Chapter 618: Captain of Burning Life
Li Liang gasped for breath, and the continuous sprint made him suffer a huge drain.
During this period of time, the strong attack of the South Koreans made the Chinese team exhausted, not only Li Liang, but also his teammates also felt an unprecedented crisis.
With everyone under the fierce pressure of the opponent, it was difficult for the Chinese team to control the ball on the field and began to make frequent mistakes.
Lippi knew very well that the reason why he was able to occupy a huge advantage in the first half was that the excellent overall play and Li Liang's amazing performance were indispensable.
Now the South Koreans have successfully suppressed the overall formation of the Chinese team through a more simple and rough impact play, and the shortcomings of the individual ability of the Chinese players, which have been perfectly concealed, have been greatly magnified when the space and time for handling the ball on the court are effectively compressed by the opponent.
Correspondingly, Li Liang, who has lost the containment and support of his teammates, is also in trouble.
He was surrounded by South Korea's midfield and had to face constant pressure from his opponents in almost every round.
That's exactly what Stillik did, telling the players: "No matter how strong the No. 17 is, as long as we keep attacking his defensive zone in the attack, it will be difficult for him to maintain his current level in attack!"
When his role on the pitch starts to decline, that's when we come back from defeat to victory! ”
He Wei said helplessly: "The Chinese team's offense is still not improving, and our opponent South Korea is now becoming more and more courageous.
They looked like they had put down their bodies and started to play long passes and hangs firmly, and although the scene was not good-looking, it put a lot of pressure on the Chinese team's defence. ”
Xue Yang said: "The Chinese team is now entering a very difficult stage, and Coach Lippi had to use up two substitutions in the first 60 minutes.
Normally, after 70 minutes of the game, the physical fitness of both sides will enter the overall extreme state, but due to the amazing running distance of the Chinese team in the first half, our overall extreme should have arrived in advance. ”
He Wei continued: "I don't know if it's because of the injury in the first half, Li Liang's performance is getting more and more flat, and his mistakes have increased."
As the core player with the most outstanding personal ability in the midfield of the team, if even Li Liang can't hold the ball at this time, then we will definitely become more and more passive! ”
In the 62nd minute, Li Liang was cut off by Gao Mingzhen with the ball in the front, and the South Korean team launched a counterattack directly from the backfield.
After receiving Ji Chengyong's diagonal pass, Nam Tae-hee drove straight from the right side of the Chinese team, and when Zhao Linpeng stepped forward to intercept it, he passed the ball horizontally to Gu Zizhe, who was receiving in the middle.
Gu Ji-cheol's feint of pretending to split the ball to the left deceived Zhou Ji, and the Korean dunked the ball back and cleverly stuffed it into Kim Jin-so, who was inserted at high speed.
Zhao Linpeng was taken away by Nam Tae-hee, and the extremely fast Kim Jin-su burst into the penalty area from behind him, attracting the defender's Meng Fang to return the ball back to Gu Zizhe again, who made a wall in front of the penalty area and beautifully made the ball forward to make the gap between Meng Fang and Feng Xiao.
Kim Jin-su continued to accelerate to catch up with the ball, and without hesitation, he directly knocked the ball horizontally to the middle with his left foot! The big men Kim Shin Wook, Ji Dong Won, and Gu Ji Chul have been plugged in at the same time to form a textbook standard of 3 points in the front, middle and back!
Lippi and his assistants all stood up and watched as Kim Jin-su swept the ball towards the goal! The spectators in the stands were in a huge panic, and the shouts had completely turned into exclamations!
He Wei and Xue Yang shouted loudly: "Dangerous ————"
Stillik, his assistants, and the substitutes have already raised their hands excitedly, and the other Korean players on the field will start cheering as soon as the ball breaks the net!
At the critical moment, the old captain Zhou Zhi desperately rushed back to the small penalty area, risking serious injuries and leaning over to grab the ball before Kim Shinyu————
There was an even louder exclamation from the stands—the danger was still unresolved—
Goalkeeper Zheng Cheng just rushed out of the goal when he saw the ball being cleared by Zhou Zhi's header, Jin Xinyu had already fallen to the ground and made a right-footed shovel action just kicked Zhou Zhi, which made Zhou Zhi's clearance seriously interfered, and the ball was thinking about the goal behind Zheng Cheng and flew away!
Li Liang, who was desperately trying to defend himself, seemed to have fallen into an ice cave in an instant, and he desperately saw the ball on the edge of the big penalty area past Zheng Cheng and about to fly into the goal!
Zheng Cheng tried his best to turn around and jump into the air at this critical moment, stretched out his right hand backwards and touched the ball that was about to fall into the goal, and unbelievably fished out the ball that was about to break the net at the last moment!
Zheng Cheng didn't notice the distance from the goal when he was just making a save, he inevitably hit the post in the fall, and the whole goal roared!
Feng Xiao was the first to react and flew to push the ball out of the bottom line, and the crumbling Chinese team was temporarily relieved from the huge danger.
The South Korean players on the field, who had already raised their arms, were all stunned, and they had no idea what had happened in less than a second.
Stillik was annoyed, and his assistants and substitutes all clung to their heads, unable to believe what they had just seen.
Li Liang and the rest of his teammates didn't have time to rejoice, they all rushed to the penalty area.
The spectators in the stands all stood up again, and what worried them was that the clearance just now made the old captain Zhou Zhi and goalkeeper Zheng Cheng both fall in the penalty area.
The referee stopped the game and waved directly to signal the team doctor to enter, and he realized from experience that the two players did not deliberately fall to the ground to delay time, and this miraculous clearance must have cost the Chinese team dearly.
Li Liang saw that Zhou Zhi seemed to be a little unconscious, and his face was already obviously red and swollen.
Zheng Cheng lay on the ground looking equally miserable.
The replay on the big screen made it clear that Zhou Zhi made a move when he had already seen Jin Xinyu get up and grab the point, and the old captain of the Chinese team completely faced the tip of the knife to complete the life-saving clearance.
Zheng Cheng also hit it clearly, and it was precisely because he refused to give up that Zhou Zhi's clearance was able to get rid of the bad luck of oolong and maintain the 2:1 lead.
Zheng Cheng was helped out of the baseline for emergency treatment, and the game continued to be suspended.
The audience chanted Zhou Zhi's name in unison, and the old captain of the Chinese team finally woke up, got up with difficulty in the huge applause, and walked towards the sidelines with the support of the team doctor and Li Liang.
He Wei had already shed tears, he was a little difficult to control his emotions, and said with a choked voice: "The 37-year-old captain Zhou Zhi and the 30-year-old goalkeeper Zheng Cheng teamed up to save the team, and at the most dangerous moment, they burned their lives to clear and save the hope of the game......
Xue Yang was also very excited: "Never give up until the last moment, today's Chinese team, Dazhi and Zheng Cheng are really good!"
Worthy of their Chinese team jerseys! ”
Lippi walked to the sideline and clapped vigorously while his hands were raised, signaling that the home fans needed more cheers and shouts.
Lippi knows very well that such a performance can only be achieved when the players are 100% focused and committed to the game, and deserves the warmest praise and encouragement!
He hopes that the more than 50,000 fans at the scene can help the Chinese team survive this most difficult moment.
Although none of his teammates or spectators blamed him, Li Liang felt extremely remorseful.
His heart was like a knife. It was precisely because of their own mistakes that the South Korean team created this dangerous situation, and indirectly made the old captain and goalkeeper pay such a huge price!
Li Liang said to Zhou Zhi: "Captain, you all blame me!" ”
Zhou Zhi, who walked out of the sideline, stopped, put down the ice pack in his hand, and held the shoulder of Li Liang, who was bowing, and said, "Liangzi, this is nothing, don't think too much!"
You've got it all figured out, it's time for us to help you! ”
Li Liang was like an electric shock, and the old captain's words of relief made him burst into tears instantly.
The chaotic mind gradually calmed down, and a voice in my heart began to shout-
I'm going to win, I've got to win, I've got to win!
For yourself, but also for everyone!