Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 254 It's time for us to fight back
Liu Ruofan's appearance aroused a burst of cheers from the fans at not low decibels.With his outstanding performance in the U23 Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, his popularity among fans is also very strong.

After cheering and cheering in the collective circle full of ritual, the teammates gave this newcomer who made his debut an encouraging and envious smile.Just entering the national team, you can gain the trust of the head coach. Facing a strong opponent, you will get a chance to play. Most of the people present have not been as smooth as Liu Ruofan.

Zheng Zhi, as the captain and spiritual leader, came over to encourage the new players who had just entered the field, then stepped aside, Wen Zhihao and Liang Xin followed closely, and Liu Ruofan came out, so he definitely had to come and give some words of encouragement.

Wen Zhihao narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Liu Ruofan, and suddenly issued a "warning": "Just play normally, don't take away the halo of the protagonists from me and Lao Liang."

"How come!" Liu Ruofan chuckled.

Of course he knew that as long as the team could win, Wen Zhihao wouldn't care about these things. The purpose of joking like this was just to worry that he would be nervous when he debuted, it was just a way to decompress without leaving a trace.When he was called by Madaloni to prepare for the game, he really thought a lot and was a little worried about gains and losses, but he does feel better now.

For the Japanese team, Harry Hodzic chose to stay put for the time being.The team's game control in the first half was no problem.The reason why he didn’t score was that he thought it was just that the international players in Europe were tired and didn’t work well with each other. With the team’s overall tactical quality, after a half-time buffer, it was only a matter of time before they continued to control the initiative in the second half and broke the Chinese team’s goal.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team suddenly changed their game strategy, and even the central defender started to press the ball locally, which made the Japanese team a little uncomfortable.

In the first half, the defense line of the Japanese team was basically not tested. Now the sudden rhythm change of the Chinese team has completely achieved the effect of surprise.Yoshida Asagi also has excellent confrontation ability, but the speed of his feet is a bit slow. Wen Zhihao almost steals the pass to Yu Dabao on the spot and directly threatens the opponent's goal. Unfortunately, the second Wen Zhihao rushed to pass, Yu Dabao was offside.

While regretting, He Wei also affirmed the Chinese team's proactive strategy in the second half: "Although the Chinese team's defense in the first half was reassuring, this is the normal state of the Chinese team. Only offense can win the game."

Hari Hodzic found that the Chinese team was trying to reverse the momentum of the game and immediately made a targeted substitution. Gake Shibasaki, who played for Getafe in La Liga, came on and replaced the underperforming forward Genki Haraguchi. Although the strength of the striker was weakened, the strength of the midfield was further enriched.

The effect of the substitution was very obvious. The Japanese team made full use of the width of the field through skillful passing, and suppressed the newly-emerged offensive momentum of the Chinese team. After 10 minutes in the second half, the situation returned to the old state of the first half.Moreover, the Chinese team's defensive pressure is even greater, and several attacks have already formed a threat in front of the Chinese team's goal.Everyone was sweating profusely.

"Dangerous... Oh, it's so dangerous! The defense of the Chinese team needs to be changed. Shibazaki Yue's personal ability is different from that of ordinary Japanese players. This is a dangerous man who has scored twice against Real Madrid! We must pay attention to it."

He Wei hit the nail on the head.Being able to score twice against Real Madrid in the 2016 Club World Cup final to drag Real Madrid into overtime is already a good example of Shibazaki's threat.

Although with Wen Zhihao's performance of killing Barcelona twice, Chinese fans will not be as envious as before.Moreover, Getafe, which Shibazaki is currently playing for, is not at the same level as Atletico Madrid.But when the two confronted on behalf of the national team, not only did everyone feel no sense of superiority at all, but they became more and more nervous.

The danger that appeared in front of the Chinese team in the last few minutes mainly came from Shibazaki Yue's rapid and effective contact with Keisuke Honda after several personal breakthroughs in the face of Zheng Zhi.Zheng Zhi has rich experience, but after all, his age is there. The explosive power of a 37-year-old veteran with continuous emergency stop and restart is difficult to match that of the less than 26-year-old.It is expected that one person can fight against the entire Japanese team without any loopholes in the midfield, unless the old captain is given another ten years of youth.

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Although the defensive line in the midfield was opened, the Chinese team's state and momentum reached their peak in the confrontation where the continuous defense made the opponent helpless. Feng Xiaoting and Zeng Cheng, two defenders and goalkeepers who have cooperated for many years, made the Japanese team's offense return without success time and time again.

Harry Hodzic has already made an obvious move to kick the mineral water bottle in anger. The ball possession advantage is so obvious, it is still 0:0!At this time, he thought to himself that this is the worst national team I have ever coached as a striker!
If it was before, Chinese fans would laugh at Harry Hodzic's idea without saying a word.Now... still laughing without saying a word...

The Japanese players scratched their heads on the field, feeling a strong sense of strangeness in their hearts.

Is this the Chinese team that the coach told us to be weak?
Suddenly I feel as if I have been cheated for many years!

There is nothing wrong with the long-term mindset of the Japanese players. They can only blame them for not being sharp enough to attack and "help" the Chinese team find a sense of defense little by little during frequent running.

However, this is not the real Chinese team.Defense is a major factor in being able to counterattack in the top twelve.After Wen Zhihao's return, he only conceded four goals in the six top [-] games, but the bigger change is that the Chinese team scored [-] goals in these six games!Offense is the real improvement of this Chinese team.

Because Wen Zhihao's role is the most obvious, the attention from defense to offense is basically focused on him. In fact, central defender Feng Xiaoting's ability to play the ball is also very strong, and his ability to attack from the backcourt is one of the best among domestic defenders.

The Chinese team disintegrated a Japanese team's penetration in the center at the front of the penalty area. Feng Xiaoting quickly turned around after getting the ball, and passed the long-distance low and flat ball directly to the midfield.The Japanese team attached great importance to Wen Zhihao, and the two players pinched back and forth to prevent Wen Zhihao from receiving the ball.

Wen Zhihao didn't intend to go one-on-one either, he subconsciously tapped his heel to the rear, and then turned to his left. Liu Ruofan, who was behind Wen Zhihao diagonally, didn't have the same treatment as Wen Zhihao. A defender in front of him was attracted by Wen Zhihao, and another midfielder, Yosuke Ideguchi, was marking Yin Hongbo.There are no Japanese players marking him within ten meters.

Liu Ruofan was stunned for two seconds when he first received the ball, what a surprise!

However, the sudden increase in the cheers from the audience made him react quickly, striding forward with the ball and breaking through, every cell in his body became active due to extreme excitement.He saw an opportunity to make a mark in his first cap for the national team.

As Liu Ruofan moved forward, five players of the Chinese team quickly rushed to the key positions of the opponent's defense line to get stuck. In a short moment of offense and defense, the Chinese team quickly seized the counterattack advantage.

"Good shot! Five hits three in the frontcourt! The counterattack is fast, how should Liu Ruofan choose?"

The fans in front of the screen gritted their teeth and stared wide-eyed, expecting the Chinese team to declare whose home field it is with a goal.

After being held down by Little Japan for most of the game, it's time for us to fight back.

(End of this chapter)