The strongest winger

Chapter 915
The Chinese team's continuous possession of the ball led to a sharp increase in the impatience of the Japanese players. Therefore, from the moment Chen Tao passed the ball in the middle, the Japanese defensive players couldn't wait to grab the ball and counterattack.

But... Is it so easy for the Chinese team to break the ball at their feet?

Chen Tao passed the ball to Ai Luo, Endo Yasuhito forced Ai Luo without hesitation, Ai Luo did not choose to control the ball, but passed the ball to Gao Lin who was pulled out of the penalty area, and then continued to advance to the ribs.

Endo Yasuhito did not forget his duty, and immediately turned around and followed Ai Luo towards the defensive left side, and consciously paid attention to the route of Gao Lin passing the ball to Ai Luo.

Yasuyuki Konno seemed to be affected by the impatience of his teammates. He directly hugged Gao Lin's waist when Gao Lin retreated to catch the ball to prevent the opponent from suddenly turning around to face the goal.

But it can only be said that he thought too much, Gao Lin kept the ball and directly played it to left back Jiang Zhipeng.

Uchida Atsuto didn't want Jiang Zhipeng to handle the ball too easily, so he took the initiative to run two steps forward.

But Jiang Zhipeng also didn't let the ball stop running under his feet. He directly passed the arch of his left foot to the foot of Chen Tao, who was running towards the attacking left rib, when he faced the forward Atsuto Uchida.

Endo Yasuhito, who was originally preventing Ai Luo from taking the ball forward, saw Chen Tao calmly receiving the ball in his own territory, and went forward without hesitation, ready to help defend Chen Tao with Hasebe Makoto and intercept the ball.

Zaccheroni, who has been standing on the sidelines for more than a minute, naturally has a wider field of vision than the players on the field. Seeing Yasuhito Endo ignoring Ai Luo and rushing towards Chen Tao who is holding the ball with captain Makoto Hasebe, I suddenly feel worried about gains and losses. Is this really good?

he does not know.

But only half a second later, Zaccheroni exclaimed in Italian: "Stupid, go back, pay attention to the space behind you!"

At the same time, the toe of Chen Tao's right foot met the football, and he lifted it up, and then lifted the ball to the vacuum behind Endo Yasuhito.

Looking at the football flying towards his head, Endo Yasuhito jumped on tiptoe instinctively, but the height of the football was higher than the height he jumped.

So he didn't touch the football, and the football flew behind him, and at the same time his heart seemed to be "thumping" suddenly, because he remembered that he ignored the more dangerous Ai Luo just now in order to grab Chen Tao!

The Chinese team's consecutive kicks passed quickly, so the right center back Yasuyuki Konno's attention was still on Gao Lin, and Atsushi Uchida did not have time to recover it. More importantly, Endo Yasuhito and Hasebe Makoto did not play a role in protecting the center back at this time, which means they were out of position...

As long as fans with a little knowledge of football know what it means to lose the position of the midfielder, it completely means that the back line is directly exposed to the opponent's forward.

And this time it was even more dangerous. The distance between the right center back and the right back was very far, more than three meters away from Ai Luo.

In the time they make up the distance, it is enough for Aiello to accomplish a lot, especially for a world-class football player like him.

"Good job, consecutive passes, huh? This is...Chen Tao picks a pass behind Endo Yasuhito! Captain Ai Luo!!" Huang Jianxiang in the commentary was extremely excited. His years of football game commentary career gave him the hope of the Chinese team scoring goals!
"—Ya-mei-fall!" The Japanese commentator subconsciously exclaimed when he saw that no one was marking Ai Luo to take the ball.

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Under the watchful eyes of [-] fans, Ai Luo used his chest to push the football picked up by Chen Tao towards the penalty area. The powerful explosive power was fully displayed at this time, and it was directly wiped towards the penalty area.

Immediately afterwards, all the fans in the stands exclaimed.

However, Chinese fans more hope that Ai Luo will wade the ball into the penalty area and hit the goal to help the Chinese team break the deadlock and gain the lead.

The Japanese fans silently cursed Ai Luo who brought the ball into the penalty area, hoping that he would make an active error or be saved by goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima.

Konno Yasuyuki could no longer care about Gao Lin beside him, and rushed directly to Ai Luo, while the left center back Yoshida Asahi automatically moved to the right, and the left back Nagatomo Yu all moved closer to the center, choosing a normal defensive position.

Ai Luo parked the football on his chest with his right foot, and swung his right foot about 15 meters away from the goal on the left side of the penalty area, making a gesture to hit the goal.

Yasuyuki Konno's head hadn't had time to run and adjust, and his body reflexively threw it out.

If Ai Luo shoots directly, it will most likely be blocked by Yasuyuki Konno.

Ai Luo slammed the ball towards the bottom line with the arch of his right foot, exerted force on the toe of his left foot, and his body flashed forward. Yasuki Konno, who shoveled from the rear right, didn't touch any of them. Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima knew that he could not continue to guard the goal, so he attacked while the football was not under Ai Luo's feet.

At the same time, Gao Lin accelerated forward to respond.

This frightened Maya Yoshida, who directly grabbed Gao Lin's shirt behind him with his hands from behind.

The left defender Nagatomo Yudo had no time to think, so he hurriedly followed Hao Junmin to the middle of the goal to prevent Hao Junmin from outflanking the goal.

In the Japanese defensive system, when the full-back is withdrawn to the center defense, the full-back should be added to the full-back position.

However, the winger Keisuke Honda's defensive awareness is very poor, and he simply ignored Zhang Linpeng who advanced to attack the right flank.

In other words, in his perception, forward full-backs like Zhang Linpeng pose no threat to the back line at all, and returning to defense is just a waste of physical energy.

In front of the goal, Eiji Kawashima saw that Ai Luo was about to receive the football. While attacking, he paid attention to his lower third and the near corner, while the far corner was selectively ignored by him.

As a top Japanese goalkeeper, the first reaction when defending a one-handed ball is to hold the close corner...

And keeping the near corner is also to verify whether a goalkeeper is a qualified goalkeeper.

As a result, Ai Luo's forward stretch of his left foot was not a shot, but a pass with the instep of his left foot, which was faster.

Due to the short distance, Eiji Kawashima extended his right hand reflexively, but he didn't touch the football, and the football continued to fly.

Gao Lin was ready to fight for the empty goal, but Japan and China Yoshida Ma also pulled hard at the critical moment. The forward Gao Lin never thought that Yoshida Ma would foul him in the penalty area, so he froze without mental preparation, and the football flew past his forehead...

Hao Junmin and Changyouyou stretched out their right feet to kick the ball at the same time, but the interference between each other prevented them from kicking each other.

"----This is a foul!!" Huang Jianxiang shouted after seeing this scene from the camera, but the next moment he was pleasantly surprised again: "Zhang Linpeng!!"

Accompanied by Huang Jianxiang's pleasant surprise, Zhang Linpeng kicked his feet hard at the corner of the small restricted area on the right. Using the previous huge inertia, his whole body shot out like a rocket, leaning over and diving to the top.

Halfway through Zhang Linpeng's flight, the ball hit his forehead.

Zhang Linpeng swooped close to the ground and hit a solid football on the left side of his forehead.

In fact, in a situation like this where the goalkeeper is not in front of the goal, as long as Zhang Linpeng heads the ball towards the goal, 95% of the goals will be scored.

The football immediately changed direction and flew towards the unguarded goal at high speed, until it was blocked by the snow-white net before stopping its forward momentum.

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The Chinese fans in the stands raised their arms high following Zhang Linpeng's posture of leaning over and diving. They collectively shouted: "Goal!!"

At the same time, Huang Jianxiang, the commentator at the commentary booth, said hoarsely: "Aww, it's unbelievable! Neither Gao Lin in the front nor Hao Junmin in the middle touched the football, and Zhang Linpeng in the far end bent over and dived to the top to send the ball into the unguarded gate, beautiful!!"

Zhang Linpeng, who had finished the football, rushed forward for a long time, and did not stop until he reached the bottom line.

But this did not make him excited. As a defender, it is very difficult to score goals, especially this kind of follow-up and outflanking leaning forward and jumping to the top.

This kind of goal is difficult even for many first-class forwards, and some mediocre players can't make it even if they work hard all their lives, not to mention Zhang Linpeng's position on the field is still a full-back.

So he was very excited. In the past three seasons, his goals were all focused on corner kicks. There has never been such a visually impactful goal.

After getting up on the turf, he didn't have fun, and ran to the corner flag area on the right, playing a sliding and kneeling celebration.

Behind him are the same excited Hao Junmin, Gao Lin, Ai Luo and others.

Awwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! !
The Chinese fans in the stands continued to burst into loud cheers, giving people the feeling that the stadium was about to collapse, making people tremble slightly.

The fans standing outside the stadium watching the big LCD screen also shouted, forming a trend of cooperation from inside to outside.

Except for the Japanese commentator who was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say, the neutral commentators said one after another: "Oh, oh, I have to say that the Chinese team's offensive cooperation is very beautiful, and the continuous pass is extremely in place. It feels like admiring an epic masterpiece. The final dive to the top is the finishing touch. Congratulations to the Chinese team for taking the lead!"

The head coaches and substitutes in front of the coaching bench of the Chinese team raised their arms and shouted, hugging and celebrating.

They all know what this goal means...

If nothing else, this goal is a good start for the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup.

On the other hand, there was dead silence in front of the Japanese coach's bench not far from the next door.

During the celebration of the Chinese team, the on-site director cut the camera to a panoramic view. The Japanese players in the camera all lowered their heads, as if they were afraid to face the current score.

Huang Jianxiang changed his voice and raised his voice an octave: "Zhang Linpeng helped the Chinese team enter the No. 203 minute of the game and rewritten the score on the court to 1:0. Congratulations! But we can't take it lightly because of the lead. The whole game lasted 10 and 1 minutes, and now less than 4/[-] of the time has passed..."

The Chinese fans at the scene were extremely excited, and the atmosphere at the Khalifa Stadium was extremely frenzied, making the atmosphere of the Asian Cup finals reach the first peak.

(End of this chapter)