Chapter 216: Stir up the True Fire
After the score returned to a 1:1 parity on the field, it was still the Russian team that took the initiative on the field.
Although the counterattack ability and counterattack efficiency of the Dragon Country team have attracted the attention and vigilance of the Russian team, this will not change their goal of this game, and the only way to achieve this goal is to continue to attack.
Although they conceded the first goal, they equalized soon after, so that the Russian team did not lose much confidence in their own strength, and still firmly believed that as long as they played their level, they would definitely be able to win this game.
Then, as if the wheel of fate had turned around and returned to its starting position, the Russian team pressed the defense line of the Dragon Nation team and attacked wildly for ten or twenty minutes, with little success.
After the Dragons' self-confidence was built, they became more decisive in their defensive moves, making the Russian team's attack, where they were interrupted, farther away from their own goal, and less threatening.
And the routine of the Dragon Country team's counterattack, although it is repeated over and over, it is just those two moves, or it is to start directly from the guard line, pass over the top and make a long pass, and find Shen Feng; Or just control the ball a little, and after the midfielder finds the passing line, he uses the through ball to find Shen Feng.
Shen Feng has changed his game strategy, becoming more proactive when fighting for the ball, fighting for every ball, although he often falls into the middle of two or three defenders of the Russian team, but because of his ability enough, the success rate of receiving the ball is not low, nearly half.
This is a big blow to the Russian team's defenders!
The interception success rate of two or three of them can only be comparable to the success rate of Shen Feng receiving the ball alone, which is too much of a blow to their self-confidence.
And once Shen Feng receives the ball and uses the speed advantage to shake them off, they have no choice but to use fouls to stop Shen Feng from moving forward, and sometimes, even fouls can't stop Shen Feng, because Shen Feng's speed is too big and obvious compared to these defenders of the Russian team.
So much so that in the back, the Russian team had to change its defensive strategy again, leaving a player and dragging it behind, so that when Shen Feng got the ball and got rid of the defense, the Russian team could form another blocking point for him, so that he would not face the goalkeeper directly.
Although during this period, Shen Feng tried his best and won two more single opportunities, all of which were resolved by the brave Akinfeev, the Russian team could not always pin their hopes on the goalkeeper alone.
The reason why Shen Feng's two single-knife opportunities were not grasped was because he consumed too much in the previous confrontation, failed to control the ball 100% after the breakthrough, and the last kick was a little too big, and was destroyed by Akinfeev, who attacked in advance; The other is that when shooting, he pursued footwork and angle too much, and as a result, the ball kicked, although it bypassed the flying Akinfeev, hit the goal post of the Russian team, and missed the goal by a fraction.
Throughout the 20-minute game, although the initiative is in the hands of the Russian team, in terms of threat, it is the Dragon Country team that has created more and bigger!
Although Shen Feng's two single goals were not converted into goals, they also shocked the Russian team into a cold sweat; Although the Russian team's offensive during this period is still fierce and has a lot of shots, there are not many that really hit the range of the goal frame, and most of them are long-range shots from outside the penalty area, which is not very threatening.
In the thirty-ninth minute of the first half of the game, the Dragon team planned another counterattack, this time it was Zhang Xizhe in the midfield, who sent a through ball to Shen Feng, which directly penetrated the Russian team's defense.
Since the Russian team has a defender dragging behind, Shen Feng basically does not have the problem of offside now, and can show his speed advantage more wantonly.
This time it was like this, although at the moment of Zhang Xizhe's pass, Shen Feng's position did not occupy an advantage when competing for the ball, but with his extraordinary reaction speed, prediction ability, and super fast speed, he came from behind, surpassing the defenders of the Russian team and getting in touch with the ball first.
The defenders of the Russian team saw that Shen Feng's speed had been raised, and the next step was to start with all their strength and go straight to the goal, although there was still a defender of their own side in front of them, as well as the goalkeeper, but according to previous experience, once Shen Feng controlled the ball and ran at speed, their goal would be dangerous.
The defender of the Russian team made a quick decision, behind Shen Feng's side, and still made a sliding tackle action when he knew that he couldn't grab the ball, although his feet did not leave the ground and there was no intention of deliberately malicious fouls, but it still caused great interference to Shen Feng's next move.
Shen Feng's supporting foot was touched, although his body rushed out, he lost his balance, staggered forward and grabbed two steps, still trying to control his body, and did not fall down, although this position had reached the range of Shen Feng's set-pieces.
In the process of confrontation with the Russian team's defensive players, Shen Feng was also aroused and strengthened his determination to use the most direct way to give the Russian team's defensive players the most powerful counterattack!
Although Shen Feng was born with a big heart, his nerves are also thick and tenacious, and he has always behaved maturely and calmly in the game, unlike a young man who has just stepped into the professional arena for less than two years, but he is still very young after all, and deep down, there is no lack of stubbornness and impulsiveness of young people, but he has always been well controlled.
And once the real fire is aroused, Shen Feng will also temporarily lose his cool and make impulsive actions that are not in line with the public's perception.
Just like now, he thinks that continuing to attack is more threatening to the Russian team's goal than falling to the ground after being violated, and it is more psychological blow to the Russian team's defenders, although doing so will cause a greater burden on his body, and even a careless accident may make him injured and cause unbearable serious consequences, but Shen Feng still made such a choice.
However, although Shen Feng barely controlled the balance of his body, he could not effectively control the ball at the same time, and when the last defender of the Russian team came up, he could no longer make effective passing moves, so he could only choose to use his body to carry it, and then fell to the ground with his opponent.
The referee's whistle on the field was belated, and it was decided that in the confrontation between Shen Feng and the last defender of the Russian team, the foul was committed by the Russian team, and the ball was awarded to the Dragon Country team and a direct free kick was given; Then he turned around and resupplied the Russian defender who had slid Shen Feng behind his back with a yellow card.
The Russian defender's back sliding tackle, although there was no malicious foul attempt, but the action itself, which is expressly prohibited in the FIFA competition rules, is clearly and undoubtedly a yellow card action - if there is an attempt to commit a malicious foul, it is not a yellow card, but a red card!