God of Green

Amid the boos from the fans, the Chinese team had to make a choice.

Originally, everyone wanted to try to attack and let the Italians counterattack, leaving a gap in the backcourt for Jiang Xiaolin to take advantage of.

But now seeing the Italians as steady as a rock, the Chinese team's plan to lure the snake out of its hole is not working at all.

The first thing the Italian team wanted to do was to defend their own penalty area and their own goal, and only when there was an excellent opportunity would they sneak attack and counterattack.

Otherwise, they would never attack.

The Chinese team did not dare to attack aggressively, and was also afraid that the Italians would counterattack, so the offensive force was too small and could not pose a threat to the Italian goal at all.

Faced with this situation, the Chinese team could only take the initiative to make changes.

In the 67th minute, the Chinese team took the lead in making substitutions. Center forward Han Peng replaced attacking midfielder Wang Yongbai, and Jiang Xiaolin retreated to play attacking midfielder.

Jiang Xiaolin's task was naturally not to organize the attack, but to strengthen long-range shots outside the penalty area.

But in fact, with Jiang Xiaolin's full dribbling ability, long pass, and short pass skills, he can also play as an organizing midfielder.

It's just that his ability to find gaps and organize attacks from the perspective of a midfielder may not be as sharp as that of a real midfielder.

But these are secondary.

Because now the Chinese team does not need Jiang Xiaolin's ability to organize attacks, but Jiang Xiaolin's ability to shoot from outside the penalty area.

In the case of the Italians defending, the Chinese team can only try this method.

After the substitution, Han Peng was at the forefront, suppressing the defensive power in the Italian penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin retreated outside the penalty area and strengthened his long-range shots outside the penalty area.

The strength brought by his full physique, superb shooting skills, and full "arc" skills all make Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shots much more threatening than ordinary players.

In the 71st minute, Jiang Xiaolin personally dribbled the ball outside the penalty area and broke through an Italian player and came to the left side of the front of the penalty area. After dodging an angle, he suddenly kicked a powerful shot.

The ball drew an arc in the air and went to the far corner.

Unfortunately, the ball slipped slightly out of the goal.

Full shooting skills do not mean that the goal frame will be hit 100%. Especially when the arc is added and the distance is relatively far.

But even so, Jiang Xiaolin's arc long shot still aroused the vigilance of the Italians, and they also strengthened their prevention against Jiang Xiaolin's long shot.

Therefore, it became increasingly difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to get long-range shooting opportunities at the front of the penalty area.

Even if there were, the distance was getting farther and farther.

In the 75th minute, Jiang Xiaolin made another powerful long shot outside the penalty area, with very good power, speed, angle and arc.

Unfortunately, the distance was too far, almost 30 meters away from the goal. The ball flew in the air for too long, giving goalkeeper Viviano too much time to save, and finally it was saved by him out of the bottom line.

Afterwards, Hao Junmin sent a corner kick, and Jiang Xiaolin was also pulled and disturbed by the opponent's defender, but he didn't even head the ball. He missed the ball and was cleared out of the penalty area by the opponent's defender.

Although Jiang Xiaolin protested to the referee that the opponent pulled him, he was ignored by the referee.

It is common to pull each other when competing for corner kicks in the penalty area, and the referee doesn't care so much!

Unless he was pulled down directly before heading the ball.

The game continued.

Although Jiang Xiaolin had more opportunities for long shots after retreating outside the penalty area, he was farther away from the goal. Under the deliberate precautions of the Italians, the threat was not great.

Even if there was an occasional close-range shot of about 20 meters, it failed to form a goal because of the excellent performance of goalkeeper Viviano.

As time went on, Yin Tieshen on the sidelines looked more and more serious, and the Chinese fans in the stands became more and more anxious, but it did not help the situation on the field.

Italy is indeed a team that relies on defense.

Although Jiang Xiaolin has few breakthrough skills, he can often break through one or two people with his speed and body, as well as his full dribbling skills, fried meatballs, etc.

But the problem is that the Italians' defense is too good.

Not to mention New Zealand and Belgium, even the Brazilians can't be compared with Italy.

This makes Jiang Xiaolin very uncomfortable.

Of course, the main reason is that his teammates are not very strong. Even if Jiang Xiaolin's on-the-spot state is increased to 100%, it still can't help Jiang Xiaolin.

It's really a lack of personal ability!

Jiang Xiaolin has full speed, running, grabbing points, etc., and he can occasionally rush into the penalty area to find a gap.

If the Chinese team has a pass organization master like Ronaldinho or Xavi, I'm afraid they would have sent a wonderful pass to Jiang Xiaolin to assist him in scoring.

But unfortunately, the Chinese team doesn't have it.

Zheng Zhi, Hao Junmin, etc.These players are considered good in China, but they still lack some spirituality in a world competition like the Olympics.

Even if Jiang Xiaolin increases the on-the-spot status to 100%, it is useless.

Moreover, Zheng Zhi’s main job is not to organize the attack, but to defend and avoid being attacked by the opponent.

Jiang Xiaolin can only rely on his own strength to fight alone.

Seeing that the time for the end of the game was getting closer and closer, after Jiang Xiaolin's long shot was saved by the goalkeeper and cleared by the defender, wing forward Hao Junmin walked up to Jiang Xiaolin and said to him:

"Xiaolin, I think you can switch positions with Cui Peng, break through from the wing to the position flush with the penalty area line, then dribble the ball horizontally, and shoot from the far corner near the penalty area after getting out of the gap. With your skills, it is easy to successfully break through on the wing, and then dribble the ball horizontally to get a chance to shoot."

Jiang Xiaolin has always played as a center forward. Even if he occasionally retreats, he switches positions with the attacking midfielder Wang Yongbo to strengthen long shots. He rarely plays as a winger. He is not familiar with this tactic and has never thought about it before.

In his previous opinion, wingers usually break through the wing and then pass the ball to the center forward.

But after being reminded by Hao Junmin, Jiang Xiaolin remembered a player from the La Liga giants Real Madrid.

In the Real Madrid team, there is a Dutch winger named Robben. Although he suffers from injuries and does not score many goals, Robben has a unique skill that is the focus of current football discussions: breaking through the wing and cutting in to shoot.

Traditional wingers or wing forwards all cross from the wing, with left-footed players playing on the left and right-footed players playing on the right.

But Robben is not.

Robben is a left-footed player, but he plays as a right winger.

The purpose is not to let him break through from the right side and use his right foot to cross the ball awkwardly, but to cut in after breaking through the wing and shoot with his left foot near the corner of the penalty area.

All of them are far-field shots.

One advantage of this style of play is that the opponent's wing defense is relatively weak, and generally only one or two interceptions will be encountered when reaching the penalty area.

With Robben's speed and skills, he can break through successfully most of the time.

Then cut in when he is about 20 meters close to the baseline and dribble horizontally to the corner of the penalty area.

At this time, although there are many defensive players in the penalty area, he does not need to break through the opponent. As long as he controls the ball under his feet and shakes the shooting gap by changing the rhythm, he can shoot.

This trick has brought Robben many goals, and it has been tried and tested.

Even if the opponent knows his routine, he is still unable to defend.

This is a typical example of a new trick that can be used everywhere.

Just because Robben's speed and left-foot shooting skills are superb, he can use this trick all the time.

It's a pity that Robben himself is not in good health. He is a glass man and always gets injured. Otherwise, his achievements would be much higher.

But Jiang Xiaolin does not have this problem.

Not to mention that Jiang Xiaolin himself has a full physique of 20 points, just the 3 bottles of healing potions in the package make him not afraid of colliding with the opponent during the breakthrough.

What's more, Jiang Xiaolin's full speed, shooting skills, and arc technology are even better than Robben.

If Jiang Xiaolin learns this move of Robben, he will be even more aggressive than Robben.

When Jiang Xiaolin thought of Robben's signature move, he was ecstatic.

After thanking Hao Junmin for his reminder, Jiang Xiaolin began to frequently switch positions with the two wingers and attack from the wing.

Of course, the person who switched positions with him was mainly left winger Cui Peng.

His purpose was not to pass the ball to the center forward Han Peng to shoot, but to cut in and shoot after breaking through the wing.

Occasionally, when he switched positions with Hao Junmin, Jiang Xiaolin passed the ball to Han Peng.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's breakthrough techniques were few in number, they were of high quality.

Whether it was speed or deep-fried meatballs, the success rate of passing was quite impressive in one-on-one situations.

In the middle, facing the opponent's heavy defense, Jiang Xiaolin still had some difficulty in moving forward. But on the wing, it was somewhat tried and tested.

Because the defensive strength of the wing is usually very weak, generally only the wing forward and the full-back take turns to defend, and there will be no situation where two or three people rush to rob.

This is also the reason why many teams focus on attacking the wing, because this is an inevitable problem caused by the position of the goal and the space: the defensive strength of the wing is definitely weaker than that of the center.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin, who frequently switched to the wing, suddenly felt a sense of freedom again.

Although the Italians still hoarded heavy troops in the backcourt defense, after all, the defensive strength of the wing is not as strong as that of the center.

Jiang Xiaolin often breaks through the defense of the wing forward or full-back on the wing through speed or fried meatballs, and then passes the ball from the bottom or himself.He cut inside and shot.

In the 78th minute, Jiang Xiaolin and Hao Junmin changed positions and broke through two Italian players on the wing and made a cross. Center forward Han Peng grabbed the first point in the middle and headed the ball.

This ball almost resulted in a goal.

In the end, he was a little unlucky. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back to the ground before being pressed under the goalkeeper Viviano.

Han Peng almost scored a goal.

Just 2 minutes later, Jiang Xiaolin suddenly changed positions to the left. After receiving a pass from his teammate in the backcourt, he played a wall match with Cui Peng, passing the opponent's winger Nocerino with two passes, and then stopped moving forward about 20 meters near the baseline while the full-back De Celi retreated and defended, but changed to dribbling horizontally.

De Celi quickly changed his position and tried to block Jiang Xiaolin's horizontal dribbling route.

But how could he stop it?

Because the defensive player will face defense in three directions when cutting in from the wing.

One is the offensive player dribbling horizontally, the other is driving straight into the penalty area towards the goal, and the last is breaking through towards the bottom line.

Therefore, the defensive players will appear very passive at this time.

This is the current situation.

Although Jiang Xiaolin has made a horizontal dribbling action, De Celi did not dare to devote himself to the defense to prevent Jiang Xiaolin from moving horizontally: Who knows if Jiang Xiaolin will suddenly dribble the ball to the bottom line?

The result is that in such a dilemma, Jiang Xiaolin successfully brought the ball to the area outside the corner of the penalty area, and then used the change of rhythm to dodge an opening and shoot.

The ball flew into the air, passed in front of the toes of De Celi who flew to intercept, drew an arc in the air, crossed the penalty area, and went to the far upper corner of the goal.

Unfortunately, the goalkeeper Viviano reacted quickly. He saw Jiang Xiaolin's idea before he shot, and moved one step to the far end in advance.

Then, after seeing Jiang Xiaolin kick the ball out, he accelerated his pace backwards, and finally jumped up before the ball entered the net, poking the ball out of the crossbar with his fingertips.

Viviano completed a world-class wonderful save, winning applause from countless Italian fans in the stands.

On the Chinese team side, the fans sighed.

Before Viviano saved the ball, everyone thought the ball was in!

Unexpectedly, Viviano played so well that he actually saved Jiang Xiaolin's arc shot that went straight to the dead corner. It was really surprising.

Then Hao Junmin took a corner kick, and Jiang Xiaolin grabbed the first point in the penalty area and headed the ball.

However, the Italian defender was indeed too experienced, and he interfered with Jiang Xiaolin when he couldn't get the first point, so that he didn't head the ball well, and finally flew directly out of the crossbar.

However, although this wave of attack still failed to score a goal, it made the Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV more excited.

Because everyone saw that when Jiang Xiaolin began to frequently switch positions with the two wingers, Jiang Xiaolin's threat suddenly increased a lot, and the Chinese team's attack became more threatening.

In just a few minutes, Jiang Xiaolin made a cross from the bottom, Han Peng headed the ball, Jiang Xiaolin cut in from the side and shot from the corner.

These few minutes can be said to have embarrassed Italy, a world-class team known for its defense.

If it weren't for the help of the crossbar and the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Viviano, I'm afraid the Chinese team would have reversed the score.

However, even so, even if the Chinese team has not scored the second goal, Jiang Xiaolin's change in play still brought considerable pressure to the Italians.

The Italian coach, who was originally somewhat confident of winning, frowned on the sidelines, but could do nothing.

Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness and personal strength are so strong that when he expands his range of activities to cover the entire front court, no one can stop him.

If you defend him from long shots in the middle, he will switch to the side to make a cross or cut in to shoot.

If you defend him from the side, he may return to the middle to make a long shot.

If you press forward to defend his threat outside the penalty area, he may rush into the penalty area, closer to the goal, and more threatening.

Facing such a Jiang Xiaolin, even the head coach of the Italian team, who is famous for his defense, seems a little sad and helpless.