Chapter 331: The Striker's Nemesis
Mesut Ozil stood there and let out a long breath, lamenting that he had missed such a good chance to open the scoring from close range.
But the thought was only fleeting, and he had no doubt that he had a good chance of making amends.
The German team's frantic attack continued, the Chinese team's midfield and back line have almost completely flattened into a line, Wen Zhihao in the left wing-back and central defender of the combination of mechanical fill-up, clearance, and Gotze to grab the position, fight for speed.
Although Wen Zhihao also showed his high ball quotient to the fullest on the defensive end, making all the commentators exclaim that he still has such an all-round side as if he had discovered a new continent, but Wen Zhihao couldn't hold back his strength in his heart, and his heart was quite angry.
If it weren't for the limitations of strength, there was really no way. He simply was reluctant to make such a sacrifice. In such a game, playing well is forced, and he is not happy at all.
His specialty is on the offensive end, but now he is doing the dirty work of a fullback, which looks as absurd as Confucius playing a big knife and Zhang Fei embroidering.
But Wen Zhihao's most valuable quality is here, and he will feel very awkward in his heart, but once the coach arranges it, he will be absolutely obedient like a soldier and do his best to complete it. And, usually, the performance is not too bad.
However, Wen Zhihao works hard, and it is unrealistic for him to want to have any eye-catching performance on the defensive end. In an absolutely passive situation, the easiest position to shine is often the defender, and ...... Goalkeeper!
Feng Xiaoting's performance in just 20 minutes proved to the world the ability of China's No. 1 central defender. The top ten rising stars of the World Youth Championships that year, who were once known as the geniuses of Messi, although he is 33 years old and gradually approaching the twilight of his career, can still provide sufficient residual heat for the national team.
Compared with Feng Xiaoting, what really surprised He Wei and Chinese fans today was goalkeeper Yan Junling.
I don't know whether Wen Zhihao's pre-game encouragement played a role, or whether he firmly held on to Ozil's close-range header in the opening game that gave him a lot of confidence, or Yan Junling himself is the same as Wang Dalei, with a big heart in the face of big scenes, in short, in the first 20 minutes of the opening game, the German team made four extremely threatening attacks, including a half-single knife from Ozil who rebelled offside and passed directly to Gotze, all of which were resolved by him.
Yan Junling will clench his fists and yell after every successful save, and his confidence will become more and more confident, and in the game of swinging the bus defense, if the goalkeeper can perform against the sky, the momentum of the defending side will be greatly improved. As a result, the whole will be more engaged and more positive. On the field, it is more about passively clearing the siege, but really treating defense as a game of wits and courage with offensive players, gradually consuming the confidence of offensive players with absolute ability advantages, and adding more variables to the outcome of the game.
On the other hand, on the German team's side, Muller, Kroos and starting striker Stindl held their heads in their hands one after another, opened their eyes wide and showed a hellish expression, looking at the goal they thought would be scored, but they were pounced on again and again by Yan Junling's hands like divine help, and they missed the goal. Or press it neatly underneath......
He Wei was very excited: "Beautiful! It was another brilliant save as Kroos' long-range shot was saved. I don't think anyone would have imagined that the biggest highlight today would be the 27-year-old goalkeeper who replaced the main player Zeng Cheng. His performance today will certainly add to the weight he has in Lippi's mind. Will this match be his top match for the national team goalkeeper position? ”
On more than one occasion, Marssellev exclaimed in disbelief: "HAAAAA, God, you haven't entered yet!" The goalkeeper of the Chinese team is the most amazing man today. He seems to be possessed by Neuer on the other end, haha! ”
The commentator of France TV watched Yan Junling's performance and said: "I dare to conclude that with today's battle alone, this Chinese goalkeeper will definitely reap the olive branch of Europe in the summer window." Paris Saint-Germain still lacks a really consistent goalkeeper, and Areola's performance is not enough to be completely reassuring, and I wonder if Paris, which is never short of money, has any ideas......"
Half an hour before the game, Yan Junling was unexpectedly one of the focus of the game, leaving Germany's attacking group back to nothing, and these world-class strikers never imagined that they would be a backdrop for a backup goalkeeper in the TV replays.
If Yan Junling is known to the whole world after this game, it can be said that he stepped on the shoulders of the stars of the German team to complete this feat.
But that's just a hypothesis for the time being. Until the referee blows the final whistle, the German stars will never allow such a situation to happen.
Loew was sitting in the dugout, but slowly he began to stand up and supervise the game from the sidelines. Naturally, the German players spotted the signal, and the manager was not satisfied. So in the last ten minutes of the first half, the German team's offensive was taking it to the next level. The Germanic chariots are starting to really go full throttle.
The defense of the Chinese team, which has never experienced such high-intensity and indiscriminate bombardment, finally realized what kind of overwhelming pressure it is for a World Cup-winning team to devote themselves to attack on the field. It is difficult for the two to stop the opponent's offensive, many chaotic battles in front of the goal, the defender and the opponent have a chance to fight the "knife mountain ball", and many times sacrifice themselves to block the opponent's shot to protect the goal......
The regular time of the first half ended quickly, and the Chinese team resisted the defending champion Germany in the half with a defense that amazed everyone, and it was not breached once!
The fourth official had already raised his stoppage time card, and there was one minute of stoppage time in the first half.
Perhaps thinking that the half was about to end, there was a subtle change in the psychology of the Chinese team's players, and a hole was suddenly exposed in the defensive line. Zhang Linpeng faced Gotze's breakthrough and chose to leave his defensive position recklessly to take the initiative to grab, but was directly pulled by Gotze and waded through, and then directly behind the defensive line, Ozil's forward insertion started very accurately, just not offside, and directly faced Yan Junling.
Ozil was actually very jealous of Yan Junling's state, so they had a direct shot, but chose to speed up and directly beat Yan Junling into the empty goal.
The German fans were quite frantically cheering for the goal that was close at hand, while the Chinese fans were cold in their hearts, and they had worked hard to defend the half, or did they want to lose the night?
Ozil faced most of the empty goals and pushed at will, and the cheers of the German fans at the scene were about to climb to the top, but at this time, a strange scene appeared!
Originally, Yan Junling had been left behind by Ozil, but he did not give up after Ozil's shot, he crawled two steps towards the goal on the ground, and with the help of waist and abdomen strength, a carp was straightened, and at the same time he tried his best to stretch his arms, and when the ball was about to roll into the goal, he flicked the net next to it, and the ball directly changed its trajectory and rolled towards the left bottom line.
The action without the slightest sense of power seemed so shocking at this time that German fans were so shocked that they couldn't speak. Ozil, who was originally smiling, was surprised, and after staring at Yan Junling for two seconds, he knelt directly!
If Ozil knew Chinese and knew Chinese history, it is estimated that he would want to shout "both Shengyu and He Shengliang" now!
The open goalkeeper is definitely the nemesis of the striker.