Fox in the Penalty Area

When the Chinese team was looking for cooperation on the wing, everyone's attention was naturally on the wing.

Even Zhang Qinghuan went from the middle to the side to meet him.

At that time, few people noticed that Hu Lai, who was originally near the free throw arc at the front of the penalty area, also moved laterally.

Only Kengo Yamagami noticed, so he posted it in time without letting Hu Lai get away from him.

He thought that his defense against Hu Lai had been impeccable-other defenders were easily attracted by football at this time.

As long as he can stick to Hu Lai, even if the Chinese team passes the ball to Hu Lai, it will be difficult for them to threaten the Japanese team's goal.

Kengo Yamagami thought so.

He has played against many top strikers in the Bundesliga, such as Sosa Espinola of Blue and White Munich, such as Ruhr Rhein's German international Mark Becker, these people are famous strikers. Through confrontation with these people, Kengo Yamagami learned a lot and accumulated a wealth of experience.

Perhaps when facing Hu Lai, other people will have a sense of oppression facing the double golden boots of the Premier League and the World Cup.

But Kengo Yamagami didn't feel this way himself.

That's the benefit of playing in a top European league.

Playing in a high-level league, Kengo Yamagami was particularly sensitive to Hu Lai's movements, and he did not appear to be distracted during the game and was thrown away.

These are enough to ensure that he will not make mistakes when facing Hu Lai.

In this defense, he really didn't make a mistake.

He did everything he could.

But in the end he could only stand where he was, turned around and watched the football fly into the goal.

The Japanese TV commentator held his head in his hands and shouted regretfully: "Ah! Although Kengo Yamagami had already marked Hu Lai almost close to him, he still couldn't prevent his shot... The two goals of the Chinese team were both It has something to do with Hu Lai, this is the strength of the Premier League Golden Boot!"

The Japanese fans in front of the TV and on the Internet were very depressed.

When the Chinese team bombarded the Japanese team indiscriminately, they expected the Japanese team to use the counterattack to score,

In the end, it was Chen Xingyi who broke the door.

When the irritated Japanese team suppressed the Chinese team and began to besiege the Chinese team's goal, they thought that the Chinese team's weak defense would definitely lose the ball. But the Chinese team scored another goal with a counterattack!

It's almost like deliberately going against their expectations...

After watching the replay of Hu Lai's ball played in slow motion, they couldn't even scold him—to scold Kengo Yamagami for his poor defense?

Isn't that blind?

To be honest, Kengo Yamagami did his best to defend the ball, and he couldn't have imagined that Hu Lai would use such an unconventional method to shoot the football towards the goal...

So I can only hold back the unhappiness of falling behind by two goals, and the result is double the unhappiness, so unhappiness is about to explode...

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"Hu Lai-!! Beautiful!! Good shot! Great shot!!" He Feng roared at the top of his lungs. "Hu Lai's kick was very sudden! He caught Kengo Yamagami by surprise! He probably didn't expect that Hu Lai would choose such a shooting method! He directly raised his right leg and shot with the instep of his right leg while running...It's so beautiful Yes!! Kengo Yamagami is also a first-class defender in Asia, but in front of Hu Lai's imaginative shot, there is nothing he can do!"

"Fuck! Hu Lai is awesome!! The Chinese team is awesome!!"

Everyone in the bar jumped up, waved their arms, and shouted.

Some people still had wine in their hands that they didn't have time to put down, and with the movement of waving their hands, it all spilled out, splashing on the people around them.

But no one cares.

All are raving.

This kind of carnival is completely different from after Chen Xingyi scored the first goal.

At that time, while everyone was cheering for Chen Xingyi's goal, they were still vaguely worried that the Japanese team would tie the score.

But now that the Chinese team is leading by two goals, in any case, it is more secure than leading by one goal.

If a two-goal lead wasn't enough, it would be too harsh...

You must know that the last time the Chinese team led Japan by two goals in a game, it was a matter of the last century:

In the 1998 East Asian Final Four (the predecessor of the East Asian Cup), the Chinese team finally defeated the Japanese team with a score of 2:0.

At the same time, this is also the last time that the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team in an international A-level event. It has been 29 years since now-everyone in the world knows that Chinese football has "Korea-phobia", but they don't know that there is actually "Japanese-phobia".

However, "Koreaphobia" can still be hyped as a gimmick, but the word "Japanphobia" is still difficult to say. After all, the historical grievances between the two countries have determined that the Chinese have extraordinary hatred for Japan. Anyone who mentions "Japanese fear" and publicizes it like "Korean fear" is indeed "hurting national feelings".

Now the Chinese team faced the Japanese team, which hadn't won in 29 years, and regained a two-goal lead, which drove everyone in the bar into a frenzy.

And not just this one bar.

The players of the Chinese team were celebrating crazily on the TV, and the Chinese fans outside the TV were also celebrating crazily.

It wasn't until the game restarted that Sheeran finished her near-maniacal celebration and sat down.

Seeing how excited she was, Hu Lixin joked, "Aren't you worried that Dong Jianhai won't leave now?"

Xie Lan slashed down with a chemical knife in his hand: "Whether Dong Jianhai leaves or not, little Japan must die!"

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"Aha, Yu! This is what I said to change!" Dillon laughed and pointed at the TV screen. "Zhang did not penetrate into the penalty area as usual, but ran to the side to meet the star. This is the change. The Chinese team did not launch an attack directly from the side like before, but directly picked a pass behind the Japanese team's defense through Zhang. , obviously this made the Japanese team unexpected!"

Yu Jintao: "If Dong Jianhai really leads the Chinese team to defeat the Japanese team, I think he will probably stay on... The Chinese Football Association should prepare a new contract for him."

"If you stay here, stay here." Dillon shrugged nonchalantly, "If Dong can stick to what he did in the first half, I will not be as pessimistic about the future of the Chinese team as before."

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Mitsui Takato sat motionless on the sofa, with his mouth slightly open and his expression dull.

Even though he realized that the current Chinese team should not be underestimated through the first conceded goal, he never thought that the opponent could lead the Japanese team by two goals!

He thought that when the Japanese team was irritated by the conceded goal, it was already very remarkable that the Chinese team could withstand the crazy offensive of the Japanese team.

If the first half ended with a score of 1:0, then the Chinese team performed well.

As a result, the Chinese team is now leading by two goals!

The one who scored the goal was... Junpei Morikawa's "idol" Hu Lai.

I don't know why, when Takato Mitsui knew that his players were not selected for the Japanese national team, he was a little upset.

But now he was suddenly glad that Junpei Morikawa wasn't in the game.

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The team leader Hong Renjie pumped his fists and roared excitedly, venting all the fire in his heart—as the team leader of the Chinese team, the pressure on him was not light when the national team was criticized.

Then when I turned around, I saw Dong Jianhai still looked like an old farmer, even if he smiled, he smiled reservedly.

So he laughed and patted the opponent's shoulder vigorously: "What are you doing, old Dong? We are leading by two goals!"

Dong Jianhai grinned upon hearing this to make his smile look brighter.

Seeing him like this, Hong Renjie shook his head helplessly. He has worked with several national football coaches. Dong Jianhai is indeed the most disadvantaged one in terms of temperament...

No wonder the outside world doesn't think highly of him.

In fact, after losing to Iraq in the group match, the outside world had many doubts and criticisms about Dong Jianhai, and the Football Association also began to seriously consider whether to renew the contract with Dong Jianhai.

It is difficult to expect such an unconvincing head coach to lead the Chinese team to the World Cup in Spain and Portugal.

But seeing the performance of the Chinese team against the Japanese team now, Hong Renjie felt that the leaders of the Football Association might change their minds.

Based on what Hong Renjie has seen and heard in the team during this period, he feels that Dong Jianhai seems to have passed the adaptation period and gradually found his own feeling and rhythm.

In the beginning, he was like a cautious stepmother in this team, afraid to do anything, for fear of arousing the disgust and opposition of the rebellious youth.

He didn't dare to casually change the tactical configuration and personnel mix left by Shi Wuyin, and he didn't dare to try new things.

Until after playing three Asian Cup group matches, they met the Japanese team in the quarter-finals.

Hong Renjie felt that Dong Jianhai seemed to have figured it out overnight, or that he gained confidence from the result of qualifying for the Asian Cup group stage... For example, he would choose such a risky style of play against the Japanese team, and Delivered a somewhat generous speech to the players on the training ground.

Hong Renjie was right behind Dong Jianhai at the time, and he could clearly see the surprise in the eyes of the fans—obviously they were also surprised by Dong's change of direction.

Looking at it now, this change is not a bad thing.

Dong Jianhai finally looked like a real national team coach, and he began to control the team.

Instead of being an excessive candidate to temporarily take over Shi Wuyin's work as before, the whole goal of the work is to be ready for Shi Wuyin to come back to coach at any time. That's why I carefully took care of the furnishings in the house, and didn't even dare to move the position of the things on the table, for fear that the owner of the house would not be able to use it smoothly after returning.

Hong Renjie and Shi Wuyin have a good personal relationship, but as the leader of the national team, he obviously doesn't want Dong Jianhai to have such...respect for his predecessor.

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Hu Lai scored in the 38th minute. After the game restarted, there was actually not much time left for the Japanese team.

Losing two goals even shocked the players of the Japanese team, so that when the game restarted, they were still a little dazed.

On the contrary, the Chinese team's offensive was more fierce, and the Japanese team couldn't hold their heads up.

It didn't look like the "Asia's No. 1 team" at all, and it was very embarrassing.

Fortunately, there is not much time left for the Chinese team, otherwise the Chinese team may be able to score again...

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the Japanese commentator let out a sigh of relief: "It's finally over! Supervisor Motegi must make adjustments during the intermission. It's impossible to continue playing like this!"

And He Feng exclaimed: "This is the best 45 minutes played by the Chinese team in this Asian Cup! To be honest, these 45 minutes of performance remind us of the Chinese team in the World Cup half a year ago. Team! Dong Jianhai’s tactical adjustments to the Japanese team are successful and effective!”

During the TV broadcast, the players of the Chinese team walked off the field happily, but Dong Jianhai stepped into the passage and walked to the locker room on the sidelines.