Chapter 66: Entering the Finals

Xiao Ji has the ability to fight alone, as long as the long pass in the back field is accurate enough, he is a great threat whether he uses his speed to make a quick breakthrough or uses his powerful long-range shooting ability to shoot directly after stopping. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And the Iraqi defenders are strong, the advantages of being tall are useless, Xiao Ji is not afraid of physical confrontation at all, they can't take any advantage, Xiao Ji doesn't fight for the header, his header is poor, and there is no second connection point in the frontcourt, it's useless to fight down, and always choose to control the football at the foot, so that their header skills can't be played.

Several counterattacks made the Iraqi head coach break out in a cold sweat, but fortunately, the goalkeeper was brave and all of them were resolved.

The defense can't always count on the goalkeeper, and the Iraqi team immediately made adjustments, and they began to increase the number of people in the backfield to strictly guard against Xiao Ji's counterattack, preferring to reduce the offensive firepower than let Xiao Ji be so unscrupulous.

This adjustment did have a certain restrictive effect on Xiao Ji, at the cost of making the offense more weak, the defenders of the National Olympic team defended very easily, and the goalkeeper Fang Jingqi was about to fall asleep, he had almost no chance to perform, and it was the first time that the goalkeeper of the defensive counterattack side could do it like him.

At the end of the first half, it was still like this in the second half, and the game was relatively dull, and it looked like it was going to be a blank draw.

The coaching staff had anticipated such a situation for a long time and had thought of a solution.

Liao Lisheng's position is slowly advancing, and the Iraqis are unaware that they are now a little lax.

In the 54th minute, the National Olympic team broke the ball in the backfield and immediately launched a counterattack, and Yang Ting's accurate long pass was directly passed to Xiao Ji's front not far away.

Xiao Ji has already started, and the defender who defended him has also started, and he has begun to get stuck in position, but Xiao Ji's speed advantage is too great, and he has taken the lead in controlling the ball around the outer circle, and the speed of the new Asian 100-meter flyer is no joke.

Xiao Ji, who was speeding, quickly advanced, he shook off the defenders behind him, and passed the front pounced, and all the Iraqi defenders came out to encircle and suppress.

They successfully caught Xiao Ji, who was about to force a breakthrough, but quietly passed the football with his heel.

Liao Lisheng had already plugged in at high speed, and the ball was passed just right.

Liao Lisheng knew that his dribbling and speed were average, and if he took some distance forward, the Iraqi defenders who came back to their senses would be able to interfere with him.

On the contrary, everyone in the world knows that Xiao Ji's long-range shooting is against the sky, but he doesn't know that his long-range shooting is also excellent, but Xiao Ji's light is too dazzling and covers him.

He chose to stop the ball and then he shot from distance, he shot it calmly, no one defended him, it was like a free-kick, there was no wall yet, he had full confidence in his shot.

Sure enough, this time the goalkeeper failed to perform a miracle, such a fast ball speed, such a sharp angle, he couldn't touch it at all.

Xiao Ji assists Liao Lisheng to score!

The Olympic team leads 1-0!

The team that defends and counterattacks will be very difficult once they lose the ball, they have to attack, and in the same way, once the team that defends and counterattacks scores, it is also difficult for the opposing side, they will firmly carry out the defensive counterattack to the end, you choose not to change, they concentrate on the defense, you dare to attack aggressively, they immediately counterattack sharply.

The Iraqis really don't have the courage to attack frantically, Xiao Ji is like a nail in the front court so that they don't dare to move, once the attack fails, Xiao Ji's counterattack that has lost the limit is very likely to break the goal, and it is even more difficult to fall behind two goals, maintain the current situation, there is still a certain hope of scoring, as long as there is a little luck.

In the end, the Iraqis were not favored by Lady Luck and failed to break the goal.

The Olympic team defeated Iraq with a score of 1-0 and reached the final.

Xiao Ji finally didn't score in this game, ending his record of scoring goals in every game, but this did not affect him to be named the best player of the game after the game, he alone involved the opponent's entire back line, and also contributed key assists, at least half of Liao Lisheng's goal was Xiao Ji's.

After this game, Xiao Ji still had a 200-meter preliminaries in the evening, and he couldn't go this time.

The game that was held at 6:45 was almost 6 o'clock now, and Xiao Ji didn't even have time to digest after dinner, not to mention that he had just finished a very expensive football game and needed a long time to rest.

Xiao Ji felt very helpless, this is the difficulty of cross-event competition, your opponent is not only other contestants, but also your own physical fitness, and the schedule is arranged.

He has only crossed one major event now, participating in 3 individual events and 3 team events, which is already so difficult, and it is foreseeable that as his muscle attributes become stronger and more comprehensive, he will participate in more and more events, and the conflict of the schedule will become more and more serious, until there is a situation where the two matches collide directly, forcing you to choose 1 of 2 or even more than 1.

After giving up the 400-meter semi-finals, Xiao Ji gave up the 200-meter preliminaries, and he worked so hard to get the 200-meter and 400-meter qualifications before the Asian Games that he did useless work, making people so depressed that he almost wanted to vomit blood.

The coaching staff of the national track and field team is also very angry, they have questioned the organizing committee many times about the schedule, but they have not been ignored, after all, the organizing committee also has its own difficulties, it is not aimed at Xiao Ji, most of the arrangements are in accordance with international practice, and some minor adjustments are also to take care of domestic athletes.

Not only the organizing committee, but also the Athletics Association hated the Football Association, blaming it for letting Xiao Ji participate in football matches, the number of football games is many and frequent, and the consumption is large, otherwise if there is only a track and field event, Xiao Ji will have no problem.

What makes the Athletics Association even more angry is that the Football Association has not said anything so far, in the past, the Football Association did not dare to put a fart on their Athletics Association, but now with the outstanding performance of Xiao Ji and the National Olympic Team, they have entered the final finals, and the Football Association has unceremoniously taken all the credit on themselves, and it has swelled greatly.

Xiao Ji, who had just returned to the hotel, met Director Yuan as soon as possible, and he was deliberately waiting for Xiao Ji.

His purpose is also very simple, that is, to encourage Xiao Ji, so that he does not have the idea of giving up the 200 meters and 400 meters, tomorrow's track and field World Championships will be held at his doorstep, and all the schedules will take care of him.

Xiao Ji's mentality is still relatively good, he still doesn't have the idea of giving up these two projects, and jokes with Director Yuan that this game is very good, he has been a high-intensity competition these days, and he has not been idle at night, he is really a little tired, and now he can have a rare rest for a night, which is also a good thing.

Seeing Xiao Ji say this, Director Yuan was relieved.