Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 326 5:1 A great victory, the hospitality of the great Eastern country!

Lin Feng had not intended to take the penalty kick himself, but his teammates were too polite, and after some pushing and shoving, he finally stood at the penalty spot.

After using a fake move to deceive the opponent's goalkeeper, Lin Feng scored the ball steadily, helping the Chinese team to expand the score to 2:0.
The game had only been going on for less than 20 minutes and the Chinese national team was already two goals ahead.

This advantage is quite huge!

After taking a big lead, the Chinese national football team became more relaxed and dared to take action. Occasionally, they would show off their footwork in front of their fellow Macau compatriots and try to dribble past them.

In the 22nd minute, the Chinese team won a corner kick.

Originally, Lin Feng was the one who took the Chinese team's corner kicks, but this time Zhao Junzhe volunteered.

So Lin Feng ran into the penalty area and competed with his teammates for the header.

There is actually no very tall player in the Chinese national football team's lineup.

The tallest player on the field is Feng Xiaoting, who is 1.87 meters tall. Although Han Peng is known as the air overlord, he is only 1.85 meters tall, about the same height as Lin Feng.

So when Lin Feng came to the penalty area, he attracted the attention of many Uzbek players.

They all knew that Lin Feng was good at shooting, but they didn't know how good his heading ability was.

But considering that the opponent is an international first-line star who can be the core of a top giant, his heading ability should be strong.

So he immediately allocated a part of his troops to defend Lin Feng.

To be honest, Lin Feng’s heading ability is really not strong.

Heading may look simple, but it actually requires a lot of technical skills.

It not only requires players to have extremely strong physical fitness, but also to be able to jump higher than others and stay in the air longer than others.

It also requires players to have excellent awareness, be able to predict the landing point of the ball more accurately, and then react in advance to seize a favorable position.

In addition, excellent physical coordination and strong psychological quality are also essential abilities for an excellent header.

Lin Feng can only head the ball, but he is not proficient in it.

Compared with top header players like Cristiano Ronaldo at his peak, he is really far behind.

But the opponent doesn’t know this!
After seeing Lin Feng's personal performance in the first 20 minutes, in their minds, Lin Feng has become omnipotent.

No matter how much attention we pay to such players, it is never too much.

Zhao Junzhe originally saw that Lin Feng was in a good position and was thinking of passing the ball to him.

But later he found out that the opponent had sent several players to target Lin Feng, so he immediately changed his mind and kicked the ball to the back post to find the Chinese national team's top header - Han Peng!
Lin Feng, who was at the front point, jumped up immediately after seeing Zhao Junzhe kick off to compete for the ball.

Seeing this, the defensive players around him also jumped up, but no one could head the ball.

It would have been fine if Lin Feng hadn't headed the ball, but the defense's header disturbed his teammates behind him, causing them to misjudge where the ball would land.

The consequence was that Han Peng, who was lying in ambush at the back point, easily grabbed the first point and, with a lion's head shake, headed the ball into the net.

The score became 3:0!

Only 22 minutes into the first half, the Chinese national team had already killed the suspense of the game.

The opponents were really stunned this time, and they all stared at their own goal in a daze, as if they had not yet reacted to what had happened!
On the court, Han Peng, who scored twice, excitedly ran to the sidelines, faced a certain direction of the stands, raised his hands above his head, nodded with his fingertips, and made a big heart with his hands.

The teammates started to make a noise upon seeing this, some were so shameless that they even shouted "sister-in-law" loudly towards the stands. However, what they didn't expect was that there were actually people in the stands who responded, and quite a few of them!
This made the players on the field confused: Aren’t there so many people who are equivalent to our sister-in-law?

……

After scoring three goals in a row, the Chinese national team started playing a bit casually.

After all, this is a friendly match, and it’s our home court.

If we really cause a tragedy to our opponent, it would be a bit embarrassing for everyone.

Therefore, when Lin Feng passed the ball, he mostly passed it to his teammates to let them try to break through one-on-one, and no longer passed it straight behind the opponent.

After 31 minutes, Zhou Haibin made a strong breakthrough on the right, stopped suddenly in front of the baseline to get rid of his opponent and made a cross. Li Jinyu's header in the middle lacked power and the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

Thanks to the Chinese national team's slackness, Uzbekistan's offense finally improved.

After defending against this wave of attack by the Chinese national team, they immediately pushed the attack to the vicinity of the Chinese national team's penalty area through fast breaks on the flanks.

The Uzbek striker's low shot from the penalty area line was caught by Li Leilei who fell to the ground.

After that, Uzbekistan launched an attack on the right, but Sun Xiang was very stable on the wing and blocked the opponent's cross in advance.

Uzbekistan then took a corner kick, but the ball was blocked by the Chinese national team defender after entering the penalty area.

Although the Chinese national football team let up on the offensive end, they still performed very seriously on the defensive end and showed no intention of letting up.

Not expanding the score does not mean allowing the opponent to score goals at will.

Despite the Chinese national team's strengthened defense, Uzbekistan still failed to launch an effective offensive during this period.

The score of 3:0 remained until the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Chinese national team made a large number of substitutions, with many main players including Lin Feng, Chen Tao, Han Peng, Li Jinyu and Li Weifeng all going off the field to rest.

Gao Lin, Dong Fangzhuo, Hao Junmin, Du Wei, Zhai Yanpeng and others came on as substitutes.

Seeing the opponent's ups and downs, these substitute players have been itching to watch from the sidelines.

So when they get on the court, they don't care about home court appearances, friendship first, competition second and so on, they just beat their opponents to death.

In the 52nd minute, Zhou Haibin got rid of the defense in the middle and passed the ball to the middle. Gao Lin followed up and fired a long shot that went high.

After seeing that it was Gao Lin who fired the anti-aircraft gun, there were bursts of laughter in the stands, and one could even vaguely hear shouts of "Gao plane".

If in the past few years, this title was still a mockery or even an attack on Gao Lin by fans.

Now, this kind of address has become a completely good-natured joke from the fans, or even a way of greeting Gao Lin.

Gao Lin has made rapid progress in both his club and national team since he went abroad in the past two years. His shooting skills have undergone tremendous changes compared to his previous level.

Although there are still occasional chances of being unable to control the angle and firing anti-aircraft guns, the frequency has been greatly reduced.

Gao Lin's current shooting accuracy is already very high, even better than some of the national football team's predecessors and veterans, and he is showing a trend of surpassing his predecessors.

With such strength, coupled with Gao Lin's carefree and even somewhat funny personality, fans particularly like him. His popularity even exceeds that of many veterans who participated in the 02 World Cup.

It seemed that he knew that the fans were joking with him, so Gao Lin just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

Although anti-aircraft guns were fired this time, it did not affect his mentality at all. Next time, when he had a chance, he chose to shoot decisively without any hesitation!
"It seems that the Bundesliga experience has brought a lot of changes to Gao Lin, at least in terms of self-confidence, which has obviously improved!"

The two commentators were also pleased to see the changes in Gao Lin.

"Yes, being able to score is one thing, but whether you dare to shoot after getting the ball is another. If you don't dare to shoot because you are afraid of not scoring, then you will never become a top striker!"

Among these famous forwards in the football world, which one is not full of confidence in himself and fearless?
However, when the Chinese national team was attacking fiercely in the frontcourt, the defense in the backcourt was a little empty.

In the 77th minute, the Chinese national team made a mistake in the midfield pass, and the opponent intercepted the ball and directly broke into the gap.

Fortunately, Feng Xiaoting made timely defense and decisively made a tackle to disrupt the opponent's attack.

When talking about the new players of the Chinese national football team, we have to mention Feng Xiaoting.

Compared with the team Gao Lin plays for, he receives even more attention in Barcelona.

Although Barcelona has not performed well this season, Feng Xiaoting's performance in the team has been getting better and better.

After proving his strength, Rijkaard now likes this oriental boy who is smart, aware and has a high football IQ more and more.

This season, Feng Xiaoting not only made more appearances for Barcelona than last season, but also started in several games.

For a young player who just turned 21, being able to get so much playing time in a top team like Barcelona can be said to have a bright future.

It is no wonder that fans have high hopes for him. After all, among the young generation of defenders in the country, there is no one else with his talent and resume.

In fact, among this group of young players of the Chinese national football team, in addition to Gao Lin and Feng Xiaoting, there is also Zhou Haibin who performed well.

When Lin Feng and Chen Tao were on the court in the first half, he was overshadowed by their brilliance and didn't seem to have many outstanding performances.

But after the two players left the field in the second half, Zhou Haibin's shining points were gradually discovered by the fans.

Like Lin Feng, Zhou Haibin also has a sense of origin and the overall situation. Although his personal skills are not as solid as Lin Feng, his skills are quite comprehensive and he has no obvious shortcomings.

Zhou Haibin can not only act as the team's metronome and complete accurate long passes, but also has good psychological quality and spiritual attributes.

He is very stable with the ball, remains calm in the face of pressure, and can even dribble past opponents.

Moreover, his range of activities is very large and is not limited to the midfield. Sometimes he will rush into the penalty area to participate in the attack. He can take a long shot from two points outside the penalty area, and his long-range shooting ability is also excellent.

During the transition from offense to defense, Zhou Haibin can also connect with the central midfielder to intercept the opponent's ball point in the first place and buy time for his teammates on the back line.

Because Zhou Haibin has more comprehensive abilities, some people always like to compare him with Zheng Zhi.

Zhou Haibin is definitely not as strong as Zheng Zhi now, but considering his age, if he can avoid major injuries, grow all the way, and fully realize his talents, he may be able to surpass Zheng Zhi in the future.

After all, compared to Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibin has a group of stronger teammates of the same age!

Uzbekistan obviously didn't know that Zhou Haibin had such strength, so after Lin Feng left the field, they did not deliberately target the Chinese national team's midfield.

This gave Zhou Haibin an opportunity to perform!
In the 81st minute of the second half, Zhou Haibin made a long pass from the backcourt and accurately found Zhai Yanpeng who was assisting from the wing.

Zhai Yanpeng did not choose to cross the ball from the bottom, but instead cut inside and used the outside of his foot to make a curved ball into the middle of the penalty area.

Dong Fangzhuo was like James making a layup. He pushed off the ground a few times, jumped high towards the ball, and headed the ball towards the goal.

Although the Uzbek goalkeeper made a save and caught the ball after it hit the post, the linesman indicated that the ball had crossed the goal line.

After communicating with the linesman, the referee decided that the goal was valid and the score was expanded to 4:0.

The Uzbek coach's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He wanted to slap himself. Why did he accept the invitation from the Chinese team and come all the way here to suffer?

The two teams will meet in the Asian Cup in four months. Now they have suffered a crushing defeat to the Chinese team here. The players may have a psychological trauma and develop a fear of the Chinese team.

If that affects the team's performance in the Asian Cup, they will most likely be eliminated in the group stage.

It stands to reason that teams that are about to meet in international competitions should not have friendly matches before the game.

The Uzbekistan team did not take this unspoken rule seriously before, but it is too late to regret it now.

Gao Lin and Dong Fangzhuo were already in a competitive relationship. Now seeing Dong Fangzhuo, who was also a substitute, score a goal, Gao Lin naturally felt unconvinced.

After the game resumed, he played exceptionally hard, and it was almost as if "I'm going to score a goal" was written on his face.

Unfortunately, sometimes the more anxious you are, the harder it is to score a goal.

The 90 minutes of regular time quickly ran out and the game entered injury time.

But we lost by four goals and didn't even score a single goal.

Therefore, at the end of the game, Uzbekistan's attack was also very fierce.

So, during the injury time, a very strange scene appeared on the field:
It was obvious that the Chinese team was leading their opponents by a large margin and victory was in their grasp; there was absolutely no hope for the opponents to equalize.

But the two teams' attacks were so intense, as if the last few minutes were the crucial moment to decide the outcome of the game!
However, in terms of who scored first, the Chinese national team had the last laugh.

In the second minute of injury time, Xu Yunlong made a diagonal pass from the right side and sent the ball into the left wing of the penalty area. Gao Lin followed up and stopped the ball and shot without being marked. The ball hit the post and bounced back, then hit the defensive player who came to defend and crashed into the goal.

5:0! The Chinese team expanded the score again!
This goal should be considered an own goal, but it was indeed caused by Gao Lin, so after rounding it off, it can be considered a goal scored by Gao Lin!
A minute later, the Uzbekistan team also made a long pass from the backcourt to the back of the Chinese national team's defense line. Siselov successfully made an offside move, broke into the penalty area, and calmly shot a low shot into the bottom corner of the goal under the defense of Feng Xiaoting, making the score 1-5.

The Uzbekistan team finally scored a goal to save face. Although they still lost badly, it was better than ending up with zero points.

But the last ball looked like the home team deliberately let the ball go.

Perhaps this is how the great Eastern country entertains guests!
(End of this chapter)