God of Greenery

After the third match against Brazil in the group stage, everyone thought that the Hua Guo team had finally returned to its "normal level".

Unexpectedly, when they entered the knockout round and faced Italy, the world champion team, the Huaguo team returned to the state they had in the first and second games of the group stage. From the beginning of the game, the state was full, blocking the first wave of Italy's attack .

Although Italy is famous for its defense, it only shows that Italy's defense is better than offense, and it does not mean that Italy's offense is not good.

When facing an Asian team like the Hua Guo team, Italy's offense should still have an absolute advantage.

For example, when Italy VS South Korea in the second group match, South Korea was beaten 3-0 by Italy.What's more, the Huaguo team is not as strong as the South Korean team.

But the situation after the game started today surprised everyone.

The Huaguo team actually relied on the tacit understanding of the overall occupation and individual defense, so that Italy's first wave of offense did not even hit the frontcourt, and was forced to retreat.

This is so surprising.

Of course, the Italian players and fans were dumbfounded, while the Chinese fans and audience were surprised.

Everyone was surprised and delighted that the Hua Guo team showed such a good competitive state at the beginning.

"Damn, today's Olympic team is in a good state!"

"I seem to have seen the state of the Olympic team in the first and second games of the group stage."

"It's not like, it's exactly the same. Look at the state, fighting spirit, and positioning of the Olympic players. Even if it's not impeccable, it's much better than the third group match."

"It's the result of the whole team being in full swing."

"I'm a little excited! Is it possible that our Huaguo team will be upset today?"

"Don't milk, hurry up!"

"Yes, cheer on the team!"

Then, the excited fans began to cheer for the Hua Guo team loudly.

In the cheering sound of tens of thousands of fans at home, the Huaguo players who were in full condition became more and more energetic. In the opening stage, they even suppressed the offensive of the Italian team for a while.

In the 2nd minute, Italy made a mistake in passing and receiving the ball and was cut off by the Hua Guo team in the midfield.

Full-back Cui Peng switched positions with midfielder Wang Yongbai, played a two-on-one match with Zhou Haibing in the middle, and then dribbled the ball towards the Italian penalty area.

The Italian midfielder Montolivo hurried forward to intercept. Cui Peng, who was originally average in personal skills, boldly made a fake fax button in front of Montolivo, shaking Montolivo to one side, and himself from the other side. Break through the past.

"Wow..." There was an uproar in the stands, and the Huaguo fans clapped and screamed excitedly while discussing loudly.

"Damn, I'm really in a state of bursting!"

"Cui Peng dared to make fake moves in front of the Italians."

"He really broke through."

"So cool!"

"There's a play!"

Because the Italians underestimate the enemy, the midfielders, forwards, etc. are all waiting for the teammates to pass the ball to participate in the attack, so in fact the number of defensive players in the backcourt is not very sufficient.

In addition, there are also players on the side that involve Italian side defenders. After Cui Peng's sudden and successful breakthrough this time, his face suddenly became bright, leaving only two central defenders on the penalty area line.

Central defender Bocchetti had to step forward to intercept Cui Peng's continuous breakthrough, while another central defender Criscito nervously followed Jiang Xiaolin who rushed into the penalty area to prevent Cui Peng from passing the ball to Jiang Xiaolin.

For a while, the restricted area in Italy was threatened by Cui Peng's breakthrough.

However, Cui Peng did not try to break through the opponent's central defender Bocchetti.

Being able to break through a Montolivo obviously involved a lot of luck, which was the result of Cui Peng's sudden attack on the opponent.

Now that Bocchetti knows that Cui Peng has the strength to break through Montolivo, he must be very careful.

Facing an Italian-level central defender, it is almost impossible for Cui Peng to break through and shoot!

Unless he has Jiang Xiaolin's dribbling ability.

Too bad he didn't.

Self-confidence does not mean arrogance.

Although he was in good condition, Cui Peng didn't mean to be so arrogant that he wanted to break through the entire central axis of the opponent.

Seeing Bocchetti's prominent attack, Cui Peng did not continue to break through, but passed the ball to the space on the right.

The winger Hao Junmin, who stepped in at the right time, received a cross from Cui Peng outside the corner of the penalty area. Without stopping, he shot a long shot and kicked the ball towards the goal of Italy.

Because Hao Junmin also has Italian players interfering with the defense, as long as he stays for a while, the opportunity may be lost.

Therefore, Hao Junmin did not make adjustments to catch the ball, and hit the goal quite resolutely.

Fortunately, with the blessing of full value, Hao Junmin's shot successfully hit the goal frame, and the angle was also good, which looked very threatening.

Many Huaguo fans in the stands have already stood up, their hearts raised in their throats, and they are ready to celebrate.

It's a pity that there are goalkeepers in Italy, and they are goalkeepers at the Serie A level.

Goalkeeper Viviano made a brilliant save to save Italy's goal from Hao Junmin's shot over the line.

There was a sigh in the stands, and countless fans regretted that the shot in the opening 2 minutes failed to score.

If the Hua Guo team scored a goal in the first 2 minutes, coupled with the defensive counterattack tactics of Jiang Xiaolin and the double midfielder, the Hua Guo team may not have the possibility of defeating Italy in an upset and advancing to the semi-finals!

It's a pity that Hao Junmin's shot angle was still not as sharp as Jiang Xiaolin's, and he was thrown out by the goalkeeper.

Fortunately, the Hua Guo team won a corner kick.

Hao Junmin, who missed the chance to score, ran to the corner kick and took the corner kick himself.

Jiang Xiaolin, Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi and other tall players of the Huaguo team all stood in the penalty area and competed for the header, which made the Italian a little nervous.

And when Hao Junmin's corner kick was delivered, the Italian players and fans became even more nervous.

Because Hao Junmin was blessed with full on-the-spot status, the corner kick was delivered quite well. It happened to land near Jiang Xiaolin, and it was still far from the goal. Great header chance.

Jiang Xiaolin also lived up to expectations, relying on the confidence of the 3 bottles of healing potions in the package, he collided with the Italian central defender Bocchetti at the point where the ball landed without any scruples, and knocked Bocchetti crookedly with his strong physique and balance , I successfully took off to grab the first point, and shook my head to attack the goal.

It's a pity that this header was still affected by Bocchetti's collision, failed to hit the position, and finally slightly higher than the crossbar.

The Italian players were still protesting that Jiang Xiaolin was fouled by knocking down Bocchetti when he was fighting for the header, but the referee ignored them and let them serve the goal kick.

It is quite normal for one or two people to fall down when fighting for a header in the penalty area. Bocchetti can only blame Jiang Xiaolin for not being able to hit him. His body is not as strong as Jiang Xiaolin's, and his balance is not as good as Jiang Xiaolin's.

If Jiang Xiaolin headed the ball in, it would be a good shot.

It's a pity that there is no progress, and the referee is even less likely to call Jiang Xiaolin a foul.

Hao Junmin's long-range shot from outside the penalty area and Jiang Xiaolin's corner kick competed for the goal. This wave of continuous attacks made the Huaguo fans on the scene and in front of the TV watch climaxes one after another.

Although no goal was scored, everyone was still very excited.

No one expected that they would see the scene of the Hua Guo team being brutalized by Italy, but the Hua Guo team broke out in such a good on-the-spot state, and even took the lead in continuously threatening the Italian goal.

The fans sang and shouted slogans excitedly in the stands, and cheered for the Hua Guo team at the top of their voices, hoping that the Olympic team would create even greater miracles.

After all, even if everyone knows that Italy is strong, everyone still has some upset expectations in their hearts.

Maybe it was irritated by the continuous attack of the Huaguo team, or maybe it was finally shattered. The Italian team's offensive coordination was much stronger in the next game, and the Huaguo team was forced to retreat and shrink. Defense, it is difficult to hit the collective offense to Italy's backcourt.

This is the normal game in everyone's mind.

Although Italy gives people the impression of being a defensive team, after all, the opponent they face is not Brazil or the Netherlands, but the Chinese team in Asia.

If facing the Hua Guo team, they have to play traditional defensive counterattacks and dare not attack, Italy will be hanged from the coach to the players.

On the contrary, the Hua Guo team has always played a 4231 defensive counterattack formation.Facing a world-class team like Italy, defense is what they should do.

Continuous attack like just now, in fact, the gap left for the opponent in the backcourt is very large and very dangerous.

Not being caught by the Italians, it can only be said that the Hua Guo team was lucky.

A normal game should be like this. The Hua Guo team relied on their numerical advantage and good competitive state to concentrate on shrinking their defense, and then relied on Jiang Xiaolin's speed and personal ability to counterattack.

However, although the game resumed the state of Italy using its strong overall strength to suppress the Hua Guo team, the Hua Guo fans were not disappointed, nor did they appear too nervous.

Because of the state and overall game strength shown by the Hua Guo team, people really don't have to be scared.

Although Italy can maintain the offense in the Hua Guo team's half, it is difficult to penetrate the offense into the penalty area.

Even if the players of the Huaguo team are not strong enough, they can take advantage of their numbers and the overall tacit cooperation to defuse Italy's offense and rarely allow their opponents to threaten their goals.

In the on-the-spot state that is added to the full value, the players are in the best state regardless of their psychology or strength, and they will not make major mistakes due to nervousness or excitement.

Even if it is occasionally broken by an Italian player, it is only because of insufficient personal strength.

Under such circumstances, Italy played against the Hua Guo team for several minutes, and only got a threatening shot from the penalty area line in the 6th minute.

This time, striker Acquafresca shot from within the frame, and the angle was not tricky, and was easily saved by goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong.

He didn't even save the baseline to give Italy a corner kick, but threw it to the full-back Yuan Weiwei, who then kicked the ball into the midfield to clear the siege.

As the game progressed, the faces of the Italian players and coaches became more and more serious, while the Chinese people became more and more excited.

Everyone can see that although the personal strength of the Italian players is indeed better than that of the Huaguo team, the Huaguo team can stop most of Italy's attacks by virtue of the overall outstanding performance of the team.

The scene that everyone expected before the start of the game, the Italian bloody China team and the easy promotion to the semi-finals, did not appear.

Moreover, with the Hua Guo team's solid defense and occasional counterattacks, it even makes people feel that Italy's goal is not so safe.

Although Italy is famous for its defense, but after all, the stadium is so big that no team can be impeccable.

What's more, Jiang Xiaolin's body, speed, and technique can't completely guard against it. If he doesn't pay attention, Jiang Xiaolin will take advantage of the gap.

In the 9th minute, Jiang Xiaolin successfully reversed offside and almost received Zheng Zhi's long pass from the backcourt to form a single goal.

Fortunately, the goalkeeper Viviano made a decisive decision and attacked in time. He shoveled the ball out of the sideline with a flying tackle before Jiang Xiaolin outside the penalty area.

Otherwise, just this quick counterattack, Italy's goal may be broken by Jiang Xiaolin.

After being frightened by Jiang Xiaolin this time, the Italian midfielders had to be a lot more cautious, and they didn't dare to rush forward to participate in the attack.

As a result, the Hua Guo team faced less pressure in the backcourt, and the defense line became more stable.

All of a sudden, the Hua Guo Olympic team was in a stalemate with the world's top Italian Olympic team.

Such a situation, after the Hua Guo team easily lost to the Brazil team in the third game of the group stage, no one even thought about it.

No one expected that the Hua Guo team would break out in such a good on-the-spot state in this game, and they could really play inextricably with Italy, and they were not easily overwhelmed by the defense and lost the ball early.

Whether it's at the scene or in front of the TV, countless Huaguo fans and viewers watched nervously while discussing:
"I'm paralyzed. I'm so nervous watching this game."

"Yes! Originally, with the mentality of focusing on participation, I came to watch the Hua Guo team's only World Series knockout match. Unexpectedly, now it seems that we really have a slight possibility of advancing to the semi-finals!"

"Just now, when Jiang Xiaolin turned offside and chased Zheng Zhi's pass, my heart almost jumped out! It's a pity that Zheng Zhi's pass was a little too big, and Jiang Xiaolin didn't catch it in the end."

"Don't expect too much, Zheng Zhi's pass is already very good, and finally he didn't kick directly out of the sideline."

"Yes. Today's Hua Guo team's performance allowed me to see the same scene in the first and second games of the group stage. Even if the opponent is replaced by Italy, which is world-famous for its defense, I feel that we still have hope."

"Not bad! As long as the defense can withstand Italy's attack, and Jiang Xiaolin occasionally sneaks up and kills us with one blow, we really have the possibility to eliminate Italy and advance to the semi-finals!"

"If that's the case, I've spent my life watching football for nothing."

"Yes!"

"Everyone keep shouting, cheer for the Olympic team!"

"it is good!"