Chapter 97: Two goals in a row
Lippi, the head coach of the Dragon Country team, noticed the signs of chaos on the field of the Dragon Country team, and immediately made a decision to unify the players' thoughts through substitutions and adjustments.
Lippi made a counterpoint substitution first, replacing the old captain Zheng Zhi with Cai Huikang.
Zheng Zhi, who is 37 years old, tried his best in this game, and the Dragon Country team was able to keep the goal in the sports battle in the first 50 minutes.
After all, he is thirty-seven years old, Zheng Zhi's will is still very firm, but his physical fitness is really unable to keep up, and the intensity of this game is extraordinarily large, only 60 minutes have been played, Zheng Zhi's running has begun to be a little overwhelmed.
Cai Huikang is one of the most capable players in the back position of the Dragon team, if only in terms of defensive ability, he and Zheng Zhi should have started and served as the double back of the Dragon team in this game.
Zheng Zhi's starting partner Huang Bowen is not bad in defense, but what is more outstanding is his offensive ability, Lippi sent him to start the game, in order to give the Dragon Country team more help in the counterattack.
It's a pity that the Dragon Country team has few counterattacks in this game, and Huang Bowen has been focusing on defense, and his assist ability is useless.
After Cai Huikang came on the field, the defensive intensity of the Dragon Country team has been strengthened, and in the sports battle, there is still no opportunity for the Australian team to take advantage of.
Immediately afterwards, Lippi made the second substitution adjustment, and the intention was quite clear, replacing Hao Junmin in the midfield and replacing striker Wu Lei.
This substitution was interpreted by Xu Yang as blowing the horn of the Dragon Country team's counterattack!
Obviously, although Lippi was born in Italy, which is known for its defense, he did not want to rely on defense alone to win in this game.
Italy, led by Lippi, won the 2006 World Cup in Germany, relying on the overall defense of the whole team.
However, tenacious defense is only the basis for the Italian team to win the World Cup, if there is only defense and no counterattack, the Italian team will not be able to go to the end.
The Dragon Country team is now only defending, without counterattacking, and the situation on the field will be so precarious.
After Wu Lei came on the field, the Dragon Country team changed from the previous 4-5-1 to 4-4-2, and the attack and defense were more balanced in the position.
Wu Lei's play, it did have an immediate effect, making the counterattack of the Dragon Country team more effective, Shen Feng in the front court, no longer a single soldier, can form a small range of cooperation with Wu Lei, mobilize the Australian team's defensive players, tear the Australian team's defense.
However, the all-or-nothing Australian team did not shift the focus of attack to defense, because the current score, defense has no meaning to them, only continue to attack, overtake the score, in order to achieve the final victory.
After a period of stalemate, Lady Luck finally sided with the Australian team.
In the seventy-third minute of the game, the Australian team got a chance to take a free kick in front, the penalty spot of this ball was far away from the goal of the Dragon Country team, and the position was relatively biased, so it was difficult to form a direct attack, but there was no problem in completing a set-piece cooperation.
Shen Feng stood alone in front of the ball, lined up a single wall, and Wu Lei retreated to the top of the arc of the penalty area, directly participating in the defense, helping his teammates to check and fill in the gaps.
The other eight players of the Dragon Country team are all concentrated in the penalty area, almost two people who defend the Australian team, and the defensive intensity can be seen.
The Australian team kicked off and hoisted the ball into the penalty area, this time it was the players of the Dragon team, grabbed the first point, and struggled to push the ball out of the penalty area, but, because most of the players of the Dragon team were gathered in the penalty area, there was no contact point on the periphery, but the Australian team, in addition to a few big players ambushed in the Dragon Team penalty area, other players were also distributed in the half of the Dragon team, in the case of the first attack was fruitless, so as to seek the opportunity to attack the second as soon as possible.
The ball cleared by the Dragon Country Team was waited by the peripheral players of the Australian team, and with a hanging pass, the ball was sent back to the Dragon Country team's penalty area.
At this time, several of the players of the Dragon Country team, who were originally concentrated in the penalty area, had already rushed out and were ready to launch a counterattack.
The attacking players of the Australian team, on the other hand, did not move, apparently trusting their teammates' ability to launch a second attack.
As a result, when the Australian team launched a second attack, the offensive players of the Australian team in the penalty area of the Dragon Country team, and the defensive players of the Dragon Country team, the number of them was the same, and they could only defend one.
The senior striker who was replaced by the Australian team in the second half once again exerted his power, pressing Zhang Linpeng, who was marking him by the Dragon Nation team, and grabbed the first landing point of the second attack, a lion shook his head and pushed the ball towards the goal of the Dragon Nation team.
This header is a powerful goal, and the angle is also quite tricky, although Zeng Cheng, the goalkeeper of the Dragon Country team, has already flown up and stretched his body in the air as much as possible, but he is still out of reach.
2:1!
The Australian team overtook the score!
When this goal happened, He Wei and Xu Yang in the on-site commentary seat invariably let out an exclamation and were speechless for a while.
Presumably, at this time, many pictures must have flashed in their minds, and the "black three minutes" incident that happened in the history of Dragon Country football must have flashed scene by scene.
However, the work ethic demands that they continue to narrate the game.
He Wei said first, "The Dragon Country team is defending this time! ”
However, the defense of the Dragon Country team is not too much of a problem, although as many as eight people are piled up in the penalty area, which makes the periphery lack of contact points, resulting in the easy concedence of the second attack opportunity to the Australian team, but the Dragon Country team's previous set-piece defense also used this strategy, and the effect is not bad.
This mistake can only be said to be a ghost if you walk too much at night.
Xu Yang didn't dwell on the conceded goal, and was still cheering for the Dragon Country team, "It doesn't matter, there are nearly twenty minutes left in the game, and the Dragon Country team still has time!" ”
However, the blow caused by this conceded goal to the players of the Dragon Country team is very huge.
Many players on the field of the Dragon Country team already showed blank looks on their faces!
In the case of taking the lead in the first five minutes, he worked hard for most of the half, but was chased twice by the opponent in a row, and it was about to be overturned, and it was difficult for anyone to accept such a result.
The players of the Dragon Country team are not without hard work, they have done their best in this game, and now most of the players have reached the critical point of physical fitness, and they are all supported by one breath.
Now, that breath is about to dissipate!