Chapter Eighty-Four: Who Feared Whom

Liu Bo patted the players on the shoulders one by one.

"We played well in the first half, and we continued to play like this in the second half, trying to expand the score and seal the win!" Liu Bo's words seemed to be full of magic, making the players who were a little annoyed smile instantly.

At halftime, Liu Bo didn't have much arrangement, and there were bursts of singing in the locker room of the Chinese youth team, they were singing the "Oriental Dragon", the team song of the Chinese national team.

Dragons, dragons, I want nothing but to support you.

Only dreams, no violence.

Dragons, dragons, forever for you.

Pursue victory and never give up.

The players sang in unison, all with fanatical expressions on their faces. This may be the only time when Lin Heng and Lin Qi will not have a disagreement, and the voices of the two of them are surprisingly consistent.

After a fifteen-minute break, the players sang for fifteen minutes.

Soon, at the start of the second half, the players of the Chinese youth team came on the field in high spirits, and the players of the Thai youth team also appeared one after another, and their frustration seemed to be better under the reassurance of the head coach.

At the beginning of the second half, the Thai youth team launched a fierce offensive against the Chinese youth team, and they continued to attack the defense of the Chinese youth team with mad dog tactics.

The Chinese youth team defended solidly, and all the players except Lin Qi were involved in the defense. Under the combined defense of these nine players, the Thai youth team could not even enter the penalty area of the Chinese youth team.

The Thai youth team does not have a clear attacking routine, they want to use active running and ferocious collisions to break through the Chinese youth team's defense.

The Chinese youth team obviously won't let them get their wish. If you can run, can't I run? After the first half of the game, the physical strength of the Chinese youth team is much more abundant than that of the Thai youth team.

The Thai youth team plays the mad dog tactic, which is to use the physical strength of the players to pile up, and when the physical strength cannot be superior, the Thai youth team has no way to score.

During the period when the Chinese youth team was attacking the Thai youth team, they did not seek a defensive counterattack, not because they didn't have a chance, but because they thought about it at all.

Defensive counterattacks require speed, and Lin Heng and Luo Ming's speed is very suitable for counter-defensive counterattacks, but when they rush up, the problem comes.

The inertia of the two of them rushing up at speed is very large, which is difficult to dodge in case of the opponent's fierce defense. can't dodge, and the collision between the two players is likely to be a lose-lose situation.

The players of the Thai youth team are injured, Lin Heng and Luo Ming can't afford to be injured, they still have to play the semifinals and the finals.

Lin Heng's total number of goals in the Asian Youth Championship is three, while Lin Qi's goals have reached five. Lin Heng now wants to fight back, if he can score two goals, he can catch up with Lin Qi's footsteps again.

However, he was not rash, the consequences of the injury were not something he could bear, for the sake of the future game, Lin Heng chose to be patient.

The Thai youth team played a frenzied attack for a full fifteen minutes, after which they stopped, not to equalize, but to exert too much energy.

Most of the Thai youth team players couldn't run, they gritted their teeth and persevered, and they wanted to continue to seek attacks.

Lin Heng saw this situation, and secretly said in his heart: The opportunity has come!

The players of the Thai youth team were too physically exhausted, and Lin Heng was confident that no one in the Thai team could stop him when he was running.

Do what you want, when the football is passed to Lin Heng's feet again. Lin Heng instantly accelerated, dodging a Thai youth team player who collided with him, and then he rode to the front of the Thai team's penalty area.

Another player of the Thai youth team blocked in front of Lin Heng, and when he was about to stretch out his foot to trip Lin Heng, he suddenly thought of the two direct free kicks in the first half of the Chinese youth team.

Two free kicks, one goal scored by the Chinese youth team, and the other was also a little close. The player's mind replayed what the referee had told them at half-time.

"The Chinese youth team has made sufficient preparations in terms of set-pieces in the front-court, and you should give them as few opportunities as possible for set-pieces in the front-court!" Thinking of this, the players of the Thai youth team miraculously got their feet back.

Lin Heng entered the penalty area and decisively kicked the goal.

The soccer ball flew into the bottom right corner of the goal!

The ball is in! 2:0! Lin Heng expanded the score.

The defender of the Thai team, who temporarily closed his feet, covered his face with remorse, what is wrong with me? It's better to give them a free kick in front of them than to let him go straight to the table.

"The ball is in! It was Lin Heng's solo ride that broke through, Lin Heng's speed was too fast, and the players of the Thai youth team couldn't stop it at all. The commentator of Huaxia roared passionately.

“2:0! The Chinese youth team expanded the score! There is no suspense left in this game. After the commentator finished saying this, he continued: "Lin Heng's goal is also very dangerous, he was almost tripped and fell to the ground by the defenders of the Thai youth team, but why did the players of the Thai youth team temporarily stop their feet?" ”

Not only the commentators in Huaxia couldn't figure it out, but also the on-site commentators in other countries couldn't figure it out.

Is he afraid of cards? Even eating cards is much better than losing the ball, what kind of plane are the players of the Thai youth team, are they going to change from a mad dog to a cute pet?

The Chinese reporters in the reporter area looked at each other, and when Lin Heng encountered the opposing player, they thought that this ball was another free kick.

They were also excited about this, because Lin Heng and the opposing player encountered the position in front of the big penalty area, if the Chinese youth team got a free kick in this position, it would pose a very big threat to the goalkeeper of the Thai youth team, and it was not impossible to even expand the score.

However, the players of the Thai youth team actually stopped at the last moment, he did not trip Lin Qi, but let Lin Heng directly into the penalty area and scored this goal.

But why did he suddenly retract his feet?

"It's not that I'm afraid of the free kicks of the Chinese youth team." A reporter said suddenly.

When other reporters heard him say this, their faces became exciting, this... This is too funny, in order to prevent the opponent from having a chance to take a free kick, he put Lin Heng into the penalty area?

When the Thai reporters heard the conversation of the Chinese reporters, their faces also turned very strange. The sudden withdrawal of the Thai team members, except for this explanation, I am afraid there is no other explanation.

Thai reporters looked at the head coach of the Thai youth team, and the head coach's expression was serious and aggrieved.

He didn't go crazy, which means that the Chinese reporter's guess should be correct. This was arranged by him, and he must have told the players that they should not give the Chinese youth team any chance to take set-pieces in front.

This sentence is exactly the reason for this conceded goal!

"Who's scared of whom?" This phrase popped up in the minds of journalists. In the first half of the game, the weak style of play of the Chinese youth team once made them think that the Chinese youth team was afraid of the mad dog tactics of the Thai youth team.

But in the second half of the game, their thinking changed drastically. The sudden closure of the defenders of the Thai youth team is obviously afraid of the free kick of the Chinese youth team.

Thai reporters and fans alike were lost in thought, and the Thai youth team was already 2-0 down by the time the game was played. Instead of threatening the goal of the Chinese youth team, their mad dog tactics allowed them to score two goals.

One is a direct goal from a free kick, and the other is afraid of the opponent's free kick and does not dare to defend.

"Is the mad dog really the way we think it can be to scare the opponent? Why are we afraid that the Chinese youth team is coming? ”

When the Thai youth team advanced to the quarter-finals, the Thai media and newspapers boasted wildly about the mad dog tactics, and they even felt that the mad dog tactics of the Thai youth team could give them a place in next year's World Junior Championships.

However, the match sobered them up and they blushed at their previous boast. The mad dog tactic has also become a useless tactic in their minds.

Even this mad dog tactic can't be called a tactic, rude play, without any routines, just relying on the players to work the field, are we still playing football, are we sure it's not fighting?

Journalists in Thailand are beginning to think about how mad dog tactics will be critiqued in the newspapers of tomorrow......

While Thai fans and journalists were deep in thought, Liu Bo was not happy with the goal. Lin Heng's move was too dangerous in his opinion, if the players of the Thai youth team did not close their feet in time, Lin Heng was so fast, and there was a great possibility of injury.

Even if the injury is not too serious, there is a good chance that he will not be able to play in the next semi-finals.

Liu Bo felt a wave of anger, Lin Heng actually violated his tactical principles on the field, which was an extremely irresponsible performance. He looked at Lin Heng, who was celebrating his goal, and then at Lin Qi, who was standing near the midfield.

"This is to compete with Lin Qi, why bother, the Huaxia Youth Team is already ahead and has an advantage on the field, why should you take such a risk." Liu Bo muttered and made a decision.

He wants to replace Lin Heng!

Lin Heng's goals after scoring this goal were only four, which was one worse than Lin Qi. Liu Bo didn't dare to guarantee that Lin Heng would not play like this again, let alone that he would be so lucky next time.

To be on the safe side, let's replace him.

Before Lin Heng finished celebrating this goal, he saw the fourth official on the sidelines raise the substitution sign, and Lin Heng was replaced and replaced with a substitute fullback of the Chinese youth team.

Lin Heng's face became a little ugly, and he also knew that he had disobeyed the advice of head coach Liu Bo, but how can I say that I also scored, you can't save some face?

Liu Bo said that he couldn't, he wouldn't save any face for Lin Qi or An Run, let alone Lin Heng.