World Cup of Great Powers

June 12, Ulsan Munsu Football Arena.

The third Confederations Cup final, China VS France.

No matter how promoted before the game, fans believe that the world champion French team is heading towards the "Triple Crown".

The only question is, in this final, how many goals can the "serious" French team score against the Chinese team?

The French team is the same as the Chinese team.

There were no injuries or red or yellow card suspensions.

Le Maire does not have too many worries about the use of troops.

In particular, the midfield and frontcourt players are in good condition. Whether it is a pressing attack or a defensive counterattack, Pires, Lizarazu and other generals can deliver enough shells to the forwards.

So does the Chinese team have the qualifications to be upset?

Looking at the first three games of the Chinese team, it seems that there is really a slight loss.

First of all, the Chinese team has its own unique trump card in offense, and it can also score goals well when facing strong teams like France and Cameroon.

Secondly, in terms of defense, if all members of the Chinese team retreat, then the opponent really has no good way to break through the national football team's defense.

The subtlety of this lies in how Zeng Zheng wants to control the timing of his players' offense and defense.

The key to the Chinese team is whether they can give their opponents a fatal blow when they are slacking off.

"Xiao Zeng, have you heard? In the game against the American University Team, the National Youth Team beat the opponent 9 to 1 and almost broke double digits."

The World Youth Championship is about to start now.

The national youth team, led by Chen Jingang, Li Hui and others, will go directly to Argentina to compete after training in the United States.

Such a big score in the last warm-up before the game was definitely a huge boost to morale.

"Raising an army for a thousand days and using it for a while, whether it's a mule or a horse, it all depends on how capable those guys are!"

Although I am concerned about the situation of the National Youth Team.

But now that the final is coming, Zeng Zheng has no time to be distracted.

As long as this final is played well, I think the national youth players on the other side of the world will be inspired when they see it!

While chatting, the players from both sides lined up to appear.

"Beep!"

As the referee blew his whistle, the whole stadium was completely ignited.

"Today the Chinese team's forward line has made slight adjustments. Li Jinyu was unexpectedly promoted from the attacking midfielder position to the forward line and became Yang Chen's partner."

"The two attacking midfielders are Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi, and the two defensive midfielders are Li Tie and Zhang Ran."

"The back line is basically the same as before. From right to left are Sun Jihai, General Fan, Zhang Huahua and Wu Chengying."

"Standing on the last line of defense is still the national goalkeeper Ou Chuliang."

"In the semi-finals, Ou Chuliang made more than ten saves and was named the best of the match."

"It can be said that it was precisely because of the goalkeeper's heroic performance that the Chinese team reached the final."

"Today we face the world champion French team again. I hope Ou Chuliang can show his bravery like he did in the last game."

"If we win this game, then this will be the highest-level championship trophy in the history of the Chinese team."

"As for the French team, coach Le Maire has the same 4-3-3 formation as before."

"The goalkeeper is Lame from Bordeaux, and the defenders are Lizarazu, Desailly, Leboeuf and Cabron."

"The midfielders are Vieira, Djorkaeff and Pires."

"The three forwards are Anelka, Wiltord and Malay."

Just when Huang Jianxiang was about to introduce the French second team in detail, his opponent had already attacked the Chinese team's penalty area.

Instigated by Pires, the French team chose to test from the right for its first attack.

Facing the opponent who was pressing hard, Sun Jihai retreated continuously and formed a regional defense with his teammates.

Facing the opponent's passing and receiving in a small area, Sun Jihai, Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi started a "3-grab-3" game on the wing.

But the French players in blue robes are clearly superior.

Continuous running, receiving and passing made the international players exhausted.

Soon, Pires found a gap and stuffed the ball directly from the wing into the penalty area.

This through ball was extremely tricky. After it passed by Shao Jia's kick, even Sun Jihai, who was behind at the end, couldn't touch it.

At the same time, Anelka suddenly accelerated and chased the ball.

Seeing that Anelka was about to touch the ball, at the last second, the French forward slowed down because a purple figure had already entered the camera.

Before the fans could react, Ou Chuliang fell to the ground sideways and took the ball into his arms.

Anelka had no choice but to draw his knees and jump over Ou Chuliang's body.

But the next second, Ou Chuliang made another move that stunned most fans.

After avoiding Anelka, Ou Chuliang actually pushed the ball out of his arms again.

Even Sun Jihai who rushed over was confused.

Because the ball was pushed out of bounds directly in front of his eyes.

"this..."

Then, Ou Chuliang quickly got up and pointed to the white line underground.

Sun Jihai suddenly understood and quickly stepped forward to stand on the sideline to prevent the French players from taking a free kick.

"Ou Chuliang made a mistake?"

Many fans are confused.

They all caught the ball, why did they throw it out?

Then the camera takes everything and restores the situation just now.

I saw that Ou Chuliang's attack speed was too fast.

Although he hugged the ball immediately, it still slid far away on the grass.

It's about to go out of bounds.

In desperation, Ou Chuliang had no choice but to push the ball in his arms out of the sideline.

After seeing clearly what happened, the two commentators in the live broadcast room also praised it repeatedly.

"To be able to react so quickly in such a short period of time, Ou Chuliang's goalkeeping awareness can be considered world-class."

"That's right, most goalkeepers can't react to this ball at all. If not, they might have to give the opponent a handball outside the penalty area, hehe."

"Sun Jihai also reacted very well. He ran forward immediately to stop the opponent from taking a quick free kick, giving Ou Chuliang time to return to defense."

"It can be seen from this goal that many players in the Chinese team have awareness that is no worse than that of European and American stars."

After the explanation passed down by word of mouth, the fans in the stands were also refreshed.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Lei stood up directly and shouted Ou Chuliang's name.

Same as last semifinal.

The game hasn't even started yet, and the first one to appear on the Chinese team's side is still the goalkeeper.

This is not a good thing!

Zeng Zheng pinched his waist on the sidelines and loudly ordered the players to set up defenses.

In his opinion, if Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi and others had not let the ball pass just now, the opponent would not have created such a dangerous attack.

Ou Chuliang will not face the risk of handball outside the penalty area.

In a team, the goalkeeper always steals the show, which is not a winning call!

Amid the increasingly loud cheers at the scene, the Chinese team quickly intercepted the opponent's throw-in.

Then he quickly passed the ball to Zhang Xiaorui in the frontcourt through the wing and launched a counterattack.

Facing the French defense, Zhang Xiaorui was very familiar with the situation.

He did not choose to pass the ball at the first time, but slowly slowed down and approached the French team's penalty area little by little.

Yang Chen had already rushed into the opponent's penalty area and started running diagonally.

Li Jinyu was also like an old man, constantly running around behind Desailly.

Compared with Yang Chen's regular and purposeful movements, Li Jinyu seemed more like he was having fun randomly.

But it is this type of player that causes the French defense the most headaches.

In previous games, Li Jinyu has been acting as an attacking midfielder, responsible for passing and receiving tasks.

But this time he was actually assigned as a forward by Zeng Zheng.

Any fool can see that this is Zeng Zheng's method to deal with the French team.

"Is it 442 or 451?"

Li Jinyu's sweet running has kept Le Maire guessing from the beginning to now.

Obviously, when defending, Li Jinyu also assumed part of the defensive tasks;

When attacking, his position is further forward than the attacking midfielders.

What's more, Shao Jiayi is still behind him.

The young player's left foot ability is also what worries the French players.

The problem facing the French team now is.

The Chinese team is indeed an Asian team, and its overall strength is not strong.

But their "all-out" attack was just enough to break the opponent's goal;

Their "all-out" defense was just enough to prevent the opponent's attack.

If you think of a football match as a numerical game.

Well, the French team, the world champion and European Championship champion, is completely top-notch in the world in terms of offensive and defensive performance, and they are top students.

The Chinese team, on the other hand, is a team that has just passed the test and is considered an inferior student.

But the problem is that the highest value of the Chinese team's offensive power happens to exceed the lowest value of the French team's defensive end;

The highest value on the defensive end of the Chinese team is higher than the lowest value on the offensive end of the French team.

This also led to the fact that when the French team faced Asian teams like the Chinese team, it was unable to achieve the success rate it deserved, whether offensively or defensively.

In other words, when facing the Chinese team, the French must play at a higher level than usual on both offense and defense in order to defeat their opponents.

But the Chinese team is an Asian team.

Not to mention world champion.

Even second-tier European teams such as the Czech Republic, Poland, and Ireland do not look down on Asian teams.

When the actual situation is completely different from the imagination.

The combat effectiveness displayed by the French players on the court was even worse than usual!

As Zhang Xiaorui brought the ball closer to the French team's penalty area, Yang Chen continued to pass left and right.

Just when the French team defender was being tormented by Yang Chen, Zhang Xiaorui suddenly moved the ball to the right, opened a gap, and swiped the ball directly towards the French team's door.

There was no recruitment, and yet it was so decisive.

Lamei didn't even react when Zhang Xiaorui kicked off.

When the ball hit Li Jinyu's toe while traveling, Lamei tried to save it, but it was already too late.

The ball bounced into the net from the other side of Lame's center of gravity.

"Eh??? This goal was scored?"

Seeing the goal, Huang Jianxiang was also confused.

"Similar to the last match against France, the Chinese team scored first!"

"This goal came from Li Jinyu."

"It's because of the deflection of Zhang Xiaorui's shot..."

Huang Jianxiang was just halfway excited when the whistle on the court suddenly sounded.

"Eh eh eh?"

"This ball didn't count?"

"Offside!"

"It's definitely offside."

"No wonder, it turned out to be offside."

In the camera, the flag in the hands of the linesman is raised high.

Indicated that Li Jinyu was offside.

After seeing the offside call, Huang Jianxiang's emotions calmed down.

After saying "offside" several times in a row, it seemed like he was explaining to himself.

Otherwise, with his many years of experience in explaining football, he really can't understand why the Chinese team was able to score in the opening stages when they faced the French team twice.

This unscientific!

It’s also unreasonable!

If one is luck.

If this happens for two consecutive games, then either the Chinese team is too strong or the other team's coach is rubbish.

Le Maire is obviously not such a bad coach.

Now, when the offside flag is raised.

This all makes sense.

"Goal disallowed."

"The Chinese team is offside."

"The score on the field is still 0-0."

When they saw the goal being called, the first people to sigh were the Chinese fans.

Many of these fans don't even understand the offside rule.

They didn't understand why such a wonderful goal was blown away by the referee.

"We scored! Why doesn't it count?! Just because they are the French team?!"

Some fans asked loudly.

Seeing such angry Chinese fans, the local fans in South Korea couldn't help but chuckle.

Obviously, they are not here to cheer for the French team in this game, but to watch the Chinese team laugh.

Or.

They don't care how the French team plays in this game.

They only care about whether the Chinese team lost and whether there was any injustice on the field.

If a player is sent off or injured, then they are even happier.

There is no way, South Korean fans are not good enough.

Although the goal was disallowed, Li Jinyu was very optimistic.

After celebrating halfway, I found out that the ball didn't count.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He stopped and shook his head, then waved to the fans in the stands, and then returned to the field gracefully.

On the other hand, look at the French players.

They looked scared.

In fact, they had no reaction when Li Jinyu scored.

Some people even think that the Chinese team scored against them at the beginning of the last game, and it is normal for the Chinese team to score now.

At worst, they can just get the score back later.

So I didn’t feel much.

Then the linesman raised his flag and the referee blew his whistle.

Let these French players realize that this ball was not counted on the Chinese team.

As a result, Lame began to ask for the ball from the ball boy, and the defenders scattered.

At this moment, several defenders led by Desailly suddenly thought of something.

If this goal does not count, will the Chinese team score another one?

Recalling the tenacity and wonderful performance of the Chinese team in the last game, these French defenders couldn't help but feel excited.

Being scored on is not scary.

What's scary is the period of time when you know your opponent is going to score, but haven't scored yet.

In their impression, the Chinese team will score a goal sooner or later.

But it is still unknown when the goal was scored, by whom, and how.

It was Li Jinyu's late shot just now.

So what’s next?

Was it Yang Chen's header?

Or Zhang Xiaorui's cold shot from outside the penalty area?

Or was it Shao Jiayi's direct free kick?

Not sure!

Amid this concern, veteran Lizarazu made some minor flaws when receiving the ball.

Almost stopped the ball out of bounds.

Seeing the Grand Slam veteran struggling to save the ball in front of the sideline, Zhang and Huang both sighed.

"Hey, is Lizarazu still awake?"

"Do they still think our Chinese team is easy to play?"

With several shouts of encouragement among the French players, the world champion quickly rallied.

In the 12th minute, the French got a set kick far away in the frontcourt.

The ball was close to the left sideline, thirty meters away from the goal in a straight line.

It can be said that the ball basically followed a pass.

As the referee blew his whistle, Pires passed the ball straight to the front of the penalty area.

Among the crowd, Vieira jumped high.

He got between Zhang Xiaorui and Li Tie and headed the ball.

"Oh yo!!!"

The ball flying in the air changes direction in the blink of an eye.

After hitting the turf in front of Ou Chuliang's goal, it quickly bounced toward the lower right corner of the goal.

At the critical moment, Ou Chuliang flew to the ground and blocked the ball from the crossbar with his fists.

"Ouch!!"

"Wow, ah yo yo~~"

Several "yoyos" in the broadcast room made the hearts of fans across the country tremble.

The camera instantly switched to Ou Chuliang's front face.

I saw the 1.8 meter Chinese goalkeeper's cheeks moving up and down.

The constant chewing of gum kept Ou Chuliang's attention 100% focused.

"This ball is too dangerous."

"Really are..."

"Vieira actually hit a header of such high quality."

"If it hadn't been for Ou Chuliang, this goal might have really gone in."

"The French team's offensive ability is really terrible."

"If you are not careful, you may be scored by your opponent."

Chinese fans are heartbroken.

So what about French fans?

After seeing the Chinese goalkeeper save such a difficult ball, hundreds of French fans in the stands instantly showed expressions of surprise.

Can this be thrown out?!

After the first few rounds of fighting, both sides were able to threaten the other's goal.

Although the number of times for the Chinese team is relatively small.

But who can ensure that the side with more attacks will also score more goals?

Ultimately, this is a question of probability.

The French team has a great chance of scoring goals and winning.

But it is not impossible for the Chinese team to defeat its opponents.

Especially the results of the first group match between the two teams.

It even makes gambling companies around the world afraid to offer higher odds for the Chinese team.

A team that can lead the world champion at the start, a team that can tie the world champion after falling two goals behind.

Who dares to say that such a team will lose?

Soon, the two sides entered into a battle for the midfield.

The friction between Li Tie and Vieira's muscles, Zhang Xiaorui and Pires's fake performances, every shot stimulated the fans' attention.

In the 17th minute, the French team made a through ball from the wing.

Sun Jihai saw the opportunity and immediately stepped in from the inside, blocking Wiltord from the ball.

Pires' pass was not very powerful.

Wiltord can catch up even if he runs slowly.

But the current situation is that Wiltord is stuck hard by Sun Jihai.

You can't advance to the left, and you can't jump to the right.

And judging from Sun Jihai's intentions, he also had great plans to protect the ball from the bottom line.

Just like that, the two of them were entangled with their fronts and backs.

The latter kept pulling on the former's shoulders and collar.

Sun Jihai also took advantage of the situation.

Wherever the other party tugs on your body, you should fling it away to break away from the other party's pull.

Not only that, he always has an arm firmly holding the other person's waist in the opposite direction to prevent the other person from getting rid of him.

Just like that, the two of them followed the ball all the way to the bottom line like wrestling team members.

The camera is also getting closer and closer.

The ball was about to go out of bounds, and Sun Jihai was about to succeed.

Wiltord was also able to escape from this battle of strength and skill.

But what no one expected was.

In front of fans all over the world, the ball stopped on the baseline.

At this moment, even the linesman's eyes widened.

Squat down, close one eye, and look forward along the bottom line.

it is a pity.

He did not see any part of the ball blocking his view.

In other words, the ball has not yet gone out of bounds.

Just as he straightened up.

The ball, which had lost all its power, suddenly took a step forward.

Just this small step.

Just rolled out of the bottom line.

When the linesman saw this, he immediately raised his flag.

Whoosh!

The flag's fabric fluttered in the air.

The linesman was so excited that he shook his arms twice.

Indicates that the ball is out of bounds.

Finally out of bounds!

The tangled fans on both sides thought.

But at this moment, Wiltord quit.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He got rid of Sun Jihai's restraints and ran towards the referee.

While shouting, he was making body language.

Um?

What's the meaning?

Dissatisfied with the penalty?

"The French players probably thought it should be a corner kick!"

Corner kick?

How can it be?

Sun Jihai didn't touch the ball either.

Why a corner kick?

When everyone was confused, the slow-motion playback finally gave everyone the answer.

Just when the ball stopped on the baseline, Sun Jihai and Wiltord were stunned for a moment.

Wiltord, who had already withdrawn his strength, once again increased the strength in his hands.

Even if he can't win the ball, he still feels disgusted with Sun Jihai.

At this moment, Sun Jihai suddenly leaned down and did something that thousands of fans never expected.

He actually puffed up his cheeks and blew hard on the ball.

Ah this...

The last bit of power that allowed the football to roll out of the sideline came from Sun Jihai's "great righteousness".

Seeing this, the fans were also confused.

Huang Jianxiang was the first to applaud.

"Aha!"

"Sun Jihai is so smart!"

"This is so beautifully done!"

"Not only did he block the ball well, he also handled it well in the end."

"Who would have thought of blowing the ball out of the baseline?!"

yes!

The commentator couldn't think of it, Wiltord couldn't think of it, the referee couldn't think of it, and the people who make the rules of football couldn't think of it.

But Sun Jihai just thought of it.

Even though Wiltord puffed his cheeks and blew N in the referee's face.

The referee was also unmoved.

Did someone touch the ball?

If you don’t touch it, it’s a goal kick!

As the referee blew the whistle again, Ou Chuliang pushed forward and passed the ball to Wu Chengying on the left.

The game continues!

At this moment, the scouts from various countries in the stands could not help but whisper.

Especially Juventus boss Moggi, who came all the way to the scene. After seeing Sun Jihai handling the ball, he couldn't help but said to his secretary:

"The quality of the Chinese team players is much higher than we imagined!!"