Chapter 352: The Highly Compatible "Sixth Sense on the Field"
The time of this goal was the 35th minute, which was disgusting for Belgium. pressed on the attack, Belgium was afraid of the Chinese team's counterattack speed and retracted to defend...... Not only the manager, but every Belgian player on the pitch is not reconciled.
They have already left the Chinese defence shaky, and according to the normal momentum of the game, they should be the one who should take the lead, and no matter how bad they are, they can finish the first half with a draw, but now Wen Zhihao has forced them to make a choice.
After thinking about the trade-off a little, Martinez still didn't dare to take risks, and beckoned the players on the field to recover a little, stabilize the defense line for the time being, and endure this moment.
If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and the problem of falling behind one goal in the first half is not very big, but if you are too anxious, the Chinese team will seize the opportunity to play another one, and if you are two goals behind, Belgium will be quite difficult, and it can basically be said that you are powerless.
The risk is too great, not to mention that Martinez can think of it with his toes, the Chinese team will definitely focus on defense before the end of the first half, scoring goals in these few minutes is a completely small probability event, and the risks and benefits of the offense are completely unequal, so he will naturally not be stupid to take this risk.
In the first half, the Chinese team led 2:1. All the fans who watched the entire first half were thrilled and couldn't help themselves. Whether it is Gao Lin's blitzkrieg at the beginning or Wen Zhihao's ultra-long-distance strong breakthrough, it is very ornamental. Especially Wen Zhihao's goal, there is no problem in being selected as the top 10 goals in this World Cup.
What's even more exciting is that Wen Zhihao's key goal not only helped the team a lot, but his personal goal tally also rose back to six, returning to the same running line as Lukakula.
The media and fans are looking forward to Wen Zhihao taking advantage of the momentum to score another goal in the second half, knocking out Belgium and ending the suspense of the Golden Boot at the same time.
Although the Chinese media has collectively tacitly acquiesced that Wen Zhihao will be China's first World Cup Golden Boot winner, it has not really become a fact, and they dare not hold their heads high to the world after all, so they are very eager for Wen Zhihao to give them this confidence.
Fifteen minutes passed in the middle of the game, and Belgium made the first substitution before the start of the second half. Witsel was substituted and substituted by La Liga Real Sociedad midfielder Januzaj.
Speaking of Januzaj, he is also a player with a story. He was talented as a teenager and an outstanding product of Manchester United's academy, but because of his own spirituality, and the defects of physical fitness and confrontation ability, he could not gain a foothold in Manchester United, and now he has been reduced to playing in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga.
In fact, the situation like Januzaj is not unique, and Japanese international Shinji Kagawa has also suffered the same thing. After Dortmund in the Bundesliga and joined Manchester United in the summer of 2012, but after Moyes replaced Alex Ferguson at the helm, Moyes's traditional English style of play completely prevented him from showing his spirit, but instead exposed the shortcomings of the Japanese player's body, and indirectly led to him suffering a major injury in the middle of the season, which was also the only season since Kagawa Shinji debuted without a goal and no goals.
However, Shinji Kagawa was luckier than Januzaj and returned to Dortmund, he regained his former hot form, while Januzaj is a typical high and low walk, otherwise he is very likely to be the main midfielder in the Belgian team.
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Closer to home, Januzaj's appearance was a key signal for Belgium to further strengthen their attack, with the Belgian midfielder's double midfielder becoming a single midfielder. Witsel single-handedly defended in front of the centre-backs, while Januzaj was positioned as a left-hand attacking midfielder, with Belgium having the equivalent of six players in attack, three attacking midfielders Januzaj, Kevin De Bruyne and Nainggolan, and a forward trio of Eden Hazard, Divock Origi and Romelu Lukaku.
The change of formation of the Belgian team gave everyone a feeling: they are crazy!
He Wei suggested to the Chinese team with a solemn face: "There is no doubt that the opponent is ready to counterattack with all his strength and press it with all his might, and the Chinese team should consider strengthening its defense." This is not an act of cowardice, but a retreat. Now is the time for the opponent to be vigorous, and the opponent is hard-hitting, it is likely to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800, the Chinese team can wait until the opponent's momentum declines again, and then seize the opportunity to counterattack when the opponent is exhausted, and the effect will be twice the result with half the effort. ”
He Wei's intentions are good, but he doesn't see any adjustments from Lippi.
Could it be that Lippi couldn't understand the situation? This is obviously impossible. It is really a kind of helplessness to stand still.
It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice!
Zhang Linpeng was suspended for the red card, the Chinese team has one less important option in the backline, and the personnel on the Chinese team's backline are not sufficient, otherwise Lippi would not have brought Zheng Zhi back to make a cameo, and there is only one Shi Ke left in the current reliable defender choice.
But first of all, Lippi was not entirely reassured of him. Secondly and more importantly, Lippi did not want to send a signal to everyone so early to keep to the end. Especially with a one-goal lead, once the players get such a hint, it is often the beginning of a disastrous result. It is difficult to find a way out by stubbornly defending, this is the consensus formed by the development trend of modern football, and defense is not the specialty of this Chinese team.
Lippi hid the martial arts king on the bench today, indicating that he didn't think too much about defense in this game at all, and left enough back for the second half of the game.
At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team still put on a positive high profile, the middle and backfield coordinated pressure, and took the initiative to pressure the opponent, Lippi's choice reflects the thinking gap between the master and the mediocre, the more tense the opponent, the more opportunities and possibilities for the passive to take the initiative.
The Chinese team's pressing for the opponent is also very targeted, right wingback Deng Hanwen and one of the two midfielders Hao Junmin closely followed De Bruyne and Nainggolan, Wen Zhihao when the opponent held the ball, swimming horizontally to cover the entire midfield, giving the opponent the pressure of breaking the ball at any time, forcing Belgium to protect the ball in order to protect the ball, hand the ball to the feet of Januzaj who had just come on the other side.
Let the Belgian team do this, the Chinese team is half the success, and the rest is to hand over the strongest tackling ability Liang Xin and Manchester United golden boy Januzaj 1V1, a duel of pure individual ability.
Liang Xin is still far behind Januzaj in terms of physical fitness and competition experience, after all, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and Januzai's foundation is still very thick.
However, on the field, Liang Xin has the most important advantage. First, he works hard and dares to make moves in the face of any opponent, which is very similar to Wen Zhihao. Second, and more importantly, after a high-intensity confrontation at half-time, Liang Xin has fully adapted to the rhythm of the game, while Januzaj is still in the stage of exploring and adapting to the game. To put it simply, Liang Xin has an advantage in playing on the spot at this stage.
On the football field, the real factor that determines the active or passive of both sides is the on-the-spot performance of the players on both sides. Therefore, with this alone, Liang Xin can make up for his lack of ability in a short period of time, and turn to catch his opponent off guard.
In the first three minutes of the second half, Januzaj touched the ball three times, Liang Xin pressed it in time, the first time because of the excessive action, pushed down Januzaj was blown foul, and after the second steal, there was some hesitation, and Januzaj counter-steal the ball in time. However, as the old saying goes, there are only three things, and the third time Liang Xin learned the lessons of the first two times, and chose to make a smooth transition as soon as he broke the ball, giving the ball back to Zheng Zhi on the back line.
Zheng Zhi took two steps forward and then released a long pass into the midfield. Zheng Zhi's own job is the core of the midfield, and the accuracy of the long pass is naturally guaranteed, and it is accurately opened to the most densely populated area of the Chinese team in the midfield. Yu Dabao and Hao Junmin competed with Witsel who ran over at the same time.
If it is a one-on-one battle between Hao Junmin and Witsel, there is almost no chance of winning, and the difference in height and bounce power is obvious, but due to Yu Dabao's large range of activities, he just returned to the midfield to participate in this header, as a striker, he has a height of 1.82 meters and a stronger body than Hao Junmin.
To be on the safe side, Witsel's first reaction was to protect the ball, and after the jump, he glanced behind him with his peripheral vision, and Vermaelen was only three steps away from him, so he thought about heading back to the defender, as long as the ball was still at the feet of the team, he would complete his job.
However, even he would not have thought that Hao Junmin and Yu Dabao were determined to win this header, so his starting force was greatly disturbed, and he just rubbed his scalp and flicked it back lightly twice, but it did not fall to the feet of Vermaelen, but slowed down between the two.
Vermaelen was not slow to react, and he also stretched out his feet to control the ball at the first time, but Liang Xin did kick out at the same time, without any fancy eyes, and came straight to the ball, and fought with Vermaelen for half of the "knife mountain ball" this time.
It must be admitted that Liang Xin's courage is very commendable, and this kind of scramble is to risk a great injury, especially for Liang Xin, if the injury is serious, it will even affect the preparation for the new season after the World Cup, which can be said to be very unfavorable for him to compete for playing time in Dortmund.
Of course, Liang Xin's efforts are not in vain, he has been training in the Eredivisie for two seasons, and he has a lot of game experience, so he naturally understands the risks of this kind of fight, and he also knows how to protect himself, so don't look at him shouting in his mouth, it looks very fierce, but in fact it is just a bluff, his real intention is to block the opponent's ball line sideways.
Liang Xin and Vermaelen did not take advantage of each other this time, but Liang Xin contributed to his teammates. Vermaelen cleared the ball forward and the ball bounced off him before falling to Hao Junmin.
The scene suddenly resounded with deafening cheers, and the Chinese team successfully counter-grabbed in the area within 40 places from the goal! A great opportunity to counter back on the spot!
The Belgian commentator was shocked: "My God! Back to defense! Back to defense! This blunder really sucks! ”
Almost immediately, except for the three players on the front line, several Belgian attacking midfielders were all rushing back, but when they attacked just now, they had already run past halfway, and this change came so suddenly, even if they had the heart, they would not be able to rush to the position in at least three or five seconds.
And these few seconds were enough for Hao Junmin to make a further choice after getting the ball.
The actual situation is that Hao Junmin just glanced around after taking the ball and passed the ball to the temporarily empty right side, Belgium's three central defenders system exposed the biggest problem, insufficient coverage of the width of the court, especially when the opponent played a counterattack on the spot, the side was even more open, Deng Hanwen held back for half the court, and finally had the opportunity to show his offensive attributes, and the young man was very resolute.
Deng Hanwen dribbled all the way to the penalty area, and only when the opponent had to turn his attention to him did he pass the ball to the penalty spot.
And on this line, there are actually two Chinese team red jersey players who are outflanking in place at the same time, and the look of anticipation in the eyes of all the spectators is even greater, and the other party also has a tacit understanding with each other, Vertonghen pounced on Wen Zhihao in the middle of the penalty area, and Kompany flanked Yu Dabao at the back point, which looked like it should be foolproof.
What about the facts?
Deng Hanwen's pass was indeed intended to find Wen Zhihao, but the opponent moved in advance, which gave Wen Zhihao the opportunity to judge in advance and make changes temporarily. He was like a long eye in the back of his head, his heel slipped lightly, and then he dodged straight out of the line.
Vertonghen pounced, and the camera camera zoomed out, and the fans saw the number eight player of the Chinese team appear at the top of the arc!
This is Liang Xin's number!
Some fans may wonder, how could Wen Zhihao know the situation behind him, does he really have eyes in the back of his head?
It's very simple, players will also shout and communicate with each other on the field, not to mention that with the relationship between Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin and the playing environment, there is no need to deliberately greet at all, the two will have a similar way of reading the game on the court, this awareness can be called the sixth sense of the court!
This sixth sense on the court allows two golf players to guess each other's intentions. Because both have played in the Eredivisie and grew up in the same environment, their sixth sense on the pitch is easy to match.
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Wen Zhihao's pass is equivalent to setting up a turret for Liang Xin, and the flash after the pass is to give up the trajectory, and the next action is not difficult for Liang Xin.
In order to be safe and live up to Wen Zhihao's kindness, Liang Xin chose to shoot low and went straight to the goal at a very fast speed from an unblocked line.
Courtois touched the ball, but only rubbing the tip of his finger against the skin of the ball was not enough to change the direction of the movement, so the ball still rolled against the post into the goal.
"Good shot! Strike! 3:1, although there is still more than half an hour in the game, the previous performance of the Chinese team gives me the confidence to say loudly: this is the final goal, and the Chinese team has stepped into the top four with one foot. ”