Chapter 280

Belgium's first wave of attack also came from the wing.

Because of the configuration of two defensive midfielders in the Chinese team, the middle road became an iron wall. Even with the technology of the Belgian team, it was difficult to penetrate the middle road and attack.

Finally, Jiang Xiaolin's teammate in Alkmaar, Maarten Martens, switched to the wing, received the pass from his teammate, and passed the Chinese team's full-back Tan Wangsong with a gorgeous bicycle kick, and then kicked the ball to the middle.

No. 9 striker Kevan Mirallas grabbed the first point in the penalty area, but failed to hit the right position under the interference of Li Weifeng's scramble, and headed the ball over the crossbar.

The first attack of both sides was quite tit-for-tat, and it seemed that Belgium even had a little advantage.

After all, Belgium formed an attack, while the Chinese team did not even grab the first point.

This fully illustrates the difference in technical strength between the players of the two teams. Even if the Chinese team's state is increased to 98%, some technical strength cannot be compensated.

For example, Cui Peng's cross is far inferior to that of Maarten Martens, which cannot be compensated by the state.

But the advantage of the state added to 98% is that the Chinese players can basically play their best level and rarely make low-level mistakes.

The low-level mistake of passing the ball directly to the opponent in a panic is generally not made.

Next, the game basically formed a situation where Belgium attacked and the Chinese team defended and played a defensive counterattack.

Because the Chinese team had a high probability of qualifying if they drew, plus the defensive advantage of two midfielders and Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack ability, the Chinese team naturally chose a defensive counterattack.

Belgium was forced into a desperate situation and had to win to keep the hope of qualifying, so it had to take risks and press forward.

Unfortunately, the overall 98% on-the-spot state of the Chinese team allowed the players to do quite well in both individual performance and overall cooperation.

Even though there was a gap in individual ability, the defense of the overall number of players was able to withstand the attack of Belgium, and Belgium did not pose too much threat to the goal of the Chinese team.

In the 6th minute, Belgium formed another attack in the penalty area, but in the end, the shot of striker Tom Demur was cleared by Feng Xiaoting in time with a shovel, and there was no foul.

This is the benefit of the state close to the full value for the Chinese players. Even in the penalty area, they dare to tackle the ball, and they can accurately shovel the ball without fouling.

As for outside the penalty area, the defense of the Chinese team is more decisive, and most of the time they can stop the attack of Belgium within 30 meters of the goal.

In the 8th minute, Maarten Martens wanted to use a Marseille turn to pass Zheng Zhi, but when he was about to pass Zheng Zhi, he was decisively pulled to the ground by Zheng Zhi.

The location where Zheng Zhi committed the foul was more than 30 meters away from the goal. Even if it was a foul, it would not cause much harm. The referee did not even give a yellow card, but only gave Zheng Zhi a verbal warning, asking him not to commit such a big foul next time.

The Belgian players were naturally dissatisfied and protested to the referee for a few words, but the referee insisted on his own opinion and let Belgium take the free kick.

Helplessly, the Belgian players could only disperse and continue the game. Maarten Martens, who created the free kick, took the free kick himself.

Although Martens has good free kick skills, the ball is too far from the goal.

Although he finally shot a shot within the goal frame, because the distance was too far, the goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong had too much preparation time, and Qiu Shengjiong easily confiscated the ball.

Afterwards, Qiu Shengjiong launched an attack with a hand throw, and the Chinese team took advantage of this opportunity to launch a threatening attack. Finally, Jiang Xiaolin received Hao Junmin's diagonal pass at the front of the Belgian penalty area and volleyed the ball, but the ball slightly missed the post.

Ten minutes passed, neither team scored a goal, and the Chinese team did not seem as unstoppable as in the previous game.

But the ability shown by the Chinese team still satisfied many fans.

After all, Belgium is different from New Zealand. It is a European team and its strength is incomparable to New Zealand.

Moreover, in the first ten minutes of this game, the Chinese team defended steadily and made basically no mistakes. No one allowed Belgium to get too good shooting opportunities.

At the same time, the Chinese team was able to occasionally counterattack and threaten Belgium's goal, which was already good.

If it weren't for the big win in the previous game, the National Olympic Team would have such a performance against Belgium today, and even the fans would be surprised.

Of course, because of the big win in the last game, some fans still have extravagant hopes, hoping that the Chinese team will score as soon as possible, and it would be best if they finally beat Belgium and advance to the next round. That would be the best.It couldn't be better.

Surprisingly, the Chinese team didn't make the fans wait too long for the first goal.

The Chinese team's defensive counterattack style itself is more restrained by Belgium's 433 attack formation.

Belgium, which was forced to attack aggressively, would inevitably appear empty in the backcourt after putting most of its forces into the attack.

As a result, in the 12th minute, the Chinese team seized an opportunity to counterattack.

This time it was also Belgium's attack, but when their pass hit the frontcourt, there was a slight pass error, but it was still discovered by Zhou Haibing, who was close to full status, and rushed to block the pass that Belgian player Jan Weitonggen tried to pass to Maarten Martens in the middle.

After intercepting the Belgian pass, Zhou Haibing did not stick to the ball too much, and immediately passed the ball to Hao Junmin on the wing before Martens counterattacked.

At this time, Jiang Xiaolin had turned and rushed to the empty half of Belgium. Although he had not yet formed an offside position, the empty backcourt of Belgium due to the attack obviously gave Jiang Xiaolin a lot of space to sprint.

Jiang Xiaolin's starting speed and subsequent running speed were well known to the team.

Therefore, Hao Junmin, who received the ball, did not stop, adjusted a step slightly, and did not wait for the Belgian winger to grab the ball. He made a long diagonal pass and kicked the ball into the Belgian half and rolled it to the front of the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin was running at full speed in the middle, and the Belgian defenders Sep Delovo and Thomas Vermeulen were running back with him.

Originally, Delovo and Vermeulen were standing closer to their own penalty area than Jiang Xiaolin, and they were four or five meters away from Jiang Xiaolin.

But when Jiang Xiaolin started to rush towards their half, Hao Junmin passed the ball diagonally, and the two turned to defend, the distance between Jiang Xiaolin and the two had been shortened to only two or three meters.

Then Jiang Xiaolin rushed across the center line, and the three of them staged a speed competition in Belgium's half.

Delovo and Vermeulen knew that Jiang Xiaolin was very fast, so Vermeulen retreated while trying to block Jiang Xiaolin's forward route, allowing Delovo to return to defense at full speed and clear Hao Junmin's pass.

Although they were mentally prepared, they still underestimated Jiang Xiaolin's speed.

Jiang Xiaolin, who sprinted, not only quickly passed Vermeulen, but also his strong physical fitness made Vermeulen unable to even pull him down.

Jiang Xiaolin overtook Vermeulen at a distance of about 20 meters from the Belgian penalty area, and then overtook Delovo at a distance of about 10 meters from the penalty area, successfully counter-overtook, and caught up with Hao Junmin's pass at the front of the penalty area to form a single-handed attack.

Although Delovo tried to stop Jiang Xiaolin's single-handed attack from the side and back, Jiang Xiaolin's full physique and balance made his pulling ineffective.

Even if Jiang Xiaolin was pulled and could not rush at full speed, Jiang Xiaolin, who had already completed the counter-overt overtaking, would naturally not let Delovo overtake again.

Jiang Xiaolin stuck in position while dribbling forward, while observing the position of the attacking goalkeeper Bailey, Delovo's pulling behind him did not have a fundamental impact on Jiang Xiaolin's progress.

However, another player running without the ball, Vermeulen, had already caught up from the side, and Jiang Xiaolin had seen Vermeulen's figure in the corner of his eyes.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin didn't have much time left.

If Vermeulen tackled him from the side, Jiang Xiaolin might not be able to protect the ball under Delovo's pull.

So, when he was about to get close to the top of the penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin kicked the ball.

Facing goalkeeper Bailey who attacked the penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin naturally chose to lob.

Bailey also knew that Jiang Xiaolin would most likely choose to lob, so when he saw Jiang Xiaolin shooting, he did not dive, but stood still.

Then he saw the ball kicked by Jiang Xiaolin fly into the air, and Bailey immediately jumped up with all his strength, trying to catch Jiang Xiaolin's lob.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin's footwork was too accurate, and the height was very appropriate. It just passed Bailey's palm, flew over Bailey's fingertips, and then slowly fell to the Belgian goal.

Vermeulen, who was chasing back, did not stop sprinting, and rushed to the goal at full speed, trying to save the goal.

But the ball was still flying faster than him, and when Vermeulen reached the goal line, the ball had already fallen into the goal hole.

Finally, Vermeulen made a futile back-hook to clear the ball, and then fell into the goal with the ball.

In the 12th minute, Jiang Xiaolin finally succeeded in offside in a quick counterattack, receiving a long diagonal pass from Hao Junmin in the backcourt.The shot into the empty goal was successful, opening the scoring for the Chinese team, and the Chinese team led Belgium 1-0.

Suddenly, the Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV gave deafening cheers and screams, celebrating Jiang Xiaolin's goal crazily.

Belgium is not New Zealand.

This is a European team, and a European team with a FIFA ranking more than twice that of the Chinese team. Being able to score the first goal against such a team is a huge stimulus for both Chinese players and fans.

Therefore, in addition to the passionate cheering fans in the stands, Wang Yongbai, Hao Junmin, Zheng Zhi and others on the court also rushed to the front court excitedly, hugged and high-fived Jiang Xiaolin, who opened the scoring, and celebrated the goal warmly.

On the other hand, the Belgians seemed very helpless.

In fact, their state and performance in this game were not bad. The only thing missing might be Jiang Xiaolin, a super striker who made the final decision.

Jan Weitonggen, who is also a midfielder, asked Maarten Martens: "Martens, was Jiang Xiaolin so good when he was in Alkmaar?"

Martens smiled bitterly and said: "No, although Jiang was also very good when he was in Alkmaar, he was not as good as he is now. I can only say that Jiang's progress is too fast. After two months of training in the World Cup qualifiers and the Olympic friendly matches, Jiang's offensive ability is much better than when he played in the Eredivisie. If Jiang stays in the Eredivisie next season, I am sure he will definitely be the Eredivisie Golden Boot next season, and no one else will have a chance."

Weitonggen said enviously: "Then you will have to make a lot of assists?"

Martens shook his head and said: "Jiang Xiaolin is too famous now, I guess it will be difficult for the team to keep him? Besides, no matter what, that's next season's matter, we are now Let's think about how to play this game! Now we are behind in the score, and the goal difference is so far behind. If we don't win this game, we will be eliminated from the group. "

Wei Tonggen shook his head and sighed: "It's difficult! If we attack aggressively, the backcourt will definitely leave Jiang Xiaolin a lot of counterattack space. Look at Jiang Xiaolin's speed and shooting skills, it's simply unsolvable."

Martens also sighed and said: "Yes, but there is no solution, we still have to attack. We used to be teammates in the same team. I would be happy to be in the same team with Jiang Xiaolin. I didn't expect that we would become opponents today. It's really a headache."

No matter what Jiang Xiaolin's club teammate Maarten Martens thinks, everyone in this game is fighting for their own masters, their own country, and their honor. The positions of both sides are always opposite, and they must continue to fight.

After celebrating for about half a minute, the Chinese team was finally interfered by the referee amid the protests of Belgium. The celebration ended and returned to their own half to wait for the game to start again.

After Belgium kicked the ball out of the center circle, they continued to use their advantages in technology and overall coordination to press forward and launch a collective attack on the hinterland of the Chinese team.

The Chinese team, on the other hand, continued to shrink its defense and play a defensive counterattack according to the established tactics.

The situation on the field continued with Belgium attacking and China defending, but psychologically, the attacking Belgian fans were not very happy, and the Chinese fans who were suppressed by the opponent were not frustrated.

After all, the Chinese team was leading in the score.

And although the Chinese team was suppressed, the overall performance of the Chinese players was fine. Whether it was individual defense or collective positioning, it made it difficult for the powerful Belgium to find too good offensive opportunities and gaps.

Therefore, until half an hour in the first half, Belgium had not yet scored their first goal.

Even though there were two or three shots, and one of them hit the goal frame, it was also saved by Qiu Shengjiong, who was in excellent condition, and failed to score.

Instead, the Chinese team continued to use Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack ability to create threats to Belgium. If it weren't for the high vigilance of the backcourt players and the strong support of the goalkeeper, Jiang Xiaolin would probably have scored the second goal.