Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Speaking of which, the match between the Chinese national team and the American team was not actually initiated by the Chinese national team.

Because according to the original schedule, the Chinese national football team planned to arrive in the United States around June 10th.

On the 15th, they began warming up with several MLS clubs, and then left North America after playing three friendly matches on June 28th and returned to China to participate in the commemorative match for the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.

The reason for training in North America is mainly because the major European leagues were suspended in June.

The MLS, like the Chinese Super League, does not cross the New Year, so it is relatively easy to arrange friendly matches.

Originally, there was no pressure for the Chinese national football team to participate in the Hong Kong Handover Cup. At the beginning, the team did not even consider sending all the main players to play.

But Bayern's sudden intervention made things completely different.

After all, we are fighting at our own doorstep, and it would be embarrassing if we lose too badly.

In addition, the Chinese national football team also wants to seize this opportunity to communicate and learn more with top European clubs, so everyone from the Football Association to the fans attaches great importance to this game.

Considering that the club and the national team have two completely different styles, the Chinese national football team chose to play against the MLS team to experience the strength of the professional club in advance.

It just so happens that the level of the MLS is higher than that of the Chinese Super League, but lower than the top five leagues, making it very suitable as a sparring partner.

However, the US team, which was preparing for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, learned that the Chinese team was coming to the United States for training and took the initiative to extend an invitation, hoping to have a friendly match with the Chinese team.

They were just worried about not being able to find opponents to practice with, and now the Chinese national football team has come to them, so why not take it?

Today's Chinese national football team is somewhat famous worldwide.

Before the start of the World Cup last year, the Chinese national football team drew with top European teams such as France, which made them very proud.

In addition, the popularity of Lin Feng leading Inter Milan to the top of the Champions League has not yet faded, which has caused many European and American football fans to develop a strong interest in Chinese football.

By arranging a friendly match with a team that has world-class stars, many fans will come to watch the game for the stars, and this way even ticket sales are guaranteed.

Arranging a friendly match can not only serve as a training exercise, but also bring generous rewards, which is a good thing for Americans to kill two birds with one stone.

Faced with the Americans' invitation, the Chinese national football team was initially prepared to refuse because it would disrupt the team's preparations.

Later, it was the leaders of the Football Association who made the final decision and this friendly match was set.

Although it was unexpected, the Chinese national football team still attached great importance to this game, especially in terms of defense, and put in a lot of effort.

After all, if we lose again, it would be two consecutive defeats.

After the humiliation in Thailand, Zhu Guanghu and the Chinese national football team were under tremendous pressure.

In addition, the opponent is the American team, so some political factors are inevitably involved.

Before the game, the leaders of the Football Association even went to the locker room and talked a lot about things like "playing with passion" and "enhancing our country's prestige" in an attempt to inspire the team and boost morale.

But judging from the players' reactions, it seems that the results were not as expected by the leaders.

The two teams will play at Stanford Stadium, the home stadium of the MLS team San Jose Earthquakes.

The stadium can accommodate 1 fans. On weekdays when the San Jose Earthquakes play at home, the attendance is usually around 8 to 2.

But today, the attendance at Stanford Stadium reached a staggering 46000!
Many of them came specifically for Lin Feng. They held up Lin Feng's posters, wore Lin Feng's Inter Milan jerseys, ignored their own national team, and shouted Lin Feng's name loudly to cheer him on.

Among them, the group of blonde girls closest to the stands who were crazily expressing their love to Lin Feng made the loudest noise, attracting the attention of players from both sides.

"Brother Lin, you are amazing. You have so many fans in the United States, and they are all female fans!"

Gao Lin put his hand on Lin Feng's shoulder and lamented:

"Why can't a handsome, suave, elegant, and talented person like me get the support of beautiful female fans? Oh, it must be that I am too low-key and they don't feel my excellence. Yes, that must be it!"

Lin Feng kicked him on the butt:
"Stop disgusting me here. How can you be considered handsome?"

"Woo woo woo! Brother Lin, I thought you could see my inner beauty, but I didn't expect you to only look at the outer appearance!"

Lin Feng groaned in disgust, jumped to the side, and hid behind Shao Jiayi:
"Get the hell out of here! I'm breaking up with you!"

"Hey, what's the posture for breaking up?"

Seeing the two people fighting, Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zhi looked at each other and sighed:
It’s great to be young!

"The Chinese national football team looks pretty good today, and the players look quite relaxed!"

"Yes, since Lin Feng and his team returned to the team, it seems that the national football team has become more relaxed and not as tense as before!"

The two commentators were originally quite worried about the state of the Chinese national football team, fearing that they had not recovered from the previous defeat and the attacks from public opinion.

But now it seems that they don't have to worry anymore.

"The lineup arranged by the US team today is very aggressive. All the US international players who studied abroad in Europe have returned to the team. In terms of the overall lineup, the US team is much stronger than the Chinese national team!"

Although there is an MLS in the United States, domestic players with some ability and aspirations will still choose to study abroad in Europe.

Firstly, the salary level in MLS is relatively low, and the salary they can get in MLS is limited.

Secondly, the level of European leagues is higher, especially the top five leagues, which are at least one level higher than the MLS. Playing football in Europe can really improve their own level.

"Yes, the Chinese national football team must be especially careful about the opponent's attacks on the wing today!"

I have to say that the CCTV commentators really did their homework in advance.

After the kick-off, the US team's first attack was launched along the right side, and caused Sun Xiang to foul.

In the first minute of the game, the US team won a free kick in the frontcourt.

The American players tried to shoot directly, but the Chinese national team goalkeeper Chen Dong punched the ball out.

Facing the strong attack of the US team at the beginning, the Chinese national football team did not back down and quickly fought back. Lin Feng also took the ball and launched an attack from the opponent's left.

Seeing Lin Feng rushing up with the ball, the American team treated it as a formidable enemy. Not only did all their players retreat to defense, they also specially arranged two people to double-team Lin Feng.

Lin Feng tried to break through from the wing, but the ball was shoveled out of bounds by the opponent.

The ball went out of bounds very close to the penalty area, so the Chinese national football team arranged a tactic. Dong Fangzhuo, who was stronger, threw the ball with great force and threw it directly into the opponent's penalty area.

Gao Lin grabbed the first point and passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area. Shao Jiayi followed up and shot the ball away.

After the opening, the Chinese national football team played very aggressively, and even used high-pressure tactics in the frontcourt, which at one point made the American team flustered and caused several mistakes.

But the strength of the American team is still stronger than that of the Chinese national team. Seeing that the Chinese national team had invested so many people in the frontcourt, they immediately made a long pass behind them and found their teammates on the front line.

Fortunately, Chen Dong acted in time and blocked the opponent's shot in the penalty area.

The American team's attack scared the Chinese national team and made them dare not continue to press forward as before.

With the pressure on the backcourt reduced, the American team began to use skillful ball control and passing to constantly pull the Chinese national team's formation and try to create offensive opportunities.

But the Chinese national team did a very good job in defense today. The three lines always maintained a reasonable distance and did not give the opponent too many opportunities.

The American team tried several times but never found an opportunity.

So they decisively abandoned this tactic and began to take advantage of the advantages on both sides of the flanks.

In the 9th minute of the first half, the US team launched an attack from the left.

But the right back of the Chinese national team is Sun Jihai who plays in the Premier League. The opposing players could not gain any advantage over him. When he was about to pass the ball back to his teammates, unexpectedly Cheng Yaojin appeared and snatched the ball away.

When the opponent launched an attack from Sun Jihai's side, Lin Feng had already anticipated that the opponent would pass the ball, so he ambushed in the ribs early, waiting for the opportunity when the opponent passed the ball!
After losing the ball, the American team's midfielder almost subconsciously reached out to pull Lin Feng, trying to use a foul to prevent him from launching a counterattack.

It was only a week since the European Cup final, but Lin Feng's solo performance in the final left a deep impression on fans all over the world.

The US team's defense is not as good as AC Milan, and there is no central defender as good as Magalhães in the team.

If he really rushes forward, the American team can prepare to go to the goal to retrieve the ball.

Even though his reaction speed was already very fast, he still underestimated Lin Feng's explosive power.

The hand he stretched out only had time to touch the corner of Lin Feng's clothes. Before he could reach out to pull him, the other party had already disappeared into the distance!
"Damn it, stop him!"

Seeing his own players make mistakes and lose the ball, and that the ball was intercepted by the opponent's most threatening player, the coach of the American team was so angry that he burst into swearing on the sidelines!

After hearing the coach's instructions, the American team's midfielder rushed up and slammed into Lin Feng without saying a word, trying to knock Lin Feng to the ground.

In his opinion, Asian players are a group of thin and frail people whose physical confrontation ability must be weak.

What's more, a player like Lin Feng who is known for his speed would definitely not be able to withstand his brutal collision.

However, what surprised him was that after he bumped into him, Lin Feng just shook a little, but he felt like he had hit a wall, and was bounced to the ground by the recoil force.

There was an uproar at the scene, and the fans who came to support the American team were dumbfounded.

You committed the foul first, so how come you were still knocked down by others?

[Haha, is this guy from the American team here to make people laugh? ]

[He bumped into himself and knocked himself down. I think he is trying to scam me! ]

[Haha, this guy must have thought that Chinese players have weak physical confrontation ability, but he didn't expect to kick against the iron wall! ]

[This guy must have a problem with his brain. How can someone like Lin Feng, who can dominate the Champions League, be weak in physical confrontation? If his physical confrontation ability was a little weaker, there wouldn't be so many wonderful clips of him riding alone to break through the level! ]

This funny scene amused the Chinese fans who were watching the live broadcast, making an originally serious game suddenly become funny.

After getting past the opponent's midfielder, Lin Feng dribbled the ball through the midfield.

Because it was the American team's offensive round just now, their half was very empty at this time. Except for a few defenders who were retreating quickly, there was no one else!
Without any hesitation, after crossing the center line, Lin Feng decisively cut inside and dribbled the ball towards the middle.

He is not a winger, and bursting through the middle is more in line with his playing habits.

Seeing Lin Feng rushing towards the middle, the American team's defender rushed towards Lin Feng without hesitation with a sense of tragedy and determination, and then... as expected, he was passed...

When the fans in the stands saw this scene, they all exclaimed in surprise.

Even if they had heard of Lin Feng's name a long time ago, perhaps some of them had seen some of Lin Feng's highlights.

But what you see on TV and what you see in person have completely different visual impacts.

When you see it on TV, you might think, oh, this person is a little fast!
But when watching the game live, you can't help but exclaim:
Watt, isn't this too fucking fast?

Running with the ball, he can actually run faster than those who don't have the ball at their feet!
Is it in this river?

The key is that Lin Feng is not only fast, but he also maintains a very good rhythm of dribbling the ball while running at high speed, with almost no pause. He didn't even look down to observe the football under his feet. It was as if the football was a part of his body. He knew where the football was without looking!

This is ridiculous!

If the defensive player focuses on the ball and tries to steal it, he can not only see through it at a glance, but also change direction and pass the opponent at the moment the opponent makes a move and changes his body's center of gravity.

There are no fancy tricks, just simply flick the ball, speed up, and it's over.

But the simpler it is, the harder it is to crack.

Take Messi’s dribbling for example. He doesn’t have any fake moves, but every move he makes is a fake, so it’s hard to defend against!
After passing another opponent's player, there was only one defender left standing in front of Lin Feng.

Seeing his teammate being passed so easily, the defender didn't dare to rush forward to grab the ball.

His eyes swept behind Lin Feng. Behind Lin Feng, a large number of American players were desperately returning to defense.

But they were too slow and he could not wait for them at all, because even he himself was about to be caught up and overtaken by Lin Feng!
Seeing Lin Feng catching up with the last defender of his team, the American fans at the scene couldn't help but stand up, stretching their necks to look at the court. Many people even began to make the sign of the cross on their chests and pray to God.

However, their God seemed not to hear the prayers of his believers. After a brief fight, even the last defender was thrown away by Lin Feng.

Alone!
The American team's goalkeeper bravely rushed out and did not choose to stay inside the goal line and wait for death.

This courage is worthy of praise, but the behavior is not worthy of promotion.

Because Lin Feng's speed did not slow down, the goalkeeper rushed out and gave Lin Feng the opportunity to pass him.

A scene that tens of thousands of American fans will never forget appeared on the field - Lin Feng passed all their defenders and goalkeepers and sent the ball into their empty goal. (End of this chapter)