Chapter 307

After being bombarded by Argentina in their own half for several minutes, in the 19th minute, the Chinese team finally launched a second counterattack.

This time, because the players of both sides were still in the midfield, Jiang Xiaolin's position was relatively forward, close to the front of Argentina's penalty area.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin was relatively close to the penalty area when the Chinese team intercepted the ball.

After Zhao Xuri successfully intercepted the ball in the midfield, he passed the ball to Wang Yongbai on the left wing. After Wang Yongbai saw Jiang Xiaolin's position, he made a long pass in the air, passing the ball over all the players of both sides in the midfield and directly landing at Jiang Xiaolin's position at the front of Argentina's penalty area.

This aerial ball was passed well, and the landing position was within Jiang Xiaolin's control range, but Jiang Xiaolin could only stop the ball and could not counter-offside.

Behind him, there was also the Argentine midfielder Mascherano defending closely, constantly pushing him, trying to prevent him from stopping the ball well, let alone turning around.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin did not stop the ball the moment it fell, but used his skill of 20 full value to dribble the ball over the heads of him and Mascherano.

Then Jiang Xiaolin turned around and passed by Mascherano. Mascherano, who was unprepared, almost stumbled and fell to the ground after losing Jiang Xiaolin's body collision.

Although he stabilized his body, he could not stop Jiang Xiaolin from turning around.

However, it was difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to stop the ball and adjust his shot after completing the turn, because there were two Argentine central defenders Pareja and Garay in the penalty area, blocking Jiang Xiaolin's way forward.

So, Jiang Xiaolin, who turned around, did not stop the ball he lobbed in the air, nor did he adjust it, but directly volleyed it.

This is a relatively difficult way of playing, and even with Jiang Xiaolin's full shooting skills and competitive state, he could not play well.

In the end, the ball barely hit the goal frame, but the angle was not bad, and goalkeeper Romero easily held it in his arms.

Although the ball did not go in, Jiang Xiaolin's previous dribbling past the opponent and the subsequent turning volley shot still won the applause of the whole audience. The fans in the stands applauded Jiang Xiaolin's performance.

Of course, the counterattack of the Chinese team was only a flash in the pan, and more often they suffered from the violent attacks of the Argentines.

The skills of the Argentines are indeed difficult for Chinese players to resist, even if they are in full condition.

In the 25th minute, Di Maria broke through the wing again and went to the bottom. Yuan Weiwei stepped forward to intercept, but Di Maria did not cross the bottom, but dribbled past Yuan Weiwei and cut into the penalty area with the ball.

Feng Xiaoting in the middle was naturally very nervous and hurried forward to intercept.

But Di Maria did not enter the penalty area again, but passed the ball outside the penalty area, and it was an inverted triangle pass.

Di Maria's pass was passed to the top of the Chinese team's penalty area. Because of his breakthrough and cut-in on the wing, there were many people in the Chinese team's penalty area, which exposed a gap outside the penalty area. His inverted triangle pass was passed into the gap.

The back midfielder Gago, who quietly inserted from the back row, met Di Maria's inverted triangle pass about 20 meters outside the penalty area. He shot the ball with all his strength and kicked it towards the Chinese team's goal.

Although Zheng Zhi in the penalty area flew to block the hole, the ball still flew past his legs, and Zheng Zhi failed to block the hole.

Gago's shot was powerful, fast, and extremely threatening.

Unfortunately, the angle was slightly right.

Although Qiu Shengjiong did not make any good saves, he subconsciously raised his legs to stop the ball, and then fell to the ground and pressed the ball under him.

A very threatening attack from Argentina was caught in Qiu Shengjiong's arms.

Although the attack failed again, the Argentines were not discouraged.

Because they gained great confidence from the continuous attack.

Although they did not score a goal for the time being, as long as they continued to attack, they would always score a goal as the number of shots increased.

After all, they would not shoot so straight every time, and the Chinese would not be so lucky every time that the goalkeeper just saved their shots.

Just one minute later, the Argentines made a comeback.

Full-back Zavaleta made an assist, and after a breakthrough on the wing, he made a cross from the bottom. Aguero followed up in the middle and headed the ball over the crossbar under the interference of Li Weifeng.

The continuous attack put great pressure on the Chinese team and made the Argentines more confident.

Not only the full-backs, but also the defensive midfielders Mascherano and Gago had forgotten the threat of Jiang Xiaolin and took the initiative to participate in the attack.

In fact, the Chinese team played too few counterattacks in the first half.

In addition, in the fierce game, the players became more and moreThe more they got into the game, and Jiang Xiaolin didn't counterattack often, they gradually forgot the threat Jiang Xiaolin had in the semi-final against Nigeria.

As a result, just when the Argentines were bombarding the Chinese team's penalty area and goal, Jiang Xiaolin seized an opportunity.

In the 28th minute, it was still the Argentines' attack, but when Riquelme wanted to break through Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi made a decisive shovel and shoveled the ball away.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaolin, who was originally standing on the same line as Mascherano, immediately turned around and rushed to Argentina's half.

When Mascherano turned around and chased, he was already a line late, two or three positions behind Jiang Xiaolin.

At this time, there were only two central defenders Pareja and Garay in Argentina's half.

Of course, the Argentines were not too panicked. Because as long as Pareja and Garay blocked Jiang Xiaolin for a while, Mascherano could return to defense and form a double defense against Jiang Xiaolin.

However, at this time, the Chinese Olympic team had gained experience in defensive counterattacks through several actual games in the Olympics, and the teammates were becoming more and more aware of Jiang Xiaolin's ability.

Coupled with the tacit understanding of the team's overall cooperation formed in the full value state, the Chinese team players became more and more decisive and accurate in counterattack passes.

This counterattack was formed in this way.

The ball that was shoveled away by Zheng Zhi rolled near Zhao Xuri. Zhao Xuri did not stop the ball to adjust at all, nor did he slowly meet other teammates to pass and cut to the front court. Instead, he rushed up and made a long pass, passing the ball diagonally in front of Jiang Xiaolin.

Fortunately, this pass was quite accurate, whether in terms of strength, angle, or route.

Of course, this may also be due to the full value of Zhao Xuri's on-the-spot state. Otherwise, as a defensive midfielder, it would be difficult for Zhao Xuri to make such a long pass.

Regardless, the ball was passed very well, just rolling into Jiang Xiaolin's sprinting route, so Jiang Xiaolin was not forced to slow down and stop the ball to be caught by Mascherano behind him, nor did it roll to the front to be caught by Pareja or Gare who were retreating and defending.

Jiang Xiaolin received the ball while running, and then controlled the ball under his feet with his full dribbling skills, dribbling forward, and did not intend to slow down.

Jiang Xiaolin, who got the ball, immediately became more threatening. The two Argentine central defenders immediately separated one to stop and intercept Jiang Xiaolin, and the other continued to retreat and defend, slowing down Jiang Xiaolin's speed.

However, before the two central defenders could implement it, Jiang Xiaolin actually took the first step. He kicked the ball through the gap between the two central defenders, and then suddenly changed direction and went around Gare's body.

Gare's face changed drastically. He stretched out his hand to pull Jiang Xiaolin down. He wanted to stop Jiang Xiaolin from counterattacking even if it meant committing a foul. He grabbed Jiang Xiaolin's hand and tried to pull him to the ground.

But Jiang Xiaolin was already prepared for this.

Jiang Xiaolin, who had been pulled down from behind several times before, realized that the other party was trying to pull him up as soon as his hand touched someone.

Before the other party could grab him, Jiang Xiaolin flipped his hand and used the power of the flip to instantly break free from Gare's palm, which had not been firmly grasped. He instantly got rid of the pull and left.

Although Jiang Xiaolin, who had passed the ball from the outside, had gone around a semicircle, his speed was too fast.

Even the forwards could not be compared with Jiang Xiaolin, let alone the central defenders?

After Gare failed to grab Jiang Xiaolin's hand, he was thrown away by Jiang Xiaolin.

Another central defender, Pareja, also lost in the speed competition with Jiang Xiaolin.

Jiang Xiaolin used his surging speed to catch up with the ball he had just kicked before Pareja, and while blocking Pareja's shove and collision, he dribbled the ball towards Argentina's penalty area.

The entire Bird's Nest suddenly boiled over, and countless fans stood up from their seats, nervously watching Argentina's half, watching Jiang Xiaolin who had formed a single knife and dribbled the ball towards Argentina's penalty area.

Goalkeeper Sergio Romero's heart was about to jump out.

He knew that as long as Jiang Xiaolin formed a single knife, it would be difficult for him to save.

But as Argentina's last line of defense, he had to make a choice.

Standing on the goal line was waiting for death.

Such a big goal hole was almost like kicking a penalty kick.

Therefore, Romero could only be forced to attack and prepare to save the ball at Jiang Xiaolin's feet in the penalty area.

But he knew that as long as he attacked, Jiang Xiaolin would most likely choose to lob.

But he had no choice at all.

Facing a one-on-one shot, it was so helpless. Even if world-class goalkeepers like Buffon and Casillas came, they could do nothing. They could only pray that Jiang Xiaolin would hit the ball away.

However, Jiang XiaolinLin's perfect shooting skills and his perfect on-the-spot state in this game made Jiang Xiaolin's probability of hitting the ball almost negligible.

Sure enough, when Romero attacked near the penalty spot in the penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin, who had just reached the top of the penalty area, kicked the ball.

The ball flew into the air and flew over Romero's head.

Romero had tried his best to jump up and save the ball, but he was ultimately defeated by Jiang Xiaolin's precise shooting skills and failed to hit the ball. In the end, he could only turn his head and watch desperately as the ball brushed the bottom edge of the crossbar and entered the Argentine goal.

In the 28th minute of the first half, after being bombarded by Argentina for nearly half an hour, the Chinese team broke the deadlock with a counterattack goal from Jiang Xiaolin and scored the first goal of the game.

The Chinese team led Argentina 1-0.

When Jiang Xiaolin passed the ball and successfully caught up with the ball to form a single shot, the commentator of the National Television Sports Channel had actually stood up from the commentary booth.

When he saw Romero attack and Jiang Xiaolin lobbed the ball outside the penalty area, the commentator's breath was already in his throat.

Finally, when he opened his eyes wide and watched the ball successfully fall into the goal, the commentator immediately shouted with all his strength:

"The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in... "

"Jiang Xiaolin scored a goal!"

"The Chinese team scored a goal!"

"The National Olympic Team took advantage of the gap after Argentina's heavy pressure, and Jiang Xiaolin scored another goal in the counterattack!"

"Beautiful, great, classic!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored the first goal and gave the National Olympic Team a 1-0 lead!"

"After being pressed by Argentina, After almost half an hour, the Chinese team took the lead in scoring the first goal through a counterattack. "

"It's so exciting!"

"Dear audience, the Chinese team is ahead of Argentina, which has Riquelme, Di Maria and Messi, in the final!"

"Yes, you heard it right! In the Olympic men's football final, the Chinese Olympic team is now 1-0 ahead of the Argentine Olympic team. The goal was scored by Jiang Xiaolin!"

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At the scene, more than 90,000 fans in the stands also screamed and roared at the moment Jiang Xiaolin scored.

Countless people shouted excitedly, and they didn't care even if their voices were hoarse. They continued to roar and vent their excitement.

This anger has been suppressed for almost half an hour.

In the first half of the first half, Argentina has been using its strong individual and overall strength to bombard the Chinese team's half and penalty area. Many times it seemed that the Chinese team was about to lose the ball, which made the fans terrified.

Afraid of losing the ball by accident.

As long as the Chinese team loses the ball first, there is almost no hope for the final.

Fortunately, the players of the Chinese team maintained their usual state, still in great shape, withstood the Argentines' bombardment, and in the 28th minute, Jiang Xiaolin scored such a sharp counterattack goal.

The Chinese team is ahead of the world's giants Argentina in the final!

This is a result that many people hope for, but some dare not think about.

But it really happened.

Not only on the scene, but also tens of thousands of fans outside the stadium who did not buy tickets to enter, as well as countless fans and audiences in front of TVs and computers across the country, all burst into the most enthusiastic cheers and celebrations since they watched the game.

This goal is really timely and morale-boosting.

When being bombarded by the opponent, the Chinese team took the lead in counterattacking and scoring a goal, which greatly boosted the confidence and morale of the entire team.

Therefore, not only the fans, but also the players of the Chinese Olympic team on and off the field, all threw themselves on Jiang Xiaolin to celebrate enthusiastically, venting their excitement.

Although the game is not over yet, being able to temporarily lead the powerful Argentina in the final is enough to make them proud for the rest of their lives!

It must be celebrated in a big way.