Chapter 25 Familiar Zhouyi
When referee Shuklala from Bahrain sounded the whistle to start the game, cheers rang out from the stands at Baishada Arena.
Spain intends to take advantage of their kick-off to attack the Chinese team's goal and strive to score early.
However, their attack did not hit the Chinese team's goal this time. When Cazzola was getting the ball on the side, he was posted by Yang Muge. Cazzola did not pass the ball immediately, but planned to dribble the ball away from Yang Muge.
Is Yang Muge so easy to get rid of?
Seeing the opportunity, he poked his feet, and Cazola staggered and lost the ball under his feet...
Yang Muge, who had poked the football off, reacted quickly and immediately bypassed Cazola, controlled the football, and then passed the football to Zhou Yi.
"Zhou Yi got the ball!" commentator Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly.
In fact, it was not only him who was excited, but the Chinese fans in front of the TV and in the stands were excited.
Cheers from Chinese fans immediately sounded in the stands of Baishada Arena.
For this scene, everyone has been waiting for two games.
In the first two games, the Chinese team, which lacked Zhou Yi, tried their best to tie the opponent.
And this time, what can the Chinese team with Zhou Yi perform?
In addition, has Zhou Yi, who has returned from injury, really got rid of the impact of injury? How is his condition in this game?
These are all issues that everyone is concerned about.
So when Zhou Yi got the ball, tens of millions of eyes were already aiming at him.
But Zhou Yi didn't feel the pressure of this kind of gaze at all. He waved his head left and right before receiving the ball. When the football came to his feet, he only stopped for a moment and quickly passed the football out.
He passed it to Yang Hao, the lower back on the other side.
Then he ran on the diagonal line and kept at the same angle as Yang Hao. In this way, when Yang Hao was pressed by the opponent and had to pass the football quickly, he no longer had to observe and worry that his teammates were separated from him, so it was difficult to pass. He just needed to pass the football to Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi's position must be the best position to pass the ball.
After Yang Hao got the ball, he was indeed pressed by Spanish players.
He immediately passed the football to Zhou Yi.
Just as Zhou Yi received the ball, Spanish midfielder Xavi Alonso rushed up and tried not to let Zhou Yi turn around.
But Zhou Yi was like eyes on the back of his head. He didn't turn around and knocked the ball back with his heel. The ball passed through Harvey Alonso's gear and rolled to He Ying's feet who was retreating to meet him.
"Oh! Beautiful!!" Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly. "A wonderful heel pass played Alonso!"
The Chinese fans in the stands immediately burst into cheers and applause, giving them to Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi's performance did not end here. After he cleverly passed the football to He Ying, he immediately turned around, wiped it from Alonso, and then inserted it forward.
He Ying also received the ball with his back to the offensive direction. After seeing Zhou Yi turn around, he immediately passed the ball back to him.
This time, Zhou Yi simply didn't even stop the ball, and directly swung his foot and passed the ball to Wu Lei on the right. There was a gap there!
"Beautiful transfer! Beautiful! He could see the gap on the right without much observation in this field of vision..." Liu Jianhong almost became a human replicator in front of Zhou Yi, and would repeat "beautiful".
"Wu Lei received the ball! Good opportunity!!" Liu Jianhong raised his volume and screamed.
Amid the cheers of Chinese fans, Wu Lei dribbled the ball and rushed into Spain's penalty area.
Spanish left-back Alba came up to defend. Facing Alba's defense, Wu Lei planned to use his own speed to force his breakthrough, drive his football forward, and then accelerate!
But Alba was also very fast and experienced. She immediately turned around and cut inside, stuck between Wu Lei and the football, making Wu Lei unable to speed up. Wu Lei planned to bypass Alba, but Alba did not give him such a chance. In the end, Alba protected the football out of the bottom line.
The Chinese team's first offense failed to even get a corner kick, and it ended like this.
"Wu Lei was a little anxious, but fortunately, the game has just begun, and momentum is the most important!" Liu Jianhong was still relatively tolerant of Wu Lei's performance.
Wu Lei himself was very upset. He wasted the good ball Zhou Yi gave him, so he raised his hands to Zhou Yi and apologized. But Zhou Yi replied with a thumbs up.
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Commentators from various countries did not care much about Wu Lei's failure and breakthroughs. Their focus was only on Zhou Yi.
Everyone commented on Zhou Yi's passing performance just now.
"It's still a familiar recipe, a familiar taste... This is Zhou Yi!"
"That familiar Zhou Yi is back! This is a scene we often see in Dortmund games. He seems to know the whole stadium well!"
"Zhou Yi's pass is still gratifying and precise. With Zhou Yi, the Chinese team can indeed pose a threat to Spain..."
"Just just now, Spain had an open space on the side. In fact, it was not very big, and Alba quickly filled it. But Zhou Yi still seized the opportunity and sent a precise pass... I think it can be seen from the two minutes of the game that Zhou Yi is in very good condition. He did not feel unfamiliar with the game because of his injury for a month..."
"It's really incredible. Is this what a player who has been away from the stadium for one month due to injury should have? In the first game after returning from injury, he had two exquisite passes in the first two minutes... Zhou Yi's performance is amazing!"
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Although the Chinese team's attack did not work, it was an encouragement for the Chinese team players on the court, letting them know that with Zhou Yi on the court, they could play differently from the previous two games, and they had the ability to threaten Spain's goal.
Before the game, it was said that although Spain is the defending champion, it is just a paper tiger. But after all, it is just what others say. Whether Spain is a paper tiger needs to be experienced in person before you can know.
Now the Chinese players feel that they really have a chance to face Spain!
So one minute later, the Chinese team once again used the tight defense in the backcourt to cut off Spain's pass and then launched an attack.
This time, He Ying made a long shot outside the penalty area and the football missed.
"Wow! It's been four minutes since the game. The Chinese team has completed two attacks, while Spain has not even completed one attack! Although Boske said before the game that Spain would use a victory to bid farewell to the World Cup, the whole team is ready to fight for honor. But judging from these few minutes of the game, the Spanish players seem to be not ready to enter the game..."
It was only after the eleventh minute of the game that Spain finally organized a seemingly threatening attack.
But when Villa chose to break through forcibly at the front of the penalty area, he was stopped by Guo Nu very toughly.
"Guo Nu! Full interception score!" Liu Jianhong is very excited now. Seeing that the Chinese players performed well, he immediately gave praise without hesitation. "Accurate position selection, agile footwork, and neatness!"
This is not over yet. Over the past month, Lippi has been instilling a concept in Chinese players, that is, in any defense, successful defense is the beginning of an offense. Therefore, everyone must think about how to attack after defending, and everyone must be prepared to switch quickly in defense and offense at any time.
The Chinese team's offense after Yang Muge intercepted the ball before was a reflection of this idea.
Now Guo Nu's successful interception is also the same.
After he cut off Villa's ball, he immediately passed the ball forward.
Zhou Yi did not transition with anyone in the midfield, but directly passed the football forward to He Ying who was pulling it to the side.
After He Ying received the ball, he had reached the 30-meter area. He took two steps forward and saw Yan Min had already rushed straight from the other side, so he decisively stepped on his feet and made a cross at the forty-five degrees!
The football passed the top of Spanish defender Albiol in the penalty area and fell to Yan Min at the back!
"The Chinese team's counterattack is coming again-!" Liu Jianhong shouted.
After Yan Min rushed forward at high speed, facing the football sent by He Ying, he did not choose to stop the ball, but took advantage of the situation and swung his left foot, intending to shoot directly!
At the same time, Sergio Ramos quickly returned to the front of the goal. Seeing Yan Min had a chance, he jumped up quickly, turned around, and blocked Yan Min.
Yan Min scored the football, but the football also hit Ramos, bounced out of the bottom line and did not threaten the goal guarded by Reina.
A burst of exclamations rang out in the stands, both Chinese and Spanish.
Yan Min, whose shot was blocked, held his head in his hands, looking very regretful.
After Ramos landed, he tightened his captain's armband and signaled his teammates to come back to participate in the corner defense.
Chapter completed!