Football Three Kingdoms

Chapter 123 Attack Before Halftime
"What choice?" Yuan Shao grabbed Li Ru's shoulder and shook it vigorously, "Hurry up and talk."

"Since they won't grab it, then we'll wait." Li Ru replied.

"Wait?" Yuan Shu said disdainfully, "Then it's better to kick a penalty kick, at least it can save time."

Li Ru shook his head and said in a low voice, "I mean, when the game is about to end, we will attack suddenly, so that even if they fail to score, they will have no chance to counterattack us."

"Perhaps as you said, they didn't want to attack," Yuan Shu said, "It doesn't seem to make much sense."

"No," Yuan Shao said to Yuan Shu, "this may be our only chance."

"What do you mean?" Yuan Shu asked.

"Because in the second half, they will be the first to kick off," Li Ru explained from the side. "If we fail to break the deadlock in the first half, then we will be completely passive in the second half."

"It seems that we should plan carefully," Yuan Shao said. "After all, this attack may determine the outcome of the game. We must try our best to increase the success rate of this attack."

"We can try this..."

Li Ru suggested to Yuan Shao in a low voice, and Yuan Shao smiled happily while listening.

In the end, Yuan Shao patted Li Ru on the shoulder and said, "Just do as you say, and I will arrange it right away."

The game time passed by every minute and every second, and the two sides sat in their own half like this, abruptly consuming more than 40 minutes.

If someone came to the stadium at this time, they would not believe that a football match was going on on the field, because 23 people on the field, including the referee Kong Rong, were sitting on the grass, chewing grass stems boredly.

Finally, when the game time reached No. 404 minutes, the players of Yuan Shao's team moved. Yan Liangwenchou first stood up from the ground, and quickly rushed towards Gao Qingyu's team's half-court along the two sidelines.

Then came Li Ru, followed by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, followed by Yuan Shao's two full-backs, and finally, including central defender Li Feng, all rushed towards the opponent's half.

It was Yuan Shao who advanced with the ball. He passed the half-court quickly, and before all the players of Gao Qingyu's team stood up, he made a through ball and passed the football to Yan Liang who was going forward on the right.

Yan Liang caught the football easily, and then he quickly rushed to the baseline along the right with the ball.

Facing Yuan Shao's team's sudden attack, Gao Qingyu's team seemed to be well prepared. Yan Gang and Hu Che'er quickly pulled to the side, one on each side, responsible for defending against Yan Liang, Wen Chou, while Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao were on the other side. A quick retreat filled the space left by the two central defenders.

Zhang Jiao also moved his position backwards, staring at Li Ru firmly.

In this way, although Yan Liang took the ball outside the corner of the opponent's big penalty area, there was no suitable point of exit. He wanted to continue hitting the ground, but found that the breakthrough route was also blocked by Yan Gang.

Hua Xiong didn't panic, he pulled the sole of his right foot, stopped the football, turned around, and passed the football behind him.

At this time, Gao Qingyu's shortcomings in the formation were immediately highlighted.

On the football field, the three-back formation is not uncommon, but generally three-five-two is the majority, and some teams that advocate offense will adopt a three-four-three formation.

However, whether it is three-five-two or three-four-three, there is an extremely important point, that is, when the opponent launches a wing attack, the two wide players in the midfield will recover and defend, acting as a full-back. In this way, when defending, the formation will change to five three two and five two three.

This requires the team's two wide players to have strong personal abilities and be able to defend well in order to ensure that the wide is not lost.

Obviously, Gao Qingyu's team has such a player, that is Zhang Yan, but Zhang Yan is not on the court.

Another point is that Gao Qingyu adopted a three-three-four formation, and none of the three midfielders was a wide player.

The result of this is that the players of Yuan Shao's team can freely pass the ball on the side, and no one steps forward to intercept it.

Just like at this time, Hua Xiong passed the football to the rear, and there were no opposing players around the full-back Li Jue. Li Jue could make adjustments in his spare time and make a judgment on the next choice.

After Li Jue got the ball, he chose to continue to move forward with the ball. On the left side of Gao Qingyu's team, there was only one defensive player, Yan Gang, and Yan Gang was marking Hua Xiong at this time.

Therefore, Li Jue brought the football to the opponent's bottom line effortlessly.

Li Jue raised his head and looked in the middle. He needed to find a suitable person and a suitable point to pass the football and let his teammates score.

But unfortunately, Li Jue found that he didn't have a good choice.

When the opponent gives up the wing, it also means that the opponent's defense in the middle is very tight.

Wang Shuang, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Bao, plus Zhang Jiao who retreated, four defenders stood in the penalty area, staring at every offensive player of Yuan Shao's team.

Well, in fact, there were not many people. After Yan Liang and Wen Chou pulled the side, only Li Ru was left alone, plus Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Dribbling in may be a good choice, but Li Jue understands that his dribbling skills are really not that good, he can sprint in a straight line, but forget about dribbling in a small area in the penalty area.

Li Ru in the middle also discovered this problem. Although his teammates broke through to the opponent's bottom line, there was no suitable passing point under the opponent's tight defense.

Therefore, Li Ru quickly moved to the right in fear of leaving the restricted area, trying to meet Li Jue.

Seeing Li Ru running out, Li Jue passed the football to Li Ru without hesitation.

Li Ru ran towards the football, and instead of stopping the ball, he rubbed the inside of his right foot and hoisted the football to the top of the opponent's penalty area.

Li Ru passing the ball like this is not because he is so confident in his footwork, but because Zhang Jiao has been following him, if he wants to stop the ball, he may lose the chance to pass the ball.

Therefore, Li Ru had to kick directly, even if he knew that the accuracy of such a pass might be slightly lower.

The football flies very high, because the passing position is not very far from the landing point of the ball, so the football feels like going straight up and down.

Especially in the process of falling, the football seems to be smashed into the ground.

However, the football did not hit the ground as expected, and he was stopped in mid-air by two people. Therefore, the football had to change direction and rushed towards another goal, the goal of Gao Qingyu's team.

(End of this chapter)