amaotonovel Chapter 263 Belgium's coercion in the first 15 minutes
Chapter 263 Belgium's coercion in the first 15 minutes
Chapter 263 Belgium's coercion in the first 15 minutes
The moment Lukaku took the ball, there was a crisp sound, and the ball was so fast that Wang Dalei could vaguely hear the whistling sound of the friction between the ball and the air.
The ball was played very squarely. It was easy for Wang Dalei to throw it out, but it was very difficult to throw it well.
Watching the Asian League, you will find that the goalkeeper does not pay attention to the technique when he catches the ball. He often throws the ball in front of the small penalty area, which is tantamount to assisting the opponent's striker.
But when you watch the European leagues, you will find that there are not many such cases, especially top goalkeepers like Neuer and Buffon.
Wang Dalei subconsciously understood that the ball could be thrown to the left and out of the baseline, or it could be thrown up to the crossbar, but it must not be thrown to the right. The opponent's Hazar and Miralas are all cruising in that area.
In the end, Wang Dalei chose to make a side attack, saved the ball beyond the baseline, and gave the opponent a corner kick.
*****
Only 5 minutes into the game, the two sides just came and went without any temptations. The fans enjoyed watching it very much. This is the rhythm that the World Cup should have.
Belgium got a corner kick, but Hazard's ball was too low to pass Qi Bing in the front point, and the ball was cleared out of the penalty area.
Belgium took the lead, but after 5 minutes without a goal, the team also needed to slow down. From 5 to 10 minutes, the two teams rarely slowed down at the same time.
But in Stan’s view, this is an opportunity. No matter how strong any team is, as long as it is human, it must follow the physiological rules, that is, there will be peaks and valleys. Excellent long-distance runners will sometimes go fast and sometimes slow, and it is impossible to run at high speed all the time.
So Stan saw the Belgian players slow down, presumably the opponent encountered the first trough of the game, commonly known as tired.
So he gestured frequently to the players on the field, asking them to grit their teeth and speed up.
It's hard, but it has to be, and there is no easy game in the World Cup.
At 8 minutes into the game, Zheng Zhi received an instruction from Stan. He dribbled the ball forward and crossed the middle circle and looked up. Ding Mu, Li Qiao, and Lin Zhijian were all in good positions, and Ding Mu had already started.
Zheng Zhi sent the ball forward low and flat, about 30 meters away from Ding Mu. The Belgian midfielder "Witsel" made a shovel on the ball, but he missed it. The ball was about to reach Ding Mu's feet.
While Ding Mu was about to take the ball, he felt the changes behind him. It was obvious that Kompany had already come up, and it was difficult for Ding Mu to handle the ball.
It is impossible to stop the ball and turn around. The only way is to pass the ball directly. Now Lin Zhijian is in front of Ding Mu's side, and Li Qiao is behind Ding Mu's side. Ding Mu doesn't know the situation on Li Qiao's side, so he can only choose to pass the ball to Lin Zhijian.
When the ball came, Ding Mu directly passed the ball to Lin Zhijian in the direction of 1 o'clock in front of the right, and at the same time, he immediately turned around and went forward, waiting in the middle of the penalty area to outflank.
Belgium is defending on the left side with "Vertonghen". "Vertonghen" who plays for Tottenham is Wei Xiao's teammate. He is characterized by accurate positioning, high height and good header skills, but his shortcoming is speed.
Seeing that his speed was not as fast as that of Lin Zhijian, Vertonghen turned sideways to block, and was about to get stuck in the position. However, Lin Zhijian was fast and flexible, and like a loach, he "stabbed" and wiped Vertonghen's side.
Although it was wiped off, Fair Hengtong was not in a hurry. He pointed to the chasing midfielder "Witsel" to remind him to pay attention to the opponent's inside cut.
Witsel understood, he kept running straight to prevent Lin Zhijian from cutting in and shooting directly.
Lin Zhijian’s characteristic of playing football is straightforward. He would rather shoot from a distance than cut inside. He looked up and saw that Ding Mu was already in place in the middle, but Kompany was sticking to him, and Li Qiao was also going in front of the goal at the back, but Van Buyten was there to defend him.
The chances in the penalty area were not good, but Lin Zhijian had no time to hesitate. "Fairhunton" behind him and "Witsel" from the rear side had already double-teamed him.
Lin Zhijian chose to pass the ball low and flat into the penalty area. He used the footwork of shooting. The speed of the ball is as fast as possible. It is best if the opponent's defender can make an own goal.
The situation in the penalty area is that the Chinese team has Ding Mu at the front and Li Qiao at the back, but at the moment when Lin Zhijian made a cross from the wing, the two suddenly crossed, forming an X-shaped swap, which caught the Belgian defender by surprise.
If the Belgian central defenders also changed positions, they would definitely not be able to make it through. If they did not change, there seemed to be problems. In the end, Van Buyten and Kompany did not change positions, but this stupefaction created a small space for Li Qiao and Ding Mu.
Li Qiao, who was in the front point, swooped out and used the ball above his head, and Ding Mu, who was in the back point, slid out. The two points of the Chinese team were already in place, but Lin Zhijian passed the ball with too much power in order to pass through the opponent's defense. Although he successfully passed through the opponent's defense line, his teammates couldn't get it.
In this way, the Chinese team failed to touch the ball at two outflanking points, and missed a very good opportunity. Li Qiao and Ding Mu punched the lawn at the same time in anger.
*****
The goal was missed, but the Belgian head coach "Wilmotz" couldn't sit still. He hadn't paid attention to the Chinese team before, but the fast break just now made him understand that the Chinese team is not without strength.
He yelled at his players, reminding them to pay attention. Before the game, he reminded the players not to underestimate the enemy. For this reason, he also used Costa Rica's surprise victory over Uruguay as an example, but obviously facing the Chinese team, the Belgian superstars still did not have the spirit of twelve points, which made the head coach feel dissatisfied.
Wilmots himself is a former Belgian international who participated in the 2002 World Cup. That World Cup made him understand that not all Asian football is lacking in strength.
Wilmots called Fellaini over, "You pinch their No. 9, no matter what method you use."
"Coach, it was Van Buyten who lost his position just now." Fellaini still wanted to clear up his responsibility.
"But he went forward from your defensive position",
Fellaini feels that his coach is making a fuss, isn't it just an Asian team, as for it?
But he still nodded obediently on the surface. Although Fellaini is not a ball bully like Keane, his style on the court is very similar to Keane, tough and rough.
He returned to the court and ran to his teammate, who was also playing the midfielder "Witsel", covered his mouth and said to him: "The coach asked you to keep an eye on that No. 9".
Witsel is a rookie in the team, and he just nodded in response to his elder brother's instruction.
After 10 minutes, the physical slump of the Belgian players had completely disappeared, and they began to attack the Chinese team again.
In the 14th minute of the game, after Fellaini handed the ball to the front midfielder Miralas, he slowly cruised forward from the right. At the same time, the extremely fast Miralas tore through the barrier formed by the back midfielder in the middle. If you use tearing a piece of cloth as an analogy, you will hear a "hiss".
Zhang Chengdong and Zheng Zhi's double midfielder really couldn't defend Everton's fast horse "Miralas". After tearing through the middle, the Chinese team's half was in crisis. Fellaini, who bypassed the Chinese team's defensive line from the right, had already entered the penalty area of the Chinese team. He and Lukaku formed a double center forward.
When Fellaini was at Manchester United, he often played an away center, and now he is very familiar with it.
When Miralas saw the situation on his side, he almost laughed out loud. It was so easy. Now there is Hazard on the left and De Bruyne on the right.
Lukaku and Fellaini are in the opponent's penalty area. Whether they divide the ball to the left or the right, both of them can send deadly crosses.
Miralas twisted his body, opened his right foot completely outward, pushed with the arch of his foot, and passed the ball accurately to De Bruyne.
De Bruyne doesn't need to look up at all, that's how the team played a lot during his time at Wolfsburg, who had two high center forwards - Dorst and Bendtner.
He sent a curved ball with the instep of his foot into the penalty area. The front point was Fellaini, and the back point was Lukaku. As for the defensive Chinese players, the front point was Zhou Dun, and the back point was Wei Xiao.
Holding Fellaini, Zhou Dun jumped to the limit, but he still couldn’t compete with Fellaini. Fellaini flicked the ball to the near corner of the goal. Wang Dalei jumped up vigorously, but the angle was too tricky, and the ball still scored. Belgium led 1-0.
*****
After the goal, Fellaini, the explosive head, ran to the sidelines. Hazard, Miralas ran to hug him. He wanted to rush to the coach, but he couldn't run now.
But without him running over, Wilmots ran over to hold his explosive head. Maybe it was Fellaini's goal that made him breathe a sigh of relief. Wilmots was very excited, and he kept talking to Fellaini, with an exaggerated expression.
Before the game, everyone was optimistic about Belgium, but as a former Belgian international, Wilmots, who has experienced many battles, knows that the teams that are often favored in major competitions will not go far. Don’t look at him holding players worth hundreds of millions of euros, but he is not very sure. Now it’s better, and a goal made him relax.
Surprisingly, the players of the Chinese team were not frustrated in the face of conceding a goal. It may be that everyone expected this result before the game. After all, Belgium is ranked among the top 10 in the world by FIFA, and it is not shameful to be scored by Belgium.
Faced with such a situation, Stan made a decisive change. He made a gesture to signal Chen Fei and Zhang Chengdong to change positions. Chen Fei moved to the position of the midfielder. Stan hoped that his midfielder could really form a barrier, otherwise Wei Xiao and Zhou Dun would feel very uncomfortable.
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