a threat.

Boske quickly made a substitution in the 58th minute, and high center forward Llorent replaced Torres, which was obviously a signal of a strong attack.

Five minutes after Lorent played, Spain played a very exquisite team cooperation in the frontcourt.

Several Spanish players passed one continuous kick, completely messing up the Chinese team's defense line. Then Iniesta made a straight pass outside the penalty area, Xavi inserted his heel and knocked the ball. Leutron beat Feng Xiaoting and shot directly, but was saved by goalkeeper Wang Dalei.

Before the Chinese team could be glad, Villa followed up and scored a bargain, and the score exceeded 2-1 again.

This wonderful cooperation, during the whole process of more than a dozen passes, the Chinese team did not even have the chance to grab the ball, which shows the huge gap in strength between them.

After that, Spain was unable to cooperate like this again, but the Chinese team was unable to counterattack.

Especially when it was seventy minutes later, Bosque replaced Harvey Martinez.

This Spanish midfielder who is rumored to be transferred to Real Madrid this summer is tall, has excellent physical fitness, strong defensive ability, but also has good shooting ability. He looks like a very dominant midfielder.

In the end, the Chinese team lost to Spain one-to-two, and had no choice but to stop at the quarterfinals.

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The Chinese team stopped in the top 16 and achieved remarkable results, and domestic public opinion also gave high affirmation.

Especially for the number one star Yang Yang, he won all the goals of the Chinese team in the World Cup alone. It can be said that he brought the national team out of the group stage by himself, which made Yang Yang win high recognition from domestic media and fans.

There are even some people who are Yang Yang's team alone.

The day after the Chinese team played in Spain, Alihan officially submitted his resignation.

After bringing the Chinese team into the World Cup for two consecutive times, the Dutch coach performed quite well, but before this World Cup, he was under tremendous public pressure, which made him exhausted physically and mentally, and he was prepared to resign.

The Football Association officials symbolically tried to keep him but failed and accepted Alihan's resignation.

When Yang Yang led the team back to Beijing from South Africa, he attended a press conference and expressed his gratitude to Alihan in an interview with the media, believing that his achievements in leading the team in recent years are worthy of recognition, and hopes that he will have good luck in the future.

Regarding the upcoming coach selection, Yang Yang said that he should continue to focus on high-level foreign coaches. He always firmly believes that high-level foreign coaches can help Chinese football. At the same time, he believes that the current situation of domestic football should be taken into account and appropriately consider foreign coaches who are good at cultivating young players.

The Football Association also stated on the spot that it would seriously consider Yang Yang's opinion and come up with a list of coaches as soon as possible to finalize as soon as possible.

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While the Chinese team ended the Alihan era, the war in the South Africa World Cup is still in full swing.

After defeating the Chinese team, Spain defeated Paraguay 1-0, defeated Germany 1-0, and reached the World Cup final. Their opponent was from the Netherlands in Europe.

The Netherlands team led by Sneider and Robben performed well in this World Cup, especially the Dutch midfielder Sneider, whose performance was perfect, leading the Netherlands to overcome difficulties and reach the World Cup final.

But unfortunately, in the final, the Netherlands unfortunately lost. Spain narrowly defeated the Netherlands 1-0 with Iniesta's final victory in overtime and won the World Cup championship.

This is another international major event championship after the European Cup in 2008, and it is in the limelight.

After the finals, FIFA also began to reward meritoriously.

South Africa World Cup All-Stars: Head Coach Boske.

Goalkeeper Casillas, defense line Ram, Puyol, Ramos and Macon, midfielders are Iniesta, Schweinsteiger, Xavi and Sneider, and forwards are Villa and Diego Fran.

Among them, Brazil's right back Macon is the only player to be selected into the top four teams. Although the Brazilian team was eliminated early, Macon performed quite well in this World Cup, especially in the group stage, which left a deep impression on people.

Although Uruguay only won the fourth place in personal awards, Diego Fran still won the Golden Globe Award and became the best player with his outstanding performance in this World Cup.

According to convention, the list of Golden Globe winners is a FIFA technical research team. According to the performance of all participating players, ten candidates are selected, and the media will select the top three.

These ten candidates, without exception, basically all came from the top four teams. Not only did Yang Yang, who stopped in the top 16, missed it, but even Messi, who was in the top eight, could not enter, and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal also stopped in the top 16.

In the Golden Boot Awards for the Best Scorer, Yang Yang of China, Thomas Mueller of Germany, David Villa of Spain, Sneider of the Netherlands and Diego Fran of Uruguay all scored five goals, tied for the top scorer list.

But in terms of assists, Germany's Thomas Mueller was better and eventually won the Golden Boot Award.

This also made many media and fans feel sorry for Yang Yang's experience, because China only played four games in total, Yang Yang scored five goals. In terms of efficiency and importance, Yang Yang is far superior to all other competitors.

Many people even believe that if Yang Yang can lead the Chinese team to stand out simply by his performance and importance, he should get the best player.

But unfortunately, without the support of achievements, any comments lack persuasion.

Yang Yang ultimately failed to gain anything in team and individual awards, but he himself was quite open about it.

"For me, the best reward for the Chinese team to qualify from the group stage."
Chapter completed!