Chen Lei looked at the players from both sides who were warming up and said, "Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides first!"
"Spain National Team's lineup has not changed much. The goalkeeper position is still the outstanding No. 1 De Gea. On the defense line, Barcelona twin stars Eric Garcia and Alba appeared together, Chelsea captain Azpilicueta was the first starter for World Cup this year, and Laporte of Manchester City also appeared in the starting lineup unexpectedly."
Huang Jianxiang said from the side, "Azpilicueta's appearance shows that Spain National Team hopes to consolidate the defense of the back line in today's game. In the previous game, Although Spain National Team has won, the problems in the defense line have been exposed. Facing a strong team like Brazil National Team, Enrique does not dare to use the problematic defense line before."
Chen Lei nodded and said, "Yes, but Spain's midfielder has not changed much. Busquets and Rodri's double defensive midfielders are still very stable. Pedri and Li Mingyu's offensive midfielder partnership is also a perfect match!"
Huang Jianxiang said with great agreement, "Spain, a four-man midfielder, is good at both offense and defense. Busquets and Rodri, a young and old combination, are very harmonious in terms of experience and physical strength. When attacking, Rodri can dribble the ball up, and Busquets can defend firmly in the midfield. When defending, Rodri can sweep the ball in the middle, which can also make Busquets very relaxed."
Chen Lei continued, "The frontcourt partners are Morata and Fati. In the last game, Fati's amazing performance in the frontcourt conquered Enrique. This In one game, Enrique continued to let Fati start, giving him enough trust. As Spain National Team's one of the few centers, Morata's role in the frontcourt is still irreplaceable."
Huang Jianxiang nodded and said seriously, "That's true. The two forward players of Spain National Team have performed very well in this World Cup. They can turn Li Mingyu's assists into goals. When they need to be pushed, they can also complete the task very conscientiously."
Chen Lei looked at the other side of the court and said, "Brazil National Team's lineup today is still 4-3-3. It seems that Brazil National Team's head coach Tite hopes to have a spear-on-spear battle with Spain!"
Huang Jianxiang said, "Brazil National Team's goalkeeper is Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson. This is a very agile goalkeeper with solid basic skills and is especially good at saving one-on-one goals. Last season, Alisson was the goalkeeper who saved the most one-on-one goals by Premier League."
"The four defenders are Alex-Sandro from Juventus, Eder-Militao from Real Madrid, Marquinhos who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, and Danilo-Louis who also plays for Juventus."
"The three midfielders are Fred from Manchester United team, Casemiro from Real Madrid, and Lucas-Paqueta from Lyon."
"The three forward players are Gabriel-Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City, Richarlison from Everton and their captain Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain."
Chen Lei said, "The lineups of both sides are extremely aggressive, and both have players with very strong control and interception abilities in the midfield. The focus of this game should be in the midfield. Teacher Huang, please analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both sides' lineups!"
Huang Jianxiang pondered for a moment and said, "Spain's lineup has a balanced offensive and defensive balance, and the answer has been given in previous games. Enrique replaced Azpilicueta this time in order to strengthen it. The front defense is slightly unbalanced. With Azpilicueta, I believe that Spain's defense will be very strong. It will be very difficult for Brazil National Team to enter Spain National Team's restricted area!"
"Looking at Brazil National Team's side, Neymar has undoubtedly been the core of the team all this time. The only variable this time is forward Richarlison."
"Richarlison's performance in Everton is quite satisfactory, but among the talented Brazil National Team, it is not so eye-catching. Since Firmino from Liverpool accumulated yellow cards and was suspended in the last game, head coach Tite had to This striker was used. In the previous five games, Richarlison was only replaced by Tite in the last few minutes to feel the atmosphere of World Cup. In such an important semi-final, Tite actually let Richarlison start, which is also a huge adventure!"
Chen Lei also nodded in agreement. When he saw the list just now, he thought he had read it wrong.
The 25-year-old Richarlison joined Premier League in 2018. From Watford to Everton, it can only be said that he is a decent player. From him, there is no trace of Samba football.
This is also the problem of Brazil football over the years. Now most of the Brazil players have slowly begun to Europeanize and have lost the soul of Samba football.
Neymar may be the last descendant of Samba football.
After warming up, Li Mingyu returned to the locker room and changed into his jersey.
Enrique used the last moment to chat with everyone for a while, without talking too much about tactics, because at this time, it was already difficult for everyone to listen to these things.
"Li, if you can score another goal in this game, you will become the first person in the history of World Cup to score goals in a single session!"
Enrique looked at Li Mingyu with a smile on his face.
Li Mingyu had a hint of hope in his eyes. Such a name sounds very touching.
Spain's other players looked at Li Mingyu with envy.
Everyone knew that Li Mingyu was very strong in the league. It broke the monopoly of Messi in the league and won Golden Boot of La Liga twice in a row. Champions League also scored a lot of goals on the field. Even if he did not participate in the subsequent games due to injury, he still won Champions League's Golden Boot with his previous goals.
Unexpectedly, Li Mingyu actually brought his hot feet to the stage of World Cup.
Scored 13 goals in 5 games. This frightening scoring efficiency makes all players feel ashamed.
The terrifying Li Mingyu has already engraved his name on the history of World Cup.
However, having such strong teammates gives Spain players an inexplicable sense of confidence.
As long as Li Mingyu can keep scoring goals, it will not be difficult for Spain to win the World Cup championship!
The most comfortable thing for Li Mingyu, or Spain National Team, is that this semi-final is still at Lusail Iconic Stadium. This is the third time Spain National Team has competed at this venue. This venue is the final venue for World Cup this year.
After the semi-finals were announced and Spain came to Lusail Iconic Stadium, many fans thought this was metaphysics.
If Spain can defeat Brazil National Team and enter the finals, then Spain will have a huge advantage.
Three consecutive games on the same field, it feels like we are at home.
This is also the first time in the history of World Cup that such a situation has occurred. The group stage, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and even the final are all held on the same court.
Fans of Spain feel that this is God's favor, and Spain will definitely win the trophy in this stadium this time.
Another advantage is that Spain National Team doesn't have to travel all the way to the same hotel. There is no need to get familiar with the stadium or the surrounding environment. This is really no different from playing at home.
Moreover, Spain's popularity is now very high. Many Qatar local neutral fans have become fans of Spain, and the most important ones are fans of Li Mingyu.
Spain National Team's No. 10 jersey was sold out all over the world.
Players from both sides walked out of the tunnel together, and the fans in the audience burst into the warmest applause and cheers.
The players of Spain wear a dark red and burgundy top, dotted with yellow lines as an abstract expression on the national flag.
Paired with blue shorts, it is very clear that this is the "Matador" uniform.
The Brazil National Team team uniform is still their most traditional yellow jersey and blue shorts, which is very simple.
But the most eye-catching thing is the five shining green five-pointed stars on the national team emblem on their chests.
It is because of these five stars that this simple jersey becomes noble.
The only team in World Cup history that has won the World Cup championship five times.
Five-star Brazil.
1958 Sweden World Cup, 1962 Chile World Cup, 1970 Mexico World Cup, 1994 United States World Cup, 2002 Korea and Japan World Cup.
However, since 2002, Brazil National Team has never entered the finals again. The best result is the 2014 Brazil World Cup, which is the hope of all Brazil people.
A 1:7 match that broke the hearts of all Brazil people and completely shattered the soul of football in the Samba Kingdom.
This year, Brazil National Team made a comeback and entered the main competition of World Cup with the second place in the qualifiers.
In the group stage, Brazil National Team was unstoppable. With three consecutive victories, in the quarter-finals and quarter-finals, Brazil National Team finally reached the top four again.
Facing Spain National Team, who is in full swing, Brazil National Team is not timid at all.
This game will determine whether Spain will reach the finals again after 2010, or whether Brazil will reach the finals again after 2002!
The referee blew the whistle to start the game amid the cheers of the fans in the audience.
[Congratulations to the host for signing in Lusail Iconic Stadium and winning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Brazil legendary ball king Pele.]
Pele, as the greatest star in the history of Brazil National Team and the world recognized football king, his football skills no longer need to be described too much. The extraordinary skills of these players are all leftover from Pele.
The strongest thing about Pele is that he has been good at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since he was a child, which makes his body flexible beyond ordinary people, so he can make a lot of difficult and exciting moves in many competitions.
Li Mingyu felt that his body had become much more flexible and he wanted to do a split to celebrate!
After Neymar received the kick-off, he took the ball and rushed towards Spain's half.
Li Mingyu stood directly in front of him.
The fans in the audience couldn't help but let out a burst of excited cheers.
Some fans with good memories immediately thought of the scene when Li Mingyu and Neymar played against each other for the first time.
In the first round of the quarter-finals of Barcelona VS Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League, Li Mingyu dribbles the ball and Neymar defends.
Today, it's turned upside down.
The original Li Mingyu used two sharp turns that hurt his knees to get rid of Neymar's defense.
Today, when Neymar faces Li Mingyu's defense, will he directly choose to break through?
When everyone was very excited and wanted to see the peak showdown between the two stars, Neymar chose to pass the ball.
Neymar did not choose to go one-on-one with Li Mingyu, but passed the ball to the wing.
This caused a burst of dissatisfied boos from the fans in the audience.
However, Neymar doesn't care about these voices at all. For him, he has only one goal in this game, which is to defeat Spain.
I have no idea about Li Mingyu and Neymar.
Last season, Neymar still had an indifferent mentality towards Li Mingyu, but after seeing the performance of Li Mingyu and World Cup this time, Neymar chose the team very wisely.
As long as Brazil National Team defeats Spain National Team, enters the finals, and wins the World Cup championship, even if Li Mingyu ranks first in the number of goals scored by World Cup in a single session, it is not as important as the World Cup championship!
Li Mingyu didn't have any other ideas about Neymar's passing. Regarding Neymar, Li Mingyu did not regard him as his opponent.
After all, Neymar is ten years older than Li Mingyu, so the two are not players of the same age group. After two or three years, Li Mingyu's physical condition has reached its peak, and Neymar has passed his peak period.
Brazil National Team's passing control is definitely not inferior to Spain National Team, and his offensiveness in the midfield and frontcourt is even stronger than Spain National Team.
Neymar's desire to attack is very strong, and Spain was very active in the half.
In less than ten minutes after the opening, Neymar had already attempted two threatening breakthroughs. One breakthrough was successful, but the shot after breaking into the penalty area seemed a bit sloppy and was directly confiscated by De Gea.
There was another breakthrough, which was intercepted by two defenders of Spain. A quick counterattack almost threatened Brazil National Team's goal.
After all, it is the semi-finals, and neither side will play as aggressively as in the previous games. First of all, the most critical thing is to stabilize their defense.
In the 30th minute of the first half, the balance between the two sides was broken.
Neymar is very smart. He found the weak point of Spain National Team's midfield and backcourt, which is the 35-year-old Busquets.
Neymar, who was once a teammate with Busquets, knows some of his habits and body language in defense.
The continuous fighting made Busquets's body a little overwhelmed.
In the more intense semi-finals, Busquets felt that his body had reached its limit after running for thirty minutes.
Busquets, who was a little slow on his feet, was caught by Neymar.
With an easy pass, Neymar passed by Busquets. Busquets suddenly fell to the ground, with a trace of pain on his face. He felt that his thigh muscles began to twitch violently.
Thigh cramps!
Neymar didn't notice Busquets's situation and rushed forward with the ball.
Spain's players raised their hands one after another, trying to get the referee to stop the game.
However, the referee did not stop the game immediately.