Chapter 1070: Quick Counterattack
Pep Guardiola, the head coach of the Chinese team, obviously did not expect Uruguay to choose to play against the Chinese team, so when he got the starting list of Uruguay, he was even stunned for nearly five seconds, because there are few managers in the world who have the courage to play against the team with Elo.
You must know that Iroh's personal ability is super strong, and he is the biggest weapon in the rapid counterattack, and he can often make it extremely simple to switch from defense to offense in the team, whether it is facing two defenders or three defenders, or even facing four defenders, he is still very calm, as long as he does not deliberately foul, he can complete a dragon.
These situations have been seen most often from the early stages of his career, and as Iroh's abilities have become more recognized, countless teams with Iroh have prioritized defensively, as often wins are built on a solid backline.
And attacking teams tend to have large vacuums behind them, which can be very suitable for players like Iroh who are very fast to take advantage of, thus adding to the invisible danger of conceding goals.
Many people think that Spain's three consecutive international championships are based on their super advanced Tiki-Taka tactics, but Spain's defensive ability is also excellent, and players will quickly counter-attack the first time they lose the ball, so it is not uncommon to see Spain's opponents just about to play a counter-attack only to be forced by at least two people, thus losing possession.
And the current Chinese team happens to have the Spanish style of the invincible division, coupled with the existence of players with super scoring ability like Iello in the Chinese team, in a sense, it is even more terrifying than that Spain!
To get back to the point, the reason why Guardiola was not prepared was that he did not expect Uruguay to play against the Chinese team with a strong Spanish style and Elo, and this lack of preparation was due to the lack of preparation of the Chinese players on the field after the start of the game over time.
In the past, they were used to playing half-time attacking and defending, but this game was very different from what they imagined, the Uruguayan players played a relatively tough style of play, quickly passing through the midfield when the Chinese team was not firmly established, so as to pass the ball to the feet of Cavani or Suarez, who were more capable individually.
This tactic was simple and lacked technical content, but the game had a great impact on the course of the game, and the Chinese team encountered a series of attacks from Uruguay in the unstable situation, so as to concede the first goal in the 18th minute, allowing Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani to find a good opportunity, and he forced Feng Xiaoting to head the ball into the goal guarded by world-class goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei.
As soon as the football flew into the goal, the Mineiro Arena erupted in huge cheers, and the Uruguayan fans in the stands roared hoarsely, as if they couldn't wait to tell the world that the team they supported was not inferior to the Chinese team!
The commentator of Uruguayan national television commented on the live commentary at the Arena Mineiro with a hysterical rant: "The goal is in! Edinson Cavani opened the scoring for us! Who said that the Chinese team must win the game? ”
Edinson Cavani behaved like the Uruguayan fans in the stands, standing in place and shouting with emotion, while he was quickly dragged to the ground by his team-mates to celebrate the opener.
In fact, in their hearts, they have even accepted the possibility of losing, but the actual progress of the game is very different from what they expected, and now they have another result in their minds - if they finally beat the Chinese team, then it is their national team that advances to the final!
This seed of determination unwittingly seemed to rapidly unfold its metabolism from the hearts of each player, growing into a big tree.
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However, their determination to win was soon dealt a blow when Chinese captain Ailo scored with a quick counter-attack on the right flank, assisted full-back Zhang Linpeng, who had been inserted at high speed on the right flank, to score.
At that time, Suarez received Cavani's chest cushion ball without hesitation and his kick shot was blocked by Feng Xiaoting sideways, and the football was reacted to fly outside the penalty area.
Everyone knows that Ailo's dribbling speed is fast, so the defensive attention of Uruguay's defenders is focused on Ailo, leaving only two midfielders who have switched from attack to defense to pay attention to Gao Lin and Hao Junmin's forward insertion, so that Zhang Linpeng, who is faster and more explosive, has no one to take care of.
Iello quickly dribbled the ball through the half, Uruguayan centre-back Godin did not dare to step forward, and his long-time club teammates made him realise Elo's terrifying ability, so he opted for the safest defensive strategy - fight and retreat.
Wait for the famous speedy centre-back partner Cáceres to complete the defensive danger.
However, Iello also has a wide field of vision when dribbling the ball at high speed, and he has long noticed the high-speed insertion of fullback Zhang Linpeng, so after attracting the attention of most of the defense after half the court, he decisively passed a long pass that was more than 30 meters on the ground.
The ball is fast and precise enough to use the technical terminology of the football field – a scalpel-like precise pass.
Everyone's attention shifted to the football before they noticed Zhang Linpeng in the state of high-speed running, and then, the sky above the Mineiro Arena erupted into even more terrifying cheers, because from their vision, Zhang Linpeng was in a state of unmarked.
Other words...... Zhang Linpeng single-handed!
At the same time, the narrator of Uruguayan national television exclaimed hysterically: "- Danger! ”
Even countless Uruguayan fans are praying to God, hoping that Zhang Linpeng, who received the ball, will have the skills that only the Italian wonderful man Balotelli will have - thinking about life!
But Zhang Linpeng did not have this situation, he knew that his dribbling ability was not strong, so he chose to stride the ball, and the forward insertion of Ailo and Gao Lin attracted him to the attention of the defense and some of the attention of goalkeeper Muslera.
Therefore, even if Zhang Linpeng's trip was a little big, it still did not affect his next technical moves.
Soon, Zhang Linpeng stepped into the big penalty area, and Muslera knew that he couldn't sit still, so he chose to abandon the door and attack!
But at the moment when he attacked, Zhang Linpeng suddenly chose to shoot angrily.
Muslera was obviously unprepared for Zhang Linpeng's unreasonable burst, he once thought that Zhang Linpeng would play on both sides, so his attention was on the two ribs, but what he didn't expect was that Zhang Linpeng chose to go to the third way......
The ball whistled over Muslera's head to show how fast the ball was, but it was eventually intercepted by the snow-white net......