novelonline Chapter 252 The Last 20 Minutes
Chapter 252 The Last 20 Minutes
Chapter 252 The Last 20 Minutes
There are still 20 minutes before the end of the game. Many fans have already started sending text messages to ask friends to drink and celebrate after the game. The scene is a bit stalemate. The South Korean team has nothing to do. This is a favorable situation for the Chinese team with one goal in hand.
Since Zhou Dun and Li Dongguo faced each other, the Korean high-altitude bombing method instantly failed. Zhou Dun was able to grab the first spot 80% of the time.
On the other side, Wei Xiao and Li Weifeng teamed up to restrain Chi Dongyuan, Chen Fei looked at Sun Xingmin, Zheng Zhi, and Sun Jihai looked at Li Qinglong.Several offensive points of the South Korean team were choked by the Chinese team one by one, relying on Ki Sung-yong, even if the pass is as accurate as Beckham, it is useless.
The head coach of the South Korean team is really anxious now. He stood up and paced on the sidelines, and looked at his watch from time to time. Time passed by every minute and every second disappeared. For the South Korean team, a point of life was lost.
Cui Kangxi suddenly seemed to think of something, he turned and trot to the bench, because he was too anxious, he slipped accidentally.
"Kwok Tae-hui Warming Up",
The tall and big Guo Taihui was stunned for a while, "Now our team is behind, what should I do to warm up"?But he knew Cui Kangxi's temper, so without saying a word, he put on his vest and ran out to warm up.
"Wait a minute, I'll give you 5 minutes to stretch your core muscles. There's no time," Cui Kangxi said.
Guo Taihui half turned and nodded to the coach.
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At 30 minutes into the game, the South Korean team made a substitution. "Kuko Tae-hui" replaced "Che Do-ri" with a tall center back for a right back.
It seemed to be a normal substitution, but Stan saw through it at a glance. What the South Korean team needs now is offense, so although it is a matchup substitution, it is absolutely impossible for Guo Taihui to play as a defender, because defense is meaningless for the South Korean team now. It is the same whether they lose 1 or 100 in this game.
Sure enough, after Guo Taihui came on the field, he ran directly into the penalty area of the Chinese team. Stan immediately understood that the Koreans were going to play a double center strategy. Guo Taihui and Li Dongguo were two bombing points.
In fact, by doing this, the South Korean team still bullied the Chinese team. Wei Xiao was injured, and there was only one super central defender in the penalty area.
Now the South Korean team has a lineup of 352, with one less player in the back line. The five players in the midfield stand in two rows.
"It's finally here, yes, it's time to work hard. If it's me, I really don't have time if I don't work hard at this time," Stan thought.
With 15 minutes left, Stan immediately made a substitution, replacing Zhang Xizhe, Zhang Chengdong, and adding a defensive player, trying to consume the last bit of time.
Now the Chinese team has also changed, becoming 4321, with Li Qiao, Lin Zhijian, and Ding Mu in front.The 3 people behind are a barrier, Zheng Zhi, Zhang Chengdong, Wei Xiao.
At this time, the Koreans still have no physical advantage in front of the Chinese players. The endurance of the Chinese players who have undergone plateau training has been greatly enhanced after 25 minutes in the second half.
The current scene is like watching a horror movie for Stan. Every time the Korean shoots, Stan's heart will be pulled, for fear that the ball will go in accidentally.
If it was someone else, they might turn off the TV at this time, go out for a walk, and come back to watch the results. I remember the 1999 Women’s World Cup final—China vs. the United States. In the final penalty shootout, I was so nervous that I didn’t dare to watch it. I finally found out the result after watching the news.
But not for Stan. Anyone can be a coward, but he can't. He has to stand on the sidelines and watch, think, and make changes when necessary.
Now the South Korean team has two main styles of play—one is long pass and high-altitude ball, and the other is to first flatten the Chinese team's defense line, and then suddenly pass back to the center in an inverted triangle, allowing Gu Zizhe and Ki Sung-yong, two long-range shooters, to shoot long-range shots in this area, posing a threat to the Chinese team's goal.
The Chinese team's coping method is also very simple. Li Qiao, Lin Zhijian, and Ding Mu will stay in the South Korean team's half. As long as the Korean team makes a mistake in offense, the Chinese team can immediately counterattack. Stan believes that with the super abilities of these three people, it is certain to seal the victory.
The South Korean players also understand that there is too much space behind them, so they try to increase the passing power as much as possible every time they attack, so that even if they are destroyed by the Chinese defenders, they will either go out of the baseline or stop the ball too much.
Including Ji Chengyong, Gu Zizhe's shots are also "explosive" shots as much as possible. He would rather miss the ball than give the ball to the Chinese players and let them fight back.
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"Stan, should I go back and help defend?" Li Qiao asked.
"No, staying in the South Korean team halftime is a knife inserted into their backs, and they will always be afraid."
"Keep Lin Zhijian and Ding Mu alone is enough",
"Remember the AFC Champions League"?
Li Qiao nodded.
"You are the person Koreans dislike the most, and they are also the person they fear the most. Don't worry, we have enough defensive players. Just kill the Koreans in front of us."
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Stan is right, offense is the best defense, keep 3 players in front, the South Korean team is tied up when they fight, the most typical is their two midfielders, Ki Sung-yong and Koo Ja-chul often look back and pay attention to keep the distance between themselves and the defense.
Ki Sung-yong is a very thoughtful player. He noticed that if the power of the long-range shot is increased, then although the ball will not fall into the hands of the goalkeeper, it is too difficult to suppress. Such a volley shot is useless at all.
Therefore, Ji Chengyong is ready to take a gamble, and the next ball will be suppressed.
If you want to suppress the shot, the principle is very simple. If you use the "air core" on the ball as a reference, when shooting, if the point of contact with the ball is under the "air core", it will be easy to fly, otherwise it will be suppressed.
Good players don't need to look at any reference objects, they have already developed a scale in their hearts.
The South Korean team's two wings can still complete the bottom breakthrough very well. The Chinese players here mainly grab the first spot in the penalty area. As for the long shots outside the penalty area, they can only be released, or there are not enough manpower.
Sun Xingmin continuously changed lanes on the left side, sometimes left, sometimes right. Chen Fei knew a defensive principle - "defend inside and let outside".
Sun Xingmin made a pass with his left foot, and before reaching the bottom line, he made an inverted triangle pass back to the penalty area. The ball went out, but Chen Fei's defensive task was not completed. He immediately leaned in the middle to form a protection with the central defender, preventing Ji Chengyong from "false shooting a real pass" and then looking for Sun Xingmin.
Ji Chengyong has no intention of passing the ball. He has already made up his mind just now. The goalkeeper of the Chinese team stands on the left. He wants to push the far corner with his arch this time. This is a very risky attempt.
The ball rolled towards Ji Chengyong, the Chinese team thought that he was still volleying vigorously, Zhang Chengdong stepped forward to seal a letter from Ji Chengyong's shooting angle.
But Ji Chengyong's footwork is obviously different this time. Volleying is to pump the thighs backwards after accumulating strength, while pushing is to break the arch of the feet to form a posture parallel to the body. At the same time, the thigh and calf muscles are as loose as possible. This is like an uppercut in boxing.
There were a lot of people in the penalty area, and Yang Zhi’s sight was blocked. When he saw Ki Sung-yong’s shot, he was shocked. He immediately moved to the left. The ball was basically pushed against the turf. The angle Ki Sung-yong wanted was the “bottom corner of the goal”.
Yang Zhi knew it was too late, so he lowered his center of gravity and threw himself out, while extending his left hand to the limit, Ji Chengyong squatted down to watch after shooting the goal, just like "golf" squatting to see if the line deviates after pushing the ball.
The advantage of sticking to the turf is that the direction is very accurate, but the disadvantage is that the ball encounters a lot of friction on the turf and the speed decreases quickly.
If the speed of Ji Chengyong's ball is used, Yang Zhi will have no time to save, but as the speed of the ball slows down, Yang Zhi's side attack still looks promising.
At this time, Wei Xiao, Zhou Dun, and Li Weifeng formed a protective circle in the penalty area of the Chinese team. If Yang Zhi makes a shot, they will prevent the Korean players from making a follow-up shot.
Finally, Yang Zhi touched the ball with his fingertips. Under the huge friction of the latex gloves, the ball was obviously about to stop.
Yang Zhi fell to the ground, but he immediately propped up his right hand, pushed his knees on the lawn, threw himself on the ball, and hugged the ball tightly.
"Not good," Ji Chengyong thought, he gave Gu Zizhe a wink, and the two immediately turned around and ran back. When they returned to defense, an arc crossed their heads. Yes, it was Yang Zhi's fast break by throwing the ball.
Yang Zhi's ball was looking for Li Qiao. Before Li Qiao got the ball, Lin Zhijian and Ding Mu started to move. The South Korean defense line now has only 3 players. The 3-on-3 situation is very beneficial to the Chinese team.
Hong Zhenghao, Kim Jin-kyu, and Park Joo-ho exchanged glances. They knew that it was impossible to defend the Chinese team's "trident". The only way was to make offside.
I saw 3 people running towards the half of the Chinese team at the same time. Ji Chengyong and Gu Zizhe understood when they saw their teammates running towards them, but they did not stop, but chased harder.
The current situation is a race against time. Li Qiao will definitely not be offside when he takes the ball, but the Korean team's three-person movement is equivalent to abolishing Lin Zhijian and Ding Mu in front.
Li Qiao unloaded the ball and looked up. The two players in front were 100% offside. Not only that, the sound of breathing behind him was getting closer and closer. It turned out that the South Korean team’s wishful thinking was that the three defenders were offside and then left the half.
In this way, he not only made an offside trap, but also made a remedy for Li Qiao's single-handedness after he got the ball.
Li Qiao ran forward with the ball, and the pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, but the two teammates in front couldn't help. It can be said that the Korean team's defense this time was excellent.
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