Chapter 175

After all, it was a match between national teams. Hundreds of Serbian fans came to this friendly match, filling up the simple stands at the training ground.

Amid the cheers of these fans, the Serbian Olympic team almost dominated the Chinese Olympic team within the first 10 minutes of the game, and it was almost difficult for the Chinese team to pass the ball across the half court.

Although the Chinese team did not lose the ball, it was difficult to pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin. Even if they occasionally got the ball and kicked it, their footwork was not accurate and it did not fall to Jiang Xiaolin.

However, after the initial panic, the Chinese team, which had two defensive midfielders and fought in a 451 formation, finally stabilized its position and began to counterattack.

In the 12th minute, the Chinese team intercepted the ball and launched a quick counterattack, and then Wang Yongbai passed the ball to Jiang Xiaolin.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xiaolin's long shot was slightly corrected due to the close interference of the opponent's central defender, and was saved by goalkeeper Stojkovic.

Although the ball didn't go in, it was the first threatening attack of the Chinese team, and it hit the goal frame.

Whether it was the interception counterattack in the backcourt or Wang Yongpo's pass, they were still remarkable.

Especially Jiang Xiaolin's shot, although Jiang Xiaolin himself thought that it was a failed shot because of the interference of the opponent's angle.

But in the eyes of bystanders, Jiang Xiaolin was able to hit the ball within the goal frame under the interference of the opponent's defender, and forced the opponent's goalkeeper to make a wonderful save. He didn't save the ball, but only saved it out of the bottom line, giving the Chinese team a corner kick opportunity, which was already very good.

At least, Serbia has not made a threatening shot since the start of the game.

It seems that Serbia is indeed suppressing the Chinese team, and there are two shots, but neither of them hits the goal frame, and there is no threat from Jiang Xiaolin's long shot.

Therefore, dozens of local Chinese fans in Serbia and journalists and photographers from China applauded and cheered for the Chinese team's attack and Jiang Xiaolin's threatening shot.

Then Hao Junmin sent a corner kick, but neither Jiang Xiaolin nor other Chinese players were able to grab the first point, and were cleared by Serbian players out of the penalty area.

The game continued, and Serbia's overall strength was indeed higher than that of the Chinese team. Then Serbia pressed the Chinese team again.

However, after adapting in the opening stage, with 4 defenders, 2 defensive midfielders, and front midfielders and forwards who often retreated to participate in defense, the Chinese team's defense line was not as solid as a rock under the advantage of numbers, but it was not so easy for the Serbian Olympic team to break through.

In front of the multi-layer defense line formed by the Chinese team with the advantage of numbers, Serbia's offense always found it difficult to enter the penalty area, and even if it occasionally shot from the periphery, it was not a big threat.

They wanted to use more people to participate in the attack and strengthen the offensive, but they were always hesitant and did not dare to put it into practice.

Because there was Jiang Xiaolin, the Dutch striker, in the backcourt, they had to guard against Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack.

Although it was the first time to play against Jiang Xiaolin, Jiang Xiaolin's reputation was well-known in the Serbian team.

At the age of 16, he scored 17 goals in 9 games in the Dutch League, performed 3 hat tricks, and ranked third in the Dutch League scorer list...

Such data is simply dazzling, which really makes opponents dare not ignore it, let alone act rashly.

Therefore, the two central defenders in the Serbian backcourt did not dare to move, and had to keep an eye on Jiang Xiaolin's movements at all times.

Moreover, someone had to prevent the counterattack of other players of the Chinese team, and at least three to four defensive players had to be retained in the backcourt.

Therefore, the number of offensive players in the Serbian frontcourt seemed a little small, and it was naturally difficult to break through the defense of the Chinese team.

On the Chinese side, with the threatening attack in the 12th minute, the Chinese players were more confident in their counterattacks after the solid defense.

At least, they knew that with Jiang Xiaolin, a fast, strong and capable striker, in the frontcourt, their counterattacks were very threatening and had the hope of scoring goals, and would not be completely in vain.

In the 17th minute, the Chinese team made another good counterattack, but unfortunately Wang Xiaolong's cross from the wing was a little too long, and Jiang Xiaolin, who ran to the penalty area line in the middle, could only sigh in despair, watching the ball fly high over his head and be caught by the Serbian full-back.

Serbia's continuous attack finally completed a shot within the goal frame in the 19th minute, but this shot was also a long shot, and the angle was not tricky, and the goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong made a great save and went out of the bottom line.

The subsequent cornerSerbia also failed to grab the first point, and the ball was headed out of the penalty area by Li Weifeng, the experienced captain of the Chinese team, an over-age player, and a central defender.

Next, although Serbia still maintained the momentum of suppressing the Chinese team, it did not launch any threatening attacks.

On the contrary, because of Jiang Xiaolin's presence, the Chinese team would put Serbia's goal under great threat as long as they launched a counterattack.

In the 24th minute, central defender Li Weifeng and midfielder Zhao Xuri jointly defended and intercepted the ball from Serbian striker Rakic.

After Li Weifeng intercepted the ball, he passed the ball to the side forward Hao Junmin on the sideline outside the penalty area without waiting for Rakic ​​to counter-grab.

Hao Junmin took the ball and turned forward a few steps, but was intercepted by a Serbian midfielder.

But Hao Junmin did not try to break through himself, but played a two-on-one match with the front midfielder Wang Yongbai who ran over to meet him, passed the midfielder, and then dribbled the ball forward on the sideline.

The Serbian full-back tried to stop Hao Junmin while retreating, but Hao Junmin had good footwork.

Although he was not fast, he kept the ball under his feet and kept moving towards the baseline.

In the middle, Jiang Xiaolin did not sprint at full speed, because even if he rushed into the penalty area, he would be offside, which was meaningless.

Therefore, the two Serbian central defenders stared at Jiang Xiaolin and retreated into the penalty area with Jiang Xiaolin, preventing Jiang Xiaolin from getting rid of them.

Of course, other Serbian players were also constantly returning to defense, and Wang Yongbai, Zhou Haibin and others from the Chinese team rushed up to participate in the attack.

When Hao Junmin brought the ball to less than 20 meters from the baseline, he looked up at the middle, then looked for an opportunity to dodge an angle and kicked a cross.

His pass target was naturally Jiang Xiaolin who ran into the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin immediately determined the landing point based on the path of Hao Junmin's cross.

He first ran forward, distracting the two central defenders who were marking him closely, and then suddenly turned around and rushed towards the goal.