Chapter 281 Olympic Journey (4)
Italy was embarrassed at halftime. They didn't even come up with a feasible way to defend Wu Jie before the game.
But I didn't expect that the real troublesome person today was Chen Haonan. This guy instigated countless unscrupulous attacks in the first half.
However, another embarrassment followed: they also didn’t know how to strangle the Chinese team’s number two player!
The performance of this Real Madrid core today is even better than Platini's.
Of course, this is just an appearance. If Platini had Wu Jie beside him to help him with the defensive forces, the effect would not be much different. Chen Haonan is not yet better than Platini.
But the combination of Wu Jie + Chen Haonan can refer to the peak combination of Maradona + Platini.
When the Chinese team uses this configuration to beat the Italian second team, and with the support of new routines, it will naturally have the effect of pressing the latter to the ground and rubbing them.
In the second half, the Italian team also made some arrangements. They moved the defense of the two wings closer to the center, which was intended to focus the defense on the center.
Didn't the Chinese team split their two cores and place them on both sides to stretch their defensive space? But no matter how you play, you still have to shoot from a relatively frontal angle, otherwise the angle will be too small.
However, the Chinese team was well prepared, and soon replaced Zhao Dayu with Chen Jingang, then moved Chen Haonan to the left wing, and then allowed Wu Jie to move more in the penalty area.
In this way, Chen Haonan and Gu Guangming can freely deliver shells into the penalty area from the two empty wings.
The Chinese team's tactics changed suddenly and became a typical long pass and lob.
The Italian team really didn't expect this change. Their defenders are not bad in height and confrontation, but facing the three aerial tyrants Wu Jie, Liu Haiguang, and Chen Jingang, especially Zhen Aiguo, who is also 185cm tall, this is simply an encounter.
Heavy bombers dropped bombs in clusters.
The media and fans around the world were dumbfounded. Before the game, they thought that the Chinese team and the Italian second team should be evenly matched, with the Chinese team having the upper hand at most thanks to the performance of its three superstars.
But I didn't expect it to be such a losing situation. It's okay that Italy can't defend it until now, but it can't even organize a decent attack, which is unexpected.
The most painful thing is that the way the Italian team died was also unexpected. The Chinese team actually used a long pass to win the game!
But they didn't know that this was the Chinese team's second strategy. Wu Jie would not let the Chinese team's offense blindly adopt technical flow.
Although China is not a broken European continent, it has a vast territory and numerous provinces. We must not limit players from all over the world to one genre. Instead, we must find ways to create different styles and genres like a hundred schools of thought contending.
He is not afraid that different styles and systems in different places will prevent the national team from gathering combat effectiveness, because no matter what the style or system is, when it reaches a certain level, different paths lead to the same goal.
If there is a problem, it must be that there is no pulling rope brother, or there is no real leader who serves as the core.
But the Chinese team does not need to worry about this, so naturally it is most appropriate for a hundred flowers to bloom and a hundred schools of thought to contend.
This unreasonable set of long passes and lobs is one of the two main tactics developed in parallel by the Chinese team. When to use it naturally depends on the opponent to prescribe the right medicine.
Looking at it this way, Italy didn't complain at all. Although they didn't see the Chinese team's chain defense system, they had learned both of China's two major offensive routines.
In the second half of the game, the Italian team's penalty area was bombarded by the Chinese team one after another.
In the 60th minute, Chen Haonan broke through from the left and completed a cross. Wu Jie was flanked by several people on the right side of the penalty area, but still successfully passed the ball to his teammates.
Chen Jingang was unguarded on the left side of the penalty area. At this moment, he was like playing a "header shooting game" with his teammates in training. He jumped high and shook his head with a fierce lion, slamming the football into the goal!
"What a tragedy! The Chinese team is like playing a header pass game in the Italian team's penalty area!"
"The average height of the Chinese team is terrible. Aren't Asians generally very short?"
"Italy is already a top-notch air defense team in Europe, but when faced with the Chinese team's aerial bombardment, the outcome was so miserable. How can we restrain such a style of play?"
"Is this the strength of the fifth complete lineup of the World Cup? I strongly suggest that the next Olympic Games should not allow players who have played in the World Cup for the Chinese team to participate!"
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When faced with this unreasonable style of play, commentators from all over the world shook their heads and sighed helplessly.
If even the Italian team can't defend against this kind of air attack, then who can?
The Asian commentators even turned pale. The Chinese second team often used this style of play to bully them, and by then they could no longer resist.
If China uses this lineup and style of play to deal with them one day, it will be unimaginable how miserable it will be!
Especially when the Japanese audience thinks about their own back line, which is all 1.7 meters tall, if the Chinese team uses carpet bombing of this size to hit the whole court, will they score more than ten goals in a game?
Of course, this is just overthinking. The Chinese team will not be bored enough to use this lineup to beat Asian opponents.
At this moment, the score is 3:0, and the suspense of this game is basically gone.
Facing the Chinese team's north-south attack, Italy can no longer effectively respond in this battle at least.
In the 70th minute of the second half, the Chinese team began to train new players and replaced Gu Guangming with Ren Zhihui.
As soon as this 17-year-old genius, who has attracted much attention, came on the court, he used his excellent athletic ability to frequently break through on the right side.
Ren Zhihui is obviously a step above Gu Guangming in terms of athletic talent. He is also very talented in ball sense. He has a balanced left and right foot, is good at wing breakthroughs and cutting inside, and he also has a certain firepower in shooting.
But he is most fortunate to have Wu Jie and Chen Haonan to train him. After all, there are many talented young talents all over the world, but not many can be kicked out in the end, so the result may be different if he has a good teacher to teach him.
Ren Zhihui is obviously much more mature than players of the same age. Although he still pursues personal performance after playing, the Chinese team's offense is actually a little out of rhythm after joining him.
But I have to say that this little guy's breakthrough ability made the Italian team difficult to cope with. He can still contribute to the team with his own personal ability.
In the 73rd minute, Ren Zhihui continuously changed his rhythm on the right to get rid of the defender, and then suddenly accelerated and passed the defender.
Gu Guangming, who was at his peak, could barely do this set of coherent breakthrough moves, but then stopped and started again to complete the inside cut. This was something that Gu Guangming's athletic ability could not do.
After Ren Zhihui cut inside, he took the ball a few steps towards the center. Instead of continuing to rely on his personal ability, he chose to send the ball into the penalty area.
But after all, he was still a little younger, so his passing skills were a bit lacking, and the Italian defender sacrificed himself to block it.
Ren Zhihui seemed a little annoyed. Judging from the slow-motion replay of his wonderful continuous passing, there was nothing wrong with his passing in the first half. His talent and spirituality were almost overflowing from the screen.
However, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the timing of the ball after passing people, especially in terms of passing selection and concealment.
However, as a native genius with no system control and no dream training, he has performed like this at this age, and there is really nothing wrong with him. It can even be said that Maradona does not have the overall perspective and awareness of Ren Zhihui at his age.
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Italy's defense was completely unable to restrict this underage guy, because there was too much space on the two wings for him to play freely.
But a subsequent problem is that the Chinese team has begun to gain momentum and cannot score. At this stage, it is still difficult for Ren Zhihui to rely on his personal ability to create a truly fatal threat when facing Italy.
Although his wonderful breakthroughs came one after another, the final kick or the fatal pass was still a little short of the mark.
But the Chinese team replaced him at this point in time with the intention of giving him a chance to practice.
After the game, Chen Haonan will definitely take him to watch the video together to find out the problems.
If Ren Zhihui is an open-minded person who is willing to think, he will progress very quickly under this kind of guidance.
In the 77th minute, the Chinese team made another substitution.
Wu Jie, who did not score a goal today, but received an assist and created a fatal free kick, was replaced and replaced by 18-year-old central defender Cui Yonghua.
This is also a young man worth cultivating. His talent is even higher than that of Jia Xiuquan. As long as he is cultivated, the Chinese team's defense will be really stable.
Finally, in the 89th minute, Chen Haonan, who performed most brilliantly today, once again launched a fatal attack.
He first knocked the ball to Zhen Aiguo in midfield, who immediately passed the ball forward diagonally.
After receiving the return pass, Chen Haonan faced the interception of two Italian players. He suddenly turned around and made a long-distance pass to find the gap. The whole process was effortless and extremely accurate.
Ren Zhihui connected at high speed on the wing. After getting the ball, he quickly entered the penalty area and fired a powerful shot to complete the goal, scoring his first Olympic goal in his career!
At this moment, the audience sitting in front of the TV could see the difference between a superstar like Chen Haonan and a young genius. Ren Zhihui was busy for twenty minutes and staged several wonderful breakthroughs, almost as if he was in a desert.
However, these performances of his did not cause real fatal damage to the Italian team. On the other hand, Chen Haonan's effortless pass penetrated Italy's defense and the goal was lost again.
The only pity today is that Wu Jie did not score a goal, but it is obvious that the football champion did not put in much effort.
Now no one would think that Wu Jie failed to score because of his poor condition. As long as he wants to score, he will never fail to gain something.
This also proves the strength of the Chinese team from the side. Their dual-core does not even need to be fully activated, but it is enough to defeat the second Italian team.
The final score was fixed at 4:0. The nearly 10,000 Italian fans at the scene could only withdraw sadly. The Italian players all bowed their heads and remained silent. Only Giovanni Galli, who had been scored four times, was left on the field.
He punched the ground with his fist, wondering if he was venting his anger to his teammates!
The Chinese players were naturally smiling. The group stage of the Olympic football event adopted a format of 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss, so the importance of a victory is self-evident.
In addition, the strongest opponent in Group C is the Italian team. This victory makes the Chinese team's future games much easier. Basically, another draw will mean qualifying early, because they have a four-goal difference.
Chapter completed!