Chapter 44: The Battle of China and Italy (Opening)

The Chinese team played very cautiously at the beginning, facing the Italian team, which is good at defense, the Chinese team did not dare to relax in the slightest, let alone open up to attack, and then let the opponent launch their best defensive counterattack.

That's a one-shot killing!

"He is strong, he is strong, the breeze supports the mountain, he is weak by him, and the bright moon shines on the river!"

Created a precedent for Italy's defensive counterattack, the bull man simply won the essence of the Jiuyang Sutra, whether the opponent is as strong as Brazil or as weak as China, Italy is thunderous and immovable to put the lineup, no matter whether your attack is strong or weak, in their eyes all beings are equal, as long as there is a gap, the back waist a long pass, the shadow striker takes the ball is to go forward for a while, and then shoot or pass to the center.

Simple and straightforward!

But it is such a simple and clear tactic, decades have not been eliminated, but have become more and more powerful, France, Germany and even England have gradually turned to this style of play, today's world football, among the traditional strong teams, only Brazil, Argentina, the Netherlands insist on attacking as always, but everyone has to admit that the importance of defense in modern football has gradually overtaken and attacked.

On the field, the Chinese team firmly controlled the situation on the field, played without impatience, once found that it could not create a threatening attack, then immediately did not hesitate to pass the ball back, absolutely not wasting the opportunity to attack.

In the eyes of the fans, the situation on the field is like a pair of highly skilled fighters, the Chinese team's fists are tigery, but Italy has been retreating, but the Chinese team is also very cunning, one punch can not hit people, then immediately retract the body, see the situation and then smash a punch......

Italy's rules of survival look a little embarrassing at this time, as they have encountered an opponent who is even more scoundrel than themselves.

But in the eyes of the fans, the Chinese team has always controlled the pace of the game, the ball is at their feet most of the time, and Italy occasionally counterattacks several times, all of which are delicately defused.

Many Italian fans have been shouting the slogan of Trapattoni's dismissal, in their opinion, although the Chinese team has the strength to win the championship, but it does not have the background to win the championship - think about it, the Chinese team has only been showing off its power in the world for a few days? Compared to Italy, we won the second World Cup.

Not only Italian fans, but also many football powers around the world, or fans of former powers, have more or less such thoughts in their hearts, especially the old fans who have a certain age and have witnessed the glory of their country, when evaluating the Chinese team, they will stare at the juniors in front of them who are chanting strange Chinese surnames such as "Ling and Yue" with his deep eyes, frowning deeply, holding his chin elegantly, taking a sip of coffee, or gently smoking a cigarette with a filter. Then he said a sentence in the language of each country: "I want to ...... back then"

I think the Chinese team was a rookie back then, and the field of football was not famous in the world at all - of course, except for Li Huitang, but when he was brilliant, it is estimated that this group of foreign fans who were "thinking about the year" were not born yet.

When Ling Feng first went to Paris and met Anelka, people were surprised that such a Chinese could play well.

If it were a Brazilian instead, it would only make the manager shout genius at most, but he would not specifically follow the question behind the genius: "Chinese?!" ”

The neat red jerseys of more than 90,000 Chinese fans have made Kowloon Stadium a sea of red, and the home advantage of the Chinese team has been very obvious since the group stage match against Poland.

Ling Feng transferred the ball to the left side in front of the penalty area, Liu Dong followed up and rubbed a beautiful curved ball with his left foot into the penalty area, Hao Haidong grabbed the header in front of Nesta, the ball was high above the crossbar, but ignited the passion of Kowloon Stadium.

The narrator also dragged out the syllables in his not-so-standard Mandarin and shouted: "Hao-Haidong!" ”

The Chinese team that controlled the situation on the field naturally grasped the initiative of the game, five minutes later, Ling Feng suddenly attacked in front of the penalty area, his powerful shot flew towards the gate like a cannonball, fortunately Buffon was prepared before, and knocked the ball out with both fists - he really didn't dare to use his hands to take this perverted shot, God knows how powerful he was, if he accidentally got out, then he would be a sinner.

Buffon conceded four goals in three games in the group stage, especially in the final game against Mexico, where he conceded three goals in one game, which is probably uncommon in the history of Italy, and it is undoubtedly a huge blow to Buffon, who is confident to compete for the Yashin Award (Best Goalkeeper Award).

For the Chinese team in this game, he is even more careful, he can hold it twice, and he definitely doesn't need to hold the ball directly when someone is forced to come up.

The Chinese team is cautious, and the Italian team is equally cautious.

For the Italian team, many players in the Chinese team know them well.

Ling Feng won't say it, Ding Rui, Yue Lingxiang, and Liu Dong all came out of Fiorentina, and Ding Rui is still the main striker of Inter Milan, and the defender Wang Gang has been playing in Juventus, 60% of the Italian players are Juventus or players who have joined Juventus, Wang Gang is very familiar with them.

On the contrary, the Italian players are not very familiar with the Chinese, and Ling Feng, who they are most familiar with, is now incomprehensible, and as for others, the number of times they have played in the European arena is not bad, but it is a bit too much.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick, Wang Gang received Yue Lingxiang's cross header and almost smashed the door guarded by Buffon, and this attack once again caused a tidal wave of shouts and applause from the stands.

Trapattoni kept walking back and forth on the sidelines, shouting at the players on the pitch, without the demeanor of a top team manager.

This scene reminded Ling Feng of the America's Cup in 99, when Zhu Guanglu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, while Maradona's old bastard was smiling and playing with his opponent on the bench.

Now that feng shui is turning, Zhu Guanglu doesn't have the confidence to play Trapattoni, but Italy's current passive situation on the field makes him unable to hold his breath.

Ling Feng, who is no longer worth much - it is estimated that there will be at least 80 million US dollars - is the least, because no one can buy him, according to the current record of Figo (Zidane has been in Fiorentina), the highest value in world football, the sky-high price record of 56.1 million US dollars, and the 66 million worth record set by Zidane in history, then Ling Feng's worth is conservatively estimated to be 80 million.

Ding Rui's worth is about 20 million US dollars, which is also a sky-high price for a 20-year-old striker, and his performance at Inter Milan is indeed worth the price of this ticket, but Moratti once rejected Real Madrid's transfer invitation of 22 million US dollars, which shows that Ding Rui's value is definitely more than that.

Yue Lingxiang and Liu Dong, the worth of these two people is not low, together I am afraid that they also have about 50 million US dollars, or that sentence, they are relatively young, so it is impossible to be as expensive as Ling Feng, a pervert.

Hao Haidong is old, but he is worth 8 million anyway, and together, the total value of the Chinese team's offensive line is about 200 million US dollars, not to mention that Italy is a reinforced concrete backline, even if it is a diamond, if you exchange 200 million US dollars for a coin and smash it, you can smash several cracks.

In the twenty-nine minutes of the first half, the Italian team, which had been at a disadvantage from the beginning, finally couldn't hold on!

Ling Feng, who had been guarded by Gattuso and Tomasi before, got a chance, or rather, a flash of aura.

Zhu Yujian made a long pass in the backfield, Ling Feng leaned on Gattuso, and the ball was stopped at his feet with a slight unloading of the arch of his foot.

At this time, anyone can probably only pass the ball, take the ball with their backs, and there are two defenders blocking it, this conversation is fundamentally Ling Feng's loss.

Everyone thought so, including the two Italian players, who had tried this trick many times before, so the butcher Gattuso was still staring at Ling Feng, and Tomasi was already thinking about who Ling Feng would pass the ball to.

But Ling Feng didn't pass the ball.

He pulled the ball back reasonably and slammed his body towards Tomasi!

The butcher suddenly felt a strong force coming, and couldn't help but stumble, and he suddenly remembered what Nesta said to him before the game: "You haven't fought against Ling, you never know how terrible he is, especially, you must not think that your body has an advantage over the Asians, in front of Ling, all the laws we are familiar with are invalid, including gravity." ”

Gattuso would never have imagined that such a player who looked like Sven Wen would have such a lot of energy in his body - of course, if Ling Feng had the same face as him and a hairy beard, maybe Gattuso wouldn't think so, but now that the butcher knows the consequences of judging people by their appearance, looking like a cream boy, it doesn't mean that he is a little white face who has no ability.

Gattuso, who became famous late, did not have the opportunity to fight against Ling Feng, and the players of their generation could only hear about the miracle that Ling Feng had created back then.

Ling Feng is not a domineering player, from the perspective of a strong person, he is closer to the definition of a strong person in the minds of Chinese - he looks like an ordinary person, and he is the same as an ordinary person when he has no strength, but he stands up at a critical moment and makes everyone look at him with admiration!

The strong man that Westerners worship is the type that only respects the heavens and the earth, and belongs to the kind of guy who can scare people to death with murderous aura ten kilometers away, while the Chinese type of mixing pigs and eating tigers, they really haven't had much contact with it.

Gattuso was dodged out of position, and most of Tomasi's mind was on how Ling Feng would "pass the ball", and by the time he reacted, Ling Feng had already turned around and began to rush towards the backfield of the Italian team like a desperate player.

There was a burst of cheers at Kowloon Stadium, and the slogan of "Dragon" resounded in the sky!

Ling Feng plucked the ball, turned around, and inserted forward, a series of actions flowed smoothly, fully demonstrating the ability of the world's No. 1 player.

When Ling Feng quickly broke through the defense of Tomasi and Gattuso, Nesta and Cannavaro shouted at the same time, and Baggio, who had been expressionless on the bench, also slapped his thigh and stood up in an instant, yelling that it was not good!

It's too familiar, such a scene is too familiar!

In Fiorentina, no, when Ling Feng was galloping in Europe, when he was freed from the shackles of defenders in the midfield, it was the weakest time for the whole team's defense, that is, this was the time for Ling Feng to score!

Italian fans can't help but remember that four years ago, when Ling Feng was in Serie A, he had torn apart the opponent's backline with such an attack many times, and he was invincible, but now, can Italy block this attack?

Hao Haidong rushed into the penalty area very tacitly, he knew that Ling Feng might choose to break through and score by himself at this time, but his forward insertion made Cannavaro hesitate a little, what if he went up and Ling Feng passed the ball?

Fortunately, at this time, Cannavaro caught a glimpse of Maldini rushing towards the middle of the penalty area, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and rushed forward with Nesta and the two.

Ling Feng's speed was very fast, getting rid of Gattuso and Tomasi, and in front of him was an empty Siberian wasteland, and by the time he talked to Nesta and the others, he had been able to completely adjust the balance of his body and face the pincer defense of the two of them in the best condition.

Oh, the perfect centre-back partnership in the world today......

Tomasi behind him didn't give up, he started chasing Ling Feng after being flashed, but in the eyes of the audience, it looked like a speeding Ferrari and a broken donkey cart racing, that is, in the blink of an eye, Tomasi couldn't even reach Ling Feng's side.

Finally, it's at the front of the big forbidden area!

At this time, time seemed to stand still, and Ling Feng, Nesta, and Cannavaro, the strongest spear and strongest shield in the world, were about to have a shocking collision!

Nesta is in front, Cannavaro is behind, and it is said that it is a fight, and it is probably only a few seconds, because if there is a slight delay, Tomasi and others behind him will catch up, and at that time, it is equivalent to saying that this attack is scrapped.

Ling Feng knows this, Nesta knows, and the fans know it.

And the Italian central defender's plan in his heart is that he doesn't expect to be able to cut off Ling Feng's ball, as long as he can hold on until his teammates are in place, then he will win.

Ling Feng moved.

Naturally, he will not give the Italians a chance to stall for time, and a preemptive strike is very necessary at this time!

Ling Feng, who had already started, could do whatever he wanted, from this point of view, Nesta was at a disadvantage at the beginning, he could only watch in vain which way Ling Feng broke through, and then stretched out his feet to intercept - as for judging in advance, Nesta didn't dare to do this, when he was in Florence, he was often played by Ling Feng with feints, although his back kicks were a little slower, but they were very safe.

That is, in an instant, Ling Feng had already made a move, his right foot flicked the ball inward, Nesta's eyes were sharp, and he could see at a glance that Ling Feng still had a back move, but he didn't understand it very much at this moment, Ling Feng should know himself very well, such a simple feint, a second- or third-rate defender is just a blind, Meng himself?

Ling Feng didn't look down on himself too much!

But what he didn't know was that Ling Feng's feint was not deceiving him, but behind him - Cannavaro!

Cannavaro was behind Nesta, but his vision was blocked by his teammates, especially when he couldn't clearly see the movements of Ling Feng's feet, the audience could clearly see that at the moment when Ling Feng shook, Nesta didn't move, and Cannavaro hurriedly stretched out his legs to the right!

That's what you want!

With the two of them standing so close together, it would be impossible to break through Nesta first and then rush past Cannavaro's defense, but Ling Feng's plan was to use his body to resist Nesta one-on-one!

Cannavaro was flashed out of the gap by a feint, this action Ling Feng can see, Nesta can't see it, in his heart, the old friend who has cooperated for many years should be behind him, fill the gap on the left, so that the two of them are left and right, Ling Feng is great ability, and it is impossible to break through the past at will.

His idea was good, but Ling Feng directly grasped the fundamentals.

After successfully deceiving Cannavaro, Ling Feng's body suddenly changed direction, Nesta had already expected it, and he stretched out his foot without hesitation to break it, and in his heart, he still thought that even if he couldn't break it, he could break Ling Feng's balance, and then Cannavaro could easily break the ball.

But when he stretched his feet, his eyes glanced behind him, and it was empty, and he saw only Buffon's stunned eyes......

Breakthrough!

The master match was such a momentary kung fu, Nesta was forcibly overtaken by Ling Feng, and Cannavaro's misjudgment was also left behind, just like that, the two most well-known central defenders in the world were directly broken by Ling Feng in a face-to-face kung fu!

After the breakthrough, Ling Feng's body balance was indeed disturbed, if another defender stretched out a kick at this time, then it would be difficult for him to make the next move to change the direction of the ball, but unfortunately no one could interfere with him anymore, Ling Feng was just a stumbling side, and quickly stabilized his body, and with his right foot, the ball went forward and entered the big penalty area!

Behind them, Nesta and Cannavaro are remorseful, but there is nothing they can do; Maldini immediately gave up on Hao Haidong, who was beside him, fell to the ground and shoveled towards the ball, but he was also half a beat slower.

Ling Feng followed the arch of his right foot and pushed it under the ball, a bocce ball with a very angle!

Buffon reacted, but the angle of the ball was beyond his reach, and Maldini flew to tackle it, but he could only watch as he slid past Buffon's fingers and rolled towards the goal.

With a bang, the ball hit the inside post and bounced into the gate!

1：0！ In the twenty-ninth minute of the first half, Ling Feng broke the deadlock on the field, and the Chinese team led 1:0!