Chapter 334: Tremble, Italy
Maybe it's out of excitement, or maybe it's because "newborn calves aren't afraid of tigers". The momentum and determination of the Chinese team after the opening game did not look like a team entering the World Cup for the first time.
"There are no weak chickens in the World Cup!" In front of the TV, Lippi looked at the Chinese team that couldn't hold on to the stadium and couldn't help but admire. He suddenly felt that if he became famous in Europe, it would be okay to come to the East one day to coach the Chinese team.
The 32 teams that can come here are all selected from round after round of knockout rounds on all continents.
In order to qualify, the Chinese team played a play-off match with the Japanese team; The same can be said for Italy, who eliminated Russia 2-1 over two legs to get on the stage today.
The team that can appear in the World Cup finals, even if it is weak, is the best in the region.
But from the moment the two sides played each other, fans could see that the team quality of the two teams was very different.
Although Italy also passed the ball back to their own half, and the defenders also kicked wide, but the discerning person knew that these foreshadowings were all for a better attack.
On the other hand, the Chinese team, including the forwards, has built three defensive lines in the midfield and backfield, and they are strong and brave to defend. There are very few delicate short passes between the players, most of them are long passes and clearances.
The game played for more than ten minutes, and there was still a stalemate on the field, a large part of which was because the Chinese players relied on bravery and reckless scrambling to make the Italian midfielders throw bogeys.
"Beep!" Lucien's whistle sounded again.
Albertini stood up scolding, but unfortunately Peng Weiguo, who was beside him, couldn't understand what he was saying at all.
In 97, Peng Weiguo, who has been the main force of the national football team, suffered a double blow.
The Guangzhou Sun God team he played for had a serious financial crisis, and the club was relegated the following year. In addition, after the top 10 match, Peng Weiguo suffered a knee injury and had an operation for this.
Such a double blow hit Peng Weiguo very hard, and even came up with the idea of retiring early.
But when he thought of the upcoming World Cup, Peng Weiguo felt impulsive. No matter how difficult it is, after recovery, Peng Weiguo has been gritting his teeth and insisting on training to maintain his competitive state.
It is precisely because of this that Peng Weiguo, who has returned from injury, appeared in front of his teammates and Ladd with a new attitude. After some testing, Ladd found that Peng's skills did not plummet as rumored in the media, and his physical strength and footwork were still the same. Coupled with his game experience and stadium awareness, he is qualified to represent the Chinese team at the World Cup in France.
Peng Weiguo himself knows that although he is only 28 years old this year, this is basically his last World Cup!
By 2002, whether he could still run or not was a matter of two words, let alone earning it with those "posteriors".
So when facing reporters' questions before leaving China, Peng Weiguo proudly said: "... Participating in the World Cup is my lifelong dream and I will never let my World Cup journey leave any regrets! Even if I kick this leg to France, I will not hesitate to do it! ”
It is with such determination that Peng Weiguo, who serves as the right central defender, desperately scrambles and defends.
If you can't grab it, you will squeeze it, if you can't squeeze it, you will hit it, if you can't pull it, you will pull it, and if you can't pull it, you will shovel.
The Chinese team can fight on their backs, but the old Maldini and his players can't do it!
In the face of the Chinese team's desperate scramble, many Italian players would rather give up the ball than let themselves get injured.
Italy has traveled a lot farther than China!
Old Maldini always consoled himself in this way.
"It's fast, it's fast, in a few minutes, they'll be injured, they'll lose their stamina, they'll be slack," Maldini Sr. muttered as he counted his watch on the sidelines, in fact, he didn't know how long the Chinese team's hard work would last.
In the 17th minute of the game, Zhang Jihua received the first yellow card for the Chinese team in the World Cup.
The appearance of the yellow card changed the mentality of the players of the two teams, the Italians were in high spirits, and the Chinese players began to exchange glances with each other.
"There's a yellow card, it's not easy!" Liu Jianhong muttered.
The yellow card meant that the Chinese had to use more force and even fouls to stop the Italians from attacking. On the other hand, you can either continue to foul like this, or you can only watch your opponent break through your defense.
"Don't be stunned, go and line up the wall!"
When Zhang Jihua was still thinking about whether to communicate with General Fan and the others, Ou Chuliang's urging voice came from behind him.
"Andy, let's line up the wall first." General Fan pushed Zhang Jihua and pushed him into the human wall.
Before the start of the game, Ladd explained that the team can defend in all aspects, but not in all aspects.
When a striker like this still has plenty of energy, he won't let everyone pile up in the box.
Zhang Yuxuan stood in the far corner of the penalty area to prevent the opponent's fringe players from sneaking attack, and was always ready to step forward. Su Maozhen personally stood in the human wall and acted as the first line of defense.
Dinobaggio and Albertini both stood in front of the ball, watching as Acchulian gradually lined up a wall of people from high to low and stood in front of him.
A simple eye contact, the "discussion" between the two has a result.
With Acchulian playing for Napoli, the Italian team is all too familiar with Acchulian.
His usual choice of position, attacking habits, and wall arrangement were thoroughly studied by the elder Maldini, and the two calculated the distance between the ball and the goal, and then looked at their teammates in the penalty area, and decisively chose to pass.
"Albertini..."
"Hang the ball into the box..."
"General Fan!"
"After..."
"And!"
Xu Hong and Baggio at the back point collided hard, and the result was that neither of them touched the ball.
"Get out of the way, my!"
Seeing the ball falling, Ou Chuliang shouted, and while directing the other teammates to get in position, he ran sideways outside the door frame and hugged the ball in front of the bottom line.
"The ball was finally obtained by Ou Chuliang." Huang Jianxiang in the microphone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When the goalkeeper of the Chinese team got the ball, the Italians receded like a tide.
Even in the process of retreating, the Italian players maintained their basic formation and showed their professionalism in front of fans around the world.
That alone is enough for Italy to qualify for the title.
Ou Chuliang held the ball and patted it back and forth as a basketball, observing the position of his opponent and teammates.
The wingbacks on both sides and General Fan in the middle were staring at Ou Chuliang, for fear that he would not react at the moment of passing.
"Don't be in a hurry, slow down." Ou Chuliang waved his hand, making the most of his time.
At the same time, he is also telling his teammates that the World Cup games are nothing, they are all games, and they should be treated normally.
When the time was about to come, Ou Chuliang flicked his right arm and threw the ball to Sun Jihai on the right.
"Go ahead!"
As Ou Chuliang shouted, whether it was Sun Jihai on the side or Peng Weiguo on the right, both of them turned around and ran forward.
The ball flew through the air, and Di Matteo took two steps and leaped hard, without touching a single hair.
Sun Jihai on the side began to cut forward after winning the ball, and Di Livio could only defend and retreat due to his teammate Di Mario's disposition.
"Ou Chuliang's hand threw the ball to Sun Jihai, and now the ball is at Sun Jihai's feet..."
Every time a Chinese player jumps across the half court with the ball, Huang Jianxiang is as passionate as if he rushed to the opponent's penalty area. The same goes for the fans in the stands, as if the two sides are not playing football, but rugby.
As long as the Chinese players take the ball over that line, the fans will be happy as if they were having a holiday.
"Tut-tut, these Chinese fans are too satisfying."
In the neutral stands, Raiola wiped his round nose and said with some disdain.
Although he dissolved the "relationship" with Ou Chuliang, an inexplicable mentality still drove Raiola to watch the Chinese team's game. For this reason, he could only convince himself that he had come here to observe the Italian players.
The tentative period between the two sides has passed, and the general routine of the Chinese team has gradually been understood by the Italians.
Side assault, long pass rush, bottom cross.
Three simple attacking tactics made it feel like a beginner for these Italian stars.
So when Sun Jihai jumped over the middle line with the ball, not only Peng Weiguo came to his side and began to respond, but even Li Tie also leaned over.
"Rebates... Inverted feet... Forward... Straight stopper! ”
The elder Maldini was muttering on the sidelines, and the drama on the pitch corresponded to every word of the elder Maldini.
The assistant coach is no longer surprised by this, and in the face of such a humble team as the Chinese team, it is normal for the old Maldini to guess what they will do next!
Li Tie came over to respond, and Peng Weiguo pulled the side. After Sun Jihai passed the ball, he and his teammates made two short passes, and suddenly found an opportunity to cut forward from the outside of the court. At this time, Peng Weiguo also seized the opportunity, and while pulling the opponent's two defenders, he pushed the ball forward along the side and helped Sun Jihai go to the bottom.
This is the simplest triangular positional coordination, but the ball that is stuffed straight out can be chased by Sun Jihai in front of the baseline.
But Maldini is not a vegetarian either, and as the captain of the field, how can he allow his defensive zone to be breached?
Under the close pressure of the Italian captain, the young Sun Jihai was a little nervous when he crossed. His rushed cross left his foot off the line, and although Maldini's outstretched leg didn't touch, the ball jumped over the line before it reached the front post.
Zhang Yuli and Su Maozhen, who grabbed points in the penalty area, did not be too harsh on their teammates' passes, and after giving a thumbs up, they turned around and ran out of the Italian penalty area.
Five minutes later, the Chinese team used the same method to pass the ball to the Italian goal.
This time, it was Pagliuca who struck in time to get the ball out of the air.
"What's going on?" Old Maldini, who was like a wand, began to mumble again.
He felt that something was wrong!
The situation on the pitch was still close to one-sided, with Italy's attacks often threatening the Chinese goal. So far, Ou Chuliang has made two wonderful saves, which have caused bursts of exclamations from the fans in the stadium.
But behind these two threatening shots, it was the Chinese team that repeatedly easily dribbled the ball past the midfield, and then accelerated to break through and cross the bottom.
It's not that the old Maldini doesn't allow his opponent to do this, but he can't do it again and again?!
The Chinese team actually opened up an offensive channel?
Where did they find the loopholes?
What's the problem?
Outsiders look at the bustle, insiders look at the doorway.
Even senior football commentators like Huang Jianxiang, Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu just felt that the Chinese team played relatively smoothly today.
Not only did it defuse Italy's offense repeatedly, but it was also able to play a few "decent" counterattacks.
This kind of performance is enough to delight the fans.
But the more the two sides kicked like this, the more Maldini's left eyelid jumped.
He is a bit of an authority fan.
"Hehe, misfits 'British'!"
In front of the TV, Mourinho snorted and pouted as he looked at a blue-clad player with the number 16 on his back.
"Old Maldini is really old-eyed, he didn't bring Forsse to France, but he brought such a '-stirring stick'!"
In the middle of the pitch, Italy attacked again.
Italy's official formation was 532, but against China, it became 352.
The elder Maldini was at the heart of his squad with Di Livio as both right wing-back and right midfield, while Albertini and Dino Baggio continued their central and left-sided counter-attacking combination.
At first, the cooperation between Albertini and Dino Baggio was relatively tacit, but gradually, they became overwhelmed by Di Matteo's movement.
According to the old Maldini, Di Matteo had to adjust in the middle, responsible for passing and receiving the ball and connecting the midfielders.
But whether it was out of excitement or nervousness, Di Matteo became a "midfield shortstop" and was still out of the effective range.
When the ball reached his feet, he didn't seem to dare to take on the responsibility of organising the attack. Either kick the ball back to your teammate or simply pass the ball to a teammate further back.
Not only that, Di Matteo also frequently came to the left side, which is the defense area of Sun Jihai and Xu Hong.
Albertini and Dino Baggio could have been able to press perfectly in 2v2, but Di Matteo also came in to see his team-mates making progress on this side.
However, the addition of Di Matteo did not help Italy achieve the effect of "1+1>2", but interfered with the passing and connection between teammates, causing the attack on this side to become more draggy.
Originally, Italy wanted to avoid Wu Chengying, who was fighting the other side, but was interfered with by his pig-headed teammates on this side.
You say you always come to the left, so come on, but what makes Dino Baggio angry the most is that Di Matteo doesn't have the skills of left wing-back yet!
Boom!
After two consecutive kick passes, Di Matteo looked up and saw Dino Baggio's fire-breathing eyes.
"What are you doing with continuous passing of the ball???
At this time, both of them were scolding the same sentence in their hearts.
"Yo! Italy played a series of clever combinations on the right side of the Chinese team..."
Looking at Sun Jihai, who was being walked back and forth, the on-site commentator chuckled into the microphone.
A one-kick pass inherently requires good ball skills and foot skills, and Dino Baggio and Di Matteo can pass the ball to each other twice in a row in a short period of time, so it is difficult to see such a scene in a team with such rough skills as the Chinese team.
Although he "showed" his skills, Dino Baggio was already angry.
Lao Tzu passed the ball to you, it is for you to break through the bottom, what are you doing with me TM back passing?
Di Matteo was also annoyed, didn't you see that the defender in red had been following me? Do you think of him as an ornament?
When he was at Lazio, Di Matteo wasn't a sapper player.
This is understandable, who doesn't have a character to play football?
But the problem is that Di Matteo is not very talented, nor is he a particularly hard-working person. On the pitch, he is not good at playing a defensive role, but he also cannot take on the responsibility of organization.
But he's still a midfielder!
Captain Fosse had an opinion about him when he was at Lazio, and Ellison accused him of being a "slacker".
So after Euro '96, Di Matteo moved to Chelsea in the Premier League.
The Chelsea at this time is not the Chelsea of the magic bird of later generations! It's just a small team in London with a long history.
Even the entire Premier League is regarded as a "barbarian" league in Europe.
In that team with a bold style of play, it is best suited to a "loose and free bastard" like Di Matteo.
It is precisely because of his performance at Chelsea that Di Matteo was regarded as an "indispensable member" by Maldini Sr. this summer and brought to France. If Zola hadn't been injured, Maldini would have even brought Zola with him.
And now, the player, accustomed to the Premier League-style style, looks out of place in the Italian national team, which is all Serie A team-mates. What's more, this is the World Cup, and this tense, fast-paced and coherent style of play has exposed Di Matteo's peculiar weakness to the fullest.
It's no wonder that Mourinho said that he was a "-stirring stick", this kind of player who deviates from the whole team is, in the term, "a person who can't get on the stage"! Like German midfielders Watts and Beinrich, Brazil's Giovanni, France's Miku and Durazo, etc.
The two sides played for almost half a point, and the problems exposed by Italy were very obvious.
Mourinho saw it, Lippi saw it, Heynckes saw it, Benitez saw it, Zagallo saw it, and even Ocullian saw it.
Only the old Maldini authorities are fascinated.
Obviously, there are so many opportunities on the left side, and so many troops have been invested, why can't the situation be opened for a long time?
In the face of Di Matteo's "non-cooperation", Dino Baggio had no choice but to turn around and pass the ball to his teammates in the middle.
After organizing and passing again, Albertini spotted the gap and quickly swung his leg to send the ball into the Chinese team's penalty area.
"Stuck inside!" Ou Chuliang quickly shouted, "Don't take your feet lightly! ”
Zhang Jihua followed closely beside Baggio and took Ou Chuliang's words as a guideline.
Four years ago, it was the melancholy prince who single-handedly brought Italy to the final.
Now Zhang Jihua is defending next to such a world-class superstar, and it would be a lie to say that he is not nervous.
Accompaniment... Stuck on the inside line... Don't get on your feet easily... Waiting for teammates to help defend... Behind the back... Don't foul...
Zhang Jihua repeated dogmatically in his head, but in fact, Baggio was also helpless about the ball.
In order to avoid the defense of the Chinese defenders, Albertini's through ball was a little wide of the side. By the time Baggio touches the ball in front of the baseline, it becomes difficult to even turn around.
But Baggio is Baggio, even if the ball is about to go out of bounds, even if the fans who stand up and make noise not far away, Baggio still calmly steps on the ball with his right foot, and then his whole body jumps over.
The moment it landed, the ball was also stepped on by Baggio in front of the bottom line, and at this time, Baggio had already completed a 180-degree turn in the air. In other words, he is facing Zhang Jihua at the moment.
He could even see the tiny beads of sweat coming out of Zhang's sideburns.
After stepping on the ball and turning around, Baggio's movements were not finished, only to see his upper body fall towards the right front, his right leg bent, as if to push the ball back into the court, seeking a breakthrough. But in the next second, his right foot swept over the ball, straight over the ball and stepped on the turf. The upper body, which had just been toppled, quickly pulled back and stood in its original position again.
After the whole set of actions was completed, Baggio was surprised to find that Zhang Jihua was still standing in place, and there was no reaction.
Seeing this, Baggio used his right foot to straddle the ball a few more times, and saw that Zhang Jihua was not covered, and then reluctantly knocked the ball back to his teammates.
Baggio sent back, and Zhang Jihua breathed a sigh of relief.
It was too dangerous just now!
It stands to reason that a player who chases the ball quickly and turns to stop the ball with a guess will be thrown far away due to inertia, resulting in the opponent intercepting the ball.
However, Baggio made good use of his flexibility and coordination to support this, and came back from behind when he stepped on the ball and turned to the ground.
If Zhang Jihua was pressing to grab at that time, it would be almost 100% shaken away by Baggio's feints. In this way, Baggio will run along the baseline with the ball towards Acchulian.
Don't doubt Baggio's ability to control the ball, even when he is out of bounds, he can keep the ball on the baseline and then deliver a brilliant inverted triangle cross.
When that time comes, even if the king of heaven comes, there is no way to prevent it!
But Zhang Jihua was not greedy, he always kept in mind what Ou Chuliang told him. So when he saw Baggio's almost fake feints, he couldn't help but be scared out of a cold sweat.
Now, facing Zhang Jihua, who is not out of position in defense and has no intention of playing on his feet, Baggio must hand over the ball before the other Chinese players form a trap on him.
At the very least, the players are still in the hands of their teammates.
But after Baggio's pass, he regretted it.
Not only Baggio, but Dino Baggio, Albertini, Di Livio and others regretted it.
Because Di Matteo is on his way to the ball!
"Damn, why did he appear there?"
It stands to reason that Dino Baggio or Albertini should have answered Baggio's return pass, but Di Matteo took the lead and ran towards the ball.
Guarding by his side was Li Tie, and at this moment his cabbage head was scattered and flying in the air.
Glancing at his teammates, Baggio also saw the helplessness in the eyes of his teammates.
Alas!
Forget it, pass it on to him.
Hopefully it will give Christian a good pass.
In the penalty area, Vieri stood like a heavy tank in front of the penalty spot, and it was really difficult for General Fan to card him alone.
"Pass, pass, pass!"
Looking at this Hanhan teammate who played the role of No. 9 and a half again, almost all Italian players shouted in their hearts.
Dinobaggio, who was next to Di Matteo, had already seen Vieri's vacancy, and if he had received the ball, he would have scored a point with his right foot at the first time and pushed the ball to the center of the box.
At that time, with Vieri's ability, he will definitely come out from behind General Fan at the first time and shoot hard against the ball.
What a goalscoring opportunity!
At this moment, except for Pagliuca, who couldn't see anything at the back, the remaining 10 Italian players sighed in their hearts.
Including Di Matteo himself.
However, he didn't think about passing.
The moment he touched the ball, Di Matteo's eyes were not only football, but also Li Tie who was following him.
But Di Matteo did not split the ball to the middle with the first touch, as Dino Baggio thought, but swung his left leg high and made a move that seemed to pass but not pass, and seemed to shoot but not shoot.
Half a second later, the ball had been kicked back from the left side of Di Matteo's body to the back of his right leg, and Li Tie, who had been clinging to his side on the inside, was deceived by Di Matteo because he wanted to stretch his foot to resist.
Opportunity!
Di Matteo's heart snickered with joy.
Cruyff turned around and managed to deceive Li Tie, and also let the ball go from the left side of his body to the better right foot.
Through the crowd of defenders, Di Matteo's focus was not on Vieri near the penalty spot at all. In his eyes, there is only Ou Chuliang who is ready to go and the goal behind him.
"Come in!"
Di Matteo yelled in his heart and then flicked the ball to the right with his right foot, and quickly got up to the net after dodging another wave of angles.
The ball arcs through the air and towards the fillet of the goal!
Textbook incut pocket shot!
"One buckle..."
"Suddenly..."
"A dial..."
"Shot !!"
In Huang Jianxiang's exclamation, Ou Chuliang did not immediately fly to pounce on the ball.
For goalkeepers, this kind of shooting is the biggest killer against the dexterous goalkeeper!
Ou Chuliang also knew this, and in the face of such a disadvantaged defense, Ou Chuliang quickly leaned back and retreated. In just one second, Ou Chuliang actually took two steps, one big and one small.
The first step is to defend with all your might, and the second step is to run and jump.
Generally speaking, the footwork of the shot is not too heavy, and the shot is aimed at angle rather than speed, so there will be a vacuum time.
If the goalkeeper makes the first save, not only will there be a slight miscalculation of the time, but there is also a high risk of being shot around the torso.
In general, the quality of the shot depends on the position of the foot and the footwork of the shooter.
The only thing the goalkeeper can do is to find the right time and make the best saves.
Burst!
In front of the goal of the Chinese team, there was a muffled sound.
"Woo~~~"
A second later, the entire Delmar Stadium was in a frenzy.
"Oh, buy cakes!"
"What a miraculous save!"
The on-site narrator opened his mouth wide, "IT'S OUUUUUUUUUUU!! ”
In the shot, Ou Chuliang's figure rolled twice on the grass, and even rolled out of the door frame.
And the ball that has just been shot is missing.
When Ou Chuliang stood up, people were surprised to find that the ball that had just disappeared was lying in Ou Chuliang's arms unharmed. Just like catching a cat that has just fallen from a building, Ou Chuliang "protected" the ball intact.
"It's incredible!" The narrator sighed again.
In the field, it is already wonderful for the goalkeeper to save the opponent's shot. If you can hold the ball, it will definitely be selected as one of the top 10 balls.
What's more, this is still the stage of the World Cup, and Ou Chuliang saved the ball in such a difficult way as a fish leap save.
This hand alone is enough to make all coaches shine.
At this moment, Raiola in the stands of the visiting team gasped, and he suddenly felt that it was not the right choice to have such a quarrel with Ou Chuliang.
"Maybe he's not arrogant, but confident?" This save is enough to change anyone's opinion of Ou Chuliang.
In front of the screen, Lippi shook his head, Heynckes gasped for breath, Van Gaal was biting his nails, Wenger was constantly pulling and pulling, and Ferguson was chewing bubblegum to ferment.
Just when fans around the world were marveling at Ou Chuliang's world-class save, the cameras on the sidelines suddenly began to move.
Ou Chuliang, who got up because of holding the ball, is moving!
What is he going to do?
Seeing Ou Chuliang's appearance, old Maldini was about to go crazy.
"Yes, yes, that's it, that's it!"
It's not just old Maldini who is going crazy.
In just one second, Mourinho's heart in front of the TV was beating fast.
Looking at Ou Chuliang's legs striding forward, he could even hear the sound of his heart pounding on his ribs.
"Pass, pass!"
Mourinho roared in his throat.
The screen was too small, the situation on the field was not clear, and he didn't know Ou Chuliang's passing target at all.
But even so, Mourinho still stared at Ou Chuliang, who was holding the ball and running around General Fan.
Unlike others, Mourinho did not guess whether Ou Chuliang passed the ball with his hands or feet, whether it was passed to Su Maozhen or Zhang Yuxuan, whether Ou Chuliang could pass in place, whether the Chinese striker could get the ball, and whether he could pose a threat to the Italian goal after getting the ball.
Mourinho was looking forward to the moment when Ouchulian passed the ball.
All he wants is Ou Chuliang to "pass the ball"!
Bang!
At the front of the Chinese team's penalty area, there was a muffled sound.
It was the unique sound of a fiery red leatherfoot and a black and white soccer ball colliding.
Only those who have played football know how cool this kick is!
Everyone nervously watched the ball flying on the screen, but by this time Mourinho had already cheered like a child, raising his hands and shouting.
"He passed it, he passed it, he passed it on!"
Mourinho repeats the same phrase over and over again, even more excited than if the ball was kicked straight into the goal.
Ou Chuliang is simply a goalkeeper specially designed for him by God!
Jose Mourinho was cool, but the others were still watching the ball that had already flown past half the pitch.
Especially the Italian fans, who have already seen the long balls of Diochulian in Naples.
Not to mention that it is a hundred shots, it can definitely be called a mission!
Su Maozhen watched with his afterglow as he lunged forward.
But after a few steps, he realized that the ball was not passed to him.
On the other side, Zhang Yuxuan, who was running with all his might, had rushed through the half court at some point and was chasing the ball.
At this time, Cannavaro desperately chased back, and he didn't even have the heart to complain and abuse.
Boom!
In full view, the ball landed first.
It was a vacuum on Italy's right, Cannavaro couldn't catch up, and Pagliuca didn't dare to attack.
The ball that had fallen to the ground bounced up again, moving forward with the help of inertia as the fans had hoped.
But what happened in the next second shocked the Italian fans again.
The ball did not continue forward after the second crash, but continued to roll backwards at a speed visible to the naked eye. When it hit the ground for the third time, it was almost the same as the place where it fell the second time.
And then the fourth, the fifth...
When they saw that the ball that bounced off for the sixth time actually bounced back in the opposite direction and rolled to Zhang Yuxuan's feet like an obedient loyal dog, fans all over the world were stunned!
Wang Defa???
What the hell is this Nima?
The ball kicked from the back penalty area so far did not pop out of bounds after landing, but bounced back in the opposite direction after bounced a few times.
Even if it's installed, the soccer ball isn't made of iron!
At this moment, the Delmar Stadium has exploded.
Old Maldini stood on the sidelines, shaking his head incessantly.
He still couldn't believe what he was seeing.
The Chinese team played such a wonderful defensive counterattack, even if there was no goal this time, his old Maldini's face could be regarded as lost!
Italy is the best defensive team in the world! was unexpectedly ridden by a World Cup rookie!
"Beautiful slalom ball!" Huang Jianxiang praised from the bottom of his heart.
When the ball bounced up for the third time, the fans realized that it was a spinning ball with a lot of power!
Slalom balls are simply a common occurrence for a goalkeeper.
In almost all goalballs, the goalkeeper kicks them out in the form of a slalom ball.
The goalkeeper does not require arc and height, etc., but requires accuracy.
That's where the slalom ball comes in.
The slalom ball is easy to kick, just use the inside of the taut foot to slam the ball into the middle and bottom. The ball kicked in this way has a lot of spin, and even if it bounces away with inertia after landing, it will eventually roll back to the first landing point due to the spin.
The same goes for hand-tossed slalom balls.
However, there is one difference between throwing the ball and kicking the slalom ball with your hand, that is, the requirements for the contact points are stricter.
If you kick early, it is easy to kick out a "anti-aircraft gun" that is not far away; Kicking late, it is easy to kick a "cannonball" with no rotation at all.
And Ou Chuliang's foothand throwing ball slalom kicked just right, the height was about five or six meters, and there was a huge swing. Coupled with the perfect control of the force, the ball just rebounded to the feet of Zhang Yuxi, who was impacting after falling to the ground.
The others didn't react too much, but the top strikers who saw this pass were not calm.
Especially on the sidelines of Italy, Piero and Inzaghi stood up for the first time and were red-eyed.
When will Peruzzi be able to make such a pass?
Boss, hurry up and sell that fat man! Buy that Chinese Europe next season, and I promise to help Juventus get another Champions League!
Ou Chuliang's pass was not only extremely accurate, but even solved the problem of the striker's receiving and stopping the ball by the way.
The average goalkeeper calculates the strength, direction and running speed of their own striker, so as to roughly kick the ball to the point where the striker stretches out his foot and just catches the ball that is about to fall to the ground.
But Ou Chuliang's pass directly omitted these steps, and directly kicked it into the vacuum area farther away from Zhang Yuluo, and then let the ball bounce back to his feet slowly through the rotation of the ball.
In this way, the striker does not have to worry about receiving the ball, and can just run into place to "pick up" the ball and impact the opponent's penalty area.
Especially Inzaghi, who was panting like a cow at the moment, and the green tendons on his neck were bursting out.
Oh my God!
What's the reasoning on this TM?
If Peruzzi has such two shots, can this season's Serie A Golden Boot be taken away by Bill Erhoff's guy?
I can at least double the number of goals scored by Inzaghi!
Seeing Zhang Yuxuan, who burst into the penalty area with the ball, Inzaghi didn't care about anything at the moment.
What a World Cup, what a win or a loss!
Lao Tzu wants China Europe!
MD!
After the end of this World Cup, I have to protest with the club, and I must buy the Chinese Europe.
If the club doesn't agree, I'll, I will, just...
In the end, Inzaghi withered in an instant.
He suddenly found that whether in club or national team, he was the one who was "not valued" and could be "abandoned" casually.
"Should I move to Napoli next season?"
Thinking of this, Inzaghi fell to the chair.
Let him go to Naples, what's the difference between killing him?!
Inzaghi withered, but Zhang Yuxi did not.
At this time, he had already dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area, and when Cannavaro returned to the defensive position, Zhang Yuluo had already run to the mirror position of Di Matteo before.
In other words, if Zhang Yuli has Di Matteo's footwork, he can also shoot directly!
Zhang Yuli is 1.86 meters tall, weighs 84KG, and coupled with his wide skeleton, he looks even stronger than Vieri at a glance.
But such a striker did not rely on the "meat tank" football method to become famous.
Zhang Yuxi's most powerful thing is his sense of smell for football in the penalty area.
This, he is similar to Inzaghi, and it is also an important reason why he replaced Li Jinyu to be selected for this international team.
So don't look at Zhang Yu's tall and big, in fact, he is a point-grabbing striker. Whether it's a header or a short shot, it's his forte.
But at this time, this kind of 1V1 heads-up scene made Zhang Yuxi's "forbidden area killer" characteristics unable to play.
But even so, Zhang Yuxi's foot skills are not covered. What's more, at this time, he has already dribbled into the Italian penalty area, as long as Cannavaro moves too much, Zhang Yuluo will definitely fall directly to the ground.
Facing Cannavaro, who was leaning sideways to defend, Zhang Yuluo took a deep breath and began to fully demonstrate his skillful foot skills in front of fans around the world.
Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot...
In the face of continuous shaking, Cannavaro defended and retreated, and did not dare to kick down easily.
Seeing Zhang Yuxuan's series of actions, the fans in the stands also exploded.
"What the hell am I?"
"What is he doing?"
"This, this is..."
"Cycling ???"
A big question mark sounded in the microphone, and even Huang Jianxiang didn't expect to see a Chinese striker on the World Cup stage one day with such a difficult skill as pedaling a bicycle.
Zhang Yuli is only 21 years old today!
Looking at the virtual shadow on the screen that was crossed by Zhang Yuxi's feet, all the fans sitting in front of the TV were not calm.
Zhang Jingtian sighed, and the old tears were rampant.
"There are talents from generation to generation, and a new generation is better than the old! We can cultivate such a young man, this league is well run, it is well run! ”
In the Italian penalty area, although Zhang Yuyi's legs are only straddling, the ball has its own inertia and is still rolling forward.
Maldini is still desperately trying to chase back, and when he helps to defend in place, it is estimated that it will take four or five seconds.
Taking advantage of this vacuum time, Zhang Yuli fully demonstrated what he had learned over the years.
He wants to let fans all over China see that even if he is not selected for Jianlibao to go to Brazil, there are still forwards in China who can make such a delicate and exquisite breakthrough!
China can be called Maradona is not only Zhang Xiaorui!
And I, Zhang Yuxuan!!
After moving forward a few centimeters more, Zhang Yuxuan could no longer suppress the throbbing of his body. On the fourth step, he made a toe run with his right foot and continued to push the ball towards the right front.
Seeing Zhang Yuluo touch the ball, Cannavaro also hurriedly stretched his legs.
Even if you can't steal, you have to block and interfere with the Chinese striker!
Cannavaro is fast, but Zhang is faster!
After pushing the ball out of the gap, Zhang Yuxuan only took half a second to catch up with the ball, swinging his right leg widely, tightening the instep, and pumping the ball fiercely.
Boom!
There was an explosion in front of the Italian goal, and Zhang Yuyi's long legs of one meter and two were like a whip, sweeping the ball towards the Italian gate.
Pagliuca, who had blown up his hair, immediately crossed his body and swept towards the far corner.
"Zhang Yuxuan shot !!"
Huang Jianxiang has lost his voice.
His nerves were frozen in the moment, and he wouldn't make another note unless the ball had a result.
Burst... Boom !!
Half a second later, there was a loud bang in front of the Italian door. There was a "squeak", and the door frame also let out a wail. The trembling nets rippled like ripples in a puddle.
Pagliuca, who fell to the ground, wanted to get up at first, but when his hand touched the goalpost, the whole person couldn't help but tremble.
Looking at the football that bounced off the billboard and bounced into the field, Pagliuca subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, feeling scared for a while.
Not only Pagliuca, but at this moment, whether in Piazza Milan, the bistro in Turin, or the Gran Theater in Rome, all the Italians, along with the fans at the Estadio del Mar, felt their breath tremble. Old Maldini let out a shuddering breath, and it was then that he realized that the hands in his trouser pockets were somehow soaked with sweat.
The next second, he began to curse.
Cursing the assistant coach of the coaching staff, he felt that the underestimation of the Chinese team was entirely due to the fact that those idiot assistants did not collect good intelligence!
Yes!!!
There was a wail in the Italian penalty area.
Zhang Yuluo held his head in his hands and roared to the sky. Even if the handsome face is distorted to the point of deformation, it is impossible to vent all the unwillingness.
At the moment of the shot, the 30,000 fans at the scene stood up for the first time, opened their mouths and raised their hands.
But when he was about to let out that heart-rending cry, he was suddenly choked by something, and he didn't make a sound.
"Doorpost ???"
Huang Jianxiang was about to cry.
Why the goalposts?
Why???
After brewing for three or four seconds, Huang Jianxiang calmed down and continued to perform his duties as a live broadcaster.
"It's a pity, it's a shame that Zhang Yu's shot hit the goalpost."