Chapter 25: The Familiar Zhou Yi

When referee Shukrala, who came from Bahrain, blew the whistle for the start of the match, there was a burst of cheers from the stands at the Baishada Arena.

Spain intend to take advantage of their kick-off and launch an attack on the Chinese goal in an attempt to score early.

However, their attack did not hit the Chinese team's goal, when Cazorla got the ball on the side, he was pasted by Yang Muge, Cazorla did not pass the ball immediately, but intended to dribble the ball away from Yang Muge.

Is Yang Muge so easy to get rid of?

Seeing the opportunity, he stretched out his foot and poked it, and Cazorla stumbled and lost the ball at his feet......

Yang Muge, who stabbed the football, reacted quickly, immediately bypassed Cazorla, controlled the football, and then passed the football to Zhou Yi.

"Zhou Yi has the ball!" the commentator Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly.

In fact, it was not only him who was excited, but also the Chinese fans in front of the TV and in the stands.

The stands of the Baisada Arena immediately resounded with the cheers of Chinese fans.

Everyone has been waiting for two games for this scene.

In the first two games, the Chinese team, which lacked Zhou Yi, tried their best to force the opponent to draw.

And this time, what can the Chinese team perform with Zhou Yi?

In addition, Zhou Yi, who has returned from injury, has really shaken off the impact of the injury, and what is his form in this game?

These are all issues of concern to everyone.

So when Zhou Yi took the ball, thousands of eyes were already aimed at him.

But Zhou Yi didn't feel the pressure of this gaze at all, he shook his head left and right before catching the ball, and when the football came to his feet, he only paused for a moment, and then quickly passed the ball out again.

He passed to Yang Hao, the back on the other side.

Then he ran diagonally by himself, keeping himself in an angled position with Yang Hao, so that when Yang Hao was forced by the opponent and had to pass the football quickly, he didn't have to observe, and he didn't have to worry about his teammates being separated from him, it was not easy to pass, he only needed to pass the football to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi's position must be the position where he can pass the ball best.

After Yang Hao got the ball, he was indeed forced by the Spanish players.

He immediately passed the football to Zhou Yi.

As soon as Zhou Yi received the ball, Spanish midfielder Xavi Alonso rushed up and tried to prevent Zhou Yi from turning.

But Zhou Yi didn't turn around as if he had eyes on the back of his head, and slammed the football back with his heel, and the ball passed through Xavi Alonso's gear and rolled to the feet of He Ying, who retreated to pick him up.

"Oh! beautiful!!!" Liu Jianhong exclaimed excitedly. "A brilliant back-heel pass that tricked Alonso!"

The Chinese fans in the stands also immediately burst into cheers and applause for Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi's performance didn't end there, as he skillfully passed the football to He Ying, then immediately turned around, brushed past Alonso, and then stepped forward.

He Ying also received the ball with his back to the offensive direction, and after he saw Zhou Yi turn around, he immediately passed the football back to him.

This time, Zhou Yi didn't even stop the ball, and directly made a long diagonal pass to pass the football to Wu Lei on the right side, where there was just a vacancy!

"Beautiful transfer! Beautiful! This field of vision, almost without much observation, he saw the vacancy on the right side...... Liu Jianhong almost became a human repeater in front of Zhou Yi, and he would keep repeating "beautiful".

"Wu Lei received the ball!Good opportunity!!" Liu Jianhong raised his voice and screamed.

Amid the cheers of the Chinese fans, Wu Lei rushed to the Spanish penalty area with the ball.

Spanish left-back Alba came up to defend, and in the face of Alba's defense, Wu Lei planned to use his speed to force a breakthrough, take his football forward, and then accelerate!

But Alba's speed is also very fast, and he has a lot of experience, so he immediately turned around and cut inward, stuck between Wu Lei and the football, so that Wu Lei couldn't pick up if he wanted to speed up, Wu Lei planned to bypass Alba, but Alba didn't give him such a chance, and finally the football was protected by Alba out of the bottom line.

The first attack of the Chinese team did not even get a corner kick, and it was over.

"Wu Lei is a little anxious, but fortunately, the game has just begun, and momentum is the most important!" Liu Jianhong was still more tolerant of Wu Lei's performance.

Wu Lei himself was very annoyed, he wasted the good ball Zhou Yi gave him, so he raised his hands to Zhou Yi and apologized. But Zhou Yi gave him a thumbs up.

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The commentators from various countries didn't care too much about Wu Lei's failure and breakthrough, and their focus was only on Zhou Yi alone.

Everyone commented on Zhou Yi's passing performance just now.

"It's still a familiar recipe, a familiar taste...... This is Zhou Yi!"

"That familiar Zhou Yi is back! This is a scene we used to see in Dortmund games, he seems to know the whole stadium well!"

Zhou Yi's pass is still chic and grateful, and it is very accurate. With Zhou Yi, the Chinese team looks like they can indeed pose a threat to Spain......"

"There was a gap on the side in Spain just now, but it wasn't really big and Alba filled it very quickly. But Zhou Yi seized the opportunity to send a precise pass...... I think it can be seen from the opening two minutes of the game that Zhou Yi is in very good shape. He didn't feel any rusty about the game because of the injury for a month......"

'It's incredible, is this what a player who has been away from the pitch for a month due to injury should be? In the first game after returning from injury, there were two clever passes in the first two minutes...... Zhou Yi's performance is amazing!"

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Although the Chinese team's attack did not succeed this time, it was an encouragement to the Chinese players on the field, letting them know that with Zhou Yi on the field, they could play differently from the previous two games, and they had the ability to threaten the Spanish goal.

Before the game, it was said that although Spain was the defending champion, it was only a paper tiger. But after all, that's just what others say, whether Spain is a paper tiger or not, you have to experience it for yourself to know.

Now the players of the Chinese team feel that they do have a drama in the face of Spain!

So a minute later, the Chinese team once again took advantage of the tight defense at the back, cut off Spain's pass, and then launched an attack.

This time, He Ying took a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball was missed.

"Wow! In the first four minutes, the Chinese team has completed two attacks, while Spain has not completed even one attack! Although Bosque said before the game that Spain will bid farewell to the World Cup with a victory, the whole team is ready to fight for honor. But judging by the few minutes of the game, it seems that the Spanish players are not ready to enter the game......"

It was only in the eleventh minute that Spain finally put together what looked like a threat.

But when Villa chose to force a breakthrough at the edge of the penalty area, he was stopped by Guo Nu very toughly.

"Guo Fu! Intercept full score!" Liu Jianhong is very excited now, and when he sees the excellent performance of the Chinese team players, he immediately sends praise without hesitation. "Accurate positioning, agile kicking, clean and neat!"

This is not the end, Lippi has been instilling a philosophy in the Chinese team players for a month, that is, in any defense, a successful defense is the beginning of an attack. So everyone has to think about how to attack after defending when they are defending, and everyone has to be ready to switch quickly between defense and offense at any time.

The attack of the Chinese team after Yang Muge broke the ball before was the embodiment of this thinking.

Now Guo Nu's successful break is also.

As soon as he cut off Villa's ball, he passed the ball forward.

Zhou Yi did not transition with anyone in the midfield, but directly passed the football forward and gave it to He Ying, who was pulled to the side.

After He Ying received the ball, he was almost in the thirty-meter area, he took two steps forward, and saw that Yan Min had already rushed straight to the goal from the other side, so he decisively kicked up and crossed at a 45-degree angle!

The football went high over the head of Spanish defender Albiol in the penalty area and fell to Yan Min at the back post!

"The Chinese team's counterattack is here again,——!" Liu Jianhong shouted.

After Yan Min stepped forward at high speed, in the face of the football passed by He Ying, he did not choose to stop the ball, but took advantage of the situation to pick up his left foot, intending to volley directly!

At the same time, Sergio Ramos also quickly returned to the goal, and when he saw that Yan Min had a chance, he quickly jumped up, turned around, and blocked in front of Yan Min.

Yan Min drew the football, but the football also hit Ramos, popped off the bottom line, and did not threaten the goal guarded by Reina.

There was a burst of exclamations from the stands, both Chinese and Spanish.

Yan Min, whose shot was blocked, held his head in his hands and looked very regretful.

Ramos, on the other hand, tightened the captain's armband and motioned for his team-mates to come back and take part in the corner.

"So far, the Chinese team has had two shots on goal, while Spain has not had one, which is really worrying about whether Spain will be able to bid farewell to the World Cup with a victory......," said the Spanish TV commentator worriedly. Judging from the ten minutes of the game, it is obvious that the Chinese team has a stronger will to survive, while the Spanish players' sense of honor is a little lighter......