Chapter 225: The Boy Who Chases the Ball

No one expected that the Chinese team's goal would come so suddenly. But for Chinese fans, although it is unexpected, it is also reasonable.

After two extreme mood swings, fans on both sides have now calmed down and come to terms with this reality.

Evenson was annoyed, and he not only replaced Upson in one go, but also replaced Dyer, who was a little weak.

The appearance of two new players in a row did not make him feel at ease.

Why did a second-rate Asian team change so much after sending its youth team to study in South America, and could it be said that South American football still maintains a comprehensive suppression of European football?

Like the World Cup '94?

In fact, Italy was just one step away from victory at the World Cup '94. Both teams have 3 stars embroidered on their flags, but only one team will be crowned. The fact that the two sides played a penalty shootout really shows that the strength of the two teams is almost the same.

The next World Cup will be held in France, the home of Europe, and every European team capable of winning the championship is tense, hoping that the new World Cup champion will be produced in European countries.

This is the innate superiority of white people, and pride is already engraved in their bones.

But now, Li Jinyu's goal has shattered the dreams of these Brits.

If you can't even play a "parroting" Asian team, what face is there to compete for the World Cup?

In the following time, the British team, inspired by head coach Evenson, started wave after wave of attack.

They started to snatch the ball, layer by layer. Not satisfied with the defensive counterattack, after winning the ball, he began to fight a positional battle with the Chinese team.

"Go forward, stand forward!"

Hearing Ou Chuliang's roar, Zhang Ran subconsciously looked back.

He was a little puzzled.

"Brother Ou, there's still such a big space in the back..."

"If you are told to stand forward, you will stand forward, don't talk nonsense!"

Ou Chuliang didn't have the good heart to explain so much to the other party, near the midfield, Murphy and Li Jinyu were entangled, the two fought for me, and the ball was exchanged back and forth at the feet of the two.

If you are not careful, the ball will be stabbed into the front court by the opponent. At that time, whether it is a new player or Owen, he will have a lot of ability to impact the defense of the youth team with the ball.

After taking the lead by one goal, Zhu Guanghu also played the cards in his hand continuously.

Sun Zhi and Sui Dongliang were replaced, and Hao Wei and Yao Li were replaced.

The two supported the midfield and must not let the control of the midfield be handed over.

Zhu Guanghu's decision is very correct, and it coincides with Ou Chuliang's thoughts.

Although the score is already ahead, it stands to reason that the Chinese team should retreat across the board.

But you can keep it, but you can't retreat.

Now Jianlibao's first line of defense is basically set in the midfield, and as soon as the ball crosses the line, the number of physical collisions between the two sides will increase rapidly. No matter which side fouls, there is no way to easily pass through this area with the ball.

This line of defense could be pressed back by the British, even ten, but it must not be abandoned.

When the opponent relaunches the attack, it will have to pay the same amount of physical strength and energy to pass through the land.

In this way, by the time the British attacked the door, it was already the end of the crossbow. In this way, Ou Chuliang and the gate behind him are the safest.

So when the guard line led by Zhang Ran was at the back, Ou Chuliang stopped them without hesitation.

If you want to stand in a tight formation, if there is a gap between the back line and the midfield, then the first two lines of defence are useless. Not only will it not play the corresponding interception role, but it will also waste physical strength for no reason.

Under the full defense of the youth team, even the only winger who stayed in front of him continued to appear in the defense.

In the 78th minute, the defender who retreated to the midfield to receive the ball used a turn to smash the ball, successfully dodged Hao Wei, who was easy to grab, and sprinted towards the front with the ball.

At this moment, another phantom that almost ran quickly interjected from the side of the camera. Owen had just kicked the ball twice and was already chasing him.

Boom!

The sound of leather clashing sounded, and the arch of the deliberative foot was just in front of the ball. Owen stumbled on his foot and fell to the ground.

Li Tie took the opportunity to rush over and intercept the ball and move it to safety on the other side.

"I won't let you go through it again!" Looking at Owen's fierce gaze, he opened his mouth and fought back.

"If you have a kind, you can try, and your men will be defeated!" Owen got up, glared back at the discussion, and ran towards the backfield.

"Phew! Wait until the game is over and see who's loser! Deliberation shook his arm fiercely, looking at Owen's back with disdain. Isn't it just a little faster, what's the big deal? ”

Turning his head, he just saw Zhang Ran and Li Tiezheng looking at him in surprise. Shi Yi's face turned red, and he immediately shouted, "What are you looking at? Don't attack? Not defending? People finally assisted a goal, do you disrespect the fruits of other people's labor so much? Also watch? Pick it up! ”

"Yo! The boxing king spoke, and the little one didn't dare to disobey! With a one-goal lead, Zhang Ran's mood also brightened, and he was still in the mood to joke with the discussion.

"Get out!" The discussion cheek raiser was so angry that he puffed out one after another, "Little Lizi, run for me, don't be lazy, do you hear?" ”

"I heard you!" Li Weifeng, who was passing by, immediately replied loudly.

Losing the ball at the last minute of the game, the British players were either angry and frustrated.

Their counter-attacks were effective in the first half, and even at the start of the second half, they were able to play a few dangerous attacks.

thought that he could stalemate with the Chinese team on the score, and then used the physical advantage to defeat the opponent in overtime in one fell swoop.

However, this goal interfered with the overall plan of the British team.

No, it can't be like this anymore!

If you keep going like this, you're going to lose the game!

Owen, who rarely gets the ball in the front court, began to frequently retreat to receive the ball, organize the attack, and also use his speed to sprint to Jianlibao's defense.

Since Jianlibao's first line of defense is set in the midfield, the players' positions are relaxed one after another. If you play smartly, you still have a chance to gallop with speed.

The task at this stage is to control the ball as much as possible as it crosses the midfield and then wait for an opportunity to attack.

With Owen on board, England's midfield has soared.

But every time Irving had the ball, he would be stuck with a calfskin candy next to him.

The discussion follows Owen like an appendage, and as long as Owen dribbles the ball, he will appear next to Owen as soon as possible and interfere with him.

After several consecutive breakthroughs were blocked, Owen's anger also came up.

Although he is inferior to himself in all other aspects, he is on par with him in terms of speed. Since you need to be in possession of the ball, you can easily catch up with you and then interfere.

Such defense upset Irving.

You are obviously the last striker left in the front court of the Chinese team, which serves as a warning. But you keep coming back to your own half to defend me closely, what does that mean?

Is this going to kill me?

The successive successful defenses of the discussion made Zhu Guanghu's eyes shine on the sidelines.

In the 82nd minute, he played the last card in his hand and replaced Zheng Yi with Zheng Bin.

Zhu Guanghu's move completely liberated the discussion, and Jianlibao's formation suddenly became 351+1.

Zheng Bin, like Li Weifeng, is one of the seven players in the second batch of selected for Jianlibao.

He excels in midfield, left midfield, left winger and is a left-footed player.

His pace and skill at his feet made him a perfect fit on the left, especially with this level of physical strength, with every breakthrough Zheng Bin could pose a lethal threat to England's goal.

So after Zheng Bin came on the field, he formed a barrier in the midfield and used his abundant physical strength to run sideways.

Counsel becomes a "free man."

Under Zhu Guanghu's acquiescence, he followed Owen directly, and he went wherever Owen went.

Seeing Jianlibao adopt such a "shameless" tactic, Evenson was so angry that he jumped to his feet and kicked the mineral water bottle at his feet fiercely.

But Owen is Owen, and even if he is defended so closely by the opponent, he has a way to get rid of it. And the consultative nature did not frustrate him, but provoked Owen's competitiveness.

Even if you lose, you will be beaten down first!

So, Owen started to run non-stop, accelerating, stopping, and turning back.

It was discussed that a lot of physical strength was wasted in the second half because of the full-court pressing, and at this time he could only grit his teeth and hang behind Owen.

In the 85th minute, Owen once again ran back to midfield from the front with a small tail. Facing his clubmate, Owen greeted him loudly.

Carragher didn't hesitate any longer, and pushed directly at Owen's feet.

Owen scurried to the ball and pushed it back with the arch of his foot, then immediately made a lap from the other direction and ran along the touchline towards the frontcourt.

Owen's sudden stop and turn was extremely smooth, and he was very passive as a slave. Reluctantly stopped, turned around, looked at Owen's back as he drifted away, gritted his teeth again and chased after him.

His legs are like the wind, and his body is like lightning.

Deliberation approached Owen at a speed visible to the naked eye under the full sprint.

"Fack! Such a person should go to the 100-meter sprint and play on the football field. ”

"Come on, Michael, run, run!"

"Don't let him catch up with Michael, come on!"

The British fans in the stands began to get anxious, and in terms of distance, it only took two more breaths to negotiate to catch up with Owen.

In this way, the wonderful cooperation of Owen and Carragher to return to two and one is about to be lost.

However, Owen didn't seem to hear the shouts of the fans, and although his speed did not decrease, it was still much slower than the discussion of sprinting with all his might.

"I said I wouldn't let you break through easily!"

Deliberation pursed his lips and finally rushed to the same position as Owen.

He could even see the pores on the face of the young man next to him, who was known as England's young generation, and the faint smile.

Not good!

Counsel in mind.

In the next second, Owen's running right foot stepped over the ball and didn't advance forward as before. Immediately afterwards, the left foot that followed forward pushed the ball behind it, and the ball immediately rolled diagonally towards the middle.

A scissor-foot-like dribble, Owen managed to take advantage of the change in rhythm when his body paused when he pushed the ball with his left foot, and dribbled from behind him to the middle. At this time, the discussion was slowing down, but Owen had already accelerated with the help of the force of his right foot on the ground.

Seeing Owen who was once again playing to get rid of himself, he was so angry that tears were in his eyes. I can't wait to grow two wings at once, catch up with Owen and bite Owen hard.

At this moment, the scene in the front court changed dramatically again.

Sun Jihai, who had just defended and retreated, took advantage of Owen's speed before he was at full speed, and suddenly accelerated and rushed forward and hit him from the side. Owen's figure flickered, and he stumbled under his feet, and was directly knocked out by Sun Jihai.

Sun Jihai's side collision was very hot, and Owen was caught off guard, and he didn't even have time to react before he lost his position.

Sun Jihai continued to jam the opponent's position after knocking Owen away, until Ou Chuliang rushed out of the small penalty area and confiscated the ball in his arms on the edge of the big penalty area.

"Hehe, it's Sun Jihai!"

"Sun Jihai's robbery is really timely!" Zhang Lu sighed.

"Whether it is the power or the timing is just right, England's No. 9 Michael Owen has no problem at all, and can only watch as Occhulian confiscates the ball."

"Look, after Sun Jihai crashed into Owen, the two still maintained their balance, and neither of them had the posture to fall. However, Owen has lost all control of the ball. If it weren't for Ou Chuliang coming out of the goal, Sun Jihai would have been able to run forward and clear the ball by himself. ”

"From this, it can also be seen how solid Sun Jihai's basic skills are, and the expert coaches say that he is the best player of the new generation in China, which is not completely unfounded."

Seeing that the ball was confiscated by Ou Chuliang again, Owen's eyes were about to erupt with fire.

The game was about to end, but he and England still had no results.

Time slipped away minute by minute, and Owen couldn't help but get impatient.

"Hahaha, old grandson, hit beautifully! Good defense, good defense! Discussing the discussion cried with joy, jumped to Sun Jihai's side, kept patting the latter's shoulder, and looked at Owen's face full of pride.

"Childish." Owen rolled his eyes and turned and ran towards the backcourt.

He pulled his right eyelid with his hand, and his tongue was all over, and he grimaced behind Owen's back, looking very proud.

Sun Jihai removed the hand on his shoulder, and said helplessly: "Do you still have the heart to make a face here?" Didn't you say you were going to see him dead? Brother Ou has served, why don't you keep up?! ”

"Ah??? Yes!!! After discussion, he reacted, and hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, Lao Sun, I'll invite you to drink juice when you go back!" ”

After saying that, he ran away in a puff of smoke.

Sun Jihai looked at the back of the discussion, and snorted lightly: "Only children drink juice, your brother Sun and I love to drink Bawang Temple!" ”

The Chinese team's attack was still unhurried, and after passing a few feet back and forth in the backcourt, they finally found a small gap on the right side and took the opportunity to stuff the ball through.

A highly talented player, Jamie Carragher was signed by Liverpool along with Michael Owen, even though he was already an Everton fan at the time.

As Owen's close friend, Carragher won the FA Youth Cup with Owen in '96.

At this time, Carragher was almost a panacea in the backfield, left and right, center back, and right back could be competent, as the future vice-captain of the Red Army fans, which is also the foundation of Carragher's foothold.

Coming from a youth background, Carragher had a never-say-die professional attitude from an early age and always put his heart and soul into it. He is brave and aggressive, and at the same time he is one of the few defenders in modern football who plays with his brain.

Carragher not only knows when to keep an eye on the other and when to hold the gap; He also knows when he needs to support his teammates up front and when to support his teammates up front.

These Carraghers are well aware.

So under his control, he deliberately leaked a small gap on the right side for Jianlibao, in order to let Jianlibao take the opportunity to plug in and form a front-court attack.

If the two sides just blindly fight in the midfield, then the remaining time is likely to be wasted by the Jianlibao players in meaningless downturns.

Jianlibao offensive players must be put in so that there is a chance to counterattack!

When Jianlibao really attacked from the right side, Carragher's mind was tentative.

Glancing at the "2" raised by the fourth official on the sidelines, Carragher knew that time was running out.

If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!

In an instant, Carragher's whole body erupted with an unprecedented force. But the wide robe concealed it well, like covering his belly without a navel.

No one noticed the change in Carragher's momentum, including his teammates.

Everything is going according to the rhythm of Jianlibao. Passing, pulling, running, both sides are constantly looking for each other's gaps.

Zhang Xiaorui still controlled the ball as always, and he didn't mind making another move before the last minute of the game to kill the game completely.

And the fans also stood up at the moment, waving the big flag in their hands.

Rossi knew that it wouldn't be long before he would be cheering for Jianlibao's victory again.

Compared to these two minutes of hard work, it was nothing at all.

My grandson, Chen Tang, also stood up at this moment, shouting to hide the tremor of his body.

The same was true of the other Chinese fans in the stands, and even some of the fans who had bought lottery tickets took off their shirts and stood in their chairs shouting.

"Get one!"

"Enter one!"

"One more!"

The fans who bought the Chinese team to win are eager to score another goal and let the small money fall safely in their pockets.

Even if the Chinese team advances to the semi-finals, it is still the team with the least chance of winning the championship at the moment.

Now, those bookmakers have to consider appropriately reducing the odds of the Chinese team, this dark horse is too black, so black that they can't see the truth at all.

Zheng Bin's speed has not decreased, what he has is physical strength.

He also knew that if he didn't want to run at this time, it would be over in a few minutes at most; If he is lazy at this time, he may drag the whole team down for another 30 minutes. At that time, he was a sinner.

Zheng Bin on the left side made a mess of the England left backline, and although Zhang Xiaorui saw it, he was still scanning the right side with his spare eyes.

The plank road is repaired in the light, and the warehouse is in the dark.

A good classical striker will not be seen by the commentator in the passing route.

Just then, a ray of light flashed. In the dazzling reflection, Zhang Xiaorui swept a smooth watermelon rind.

"Dayu!"

Immediately, without hesitation, he directly pushed the ball to Li Jinyu, who started.

"Roar!!

Suddenly there was a roar from the England backline.

While everyone was stunned, Carragher's figure didn't know when and where to kill. I saw that he ran desperately for two steps and then shoveled hard, and actually blocked the ball with his straight toes.

At this time, Li Jinyu had already started and came to the offside position.

Zhang Xiaorui secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly rushed up to force it closely. But Carragher was clearly premeditated, quickly stood up and slotted the ball forward with his right foot.

After the kick, Carragher felt a pain in his right thigh. Then a wave of shaking and convulsions spread throughout the body along this hamstring, and his feet fell down as soon as he was weak.

"Jamie!"

"Jamie!"

But at this point, no one except the goalkeeper and another centre-back noticed the pain on Carragher's face.

Looking at the ball flying overhead, Li Tie's heart tightened, and an ominous sign emerged from the bottom of his heart.

He had barely turned around and ran two steps when a gust of wind blew beside him. Before he could react, a white figure had already chased the wind.

"Owen!"

"It's Michael. Irving!!! ”

The BBC commentator was already in a frenzy at the moment, and he never imagined that he would be so excited when the home team played against a second-tier Asian team.

But at this moment, it is not only him, but British fans all over the world have their hearts raised to their throats.

Michael, who is carrying the number 9. Owen sprinted forward at an incomprehensible pace, chasing the ball.

At this moment, the discussion that had just returned to the midfield was full of frustration.

Just a moment of stunned, Owen had already started.

Carragher's roar was a signal, and Owen understood it, but he didn't know anything about it.

Owen, who was sprinting with all his might, was like a gust of wind without the restraint of the ball, and he was already chasing the wind by this time.

In the blink of an eye, the wind-chasing boy's right foot stretched out, just enough to unload the falling ball at his feet.

Then without even looking at it, he pushed the ball towards his left front and pushed it out behind Zhang Ran, who was leaning over.

Concise, violent.

But it works.

As soon as Zhang Ran turned his head, Owen had already run to a distance of two meters from him.

Such a terrifying speed made Zhang Ran sound the horror of being dominated by Owen after the opening of the first half.

Last year, in this place today, the boy chasing the wind is dominant.

The wind didn't know where to go, but the boy still laughed and chased the wind.

At this moment, a trace of despair arose in Zhang Ran's heart.

Can't catch up!!

He began to hate himself for not stepping up some speed exercises in his usual training. is also annoyed that as a main central defender, he is still so indecisive.

The game has come to this point, so why the red card?

Let a red card stop Owen from making a single knife this time, and Zhang Ran won't blink.

Unfortunately, Zhang Ran's on-the-spot reaction was not so fast.

In another breath, the sprinting Owen caught up with the ball in the top left corner of the penalty area.

At this moment, he didn't need to be very fast, and in the face of Ou Chuliang, who was attacking, he only needed to find a flaw.

For such a big goal, Ou Chuliang has too many flaws.

With just one glance, Owen found at least four shots. Through all of them, he can easily break down the door.

Ou Chuliang had abandoned all distractions at this moment and rushed towards Owen with no relent.

People are strong and sometimes poor.

Goalkeepers are not omnipotent.

His job is to use his body as much as possible to cover the infinitely flawed gate behind him.

Even if there is no hope at this point.

Bang!

Ignoring the hedged Ochulian Owen, he lifted his left leg smoothly and gave a gentle push to send the ball towards the goal.

Ou Chuliang, who was running over the bend, subconsciously clamped his legs, only to feel a chill under his crotch, and his buttocks had fallen to the ground in an instant.

"Huh! It doesn't feel good. Ou Chuliang sighed lightly.

In the moment before the save, he was ready to jump, pounce, block and even retreat, but he didn't expect Owen to choose a fleeting gap and launch a very high-quality boccia.

After falling to the ground, Ou Chuliang secretly laughed in his heart. Then take a deep breath and prepare yourself for the next 30 minutes of extra time.

But the next second, he felt that something was wrong.

After running out two steps in front of him, both the smile on his face and the raised hands stopped halfway, and the expression of Owen who was half-raised seemed to be frozen by glue, and his two eyes stared directly at the door behind Ou Chuliang.

Could it be that there is a turning point for this?

Is it a doorpost?

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

With an expectation as big as the little fingernail of the column, Ou Chuliang turned his head.

I just saw a red shadow flashing in front of the goal, and when the ball was about to roll into the goal, one foot stopped in front of the ball.

Bang!

There was a crunch.

It's like heaven.

It sounded in the ears of the Chinese in the audience.

At this moment, whether it was Zhang Ran in the stadium, Zhu Guanghu on the sidelines, Rossi in the stands, Zhang Lu in front of the screen, and thousands of fans in front of the TV, they couldn't help but chant the same name.

Negotiate!!!

Rushing past the goalline, he shoveled forward two meters in front of the goal line, hooked the ball with his right foot on the goal line, and immediately rolled into the goal, tangling with the net.

Looking at the ball that popped up from the goal line, Ou Chuliang didn't hesitate anymore, got up and took three steps and ran to the front of the ball. With his left foot, he takes the ball down the road to the other side of the penalty area.

Owen was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously chased after Ou Chuliang's back.

In full view of everyone, Ou Chuliang actually took the ball out of the penalty area and ran towards the corner area.

"Falk !!"

Owen seemed to sense something, cursed secretly, and hurriedly accelerated again.

But just when Owen chose to take a shortcut from the bottom line, Ou Chuliang's body suddenly twisted, and he turned around and ran towards the front, leaving Owen alone to scold near the bottom line.

But no matter how much he scolded, he couldn't stop Ou Chuliang from continuing to dribble the ball forward.

After Ou Chuliang took the ball out of the penalty area, he glanced back at Owen, who had not caught up, and then slowed down and slowly brought the ball forward.

That's like a caterpillar.

The Paraguayan referee, who had just run past the midfield, glanced at Ou Chuliang in the air and saw the decisiveness in his eyes.

In the next second, the referee from South America immediately took the whistle on his neck in his mouth and blew his cheeks.

"Beep! Beep beep !! ”

Three whistles sounded, Ou Chuliang did not hesitate anymore, and directly flew up and kicked the ball forward. Then spread his legs and stride towards his goal.

"Little discussion!"

"Brother Ou!" Discussing and looking at Ou Chuliang, who ran back from outside the forbidden area to "save" him, he was so excited that he stretched out his arms to "hug".

Running to the front and back of the door, looking at the discussion that was entwined like a cocoon, Ou Chuliang suddenly stopped, opened his arms and encouraged loudly: "Come on, Xiaoyi, give me a warm hug, come on!! ”

Deliberation: "o(╥_╥)o"