Xinhua News Agency, Doha, November 23 (Reporters Wang Haoming, Wei Hua, Liu Yangtao) 1,060 passes and 998 successful ones. This is the terrifying pass data of the Spanish team in the Qatar World Cup seven-goal sweep Costa Rica team on the evening of the 23rd. After this battle, the title of "Xiqian Chuan" became famous in the world football world.
On November 23, Spanish team player Asensio (front) celebrated with his teammates after scoring a goal in the game. Photo by Li Ming, Xinhua News Agency
The regular time of the entire game is 90 minutes, plus the 6 minutes of the first half and 9 minutes of stoppage time in the second half, 1060 passes in a total of 105 minutes of game time. The "Mattfighters Legion" passes more than 10 times per minute on average, which is rare in a World Cup game. Their passes averaged 59 times into one shot, and the Spanish team completed a total of 17 shots and 7 shots on the right side, all of which scored goals.
This is a game that suffocated the opponent Costa Rica. They only passed the ball 166 times, less than one-sixth of Spain. What is even more embarrassing is that Costa Rica did not shoot in the entire game, and only 7 times were scored within 30 meters of the opponent's goal.
On November 23, Spanish player Garvey (front right) fought with Costa Rican player Tegeda (front left) in the game. Photo by Wang Dongzhen, Xinhua News Agency reporter
Visually, the Spanish team was smooth throughout the game, and the connection between the players was as smooth as chocolate. They conducted high-frequency and dense transmission to weave a large moving net on the court, covering the Costa Rica team firmly.
Audibly, the ball collided back and forth between the sneakers, not messy and noisy, but like the tango dance drum beats, neat and powerful, which is a proof that the Spanish team controlled the rhythm of the entire game under their feet.
On this night, when the Spanish old song "Mi gran noche" sounded seven times over the Atummama Stadium, tiki-taka dreamed back to its peak.
