Fox in the Penalty Area

The first point

"Xia Xiaoyu made a diagonal pass and his field of vision was very wide! He also mastered his footwork very well! Chen Xingyi! He came in from the back row and was very fast! He made a cross from an inverted triangle! Hu Lai!!!"

When he called Hu Lai, He Feng suddenly raised his voice.

Almost simultaneously, the cheers on the scene suddenly grew louder.

Because everyone saw Hu Lai's movement and Chen Xingyi passed the football to Hu Lai.

As long as the ball flies to Hu Lai, Chinese fans will always have a lot more expectations.

These expectations were built up by him scoring one goal after another.

Of course, most of the time, he never disappoints.

This time too!

He headed back and rubbed the football towards the goal.

Nigeria's goalkeeper Nba Atuloma is a very high-level goalkeeper who plays the main role for the La Liga team Atlético Málaga.

He once saved Melli's penalty kick in the game.

But this time, he was powerless against Hu Lai's header, which was like a table tennis slice.

I could only stand there, my eyes turned back following the football, and I turned around halfway to witness the whole process of the football entering the goal...

"Hu Lai!!! Hu Lai! Ah beautiful! Beautiful! Only three minutes into the game, Hu Lai opened the scoring for the Chinese team! When winning can qualify, the Chinese team took the lead! Hu Lai this The ball is so crucial, so important!"

After scoring, Hulay ran to the corner flag area and made his signature celebration.

The Chinese fans at the scene waited for him to land and shouted in unison:

"HUUUUU!!!"

Hu Lai and his teammates laughed and hugged each other.

Luo Kai, who was watching the game in the stands, also high-fived the staff around him.

He hopes that the Chinese team can advance to the knockout rounds. Regardless of whether Hu Lai's goal was scored for him, he doesn't care, as long as he still has a chance to participate in the World Cup in the end.

So he wants to celebrate Hu Lai's goal.

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The match between Spain and Italy has just begun, and the ball is controlled at the feet of Spanish players.

Spanish fans occupy nearly two-thirds of the Crown Stadium, and they are creating a home atmosphere to cheer for the team.

This game is a life and death battle for Spain.

Even if Juan Ramirez's injury has not healed yet, it is still wrapped in a bandage.

He hopes to inspire his teammates to fight for victory.

As long as Spain can beat Italy, then there is no need to care about the result of another stadium...

At this moment, there was a huge noise at the Crown Stadium - not boos, but various shouts mixed together.

The sound was very sudden and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Joaquin Vela, who was on the bench for the Spanish national team, also heard the shouts from the stands.

So he knew that Hu Lai scored and the Chinese team took the lead.

But this score means nothing to the Spanish team.

No matter what the outcome is, the Spanish team must defeat Italy in front of them, otherwise there will be no extravagant talk about qualifying.

He returned his attention to the court and focused on watching the game.

Although Spain was in possession of the ball, it could only control the ball and could not find a better opportunity to penetrate Italy's defense.

In this game, Italy can qualify as long as they draw, so their tactical choices are relatively conservative.

Anyway, judging from the opening minutes of the game, Joaquin Vela could see that Italy was shrinking its defense and setting up a bus in its penalty area.

Caesar, who came off the bench to score the winning goal in the last game, did not start.

Before the game, news came from the Italian team that Caesar was injured. At first, everyone thought it was a smoke bomb from the Italians.

As soon as the starting list came out, it was discovered that Caesar was not on the list.

It looks like he is indeed injured...

This is good news for Spain. At least they only need to think about how to break the goal guarded by Albertazzi.

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On the Italian bench, center back Nicolo Serafini turned his head and listened for a while. Finally, he keenly caught the voices of the Italian fans in the shouts of the Spanish fans. Then his face changed slightly and he said to the side. Caesar said: "The Chinese team is ahead! Hu scored the goal!"

Caesar was also a little surprised: "Another kick-off from the center circle?"

"No...I don't know..."

Someone else on the bench said for him: "No, it was a header. But it was indeed the Chinese team's first attack!"

Caesar nodded and said nothing.

He actually doesn't care how the Chinese team plays against Nigeria. Anyway, as long as Italy doesn't lose the game, it's best to win.

The reason why he was interested just now was because he thought Hu Lai had another kick and shot directly from the center circle.

Now whenever he hears that the Chinese team has scored a goal just after the game started, Caesar will involuntarily think in that direction.

After hearing that Hu Lai did not score from the center circle, he was really relieved deep down - if he scored again, he would really doubt that Hu Lai was not from the earth...

He then turned his attention back to the ongoing game.

Spain is organizing an attack, with Campuzano and Rosas performing a one-two against the wall in the middle.

Then when the football was passed, he didn't stop the ball and just kicked it with his feet!

The football flew upwards and then dropped very obviously!

Bounce on the turf!

It was very difficult to save such a ball, but Albertazzi still flew sideways and blocked the football from the baseline with one palm!

"Albertazzi! He has continued his excellent form in this World Cup! He has not conceded a goal so far! He can have such a good performance at the age of only 23, and his future is limitless!"

Caesar, along with his teammates, stood up and applauded Albertazzi's save.

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"Zhou Zijing...is here! Wow!"

The commentator He Feng exclaimed that Zhou Zijing's ball towards the goal was blocked by Nigerian goalkeeper Atuloma.

There was chaos in front of the goal. Central defender Daniel Moses wanted to make a clearance at the first opportunity, but the kick was missed!

Fortunately, another central defender, Kennedy Omero, quickly kicked the football out with his big foot!

This relieved the danger in front of Nigeria.

Goalkeeper Artuloma clapped his hands hard and reminded his teammates loudly: "Don't panic! Hold on! Withstand their attacks during this period! We can do it!"

"After conceding the goal, Nigeria was a little panicked. Conceding the ball in the first three minutes really surprised them... They must recover from this panic as soon as possible, otherwise the Chinese team will score more goals!"

During this period, Nigeria's front door is indeed full of dangers, and just now is just a fragment of it.

There are several clips like this in the past ten minutes of the game.

Nigeria's head coach Ebubelia Oadebo kept waving his arms and shouting on the sidelines.

Remind players to calm down.

At the same time, he also made adjustments - stabilize the defense first and don't continue to lose the ball. The rest will be discussed later.

Now is the time when the morale of the Chinese team is at its highest, so there is no need to go head-to-head with the Chinese team.

In his original tactics, he actually wanted the Nigerian and Chinese teams to deal with each other more, mainly to guard against Hu Lai.

But I didn't expect Hu Lai to score in three minutes...

Now Oladebo is extremely grateful that the tactics he formulated for the team after the opening game were not to attack the Chinese team, but to defend solidly.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that Nigeria's goal will be penetrated again within these ten minutes...

After the initial panic, Nigeria gradually recovered. They stabilized their defense and began to use long passes and the speed of the forwards to defeat the Chinese team's counterattack.

There is a saying that the Champions League is the tournament with the highest technical and tactical value, and the five major European leagues are the hotbeds for cultivating advanced tactical ideas.

Relatively speaking, the tactical thinking in the World Cup is much outdated.

For example, it's 2030, and the most used tactic in the World Cup is still...defensive counterattack.

This may have something to do with the situation the team is facing.

After all, in a tournament-based competition like the World Cup, there is a high chance of an upset. Therefore, even a strong team does not dare to take it lightly.

If you have the ability, defensive counterattack is of course the best, as it can not only solidify the defense, but also hit the opponent behind.

Teams as strong as France and the Netherlands have adopted the banner of defensive counterattacks in this World Cup.

Of course they have such qualifications.

For example, the French team relied on Kamara's speed to become a sharp blade to tear apart the opponent's defense.

The Dutch team relied on outstanding defensive players represented by Danny Drew and strict tactical discipline to build an unbreakable wall.

Nigeria's defense is not very good, but their counterattack is very good.

In addition to Zade Okuye on the front line, they also have two very fast forwards.

One is Ibrahim Opoku, a Highlander currently playing in the Premier League. He is young, only nineteen years old. But he is very fast and has excellent physical fitness. He is like a black missile, and the muscles on his body contain terrifying energy.

Another equally young, 22-year-old Emmanuel Akwa is also a forward. Although not as fast as Opoku, he is still very fast and his skills at his feet are more delicate. He is currently playing the main role in Monaco City, a strong team in Ligue 1. He scored a total of 15 goals in Ligue 1 last season. He can play as a winger or center. He is a "hot commodity" that the whole of Europe is paying attention to. In this summer, Monaco City is very likely to be unable to retain him. His destination will definitely be in the "four major leagues".

These two extremely fast forwards are matched with Zade Okuye, who is not slow in nature.

Nigeria has three arrows fired at once and is still very threatening in counterattack.

African players always have enviable physical fitness, which is their talent.

And they squandered this talent unscrupulously.

When the time is right, they can just rush and fight like this, which can make the opponent lose their footing. In the end, they will be rushed and lose their armor and armor, and they will be defeated.

Of course, if the timing is wrong... with the discipline of African players, it is very likely that they will be taken away by the opponent.

Just like the first two rounds of the group stage. Nigeria played Italy in the first round. They responded well and the whole team was united and managed to score 0:0.

But in the second game against Spain, probably because they saw that the Chinese team could easily defeat Spain 3:0, Nigeria took the initiative after scoring the first goal, pressed heavily, and besieged the Spanish team in the 30-meter area. Instead, the more experienced Spain used ball control to lead them around, and finally lost 1:3.

Therefore, before this game, Nigeria head coach Oladebo has been emphasizing the mentality of his players.

In the World Cup, mentality is very important, a hundred times more important than skills and tactics.