Chapter 162: Kangaroo Knocked Out of the Shadows (4th Update, [Herakles] Grandmaster 3/7)
In the stands of Sydney Stadium, there was an instant silence when Jiang Chenxi broke through the goal guarded by Ryan with a kick.
There was silence!
The Australians were speechless with the super-long shot.
The silence was followed by an overwhelming boo.
On the sidelines, Australian head coach Postecoglou's whole expression was confused, and this conceded goal caught him and Australia off guard.
Postecoglou realized that he had made a mistake, a fatal one.
He shouldn't be so conservative after leading by one goal, if the opponent is any other team in Asia, his tactics are not too problematic, but the opponent is the Chinese team!
With Jiang Chenxi, a phenomenal star, on the field, he thought that a one-goal lead was enough, he was really naïve!
This is a player who has scored a hat-trick against Barcelona against the Cosmos!
He knows he's underestimating the ability of World Footballer of the Year!
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It's just that, at this time, it's obviously too late to regret it.
Postecoglou will have to judge the current situation on the pitch.
Now that the score is 2-2, how should Australia play the following games:
Pressing out to attack, to go for a goal, to end the battle in the ninety minutes?
Keep on the ground, try to tie in 90 minutes, then try not to concede a goal in extra time, if you can score in extra time to take the lead, if you can't, then try to keep the score 2-2 until the end of extra time, and then take a penalty?!
Don't be funny.
We are Australia, the strongest presence in Asian football, and we are the hosts.
Neither the strength factor nor the face of the hosts allowed Postecoglou to arrange for the team to curl up until the penalty shoot-out.
Not counting injury time, there is still about a quarter of an hour left in the game, if Australia can seize the opportunity to take the lead again, there is not much time left in the game, he doesn't believe it, Jiang Chenxi can still score a hat trick to help the Chinese team score again?!
Postecoglou made the decision, he walked to the sidelines, shouted the name of the team's captain, Cahill, and conveyed his tactical intentions: attack! Go for the goal! Solve the battle in ninety minutes!
At this time, on the other side, the head coach of the Chinese team, Pei Lan, also called the captains Zheng Zhen and Jiang Chenxi to the sidelines and explained their tactical arrangements.
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Then, Postecoglou was surprised to notice that the Chinese team seemed to have been prepared for Australia's onslaught, and after the game restarted, the Chinese team fully defended, leaving only Jiang Chenxi alone in front.
Postecoglou is speculating about the current situation, and the Chinese team has fully retreated, which is bound to increase the difficulty of scoring goals for Australia.
However, he believes in Australia's ability to attack.
The Chinese team's tactics are conservative, which seems to mean that they want to hold the draw and play penalties, so that his team will tell the Chinese that they can't hold it.
Postecoglou glanced at Jiang Chenxi, who was alone in the front court, the only thing he needed to be afraid of was Jiang Chenxi, but he was alone in front of him, and he didn't think that Jiang Chenxi could make a difference without support.
However, for the sake of insurance, Postecoglou still made arrangements, Bresciano has been waiting around Jiang Chenxi, and will respond as soon as there is a situation, in addition, central defender Wilkinson is also vigilant at all times, so that even if Jiang Chenxi gets the opportunity to counterattack, Australia can form two lines of defense at the first time, even if these two lines of defense are lost, but this is enough to buy time for other players to return to defense.
Such an arrangement should be ...... It's enough to keep the goal safe.
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Seven or eight minutes passed.
Eighty-three minutes into the game, the score was still 2-2.
Postecoglou frowned on the sidelines, unhappy with Australia's attacking performance during this period.
Although Australia still had the initiative on the pitch and the Chinese team was largely pressed in the half, Australia's actual threatening attack was very limited.
In addition, Postecoglou's performance also surprised Postecoglou, although the Chinese team was passive at the moment, but did not panic, on the contrary, their defense was very good, at least much better than Postecoglou imagined.
What's the situation?
Postecoglou made a routine mistake, he had the impression that the Chinese team should be as passive and embarrassed as at the beginning of the first half of the game, but he ignored one point, twice behind the score, twice equalized, the Chinese team's morale is strong, plus the team's tactics are now simple and clear, that is, to do a good job of defense, in this case, the Chinese team played better.
On the other hand, on the Australian side, the psychological impact and blow of Jiang Chenxi's two goals on Australian players still exists, and the morale of Australian players is now affected. Is Jiang Chenxi still likely to score again?
When attacking, the players are irrepressibly distracted, they have tasted the fruits of their hard work twice and do not want a third time.
This can't be said that the Australian team is not stable and mature enough, it is really Jiang Chenxi's reputation, and they continue to feel Jiang Chenxi's terrifying offensive ability, and there is already a shadow psychologically.
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However, in the ensuing period, Australia's attack finally paid off, and they continued to score great chances.
There is a problem with the fitness of the Chinese team.
Originally, the physical condition of the Chinese team players was not as good as the Australians, and the whole game was very fierce with the strong Australians, and the physical consumption was very fast, and now, the physical fitness of the Chinese team has reached a node, and the mistakes of the Chinese team have begun to increase due to the influence of physical fitness, and the mistakes at this time are often fatal.
"Leckie passes! Cahill heads back! Ren Hao! It's topped! Kreuzer plugs in after that, single knife! Kreuzer's shot! It's dangerous! It's dangerous! Wang Da Lei! Wang Dalei has made meritorious contributions! After he blocked it, the ball hit the far post and went out of the line! He Wei shouted, his back was full of cold sweat, if the Australians scored at this time to lead again, even if he had confidence in Jiang Chenxi, but it was too difficult to expect Jiang Chenxi to score again in this situation, after all, Jiang Chenxi was not a fairy.
"Australia squandered a need-to-go scoring opportunity! They get corners. ”
"Corner kick! Cahill nods in front! Wang Da Lei! Pounced out! Leckie! Keep up with the shots – and fly away! It flew away!! Duan Xuan shouted, when he said 'unexpectedly', he actually breathed a long sigh of relief, and the whole person was so shocked that he almost bounced up from his seat.
"It's incredible! What our players are doing! Kreuzer! Leckie! We wasted two crucial scoring chances in the space of a minute! The Australian narrator shouted, spreading his hands and looking exaggerated, as if he couldn't understand the situation.
"The Chinese team was lucky, the Australians wasted two chances! Maybe they'll pay for their generosity! The Sky TV commentator, who was commentating the game, shook his head and said.
Australia head coach Postecoglou hugged his head regretfully on the sidelines, obviously very unhappy with his players' successive wasted chances, especially this opportunity, Kreuzer was unexpectedly flying in the face of a half-empty goal, and in Postecoglou's opinion, the Bayer Leverkusen striker made an unforgivable mistake.
Eighty-five minutes into the game, Australia wasted consecutive scoring opportunities, and the score was still 2-2.
Goal kick of the Chinese team.
When the Australian players were still regretting that they had just missed the goal, Wang Dalei quickly kicked the goal kick smartly, and he directly drove the football to the front court with a big foot......
ps: The 4th watch, pluck up the courage and weakly ask for a monthly pass.