Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 393: Consecutive wall passes lead to another victory for the Chinese team!
"Han Peng!!"

"The ball is in!"

"1-0, China is in the lead!"

Both commentators were extremely excited. The goal came too suddenly and unexpectedly, completely exceeding their expectations.

The Chinese team was clearly in a very passive position just now, which made them and the fans very nervous, fearing that the South Korean team would score at any moment.

Who would have thought that the Chinese national football team would take the lead with a textbook counter-attack!
This goal was unexpected, not only for them, but also for the South Korean coach on the sidelines, whose expression of utter astonishment clearly caught them off guard!

Zhang Lu said with a smile, "The Chinese national team handled this ball very well. Lin Feng's sudden breakaway caught Park Ji-sung off guard, allowing the Chinese team to quickly transition to the frontcourt before the opponent could react. This led to Chen Tao's brilliant through ball and Han Peng's calm shot that found the net!"

Zhan Jun nodded in deep agreement, echoing:

"Although it wasn't Lin Feng who provided the assist or scored the goal, Lin Feng deserves a lot of credit for this goal. I even suspect that Lin Feng was deliberately faking being 'marked' by Park Ji-sung earlier, just to make the opponent lower their guard and create an opportunity for a counterattack?"

"Hehe, I don't think it's very likely for anyone else, but Lin Feng always likes to use his brain when playing football, so the possibility is actually quite high!"

[Zhang Lu is right. I felt something was off when Lin Feng suddenly became so docile. If Park Ji-sung really contained him, given his personality and playing habits, and he couldn't contribute to the team's offense, he would definitely be more actively involved in the team's defense. But Lin Feng didn't do that at all, which is very unusual.]

Yes, the South Koreans clearly don't understand Lin Feng well enough, and Park Ji-sung is too arrogant. Does he really think he's contained Lin Feng? If Lin Feng were so easily contained, how could those Serie A and Champions League teams have fallen to Inter Milan one after another last season?

As Enrique told Mbappe, as the team's leader, he should shoulder greater responsibility.

If you can't help the team on offense, then put more effort into defense and relieve some of the defensive pressure on your teammates, instead of acting like a tyrant, staying in the frontcourt without tracking back, just focusing on padding your own stats and making your teammates clean up your mess.

If he doesn't track back to defend, the team will be one player short in defense, which means the others will have to bear more pressure, and may even lead to conceding a goal and losing the game.

After the team lost, they actually had the nerve to shift the blame, saying that the team lost but they didn't.

A person who puts personal interests above the team is not a qualified leader at all; on the contrary, he is like a cancer on the team.

Thus, PSG, having lost Mbappe, won the title, while Real Madrid, with Mbappe in tow, failed to win any of the four major trophies, leaving Mbappe himself in an extremely awkward position.

Lin Feng isn't too obsessed with racking up stats; his playstyle is more team-oriented.

As long as it helps the team, whether it's offense or defense, he will do his best and will never shirk responsibility just because defense is considered a dirty and tiring job.

It is precisely for this reason that Lin Feng has been favored by many famous coaches.

After all, who wouldn't want a player like that on their team, who is good at both offense and defense, has a strong sense of responsibility, and has outstanding individual skills?
As the commentator's excited voice rang out, Han Peng, on television, mimicked the habit of his club teammate Li Jinyu, making a bow-and-arrow celebration gesture.

Li Jinyu was left out of the Asian Cup roster due to injury, which is a great pity for the 30-year-old Li Jinyu.

Because by the time of the next Asian Cup, he will be 34 years old, and even if he doesn't retire, it's unlikely he will be called up by the national team.

As his friend and teammate, Han Peng was sending a message to his friend from afar in this way—don't have any regrets, I will carry your passion and move forward together!
"This guy, really!"

Li Jinyu, who was resting at home, felt a lump in her throat and her eyes reddened when she saw Han Peng's celebratory gesture.

Good luck, brothers! I hope you can go all the way to the end and lift the championship trophy that we have been dreaming of for thirty years!
On the court, upon seeing Han Peng's celebration, Lin Feng immediately thought of Li Jinyu.

In his previous life, Li Jinyu was also left out of the Asian Cup, but not because of injury. Instead, he was purged by Zhu Guanghu as a "black sheep".

This result was not only a huge blow to Li Jinyu himself, but also had a significant impact on his reputation.

In this life, because of Lin Feng's existence, Li Jinyu, a player who was originally not suited to the national football team's tactical system, unexpectedly became a hot commodity on the national team's front line.

Zhu Guanghu not only did not regard him as a black sheep, but also treated him as a key striker.

However, fate played a cruel trick on him; just a month before the start of the Asian Cup, he was injured…

On the bright side, although they still can't play in the Asian Cup, at least their reputation is preserved.

……

After the match resumed, Park Ji-sung reappeared beside Lin Feng.

"This time, I will absolutely not let you disappear from my sight so easily again!"

Park Ji-sung stared intently at Lin Feng and spoke in an extremely firm tone.

"Really? Then you'd better keep up!"

Lin Feng smiled, then suddenly accelerated and shook off Park Ji-sung. With a precise anticipation and interception, he knocked Lee Chun-soo over and also made a steal.

This was a legitimate physical confrontation. Although the referee had his whistle in his mouth, he did not blow it, but instead signaled for the game to continue.

But the next second, he still blew the whistle!

Beep!
The referee rushed to the scene of the foul and gave Park Ji-sung a verbal warning for pulling Lin Feng.

It turned out that after making the steal, Lin Feng was about to repeat his old trick and sprint forward again.

Having been fooled once before, Park Ji-sung didn't dare let him get away with it so easily, so he reached out and grabbed his jersey.

Fortunately, Lin Feng didn't have the ball at his feet; otherwise, he might have received a card for this foul.

However, a verbal warning is a harbinger of a card. When the referee verbally warns a player, it means, "You better watch your actions. I'll be watching you, and if you do it again, I'll have to show you a card."

Park Ji-sung, with his extensive competition experience, naturally understood this principle. Therefore, when faced with a verbal warning from the referee, he showed a very good attitude of admitting his mistake, appearing quite obedient.

You know what, this trick actually works quite well.

Seeing the starting players of Manchester United behaving so submissively in front of him, the referee felt extremely satisfied and decided to let it go, giving only a verbal warning and nothing more.

Lin Feng frowned as he watched: "You can play it like this?"

I've learned something! I'll try it out later!
Who should we target?
His gaze was fixed on Li Tianxiu, who had just gotten up from the ground. He had made up his mind: it was Li Tianxiu!

There's no other reason, I just simply don't like you!
The opportunity came quickly. In the 34th minute of the first half, Li Tianxiu dribbled the ball in midfield.

Seemingly because he was repeatedly violated by Chinese team members, this bad boy has become much more well-behaved now.

He looked around cautiously while dribbling the ball in the middle.

But no matter how careful he was, it was no use. Lin Feng, who had been specifically targeting him, suddenly rushed out and slid in, sending him into close contact with the ground once again.

Li Tianxiu, who had been knocked down, clutched his right leg and howled pitifully.

Upon seeing this, the referee ran over with a serious expression, his hand already in his pocket.

Upon seeing this, Lin Feng quickly stepped forward to explain that he had not intentionally committed the foul.

He touched the ball first, and then brought the player down; he wasn't aiming for the player.

Seeing Lin Feng's sincere expression, the referee hesitated for a second.

After hearing his explanation and communicating with the assistant referee via earpiece, he only gave Lin Feng a verbal warning and did not choose to issue a card.

Li Tianxiu, who was rolling on the ground, was very concerned about the referee's decision, so while rolling on the ground and screaming, he peeked out from between his fingers.

Seeing Lin Feng earnestly explaining something to the referee, he scoffed inwardly. What's the use of putting on a good show?

A foul is a foul; the referee won't go easy on you just because of your attitude.

To his astonishment, the referee only gave Lin Feng a verbal warning. What a biased call!

That referee must have been bribed!
Li Tianxiu felt as if the sky had collapsed, as if he had suffered a tremendous injustice!

I really got kicked! Didn't any of you see?
However, before he could express his grievances, a huge chorus of boos erupted from the stadium.

The moment he was lying on the ground, peeking at the referee through his fingers, was captured by the camera and projected onto the big screen!

Li Tianxiu thought he had done something secretly, but he never expected it to turn into a public execution!

And it was a public execution in front of fans all over the world!

Wow, that was an Oscar-worthy performance!

[This guy, it's a shame he's not an actor!]

[I highly doubt that Lin Feng actually touched him just now; it was all an act!]

No doubt about it, it must be like this!

It wasn't just the fans who thought this way; even the referee gave Lee Chun-soo a dangerous look after seeing this.

Li Tianxiu suddenly shivered. Why did the air around him suddenly feel cold? And why were the players around him looking at him strangely?

However, before he could figure out what had happened, he was in big trouble!

For the next ten minutes or so, he was the focus of the Chinese team's attention.

As soon as he gets the ball, the Chinese national team players become incredibly energetic, always rushing to attack him.

Poor Li Tianxiu was assaulted seven or eight times in just over ten minutes.

Either you're falling down, or you're on your way to falling down.

However, the referee seemed to ignore all of this, at most giving the Chinese player who committed the foul a verbal warning, and did not issue a single yellow card!

Li Tianxiu knew perfectly well that he was being targeted!

Poor him, he was already injured by Li Weifeng's tackle, and Lin Feng's attack just now aggravated his injuries.

During those ten minutes or so, his injuries worsened, and he was on the verge of collapse.

……

Just as the Chinese national football team was "taking care" of Lee Chun-soo, the South Korean team also changed its strategy.

Seeing that Park Ji-sung alone could not stop Lin Feng, the South Korean team's head coach immediately made tactical adjustments.

We will adopt a strategy of close monitoring of Lin Feng and joint regional prevention to focus on restricting his activities!
To deal with a star player of this caliber, you have to double-team them.

Because this is the only way to respect their abilities!
Perhaps the South Korean team's tactical adjustments had an effect, as they launched a small offensive surge towards the end of the first half.

In the 38th minute, Kim Chi-woo broke through in the middle and drew a foul from Zheng Zhi, winning a free kick for South Korea just outside the penalty area.

The ball was in a good position, and the Chinese team dared not be careless. Almost everyone retreated to their own half to participate in the defense.

Seeing that the wall of players was too close to be easily bypassed, the South Koreans executed a tactical maneuver, with Lee Dong-gook completing the final shot.

However, Lee Dong-gook's performance was really subpar; his shot went very wide and posed no threat to the Chinese goal.

Verbeek watched from the sidelines, shaking his head. He had said before that Lee Dong-gook was not in good form.

But the Korean Football Association insisted on forcing him to field Lee Dong-gook.

In retrospect, this was a complete waste of a starting spot.

If Cao Zaizhen had started, he might have scored by now!
Despite trailing in the score, the South Korean team still created some scoring opportunities in the first half.

They made several attempts to break through on both flanks, failing on the left but succeeding several times on the right.

Unfortunately, the forwards inside the penalty area were ineffective and failed to capitalize on any of their chances.

With the first half almost over, Verbeek made a silent decision.

He must substitute Lee Dong-gook during halftime.

Well, Li Tianxiu was also replaced. He seemed to be injured and had been targeted by the opponent, so he had no chance to perform.

Keeping him on the field doesn't seem to do anything other than continue to draw the opponent's hatred. It would be better to bring in Kim Doo-hyun or Choi Sung-guk to try!
Because they were behind, Verbeek's planned substitutions were all to bring on attacking players.

However, the South Korean team needs to strengthen not only its offense, but also its defense!
Just as the South Korean team was launching a fierce attack on the two flanks of the Chinese national team, the Chinese team also unleashed a powerful counterattack in midfield.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, after successfully thwarting an opponent's attack, Feng Xiaoting boldly dribbled out.

The South Korean players were surprised, seemingly not expecting that one of the opposing center-backs would dare to dribble the ball so far forward.

Upon seeing this, Lee Dong-guk and Yeom Ki-hoon, who were slowly retreating, immediately pressed back to intercept the ball from Feng Xiaoting's feet.

However, Feng Xiaoting was not afraid at all. With a light spike, he dodged Li Dongguo's counter-attack and passed the ball to Zheng Zhi, who had dropped back to receive it, without any interference.

Zheng Zhi was followed by a defender, so he didn't choose to receive the ball and instead passed it to Feng Xiaoting.

Feng Xiaoting, facing the direction of the attack, had a clearer view than he did.

At this moment, with the two opposing forwards pressing forward and Zheng Zhi moving, the South Korean team's attacking third suddenly became much more open.

Seeing this, Lin Feng suddenly accelerated, once again leaving Park Ji-sung behind, and rushed towards this space.

Without a second thought, Feng Xiaoting immediately passed the ball to Lin Feng.

Park Ji-sung was hot on Lin Feng's heels, so instead of stopping the ball, he passed it to Shao Jiayi on the left.

After receiving the ball, Shao Jiayi passed it back to him, and the two completed a one-two pass, getting past Jin Zhengyou who was stuck between them.

Facing the ball passed back by Shao Jiayi, Lin Feng did not choose to stop the ball, but instead chose to pass it out with one foot again.

But this time, he passed the ball to Chen Tao on his right front.

After receiving the ball, Chen Tao intended to pass it to Han Peng, but Han Peng was in an offside position, and his teammates on the wing were not yet in position. For a moment, he didn't know who to pass the ball to!

"pass it to me!"

Just as Chen Tao was hesitating, he heard Lin Feng's voice. The other party rushed out from behind him like a gust of wind, heading towards the restricted area at full speed.

Chen Tao's spirits lifted, and following the direction Lin Feng was sprinting, he passed the ball into the penalty area.

It was another one-two pass, with Lin Feng receiving a pass from Chen Tao inside the penalty area.

The South Korean goalkeeper chose to rush out of his goal, wanting to be the hero of the team, but the next second, he was mercilessly beaten by Lin Feng.

After shaking off the goalkeeper, Lin Feng easily slotted the ball into the empty net from inside the six-yard box.

2: 0!

China wins again!
(End of this chapter)