Chapter 131: Drag into overtime!
Listening to the abuse of the fans, the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team felt that he was very wronged, and the direct free kick of the Chinese youth team seemed to be no threat, but it was not.
The most threatening thing about this kick is not Zhou Tao's final shot, but the free kick tactics of the Chinese youth team this time!
ZHOU TAO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE BRAZILIAN YOUTH TEAM'S KNOWLEDGE OF LIN QI AND HIS CAUTION ABOUT BATTY'S GOAL. In front of Lin Qi's Batty GOAL, the Brazilian youth team had to put up a wall of seven people, which was enough to block all angles of Lin Qi's shots.
But at the same time, the wall of these seven people also successfully cut off the sight of the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team! Standing on the goal line, the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team could not see the football at all, and he was not worried about it at all, because he thought that it must be Lin Qi who took the free kick.
At that time, Lin Qi was indeed standing in the position of the main penalty, and it seemed that he was the best choice for the Chinese youth team to take this free kick this time!
Although Zhou Tao's free kick was not bad, this free kick opportunity was too important for the Chinese youth team, and the goalkeeper and other defensive players of the Brazilian youth team took it for granted that Zhou Tao was excluded from the list.
In their opinion, such an important opportunity, the Chinese youth team will definitely let their most assured players to take charge, and who is their most assured player? Lin Qi, of course!
The players of the Brazilian youth team would never have thought that Lin Qi, the future top ten superstar, would be willing to play a supporting role for Zhou Tao in this direct free kick. He didn't take the free-kick directly, but just shook it. It was Zhou Tao who really took the free kick this time!
This is what Zhou Tao calculated early on, he expected that the seven-person human wall would definitely be able to completely block the sight of the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team, so Zhou Tao didn't need to consider the goalkeeper factor when he took the penalty, as long as he could make the football go over the human wall and the angle was more tricky.
As for whether the power is big enough or whether the speed is fast enough, it doesn't matter, because as long as the angle is tricky enough, the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team will definitely not be able to save this ball!
The facts are exactly what Zhou Tao expected. His free-kick is taken. Easily crossed the wall of the Brazilian youth team. Although the speed of the football was not fast, it was not until the football had completely crossed the wall that the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team spotted the incoming ball.
That's why he's half a beat slower, because he can't see football at all. I don't know what happened to the Chinese youth team behind the human wall.
Until you see the ball coming. The goalkeeper of Brazil's youth team reacted. But at this time. The football was already very close to the goal behind him, and Zhou Tao's choice of angle for the ball was tricky, and the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team tried his best to get to the football.
His fingers could touch a football. But you can't stop the football.
In fact, the goalkeeper of the Brazilian youth team was able to do this step very well, and the moment he saw the football flying towards the goal, he didn't even think about why the football went around the wall, all he wanted was to stop the ball.
After that, his body reacted instinctively with the fastest speed possible.
It's a pity that it was still a little slower, the football flew into the net, and the Chinese youth team equalized the score on the field!
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The fans in the stands did not know the plight of the Brazilian youth goalkeeper, they only saw that when the Chinese youth team kicked the ball towards the goal, their goalkeeper did not react directly, but was half a beat slower.
In the eyes of the fans, it was precisely because the goalkeeper was half a beat slow that the football finally flew into the goal of the Brazilian youth team. The goal of the Chinese youth team's direct free kick is all the fault of the Brazilian youth team goalkeeper, and he is fully responsible for the goal conceded this time!
The fans in the stands were still cursing, and the commentators at the scene saw the key to it.
"The direct free kick tactics of the Chinese youth team this time are very beautiful, Zhou Tao and Lin Qi successfully deceived all the defenders of the Brazilian youth team. The quality of Zhou Tao's final free throw was not too high, but because Lin Qi had paved the way for him before, it was reasonable that Zhou Tao's direct free kick could break the goal. Some commentators commented on the free kick tactics of the Chinese youth team this time, and he believes that most of the credit for this goal should be attributed to Lin Qi's head.
"The Brazilian youth team put up a wall of seven people, originally to deal with Lin Qi's Barty GOAL. If Lin Qi really takes the penalty for this ball, there are only two possibilities, one is blocked by the human wall, and the other is directly above the crossbar. ”
However, the lack of the final free kick of the Chinese youth team was not Lin Qi, but Zhou Tao! Zhou Tao's free kick is really not high at all compared to the free kicks of those free kick masters, but in my eyes, it is a very, very wonderful goal. ”
"It's not that Zhou Tao can't hit that kind of high-quality direct free kick, the reason why he didn't use too much power in this kick is because he pursued more angles."
"From the slow-motion replay, we can see that Zhou Tao's direct free kick made a very large arc, and finally flew accurately to the dead corner of the goal, Zhou Tao's ball sense can be seen!"
"In my opinion, Zhou Tao's skills in direct free kicks will not be inferior to Ronaldinho too much." Another commentator has a different opinion, and he believes that Zhou Tao should take more credit for this goal.
Of course, no matter what their views are, Lin Qi and Zhou Tao have jointly created this breakthrough. They managed to tie the score at 2:2!
The players of the Chinese youth team were extremely excited, and after more than 30 minutes of hard work in the second half, they finally equalized the score on the field. And the game is not completely over at this time, there are still more than ten minutes left for the Chinese youth team, in this more than ten minutes, as long as the Chinese youth team can score another goal, then they will break through to the final of the World Youth Championship!
Reaching the final is not only a breakthrough for Chinese football, but also for the entire Asian football. An Asian team has not reached the World Youth Championship final before that.
In such an international event. If the Chinese youth team, as an Asian team, can stand out, it will be an honor for all the Chinese youth team players.
At that time, when the World Youth Championships are over and they return to China, they will have bragging capital again.
Therefore, for the sake of glory and Chinese football, the Chinese youth team must win this game.
This goal boosted the morale of the Chinese youth team, and when the game was about to restart, Lin Qi shouted four words to the players: There are still three left!
The players heard those four words. They shouted out together. Although they didn't believe that the Chinese youth team could score three goals in the remaining ten minutes of the game, they still shouted out "shamelessly".
This is the motivation for them to struggle, and it is the best magic weapon for them to win this game!
The Chinese youth team does not need to score three goals, only one. Just one more. That's enough!
After the restart. The morale of the Chinese youth team is at an all-time high, while the Brazilian youth team has taken a big hit, especially their goalkeeper. Until the end of the game, he didn't come back to his senses.
The abuse of the fans in the stands, the tactics of the Chinese youth team's free kick, deeply tormented him, if it wasn't for the good performance of other players, maybe the Brazilian youth team would really be eliminated in the 90 minutes of the game.
Fortunately, in the last ten minutes of the game, Ronaldinho was actively involved in the team's defense. He could see that after the second goal scored by the Chinese youth team, his teammates were a little distracted. At this time, he actively took on more defensive tasks.
In the close marking of Luo Ming, Ronaldinho performed well, and he did not let Luo Ming play too good offensive opportunities. Similarly, on the right side of the Huaxia Youth Team, Juan did not allow Lin Heng to create too good opportunities.
As a result, the score remained 2:2 until the end of 90 minutes, and the two teams had to play 30 minutes of extra time!
The extra-time system of the World Youth Championship is different from that of the Asian Youth Championship, which adopts the Golden Ball system, and as long as any team scores the first goal, they will be the winner of the game.
The extra-time of the World Youth Championship is a full 30 minutes, with the team leading the final score winning the game, and if the two teams are still tied, it will enter a brutal and fierce penalty shootout!
Whether it is the Chinese youth team or the Brazilian youth team, they do not want to use penalty shootouts to decide the outcome of the game, penalty shootouts are too cruel, this cruelty even those who have been famous for a long time cannot afford it, let alone these young players under the age of 20.
The difference in the competition format led to the different tactics of the Chinese youth team to deal with overtime.
In last year's World Youth Championships, the final of the Chinese youth team and the Japanese youth team finally dragged into extra time, and the extra time of the Asian Youth Championship was because of the golden ball system, so the two teams charged each other's goals with all their might at the beginning of the game, and they spared no effort to score first.
Although the extra time of that game didn't last long before Lin Qi's goal ended, the players all had a feeling of prostration after playing those few minutes of extra time.
Their stamina was too much to drain in those few minutes of overtime......
The World Youth Championships do not use the Golden Ball system, and the Chinese youth team obviously can no longer use the charging tactics that do not hesitate to deal with it. The Chinese youth team and the Brazilian youth team had to play the full 30 minutes of extra time, which was a great challenge for the players of both teams.
Their stamina was almost exhausted in 90 minutes, but they had to hold on for another 30 minutes. In the last 30 minutes of extra time, it was not the strength of the team that really decided the outcome of the game, but the physical strength of the players.
As long as any team is physically exhausted, the other team will definitely seize the opportunity and make it impossible for the opponent to turn over!
Extra-time was equally brutal for both teams, as they had to allocate what little energy they had left to support themselves for 30 minutes.
Before extra time, the players had a five-minute break, and in such a short period of time, the players did not choose to return to the dressing room, but to rest on the pitch.
The players of the Chinese youth team gathered in a circle, their expressions were a little disappointed, they thought they could eliminate their opponents in 90 minutes, but they were dragged into extra time by their opponents.
Extra time is definitely not good news for the Chinese youth team. The players will feel a little frustrated that they couldn't win in the 90 minutes, and their high morale will continue to drain as the final minutes of the game go on, until the end of the 90 minutes of the game, and the morale of the Chinese youth team is also depleted.
They didn't have the momentum advantage in extra time, let alone the psychological advantage.
The Brazilian youth team was happy to drag the game into extra time, and in the second half of the game, they were suppressed by the Chinese youth team and had no way to fight back, and even Ronaldinho did not get a good chance to counterattack in the front.
With the equaliser, the morale of Brazil's youth team was at its lowest point, and the players even gave up on themselves. They will feel that the Chinese youth team will still score goals for the rest of the game.
Fortunately. This poor result did not happen, and the Brazilian youth team managed to drag the game into extra time. The extra time also became their best chance to eliminate the Chinese youth team.
The morale of the players in the Brazilian youth team is constantly rising, and now that there is an opportunity. Of course they want to grasp it.
Two phases and one contrast. On the contrary, the morale of the Brazilian youth team is higher than that of the Chinese youth team. The players of the Chinese youth team really don't want to play this extra time, they should be able to finish the game in 90 minutes.
The players of the Chinese youth team are in a very tangled state, coupled with the exhaustion in their bodies. This makes their morale look even more depressed.
"Five goals...... Xueba, we failed to accomplish our goal. Luo Ming muttered to Lin Qi, his tone was very low.
"Yes, we couldn't do it, but there's always a chance for extra time, five goals have to be scored, and we're still 30 minutes!" Lin Qi clenched his fists as he spoke, but he still had a fighting spirit on his face.
But this time, Lin Qi failed to resonate with his teammates, and the players of the Huaxia Youth Team were either dumbfounded with their heads down, or they were gently rubbing their tired bodies.
Anyway, no one paid attention to Lin Qi's words at this time.
Seeing this situation, Lin Qi glanced at Luo Ming meaningfully.
"Hey! Xueba, now is not the time to talk about love, please don't look at Luo Ming so affectionately. Zhou Tao interjected very undisciplinedly.
Zhou Tao's undisciplined, the teammates of the Huaxia Youth Team all know that in the past, when Zhou Tao spoke amazingly, his teammates would laugh along.
But this time, none of the team members laughed out loud, and they didn't even look at Zhou Tao.
Zhou Tao looked a little embarrassed, and obediently closed his mouth without a bottom line.
Lin Qi was quite helpless when he saw his teammates like this, he knew that the morale cultivated by the Huaxia Youth Team in the second half of the game had been completely exhausted.
As the saying goes, one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion, the Chinese youth team is now in the stage of three exhaustion.
"How can you go to overtime like this, is it really too tiring?" Lin Qi thought in his heart, but there was no way to cheer his teammates back up.
The current Chinese youth team, the only ones who are really a little energetic are Lin Qi and Zhou Tao, Lin Qi is physically good or not, you just let him play two games in a row, he will not necessarily be tired, and Zhou Tao is a very smart player on the field, he cherishes his physical strength very much, and generally does not do meaningless runs on the field, which makes him still energetic even if he plays 90 minutes of the game.
Liu Bo looked at the scene of the Huaxia Youth Team and sighed helplessly in his heart, but he still had a relatively relaxed expression on the surface.
This is a habit that Liu Bo has cultivated as a head coach for a long time, and he is not full of joy and anger, mainly for two reasons, one is that he cannot be captured by the cameras and misunderstood by unscrupulous reporters, and the other is that he does not want to be too heavy in front of the players.
If even he looks preoccupied, then the players will be even more dispossessed.
At this time, Liu Bo could only try to show his confidence in the team.
He walked to Lin Qi's side and looked at Lin Qi expectantly, like a child in difficulty, begging for Lin Qi's help.
Liu Bo is actually more disappointed and uncomfortable than the players, in his opinion, overtime actually means the end of the Chinese youth team's World Youth Championship journey.
Because extra time gave the Brazilian youth team a chance to breathe!
The good situation of the Chinese youth team in the second half was created with great difficulty, and they were able to press the Brazilian youth team to play, not because their strength was stronger than the Brazilian youth team, but mainly because they took the initiative in momentum.
But in overtime, the high momentum of the Chinese youth team is gone, and after the Brazilian youth team gets a respite, it is impossible to be pressed and beaten by the Chinese youth team.
They are bound to launch a massive counter-attack against the Chinese youth team, and the first half of the game has already proved the strength of the Brazilian youth team's attacking ability. In the case of not dominating or even falling behind, it is not so easy for the Chinese youth team to defend the attack of the Brazilian youth team.
Liu Bo knew that the Chinese youth team would fall behind in the World Youth Championships, but he was not reconciled, unwilling to lose in overtime like this, and unwilling to miss the opportunity to enter the final again after four years......
He stared at Lin Qi and regarded Lin Qi as the last straw for the Huaxia Youth Team.
Lin Qi found Liu Bo's gaze and understood Liu Bo's gaze, he nodded with a firm expression, and then looked at Luo Ming.
Lin Qi is Liu Bo's life-saving straw, and Luo Ming is not Lin Qi's life-saving straw?
You must know that Lin Qi is not good at creating opportunities, he is just able to grasp them. The premise of seizing the opportunity is that you have to have a chance, and Luo Ming is the one who is seen by Lin Qi as creating a chance for him in overtime! (To be continued......)