Before this game started, perhaps Spanish fans were still worried about whether Spain would capsize in the gutter, but the process of this game made them know that Spain now does not need to worry too much anymore!

After Iniesta's first record for the Spanish national team, just ten minutes later, Alonso and Xavi joined forces to complete a beautiful counterattack in the midfield - Alonso stole the opponent's attack in the middle and handed it to Xavi. Xavi made a pretty long pass over the top, and Torres successfully formed a single strike against the offside, forming a double-ghost slap with Raul. When the opponent's goalkeeper attacked, Torres was not greedy for me, but directly passed the ball across. Raul easily flew against the empty goal, expanding Spain's leading advantage!

After scoring the goal, Raul and Torres hugged each other with a smile. Two forwards who also have Atletico Madrid background but have become famous in other teams formed enough tacit understanding at this moment. Seeing the two hugging each other, countless Spanish fans showed excited smiles - Raul has always supported the forward line by the Spanish national team, and now, two generations of golden boys have formed a forward team, which is what makes them feel happiest...

After gaining the advantage of two goals, Spain began to control the midfield more. The technical content of this midfield is also very high. In addition to the two brain characters Xavi and Alonso, it goes without saying that Iniesta is also a talented boy with excellent skills when he debuted. Although he has become more concise in Arsenal in the past two years, he can play his original technical characteristics in the national team...

In the following game, Spain was controlling the midfield while also launching attacks, but they missed two good opportunities. First, Torres' volley shot hit the crossbar and bounced out. Then Raul's goal before the end of the first half was judged to be offside. The result of two goals leading seemed not safe in two rounds, especially when they still played at home. If the opponent scored one goal in the second half, then Spain's second round game would be very dangerous...

Sometimes things in the world are all about what you are afraid of. Two minutes after the start of the second half, Iniesta's back pass mistake gave the opponent's forward a chance to have a single shot. Nemet pushed the ball into the penalty area and scored a point. The stands quieted down, and the situation is the worst situation now...

However, Aragones' personality traits were reflected at this time - he was not panicked, but immediately declared his determination with a substitution - Vicente replaced Reyes, who was average in performance, and continued to strengthen the attack!

This move has effectively stabilized the players' emotions - Spain's biggest problem has always been psychologically present. The low level of the head coach is also one of the factors. However, Aragones's iron-blooded style has made up for the shortcomings of Spanish players' psychological quality. After surviving the most critical period, coupled with the explosion and growth of a group of outstanding players, we finally ushered in a Spanish prosperous era!

In the next game, Spain began to attack wildly, while Slovakia retracted its defense, hoping to maintain its current score until midfield, and then return to home court to find a way to kill Spain...

If they can really keep their current score until the end of the game, then Spain might be a bit dangerous - after all, if the psychological quality of Spanish players is to go away with a bad score, then psychological problems will make them unable to perform at their full level and may be killed by Slovakia...

However, under Spain's crazy attack, Slovakia's defense line was not able to withstand it for too long. When the game was 63 minutes, Alonso also showed his straight pass from the middle, and a penetrating pass directly flew into the Slovakia penalty area. Because the mistake was just now, Iniesta, who was recovered by the opponent, was inserted into the penalty area at high speed, and then quickly made a cross. The ball hit the opponent's defender's arm. Italian referee De Santis decisively awarded a penalty kick. Iniesta waved his fist hard. If the mistake just now made him feel unhappy, then Iniesta feels that he has made up for this mistake now!

Originally, Raul was the penalty kicker in Spain, but this time he handed the ball to Torres and asked him to take the penalty kick - it was obvious that he was thanking Torres for his reward before, and Torres did not refuse - although he was not the first penalty kicker in Mallorca, but the second penalty kicker after Kaka, his penalty kick ability is not bad at all.-()(_--)

Faced with this goal, Torres calmly achieved it, expanding Spain's leading advantage to two goals again!

After scoring this penalty, Spain began to stabilize, but they did not give up on the offense. After all, the advantage of the two goal difference is not much. Since the advantage is quite large now, it cannot satisfy the lead of the two goals!

Spain continued to attack, Xavi and Alonso controlled the midfield and continued to create opportunities for the two wings through passing balls. Vicente, who was on the bench, performed quite actively. He kept receiving the ball from the left and tortured the opponent's defender with his own speed, and crossed to help the two forwards in the penalty area grab the spot. In the 72nd minute, Vicente received Xavi's pass and quickly went down the bottom and then passed into the penalty area. Although Torres at the back point ran a little, he took the opportunity to slid his heel and scored on the heel, four-to-one!

Seeing that he had gained enough lead, Aragones began to substitution, Mendeta replaced Iniesta, Morientes replaced Torres - the two of them immediately created an opportunity as soon as they came on the court. In the 81st minute, Mendeta made a cross from the 45-degree angle, Morientes jumped high in the penalty area, and then headed the ball!

Five-to-one! Spain destroyed Slovakia's defense at home, and this score allowed them to enter next year's World Cup almost completely!

After this game, Aragones, who had been controversial before, immediately received cheers from all the fans. Facing Slovakia, which is of great strength, Spain played a beautiful game at home, which is also the 16th unbeaten since Aragones took office. Spain has never lost since he took office! Although he only won the second place in the group, they just tied too many games and they have not lost the game.

The outstanding performance of several Mallorca players also proves that they have indeed begun to become the backbone of this Spanish team. Torres scored twice, Iniesta scored one pass and one shot, Alonso and Xavi joined forces to control the midfield, and Mathias had several beautiful clearances, and even Mendeta, who came on the bench, immediately contributed an assist...

With such performance, Mallorca's status in Spain has risen again. After all, although Mallorca has achieved many outstanding achievements before, it has not made much contribution to the national team. Now it is obvious that they have begun to play an important role and position in the national team!

Such a score made the second round a cut-off. Aragones began to use a lot of young players and substitutes in the second game. Pablo, Villa and other rookies began to get more opportunities. Aragones allowed Torres and Iniesta Alonso to rest, Mendeta and Villa, and Mendeta once again performed well. His long pass from the right helped Villa score a one-on-one goal. In the end, Spain and Slovakia were one-to-one away. The total score in the two rounds was 6-2, and they entered the World Cup finals with their heads held high!

The victory in these two games is not particularly worth celebrating for Aragones. After all, with Spain's strength, beating Slovakia is nothing, let alone a safe two-round match. However, for Aragones, he values ​​some of the things revealed by the Spanish national team in these two games...

Aragonese is a very ambitious coach - his ambition should not be suitable. It should be said that he is a very responsible general manager. Since he has led the Spanish national team, he hopes to bring the Spanish national team to the top - he is not young anymore, and he wants to achieve a very outstanding result before he retires.

So he now values ​​the continuity of the entire Spanish national team. He hopes to achieve excellent results while leaving a strong enough Spanish national team for everyone to remember his achievements - so he gave up the way to quickly become combat power, which is to use players who are useful, but he values ​​potential players more, so that the entire team can continue to develop after the initial stability!

So he values ​​young players who may not be as capable as those old players but have unlimited potential. The four players of Mallorca are all of this type, with potential, and one of them can use their head coach Jose, so it is natural for Matthias and others to take up the position in Spain. Mendeta and Aragones seemed a little hesitant because he was already not young after all. By the beginning of the 2006 World Cup, he was already thirty-three years old. Whether he can perform well now is still unknown. However, in these two games, Mendeta's performance made Aragones admire him, not because of other things, but because of his outstanding long pass...

Spain actually has no shortage of passers. Alonso and Xavi are both top passers, but their passes are direct and long passes in the middle, and the crossing ability of both wings is average. Spain now has an excellent forward combination, but lacks excellent crossing passers. Joaquin and Vicente are top wingers, but their crossing level can only be considered average. Menditta has excellent crossing ability on the crossing. After joining Mallorca, his assists are all completed through crossing on the crossing on the side!

Especially in these two games, his crossing from the wing is accurate and fast, which is comparable to Beckham's cross. This crossing ability will not suddenly decline due to age - that is to say, at least in the 06 World Cup, Spain can still use Mendeta!

Aragonese wants to be updated, but it does not mean that he will abandon all old players. Old players with excellent abilities are also a treasure, and such a Mendeta can become a team's trump card!

Aragones secretly made up his mind that such a Mündeta is indeed worth using a place. Even if he can't play as a main player, he can still play as a substitute. What's more, he doesn't have too many choices on the right now. Joaquin has a tendency to stagnate level in the past two years, Iniesta is more like a versatile player, and Louis Garcia's performance at Liverpool has also begun to decline slowly. Mündeta has definitely valued him in this situation.


Chapter completed!