Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 339 Asian Derby?

"Incredible goal!"

"Perfect free kick!"

"Look at the shocked expression on the Manchester United goalkeeper's face. Apparently even he was frightened by Lin Feng's goal!"

Commentators from various countries spoke like a machine gun, praising Lin Feng's free kick with the most lavish words.

Compared to the free kick in the first half, this one in the second half obviously gave them a greater shock.

Not only the commentators had such a reaction, the entire audience in the stadium were shocked by Lin Feng's goal.

The assistant coaches and substitutes on Inter Milan's bench rushed to the field like crazy, chasing the scorer to celebrate together.

Mancini was so excited that he slid on his knees on the sidelines to celebrate.

He really didn't expect that Lin Feng could score such a wonderful goal in the game.

The success rate of free kicks is not high. Lin Feng has already scored a free kick in the first half. I am afraid no one would dare to believe that he can create another miracle.

Moreover, this goal was very crucial for Inter Milan. Its appearance not only interrupted Manchester United's offensive rhythm, but also allowed Inter Milan to successfully stabilize its position.

It even further widened the gap between the two teams, bringing the total score of the two teams to 6:3!

Manchester United attacked hard for most of the game, but to no avail, and instead they were getting further and further away from victory.

This is a fatal blow to the team's morale!
The director understood very well what the fans wanted to see, and provided slow-motion footage of the Manchester United stars' reactions and facial expressions when Lin Feng scored the goal.

Outside the penalty area, Rooney put his hands on his hips and shook his head helplessly.

Ronaldo, who was standing in the human wall, looked back in the air at the goal that had been breached, his face full of shock.

Van der Sar flew into the air to save the ball, and his face was full of despair as he looked at the ball flying past him.

In the coaching booth, Ferguson's hands kept shaking after he saw the ball fly into the net...

"Lin Feng's goal crushed Manchester United's morale!"

“Haha, if I were a Manchester United player and the opponent scored two unreasonable free kicks, I would also be stunned!”

"Don't blame them. It's just that the opponent is too strong. In front of Lin Feng, a free kick is almost the same as a penalty kick. How can we play like this?"

"Indeed, if there was still a slight possibility of saving the first ball, then the second ball really made the goalkeeper despair!"

"I can only say that Lin Feng is too strong. Anyone who encounters this superb free kick will have to kneel down!"

"Van der Sar is so unlucky. He didn't do anything wrong, but he accidentally became Lin Feng's background!"

"From now on, when everyone talks about Lin Feng's second free kick, they will inevitably drag him out and whip his corpse!"

Just as the fans said, Lin Feng's free kick directly destroyed Manchester United's morale.

After the game resumed, Manchester United could no longer score as sharp goals as before.

What's worse is that their players dare not make big moves on the court, especially when they are in their own half. They are all very cautious for fear of committing fouls.

Obviously, Lin Feng's previous two free kick goals had left them with a psychological trauma, so much so that they were very afraid of committing fouls and giving the opponent a chance, allowing Lin Feng to score a free kick hat trick.

Moreover, the widened points gap has greatly increased the difficulty of Manchester United's comeback.

At this time, sixty minutes had passed on the field and there was less than half an hour left until the end of the game.

The two sides are currently three goals apart, and Manchester United must score three more goals to have a chance to advance to the semi-finals.

In fact, given Manchester United's form at the end of the first half, three goals did not seem impossible.

But thinking about how easily Inter Milan scored, Manchester United's players couldn't help but feel discouraged:
We fought hard to score three goals, but the opponent might have scored more goals through counterattacks and free kicks.

As long as Manchester United cannot stop Inter Milan from scoring goals, they will never catch up with their opponents, and a comeback will become a fantasy!
Ferguson couldn't stand it anymore. If they didn't attack like this, they would be dying a slow death.

But if they really go all out to attack, how to restrict Lin Feng becomes an unavoidable problem.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and decided to replace Alan Smith with Park Ji-sung, a Korean who is known for his indestructible running ability.

Park Ji-sung's defensive ability is not particularly outstanding, but he is very good at running, has strong fighting spirit and strong tactical execution ability.

Before Park Ji-sung came on the pitch, Ferguson took him to the sidelines to give him instructions and told him what he should do after he came on the pitch.

Some Korean fans also came to the scene of this game. They held various flags and slogans in support of Park Ji-sung and cheered for the "No. 1 star in Asia."

Of course, the title of Asia's No. 1 football star was given by Koreans themselves, and fans from other countries do not recognize it.

After all, Lin Feng's strength is there. Looking across Asia, there is really no one who is stronger than him and has better team leadership results.

But Koreans don't care about this. In their eyes, Lin Feng, the top star of Inter Milan, is not as good as Park Ji-sung, who does odd jobs at Manchester United.

Even before the game, many Korean media were still flattering themselves, promoting this as the "Asian Derby".

If Lin Feng had not intervened, Park Ji-sung would indeed have been crowned the best player in Asia after Hidetoshi Nakata faded out of Serie A.

But after Lin Feng appeared and delivered such impressive data and results, the Koreans were destined to miss out on this title!
Seeing Park Ji-sung was about to play, the Korean fans who had been silent for most of the game came back to life.

They waved the Taegeukgi vigorously and shouted Park Ji-sung's name loudly, making quite a commotion in the stands.

Park Ji-sung, who had just come on as a substitute, also noticed the commotion here and waved to his compatriots in the stands with a smile.

This action made the Korean fans in the stands even more excited, and they kept shouting.

There is nothing wrong with Koreans cheering for their own players, but they should not buy tickets in the home team area.

The Italian fans nearby originally saw their oriental faces and thought they were Chinese and supporters of Lin Feng, so they were very polite to them.

But when I saw them cheering for Manchester United players, I suddenly realized:
It turned out that these guys were not Chinese, but a group of Koreans! This discovery caused the attitude of Italian fans to change 180 degrees. The originally friendly attitude began to become unfriendly and even full of aggressiveness.

The Korean fans realized that they had come to the wrong place and, under the watchful eyes of the Italian fans around them, became as obedient as a group of quails and did not dare to say a word.

Italy is a very xenophobic country, and there have been more than one or two incidents of fans discriminating against people of color.

It’s okay for Asian players, after all, there are not many Asian players in Serie A, but the situation is more miserable for black players. Black players often suffer racial discrimination in Serie A, and UEFA and the Italian Football Association have issued them many fines for this.

After Park Ji-sung came on the court, he only had Lin Feng in his eyes. He did nothing but stare at Lin Feng. Wherever Lin Feng went, he went!

With such a sticky thing around him, it was hard for Lin Feng not to notice him.

Lin Feng did not try to get rid of him. With his ability, it was not impossible for him to get rid of Park Ji-sung.

But this is of no use because this guy is known for his good physical fitness and strong running ability.

As long as his physical strength is not exhausted, it will be impossible to get rid of him completely.

What's more, Lin Feng had already played for more than 60 minutes and had already consumed most of his physical strength, while the opponent had just been substituted in and was full of energy.

It is obviously unrealistic to want to drain the opponent's physical energy.

So Lin Feng quickly changed his playing style, reducing the number of times he got the ball. Even if his teammates passed the ball to him, he would try his best to pass the ball with one kick, never sticking to the ball, and not giving Park Ji-sung a chance to steal the ball.

His teammates also understood well, and when they saw someone watching Lin Feng, they would subconsciously avoid him when passing the ball, unless he took the initiative to reach out for the ball.

This was originally a common method to deal with man-marking, but in the eyes of the Koreans, it was as if Lin Feng was afraid of their Park Ji-sung. Otherwise, why would Lin Feng take the initiative to avoid the fight?
"Haha, our Zhixing is indeed the strongest player in Asia. As soon as he came on the court, he solved the problem that no Manchester United player could solve before!"

"Before, I just heard the Chinese bragging about how powerful Lin Feng was, but now it seems that he is just so-so and is no match for us Zhixing!"

"That's right. I don't think we need to waste too much energy on him. Zhixing should focus more on offense. If he can step up and lead the team to a comeback, his position in Manchester United will be more secure!"

I have to say that the Koreans are a bit too arrogant. They don’t even use their brains to think about it. If Park Ji-sung is really that good, why didn’t Ferguson replace him earlier, or even let him start?

And can't Koreans see that Park Ji-sung is doing the dirty and tiring work that big-name stars are unwilling to do?

Have you ever seen Ronaldo and Rooney like Park Ji-sung, doing nothing but following a player from an opponent around?
Although Korean fans are extremely crazy, their tails are so high up in the sky.

But Park Ji-sung, who actually fought with Lin Feng, was full of fear of Lin Feng's strength.

Although due to his interference, Lin Feng's dribbling time was reduced.

But his running and pulling in the frontcourt, as well as his broad vision and accurate passing, still provided great help to his teammates.

Although Park Ji-sung tried very hard to follow closely, he still could not completely restrict the opponent and could not prevent him from receiving and passing the ball.

All he can do is to greatly compress the time and space for the opponent to handle the ball, thus increasing the difficulty for the opponent!

After only a few minutes of fighting, he understood why the boss attached so much importance to this guy and specially arranged for him to guard and restrict the opponent.

If a guy like this is not assigned someone to guard him, it is hard to imagine how much threat he will bring to the team's goal on the court!
In the 73rd minute, Lin Feng, who had been moving slowly since Park Ji-sung came on the field, suddenly accelerated and moved to the right.

Park Ji-sung did not dare to be careless and immediately accelerated to catch up.

Maicon on the wing dribbled up with the ball and saw Lin Feng reaching for the ball. Without thinking too much, he immediately passed the ball to Lin Feng.

As soon as Lin Feng received the ball, Park Ji-sung rushed up.

Seeing this, he quickly passed the ball diagonally to Figo in front of him, and then rushed forward, leaving Park Ji-sung empty-handed.

Figo received the ball with his back to the goal, and seeing that Lin Feng had temporarily escaped the defense of Manchester United players, he passed the ball back to Lin Feng tacitly.

After receiving the pass from Figo, Lin Feng still did not stick to the ball, but still kicked it out. This time he passed the ball horizontally to the middle and handed it to Stankovic who was advancing on the left side of the middle.

As Inter Milan gathered three players on the right, Manchester United's formation gradually leaned towards this side, and a space appeared in the front right side of the penalty area.

Lin Feng's horizontal pass was aimed at this empty space, and the timing was just right.

Stankovic had a good long shot and he certainly didn't want to miss this opportunity.

After receiving the ball, the Serbian adjusted his steps, looked up at the goalkeeper's position, and shot!

The ball drew an arc in the air and flew towards Manchester United's goal again.

Manchester United fans had already suffered from PTSD from Lin Feng's previous two arc balls. When they saw Stankovic's long shot also had an arc, they were so nervous that they couldn't speak. Some fans even closed their eyes, not daring to look at the result of the shot.

Fortunately, Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar did not have PTSD and blocked the ball with ease.

On the sidelines, Ferguson roared at Park Ji-sung on the field, obviously very dissatisfied with him for not keeping a close eye on Lin Feng just now.

Ferguson had reasons for his dissatisfaction. The opponent had been playing for more than 70 minutes, while you had only been on the field for a short time.

As a result, you failed to keep up with the opponent, allowing him to complete the key pass. Does this make sense?

If Stankovic's long shot had gone in, it would definitely not be the defender's fault. The blame would have to be firmly placed on Park Ji-sung's head.

When the Korean fans at the scene saw Ferguson yelling at Park Ji-sung, they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Why does this plot feel different from what they imagined?

After being criticized by Ferguson, Park Ji-sung played even harder.

It just so happened that Manchester United was in control of the ball during this period, so he was not under much defensive pressure. In the 79th minute, he even passed a good ball to Ronaldo, allowing Ronaldo to dribble past the defender on the right rib and complete a shot.

Although Ronaldo's shot missed the goal frame, Park Ji-sung's pass excited Korean fans!
"I heard that our Zhixing should focus more on offense. This pass is the best proof that he has the ability to become a top midfielder!"

"Ferguson is just a name for nothing and doesn't know how to use players. If he had used our talented players earlier, Manchester United would have been ahead by now!"

All Korean fans are standing up for Park Ji-sung, believing that Ferguson's tactics have delayed Park Ji-sung and buried his organizational talent.

However, before they could finish their discussion, Lin Feng, who was playing against Park Ji-sung, gave a textbook performance to tell the Koreans what a true midfield core should be like!
(End of this chapter)