Chapter 306

Today is Saturday, and many units are on holiday, which is a good time for fans and viewers to watch the Olympic men's football final between the Chinese Olympic team and the Argentine Olympic team.

As the game time is getting closer, countless fans and viewers from all over the country are calling their friends to sit in front of the TV or computer to watch the live broadcast of the game.

Even many viewers, women, and girls who don't usually watch the game, under the influence of their families or husbands and boyfriends, sit in front of the TV or computer to watch the Olympic men's football final with their families, husbands, and boyfriends.

Really national attention.

Even the men's singles table tennis final could not attract so many viewers and attention.

This is the charm of football.

As the world's number one sport, its potential influence in Chinese society has been stimulated by the Olympic team.

The game is about to start.

At 12 noon on August 23, 2008, amid the cheers of countless Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV, with the referee's whistle, the Beijing Olympic Men's Football Final between the Chinese Olympic Team and the Argentine Olympic Team officially began at the National Stadium (Bird's Nest).

The Chinese team kicked off first.

Before the game started, the players felt the on-the-spot state they had felt in the previous few games, and their competitive state was very good.

Therefore, after the game started, the Chinese team did not immediately retreat because the opponent was Argentina, but took the opportunity of the kick-off to actively attack Argentina.

Moreover, with the overall team bursting, the passing and cutting cooperation was quite good.

Unfortunately, when Hao Junmin wanted to break through the opponent's full-back, he was tackled by the opponent with a precise flying tackle, and there was no foul.

The opponent tackled the ball first.

This was because Hao Junmin's personal skills were not good, so he was tackled by the opponent, not because of his bad condition.

There was no way.

Jiang Xiaolin's cheating can only increase everyone's status to the maximum value and reduce mistakes, but it can't help Hao Junmin improve his personal skills to the point where he can break through people at will.

The opponent's full-back played better and more decisively, and intercepted the ball under his feet.

However, after losing the ball, the Chinese team had no hesitation and immediately retreated to play a defensive counterattack.

Compared with the previous games, there was a change in this game: the forward Cui Peng was replaced by the midfielder Zhao Xuri.

Therefore, the Chinese team did not play 4231 in this game, but 4321 Christmas tree formation.

The three defensive midfielders further strengthened the Chinese team's defense and strengthened the protection of the penalty area and the back line.

The Chinese team's counterattack force was weaker, and Jiang Xiaolin, Wang Yongbai and Hao Junmin were almost the only three people left.

Of course, there was no way.

Facing the Argentine team that could beat Brazil 3-0, the Chinese team could not be too cautious.

The configuration of three defensive midfielders can only be said to be mediocre.

If Jiang Xiaolin hadn't cheated and turned on the team halo to increase the team's overall on-site status to the maximum value, in fact, even if the three midfielders were useless, they would still be beaten into a sieve by the Argentines.

Fortunately, now with the blessing of Jiang Xiaolin's team halo and the increase in the number of defenders, Jiang Xiaolin is a little relieved.

I hope the defense can withstand Argentina's attack and give him a certain counterattack opportunity!

After the ball changed hands, the situation on the field suddenly became what everyone expected: Argentina pressed the Chinese team to attack, and the Chinese team could only shrink in their own half and passively defend.

This is what everyone expected.

As the super dark horse in this year's Olympics, although the Chinese team defeated Italy, eliminated Nigeria, and reached the finals, the strength of the Chinese team itself will not become higher with the experience of a few games.

Therefore, when facing the Argentine Olympic team led by Riquelme, which was able to beat Brazil 3-0, it was completely natural for the Chinese team to continue to shrink its defense and play defensive counterattacks.

Moreover, after the announcement of the starting lineup, everyone found that the Chinese team changed its formation from 4231 to 4321, and continued to strengthen its defensive strength in the midfield and backcourt, which was also understandable.

As for the Argentine team, it was natural to bombard the Chinese team at its own pace.

No matter what tactics the Chinese team played, and no matter how powerful Jiang Xiaolin in the Chinese team was, Argentina would not change its tactics and rhythm.

There was no need.

After the final match list came out, the entire Argentine team felt that they had won.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack ability must be paid attention to and kept a close eye on, the fact that Argentina defeated the Chinese team and won the Olympic championship will not change.

Therefore, after the ball changed hands, Argentina did not care about Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack at all, and went all out.Press forward and bombard the Chinese team.

Argentina has such confidence, technology and team strength to complete this plan.

Even if the Chinese team piled up more defensive players in the backcourt to strengthen its defensive strength, even if the overall on-the-spot state reached 100% of the full value, it was still quite difficult to defend.

This was caused by the huge gap in technical strength.

In the 3rd minute, Messi, who is known as the successor of the football king Maradona, used small techniques to break through Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xuri in the middle like a flea, and played these two Chinese team's defensive generals hard.

After Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xuri were broken through by Messi in succession, the Chinese team's defense was in chaos, and Li Weifeng had to give up his defense against Riquelme and rushed out of the penalty area to intercept.

But Messi did not give him the opportunity to get close, and passed the ball to the right after flicking it to the right.

The unguarded Argentine striker Aguero received Messi's pass outside the penalty area on the right, then dodged the full-back Yuan Weiwei who rushed over with a dunk, and then successfully entered the penalty area to prepare for a shot.

Unfortunately, before he shot, the central defender Feng Xiaoting rushed over in time and knocked him down with a flying tackle.

The ball was kicked out of the penalty area by Yuan Weiwei in time.

Aguero lay on the ground and rolled over with his feet in his arms. Argentine players Riquelme and others thought that this ball was a foul by Feng Xiaoting and should be a penalty.

But the referee ignored it and signaled Aguero to get up by himself, and the game continued.

The lack of a penalty made the Argentines a little annoyed, but it did not affect their performance.

After all, Feng Xiaoting did shovel the ball first and then knocked Aguero down, not for a foul.

They put pressure on the referee, which is just a common tactic on the football field.

It would be better to get a penalty, but it's no big deal if you can't get one.

In the 5th minute, Di Maria switched to the middle and was ready to use his skills to break through Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi was already quite annoyed by the threat of Messi's breakthrough just now. Seeing Di Maria coming again, Zheng Zhi was even more annoyed.

"Damn it, do I look so easy to bully?"

Zheng Zhi simply rushed and knocked down Di Maria who was blocking his position and preparing to break through him.

Di Maria was a little confused when he fell to the ground: "Why did he hit me directly?"

Zheng Zhi was naturally given a verbal warning by the referee for hitting someone when it was unnecessary, and Argentina was awarded a free kick of about 20 meters.

The angle of this free kick was good, but the position was too close.

After the tall players including Jiang Xiaolin, Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng and others formed a wall under the command of goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong, the free kick was taken by Argentina's captain Riquelme.

As a result, although Riquelme's corner kick successfully passed the wall, it did not drop in time and hit the goal frame, but flew high over the crossbar.

The ball was too close to the goal and it was not easy to play.

Even with Riquelme's skills, he was powerless.

After seeing that Zheng Zhi in the middle had good defensive strength, the Argentine changed to the wing.

In the 8th minute, it was still Di Maria. He made a breakthrough on the right and cut inside to pass the ball. Riquelme was closely guarded when he received the ball outside the penalty area. There was no space for shooting, and it was difficult to even break through with the ball.

So Riquelme did not take credit, but made a fake move to dunk and then dodge the space and pass the ball to the left.

Messi inserted at the right time, broke through Tan Wangsong's defense with the sudden change of rhythm, and then entered the penalty area and shot from the ribs of the penalty area.

Central defender Feng Xiaoting flew to tackle but failed to touch the ball, and goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong flew to save but also failed to touch the ball.

Because Messi's shot slightly missed the post and hit the side net.

Fans with bad angles even thought Messi scored, and those Argentine fans started jumping up to celebrate.

After celebrating for a while, they found out that the ball didn't go in, which was quite embarrassing.

Although the ball didn't go in, Argentina's attack still made the Chinese fans feel terrified.

Just from the intensity of the attack in the first few minutes, everyone can see that Argentina's attack is much more fierce than Italy, which is also a world power.

It is worthy of being a South American team.

Technology and offense are almost rooted in the team's genes.

Relatively speaking, Italy, which focuses on defensive counterattacks, is really not as good as Argentina in offense. It doesn't have the sharp technology of the Argentines, and the offensive pass and cut cooperation is not as good as the Argentines.

It was not until the 10th minute that the Chinese team launched its first counterattack.

This was a pass made by Riquelme in the middle when he was preparing to pass the ball to the side. Zhou Haibing saw his intention and started to fly and intercept in advance.down.

The ball that was intercepted fell to Zheng Zhi's feet.

Zheng Zhi first used a dunk to avoid Riquelme's steal, winning applause from the whole audience.

Then, at the moment when Jiang Xiaolin rushed across the center line, Zheng Zhi passed the ball.

And the ball was passed well, not intercepted by Argentina in the middle, and smoothly fell to Jiang Xiaolin's feet.

However, in front of Jiang Xiaolin, there were Argentine players Pareja and Garay who were retreating and defending, and behind him was the midfielder Mascherano who was chasing closely.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin was stopped by Pareja and Garay for a while, Mascherano could catch up and interfere with Jiang Xiaolin's holding of the ball, or even steal it.

With the lesson of Nigeria in the semi-final, the Argentines would not easily give Jiang Xiaolin such an easy counterattack opportunity.

Jiang Xiaolin obviously knew this too.

He didn't have time to tangle with Pareja and Garay. Once he slowed down, he would be caught up by Mascherano or even other players chasing behind him.

Then the ball would be lost.

So, while dribbling forward, Jiang Xiaolin saw the opportunity and dribbled the ball through the gap between Pareja and Garay, and then he planned to bypass Pareja from the other side: man-ball separation.

The idea was good, but the opponent would not give Jiang Xiaolin such an obvious opportunity.

If Jiang Xiaolin broke through, wouldn't it be another one-on-one opportunity?

Even the most idiotic people now know how powerful Jiang Xiaolin is. How could they let Jiang Xiaolin get such an obvious one-on-one opportunity?

Therefore, when Jiang Xiaolin was about to bypass Pareja from the outside, Pareja directly reached out and forcibly pulled Jiang Xiaolin down.

Even with Jiang Xiaolin's strong physique and perfect balance, he couldn't escape Pareja's foul.

He was pulled upside down by Pareja and fell to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle, but did not show Pareja a yellow card.

This caused great indignation among the Chinese players.

You know, Pareja destroyed a chance to score a single goal. Even if it was far from the penalty area, the referee should have given Pareja a yellow card warning.

But the referee only gave Pareja a verbal warning and did not give him a card.

The Chinese team's protest was useless. The referee insisted on his own opinion. Everyone could only calmly dodge and leave the possibility of scoring a free kick to Jiang Xiaolin.

But Jiang Xiaolin did not score.

Because Pareja's foul and pulling down Jiang Xiaolin was purposeful and planned.

This place is too far from the goal, more than 30 meters away, a little farther than the distance when Jiang Xiaolin created the 152 km/h free kick in the semi-finals.

At such a long distance, the goalkeeper naturally has more time to save.

Moreover, Jiang Xiaolin's 152 km/h shot in the semi-finals was also a product of extraordinary performance.

It is difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to replicate that speed.

Let alone 152 km/h, Jiang Xiaolin can't even reach 100 km/h.

Although Jiang Xiaolin used his greatest strength in this shot, the speed of the ball never exceeded 100 km/h and was still within the goalkeeper's range.

Argentina's goalkeeper Romero naturally knew Jiang Xiaolin's strength and had studied Jiang Xiaolin deeply, so he didn't dare to be careless.

In the end, although Jiang Xiaolin's free kick from 32 meters away hit the goal frame, he still failed to score a goal and was saved by goalkeeper Romero.

The distance was always too far, giving Romero enough time to save.

In the subsequent corner kick, the Chinese team did not grab the first point, and the Argentine defender grabbed the first point and headed it out of the penalty area to clear the siege.

After this counterattack, the Chinese team quickly retreated and continued to be beaten by Argentina in their own half.

In the 15th minute, Messi rushed around in and out of the Chinese team's penalty area like a flea, and was tripped by Li Weifeng in the penalty area after breaking through three defenders in a small area.

The Argentine players and fans were in an uproar, thinking that they would get a penalty, but the referee signaled Messi to get up by himself: no penalty.

The referee believed that Li Weifeng did not commit a foul.

Messi's fall was just due to his poor physical condition.