Xiang Tiange also lived up to the attention of the Nigerian team.
Facing the defense of Nigeria midfielder Agge Chukwudi, Xiang Tiange resolutely moved to the wing, which greatly stretched the distance between Nigeria's midfield defensive formation.
This is also a huge weakness of the 4-3-3 formation. Because there are many people on the front line, the defense in the midfield must be empty. This emptiness is barely acceptable horizontally, but it is too dangerous in terms of vertical depth.
Already.
Xiang Tiange still has a lot of experience in the game. After he resolutely pulled wide, Nigeria's horizontal defense had to open up space, which gave the Chinese national junior team an excellent opportunity in the vertical direction.
The position where Zeng Prosperity ran was the horizontal and vertical node of Nigeria's defense in the middle. Because Nwakari, as the attacking midfielder, had just pressed up to attack, Nguela on the left of the three midfielders had to leave the left to defend in the middle. At the same time,
Left forward Bambaya also desperately returned to the midfield to fill the position.
But then Zeng Prosperity, who was in a key position, made an unexpected move. He received a pass from Xiang Tiange and with his back to the defensive player, directly hooked the ball to Liu Ruofan behind Engla.
In fact, Xiang Tiange did not handle the pass very well under the defense of Age Chukwudi. The pass was in place, but the ball was a half-high ball that the players disliked the most, and the speed was also slow. Such a ball
If the receiver wants to catch the ball well, he must slow down and protect the ball before making the next move.
But Zeng Wengrong used passing skills that were only used on the wild court. In fact, this was also a passing skill that he learned from his teammate Ding Huaiyi who had left the Longteng team - the ultimate source was Ronaldinho.
Age Chukwudi never expected that the ball would fly over his head, and behind him was the young player Liu Ruofan.
Seeing that Zeng Prosperity wanted to turn around and rush in after passing the ball, Age Chukwudi subconsciously grabbed Zeng Prosperity around his waist with both hands and threw him to the ground.
Zeng Prosperity's pass not only surprised Age Chukwudi, but also the commentator Li Xin was frightened: "Xiang Tiange was forced to the wing and passed the ball. Ah! This pass is so imaginative.
Oh, Nigeria's defense in the middle is completely empty. How did he think of passing the ball like this? The foul committed by the opponent's defensive player was simply subconscious. The referee waved to continue the game. It's good for the Chinese team's offense."
"The referee's decision was very accurate." Dong Lu also shouted, "Liu Ruofan got the ball, and there was not a single defensive player around him."
During the commentator's explanation, Liu Ruofan took the ball in front of the penalty area and made an action to shoot, which forced Nigeria's central defender Ike to come up to defend. After all, the infinite retreat defense would make Liu Ruofan's shooting distance longer and longer.
As time goes by, the chances of scoring goals will become greater and greater.
What Liu Ruofan was waiting for was Aike's attack. He pushed the ball horizontally to Nie Jiang, and Nie Jiang made a light diagonal push and handed the ball to Liu Ruofan who rushed into the penalty area after passing the ball. The latter used Aike to
He succeeded in breaking through the weakness of being tall and quick and not turning hastily. When Ike saw Liu Ruofan entering the penalty area, he did not dare to pull him with his hands and could only watch the opponent go away.
Liu Ruofan got the ball in the penalty area and shot decisively. Nigeria goalkeeper Yudu made a wonderful save and lifted the ball out of the penalty area with one palm.
Youdu's save this time can be said to be the ultimate. Liu Ruofan's shot from such a close distance in the penalty area is so powerful that it is very rare to be able to save it even if the shot is on target.
However, the ball was too close after all, and it hit the right side of the penalty area, exactly where Cao Jinghao was. Nigeria's right back Lazarus was a step too slow and had to pull down Cao Jinghao, who was about to break through.
When Li Xin saw Liu Ruofan and Nie Jiang starting a one-two, he shouted loudly: "Beautiful cooperation in front of the penalty area. Liu Ruofan entered the penalty area and could shoot! Oops! The shot was too on target. This opportunity is rare. Also
Opportunity, Cao Jinghao got the second point, but was knocked down by the opponent, he will definitely get a card."
"The opponent has four defenders, and we are also four offensive players. It's a pity that this shot didn't go in." Dong Lu said with great regret, "Zeng Prosperity's pass was so beautiful, and Nigeria's center was completely empty. Fortunately.
The Chinese team's offense is very sophisticated and forces the opponent to get cards. Let's take a look at the Chinese team's free kick."
"Do you know who I thought of when Zeng Wengwen passed the ball just now?" Dong Lu began to judge and continued: "Ding Huaiyi, the football wizard of the Longteng team. I haven't seen him for a long time since he went to Europe to play football.
The Chinese team made such an imaginative pass."
"Hey, why isn't it the Lazarus card?" Li Xin asked in confusion when she saw the prompted card.
"The one who was shown the card is Age Chukwudi." Dong Lu said immediately, and soon another yellow card came out, indicating that Lazarus also received a yellow card, "Oh. The first card just now should be
To make up for the previous card, it was a foul against Zeng Prosperity. Haha, in one attack, the opponent received two yellow cards. It was only less than ten minutes after the start. The Chinese team is very advantageous."
Li Xin and Dong Lu praised their home team happily, but the Nigerian team was very nervous because the Chinese national team's opening attack was too fierce. They formed a wall of two people and all the players in the penalty area came back.
Play defense.
At this time, the advantages of the Nigerian players' height and physical strength came into play. When Cao Jinghao's ball came out, the Nigerian center back pressed Nie Jiang and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.
Fortunately, the national junior team was very cautious in controlling the second point. Although the opponent got the second point, Zeng Wengheng tightly wrapped around Nwakari who got the ball, preventing him from making a quick attack.
In these few seconds of entanglement, the defensive formation of the Chinese national junior team all returned to their positions.
The national junior team played beautifully on the field. Li Xin and Dong Lu were smiling and watching the game, and the fans watching the game were also very happy. Only Rick Link was very panicked now because of his tactics.
The arrangement was to score a goal in the opening attack. Now there is a rush and there are opportunities, but there is no goal. If this continues and Nigeria can catch its breath, it will be troublesome.
As the core offensive point on the field, Nie Jiang was indeed extremely watched by the opponent in this game.
Nie Jiang's physical fitness is good. When facing several previous opponents, he was not afraid of the opponent's physical confrontation. But in this game, Nie Jiang finally understood what Rick Link said before the game about his physical advantage in youth games.
What's going on.
Now Nie Jiang began to think about how to break this deadlock.
At the 12th minute of the first half, Nigeria began to show its offensive capabilities after gradually adapting to the offensive method of the Chinese national junior team.
This time, Nwakari gained an advantage in the midfield against Zhang Huachen's defense as always. He used his body and skills to avoid Zhang Huachen's entanglement and handed the ball to Bambaya on the right.
Bambaya and Nguela played a beautiful two-on-one and passed Cao Jinghao. The former decisively passed the ball into the penalty area and found Nigerian center Osimhen.
As the player with the strongest physical fitness, the most exquisite shooting skills and the strongest impact in the Nigerian team, Osimhen basically had no chance in the first ten minutes. Liming showed his best form and died.
Deadly restrictions were placed on him.
Now he finally got the chance to attack the goal in the penalty area. Facing the ball passed by Bambaya, Osmeen made a successful move, avoided Dawn's entanglement, and found Zhu Chenjie's defensive area. He used his body to squeeze away
Zhu Chenjie hit the ball with a powerful header and hit the Chinese team's goal.
Huang Dawei jumped on the spot like a spring and used his hand to support Osimhen's powerful header. However, this header was too powerful. Although Huang Dawei supported it, the ball still hit the goal directly.
On the lintel.
Fortunately, the ball was in a good position when it bounced down. It was right in front of Huang Dawei, and he pounced on it and crushed the football underneath him.
Huang Dawei, who had suppressed the ball, looked around and saw that all the other players had left the danger zone, and then he stood up with the ball in shock.
"Osimhen's ability is really strong." Li Xin sighed: "It's really awesome to be able to crush the central defender like this in the penalty area."
"Nwakari and Osimhen, these two players can basically play a successful offense. If such players can develop well, they have a bright future." Dong Lu also said with envy.
Dong Lu was indeed right. Historically, Nwakari and Osimhen were highly sought after after the World Junior Championships. Countless European giants including Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and other teams were pursuing them. In the end, Nwakari and Osimhen were highly sought after.
Vacari followed his brother to Manchester City, while Osimhen went through offers from numerous teams before finally going to Wolfsburg, which had the most sincerity.
The two of them cost Manchester City 4 million pounds and Wolfsburg 3 million euros respectively.
Seeing Nigeria go back and regain their formation, the national junior team also took this time to spread out their formation.
When the offensive formation was pressing outward, Nie Jiang, Zeng Fusheng and Cao Jinghao all had a simple exchange: "Let's use the Longteng team's tactics."
Zeng Prosperity also nodded to show that he understood.
After determining the tactics, Nie Jiang, the captain on the field, quickly spread his tactical intentions throughout the team. Huang Dawei wisely did not pass the ball to Xiang Tiange on the right, but to Shen Jun on the left.
Seeing the Chinese team's choice, the Nigerian side subconsciously thought that the opponent wanted to start slowing down the rhythm, because the left wing of the national junior team was not suitable for strong attacks and fast breaks.
But the confidence of the national junior team in attacking was far beyond their imagination.
After Shen Jun got the ball, Li Ming, who moved up from the center back, and Cao Jinghao, the left midfielder, continuously moved and passed the ball to each other on the left, attracting the defensive attention of Bambaya, Nwakari and Nguela.
Force, including other Nigerian players, have put their focus here.
When Shen Jun and Cao Jinghao pushed the offense closer to the midfield like a passing training, Zeng Prosperity also came to respond. This was a typical seamless switch of the offensive triangle.
At this time, Nigeria also knew that the Chinese team was going to attack the left wing, and even Osimhen came over from the center position to help defend.
Because Lazarus had a yellow card, Engla, as the right midfielder, took on the task of attacking and pressing. The former stood on the outside and blocked the forward passing line of the three players of the Chinese team.
Liu Ruofan was also very smart at this time. He knew that he was not as familiar with running positions as the current trio of Dragons. He simply got stuck in the gap between Lazarus and Nwakari and responded.
The momentum is not to run into the middle of the three-man team and participate in passing and coordination.
After more than a dozen consecutive passes, the offensive triangle began to shift the offensive line, because Nie Jiang also ran to the center at this time.
Following Nie Jiang was Nigeria's central defender Zachary, who did not want to easily let Nie Jiang participate in the attack.
When Cao Jinghao passed the last kick to Zeng Prosperity, the latter suddenly changed the direction of the pass. He handed the ball to Liu Ruofan and started running towards the center, while Cao Jinghao followed. Shen
Jun goes to the side baseline.
The Chinese team's offensive triangle has become Cao Jinghao, Zeng Prosperity and Liu Ruofan.
In fact, switching between the two offensive triangles is quite dangerous. After all, Liu Ruofan is not familiar with the offensive triangle tactics used by the Longteng team.
After Liu Ruofan got the ball, Lazarus was closely behind him, and Engla was running behind Shen Jun.
As Shen Jun ran, he reached out to Liu Ruofan to show that he wanted the ball to break through the bottom. This action was very obvious. On the contrary, Nie Jiang, who retreated very well, did not raise his hand and just shouted: "Give it to me."
Liu Ruofan did not hesitate and directly passed the ball to Nie Jiang. At this time, Nie Jiang was surrounded by Zachary who came out to defend and Nwakari who returned to defend, forming a pincer attack.
However, what Nie Jiang wanted was this effect. Liu Ruofan was only a transitional role in this offensive triangle, and Zeng Fansheng was needed for coordination.
Sure enough, Nie Jiang faced Liu Ruofan's pass without stopping and handed the ball directly to Zeng Prosperity.
Nwakari had to turn around and prepare to defend Zeng Prosperity, but the latter also passed the ball directly without stopping the ball. At this time, Zachary was the only one beside Nie Jiang.
After this series of maneuvers, Nie Jiang finally had the opportunity to face the opponent alone with the ball.
While receiving the pass from Zeng Wengrong, Nie Jiang made a beautiful turn and wiped the ball away from Zachary's defense.
This attack on Nie Jiang is the real change of pace.
After Zachary was wiped out by Nie Jiang, he quickly wanted to hit him to repeat the defense his teammates used against Yang Yilin, but Nie Jiang's physical fitness was much better than Yang Yilin's.
Although his body swayed slightly, Nie Jiang showed no tendency to fall down. Instead, he used the force of the opponent's bump to accelerate the ball forward.
At this time, Nie Jiang's strong foot ability was displayed. Under the impact of external forces, he controlled his dribbling rhythm just by the intensity of the ball.
The Chinese national junior team got an excellent opportunity from Nie Jiang through a series of overall coordination on the left.
