Chapter III: Critical Moments
Cui Peng couldn't continue to insist, substitution, replaced by Yu Liang, a young player from the Whirlwind Football Club, who will turn eighteen years old in three days, with excellent running ability, it seems that Crawford wants Yu Liang to act as a-stirring stick in the midfield to disrupt the German team's attack. Okay, let's take a look at this free-kick ......"
Thirty-five meters away, not far or close, although the possibility of a direct goal is not very large, but it still exists.
"Gotta jump, gotta jump, block, block ......"
Yu Liang, who stepped on the stage of the World Series for the first time, was muttering incessantly at this time, as if reminding his body to forget the tremor caused by the nervousness.
From anticipation to playing, Yu Liang lost the excitement at the beginning, replaced by an inexplicable nervousness, especially at this important moment.
What if you make a mistake?
It is conceivable that it may be accompanied by a lifetime of scolding.
So Yu Liang, who is the shortest in the human wall, hopes that he can use bounce to make up for the gap in height and block this gap in the human wall, of course, if he can directly block the opponent's football, it will be even better.
"Move forward!"
At the moment when the referee turned around, Chen Tao in the human wall immediately whispered.
A few people immediately moved forward slightly, and when the German players protested, they immediately stopped.
Although the referee knew such a small action, when he saw that the distance was not very large, he directly turned one eye open and closed one eye, and then blew the whistle in his mouth.
Backbite!
At the moment of the whistle, I only saw Yu Liang in the human wall, jumped and jumped up directly.
This kind of reaction speed is unmatched.
Just when Yu Liang was complacent about his reaction speed.
There was a burst of laughter, which made Yu Liang realize a trace of abnormal feelings.
When I opened my eyes, I realized that my teammates had not yet jumped, and the German penalty shooters were still running.
Mistakes were made!
Thinking of this, Yu Liang chuckled in his heart.
"Don't enter, don't enter, don't enter, don't enter......"
Looking at the player who took the free throw, Yu Liang muttered again.
The purpose of the human wall is to block the penalty taker's free throw lane, thereby increasing the difficulty of the free kick.
But now because of his abruptness, he has destroyed the integrity of the human wall, and if the opponent takes advantage of this and scores a goal, then his own mistakes will be infinitely magnified. But even if the football flies through here and you don't get a goal, then the mistake can be reversed.
Just as Yu Liang was muttering, he found that the football was getting bigger quickly.
He wanted to make a difference, but he was falling so fast that he could only let the ball fly over his head.
Sou!
The fast-flying football, the moment it flew over his head, there was a gust of wind, which not only did not bring Yu Liang a trace of coolness in the scorching summer, but made him feel even hotter in his heart.
After the football flew over Yu Liang's head, it flew directly towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Although Yang Cheng's reaction was not slow and he quickly pounced, he was still out of reach.
"Oh no......"
After watching the ball pass over Yang Cheng's hands, Yu Liang screamed secretly and rushed directly towards the goal.
Although he knew that it would be useless for him to rush over now, what if the football hit the crossbar? Isn't that a chance to be saved? Maybe you can fight the opponent a counterattack?
With such a belief, Yu Liang rushed towards the goal firmly.
……
"The football bypassed the human wall and flew directly to the near corner, now it's up to Yang Cheng!"
In fact, when they said this, most people had expectations for Yang Cheng, but they were just expectations.
Because Yang Cheng, who was located at the far end of the goal, could not quickly come to the near corner, even if he rushed back and made a save, the ball had already flown into the goal at that time.
But even so, there are still people who are lucky.
If nothing else, I hope that China's U20 can win again and continue to shine on the stage of the World Youth Championships.
Bang!
The crisp sound is a natural sound for Chinese fans at this moment.
Because he blocked a must-score, he saved the fate of the national youth team!
"Beautiful!"
The moment he heard the sound, the big stone that had been selected on Yu Liang's heart finally fell to the ground, and after secretly screaming beautifully, Yu Liang ran directly to the football, and without waiting for the football to land, he rubbed the outside of his right foot and passed the ball to his teammates, and quickly turned around at the same time.
"Here!"
Seeing the German player pressing towards his teammates, Yu Liang asked for the ball directly.
Feng Xiaoting, who was dribbling the ball at the moment, knocked the arch of his foot without hesitation and passed the ball to Yu Liang.
"The crossbar rejected the Germans' goal, Yu Liang knocked Feng Xiaoting horizontally, a two-by-one, beautiful! Counterattack, Yu Liang dribbled the ball on the right side......"
After losing control of the game, most of the German Under-20 players quickly retreated to organise their defence. Only two strikers were left in the front field to maintain the pressure on China's U20s.
Yu Liang, who was not fast and did not have strong confrontation ability, was soon caught up by the opponent's striker.
Although Yu Liang knows his shortcomings, he doesn't want to just give up a one-on-one opportunity, especially if the other party is still a striker who is not good at defense?
After reducing the speed, Yu Liang pulled the ball back with the outside of his left foot, and then quickly drew a circle on the football with his left foot, making a horizontal pass, and after the opponent's center of gravity moved, Yu Liang knocked directly, wanting to take advantage of this gap and rush over directly.
……
"Damn! Silly fork! ”
King Dong on the sidelines, after seeing Yu Liang's choice, scolded directly, and at the same time showed a look of disdain on his face.
At the same time, Crowchen, who was in the technical area, also frowned.
Although he will not ask the players what to do on the field one by one, he is obviously a little worried about Yu Liang's choice at the moment.
For the worry of head coach Crowchen and the contempt of King Dong, of course Yu Liang in the field will not know, because at the moment he is immersed in the pleasure brought by passing people.
But this pleasure didn't last long, and when Yu Liang just caught up with football, he felt the pressure coming from his side.
Under pressure, Yu Liang stumbled, his toes touched the football, and the football broke out of Yu Liang's control and was directly obtained by the opposing player.
"Foul, this should be a foul! He's pushing! ”
Interrupted by someone, Yu Liang's face was full of unhappiness, and when he saw the referee running past him, he immediately followed, where he kept complaining about the rudeness and barbarism of the German players.
While making gestures of pushing people, he chattered endlessly.
He may have done so because the opposing striker had fouled him, or he was just trying to save some face for his mistakes.
However, Yu Liang did not get the result he wanted, but was shocked into a cold sweat by the counterattack of the German team.
After Genltner broke the ball in the middle, it moved directly to the right, and after Delula broke through and crossed directly near the bottom line, Tomick at the edge of the box shot directly over the crossbar without stopping.
"Oh, another kick on the goal, apparently the Germans did not give up, they seem to want to settle the battle in ninety minutes!"
The German team's shot calmed Yu Liang down, walked to the edge of the penalty area, and after making an apologetic gesture to goalkeeper Yang Cheng, he returned to his position.
The game continues!
The Germans want to win the game in 90 minutes, and the national youth team wants to win the game in 90 minutes.
In terms of physical fitness, this national youth team is certainly not as good as the German U20, and the reason why it has been able to stalemate for such a long time is mainly because it is better than the opponent in terms of foot technology and team coordination.
If it is delayed to overtime, the national youth team will definitely fall behind due to physical reasons.
Although Crawford was ready for extra time early, he still had to try to avoid it if he could avoid it. But after a glance at the warm-up players, Crowchen still stopped the idea of substitution.
"Waiting, waiting......"
After muttering twice, Crowchen set his eyes on the court.
After surviving the tense moment when he just came on the court, Yu Liang's performance on the court became more and more stable. Especially when his teammates pressed on the big attack, Yu Liang's role became more and more obvious.
The abundant physical fitness and excellent running ability gave the German U20 players the illusion that the Chinese U20 was full of more than 11 people on the pitch at the moment, but 12 people, or even more.
Because every time the German U20 organizes an attack, it will be shrouded in Yu Liang's pressing and defense.
"Beautiful, I now finally understand why Crouchen took Yu Liang to the Netherlands, although Yu Liang's shortcomings are many and obvious, but his advantages are also very obvious, and his excellent running ability has caused a lot of trouble for the Germans at this time! With two minutes of stoppage time and less than three minutes left, hopefully the lads will hold on! ”
The more critical the moment, the more the chain is dropped, which is the tradition of Chinese football.
It's just that this team seems to exist to break the tradition of Chinese football.
First, they beat Turkey in the first game of the group stage, and then they stubbornly defeated Ukraine with one less man. This kind of tenacious fighting spirit is rare in the current national football team.
Just as the 90 minutes of regulation time were coming to an end, the Germans launched an attack.
The continuous cooperation of the German U20 in the midfield tore apart the defense of the national youth team. Even if Yu Liang's running ability is excellent, he is only tired of running.
Tomic dribbled to the edge of the penalty area and did not choose to shoot, but moved directly to the right side, where the unguarded Delula received the ball and crossed it directly.
The ball flew high and floating in an arc towards the middle of the penalty area, and the front of the goal immediately became a battlefield between the two sides.
"Matip header on goal, dangerous!"
After a frightened roar, the entire Willem II stadium fell silent.
After the header, the ball fell sharply, smashed on the turf, and continued to fly towards the goal......