Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1116 First Half
Such a wonderful and beautiful goal, of course, should be replayed several times so that everyone can watch enough.
Starting from Zheng Zhi's long pass, through multi-angle replays, everyone could see how He Ying was running.
He was initially in the middle, near the arc at the edge of the penalty area.
But after Zheng Zhi's long pass, he immediately moved towards the landing point of the football, but his speed was not very fast, but slowly moved sideways. Perhaps because of this, the Dutch defenders did not notice him at first, and their attention was all on the ball.
"...The Dutch defender made the mistake of watching the ball and not the man..." Gong Lei analyzed in conjunction with this scene.
When the football was about to fly over, He Ying suddenly accelerated, striding towards the wing, then pulling away horizontally, adjusting his pace at the same time. When the football flew over, his pace was also adjusted, and he swung his left foot to volley. The whole movement was very smooth and natural, the action looked very stretched, and the strength of the shot was just right.
"This is a high-quality shot..." Gong Lei exclaimed at last.
The commentator from the Dutch TV station was also sincerely convinced by He Ying's goal: "This goal really leaves our defenders speechless... Facing such a high ball, many players can only stop it, let alone such a beautiful direct volley... Obviously, after taking the lead, the Dutch players were a little too complacent... Such a mistake should not have happened, but it did. This is also related to He Ying's personal ability, after all, not just anyone can score such a beautiful goal in this position. Last season, He Ying's performance at Paris Saint-Germain was very eye-catching. He was the team's second scorer after Ibrahimović. He had a very good performance in the Champions League quarter-final against Dortmund, scoring twice and scoring a very wonderful goal... This player not only has excellent speed, but is also very versatile. He is not a simple offensive player who relies on speed..."
For this Chinese team, the Dutch commentators are probably most familiar with the players who play in European leagues, especially those who have participated in the Champions League.
Van Gaal was very dissatisfied with this goal, and he kept waving his arms on the sidelines, expressing his anger to the players on the field.
He had just taken the lead for a minute and the score was tied, which was simply too childish!
The Dutch players were also stunned by this goal from the Chinese team. They never thought that they would only lead for a minute...
According to the pre-match arrangement, they would score goals and then expand their lead. If the Chinese team wanted to counterattack, then the Dutch team would launch a counterattack, because the Dutch team had speed demons like Robben, and they believed that no one on the Chinese team's defense could keep up with Robben's speed.
If they could lead by two goals, then the Dutch team would be stable in this game. Relying on Robben's counterattack alone would prevent the Chinese team from going all out to tie the score. The scene of the Chinese team going all out to attack and then tying the score in the last game would not be staged in this game.
But what happened?
As soon as they scored a goal, the Chinese team immediately tied the score!
What happened to the promise that it wouldn't be repeated?
It really wasn't repeated... In the last game, the Chinese team started a desperate counterattack after being two goals behind. In this game, they simply scored one goal each!
The Dutch players, who were full of confidence and planned to win the Chinese team completely and become the first team to qualify for the group stage in this World Cup, were stunned by this goal. What followed was... anger.
Since the Dutch team swept the defending champion Spain 5:1 in the first match of the World Cup group stage, the Dutch team is now in high spirits. How could they allow a crippled Chinese team to be rampant and arrogant in front of them?
They are all high-level players, and of course they know how powerful and beautiful He Ying's volley was. But precisely because of this, it aroused their fighting spirit even more—the Chinese team has already shown such a performance, so how can we be willing to admit defeat?
Especially players like Robben, Van Persie and Sneijder.
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After the game restarted, the scored-upon Dutch team did not panic to the point of making continuous mistakes. On the contrary, they launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal, as if to vent all their anger into the Chinese team's goal.
In the twenty-fourth minute, Sneijder suddenly launched a cold arrow outside the penalty area, hitting a high-quality long shot.
The football was pressed by him within the range of the goal frame, but Sun Pan also made a high-quality save, and he single-handedly pushed the football out of the crossbar.
Next, the Dutch team won a corner kick. Sneijder's corner kick allowed defender Vlaar to overwhelm Feng Xiaoting at the edge of the small penalty area to head the goal, but the football was deflected.
Two minutes later, the Dutch team made a comeback. This time, Robben dribbled the ball in his most familiar area, then suddenly changed direction and dribbled horizontally.
"Robben is here, this is his most accustomed way of attacking, be careful, don't..." He Ping exclaimed.
Before he finished speaking, Robben shot.
However, this time, his shot did not threaten Sun Pan's goal, but was blocked by Guo Nu, who had been sticking to him, with his leg.
"Guo Nu! Good defense! He stuck to Robben! It seems that he was not affected by that goal..."
After Guo Nu got up from the ground, he and Feng Xiaoting slapped each other to celebrate. Just now, he stuck to Robben to defend, and Feng Xiaoting behind him would face some risks and had to do more to prevent problems with the defense. The two central defenders must have such tacit understanding.
Mutual encouragement and response are also very necessary.
Guo Nu and Feng Xiaoting, one plays football abroad and the other plays football in China. Except for national team games and training, the two basically have no contact. At this time, some initiative contact on the field is very important.
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Facing the Dutch team's aggressive offensive, the Chinese team did not completely passively sit back and wait for death. They also took the opportunity to launch some counterattacks.
In the thirty-first minute, the Chinese team made a long pass to the frontcourt. He Ying retreated and stopped the football with his chest, then took the ball with his back to the goal, and passed the football back to Yang Muge.
Yang Muge did not stop the ball, but directly passed the football to the right wing.
Wu Lei on the right wing stopped the ball, and Vlaar quickly forced him up. Facing Vlaar, Wu Lei was not stage-frightened. He first slightly lowered his left shoulder, made a feint to cut inside, then suddenly used his left foot to buckle the football into the penalty area, and then changed direction to accelerate into the penalty area!
"Wu Lei, well done!"
Seeing Wu Lei break through, He Ying also quickly pressed towards the goal. He did not necessarily want to搶点 (qiang dian, grab a point) and shoot in front of the goal, but this would compress the Dutch team's defense line and create space behind him at the same time.
Sure enough, after Wu Lei broke through, he chose to cross, but instead of passing the football to He Ying, he passed it to the space behind He Ying.
The football crossed a huge vacuum area and landed at the far post.
Yan Min, who followed up, swung a kick and shot at the ball!
At the same time, Dutch player De Guzman, who was returning to defense, also arrived, and he tackled Yan Min to the ground, trying to stop Yan Min's shot.
This kick still affected Yan Min. He subconsciously wanted to make the football avoid De Guzman's foot, so the force was a little stronger and he hit it high...
"Yan Min... He wanted to exert too much force..." He Ping's tone revealed endless regret. Wu Lei's breakthrough and pass were very good, and He Ying's pulling run was also good, but Yan Min's last kick was a little bit off.
Yan Min himself was also very regretful. He punched the turf hard and muttered to himself, complaining that he hadn't handled it well just now.
A minute later, Yang Muge entangled Sneijder in the midfield. Zheng Zhi stepped forward and cleverly poked the ball away from Sneijder. The Chinese team quickly switched from defense to offense. Zhang Linpeng crossed from the right wing, and He Ying's header was not powerful under De Vrij's close interference. The football flew softly and weakly towards the goal and did not pose any threat to Cillessen, who caught it in his arms.
During this period, although the Dutch team had more attacks, the Chinese team's offensive threat was greater. After tying the score, the Chinese team's morale was high and their edge was strong. Even the Dutch team had to be careful when facing their edge.
What about the Dutch team's attack?
Although there were many times, they encountered stubborn resistance from the Chinese team. Everything was like the first ten minutes of the game. It was difficult for the Dutch team to get particularly good shooting opportunities, and even if they shot, it was difficult to get past Sun Pan's ten fingers.
It was not until the end of the first half that the Chinese team, under Lippi's on-the-spot command, re-contracted their defense and strived not to lose the ball again before the end of the first half.
They succeeded.
The referee blew the whistle to end the first half, with the score at 1:1, and the Chinese team and the Dutch team drew.
There are forty-five minutes left before the end of the game. As long as the Chinese team can hold on for these forty-five minutes, they can achieve their pre-match goal.
And that way, they will be one step closer to qualifying from the group!