World Cup of Great Powers

One team is the last Olympic champion, and the other team is the "dark horse" of this World Cup.

Judging from the names given to the two teams, the gimmick is quite big.

Therefore, this game attracted fans, reporters and scouts from all over the world.

The stands were bustling with people and it was so lively.

Zeng Zheng simulated 15 games against Nigeria in the past few days, and the results were very dismal.

4 draws, 11 losses, not a single win.

After losing a series of battles, Zeng Zheng simply looked away.

The World Cup has come to this point anyway, so why bother with it?

At this stage, enjoying the "happiness" of football is the most important thing.

[National team: tacit understanding 81%]

[Overall status: relaxed and comfortable]

[Saint Denis weather: sunny; temperature: 17-26 degrees Celsius]

[Team BUFF1: World Cup National Team 1* (not replaceable)]

[National Team: Unexpectedly advanced to the top 16, highly motivated players are easily influenced by fans.]

[Team BUFF2: World Cup National Team 2* (non-replaceable)]

[National Team 2: Unexpectedly advanced to the top 16, the mentality of the players who overfulfilled their tasks will not be affected by the big score loss.]

[Team BUFF3: World Cup National Team 3*]

[National Team 3: Unexpectedly advanced to the top 16. There is a small chance that an optimistic and relaxed mentality will lead to players showing extraordinary strength in an instant]

[Team BUFF4: Magic City Beauty]

[Modu Saohua: Small-scale passing between Shenhua players improves ball control ability]

[Team BUFF5:XXX]

[Team tactics (unlocked by improving coach’s understanding): long pass and lob]

[Long pass and lob LV1: It is easier for players to pass high-altitude balls between players, slightly improving the header ability of receiving players]

"Play well, don't feel pressured, play to your own style!!!"

"If we follow Coach Zeng's words, we will definitely win!"

As soon as the show started, Jin and Chi started shouting loudly.

The players did not feel any pressure in this game, just like students after the college entrance examination.

After three years of hard work, everyone had only one thought in mind - to make it through!

Apart from emphasizing the bamboo shoe reward again, Zeng Zheng and the assistant coaching staff said nothing before the game started.

There were no passionate speeches before the game and no solemn swearing-in ceremony.

Just one sentence, don’t leave any regrets!

...

As expected, the Chinese team's momentum was high after the start.

Amid the cheers of nearly 30,000 fans at the scene, the ball was quickly stolen from the feet of veteran Jekini.

Seeing that General Fan made a steal when he touched the ball for the first time after returning from suspension, a small wave of shouts from Shenhua fans immediately erupted in the stands.

General Fan's blood boiled instantly.

Instead of looking for teammates in the frontcourt, he sent the ball to Shensi's feet and ran past the Nigerian forward.

When Shen Si took a look, she didn't understand the captain's intention?

He gave General Fan a light push on his running route, and the ball immediately rolled back to General Fan's feet.

Seeing General Fan playing a one-two with his teammates and then dribbling forward with the ball, Jin and Chi laughed and cursed.

"Xiao Fan, this kid, will do tricks as soon as he comes back!"

"Yeah, I didn't even make a clearance in the penalty area. My heart almost jumped out of my throat!"

You know, Nigeria just attacked into their own penalty area.

According to the past, if the ball is successfully intercepted in this place, which player will not directly kick the ball away with a big kick?

But now facing Nigeria, the strongest opponent since the start of the World Cup (Nigeria was the Olympic champion in 1996, France had only won the European Championship in 1984), but they played a one-two in their own penalty area.

It seems that after advancing to the top 16, General Fan, who got another free chance to play, really let himself go.

Zeng Zheng curled his lips when he heard the two assistant teachers laughing and scolding him.

General Fan had a good one-on-one fight with his teammates.

If Ou Chuliang does the same thing later, I have to learn how to pick up your two hearts on a plate like in Journey to the West, right?

After receiving the return pass from Shen Si, General Fan had an unimpeded path.

It wasn't until the ball was brought to the top of the center circle that he pushed the ball to the right and found Sun Jihai.

In the last game, Sun Jihai performed very well. As soon as he caught the ball, he was double-teamed by two Nigerian players.

Facing the opponent's front and back attacks, Sun Jihai decisively chose to move the ball to the center, giving up space on the wing.

When the Nigerian defender turned to chase him, Sun Jihai saw the opportunity and sent a textbook lob with his left foot.

The Nigerian defender's full attention is on the two forwards.

No one noticed that Zhang Xiaorui, who was advancing from the midfield, had already run into the middle of the opponent's two defenders.

When running, face the ball coming from behind, lean over and use your chest to stop the ball forward, and then continue to dribble the ball forward.

Seeing this, even Milu stood up involuntarily and stared at the Chinese player who dribbled the ball into the Nigerian penalty area.

Catching the ball, unloading the ball, dribbling the ball, kicking off the ball.

Zhang Xiaorui's set of procedures was smooth and smooth, without any delay.

Facing Zhang Xiaorui's powerful shot from the near corner, Lu Fei immediately made a save and barely blocked the ball out of the right post with his left hand.

"Zhang Xiaorui shoots!"

"Oh, what a pity!"

"Eh???"

Huang Jianxiang said "Hey".

Because the screen has switched to the linesman.

The flag in his hand is raised high.

Zhang Xiaorui also looked helpless, shook his head, turned around and ran out of the Nigerian restricted area.

"Offside."

"No. 22 Zhang Xiaorui."

"This is a young player from Jianlibao."

"Through the slow-motion replay, we can see that Zhang Xiaorui was in an offside position at the moment when he passed the ball..."

"Eh? This doesn't seem to be offside!"

"Nigerian defender West was just delayed at the end."

"This...this is a misjudgment!"

"The linesman didn't see it."

"Okay, although it was a misjudgment."

"But Zhang Xiaorui was very smooth from running, catching the ball, stopping the ball to shooting, and the last kick was also very beautiful."

"If it wasn't a misjudgment by the referee, this ball would have been a corner kick at least."

Subsequently, Nigeria organized several offensives.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But I don’t know whether it was the Chinese team’s solid defense or Nigeria’s offensive chess that was a little off, but in the end there was no final kick.

On the contrary, the international players who were accustomed to counterattacking under Zeng Zheng were extremely sharp in their counterattacks.

After using the back of his head to win a corner kick in the penalty area, Sun Jihai looked back and found that the right wing was empty.

He immediately ran wildly, caught up with the ball, and headed to the sideline with all his strength, and his speed began to gradually increase.

After all, it is an African team, and speed is also the strength of the Nigerian players.

Before halftime, Sun Jihai was overtaken by Okocha from behind.

Seeing that his opponent was about to catch up to him, Sun Jihai put his right foot in front of the ball, as if he wanted to stop to protect the ball.

Okocha also quickly slowed down when he saw this.

But at this moment, Sun Jihai's right foot did not stop, but circled directly in front of the ball.

At the same time, the left foot that followed him suddenly moved forward, and the whole person took advantage of the momentum and rushed out at a faster speed.

Okocha, who had just slowed down, was already half a minute slower.

Now I tried to speed up to catch up, but it was still a step too late.

Sun Jihai blocked his position and completely stuck the opponent directly behind his body.

Okocha had no choice but to stretch out his right leg from the side in front of Sun Jihai with all his strength, hoping to stop him.

However, Sun Jihai also touches the ball very frequently.

Before the opponent reaches out to stop him, push the ball forward again.

After there was no pressure to dribble the ball, Sun Jihai moved sideways like a crab and completely got rid of Okocha before catching up with the ball again.

Seeing that Sun Jihai was about to cut inside again, Oliseh, who came from the front to fill in, had no choice but to knock Sun Jihai down.

The referee's whistle sounded and the Chinese team was awarded a set kick in the frontcourt.

But before the referee came over to warn the Nigerian players, Sun Jihai got up and quickly put the ball with his hands.

He kicked the ball out without raising his waist, and the ball passed under the feet of three Nigerian players in the blink of an eye.

"Sun Jihai takes a quick free kick..."

"Su Mao really rushed into the penalty area!"

"Heels!"

"Come in!!!"

The excited Huang Jianxiang quickly released his throat and shouted loudly.

"Zhang Yuhuan!"

"In the 13th minute of the game, Zhang Yuheng from Liaoning Football Team received a back-heel pass from Su Maozhen and opened the scoring for the Chinese team."

"1 to 0!"

“The Chinese team got off to a fantastic start!!!”

Listening to the high-pitched and passionate voice from the microphone, Sun Zhengping looked helpless.

"Xiao Huang, this is a broken can!"