Fox in the Penalty Area

Hou Lai threatened Mexico's goal, and Mexico was not helpless.

After all, the Mexican team also has an outstanding striker-Nuno Alvarez who plays for the La Liga powerhouse Valentia.

Speaking of which, he and Hu Lai still have some "grievances".

In this season's Europa League, the Mexican striker is currently ranked first in the scorer list. He scored a total of seven goals.

Hou Lai ranked third with five goals.

It can be said to be a close second.

At the beginning, Hu Lai scored five goals in only three Europa League games. After approaching Alvarez in the scorer list, the media specifically mentioned this matter. While praising Hou Lai, the name of Nuno Alvarez will also be mentioned no matter what.

So it is absolutely impossible to say that Alvarez has no feelings for Hu Lai.

This year's China Cup is a good opportunity for Alvarez, a chance to compete with Hu Lai.

As forwards, the way to compete is also very simple, to see who can score more goals.

This year's China Cup, with one goal each in the semi-finals and the third and fourth finals, Laski temporarily topped the scorer list with two goals.

However, his game is over. Whether he can keep the top scorer's throne depends on the performance of Hu Lai and Alvarez in this final.

Coincidentally, both of them scored a goal in the previous semi-finals.

Whoever can score in the final will be able to catch up with Lasky, and may even go ahead and monopolize the Golden Boot honor.

Alvarez regards Hu Lai as an opponent that needs to be taken seriously, but he doesn't care much about the defenders of the Chinese team.

In addition to Hu Lai, there is another person in the Chinese team that he knows, and that is Zhang Qinghuan who plays in Sarria.

And by watching the highlights of the semi-finals in which the Chinese team defeated South Africa 4:1, it is easy to know that this Chinese team is best at offense, and their offense is stronger than defense.

After the start of the finals, this was also reflected. The Chinese team's offense has put a lot of pressure on the Mexican defenders.

But the defense of the Chinese team...

Alvarez, the top scorer in the Europa League (currently) and the third (currently) in La Liga, really doesn't pay attention to the three defenders of the Chinese team.

Nuno Alvarez is not tall, only 1.77 meters, and his speed is actually not very fast, but he wins because of his delicate skills at his feet and his dribbling skills in the midfield and frontcourt. Many of his goals were scored after passing defenders.

It can be said that he and Hu Lai are completely two types of forwards.

Hu Lai needs the support of his teammates, and Alvarez has a strong individual combat ability.

After he got the ball from the right side, facing Chen Xingyi who was returning to defend, he suddenly cut inside, and then took advantage of the first-mover advantage, stuck Chen Xingyu behind him, so that he would not dare to make mistakes, and then took the football to the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team kill.

Chen Xingyi couldn't stay with him all the time, because he had to serve as a full-back in defense, and at this time Mexico's right back was covering the side, so Chen Xingyi could only follow back to defend the side.

Handed over the task of midfield defense to Gao Ruimin.

Gao Ruimin replaced Jiang Wanqing in the starting game. This is also the first time he has started for the national team after being injured in the World Cup-in the last China Cup semi-final, he came off the bench in the last ten minutes.

Before the injury, Gao Ruimin was the main midfielder of Shi Wuyin's national team. After all, he was the main player from the National Youth Team to the National Olympic Team. He was also the main player in the capital Tenglong. Shi Wuyin is very familiar with him.

His characteristic is balance.

Whether it is physical fitness, confrontation ability, interception ability, or marking ability, there are no obvious shortcomings. Of course, none of these abilities stand out.

With a height of 1.85 meters, he has height and can head the ball. Although his body is not too strong, his core strength is not bad. At the same time, because his body is not very strong, he is agile, not clumsy. Physical fitness is also good, can run.

Fortunately, the injury suffered in the World Cup did not have much impact on his career, so after a patient recovery, Gao Ruimin has now become the main force in the club again,

Also be able to return to the national team.

In fact, sometimes balance is not easy to say, it is mediocrity.

Indeed, as a national player, Gao Ruimin's ability in the defensive midfielder position is not particularly outstanding. Compared with his teammates in the midfield, he is not outstanding.

But in today's Chinese football, regardless of Jiang Wanqing who is getting older, Gao Ruimin is an important candidate for this position and cannot be avoided.

After all, he is a purely defensive midfielder, and his defensive ability is still guaranteed.

Dillon's 352 has high requirements for midfield defense, so he arranged two different midfielders to start in these two games, just to see who is more suitable for the current national team.

Jiang Wanqing's rich experience is his biggest advantage, while his age is his biggest disadvantage. At the age of thirty-four, his physical functions have completely deteriorated. Sometimes defense can only rely on experience, not physicality.

Gao Ruimin excels in being young.

But no matter whether it is Jiang Wanqing or Gao Ruimin, they are still a bit powerless when facing an opponent of Alvarez's level...

Gao Ruimin retreated from the midfield to the front of the penalty area. When he saw Alvarez cutting the ball across, he went up to meet him.

Facing Alvarez, he lowered his center of gravity and stood ready.

However, Alvarez still swayed his center of gravity with faster stride frequency and foot rhythm...

"Alvarez... feint! Dangerous!"

After Gao Ruimin was slapped, the commentary booth and the stands exclaimed at the same time.

"Fuck!" Gao Ruimin, who was passed by, scolded and chased after him again.

Alvarez is already facing the Chinese team's back line, lacking midfield protection, and central defender Mao Jun is directly facing the opponent's forward... Gao Ruimin knows that this is basically the "most dangerous moment".

He had to repost it to interfere with the opponent, and cooperated with Mao Junzheng to complete the defense.

Alvarez ignored Gao Ruimin's pursuit, facing the Chinese defender who came up to defend him, he also used the change of rhythm under his feet to make Mao Junzheng pause for a while. He did the mental calculation without intention, slammed the football to the left, and then slashed into the penalty area!

At this moment, Mao Jun wanted to kick the ground to chase after him, but it was already too late, and the distance between him and Alvarez was instantly opened to a certain position...

"careful!"

After Alvarez broke into the penalty area, he began to adjust his footsteps. It seemed that he planned to catch up with the football and shoot directly!

Goalkeeper Hao De chased to block his shot angle.

When he saw Alvarez raising his legs high and pumping towards the football, he fell to the ground and threw himself sideways!

But Alvarez was just a feint. The foot that landed missed the football and just feinted behind the ball!

Hao De has been shaken to the ground...

Only then did Alvarez kick again!

At the same time as he shot, a person rushed over from the side and came directly with a shovel!

The football shot by Alvarez was just blocked by his feet, deflected and flew out of the baseline!

"Huh!" Until then, the Chinese fans in the stands let out a sigh of relief, releasing all the nervousness just now.

"Wang Guangwei has done a great job!" He Feng shouted excitedly. "He made the most critical defense at the most critical time!"

Alvarez did not expect that his series of wonderful performances would fall short. He turned his head to look at Wang Guangwei who got up from the ground with his eyes wide open.

The slow motion of this attack and defense was also replayed in the game broadcast. Through the replay, everyone can see that when Alvarez broke through Mao Junzheng, Wang Guangwei had already killed him from the other side. He actually followed Alvarez's running path to move laterally.

It's just that he didn't make any pauses, even when he saw Alvarez singled out Mao Junzheng, he didn't stop, but ran straight to the back.

It was as if he knew that Alvarez would definitely break through that way.

So in the end I really let him catch up...

If he hesitated for a while during the whole process, he might not be able to block Alvarez's shot!

Hao De, who got up from the ground, patted Wang Guangwei on the shoulder vigorously, thanking him for his "life-saving grace".

"Since replacing the injured main central defender Altobelli, he has performed well off the bench, and now Wang Guangwei has gained a firm foothold in Eldrea's main lineup. Although he had little chance to play in Eldrea before There are many, but his training attitude is impeccable and he has improved significantly. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and Wang Guangwei is such a person! This defense fully reflects his calmness and courage!"

He Feng was full of praise for Wang Guangwei.

Compared with the offense, the defense of the Chinese team is indeed not impressive. It can even be said that it has always been the target of criticism, especially in the Asian Cup.

Now he is very happy to see that Wang Guangwei is growing up rapidly.

I believe that after Lin Zhiyuan returns from injury, the Chinese team's defense should not be as embarrassing as before...

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"Team King is awesome!!"

"The king's eternal god!"

"Sure enough, we still have to rely on our king team at the critical moment!"

Wu Yue and his Jiaxiang High School football team teammates jumped up from their seats and shouted loudly because they could not go to the game without buying tickets and could only watch the game in the bar.

Then someone asked Wu Yue: "Wu Dui, did those people from Dongchuan Middle School really bring our banner in?"

Wu Yue nodded: "Bring it in, I ran outside the provincial body and waited, and handed over the things to them... Don't worry, everyone pay attention, maybe we can see our banner on the camera in the stands after a while Woolen cloth!"

When he said this, other members of the former Jiaxiang High School football team were staring at the TV screen, for fear of missing the critical moment when they saw their banner.

At this moment, Mexico took a corner kick, but it did not threaten the goal of the Chinese team.

Because Wang Guangwei jumped up in front of everyone and kicked the football out!

"It's Wang Guangwei again! A beautiful header clearance!"

The ball he pushed fell outside the penalty area, and Houlai and Mexican midfielder Jonathan Hernandez jumped up to fight for the top.

Although he missed the ball, he effectively interfered with Hernandez's header, causing the latter's header to hit the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team, but it was weak and was unloaded by Zhang Qinghuan with his chest, and then moved to the side , to Chen Xingyi who was running out of the restricted area!

"The Chinese team's counterattack!"

There was cheers from the stands.

Chen Xingyi took the ball and rushed forward!

The Mexican players hurried back to defense.

Hu Lai turned around and ran forward after the header was over. At that time, Zhang Qinghuan hadn't even received the ball...

Chen Xingyi was quickly intercepted by Mexican full-back Sousa Nascimento who stayed behind.

So he slowed down, then kicked the football in the middle, and passed it to Hu Lai who was running in the middle.

At this time, because the counterattack speed of the Chinese team was too fast, Hu Lai turned out to be the Chinese team player who rushed to the front, and there was no teammate around him who could cooperate with him!

Seeing this, the Mexican players who were returning to defense were overjoyed - the Chinese team's offense was about to slow down, which just gave them time to return to defense!

Rolando Perez, another Mexican full-back who was originally staying behind, fought and retreated. He was not in a hurry to grab the ball at the feet of Hou Lai. Anti-buy time.

Anyway, Hu Lai is not good at dribbling and breaking through. Even if you give him space, he can't perform well.

Hou Lai, who dribbled the ball forward, noticed Perez's coping strategy, and I have to say...it was indeed a reasonable response. Hu Lai even dared to bet that as long as he didn't enter the penalty area, Perez would probably be able to drag on like this.

But who said that if I don't enter the penalty area, there is no threat?

Feeling the threat of Hernandels chasing back from behind, Hu Lai gently moved the football forward, which looked no different from the dribbling just now.

But then, he swung his right leg and hit the football!

About thirty meters away from the goal... a long shot!

"Hu Lai shot directly... eh?"

When He Feng was still surprised by Hu Lai's sudden long-range shot, he saw the football pass straight across the 30-meter field, and then... headlong into the Mexican goal.

Although the Mexican goalkeeper Manriquez rose into the air, he was only 1.79 meters tall, no matter how much he stretched in the air, he did not touch the ball!

Because he didn't expect that Hu Lai would shoot directly from such a distance!

"Beautiful——!!! Beautiful!!! Hu Lai! Beautiful!!!"

Yan Kang beside He Feng roared hoarsely, as if he wanted to compete with the cheers above the Provincial Sports Center!

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