Chinese champion

Chapter 239 The Path to Glory
In Milan, Italy, Ma Guohua looked at his excited daughter who was waiting for the start of the game on TV, and shook his head: "Ker, hasn't the game started yet?"

Marco turned her head: "It's about to start, hey, didn't you take a nap?"

"I can't sleep when there is a game! You know your dad and I have been watching football for longer than your age, not to mention that this is the Chinese team's World Cup match!" He sat down beside Marco: "What, he Did you play?"

"Of course he's on, and he's wearing the No. 10 jersey." Marco said without turning his head. On the TV, players from both sides had already appeared on the field, and there was loud cheers in the stadium.

"South Korea still has such a big advantage at home." Ma Guohua said with a sigh: "A large part of the reason why the Chinese team could not beat the South Korean team in the past was because of their fans. It can create a lot of momentum, besides motivating the players of the team, it can also damage the morale of the opponent, Tai Chi Tiger... hehe, well-deserved reputation."

"Then you are saying that the Chinese team is not doing well today?" Ma Keer asked worriedly.

"That's not necessarily the case. Football still depends on strength. Now the strength of the Chinese team is different from before." Ma Guohua said with a smile.

The captains of the two sides choose sides. The captain of the Chinese team is Sun Chenghai. Among the Chinese players on the field, he is the oldest player except Hao Dong. As a forward, Hao Dong is not very suitable to be the captain, so Menotti is very natural. Handed him the captain's armband.

The captain of the South Korean team is Yoo Sang-chul. After Hong Mingpu retired, he is the most prestigious player in the national team. Now Hao Dong is the only player of his age on the field besides him.

In this game, he was a central defender and happened to face Hao Dong. The collision between the two old guys is really exciting.

The Chinese team kicked off first, and the game began!

Pei Wei made a beautiful turn in the midfield and avoided Kim Nam-il who came up to tackle aggressively. Lee Young-pyo and Kim Dong-jin immediately attacked from both sides. They had already received the instructions from the head coach. Menotti from Argentina affirmed Let Pei Wei, the front midfielder, be the core. As long as Pei Wei can control his performance, then the Korean team will basically win the game in all likelihood. No matter what method is used, we must keep an eye on Pei Wei!

But Pei Wei first protected the ball, and then without warning, sent a long pass!

The ball flew to the slightly open left, Zhu Jun had already started at high speed, received the ball decently, and then made a very fast reverse kick, beautifully dodged Park Jae-hong who was in a hurry to make up, and crossed the ball into the penalty area .

Liu Xiangtie was fighting desperately with Hao Dong for the position, but a figure suddenly appeared in the diagonal, jumped up in front of the two of them, and scored with a powerful header!

"Wow!" Amidst the exclamation of the South Korean fans, the ball brushed against the goal post and flew out of the baseline. Due to the high speed, Li Yunzai didn't even have a reaction!

It was Dong Yuzhuo who scored the goal with a header. The 19-year-old young player keenly seized this opportunity when the South Korean team's defense was completely attracted by Hao Dong.

Dong Yuzhuo shook his head regretfully, turned around and gave Zhu Jun a thumbs up on the sidewalk. Zhu Jun smiled, turned and ran back.

"Great job, but don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities. Today, you are the main force to destroy the city!" Hao Dong patted Dong Yuzhuo on the shoulder and said.

"Brother Hao, I understand." Dong Yuzhuo said gratefully.

When he was still in the Dalian team, Hao Dong had always been optimistic about him and regarded Dong Yuzhuo as his successor. When Manchester United came to inspect the players, he and Feng Yu strongly recommended him. Fancy.

"The effect is good." Menotti looked at He Jin with a smile, and He Jin also said with a smile: "I'm afraid they will see our tactics and strengthen the wing, then we have to change our style of play."

After listening to the translation, Menotti shook his head: "It's not necessary, even if they see it, they can't help it. Originally, there was a problem with their formation, and they paid too much attention to offense. Our frontcourt players are all very strong. , how could they be able to see death with just four defenders."

Bonfrere also frowned, but he didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, Pei Wei will definitely be the core of the Chinese team, and he only likes to play in the middle. Offensive can suppress them.

South Korea's counterattack, Park Ji-sung took the ball from the left, and he was facing the Chinese team's captain, Sun Chenghai. Not easy to deal with, his strength has been greatly improved in the years in Manchester City, a beautiful tackle, directly tackled the ball at Park Ji-sung's feet out of the sideline.

The South Korean team sent a throw-in, and it was still Park Ji-sung who took the ball. This time, he did not give Sun Seung-hae a chance. After passing Sun Seung-hae, he was about to enter the penalty area, but Sun Seung-hae was very fast and immediately caught up from behind.

Park Ji-sung had no choice but to pass the ball into the penalty area, and Li Min shouted: "Mine!" He jumped high, supported Xue Qixuan with his body, and pushed the ball out forcefully.

The ball flew very far and landed at the feet of Pei Wei near the middle circle. Pei Wei made a feint, escaped Jin Nanyi's defense, and then made another long pass!
The ball flew to the left as accurately as a missile, where someone has already plugged in at high speed, and it was Zhu Jun again!

After receiving the ball, Zhu Jun first made a fake move to the bottom, then flicked the ball horizontally, and then volleyed from the foot of the penalty area. Li Yun was right in his judgment and flew to catch the ball.

"Twice in a row! Is it still a coincidence?" Bonfrere frowned tightly. Could it be that Menotti didn't use Pei Wei as the core?

But it's not like... Even when the South Korean team was attacking, Pei Wei and Zhu Jun didn't go back to help defend. They were also in the frontcourt with Hao Dong, both of whom were fast and explosive players. , an obvious counterattack posture.

Bonfrere stood up and gestured to Park Ji-sung. Park Ji-sung quickly understood what he meant and ran to the left, ready to attack here.

Didn't your Zhu army not return to defense?Then I will use the pressure of offense to beat you back to defense!The one named Sun Ru seems to be the only player on your field who doesn't play in Europe, so I'll hit you!

Park Ji-sung's position on the field was originally a shadow striker. After he came to the left, together with Lee Young-pyo who also played in PSV Eindhoven, the Chinese team's left began to be tight.

After a two-for-one match with Park Ji-sung, Lee Young-pyo broke through Sun Ru's defense, Du Wei was forced to come over to make up for it, Lee Young-pyo immediately passed the ball, Seol Ki-hyun caught the ball in the penalty area, and it was a one-shot Feet cum!

With a beautiful side throw by Wu Qi, he pressed the ball firmly under his body, and also extinguished the cheers that the Korean fans were about to send out.

"Want to score in my goal? You haven't tried it yet, have you?" Wu Qi said softly in English after throwing the ball.

Xue Qixuan's face changed. During the two years he played in Belgium, he met Wu Qi more than once. Indeed, he had never scored Wu Qi's goal even once. Wu Qi's words had reached his heart.

"Then try it in this game! See if I can get in your door!" Throwing a hard word, Xue Qixuan ran out of the penalty area.

Looking at Xue Qixuan's back, a smile appeared on the corner of Wu Qi's mouth. Xue Qixuan had already brought a little anger in those words, so he might lose his composure when he shoots the goal. In that case... Hehe!
"I'm really bad enough..." Wu Qi thought to himself, but as a goalkeeper, sometimes the proper use of psychological tactics is more important than anything else, just like Kahn's roar in the game.

Under Jin Nanyi's close watch, Pei Wei accurately handed the ball to the feet of Hao Dong who pulled out of the penalty area, and then he ran a few steps towards his own half, Jin Nanyi naturally followed him and ran over. There was a small loophole in front of the penalty area of ​​the South Korean team. At this time, Hao Dong passed the ball back again. Hu Yong immediately inserted it and volleyed without defense!
Li Yun, who was shaken for a while, punched the ball hastily. Dong Yuzhuo followed up and shot again. This time the ball was blocked by the veteran Liu Xiangtie who returned to defense.

Now is the No. 30 minutes of the first half of the game. In these three 10 minutes, Pei Wei has done all that a midfielder should do, pass, organize, pull...except for shooting, in these three 10 minutes Here, he didn't even take a shot!

You know, although Pei Wei is a midfielder, his scoring ability is no worse than any forward.

"Why doesn't he shoot? He just passes the ball behind. Could it be that he is injured and dare not confront the defender head-on?" Bonfrere thought in his heart. He has watched Pei Wei's game more than once, but he has never seen it before. Pei Wei was so silent on offense.

"It must be so!" thought Bonfrere. "No wonder he always split the ball. He must have been injured in Serie A. He played with an injury! Damn!"

Thinking of being played by Menotti for such a long time, he became angry from the heart. After taking a hard look at Menotti over there, he immediately gave instructions to the players on the field. For defense, Pei Wei can leave it to Jin Nanyi alone!
Although the players made such instructions to the coach a bit strange, they still faithfully implemented Bonfrere’s intentions. Lee Young-pyo and Kim Dong-jin began to consciously strengthen the defense on the side. threatened.

The South Korean team started a counterattack. Being beaten by the Chinese team at home is a very embarrassing thing, and in the quarterfinals where any point is important, using the home court advantage to get three points is very beneficial to the following games of it.

Park Ji-sung came to the left side of the Chinese team again, and Sun Ru went up to stare at him. Park Ji-sung first made a fake move of cutting inside, and then passed the ball very covertly to the feet of Li Rongpyo who had already inserted to the side.

Li Rongpyo was about to catch the ball, when a figure rushed over quickly, and before he could react, he tackled the ball. It wasn't until Li Rongpyo fell down that it was Hu Yong who made the tackle!
"Do you think we will always let you attack here?" Hu Yong despised the Korean team a little in his heart, and then passed the ball to Zhang Qi's feet with a big foot.

Zhang Qi crossed the ball to Pei Wei in the middle. Pei Wei faltered for a while, but instead of breaking through by himself, he passed the ball to Zhang Qi on the right.

"He still didn't attack by himself, it seems that he is really injured." Pei Wei's action strengthened Bonfrere's thoughts, and he couldn't help being a little complacent. What kind of world-class coach Menotti is just an idea It's just a petrified old man!Let him play even if the player is injured. I don’t know if he is forced to play and it will not do anything. Will it only hinder the whole team?
Menotti lit another cigarette with a calm expression. He Jin glanced at him from the side. He really deserves to be a "smoker coach". He smoked five cigarettes in only 10 minutes of the game!
On the field, Zhang Qi used her skillful skills to play Jin Dongjin around. Park Donghyuk rushed out from the penalty area and prepared to pinch Zhang Qi together. At this time, Zhang Qi passed the ball.

It was Hu Yong who received the ball in the middle. He took a few steps forward and swung his right foot to shoot!
Jin Nanyi pounced on him. He knew that this guy was notoriously tough in Serie A. Although he didn't score many goals, his long shots would not be underestimated even by Serie A goalkeepers.

Just when he was about to pounce in front of Hu Yong, Hu Yong's right foot suddenly poked the ball, and the ball passed under the unprepared Jin Nanyi and rolled to Pei Wei's feet in front!
Now besides the goalkeeper, there is only Yoo Sang-chul left in front of Pei Wei!

Bonfrere Khan is about to come out, of course he knows how threatening Pei Wei is in this area, he keeps saying to himself: "Don't be afraid, it's okay, he has injuries, he can't heal quickly Breakthrough, someone will immediately return to defense, no problem..."

It's a pity that Pei Wei's next performance immediately gave him a resounding slap in the face. Without any hesitation, Pei Wei immediately raised his speed to the highest and dribbled the ball into the penalty area!
Liu Xiangtie was waiting in front of him. He knew that he could no longer compete with Pei Wei in speed, but he still had experience.

As long as he gets stuck and prevents Pei Wei from successfully breaking through him, there won't be much threat in such a narrow range.

Pei Wei suddenly changed direction while running, trying to cross to his left.

Liu Xiangtie immediately took a step sideways, and this step has already blocked Pei Wei's advancing route. Even if Pei Wei bumped into him, since he didn't move, it would only be Pei Wei's foul.

But what he didn't expect happened. Pei Wei stepped on the ball with his right foot suddenly, and then pulled the ball back, and his whole body stopped, as if he hadn't moved at all. He moved a step, so there was a space for shooting in front of Pei Wei. Without hesitation, Pei Wei immediately raised his left foot and volleyed!
The range of his leg swing is not very large, and the speed of the ball is not very fast, but this shot wins suddenly!

Li Yun fell down with all his strength and stretched his arms as far as possible, but the ball jumped in front of his hand, and then slowly rolled into the goal!

1:0!The Chinese team opened the scoring and led the South Korean team in the away game!
Looking at Pei Wei who was galloping to celebrate on the field, where is there any trace of injury on his body?I was tricked by that old guy!

The more than 2000 Chinese fans in the field were also very proud. Since the beginning of the game, they have been suppressed by Korean fans in terms of voice. Now it's our turn to call out?
"Great! Long live!" Marco jumped up without any manners, her cheers rippling in the small house.

Ma Guohua looked at his daughter with a smile, a goal, is it worth cheering like this?But... It's been a long time since I cheered loudly while watching a game?Is it because my passion is disappearing little by little?
"Long live! The Chinese team!" Suddenly, Ma Guohua also opened his arms and cheered. Ma Ke'er was stunned for a moment, and then shouted louder. Outside the door, Aunt Zhou smiled at the father and daughter, shook her head and walked away. up.

At the end of the first half, the Chinese team led the South Korean team 1:0 in the away game.

In the confrontation between coaches, Menotti undoubtedly had the upper hand, and his weakness completely deceived Bonfrere, which is exactly the gap between world-class coaches and ordinary coaches.

In fact, Menotti also had some difficulties in doing so. Although Pei Wei was not injured, his body was very tired. Not only him, but also Hu Yong and Zhu Jun. They have not been well since last year. After a break, they were exhausted physically and mentally from one game after another. Even in summer they were fighting on the battlefield of the Asian Cup. The physical fatigue had reached a peak, which made Menotti have to choose a A more labor-saving method of victory.

In the locker room, Menotti made a decision to replace Hao Dong. Zhan Feng replaced Hao Dong, not only because Hao Dong's physical strength could no longer support such a fierce game for too long, but also because of tactical considerations. .

The styles of Hao Dong and Dong Yuzhuo are very similar. They are players with fast speed, good explosive power, and good body. This makes them always overlap inadvertently and lose some opportunities.

After Zhanfeng is on the field, he can go to the front to attract the opponent's defender. At this time, Dong Yuzhuo, who is fast, has room to play. In the situation where the Chinese team is now playing more on the side, the header is good. Wind can also play a bigger role.

Hao Dong won't be able to play for a long time, so we need to give young people some chances.

(End of this chapter)