160. The contest between red and blue

"Cheer me up!"

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"Don't let that number 7 have a chance to shoot!"

He couldn't help yelling, because just now, less than three minutes into the opening game, he had been shocked into a cold sweat by a long-distance volley from the opponent's No. 7.

If it weren't for his quick reaction and a slap to lift the ball out of the goal frame, the Chinese team would have scored a lightning goal!

When Qin Goode swung his leg to shoot, Italy's midfielder Montolivo was still five or six meters away, and he seemed to be chatting with central defender Chiellini!

And Qin Goode couldn't help but reconsider the angle of his shot: he had already aimed at the dead corner of the goal frame to volley at the goal just now, but Buffon, who was tall and long-armed, still made a world-class save in the first place.

Qin Gude didn't hold his head and sigh, he smiled instead.

That's right!

It's just a little difficult!

The Chinese captain clenched his fists and thought so.

China's corner kicks didn't pose much of a threat to the tall Italian backline, after all, the gap between the two sides is there in terms of physical fitness and mental awareness - do you expect Gao Feilin to scramble for a header from the heads of Giellini Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci?

The corner was eventually held in Buffon's arms, and Italy immediately launched a counter-attack.

Andrea Pirlo found Balotelli at the top with a long pass, Ba Shen didn't think about life again this time, he turned around and pulled the side after holding the ball, controlled the ball with his excellent foot skills, attracted both Chinese defenders to move closer to him, and then knocked the ball to Aquilani who cut in from the middle.

Aquilani adjusted his pace slightly and slotted the ball before Zhang Linpeng pounced!

Chinese goalkeeper Zeng Cheng's heart was close to a halt at this moment!

Lippi almost jumped out of his seat!

Prandelli opened his arms and prepared to celebrate.

Then they watched together as Aquilani's heavy cannon flew towards the second level of the stands......

"Aquilani's footwork still needs to be honed, but Italy's fast attack definitely made us all break out in a cold sweat." Zhang Lu objectively commented, "Pirlo made a long pass directly from the back to the front, and did not transition through the middle at all, but I think our own central defense still has a lot to be desired." ā€

"That's right," He Wei nodded repeatedly, "We knew that Pirlo was Italy's engine and metronome, but we couldn't press him at the first time, allowing him to send a long pass comfortably, and when Italy launched a fast attack, we couldn't withstand Aquilani who participated in the attack in time, and the two backs Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xuyang were a little too lax." ā€

Qin Gude glanced at the two backs, he didn't say anything, but Zheng and Zhao both knew that the young captain was a little dissatisfied with their defensive level, and just saved some face for their two big brothers.

In the ensuing game, Pirlo found himself no longer able to play the ball easily, as he had a young and strong little guy by his side at all times.

"Haha," Duan Yixuan let out an uncontrollable laugh, "Lippi actually arranged for Qin Gude to defend Pirlo?" ā€

Zhang Lu glanced at him: "Pirlo is not good at getting rid of and breaking through, and his physical confrontation ability is average, Gude should be more than enough to defend him." ā€

The words of the Serie A expert have been verified, although he is not a professional defensive player, but the all-round midfielder Qin Gude can still make Pirlo have no temper, he can only hand the ball to his teammates, and others will organize the attack.

Montolivo, Aquilani, De Rossi, Giaccherini......

Except for the last one, which is a grassroots inspirational model of late blooming, the first three have a good reputation in Italian football: Aquilani led the team to win the European Championship as the absolute main force of Italy U19 as early as 2003, and is considered to be the successor of Roma and the national team midfield, and then traveled to Rome, Liverpool, AC Milan, Juventus, and finally found his place in Fiorentina; Montolivo was considered the "new Totti" at the time of his debut, and as his style changed, he was also called the "new Pirlo", and even Pirlo praised him as "the closest person to his style", he grew up in Fiorentina under Prandelli, and then switched to AC Milan, and became the new captain of Milan at the end of the season; De Rossi, the Roma vice-president, was poached by Real Madrid, Manchester City and other teams many times during his peak, but he still chose to stay in Rome City, waiting for Prince Totti to pass on the captain's armband to him.

They are absolute mainstays in their respective teams, but in this Italian squad, it is only the 34-year-old Pirlo who can play the role of playmaker. And when Pirlo was frozen, the midfield of the Azzurri seemed to have been pulled out of the bracket, and he couldn't find his previous rhythm at all, and Balotelli was at the front, but barely received passes from his teammates, which made his patience gradually decrease.

"Prandelli's team is in big trouble," Duan Yixuan opened his mouth, "Although the individual ability of our players is not as good as that of Italian players, if we only compete in running ability, Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xuyang can limit each other very well, and Italian midfielders have no way to get rid of the iron gate in the middle that they have built." ā€

Zhang Lu agreed with his comments this time: "Although this kind of defense is very physically demanding, it is the best choice that the Chinese team can make at the moment. ā€

After getting bogged down in the middle, the Italians had to turn to a backup plan: their two full-backs began to take turns in the attack, hoping to help their team-mates share some of the pressure.

But the accident happened at such a time.

Left wing-back Desiglio was just about to insert the ball, but was blocked by the right midfielder Artemisia Jun, who lacked a connecting point, and Desiglio, who lacked a connecting point, could only turn around slightly, raise his foot and pass the ball back to goalkeeper Buffon.

However, he may not have been used to the wet Brazilian weather, or perhaps he overestimated the power of his leg swing on the spot, and his kick back was a little lacking in speed and the ball slowly rolled towards the box, but it looked more likely to stop rolling halfway through.

"Hao Jun!" Duan Yixuan waved his fist because he saw Hao Jun chasing the ball at high speed from the right side, and he was even more likely to catch up first than Buffon!

Before his words fell, Buffon had already pounced like a tiger descending from the mountain!

The Italian goalkeeper didn't wait for the ball to enter the penalty area before making a choice, because his judgment told him that it would only be more dangerous!

Because in the list of Chinese players handed over to him by the coaching team, this guy on the right side is second only to No. 7 as a dangerous person!

Hao Jun stabbed the ball out with his toes at the moment when the two were about to make contact, and then he was directly knocked down by Buffon's sideways flying body!

"Drop!"

The referee from the United States blew the whistle vigorously and at the same time pulled a yellow card from his jacket pocket and held it high above his head.

Buffon shook his head and slowly climbed up from the turf.

He didn't argue anything about this yellow card, just patted Desiglio who had just cheated him, and he was even in the mood to comfort the 92-year-old who was not yet 21 years old: "It's just a yellow card, it's not a big deal!" Cheer up and watch me save this free-kick! ā€

Buffon then looked up, only to see the red player in the No. 7 shirt standing in front of the ball, looking at the goal with a serious face.

His gaze couldn't help but jump.

Distance to goal...... An 18-metre free-kick? (To be continued.) )