Chapter 166: He's Not Fighting Alone
"Looking back on the schedule of the Chinese team, they basically relied on Liu's play all the way to qualify for the knockout round, Horton's tactics are very conservative, so conservative that I can't stand it as an Englishman, his tactical thinking is that the other ten people defend, and then Liu is responsible for sneak attacks, and then solve the game, I have to say, Horton is a good driver, because he can also 'drive the bus' on the football field. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info However, after entering extra time, I don't think the Chinese team has much chance, look at their players, except for Liu who seems to be able to hold on to the game, everyone else is exhausted, dragging into extra time is just so that the Chinese team can stay in Australia for a while, nothing else has any effect, here I have to congratulate Arsenal manager Mr. Wenger, because Liu will be able to return to London soon, Arsenal is now in a bad situation in the new season, I believe Wenger is now looking forward to Liu's return, I also have to remind the other managers of the Premier League team that last season's 'all-rounder is coming back soon, so you have to be careful. ”
Before the start of extra-time, the neutral England commentator commented on the Chinese team, although Horton is also British, but it seems that the England commentator does not seem to be ready to save any face for his compatriots, and he has thoroughly shown the personality of an Englishman who is good at blacking each other.
However, it seems that the England commentator does not seem to know Liu Han's Olympic schedule in detail, because apparently he does not know that Liu Han will have to play basketball even if he loses this game.
Horton is nervously making the final arrangements for the team's lineup, in the 90 minutes of the game he has used up a substitution, and now it is about to go into extra time, Horton must ensure the combat effectiveness on the field, he replaced the left back Tawe, because Tawe can hardly hold on now, in the face of the Italian team Zambrotta's sharp breakthrough on the right, it is not easy for Tauvi to hold on until the end of the 90 minutes.
Horton originally wanted to keep the last substitution spot in case of contingency, but now it seems that he can't keep it, and the right midfielder Sui Dongliang also has cramps, and if he continues to persevere, he may be injured.
The five-minute break is unlikely to restore much of the strength of the Chinese players, and the situation now looks like it has reached the edge of a cliff.
"No other nonsense, just one sentence, stand up straight, don't lie down." Liu Han waved the sweat dripping from his arm, and said in an indomitable tone, he had consumed a lot of physical strength today, and even if he was as strong as he was, he felt a little tired.
Although Liu Han's words did not get a response from his teammates, they all stood up one after another, and no one cared about winning or losing, and the players of the Chinese team are now completely caught in a contest with their own defects, and their young enthusiasm makes them not understand what it means to admit defeat.
With the referee returning to the pitch, players from both sides began to re-enter the field, and the Italian squad was adjusted appropriately, and some of their players were also running out of energy.
The game restarted, the Italian team kicked off first, although the rules of the Golden Ball tiebreaker system were intended to encourage attack, but when it came to the game, in order to be safe, many teams would be very conservative, but the Italian team, which had always been more conservative in the past, had no intention of defending properly today, and they wanted to settle the battle in the fifteen minutes of the first half of extra time.
But to the surprise of the Italians, the Chinese players, who had been very weak in the final minutes of the 90-minute game, seemed to have sublimated after entering extra time, although they were a little faltering, but they were full of fighting spirit, the ball could pass by them, but people had to stay.
Every player on the Chinese team has taken the spirit of stalking to the extreme, and their defensive moves are almost exhaustive.
Liu Han still ran aggressively on a large scale, and it seemed that the 90-minute game had no effect on him, but the jersey that was completely soaked and could even drip sweat was enough to show how much physical exertion he had.
The Italian team's offensive rhythm was repeatedly interrupted, which made them a little annoyed, because the Chinese team's fouls were in the area of little threat, and within 30 meters of the goal, the Chinese team's defensive action would be much smaller, but their defensive level was very thick, which made the Italian team unable to find the slightest way.
In the sixth minute of the first half of extra time, the Italian team still did not have a good chance, Trapattoni kept blowing sharp whistles on the sidelines, signaling his players to press, and was forced like this by an underdog, Trapattoni was very dissatisfied with the team's performance.
The Italian players began to actively press, trying to use the crowd tactics to create chaos in the Chinese team's penalty area, but the Chinese team withstood the Italian team's onslaught.
In the eleventh minute of the first half of extra time, the Italian team's right forward Zambrotta wanted to force Huang Yong on the left side of the Chinese team again, Huang Yong only substituted Zhao Junzhe in the second half 70 minutes, his physical strength was still relatively abundant, in the face of Zambrotta's breakthrough, Huang Yong did not hesitate to tackle the foot, and the ball was kicked directly to the middle by Huang Yong.
At this time, Liu Han's position was still at the front of the penalty area, and only Zhang Yuning and Li Jinyu in the middle returned to the front of the penalty area to defend.
Zhang Yuning, who received the ball in the middle, made a move to knock the ball back, and Liu Han also stepped forward to respond in a timely manner, but just when the Italians were preparing to encircle Liu Han in the midfield, Zhang Yuning, who received the ball, suddenly took the ball with his right foot in the direction of the ball rolling, and then turned around.
Zhang Yuning successfully broke through Ambrosini, and then broke forward with the ball at high speed.
If in the previous game, Zhang Yuning's breakthrough threat this time was not big, but in extra time, Trapattoni asked the players to press, in order to compete for the header landing point, the taller Italian central defender Marco Zanci has come to the Chinese team's half, and now the only central defender who stays in the backfield to defend is Ferrari alone.
Zhang Yuning rushed forward with the ball at high speed, only Huang Yong, Liu Han and Li Jinyu followed behind him, and Ferrari in front of him was also approaching quickly.
The Italian stars only felt that something was wrong at this time, and they quickly organized a return defense, but Trapattoni's lineup adjustments before overtime were all replaced attacking players, and they had no time to return to defense, so they could only follow Liu Han and Huang Yong and others, hoping to cut off the line of the Chinese team to receive players.
Facing Ferrari who rushed up, Zhang Yuning was very calm at this time, although his performance in the previous game was mediocre, but this does not mean that he is useless, his advantage is calm.
Ferrari as Inter Milan's defensive star is very good, but he has a flaw that he likes to grab very much, which can be said to be his confidence in his defensive skills, but also to say that he is too conceited, Ferrari should have retreated appropriately at this time, pay attention to Zhang Yuning's breakthrough line to get stuck in position, but Ferrari chose to grab at this time.
Zhang Yuning guessed Ferrari's step point when Ferrari was approaching and directly divided the ball, which turned Ferrari's up grab into a mistake, because he couldn't turn around at this time, and could only watch Zhang Yuning break through himself.
In order to ensure that the ball can break through Ferrari smoothly, Zhang Yuning used more force to share the ball, so he is now struggling to catch up with the football, and the goalkeeper of the Italian team, Abbiati, also abandoned the goal, and it seems that he will get the ball first.
Zhang Yuning felt as if there was a fire burning in his lungs at this time, which made him very uncomfortable, but he did not give up, in the last few steps, he felt that he was about to miss the ball, but at this time, Zhang Yuning chose to throw his body directly, he fell to the ground and struggled to reach the football, and then flicked the ball to the right side before Abbiati.
Abbiati has been out of the penalty area at this time, he can no longer touch the ball with his hands, Zhang Yuning's plan to make him fall to the ground and tackle the ball failed, he was expecting his teammates in blue jerseys to come and destroy the ball, a tall figure wearing the red jersey of the Chinese team ran past Abbiati who fell to the ground, Liu Han relied on his extraordinary speed to catch up with the ball.
"The chance of the Chinese team, Zhang Yuning's passing is very beautiful, hey, the ball has been divided, he has passed, he has passed Ferrari, the goalkeeper has attacked, Zhang Yuning, Zhang Yuning, struggled to pluck the ball, Liu Han, Liu Han, the ball went in, the ball went in, it was Liu Han, it was Zhang Yuning, it was the Chinese team, the Chinese team scored, scored, hmm-"
In CCTV's live broadcast room, Huang Jianxiang lost his temper, he completely lost control of his feelings, and cried in the live broadcast.
I don't know how many times he watched the Chinese team lose the game and be eliminated in the live broadcast, as a sports anchor, he controlled his emotions and didn't let himself scold, but now, he didn't want to control his emotions anymore, he completely released his identity as a loyal fan of the Chinese team, the Chinese team scored, the golden ball, the lore, and the Chinese team advanced to the semifinals of the Olympic Games. (To be continued.) )