Chapter 230: Falling behind in the first half
Nigeria's attacking force is very strong, scoring two goals in every game and winning 2-0 in their last African civil war.
In fact, in the eyes of many people, the match between China and Nigeria is not very attractive, and it is estimated that no one else will pay attention to this game except for Chinese fans.
Everyone is still paying more attention to another match, Argentina vs. Brazil, and the matchup between the South American duo is more attractive.
However, there are still a lot of Chinese fans who came to the scene.
'Nigeria have a strong attacking team and it's time to test our backline.' Huang Huo is very worried about whether China's back line can be stabilized, you must know that Nigeria's attack is still very terrifying.
Moreover, Nigeria's physical fitness is good, and Huaxia is afraid of such a strong body, because their confrontation ability is not strong.
At the beginning of the game, the Huaxia team was very unsuitable for Nigeria's style of play, Nigeria has good physical fitness, can't run to death, they desperately press, so that Huaxia's attack is very uncomfortable.
Jin Feng is also very uncomfortable with this kind of pressing, in the past, in Atletico Madrid, if someone forced him, others could stand up, but now it can't, he can only rely on himself.
"It's not going to go on like this." Huang Huo also saw the problem of the Huaxia team, and the opponent's scramble plunged the Huaxia team's back line into chaos.
Sure enough, five minutes into the game, Nigeria made a successful steal in the half of the Chinese team, launched an attack directly, and easily sent the ball into the goal of the Chinese team.
"It's not good, the Huaxia team actually conceded the first goal, and the game has only started for five minutes." Huang Huo felt that this was a huge problem, and if he lost the ball at the beginning, it would be difficult to play in the following games.
After scoring a goal, the Nigerian team did not relax, they still pressed in the front court and suppressed the Chinese team.
The fans at the scene cheered hard for the Huaxia team, but the performance of the Huaxia team on the field was still not good.
"The opponent's pressing caused chaos in the Huaxia team, they couldn't hold the ball, and Jinfeng couldn't organize an effective attack, so if it continued, the Huaxia team would lose the ball." As soon as Huang Huo's words fell, the Nigerian team got an excellent opportunity.
After Nigeria entered the penalty area, he volleyed vigorously, but fortunately, Wang Lei's performance was brave and saved the ball directly.
"Are you blind, go up, hold down." Wang Lei shouted very unpleasantly, this is Wang Lei's style, he likes to yell at the people in the backline.
Nigeria made a comeback again, and was once again pounced by Wang Lei.
"Wang Lei can be said to be the best player, if it weren't for him, I estimate that the Chinese team would have collapsed a long time ago." Huang Huo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, of course, only slightly, because the Huaxia team's defense was still unstable.
Although Nigeria's scramble is very active, their physical strength is also limited, and it is impossible to run every minute without resting.
After twenty minutes of storming, Nigeria rested and slowed down.
In this way, Jin Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, and he could calmly command the battle.
Under the combing of Jin Feng, the Huaxia team finally stabilized its position, and the next thing is to see the right time to equalize the score.
Because the opponent began to shrink slowly, the lineup of the Huaxia team slowly pressed out.
In fact, this is the tactic of the Nigerian team, they want to end the battle quickly, but they also know that the Chinese team is not so easy to deal with, and a one-goal lead is not safe, so they still want to continue to score goals.
But if the pressing is too tight, the Chinese team will shrink into defense, and Nigeria really has no choice, so they deliberately slowed down the offensive rhythm and let the Chinese team attack.
As long as the Huaxia team attacked, they would have another chance.
Sure enough, the opportunity came.
The Chinese team did not score this goal, and the Nigerian team immediately got a chance to counterattack, their speed was extremely fast, and the Chinese team's return speed could not keep up at all.
No matter how powerful Wang Lei is, he can't stop the Nigerian team's single knife, so he can only watch this ball break through his ten fingers.
"Ah, it's a shame to score another goal." Huang Huo shook his head, everyone thought that the Huaxia team could defeat Italy, and the problem in the face of Nigeria should not be too big, but the facts told them that there was still a bit of a gap between Huaxia and Nigeria, and they were beaten without the power to fight back.
Jin Feng is also very helpless, to say that he can still seize opportunities when attacking, but defense is indeed a rather tricky problem.
Nigeria's attack was not yet stopped, and at the end of the first half, they seized another chance and played a counter-attack, Tian Ya brought the Nigerian player in the tackle, and it was also in the penalty area, and a penalty was decisively awarded.
"This penalty is a bit questionable, if this penalty is scored again, the Chinese team will be three goals behind, and it will be very difficult to get it back in the second half." Huang Huo was a little discouraged, originally because the Huaxia team could play with the opponent well, who knew that it would become like this, and there was no way to fight back.
Wang Lei stood in front of the goal and stared at the opponent's free thrower.
The opponent kicked the ball to the right without fear, and Wang Lei's reaction was very fast, and he quickly pounced in the direction of the ball.
"Good ball, Wang Lei made a meritorious service, he saved the ball." Huang Huo shouted.
I thought that the Chinese team would fall behind by three goals, but I didn't expect this penalty to be saved.
Wang Lei yelled, and Guan Zhi, as the captain on the field, stepped forward and patted Wang Lei on the shoulder.
After the goal was taken, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
"Okay, that's the end of the first half." Although Huang Huo was not satisfied with the score of the Huaxia team, Wang Lei saved a penalty at the last moment of the first half, which was quite good.
"In fact, the Huaxia team has been able to come to this point, which is very gratifying to us, and the disadvantage of the two-goal deficit is not impossible to erase, I hope the Huaxia team can regroup in the second half." Although Huang Huo didn't believe that Huaxia would turn around, he was still cheering up.
In the dressing room, Dui didn't say much, he just encouraged the players not to give up, and there was still a good chance in the second half.
'I think Nigeria scored so easily in the first half and they would have taken it lightly in the second half, so our chance is here and hopefully we can pull together and we aim for the title.' Jin Feng said very domineeringly.