King of the Zone

Not long after the Japanese team scored the third goal, one minute after stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 1-0. The host Huaguo Olympic team fell behind by three goals.

When they left the field, the Olympic team was greeted with overwhelming boos and curses, and some people even threw lighters, water bottles and other sundries at the entrance of the player tunnel.

The 0-3 score in the first half disappointed the more than 5 fans who came here full of expectations, and their hearts were ashamed.

Now, even if Cheng Hai plays in the second half, it may be difficult to chase him back.

After 15 minutes of intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again. The Hua Guo team made a substitution. No. 9 Cheng Hai replaced No. 18 Li Kai.

What made Cheng Hai and his parents more gratified was that he was not booed by the fans when he played. The fans even gave a round of applause, and some even shouted his name to cheer him on.

Perhaps, Cheng Hai has become the only fig leaf for the Olympic team.

However, it also depends on Cheng Hai's performance after playing.

Originally, the attendance rate was less than half of the game, but because of Cheng Hai's joining, fans from all over the country came to support and filled the Tianhe Stadium with more than 5 seats. There are still many fans outside who cannot buy tickets or enter the door.

If Cheng Hai didn't show any performance in the end, he might not be treated as well as his teammates in the first half.

After seeing Cheng Hai came off the bench, the Japanese team immediately retreated and launched a defensive counterattack, and no longer aggressively attacked.

Moreover, the Japanese team also took advantage of the dead ball to immediately remove a striker and replace it with a defensive midfielder to strengthen defense.

The front midfielders, full-backs, etc. also all retreated to participate in the defense.

The advantage of the three-goal lead still gave them a lot of confidence.Even if they don't attack in the second half, they are confident that they can defend until the end of the game.

The Hua Guo team finally took a breath and could calmly organize the attack.

And Cheng Hai's super personal strength was also fully demonstrated within a few minutes of his playing.

Although the Japanese team adopted a dense defense with a shrinking formation, it was difficult for Cheng Hai's ability to run without the ball and grab points, but Cheng Hai still had physique, balance, dribbling, and Matthews' fake moves and other skills that could be used.

Unable to run out of the penalty area to catch the ball and score, Cheng Hai withdrew outside the penalty area to get the ball and then broke into the penalty area to shoot.

In one-on-one situations, Cheng Hai's 19-point dribbling and Matthews' fake moves not to mention a [-]% breakthrough rate, there are still [-] to [-]%.

After all, even if the opponent reacts in time, Cheng Hai can resist with full stamina and block the opponent behind him.

Due to the relationship between height and weight, Cheng Hai's physique does not have an absolute advantage in Europe, but facing these Asian U23-level yellow players, he still has a very obvious advantage. Even the central defender of the Japanese team cannot touch him.

In the 48th minute, after receiving the ball, Cheng Hai first broke through a midfielder of the opponent. After entering the penalty area, he faced the Japanese team's central defender Higa Yusuke.

Then Cheng Hai immediately took a shot.

Unfortunately, the moment Cheng Hai kicked, Higa Yusuke was stopped behind by Cheng Hai's hand, but he suddenly fell to the ground from behind, stretched his leg, and kicked Cheng Hai's right foot, causing Cheng Hai's final shot to touch the ball.

However, even so, the shooting power brought by Cheng Hai's full physique is still very good, forcing Shunsuke Ando not to dare to catch the ball, and can only save the ball from the bottom line with a side throw.

Hua Guo won a corner kick.

Although the goal was missed, it still looked quite threatening.Therefore, although the Huaguo fans in the stands felt sorry, they still gave Cheng Hai a round of applause and encouragement.

However, Cheng Hai's breakthrough and shot caused the Japanese team to be more vigilant.

In one-on-one, although Cheng Hai's breakthrough skills are not many, his basic dribbling skills of 19 points alone can make him invincible. Even if he fails to break through, it is difficult for the opponent to steal the ball.

What's more, with a physical advantage, the opponent basically has no choice but to be stuck behind Cheng Hai.

But Cheng Hai's breakthrough and shot just now made the Japanese team more aware of his threat.

In Europe, the opponent usually has one person to guard Cheng Hai closely, and it is great to have another person to help defend.

Because the other players in Dortmund are also very threatening, it is impossible for the opponent to completely give up the defense of those players and focus on Cheng Hai alone.

But things are different now.

In the eyes of the Japanese players, the other players of the Hua Guo Olympic team were no threat at all compared to Cheng Hai.What's more, they are now leading by three goals. It is also feasible not to attack and concentrate on defense.

Therefore, the Japanese team sent two defenders to guard Cheng Hai closely at any time, and other players to help defend at any time according to Cheng Hai's running position. Anyway, Cheng Hai was not allowed to easily get the ball or break through to complete the shot.

This made Cheng Hai a little uncomfortable.

Although he is ahead of his opponents in terms of body and technique, he cannot reach the realm of being among thousands of flowers and not touching his body.

He can take advantage of one person, but it is more difficult for him to defend with two people close to each other.

In addition, there are people assisting in the defense. Sometimes three people rush up to surround him at the same time. Even with his 19 dribbling points, he will lose the ball.

And the cooperation with teammates is almost completely absent.

If the full value of 20 is also used to represent the tacit understanding of the team, the tacit understanding between Cheng Hai and the teammates of the Olympic team may only be five or six points.

It's okay to play in the college amateur league like this, but it's really unsightly to play in the Asian Games.

What the fans in the stands often see is that Cheng Hai occasionally rushes into the penalty area and uses his physique to resist the defenders, occupying a favorable position. As a result, the teammates holding the ball either did not notice Cheng Hai's movement, or found out but passed the ball too late or early, or passed the ball far away and was cut off by the opponent.

This situation made everyone feel uncomfortable.

Cheng Songquan watched his son rush left and right in the penalty area of ​​the Japanese team from the stands. Occasionally, a good opportunity appeared, but he couldn't get the ball or shoot in time. He beat his feet and complained endlessly.

The reaction of other fans was similar. Many people jumped their feet anxiously, and began to curse at the Olympic players when they were anxious.

"Silly `B, pass the ball!"

"You're fucking blind, Cheng Hai is in such a good position, why don't you pass the ball?"

"Damn, what kind of ball is this pass? It's too far away, right? Why don't you pass it to the stands?"

The Japanese team's strict defense against Cheng Hai, coupled with the technical and cooperative problems of the teammates, resulted in Cheng Hai's ability, even after playing for 10 minutes, he hadn't scored a goal.

Although there were two shots, the Japanese team's defense against Cheng Hai was too tight.

Cheng Hai's two-footed shot was the one that was thrown by the goalkeeper before, and the other time was blocked by the opponent's defender flying in time to block the hole.

Fortunately, during this period of time, Cheng Hai still achieved results.

In order to defend Cheng Hai to death and not give him a chance to shoot, the Japanese team paid the price of two players receiving yellow cards within 20 minutes, and one of them was central defender Atsushi Soda.

After receiving the yellow card, the central defender was a little timid in the face of Cheng Hai and did not dare to make too many moves.

This is the home court of the Hua Guo team. He was afraid that if he fouled again, he would be shown a red card by the referee and sent off directly.

Originally, Cheng Hai's physique had already taken advantage, and if the opponent dared not make any moves, then Cheng Hai finally had room to play.

Although the Japanese team is also trying to avoid confrontation between Atsushi Soda, who received a yellow card, and Cheng Hai, but the football game is fluid, and sometimes the central defenders will rush into the penalty area to participate in the attack.

Under Cheng Hai's conscious movement, in the 68th minute, he finally got another chance to face Atsushi Soda.

Cheng Hai temporarily got rid of the players who were closely guarding him through running positions and teammates' pick-and-rolls, and received a pass from the midfielder Wu Xi on the left side of the top of the penalty area. The person standing on the line of the penalty area and blocking Cheng Hai happened to be Atsushi Soda.

This time Wu Xi finally made a good pass, the route, strength, and timing were just right, so that Cheng Hai didn't need to stop the ball to adjust, and directly made a Matthews fake move while running to make a breakthrough against Atsushi Soda.

Soo Tianchun's last yellow card was received by Cheng Hai with a shovel when he was about to break through him and enter the penalty area.

If Suo Tianchun didn't have the previous yellow card, he would definitely give up the shovel this time, and even if he got the card, he would keep Cheng Hai outside the penalty area.

Because of Cheng Hai and his teammates' running and interspersing before, there was no one behind Atsushi Soda for the time being.

As long as Cheng Hai breaks through him, he can enter the penalty area and complete the shot.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, Atsushi Soda can commit a tactical foul outside the penalty area. Even if he can't tackle the ball, it doesn't matter if he keeps Cheng Hai outside the penalty area, gets a yellow card or sends a free kick.

The Hua Guo team does not have a free kick expert, and the distance is so close, it is impossible to score.

However, this time Atsushi Soda hesitated.

Because he had previously received a yellow card for shoveling in order to prevent Cheng Hai from entering the penalty area, it is also possible to get a yellow card for shoveling again this time.

With Cheng Hai's 19-point dribble and Matthews' fake move, it is still very difficult for Asian U23 players to directly destroy the ball.

If he gets another yellow card, Jun Sota will not only end up with two yellows and one red in this game, which will cause the team to play one player less. As the main defender, he will also face suspension in the next game.

Whether to put a shovel or not is a difficult problem!
In fact, Jun Soda's hesitation may not have even been a second, and then he resolutely shoveled it down.

As a defender, his first task is to prevent the opponent's striker from breaking through, and leave the rest to the head coach to consider!
However, facing Cheng Hai, who is the top striker in Europe, there are too many things that can be done in one second.

If it's a sprint, people can run seven or eight meters in one second.

Although Cheng Hai wasn't so fast, he had already made an instant breakthrough by taking advantage of the second of Suo Tianchun's hesitation.

Although Soo Tian Jun's shovel hit Cheng Hai and made him lose his center of gravity, his balance ability was as high as 19 points, so that Cheng Hai did not fall down after all, but staggered into the penalty area with the ball.

A defender in the middle saw Wu Xi passing the ball to Cheng Hai, and Cheng Hai was about to break through Atsushi Soda, and he had already started to come over to make up for it.

But Cheng Hai made a direct breakthrough without stopping the ball, and Atsushi Soda hesitated for a second, which caused Cheng Hai to enter the penalty area too quickly.

Before the replacement guard could block Cheng Hai's shot, Cheng Hai, who was staggering, directly poked the ball towards the goal with his toe.

Cheng Hai, whose shooting skills are in perfect condition with 20 full points, did not wait for himself to stand firm and fully adjust his posture before shooting.

He was sure, even when he toe-jawed in a staggering state, the accuracy was very high.

After all, this time he has completely broken through Atsushi Soda, and no one is around him to interfere.Even if he didn't stand up completely and couldn't volley with the back of his feet, he was sure that the ball he shot would not go too far.

What's more, time didn't allow him to stand up and adjust, and the opponent's supplementary defender was almost rushing in front of him.

Cheng Hai's timely poke and shot received the best results.

The defender who rushed over from the middle to intercept Cheng Hai's shot failed to catch up in the end. The ball flew past his toes and flew towards the goal against the turf.

Goalkeeper Shunsuke Ando squatted down, trying to stop Cheng Hai's shot.

But Cheng Hai's sudden toe shot while staggering was beyond his expectation.

By the time he realized that Cheng Hai had already finished his shot and something was wrong, and he quickly closed his legs, it was too late.

The ball passed between his squatting legs and rolled into the goal behind him.

In the 68th minute of the second half, Cheng Hai finally scored his first goal for the Hua Guo Olympic team, helping the Olympic team get back a point 1-3.

Finally, there were no more boos and curses in the stands, but warm applause and cheers from the fans.

And, everyone applauded and discussed:
"Haha, finally scored a goal."

"Let me just say, with Cheng Hai's ability, even if he is not familiar with his teammates, he can score one or two goals against the Japanese team."

"Exactly! Even teams from the five major leagues can't stop him, let alone Japanese U23 players?"

"It's a pity that the Olympic team held him back. Only now did Wu Xi pass a good ball, allowing him to break through Jun Soda without stopping the ball, and then hit the goal successfully."

"The ball was mainly created by Cheng Hai himself, especially when he was tackled by the Japanese defender, he didn't fall down, but continued to maintain his balance and completed the shot."

"That's right! If it wasn't for Cheng Hai to play, let alone score, it would be lucky not to be scored by the Japanese team to expand the score like in the first half."

The fans were discussing, and the Huaguo commentator in the commentary booth also said excitedly:
"The ball is in!"

"Cheng Hai finally scored his first goal in the Olympic team and helped the Olympic team regain a point."

"Compared with Asian players, Cheng Hai's physique, breakthrough, shooting skills, balance, etc. are indeed very superior."

"Now the Olympic team is only two goals behind, and we still have a chance."

The Japanese commentator said sourly:
"Hua people are so lucky to have a genius like Cheng Hai."

"When we look at the ball, whether it's Cheng Hai's erratic movement before catching the ball, his breakthrough after catching the ball, or his precise shooting while staggering, they are all world-class."

"If it weren't for Cheng Hai's existence, the Hua Guo team would not be able to score, and we could even continue to expand the score."

"I just hope that the players on the field will not be hit by Cheng Hai's ball, continue to strengthen their defense, and don't let Cheng Hai continue to score goals."

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Amidst everyone's discussion, Cheng Hai, who scored the Olympic team's first goal on the field, did not celebrate enthusiastically. Instead, he rushed to the goal, picked up the ball, gave his teammates high-fives and ran towards the center line.

After running to the center circle, Cheng Hai put the ball to the center line, and then retreated to his own half.

Cheng Hai's meaning is very simple, he hopes that the Japanese team will quickly open the ball in the middle circle, so as not to waste time.After all, the Huaguo team is still two goals behind.

In addition to the honor of the country, from Cheng Hai himself, he also hopes to continue to score goals.

Because, the goal award received after scoring the first goal was exactly as he had guessed. Like the UEFA Cup goal award, it was a 5-experience goal.

For the Asian Games level competition, this experience is quite rich.Therefore, Cheng Hai was also very excited.

Of course, objectively, Cheng Hai's behavior of not celebrating the goal when the score was behind and hoping that the game would start quickly won him the favor of more Huaguo fans.

After the game restarted, Wu Xi, the main midfielder, seemed to have gained some understanding of how to cooperate with Cheng Hai from the assist of this goal, and the passing threat gradually increased.

Moreover, he not only passed the ball to Cheng Hai.

Because it is easy for the opponent to guess the intention, which is not conducive to the diversification of offensive methods.

Therefore, when Cheng Hai scored a goal and attracted more defensive attention from the Japanese team, Wu Xi would occasionally send a wonderful pass to other teammates.

Others didn't enjoy Cheng Hai's tight defense, so they had a great chance to get an unmarked shot.

For example, in the 74th minute, Wu Xi took advantage of Cheng Hai's lateral movement in the penalty area to take away the opportunity of two defensive players, and sent the ball to Lu Wenjun who entered the penalty area from the side.

Lu Wenjun can play both as a winger and a winger, and he still has some skills at his feet.

Therefore, this time Lu Wenjun's shot was quite threatening, hitting within the range of the goal frame, and the angle of strength was also good.

It's a pity that the Japanese goalkeeper Shunsuke Ando was even better and made a very wonderful save, saving Lu Wenjun's shot from the bottom line within a hair's breadth.

Although Lu Wenjun's shot did not lead to a goal, it also sounded the alarm for the Japanese team: that is, they cannot just guard Cheng Hai alone, and the other players of the Huaguo team are not completely useless, and they may also threaten their goal.

Therefore, they must ensure a complete line of defense, and they cannot all defend Cheng Hai in a swarm.

Between Wu Xi's use of passing and switching back and forth, it is impossible for the Japanese team's defense to be truly watertight.

And Cheng Hai's full-value running without the ball finally played a role again in the 82nd minute.