amaotonovel Chapter 181
Chapter 181
Chapter 181
When "Shakir" and "Hussein" hesitated, Li Qiao overtook quickly, and Zico on the sidelines also saw that the situation was not good. He gestured to command the full backs, hoping that "Abbas" would come to help.
But it seemed that it was too late, "Shakir" stretched out his hand and pulled Li Qiao's jersey, but Li Qiao's speed was too fast, it was already too late to foul now.
After brushing past the two defenders, Li Qiao directly faced the opponent's goalkeeper "Kasder". Kasder rushed forward with great momentum, and Stan on the sidelines was nervous. He was afraid that his opponent would be impatient and foul Li Qiao maliciously.
Since Li Qiao suffered a tibial fracture in Ukraine, he has played smarter. Facing the opponent's pounce, Li Qiao usually chooses a more ingenious way.
Li Qiao looked at "Caste" and made a movement of pushing and shooting the far corner with the arch of his foot. This is a bit like the goal that Arsenal's Henry made famous in the game against Tottenham, that is, after breaking through, he pushed and shot the far corner of the goal.
Kasde has rich experience. He lowers his body's center of gravity, splits his legs, and makes movements similar to a split horse. The purpose is to expand his defensive area as much as possible.
But this time he was wrong. Li Qiao's arch shot was a fake move. After deceiving the goalkeeper's center of gravity, Li Qiao didn't shoot. Instead, he dunked the ball with his right foot and knocked the ball to his left foot.
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"1 to 0, the goal has been scored," Duan Xuan on the commentary loudly announced the current score.
And the Chinese fans in the stands were also high. It was 3 games. The first game against Singapore was narrowly won by the Chinese team. Not only did they lose the next two games, but they also played very ugly games. Finally, in the fourth game, Li Qiao’s goal gave the fans hope.
After scoring the goal, Li Qiao ran to the sidelines and lifted up the jersey. On the white vest inside was a Chinese flag in the shape of a heart.
Li Qiao picked up the "love" on his chest and kissed it, and this action happened to be captured by the camera. No one expected that this action later became Li Qiao's standard action for celebrating goals in the national team.
When everyone saw Li Qiao's beautiful goal and the subsequent celebrations, no matter how much they underestimated Chinese football fans, or those who swore to "never watch Chinese football", at this moment they had hope again, and they all waved their fists in front of the TV and shouted heartily.
Just a few seconds after Li Qiao made the celebratory gesture, he was surrounded by the team members. The eldest brother Li Weifeng hugged Li Qiao's head and said, "Good job".
Li Qiao also punched Li Weifeng on the chest to vent his inner excitement. Although everyone was calm on the surface before the game, everyone was under a lot of pressure. Everyone knew what this game meant—if they couldn’t win, then everyone would have to wait another 4 years, and how many 4 years does a football player have in his career?
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After Li Qiao scored the goal, Stan just turned around calmly, and then gave high-fives to the coaching staff. Stan has always been confident in his team, but this goal can make him feel more at ease.
After the celebration, Stan immediately called Zheng Zhi and Wei Xiao over. Stan knew that the players would inevitably slack off after scoring a goal. This is also the most dangerous time. The team must avoid this situation, so Stan gave them special advice.
"Both of you have experienced the Premier League", (Zheng Zhi once played for Charlton for a short time),
The two nodded, not knowing what Stan was going to say.
"Let the opponents taste the rhythm of the Premier League, don't be polite to them," Stein said.
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After the re-kick-off, it was clear that the Iraqis did not want to accept such a result. They began to strengthen their offense, and the former Asian champion also possessed such strength.
Zico on the sidelines repeatedly waved his hands and made pressing gestures. What I have to say is that Zico was indeed brilliant in his player era, but after retiring as a coach, Zico's resume seems very pale. Whether in Brazil or as the head coach of the Japanese national team, Zico has nothing to show for it.
And after he coached the Iraqi team, the opponents he encountered were not strong (Singapore, Jordan), so Zico's shortcoming of slow on-the-spot reaction has not been exposed, but in this game, he met his opponent!
Seeing Zico's gesture, Stan smiled and thought to himself: "Idiot", the Chinese team is different now than it was more than a month ago. If he is smart, Zico should first defend firmly and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack, but Zico still thinks that the Chinese team's defense line is made of tofu.
Iraq obviously felt a little powerless after pressing forward. Wei Xiao, Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin and others ran aggressively. The Iraqi players would be cut off if they took the ball a little slower, especially the old Younis, who felt particularly uncomfortable.
In the last game, he faced Zhao Xuri of the Chinese team with the ball, but in this game it was Wei Xiao. The defensive hardness of the two players is completely different.
Wei smiled and stuck to Younis, and Younis wanted to turn around, but how is this possible?There is no way, Younis can only hold the ball with his back and wait for his teammates to come to meet him.
But Wei Xiao had expected it a long time ago. He tried his best and leaned forward. Younis couldn't handle Wei Xiao and fell down. But Younis had rich experience. Even though he fell, he still clamped the football with both feet, waiting for the referee to come and judge the opponent for a foul.
But "Wilkins" made a gesture to stand up at Younis. Obviously, the Australians don't think such physical contact is a foul.
Seeing the referee's gesture, Wei Xiao kicked it, kicking the football caught by Younis away, but Younis quit this time, he felt that Wei Xiao was too deceitful, he stood up to argue with Wei Xiao, and Wei Xiao stared at Younis with ice-like eyes, Younis was frightened by Wei Xiao, he had never seen such a cruel person.
The midfielder lost the advantage, and the Iraqis were very passive for a while, but at this time Stan waved his hand and asked his side to press up.
In this way, the three lines of the Chinese team advanced by about 10 meters respectively, which means that the players of the Chinese team were closer to the 30-meter danger zone of the opponent, while the Iraqi team could only retreat because the midfielder could not control it.
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After Stan redeployed, the effect was not good. To be precise, he seemed to help his opponent and did something that Zico did not expect.
Perhaps the authorities were obsessed with the onlookers, at this time Pekovic stood up and walked to Stan and said, "Stan, I think you are wrong."
"What, I was wrong"?
This is the first time that Pekovic dared to say that Stan was wrong, because Stan is really unreasonable at work, and he likes others to obey absolutely.
"Yes, you crushed your opponent, and also made Li Qiao and Yu Dabao lose room to move,"
Stan knew that Pekovic was right, but at this time the bad side of Stan's character appeared. He said: "This is how Barcelona play, and they lost the space to sprint without seeing Messi."
When Pekovic heard what Stan said, he fell silent and retreated to the bench.
In the first game, Stan knew that he wanted to stand up, and he wanted the fans to convince him after the game. Playing against the opponent would undoubtedly make the fans very happy. After all, most people don't understand football, they just watch the excitement.
It can be said that the current Stan has lost his usual objectivity. Maybe he has been too smooth recently. When people are too smooth, it is difficult to maintain humility and prudence all the time.
Losing the space to sprint and confronting on the spot, Li Qiao suddenly lost his advantage in front of the strong Iraqis. In just 10 minutes, Li Qiao was kicked 3 times.
Once Li Qiao was kicked, Stan hated the Iraqis, and the accumulation of these bad emotions made Stan even more impatient. He knew that Zheng Zhi and Wei Xiao had good long-range shots, so he asked them to increase their long-range shots in front of the penalty area and kill the Iraqis.
At this time, Pekovic, who was still calm, looked at the opponent Younis standing near the center line. He knew what Younis wanted to do!That is the best counterattack point. On the one hand, it is not offside, and on the other hand, it is at the back of the Chinese team's defense line. Regardless of Iraq's current passiveness, as long as the ball passes the Chinese team's half, then Younis can form a single-handedly.
But Pekovic can't remind Stan that it's not that he holds grudges, but that he understands Stan's temper. Stan hates nagging and talking endlessly.
After Stan led the team, a major change in the Chinese team was the strong execution ability. No one dared not to do what Stan said. The midfielders of the Chinese team followed Stan’s request and shot long shots whenever they had the opportunity.
The first few long shots were good and of good quality. The opponent's goalkeeper struggled to save the goal to keep the goal. Although the Chinese team didn't score, they were able to get a corner kick.
But the quality of long-range shots cannot be kept so high all the time, and Zheng Zhi's weak long-range shot was hugged by the opponent's goalkeeper "Caste", and at this time the danger of the Chinese team came.
Custer looked at the unguarded Younis in front of him, and then looked at his position. Custer knew that the captain was not offside, so he passed forward with a big foot, and Stan's eyes followed the football around until he saw Younis' position, and Stan shouted in his heart: "Not good".
But now he can only hope that Qi Qi can attack in time. The situation at this time is that Younis advances forward, Qi Qi attacks, both of them rush towards the ball, and teammates from both clubs desperately want to touch the ball first.
In the end, Younis hit the ball first, but the old Younis was also tired after sprinting for 40 meters. He couldn’t pass Qi Qi and then shoot.
The ball slowly flew towards the goal, and Qi Rate ran back with all his strength. Stan looked at the situation in front of him and prayed secretly: "Qi Rate, catch up with me."
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