Guo Junfu has been observing the situation in front of him, whether he has the ball at his feet or not. He hopes to accumulate enough samples for analysis through a large number of observations.
Although he only observed the second half for ten minutes, compared with the first half, he could already see some differences.
Nigeria still defended Hulay very tightly and did not relax following their successful defense against Hulay in the first half.
But in contrast, their defense against Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai was far less strict than that against Hu Lai.
Perhaps he feels that only Hu Lai is the strongest player in the Chinese team, and others should not be too concerned.
It cannot be said that they did this completely blindly and underestimated the enemy, because neither Chen Xingyi nor Luo Kai posed much of a threat to Nigeria's goal in the first half.
At any rate, Chen Xingyi missed a shot during a counterattack. Apart from the anti-aircraft gun, Luo Kai didn't have any impressive performance.
So it's understandable that the opponent doesn't care much about the two of them.
And this is a good opportunity for Guo Junfu.
Guo Junfu got the ball again, and Hu Lai ran out and raised his hand to ask for the ball. He was still followed by a Nigerian central defender. In addition, there was a Nigerian player not far away, forming a corner with the central defender.
, these two people guarantee that Hu Lai can be locked up at any time.
Guo Junfu saw Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi running, but obviously Luo Kai's position was better, so he chose to pass the football to Luo Kai.
Luo Kai shot directly after receiving the ball, but the ball was blocked by the Nigerian center back Daniel Moses with his legs.
Although the goal was not scored, Guo Junfu saw hope.
If Moses had come back slower this time, Luo Kai's kick would have been able to hit the Nigerian goalkeeper, right?
And such opportunities were few and far between in the first half.
So after adjusting the tactics, it worked.
In the penalty area, Nigeria goalkeeper Abdullahi Ndidi was shouting to his teammate Daniel Moses, who had just completed a clearance: "Daniel! You were too slow! You almost let him pass the ball just now."
The ball came out!"
Although Moses has completed the defensive task, goalkeeper Ndidi still seems dissatisfied.
Moses waved his hand: "But I blocked his shot, didn't I?"
Seems careless.
The other players of the Chinese team, including the shooter Luo Kai, did not pay attention to the conversation between the two sides. They thought the goalkeeper was just shouting a routine to boost morale.
But Hulay looked at Moses.
When the two people communicated with each other, they spoke not English, but a local national language in Nigeria. Hulay didn't know the specific language, but he just understood it.
From Moses' answer and attitude, Hulay keenly captured a message - the concentration and vigilance of Nigerian players are gradually declining.
That's good.
Thinking of this, he turned to Omero and said: "Are you sure you don't want to strengthen the defense of our No. 9? Maybe he will shoot the ball into the goal next time."
Omero looked at Hu Lai expressionlessly, wondering why this guy still didn't give up. Am I the kind of person who can be deceived by you in just a few words?
When Hu Lai saw that the other party was ignoring him, he just smiled at him, then spread his hands and shrugged: "Believe it or not, if you lose the ball then, don't blame me for not reminding you."
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Nigeria is not just defensive. After the Olympic team's corner kick did not pose a threat to their goal, Nigeria started to attack and tried to score another goal.
After all, their head coach said during the halftime break that they should earn as much goal difference as possible.
Shi Wuyin stood on the sidelines, watching the court nervously.
He knew what Nigeria was trying to do, but for him it also meant opportunity.
If the Olympic team can withstand Nigeria's offensive, it will have more opportunities to counterattack. And with Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, two fast wingers, the Olympic team has an advantage in counterattacking...
Of course, the premise is that the Olympic team must survive Nigeria's offensive frenzy without conceding a goal, otherwise all plans will be in vain.
Wherever Shi Wuyuan looked, Nigeria's forward Okuye, who scored a goal in the first half, received the ball. At the same time, Wang Guangwei immediately moved forward.
Okuye seemed to look down on Wang Guangwei and wanted to force a breakthrough with his own speed.
But when he was posted by Wang Guangwei, he realized that it was not that easy to get up to speed...
This Chinese defender doesn't look very strong, but he is very tenacious. His core strength is not bad, but he was not rushed away by him.
So the Nigerian striker who plays in the French second league quickly changed his strategy and decided to use a change of pace to dodge Wang Guangwei.
But he stopped suddenly, and Wang Guangwei also stopped suddenly. He feinted, but Wang Guangwei remained unmoved. He changed direction, and Wang Guangwei also changed direction, always stuck on the inside of him.
Okuye was at his wits end, he would be surrounded if he delayed any longer, so he could only force a shot through Wang Guangwei after changing direction!
Lin Zhiyuan fell to the ground and threw himself on his side, grabbing the football shot by Okuye directly into his arms.
Then he quickly got up from the ground holding the football and launched a counterattack by throwing the ball with his hands!
"Good shot! The Olympic team fought back!"
Nigeria's defensive movement was also very fast. While Okuye was still regretting that he failed to pose a threat, his teammates had already quickly turned around and ran back.
This team, as they showed in the first half, does not have poor tactical discipline.
When the Olympic team's offense pushed forward, the Nigerian players had basically retreated.
At least all four of their back line are in their positions.
Guo Junfu divided the football and gave it to Luo Kai.
After Luo Kai got the ball, he cut inside and dribbled horizontally.
Nigeria's defense moved with him, but they would not make a move rashly. They were very experienced and would just push him to a crowded place. In this way, Luo Kai would lose space sooner or later.
On the court, losing space means losing the ball.
Guo Junfu shouted: "Give me the ball!" and came up to meet him.
But Luo Kai did not do this, because that would be equivalent to hitting the football back again. After finally attacking, he had to pass it back.
Luo Kai was unwilling to give in.
When he was dribbling horizontally, he discovered that Juleka was raising his hand to ask for the ball from the penalty spot to the penalty area line.
Not far from him is Nigeria's No. 4 centre-back Omero, and at the same time another centre-back No. 5 Moses is also not far from him. The two form a rivalry with Hulay.
Logically speaking, the ball should not be passed to him in this situation, but Luo Kai thought that because the two central defenders were close together, there were a lot of spaces in the penalty area that could be used.
If he passes the ball to Hu Lai, and then cuts inward, inserting himself into the space behind the fifth defender, Hu Lai then passes the football to himself, and the two hit the wall for a one-two, then wouldn't he get almost
Any chance of a solo shot?
Thinking of this, Luo Kai quickly pushed the football to Hu Lai in the penalty area with his left foot, and at the same time changed his line and went straight into the penalty area.
When Hulay received the ball, Omero immediately came up to prevent him from receiving the ball comfortably.
Moses originally planned to come up and guard Hu Lai, but when he saw Hu Lai turning around as if to push the football into the space behind him, he immediately realized where the real danger was!
He quickly turned around and wanted to pounce on Luo Kai, who had already entered the penalty area.
Luo Kai also made a gesture to ask Hu Lai to pass the ball to him, although he also noticed Moses' movements. But at this time, he had to shoot. After receiving the ball, he could only break through forcefully and create murderous intent.
The attention of the players on both sides was attracted by the battle in front of the penalty spot. The Nigerian midfielder turned and pounced on Hu Lai and Luo Kai, while Guo Junfu stretched horizontally to prepare for Hu Lai's possible return pass.
As Luo Kai pushed forward, he turned to look at Hu Lai and saw that his right foot had indeed pushed the football towards him...
No, no!
He saw Hu Lai's right foot make a false shot on the football, then stepped on the football and pulled it back, pulled it behind him, and then knocked the football... into the space on the other side!
The football was passed to the space on the left, where there was a huge gap!
At this time, Chen Xingyi, who was originally outside the penalty area, rushed in. Facing Hu Lai's pass, almost unmarked, he began to adjust his pace.
"Hu Lai! Beautiful!! Opportunity! Chen Xingyi——!"
Amid He Feng's roar, Chen Xingyi adjusted his pace and kicked the football. Facing the Nigerian goalkeeper Ndidi who attacked to block the angle, he directly kicked the ball!
Endidi rushed to the near corner, and the football was pushed to the far corner by Chen Xingyi!
"This ball! This ball... this ball -!!" Yan Kang kept repeating this word until he saw the football brushing against the toes of goalkeeper Ndidi, and then going around into the back corner of the goal!
He suddenly shouted: "Beautiful——!!"
At the same time, He Feng beside him was also shouting: "Beautiful!!! Chen Xingyi!! He scored the Chinese Olympic team's first goal in the history of the Olympic Games... no, it was the first goal in the history of the Olympic Games
!!The Olympic team equalized the score! The front three’s cooperation was extremely tacit! Beautiful!”
In the live commentary booth, I saw two Chinese commentators holding noise-cancelling and sound-isolating headsets with one hand, jumping up from their seats, and waving their other fists vigorously.
In the stadium, Chen Xingyi, who scored the goal, ran backwards towards the corner flag area, and at the same time opened his arms and shouted at Hu Lai who assisted him: "Come on, Hu Lai, come and hug me!"
Hu Lai laughed and went up to meet him.
Behind them, Luo Kai shook his head, but also chased after them.
Then came Guo Junfu, Gao Ruimin, Zeng Chi...and the other Chinese Olympic team players.
They happily ran towards the area where Chen Xingyi was, like red meteors streaking across the Valencian night sky.
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PS, sorry, I forgot to set up automatic updates...