amaotonovel Chapter 344 Strong Teams Should Persevere Until The Last Second
Chapter 344 Strong Teams Should Persevere Until The Last Second
Chapter 344 Strong Teams Should Persevere Until the Last Second
Tens of seconds later, subtitles appeared on the big screen in the stadium. It was Ding Mu who scored the goal, so the players of the Chinese team rushed to Ding Mu, but the interesting scene was that Ding Mu rushed to Li Qiao. He wanted to thank Li Qiao for his assist. Li Qiao was responsible for 90% of the goal.
The 11 members of the team, including the goalkeeper, gathered together to celebrate the goal. The joy brought by the equalizer shook the audience. The Chinese fans in the stands waved the national flag again and shouted the slogan - "China team, come on".
Compared with Japanese and South Korean fans who cheer in various ways, Chinese fans have been doing the same thing for decades. The leader shouts "Team China", and the others follow suit: "Come on".
After the score was equalized, the head coach of the Japanese team "Aguirre" couldn't sit still. The average age of the Japanese team is 2 years older than that of the Chinese team. If the game goes into overtime, then obviously the Chinese team will gain a greater advantage.
Aguirre made a decisive decision and made a substitution.
He replaced Pirlo, who is known as Japan, the 35-year-old "Endo Yasuhito", replaced "Gan Guishi", and Keisuke Honda returned to the left winger position, which is his position in AC Milan.
The Japanese team’s substitution was timely. After the Chinese team transferred Zhou Dun to the midfielder, it was obvious that the Chinese team’s midfielder had begun to crush the Japanese team. At this time, it was replaced by "Endo Yasuhito" who has a strong ball-handling ability, which can reduce the pressure on "Hasebe Makoto".
Fans have the deepest impression of "Endo Yasuhito" in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In the last round of the group match against Denmark, "Endo Yasuhito"'s free kick drew a beautiful arc and helped the Japanese team break into the top 16.
After the substitution, Makoto Hasebe began to retreat and defend full-time, while "Endo Yasuhito" can play the role of "Pirlo", that is, the role of support. Wherever there is a need for support in the frontcourt, he will go to the cameo, because "Endo Yasuhito" has a strong ability to read the game, and he is always in place when responding to others.
Zhou Dun has strengthened the midfielder of the Chinese team, but Endo Yasuhito is a brand new way of playing. He does not stop the ball, which means that you have no chance to confront him, that is, Zhou Dun has no chance to compete with Endo Yasuhito.
The midfielder of the Chinese team began to be passive again. Stan was thinking of countermeasures. He asked Zhou Dun to stay back and stand still.
Without Yasuhito Endo, the Japanese team’s offense was chaotic. Simply put, they couldn’t form a triangle. Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa were used to breaking through after they got the ball, so it was easy for the Chinese team’s defensive players to defend against them.
But after Endo Yasuhito came up, he knew very well that the success or failure of the offense depends on how many triangles can be formed, so he always makes up for the lack of three in the Japanese team. He forms a triangle with Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa, and also forms a triangle with Hiroshi Kiyotake and Shinji Kagawa. In short, where the Japanese team lacks a corner, he goes to make up for it.
The physical confrontation ability of the Japanese team is not as good as that of the Chinese team, but they use the fast passing to regain control of the midfield.
As the Japanese team advances, Zhou Dun gets further and further behind, and even Li Qiao comes back to help defend. Professional players understand what is dangerous, but the most dangerous time is when you can't touch the ball on the court and can only follow the opponent's butt.
Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa and Yasuhito Endo arrived in front of the penalty area of the Chinese team after a series of short passes. Finally, the ball reached the feet of Yasuhito Endo. He had three points to pass - Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa and Shinji Okazaki.
Wei Xiao of the Chinese team had already seen the danger. He tried his best to break the ball with a shovel.
Wei Xiao knew that the ball must be fouled if he couldn't tackle it, so he raised his foot and shoveled it on Yasuhito Endo's ankle.
Then there was a scream and a yellow card.
When Wei Xiao tackled the ball, it was just an instinct. It was an instinct as a central defender. The central defender couldn't let the ball go past him and go behind him, but after the tackle, he realized that he gave the Japanese team a free kick in front of the penalty area.
Yasuhito Endo, Keisuke Honda, and Hiroshi Kiyotake can all shoot directly from this position, and the Chinese team is under great pressure.
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Wang Dalei half-squatted and aimed at the opponent's shooting angle. He directed the wall to lean to the right. This time, the Chinese team lined up a wall of 7 people. Except for Ding Mu, everyone came back to help defend.
After the referee drew the line, he signaled to the Japanese team that it was time to prepare, and they could play after he blew the whistle.
The Japanese team has two people standing in front of the ball - Endo Yasuhito and Honda Keisuke. In the 2010 World Cup, the Japanese team took free kicks with this tactic.
Endo Yasuhito is right-footed and Honda Keisuke is left-footed. This made Wang Dalei dare not bet on one side because the opponent can kick in both directions.
Endo Yasuhito looked at the Chinese team's human wall, and he found that Qi Bing and Chen Fei were relatively short in the human wall, but the gap between them was at most half a meter, and it was very difficult for Endo Yasuhito to accurately pass the ball across this half-meter space.
The referee blew the whistle to indicate that it was time to kick. Wang Dalei looked through the cracks in the wall. He didn't know who kicked the ball.
At this time, "Keisuke Honda" ran towards the ball. When he was close to the ball, he made a shot and feinted. His left foot skimmed over the ball.
The ball flew between the heads of Chen Fei and Qi Bing.The speed of the ball was very fast, before Chen Fei and Qi Bing could react, the ball flew past.
As long as this kind of ball crosses the wall and hits the goal frame, the goalkeeper is powerless, and Wang Dalei can only watch the ball enter the net.
The Japanese team took the lead again.
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As soon as the goal was scored, the Chinese fans felt as if they were being crushed by a boulder. The game time had reached 40 minutes in the second half, which meant that the regular time left for the Chinese team was only 5 minutes, plus the injury time was at most 8 minutes.
What's more terrible is that after Endo Yasuhito scored a goal, countless Chinese fans were asking the same question-"Why didn't Zheng Zhi come?" He is also a veteran, both born in 1980. If "Zheng Zhi" is here now, will he play the role of Endo Yasuhito in the Japanese team? Jiang is still old and spicy.
Stan stood on the sidelines, his chin in his hands, did he regret it?Not at all!Stan wasn't that kind of guy, he did have pressure, but he didn't regret the decisions he made.
Stan feels that the Japanese team is cowardly and still relies on veterans today, but three years later, Endo Yasuhito will be 38 years old. Does the future of Japanese football depend on a 38-year-old veteran?
"No, the future of Chinese football is Li Qiao, Zhou Dun, Wang Kong, Liao Lisheng, not Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng."
Stan called Li Qiao over.
"Joe, it's up to you. Now is the time to test you. We have known each other for so long. This is the first time I entrust you with solemn trust, Joe..." Stan patted Li Qiao on the shoulder.
What is a strong team? A strong team is a team that persists until the last second. For example, Real Madrid in the 2014 UEFA Champions League final, even in the last minute, Real Madrid still will not give up.
Li Qiao nodded confidently, "Stan, trust me."
Then Stan called Zhou Dun over again, "You are a free agent now, you can play whatever position you want."
Zhou Dun looked excited after hearing this, "Then I will play forward."
Stan nodded.
After setting up, Stan squatted on the ground with his knees touching the ground, as if he was kneeling. He was very nervous. Stan understood that after Wang Kong was sent off, the fate of the Chinese team was no longer in his hands. Stan understood even more that if he lost, the fans would scold him for abandoning the veteran and being self-willed.
Many old fans in front of the TV may think of the 2000 Asian Cup semi-final match where the Chinese team narrowly lost to Japan 2-3. Is history going to repeat itself?
After leading 3 to 2, all the players of the Japanese team retreated to their own half. The Japanese team was good at controlling the ball, but now they are still shrinking. The Chinese team has no good way.
Zhou Dun took the ball and broke into the Japanese team's 30-meter defense zone. Makoto Hasebe, Endo Yasuhito, and Keisuke Honda defended Zhou Dun. Zhou Dun scored a goal and gave it to Li Qiao. There were also many people on Li Qiao's side.
Li Qiao is a football player, not a superman. Facing the three-person defense, Li Qiao did not choose to break through, but shot directly.
A beautiful fallen leaf ball, Li Qiao's stunt, after the ball bounced off the ground, the ball was bouncing, and the path of the ball was very irregular. Eiji Kawashima did not dare to catch it with his hands, so he could only save the ball out of the baseline.
Aguirre was furious. Although Li Qiao's ball was very clever, it was not fast. Why did Eiji Kawashima give the Chinese team a corner kick?He doesn't understand.
There is a reason why Aguirre is so angry. Because the Japanese team is relatively short, defending high-altitude shots is a big shortcoming. Now the game is about to end. Every time the Chinese team gets a set ball, Aguirre feels like he is about to have a heart attack.
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A corner kick opportunity, Stan was ready to gamble, he waved and demanded that Wei Xiao, Wang Dalei all come in, and all the high points that the Chinese team can send into the penalty area.
The Japanese team has only one high point - Maya Yoshida.
Therefore, the more high points the Chinese team enters the penalty area, the greater the pressure on the Japanese team. Stan is making the last gamble, and it will be a success or failure!
Now the Chinese team has "Zhang Linpeng", "Wei Xiao", "Zhou Dun" and "Wang Dalei" in order from front to back in the Japanese team's penalty area.
Li Qiao swung the ball again and again, whether the ball can score or not depends 80% on whether he finds the right spot.
Li Qiao looked at the penalty area, and then at the referee. After a whistle sounded, Li Qiao was ready to play. Taking a deep breath, Li Qiao was about to kick the most important corner kick in his life so far.
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