Fox in the Penalty Area

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Ten minutes after the start of the game, head coach Shi Wuzhen frowned and exclaimed.

Li Zhifei, the assistant coach next to him, also noticed it: "Nigeria's defense against Hu Lai is beyond imagination..."

Before the game, Shi Wuyin and his coaching team believed that Nigeria would definitely look down on the Olympic team. It is normal for them not to take the Olympic team seriously. After all, there is a big gap in strength between the two sides.

Even if Nigeria's head coach Kane Roger, the British, warned his players not to underestimate the enemy, but how many African players can really take the head coach's words to heart?

It is not uncommon for African players to have poor tactical discipline.

But now the Nigerian Olympic team players who appeared in front of Shi Wuyin didn't seem to be proud of the enemy.

Especially their defense against Hu Lai is almost inseparable - no matter how Hu Lai runs, someone will appear by his side in time, press him fiercely, use their physical advantages to rush him, interfere with him, Don't let him get comfortable with the ball.

This level of defense was indeed something that Shi Wuyin's coaching team did not expect before the game.

Relying on their inherent impressions, they made a judgment that their opponents would definitely underestimate the enemy, which highlighted their lack of experience and ability in this area.

"We made a mistake, Xiao Shi..." Lao Li gritted his teeth.

Shi Wuzhen did not respond to him, but looked at the court with a solemn expression.

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Although Hu Lai raised his hand to ask for the ball at the front of the penalty area, Guo Junfu still did not pass the football to him, but passed it to Luo Kai on the right.

Hou Lai turned around and ran into the penalty area, still followed by a Nigerian player.

Luo Kai first made a gesture to cross, then dribbled horizontally, and then took a long shot with his left foot.

The football was over the crossbar, and the Chinese Olympic team's attack came to an end.

Hu Lai was not able to get any chances.

It's not that Luo Kai deliberately didn't pass the ball to him, but that he really doesn't have a good chance here.

He neither ran into space nor got rid of the defense. Even if Luo Kai passed the ball to him, he would not be able to hold the ball in all likelihood.

A situation like this happened in the last attack of the Chinese team. At that time, Chen Xingyi still passed the football to Hu Lai.

Hu Lai received the ball, but under the close pressing of the Nigerian defender behind him, he couldn't even turn his body, let alone shoot. He was able to protect the ball under the close pressing of the opposing defender, which is far beyond a lot unexpected.

In the end, Hu Lai could only pass the football back.

So it's normal that Luo Kai didn't pass the ball to him. It's better to use him to advance into the penalty area and open up the opportunity of Nigeria's forward defense in the penalty area to try to take a long shot.

Of course, the quality of Luo Kai's long-range shot is really not high...

Seeing Luo Kai's masculine shot, Hu Lai shook his head, and then said in English to Nigeria's No. 4 central defender Kennedy Omero next to him: "Brother, why are you staring at me? Don't say I didn't Remind you... Did you see that our No. 9 took advantage of the time you followed me to retreat to complete the shot, and he is our most threatening player!"

Homero was a little surprised when he saw Hu Lai talking to him. His eyes widened, almost protruding: "You can speak English?"

"How fresh, we have been learning English since elementary school... The point is not this, the point is that it is useless for you to follow me. The most threatening guy in our team is the guy who just shot."

Homero grinned, shook his head and said, "Don't try to lie to me, I know you are the number one threat to our team. The coach specially showed me the video of you scoring five goals in nine minutes."

Hearing what the other party said, Hu Lai was dumbfounded...

He really did not expect that the scene of showing off his prowess in the U23 Asian Cup at the beginning of the year would spread to far away Nigeria, and he did not expect that the highlight moment of his career was five goals in nine minutes.

It turned out to be the shackles that bind him in the Olympic Games now.

While preparing for the match, Kane Rogers, the head coach of the Nigerian Olympic team, showed his team a video of Hu Lai's five goals in nine minutes, and then pointed at the man who kept running to celebrate. The players said: "Keep in mind this face, he will be your biggest threat in this game! Mark him dead, don't give him any space to catch the ball and shoot! Fouls are okay, as long as it is not in our It's fine in the restricted area!"

And Kennedy Homero is obviously an obedient player. He firmly remembers Hou Lai's face and his performance of scoring five goals in nine minutes.

When the head coach Kane Rodger released the video, there were gasps and exclamations in the room.

The Nigerian players were stunned, never expecting that someone could score five goals in nine minutes.

And the head coach also specifically emphasized to them that this game is the Asian qualifier for the Olympic Games, not just a friendly match for casual play.

In order to deepen the players' correct understanding of the difficulty of Hu Lai's miracle performance.

Doesn't a player who can score five goals in nine minutes in a game like this deserve to be taken seriously?

Thus, Hu Lai was put on Nigeria's "VIP list" and became a person to be taken care of.

Through this period of competition, Hu Lai also knew that the opponent was not cheating on him.

He was indeed closely marked by the opponent.

And this is only due to his superb performance in the qualifiers...

Careless!

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"The game has been going on for a while, and Hu Lai has not even had a chance to shoot until now. He was defended by Nigeria very badly..." The voice of He Feng, who was explaining the game at the commentary booth, was transmitted to the TV through satellite signals In front of Xie Lan, she was slightly distorted.

"Nigeria players are too physically strong, and Hu Lai suffers a lot from physical confrontation..." Yan Kang, who was also at the scene, said.

Xie Lan frowned when he heard the words of these two people: "What did those black children eat to grow up? Didn't they say that Africa has been starving for years and can't get enough to eat?"

"You are such a mess... They are professional players anyway, how could they not have enough to eat? Moreover, these Nigerian Olympic team players basically play and live in European clubs. How can the living conditions be poor? "Hu Lixin has done his homework to some extent. It is not like his wife turned on the TV and started watching the game. Before the game, he also studied the information of Nigerian players. Although he is still an E-level certificate, he has now followed the coach The standards demanded themselves.

Xie Lan was not reconciled, and quickly found his blind spot: "Are they really twenty-three-year-old young people? Will there be any age changes? Change the older ones to the younger ones. Look at this man, like an old man Same……"

She pointed to the Nigerian No. 4 centre-back Kennedy Homero, who was defending Houlai, and asked her husband.

"Black people look old... Although the household registration management in Africa is chaotic, age is indeed a difficult thing to say, but it is not so exaggerated. Everyone changes their age..."

Seeing that she had raised two questions in a row and her husband had solved them, Xie Lan was annoyed: "Which side are you on?"

Hu Lixin:? ? ?

But he also knew that his wife was a little restless because her son didn't perform very well.

So he didn't know much about his wife, and just continued to concentrate on watching the game.

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Nigeria did not underestimate the Olympic team as Shi Wuyin imagined.

For example, their defense against Hu Lai is very good.

After containing the most threatening person in the Olympic team's offense, they launched a fierce offensive towards the Olympic team's goal.

Although the Olympic team's defense is very tenacious.

But still in the 31st minute, it was announced that the goal had fallen.

"Okuye...dangerous!"

Accompanied by He Feng's exclamation, Zade Okuye, the striker of the Nigerian Olympic team, forced his way into the penalty area with his speed, and took a shot before Wang Guangwei came up to block him!

Goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan fell to the ground to make a save, and touched the football with his hand, but the shot was powerful and heavy. Lin Zhiyuan only touched the football, but did not change the direction of the football's flight.

The ball eventually went into the net...

"Oh! I still lost the ball! After Nigeria's offensive started during this period, the Olympic team's defense line has always been very dangerous, and in the end they still failed to defend..."

After losing the ball, Lin Zhiyuan looked back and saw the football in the goal, and angrily beat the turf hard.

The black striker's shooting power is too great. It seems that the movement is not large, but the kicked football is like a cannonball, and it bursts through his fingers and flies into the goal...

"Oh!" Xie Lan sighed, and slowly fell back on the sofa.

Hu Lixin, who was sitting next to her, maintained his previous posture, with his hands crossed over his chest, sitting upright on the sofa cushion, motionless.

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"Ugh!"

There was a burst of sighs in the hotel conference room.

It was sent by the women's football players who watched the game together.

Although knowing that the strength of the two sides is very different, it is inevitable to lose the ball, but when the Olympic team really lost the ball, the women's football girls still feel sorry for the Olympic team.

"It would be great if we could last until the end of the first half. We can make some adjustments during the intermission and keep a draw... But now we have lost the ball, alas!"

"It's hard to defend. The Olympic team's offense has not improved. In the last ten minutes, they have basically been beaten by their opponents. It will be a matter of time before they lose the ball..."

"Normal mind, normal mind, lose less and win."

"That's right, it took them half an hour to concede the ball. Their performance is already very good. After all, this is their first Olympic game!"

The kind-hearted female football players have already begun to find reasons and excuses for the failure of the Olympic team. They seem to worry that after losing the game, the public opinion will be full of all kinds of cynicism and abuse.

Li Qingqing didn't say anything, Xu Wen next to her touched her: "Qingqing, what do you think?"

"Me?" Li Qingqing didn't expect the other party to ask herself, she froze for a moment and then shook her head, "I have no opinion, the game is not over yet."

"Yes, yes, the game is not over yet. But Hu Lai's game has been completely frozen, how can he still score?"

"I don't know." Li Qingqing shook her head.

"Aren't you worried?" Xu Wen continued to ask. Ever since she knew that Li Qingqing and Hu Lai had known each other for a long time, she was very concerned about their relationship.

"Don't worry, and don't worry."

"Wow, ruthless!"

Li Qingqing gave her a white look: "What does this have to do with Ruqing? Worrying here, can he score goals?"

"Uh...that's true."

"Looking at the game, don't worry about what's available." Li Qingqing raised her hand and patted Xu Wen lightly.

Xu Wen shrank her neck and followed Li Qingqing to continue watching the game.