After the start of the second half, Li Xin and Dong Lu also saw the personnel adjustments of the Nigerian team, and they quickly guessed the opponent's situation.
Li Xin said: "Osmeen may really not be able to hold on anymore. Dawn on our side seems to have no problem. This is very good news for us."
Dong Lu still gave a little reminder: "Samuel Chukuz, who replaced Osimhen, should not be underestimated. His physical fitness is not as strong as Osimhen, but his offensive ability on the wing is still extremely dazzling.
Yes, now he has three goals and three assists. Although he is a bit suspected of cheating on the statistics - the statistics were all played in those big wins, we can still see his strength."
After the game started, as Dong Lu said, Samuel Chukwuzi's performance did not weaken Nigeria's offense at all because of Osimhen's dismissal. After he came on, he was the left forward in the game.
Abel was adjusted to the middle, and he used his speed on the left to launch several waves of attacks.
In the ninth minute of the second half, Samuel Chukwuzi used the cooperation between himself and Nwakari to cause a foul on Zhang Huachen, who received a yellow card.
This yellow card made Zhang Huachen constrained in the next game, and because of the accumulation of yellow cards, even if the Chinese national junior team could defeat Nigeria and reach the final, Zhang Huachen would not be able to participate in the game.
His absence from the next game will not only reduce the interception ability of the Chinese national junior team in the midfield, but also directly affect Zhang Huachen's mentality in this game.
In the next three minutes, Zhang Huachen continuously fouled Nwakari, who caused him to receive a yellow card, and almost received a second yellow card.
Seeing this situation, Li Xin said a little unhappy: "This won't work. You have to stabilize your emotions. Young people can be impulsive, but it depends on the situation. This is on the court. I think Rick Link needs to make adjustments.
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Rick Linke was also very decisive. Considering the physical confrontation situation in Nigeria, he did not use the pure midfielder Naxi teenager He Xin, but sent Guo Tianyu. After the previous replacement of Liming failed,
This time he finally got the chance to play.
Guo Tianyu is indeed very strong physically. He is nearly 1.9 meters tall, and his ability in frontal confrontation is not inferior to anyone on the opponent's side, but he is much slower in turning around.
In fact, Guo Tianyu's position on the field has never been finalized. At the beginning, he played as a central defender. Later, because of his height and strong body, some coaches pushed him to the center position for the sake of performance, so that he could dominate his peers.
In the end, after Magath came to Luneng, he began to try to transform Guo Tianyu into a defensive midfielder. It can be said that his plasticity is quite strong.
Rick Link's substitution this time was still very risky. Guo Tianyu's body is strong, but the position of the midfielder may not be able to withstand it just by being strong. Nigeria's subsequent attack on this position was really successful.
Effect.
After the start of the second half, Nigeria began to use their just-rested physical strength to sweep wildly in the midfield.
Maybe they also know that they will be defeated in a positional battle against a team with strong possession of the ball like the Chinese team. Their tactics choose to rely on crazy running to press the opponent, hoping to penetrate the opponent's midfield and score a few more goals.
After holding on to the ball, they finally counterattacked, and the yellow card Zhang Huachen received was their first result.
Li Xin was also surprised by Nigeria's tactics: "Such a crazy run is a sign of initiative, but what should we do at the end of the game? The national junior team has the initiative to control the ball."
"If we don't press like this, if we can't score, we still lose?" Dong Lu saw the opponent's intention, "Maybe I can score one or two goals when I still have an advantage with my body and speed, and then the situation will be different.
It's open. As long as the boys from the national youth team can withstand them for this period of time, our strong period will come."
At this time, the situation on the field of the national junior team is indeed not good. Zeng Prosperity is now very entangled by Nguela. Nwakari's retreat defense often comes to help Nguela, so he does not have much help in the offense.
Nie Jiang is capable, but he cannot defeat Nigeria's entire defense by himself.
In the 24th minute of the second half, Nigeria finally found a chance.
This time it was Nwakari who worked with Ngula in the middle to steal the ball from Zeng Prosperity. Next, Nwakari passed a long pass to Samuel Chukwuzi on the left. The latter used himself to score the ball in the second half.
The player who came on the field was physically better than Xiang Tiange. He jumped high and unloaded the ball. Then, after withstanding Xiang Tiange's top defense, he kept dribbling the ball laterally with the intention of cutting inside.
Xiang Tiange followed Samuel Chukuz to the penalty area to defend, but the latter suddenly stopped and turned around, dunked past Xiang Tiange and then went down.
When Xiang Tiange followed up with Samuel Chukuz, the latter had already passed the ball. Abel, who was guarding the penalty area, headed the ball and found Bambaya on the right post. The latter kicked the ball
The beautiful shot made it impossible for Huang Dawei to save because the distance was too close.
It should be said that Li Ming's injury still affected his ability to move. When he took off, he was a little slow and failed to win the first place.
Li Xin also said with regret: "Nigeria scored a goal. They got a chance to breathe after storming the half, and now the pressure is on the Chinese team."
Dong Lu seemed very optimistic: "The game was evened, but we can see that Nigeria does not have many ways to break through the position. The one just passed was a long pass. The opponent cannot always have such a flash of inspiration. The young man from the national youth team
As long as we keep our mentality steady, I believe it will not take more than five minutes for Nigeria to press like this crazily in the midfield. It is impossible. But at this time, our boys need to come up with the final blow to solve the problem."
Nigeria's offense really improved their morale a lot. After the Chinese national junior team kicked off, they continued their own tactics and started to press crazily in the midfield and frontcourt.
As captain, Nie Jiang fulfilled his responsibilities. Before kick-off, he said to his teammates: "They are just drinking poison to quench their thirst. No team can compete like this for a long time. I have played in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, and those in Asia are the best."
They can't do things that the top teams can't do. I believe they may be able to reflect for a moment after kick-off, and then it's time for us to perform. If we survive this period, we will suddenly kill them later."
Under Nie Jiang's calm analysis, the players also stabilized their mentality. Facing Nigeria's pressing, they smoothly moved and cooperated in passing and cutting, leaving the opponent with no chance to pursue the victory.
Sure enough, in the 31st minute of the second half, just five minutes after the Chinese team kicked off, Nigeria's pressing rhythm completely slowed down.
At this time, Amunike began to call up Joel Osikel, another defensive midfielder on the bench, and prepared to ask him to replace Ague Chukwudi, who had a yellow card.
But in less than a minute, the situation on the court changed dramatically.
This time, the national junior team launched an attack on the right. Xiang Tiange took the ball all the way to the midfield. Samuel Chukuz worked hard to defend from the front line. At the same time, the left midfielder Agger.
Chukwudi also came to defend.
Perhaps because he saw his teammates interfering with Xiang Tiange behind him, Age Chukwudi came up with the idea of getting close to Xiang Tiange and trying to intercept his ball with his teammates.
However, what Age Chukwudi did not expect was that at this point in time, he was no longer in full form at the beginning. Xiang Tiange suddenly picked up speed again when faced with Ago Chukwudi's attack.
By the time Age Chukwudi's foot came over, Xiang Tiange had already thrown the ball away. He didn't stop his foot and kicked Xiang Tiange's leg.
Xiang Tiange, who was running at a high speed, fell to the ground, and his body rolled on the ground in an exaggerated manner. Age Chukwudi quickly raised his hand to the referee who came over to show that he did not do it on purpose.
Fouls on the football field are often not based on whether you did it on purpose. This time Ag Chukwudi's foul on Xiang Tiange objectively destroyed an offense of the Chinese national junior team and also kicked someone.
, a yellow card is definitely not something you can escape.
Coupled with the foul committed by Agge Chukwudi against Zeng Prosperity in the first half, he received the first red card of the game and was sent off. This was also considered as his escape against the country several times before.
The cumulative consequences of fouls committed by players on the junior team.
Although Nwakari, as the captain, kept explaining to the referee that Age Chukwudi did not foul intentionally, he still could not change the referee's will.
The Nigerian team suffered a major blow just when the head coach was about to adjust personnel and tactics.
Almunik on the sidelines was so angry that he almost punched the partition of the coaching bench, but what could he do? The current 4-3-3 formation was already strong in offense and defense in defense, and the defensive midfielder was punished again.
Next, you can only use the people in the frontcourt to pile up defensive personnel in the backcourt.
When the fourth official on the sidelines raised the sign, it showed that Nigeria had replaced another forward, and Joel Osikel came on to step into Agge Chukwudi's position.
At this time, Xiang Tiange returned to the court under the care of the team doctor. Apparently he was not injured.
Nigeria's substitution was clearly intended to be a defensive counterattack. Samuel Chukwuzi simply moved from the left wing position to the shadow forward position. Except for center Abel, who was slightly further forward, the entire formation was very retracted.
sharp.
Without Nigeria's crazy pressing in the midfield and frontcourt, the Chinese national junior team easily overpowered their formation past halftime.
At this time, the effect of the national junior team's left position battle to stretch the opponent's space is very obvious. Cao Jinghao, Shen Jun, and Zeng Prosperity, the three people's passing ability in a small space is really strong, and Nigeria's right defense is tight.
It got to the point where they could only rely on frequent fouls to stop the progress of the national junior team.
Nigeria coach Amunike was frightened when he saw it on the sidelines. Especially in the 36th minute of the second half, right midfielder Engla also received a yellow card for pushing Zeng Prosperity. He had to make his third move of the game, which was also
My last adjustment is because the right back Lazarus also has cards. It is too dangerous for both players on the same line to have cards.
Nigeria's substitute right midfielder Okonkwo replaced Nguela, who had been busy for nearly the entire second half. This extremely strong player came on the stage with defensive instructions.
After Nigeria was sent off a midfielder continuously and replaced three main players in the frontcourt, Nigeria's offensive ability was weakened to the limit.
The high-intensity pressure of the national junior team forced Nigeria's defense line into a parallel line, and the depth of the defense was completely squeezed out.
Dong Lu also said expectantly at this time: "The opponent's defense is so flat. A through ball is a fatal threat. A high-quality shot can give you a chance. It depends on which of our boys has the confidence to stand up."
Before Li Xin finished speaking, Zeng Prosperity sent a good ball to Nie Jiang. After cooperating with his teammates on the left, he moved to the wing. However, what the Nigerian players did not expect was that Zeng Prosperity did not directly cross the ball.
The penalty area looked for Nie Jiang in the middle, but a diagonal inverted triangle pass found Liu Ruofan who successfully switched positions with Nie Jiang.
At this time, Liu Ruofan remembered Nie Jiang's words before: "They are all returning to the past."
The current situation on the court completely confirmed Nie Jiang's speculation. In a flash of lightning, Liu Ruofan's confidence doubled, and he decisively took the shot.
Because Nigeria focused its defensive attention on Nie Jiang who was further ahead, when Liu Ruofan started to kick, no one was there to guard him. However, Nigeria goalkeeper Yudu once again saved his team with a powerful kick.
Blocked the ball.
Because Nie Jiang was grabbing the second point in the penalty area, Nigeria's center back Zachary did not dare to adjust his body. Instead, he used an unconventional action to block the ball in mid-air out of the penalty area with his legs.
Because the force on the ball was not great, it flew straight up and down to the arc in front of the penalty area.
At the same moment when almost the whole game is played, whoever has better physical fitness will have a greater advantage. At this time, Cao Jinghao has just a little more energy than his opponent, and he is ready to prepare
Before returning to defend Nwakari at the top of the arc in the penalty area, he grabbed this point with one step. Facing the ball falling from the air, he did not make any adjustments and directly took off and volleyed.
Liu Ruofan's shot just now made all Nigeria's defensive players focus on defending. At this time, no one could block Cao Jinghao's ball in time, including Nigeria's goalkeeper Yudu, who was still crawling on the ground, watching the ball and sighing.
He could only pray that Cao Jinghao's shot missed the goal.
In addition to shooting skills, shooting on the football field is to a large extent a matter of probability (luck). The Chinese old saying "Nothing can be done more than three times" now reflects this probability issue. Liu Ruofan's two shots were both on target.
Unable to score a goal, Cao Jinghao's third shot finally paid off.
After the ball quickly passed all the Nigerian defensive players, it penetrated into the right side of the goal. With less than five minutes left in the game, the Chinese national team took the lead again, and the score became 2:1.
