Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1703 The Japanese team was forced into a corner

Sugiyama Tatsuya fell to the ground after finishing the shot, but his eyes were fixed on the football until he saw the football flying into the goal. He got up from the ground, then raised his arms and shouted, celebrating.

"Sugiyama Tatsuya——!!" the Japanese commentator roared in a long voice, "Shutaku——! The ball was scored!! The Japanese team equalized the score! The score is now 1:1! In the 31st minute of the first half When the time came, we equalized the score! We still have hope! Don’t give up! Come on, Team Japan!”

The Japanese commentator is so excited, naturally because the outcome of this game is related to whether the Japanese team can obtain World Cup tickets.

After the Chinese team scored the first goal, he was in pain and felt anxious for the team.

Huge pressure lies in everyone's heart, as if it is a boulder that may fall at any time.

Now seeing Tatsuya Sugiyama's goal, the commentator felt his heart lighten.

Regardless of the final result, at least Sugiyama Tatsuya's goal is a good sign.

Chinese commentator He Feng sighed: "Oops - wrong in, wrong out, wrong in, wrong out... Morikawa Junpei's through ball was actually intended by Wang Guangwei, but Wang Guangwei's interception knocked the football to Sugiyama Tatsu. Hey... Sugiyama Tatsuya's movements are really fast. If he stops the ball a little too much, he can immediately follow up and directly shoot a semi-volley - if he waits for the ball to fall completely before controlling it, then he will definitely There is no room for shooting. Mao Junzheng and Liu Yan are already blocking him..."

Although he was a little disappointed with losing the ball, He Feng could still maintain a calm attitude and analyze it for everyone.

On the one hand, this is because of his professionalism as a commentator, and on the other hand, because the Chinese team has qualified early, his mentality is also very relaxed, and he can face all the ups and downs in the game with a relatively peaceful attitude.

Although everyone knows the enmity between China and Japan, it is not that they have never lost to Japan before. In other words, "haven't they lost to Japan too often?"

As a professional football commentator, He Feng thinks differently from a pure fan. He actually agrees with head coach Dillon's use of the last two top-12 games for training.

Since it is military training, of course there are losses and wins.

As long as the game can achieve the pre-planned plan of the coaching staff, He Feng thinks it is acceptable regardless of winning or losing in the end.

It's just that the vast majority of fans don't think so.

So after losing the ball, there were still huge curses and boos in the stands.

Curses and boos were given to both the Japanese team that scored the goal and the Chinese team that conceded the goal.

Not allowing Hu Lai to participate in the game has already made many Chinese fans very unhappy, and now they have lost the ball.

Was equalized by the Japanese team... Many Chinese fans seemed to blame all this on Hu Lai's absence.

"If Zhou Zijing's previous opportunity had been replaced by Hu Lai, we would have led 2:0. How could we have been scored by the Japanese team?"

"This whole time, Little Japan has been suppressing us! Why can they do this? Isn't it because we don't have Hu Lai in front of us that Little Japan is so unscrupulous?!"

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I don’t know if it was intentional by the TV broadcasters. Amidst the boos, the broadcast camera cut to the face of the Chinese team’s head coach Jorge Dillon.

He stood on the sidelines with a calm face and showed no emotion because of losing the ball.

Assistant coach Kiri Sequeiros and translator Yu Jintao stood on the sidelines with him.

Different from Dillon's calmness, Yu Jintao covered his mouth and seemed to be talking to him.

"I'm afraid these boos and curses are not all for the Japanese team."

Dillon looked calm and said in a very calm tone: "Of course, some of it is for us. But it doesn't matter. As a coach, you must have your own persistence and not be manipulated by the fans. It is the fans who understand, or the coach. ?We can't give in just because the fans scold us a few times, so let's just let the fans be the coach."

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The game restarted amid boos, and the Japanese team, which had equalized the score, continued to attack the Chinese team's goal with great momentum.

The Chinese team had to temporarily shrink its defense, hoping to withstand the Japanese team's three blows after the equalizer.

How fierce is the Japanese team's attack?

Even Morikawa Junpei came up and took a long-range shot, and the quality of the shot was quite high - at least he didn't fire anti-aircraft guns.

It just deviated slightly from the goal and flew out of the baseline by about two or three meters.

This is the second meeting between the Chinese team and the Japanese team in the top 12. Compared with the last meeting a year ago, the Chinese players can feel that the pressure on them from the Japanese players has increased significantly. .

After all, a year ago, the Japanese team's qualifying situation for the World Cup was not as bad as it is now. Although the Japanese team ranked third in the group at the time, there were still seven rounds in the top 12. At that time, no Japanese player believed that they would face the fate of possibly playing in the play-offs in the end?

At that time, the Japanese team's motivation probably came more from the idea of ​​"cannot lose to the Chinese team at home."

It was a fight for face.

Now, it's really a fight for survival.

In another top-12 match last night, Iraq lost 1:5 at home to the Iranian team.

The Iranian team is tied with the Japanese team in terms of points. At the same time, in terms of goal difference, the Iranian team now has 12, while the Japanese team only has six, which is a huge difference.

As a result, the Japanese team's ranking will drop to third.

The third place needs to play a play-off with the third place in another group. At present, Australia is the most likely to win the third place in another group. So if the Japanese team wants to play in the play-offs, their opponent will most likely be Australia.

After defeating Australia, the Japanese team will have to compete with the fourth-place finisher in the CONCACAF qualifiers for the last ticket to the World Cup.

With the strength of the Japanese team, if they really want to play in the play-offs with the fourth place in Central, North America and the Caribbean, they will definitely win, there is no suspense.

But the key is...except for the World Cup, how many years has it been since Japanese football experienced the taste of having to go through the play-offs to reach the World Cup finals?

Now running to play in the play-offs of the play-offs...isn't it a shame?

Hmm...it's still a matter of face.

As the "top class" of Asian football, Japanese football has been accustomed to being strong for so many years. To be suddenly forced into a corner is really unfamiliar and makes them feel angry.

This kind of anger is completely different from being defeated by the Chinese team at home.

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"Itonu...be careful!"

He Feng exclaimed, and Itonu's shot was blocked by Liu Yan with his body.

The second landing point was again controlled by the Japanese team.

Sugiyama Tatsuya prepared to shoot directly, raised his foot high, and then gently put it down. When he put it down, he used the outside instep to pass the football to the team's right midfielder Akira Fukuzawa.

The latter shot directly without stopping the ball!

Fortunately, Lin Zhiyuan chose his position very well and held the football directly in his arms without moving.

"Good shot! Lin Zhiyuan defended the ball beautifully! His position selection was accurate!"

He Feng and Yan Kang both let out a sigh of relief.

During this period, the defenders and goalkeepers of the Chinese team were particularly visible. After all, the Japanese team was attacking most of the time.

Everyone hopes that the Chinese team can withstand it.

At present, the first half of the game is coming to an end, and the Chinese team's defense has indeed withstood the situation.

Although there are many thrilling scenes similar to the one just now.

But no matter what, the Chinese team really defended it.

"...There are still two minutes left in the first half, and the stoppage time should not last too long...Although the Chinese team was equalized, its performance after conceding the goal was relatively stable. As long as it can Keep this score until halftime, I believe Dillon will make adjustments... It must be said that although Hu Lai was not called up this time, judging from the first half alone, the Chinese team's performance is not bad... "

While He Feng was talking, goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan threw the football forward with his hand.

Zhou Zijing retreated to respond and pushed the football back to his teammates in the middle of the midfield.

Gao Ruimin received the ball, and then he chose to distribute the football to the wing to Luo Kai.

However, whether before catching the ball or passing the ball, he did not even look in the direction of the ball.

So when he passed the football, the ball did not fall to Luo Kai's feet. Instead, it was passed to the Japanese team's left back Kawasaki Eiji!

It looked like... no, it wasn't like that, or Gao Ruimin just passed the football directly to Eiji Kawasaki!

The Japanese team's left back was almost moved to the left wing position, which shows how anxious the Japanese team is.

It stands to reason that with the opponent's full-back pressing so high, as long as Gao Ruimin can pass the ball to Luo Kai's feet, it will be another perfect counterattack opportunity.

But now it gives the Japanese team an opportunity to attack!

Kawasaki Eiji himself did not expect that the Chinese team gave him such a big gift. He made more adjustments when he caught the ball. Then he didn't dribble the ball directly himself, but passed it diagonally to Tatsuya Sugiyama who was in the penalty area!

When Tatsuya Sugiyama caught the ball, he used a very beautiful turning movement to shake Liu Yan away. After adjusting his direction, he swung his foot again to shoot.

Wang Guangwei and Mao Junzheng both pounced on him at the same time, but he poked the football out between them.

Passed to Itonu who was pulled into the space at the back point.

The top scorer of the Japanese national team calmly pushed the ball!

Lin Zhiyuan was stunned by Sugiyama Tatsuya's first shot fake, which caused him to be half a beat slow when he pounced on Ito Tsumugi. He made all the moves, but failed to block it. He could only watch the football fly into his place again. The goal guarded...

In the 44th minute, the first half was about to end. The Japanese team scored another goal and took the lead!

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PS, it’s so embarrassing. I went out to play and then found that my home was stolen. There was a close connection in the community, so I was blocked...

The original plan was to go home today, but

Now I am still traveling around western Sichuan with my family.

Fortunately, I brought my computer, but I am on the road every day and have no time to write...

Miserable