Chapter 4 Equals

This ball is really beautiful.

In such a fierce competition, it can be said that it is an incredible thing to score such a world-level barb with such a super difficult goal.

In a substantive sense, Argentina is now leading by two goals, but in terms of the shock of the goals, even if Argentina's first two goals combined, they cannot compare with this barb.

It's a world wave.

Ling Feng, who is known as the stronger the enemy, the stronger I am, finally exerted the power of his world's top stars, and the consequences of that shot just now directly affected the morale of the players of both teams!

The Chinese team can be on par with Argentina!

In the first half hour of the game, almost all of the Argentine team was practicing half-court offensive and defensive training, and the occasional counterattack of the Chinese team could not bring them any threat at all, but now it is different.

To put it mildly, the Chinese team is now an upstart - from the world's fifth-rate team to a first-class team in a short period of time, what is it not an upstart?

Some people say that three generations can cultivate a nobleman, which is not unreasonable, compared with Argentina, the world's top team for decades, the star background of the Chinese team players is not so sufficient.

Looking at the eleven people on the field of the Chinese team, there is only one superstar, a first-class star, full of calculations with two young players who have just become famous, Hao Haidong, Yue Lingxiang and Liu Dong, as for the others, in the face of the world's old powerhouses, it is inevitable that they lack so many advantages psychologically.

Thanks to the rapid progress of the Chinese team in recent years, although the strength is not as good as the opponent, it will not make the players give up the game directly, but mistakes caused by tension are inevitable, and the battle plan formulated before the game cannot be implemented well.

The psychological gap is not something that can be raised in a while.

Although Ling Feng shouted the slogan of competing for the 02 World Cup championship, he did not put too much pressure on his teammates, in his heart, the Chinese team is not enough to laugh arrogantly in the world, and a large part of the FIFA ranking is due to the fact that the Chinese team is too good in Asia.

It has only been more than a year since Ling Feng really took over the Chinese team, and it is really an incompleteness to take more than a year to promote China from the world's top five to the top.

Now the results of the Chinese team have satisfied many people - except for Ling Feng himself, this arrogant and arrogant guy.

After the World Cup, some people questioned the true strength of the Chinese team.

Although it reached the semi-finals and was in the group of death, the strongest opponent the Chinese team encountered was only the German team in the twilight, and as for the two world-class teams in succession, France and the Netherlands, the Chinese team lost both games - of course, it was also directly related to Ling Feng's injury.

But there is a saying that Ling Feng's injury helped the Chinese team, because as a loser, they can say this: "The absence of our main general led to the defeat." ”

This statement is really unacceptable, as if the result is still the same after Ling Feng plays.

So in this America's Cup, Ling Feng came in a hurry, part of the purpose was to play against the top teams, defeat them, and improve the confidence of the Chinese team.

What is a top team?

Brazil, Argentina, England, France, Italy, Germany.

Six of the seven World Cup winners – because Uruguay are now in a state of declining strength and are not good enough to be among the top teams in the world.

Maybe the Czech Republic, Portugal and other Mesozoic or new generation teams are better than some of them in terms of strength, but because they don't have World Cup titles and decades of heritage, their status in the hearts of fans is not so high.

Defeating Brazil or Argentina is the ultimate goal of Ling Feng's Copa America.

But unfortunately, caught up with the turmoil of Argentina's change of coach, the old hooligan Maradona came to power, and immediately carried out a big purge, as long as he was strong, he was recruited into the national team to take up the post through competition.

This made Ling Feng very depressed, to be honest, he would rather touch Brazil.

It can be said that Ling Feng's world wave just now gave the Chinese team confidence at the same time, but also gave himself confidence, what about Maradona? When I was in Florence, I don't know how many times I was cleaned up by him, and I was afraid to play him on the court one more time?

In the next fifteen minutes, the Chinese team and Argentina were evenly matched!

Controlling the game requires the joint force of three lines, even if it is as strong as Fiorentina's midfield, when the opponent's forward returns to the defender to press, it is impossible to rely on the strength of Effenberg and Zidane to control the midfield, Carlos and Thuram on the side are involved on both wings, and it is also very important for Nesta and Cannavaro in the middle to fill in at any time.

The Chinese team's defenders are not up to this level, the average age is too young to become the Achilles heel of the Chinese team, the two wings Sun Jihai and Zhu Yin are under too much pressure, and they dare not let go to pass, which has become the weakness of the Chinese team in this game.

But after Ling Feng scored, this weakness was overcome, mainly because the player's psychology has changed a lot.

Ling Feng won the ball in the midfield, and in the face of the sandwich of Veron and Redondo, he easily distributed the ball to Sun Jihai on the side, and the Chinese Sun plugged Yue Lingxiang in front of him, completing a beautiful triangle.

Sun Jihai and Zhu Yin are both quite outstanding in their awareness of the ball, which is why these two players have been able to play the main role when Maradona led the national team to the World Cup.

Because although some people's defensive ability is better than them, as a fullback, Lao Ma always believes that fullbacks are not fullbacks, and their task is not only to defend, but should play a very important role in attack.

Now, the two of them have indeed lived up to Lao Ma's "high expectations", with their participation, Ling Feng's pressure in the middle has been greatly reduced, he can have a lot of space to move in the middle, and can easily open a gap where no one is defending and wait for his teammates to pass.

In the 40th minute, Liu Dong made a wonderful half-high ball from the left, Ling Feng stopped on his chest after insertion, pushed the arch of his foot, and tore apart the Argentine team's back line with a scalpel-like pass, but Hao Haidong's shot hit the post.

The "bang" sound hit Maradona's heart like a sledgehammer, the old rascal now regrets it, according to the speed of progress of the Chinese team, above the 02 World Cup, they will be their big rivals!

As a veteran powerhouse, Argentina will naturally not be disrupted by such a change, and it is just a moment of stunned effort, under the organization of their new midfield quartet, the Blue White Army launched a counterattack.

The two fullbacks participated in the attack, and the defensive ability will naturally weaken, Veron took such an opportunity to pass to the side, Caniggia quickly cut into the penalty area, and shot vigorously, the ball was barely held out of the bottom line by Fu Bin, and the Chinese team escaped.

This is also the reason why Ling Feng is desperate for two top central defenders.

In the case of fullbacks' assists, the gaps behind them need to be filled by central defenders, but the two partners formed by Zhang Enhua and Zhang Yonghai are really not good, no matter the awareness and experience, they can't fit into this 4-4-2 formation, plus without an excellent midfielder, Ling Feng can't play the kind of 4-3-1-2 extended formation like in Fiorentina.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team fell behind 1:2.

At the start of the second half, Maradona replaced Ortega, who was not too good, and brought on Riquelme.

Riquelme now plays for Shanghai Shenhua, but none of the players on the pitch are Shenhua's teammates, and as the most well-known club in China, it is embarrassing to have an Argentine star but no Chinese international.

This is China's current characteristic, domestic players have run out, and Ling Feng is trying to pull good foreign players into China......

The Chinese team also made substitution adjustments at this time, Yang Chen went off the field, and Zhao Junze replaced him.

Maradona frowned, he is very familiar with the players of the Chinese team, and these people are all players who participated in the 98 World Cup, is it possible that the Chinese team wants to play a 4-5-1 formation?

Or is there some conspiracy they have?

The conspiracy is on Ling Feng, replacing a striker with a midfielder, it seems that the offensive power of the Chinese team has weakened, but if Ling Feng concentrates on attacking, it is another matter.

Sure enough, as Lao Ma thought, after the opening, the scope of Ling Feng's activities was greatly advanced!

"This kid is finally willing to rush up and attack." Maradona thought to himself, but did not make any adjustments.

Argentina is now a whole, no matter what kind of team it encounters, it is this whole fighting, even if the Chinese team's attack is strengthened, their defense will definitely weaken, if you grasp the opportunity, there is still a chance to expand the score.

In the fifth minute of the second half, Ling Feng and Yue Lingxiang made a one-two, the latter crossed from the side, and Hao Haidong's header grazed the post.

Four minutes later, Riquelme fired a long-range shot from outside the box that hit the post and bounced off the line.

Evenly divided!

The two teams are now fighting fiercely in the midfield, and the tactical fouls are also one after another, in order to prevent the opponent from organizing a quick and effective attack, although it has delayed a lot of time, but it has also frustrated the attack of both teams.

In the fifteenth minute, the Chinese team committed a foul in the dangerous area in front of the penalty area, and the Argentine team got a free kick opportunity.

The wonderful cooperation in the 98 World Cup was repeated, but this time the Chinese team was on guard, and Zhu Yin's flying tackle destroyed the ball that was about to pass to Redondo's feet out of the bottom line.

In the 21st minute, Ling Feng's free kick from 36 meters away was knocked out by Bonano's double fists, and the two teams were tied again in attack.

Argentina made a substitution, Veron went off the field, Emaar came on, and the Chinese team replaced Hao Haidong three minutes later and replaced the teenager Ding Rui.

There was no compromise between the two teams!

After Ling Feng scored in the first half, the Chinese team seemed to have changed teams, and the powerful Argentina did not fall behind at all, which made many people who thought that China was an upstart team, and in the face of the most powerful Argentina to play such a situation, this is not only the credit of Ling Feng alone.

Originally, for the Chinese team, this America's Cup was actually a drill, or rather, an opportunity to exchange and learn, as for the championship, I didn't want to, after all, let's not talk about whether I could get it, as a cameo team to grab the championship and run away, after all, it is not a very moral thing.

The Argentines also have a small abacus in their hearts, although the Chinese team is good, but it is not too difficult to win, they are aiming for the next game with the Brazilian team, although they can recover their strength in three days, but after all, they are still a little tired, in case of another injury red card or something, it will make the Brazilians laugh crookedly - I don't believe you look at the big and small Ronaldo in front of the TV now, the buckteeth of the two teams are about to fall out.

"The Chinese team is really good now, and it can fight like this with Argentina!" Carlos sighed from the sidelines.

"Argentina is in danger." It was Rivaldo, a cool guy who didn't talk much, but it was easy to cut to the chase.

"That No. 18 youngster, there seems to be some problems."

Everyone followed his gaze, and the No. 18 was Fiorentina's little player used to exchange for Ronaldo, Ding Rui.

Maradona felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, unspeakably bored, always felt panicked in his heart, but he couldn't say what the reason was.

Just now, the Chinese team and themselves didn't feel anything, but now the Chinese team's spirit has been frustrated, and the balance on the field is gradually tilted to their side, it stands to reason that this should be a happy thing, but there is a thought in my heart, no matter how I catch it, I can't catch it.

The authorities are fascinated, and the onlookers are clear, Maradona's experience on the pitch is far above Rivaldo, but because he is on the scene, he does not see it thoroughly.

In fact, the reason for Maradona's heart is that the No. 18 youngster, according to common sense, the Chinese team replaced the main scorer Hao Haidong with him when he was behind, which means that his strength should be able to replace Hao Haidong.

But now, he has been on the field for a total of more than ten minutes, all of which are so inactive, and several breakthroughs have been cut off by Ayala or Samuel, even his teammate Zanetti in Inter Milan felt very strange, but he didn't pay attention, thinking that Ding Rui was not able to adapt to the atmosphere of this game.

But it was the same player who kept making mistakes and scored the most crucial goal in the 40th minute of the second half to equalize!