At this time, the Ecuadorian central defender pressed against Nie Jiang as if facing a formidable enemy, not giving him a chance to turn around. At the same time, another defender rushed over and used his head to head the mid-high ball passed by Tiange, hoping that
Destroy the ball out of the penalty area.
When everyone thought that Nie Jiang would give up shooting and pass the ball out, Nie Jiang made an unexpected move.
Faced with Xiang Tiange's half-high pass, Nie Jiang leaned on the Ecuadorian central defender behind him and bumped the ball with his thigh. Then he took advantage of the situation and used an overhead kick.
Nie Jiang's stoppage, deflection and overhead kick were all done in one go. The defender behind him did not expect that another opponent who had tried to disrupt the header with a header was also a step slower. The most important thing was that the Ecuadorian goalkeeper's sight was caught
Nie Jiang's central defender was blocked.
When Nie Jiang's overhead kick sent the ball flying over, the goalkeeper realized it. Unfortunately, it was too late. The football flew past the goalkeeper's outstretched hands and flew directly into the goal.
Li Xin was stunned by Nie Jiang's scoring process: "Zeng Wenfu turned to the wing. Xiang Tiange took the ball and did a beautiful one-two. He passed it to Nie Jiang. It's hard to turn around. Oh, oh
, Oh! Dumping the ball, hooking, shooting, beautiful! A stroke of genius, you don’t need to turn around, you can score without turning around, Nie Jiang has unlimited imagination with this ball!”
"The player Nie Jiang has improved again." Dong Lu also lamented, "In the early days of the league, the 17-year-old Nie Jiang came out of nowhere. He kept scoring goals in the league and the AFC Champions League and became an outstanding player.
He became a much-anticipated rising star. However, after everyone strengthened their defense against him, he once fell into a scoring drought in the middle of the league. However, he soon made adjustments and began to slowly learn how to move.
Learn how to cooperate with assists. Now we can see that he has learned to think about how to solve problems when confronting the opponent head-on, and he solved it perfectly!"
"I think this goal should be the most exciting goal in this round of the World Junior Championship." Li Xin sighed while praising him, "We haven't seen such a talented player in Chinese football for many years.
Player."
Not only were the two commentators praising Nie Jiang, but Zhang Sheng, who was watching the broadcast in front of the TV, couldn't help but applaud Nie Jiang.
When Zhang Sheng taught Nie Jiang before, he specifically explained to him his understanding of court space. Gradually, Nie Jiang learned how to move and how to create space for movement. Now he finally started to try how to use the existing space.
Use your skills to the fullest in your own space and try to succeed.
The Chinese National Junior Team, which scored the first goal, completely fell behind Ecuador's defensive counterattack tactics. In order to regain the score, Ecuador's head coach Rodriguez waved his hand. After the kick-off again, Ecuador reversed the wretchedness at the beginning.
Start pressing hard.
As the team's tactical core, Washington Colozzo stands between the midfielder and central defender of the Chinese National Junior Team. Judging from the fact that he was able to carry the strongest player of the National Junior Team, Dawn, and grab the head, he is in front
The tactical fulcrum and ferry functions of the field are still very strong.
Sure enough, in the 25th minute of the first half, Washington Colozzo used his body to push against Li Ming and then kicked back to Guerrero. The latter faked a shot and passed the midfielder Zhang Huachen of the national junior team.
, followed by a powerful and heavy long-range shot that threatened the goal of the national junior team. Fortunately, Huang Dawei was very focused. After seeing Guerrero pass in the middle, he stimulated all his adrenaline.
Facing this powerful shot, he made a beautiful side dive and saved the ball to the side of the penalty area.
Shin Jun, who came from the full back to cover the position, immediately grabbed the second point. He used his body to resist Washington Colozzo, who came to grab the second point, and then drove the ball to the frontcourt with a big sideways kick.
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Shen Jun is the kind of player who seems unknown on the court. As a full-back, his defense is extremely stable, his passing coordination is first-rate, and he is also very determined in assisting from the wing, but his speed is not too fast.
Physically, he is not as strong as those beast-type players, but he is strong because of the balance of various attributes and his extremely tough will. He is definitely a player that every team likes.
This time Shen Jun's characteristics came into play. After resisting the opponent's offensive harassment, he made a long pass directly to forward Liu Ruofan. The latter is a player who has high hopes from many people in domestic football and is known as the East Asian Demon Star. Not only Xu Genbao
He was so cared for that even Chai Jinhwa, the chairman of the Football Association, used him as a benchmark when talking about young players in interviews with the media several times. He is not tall, but his starting speed is extremely fast, and his body is stronger than Wu
Lei is stronger and has quick feet. These characteristics make him so threatening in offense, especially in counterattacks. No wonder some people call him an "enhanced version of Wu Lei" and even say that he will be comparable to Hao Haidong in the future.
After Liu Ruofan saw Shen Jun's pass, although in order to prevent offside, he only stood parallel to the Ecuadorian players, even a quarter of a body behind, but when the time came to start, he surpassed him immediately
The other party, and even if he was hit by the other party, he had the advantage of good balance and relatively strong figure. After being hit, although he stumbled forward a few steps and almost fell, he quickly recovered.
He stabilized his body again and formed a single breakthrough on the wing.
The counterattack of the national junior team was extremely sudden and very threatening. Li Xin was also looking forward to it: "The counterattack of the national junior team was very fast. There were only three people behind the Ecuadorian side. Hey! Liu Ruofan was pulled by the opponent.
, This is a foul. Not bad, not bad, stand firm, Ecuador’s left wing is empty, a chance for the national junior team.”
In Li Xin's expectation, Liu Ruofan dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area, and at this time, Nie Jiang and Zeng Fansheng rushed forward in parallel.
The Ecuadorian players retreated desperately, hoping to prevent the national junior team from counterattacking. However, this hope was quickly dashed. Liu Ruofan's cut inside was too threatening, and Ecuador had to send a player to defend closely.
There is another player who must move to block his passing lane.
Seeing two players coming to defend him, Liu Ruofan passed the ball out in time. Ecuador's last free defensive player focused on Nie Jiang, who was the most threatening, but missed Zeng Fusheng, who was facing him.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he calmly pushed the shot into the lower right corner of the goal and succeeded.
The score became 2:0, and the national junior team gained a huge advantage in the first half.
Li Xin had completely relaxed his mood at this time: "Haha! Zeng Prosperity's shot is there! There is nothing Ecuador can do about such an empty goal. They attack from all fronts, and there are too many opportunities for counterattacks later.
, several players on the national junior team were too decisive.”
"Fifty percent of the function of this ball belongs to Shen Jun. The long pass was too accurate and timely." Dong Lu also said with a smile, "The next step is the quick counterattack of several players in the frontcourt. Look.
Look at these players, two youth training players from Longteng Club and one youth training player from Genbao Base. They arranged this attack. The team structure of this national junior team is basically based on this.
The two youth training teams were built together with Luneng players. Liu Ruofan's pass to Zeng Prosperity is a good sign for their mutual cooperation."
This goal of the national junior team had a great impact on the morale of Ecuador. I finally got a good offensive opportunity, but turned around and was hit by a counterattack and lost the ball. Next, should I continue to attack across the board or stabilize it first?
The head coach made a decision quickly.
Facing the powerful Chinese national junior team, Ecuador's head coach wisely chose to stabilize the rhythm. As a result, the national junior team's choice was also very safe. They began to slowly pass the ball down in the midfield to look for opportunities to attack.
Seeing the situation on the court, Li Xin also smiled: "The national junior team's playing style is very mature, leading 2:0. The opponent is anxious, not us. We can choose to be steady and control, but the opponent cannot do it.
ah."
"In this national junior team, Huang Dawei played in the Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League for most of the season, and Nie Jiang played in the first team for nearly a full season." Dong Lu analyzed, "So don't look at them.
At a young age, they have a lot of experience in the game. They have experienced too much when and at what pace to play on the court. The training of the game is really important for young players."
Ecuador was helpless against the Chinese junior team's style of play. They wanted to press the national junior team through pressing, and they did press the national junior team back, but the national junior team immediately took advantage of the space that Ecuador had pressed up again.
He fought back and almost got another chance to score.
Fortunately, the Ecuadorian goalkeeper performed very well and made a successful save, keeping the ball firmly under his body.
It was originally planned that Ecuador would play defensive counterattack, but after a while it turned into a defensive counterattack for the Chinese national junior team. The Ecuadorian team can be said to be in a dilemma now. Later in the fight, it relied entirely on Washington and Colozo to support the attack on the front line.
, it was up to him to head the ball to find his teammates at the second point. Unfortunately, they were afraid of being counterattacked by the National Junior Team. They did not devote many people to the offense. The second point was always taken by the National Junior Team, which had the numerical advantage. Attack
Often it is in vain.
Until the end of the first half, the national junior team led the score 2:0, gaining a huge advantage.
During the midfield, the national junior team did not make any personnel adjustments and maintained the lineup of the first half, while Ecuador introduced a player with stronger breakthrough ability in the middle, Nazareno, hoping to use his skills with his feet.
To target the midfielder of the national youth team.
This is also a very risky substitution. If an offensive player is replaced by a defensive midfielder, Ecuador's defensive formation will be even weaker.
However, this risk is still quite threatening. Not long after the second half started, the new Nazareno made consecutive breakthroughs in the midfield, first Zeng Prosperity, then Cao Jinghao, and finally forced Zeng Prosperity to desperately chase and pull him down.
A yellow card ended the Ecuadorian team's attack.
Previously, the national junior team played a lineup similar to 4-2-3-1. This time, after discovering that the opponent had a skilled midfielder, they decisively changed the lineup to 4-3-2-1, allowing Nie Jiang to
He retreated slightly and became a number 9 and a half, which also strengthened the thickness of the midfield.
After the national junior team changed its lineup, the number of midfielders increased, and the difficulty for Ecuadorian players to break through also doubled.
At the eleventh minute of the second half, Nazareno once again had the idea of a breakthrough. It should be said that his personal ability is quite strong. After getting the ball in the midfield, he walked to the side and avoided Zeng Prosperity's interception.
But of course, when he wanted to go to Cao Jinghao, Zhang Huachen and Cao Jinghao jointly snatched the ball away.
The moment the national junior team grabbed the ball, Shen Jun quickly stepped in and assisted. Midfielder Zhang Huachen ran to the middle to cover the middle. Zeng Fusheng came over to form an offensive triangle with Shen Jun and Cao Jinghao.
The national junior team's transition from defense to offense was very fast. The three people on the left passed the ball in succession, advancing from the national junior team's half to the opponent's half. Just when the Ecuadorian players thought that the national junior team would continue.
When attacking the left wing, Zeng Prosperity pretended to pass the ball in the middle and suddenly pulled the ball and changed direction, changing the direction of the national junior team's attack.
This turn caused Ecuador's defensive formation to be thrown into chaos. The gap on the right was so wide that when Zeng Wengrong passed the ball to Nie Jiang who came diagonally, no one was there to defend him.
Nie Jiang did not waste this one-on-one opportunity to face the goalkeeper. He made an extremely safe push shot from the ground, and the ball passed through the goalkeeper's armpit and rolled into the goal.
The national junior team expanded the score to 3:0.
Such a score, coupled with the excellent appearance of the Chinese national junior team, basically made the game lose its suspense.
Rick Link began to make substitutions twenty minutes into the second half. However, unlike Ecuador's substitution adjustments in order to regain the score, the substitutions of the Chinese national junior team were entirely meant to train new players.
Among them, Lu Yangyang and Wang Xing are the substitutes that Rick Link must examine. With the two of them, Lu Yangyang gives Rick Link the confidence to allow the central defender to attack. After all, his tracking ability is too great.
Excellent, and Wang Xing is a heavy hammer for the team during the critical period. His height and header ability are definitely trustworthy.
After the substitution, the national junior team did not slow down the pace of attack, but obviously Ecuador did not want to lose the ball again. There is still a big difference between a small loss and a disastrous defeat. Wang Xing's headers were formed in the penalty area many times.
opportunity, the opponent tried their best not to let Wang Xing score a goal. Wang Xing, who had been seeking a goal, failed to do so until the end of the game. In the end, the national junior team defeated 3:0 with undisputed strength.
opponent.
After this game, the national youth team successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Next they will face the Mexican team, a traditional strong team in youth football.
This Mexican team is very strong. After defeating Argentina and Germany in Group C, they defeated these two strong teams to qualify first in the group. Then they had another 4:1 victory in the quarter-finals.
The score swept this year's host team Chile. It can be said that their strength is the top three teams in this World Junior Championship.
The Chinese national junior team will encounter its biggest opponent since this World Junior Championship.
