Fox in the Penalty Area

Russia's midfielder Nikola Lucas had the ball wide when their right-back Peter Vlasov sped forward.

Chen Xingyi, who was originally defending Lucas with Xia Xiaoyu, saw Vlasov speeding up, and realized that the opponent might seek cooperation.

He quickly moved over there.

At the same time, Lukes knocked the football into the space behind him with his heel, and passed it just in front of Vlasov who went forward.

Chen Xingyi shoveled towards the football, trying to break it out of the touchline.

But Vlasov was the first to poke the football out with his toes!

Chen Xingyi shoveled empty!

Immediately afterwards, Vlasov jumped up and leaped past Chen Xingyi.

"careful!"

Vlasov, who caught up with the football, did not continue to bottom, but passed the football horizontally to the middle.

Center forward Ivan Romanov didn't wait in front of the goal for his teammates to pass him, he pulled out of the penalty area to receive the ball.

Wang Guangwei then pushes out to prevent the opponent from handling the ball calmly without defense.

He put his hands in front of him and pushed Romanov hard.

But the latter leaned back, motionless like a mountain.

Just as the two were wrestling, Jiang Wanqing came over to take the opportunity to steal the ball.

However, Romanov suddenly used his left foot to turn the football to the left side of his body, then quickly turned around, first blocked Jiang Wanqing with his strong body, and then directly swung his right foot...a vigorous volley!

The football roared past Wang Guangwei and flew towards the goal of the Chinese team!

Goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan lunged sideways, with both fists together, hitting the football!

After a loud bang, the football flew high... the touchline!

"Lin Zhiyuan made a wonderful save! Romanov's shot was so powerful that he didn't dare to catch it hard, so he could only punch it out... Even so, the football flew directly out of the baseline, which shows that his shot How powerful is the shot!"

Lin Zhiyuan, who got up from the ground, spread his hands to Romanov,

The expression on his face was understatement.

But when he put down his hands, he could still feel the pain in the knuckles of his hands—that save just now, he definitely didn't want to be as relaxed as he showed.

As we all know, "Terrible Ivan" has two major killing moves: one is header, and the other is long shot.

Not to mention the header, regarding his long-range shots, he once had a "record" of directly hitting the head of a defensive player on the court, causing the opponent to fall into a coma. This shows how terrifying his shooting power is.

Relying on these two killer moves, the Russian football hero led the hosts to the quarter-finals in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In the European Cup in 2020, it helped Russia reach the semi-finals, which is the best result of Russian football in intercontinental competitions in the past 30 years.

At his peak, Romanov was almost unbeatable in the penalty area, and he could carry the opponent's central defender to complete the goal.

In the game, he also had a "famous scene" in which a central defender fouled him, but he was knocked to the ground instead.

Ivan Romanov, who the Chinese team is facing now, is actually already past his peak period. As he grows older, his body is also overwhelmed. It's no longer the main force.

But even so, it still made the entire Chinese team feel the terrifying pressure.

In fact, if this Russian team was the one that reached the semi-finals of the European Cup six years ago, then the Chinese team would have no power to fight back, and there would be no suspense of losing...

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This time for a throw-in, the Russian player chose to throw the throw-in directly into the penalty area, taking the throw-in as a corner kick.

The person I was looking for was still... Ivan Romanov!

This time Wang Guangwei took advantage of Yao Huasheng's opportunity to entangle Romanov and went around to attack, pushing the football out first.

"Good job, Wang Guangwei! As a defensive player directly facing Romanov in this game, he let Romanov miss a goal in the first half. He is 1.86 meters tall and Romanov is 1.97 meters tall. In comparison, he is eleven centimeters shorter, but with his excellent bounce and more flexible figure, he made up the gap between himself and Romanov!"

Wang Guangwei's parents couldn't laugh when they heard the commentator He Feng praise their son so much in front of the TV.

While my father was staring nervously at the game on the TV screen, my mother was slumped on the sofa and had just let out a sigh of relief.

For them, watching their son's game is not enjoyment at all, but suffering.

Although the objective conditions are there, even if the opponent scores a goal, there is no need to worry about fans from all over the country scolding their son.

But this does not mean that they are willing to accept the result of conceding the ball.

Especially now that the Chinese team is leading, if their son can prevent Romanov from scoring, wouldn't he be a great contributor to the Chinese team's victory?

After having this thought, the couple became very nervous watching the game.

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After the Chinese team defended the attack, they tried to play a quick counterattack.

However, Chen Xingyi, who was receiving the ball from the wing, forcibly overtook the Russian right back Vlasov with his speed, but was caught by the opponent. He did not increase his speed and lost the ball instead.

Hu Lai and Zhang Qinghuan, who were just about to press up, had to retreat quickly to participate in the defense.

"Oh...the Chinese team is a bit anxious to counterattack this time! Chen Xingyi's breakthrough is actually not a very good opportunity. He can take control of the ball and wait for his teammates to come up to meet him..."

Fortunately, after losing the ball, Chen Xingyi actively chased back and entangled the opponent. In the end, he broke the football out of the sideline and prevented Russia from counterattacking.

After getting up, Chen Xingyi gestured to his teammates to apologize.

He also knew that he was in a hurry, but he didn't think about it that much at the time. He just wanted to quickly hit the football to the front of the opponent's penalty area and try to keep the football away from the Chinese team's penalty area.

Besides, didn't Director Shi say that he wanted to grab the start?

Of course, it is necessary to speed up as much as possible.

He just didn't expect that the opponent's right back had already guessed his intentions, and was in the most suitable position, waiting for him to hit him head-on...

Shi Wuyin on the sidelines frowned even tighter.

He found that the Russian players were not panicked, and they seemed more calm when facing the Chinese team.

It was completely different from the performance after conceding the ball in the first half.

So he glanced at the Russian coach bench next door.

Obviously, Mashaninov knows that the basis of the Chinese team's style of play is physical fitness, and knows that the Chinese team's physical fitness will have problems.

He glanced at the game time, the fifty-fourth minute of the game.

Ten minutes into the second half.

Wait, wait, wait...

Shi Wuyin muttered in his heart.

It's too early to change people now, wait a little longer, maybe we can still gain something?

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The Chinese team soon got another chance to attack. Xia Xiaoyu passed the football to Zhang Qinghuan, and Brother Huan organized the attack.

Almost at the same time Zhang Qinghuan received the ball, the Russian midfielder Ervin Botaka stuck up, trying to break his ball.

Zhang Qinghuan's upper body faltered, making a gesture to turn from the left, but suddenly turned to the right.

"Pretty!"

Before He Feng could finish his cheers, he saw Botaka, who was about to be passed, move laterally and bump into him.

Zhang Qinghuan, who was turning around, was staggered and lost his balance.

But even with his hands on the ground and trying to maintain his center of gravity, Zhang Qinghuan still hooked the football back under his feet, preventing Botaka from snatching it away.

However, the opponent's defense like this also made him lose the opportunity to move forward.

He could only turn around to protect the football again, and at the same time spread his arms to block Botaka, the first black international player in the history of Russian football.

"Brother Huan!"

Zhang Qinghuan, who was entangled with Hei Youjian, heard Xia Xiaoyu's voice and passed the football back.

Xia Xiaoyu faced the attacking direction, as if he could launch an attack directly.

But when he raised his foot to kick the football, he heard Jiang Wanqing shouting from the side: "Someone is here!"

He changed his mind temporarily, kicked the football with his right foot and missed the football, but pulled the football back, knocked it behind him, and then turned around.

Passed by Lucas who rushed up from behind!

"Xia Xiaoyu! Smart!"

Although he avoided Lukes' press, he turned his back to the attacking direction.

The Russian players all returned to their positions.

Zhang Qinghuan also ran back to meet Xia Xiaoyu.

Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, who had already made preparations for the sprint on the two flanks, could only retreat.

The Chinese team's attempt to use speed to advance the attack to the Russian 30-meter zone failed.

This stems from the Russian players pressing the Chinese players with the ball in the midfield.

"The Russian team has strengthened the press in the midfield, which has brought difficulties for the Chinese team to play..." Yan Kang saw it. "The Chinese midfielder relies on Xia Xiaoyu and Zhang Qinghuan to organize the offense. They focus on defense against the two, especially Zhang Qinghuan who is further forward, forcing him to not take the ball calmly. And this was not the case in the first half..."

"That's right." He Feng continued. "In fact, Zhang Qinghuan was able to protect the football under such pressure and did not concede the ball. His performance is already excellent. I think the Russian coach Mashaninov must have made a targeted move during Hu's intermission. Adjustment……"

Shi Wuyin turned his head and glanced at the coaching bench of the Russian team. Their head coach was sitting on the coaching bench with a pen in his hand and a small notebook on his lap. order something.

This is the head coach who led the Russian national team to the quarter-finals of the World Cup and the semi-finals of the European Cup...

It has been exactly ten years since he took office in 2016.

Head coaches who can coach the national team for ten years are really rare, and they can't do without two brushes.

He knows that the physical fitness of the Chinese team is the most important thing, so he asked the players to strengthen this kind of pressing, forcing the Chinese team players to physically confront the Russian players, and accelerating physical energy consumption.

He wants the Chinese team's physical collapse to come sooner!

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PS, the second update is here, the next update will be at noon~