Fox in the Penalty Area

No. 1 “Weakness”

Nigeria head coach Ebubelia Oladebo discovered that the Chinese team actually made personnel adjustments to the central defender during the halftime break.

Replaced with a very young central defender.

The information states that the Chinese team's No. 5 central defender is only twenty years old.

In fact, even if Oladebo didn't look at the information, he could guess how young the central defender was just by looking at his immature face...

Generally speaking, center backs need experience, so they should not be too young unless they are really talented.

But is the Chinese team’s fifth central defender a genius?

When Oradebo was studying the Chinese team's roster before, he knew that the Chinese team's young defender named "Qin Qi" played in Germany and played for the Bundesliga team Frankfurt White Hart. But he did not play even one minute on behalf of the White Hart first team.

This is obviously not the performance that a talented player should have.

If he is really a great talent, he should be the main player in the White Hart first team.

After all, Frankfurt and White Hart are not a strong Bundesliga team.

Oladebo quickly walked to the sidelines and gave instructions to the players on the court. He pointed at Qin Qi, who had just ran onto the court, and asked the players to use the Chinese team's No. 5 as a breakthrough point to attack in his direction.

His move attracted attention from the Chinese team's coaching bench.

Kiri Sequeros, assistant coach of the Chinese team, told head coach Dillon: "Nigeria will focus on attacking Xiaoqi's side."

Dillon said: "Normally, unless Oladebo is out of his mind... But this is also a good thing for us. It is better to let Nigeria only focus on one direction than not knowing where they will start. "

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After the start of the second half, Nigeria indeed put the main direction of its attack on the side guarded by Qin Qi, on the right side of the Chinese team and on the left side of Nigeria.

They made no secret of their intention, which was to take advantage of Qin Qi as a loophole in the Chinese team's defense.

This made Chinese fans who were already worried about Qin Qi's appearance even more worried.

At the same time, some fans commented online:

"Dillon is such a stupid move! Liu Yan played well, why did he replace him? They said Liu Yan was slow and couldn't deal with Nigeria's forwards... But in fact, he didn't concede any goals in the first half. The Chinese team is 2:0!"

"That's right! The sudden adjustment of the defense line is equivalent to suddenly removing a building block from the original stable and balanced defense line.

If the original balance is broken, accidents may be more likely to occur! "

"It feels like Dillon is floating. Do you think that with a two-goal lead, you can replace some young players with some training? But the problem is that this game is a life and death battle for Nigeria! The two-goal lead is actually It’s not as big as expected…”

"If Qin Qi is blasted by Nigeria, how will he adjust? It's impossible to replace Mao Junzheng, right? Wouldn't that be slower?"

Just as the fans were worried, Qin Qi was indeed under great pressure on the court.

Unlike Liu Yan in the first half, Qin Qi had to face more than just Nigeria’s left winger Ibrahim Opoku in his defensive zone.

Their right winger Emmanuel Akwa will often make substitutions with Opoku, switching here and using different styles of speed to attack Qin Qi.

Opoku is simply fast, unreasonably fast.

Akua, on the other hand, is fast but also subtle - because he has better foot skills, he will first use his delicate foot skills to get out of the space, and then suddenly accelerate to throw away the defender.

The strategies for dealing with these two men are completely different.

Defending Opoku, if you hesitate to start, you will be thrown away in an instant.

To defend Akua, if you make a move too early, you may be shaken away by the opponent's fake move...

In short, for a young central defender who is only 20 years old, this can be said to be a hellish start.

"Opoku...accelerate directly! It's so fast!"

With the cheers of the Nigerian fans and the screams of the Chinese fans in the stands, Opoku started on the wing and tilted the football into the penalty area, about to enter the penalty area.

Qin Qi quickly turned around and chased after him, while reaching out to grab the opponent's arm or jersey.

He was indeed faster than Liu Yan, so luckily he wasn't thrown away by Opoku as soon as he started...

But he was also stuck halfway.

Seeing that the opponent is about to dribble the ball into the penalty area.

Qin Qiyi gritted his teeth and shoveled it down!

Fortunately, he tackled the ball first this time!

The football was shoveled directly out of the bottom line by him.

Opoku then lost his balance and fell to the ground.

He yelled, trying to get the referee's attention and give Nigeria a free kick on the edge of the penalty area.

However, the referee pointed to the corner flag area and signaled Nigeria to take a corner kick.

"Xiao Qi, good job!"

Wang Guangwei shouted to Qin Qi who stood up and gave him a thumbs up.

Facing Wang Guangwei's praise, Qin Qi did not show a smile on his face, but remained straight-faced and showed no reaction.

At this moment, his heart was beating violently.

He was afraid of the tackle he just made - if he had been later, he would have hit the opponent's foot.

Then maybe he will get a red card just after he comes on the field.

I almost became... a national sinner!

"Okay, Xiaoqi! Come on!"

Wang Yuan in the stands had no idea what her son was going through at this moment. She only knew that her son had just made a wonderful defense.

So she excitedly cheered him on in the stands.

Unlike his wife, Qin Lin, who was sitting on the coaching bench of the Chinese team, looked at his son's tense face, and he also straightened his face.

In his opinion, this was not a normal behavior.

Next to him, Yu Jintao was cheering for Qin Qi's defense. He turned around and saw Qin Lin also had a straight face, so he teased: "Hey, you two, father and son, are really carved from the same mold! Even your expressions are exactly the same!"

Qin Lin glanced at him without explaining.

It is indeed difficult to express the worries in his heart clearly to others.

You might even be considered "hypocritical" by others.

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Although Qin Qi prevented an attack, Nigeria did not change its offensive position because of this.

Head coach Oladebo stood on the sidelines, waving his arms to signal his players to continue attacking from that side.

Soon Nigeria made a comeback, this time with Akuwa.

Akua is not slow, but his foot skills are better than Opoku's.

Facing the defense of Qin Qi and Cui Zexu, he did not rely on speed to break through immediately.

Instead, he first stepped on the bicycle, and then suddenly used the outside instep of his right foot to move the football sideways to the middle, as if he was going to cut inside.

Cui Zexu took the lead in shifting his center of gravity and took a step back, which created a gap in the blockade formed by him and Qin Qi.

Akua dunked the football back with his right foot, and then challenged Qin Qi.

Facing Qin Qi, he shook his upper body as if he was trying to force his way between Qin Qi and Cui Zexu.

Qin Qi moved closer to Cui Zexu, trying to fill the gap between his teammates.

But in doing so, he gives up space to the baseline.

Akwa was actually targeting this side.

He used his right foot to push the football toward the baseline and accelerate the breakthrough!

Qin Qi immediately turned around and chased after him.

But he had been thrown away by Akua by almost half a body.

Seeing that the opponent was about to enter the penalty area, Qin Qi was a little anxious. He reached out to Akua's shoulder.

Didn't touch it the first time.

When he touched Akua's shoulder again, the latter had already rushed into the penalty area.

Qin Qi used a little force on his hands to push Akua's shoulders back, and at the same time, he used the force of his body to speed up and overtake him, preparing to get close to his opponent again.

But just as he stretched out his hand to pull back, Akuwa seemed to be grabbed by a huge force during a high-speed sprint. His whole body leaned back and was frozen in place.

After standing stiff for about a second, his body fell backwards!

And the uncontrolled football rolled out of the bottom line...

"Eh?" He Feng was stunned for a moment, a little afraid to say anything.

Is this a foul?

Is Qin Qi's hand so powerful?

Is it a flop?

Is it actually a fake fall?

On the other hand, the fans at the scene booed loudly.

Whether it is Chinese fans or Nigerian fans, they are expressing their dissatisfaction with boos.

Chinese fans believed that Nigerian forward Akuwa dived.

Nigerian fans thought Qin Qi committed a foul.

Amid the storm of boos, the referee's whistle was almost inaudible.

But his gestures can be seen clearly by everyone!

I saw him waving his hand towards the penalty spot!

"Penalty kick!!" the commentator of the Nigerian TV station shouted excitedly. "The Chinese team's young center back Qin Qi fouled Akuwa! This is a penalty kick without a doubt! His hand did grab Akuwa. Watt’s shoulders, and there is a backward force movement!”

He Feng questioned in an unbelievable tone: "Is this a penalty kick? Qin Qi's action didn't make Akua fall down so obviously, right? And judging from Akua's actions, he even I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered that I should have fallen down... Isn't this too fake?!"

Qin Qi stood there, turned to follow the referee, and looked at the penalty spot in the penalty area.

Before his brain could react, he still kept raising his hands.

This action was to show everyone that he had no movement with his hands just now, but now it looks more like...raising his hands in surrender.