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"From the performance and rhythm of both sides since the start of the game, Italy is still playing the defensive counterattack that they are very good at."

"Spain had the ball in their hands and tried to break through the Italian defense with a lot of short passes."

"After the game started, Lin Chen did not press forward to participate in the attack, but was located slightly to the right of Busquets' chest, helping the Spanish midfielder control the rhythm."

"David Silva has the responsibility to push forward and initiate the attack."

As a master of tactical analysis, Coach Zhang quickly saw the main tactical intentions of both sides.

"There is no doubt that Lopetegui made this arrangement because he was afraid of Italy's counterattack. After all, Insigne's breakthrough ability is too fast."

“Coupled with Verratti’s excellent distribution, Lopetegui wants Lin Chen to restrict Verratti from completing the sweeping role in the midfield.”

"With Lin Chen's current physical condition, resistance and strength, he is indeed capable of completing such a task, but if he only uses Lin Chen like this, isn't it a bit too wasteful?"

The implication of Coach Zhang's words is very clear, Lin Chen's positioning is an all-around midfielder, not a defensive midfielder.

If you want Lin Chen to complete such a task, you can use any other defensive sweeping midfielder. There is no need to use Lin Chen at all.

The 17th minute of the game!

Lin Chen has been repeatedly increasing his running range in the midfield. He knows that his task is to implement the head coach's tactical arrangements. As a professional player, you have to do this.

"Spain has the ball, and the current real-time ball possession rate is 73:69, Spain has %, but they actually haven't found a good shooting opportunity."

"Italy's defense is like a solid wall. This is what they are best at. When people talk about Italy, they always think of Italy's iron-blooded defense."

"Busquets controlled the ball and turned, a beautiful feint!"

"He got rid of it and then made a short pass to David Silva."

"David Silva passed the ball horizontally to Lin Chen, and Lin Chen followed up with a diagonal pass back to David Silva. The two of them performed a diagonal two-on-one combination in the middle!"

David Silva immediately dribbled forward as soon as he got the ball. His delicate dribbling and wonderful rhythm made him live up to the reputation of a Spanish magician.

A beautiful advance forced Candreva on the wing to quickly move to the middle to defend.

David Silva was waiting for this moment. As soon as Candreva left the wing area, David Silva immediately made a diagonal pass, trying to get behind him.

However, there was no vacant space in the Italian backcourt. De Rossi made a beautiful and timely defensive move, and the central defender suddenly moved forward, causing Asensio to be offside.

Even Isco was forced to retreat a few steps. It was just a clever change in defensive position that quickly resolved the potential attack direction of Spain's frontcourt.

"Wonderful, so wonderful!"

"It's a real pleasure to watch these two teams play. Italy's defense is really strong."

"The team is well-trained and the players have a good understanding of each other. Every clever change in backfield position is a clever and successful defense."

Soon, Italy, which had frequently completed its defensive tasks, began to look for offensive space, especially a series of frontcourt runs that became more flexible.

Immobile in the middle was also ready to move, frequently crossing positions and disrupting Spain's backcourt.

The 22th minute of the game.

"It's Spain's frontcourt attack again. Asensio tried to break through from the wing, but was intercepted!"

"Candreva made a straight pass and Insigne received it!"

"Alba is defending, Insigne turns and dunks the ball smartly and cuts inside!"

"Alba was passed!"

"Insigne passes the ball across to Verratti."

Insigne dribbled the ball inside and did not shoot directly after the breakthrough. Instead, he pushed the ball to the top of the penalty area and passed it to Verratti who came in from behind.

At this time, Verratti can shoot directly himself, or pass the ball to Immobile who is preparing to be offside, both of which are good options.