Chapter 569: The Battle of Spear and Shield
A second before Yang Fan shot, Sha Fei went out sideways and pounced on Yang Fan, and he reacted in advance.
By the time Yang Fan pounced on Shafei, he had already completed his shooting action and hurriedly flashed to the side.
The ball bypassed almost all of Shafi's defence, but was touched by Shafi's outstretched arm, which changed the trajectory of the ball, jumped upward, smashed on the underside of the crossbar, and bounced back in front of goal, followed by a big kick from the returning Bashar Yassin.
"Oh——!!! Yang Fan! Shafi! A wonderful one-on-one! Shafi made a world-class save!!"
"Beautiful shot! Jordan goalkeeper Sha Fei saved Yang Fan's close-range shot! As soon as the game began, the Chinese team got a very threatening shot opportunity! This shot is really wonderful, and it is also beautiful! Let's take a look at the replay ...... again" The commentator shouted excitedly, before the game, people were talking about the duel between Yang Fan and Sha Fei, and sure enough, the game had just begun, and there was a duel between the two, which could not make the commentator excited?
"Damn!" Yang Fan jumped up in annoyance and waved his hand vigorously, his shot felt quite good, he thought that this ball must have it, but he didn't expect to be saved by Shafei.
The Chinese fans at the Harry Stadium were cheering for the goal just now, and they all thought it was there, but now, the cheers have become the Jordanian fans who are more numerous on the pitch, cheering for the performance of goalkeeper Shafi.
Yang Fan's shot on goal allowed people to see the style of the best scorer in football today, and also let people see the wonderful performance of the best goalkeeper Shafi in Asian football.
After that, close-ups frequented the two of them.
It wasn't just because these two men were the focus of the game, but more precisely because in the rest of the game the whole game was like that shot and that save repeated.
Under the leadership of Yang Fan, the Chinese team has hit the goal of the Jordanian team wave after wave, Yang Fan has shown his strength as a top star, he continues to threaten Jordan's goal in the frontcourt, long-range shots, headers, picks, hanging doors, inner instep, outside instep, in the eyes of everyone, this is simply a shooting grocery store, you can appreciate Yang Fan's superb shooting skills and comprehensive basic skills, but, unfortunately, Yang Fan's shot was either saved by Shafi, or was finally cleared by the opposing player.
The Asian Cup quarterfinals between the Chinese team and the Jordan team attracted many Chinese fans to wait and watch the game in front of the TV.
This includes many people who are not fans at all, who are attracted by the excellent results of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup, and are curious to see how the Chinese team performs in the Asian Cup. There are also some people who just came to watch this game for the purpose of supporting China, and it can even be said that these people don't even understand the rules of football, so they just watch the excitement and support their own country's team.
But whatever the reason, the game was broadcast live on TV and was watched by a large audience, and in the past, the game in the early hours of the morning was only able to attract real Chinese fans, but this game has managed to get many non-fans or pseudo-fans to join in.
Everyone wants to see if the Chinese team can get past the Jordan team and successfully reach the semifinals.
Of course, Yang Fan's influence is also huge, for Chinese fans, they have long been accustomed to watching Yang Fan's wonderful performance on the club's stage, and now they are more eager to see Yang Fan wearing the national team jersey and leading the Chinese team to perform in the continental competition, this Asian Cup is Yang Fan's first major trip in the Chinese team's real sense, and all fans are looking forward to Yang Fan being able to lead the Chinese team to achieve excellent results.
In addition, not long after the Asian Cup, the Asian qualifiers for the 2o14 Brazil World Cup are about to kick off, from the performance of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup, Chinese fans can also learn more things, if the Chinese team can perform well in the Asian Cup, it is bound to stimulate the expectations of the Chinese team to enter the World Cup in Brazil.
"Yang Fan, Yang Fan! He's dribbling the ball, he's still dribbling the ball! Beautiful, it's over! Shooting-" He Wei's voice became louder and louder, like a machine gun, and when he shouted to shoot, the whole person stood up, he was ready to cheer for the goal, and then, the commentator looked at the Jordanian team's goal with incredible eyes, and their goalkeeper Sha Fei made another wonderful save, Sha Fei jumped as if he was a big bird, opened his arms, and saved Yang Fan's shot over the crossbar.
"Knocked out! Oops! Sha Fei is like a god today, this is the first time he has saved today?" Liu Jianhong also sighed regretfully, "Yang Fan's shot quality is quite high, but this time it was still saved by Sha Fei." ”
"It can be said that now, in front of the Chinese team, in front of Yang Fan is this Shafi, without him, the Jordan team's goal would have been poked a few holes. ”
This commentator's words may be unfair, after all, the performance of the Jordan team players is still good, they have not conceded a goal until now, not only because of Shafi's excellent performance, which is inseparable from the unity of the whole team, but Shafi's performance is indeed very important, and his saves have saved the team many times, which is also an indisputable fact.
A few minutes later, the Jordanian team just stopped an attack by the Chinese team, and their goalkeeper Shafi immediately kicked the goal kick out of the goal and counterattacked quickly, which caught the Chinese team off guard.
This also shocked Chinese fans in a cold sweat: besieging the opponent's goal, the opponent's goalkeeper is like a divine help, he can't attack for a long time, but he was almost attacked by the opponent, this is simply a life-threatening plot rhythm!
Subsequently, the Chinese team's offense hit the front, this time, Yang Fan played a clever trick, he continued to dribble the ball, attracted the attention of the opponent's defense, pretended to continue to carry the ball into the penalty area, but suddenly passed the football out, and then people saw the Chinese team's striker Gao Lin appeared in front of the goal!
"Yang Fan's pass! beautiful!
"Gao Lin!
Before the excitement of the Chinese fans could be raised, they were poured a basin of water on the head, and Gao Lin's shot was saved by Shafi.
At this moment, even the commentator of the Chinese team had to continue to praise Shafi again, Yang Fan had done a good enough, his split was simply beautiful, Gao Lin faced the goalkeeper directly, he even had time to adjust and shoot again, but in the end, he was saved by Shafi.
"It's Shafi, it's the best goalkeeper in this Asian Cup. ”
"yes, yes. He Wei also shook his head and sighed, "With Shafi's strength, he is fully capable of playing in Europe, why didn't he go to Europe?"
In fact, He Wei's question is also a question mark in the minds of many Chinese fans in front of the TV, the goalkeeper of the Jordanian team opened their eyes and was able to save Yang Fan's shots one after another, such a goalkeeper is simply too good, why didn't he go to Europe to play?
The Internet is also very lively, and some people have also 'followed public opinion' to find out the resume of the Jordanian goalkeeper.
Shafi's growth trajectory has been smooth sailing. He began training as a goalkeeper at the age of 1o, and was soon recruited into Jordan's U14 national youth team because the coach felt that there was a promising future. Next, due to his rapid progress, he was naturally selected for the Jordan U17 youth team.
Shafi played in the goalkeeper position as soon as he started playing football, Shafi said: "I know some people who play in other positions first and then last in goal. But it's different, I like the job of a goalkeeper, and I can use my expertise more in this position. Shafi was selected for Jordan's prestigious Yarmouk club at an early age. However, the club was unfortunately relegated in the 2oo3 and 2oo4 seasons, but this could not hide the magical performance of the young goalkeeper.
Shafi rose to fame almost overnight after Jordan's 1-o win over Iran in the 2oo6 World Cup qualifiers. In that game, he kept his composure and kept his sights on goal again and again from big stars such as A1idaei, Mehdimahdavikia, A1ikarimi, etc. His successful defence bought Jordan time, and in the final moments of the game, Jordan scored the winning goal on the counter-attack.
In the 2oo4 China Asian Cup, the "dark horse" Jordan was born, and Shafi once again became the focus of the Asian Big 6. In the match with South Korea, 22-year-old Jordanian goalkeeper Shafi became the "door god". He almost single-handedly kept all of South Korea's shots out of goal and helped Jordan to their first draw in the Asian Cup. Jordan coach Ghari was full of praise for his subordinates: "In the face of strong opponents, Shafi helped his teammates overcome their fears and gave us the courage to go further. After the game, Ahn Jung-hwan took the initiative to shake hands with Sha Fei, and Xue Qixuan also gave a thumbs up to the "enemy" who blocked his several chances to score. Even the head coach of the South Korean team, Evereire, said that last night's game belonged to Shafi.
Interestingly, after the match against South Korea, Shafi sat in the VIP seat with his teammates to watch the next match between the UAE team and Kuwait, and the Jordan team leader ran up to him and told him that the South Korean team leader asked Shafi if he would like to play in South Korea. "You know, there is no real professional league in Jordan at the moment, like our national team members, who usually have their own jobs, students, teachers, company employees and military personnel, like I am studying in the sports department of the university. If I can play in a professional league in Korea in the future, it will be of great benefit to my level. Shafi made no secret of his yearning for reporters at the time.
In the subsequent quarter-finals, Jordan and the eventual champion Japan fought 1-1 within 12o minutes, but in the penalty shootout, the Japanese team made an unreasonable request to change the goal after missing the first two penalties, and what is even more incredible is that the referee on duty actually agreed to the Japanese request to change sides, and the Jordanians seemed to be affected by the change of sides, and missed four penalties in a row in the subsequent penalty shootout, and finally let the Japanese escape from death.
After the 2oo4 Asian Cup in China, many scouts from Europe have been paying attention to Shafi, and there are also agents from Germany, France and Belgium to negotiate transfers. However, Shafi was not able to stay and play in the end.
In the 2o11 Qatar Asian Cup, Shafi once again became the focus of the Jordanian team, almost with Shafi's amazing performance, the Jordanian team drew with Japan, defeated Saudi Arabia, and successfully broke through the group of death.
It can be said that the goalkeeper has always been amazing, and has been famous for seven or eight years, but he has never played abroad, and now the more convincing statement is because Shafi's height is not high, less than 1.8 meters, which makes European teams more hesitant about this, and is not very optimistic about the goalkeeper's performance in European football, after all, in European football, often have to face those tall players, and the goalkeeper's height is not high, which is a natural weakness.
Yang Fan was also provoked, he didn't expect this Sha Fei to be so energetic, saving his many shots and many offensives he instigated.
This makes Yang Fan, who has long been accustomed to breaking the goals guarded by Cech, Casillas and Buffon, also energetic.
He really doesn't believe in this evil.
What kind of wind and waves have not been seen, this Jordanian goalkeeper can really prevent himself from scoring goals?!
No way!
Yang Fan gritted his teeth!
He's really serious now.
Offensive opportunities for the Chinese team.
Yu Tao was in possession of the ball, and he passed the football to Yang Hao under the constant harassment of Abdul Halim.
Yang Hao didn't stop much after taking the ball, he directly distributed the football to Qu Bo, who was inserting in the middle.
After passing the ball, Yu Tao immediately shook off Abdul Halim, and he continued to cut forward and made a cross with Qu Bo's run just now. Gao Hongbo asked him and Qu Bo to switch positions regularly during the game. This kind of transposition can effectively enrich the offensive routine of the Chinese team and disrupt the opponent's defense. This can also attract the defensive attention of some Jordanian players and reduce the offensive pressure on Yang Fan.
Baha Rahman followed Qubo to the middle, and Abdul Halim hesitated and decided to follow Yu Tao.
Qu Boxian's defense did not open gaps due to his own position with Yu Taodi, and Baha Rahman still followed him closely. He passed the football back to Yang Hao.
Yang Hao, who was suspended for a red card in the last game against Uzbekistan, returned from this game and was the defensive barrier for the Chinese team in midfield.
Yang Hao overdid the football and passed it back to Qu Bo, who passed the ball to Yang Fan, who came to pick it up.
Yang Fan passes the ball to Qu Bo!
He passed the football to Qu Bo because he wanted to cooperate with Qu Bo to hit the wall. In fact, Qu Bo thought the same way, he saw Yang Fan suddenly turn around and go straight into the penalty area, so he launched a direct pass. There is still a certain tacit understanding between these two.
It's a pity that the Jordanian team's midfielder Baha Rahman saw through the simple tactical coordination of the Chinese team, not to mention that the Jordanian team paid special attention to Yang Fan's defense, and when Yang Fan just started, Baha Rahman put Yang Fan to the ground and stopped the attack.
The referee's whistle sounded, Baha Rahman fouled, and the Chinese team won a free kick about 30 meters from the goal.