Chapter 149 A youth storm is blowing up the Chinese team! After the Chinese national football team switched to a defensive role, the situation on the field gradually eased. But it is difficult to say whether this is the result of the Chinese national team's improved defensive quality or the opponent's slowing down of offensive rhythm. The head coaches of Andalusia have obviously studied the characteristics of the Chinese team and they know that the Chinese team's counterattack is very powerful. Therefore, we consciously restricted the Chinese team's several passing points and did not give them any chance to launch a counterattack. There are not many people on the Chinese national team side who can hold the ball in a counterattack, only Lin Feng and Zheng Zhi. As long as we can keep a close eye on them two and prevent them from passing the ball, the Chinese national team will naturally not be able to launch a counterattack. After taking the lead, Andalusia played very patiently. They did not need to rush to attack, but instead controlled the ball under their feet, repeatedly pulling and testing the Chinese team's defense, and only launched a fatal blow when they saw a perfect opportunity. The Chinese national team players have tried to snatch the ball from their feet, but it is difficult to succeed.
On the one hand, the opponent's footwork is better than theirs, and if they press too hard, they can easily be passed by the opponent. Double-teaming by multiple people will cause loopholes in their defense after the opponent passes the ball. The Chinese team's defense line is obviously not as flexible as Italy's chain defense. As a result, it was very difficult for the Chinese team to get possession of the ball. The Andalusian team completely dominated the game in the first half and the Chinese team was beaten without any chance to fight back. In the first half, the ball possession rates of the two sides were very different. The Chinese national team's ball possession rate was less than 70%, while the opponent's ball possession rate exceeded %. When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the Chinese national football players felt as if they had been pardoned and as if a torture had ended. They returned to the locker room with sweaty and exhausted bodies. Zhu Guanghu was quite worried when he saw the condition of the players. Although the Chinese national team rarely attacked the opponent's half in the first half, the running distance did not seem to be too exaggerated. However, under the opponent's continuous high-pressure offensive tactics, the players were always on edge and did not dare to relax at all. This dual consumption of physical and mental energy greatly increases the players' physical energy consumption rate. It is precisely because of this that after playing for only half an hour, the players of the national football team felt exhausted. Everyone looked like they were fished out of the water, and their clothes were soaked with sweat so much that water could almost be wrung out of them. "With this physical condition, we can't play in the second half!" "We're going to lose anyway, why not just replace all of them with substitutes and give it a try?" "How can you fight like that? The substitutes are not as strong as the main players. If they go up, they will get beaten even more!" "Then you get a charter. You're the head coach, and you have the final say!" Li Shubin and other assistant coaches spread their hands. Nothing they could do was possible. Zhu Guanghu's eyes rolled around, his gaze swept over Lin Feng and several young players, and he made a decision in his heart. Before the second half started, fans at the game and in front of the TV saw the Chinese team making personnel adjustments. However, when they saw the list of players who were substituted on, everyone was shocked! "What is Zhu Guanghu doing? Isn't this just nonsense?"
"Haha, in addition to Lin Feng, Li Leilei, Feng Xiaoting and others, the national football team replaced 7 people in one go. It's really a big deal!" "Have you noticed that after the substitution, except for the goalkeeper, almost all the players on the field are the youngsters from the World Youth Championship?" "Hiss, now that you put it that way, it seems to be true. Gao Lin, Lin Feng, Chen Tao, Cui Peng, Zhu Ting, Zhou Haibin, Zhao Xuri, Feng Xiaoting, Lu Lin..." "This is crazy! Are you thinking the home team wasn't beaten badly enough and want to bring the substitutes in to get beaten as well?" "This national youth team is indeed good, but using them to play against the adult team, especially an adult team that is so strong, isn't this asking for trouble?" "It's 0:2 anyway, let's give it a try. If we win, we'll make a lot of money, and if we lose, we won't lose anything!" "Let's be honest. Since losing is a high probability event, we might as well leave the opportunity to play to the young people. Five years later, the current batch of main players in the national football team will almost all retire. By then, these post-85 players will have to be used sooner or later. Letting them play now can be regarded as preparing for the next World Cup in advance!" "It's so funny! The Chinese team has become the first team to prepare for the World Cup in South Africa!" …… Not only did the Chinese team make large-scale substitutions, but the Andalusian team also made large-scale substitutions. So a very funny scene occurred, even though the game had already been going on for 45 minutes. In the second half, players from both sides were still cautiously testing each other, and no one dared to act rashly. The head coach of Andalusia glanced in the direction of the Chinese national team's coaching bench and wondered if the opponent's coach was just going to give up. We made large-scale substitutions because we had a two-goal lead and the first half of the game had proved that Andalusia was far stronger than our opponents. Therefore, even if he replaces the players with substitutes, he is confident that he can maintain the advantage or even expand it further. What is the situation with the Chinese team's substitutions? Did they hide their performance in the first half and send out the wrong main team? That’s not right either! The players that the Chinese team replaced in the second half were generally very young. They looked like a group of substitutes and were not main players at all. Therefore, he firmly believed in his heart that the opponent must have seen that the gap in strength between the two sides was too big, so he chose to give up the game. The Andalusian players on the field thought so too. After the two sides tested each other for a few minutes, they lost their patience and took the lead in attacking the Chinese national football team. Seeing the home team launch an attack on the Chinese team, the Spanish fans in the stands cheered loudly. The Chinese team’s main lineup couldn’t stop our attack, and they expect to stop us by bringing in a bunch of substitutes? What a dream! They had no doubt that this Chinese team composed of substitutes would be defeated by the Andalusian team's attack. In fact, objectively speaking, the overall strength of this young version of the Chinese national football team on the field is indeed not as good as that of the main lineup of the Chinese national football team. But these players also have their own advantages: The first is the advantage of age. Compared with the main team, they are younger and more energetic. Secondly, most of these people have studied abroad in Europe and have been baptized by high-intensity competitions, so they are better able to adapt to the Andalusian team's playing style and game rhythm. In addition, their league had just ended and entered the winter break, which led to their good continuation of their form in the league. On the other hand, the Chinese national football team’s Chinese Super League has been over for more than a month.
These people haven't played a serious game for more than a month. Comparing the two, at least in terms of game status, these young players are far better than these veteran international players. In addition, this group of people had fought side by side for a long time under the training of Krauchen, and had won honors such as the World Youth Championship. The tacit understanding between them is much higher than that of the previous scattered national football team. Comparing the two, the actual combat power of this young version of the national football team may not be worse than that of the main lineup of the national football team, and may even be stronger. On the other hand, Andalusia's substitutes are really not as good as their main team. Faced with the fierce attack of the Andalusian team, the substitutes of the Chinese national team did not collapse as quickly as the outside world expected. Not only did they withstand the offensive pressure from their opponents, but under the leadership of Lin Feng, they even launched a counterattack against their opponents. In the 53rd minute, under the joint pressure of Zhao Xuri and Feng Xiaoting, the opponent's forward made a mistake. After Feng Xiaoting intercepted the ball in the backcourt, he quickly passed it to Lin Feng who was retreating to receive the ball. Lin Feng saw the empty space on the wing through his God's vision, and then made a precise diagonal long pass to find Zhou Haibin on the wing. Just as Lin Feng passed the ball, the Chinese team's formation instantly changed from defense to offense. The offensive players in the frontcourt started sprinting at the first opportunity, like sharp swords, stabbing at the opponent's throat. When Zhou Haibin dribbled the ball down the field, forwards Gao Lin and Zhu Ting had already rushed into the opponent's penalty area. Zhou Haibin used a feint to dribble past the opponent's full-back and swept the ball in front of the goal. Gao Lin and Zhu Ting performed the same action, both of them fell to the ground and slid to make a tackle. In the end, Gao Lin, who had longer legs, took the initiative and kicked the ball into the goal. The Andalusian goalkeeper had no way to deal with this shot. When his own defender failed to successfully block the opponent's forward, allowing the opponent to form a double-ghost attack, he was already powerless. The score became 2:1! The Chinese team finally scored a goal! After scoring the goal, Gao Lin made a heart shape with his hands to the camera, and regarded his goal as a belated Christmas gift to the fans watching the game. In response, he received warm applause from the fans. "Well done Gao Lin!!" "It feels like Gao Lin has improved again!" "Haha, after all, he is half of Dortmund's main striker. He trains and plays with a group of high-level teammates every day. It's normal for him to improve his skills!" Gao Lin ran too fast just now and was in an offside position at the first moment. If he had rushed in directly, Zhou Haibin's pass would most likely have been blown off by the linesman. But Gao Lin realized this problem, and after rushing into the penalty area, he suddenly stopped and prepared to receive the ball. The defender who was marking him thought Zhou Haibin passed the ball, so he stopped suddenly and rushed forward to prevent Gao Lin from receiving the ball and shooting. However, Gao Lin only made a feint. After the opponent's defender made a move, he suddenly started, not only solving his offside problem, but also getting rid of the defender who was defending him. This control and selection of timing reflects Gao Lin's great progress.
He is already transforming into a qualified shooter! "Have you noticed that Gao Lin has been masturbating less and less in the past six months?" "If this continues, Gao Lin might really become the top scorer of the Chinese team in the future!" "Emm, it's hard to say. Although Lin Feng is not a striker, I think Lin Feng's number of goals may not be less than Gao Lin's!" Although the person who scored the goal was the most prominent, Lin Feng, who just completed the long pass, and Zhou Haibin, who made the assist, were also indispensable parts of this counterattack. Especially Zhou Haibin, he has not made many appearances for Eindhoven this season. It is very difficult to maintain such a stable state without enough playing time. I'm afraid only he himself knows how much effort he put into this. The Chinese team's goal made the Spanish fans who came to the stadium somewhat dissatisfied. Their own team could even stop the Chinese team's main lineup, but couldn't stop the opponent's substitute lineup? This makes absolutely no sense! The team must have underestimated the opponent and made such a mistake, giving the opponent a chance to counterattack. The Andalusian coach also thought so. He stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly to the players on the field, asking them to cheer up, concentrate and take the game seriously. It seems that as long as they get serious, they can easily defeat the Chinese team. However, the actual situation is not so. These young players of the Chinese national football team are as fearless as newborn calves! We are all substitutes. You play in La Liga, and I play in the Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1, and Eredivisie... Who can be worse than who? After all, Andalusia United is not the Spanish national team, and they do not have such a deep talent pool. The first team is indeed very strong, but the substitute team is far behind. Faced with the youthful storm of the Chinese team, it is difficult for them to completely suppress their opponents. On the contrary, under the opponent's high-spirited counterattack, their own formation was the first to be broken! In the 68th minute, Lin Feng made a straight pass and Gao Lin selflessly passed the ball to his teammate Zhu Ting. Zhu Ting was about to shoot when he was pushed down from behind by the opponent's defender. The referee pointed to the penalty spot! As the game was about to enter the 70th minute, the Chinese team won a crucial penalty kick. Chen Taoan scored in one fell swoop, making the score 2-2. After a nightmare start in the first half, the Chinese national football team miraculously equalized the score in the second half. This result was beyond everyone's expectations! Many people turned off the TV in disappointment after watching the first five minutes of the game. In their minds, the Chinese team has been sentenced to death. But the Chinese team that was sentenced to "death penalty" not only survived, but is still alive and well! "Pinch me now, I'm afraid I'm dreaming!" Zhu Guanghu was so happy that he began to doubt the authenticity of the result. Li Shubin looked at him in surprise. He had never heard of such a request in his life. He reached out his hand rudely and twisted Zhu Guanghu's arm hard, causing Zhu Guanghu to almost cry from the pain. "Do you believe it now?"
Zhu Guanghu nodded heavily, covered his arm and took a deep breath, feeling both pain and happiness. There were many players on the bench who shared the same idea as him. Zheng Zhi and Shao Jiayi looked at each other, both smiled bitterly and shook their heads: "Ah, these young people are so powerful that they crushed their opponents with their youth storm!" "Haha, who says it isn't! Seeing them perform so well, I feel a lot of pressure!" "Yeah, they are only in their early 20s now, some of them are even under 20 years old, and they are already so strong. In a few years, when they grow up, it's hard to say whether there will still be a place for us old guys in the national team!" At this moment, everyone felt the power of the Chinese team's youth storm! (End of this chapter)