Chapter 52: The Young Commander

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The Chinese team relied on the almost crazy full-court pressing and resolute attack after the opening game, and led the Italian team by three goals in a short period of time, which seems a little incredible at first glance, but this did not completely exceed Gao Jun's expectations, because the current Italian team is actually "famous, but in fact, it is difficult to deserve." Although it is not easy for the Chinese team, which has been further strengthened in strength compared to the World Cup in South Africa, to make such a start, it is by no means a difficult thing to achieve.

Although more than ten years have passed since the day of the crossing, Gao Jun still remembers that the Italian team was eliminated in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup, and more importantly, the current Italian team actually uses Balotelli as the core of the team, and it would be strange for the whole team to play steadily, and with the current strength of the Chinese team, it is enough to break the Italian team's backline in a sluggish state. The Italian team allowed the Japanese national team to score a full three goals, along with three goalposts, and such a scumbag defence is nothing short of an insult to the glorious history of Italian football

However, on the other hand, Prandelli's Italian team is still quite strong in attack, less than two minutes after the Chinese team scored the third goal, they took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to pull back a goal, and if it were not for the back Yang Hao risked a red card to make a key tactical foul, and Wang Dalei miraculously saved Balotelli's penalty, the Chinese team is likely to be chased by the Italian team in the 30th minute of the game to only lead by one goal

Although the referee did not show Yang Hao a red card in the end, a yellow card was inevitable. Considering that there is still a long time to go and it is very dangerous to carry a yellow card in the back, Stano hesitated for a few minutes before replacing Yang Hao with Wang Jiayu, the young midfielder core of the Shanghai Oriental team.

Until this Confederations Cup. Balotelli's success rate in taking penalties in official matches has always been 100%, but Wang Dalei accurately guessed Ba Shen's intentions and turned away his penalty shot, which is really unexpected. In addition to being pleasantly surprised, Gao Jun couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, "Ba Shen never missed a penalty before, could it be because ordinary goalkeepers can't understand the idea of the second goods?" So now we can't take advantage of our second-class goalkeepers? ”

In any case, Wang Dalei's miraculous save still gave great encouragement to the teammates on the field. Wang Jiayu, the organization-type back who was ordered to be in danger, also quickly relaxed, and his appearance was getting better and better

Although due to age, Yang Hao's competitive level has begun to regress significantly in the past two years, first in the Dresden Dynamo team completely reduced to a bench substitute, and then returned to China last season to join one of the Chinese Super League giants Guangzhou Hengda team, but he is still considered the strongest comprehensive strength of the back in China. However, at least in terms of midfield scheduling and offensive organization, Wang Jiayu, who is more than seven years younger than him, has now surpassed this senior in an all-round way.

Although his physical fitness is not as abundant as Yang Hao, his defense is not as sticky as Yang Hao. However, Wang Jiayu's foot skills and the overall view of playing football are better, and he has been cultivated since he was a child in Chongming Football Base, and he is born to adapt to the unique tactical system of the Oriental team, and it can even be said that he is the most suitable player for this system among the players produced by Chongming Qing, and even Gao Jun can't compare, so he was known as "Chongming Pirlo" when he was very young

Under the current situation that most of the main players of the national football team are from the "Oriental Department", Wang Jiayu is like returning to the Shanghai Oriental team, and it is easy to enter the role. His weaknesses in poor physical condition have therefore been greatly avoided, while his advantages of good overall vision, wide vision, accurate passing, and good running can be brought into full play. Under his command, the Chinese team's offensive soon became fluid

In the 31st minute, Wang Jiayu sent a straight plug in the midfield, and Sulin formed a single knife and knocked on the middle. Gao Jun easily pushed through the net and expanded the score gap on the court to three goals again. And just 5 minutes later, Wuqiu Wang hit the goal frame again, scaring the Italian fans in the stands into a cold sweat, while the Chinese fans all regretted it. If this goal is scored again, the score on the field will be 5:1!

Although he missed a good chance to score, Wuqiu Wang still rushed to atone for his sins before the end of the first half, and in stoppage time, he sent a delicate through ball just right, and Wang Jiayu, who suddenly stepped forward, entered the penalty area to form a single knife and pushed the far corner to score, rewriting the score on the field to 5:1. It is worth mentioning that the initiator of this attack is Wang Jiayu himself, and it only took five passes in the middle to completely tear apart the Italian team's backline, which made the Chinese fans in the stands all deeply encouraged.

At halftime, Huang Jianxiang, who had been commentating Serie A games for a long time and had a special affection for Italian football, was deeply saddened by Italy's clumsy performance in this game, "It is necessary to make tactical changes to keep up with the trend of the times, but we can't ignore our own conditions. If the backline continues to be as scum as it is today, Italy will surely repeat the same mistake of going out of the group stage at the last World Cup next year."

After the start of the second half, probably the head coach Prandelli was angry at halftime, the Italian team's internationals were obviously much more active, while the Chinese team reduced the intensity of pressing because of the decline in physical fitness and psychological laxity, and the off-ball running position was not as positive as in the first half, and as a result, the Italian midfielder launched a quick counterattack after breaking the ball many times in a row, even if Bai Jiajun wiped the midfielder's ass hard, he was still scored by the Italian team in the 52nd minute, and the score on the field became 5:2.

This conceded goal also exposed Wang Jiayu's shortcomings in defense and physical confrontation, because the opponent used his physical advantage to get a quick counterattack opportunity by stealing the ball directly from his feet. In the first half, Stano, who was not surprised by Wang Jiayu's watch, sighed with a little regret, "His excellent performance is the tactical system of the Shanghai Oriental team, and his personal ability is still very mediocre, if he is on the field, our midfield defense will become very fragile, or not as reassuring as Yang Hao."

However, it didn't take long for Wang Jiayu to make the head coach tangled with his excellent performance. In the 58th minute, after the Chinese team broke the ball at the back, handed the ball to Wang Jiayu, who had quickly turned around and was ready to attack, who avoided the Italian team's No. 10 Giovinco's upper grab and sent a very penetrating long pass, which directly penetrated the Italian team's backline.

Almost at the same time as Wang Jiayu got up, Gao Jun also began to start to insert from near the center circle, and at this time, the center forward at the front helped him entangle the No. 3 central defender of the Italian team, Chiellini, and opened up a fast passage directly to the Italian team's goal. Although the goalkeeper of the Italian team, Gianluigi Buffon, who was once recognized as the world's No. 1 goalkeeper for a long time, discovered early on that of not abandoning the goal, but at his current age, the sprint speed is far from being compared with that of his youth, not to mention that he is not a monster like Neuer who can compare the sprint speed with a speed-type striker, so he can only watch Gao Jun touch the ball earlier than him. There is no longer any suspense about what will happen next, Gao Jun touched the ball and got rid of Buffon with an easy ball to get rid of Buffon's chance to hit the empty net, and as always, such a shot will never be missed

"This goal really went in, although it is a must for a striker to score an empty goal, but a player who can almost never miss any chance like Gao Jun, I can't find a second one in my memory." Although Huang Jianxiang was a little regretful because of the bad performance of the Italian team in this game, he was still happy for the performance of the Chinese team, but he still subconsciously sighed casually, "Alas, Buffon is really old"

And Zhang Lu, the commentator of this game, gave his praise to the biggest hero in his mind, "Even if the Chinese team has taken the lead by so many goals, Gao Jun is as calm as ever in the face of opportunities, and Gui Lin has also done a good job in responding." However, I think at least half of the credit for this goal should go to Wang Jiayu, who came off the bench, and it was his wide vision and accurate long ball that made this wonderful goal"

The head coach of the national football team, Stano, who was still worried about Wang Jiayu's shortcomings on the sidelines, also fully recognized Wang Jiayu's offensive talent, "The body is not very strong, the running is not particularly fast, and the physical fitness is not particularly good, which is very mediocre at first glance." But as long as he is on the field, the Chinese team's attack will become very different, which Yang Hao or other midfielders cannot bring to the team, Wang is a natural commander, maybe I should give him more opportunities in the future"

The Chinese fans in the stands were also overwhelmed by Wang Jiayu's excellent performance and general's demeanor, and Wang Jiayu heard his name chanted collectively in the stands for the first time in a national team game, which made him even more excited (to be continued......