Chapter 303

Seeing that Tan Wangsong failed to block Ensofor's shot, many Chinese fans in the stands even closed their eyes, a little afraid to watch.

In their opinion, the shot was so close that it was almost impossible not to score!

And those Nigerian fans, even the players outside the penalty area on the field, and the coach substitutes on the sidelines, had already stood up to celebrate the goal.

As a result, everyone was surprised to see that the ball kicked by Ensofor actually flew straight over the crossbar and flew towards the stands.

The nervous goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong almost subconsciously opened his legs and arms to expand the defensive area, but found that the ball flew high over his head.

Then he turned his head and saw that the ball had already flown high over the crossbar and flew towards the stands.

It would be easy to say that it was blocked by the goalkeeper, but Ensofor actually kicked such a good shot opportunity away?

Suddenly, countless Nigerian fans at the scene and in front of the TV were madly holding their heads and scratching their scalps, which seemed very incredible.

The Chinese fans, who were originally terrified, suddenly burst into huge cheers, and tens of thousands of people at the scene applauded and paid tribute to Ensofor's flying kick.

After completing the shot, Ensofor was not knocked to the ground by Tan Wangsong, but was hit so hard by his own shot that he knelt on the ground and pounded the ground crazily, feeling very annoyed.

In the commentary booth, the Nigerian TV commentator who had stood up to celebrate the goal said in a daze:

"Oh my god, the ball flew over the crossbar!"

"I can't believe it!"

"Nsofor actually knocked away Ajirol's wonderful pass that was so close to the goal that he passed several people into the penalty area!"

"Nsofor is the sinner of Nigeria!"

"He cut off our dream of reversing and advancing to the finals!"

"Such a good shooting opportunity, I don't know if we can get it again."

Indeed, for the Chinese team, the opponent's forward's whirlwind shot in front of the goal this time felt like a narrow escape.

The commentator of the National TV Sports Channel also said with lingering fear in the commentary booth:

"Fortunately, fortunately, Nigeria's No. 9 striker missed the close shot!"

"Nigeria wasted a chance to score, but our Olympic team escaped!"

"The Chinese team is still leading Nigeria by two goals, 3-1, and there is still half an hour left in the game."

"As long as the Olympic team holds on for another half an hour, we can advance to the finals and at least guarantee a silver medal!"

"Half an hour, a two-goal lead, I believe the players of the Olympic team can hold on!"

On the field, the Chinese players who escaped were also encouraging each other's morale and reminding everyone to pay attention to the opponent's personal breakthroughs and backup defenses later.

As the captain, Zheng Zhi shouted to everyone: "Everyone must pay attention, and this situation must not happen again next time. Everyone should have realized that the opponent is intentionally increasing the frequency of personal technical breakthroughs. So next time someone breaks through, everyone must increase the defense to prevent him from breaking through the next teammate, and intercept the nearby passing routes, so that the opponent's breakthrough shooting or passing routes can be basically blocked."

In Zheng Zhi's shouting, everyone nodded, indicating that they knew what to do next.

The game continued.

Although it was a pity that Ensofor missed this close shooting opportunity, on the other hand, the Nigerians also felt that Ajirol's previous double pass was a very effective offensive strategy.

Everyone was more determined and frequently used personal skills to break through the Chinese players, and almost no longer cooperated with the team.

But this approach of going from one extreme to another is actually not desirable.

As Zheng Zhi told his teammates, after the Nigerian players saw through their ideas, it was actually difficult for them to break through so easily to create threats.

After all, they are not Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, or even Pele or Maradona.

Before the Chinese team reacted, they might be able to successfully break through several times with their personal skills, but after the Chinese team saw through the nature of the Nigerian players fighting alone, they would be much more targeted in their defense.

In particular, the overall on-the-spot state of the Chinese team raised their defensive coordination and positioning success rate by more than one level.

Even if one person cannot stop the ball, there will be someone behind to make up for it in time, and there will be no loopholes due to the marking of others.

Because everyone already knows that the Nigerians will most likely not pass the ball, but will continue to break through and try to break through the Chinese team's defense.

Such a situationIn this situation, the success rate of Nigerian players not only did not increase, but became lower.

The lower success rate naturally means more ball losses, more ball possession changes, and more counterattacks by the Chinese team.

Even if the head coach made targeted arrangements, with the back midfielder and the defender to prevent Jiang Xiaolin from counterattacking, it is sometimes not so perfect and complete.

After all, the Chinese team is not just Jiang Xiaolin.

Occasionally, when other players are in a good position, they can also participate in the counterattack.

In the 75th minute, Nigerian midfielder Keita used a gorgeous bicycle kick to shake off Zheng Zhi's defense, and tried to continue to dunk and shake off Zhou Haibing, but Zhou Haibing made a decisive and fierce shovel to shovel the ball away, and also shoveled Keita to the ground.

But the referee did not penalize Zhou Haibing for a foul, because Zhou Haibing shoveled the ball first, and did not raise his foot too high to deliberately trip Keita.

Keita was just knocked down by Zhou Haibing after the shovel.

The ball passed by Zhou Haibing rolled between the winger Cui Peng and the Nigerian player Ajirol. The two started at the same time and rushed towards the ball.

But Cui Peng, who was in full value, reacted faster than Ajirol, and took the lead in using the flying tackle skill when approaching the ball, and was the first to touch the ball and pass the ball to Wang Yongbai who ran over from the middle to receive it.

At this time, Jiang Xiaolin had turned and rushed to the Nigerian half, and the newly replaced Nigerian midfielder Anichebe also hurriedly retreated and blocked Jiang Xiaolin's forward line.

The other two central defenders Apam and Adrie returned to defense at full speed to prevent Wang Yongbai from passing the ball behind them again, kicking the ball behind them, and then Jiang Xiaolin chased up to receive the ball and formed a single-handed counterattack.

However, Wang Yongbai did not kick the ball to the front court this time, but passed it to the side: Hao Junmin rushed to the Nigerian half before the Nigerian full-back Okonkwo who returned to defense.

Wang Yongbai passed the ball to Hao Junmin on his way forward. Hao Junmin didn't need to brake at all. He kicked the ball out directly and rushed towards the Nigerian bottom line recklessly along the sideline.

Although Okonkwo behind him returned to defense tightly, he was never able to catch up.

Because there was no one defending in front of Hao Junmin, he could dribble the ball far away, and then sprint at full speed, almost running without the ball, and his speed did not slow down to wait for Okonkwo to catch up.

The current situation is that Jiang Xiaolin and Nigeria's defensive midfielder Anichebe are entangled in the middle, and there are central defenders Apam and Adrie who are returning to defense a few meters in front of them.

On the side, Hao Junmin dribbled the ball at high speed to the bottom, and the Nigerian full-back Okonkwo not far behind him chased him closely, but he was never able to catch up.

It was almost a two-on-four opportunity in the frontcourt, and Hao Junmin was flat in front of him, with no one defending at all.

This situation was beyond the expectations of the Nigerian players.

They thought that the Chinese team would only rely on Jiang Xiaolin to counterattack, but they didn't expect that they had helpers.

Jiang Xiaolin attracted the attention of the Nigerian midfielder and defenders, which resulted in the Chinese team's winger Hao Junmin being unguarded and able to dribble the ball to the bottom without interference or interception.

There was no other way. Among the two central defenders in the middle of Nigeria, only one could go to Apam to intercept Hao Junmin.

He had to go!

If no one went, Hao Junmin might not have to cross the ball from the bottom, but would have to cut inside from the side, and the distance from Jiang Xiaolin would be getting closer and closer, and the threat would be greater and greater.

Therefore, Apam could only give up the defense in the middle and go to intercept Hao Junmin, hoping to intercept Hao Junmin in the middle, and it would be best if he couldn't even cross the ball.

But in fact, Apam failed to stop Hao Junmin. Because he was going to the side, that is, running diagonally, while Hao Junmin was always running in a straight line along the sideline.

While Hao Junmin was dribbling the ball down the bottom line at high speed, Jiang Xiaolin also relied on his faster speed and stronger body to get rid of Anichebe's entanglement and rushed into the Nigerian penalty area.

The only one who could stop Jiang Xiaolin was the central defender Adrie.

But one person's defense was really difficult to work for Jiang Xiaolin, who had a full physique, full bounce, superb headers, erratic movement, and accurate point grabbing.

Hao Junmin naturally knew this.

When he saw Jiang Xiaolin shake off Anichebe and was about to rush into the penalty area, Hao Junmin, who was actually not at the bottom line, kicked the ball to the middle.

Hao Junmin, who completed the pass while running at high speed, was even thrown out of the bottom line by his own inertia, and hit the billboard far outside the bottom line before he stopped.

But the ball he passed had avoided the central defender Apam who flew to block the gun hole, and flew to the Nigerian penalty area.

The quality of Hao Junmin's pass was pretty good this time.

After all, it was a cross without interference, and his own state was maxed out by Jiang Xiaolin, so the temporary performance of this cross was also good.

The ball landed near the penalty spot, and goalkeeper Fan Zejin did not dare to attack. He could only stay firmly on the goal line and passively pray that Adrie, who rushed back to defense, could head the ball out to clear the siege.

Adrie, who returned to the penalty area first, did grab the ball and occupied the position, ready to jump to compete for the header.

But he did not expect that the latecomer Jiang Xiaolin jumped higher, jumped high in front of Adrie, and headed the ball with a powerful head, instantly changing the direction of the ball's flight, and letting the ball fly towards the goal like a cannonball.

Adrie realized that things were not good the moment Jiang Xiaolin jumped.

He judged the landing point based on his jumping level, so he naturally chose it later.

But he ignored Jiang Xiaolin's jumping ability.

Jiang Xiaolin's jumping ability is higher than his, so the landing point in Jiang Xiaolin's eyes is naturally further forward than his.

After realizing this, it was too late to grab the landing point, so after jumping, Adriye could only push Jiang Xiaolin on his back as much as possible, hoping to affect Jiang Xiaolin's header.

Jiang Xiaolin was indeed affected.

Although he hit the ball, he hit it a little higher due to Andrea's interference, and did not hit the goal frame, but hit the crossbar and bounced back.

And the height of the rebound was a bit too high, and even bounced over his and Adriye's heads.

However, it was precisely because of this that he avoided Anichebe who hurried back to defense.

Anichebe was left behind by Jiang Xiaolin just now, and he was chasing him all the time.

After Jiang Xiaolin completed the header, Anichebe was still rushing into the penalty area, and he just missed the rebounded ball.

When he saw that Jiang Xiaolin's header did not go in and bounced off the crossbar, he could no longer stop and rushed past Jiang Xiaolin and Adriye.

So, the two people who fought for the rebound ball became Jiang Xiaolin and Adriye who landed.

Jiang Xiaolin reacted faster than Adriye, and turned and rushed to the ball the moment he landed.

But Adriye also reacted quickly, and not only turned around immediately, but also reached out to pull Jiang Xiaolin.

Although he let go immediately, he successfully slowed down Jiang Xiaolin's speed, allowing him to keep up with Jiang Xiaolin and rush to the ball together.

Under Adriye's interference, Jiang Xiaolin could no longer stop the ball smoothly and then turn around and shoot.

Because not only was Adriye around him, but Anichebe behind him also braked and turned around to chase back.

There were also two Nigerian players who returned to defense outside the penalty area and rushed to the ball.

Once Jiang Xiaolin tried to stop or unload the ball, he would be immediately disturbed by these people, or even snatched the ball away.

In a flash, Jiang Xiaolin, who was entangled with Adriye and facing away from the goal, suddenly opened his arms to block Adriye, then fell back, jumped, and made a powerful volley shot, kicking the ball falling from the air back to the Nigerian goal.

Volley hook shot.

Jiang Xiaolin used this special skill with the same full value of 20.

Although it was a volley hook shot, the power and speed of Jiang Xiaolin's skill at full value were very impressive, and Jiang Xiaolin even had the energy to hit an angle.

The ball flew past Adriye's ear like a sharp arrow, flew over Anichebe's head behind him, and flew to the upper left corner of Nigeria's goal.

Goalkeeper Fan Zejin was not well prepared for Jiang Xiaolin's hook shot, and the distance was too close and the ball was too fast, so he didn't even have time to make a save and could only watch the ball fly into the upper left corner of the goal.