Chapter Twenty-Seven: Time is running out for the Chinese team
With the support of his teammates and brothers, Yan Feng's confidence has recovered a lot. He began to use more cooperation with Lin Fan to organize the attack for the Chinese team.
Lin Fan's active participation and timely containment allowed Yan Feng to be more calm and have more room to play when facing the Croatian team's defense.
Sure enough, as Lin Fan said, their running ability couldn't keep up. After Yan Feng made a few kicks with his teammates, he found that the opponent's speed dropped significantly when making up for defensive holes. It made his eyes light up.
After Lin Fan pulled Modric away with a running position, Yan Feng took the ball to face Rakitic, first with an acceleration band, and then with a flick of his right foot, he passed the ball to Gao Lin in front of him.
Rakitic also had the problem of declining fitness, and in the face of Yan Feng, who still looked full of fitness, he failed to stop Yan Feng's pass. The ball was passed to Gao Lin.
Gao Lin carried the defender with his back to get the ball. But without the advantage of strength, he could only stagger and barely get the ball under the pressure of the defenders. He couldn't turn around at all, so he could only pass the ball back to his teammates.
After a few passes, the ball returned to Yan Feng's feet. Unconsciously, Yan Feng has become the most trustworthy ball holder in the hearts of his teammates.
It was Lin Fan who took Modric away in a transposition. Facing Rakitic again, again in the same way, passing the ball forward in Rakitic's desperate eyes.
The purpose is still the fulcrum at the forefront - Gao Lin. This time Gao Lin's performance was a little better, he had been prepared, under the pressure of the defensive defenders, although he could not change his body, he gave the ball to Lin Fan, who was getting rid of Modric and cutting forward, before falling.
Lin Fan successfully got the ball from Gao Lin. It's just that the ball passed by the latter in a reluctant way was much less powerful, and Lin Fan had to slow down to barely let the ball come from behind him.
But when Lin Fan controlled the ball to the most comfortable range, Croatian defender Strinic had already made up for it. Missed opportunity.
Lin Fan didn't flinch, he quickly cut in, and then shot directly from a distance. From changing to cutting inward to hitting the door, this set of actions is done in one go, which has the flavor of Peter Pan Robben.
It's just that Lin Fan is not Robben, and cutting inside is not his usual skill. His final shot was still slightly over the goal.
"Lin Fan, cut the door inside, the quality is very high. It's a pity that it's a little higher. "It's a pity!" Lin Fan's hit made the Chinese fans shout excitedly at first, and then turned into a rather regretful regret.
"Good play. Lin Fan. Do it again, and you'll be able to enter. Yan Feng was the first to go over and cheer for Lin Fan.
"Hmm. I feel that way too. This is Lin Fan's first bright performance in this game. He himself was inspired.
"Good. Come on, that's what you do. Although he didn't score, Yan Feng really saw hope.
After greeting and encouraging Lin Fan, Yan Feng also gave a thumbs up to Gao Lin on the other side, who had just gotten up. In the attack just now, everyone was very patient and cooperated well. That's what pleases him the most.
However, when I saw Gao Lin's slightly tired appearance, I began to worry again. It seems that Gao Plane will not last long. Who will the coach replace?
Although Gao Aircraft has been criticized for his shooting skills, his ability to make balls for his teammates as a fulcrum is the best among domestic forwards. In terms of the agility and coquettishness of the way of making ball, Yan Feng felt that Gao Fei was the most comfortable striker in the team.
Who will go up?
Xiao Zhang Yuning: It's okay to fight, but the speed and frequency of action are too slow, the passing is average, and the scoring ability is not much better than that of the striker.
Fu will be in Dabao? It is said that it is a good fortune, naturally the ability is not outstanding, and the luck of picking up the leak is better. But today, the Chinese team has injured two generals in a row, how much blessing can this blessing bring to the unlucky Chinese team? No one can say for sure.
Yan Feng didn't know who of the two forwards would come up next. But there is one thing, Yan Feng doesn't think that any of the two can at least play the role of Gao Lin's passing after he comes up.
Want to go further. The Chinese team needs strikers who can score goals. They are all incapacitated, and those who can make the ball are the first choice.
Let's do the rest of the defense. I'll leave the rest to the coach. Yan Feng saw that his opponent had already started to launch an offensive, and hurriedly shook off these superfluous thoughts.
With the previous matchup, this time the Croatian team has become more cautious and patient. With a one-goal lead in hand, they don't rush to attack, they can afford to spend their time.
But China can't afford it. There has always been an old saying: there is not much time left for the Chinese team. The same is true now.
Knowing this, Yan Feng could only call his teammates to press.
If you want to talk about offense, because of the decline in physical fitness, you can't reach a strong offense with overall advancement. But to say that when it comes to passing the ball to waste time, Croatia are still very comfortable with Modric.
The Croatian team's strong team execution, even in the case of physical decline, is still well transmitted. Especially under the leadership of Modric, he played a kick and pass control cooperation that could only be seen in Barcelona before.
The Chinese team, under the leadership of Yan Feng, pressed desperately. It's just that for a while, under the opponent's continuous kick of the ball, it didn't achieve any effect. The scene looks like the main Chinese team is being played by the other side.
After passing more than 30 consecutive balls for more than one and a half minutes, Gao Lin fell to the ground and pulled down a player of the Croatian team, and the situation was temporarily ended.
"The other party started to drag on the time, which is not good. Lin Fan gasped and said to Yan Feng a little helplessly.
Yan Feng nodded lightly, his brows furrowed. This situation is really not good, and it is very unfavorable for the Chinese team. This time the situation of ending the opponent's pass with a foul was actually done by Gao Lin when he fell to the ground due to physical exhaustion.
Similar time-consuming situations will continue. And Gao Lin must go down.
Really. When Yan Feng thought of this, when he turned his head to look at the sidelines, he happened to see that the Chinese team was preparing to make a substitution. And the person who is ready to be replaced is Hao Junmin.
Huh?
Isn't Hao Junmin a midfielder? In this way, the Chinese team will not have a striker? Yan Feng felt that this substitution was too unexpected.
"Hao Junmin, who you want to change in, we don't want a striker?" At this time, Lin Fan also found out about the situation, and he was very surprised and shouted.
Also surprised by this situation were the fans and the hosts of various TV stations. "No strikers, no strikers, and the skin here is too unexpected. ”
"Now the Chinese team needs to attack, and the Croatian team is obviously dragging their feet. And there is not much time left for the Chinese team. In this case, do not striker. Isn't that a bit of a gamble?"
It's a bet. And Yan Feng was surprised after that, but he understood very well. He even began to admire Lippi's courage in his heart.
As we all know, the strikers of the Chinese team have been overwhelmed. After Wu Lei, who was barely usable, and Gao Lin, who could barely be a fulcrum, went down, there was nothing that other forwards could count on. You can't count on luck, can you?
Now he is replaced by Hao Junmin, although he is not a striker. But Hao Junmin has a stronger ability to break through and pass the ball.
No striker. The edge is weak, and it is better to have a front than to have a front. Hao Junmin, Cao Yunding, Sun Ke, plus Lin Fan and Yan Feng themselves. This is a midfielder who is very capable of breaking.
There's a break, there's the speed, there's the passing, there's a lot of fitness. It is far better to bet on the ability of these people to break through the Croatian team's defense than to hope for the possibility of a goal brought by a Chinese striker.
Using speed, agility, stamina and a quicker pace to attack Croatia's apparently shrunken defence will make it more likely to break down.
"It's better without a front. In this way, the speed is raised. They will only show bigger flaws. After thinking about and supporting the coach's substitution decision, Yan Feng smiled and patted Lin Fan's shoulder.
"That's right. Faster speed, rush through them. Hearing Yan Feng say this, Lin Fan also smiled.
'Before we can do that, though, we need to get the ball down. Yan Feng said solemnly when he saw Hao Junmin running into the field and the Croatian team was about to kick off.
"Hmm. Lin Fan nodded.
After everyone said hello to Hao Junmin, the Croatian team kicked off.
"Let's grab it. After Hao Junmin, who had just come on the court, shouted, he was the first to rush to the opponent to press.
Yan Feng, Lin Fan and the others also immediately rushed to their target to carry out synchronous looting.
This time, the Chinese team's frontcourt pressing was fiercer and faster, and it was also resolute. Croatia were able to pass the ball calmly at the beginning and were prepared to waste time. But when the Chinese team continued to play with their lives, Modric and other skilled people at their feet were fine, and the defenders began to be a little less calm.
In this way, the quality of the passing of the Croatian team is not as high. As the number of passes increases, there are more cases of near-misses. In the end, Croatia's defender Jorluka was forced to kick forward.
Due to the fact that he was forced to be somewhat panicked, the quality of Joelluka's passing was not very good. This made their number one striker Mandzukic Although his personal strength was outstanding, under the sandwich of Feng Xiaoting and Mei Fang, the ball was confiscated by Wang Dalei, who was already in the front.
Finally got the ball back. Previously, the Croatian team had already consumed three or four minutes of playing time. If Croatia is allowed to come back a few more times, the game is over.
Time is of the essence, and it is imperative to hurry. This is the consensus of everyone in the Chinese team after getting the ball back.
"More runs, more changes, more breakthroughs, don't hesitate to shoot from a distance if you have the chance······" Hao Junmin also began to convey Lippi's thoughts after sending him on the field.
The Chinese team began to attack, and the Croatian team was also on the lookout. The Chinese team is in a hurry to score, but it can't rush it. Against teammates with a good defensive system, you need to be patient and keep looking for holes. Yan Feng was participating in the attack while signaling his teammates not to worry.
Taking advantage of their own characteristics, the Chinese team began to constantly switch positions and cooperate in an attempt to disrupt the Croatian team's defense. In addition, Cao Yunding took the lead in trying to break through to achieve a point break. But the first attempt failed, but fortunately he didn't lose possession.
Transfer. After a few combinations, Hao Junmin came to the right and got the ball. He also began to try to attack, this time only succeeding, but then he was caught up and failed to break through the defence.
Hao Junmin didn't continue to come hard, he distributed the ball to his teammates. After a few more patient passes, the ball came to Yan Feng's feet.
Due to the continuous transposition and running before, at this time, the Chinese team was at the forefront of Lin Fan, but Yan Feng reached the position where he should have been in the front.
Lin Fan is not Gao Lin, nor is he Xiao Zhang Yuning. Although Lin Fan, who was faster, was not a striker, he had a long shot with good feet. Yan Feng felt that even if there were guards to guard the defense, Lin Fan could still find an opportunity to start with his personal ability.
Therefore, passing the ball to Lin Fan's feet became Yan Feng's idea at this time. And to do this, you have to get past Modric in front of you.
Modric is not Rakitic, although the former is thinner, but has quicker reflexes and judgment. It wasn't going to work with Rakitic as he had done before.
Facing Modric, who was nailed in front of him and vowed to stop him, whether it was a breakthrough or a pass forward. After Yan Feng took a deep breath, he firmly began to approach the other party.
"Yan Feng is approaching the Magic Flute, is he going to continue to force the Magic Flute?
Yan Feng approached the Magic Flute with the ball, which made many people think that Yan Feng wanted to break through Modric again. Modric knows the same thing.
However, Modric doesn't feel like he can fail defensively again with all his preoccupancy. After all, the success rate of defense is always higher than that of passing. And after seeing that a teammate had come over to help him a little bit out of the corner of his eye, he was more confident.
"Come on!" Modric said secretly. At the same time, Yan Feng also began to move. Yan Feng made a feint that seemed to be victorious or non-existent, and then carried out his usual action posture.
Really. There's no way I'm going to fall into the same pit twice in a row. Modric snorted and reacted what he thought was the right one.
In fact, Modric's reaction action is correct, as long as Yan Feng wants to break through, even if it is with the first breakthrough stunt that no one can stop. It will also end up in the encirclement set up by Modric and his team-mates.
But what Modric didn't expect was that Yan Feng didn't think about passing from the beginning, he just wanted to let the ball pass through the front line to the feet of Lin Fan at the end. All he wants is to give Lin Fan a chance to challenge the defenders one-on-one.
Yan Feng pushed the ball forward with more force than the passer. The ball rolled forward quickly, smoothly past Modric, and then past Rakitic, who was unreactive from the diagonal back.
The ball finally reached Lin Fan with his back in front of him. Yan Feng clenched his fists and secretly praised.
At this time, as the person who is at the forefront of the Chinese team, Lin Fan is the closest person to the goal among all Chinese players. However, behind Lin Fan, the tall and strong Yedwai was grinding his fists and preparing to teach him a lesson, just like he had done with Gao Lin.
And Lin Fan knew that his current physical confrontation ability was not stronger than Gao Lin. You also have to suffer against a strong defender. It's absolutely not okay to carry it hard. So Lin Fan was very smart and met the rolling ball at a very fast speed.
Yedwai couldn't put pressure on Lin Fan for a while, and he had the advantage of physical strength, so he could only hurriedly follow. At this time, Lin Fan did not stop with the ball, nor was he forced to run forward.
In Yedwai's eyes, Lin Fan met the incoming ball, knocked his toes downward, and the ball bounced, and changed direction to continue forward, just about to roll past his right. Yedvai subconsciously moved to the right.
At this time, Lin Fan quickly turned to the left. This time, it happened to stagger the interception of Yedwai's body. Because he had an early start, he was quicker to turn around than Jedwai. By the time Yedwai finished turning, Lin Fan had already rushed up, and he grabbed the ball first.
"Stop it!"
Strinic and others desperately rushed over to stop Lin Fan, but Lin Fan did not rush into the penalty area, but raised his foot to hit the goal the moment he caught up with the ball.
"Bang!" the ball arced towards the far corner.
Because goalkeeper Subasic was hesitating to attack, he didn't expect Lin Fan to hit the goal so quickly. Although the speed of the ball was not fast, but the height and arc of the pocket, Rao is Subaic tried his best, and he could not touch the ball as far as he could when he flew in the air. Subasic could only pray that the goal was not in the woodwork.
However, it's a pity. This time, the ball is inside the goal frame. Thereupon~
“GOAL!!!!“
"Hold the grass! in! in! in, we scored!!!!!" The stadium instantly boiled.