Chapter 261

After the Chinese team and Australia had been deadlocked for more than 20 minutes, at the end of the first half, in the 44th minute, Jiang Xiaolin broke through with the ball.

After he used his speed to pass the first opponent, he was ready to use fried meatballs to pass the second opponent.

Originally, he was going to succeed. If he broke through, he could enter the penalty area, and the chances of shooting and scoring would be greatly increased.

Unexpectedly, the Australian defender Milligan, who was about to be broken through by him, directly reached out and grabbed Jiang Xiaolin tightly.

The inertia of Jiang Xiaolin's forward rush and the opponent's pulling force made Jiang Xiaolin fall backwards.

A sharp whistle sounded, and the referee rushed over to give Milligan a yellow card, and then gave the Chinese team a free kick on the right side of the penalty area.

This free kick was a bit close to the penalty area line, about 22 or 23 meters away from the goal. If you can't hit the arc, you will definitely not be able to score.

Unless you are lucky enough to break through the wall.

It is not reliable to pin your hopes on a gap in the human wall. The best way is to shoot a curved free kick.

The free kicker is Jiang Xiaolin.

He has increased his arc skill attribute to 18 points.

This level of "curve" skill can ensure that Jiang Xiaolin can shoot a curve, but he cannot accurately grasp the degree of the curve.

For example, if you shoot at a near corner, if the shooting angle is a little outside and the arc is not enough, it may miss the post.

If the shooting angle is a little inside and the arc is too large, it will go to the middle of the goal frame, which is simply sent to the goalkeeper's arms.

Therefore, it is very important to grasp the degree of the arc. Jiang Xiaolin, who has only 18 points of "curve" attribute, cannot do it perfectly.

But there is a word called on-the-spot performance.

If the on-the-spot state is well played, the 18-point attribute is enough for Jiang Xiaolin to accurately control the landing point and send the ball around the human wall into the opponent's goal corner.

Therefore, after the referee blew the whistle for the penalty kick, Jiang Xiaolin did not move, but paused for two or three seconds, checked the penalty spot and the position of the human wall, the position of the goalkeeper, etc., and then started to run.

After five steps of running, Jiang Xiaolin stood on his left foot, kicked the ball hard with his right foot in the lower middle part, and then pulled it horizontally, and the ball flew into the air and flew over the right side of the human wall.

The Australian player on the far right of the human wall stretched his neck hard to hit the ball to clear it, but the ball still flew over his scalp and was not touched by him.

After the ball passed the human wall, it drew an arc in the air and then turned into the goal frame.

The goalkeeper Verafi, who was standing at the far end of the goal, predicted that Jiang Xiaolin's free kick would be in the near corner, so Jiang Xiaolin started moving before he touched the ball.

When he saw that the ball was heading for the near corner, Verafi was excited, thinking that he had correctly judged the direction of the opponent's attack and had a great chance of saving the ball.

Who would have thought that the quality of Jiang Xiaolin's free kick was too high.

The ball not only flew over just past the head of the wall, but also went into the goal frame and fell just below the crossbar.

In the end, everyone saw that Jiang Xiaolin's free kick went into the goal after making an arc, almost rubbing the intersection of the near crossbar and the uprights.

This was almost a theoretical dead-angle shot.

Although Verafi judged the direction correctly, he ran from the far corner to save the ball and could not jump from the spot.

Therefore, in the end, he was unable to reach the height of the ball's flight and could only watch the ball go into the goal from above his palm, close to the dead corner.

In the 44th minute of the first half, Jiang Xiaolin scored a direct free kick and scored twice, helping the Chinese team to lead Australia again 2-1.

The commentator of the National TV Sports Channel jumped up from the bench and shouted excitedly:

"Beautiful!"

"The ball went in!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored a beautiful direct free kick!"

"The power, speed and angle of this ball are all perfect and impeccable!"

"The saying that Jiang Xiaolin can't play arc balls and can't take free kicks can be stopped!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored twice again!"

"Against a strong enemy like Australia, can Jiang Xiaolin also perform a hat trick? Let's wait and see!"

Originally, the fans of the friendly match did not celebrate very enthusiastically, as they did in the first two friendly matches.

But this beautiful free kick set off the stadium, and tens of thousands of spectators all stood up and applauded and cheered for Jiang Xiaolin.

If Jiang Xiaolin can maintain this level of free kicks and penalties, then in the Olympic Games, as long as there is a free kick, Jiang Xiaolin can threaten the opponent's goal?

Modern football, positioningThe ball is a very important means of scoring. Especially for a weak team like the Chinese team, it can be a weapon and a killer for scoring.

No wonder everyone cheered excitedly.

Not only because the goal was beautiful, but also because everyone saw the hope of the Chinese team's breakthrough in the Olympics.

The teammates were also very excited and all gathered around to celebrate with Jiang Xiaolin.

With a free kick master like Jiang Xiaolin, everyone has more confidence in the journey of the Olympics.

Originally, Jiang Xiaolin's goal was close to 45 minutes, and everyone celebrated for a while, and the time had already exceeded 45 minutes.

Therefore, not long after the game resumed, without waiting for Australia to equalize the score again, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 2-1, and the Chinese Olympic team, playing at home, temporarily took the lead.

During the halftime break, Yin Tiesheng praised Jiang Xiaolin's free kick, and then asked the players to strengthen their breakthroughs in the second half and try to create more free kicks for Jiang Xiaolin to take.

This is to make full use of Jiang Xiaolin's ability to take free kicks.

Everyone readily agreed.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.

According to the instructions of the head coach, the Chinese team began to strengthen individual breakthroughs and strive to create more free kicks.

Unfortunately, Australia is not a fool. After seeing Jiang Xiaolin score such a free kick in the first half, they paid great attention to the location of the foul in the second half.

Only in the midfield or wing far away from the goal, Australia will foul Chinese players and send free kicks.

But within 30 meters of the front goal of the penalty area, Australian players are quite cautious. Unless they have to, or the threat is too great, they generally will not easily foul.

The usual treatment is to use their body and speed to compete with the Chinese team, but will not foul people.

Thus, 20 minutes into the second half, the Chinese team had not yet received a threatening free kick.

There was a free kick from a long distance, but although Jiang Xiaolin hit the goal frame, it was far away, giving the goalkeeper enough time to react. In the end, it was directly confiscated by the goalkeeper and failed to score.

The Chinese team was obsessed with individual breakthroughs and wanted to create free kicks, but not only did they fail to create free kicks, but they were intercepted by Australia in the 67th minute and counterattacked.

This was a breakthrough with the ball by Wang Yongpo. After being intercepted by the opponent, he made a long pass directly. Australian striker Bridge successfully countered offside and received the ball at the front of the Chinese team's penalty area to form a single shot.

Although Qiu Shengjiong attacked in time and tried to block it, Bridge still shot the ball into the far corner of the goal.

Australia tenaciously equalized the score again, and the score between the two sides was 2-2.

The Chinese players woke up from their dreams and dared not to indulge in individual breakthroughs anymore.

Let alone the Chinese team, most players in the world football are difficult to create threats through personal breakthroughs. Most teams obsessed with personal performance will be strongly counterattacked by the opponent.

The goal lost by the Chinese team explains everything.

Next, the game between the two sides returned to normal. Only Jiang Xiaolin tried to break through the opponent with perfect dribbling, speed, fried meatballs, etc.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's intention was known, Jiang Xiaolin's personal strength was too strong for anyone in Australia to block. Generally, two or three people had to rely on close defense or joint defense to stop Jiang Xiaolin's attack.

In the 72nd minute, Jiang Xiaolin finally succeeded in breaking through and made the opponent foul at the front of the penalty area, winning himself a free kick opportunity.

Unfortunately, his "arc" skill has not reached the full value and cannot be controlled freely. This time the arc of the shot was a little bit off. In the end, although the ball passed the wall, it hit the outside of the goal post and bounced out of the bottom line.

This proves that it is unreliable to pin all hopes on free kicks, and you can only go with the flow.

Next, the coaches of both teams made substitutions and replaced some of the substitutes.

Jiang Xiaolin and his teammates no longer pursued free kicks.

In the 78th minute, Hao Junmin made a cross from the side, and Jiang Xiaolin followed up with a header from the middle and almost scored again.

Unfortunately, this time, Australia's goalkeeper Verafei played very well and actually saved Jiang Xiaolin's ball that headed to the right post.

The Chinese fans who had stood up to celebrate could only sigh.

The subsequent corner kick was not passed well by Hao Junmin, and it went directly out of the baseline, wasting this corner kick opportunity.

The game continued.

Neither side contracted the defense, but fooled the offense and defense, and both wanted to score in the last minute to lock in the victory. No one was willing to draw.

The Chinese team was unwilling to accept that theyWith a super shooter like Jiang Xiaolin, they should have won the game.

What Australia was unwilling to accept was that they were stronger and ranked higher in FIFA, so they should have won.

Both sides held this idea, making the game more intense as it approached the end.

In the 82nd minute, Australia won a free kick on the wing, and the ball was passed into the penalty area, causing confusion among the players on both sides.

An Australian midfielder poked the ball in the chaos and almost scored a goal.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong was very focused and reacted very quickly. He actually caught the ball, bounced it onto the post and bounced it back into the penalty area, and then was kicked out of the penalty area by defender Tan Wangsong.

Just 2 minutes later, the Chinese team returned the favor.

Full-back Yuan Weiwei suddenly inserted an assist, and did not go down the bottom about 20 meters away from the baseline, but suddenly made a ground cross pass.

Three Australian players were led by Jiang Xiaolin into the penalty area, ready to meet Yuan Weiwei's cross from the wing.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Weiwei did not do so, but made a ground pass outside the penalty area, which just shook Jiang Xiaolin and the defenders.

Zheng Zhi, who came from the back row, appeared in front of the ball at the right time, and shot the ball at the top of the penalty area. The ball flew through the penalty area like a sharp arrow and flew towards the Australian goal.

Although goalkeeper Verafei tried his best to save the ball, he still failed to stop the goal.

The ball went into the Australian goal along the post.

With Yuan Weiwei's sudden assist and Zheng Zhi's back-row shot, the Chinese team finally scored again and led Australia 3-2.

After scoring the goal, Zheng Zhi ran to the sidelines to celebrate excitedly, and other players also ran over to join in. The fans in the stands also applauded and cheered excitedly.

After the game resumed, Australia, which fell behind again, was naturally unwilling to fail.

After falling behind twice and equalizing twice, they thought the game was not over yet and they still had time to equalize or even surpass the score.

Therefore, in the last few minutes, Australia almost came out in full force, trying to use the overall attack to break through the Chinese team's defense and score a goal.

However, the Chinese team's defense is not made of paper.

With the same double defensive midfielder configuration as the adult national team, and two experienced veterans Zheng Zhi and Li Weifeng leading the defense, it is not easy for Australia to break through the Chinese team's defense.

Moreover, when encountering free kicks and corner kicks, Jiang Xiaolin will return to the penalty area to participate in the defense, and Australia's header attack will also have limited effect on the Chinese team.

In the 89th minute, Australia had the best chance. Their winger successfully broke through the Chinese team's side defense and made a cross from the bottom, causing some confusion in the Chinese team's penalty area. In the end, the ball was poked to the feet of Australian striker Troysi at the corner of the small penalty area.

This was originally a very good shooting opportunity because goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong was still in the middle of the goal.

The result may be that the sudden opportunity made Troisi panic, and he kicked the ball out of the bottom line and didn't even hit the goal frame.

This was the closest opportunity for Australia to score before the end of the game.

After wasting this opportunity, Australia never encountered such a good opportunity again.

On the Chinese side, due to the overall strength, they failed to break through the Australian goal again.

Only Jiang Xiaolin occasionally threatened the opponent's half with his speed and dribbling breakthrough, but it was difficult to successfully break through to the front court and pose a direct threat to the goal.

In the end, after 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game, and the Chinese team won the third warm-up match in July with a score of 3-2.

Jiang Xiaolin gained 2 goals 2000 + win 2000 = a total of 4000 basic experience in this game.

In terms of performance rating, Jiang Xiaolin was rated as good by the system with a rating coefficient of 2.

Finally, Jiang Xiaolin gained 4000*2=8000 experience points.

Adding the previous training experience points, Jiang Xiaolin's level experience points rose to 255,900/300,000 at level 17.