World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 305 World-Class Player Qualities
On June 6, Ulsan Munju Football Stadium.

The third Confederations Cup final, China VS France.

Regardless of the pre-match publicity, fans believe that the world champion French team is advancing towards the "Triple Crown".

The only question is, in this final, how many goals can the "serious" French team score for the Chinese team?
The French team is the same as the Chinese team.

There were neither injuries nor suspensions.

Le Maire does not have too many worries about the use of troops.

Especially the frontcourt players are in very good condition. Whether they want to play a pressing attack or a defensive counterattack, generals such as Pires and Lizarazu can deliver enough shells to the forwards.

So is the Chinese team qualified for an upset?
Looking at the first three games of the Chinese team, it seems that there is really such a loss.

First of all, the Chinese team has its own unique trump card in offense, and it can also score well when facing strong teams like France and Cameroon.

Secondly, in terms of defense, if all members of the Chinese team retreat, then the opponent really has no good way to break through the defense of the national football team.

The subtlety of this lies in how Zeng Zhengyi controls the timing of the players' offense and defense.

Whether the opponent can give the opponent a fatal blow when he is slack has become the key to the Chinese team.

"Xiao Zeng, have you heard? In the game against the American University United, the National Youth Team beat the opponent 9-1 and almost broke the double digits."

The World Youth Championship will also start soon.

The national youth team led by Chen Jingang, Li Hui and others will go directly to Argentina to compete after training in the United States.

Such a big score in the last warm-up game before the game is definitely a huge boost to morale.

"Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a short period of time, whether it is a mule or a horse, it depends on how capable those boys are!"

Although concerned about the situation of the National Youth Team.

But at the moment of the final, Zeng Zheng has no time to be distracted.

As long as this final is played well, the national youth players on the other side of the world must be encouraged to see it!

During the chatter, players from both sides lined up to play.

"Beep!"

With the referee's whistle, the entire stadium was completely ignited.

"Today, the Chinese team's starting lineup has been slightly adjusted. Li Jinyu was unexpectedly promoted from the front midfielder to the front line, and became Yang Chen's partner."

"The two front midfielders are Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi, and the two midfielders are Li Tie and Zhang Ran."

"The back line is basically the same as before. From right to left are Sun Jihai, General Fan, Zhang Yanhua and Wu Chengying."

"Standing on the last line of defense is still the national gate Ou Chuliang."

"In the semi-finals, Ou Chuliang contributed more than ten saves and was named the best player in the game."

"It can be said that it is because of the goalkeeper's brave performance that the Chinese team broke into the final."

"Today we once again face the world champion French team. I hope that Ou Chuliang can perform as bravely as he did in the previous game."

"If this game is won, then this will be the highest level championship trophy in the history of the Chinese team."

"For the French team, coach Le Maire is using the same 433 formation as before."

"The goalkeeper is Lame from Bordeaux, the defenders are Lizarazu, Desailly, Leboeuf, Cabron."

"The midfield is Vieira, Djorkaeff, Pires."

"The three forwards are Anelka, Wiltord and Marais."

Just when Huang Jianxiang was about to introduce the second French team in detail, the opponent had already attacked the Chinese team's penalty area.

Under the instigation of Pires, the French team chose to test from the right for the first attack.

Facing the opponent who was aggressively pressing forward, Sun Jihai retreated again and again, and formed a zone defense with his teammates.

Facing the passing and receiving of the ball within a small area by the opponent, Sun Jihai, Zhang Xiaorui and Shao Jiayi started a "3-to-3" game on the wing.

But the French players in their blue robes clearly had the upper hand.

The continuous running, receiving and passing the ball made the international players exhausted.

Soon, Pires caught a gap and stuffed the ball directly from the wing into the penalty area.

This through ball was extremely tricky, after getting past Shao Jia's kick, even Sun Jihai, who was dragged at the end, couldn't touch it.

At the same time, Anelka, who was inserted from the side, suddenly accelerated and chased after the ball.

Seeing that Anelka was about to touch the ball, at the last second, the French striker slowed down because a purple figure had already entered the camera.

Before the fans could react, Ou Chuliang fell sideways to the ground, holding the ball into his arms with both hands.

Anelka had no choice but to retract his knees and jumped over Ou Chuliang's body.

But in the next second, Ou Chuliang made another move that stunned most of the fans.

After dodging Anelka, Ou Chuliang actually pushed the ball out of his arms.

Even Sun Jihai, who rushed over, was caught off guard.

Because the ball was pushed out of bounds directly in front of his eyes.

"This"

Afterwards, Ou Chuliang quickly got up and pointed to the white line underground.

Sun Jihai suddenly realized, and hurried forward to stand on the sideline to prevent the French player from taking a free kick.

"Ou Chuliang made a mistake?"

Many fans were puzzled.

They all hugged the ball, why did they throw it out?

Afterwards, the camera shot everything, restoring the situation just now.

I saw that Ou Chuliang's attack speed was really too fast.

Although he hugged the ball for the first time, he still slid a long way on the grass.

Seeing to be out of bounds.

In desperation, Ou Chuliang had no choice but to push the ball in his arms out of the sideline.

After seeing what happened clearly, the two commentators in the live broadcast room also praised it again and again.

"Being able to make such a quick response in such a short period of time, Ou Chuliang's goalkeeping awareness can already be regarded as world-class."

"That's right, the average goalkeeper can't react to this ball at all, and if he doesn't do it, he has to give the opponent a handball outside the penalty area, hehe."

"Sun Jihai's reaction was also very good. He immediately ran forward to stop the opponent from taking a quick free kick and buy Ou Chuliang time to return to defense."

"From this goal, it can be seen that the awareness of many players in the Chinese team is no worse than that of European and American stars."

After the word-of-mouth explanation, the fans in the stands were also refreshed.

Wang Lei stood up straight away and shouted Ou Chuliang's name.

Same as last semi-final.

The game hasn't started yet, and the first player to appear on the Chinese team is still the goalkeeper.

This is not a good thing!
Zeng Zheng pinched his waist on the sidelines and loudly ordered the players to arm themselves.

In his opinion, if Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi and others hadn't let the ball pass out just now, the opponent would not have made such a dangerous attack.

Ou Chuliang will not face the risk of handball outside the penalty area.

It's not a winning call-up for a team where the goalkeeper is always in the limelight!

Amidst the gradually cheering cheers at the scene, the Chinese team quickly cut off the opponent's throw-in.

Then quickly passed the ball to Zhang Xiaorui in the frontcourt through the wing, and launched a counterattack.

Facing the French defense, Zhang Xiaorui was familiar with the game.

He didn't choose to pass the ball immediately, but slowly slowed down and approached the French team's penalty area a little bit.

Yang Chen had already rushed into the opponent's penalty area at this moment, and began to run diagonally.

Li Jinyu was also like a sixth child, scurrying around behind Desailly.

Compared to Yang Chen's regular and purposeful running, Li Jinyu is more like having fun.

But it is such players that cause the French defense the most headaches.

In the previous games, Li Jinyu has been acting as the front midfielder, responsible for passing and catching the ball.

But this time he was actually arranged as a striker by Zeng Zheng.

Any fool can see that this is Zeng Zheng's method against the French team.

"Is it 442 or 451?"

Li Jinyu's honey run made Le Maire guess from the beginning to the present.

Obviously, when defending, Li Jinyu also undertook part of the defensive task;

When attacking, his position is a little further ahead than the attacking midfielders.

What's more, Shao Jiayi was still behind him.

The ability of the teenager's left foot is also a concern for the French players.

Now the problem facing the French team is.

The Chinese team is indeed an Asian team, and its comprehensive strength is not strong.

But the offense they played with "full strength" was just right enough to break the opponent's goal;
The defense they made "with all their strength" was just enough to prevent the opponent's offense.

If you regard a football game as a numerical game contest.

Then the French team, the world champion and the European Championship champion, is completely top in the world in both offense and defense, and is a top student.

The Chinese team, however, is a team that has just passed the pass and is an inferior student.

But the problem is that the highest value of the Chinese team's offensive power just exceeds the lowest value of the French team's defensive end;
The highest value of the Chinese team's defensive end is higher than the lowest value of the French team's offensive end.

This also led to the French team's failure to achieve the due success rate in both offense and defense when facing Asian teams like the Chinese team.

In other words, when facing the Chinese team, the French must play at a higher level than usual on both offensive and defensive ends in order to defeat their opponents.

But the Chinese team happens to be an Asian team.

Not to mention world champions.

Even second-tier European teams such as the Czech Republic, Poland, and Ireland look down on Asian teams.

When the actual situation is completely different from the imagination.

The combat effectiveness of the French players on the field is not even as good as usual!
As Zhang Xiaorui brought the ball closer to the French team's penalty area, Yang Chen kept going left and right.

Just when the defender of the French team was being tirelessly tossed by Yang Chen, Zhang Xiaorui suddenly moved the ball forward to the right, opened a gap, and directly drew the ball towards the goal of the French team.

Without any recruitment, it is so decisive.

Lame didn't even react when Zhang Xiaorui kicked.

When the ball hit Li Jinyu's toes while traveling, it was too late for Lame to save.

The ball bounced into the net from the other side of Lame's center of gravity.

"Eh??? Did the ball go in?"

Seeing the goal, Huang Jianxiang was also stunned.

"Just like the last game against France, the Chinese team took the lead in scoring!"

"This goal came from Li Jinyu."

"It's because of Zhang Xiaorui's change of direction after the shot was refracted."

Huang Jianxiang was just halfway excited when the whistle on the field suddenly rang.

"Eh eh?"

"This ball doesn't count?"

"Offside!"

"Sure enough, it was offside."

"No wonder, it turned out to be offside."

In the shot, the flag in the hands of the linesman is raised high.

Indicated that Li Jinyu was offside first.

After seeing the offside, Huang Jianxiang also calmed down.

After saying "offside" several times in a row, he seemed to be explaining himself to himself.

Otherwise, based on his experience of commenting football for so many years, it is really impossible to understand why the Chinese team can score goals in the opening stage when facing the French team twice.

This unscientific!

Not reasonable!

To say one is luck.

So if this happens for two consecutive games, then either the Chinese team is too strong, or the opposing coach is too rubbish.

Le Maire is clearly not such a poor coach.

Now, when the offside flag is raised.

It all makes sense.

"Goal invalid."

"The Chinese team was offside first."

"The score is still tied at 0-0."

Seeing the goal being blown, the Chinese fans were the first to sigh.

Many of these fans don't even understand the offside rules.

They didn't understand why such a wonderful goal was blown off by the referee.

"We scored! Why don't we count?! Just because they are the French team?!"

Some fans asked loudly.

Seeing such angry Chinese fans, the local South Korean fans couldn't help laughing.

Obviously, they didn't come to cheer for the French team in this game, but to watch the jokes of the Chinese team.

Or.

They don't care how the French team played in this game.

They only care about whether the Chinese team has lost and whether they have encountered any injustice on the field.

If a player is sent off or injured, then they are happier.

There is no way, South Korean fans are of high quality.

Although the goal was blown, Li Jinyu is very optimistic.

After halfway through the celebration it turns out the ball doesn't count.

He stopped and shook his head, then waved to the fans in the stands, and then returned to the field smartly.

In contrast to the French players.

They looked terrified.

In fact, they hadn't reacted when Lee Jin Woo scored.

Some people even think that the Chinese team scored one of them at the beginning of the last game, and it is normal to score now.

After the big deal, they will recover the score.

So it doesn't feel like much.

Then the line referee raises the flag and the referee blows his whistle.

Let these French players realize that the ball did not count to the Chinese team.

As a result, Lame began to ask for the ball like a caddy, and the guards scattered.

At this moment, several defenders headed by Desailly suddenly thought of something.

If this goal is not counted, will the Chinese team still have to score one?
Recalling the tenacity and wonderful performance of the Chinese team in the last game, the hearts of these French defenders couldn't help but hang.

It's not terrible to be scored.

The terrible thing is the period of time when you know that your opponent is going to score, but you haven't scored yet.

In their impression, the Chinese team will score a goal sooner or later.

But when the ball will be scored, by whom, and how, it is still unknown.

It was Li Jinyu's running shot just now.

So what's next?

Is it Yang Chen's header?

Or Zhang Xiaorui's cold shot from outside the penalty area?
Or Shao Jiayi's direct free kick?

No way!

Under this kind of worry, veteran Lizarazu had some minor flaws when receiving the ball.

Almost stopped the ball out of bounds.

Seeing the appearance of this Grand Slam veteran saving the ball in front of the sideline, Zhang and Huang also sighed for a while.

"Hey, Lizarazu hasn't woken up yet?"

"Do they still think our Chinese team is easy to play?"

With several encouraging chants among the French players, the world champions soon regained their strength.

In the 12th minute, the Frenchman got a set kick from a far position in the frontcourt.

The ball is close to the left line, 30 meters away from the goal line.

It can be said that the ball basically followed the pass.

With the whistle of the referee, Pires kicked a straight pass to the front of the penalty area.

In the crowd, Vieira jumped high.

Standing between Zhang Xiaorui and Li Tie, he flicked the header.

"Ooh!!!"

The ball flying in the air changed direction in the blink of an eye.

After hitting the turf in front of Ou Chuliang's goal, he quickly bounced towards the lower right corner of the goal.

At the critical moment, Ou Chuliang flew to the ground and blocked the ball from the crossbar with his fists.

"Ouch!!"

"Wow, ah yo yo~~"

A few "yo yo" in the broadcast room made the hearts of fans all over the country tremble.

The camera instantly switched to Ou Chuliang's face.

I saw the 1.8-meter Chinese goalkeeper's cheeks moving up and down.

The constant chewing of gum kept Ou Chuliang's concentration [-]%.

"This ball is too dangerous."

"Really are"

"Vieira actually put in a header of such high quality."

"If it wasn't for Ou Chuliang, the goal might have been scored."

"The offensive ability of the French team is really terrible."

"If you are not careful, you may be scored by your opponent."

Chinese fans feel trembling.

Why not French fans?
After seeing the Chinese goalkeeper save such a difficult bouncing ball, hundreds of French fans in the stands suddenly showed a look of surprise.

Can this also be thrown out? !
After the first few rounds of fighting, both sides have the ability to threaten the other's goal.

Although the number of Chinese teams is relatively small.

But who can guarantee that the side with more attacks will also score more goals?
After all, it's a matter of probability.

The French team has a great chance of scoring or winning.

But the Chinese team is not without the possibility of defeating the opponent.

Especially the record of the first group match between the two teams.

It also makes the global gambling companies dare not offer higher odds for the Chinese team.

A team that can start with a world champion lead, and a team that can draw with the world champions after falling behind by two goals.

With such a team, who dares to say that he will lose?
Soon, the two sides entered the competition for the midfield.

The muscle friction between Li Tie and Vieira, Zhang Xiaorui and Pires' fake performances, every shot stimulated the attention of the fans.

In the 17th minute, the French team made a pass from the wing.

Sun Jihai saw the opportunity and immediately inserted from the inside to block between Wiltord and the ball.

The strength of Pires' pass is not great.

Wiltord was able to catch up even with a slow run.

But the current situation is that Wiltord is stuck to death by Sun Jihai.

You can't go in from the left, and you can't rush in from the right.

And judging from what Sun Jihai meant, he also had great plans to protect the ball out of the baseline.

Just like that, the two of them were entwined with their chests against their backs.

The latter kept tugging at the former's shoulders and collar.

Sun Jihai also sees the tricks.

Wherever the opponent pulls on his body, he will flick it along with the trend to break free from the opponent's pull.

Not only that, but I always have an arm that clasps the opponent's waist in reverse to prevent the opponent from getting rid of me.

In this way, like wrestlers, the two followed the ball all the way to the bottom line.

The lens is getting closer and closer.

Seeing that the ball was about to go out of bounds, Sun Jihai was about to achieve great success.

Wiltord can also emerge from this contest of strength and skill.

But no one can think of it.

In front of fans all over the world, the ball actually stopped on the baseline.

At this moment, even the lineman's eyes widened.

Squat down, close one eye, and look forward along the baseline.

It is a pity.

He didn't see any part of the ball blocking his view.

In other words, the ball is not out of bounds yet.

Just when he straightened up.

The ball, which had lost all momentum, suddenly took another step forward.

Just one small step.

Just rolled off the bottom line.

Seeing this, the lineman immediately raised the flag in his hand.

Swish!
The fabric of the flag trembled in the air.

The line judge also shook his arms twice in excitement.

Indicates that the ball is out of bounds.

Finally out of bounds!
The fans of the entangled sides thought to themselves.

But at this moment, Wiltord quit.

He broke free from Sun Jihai's restraint and ran towards the referee.

While shouting, while doing body language.

Ok?
What do you mean?
Dissatisfied with the penalty?
"The French player probably thought it should be a corner kick!"

corner kick?

How can it be?

Sun Jihai didn't touch the ball either.

Why a corner kick?
When everyone was wondering, the slow motion replay finally gave everyone the answer.

Just when the ball stopped on the bottom line, both Sun Jihai and Wiltord froze for a moment.

Wiltord, who had already withdrawn his strength, increased his strength again.

Even if you can't win the ball, you still have to be disgusted with Sun Jihai.

At this moment, Sun Jihai suddenly leaned over and did something that thousands of fans never expected.

He puffed up his cheeks and blew hard on the ball.

Ah this
The last trace of football's strength to roll off the touchline comes from Sun Jihai's "magnanimous righteousness".

Seeing this, the fans were also dumbfounded.

Huang Jianxiang was the first to applaud.

"Aha!"

"Sun Jihai is simply too smart!"

"This request was handled beautifully!"

"The ball was not only blocked well, but also handled well in the end."

"Blow the ball out of the baseline, who would have thought of that?!"

Yes!

The commentator couldn't think of it, Wiltord couldn't think of it, the referee couldn't think of it, and the person who made the rules of football couldn't think of it.

But Sun Jihai thought of it.

Even though Wiltord bulged his cheeks and blew N breaths on the referee's face.

The referee was unimpressed.

Did someone touch the ball?
If you don't touch it, it's croquet!
As the referee blew his whistle again, Ou Chuliang made a flat push and passed the ball to Wu Chengying on the left.

The game continues!

At this moment, the scouts from various countries in the stands couldn't help whispering.

Especially Juventus boss Moji, who came all the way to the scene, couldn't help saying to the secretary beside him after seeing Sun Jihai's handling of the ball:

"The quality of the Chinese team players is much higher than we imagined!!"

(End of this chapter)