The Ball at Your Feet

After entering the quarterfinals, the opponent that the Chinese team faces is Iraq, the second in Group C.

Compared with the news of qualifying in the group, what made the Chinese team more happy is that in the D group match, Iran was squeezed to the second place in the group by Japan, and their opponent was South Korea, the first in group B. .

South Korea and Iran are both extremely annoying opponents for the Chinese team. When they meet them, the Chinese team loses more and wins less. You can see them fighting each other. Before they met the Chinese team, one of them was eliminated first. The Chinese team was still pretty rough. happy.

The Chinese team’s own opponent is Iraq, which is being attacked by war. Zhao Yaning doesn’t know how strong such a team can be, but in his opinion, it is estimated that such a team will not be as strong.

And what Zhao Yaning knew about them was that just before this match, the last match of the group stage, the Iraqi team, because most of the match was in the Chongqing division, after they qualified, they also played a banner of'Thank you Chengdu'. Thank you. The fans' attention and support for them-this approach makes Zhao Yaning feel that their character is at least good. What can be the difference between a team that can thank the local fans for watching football?

The location of this game is still in Beijing. After all, the Chinese team is the host, so there are still some geographical advantages. At the beginning of the game, Zhao Yaning discovered that the Iraqi team’s lineup was indeed not good compared to the Chinese team. In the game, the Chinese team still quickly controlled the situation.

But the problem is that in this game, Hao Dapao is not there, Li Yi starts as a single striker, and Shao Jiayi continues to start in the midfield. Zhao Junzhe and Hu Zhaojun are behind him. In the right midfielder position, the Chinese team replaced Qubo. Although he is nominally a striker of the Chinese team, he has been playing counter-attacking football every day during his two years in France, which is not compatible with the Chinese team’s tactics. Therefore, let alone Hao Dapao, he can’t get it. Daewoo, who is good at grabbing points, and Li Yi, who has strong tactical ability, are in his head. His role, in addition to counterattacks, can only be active on the side.

In the game, Zhao Yaning kept taking the ball inward, but never had a good chance. Although Zhao Yaning controlled the situation, the opponent did not immediately retreat or collapse because of this-although I don't know how they did it, it is really surprising that a country in war can still have such strength. .

But 30 minutes into the game, Zhao Yaning still found an opportunity. He made a long pass and passed the ball behind the opponent's back line. After Qubo rushed up at high speed, he took the ball to the penalty area. An inside cut inside, and then a shot from a small angle, the goal was successful.

"Qu Bo's goal is the first record for the Chinese team. Qu Bo has made great progress in the past two years abroad. His current physical fitness and stamina are not comparable to those before. And the technique has also improved a bit, although this kind of progress Not as old as Zhao Yaning, but he is already one of the best players in the Chinese team."

The narrator sighed with emotion. Before Qu Bo went abroad, although his strength and potential were very strong, he still did not perform well. And during this period of time abroad, although the most things he practiced were physical strength, physical fitness, and basic basic skills, these things, on the contrary, have greatly improved his strength.

But it is the improvement of these things that is the most important thing. Compared with the fancy technology and the outstanding consciousness that the Chinese football industry has been pursuing, muscles, confrontation, explosive power, endurance, these things are the real things that can be seen and touched.

After this goal, Iraq pays more attention to defense, which makes the game between the two teams a bit of meat in the midfield. Zhao Yaning and Qu Bo’s attacks on the two wings have been repeatedly interrupted, but Iraq has not been able to organize too many attacks.

Towards the end of the first half, Zhao Yaning rushed into the penalty area directly after a cooperation with Sun Jihe. After a slight change of direction, he shook his opponent and tried to kick the goal, but the opponent's defender suddenly bumped into it. Fell him.

The referee directly whistled a penalty kick.

And this time, who will take the free throw has also become a problem. After the last game, Shao Jiayi shot his free throw opportunity to the sky. He didn't dare to take any more free throws. And Zheng Zhi didn't want to take a free throw this time. Zhao Yaning looked at the expressions of the people around him, smiled bitterly and stood on the penalty spot.

He really has no confidence in the penalty spot right now. After all, his ability has been cut off by his card ability. He has some doubts about whether he can make a penalty. But at this time, he also knows that his status in the national team is getting higher and higher, and it is definitely impossible to blindly push other people to do things like penalty kicks.

But how should I free this ball? Zhao Yaning stood in front of the penalty spot and thought about it.

Penalty kicks are nothing more than two ideas. One is to rely on good technique and shoot directly to the dead corner, so that the opponent's goalkeeper has no time to save the ball. The other is to shake the opponent's goalkeeper through action and rhythm, so that the opponent's goalkeeper makes a save first, and then shoots by himself, so that the goalkeeper cannot save successfully.

Zhao Yaning could not do the former. His shooting is not enough to hit the dead corner every time he shoots, so that the opponent can't save. The best way for the latter is to shake the opponent and shoot directly in the middle, which is the so-called spoon penalty. But Zhao Yaning knew very well that he did not have this technology.

But he still has other skills. His running and shifting ability is very good, after all, after so long of dribbling, he definitely has the shifting ability.

And when he thought of this, he backed away, and then ran, accelerated, raised his leg...stopped!

Just before he reached the penalty spot, he suddenly stopped. The goalkeeper had already pounced to the right at this time, but after Zhao Yaning saw his movement clearly, he kicked the ball to the left. The ball rolled into the net, but the faces of the surrounding Iraqi players were all There is an unconvinced look.

The earliest creator of this method of stopping in front of the penalty spot and kicking it again can probably be traced back to Brazil's Didi. This kind of kick has a high success rate, but this kind of shaking to the goalkeeper has always been regarded as immoral. Although many people are using this method of kicking free throws, there have been calls in Europe to treat this sudden stop of free throws as a foul.

But since the rules haven't changed, Zhao Yaning's playing like this can't be considered a problem.

After the game entered 2-0, the Iraqi team was thinking about how to attack. Soon after, after Zhao Yaning got the ball again, he continued to sway the ball, looking for Li Yi's position, but when he saw the position and was about to pass the ball, something happened suddenly.

The opponent's goalkeeper directly slapped Li Yi to the ground, the referee's whistle sounded, the red card was sent off, and a penalty kick was added.

This time, the players from both sides got together. A foul in the penalty area can also be said to be accidental, doing so continuously, this is a bit of malicious bullying.

"The two sides quarreled, and the referee gave the Chinese team another penalty, which made the opponent's players very dissatisfied. But this is indeed their dirty defensive action. Who is this strange..."

The focus of everyone's quarrel on this ball is actually whether a penalty should be given. The goalkeeper knocked down the forward player in the penalty area. This red card was not injustice, but the problem is that the penalty for this penalty needs to be considered. After all, Li Yi was off the ball when he was overthrown. This kind of penalty requires the referee to judge the penalty according to the severity of the plot. This time, the referee obviously gave a penalty.

After a while, Zhao Yaning stood in front of the penalty spot again.

The emergency stop method is easy to use once, and then it won’t work, so this time it’s better to change it.

Zhao Yaning stepped back and ran up with small steps. Suddenly, he took a big step, and when the opponent's new goalkeeper moved, his speed suddenly slowed down, and then, at the opponent's goalkeeper. Before he could make adjustments to save, he suddenly accelerated and kicked the ball towards the gate!

The ball fell into the net again.

It turns out that what the coach said was not wrong. The knack of football is inseparable. After all, with the sense of the ball and dribbling skills, everything else can be easily obtained. There is no doubt about this point that a sufficiently tall building can be built if the foundation is firm.

And this game, after the Chinese team got a 3-0 lead, the game also came to an end. The Iraqi team also knows very well that they will lose this game.

"The Chinese team entered the semifinals with a 3-0 victory. This game broke some pessimistic predictions before the game. The strength of the Chinese team has also been recognized more. Under the leadership of Zhao Yaning, we expect Seeing that the past team can achieve better results..."

The so-called pessimistic prediction ~www.ltnovel.com~ naturally refers to a series of statements made by the media about Alihan since he took charge. After all, Alihan took over Milu’s national team, with Milu’s achievements ahead of him. It was already difficult for him to lead the team. In addition to his abandonment of some people, he was also questioned a lot. .

Although Zhao Yaning's support and the champion of the East Asian semifinals later suppressed many of the doubts he faced, there were still many people waiting to see the jokes. But this time, entering the semi-finals has already caused many people's mentality to watch jokes to converge.

At the same time, the Chinese team ushered in another piece of good news: the Iranian team successfully advanced to the semi-finals with a 4-3 victory in the match against the South Korean team. Karimi performed a hat-trick and knocked out South Korea.

The semi-finals of the World Cup failed to advance to the semi-finals in the Asian Cup, and it was a joke to say it. However, Zhao Yaning knew very well that this result was not surprising at all.

The South Korean team's World Cup semi-finals are the result of black whistle after all, and their strength is not the first in Asia. Although half of the Iranian team's main lineup failed to attend the Asian Cup due to internal conflicts and political reasons, their strength still cannot be underestimated.

After all, they have a Karimi. In time, when Zhao Yaning has won the triple crown and is in full swing, Karimi is still considered by the Iranians to be the No. 1 midfielder in Asia.

Many people really agree with this seemingly crazy statement. There are already rumors that Karimi has been favored by Bayern Munich and will soon become a member of the Bundesliga giants. Many people have claimed that his future is definitely not under Zhao Yaning.

This kind of statement only made Zhao Yaning smile: strong and not strong, you will know after the comparison.