Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 888 The Orange Legion Has No Dark Horses in Their Eyes
Live Match Report: Dumfries receives a yellow card for a violent tackle that brings down Tang Ye, and China's attack is disrupted.

boom!
Tang Ye pounded the grass with his fist, utterly helpless, but there was nothing else he could do but stand up.

"Can you just play football properly?"

Tang Ye hoped that Dumfries could calm down, but the latter ran away immediately after committing the foul.

Dumfries' actions made Tang Ye realize one thing: the Dutch players would be ruthless towards him today.

He turned his head to glance at Van Gaal on the sidelines of the pitch.

This must have all been orchestrated by that guy!

"It seems the Chinese team's coaching staff is a bit unhappy and is complaining to the fourth official. We think Dumfries' tackle was indeed a bit dangerous..."

"Tang Ye and Zhang Xizhe are preparing for the corner kick opportunity for the Chinese team."

Beep!
After the whistle blew, Tang Ye was the first to run out and made a long pass directly to Wu Lei at the far post.

Stop the ball!

"Beautiful! Look at Wu Lei here!"

"It looks like it's going out of bounds!"

"Wu Lei!"

The Chinese national team winger fully demonstrated his speed and ability, successfully delivering a cross before the ball went out of bounds.

Snapped!
The one who received the ball was Elkeson, who was supporting from the middle!

"what!"

boom!
Elkeson and Van Dijk jumped at roughly the same time, but Van Dijk had a clear advantage in physical confrontation, which meant that Elkeson couldn't reach Wu Lei's cross at all.

The cross landed on the left, and Li Lei came over to try and win the ball, but was blocked by Timber with his back to goal.

"Press it down! Press it down!"

Zhang Xizhe's voice came from behind, but Li Lei's pressure seemed to be too late at this point.

Timber dribbled past Li Lei and Fernando, breaking through their double-team, and then launched a long pass directly to the center circle.

“Shhh!!!”

"Hol-!"

"Land! (Netherlands)"

"Hol-!!"

"Land!"

The sounds of Dutch fans celebrating came from the television, while the three commentators on CCTV remained somewhat quiet.

The situation for the Chinese team is not optimistic at present. Although their attack seems to have lasted for a while, a closer analysis reveals that the Chinese team has not yet threatened the Dutch goal much.

The camera pans to Eskriva in front of the substitutes' bench.

Chinese fans only have one question right now.

Ethan, do you have any other tactics?

Our opponent is a bit too strong; we need to come up with something special to have a chance of winning!

“Be careful! Be careful!”

Van Gaal seemed even more anxious than Escriva, frequently calling out to Dumfries or Ake from the sidelines, emphasizing that these two players shouldn't easily get booked.

Tang Ye noticed this and gave Van Gaal a rather unfriendly look.

Goodness, every player in today's game seems to have reserved yellow cards for themselves!

"Here's a message for our viewers: according to FIFA regulations, all teams participating in the semi-finals will have all their previous card records cleared."

"In other words, even if Dutch players receive many yellow cards in the round of 16 and quarterfinals, those yellow cards will not carry over to the semifinals."

"Yes... this rule is actually not very favorable for the Chinese team, because Tang Ye is already facing severe targeting. Without the protection of the cumulative yellow card rule, the targeting Tang Ye is facing is even more extreme now..."

"..."

[It seems like the Netherlands aren't playing very well either; they're just relying on physicality, right?]

【Trash Netherlands, trash! Stop supporting my GGBond, okay? Who the hell is the pig here?】

[It seems Virgil van Dijk never beat Tang Ye at Liverpool? I feel this is a kind of buff for the Chinese national team, as Tang Ye has an unbeaten record against Van Dijk throughout his career!]

[Don't keep upvoting 6666!]

What's going on? Avoid the left flank! Don't fight down that path with Dumfries!

!

Seizing the opportunity, Tang Ye accelerated and flashed in front of Jakobbo, receiving the ball passed back by Zhang Xizhe.

The next second, Jakob's hand was on Tang Ye's shoulder.

"Fuck you!"

Tang Ye swung his left hand sharply, taking advantage of the moment when Jakpo was thrown aside to accelerate forward.

Of course, it wasn't over yet; Tang Ye was soon targeted by De Rong.

Dribble forward with the outside of your foot.

This was a 1v1 between Manchester United's midfielders!

"Come!"

Tang Ye was just about to have a one-on-one fight with De Rong when De Rong En approached from the side.

De Jong + Frenkie de Jong, now there are two De Jongs!
hiss!
"Whoop whoosh!"

He moved forward to the left and made a through pass to Fernando, then let Fernando and Li Lei combine.

The Chinese team has reached the byline!

Dumfries and Timber's marking made things very difficult for Li Lei. Seeing that Bergwijn's defensive recovery was about to be completed, Tang Ye had no choice but to urge his teammates to pass the ball.

Snapped!
Li Lei forced a long pass.

The original plan was to find Zhang Linpeng coming down the right wing, but the shot was too off-target, and Gao Zhunyi ended up getting possession.

"Fight in, fight in!"

Jiang Guangtai said.

Upon hearing this, Gao Zhunyi delivered a through pass to Jiang Guangtai.

Without time to think about why his teammates did it, Jiang Guangtai pushed the ball forward.

Snapped!
The long pass was sent directly to the frontcourt.

The battle between Timber and Fernando!

Hey!

Tang Ye didn't know why he was there, so Fernando quickly passed the ball to him.

Dumfries moved closer, and Tang Ye immediately spiked and cut inside.

"Wow, Tang Ye, your change of direction is really fast."

"Dunfres seems a little slow to react!"

"Can I catch up?"

Tang Ye, who was cutting inside, could feel the pressure coming from behind him, so he kept an eye on Dumfries' situation out of the corner of his eye.

Just as Dumfries was about to reach his position, Tang Ye stepped on the ball and came to a sudden stop.

Pass from right foot to left foot.

"Get in!"

boom!
The through ball was played, and Elkeson and Van Dijk rushed towards the six-yard box together.

"Wow!!!!"

Elkeson!
boom!
Elkeson's shot went wide of the post!

"Fuck!"

"..."

Shaking his head, Tang Ye gave Ai Kesen a thumbs up.

"Elkeson's shot... Actually, if we look at the slow-motion replay, Elkeson's shot was fine, but Van Dijk's choice of blocking angle was just too perfect."

"right……"

The situation is terrible.

After almost 20 minutes of play, everyone has a pretty good idea of ​​what tactics the Netherlands are using.

When playing with three defenders, Dumfries and Blind drop deep to defend, instantly turning the formation into a five-defender formation.

As we all know, the Chinese national football team's favorite tactic in this World Cup is to swing left and right, while the Dutch team has a very wide defensive formation (because they have a full 5 defenders), which makes it difficult for Tang Ye to find a suitable passing point, and he often has to run around on his own.

"..."

Live match report: Netherlands team corner kick, Depay's header is saved by Wang Dalei.

Live Match Report: De Roon's precise diagonal pass found Gakopo, whose shot was blocked by Jiang Guangtai.

"hiss!"

Jiang Guangtai, who had successfully blocked the shot, bit his jersey, looking like he was covered in sweat.

"Come!"

Tang Ye helped Jiang Guangtai up and swung his hands upwards: "Cheer up! Stop sleepwalking!"

"Can you guys react faster!?"

I have a feeling that my teammates didn't perform as well as they did against Spain in today's game, but I don't know if it's just my imagination.

Anyway, it's really uncomfortable.

The Netherlands got a corner kick, and the ball was given to De Jong to handle.

Tang Ye watched as De Jong jogged slowly toward the corner flag. Van Gaal seemed to have noticed this and decisively decided to change the corner kick player.

"..."

Tang Ye gave a thumbs-up to Van Gaal in the distance.

Dude, you're awesome.

"The Dutch team is... haha, are they afraid Tang Ye will figure out De Jong's corner kick intentions?"

"Isn't that unnecessary? Van Gaal is being very cautious today!"

Snapped!
The corner kick was taken, and it went to the near post again.

boom!
duang!

Depay's header struck the post, and the ball bounced off. "Oh!!!"

Wang Dalei was already on the ground at this point. If a player could come up and give him a follow-up shot...

boom!
“GOOO—AAAA—LLL!!!”

"Gakpo!! (Gakpo)"

“Gakpoooo!!!”

"1:0!"

A volley from Gakopo gave the Netherlands the lead in the 23rd minute of the match.

Wow!!!

The Dutch players were ecstatic about the hard-won goal, and Gakopo on the sidelines was quickly surrounded by substitutes wearing vests.

“Gakpo!”

Clap clap clap clap!
Van Gaal first clapped continuously, and after the players around Gakopo had dispersed somewhat, he came over to Gakopo and said, "Doe maar normaal!" (Keep a calm mind!)

This is a very famous Dutch proverb, which was given not only to Gakopo who scored the goal, but also to the other Dutch players on the field.

Despite being in the lead, Van Gaal was very wary of the Chinese national team's status as a "dark horse".

Live match report: Depay's header hits the post, and Gakopo volleys the rebound into the net, giving the Netherlands a 1-0 lead.

The comments section was filled with lamentations, while the Dutch fans in the home team's stands were quite pleased.

"Kom op Nederland! (Go Netherlands!)"

Boom!

"Kom op Nederland!"

Boom!

A Dutch fan in the third tier of stands seemed to have received the script in advance, knowing that his team would score first, so he took out a support sign he had prepared beforehand after his team actually scored.

The Orange Army has no eyes for dark horses.

Who are you?

The Chinese team has only participated in the World Cup three times in its history, and the team is still quite unfamiliar to most fans. The phrase "Who are you?" really takes the mockery to the extreme.

NL: 57%.

CHN: 43%.

When the ball possession data was shown, the director gave Matti a special shot.

The difference in possession wasn't significant, but the Chinese national team assistant coach didn't seem particularly happy.

Based on the past 30 minutes, about half of the Chinese team's possession of the ball has been ineffective.

Tang Ye gets the ball in the middle, okay, no problem.

The problem lies in Tang Ye's next move after receiving the ball.

The Netherlands' five-defender formation came together too quickly, and Tang Ye couldn't find a suitable point to play in the middle.

"...For Tang Ye."

"The ball is now being moved to the right wing. China has been in possession for almost three minutes now, but we haven't seen a satisfactory opportunity to advance."

"Zhang Linpeng is leaning in, hey, Tang Ye and Wu Lei should be playing a crossover."

"Switching positions, hmm... Is this to let Tang Ye try breaking through on the flank?"

From the Dutch players' perspective, Tang Ye seemed to have a red mark above his head. The Chinese national team's number 10 had just arrived on the right wing when the Dutch players' overall positioning began to shift towards Tang Ye.

A little disgusting.

Look up and observe the situation in front of you.

[Asylum Recipient: Zhang Linpeng]

[Asylum Recipient: Wu Lei]

[Asylum Recipient: Elkeson]

clap clap!

Tang Ye and Zhang Linpeng executed a wall-running play, with Tang Ye cutting inside together with Blind.

"Disrupt the process!"

De Jong spoke up, and Blind didn't stand on ceremony with Tang Ye; the two rubbed against each other repeatedly as they ran.

boom!
With a sudden burst of strength, Tang Ye sent Blind sprawling to the ground.

Hey!

"Beep beep beep!!!"

"Beep beep beep!!!"

The home team fans were already very dissatisfied, but the referee did not make any immediate indication.

China's attack continues!

"Catch it! Catch it!"

Tang Ye was calling for his teammates: "Wu Lei! Wu Lei!"

Wu Lei received a pass from Tang Ye and, under pressure from the defenders, passed the ball to Fernando, who came over to help.

Fernando glanced into Tang Ye's eyes and decided to set up a cannon for the latter.

boom!
Have the opportunity!
Tang Ye hadn't originally planned to shoot directly, but Fernando's pass gave him a new idea.

Left foot!

boom!
Tang Ye hopped on the grass and unleashed a powerful long-range shot.

"Oh!"

Van Dijk had his hands behind his back in a blocking posture, but Tang Ye's long-range shot was still quite a distance away from him.

Knowing he couldn't help, Van Dijk could only follow the ball's trajectory with his mind.

See Norpert's.

Jump up!
He jumped from the spot, but Tang Ye's long-range shot grazed the crossbar and went into the net.

“GOOO—AAAA—LLLL!!!”

"The ball is in!"

"Tang Ye!"

"1:1!"

"China has tied the score!"

Tang Ye was about to run out when he saw the referee press his index finger on his right earpiece.

"Hey? What!?"

What's wrong with this ball?

The Chinese national football players on the field did not celebrate immediately, and the commentators realized that something was wrong.

"Hey, this is... it seems the Video Assistant Referee thinks there's something wrong with Tang Ye's goal."

"In this case……"

"Beep!"

The referee blew his whistle and drew an air square in front of him with his index fingers.

VAR Check

"Grass!"

Tang Ye turned his head away, his heart sinking.

He already had a general idea of ​​the outcome.

"Beep!!!"

[Goal disallowed]

"Ugh……"

With their hands on their lower backs, Tang Ye and the other Chinese national football players are clearly in considerable pain.

The referee disallowed China's equalizing goal because of a physical foul that occurred almost 8 seconds earlier.

Dongqiudi Live Match Report: Tang Ye fouls and brings down Blind, China equalizes but the goal is disallowed due to a prior foul, the score remains 0-1, China is behind.

"it's okay no problem."

Wu Lei hugged Tang Ye and said, "Go Tang Ye! Go Tang Ye!"

"Shhh!!!"

"Team China!"

"come on!"

"Team China!"

"come on!"

With the goal disallowed, the Chinese national team performed poorly for the next few minutes, and almost conceded a second goal to the Netherlands in the 38th minute. Fortunately, Jiang Guangtai's timely interception prevented a tragedy from occurring.

Corner kick!

"Jakpo, charge straight in!"

"Look at Wang Dalei!"

"Oh, that was close!"

"Beep, beep beep—!!!"

"The first half is over!"

"The current score is 1-0, with the Netherlands leading by one goal thanks to Gakopo's volley on the rebound."

As soon as he finished speaking, the commentator turned off his microphone and sighed.

The first half of the game was extremely difficult for the Chinese team, which is why the referee's halftime whistle gave Chinese fans a sense of temporary relief.

This is difficult...

"Let's see if the Chinese team can adjust their strategy in the second half."

"Yes, the Netherlands currently has a significant advantage, not just because of one goal. What the Chinese team needs to address now is the tactical aspect."

……

(End of this chapter)