Chapter 524 - Dancing like a frightening dragon

Soon, there was a substitution on the side of the Dragon Kingdom.

Ren Hang, who came from Hebei Huaxia Happiness, came on the field and replaced the captain Zheng Zhi, who had already lost a little physical strength, and he also personally put the captain's armband on Feng Xiaoting's shoulder.

This is also to let Feng Xiaoting take on the heavy responsibility of captain, so that he can completely forget the mistake just now!

And this substitution also made Queiroz breathe a sigh of relief.

This is a counter-substitution, although Ren Hang sometimes plays in the midfield position, but more often in the central or left-back position.

And such a substitution also means that the Dragon Country team will not make any major adjustments to the formation and tactics, in fact, it is a tacit acquiescence to the current situation on the field that is developing like this, and does not want to change anything.

Sure enough, when Ren Hang came on the field, he directly stood in the central defender position where Zheng Zhi was originally standing, and the Dragon Country team still maintained a 5-3-2 defensive formation, and there was no intention of strengthening the attack.

As a result, the Iranian team also maintained an unhurried rhythm and circled with the dragon country, allowing time to pass minute by minute.

After 85 minutes, Queiroz didn't even think that the watch was going too slowly, how could it be so slow?

If the referee had known the time, he would have blown the final whistle as soon as the 90 minutes were up, and there was really no need for stoppage time or anything......

But just as Queiroz was there thinking, things changed on the pitch.

When Pan Yi stood on the sidelines, he waved his hand gently, as if a military order was about to arrive on the field, and the formation of the Dragon Country team changed.

First of all, Ren Hang, who had just been replaced on the field, stepped forward and became a back midfielder.

Left back Jiang Zhipeng mentioned the position of full-back, while right-back Zhang Linpeng received the central defender inside, and formed a three-center back with Feng Xiaoting and Mei Fang.

In the midfield, Huang Bowen also kicked up the front, and finally the formation of the Longguo team became a 3-4-1-2.

It's a very aggressive formation!

This change of formation is clearly to tell everyone that the Dragon Country team is actually not willing to be drawn, and they are going to start attacking!

On the pitch, all the players were given signals from the coaching staff.

This is of course because Ren Hang had already received Pan Yi's instructions before he went on the field, and then notified it to the captain Feng Xiaoting first, and then slowly spread out.

"The boss said, this game must be won!"

"If we can kill South Korea, we can also kill Iran!"

"Don't give up until the last minute! This 3 is important to us! ”

Under the encouragement of each other, especially the loud reminder of the captain Feng Xiaoting on the field, everyone has made it clear that the purpose of the team is to fight Iran to the end!

And such a change has also made Queiroz wary.

"Hey, what the Dragon Country Team is going to do?"

He also hurriedly stood on the sidelines and reminded his team members to pay attention to the next offensive of the Dragon Country team.

However, due to the fact that Iran's game strategy tends to be conservative after forcing the equalizer, the pressure in the front court is reduced, which makes the Dragon team have more space to get the ball in the backcourt.

After the change, the three centre-backs can also comfortably play towards the two wing-backs or the two midfielders.

Especially Wu Xi, who has re-moved to the right midfield position, he has been very active.

Wu Xi actually has some similarities with Zheng Zhi, that is, he has comprehensive skills, can play multiple positions, and has performed very well in the midfield and backline.

Then he also has a strong execution, whether he plays wide or in the middle, he can do the task given to him by the coach very well.

He used to play in the back, and together with Cai Huikang, he was responsible for blocking the Iranians' attacks;

Now he's playing wide and he's trying to break forward and give more support to the front line.

In the 88th minute, Wu Xi took the ball on the right side, attracted the attention of the defenders, and suddenly crossed to the front of the penalty area.

This area is what Huang Bowen is best at, and it is also the area that he is most sure of, and this shot played a very high quality, but it was still slightly over the crossbar and turned into a goal kick for Iran.

This attack created a great threat, which also made the defenders of the Iranian team break out in a cold sweat.

After all, everyone was grinding slowly just now, and the sudden change of formation in the Dragon Kingdom accelerated, even if Queiroz had reminded him, the Iranian players really couldn't adapt to it for a while.

This shot also forced Queiroz to make another substitution, bringing on another defender Anzali to strengthen the team's backfield defense.

But even so, just two minutes later, the Dragon Nation team attacked again.

After Ren Hang won the ball in the midfield, he quickly pushed forward with the ball, and after disrupting the defensive position of the Iranian team, he sent the ball to the feet of Huang Bowen, who directly stuffed it and sent it to Wu Lei in the penalty area.

When the ball arrived, Wu Lei got up under the interference of the opponent's defender, but he couldn't hit the force, and the soft shot was easily saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, failing to create much threat.

However, the continuous attacks of the Dragon Country team still made the Iranian team feel the pressure, and also ignited the fighting spirit of the thousands of Dragon Country fans in the stands.

They originally thought that the Dragon Country coaching staff was content to take away a point away from home, but they really didn't expect that the current Dragon Country team is so "greedy" that it actually looks like they want to win!

It's been a long time since they've seen such an enterprising and desperate Dragon team, and when facing the mighty Iranian team away, the Dragon players dared to press the attack!

Yes, it is clear that Lippi and Pan Yi are not willing to accept a draw!

Well, of course, Dragon Nation fans want to win this game too! They sang again, waved flags, and cheered for their soldiers!

On the Iranian side, Queiroz has accumulated a lot of difficulties, and it is difficult to adjust any tactics.

Because he was lucky that his team scored through the opponent's mistakes, he wanted to get a point conservatively.

And this conservative thinking is transmitted to the field, and when every Iranian international is implementing such defensive tactics, it is not so easy to re-build the morale of the attack.

Besides, it's hard for Queiroz to change anything about the composition of the players on the pitch now, who are also a back five!

So Queiroz can only hope that these players on the field can withstand the attack of the Dragons and hold these last few minutes.

Who can he blame?

He can only blame Pan Yi for not talking about martial arts, to steal, to cheat, to sneak attack him, a 64-year-old comrade!

Fast forward to the 90th minute, and the fourth official on the sidelines had already raised his stoppage time card, and the injury time was three minutes.

At this time, both teams have fought until the last moment, purely supported by each other's will and desire to win.

And the internationals of the Dragon Country are gritting their teeth one by one and persevering, continuing to attack the Iranian team.

As the game progressed, the Iranian team basically began to defend with all their might, and the players of the national team began to dare to take the ball more, especially Zhang Yuning and Wu Lei in the front court.

In the 91st minute, Wu Lei received a through ball from Huang Bowen on the left side of the front of the penalty area, and after getting rid of the defender with a deft turn, he started to speed and dribble the ball diagonally to break through.

But just when he was about to enter the penalty area, Iranian defender Mohammadi fouled while defending, put Wu Lei down at the edge of the penalty area, and did not give him a chance to enter the penalty area.

Obviously, they knew very well how the goal was conceded in the first half.

I'd rather foul than give Wu Lei such a chance!

The referee quickly blew the whistle for a foul, gave Mohammadi a yellow card, and also gave the Dragons a free kick on the left side of the box.

"Yellow card plus free kick, the referee's decision this time is quite fair."

'It's a good position, about 25 metres from the goal, so you can shoot straight at goal and you can play some combinations.

"Lippi's coaching team has always attached great importance to set-pieces since taking over the national team, which is a key focus in training, and the third goal against South Korea was also a set-piece."

"Including Pan Yi, there is no shortage of talked-about free kick goals in his coaching career, and I believe he will also pass on such experience to this national team."

"It's just that the original team's first free kicker, captain Zheng Zhi is now off the field, so who will take the penalty now?"

"Is it Wu Xi, Huang Bowen, or ......?"

At this time, the players of the Dragon Kingdom had already gathered together and were discussing how to kick this free kick.

After all, this may be the last good chance for the Dragons to score in this game.

"I feel like it's better to shoot straight at goal." Feng Xiaoting said.

Don't look at him as a central defender, but in fact, he also has the ability to hit the goal directly.

It's just that he is better at the kind of powerful long-range shots, but the angle and position of this free kick at the moment are actually more suitable for kicking a curved kick.

Then, Huang Bowen is actually the best on the field.

In the domestic league, he has scored a number of free-kicks from this area.

"Then I'll kick it." Huang Bowen also took the initiative to ask.

"Okay." Feng Xiaoting nodded, took a step back, but asked a little worriedly, "You can, right?" ”

This is mainly concerned about Huang Bowen's physical fitness.

Now that it has been kicked to the last minute, Huang Bowen has been panting when he came over just now.

He has never been known for his physical fitness, and it has not been easy to survive until now.

And if the body can't bear it, the technical action is deformed, even if the free kick technique is high on weekdays, no matter how big the grasp is, it is useless at this time, and it is difficult to get a high-quality free kick.

That's why sometimes in the international arena, I see some players who are obviously very delicate in their skills, and in the later stages of the game, they will also kick some unbelievable and outrageous mistakes, just because they are physically overdrawn and cannot achieve 100% technical output.

Huang Bowen knew what the captain meant, gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, I can do it." ”

Now he can only hold on.

Although he really didn't have much certainty, because his body kept reminding him that he was almost at the limit!

But now on the field, there is really no more suitable candidate.

However, at this moment, the referee ran over to remind you that your Dragon Country team has requested a substitution!

Huang Bowen turned his head to look, but found that there was another midfielder standing on the sidelines, Hao Junmin!

Judging from the number plate raised, it is to replace Huang Bowen with Hao Junmin!

Huang Bowen instantly understood that this was to let Hao Junmin come up to punish this free kick.

A smile instantly appeared on Huang Bowen's face.

If there is any player in the Dragon Country team who is more suitable for this free kick than him, it must be Hao Junmin!

Hao Junmin, known as the "third brother", played in Schalke 04 in his early years, he is not very good, but he has outstanding skills and a good view of the overall situation, and he is a typical midfielder.

And his free-kick kung fu may be ranked in the top 10 in the history of national football, and he has the opportunity to rank first among active players.

In fact, since 2005 when he became famous in Tianjin, scoring a free kick has been Hao Junmin's routine.

As far as the style of free kicks is concerned, Hao Junmin's style tends to be close to Pirlo's deciduous chopping school, and it is difficult to find a similar existence in China.

Now that the coaching staff is sending Hao Junmin to take a free kick at this time, it will obviously be more certain! Not to mention that he has no physical problems, and his technical movements can be done more fully.

And now on the sidelines, Pan Yi is also standing beside Hao Junmin, explaining the last message to him:

"He's the goalkeeper Beiranvande, he's very tall, very good at handling high balls, and he covers a large area, but he has an obvious weakness, that is, the frequency of action is relatively slow, and the reaction is not fast enough."

"His left side, in particular, should be his weakness. Because he's a right-handed and right-footed goalkeeper, there's a natural disadvantage to save on the left, so you can consider hitting him at this point. ”

"You think about it, the goal that Wu Lei scored just now also kicked his lower left side, which made Beiranvand unable to get down quickly, and he was indeed a little slower in his reaction."

"I see." Hao Junmin nodded heavily.

He is very clear about the meticulousness of the coaching staff's preparation, especially Pan Yi's control of the details, and he also has absolute trust!

Through thinking about his footwork, Hao Junmin already knows how to punish this kick.

Then, Huang Bowen had already run to the sidelines and hugged Hao Junmin tightly: "Third brother, it's up to you!" Give me a good shot for him! ”

Hao Junmin smiled and nodded, and then ran onto the grass.

The relationship between Huang Bowen and Hao Junmin has always been very good, it is said that it is because the two of them, including Wang Yongpo, Yang Xu, Zhao Mingjian, and Cui Peng, who have participated in the 05 World Youth Championships, call each other brothers, and then simply worship the handle, and then Hao Junmin ranks third in age, so he is called "third brother".

But no matter what, now it's not just Huang Bowen who is asking Hao Junmin, but hundreds of millions of Dragon Country fans are also staring at him!

When Hao Junmin ran to the free kick spot, all the players had already dispersed, either in the box to grab the second spot, or on the halfway line to prevent the opponent from counterattacking, but there was no second man standing there anymore.

Because everyone knows that the main penalty of this free kick is none other than Hao Junmin!

Then, the referee's whistle blows.

Hao Junmin took a deep breath, then walked to the penalty spot, stepped on the turf with his right foot, gently put the ball up, looked directly at the goal, and slowly retreated.

In front of him, the Iranian team has set up a six-person human wall in the penalty area, mixed with two Dragon Country players in the middle, and three players behind are defending the three offensive players of the Dragon Country team, while Zhang Yuning, Wu Lei and others are ambushed on the periphery of the penalty area, waiting for an opportunity to move.

On the field, the players of both teams are like big enemies, and they dare not be careless.

Since the penalty spot this time was on the left side of the arc top, Iranian goalkeeper Beiranvand stood on the left side and stared at Hao Junmin.

On the sidelines, Iran's head coach Queiroz also walked to the sidelines, rubbing his hands together.

Of course, he also knew that this free-kick was a threat to his own goal, so he was naturally very nervous. After all, whether it is 1 point or 0 points, it may be decided after this goal!

In front of the away team's coach's bench not far away, all the coaches and substitute players, including Lippi and Pan Yi, were also standing there, staring at Hao Junmin.

They were equally nervous, but more of an anticipation.

Whether they can beat the mighty Iran away from home depends on this!

At this time, Hao Junmin stared at the opponent's goalkeeper, and his mind was quickly sketching everything on the field.

Where he is going to kick, whether the wall will jump, how high he will jump, how will the door react, how long will it take, and whether it will be in place in time......

Everything seemed to appear in his eyes in an instant, and it became extremely clear.

Then, he took another deep breath, stared straight ahead with his eyes, and rushed out quickly.

I saw that he stepped on every step very solidly, and stepped on the original planned step, and when he got to the ball, he just stepped on his left foot and picked up his right foot, and he could directly hit the goal.

Only a muffled bang was heard at the scene, and the ball flew out of the ground like a cannonball, cutting an arc, and then quickly sliding over the head of the jumping human wall.

A standard deciduous ball!

The spin of this shot was not strong, the arc was relatively low, and the speed was fast.

By the time everyone reacted, the ball had already crossed the wall with lightning speed and fell straight to the right side of the goal!

Iranian goalkeeper Beiranvand made a quick save when the ball flew by.

But just now he stood slightly to the left, preventing Hao Junmin from hitting the near end directly, but this time he exposed the weakness of the far end.

Coupled with the fact that Hao Junmin's kick was of very high quality, almost grazing the right post and crashing into the side netting, Beiranvand was simply beyond the reach of the whip.

"The ball is in!"

"Wow, that's great, really scored!! Pretty! Soaring like a frightening dragon! ”

"The Dragons have scored!! 2:1!!! ”

"93 minutes! It's 93 minutes into the game! It's already a stunner goal! ”

"Hao Junmin calmly seized the opportunity at the critical moment and scored the winning goal."

"What's even more amazing is that Hao Junmin was replaced at the last moment, and the purpose of his coming up was to take this free kick!"

In the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the Netherlands eliminated Costa Rica 4-3 on penalties to advance to the semi-finals. Dutch boss Louis van Gaal made a last-minute change of goalkeeper before the shoot-out, with substitute goalkeeper Krul living up to expectations and saving two penalties to help his side reach the last four. ”

"Today's operation of our Longguo coaching staff seems to be no worse than Van Gaal's change of goalkeeper!"

"Judging from the way Pan Yi has been ordering beside him before Hao Junmin came on the field, this substitution is also led by Pan Yi, and he also gave Hao Junmin a lot of his own advice."

"It seems that these suggestions have been successfully implemented on the field! Hao Junmin scored this wonderful free kick, and he lived up to Pan Yi's high expectations for him! ”

"Yes, the referee has blown the final whistle now! The Dragons defeated Iran 2-1 away! ”

"The great Dragon Nation team, the great Artemisia Junmin, the great Lippi, the great Pan Yi!"

On the field, the international players of the Dragon Country team quickly rushed up and surrounded Hao Junmin, and everyone's faces were sweat and tears, and they couldn't tell the difference.

But no one cares anymore. Because we won!

The away fans in the stands were cheering wildly, not even knowing what they were shouting.

And many of the Dragon Kingdom fans in front of the TV opened their windows and shouted at each other in celebration.

Some people even set off firecrackers directly on the street, and the cars on the road also honked their whistles to echo them.

This game was played in the local afternoon in Iran, and it was 8 o'clock in the evening on the Dragon Country side, so the ratings were off the charts, and the people who watched it were really hundreds of millions!

And even with so many, few of them can boldly predict that the Dragons can beat Iran on the road.

That's a mighty Iran! FIFA is ranked 32nd, higher than South Korea!

But it's all so real right under their noses.

Especially in the last few minutes, the Dragon Country team suddenly changed formations, and then planned attacks again and again, and even Iran was very embarrassed.

And even so, Dragon fans are still more worried about whether the offense will cause more holes at this time, so that they will be defeated by Iran's counterattack.

Now, they don't have to worry about it.

The Dragons really won!!

Win Qatar, win South Korea, win Iran, straight three wins in a row!!

This is simply an incredible thing for the Dragon Country team, which has 3 losses and 1 draw in the opening game.

Happiness comes so fast!

Moreover, whether it is playing South Korea or Iran, the determination and courage shown by this team to fight to the end are impressive, and even make many fans feel a little strange.

Is this still the national football team in their impression?

In just a few months, how can there be such earth-shaking and reborn changes?

This has to be believed:

Lippi is a god, and Pan Yi is a true god!! (End of chapter)