After seeing that the pass attack relying on positional offense could not break the defense of the Chinese national junior team, the Mexican team also changed its strategy slightly, that is, using the width of the court and strengthening the dispatch of the left and right sides.
This approach still has a certain effect. After taking advantage of his strong defensive ability and strong assist ability, Torres on the left posed a great threat to the right wing of the national junior team and attracted a large number of players from the national junior team.
The defensive personnel and defensive attention, as a result, Torres passed the ball to the right many times through the transition from the defensive midfielder or the attacking midfielder. The right midfielder Lara, who was pressing extremely hard in the frontcourt, became a full-back who spared no effort.
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In the 30th, 35th, and 37th minutes of the first half, Laura received passes from the left three times in a row, and he also made large passes from the midfield.
Running around with the ball at high speed, such a solo raid in a large open space is indeed very entertaining to watch. However, although it is enjoyable to watch, Lara seems to be too alone. Maybe it is because he is too far to the side and his teammates are not supporting him.
Maybe he wanted to express himself. After dribbling the ball, Laura basically didn't pass the ball. She just aimed at Shen Jun, the left back of the Chinese national junior team, trying to pass him.
It's a pity that he underestimated Shen Jun's physical fitness and defensive ability.
As a wing attacker, Laura was very fast, but he was only 1.7 meters tall and weighed less than 130 kilograms. After trying to use acceleration many times, he squeezed Shen Jun away with his body and then slid in.
No one in the penalty area was successful, because Shen Jun's speed is not slow, and his defense is very experienced. He just follows you closely. If you don't completely change direction, I won't change the center of gravity. If you speed up and hit the ball again, you have to
If you pass someone, I will block your path and use my body to bully the opponent. After all, Shen Jun is 1.8 meters tall, nearly 145. This physical gap is really too huge.
Every time Laura tried to overtake through the outer circle and squeezed her body to pass Shen Jun, she ended up failing.
The commentator in charge of the commentary also said easily: "Mexico's No. 7 Laura is too unique. Shen Jun's defense can be said to be watertight."
After seeing Laura's performance, the players of the Mexican team also made the decision not to pass the ball to him and break through by themselves.
Sure enough, when Torres handed the ball to No. 8 Lopez in midfield, the latter did not transfer it to Laura on the right, but chose to do it himself.
Faced with Lopez's fake pass, Duan Liuyu, who was responsible for defending and coming back to defend, was inexperienced and chose to take a rash kick, knocking down the opponent and giving the Mexican team a free space about thirty meters in front of the field.
The ball was thrown and he also received a yellow card.
Perhaps because the previous situation on the court was too dull, a very controversial situation occurred next.
When Torres took the free kick, Mexican center Magaña, who was on the right side of the penalty area, headed the ball back to the center of the penalty area. At this time, Liming's good and bad positional sense went wrong again, and he missed the ball.
Another Mexican striker, Samudio, was missed. The latter, without any defender, hit the ball into the net with a beautiful volley.
The Chinese national youth team players who lost the ball raised their arms, indicating that Magagna was offside when he returned the ball. However, the referee still maintained his decision and firmly believed that the Mexican team
The goal is valid.
Thanks to this suspected offside kick, the Mexican team fortunately took the lead.
The Chinese commentator in charge of the commentary also complained about his dissatisfaction: "This ball should be an offside kick. Judging from the footage I just broadcast, Magagna crossed half of his body."
Sure enough, when played back in slow motion, you can clearly see that Magagna returned the ball from half an offside position and tipped the ball to Samudio.
The slow-motion replay made the commentator even more unhappy: "In such an anxious game, both sides are evenly matched. If the balance was broken because of an offside kick, it really shouldn't be. But the referee has already made a penalty, so I can only blame him.
The national junior team has bad luck, we can only accept it. Another thing to say is that there was a problem with Li Ming's defense just now. Samudio was in the middle of the penalty area that he should have protected. Such an important position was not marked.
It's so inappropriate to knock on the door so easily."
This goal of the Mexican team really frustrated the players of the Chinese national junior team. Both sides had opportunities, but they fell behind due to the referee's misjudgment. The young players were a little impetuous for a while.
In the next few minutes, players from the Chinese national junior team made consecutive fouls against Mexican players in the midfield and received several warnings. Zhang Huachen also received a yellow card for making excessive moves. This
Only then did the players of the Chinese national junior team calm down for a while.
Seeing this situation, Nie Jiang, as the absolute core of the team, began to think about how to solve this problem, and soon Nie Jiang seized the opportunity.
In the overtime minute that was about to end in the first half, the Chinese national junior team made a beautiful attack on the right.
Because the first half of the game was coming to an end, the Mexican team wanted to use offense instead of defense to maintain the advantage in the first half. Torres once again crossed the half.
This time Zeng Prosperity and Zhang Huachen found an opportunity and teamed up to intercept his ball. At the same time, the full-back Xiang Tiange vented his anger that he had been holding in for most of the game. He received an unreasonable response from Zeng Prosperity.
He accelerated and rushed with the ball, avoiding the sliding tackle of Mexico's defensive midfielder Cervantes, and took the ball all the way to the right side of the penalty area.
Seeing Nie Jiang withdrawing from the penalty area to request at this time, Xiang Tiange passed the ball to him without hesitation.
In fact, the ball passed to Tiange was a half ball. Both Nie Jiang and Mexico's left midfielder Lopez could grab the ball, but Nie Jiang's starting speed was faster than Lopez's, and his shot was faster than Lopez's.
He was more flexible and physically stronger. Lopez tried his best to hit Nie Jiang with his body and fell down himself.
After Nie Jiang got the ball, he staggered slightly and stabilized his body.
The commentator also said proudly: "Nie Jiang's physical fitness is really good."
Next, Nie Jiang dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area.
Because Torres is still rushing back, Mexico's left wing is very empty, and their left center back Venegas has to step out to defend.
After Nie Jiang saw Venegas come out, a deft smash while dribbling the ball at high speed made the opponent's defense in vain. At this time, Torres finally dared to rush back. Nie Jiang heard Xiang Tiange's call behind him.
The sound reminded him to speed up again and hit the ball diagonally to the right, avoiding the hands of Torres behind him who wanted to pull him.
It's just that this time the ball was a little too big, allowing the opponent's goalkeeper to block the angle, and Nie Jiang also brought the ball to the penalty area near the baseline.
When Mexico's goalkeeper Isai thought that Nie Jiang would turn around and pass the ball to his teammates, or pass it directly across the middle or to his teammates on the left, Nie Jiang decisively kicked the ball and shot it. The ball was aimed at Yisai.
The upper corner of the gap between the game and the goal post.
Nie Jiang's shot was extremely powerful and the angle was extremely tight. By the time Isai reached out to hold the ball, the ball had already penetrated into the upper corner like lightning, and at the same time lifted the net high up on the top of the goal.
Nie Jiang's goal was undisputed, and the Chinese national junior team tied with its powerful opponent Mexico 1:1 before the end of the first half.
The commentator shouted crazily: "Nie Jiang's breakthrough was a beautiful dunk. After passing one, he accelerated the ball and evaded Torres who was returning to defend. The angle is very small. Do you want to shoot? It's a beautiful shot."
! From an almost zero-angle position, Nie Jiang took a decisive shot and the ball went in! An undisputed goal, a perfect performance from Nie Jiang! The Chinese team equalized the score, well done!"
On the sidelines, Rick Link excitedly hugged everyone on the coaching bench. Nie Jiang's performance made him believe that he might be able to lead the team to create history.
Shortly after the goal, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
During the halftime break, Mexico's head coach Mario once again reiterated the importance he attached to Nie Jiang and asked all players to strengthen their defense of him. No matter where he was on the field, they could not relax on him.
of vigilance.
Rick Link chose to better protect Nie Jiang. He asked Wang Xing, who was taller and stronger, to replace the average Duan Liuyu. Nie Jiang moved from the center position to the shadow forward, with a greater chance.
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Rick Link's substitution had a very good effect. After the start of the second half, Mexico was extremely passive defensively.
Cao Jinghao on the left, Liu Ruofan on the right, and Zeng Fusheng in the middle of the Chinese national junior team all frequently handed the ball to Wang Xing instead of Nie Jiang.
Wang Xing is responsible for holding the ball firmly, and then using all methods - both head and feet - to pass the ball to Nie Jiang.
This style of play makes the Mexican team too passive. Now all the Mexican defensive players on the field are a head shorter than Wang Xing, and they are completely incomparable in physical confrontation. Therefore, Wang Xing is not very stable every time he gets the ball. Although
His back was to the goal, but he was able to pass the ball to Nie Jiang very well.
In order to defend against the duo of Wang Xing and Nie Jiang, Mexico had to use two central defenders, one midfielder, and one full-back (Torres) to stabilize the situation at the cost of being unable to assist.
But soon Rick Link made use of this tactic. Wang Xing was no longer specifically looking for Nie Jiang. Cao Jinghao on the left and Zeng Fusheng in the middle also became Wang Xing's response points. In fact, this is also the echelon of the Dragon Team.
The way of playing - Wang Xing establishes a firm foothold in the frontcourt and provides the ball to his teammates in the frontcourt. It is not limited to which point, but whoever runs in a more suitable position will be handed over to him.
This style of play of the national junior team is actually very similar to the style of play of Kluivert before the Dutch team, which is to use a center with strong support ability to create opportunities for the players in the frontcourt. But Kluivert has a
The center has rare finesse with his feet, and his shooting ability far exceeds that of a low-end version like Wang Xing.
But even so, the current Mexican team cannot compete.
After having Wang Xing in the second half, the Mexican team occasionally used long passes to find Lara on the wing to rush forward, or had its players press crazily in the frontcourt to prevent them from passing the ball to Wang Xing.
There weren't many ways to get up, because their formation was pressed too far back.
In the 17th minute of the second half, Mexico's captain and central defender Esquivel couldn't help but pull Wang Xing from behind to the ground when he got the ball. The Chinese national junior team got a
Esquivel also received a yellow card for a free kick more than 20 meters upfield.
This free kick was handed over to Cao Jinghao because he is the number one free kick taker in the team.
After receiving the ball from Cao Jinghao, it bypassed the Mexican team's wall and hit the right post. Esquivel then kicked the ball out of the baseline and they escaped.
The next corner kick for the Chinese National Junior Team was Wang Xing's header that missed the goal and flew out of the baseline.
Seeing Wang Xing's performance, the commentator also sighed: "This is a standard center. He can take the ball, protect the ball, play the ball, and has the ability to hand the ball. This kind of center is so useful."
Wang Xing's next performance still left the Mexican team puzzled. After Esquivel received a yellow card for a foul on Wang Xing, their other center back received a yellow card when he intercepted Nie Jiang who received a pass from Wang Xing.
The two central defenders receiving yellow cards put Mexico's defensive pressure to the limit.
In the 25th minute of the second half, Wang Xing's header from the penalty area line was returned to Zeng Prosperity, who passed the ball to Liu Ruofan, who was completely left open. Mexico's star of hope Torres could only take over.
He knocked down the opponent in the penalty area, and when he received a yellow card, he also gave the Chinese national junior team a penalty kick.
Liu Ruofan, who took the penalty kick, was still complaining to the referee at first. Then when he saw the referee actually pointing to the penalty spot, he jumped up excitedly.
Nie Jiang and Zeng Fansheng both came over and hugged him in a friendly way to celebrate his success.
In the end, it was Nie Jiang who took the penalty kick. After a slight run-up, he calmly pushed the shot into the lower right corner of the goal. Although the goalkeeper of the Mexican team, Isai, rushed in the right direction, the speed of the ball was too fast. Waiting for him
When he stretched out his palm, the ball had already passed.
The Chinese national junior team finally overtook the score.
Seeing this situation, the Mexican team also made substitution adjustments. The center back Venegas, who was carrying a yellow card, was replaced. Another center back with a stronger fighting ability came on to fight with Wang Xing.
After this player came on the field, because he had no cards, he also made a lot of little moves. He would use his hands behind his back to hit the dog's eyes or face without knowing it, and use his elbows behind his back to "accidentally" hit him.
Touch the dog's head, or worse, jump on the dog's body, and use your knees to push the dog's waist.
It can be said that this defensive player used all the little moves that South American players can do.
After all, Wang Xing didn't have much experience in dealing with such small moves. After suffering many losses, a physical collision caused the opponent to lie on the ground for a long time. The referee thought that Wang Xing's action was suspected of retaliation and gave him a yellow card.
It's a pity that there are too many small tricks like this and there are times when he suffers. In the 36th minute of the second half, he secretly kicked Wang Xing's calf and was caught by the referee, giving the Chinese team a free frontcourt.
The ball was thrown and he was also warned by the referee.
