Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 314 Historic Goal

The crazy cheers from the fans on the field stimulated the Chinese team to enter the state faster than their opponents. Although the Swedish players were tall and strong and had more prominent confrontations, Liang Xin and Zheng Zhi's defense aimed at the opponent's feet and relied on better timing to steal. The Chinese team won many offensive opportunities in the opening stage by virtue of their active defensive strategy.The side attack was an unexpected bright spot.After stealing, Liang Xin and Zheng Zhi immediately sent a direct pass to the Swedish team behind the left.Facing the full-back Olsen who played for Swansea in the Premier League, Yu Dabao had a clear advantage in height and weight, and directly rolled into the penalty area from the left. Gao Lin's shot in front of the goal missed the post slightly.

The moment Yu Dabao entered the penalty area, the Chinese media had widened his eyes and showed an expression of great anticipation.The moment Gao Lin took the shot, He Wei and Xu Yang shouted at the same time: "Strike... Ah!"

Seeing that Gao Lin's shot brushed the post and drew the bottom line, both of them slapped the commentary seat again regretfully. Xu Yang regretted: "What a pity! It's just a little short. If this shot is more than three centimeters on target, the Chinese team's first goal in the World Cup will be born!"

"Gao Lin is only a little short of being famous in history!"

Gao Lin stood where he was, with a wry smile on his face, and shook his head regretfully. As a striker, it is inevitable that he did not grasp the opportunity.But on the special stage of the World Cup, I feel more regretful.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, the Chinese team relied on the stable performance of midfielders Liang Xin and Zheng Zhi to suppress the Swedish team-yes, Wen Zhihao was not the most eye-catching player in the opening stage.Although he is the focus of the Chinese team's most attention, the ball does not stay at his feet for much time.It is more like a frontcourt free agent running without the ball, interspersed back and forth between the striker and the midfielder, looking for the opponent's loopholes.It seems like a deliberately sacrificed role, but Lippi used this method of shifting the focus to defuse the opponent's attempt to contain the Chinese team's midfielder by restricting Wen Zhihao.

The head coach of the Swedish team, Andersson, had a grim look on his face. He realized that he had underestimated the strength of the Chinese team's midfield. Wen Zhihao hadn't had a bright spot during this time, but it wasn't the success of the midfield defense, but the changes made by the Chinese team. Liang Xin and Zheng Zhi replaced Wen Zhihao's role.Zheng Zhi's strengths are rhythm control and rich game experience.Anderson felt that his tactics were caught short. One of the midfielders was attracted by Wen Zhihao, and the remaining midfielder was helpless against Liang Xin and Zheng Zhi.

The midfield took the initiative, and the Chinese team took the absolute initiative on the offensive end. Yu Dabao and Wuqiu Wang are not traditional wide players. They are Zhengyin forwards and shadow forwards respectively.

The two central defenders of the Swedish team quickly felt the pressure. The Chinese team's 5-minute siege in the middle put their defense line in danger of collapsing at any time.

During the period of the Chinese team's siege, the cheers of the fans in the stands were louder and louder. The martial arts king's agile and erratic movement has found loopholes in the opponent's defense many times, but he is still not confident enough to finish the goal. The defender of the Swedish team tenaciously defended and kicked the ball out of the sideline or the bottom line frequently.

Joe Crooka, the famous talker of British Sky Sports, couldn’t believe that this was the strength of the Chinese team, but the overwhelming advantage on the field made him have to change some of his prejudices against the Chinese team. He admitted convincingly: “The strength of the Chinese team in this half hour, frankly speaking, is stronger than the few Asian teams that played a few days ago. This is even more exciting. So far, Wen is not the person who creates the most threats. He doesn’t even take the ball much. Maybe Lippi can arrange it deliberately. Then, when he really starts to control The game. What is the limit of the strength of the Chinese team? Ha! Maybe we can see it in the second half."

But as far as the current tactic is concerned, the effect is already very good, and the Chinese team is getting closer and closer to scoring. As long as the situation does not change suddenly and there is no large-scale bottleneck in physical fitness, Lippi will definitely not take the initiative to change the strategy.

But Andersson couldn’t sit still. He was eager to change the passive situation in the midfield. As the first half progressed, the Swedish team’s full-backs gradually moved closer to the center to help the midfielder make up for the huge space in the center. The midfielder marking Wen Zhihao also had to disperse his energy a little bit.

After Liang Xin got the ball on the left side of the opponent's penalty area, he was going to give it directly to Deng Hanwen who was going to put in an assist. After a second pause, he found that the player marking Wen Zhihao on the left was speeding up and approaching him. Without a second of hesitation, Liang Xin changed his footwork, quickly pushed the ball horizontally with the arch of his right foot, and went straight to Wen Zhihao's direction!

After Wen Zhihao got the ball, facing the opponent's central defender, he made two fake moves in a row to deceive the opponent's defensive center of gravity to his right foot, and at the same time, he dunked the ball to his left foot, directly passed the opponent from the opposite direction, and entered the penalty area!
"Strong shot, Wen Zhihao entered the penalty area! Hahaha, this is the opportunity!"

As soon as He Wei saw Wen Zhihao start showing off his power, his confidence immediately increased a lot.

The swedish central defender who was passed scolded Sheet, and then hurriedly turned around to make up for his mistake, but it was too late. With just a second or two of acceleration, he could already decide the outcome of an attack at this time.

The goalkeeper of the Swedish team, Nordfürth, who also played for Swansea in the Premier League, was like a tiger coming out of the hole. He immediately abandoned the goal and rushed towards Wen Zhihao, but Wen Zhihao had already prepared for the next shot when he was sprinting.

"Ouch!"

In the stands around the Sochi Olympic Stadium, tens of thousands of people in red jumped up from their seats and cheered wildly almost at the moment the ball fell into the goal.Lippi also high-fived Madaloni to express his excitement.

He Wei almost shouted at the maximum decibel in the commentary booth: "The goal has been scored! It has been scored! Please remember this historic moment! More importantly, remember the hero who scored the first goal for the Chinese team in the World Cup, Wen Zhihao! The calm and exquisite lob shot brought the Chinese team the first lead in the history of the World Cup!"

Wen Zhihao knelt in the middle of the court after scoring a goal, and under the watchful eyes of countless cameras, he lowered his head and kissed the national team emblem on the jersey.Then he was crushed by his teammates rushing over to celebrate.

(End of this chapter)