Chapter 5: Overtime
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Ding Rui scored, and in the final moments, the 17-year-old scored the equaliser as China equalised the mighty Argentina.
Maradona was a little angry, but there was inevitably a trace of pride in his heart, Ding Rui, Yue Lingxiang, Liu Dong, these three people were all brought out of the Florentine training base by him.
In two years, they have grown to this point, at least, to be able to belong to the same level as Riquelme.
Although there are some nests that have been equaled, Lao Ma also feels that he has repaid Ling Feng's favor - he has helped himself to win the supreme position now, for him, the previous title of the king of the ball who only has prestige and no real power is far less than his current status in the national team, thirteen years ago he led the team to win the World Cup as a player, nine years ago he lost to the Germans in the final, and Beckenbauer became the second person to win the World Cup as a player and coach.
Maradona is going to do the third.
As for the football king, what to do with this nominal reputation, no matter how you look at it, Ling Feng's life is refreshing, Maradona often regards him as himself, and he turned the world upside down after returning to Argentina.
Ding Rui's goal was not pretty, it was followed by a mistake in the Argentine backline.
Since taking the pitch, the Inter Milan youngster has not performed as well as he should, failing on several breakaways, so even his team-mate Zanetti believes that he was too nervous in such a game and his performance was out of order.
But everyone didn't notice that Ding Rui's several failed attacks were all faced by himself against several people on the other side, and it can be said that even if he broke through one, he was absolutely not sure to break through the defenders behind him again.
But after such a few opportunities were wasted, the Argentine players inevitably had this thought in their hearts: "This No. 18 is just like that, not as threatening as the No. 9 just now."
In the 40th minute, Argentina's wing attack was intercepted by Zhu Yin, the Chinese left-back made a long pass to the midfield, and Ling Feng's header was ferried to Liu Dong, who saw that the empty grass like the Siberian wasteland on the Argentine back line was a high-altitude pass!
Samuel was at the front, and Ayala didn't expect that the No. 18 next to him would start so fast!
In just the blink of an eye, Ding Rui passed by Ayala's side, and before the Argentine guard could block it with his body, the opponent had already run to the front, chased the ball outside the arc line of the penalty area, and then took the ball forward with a big foot!
As a central defender, Ayala is not very fast, especially after being thrown out of the distance by the opponent, it is even more impossible to catch up.
Bonano abandoned the door to attack, he could only let go, but just when Bonano rushed out of the small penalty area, Liu Dong, who had just run to the arc of the big penalty area, actually raised his foot and shot a hanging shot!
The ball flew over the head of the River Plate goalkeeper and into the goal.
2:2, the Chinese team equalized at the last moment and brought the game into Golden Ball overtime.
Such a hot weather, such a high-intensity game just now, has exhausted the players of both teams, and no one can stand it in another overtime, it is conceivable that the last 30 minutes of overtime will be won by the Golden Ball, and both teams will definitely play quite cautiously.
But a penalty kick against Argentina...... Isn't it looking for death?
The Chinese team has no experience in penalty shootouts, and Ling Feng has no experience in this experience, and Argentina is one of the teams known as undefeated in penalty kicks, so the usual practice of staying up on penalties if you can't kick them won't work at all at this time, and if the Chinese team wants to win, it must score a golden goal in the remaining 30 minutes.
Both teams used the final substitutions, but Argentina obviously had the advantage, Crespo replaced Batistuta, and Emaar replaced Veron - which made Ling Feng very depressed, the substitutes were all top players, and the foundation of the Chinese team was still very thin.
Thinking about Saviola and Cambiaso still sitting on the bench and not having a chance to play, Ling Feng had the heart to find a piece of tofu and kill him.
Good players, good players, these are the biggest hopes in Ling Feng's heart, no matter how strong he is, with the development of world football, the situation of polarization is getting smaller and smaller, the 02 World Cup is an example, in addition to South Korea, which is old and shameless all the way to the promotion, such as France, Argentina was eliminated, although it is a pity, but it has to show that other teams are also improving.
If there are no good players by his side, Ling Feng alone will not be able to resist no matter what, now a few young players have grown up, but it is far from enough, a top national team, at least three sets of lineups can be replaced, there must be top stars, but the first-class stars are eleven people on the field is absolutely not enough - not to mention, now the Chinese team can't even find 11 first-class players......
Thinking of Lao Ma's smug face, Ling Feng couldn't wait to find a noodle to hang, the 02 World Cup champion, he praised this Haikou, how to fill him in?
But it's useless to think so much now, the players have worked very hard, and the Chinese players overseas have become a unique scenery in the European arena, and the praise rate is also very high, that is, Ling Feng's own requirements are high, and he can't wait for a few players like himself, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho to come out immediately.
Two words, dream!
Extra time began, both sides played cautiously, and if they accidentally conceded a goal, it would mean that everything would be lost.
Ling Feng still retains a lot of physical strength, after all, he didn't have a lot of time to participate in defense in the second half, and under his scheduling, the Chinese team started to attack without hurry.
The current strength can be said to be Argentina's absolute advantage, the physical strength of Emaar and Crespo have become the focus of the attack, and Riquelme, who also has a lot of physical strength, simply took a very scoundrel approach to rushing up with the ball when he broke through, but no one could stop him - unless he went big.
Cambiaso's purpose in coming on the field was to keep an eye on Ling Feng, and he followed him inch by inch, and then Redondo covered on the side.
Cambiasso, Riquelme and Emaar have all improved a lot from their performances at the World Youth Championships, and these young players are gradually being able to provoke Argentina's future pillars.
Compared with young players, China is no worse than any country, but after all, they have no background, and the experienced players in the team are barely a figure except for Ling Feng, which is the biggest weakness of the Chinese team.
Zhu Guanglu was standing next to him, his hands were full of sweat, compared with the two head coaches, Zhu Guanglu, who kept pacing on the sidelines, was obviously a few notches weaker than Maradona, who was smoking a cigar in a chair.
After all, the opponent is Argentina, and Zhu Guanglu's opponent is Maradona - maybe if China loses to Argentina, some people will stand up and say something, but Zhu Guanglu's loss to Maradona is something that the whole world takes for granted.
Now Zhu Guanglu is observing Maradona's actions, and it can be said that the coach who led the club to the treble twice in a row is the idol of coaches all over the world, of course, excluding some pretentious ones.
Zhu Guanglu is not good, that is, he is willing to learn, he has studied with Santana for three years, and his level in China is the highest, and now when he sees Maradona, he also poses as a student, but the problem is that he does not want to write so many trump cards like Lao Ma.
So Zhu Guanglu could only let Ling Feng play freely, after all, Lao Ma said that with the Chinese team, as long as Ling Feng can be used well.
But now that the game is playing at a crucial moment, and although the substitutions for both teams have been exhausted, the manager can relay some of their thoughts to his players in the event of a timeout such as a ball going out of bounds.
So Zhu Guanglu has been paying attention to Maradona, paying attention to his every move, even more than paying attention to the game on the field.
The old horse spat out the smoke ring, Zhu Guanglu was thinking about what he was going to do in his heart, the old horse suddenly stood up, Zhu Guanglu was scared half to death and thought that he had some new arrangements, but the old horse scratched his ass very ungracefully and sat back......
For Zhu Guanglu, this is a very severe psychological test!
The director specially gave the camera to Zhu Guanglu, on the screen, his brows are tightened, his eyes are resolute, and his right hand is gently supporting his chin, looking like a statue of Rodin the Thinker.
This appearance made the Chinese fans in front of the TV very pleased, in their hearts, Maradona is supreme, but Zhu Guanglu is now qualified to compete with Lao Ma, and is constantly using his brain to think about tactical arrangements, just this spirit, it is already very worthy of praise.
However, if they knew that Zhu Guanglu was full of cranky thoughts, I am afraid that everyone would drown this guy with a mouthful of spit.
Maradona, who is an old man, naturally understands what Zhu Guanglu means, and when the ball goes out of bounds, he often summons players on the field, such as Redondo, Sorin, and Riquelme, and then attaches his ear to say a few words to them, and then pats him on the shoulder to show encouragement, and says: "Go!" ”
Poor Zhu Guanglu was half frightened to death by such a move, his eyes locked tightly on the players he had just called, and he couldn't stop beating the drum in his heart, guessing what Lao Ma had ordered.
But in fact, it is also very simple, Lao Ma said a few words such as "work hard", "pay attention to defense", "there is still a gap on the side", "have you eaten today" and so on......
The first half of extra time ended with the score still tied at 2:2.
Since there was no break in overtime, the players walked to the opponent's half court to take a breath, and many fans were surprised to find that the sweat on Zhu Guanglu's head was no less than that of the players of the Chinese team, and the T-shirt on his body was already wet.
The fans can't help but sigh that our new head coach is really responsible!
Only when Ling Feng saw the lewd smile on the old horse's face knew that Zhu Guanglu must have been tricked by him, if it wasn't for the competition, he would definitely kick the old horse out with one kick.
There was some fun on the pitch right now, with the players taking a short break to drink water from the sidelines, pouring it all over their heads, then taking off their shirts and twisting them so hard that the water was pouring down – even if they didn't pour water on their heads, their clothes were already soaked with sweat.
In the last fifteen minutes, if you can't score again, it will be a penalty shootout.
The first half of the overtime between the two teams was not very good, compared to the second half of the match, the overtime just passed was like eating a large plate of spicy lobster, and the dessert after the meal turned out to be a bitter, astringent and wormy apple, which made the audience very unappetizing.
Fifteen minutes later, the two sides combined for a total of three shots on goal, which was inevitable...... It's too low.
Playing penalty kicks with the Argentine team, not to mention whether you can play it or not, even psychologically does not have any advantage, and the most important thing in the penalty shootout is not footwork, or psychology.
The Chinese team's attack has been significantly strengthened, and they are consciously creating free kick opportunities.
The Argentine, who knows Ling Feng well, naturally will not easily give him a free kick in the dangerous zone, but there are many fouls in the inconsequential zone in the midfield.
After the 98 World Cup, FIFA asked the referee to increase law enforcement, and some actions that usually don't seem to be very big will blow fouls, so both sides are stuck in the midfield, and there is a lot of time delayed by continuous tactical fouls.
The most threatening shot of extra-time came in the seventh minute of the second half.
Yue Lingxiang broke through after getting the ball on the side, cut into the big penalty area and passed horizontally to the outside of the big penalty area, Ling Feng followed up with a powerful volley, and the ball slammed into the crossbar and bounced high, making all the Chinese fans cry out for regret.
Ling Feng knelt on the turf with his head in his hands, perhaps, he wasted the best chance for the Chinese team to overtake the score.
Sure enough, the worst fears appeared.
Thirty minutes of extra time ended completely, and the two sides still did not score, and had to face a brutal penalty shoot-out......
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