The Ball at Your Feet

"I've heard of this Karimi." After the game, the team reporter interviewed Zhao Yaning, and Zhao Yaning did not hide his views. "Playing is very characteristic, I think If he plays football, and if you speak technically, apart from me, no one in Asia should be better than him."

This sentence, except for me, made the reporter extremely excited, "You think you are better than others, don't you?"

"Strong or not, let's talk in the arena, speak big words, make people laugh." Zhao Yaning replied, "But if possible, I would like someone to tell him: Don't mix in Asia. Take him He should have a higher level of talent. If he refuses to go abroad to work in the highest-level league, his strength will not be improved."

The reporter wrote down this sentence. But their focus is obviously not here. "So, you have confidence in winning this game and entering the finals, right?"

Zhao Yaning nodded, can he have other answers to this question?

Moreover, the opponent's Karimi, he really looked down upon him a bit. In Zhao Yaning's logic, people who play football are not short of money. If they are a little promising, they can't always think about money and ignore other things. But this Karimi is an alternative. His level is indeed very high, with good skills and abilities, he is indeed a good player. However, his style of behavior is not like a good player. He is known as the top midfielder in Asia, but he played in the UAE League. The reason is that the UAE gave him a high salary. It is much higher than the five major leagues. Although many Bundesliga teams have taken a fancy to him, he refused all of them and stayed at ease in the UAE to earn a high salary. Zhao Yaning really looks down on this kind of person who has no sense of honor and pursuit. It's a long way to say honor and everything, but at least those who play football have to like football, right? Since you have this kind of football talent, how can you be worthy of your talent if you don't fight with the highest level of people?

He knew his words were unlikely to be heard by the other party, but even so, he still felt it necessary to say something. After all, he still felt uncomfortable to see a genius so unpretentious.

Compared with the previous games in this game, the Chinese team’s starting lineup changed slightly. Zhang Yaokun replaced Wei Xin as the right back, Zheng Zhihe headed the starting double back, and the right side was replaced by Li Ming. The biggest adjustment of the lineup is that only Zhao Junzhe has a defensive midfielder in the game, and Daewoo and Hao Dapao start at the same time on the forward line.

At the beginning of the game, Zhao Yaning controlled the ball at his own feet. In the second minute, he instigated an offensive on the left, passing the ball straight into the penalty area after a breakthrough, but Daewoo was a step slower and the Iranian defender cleared the ball. And just a minute later, Zhao Yaning's long-range shot from outside the penalty area sank vigorously, and the door beam flew out.

His performance also surprised the Iranian team. Before this game, the Iranian team had defined Zhao Yaning as the core of the Chinese team’s offense, thinking that his level of play would directly affect the game process, but in the game, his strength still made the Iranian team feel Defend his pressure. Karimi is also a master of breakthrough with the ball, but compared with Zhao Yaning, it is much worse, and Zhao Yaning's body, speed and physical effort are even better than Karimi who relies purely on technology. Strong and even overbearing, for the players defending him, basically all the changes have been passed, and it has also made it extremely difficult for the Iran internationals to confront.

It is not unreasonable to lose in the Olympic qualifiers. This guy is really strong.

But the Iranian team is not willing to show weakness. In the sixth minute, Karimi got rid of Shao Jiayi's defense and tried to instigate the attack with a through kick, but Liu Yunfei attacked steadily and confiscated the ball, making his attack ineffective. The Iranian team has Karimi in the middle, Madavika on the wing, and Aliday in front, and they played quite well. But found that the entanglement in the middle is not as good as the opponent, the Chinese team simply launched an offensive attack on both sides. This attack momentum was very fierce, especially with Zhao Yaning and Sun Jihe attacking the left side. The Iranian team had to deploy multiple defensive players in the penalty area. Come to guard against Zhao Yaning.

In the twelfth minute, Zhao Yaning got rid of the back pass on the left. The Iranian players struggled to clear the siege. After the goalkeeper saved the ball, they launched a fast attack. Two minutes later, the Iranian team finally formed the first threat after the opening. Karimi dribbled the ball through the center and instigated the offensive, while Madavika broke into the penalty area and shot wide from a small angle. The 35-year-old veteran Ali Dayi who followed up missed the ball. This opportunity was missed by the Iranian team.

"Ali Dai is really old." The commentator couldn't help but said, "The 35-year-old is no longer suitable for playing the national team. The speed is not the same now, and the strength is affected. too big."

As Iran’s football idol, Ali Dei can be said to be the top figure in Asian football. But after all, he is 35 years old. At this age, running like a lad is still a bit harder after all, and he can't easily raging on the Chinese team's defense as he did when he was young.

In the seventeenth minute, Zhao Yaning and Sun Jihe once again made continuous passes and received the ball in the frontcourt to instigate the offensive. The Iranian team’s full-back, Kaabi, who was also the fastest in their team, struggling to shovel and break the ball out of the sideline. , Sun Jihe sent the out-of-bounds ball, and this time, Zhao Yaning made a direct pass and sent the ball into the penalty area!

Daewoo got the ball in the penalty area, but he had no chance of being forced. He passed the ball back to Hao Da Pao who was running to the side. After Hao Da Pao broke into the penalty area, he first got rid of the defense and then calmed down. Knock back. Zhao Yaning, who followed up in time, directly pushed the goal and broke through the door of Iran!

The Chinese team leads 1-0!

"The Chinese team took the lead in breaking through the Iranian team's door, and the Chinese team is ahead!" The commentator shouted excitedly.

The last time the Chinese team entered the Asian Cup finals can be traced back to 1984. Now that the Chinese team has hope to enter the finals again, it naturally aroused everyone's cheers. The drum noise of the fans on the scene also rang. Although one goal is not much, it is still very happy.

But just after that, the Chinese team had a problem again.

In the twenty-fourth minute, Zhao Junzhe made a tackle in the midfield, and the Chinese team quickly countered. Daewoo made a half-high pass from the right front. Hao Dapao, who grabbed a spot in the penalty area, collided with the opponent's defender and goalkeeper, and he fell on the spot. , And after the teammates gathered around, he saw that his head was already bleeding.

"Brother Hao is injured!" Zhao Yaning greeted people to carry the stretcher up, and he kept moaning in his heart. The luck of the Chinese team was really bad: Li Gang was injured before the game, and Daewoo just recovered before the game. , And now the unlucky one became Hao Da Pao, one injury was over and the other was injured.

Zhao Yaning didn't know how much he was injured, but looking at the **** face, it shouldn't be very light.

I don't know if it will affect the finals... This idea passed by, Zhao Yaning shook his head, not to mention that he hasn't won yet, even if he has entered the finals? Teammates who are injured don't think about the injury and still think about the game, so I can't be such a bastard.

With Hao Dapao's injury, the Chinese team had to make substitution adjustments and replaced him with Li Yi. The Chinese team players also got fired because of this substitution. In the 31st minute, Sun Jihe also got a yellow card because of excessive fighting moves. Only one minute later, Iranian team Zare handball fouled, and the Chinese team got the opportunity of a free kick in the front court.

Zhao Yaning and the free kick were sent to the penalty area to find Li Yi's position. However, the old forward Ali Dayi took a step earlier than Li Yi to judge the path of the ball. He shook his head to make a clearance and cleared the ball out of the baseline. Afterwards, Zhao Yaning took the corner kick again, Li Da's head nodded and the ball flew out.

The offense is really not very good. Zhao Yaning looked at the Iranian team's defense, a little admired. Even the 35-year-old forward veteran can retreat to participate in the defense, their attitude is still good.

Seeing his attitude, Sun Jihe also spoke, "You go to the middle to kick, and you can leave it to me on the left."

With these words, Zhao Yaning looked back at him and nodded.

Sun Jihe was very active on the left in this game, and his range of activities was also very large. He also knows very well that Zhao Yaning is now becoming more and more famous, and his status as a Premier League team is naturally not as conspicuous as Zhao Yaning. In the past, it could be said that his league strength was stronger, but Zhao Yaning's halo of the Triple Crown made him say nothing. In the past, I didn’t work hard in the national team because of my special status and status, so I didn’t need to do anything~www.ltnovel.com~ But now, Zhao Yaning surpasses him in any aspect, and even he does things, so why not Sun Jihe To do it?

And his own case has never been clean. If Zhao Yaning is really annoyed by his inability to work, and he finds a way to deal with him, it will be accurate. At this time, he had to please Zhao Yaning.

But it was this impatience that caused his mistake. After a deep penetration and the ball was interrupted, the Iranian team directly gave the ball to Madavika in the frontcourt. Madavika made a right pass in the frontcourt. Allawi caught the pass in the penalty area and scored with a strong shot. Liu Yunfei His sight was obstructed by his own defender and was too late to save. The on-court score was rewritten to 1-1. After that, the two sides made waves of attacks on the field. First, the Iranian team won consecutive free kicks and corner kicks, and then the Chinese team continued to instigate an offensive on both sides. In the 45th minute, Zhao Junzhe shot high outside the restricted area. In stoppage time, Zheng Zhi intercepted Kalimi in midfield and was shown a yellow card by the referee. In the end, neither of the two sides could change the game on the court. The two sides of the game entered the second half with a score of 1-1.

"We played pretty well, everything is okay." Zhao Yaning said in the locker room, "I asked Hao Hao just a little flesh injury, it doesn't matter. In this game, the Iranians were able to see Hao Hao blood. , We can't spare them lightly. If we can't win the game, then we are sorry Brother Hao. Anyway, win the game for me!"

And in the forty-ninth minute, there was a wave of waves on the court.

When Shao Jiayi was running without the ball in the penalty area, Iranian player Zary gave him a big push. Shao Jiayi was pushed to the ground by him, and at this moment, the whistle sounded.

The referee came over, holding a yellow card in his hand.

Shao Jiayi flopped.