Chapter Ninety-Eight: Reinvigorate

"Nakata-kun, what the hell is going on with you?"

At halftime, Maezono took the place of the Japanese Olympic coaching staff and questioned him.

"I, I..." Nakata looked at his teammates around him, gritted his teeth, and immediately lowered his head and said loudly: "Maezono-kun, it's my fault!" I shouldn't have missed a penalty! Please give me another chance, one more chance! In the second half, I will definitely be able to penetrate the door of the Chinese! ”

"No, Nakata, that's not what I'm asking!" Maezono Shinsheng shook his head, stepped forward and pointed to Nakata Hidetoshi's neckline and said, "I'm talking about why you suddenly feel like you've turned into a corpse after you missed a penalty?" Do you want to tell me that you've never conceded a goal in Brazil? So much so that when it comes to the Olympic qualifiers, they will be so panicked? Could it be that the elite players cultivated by our big RB football team are such a player with low mental endurance? ”

"Hello! Maezono-kun, it was my mistake! I promise not to do it again!! ”

Seeing that Nakata Hidetoshi had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, Maezono Shinsheng looked back at the coach, and after receiving the coach's nod of instructions, his voice softened: "Nakata-kun, I think you are too tired." You need to rest well, and after recovering in the second half, we have to break through the door of the Chinese in one fell swoop, and first hold the victory in our hands. And the performance after a few minutes of the first half, I don't want to see it again, do you understand? ”

"Hello!"

On the other side, in the locker room of the National Olympic Games, there were a few laughs from the National Olympic team members who were pressed for half the court.

"Xiao Ou, you are so TM god, you can catch the penalty? Say, do you have a magnet hidden under your gloves? ”

"Ryoko, you know no, I was ready to return to the center circle to serve, who would have thought you could save the ball!"

The team members gathered around Ou Chuliang and praised them from the bottom of their hearts.

Ou Chuliang's pounce not only saved a surprise, but also saved a hope.

When seeing Ou Chuliang's brave play on the penalty kick, many players suddenly had a different thought: If we play a penalty shootout, we have such a goalkeeper, wouldn't it be a big chance to win?

Ou Chuliang's pounce pointed out a direction for the players, and the big guy suddenly knew what he was working so hard for, and he also made clear the direction of his efforts.

This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm, allowing the National Olympic Games to regenerate a wave of vitality.

When people have goals, they also have hope.

"Lao Xie, let me tell you, if it's me, I'll push a far corner directly, and no one will be able to make it easy at that time!"

Qu Shengqing hung one arm on Xie Hui's shoulder and said in an exaggerated tone.

Taking advantage of Ou Chuliang's quick long ball after the pounce, Xie Hui single-handedly went all the way to the Japanese team's penalty area. Facing the bag between the two, Xie Hui did not hesitate to shoot. However, due to some haste, the half-high ball kicked out was abandoned and Kawaguchi was able to block the bottom line alive.

Although it didn't score, it was a very dangerous attack and the only time in the first half that the national team hit the woodwork.

This goal not only gave the national Olympic players some confidence, but also gave hope to the fans in the stands.

Turns out, we can still score goals!

After thanking his teammates for their praise, Ou Chuliang came to the corner and sat next to Sun Gang.

"Brother Sun, it's okay, what's the big deal? The soldiers are coming, and the water is coming to cover the earth, right? ”

Sun Gang looked at Ou Chuliang with a complicated face, he didn't understand how he was obviously much older than him, but he didn't know why he was more like a child.

After a long time, Sun Gang sighed and said, "Liangzi, Brother Sun is not capable enough, not to be a goalkeeper." In the second half of the game, it's up to you to help you a lot! ”

"Brother Sun, where are you talking about this!" Ou Chuliang smiled and said, "We are all teammates in the same team, we must go hand in hand and overcome difficulties together!" ”

"Other teammates are working together to overcome difficulties, but your grandson brother has imposed difficulties on you, don't you resent it?"

"What's there to hold grudge about?" Ou Chuliang smiled, "Brother Sun, didn't you lose the ball when you got off the field?" ”

Seeing that Ou Chuliang still looked like a spring breeze, Sun Gang knew in his heart that he was giving himself a step.

Recalling his carelessness to his mistakes against the Korean team, and then to the fear and frustration when he played the Japanese team, Sun Gang couldn't help but start to dislike himself.

If he is as indomitable as Ou Chuliang and faces all the difficulties with a smile, then the national Olympic team will not fall to the point of playing the play-offs with the Japanese team today.

"Okay, Brother Sun, the coach will arrange tactics later, and I have to go over and help translate."

Ou Chuliang just stood up, but was pulled by Sun Gang from behind.

"Brother Sun, what else do you have to do..."

"Liangzi, Brother Sun has a reluctance." Sun Gang hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke.

"What reluctance? I can do as much as I can. ”

Looking at Ou Chuliang's honest eyes, Sun Gang gritted his teeth: "Liangzi, this is probably the last time Brother Sun will represent the country in the competition." I want to go to the Olympics to see it and have a look! ”

"Okay, I promise you."

Seeing that Ou Chuliang nodded without hesitation, Sun Gang's hand that only grabbed Ou Chuliang's arm suddenly let go. When I looked down, tears overflowed my eyes.

After Ou Chuliang flashed a goal-line save, everyone felt that Ladd had to plan a defense and drag the game into a penalty shootout.

However, Ladd did the opposite, not only confirming the back three, but also arranging a new attacking plan for the midfielders and forwards.

"Settle the battle in regular time!" That's what Ladd set for his players in the second half.

It is estimated that the Japanese coaching staff, including the Japanese side, would not have thought that the national Olympic team would continue to strengthen the attack in the second half after replacing it with a better goalkeeper.

When the players from both sides came out of the players' tunnel one after another, Huang Jianxiang's familiar voice also sounded on the screen.

"Friends in front of the TV, welcome back."

"Now you're looking at the Asian play-offs of the Olympic qualifiers, the second half of the Chinese Olympic Games against Japan."

"At the moment the score is 0-0 drawn."

When it came to the score, Huang Jianxiang deliberately bit the two "0s".

"Although the score was a draw, due to the foul of goalkeeper Sun Gang in the first half, the National Olympic Games could only play with 10 men."

"Now what we see in the camera is the substitute Ou Chuliang, who should be injured."

"But it was this young player from Jianlibao who used his superb goal-line skills to save the penalty kick of Japan's No. 14 Hidetoshi Nakata and help the national Olympic team keep the score."

"His number is No. 1, and he is the main goalkeeper of the National Olympic Games..."

After the players of both sides changed sides and took their positions in their respective positions, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the second half.

Tan Ende had to put the ball at Xie Hui's feet, and then ran towards the front court alone.

The Japanese team relied on the numerical advantage, and five players crossed the halfway line in a matter of seconds.

However, Sun Jianjun pushed the arch of his foot, and the ball passed through a distance of more than 20 meters and rolled directly to the feet of Xie Hui on the right side.

After Xie Hui got the ball, he ran along the side with the ball, and for a while he broke through the two defenses of the Japanese team.

"What is this going on, Rad? Let Xie Hui go to the baseline to kick the ball? Qi Weisheng in front of the TV frowned, he didn't understand what Ladd was doing.

Xie Hui's header is famous in Asia, and in Qi Hui's view, Xie Hui's header arch is the only remaining threat to the Japanese team in the National Olympic Games.

But now Xie Hui ran to the side to act as an assaulter, which in Qi Zhuosheng's eyes was tantamount to cutting off his arm.

Qi was right, Xie Hui is not a dribbling player, but it doesn't mean that his speed is not fast.

The long legs of 1.85 meters allowed him to run and walk like a fly, and few Japanese team members could keep up.

In the blink of an eye, Xie Hui came to the bottom line. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese players were not in place, they directly kicked the ball to the middle.

At this time, there were only two defenders in the Japanese team's penalty area, and just as the two players were about to clear the ball with a header, a white figure suddenly flashed out, rushed in front of Hideto Suzuki, and fiercely pushed the ball towards the goal.

Kawaguchi on the goal line subconsciously raised his right hand and blocked Yang Chen's header from the bottom line.

Guoao won the first corner of the second half and the second corner of the game.

The official height of Kawaguchi Nengsheng, who is not tall, is only 179, which is even shorter than Ou Chuliang's 185.

The short goalkeeper is not particularly dominant when it comes to high balls.

Not only is Kawaguchi's lively bounce not particularly good, but even the corner kicks of the National Olympics are spinning outside the goal. As a result, Kawaguchi could only stand on the goal line and wait for his teammates to clear the siege.

After a 15-minute break at halftime, the national Olympic team, with one man less, launched a series of attacks on the Japanese team's goal at the beginning of the second half.

However, for the Japanese coaching staff, it is tantamount to a return to the light before the dying struggle.

"Yo Xi, as long as we defend this wave of attack of the Chinese team, the next game will still be controlled by us!"

Under the command of the Japanese coaches, the Japanese team temporarily shrank across the board and focused on defense.

And the offense of the National Olympic Games has also been seen by people who know the ball.

Ladd's instruction was not as simple as Xie Hui becoming an assaulter, but to use Xie Hui's size and speed to create set-pieces in the front court. In fact, Tan Ende and Yang Chen will also run forward along the nearest side road if they have the opportunity to get the ball.

In the first 10 minutes of the second half, the national Olympic team won five corners and one set-piece close to the baseline.

Watching the ball fly into the box like a missile again and again, the Japanese fans in the stands couldn't help but get worried.

However, the attack of the National Olympic Games is only temporary, after all, there is one less player on the field.

After ten minutes of unsuccessful onslaught, the National Olympic team members began to conserve their physical strength and took the initiative to slow down the pace.