Chapter 437: Great Might
After Lu Wenbin scored a goal to give the Chinese team a 1-0 lead, the Chinese team's defensive counterattack strategy became more resolute.
Although limited to the problem of ability, the Chinese team's player defense cannot be leaky, but the midfielders Yu Hai, Hao Junmin, and Zheng Zhi often return to their own half to help defend, and the accumulation of numbers makes it difficult for the Japanese team's offense to penetrate the Chinese team's defense.
As for the Chinese team, although most of the time only Lu Wenbin is fighting alone, Lu Wenbin's personal ability is indeed too prominent, and sometimes one person can penetrate the defense of the Japanese team.
Lu Wenbin's strength that has returned to normal is indeed terrifying.
If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have scored 94 goals in two consecutive years, won the European Golden Boot in two consecutive seasons, and set a European goal record for two consecutive seasons.
The current Lu Wenbin is full of skills such as running without the ball, physique, speed, dribbling, heading, shooting, and passing.
Moreover, the form stability is also much higher than that of other players. Except for the cold a few days ago, Lu Wenbin's state rarely fluctuates.
On the one hand, it may be that the skills improved by the system are more stable, and on the other hand, it may also be related to Lu Wenbin's self-disciplined life.
As soon as he became famous, he had a beautiful girlfriend who was both beautiful and talented living with him, and the work was also a freelance profession like the author, so he could stay by Lu Wenbin's side for a long time.
On the one hand, this gives Lu Wenbin a place to release his exuberant energy, and on the other hand, there is also a person older than him who restricts him.
Although Kate seems to be more open, a woman's jealous and exclusive nature will not change, and she will not allow Lu Wenbin to go to nightclubs, or even hook up with other women, and will not let Lu Wenbin ruin himself by indulging in nightclubs like Ronaldinho.
In addition, in the second round of the group stage, he witnessed his teammates being defeated 3-0 by Qatar, and in the third round of the group stage, he fought until he fainted to overtake the score and get the right to qualify, Lu Wenbin himself was relatively aggrieved during this time.
I just won the FIFA Ballon d'Or and was about to show off my skills, but I caught a cold, and the team's results were like a roller coaster on a trip to hell and heaven.
Lu Wenbin also held back for a few days, and he had long wanted to make a big show on the court.
In addition, the opponent of this game is Japan, not to mention the grievances of the national football team that have not won in Japan for more than ten years, the historical feud between the two countries alone is enough to make Lu Wenbin's adrenaline surge, vowing to defeat the opponent and achieve a big victory.
The combination of various factors made Lu Wenbin's state in this game a bit of an extraordinary performance.
Even though his teammates focused most of their efforts on defense, Lu Wenbin was able to put the ball in the door of the Japanese team on his own.
More than ten minutes later, in the 27th minute, Lu Wenbin retreated to the midfield to get the ball, and then used his speed and dribbling to run long distances to connect three people, and scored an empty goal against goalkeeper Kawashima Eiji who attacked outside the forbidden area.
Lu Wenbin scored twice, and the Chinese team led 2-0.
All the Chinese fans let out a frantic cheer and scream.
However, the Japanese team is still very strong.
Although no one can compare to Lu Wenbin, players in other positions are still stronger than the Chinese team, as well as powerful stars such as Shinji Kagawa, Keisuke Honda, and Makoto Hasebe.
In the 35th minute, Japan finally pulled a goal back with a flash of inspiration, and it was Shinji Kagawa who scored.
At that time, the Japanese team was pouring feet around the forbidden area of the Chinese team, and there was almost nothing to do in the face of the iron bucket formation of the Chinese team, but backwards, Shinji Kagawa suddenly came with a hanging shot outside the forbidden area outside the right corner of the forbidden area.
Yang Zhi stood at the near end, although the speed of the shot was not fast, but Kagawa Shinji had good footwork and a bad angle, and he actually dropped the ball into the far corner.
Although Yang Zhi stepped back in time to make a save, he only touched the ball with his fingers, but failed to prevent the ball from going into the net.
With strong strength and individual performances of stars, the Japanese team stubbornly pulled back a goal in the face of the weak Chinese team's backline, and saw the hope of equalizing.
However, it didn't take long for Lu Wenbin to shatter their hopes.
In the 40th minute, Lu Wenbin came to another long-distance run, and successively broke through Keisuke Honda and Maya Yoshida to the top of the arc of the big forbidden zone, and was about to enter the forbidden zone.
The Japanese team, which has been extremely nervous by Lu Wenbin's brace, can't take care of the running position of other Chinese team players at all, and the remaining Yayuki Konno, Yuto Nagatomo, Makoto Hasebe and others who are close to each other surround Lu Wenbin, trying to prevent him from entering the forbidden zone, so that Yu Hai, who is plugged in on the side, is unguarded at all.
So, Lu Wenbin suddenly stretched out his foot and poked it during the run, and passed the ball to the left of the big forbidden area.
Yu Hai, who was plugged in on the wing, did not waste Lu Wenbin's assist and this one-on-one chance, he took a step closer to goal with no defender, and then played a near corner against goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima.
The distance was too close, and although Kawashima Eiji made a subconscious save, it didn't help.
The ball drilled through the gap between him and the post into the goal, and the Chinese team extended the score to 3-1.
Although this goal was not scored by Lu Wenbin, most of the credit is still due to him.
It was his long-distance run that seemed to be indomitable that made the Japanese team panic, completely forgot about the overall defense, and swarmed to block Lu Wenbin, giving Yu Hai a chance to shoot calmly with a single knife.
After falling behind by two more goals, the Japanese team was still very tenacious, continuing to besiege the Chinese team, the Chinese team continued to set up an iron bucket formation, and let Lu Wenbin attack alone in the front court.
In the next few minutes, the Chinese team withstood the Japanese team's attack, and a counterattack by Lu Wenbin was also stopped by the Japanese team's tactical foul.
One minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the two sides went into the break with a 3-1 scoreline.
Between the two-goal lead, at halftime, Gao Hongbo successively replaced Hao Junmin and Yu Hai, two offensive forwards, and replaced two back midfielders to strengthen the defense.
The current formation of the Chinese team is almost 5311, with 5 defenders, 3 defensive midfielders, 1 forward Zheng Zhi, and 1 forward Lu Wenbin.
In the frontcourt, Zheng Zhi and Lu Wenbin cooperated to counterattack, and even all-round midfielder Zheng Zhi had to retreat most of the time to participate in defense.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
After seeing the substitutions of the Chinese team and the more extreme defensive iron bucket formation, the Japanese coaches and players were even more anxious.
The difference between the two balls, whether it is big or small, depends on luck.
On the contrary, the Japanese team cannot shrink in the backfield to defend, and must attack, even at the risk of being counterattacked by Lu Wenbin. (Ask for a commuter pass)