Chapter 56: A Sudden Blow
Maya Yoshida shoveled into the air and then slid into the goal with the football, only to find the ball when his spikes got caught in the net. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as he turned his head, the football stopped not far from him.
In the goal!
The Japanese team conceded a goal!
"Ahh "It was scored! The Chinese team's counterattack was too sharp! We lacked a countermeasure in this regard! Maya Yoshida had tried his best, but he still couldn't stop Wu Lei's shot......
There was a deep sense of disappointment and frustration in his tone.
Not only him, but also the Japanese fans in the stands and in front of the TV were also stunned at this time, and they were depressed.
From bombarding the Chinese team's goal, infinitely close to the goal, to now being pierced in the chest by the opponent's sword, the psychological gap between this is too big...... Not everyone can accept it.
"Good ball! beautiful!" He Ping jumped up from his seat with his fists clenched, raising his arms and shouting. "The Chinese team has taken the lead! Wu Lei's strong shot is very beautiful! He caught the Japanese team off guard!"
After scoring the goal, Wu Lei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that he could also score in the Olympic finals, but he quickly reacted, he turned around and ran to the corner flag area, and he was so excited that he even took off his jersey despite the yellow card warning!
The rest of the Chinese players pounced.
Zhou Yi was also among them, he ran to Wu Lei with a smile, leaving Yamaguchi Hotaru behind - this time Yamaguchi Hotaru couldn't keep up anymore......
"What an unexpected goal! It was always the Japanese team that had the advantage before, they attacked fiercely in the second half, and threatened the goal guarded by Sun Pan many times, but it was the Chinese team who scored!" sighed Mark Laurenson.
"Wu Lei!handsome!!"
"Bunker, Chinese team! This counterattack is really cool! Look at Wu Lei's breakthrough, cheer up!"
"I think our country's players lack this kind of indomitable momentum, and now in the national Olympic team, I finally see it!"
"Hahaha! Ahead! We're ahead!"
"Sure enough, our strength is still a little stronger! This counterattack is really smooth!"
On the Internet in China, there is also jubilation.
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Zhou Yi ran to Wu Lei's side, Wu Lei had already turned around, and when he saw Zhou Yi, he took the initiative to open his arms, and then hugged Zhou Yi who ran up.
"Thank you!"
He said to Zhou Yi from the bottom of his heart.
Zhou Yi smiled and said: "This ball is an opportunity created by your own breakthrough, why thank me?"
"Anyway, I still want to thank you, Zhou Yi!" Wu Lei said very seriously.
The rest of their team-mates swarmed around them and celebrated the goal.
This goal is of great significance to the Chinese team, which was a little embarrassed by the Japanese team.
While celebrating, Zhou Yi in the crowd seized the opportunity to explain to his teammates what he planned to do next, hoping to get the support of his teammates.
'Even though we're ahead now, we're only one goal ahead and it's not a safe score. So we have to score more goals if we have a chance!" Zhou Yi said to his teammates. "Completely destroy the suspense of this game!"
Zhou Yi, who has made up his mind, does not plan to deal with the Japanese team.
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By the time the Chinese team finished celebrating and returned to their own half, the Japanese players had already placed their football in the center circle and were ready to kick off.
Zhou Yi looked up at the sky, the sun had sunk a little westward, and a small part of it was already blocked by the grandstand roof of the new Wembley Stadium, and the situation of backlit football in China will definitely improve over time.
At that time, the impact on the defense will be much less.
Everything is getting better, but if you don't do anything, without this goal, it will get better as the game goes on.
But Sun Pan's injury made it impossible for the Chinese team to wait any longer.
Zhou Yi must burn the flames of war in front of the other party's door and keep the threat away from Sun Pan.
The referee blew the whistle, the Japanese team kicked off, and the game continued.
The Japanese team with the ball still uses the side to attack, and there is a high striker in the middle, of course, to play high ball.
However, this time, their ball was not passed, and after Sakai Hiroki pulled to the side to catch the ball, he was targeted by Yang Muge.
He tried to get rid of Yang Muge and then crossed, but it was useless, Yang Muge was unmoved.
He wanted to force a breakthrough, but was stabbed off by Yang Muge.
Then the Chinese team immediately switched from defense to offense and launched a counterattack, which made the Japanese team very embarrassed.
Careful people suddenly found that since Sun Pan's three consecutive save, the situation is changing, at that time it was the Japanese team that had the upper hand, and now, it is the Chinese team that has the advantage.
No one knows what happened in between, and no one knows why this sudden turn of events took place. Everyone can only guess that maybe in the first fifteen minutes of the game, the Japanese team attacked too fiercely and needed to adjust the rhythm, which gave the Chinese team the opportunity to counterattack.
The Japanese commentator held this view, in which he encouraged the team not to be discouraged by conceding the goal, and at the same time told the Japanese fans in front of the TV that the difficulties encountered by the team are temporary, and although the scene seems to be pulled back by the Chinese team, it is also a good thing for the Japanese team, they can take the opportunity to rest and relax. Once the team recovers, they will continue to use frantic running and pressing to re-threaten the Chinese goal.
The idea is good, but the reality may not always develop according to this wishful thinking......
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In the seventy-first minute, the Chinese team attacked again. This time it was not a counterattack, because the Japanese team retreated very quickly, except for Hotaru Yamaguchi who was entangled with Zhou Yi in front, everyone else retreated into their own 30-meter area.
When the Chinese team advanced to the front court through a short pass, the Japanese team was already waiting near their own penalty area.
Under the continuous passing, the Chinese team does not seem to have too good chances.
Japan set up a defensive line consisting of four defenders and a forward line at the edge of the penalty area.
In addition to the back four, Japan lined up with a two-back midfielder for this game, with one midfielder Hotaru Yamaguchi only responsible for defending Zhou Yi, while the other midfielder Takahiro Obara was responsible for the day-to-day midfield defense.
In the middle, they defended very tightly.
In the face of the Japanese team's carefully arranged defensive line, the Chinese team passed the ball sideways for two rounds and never passed forward. Because in Zhou Yi's view, passing forward means conceding the ball, and he did not find any obvious holes in the Japanese team's defense.
But when the football fell to Zhang Linpeng's feet, the full-back, who had a somewhat impulsive temperament, couldn't bear it, and he felt that no matter how much he passed it back, he couldn't change anything, and sometimes he still had to take some risks.
In his opinion, now is the time to take risks.
So he kicked the ball directly into the penalty area.
"The Chinese team has crossed!" the Japanese commentator shouted.
Ho Ying thrust in front of the goal, but the ball was pushed out by Maya Yoshida on the way to his head.
The ball flew straight out of the box.
The Chinese team's attack failed, and the ball was about to change hands.
Seeing this scene, I believe that many people will naturally have this idea in their minds.
But someone dispelled the thought from the minds of many people.
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When Zhang Linpeng crossed, Zhou Yi, who ran into the penalty area, was exactly in the direction where the football flew over, but it was not at the landing point. Because the landing point is where he came from, behind him, which means that the football will pass by him, and he will not touch the football.
But just when everyone was thinking so, Zhou Yi, who was running forward, naturally swung his legs back, his calf went up, and the football just hit the outside of his foot, slowing down and rebounding.
This made another defender of the Japanese Olympic team, Takahiro Fanhara, who was chasing the football, pounce!
Football and people rubbed shoulders with him. He braked sharply and saw Hotaru Yamaguchi, which made him somewhat relieved in his heart - his back-back partner was still faithfully following Zhou Yi's side, and it was not so easy for Zhou Yi to get rid of it!
Sure enough, seeing Zhou Yi intercept the football with an unconventional move, Hotaru Yamaguchi immediately reacted and shifted his attention to the football.
Because Zhou Yi just blocked the football and didn't knock the ball hard, the football didn't go over anyone's head and fell in front of the two sides, and the football bounced back, but it fell behind Zhou Yi and Yamaguchi Hotaru.
Hotaru Yamaguchi stopped and turned around and stretched out his foot to poke the ball.
At the same time, Zhou Yi also half-turned, stretched out his right foot, and then grabbed the football before Hotaru Yamaguchi!
The soccer ball flew past Hotaru Yamaguchi's feet!
"Wow! beautiful!" He Ping exclaimed.
The soccer ball that flew over Hotaru Yamaguchi brushed Zhou Yi's jersey past him and landed in front of him.
Just such a seemingly plain pick up the ball, completing the two roles of passing and adjusting.
And at this time, Zhou Yi can turn his body and face the direction of attack!
Zhou Yi kicked his legs to accelerate, caught up with the football in his running, and then stepped on the football with the sole of his right foot raised high, and just like that, he burst into the penalty area next to the Japanese team's central defender Tokuhisa!
"Zhou Yi! he's in!" the Japanese commentator shouted in horror. "Stop him, stop him!!"
The football that was forcibly pressed down by Zhou Yi with the soles of his feet jumped up violently after landing on the ground, and it seemed that the disobedient rebellious child just didn't want to listen to Zhou Yi's words.
But as soon as it jumped up, it was stepped on by Zhou Yi's soles again, and Zhou Yi didn't use much force, but he naturally adjusted in the process of running forward, and the football bounced back under the effect of reaction force when he hit the sole of his shoe.
After two hits in a row, the football became much more obedient, but it was still bouncing, instead of rolling on the turf obediently, and too many adjustments might make Zhou Yi lose the best opportunity.
At this time, Zhou Yi and the football both rushed to the penalty spot, he had already passed through the back line of the Japanese team, and the person in front of him at this time was the goalkeeper of the Japanese team, Shuichi Gonda, who abandoned the goal again.
And Maya Yoshida killed from the other side, he wanted to get stuck in Zhou Yi's inner line and stop him from shooting!
Just when he was about to stick to Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi raised his right foot for the third time, but this time he didn't step on the football down, but from the small up, with a toe tilt, and picked up the football!
The picked up ball crossed the attacking goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda, drew a parabola, and fell lightly towards the goal behind him!
It wasn't very fast, and it was only then that Maya Yoshida realized that he had made another mistake - this time he should have gone straight to the goal, so he had every chance to block the not-so-fast shot.
But now, it was too late for him to turn back halfway through, and he could only look back and watch the football as if it had crossed the goal line in slow motion...... Flew into the back post of the goal!
"Ahh!!h
"3:1!3:1!! Zhou Yi! The National Olympic team leads Japan by two goals!!"
His hysterical burst roar echoed from the commentary box at the new Wembley Stadium. (To be continued.) )