75. Gone bad

After Xiang Tiange came on the field, he did not weaken the offensive of the Chinese team on the right side.

In the fifty-fourth minute of the second half, Xiang Tiange used the courage of the newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers to rush to the left side of the Uzbekistan team. After receiving a pass from Li Yunfen, he suddenly accelerated to get rid of Shomurodov.

He just came on the field, his physical fitness is excellent, coupled with his own speed advantage, so that Shomurodov did not catch up, the Uzbekistan side has already prepared, forward Jeparov when Li Yun passed the ball to Xiang Tiange, he expected that the Chinese team would really turn the direction of attack to the right side this time, instead of a feint on the right side and a take-off on the left side as in the first half.

The veteran Jeparov moved to the right side of the Chinese team early, and his position quickly approached Shomurodov, trying to form a trap.

The preparation for the match with the Chinese team, Babayan started very early. In addition to sending members of his coaching staff – scouts to the Chinese league to inspect the league, he also mobilized Uzbek students from all over China through his own government - including the Imperial Capital, the Magic Capital, Yangcheng, Jiangcheng and Shiyi - to help them record some of the main and rotating players of the Chinese team.

Xiang Tiange, who was selected as a new talent of the Chinese national team, is also a target to focus on, with fast speed, good skills at his feet, strong offense and weak defense, which is the label given to him by the Uzbekistan coaching staff.

Sometimes, though, don't think that just because you put the word "fast" on a player and think you have this concept, it's only when you're on the field of play that you get a sense of what it's like to be fast.

For example, this time, even a veteran like Jeparov was caught off guard.

When Xiang Tiange received the ball, he leaned over, and when Xiang Tiange accelerated to get rid of Shomurodov, he was about to stick to his body to defend, but what he didn't expect was that Xiang Tiange didn't slow down to make adjustments at all after passing people, not that he didn't adjust at all, he actually accelerated again.

At this time, Jeparov knew what "fast" was, just a trace of distance, the opponent kicked the ball out of the distance, and then slammed it, it was a step faster than his own foot to intercept, and he was eaten raw by the opponent with speed.

Boxing is afraid of being less strong, and any competitive sports, when purely fighting for physical speed, are often dominated by young people, which is an eternal truth.

Seeing Xiang Tiange speeding up like this is really a visual stimulus.

Why fans have a preference for fast players, and they have given them various titles such as "fast horses", mainly because people are visual animals, and they can't help but pay attention to this kind of breakthrough action on the limit of the human body, so the alien Ronaldo's single break double close defense, Bale's off-field corner overtaking will be remembered by everyone, which is the same as seeing some pictures and can't help but zoom in.

Xiang Tiange's charge ignited the atmosphere of the fans in the stands, and Zhang Linpeng went off the field just now, which made the fans very worried, after all, it is not a good sign that the absolute main force is injured in the game.

Now Xiang Tiange's side breakthrough has made everyone put Zhang Linpeng's injury behind him for the time being.

"Such a bullish player was actually sold by the Longteng team!" This is the true thoughts of countless fans who watched this game.

The Chinese fans are happy, but the left wing-back Denisov of the Uzbekistan team is tricky, and the speed player opposite is not good at stubble, and he must be careful to deal with it.

As an experienced player who often plays wide breaks, Denisov has a certain understanding of defensive speed players.

A speed-defying player is actually quite simple to say.

First, don't kick casually, even if you want to kick, don't hesitate, don't hesitate to break the ball without kicking, and directly foul the ball off.

The second is to choose a good position in advance, make a good prediction, don't face the body directly, lower the center of gravity, be ready to turn around and chase back at any time, and at the same time keep a certain distance from the offensive players.

Finally, even if you can't fight the opponent in terms of speed, try to control the direction of the player with the team, don't let his direction of travel face his own goal, and it is best to give way to the sideline or the corner area of the baseline, forcing the player to bring the ball into the corner.

Afraid of the explosive power that Xiang Tiange showed just now, Denisov chose the last option, that is, to force Xiang Tiange to the sideline.

He didn't run side by side with Xiang Tiange, but only kept half a body slightly behind Xiang Tiange, not only to prevent the latter from stopping and changing direction, but also to prevent the latter from cutting the route, and at the same time watching the cross line.

Xiang Tiange tried to stop several times in a row and changed the rhythm of his feet, but he failed to get rid of the defender who had been posted, and finally chose to accelerate again, trying to get rid of Denisov.

As a result, the back midfielder Bikmaev who followed him made a tackle, brought down the quite flexible Xiang Tiange, and sent the Chinese team a free kick in front.

Huang Jianxiang praised this free kick very much, but also put forward his own thoughts: "Xiang Tiange's breakthrough is too long for morale." Zhang Linpeng's injury just now made us have some bad thoughts, but Xiang Tiange told everyone with his wonderful performance that there is no need to worry. It's just that it would have been more perfect if he had passed the ball after two people had just passed. ”

'It's better to pass the ball out, but we're not asking too much. Xiao Xiang is only 19 years old, and you can see that he has no stage fright at all when he debuted in the competition. Skills can be practiced again, experience can be accumulated again, and the character of the Savior who is not afraid of danger like this is the most valuable. He has a promising future!" Su Dong did not skimp on his praise.

Although the free kick made by Xiang Tiange did not pose much threat to Uzbekistan, Lippi on the sidelines still clapped his hands happily to encourage Xiang Tiange's attack just now.

"Through this attack, I feel that the Chinese team's tactics of flying on both wings are about to come out. Chen Jiangfeng in the stands looked at Xiang Tiange's performance with a little taste, and felt a little pity that this young talent cultivated by the former Longteng team was sharp in the national team's competition, and he just transferred away.

"It would be nice if Ni Shuai (the nickname of Longteng player Ni Kai) was on the left side, then it would be the real wings flying together. "The words of his girlfriend who are a bit make Chen Jiangfeng even more unhappy.

Putting aside that little bit of caution between the young couple, they were not wrong. After Xiang Tiange, Li Xuepeng on the left side, with the cooperation of Ding Huaiyi, once again attacked the Uzbekistan team's penalty area.

In the end, Nie Jiang took the ball from Wu Lei, who came over, and his left-footed volley once again made a wonderful save from Uzbekistan's goalkeeper Nesterov.

With the Chinese team's attack and pressure again and again, the goal seemed to be in front of him.

However, Uzbekistan has also taken its time to counteract.

In the second half of the 60 minutes, the Chinese team created space on the right side through the non-stop foot in the backfield, and Xiang Tiange tried again on the right side to eat the opponent with speed, this time the veteran Jeparov was much smarter, he was about to start at the same time, gently pulled the opponent, and then quickly let go.

Although this was a foul, it was in the Chinese team's half, and the action was not big, and it was completely impossible to eat cards, but it caused the suddenness of the Chinese team's right attack to disappear.

Three minutes later, Xiang Tiange asked for the ball again, this time he cooperated with his teammates, Xu Mingyu played a two-on-two wall-to-wall cooperation with him, although the Uzbek side was hit by a surprise attack, their left-back Denisov chose another defensive method, after he took the ball to Tiange, he didn't give him a chance to rush up at all.

Denisov kept using his body to bump and carry it to Tiange, so that the latter couldn't use his speed.

In fact, this is the best way to defend the speed player. Many of the fast players will be "dumb" in the face of strong physical contact, and they can only complain to the referee if they play awkwardly.

Xiang Tiange yelled at the referee very unhappily this time, he pulled his clothes, indicating that the opponent had made a foul. His complaint was obviously emotional, which was very different from Li Yun's "smart" complaint before.

Of course, the referee would not play cards for such a physical confrontation, but after complaining to Tiange with emotions a few times later, he gave him a warning, and Xiang Tiange turned his head even more dissatisfied, and raised his hand to the referee.

"Xiao Xiang is still too young, don't be in a hurry on the field. It shouldn't be us who are in a hurry. Huang Jianxiang looked at Xiang Tiange's movements and comforted.

"If you are in a hurry to attack, it should be the Uzbek side that wants to score, with the current score on the field, and the other game is now 0:0, they need to score more points to get points. ”

When the game came to nearly seventy minutes, Lippi on the sidelines could not sit still, and the intensity and tenacity of Uzbekistan's defense really surprised him.

Although the opponent has already received as many as 4 yellow cards, it is really preventing the goal from being conceded, which is worth it.

On the contrary, some players on the Chinese team's side are a little unable to run, such as Xu Mingyu, a midfielder who frequently fills the two wings.

As a player who is not known for his physical fitness, active movement and defensive ability, it is very rare for him to be able to maintain the midfield defense despite the team's attacking aggression.

In the 69th minute, the Uzbekistan side made substitutions, their center Sergeyev ran desperately at both ends of the field, often returning to the defense deep into his own penalty area, and now there is finally a problem with physical fitness, and his leg began to cramp, and he was replaced by the veteran Haidarov.

The opponent made a first hand, and Lippi also began to arrange his own back hand.

In the case of a very passive situation on the field, Uzbekistan is still a striker for a striker, and it seems that the opponent is still very eager to score.

Lippi returned to the dugout and began to arrange substitutions with his coaching staff.

While Lippi was still dictating various things to his colleagues, the situation on the field changed.

In the 71st minute, the Chinese team attacked to the front and was terminated by the Uzbek side, this time the latter suddenly pressed the counterattack on the whole line, and it was the veteran Jeparov who commanded the counterattack.

He received a pass from midfielder Akhmedov after the ball was broken at the back, and without making any adjustments, he used his golden left foot to pass to the new striker Haidarov.

Haidarov had already started to rush forward when Akhmedov broke the ball, at this time he was standing on the left side after Xiang Tiange went up, and he was very experienced, he chose the gap after Xiang Tiange's assist, and saw Xu Mingyu come to fill the position, and a header ferried, so that the football took over Xu Mingyu's head.

Like Haidarov, Shomurodov had already rushed along the left touchline, and Haidarov's pass could be said to have arrived.

"Uzbekistan's counterattack, dangerous!" Huang Jianxiang almost screamed, "Du Zhenyu is here, Shomurodov fell to the ground, is this a foul?"

"The referee is here, red card!" Su Dong was also a little shocked by this card, "Du Zhenyu belongs to the last defensive player, and he did commit a foul." ”

Speaking of this, Huang Jianxiang and Su Dong suddenly fell silent, not only that, but the stands, which were lively before, seemed to have also been used by the great magician at this time.

After a pause for a while, Huang Jianxiang reacted first: "Destroy the opponent's obvious scoring opportunity, in this case, the referee Pereira will directly send Du Zhenyu off with a red card." ”

"This ball, when it swings behind Haidarov's header, is very smart. Su Dong began to review the replay camera, "He looked at Li Yun beside him and chose the best position. Du Zhenyu had no choice but to foul. ”

"The Chinese team is a little too goal-oriented, too pressed. Du Zhenyu's foul is very timely, and if Shomurodov is allowed to enter the penalty area one more time, then Shomurodov's situation will be even worse. It's a red card, a penalty or even a goal. Huang Jianxiang shook his head.

On the field at this time, Li Yun, as the captain, was still explaining to the referee, using 100% effort to seek hope that Du Zhenyu would not be sent off.

However, referee Pereira shook his head resolutely, crossed his hands and quickly waved them away, indicating that he did not accept any explanation.

Du Zhenyu hung his head and slowly walked off the court.

Zhang Sheng sighed in the stands at this time, Du Zhenyu is really not to blame for this, he has made the best defensive means.

The old and demonic Jeparov chose a tactic that Uzbekistan rarely used in the past - not through the wings, but directly from the center to find a center forward.

And Shomurodov's final running position is also extremely good, there is no clumsiness of a tall player at all, and the speed is also extremely good, it seems that he was forced to eat by Xiang Tiange before, just because the latter is better in speed.

What neither Zhang Sheng nor Lippi knew was that Shomurodov's potential was very good, and his future development was also very good.

Born in 1995, he is only 22 years old, but he has already played for the Russian Premier League's mid-table side Rostov, has a steady chance to come off the bench, and has two goals in his account, and in the 18/19 season, he slowly entered the team's main line-up.

In the 19/20 season, he exploded even more, scoring 11 goals and providing two assists in half a season, ranking second in the Russian Premier League scorer list, and taking the team into the qualification zone of the Europa League, so he even caught the attention of strong teams such as Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

Later, when he faced the Chinese team and the Japanese team in the Asian Cup, he had a crushing performance of one person penetrating one side of the opponent.

It is not inconceivable that the Chinese team is now suffering from him.

Now it depends on whether the Chinese team, which has one less person in the future, can withstand the opponent's counterattack.