Chapter 62: The Strength of Asia's No. Brother
"Pretty!"
"1:0!"
"Li Jinyu scored the first goal for the Chinese team in this game, and it was also his first goal in this East Asian Cup!"
In the studio, the commentators were all very excited after seeing Li Jinyu's goal.
The large-scale suspension of the Chinese national football team and the fierce attack launched by the Japanese team in the early stages of the game made them, like many other fans, worry about the Chinese national football team.
But the Chinese national team withstood the pressure and not only did not lose the ball, but also took advantage of the opponent's inattention to defense and scored the first goal.
Although it is still early for the game to end, we cannot conclude that the Chinese national team will definitely beat their opponents.
But the Chinese national team, which scored the first goal, has undoubtedly taken the initiative in the game.
How to play next depends on the head coach's tactical arrangements!
On the court, after scoring a goal, Li Jinyu ran along the court while pointing at Lin Feng, motioning him to come over and celebrate with him.
The reason why Li Jinyu was able to score this goal, besides his excellent positioning and seizing the opportunity, the main credit went to Lin Feng's pass.
If it weren't for Lin Feng's through-the-crotch pass, Li Jinyu's good positioning would be useless.
Seeing Li Jinyu pointing his finger at him, Lin Feng trotted over and gave him a high five and a hug.
"Brother Li, you shoot really well!"
Li Jinyu smiled and said, "You are the one who spread it well!"
After they finished talking, they burst into laughter, and everything was said without words.
On the sidelines, Zhu Guanghu smiled brighter than anyone else.
He thought this game would be difficult and he was even prepared for a draw or even a loss.
I didn't expect that these young men from the Chinese national football team gave me a big surprise and actually took the lead over the Japanese team.
With the advantage of one goal, the team also has a powerful counterattack player like Lin Feng.
Logically speaking, the Chinese national team should continue to use defensive counterattack tactics at this time, because the opponent will definitely continue to attack, and they will have plenty of opportunities to launch a counterattack.
But Zhu Guanghu did not do so. He saw from the offensive process of the Chinese national team's goal that the Japanese team seemed to focus on offense and did not seem to be very attentive to defense?
He wasn't quite sure about this, but it could be tested.
So, after the Chinese national team took the lead, Zhu Guanghu was not in a hurry to let the players withdraw their formation, but instead planned to fight a positional battle with the Japanese team to see the opponent's reaction.
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China's first goal was beyond the expectations of Zico and the Japanese coaching staff.
Before the game started, they spent a lot of time practicing various offensive tactics, intending to use textbook offense to defeat their opponents.
But they never expected that their tactics failed to work, and instead the opponent's attack was successful.
This made Zico feel a little embarrassed, and he felt that he might have been fooled!
"Humph, it seems that what the other party said before the game was simply false information. They deliberately tricked us!"
Saying that we should focus on defense is actually a lie.
Judging from the Chinese team's offensive tactics just now, they must have practiced this many times beforehand, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to coordinate so well.
The Japanese coaches on the side quickly echoed:
"Yes, Chinese coaches are very cunning!"
"But it doesn't matter. We are stronger. Now that we have seen through the opponent's tricks, it's our turn to perform!"
Immediately, Zico stood up and started shouting to the Japanese players on the field, asking them to implement plan B!
After receiving instructions from the coach, the Japanese players on the field did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and immediately began to change their tactics according to the coach's instructions.
For the next period of time, the situation on the field was a bit tense.
Although the Chinese national team gradually attacked, the Japanese team's defense was very solid.
The distance between their three lines of defense is maintained very well, and the overall defense is very layered.
Even if the Chinese national football team broke through one or two of the lines, it would be difficult to directly threaten the Japanese team's goal.
On the contrary, after the Japanese team changed its tactics, the Chinese national team began to face increasing obstruction in the midfield.
During this period, both sides won a lot of free kicks.
In the 31st minute, the Chinese national team got a free kick in a good position about 30 meters opposite the goal.
Unfortunately, Chen Tao was not on the field, and Zheng Zhi's free kick went wide of the goal frame. Although from the scene, it seemed that the Chinese national football team had the upper hand during this period.
But Zhu Guanghu's expression became more and more solemn. He almost always stood on the sidelines and never went down.
On the surface, the Chinese national football team seemed to have taken the initiative, but for some reason, he had a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.
Soon, this feeling of uneasiness was confirmed!
In the 37th minute of the first half, the Japanese team suddenly accelerated the pace of the game.
They did not advance slowly from the middle like before.
Instead, it went straight past the midfield, with the inward-moving winger and the full-back coming in from behind cooperating on the wing and quickly reaching the front of the Chinese team's penalty area.
This was beyond the expectations of the Chinese national team. When the opponent's full-back dribbled the ball down the field and completed the cross, the Chinese national team's midfield and defense were somewhat out of touch.
The Japanese team's center forward got the first point, but he did not head the ball directly.
Instead, he passed the ball to the side and his teammate who came in after the assist volleyed the ball into the goal.
The quality of this ball was extremely high. Li Leilei was completely helpless in the rush and could only watch the opponent score.
It was not unfair for the Chinese team to lose this goal!
When the Japanese team scored, a large number of Japanese players appeared between the two lines of defense of the Chinese national team.
The opponent's sudden acceleration completely exposed the Chinese national team's defensive problems.
"Grass!"
When Zhu Guanghu saw the team lose the ball, he started cursing.
But he did not blame the players because he was primarily responsible for the ball.
If he had not been so greedy and wanted to continue attacking, but had withdrawn the formation earlier, the opponent would not have had such a big loophole to exploit.
When the Chinese national team's formation is pressed too far forward and the opponent suddenly launches a fast break, it is easy for the defense to become disconnected.
"The Chinese national team lost the ball. The defenders did a good job defending it, but the main problem was that the midfielders failed to keep up with the opponent."
In the studio, when the two commentators saw the Japanese team score a goal, they both sounded a little regretful.
The Chinese national team's lead lasted less than fifteen minutes before being quickly equalized by the opponent.
But the opponent played the ball very beautifully, impeccably.
"The Japanese team's offensive quality is really high, the tactical thinking is clear, and the players' execution is also very good."
No wonder the Japanese team is the top team in Asia. The goal just now fully demonstrated their strength.
Compared with their previous opponent, the South Korean team, the Japanese team played more methodically.
Although the Japanese team was also behind in the score, they played more calmly than the Korean team. They were not anxious, but continued to stick to their own style of play and reaped the rewards.
"The Chinese national football team must be careful now. After the opponent scored this goal, their momentum will rise. The situation of the Chinese national football team will probably be very difficult in the next period of time!"
The commentator's prediction was very accurate. After equalizing the score, the Japanese team's morale was boosted and they once again launched an attack on the Chinese national team's goal.
In the 40th minute, Japan made a high-quality diagonal pass from the right, and Yasuyuki Konno made a smart run and headed the ball without being guarded on the small penalty area line.
When seeing the opponent's header, many fans had cardiac arrest and subconsciously closed their eyes, not daring to see the final result.
But the Chinese national football team's goalkeeper Li Leilei stepped forward again and incredibly saved the opponent's close-range header.
Then, the Japanese team took a corner kick.
It was Li Leilei who took the initiative again and resolved the opponent's lob pass.
Two minutes later, the Japanese team caused a foul by a Chinese player when attacking in the frontcourt, and Japan got a free kick in a good position.
Abu Yushu chose to attack the goal directly, but the ball went slightly off the goal frame and hit the side net.
In the 44th minute, it was Abu Yusuke again who made an extremely deadly through pass.
Fortunately, Feng Xiaoting was concentrating and kicked the ball out of the sideline.
During this period, the Chinese national football team played very passively on the field, and the initiative of the game was almost completely controlled by the Japanese team.
With their outstanding performance, the Japanese team proved to the outside world their strength as the top team in Asia!
(End of this chapter)
