Chapter three hundred and thirteenth fight endlessly
When Russia's midfielder Nikolay Lucas picked up the ball on the wing, their right back Peter Vlasov suddenly accelerated forward.
Chen Xingyi, who was originally defending Lucas with Xia Xiaoyu, saw Vlasov speeding up and realized that the opponent might be seeking cooperation.
He quickly moved over there.
At the same time, Lukes knocked the football into the space behind him with his heel, and passed it right in front of Vlasov who was advancing.
Chen Xingyi shoveled the football, trying to break the ball out of the sideline.
But Vlasov was the first to poke the football out with his toes!
Chen Xingyi cleared it!
Then Vlasov jumped up and flew over Chen Xingyi.
"careful!"
Vlasov, who caught up with the football, did not continue to hit the ball, but passed the football sideways to the center.
Center Ivan Romanov did not wait for his teammates to pass to him in front of the goal. He pulled out of the penalty area to receive the ball.
Wang Guangwei followed up and pushed forward, preventing the opponent from handling the ball calmly without being defended.
He put his hands in front of him and pushed against Romanov.
But the latter's body leaned back and remained as motionless as a mountain.
While the two were wrestling, Jiang Wanqing came over and tried to steal the ball.
Romanov suddenly moved the football to the left side of his body with his left foot, then quickly turned around and blocked Jiang Wanqing with his strong body, then directly raised his right foot... and fired a powerful volley!
The football roared past Wang Guangwei and flew towards the Chinese team's goal!
Goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan turned sideways, put his fists together, and hit the football!
After a loud bang, the football flew high...to the sideline!
"Lin Zhiyuan made a wonderful save! Romanov's shot was very powerful. He didn't dare to catch it hard, so he could only hit it with both fists... Even so, the football flew directly out of the baseline, which shows that his shot
How powerful the shot is!”
Lin Zhiyuan stood up from the ground and opened his hands to Romanov with an understatement on his face.
But when he put down his hands, he could still feel the dull pain in his finger joints from the previous save. He definitely didn't want to be as relaxed as he had shown.
As we all know, "Ivan the Terrible" has two killer moves: one is a header, and the other is a long shot.
Not to mention headers, as for his long-range shots, he once had a "record" of directly hitting the defensive player's head on the court, causing the opponent to fall into coma. This shows how terrifying his shooting power is.
Relying on these two killer moves, this Russian football hero led the host country to the quarter-finals in the 2018 Russian World Cup. He also helped Russia reach the semi-finals in the 2020 European Cup, becoming the last three Russian football teams.
The best result in a continental competition in ten years.
At his peak, Romanov was almost unbeatable in the penalty area, and he could carry the opponent's center back to complete the goal.
During the game, he also had the famous scene where the central defender fouled him and he was knocked to the ground.
Now the Chinese team is facing Ivan Romanov who is already past his prime. As he gets older, his body is also overwhelmed. In the last two seasons, due to frequent injuries, he has been unable to play for the Serie A giant Insubre.
It is no longer possible to hit the main force.
But even so, the entire Chinese team still felt terrible pressure.
In fact, if this Russian team was the one that reached the semi-finals of the European Cup six years ago, then the Chinese team would have no power to fight back and there would be no suspense about losing...
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This time, the Russian player chose to throw the throw-in directly into the penalty area and treat it as a corner kick.
The person we are looking for is still... Ivan Romanov!
This time, Wang Guangwei took advantage of Yao Huasheng's entanglement with Romanov to attack and pushed the football out first.
"Well done, Wang Guangwei! As the defensive player directly facing Romanov in this game, he kept Romanov from scoring a goal in the first half. He is 1.86 meters tall and Romanov is 1.97 meters tall.
In comparison, he is eleven centimeters shorter, but with his excellent jumping and more flexible body shape, he makes up for the gap between himself and Romanov!"
Wang Guangwei's parents couldn't laugh when they heard the commentator He Feng praising their son in front of the TV.
While my father was nervously staring at the game on the TV screen, my mother was slumped on the sofa, having just breathed out.
For them, watching their son's game is not enjoyment at all, but suffering.
Although the objective conditions are there, even if the opponent scores a goal, there is no need to worry about fans across the country scolding their son.
But this does not mean that they are willing to accept the result of conceding a goal.
Especially now that the Chinese team is leading, if their son can guard Romanov and prevent him from scoring, wouldn't he become a major contributor to the Chinese team's win?
After having this idea, the couple became extremely nervous watching the game.
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After guarding against this attack, the Chinese team tried to launch a quick counterattack.
However, Chen Xingyi, who was catching the ball on the wing, used his speed to overtake and get rid of the Russian right back Vlasov, but he was stuck in the opponent's position. He did not pick up the speed and instead lost the ball.
Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan and the others, who were just about to press forward, had to retreat quickly to participate in the defense.
"Oops... The Chinese team was a little anxious in their counterattack! Chen Xingyi's breakthrough was actually not a very good opportunity. He could have taken control of the ball and then waited for his teammates to come up and respond..."
Fortunately, after losing the ball, Chen Xingyi actively chased back, entangled the opponent, and finally destroyed the football from the sideline, preventing Russia from counterattacking.
After getting up, Chen Xingyi gestured to his teammates to apologize.
He also knew that he was anxious, but he didn't think much about it at the time. He just wanted to hit the football to the front of the opponent's penalty area and try to keep the football away from the Chinese team's penalty area.
Besides, didn’t Director Shi say he wanted to get the start?
Of course, we need to speed up as much as possible.
He just didn't expect that the opponent's right back had already guessed his intentions and was waiting for him to hit him in the most suitable position...
Shi Wuyuan on the sidelines frowned even more.
He found that the Russian players were not too panicked and seemed more calm when facing the Chinese team.
It was completely different from the performance just after conceding the goal in the first half.
So he glanced at the Russian coaching bench next door.
Obviously, Mashaninov knows that the basis of the Chinese team's style of play is physical fitness, and knows that there will be problems with the Chinese team's physical fitness.
He glanced at the game time, which was fifty-four minutes into the game.
The second half has only started ten minutes.
Wait, wait, wait...
Shi Wuyuan thought silently in his heart.
It's too early to make substitutions now. If we wait a little longer, maybe we can still achieve something?
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The Chinese team soon got another opportunity to attack. Xia Xiaoyu passed the football to Zhang Qinghuan, who organized the attack.
Almost at the same time that Zhang Qinghuan received the ball, Russian midfielder Irvin Botaka came up and tried to steal the ball from him.
Zhang Qinghuan made a feint with his upper body, trying to turn from the left, but suddenly turned to the right.
"pretty!"
Before He Feng could finish his cheers, he saw Botaka, who was about to pass by, move sideways and hit him.
Zhang Qinghuan, who was turning around, was hit and staggered, losing his balance.
But even with his hands on the ground and trying to maintain his center of gravity, Zhang Qinghuan still hooked the football back with his feet, preventing Botaka from snatching it away.
However, the opponent's defense also cost him the opportunity to move forward.
He could only turn around again to protect the football, and at the same time opened his arms to block Botaka, the first black international player in the history of Russian football, behind him.
"Brother Huan!"
Zhang Qinghuan, who was struggling with Hei Youhang, heard Xia Xiaoyu's voice and passed the football back.
Xia Xiaoyu faced the direction of attack and seemed to be able to launch an attack directly.
But when he raised his foot and was about to kick the football, he heard Jiang Wanqing shouting from the side: "Someone is coming!"
He changed his mind temporarily and kicked out the football with his right foot, but missed the ball. Instead, he pulled the football back, knocked it behind him, and then turned around.
Passed by Lucas who rushed up from behind!
"Xia Xiaoyu! Smart!"
Although he avoided Lukes' pressing, he turned his back to the direction of attack.
The Russian players all returned to their positions.
Zhang Qinghuan also ran back to meet Xia Xiaoyu.
Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, who were already preparing to sprint on the two wings, could only retreat.
The Chinese team's plan to use speed to advance the attack to Russia's 30-meter zone failed.
This comes from the Russian players pressing the Chinese team's ball-handling players in the midfield and frontcourt.
"The Russian team has strengthened its pressing in the midfield and frontcourt, which has made it difficult for the Chinese team to play the ball..." Yan Kang saw it. "The Chinese team's midfielder relied on Xia Xiaoyu and Zhang Qinghuan to organize the offense. They faced the two
His personal focus on defense, especially against Zhang Qinghuan who was further forward, forced him not to take the ball calmly. This was not the case in the first half..."
"That's right." He Feng continued. "In fact, Zhang Qinghuan was able to protect the football under such pressure and did not lose the ball. His performance was already excellent. I think during the halftime break, the Russian head coach Masani
Nove must have made targeted adjustments..."
Shi Wuyin turned his head and glanced at the Russian team's coaching bench. Their head coach was sitting on the coaching bench, holding a pen in his hand and a small notebook on his thigh. He was raising his head and staring at the court intently, ready to write in the notebook at any time.
Order something.
This is the head coach who led the Russian national team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup and the semifinals of the European Cup...
It has been exactly ten years since I took office in 2016.
It is really rare to find a head coach who has been able to coach the national team for ten years. It is impossible without two brushes.
He knew that the physical fitness of the Chinese team was the most terrible, so he asked the players to strengthen this pressing, forcing the Chinese team players to compete with the Russian players physically, accelerating physical consumption.
He wants the Chinese team's physical collapse to come as soon as possible!
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PS, here comes the second update, the next update will be at 1:00 noon~