Chapter 280: The Olympic Journey (3)
Italy didn't have the slightest contempt for this battle, but they still didn't expect the Chinese team to improve so much.
In this battle, the Chinese team used short pass penetration tactics on the offensive end, and actually wanted to use the pass and cut to penetrate Italy's dense defense head-on.
Wu Jie himself feels that this kind of play is a bit too bold, because such tactics and dense defense are just mutual restraint, especially in the face of a team with outstanding defense like Italy, it is easy to be self-defeating if you don't play well!
But this is one of the tactics he has always hoped that the Chinese team can play, and it would not have worked if it had been placed in the World Cup two years ago, when except for him and Chen Haonan, the skills and teamwork of the rest of the players, including Gu Guangming, were not enough to play this kind of technical flow.
If he is facing the Italian team now, he will not dare to use this style of play to force Italy head-on.
But now the defensive intensity and tacit understanding of the Italian second team have dropped by one notch, and the Chinese players have been training in Europe for another two years.
Gu Guangming, Zhao Dayu, Liu Haiguang, and Zhen Aiguo have made great progress in terms of technology and team cooperation compared to two years ago, and they have been able to play fast passing and cutting cooperation under the tandem of Wu Jie and Chen Haonan, including a large number of 2-over-1, 3-over-2, and even 3-over-3 cooperation.
Therefore, the starting lineup of the Chinese team today is basically dominated by players in Europe and local technical flows-
Frontcourt: Liu Haiguang, Zhao Dayu
Midfielders: Wu Jie, Zhen Aiguo, Chen Haonan, Gu Guangming
Backcourt: Zhu Bo, Jia Xiuquan, Wang Dongning, Li Junwei
Goalkeeper: Lin Yaodong
This lineup has lethality, defense, and technology, and it does not suffer much physically, which is the best combination of the Chinese team at this stage.
Wu Jie's position today is mainly on the left side, and the entire left corridor is his range of activities after the start of the game, and Zhu Bo will basically not press the middle line behind him.
This style of play of the Chinese team is the first time to show outward, and the middle and right sides are completely handed over to the triangle lineup composed of Chen Haonan, Zhen Aiguo, and Gu Guangming.
The Italian team didn't know what the Chinese team was selling at first, but it soon became uncomfortable, because Wu Jie was playing alone on the empty left side.
But because of the sparsely populated area, they had to defend him with two or three men at all times, and the whole line of defense was naturally stretched wide.
The Chinese team consciously focused on the right side of the offensive after the opening, which attracted enough defense by Wu Jie on the left side, and the Chinese team naturally occupied a numerical advantage on the right side.
This is where the Italian team feels uncomfortable, the right triangle composed of these three La Liga players is not small, the Italian second team is in a passive position under the balance of numbers, and now the numerical disadvantage cannot limit the passing and cutting cooperation of these three at all.
In the 4th minute of the first half, Chen Haonan completed a wonderful 2-over-2 cooperation with Gu Guangming, who successfully dribbled the ball to the right side of the penalty area, and then passed the ball into the penalty area.
The pass was a half-high ball, and it was placed near the goalkeeper's uncomfortable line in the small penalty area.
Liu Haiguang rushed to the goal and completed the shot with a leap.
This goal should have been scored nine times out of ten, but the defenders of the Italian second team should not be underestimated.
Inter Milan's main central defender, Ricardo Ferry, still interfered before Liu Haiguang headed the ball, and Liu Haiguang did not have enough power to top the ball.
Fiorentina's main goalkeeper Giovanni Gurry also made a world-class save to put the ball on the goalline.
Liu Haiguang saw that this ball was not scored, and he lay on the ground and slapped the turf several times in great annoyance.
However, two minutes later, the Chinese team made a comeback.
This time, Chen Haonan received a short pass from Zhen Aiguo, and used his personal ability to break through the defense of two Italian players in a row, and hit a long shot before reaching the penalty area, and the football was slightly above the crossbar.
In the 10th minute, the Chinese team launched another offensive on the right side.
This time, Gu Guangming received a straight plug from Chen Haonan with an advance amount of side, and forcibly accelerated the breakthrough to attract the encirclement of two defenders.
If it was two years ago, Gu Guangming would have used his personal ability to continue to play strongly, and then naturally he would be surrounded by Italian defenders on the side, and the best result would be a corner kick, and he was likely to hand over the ball directly.
But then he made a more mature decision, stopping and sweeping the ball diagonally backwards before he lost his balance.
Chen Haonan did not delay after receiving the return pass, and with a horizontal pass across half the court, he directly found Wu Jie, who was inserted into the penalty area at high speed from the left side.
Wu Jie's operation is also very sassy, he didn't even unload the ball and shoot, but directly on the left side of the penalty area, about 15 meters away from the goal, the volley is a volley!
If this goal is scored, it will definitely be one of the top 100 goals in football history.
But it's a pity that the difficulty coefficient is too great, although Wu Jie is balanced with both feet, but his left foot is not his dominant foot after all, and this shot flew out of the bottom line by grazing the right post of the goal.
Wu Jie also felt quite a pity, and shook his head while giving Chen Haonan a thumbs up.
The sudden transfer of the ball was completely beyond the Italian player's expectations, and if he had unloaded the ball and made a move, the ball should have been there.
Italy survived several times in a row, but Houfu did not appear, and he was still pressed and beaten by the Chinese team when he turned his head.
At this time, everyone can already find that the defensive ability of the Italian team has not dropped too much, and these so-called spare tires are actually first-class players, which are at most half a gear worse than the Italian first team.
However, the Italian line-up did drop a lot in midfield, and it wasn't until the twentieth minute of the first half that Lin Yaodong made his first save, and Giuseppe Galderici's shot went wide.
At this time, the Chinese team had already had 6 shots on goal, 3 of which were in the range of the goal frame.
The Italians finally made a change, and they had to transfer one of the three defenders who were dealing with Wu Jie after they were penetrated on the left side in succession.
But in this way, the Chinese team began to move the ball to the left side when attacking, and Wu Jie faced the defense of two players in such an open area, and the pressure was not particularly great.
In the 29th minute, Wu Jie faced the defense of two Italian defenders and still used an "alien turn" to complete the breakthrough, which once again caused the audience to scream.
Bergomi could only rush up before Wu Jie burst into the box to make a tactical foul, and finally blocked Wu Jie outside the box at the cost of a yellow card and a free kick from outside the box on the left.
This free-kick is also dangerous, but the biggest question for fans around the world at this moment is: who will kick this goal?
The Chinese team has three top free kick players, which is really a happy trouble!
Lin Yaodong's action of running to the front court at this time made the question even bigger, now don't say that the fans in front of the TV and the Italian team don't know who will take the penalty for this goal, even many Chinese players don't know how these three big guys are going to play?
At this time, Wu Jie's action made one of the three multiple-choice questions be removed, because he ran directly to the penalty area to earn points.
This made the Italian team breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they immediately became more nervous.
Wu Jie is taller than Liu Haiguang, the Bundesliga air tyrant, plus Wang Dongning, who is also difficult to mess with at first glance, the deterrent effect of these three people standing in the penalty area is too great.
The Asian team can feel the pressure faced by the Italian team at this time, they even have to use two or three people to mark Wang Dongning, and they don't dare to imagine what it is like for Wu Jie and Liu Haiguang to stand in the penalty area together, and they are not qualified to enjoy this package at all.
In fact, the Italian team can't bear such a big pressure, not to mention that there is a second-generation heir of "Elevator Ball" + the founder of "Full Moon Scimitar" outside.
At this time, Lin Yaodong moved first, only to see the most bizarre, but also the most terrifying stupid goalkeeper in history, striding towards football.
There is only a human wall of 5 people lined up in Italy, and at this moment I don't know if it's a feint or not, they can only jump up and do their best to obey the fate of God.
But I saw Lin Yaodong rush to the front of the football and make a shooting feint, and jumped over directly.
At this time, Chen Haonan moved, and Wu Jie and Liu Haiguang also moved in the forbidden area.
Italy's defence was in complete disarray, and they still didn't know what to do with the ball.
A direct shot?
Or is it an incoming restricted area?
Chen Haonan ran to the football under the extremely tangled thoughts of the Italian players, and it seemed to be a direct shot, but the football passed under the human wall that jumped twice.
"Oops!"
The Italian players were shocked, of course, this kind of ball was not passed to Wu Jie, Liu Haiguang, and Wang Dongning.
And when everyone's eyes were looking at the direction of the pass, Zhao Dayu had already unloaded the ball without defense, and then shot the spot, and the football flew into the goal with a "whoosh" at the moment when the Italian goalkeeper couldn't react at all.
Zhao Dayu immediately opened his arms after scoring the goal, and slapped his bald head as he ran.
In the past two years, his performance in Ligue 1 has been very good, and it can even be said that he is the second only Chinese player in the European army, and he is a little better than Gu Guangming in terms of data and performance.
But the embarrassing thing is that he has not been reused in the national team, of course, because of his really embarrassing height.
This goal is also the first goal he scored in a major tournament such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games, and all the gloom and gloom in the past two years have been swept away at this moment, and the self-confidence of the whole person seems to have improved a lot.
The Italian team obviously has the strength to collapse after conceding the goal, and the offensive center of gravity of the Chinese team today keeps moving left and right, which has made them stumble.
In the following games, they were still pressed and beaten by the Chinese team, and they rarely threatened Lin Yaodong's door, and they were about to fall asleep outside the penalty area.
The first half was about to enter injury time, Chen Haonan suddenly instigated a counterattack near the center circle, and cleverly penetrated the crotch to find Gu Guangming who ran away without the ball.
Gu Guangming's absolute speed is not top-notch, but his ability to combine man and ball is close to first-class.
The strength and concealment of Chen Haonan's pass were excellent, which directly allowed him to accelerate into the penalty area with the ball.
Giovanni Galli was not bad and blocked the angle of the shot in time.
Gu Guangming did not stick to the ball and was greedy, and when he saw that the Italian defense was about to complete the pinch, he immediately passed the ball horizontally.
Zhao Dayu cut in in in time again, but this time the Italian defender was very attentive to him, and Giovanni Galli also hurriedly moved laterally to block his shot.
At this time, the effect of Zhao Dayu's experience in Europe was also shown, he did not force a shot in this situation, but cleverly slipped the football through his crotch.
This spiritual action was unexpected by the Italian players, and Liu Haiguang swept the football vigorously in the small ban!
This distance and position hit an empty goal, even if Liu Haiguang's two-foot shots are much worse than the header, but there is no reason to miss.
Giovanni Galli watched the ball explode into the net again on the other side of the goal, and he had no chance to save it again.