Chapter 324: The Sidelane Junior Becomes an Unexpected Surprise
In the first five minutes, Chinese fans were scared, facing a team like Mexico, which is good at ground passing, and the gap between ground passing and control in the middle and back of the Chinese team was exposed.
Although the midfield of the Mexican team does not have a superstar player of Wen Zhihao's level, the overall rhythm is faster, and the three backs of the Chinese team continue to converge to the back line under the squeeze of the opponent's rapid passing, Wen Zhihao and the front line have not been able to get the ball for a long time, and the front and back fields have shown a precursor of disconnection.
With the current offensive push blocked, the only option that the three central Chinese can think of is to hand the ball to Wen Zhihao. Compared with Zheng Zhi, who is too old and inadequate, and He Chao, who is a little timid, Liang Xin knows that in such a situation, he must press with all his strength to support Wen Zhihao in order to extend the attack to the opponent's half.
Attacking is the best defence, and only by putting pressure on the opponent can the passivity in the midfield and back be alleviated.
Liang Xin passed the ball to Wen Zhihao at the same time, decisively stepped forward to receive Wen Zhihao's ball, the Mexican midfielder's focus on Wen Zhihao's key arrangement with the addition of Liang Xin, the Chinese team's right-back Deng Hanwen is also unwilling to be lonely young player, inserting the assist (desire) (hope) is very strong, as a fullback, the resoluteness of the forward insertion is stronger than Wen Zhihao and Liang Xindu, the first time he put into the counterattack, he went straight behind the Mexican left-back, and the Mexican left-back Anilas is also a Marcelo type of assist enthusiast, Mexico's 4-3-3 formation means that the full-backs will insert assists in a big way, leaving a large space behind them, which is just caught by Deng Hanwen to make a big fuss.
Lippi's center-focused formation makes it easy to think that the Chinese team's victory or defeat depends on the middle, and not many people would have thought that Deng Hanwen on the right side would be a surprise.
Deng Hanwen's timely play somewhat allowed the Chinese team to find a different way after surviving Mexico's onslaught in the opening stages, relying on wide crosses to play some counter-attacking threats. He Wei was also very satisfied with the young player's performance, and frequently nodded and praised: "The Chinese team needs more young players with the spirit of Deng Hanwen, a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, although he is a fullback, he always has an offensive heart." ”
Deng Hanwen's insertion on the wing is very positive on the whole, and Mexican coach Osorio keeps gesturing at the left back, which means obviously, don't assist too much, pay attention to the counterattack of the Chinese team.
However, Deng Hanwen has found his form at this time, Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin also trust his state very much, as long as the Chinese team can open up space in the counterattack, the first time must pass to the right side.
In the face of Anilas who was forced to retreat, Deng Hanwen became more and more confident the more he played, and repeatedly relied on his explosiveness and height five centimeters taller than the opponent to forcibly cut the ball into the direction of the penalty area, Chinese fans did not expect him to be so decisive when he put into the attack, and naturally it was also greatly unexpected by the Mexican backline, the duty of the middle player was to strictly prevent Wen Zhihao and Gao Lin, the highest point of the Chinese team, Deng Hanwen was like a very discordant X factor, suddenly entered the Mexican penalty area, breaking the offensive and defensive balance of the two sides.
The Mexican defenders are faced with a dilemma, they dare not throw away the Chinese team's Wen Zhihao, Liang Xin and Gao Lin, the core offensive players, so they can only pull the offensive players around them and stare at Deng Hanwen's feet.
They can only bet on this very strange Chinese defender, betting that he will not dare to shoot directly at the goalkeeper as a defender.
The cheers of Chinese fans at close range sounded in his ears, but Deng Hanwen paused for a second at this time, which shows that his psychological quality is not bad, and at this time he still knows that he must first maintain a calm and clear judgment.
The Mexican defender made a mistake in the judgment of Deng Hanwen at the moment of pause, one of the central defenders Alvarez shook off Gao Lin and rushed towards Deng Hanwen, he thought that Deng Hanwen would really do the opposite, and directly chose to shoot, as a defender, he still felt that he should create some obstacles for the shooters. Putting the goalkeeper directly in one-on-one with the shooter in the box, regardless of the outcome, is a principled dereliction of duty on the part of the defender.
The stadium is like a battlefield, this sentence not only refers to the cruelty of the football game, but also shows that the battle of wits and courage between the two sides in the game is the same as the duel between the generals on the battlefield. Alvarez actually made such a mistake, but he didn't realize it in time.
Knowing that Deng Hanwen took a step ahead of him and swept the ball to the middle, he was suddenly shocked and realized that he had been deceived, but it was too late, Deng Hanwen had already found the target when he paused just now, it was Gao Lin who had just gritted his teeth and given up the defense.
Deng Hanwen had quickly raised his arm to signal before passing the ball, so the cross coordination was flawless, almost to the ball, Gao Lin stabbed the ball into the goal before the goalkeeper.
1:1!
In the 25th minute of the game, the Chinese team finally equalized with a quick counterattack.
The Chinese fans at the scene immediately danced with excitement, and this goal also inspired everyone's confidence, and the Chinese fans shouted in unison: "2:1!" 2:1! ”
He Wei and Xu Yang high-fived heavily in the commentary seat at the scene, and He Wei then waved his arms and said excitedly: "The Chinese team equalized!" And that's just the beginning. As the fans were expecting, 2:1, 3:1, what's impossible? The momentum of the Chinese team has returned. ”
Sky Sports' Joe Kruka half-jokingly told his partner Rudy Davies: "Dude, I really want to go to China after the World Cup and see how many surprises there are hidden in that magical continent of the East. The best player in the Chinese team today is not Wen, nor Liang, who is confirmed to join Dortmund, but the twenty-three-year-old young full-back Deng! And he is only a first-year freshman in the Chinese team, and he even played in China's second division before. ”
Sky Sports has done a very thorough job and knows the information of every player on the pitch.
Rudy Davis replied with a smile, "I hope you're not too surprised, old man. I remember that the Sun once made a small estimate that there are at least 1,300 Messis hidden in China. Originally, everyone thought it was a joke, but now I'm afraid we have to seriously doubt its authenticity. ”
When the Chinese team collectively fell into cheers and the whole stadium was jubilant, in the back row of each stand and the box of the stadium, there was a group of "alternative" people, who were not wearing fan cheering uniforms, but people in casual clothes holding notebooks to record, and some people picked up their mobile phones to edit text messages, looking excited, as if they had picked up treasures.
PS: By the way, what I want to express through the World Cup is to let the Chinese players as a whole have a chance to move to a higher level, not just the protagonist is open all the time, I mentioned it before, and everyone will understand it better if you read it.