Chapter 53: The Shining Red Star
Japan won consecutive corners, but this second corner did not pose a threat to the Chinese goal at all. After the pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info opened, Sun Pan shouted: "Mine!"
The voice was still floating, and the other person had already jumped into the air, raising his hands in the air, and catching the incoming ball steadily, and the dazzling sunlight seemed to interfere with him not so much.
After landing, Sun Pan did not hold the football to play cool, but quickly threw the football out of the penalty area and threw the football to Zhou Yi who was outside - when defending the corner kick, due to his height and strength, Zhou Yi would not enter the penalty area to participate in the defense, and it was useless for him to come in, maybe he would delay his teammates. So he's all outside the box. He is not just watching the show outside, but he can still help the team defend, mainly reflected in his control of the second drop point in football.
It's not a second-place situation right now, but it does require his ability to control football.
After adding the football thrown by Sun Pan, in fact, most of the players of the Chinese team were still in the penalty area and did not pull it out, even if Zhou Yi wanted to pass the ball forward, he couldn't find the target of the pass.
So he has to keep the ball under control and wait for his teammates to plug in, which is a test of possession. Players with poor possession don't dare to take the ball at the edge of their box, let alone keep it for a few seconds. Conceding a goal in this place is simply catastrophic.
But Zhou Yi was able to control it.
As soon as he got the ball, the Japanese players came up and grabbed him.
In the face of this kind of siege, Zhou Yi was not in a hurry, he pulled the football under his feet, and dodged the feet of the Japanese players who rushed to the front.
However, it also gives him less room to move.
But he didn't have to control the ball for too long, He Ying, who was originally assisting in the defense in the penalty area, could yearn to run when Sun Pan hugged the football, and now he has rushed to the front of Zhou Yi. In addition, everyone else also ran out of the forbidden area, like clenched fists that were suddenly spread into palms.
Many players will have the impression that after their own defensive corner, no matter whether the football is cleared or thrown by the goalkeeper, all the players who were originally crowded in the penalty area to defend must quickly run out, and the goalkeeper will shout: "Press out!"
On the one hand, it is to create offside, and on the other hand, it is to seize the opportunity to counterattack.
Now the Chinese team is in a situation where they want to fight back.
He Ying took the lead and rushed to the front, it was impossible for Zhou Yi to pass the football directly to him, because Zhou Yi was now facing away from the offensive direction, and it was difficult to pass the football to He Ying behind him, the risk was too great.
He chose to cross the ball sideways.
With a flick of the ankle and a poke of the football on the toes, a very hidden action, because the amplitude is small, it is not easy to be noticed, and the Japanese players who played the defense were caught off guard. At the same time, because of the small range of action, it can be passed quickly, and when it is besieged, the gap is fleeting, and if the action is slow, the ball may hit the defender's feet.
Zhou Yi stabbed like this, and the football broke out of the encirclement very covertly and passed to Zhang Jiadong's feet.
At this time, the Japanese players surrounding Zhou Yi had just reacted, they let go of Zhou Yi and went to chase Zhang Jiadong.
Only one Yamaguchi Hotaru was still by Zhou Yi's side.
After the first half of the competition, Zhou Yi was used to having such a shadow around him, and he ran forward to participate in the team's counterattack.
In the end, the Chinese team's counterattack was not able to threaten the Japanese team's goal.
The Japanese team, in turn, attacked and continued to play the wing route, with both full-backs actively inserting the attack.
Especially their right-back Hiroki Sakai.
He had just moved to Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga from Kashiwa Suns in Japan in June. During his time at the Kashiwa Suns, he made 27 appearances for the team last season and provided nine assists, which is a respectable number as a full-back.
This speaks volumes about the fact that he is a full-back who is good at assisting his team-mates to score, and that he has very good crossing skills. Therefore, if the Japanese team plays the tactics of wide crosses, he is a very important point of play.
Hiroki Sakai delivered another beautiful cross, and the ball made a clear arc in the air and flew towards the Chinese goal.
"Japan's cross is here again!"
Guo jumped up angrily, intending to compete with Ken Sugimoto, but he had just jumped up when he heard Sun Pan's shout in his ear: "Get out of the way!"
As soon as the words fell, Guo Nu felt a gust of wind around him, and a black shadow was killed!
"Sun Pan!"
In He Ping's roar, Sun Pan jumped out from the door, killed before Guo Nu and Sugimoto Kenyong, and swung his fist towards the sun!
With a bang, his fist hit the soccer ball hidden in the sun!
"Beautiful! beautiful!" He Ping shouted, "He seems to be completely unaffected by the harsh sunlight! Whether this is the effect of that hat or not, it is unknown, but after wearing that red star hat, his performance in front of the goal is indeed back to normal!"
Although everyone was applauding Sun Pan's interception of the cross, in fact, the Japanese team's attack did not end.
The football that was played outside ended up at the feet of the Japanese player Hiroshi Kiyotake.
The core of Japan's midfield did not hesitate, and directly shot from a distance, and hit the goal with heavy artillery!
What he hit was when Sun Pan fell to the ground after the save, and he didn't have time to get up to save.
But for Sun Pan, who reacts very quickly in the second time, he can always surprise people. When others landed, their eyes always followed the football, so he saw Kiyotake Hiroshi kicking up outside the penalty area.
He didn't think about it, he clapped his hands, got up from the ground, and threw himself sideways.
"Kiyotake Hiroshi shoots from a distance!Danger!!"
The ball shot by Kiyotake Hiroshi passed through the jungle-like leg in the penalty area, but was blocked by Sun Pan's arm.
The ball hit his forearm firmly and popped up again.
This time it bounced to the left.
Yuki Otsu was there, and he rushed up with an arrow and picked up his foot against the football.
After landing on the ground, Sun Pan did not give up, although the center of gravity was lost, and he could not maintain the balance of his body at all, he still crawled on the ground with his hands and feet, and stumbled to the football. Because the action was too intense, the hat he was wearing was thrown out, and he looked really embarrassed.
It's so embarrassing that people don't believe that he can still stop Yuki Otsu's shot.
In front of the goal, Zhang Linpeng has made a temporary cameo appearance as the goalkeeper, ready to block Yuki Otsu's shot with his body. In order to avoid handball, he also put his hands behind his back and faced it head-on with his chest!
"The Japanese team is still there!" He Ping's voice was trembling, and he didn't know whether he was nervous or excited......
"Otsu-Yuki ——!!" the Japanese commentator shouted in a long voice, as if he wanted to focus on Yuki Otsu's shot, helping him break through Sun Pan's defense and kick the football into the Chinese team's goal.
Otsu Yuki didn't look at the situation around him at all, in his suddenly very small field of vision, there was no one else, only football and goals, he didn't know what Sun Pan was doing, he couldn't care, he didn't have time to care. Now all he needs to do is shoot and the ball will fly into the big goal!
Yuki Otsu rounded his thighs and drew the soccer ball firmly, which will be a kick with his belief that he will enter!
He didn't think anyone else would be able to stop him from hitting such a powerful goal!
But there are people.
Sun Pan kicked his legs hard between stumbling, threw out all his center of gravity and followed the body, and his whole body flew out sideways, and his hand stretched forward as much as possible, no matter which part he used, as long as he could reach the football!
The clamor of the fans on both sides in the stands was almost at its peak, but Yuki Otsu suddenly heard a very slight "poof" sound, as if it was something rubbing.
Then he saw a hand appear in his field of vision, and the tip of his middle finger poked at the football!
The soccer ball jumped in the air and then changed its line and flew in the other direction, which was ...... The bottom line!
Zhang Linpeng leaned back and fell into the goal, he was not knocked down by the football, but he lost his center of gravity and fell during the replay, he didn't feel the football hitting him, did he enter the goal?
He leaned back and looked into the goal, the net was not shaking, and there was no football.
Hey?
He was a little surprised.
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"Triple pounce! Triple pounce! Great trespass!" was not the Chinese commentator He Ping, but the neutral commentator Mark Laurenson. "Sun Pan made three great saves! He alone made the Japanese team collectively helpless!
Watching the football change direction and fly out of the bottom line, Yuki Otsu, who finished shooting, didn't stabilize it, his knees were weak and he knelt directly on the ground, and his eyes widened and looked at Sun Pan, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team lying on the ground in front of him, with incredible eyes.
Sun Pan is the door god of the Chinese team! At this moment, he seems to be possessed by a god! Three consecutive saves, especially the last two are almost impossible tasks! But he has done them all! Let's take a look at Yuki Otsu...... He must not have thought that someone else could save his kick, but who is Sun Pan? He was the best goalkeeper in the Europa League last season!" He Ping laughed excitedly.
Yuki Otsu was looking at Sun Pan, but Sun Pan was watching the football - he lay on the ground after the ball, but his eyes were still following the football, and he didn't withdraw his gaze until he saw the football fly out of the bottom line.
"This ...... Impossible!!" The Japanese narrator was stunned for about a second before he screamed and wailed. "Yuki Otsu's shot didn't go in......! Sun Pan is really terrifying! Is his reaction really human!"
Human Sun Pan got up from the ground, didn't wave his fist and roar vigorously or anything, just glanced at Yuki Otsu, who was kneeling on the ground, then turned around silently, took two steps back, and then bent down and lowered his head to pick up the red star hat that fell on the turf, patted the grass clippings on it, and put it back on.
The white hat stands out against the red star in the center in the bright sunlight, as if it is shining...... (To be continued.) )