Chapter 90: Faced with a Choice
Although the result of the draw is acceptable to both teams, if there is a chance to win this game, neither team will let it go!
The Dragons did not leave too good a chance for the Australian team to counterattack; On the Australian team's side, Shen Feng, the counterattack arrow of the Dragon Country team, was also closely guarded, and he was not easily given the opportunity to get the ball.
Shen Feng didn't have many opportunities to perform in this game, except for the first counterattack of the Dragon Country team, he got an excellent single chance, and in the later games, although he also completed a few shots, he was relatively reluctant to get off the goal, and he was not much of a threat to the Australian team's goal.
In the second half, because the Australian team took the initiative to shrink the formation, Shen Feng was left less room for movement, although he kept running on the field, but most of the time, he was doing useless work.
Nor can it be said that it is completely useless work.
Xu Yang is keenly aware of this problem, "Now that the game has been played for 70 minutes, the score on the field is still 0:0, and the two sides are more entangled in the midfield in the second half, and the threat to the goals of both sides has weakened." ”
"The Australian team took the initiative to shrink the formation, compressing Shen Feng's activity space, although Shen Feng has been running actively, but has not found too good opportunities."
"Shen Feng didn't have many opportunities to perform in this game, this is caused by the tactical arrangement of the Dragon Country team, not his ability, through real-time data, we can see that after 70 minutes of play, Shen Feng's running distance has reached 7,000 meters, which is the longest running distance among all the players on the field!"
"He played as a single striker of the Dragon Country team in this game, as the only player on the field who didn't have to go back to participate in defense, he shouldn't have such a long running distance, but now he is the player with the longest running distance on the field, which can only show one problem - Shen Feng is in the front court, not waiting for an opportunity, but taking the initiative to seek an opportunity to attack!"
"In addition, Shen Feng's active running also has a side effect, that is, it can effectively consume the Australian team's players to mark him, and now, through observation, we can see that the player sent by the Australian team to specifically mark Shen Feng is a little unable to run and can't keep up with Shen Feng's footsteps."
"The head coach of the Australian team should also be aware of this problem, and immediately made personnel adjustments, replaced with a physical player, and continued to keep an eye on Shen Feng, it seems that through the single goal that hit the goalpost in the first half, the Australian team deeply realized Shen Feng's lethality, and did not dare to ignore his defense."
He Wei then introduced the changes on the field, "On the side of the Dragon Country team, they also followed closely with personnel adjustments, replacing Zhang Xizhe and replacing Wu Lei, after Wu Lei was on the field, whether he stood in the midfield or appeared in the front court, let us make further observations according to the next game." ”
When Lippi was more than 70 minutes into the game, he replaced Wu Lei and officially sounded the horn of the Dragon Nation team's counterattack.
In this game, although Lippi was able to accept a 0:0 draw, it would be even better if the Dragon Country team could win!
At this stage of the game, the Australian team is actually not the only player who was staring at Shen Feng before, there is a problem with physical fitness, and the physical fitness of most of the players is at a critical point.
In this regard, the weather in Yangcheng, where the Dragon Country team is home, has helped a lot.
Although it has entered October, the highest temperature in Yangcheng during the day today still reached 33 degrees, and the humidity was as high as 70%, after nightfall, the temperature dropped to more than 20 degrees, but because there was no wind, the humidity did not drop but rose, and when the game was in progress, it reached more than 80%.
In such weather, a little movement is a heavy sweat, but sweat is not easy to dry, and after soaking the jersey, the body is sticky and feels very uncomfortable.
The players of the Australian team are really not used to such weather conditions, and their physical fitness passes faster in the game.
On the side of the Dragon Country team, relatively speaking, it is better, especially several Evergrande players in the middle and backfield, who are quite adapted to such weather and have not affected their performance at all.
Eighty minutes into the game, the Australian team continued to have cramps, and the Australian team used up the remaining two substitutions one after another.
On the side of the Dragon Country, although no one cramped, Lippi was still targeted, and replaced two players who focused on defense in the midfield, so as to prevent the Dragon Country Team from getting out of control and facing a collapse in the final moments of the game.
Such a situation has happened many times in the history of the Dragon National Team, and although this has not yet happened after Lippi took charge, it is still necessary to prevent the slightest slight.
As the game time passed minute by minute, the players on both sides on the field were a little unable to fight.
Only Shen Feng, who has broken through the ten-kilometer mark in the running distance, is still full of physical energy, and drills left and right in the backfield of the Australian team.
In the 89th minute of the game, Shen Feng was the first to touch the ball in a 50% chance scramble, and then was knocked to the ground by the defenders of the Australian team, winning a direct free kick in front of the Longguo team.
Shen Feng took the initiative to take the right to take the penalty for this free kick.
Shen Feng's free-kick skills have been shown in the previous Dragon Country team games, which is quite good, and his teammates have a lot of trust in his ability, and no one competes with him.
When the Australian team was preparing for the game, they also knew Shen Feng's ability, and they were deeply impressed by his free kicks, and in this important game, they have been paying attention to this aspect of the problem, trying to avoid giving the Dragon team a direct free kick opportunity in the 30-meter area of their own half.
Now, as the game is coming to an end, Shen Feng relied on his personal ability to fight for a free kick in the front court that was not bad in this position, and decided to take the penalty himself.
Shen Feng put the ball firmly in the penalty spot area, measured the running distance with his feet, crossed his hands on his waist, took several deep breaths in a row, looked at the direction of the Australian team's goal, and waited for the referee's whistle.
At this time, Shen Feng was actually struggling in his heart, whether to use "skill: one hit must hit", if he used it, this ball would be scored, which was equivalent to killing the opponent.
However, he now has only one "skill: one hit must hit" available, use it now, in the later games, in case the Dragon Country team faces the disadvantage of falling behind the score, and wants to help the team immediately, with Shen Feng's current ability, it is inevitable that there is some strength.
On the football field, the ball is not scored just because it is said.