God of Greenery

Amidst the boos one after another by the fans, the Hua Guo team also had to make a choice.

Originally, everyone hoped to try to attack, let the Italians counterattack, expose the gap in the backcourt, and then let Jiang Xiaolin use it.

But now that the Italians are as stable as Mount Tai, the Hua Guo team's plan to lure the snake out of the hole is not working at all.

The first thing the Italian team embraces is to defend their own penalty area and their goal first, and only attack and counterattack when they have an excellent opportunity.

Otherwise, they never attack.

And the Hua Guo team did not dare to attack aggressively, and was also afraid of the Italians' counterattack, so the offensive power was too small to pose a threat to Italy's goal.

Faced with this situation, the Huaguo team can only take the initiative to make changes.

In the 67th minute, the Huaguo team took the lead in making substitution adjustments. Center Han Peng replaced the midfielder Wang Yongbai, and Jiang Xiaolin retreated to play the midfielder instead.

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

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

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

But these are secondary.

Because now the Hua Guo team does not need Jiang Xiaolin's ability to organize and attack, but Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shooting ability from outside the penalty area.

With the Italians unable to defend, the Huaguo team could only try this method.

After completing the substitutions, Han Peng was at the forefront, suppressing the defensive force in the Italian penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin withdrew to outside the penalty area and strengthened his long shots from outside the penalty area.

The strength brought by his full-scale physique, superb shooting skills, and full-scale "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 then came to the left side of the front of the penalty area.

The ball drew an arc in the air and headed towards the far corner.

It's a pity that the ball slipped out slightly in the end.

A full-scale shooting skill does not mean that it hits the goal frame [-]% of the time.Especially when arcs are added and the distance is relatively far.

But even so, Jiang Xiaolin's arcing long-range shot still aroused the vigilance of the Italians, and they also strengthened their defense against Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shot.

Therefore, at the front of the penalty area, it became more and more difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to get long-range shots.

Even if there is, the distance is getting farther and farther.

In the 75th minute, Jiang Xiaolin made another powerful long shot from outside the penalty area. The strength, speed, angle, and arc were all very good.

It's a pity that the distance is too far, almost 30 meters away from the goal. The ball was flying in the air for too long, which gave the goalkeeper Viviano too much time to save, and was finally saved by him to the bottom line.

Then Hao Junmin sent a corner kick, and Jiang Xiaolin didn't even hit the ball under the interference of the opponent's defender. He fell off the top and was cleared by the opponent's defender out of the penalty area.

Although Jiang Xiaolin protested to the referee for a foul by the opponent, he was ignored by the referee.

Pulling each other when competing for corner kicks in the penalty area is a common occurrence, and the referee doesn't care so much!
Unless it is pulled down directly before heading the ball.

The game continues.

Although Jiang Xiaolin had more chances to shoot long shots after withdrawing from the penalty area, he was also farther from the goal, and the threat was not very great under the deliberate precautions of the Italians.

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

As time passed, Yin Tieshen's expression on the sidelines became more and more serious, and the Hua Guo fans in the stands became more and more anxious, but it did not help the situation on the field.

Italy really deserves to be a team that relies on defense for food.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's breakthrough skills are a bit lacking, relying on his speed and body, as well as full-value dribbling skills, fried meatballs, etc., he can often break through one or two people.

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

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

This made Jiang Xiaolin uncomfortable.

Of course, the main reason is that the teammates are not very good.Even if Jiang Xiaolin increased his on-the-spot status to 100%, he still couldn't help Jiang Xiaolin.

It is really a lack of personal ability!

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

If there was a pass organization master like Ronaldinho or Harvey in the Huaguo team, I am afraid that Jiang Xiaolin would have sent a wonderful pass to assist him in scoring a goal.

But it is a pity that the Hua Guo team did not.

Players such as Zheng Zhi and Hao Junmin are considered to be of a good level in China, but they still lack some spirituality in a world competition like the Olympics.

Even if Jiang Xiaolin increases the presence state to 100%, it won't work.

What's more, Zheng Zhi's main job is not to organize the offense, but to defend to 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 had another long shot saved by the goalkeeper and the defender cleared the siege, the winger Hao Junmin walked up to Jiang Xiaolin and said to him:

"Xiao Lin, I think you can switch positions with Cui Peng, break through from the side to a position level with the penalty area line, then dribble the ball laterally, dodge the gap and shoot from the far corner near the corner of the penalty area. With your skills , it is easy to successfully break through from the wing, and then dribble the ball laterally to get out of the gap to get a shot."

Jiang Xiaolin has always played as a center forward. Even if he retreats occasionally, he switches positions with the midfielder Wang Yongbai, strengthens long-range shots, and rarely plays as a winger. He is a little unfamiliar with this tactic, and he didn't think about it before.

In his previous opinion, wingers generally pass from the bottom to the center after breaking through from the wing.

But after being reminded by Hao Junmin, Jiang Xiaolin remembered a player from 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, which is now the focus of heated discussions in football: it is a breakthrough from the side, inside Cut shot.

The traditional winger or full-back is a cross from the wing, the left foot will hit the left, and the right foot will hit the right.

But Robben was not.

Robben is left footed, but he plays right winger.

The purpose is not to let him break through from the right to the bottom and then use his right foot to cross awkwardly, but to cut in after breaking from the wing, and have a left-footed shot near the corner of the penalty area.

One book is all shot in the far corner.

One advantage of this style of play is that the opponent's defensive strength on the side is relatively weak, and they usually only encounter one or two interceptions when they reach the vicinity of the big penalty area.

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

Then cut inward when it is about 20 meters close to the bottom line, 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. He only needs to control the ball under his feet and open the shooting gap through the change of rhythm, and then he can shoot.

This trick brought Robben a lot of goals, and it has been tried and tested.

Even if the opponent knows his tricks, they are still hard to guard against.

This can be said to be a typical example of a fresh trick that can be eaten all over the world.

Just because Robben's speed and left-footed shooting skills are superb, he can use this trick to keep eating.

It's a pity that Robben's own health is not good, he is a glass man, and he is always injured.Otherwise, his achievements are much higher.

But Jiang Xiaolin didn't have this kind of problem.

Not to mention that Jiang Xiaolin's physique was as high as 20 full points, and the 3 bottles of healing potion in the package alone made him not afraid of colliding with his opponent during the breakthrough process.

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

If he learned Robben's move, Jiang Xiaolin would even have stronger attack power than Robben showed.

Thinking of Robben's signature move, Jiang Xiaolin was ecstatic.

After thanking Hao Junmin for his reminder, Jiang Xiaolin began to switch positions frequently with the two full-backs, attacking from the side.

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

His purpose is not to pass from the bottom to the center Han Peng to shoot, but to cut in and shoot by himself after breaking through from the wing.

Occasionally, when changing positions with Hao Junmin, Jiang Xiaolin made a cross from the bottom to pass the ball to Han Peng.

Although Jiang Xiaolin's breakthrough technology is small in number, it is of high quality.

Whether it's raw speed or deep-fried meatballs, the success rate of passing people in one-on-one is quite impressive.

In the middle lane, facing the opponent's heavy defense, Jiang Xiaolin still had some difficulty advancing.But on the wing, it has been tried and tested.

Because the defensive strength on the side is usually very weak, generally only the full-back and the full-back will come up to defend in turn, and will not encounter the situation where two or three people swarm up and grab.

This is also the reason why many teams pay attention to the side attack, because this is an inevitable problem brought about by the position and space of the goal: the side is definitely weaker than the center.

As a result, Jiang Xiaolin, who frequently switched positions to the side, suddenly felt a sense of openness again.

Although the Italians still hoarded heavy troops to defend in the backcourt, after all, the defensive strength on the side is not as heavy as that in the middle.

Jiang Xiaolin often breaks through the defense of the full-back or full-back through speed or deep-fried meatballs on the wing, and then makes a pass from the bottom or cuts in and shoots himself.

In the 78th minute, after Jiang Xiaolin and Hao Junmin changed positions, they broke through two Italian players in a row and made a pass from the bottom. Center Han Peng grabbed the first point in the middle and made a header.

The ball almost resulted in a goal.

In the end, it was a bit of bad luck. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back to the ground, only to be pinned down by goalkeeper Viviano.

Han Peng almost scored a goal.

Only 2 minutes later, Jiang Xiaolin suddenly switched positions to the left. After receiving a pass from his teammate, he hit a wall with Cui Peng. In the process of retreating and defending, the place close to the bottom line about 20 meters will no longer advance, but will be changed to horizontal dribbling.

De Qieli quickly changed his position, trying to stop Jiang Xiaolin's horizontal dribbling route.

But how can this be stopped?
Because the defensive player cuts in to the wing, he will face defense in three directions.

One is an offensive player dribbling laterally, another is a long drive towards the goal and into the penalty area, and the last is a breakthrough towards the baseline.

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

This is the case now.

Although Jiang Xiaolin had already made a lateral dribbling move, De Qieli did not dare to devote himself to defending against Jiang Xiaolin's lateral movement: who knows if Jiang Xiaolin will suddenly smash 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 a gap and kick the goal.

The ball soared into the air, passed in front of the toes of De Qieri, who was flying to tackle, drew an arc in the air, crossed the penalty area, and circled towards the far upper corner of the goal.

It's a pity that the goalkeeper Viviano reacted very quickly. He predicted Jiang Xiaolin's thoughts before he saw Jiang Xiaolin kicked the shot, and moved a step far ahead of time.

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

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

On the Huaguo side, the fans sighed.

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

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

Then Hao Junmin took a corner kick and Jiang Xiaolin scored the first header in the penalty area.

However, the Italian defender was indeed too experienced. He interfered with Jiang Xiaolin when he couldn't grab the first point. He didn't hit the ball well, and finally flew directly over the crossbar.

However, although this wave of offense still failed to score a goal, it made the Huaguo fans on the scene and in front of the TV a lot more energetic.

Because everyone could see that when Jiang Xiaolin started switching positions frequently with the two full-backs, Jiang Xiaolin's threat suddenly increased a lot, and the Hua Guo team's offense also became more threatening.

In just a few minutes, Jiang Xiaolin formed a continuous offensive of Han Peng's header from Jiang Xiaolin's bottom pass, Jiang Xiaolin's own side cut shot, and corner kick.

These few minutes can be said to have put Italy, the world's top team that is good at defense, into a mess.

If it weren't for the help of the crossbar and the excellent performance of goalkeeper Viviano, I am afraid that the Huaguo team has completed the reversal of the score.

However, even so, even if the Hua Guo team hadn't scored a second goal, Jiang Xiaolin's change of play still brought considerable pressure to the Italian.

The Italian coach, who had some chances to win, stood on the sidelines and frowned, but there was nothing he could do.

Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness and personal strength are too strong. When he expands his range of activities to cover the entire midfield, no one can stop him.

If you prevent him from taking a long shot from the center, he will switch to the wing to make a bottom pass or cut inside to shoot.

If you defend him from the side, he may return to the center and shoot long.

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

Facing Jiang Xiaolin like this, even the head coach of the Italian team, who is known for his defense, looked a bit sad and helpless.