Fox in the Penalty Area

"Mr. Diurei!"

Lin Zhiyuan lay on the ground and pounded the turf in front of him while cursing continuously.

Conceding two goals in a single game, this is the most goals he has conceded in this Olympics.

He knows what these Olympics mean to him - Westin Athletic scouts are watching from the stands.

This is not an investigation to introduce him.

Because Westin Athletic has already made a decision on whether to introduce Lin Zhiyuan. They have been tracking Lin Zhiyuan for many years, and they no longer need to go through another Olympics to judge whether to sign him.

They came to observe Lin Zhiyuan's game to judge based on Lin Zhiyuan's performance in this Olympics whether he can compete with the team's current main goalkeeper Pierre Groche and several other players in the team. Goalkeeper competition.

In order to be able to prove his ability to Westin Athletic, Lin Zhiyuan certainly hopes that he can block Melli's shot, preferably zero block.

But this goal was shattered not long after the game started.

Now I have lost two goals...

When he made the save just now, he really didn't expect that Melli would make a reverse angle.

This shot is really difficult, and it's also easy to miss and not hit well.

For example, the probability of a missed kick or a missed kick is very high.

In fact, when Melli shot, he twisted his body and used a very awkward posture to complete the shot.

The football was not kicked very fast, and it seemed that it might be destroyed at any time during the flight.

But because his shooting route was so unexpected, no one came back to break up the ball until it hit the goal.

Under such circumstances, Melli could still keep his head calm, control his ankle precisely, and shoot the ball into the goal from almost the only path...

Such a shot can be called a "magic ball".

Logically speaking, it is normal to fail to save the ball, and there is no need for Lin Zhiyuan to feel guilty for failing to save the ball.

But Lin Zhiyuan just refused to give in.

In front of the Westin Athletic scouts, if he could save such a ball, wouldn't that be awesome?

It will be a strong evidence for his future competition at Westin Athletic.

That's why he felt extremely upset and angry that he failed to save the ball.

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Ou Yangjin was also feeling pain because he failed to guard against Meili.

When Melly shot, he was already on the ground and struggling to see the result.

As a result, after seeing the football flying into the goal, he lost all strength and lay back on the turf, covering his face with his hands.

He was blaming himself that he should have run faster, or moved a little earlier. Rather than seeing Merry coming to the middle, he ran after him...

If he could judge Melli's intentions in advance, he could prevent the goal.

But in fact, Ou Yangjin's speed cannot be considered slow. He was already the fastest-reacting Chinese player in that area at that time.

It's just that as a player who plays in China, he obviously underestimated how fast Melli can be.

So in the end he was nothing like football.

In fact, even if he touches a football, it is likely to be an own goal.

But Ou Yangjin didn't care.

It's better to score an own goal than to let your opponent score under your nose.

Most importantly, don’t let fear of making a mistake keep you from reaching out.

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Looking at the Olympic team players lying on the ground in front of the goal, the Chinese fans in front of the TV were either silent or sighing.

During the halftime break, they were still in high spirits and began to dream of defeating Argentina, reaching the Olympic finals, and winning the gold medal...

Now they have all been thrown cold water on them.

Many people have woken up from their previous overly optimistic delusions. After all, their opponent is the Argentine Olympic team, which has top attackers like Melli and Cantero.

How could it be so easy for the Chinese team to defeat such an opponent?

In a slightly depressed atmosphere, Yan Yan spoke: "It's okay, it's Hu Lai's turn! He can't be indifferent to Meili's performance!"

"Come on Hu Lai!" Meng Xi shouted.

His voice attracted the echo of other people in the room, and everyone shouted together: "Come on Hu Lai!"

Not only in this crowded living room, but in many places across the country, people are calling Hu Lai's name.

At this time, Hu Lai is indeed the hope of all Chinese fans - if there is anyone in the Chinese Olympic team who can compete with Melli, it is Hu Lai.

The TV broadcast seemed to know this, so when the Argentine players celebrated the goal, they also gave Hulay a close-up shot.

Hu Lai in the camera was not yelling at his teammates this time like he did when he lost the first goal, but was covering his mouth and whispering to Zhou Zijing.

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"Elbow, if you have a chance later, please make sure you run into the empty space."

Hu Lai covered his mouth and said this to Zhou Zijing.

Zhou Zijing looked at him.

"At that time, I will help you attract their defense and pass the ball to you. Don't spit on the cake."

Zhou Zijing frowned: "Who spit out the cake? Besides, why didn't I help you attract their defense? I scored the goal that led them. Now in the eyes of the Argentine defenders, I am definitely a greater threat than you. Much more!"

He poked himself with his thumb, held his head high and said with some arrogance.

"So just wait for me to pass the ball to you!"

Hu Lai didn't argue with Zhou Zijing. He nodded: "Okay, whoever among us has a better chance will pass it on."

"Don't worry, Argentina's defender is definitely coming for me!" Zhou Zijing snorted.

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The game restarted, and this time the Chinese Olympic team did not take advantage of the kick-off opportunity to score directly.

Many Argentinian fans breathed a sigh of relief.

They felt that the game could finally proceed normally - the Chinese team scored a goal from the kick-off before, which really frightened them and thought it was not a normal game state.

The Chinese team failed to score another goal quickly, but the Argentine players, who had just equalized the score, had high morale and attacked harder.

Ou Yangjin gritted his teeth and pressed against Melli who was carrying the ball.

He raised his left hand and pulled Melly's shoulder, while his body continued to hit him.

As a defensive midfielder, he is now on the wing, almost a full-back.

This is also because Mellie went to the wing.

After losing the ball, Mai Zhaocheng quickly made adjustments and asked Ou Yangjin to continue to defend Melli. No matter where Merry was, he had to be by Merry's side.

So now even if Melli gets the ball on the wing, Ou Yangjin comes to defend.

Anyway, he was locked in a fight with Merry in this game.

Although Ou Yangjin had successfully intercepted the ball from Melli in the previous game, now Ou Yangjin was very cautious and did not steal the ball rashly.

He knew that with Melli's foot speed, taking the shot himself would be equivalent to giving Melli a chance to excel.

Therefore, Ou Yangjin's current strategy to defend Melli is not to take action, but to run with Melli and try not to be shaken away by him. At the same time, he keeps squeezing Melli with his body, forcing him not to control the ball well.

Merry is certainly very powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, he is still a human being and must abide by the laws of physics. Ou Yangjin didn't believe that he could not be affected at all by being so big and close to Meili.

Ou Yangjin knew very well that with his current strength, it would be difficult to take the football away from Melli's feet. Therefore, the correct defensive strategy should be to do everything possible to interfere with Melli, influence him, and put pressure on him.

He doesn't expect that he will be able to successfully stop Melli by doing this, but he hopes that his efforts will allow his teammates to successfully prevent Melli's attack.

Just like it is now.

Melli was a little annoyed by being hit by Ou Yangjin. He decided to get rid of the Chinese midfielder, so he raised his left leg and tried to pass the ball. Ou Yangjin turned a blind eye and did not reach out to stop him, but just made a gesture, and at the same time, he was wary of Melly's backhand.

Sure enough, Melli's cross was fake, but the change of direction of the smash was real.

Fortunately, Ou Yangjin was on guard and turned around when he saw Meili smashing the ball.

So after Melly spiked the ball, he saw him again!

Melly did not continue to change direction, but took the ball straight and cut inside.

Ou Yangjin continued to run, but after entering the penalty area, his movements became much more restrained. He no longer deliberately bumped into Melli, but just followed up as closely as possible.

At the same time, Feng Li, the right back of the Chinese Olympic team, came up to help.

Facing the defense of two Chinese team players, Melli first swayed his upper body to the left, that is, the direction of the baseline, and then used the outside instep of his right foot to violently push the football to the inside.

As soon as he pushed the football away, he raised his right leg to shoot!

Ou Yangjin was guarding Melli from the outside. He passed Feng Li from behind, rushed up in one stride, stretched out his foot to tackle the football, and blocked Melli's shot!

It would be great if he could block the shot here, but if he couldn't, he should interfere with Melli as much as possible.

Defense is like this, never give up until the end!

Ou Yangjin's tenacity did affect Melli's shot. In order to avoid Ou Yangjin's flying tackle, he did not choose to hit the near corner, but shot into the far corner.

This time Lin Zhiyuan made no mistake in judgment. He jumped back into the air and lifted the football out of the back post with one hand!

"Lin Zhiyuan! Beautiful! He saved Melli's shot!"

After landing on the ground, Lin Zhiyuan rolled twice on the turf and then stood up. Then he waved his fist in the direction of Meili and roared loudly.

He wanted to declare his sovereignty in front of the door to Merry in this way!

At the same time, it also boosts the morale of the team and tells the teammates: I am in front of the goal!

In fact, Ou Yangjin also played an important role in this defense, but he did not show off his power like Lin Zhiyuan, but calmly showed no expression, as if he had been playing soy sauce just now.

He even hoped that others would think that he was just running with Melli and made no contribution to the defense.

It would be best if Merry himself thought so.

This way the next time he approaches Merry, he won't arouse her alertness.

During the first half, Ou Yangjin still had the idea of ​​​​stealing the spotlight on Melly.

Now after Melli scored two goals, Ou Yangjin changed his mind - as long as I can guard against Melli, the success does not have to be mine.

After getting up, he hid himself behind his right back teammate Feng Li. He hunched his body and let the 1.75-meter-tall Feng Li serve as his "bunker", trying not to attract Melli's attention.

When Argentina went to take a corner kick, he quietly appeared behind Melli again.

His hand grabbed Melli's jersey, but when Melli looked back, he immediately let go, his expression unchanged, pretending that nothing happened.

Mellie looked at him, then suddenly ran to the next location.

Then soon he noticed the dragging feeling coming from behind him. When he looked back, the dragging feeling disappeared, but the Chinese team's midfielder was indeed behind him. Facing his own gaze, his face was calm, as if nothing had happened.

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PS, the second update is here!