Re-establishing the Glory of Chinese Football, It Is Our Unshirkable Duty!

This Spain team had been built around Barcelona's central spine, but they faced a very serious problem: they lacked Messi, the battering ram capable of smashing through defenses.

Traditional football empowered by Messi was the true complete form. Without Messi's powerful ability to break the stalemate, possession-based football could easily end up like Spain—dominating the game without scoring!

Lin Feng remembered that, after winning the World Cup in his previous life, Spain had arranged a friendly against the Chinese team.

Yet even against a weak team like the Chinese team, Spain's attack had already looked extremely toothless.

In that match, Spain's players had practically besieged the Chinese team for the entire game, unleashing 21 shots, yet Zeng Cheng's heroic saves and blocks somehow kept every single one out.

It was not until the closing stages, after Vicente del Bosque sent Iniesta on, that they finally blasted open the Chinese team's goal.

They had struggled that much even against the Chinese team, so facing Brazil obviously would not be easy. After all, this Brazil Team's defense line was still very strong!

The key to victory in this match rested on two players.

For Spain, it mainly depended on Iniesta's performance, while for Brazil, it depended on Kaka.

Iniesta could break through, carry the ball, and pass. He was practically a younger version of Messi and Spain's attacking core.

As for Brazil, there was even less need to say it. As the team's number one star player, Kaka was the entire village's hope.

Yet in this match, neither star player performed particularly well.

Dunga had packed the midfield with workhorses and marked Iniesta to death. Whenever he received the ball, nearby Brazilian players immediately Double Teamed him and swarmed in to dispossess him.

On one occasion, after Iniesta got the ball, five