Chapter 2328 - 591: The Stickman Connection, The Skyfaring Hero
By then, just one counter-attack could wear down Spain.
Sneijder’s position today was deeper than usual, which reminded Bosque of a Real Madrid player—Di Maria!
That young coach has integrated the tactics of many people into his own.
More importantly, it has good results.
Bosque recalled reading "The Urban Supreme Young Master Filippo", which blended many plots written by different authors. Are these novel writers naturally stitching together?
"Get the offense going, keep moving and passing!"
Bosque shouted to the field: "Hurry up, try to equalize before halftime, keep your spirits up!"
Casillas clapped in response to the coach.
He felt that Puyol’s absence was the biggest impact.
Casillas couldn’t help but look towards the sideline.
Bosque had already sat back down, his expression quite displeased.
But his former teammate still stood gracefully on the sideline, hands in pockets.
He would never have imagined, Casillas, that the European Championship 2012 would have such a storyline.
But he also admitted that Huang Kaiwen had already shown incredible coaching potential during his time at Real Madrid, often making adjustments on the field without consulting Capello, arranging how teammates should play.
And it had pretty good results!
"Come on, guys!"
Casillas shouted.
However, few of his teammates responded.
Abeloa didn’t even dare talk to Casillas, fearing he might be demoted to the reserves upon returning to Madrid.
Because he was closely associated with the Barcelona Gang, and Ramos and others didn’t like Casillas.
Moreover, he wasn’t originally a Barcelona player.
Casillas suddenly became the most awkward person in Spain.
After the restart, the Spain Team clearly became anxious.
Most of this team were Huang Kaiwen’s former defeated opponents.
Some players were even personally eliminated by Huang Kaiwen in the just-ended season.
Under such circumstances, they had more reasons not to want to lose at all.
However, such passing was not in their familiar rhythm.
A Spain that lost patience would be much less threatening.
Without several passes, Xavi had already brought the ball past the halfway line.
Previously, this role was mostly undertaken by Iniesta, but with Iniesta injured, he didn’t like to cooperate with others, it now became Xavi holding the ball.
Just past the halfway line, Van Bommel rushed directly up.
Xavi immediately pulled back his foot and turned to bring the ball back.
Even in haste, he played with muscle memory.
Xavi habitually returned to the safe area to reorganize.
Van Bommel was not in a hurry to make a tackle either, knowing that Xavi couldn’t pose any great threat in the backfield.
They wanted to come up and attack with ground cooperation, but still needed to be in the frontfield.
Spain’s formation began to press forward, with their defense line stepping up to help relieve teammates’ pressure. Spain also enjoyed having more players to overpower the less, in some aspects similar to the strategies used by Huang Kaiwen today.
After Piqué got the ball, he chose to bring it forward by himself.
After encountering pressure, he immediately passed the ball to Busquets, who then quickly coordinated with Xavi before passing the ball back to Xavi, choosing to withdraw.
He wasn’t used to pressing too deep.
Xavi wanted to pass to the more breakthrough-capable Iniesta.
But holding the ball on the right flank, passing to the left was not easy.
Suddenly, Xavi’s eyes lit up, feigned a dribble breakthrough, but then suddenly powered the ball away.
The ball quickly sped past De Jong towards the back of the Dutch defense line, and Fabregas’s timing was just right.
But at this moment, the shrill whistle blew.
Xavi only then saw the assistant referee raise the flag straight up.
"Offside!"
"Yes, this offside was fine, Vlaar was the last player, but just before Xavi passed, he stepped forward, resulting in Fabregas falling into the offside trap."
"Xavi and Fabregas went to argue with the referee, but the Netherlands team immediately signaled to Rizzoli to take the kick, forcing the Spain players to hurry back to defense."
But even so.
Spain’s players still couldn’t get back to their positions in time.
Stekelenburg’s kick directly reached Van Bommel, who twisted and passed the ball to Sneijder on the flank.
Sneijder, after receiving the ball, wasted no time and swung his left foot.
The crowd in the stands looked up again to the sky.
The football flying through the night sky brilliantly reflected the lighting system’s glow.
Barcelona players chased back frantically.
At this moment, van Persie suddenly burst out from beside Piqué.
Huang Kaiwen tightly clenched his fist.
Piqué’s problem with turning showed up again!
Go for it, Robin!
Almost instantly, Huang Kaiwen cried out.
This was also the voice of hundreds of millions of fans worldwide.
Go, Robin!!!
Van Persie had already formed a one-on-one chance.
But the ball was higher than he thought, and trying to volley in the usual way wouldn’t work.
At that moment.
Van Persie remembered a Spanish national derby he once watched, with a similar high ball, how Huang Kaiwen had handled it.
In an instant.
Van Persie decided on his shooting method.
Huang Kaiwen had left him too many, too profound impressions.
In van Persie’s mind, Huang Kaiwen was capable of everything!
He had such blind faith in Huang Kaiwen that even Huang Kaiwen’s shooting method, he believed could undoubtedly score.
Determined.
Van Persie pushed with both feet.
His whole body soared into the air.
Body leaning forward, fully stretched.
His long limbs powered again mid-air, like a giant fish leaping from its slumber.
Piqué, chasing back, had already stopped in his tracks.
Looking up to the man soaring into the air.
As van Persie flew low, his head made firm contact under the ball.
Bang—
Casillas, who advanced halfway and then backed off, couldn’t do much. He merely looked back and watched as the ball sailed over his head and plunged into the goal.
Boom—
"Robin!!!"
"Robin!!!"
"Robin!!!"
Huang Kaiwen wildly waved his arms on the sideline.
The fans in the stands leapt from their seats, roaring with arms raised too.
In the stands above, Beckenbauer and Cruyff sat together, both smiling and clapping.
The last time Cruyff saw such a goal was when Huang Kaiwen was playing against Barça.
"Gooooooooooooooooooal!!!"
"Robin van Persie!!!"
"The Netherlands scores another, and this goal is crucial."
"He is destined to become the hero of the Netherlands team!"
"Listening to lectures or participating in biblical studies is not just about hearing a speech or teaching; it’s about listening to someone explain God’s words and then applying it in our lives. This is how to gather with God’s people and how to draw near to God’s footsteps by beginning to imitate all things godly!"
"Van Persie scored a Kevin-style goal, surely the best goal of his career. This time, I would willingly call him the man closest to God!!!"