Chapter 475: The Inheritance of the Virtue! (Ch 475)

When the game is about 70 minutes in, you are three goals behind in the European Cup final, and your opponent has the most expensive and capable midfielder in the world today.

Rice knew what Lin Chen would do next, because if England was leading 3-0, Rice would want to do his best to control the rhythm on his side in the midfield!

Lin Chen began to show his strong ability to dribble the ball and control the rhythm and direction.

In the past, many fans would say that a certain player has a strong ability to control the rhythm, but the term “controlling the direction of the rhythm” came from Scholes!

The 72nd minute of the game!

In order to get the ball back as quickly as possible, the England team has sent out several players to grab the ball.

Laporte faced the pressure just like he did in Manchester City. He didn’t panic at all, but was always looking at the place farther away.

The central defender will never just look at whether there are teammates around his body. There may be a defensive midfielder, a forward or any teammate to support you in the distance, and the task of the central defender is to send the ball to the feet of these teammates!

Laporte was watching and waiting while moving the ball back to a deeper area.

Laporte did this to force Kane and Bellingham to press at a higher position, and this high-pressure pressing would create a tiny space between England’s midfield and frontcourt.

Because England are actively attacking and the midfield line will be forward, these spaces will be very subtle, very subtle.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for a player to grasp such a subtle space, except for Lin Chen.

Because Lin Chen is not a normal player, and Lin Chen is always good at taking advantage of these abnormal spaces!

Laporte waited with all his might at the low passing point, and then that tiny space suddenly appeared, which might disappear after half a second.

But in this half second, Laporte passed the ball.

Laporte hadn’t even seen Lin Chen appear in that space, but Laporte knew that as long as he passed the ball, Lin Chen would always appear!

Bellingham sprinted towards Laporte’s pass. The English thought Laporte had made a mistake until Lin Chen appeared, used his shoulder to exert force from the side, stopped the ball behind him and pushed Bellingham away directly!

Under normal circumstances, Lin Chen would push the ball forward first and then think about what to do next.

But this time Lin Chen started to pull the ball back behind him, which gave Bellingham another chance to defend Lin Chen, but the next second Lin Chen passed the ball to Rodri!

Some of the England players were in the Spanish penalty area, because Kane and others had just rushed forward in order to steal the ball from Laporte.

Others are currently retreating in the midfield, such as Henderson. Henderson just retreated quickly to prevent Lin Chen from counterattacking with the ball!

The consequence of England’s actions was that no one stood by Lin Chen’s teammates.

Lin Chen relied on his attractiveness to draw the attention of all the players on the England team!

This is the first step for Lin Chen to control the direction of the rhythm. He must first control the direction of the rhythm on himself, so that all the players on the England team feel that the rhythm of the Spanish team is on themselves. This is a traction effect!

When the England players were looking for the direction of the rhythm and finally set their eyes on Lin Chen, Lin Chen passed the ball to Rodri, and the direction of the rhythm changed again.

Because Rodri can now also dribble the ball to help the Spanish team counterattack, the player who controls the rhythm of the Spanish team has become Rodri. The English team is forced to start moving according to Rodri’s position and prevent Rodri from possible passing opportunities or dribbling opportunities.

Until Rodri passed the ball back to Thiago, the Spanish team’s midfielder completely controlled the entire rhythm and direction!

Although the Spanish team did not counterattack through this opportunity, the England team suddenly felt empty because Henderson and Saka began to not understand what the Spanish team was playing!

If you don’t understand what your opponent is doing, you can’t score a goal, let alone equalize the score!

Scholes never thought that Lin Chen has changed from the player who could control the rhythm of the game to the player who can control the direction of the game rhythm now!

“There is a big difference between controlling the rhythm and controlling the direction of the rhythm. If you want to control the rhythm, you must first make sure the ball is at your feet. But to control the direction of the rhythm, you don’t necessarily need the ball, but you need the people around you to trust you unconditionally, and the people around you have the ability to control the rhythm!”

“I thought the Spanish team was just a little bit stronger than the English team, but judging from this change, I’m afraid the Spanish team has completely deployed another level of tactics in the midfield, and it is completed by another level of players!”

The 84th minute of the game!

Lin Chen still stayed in the midfield. The England team wanted to attack but did not dare to leave Lin Chen alone, because Laporte could always pass the ball to Lin Chen, and then Gaya and Azpilicueta would be on the wing to support Lin Chen at any time.

Laporte once again pulled the ball back to a very low position, waiting for Kane to steal it.

This time Henderson kept following Lin Chen and prevented him from receiving the ball. The only one who could receive the ball was Azpilicueta on the right!

Laporte passed the ball as expected, and after Azpilicueta received the ball, the England players seemed to have found a breakthrough and quickly moved towards him.

At least compared to Lin Chen, Azpilicueta should not be able to help the Spanish team easily solve the difficulties in the backcourt, right?

At least that’s what the England players thought.

Until Azpilicueta suddenly used a crotch-piercing move to get past Saka, and then cleverly kicked the ball over Bellingham and out of the sideline.

Facing the double pressure, Azpilicueta not only helped Spain keep the ball, but also won the applause of Spanish fans!

Hierro stood by and watched Azpilicueta deal with everything, then hugged his head and gave him a big kiss, then pushed him back onto the field!

Lin Chen also ran over and hugged Azpilicueta’s head, gave him another big kiss, and then pushed him back to the right back position!

The two kisses were like two big motivational bonuses. Azpilicueta’s blood boiled and he stared at Saka as if he was staring at his prey!

With only a few minutes left in the European Cup final, Southgate made another substitution, with Hierro bringing on Pedri to replace Olmo.

Pedri definitely deserves a chance to play in the European Cup final!

“Pedri is coming on, he will replace Olmo!”

The Spanish fans were all cheering for Pedri. At this time, Lin Chen suddenly walked to Pedri who was about to play, and then Lin Chen took off his captain’s armband!

In Pedri’s shocked eyes, Lin Chen smiled at Pedri and put the captain’s armband on his arm!