Chapter 298

On the field, Nigeria has been relying on their players' stronger skills, physical strength and speed to attack the Chinese team, and they have almost been pressed into their own half.

It seems that Nigeria's attack is very fierce, and the Chinese team is in danger and may lose the ball at any time.

But in fact, Nigeria's attack is mostly based on individual players. Although there are exquisite team cooperation, it is very rare, like a flash in the pan.

On the Chinese team, although the individual ability of the players is not as good as that of Nigeria, they can play their best ability with the blessing of 100% on-the-spot state, and the cooperation with teammates can also achieve the best effect within their ability, and there are few mistakes.

Therefore, Nigeria's attack looks fierce, but it rarely threatens the goal of the Chinese team.

Even the number of times it threatens the Chinese team's penalty area is rare.

Of course, this is also because the Chinese team deliberately shrinks its defense, plays defensive counterattacks, and attracts opponents to press forward and attack.

The Chinese team's tactics were originally defensive counterattacks. After Jiang Xiaolin scored a goal to take the lead, this tactic became more determined and justified.

Under the deliberate contraction of the Chinese team's defense, the Nigerian formation, which tried to continue to increase its offensive strength to score a goal to equalize the score, pressed closer and closer.

Finally, in the 13th minute, the Chinese team almost launched a counterattack again, which scared the Nigerian players and fans.

This time, the Chinese team intercepted the ball in the backcourt and made a long pass. Jiang Xiaolin used his speed to chase the ball in an offside position, trying to catch the ball and form a single-handed threat, just like the first goal.

However, this time, the Nigerian player who blocked Jiang Xiaolin, forward Ajirol, had learned from the first loss of the ball and seemed much more decisive.

At the moment when Jiang Xiaolin approached him and was about to overtake, Ajirol stretched out his hands and grabbed Jiang Xiaolin's body and clothes tightly. Finally, he was not thrown off by Jiang Xiaolin again, and pulled him down to the place just past the center line, and did not rush over to form a single-handed threat like the first time.

The ball kicked by the Chinese team to the front court was also successfully cleared out of the sideline by the Nigerian players who chased back.

However, this time it was not a throw-in, because Ajirol, who pulled Jiang Xiaolin down, committed a serious foul and was directly shown a yellow card by the referee, and a midfield free kick was awarded to the Chinese team.

Ajirol knew what the consequences would be if he forcibly pulled Jiang Xiaolin down and prevented him from rushing over to form a single-handed counterattack.

Therefore, he was not surprised to be shown a yellow card by the referee. Without any excuses, he got up and began to retreat and returned to his defensive position.

Jiang Xiaolin also got up from the ground and shook his head slightly, feeling a little sorry for the opportunity to counterattack this time.

But intentional fouls to disrupt the attack are also part of the football field, and Jiang Xiaolin had no way to stop it.

Even if he was physically fit and balanced, he was still a human being, not a tank.

If someone was determined to pull him down, he couldn't stand it.

Of course, Jiang Xiaolin would not take the free kick from such a long distance. It would be meaningless to take it, as it was impossible to score directly into the goal.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin and teammates such as Wang Yongbai and Zheng Zhi advanced to the inside and outside of the Nigerian penalty area, and the winger Hao Junmin served the ball.

Hao Junmin certainly would not shoot directly, he wanted to hang the ball into the penalty area, and Jiang Xiaolin and others would compete for the header.

However, Hao Junmin's pass was not good, the power was a little weak, and it fell outside the penalty area in advance.

It was also because of this that the players on both sides in the penalty area were caught off guard, allowing Zhou Haibing outside the penalty area to easily stop the ball.

Although some fans usually complain about the Chinese players' stopping skills, often stopping three or four meters away, in fact, it was just an occasional mistake.

As professional players, although Chinese players cannot stop the ball in the air as easily as Jiang Xiaolin and Ronaldinho, it is rare for them to stop the ball several meters away.

Those are just exceptions, and then they are targeted and ridiculed by fans because they lost the game.

This time Zhou Haibing's stop was quite good.

Because of the full on-the-spot state bonus given by Jiang Xiaolin, Zhou Haibing not only stopped the ball, but also immediately dribbled past a Nigerian player who was trying to steal the ball, and left a gap for passing.

In the penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin also turned his back to the goal and blocked the defensive player behind him to occupy a good position.

Zhou Haibing, who had left the gap for passing, also passed the ball in time, and was not intercepted by the Nigerian players in the middle.

When the ball reached Jiang Xiaolin's feet, Jiang Xiaolin's full dribbling skills made it difficult for Nigerian players to steal the ball.

Although in the crowded and narrow penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin still kept the ball firmly under his feet, rushing left and right, back and forthAfter dribbling three or four times, he finally created a gap by dribbling and changing direction, and turned around to force a shot.

Unfortunately, there were too many people in the penalty area. Jiang Xiaolin could not control the angle to avoid the opponent's blocking in this situation, so he could only try his luck.

But this time his luck was not as good as the first counterattack. The ball hit the leg of the central defender Adrie who flew to block the hole and changed direction and flew out of the baseline.

The subsequent corner kick did not get the first point for the Chinese team, and was cleared by the goalkeeper Fan Zejin's single punch out of the penalty area.

Although the Chinese team's counterattack did not score, it still shocked Nigeria.

They finally realized the strength of the Chinese team and dared not press forward regardless of the consequences.

For the next ten minutes or so, the game was a little dull.

Nigeria did not create any threatening attacks, and the Chinese team did not get any threatening counterattack opportunities.

The only threat was that in the 17th minute, the Chinese team got a free kick about 30 meters away. Although Jiang Xiaolin hit the goal frame and the angle was very tricky, it was too far away, giving the goalkeeper too much time to prepare.

In the end, the ball was saved by Fan Zejin and bounced back into the penalty area, and then kicked out of the sideline by the defender.

However, as the game time went on, Nigeria, which was behind in the score, could not hold back after all.

On the one hand, they were behind in the score, and there was no future in the stalemate with the Chinese team. They had to attack, at least to equalize the score, to have hope.

On the other hand, Nigerian players lacked tactical discipline and had no patience to slowly work with the Chinese team.

In their general thinking and game methods, they either won beautifully with a big score or lost with a big score.

They could not study tactics like Italy, rely on patient defense and counterattack to win, or even win the World Cup.

It's not that they don't want to, but they really can't do it.

Everyone wants to win the championship, but the mentality of African team players is naturally not as patient as Italians.

Therefore, they can only rely on their brave and diligent morale to carry out an unstoppable attack.

If they stop halfway, it may hurt their own team's morale.

Therefore, after being startled by Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack, taking a break for a while, and reserving some physical strength, Nigeria regained its offensive momentum and began to press forward.

However, this time they still kept a little bit of caution and kept at least three defenders in the backcourt.

In addition to the two central defenders, the two full-backs no longer assist together, but take turns to assist, and at least one full-back will be left to assist.

Nigeria's attack is still as sharp as ever, and one-on-one attacks can often break through.

In the 20th minute, winger Okoronkwo used a gorgeous Marseille turn to pass Zhou Haibing, and then made a wall-to-wall cooperation with his teammates to pass the full-back Tan Wangsong, and then dribbled the ball to the bottom and passed the ball into the penalty area.

Unfortunately, when striker Ensofor headed the ball in the penalty area, Feng Xiaoting interfered closely and headed it high, and it flew over the crossbar.

In the 24th minute, Nigeria passed the ball into the penalty area through a long diagonal pass from the side, but the striker Odemwenji who received the ball could not turn around, so he could only pass the ball back to the winger Ogbuk who inserted into the penalty area.

When Ogbuk stopped the ball, he flicked the ball to the right, dodged Zheng Zhi who was trying to steal the ball, and then took a long shot about 23 meters away from the goal.

The ball was powerful and sank, passing through the penalty area along the grass, avoiding the feet of all the players in the penalty area, and rushed to the lower left corner of the Chinese team's goal.

This shot was quite threatening.

But Qiu Shengjiong, whose on-the-spot state was increased to the maximum value, had been paying close attention. He judged the ball path and rushed over the moment Ogbuk shot.

Finally, Qiu Shengjiong successfully touched the ball before it entered the net and saved it from the bottom line.

Although he gave the opponent a corner kick, he saved the goal. Qiu Shengjiong's save won unanimous applause from all the Chinese fans in the stands.

Feng Xiaoting, Li Weifeng and others also stepped forward to pat Qiu Shengjiong on the head or shoulder, expressing their appreciation for his wonderful save.

Then, the Nigerians prepared to take the corner kick.

With the overall on-site state 100%, the overall defense of the Chinese team was really good. Although Nigeria seemed to have a strong offensive, it had not been able to score and was always behind in the score.

Therefore, the Nigerian players felt more and more anxious.

This corner kick became one of the few set-piece opportunities that could threaten the Chinese team's goal.

So, in this corner kick opportunity, the taller Nigerian playersAll the players rushed to the Chinese team's penalty area to participate in the header, including the two central defenders.

Even the corner kick was taken by the full-back Okonkwo.

In other words, the defenders on the last line of defense of Nigeria, only one full-back Adefemi, was left near the midfield to prevent the Chinese team's counterattack.

The other forwards, front midfielders, forwards, central defenders, etc., all swarmed into the Chinese team's penalty area to participate in this header attack, trying to score a goal with the advantage of numbers.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

There are enough people competing for the header. If the corner kick is in place, it is really possible that the Nigerian player will grab the first point and head the ball successfully.

But the problem is that the player who took the penalty kick did not take the ball well.

Okonkwo, who took the penalty kick, did not have a cheater like Jiang Xiaolin to help him increase his on-the-spot status to 100%. As a result, the corner kick he sent was a little too close to the small penalty area line.

Seeing that the ball's flight path was close to the goal, Qiu Shengjiong, who was in full competitive form, made a quick decision, rushed out of the goal line, clenched his fist and punched the ball that was falling towards the small penalty area line through the bodies of two players.

What was even more surprising was that the direction of the ball's flight was near Jiang Xiaolin at the top of the arc of the large penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin was certainly not the player standing the farthest from the outside, but he was also one of the outermost players, because he was the only counterattack point for the Chinese team and had to maintain the possibility of counterattack.

It was Jiang Xiaolin's position this time that won the Chinese team another good opportunity to counterattack.

However, at this time, there were too many people inside and outside the Chinese team's penalty area, and Jiang Xiaolin would not be the only one to compete for the landing point.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin could only use his ability and speed to rush over first to occupy the position, and then wait for the ball to fall.

As for the Nigerian player Ogbuk who rushed over, Jiang Xiaolin stuck him behind him. He kept trying to squeeze to the front, but he failed to do so in the face of Jiang Xiaolin's full physique and balance.

Of course, Qiu Shengjiong's ball was not slow either.

In a flash, the ball fell down just after Jiang Xiaolin occupied the landing point and blocked the opponent's player.

Jiang Xiaolin made a gesture of wanting to pass the ball to other players next to him, and then turned around and ran without the ball, which led Ogbuk behind him to continue to stretch his feet and try to poke the ball away before Jiang Xiaolin.

As a result, at the moment when the ball fell to about knee height from the ground, Jiang Xiaolin, who was originally doing the action of stopping the ball and unloading the ball, suddenly raised the tip of his shoe upwards and lifted the ball over his and Ogbuk's heads, and then immediately turned around and passed by Ogbuk, chasing the falling ball.

Pick the ball and pass the opponent.

Jiang Xiaolin's 17-point "Dribble" skill came into play at this time.

Jiang Xiaolin had never used this trick in the game before, so not only was Ogbuk caught off guard and easily broken through by Jiang Xiaolin, but the other Nigerian players beside him were also unprepared and were not prepared for Jiang Xiaolin's dribble and did not interfere with the steal in the first time.

In fact, Jiang Xiaolin's dribble skill is not proficient, after all, the attribute value is only 17 points, which cannot be compared with 19 or 20 skills.

But the trick of this dribble is that it is short in time. Qiu Shengjiong hit the ball out with one fist, and the other players are still in the penalty area!

Moreover, the others did not expect Jiang Xiaolin to dribble and dribble, and were not prepared for the next landing point of the ball.

When they saw Jiang Xiaolin dribble the ball and dribble it over his and Ogbuk's heads, and wanted to rush to the landing point to grab the ball, it was too late.

Jiang Xiaolin had also completed his turn, breaking through Ogbuk's defense and catching up with the falling ball.

Keita, who was chasing from the side, saw that it was impossible to grab the ball, so he could only reluctantly throw his whole body out, trying to scare Jiang Xiaolin with a flying tackle, or with better luck, to shovel the ball off.