bookrandom Chapter 617 Fighting Croatia (3)
Chapter 617 Fighting Croatia (3)
Chapter 617 Fighting Croatia ([-])
"Captain, do you want to eat chewing gum?" Qu Bo asked.
"Don't eat."
"Where's the beef jerky?"
Zhou Dun shook his head.
"What about the spicy sticks?"
Zhou Dun glared at Qu Bo, "Are you here for a competition, or for a spring outing."
Qu Bo chuckled. Seeing Zhou Dun fidgeting, he wanted to comfort him, "Captain, we are outsiders in this match."
Zhou Dun nodded, "That's true, but... I just can't sit still."
Qu Bo knew that the iron man Zhou Dun, whether in the national team or in the club, as long as Zhou Dun was not injured, he was basically on full time.
"Captain, let me say something disrespectful. If you are like this, you will not be happy if you see it."
This is true, Zhou Dun nodded, and then asked: "The spicy strips in your hand...is it delicious?"
"Of course." Qu Bo handed it over, Zhou Dun took some, and tasted it, I really don't know how Qu Bo could eat this kind of food.
On the court, Mandzukic has fully understood that although Zheng Zhi is relatively famous in the defense of the Chinese team, the one who is even more powerful is the ugly-looking Micro Motion.
Mandzukic told this to other teammates and asked them to pay attention to Zheng Zhi when passing the ball, instead of passing to Micro Motion.
Modric took the ball from the midfielder position. The head coach made a long pass gesture on the sidelines. Magic Flute understood and sent a long pass directly to Mandzukic in the penalty area. The pass distance was very long. It stands to reason that the Chinese team's defense should have time to react, but Yan Junling was halfway through the attack, Zheng Zhi shouted "go back."
Zheng Zhi has rich experience. He can see that there is a problem with the passing of the magic flute. It is not the kind of ball that rushes forward, but the feeling of falling leaves. This kind of ball is easy for goalkeepers to misjudge.
Manzhukic saw the timing and pressed Zheng Zhi before taking off, but Zheng Zhi didn't jump at all.
When Mandzukic was about to hit the goal with a header, Micro Motion also took off and caused a strong interference to Mandzukic. The two hit the ball at the same time, the ball bounced up twice, and then both players rushed into the penalty area. At this time, it was like playing basketball to grab a rebound. Everyone wanted to grab the ball when it fell.
Six or seven people grabbed the header in front of the small penalty area. Yan Junling was full of people in front of him, and he couldn't rush out and jump to pick the ball.
In the end, I don’t know who pushed it, but the ball flew out of the penalty area. Li Guo breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone turned their heads to look at the place where the ball fell, and Modric was waiting there. When everyone thought Modric would stop the ball and organize a second attack.
Modric swung his legs and was about to volley, and everyone in the stands stood up. This scene seemed familiar. In the European Cup two years ago, Magic Flute scored a deciduous ball from this position in the game against Turkey.
Li Guo's heart tightened, it was indeed too similar, and Modric possessed such ability, I saw that Modric's action of drawing the ball was like a whip whipping a spinning top, completely pumping the ball, the ball drew a rainbow-like arc, passed through all the people in front, and flew into the net.
"Modric, another masterpiece," Liu Jianhong said helplessly. In fact, Liu Jianhong also expected that the Chinese team would lose the second goal, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
Yan Junling fell to the ground and punched the ball flying. He was not responsible for the ball, but he was depressed.
When the Croatian players celebrated, the Chinese players once again became the foil, and the Chinese players on the bench were also quiet.
The first half ended with a score of 2 to 1. In the other game, Portugal led Nigeria 3 to 0, but it was useless. As long as the Chinese team here does not beat Croatia, no matter how many goals Portugal scores, it will be useless.
In the locker room, Li Guo first praised Zhang Yuning, "You did a good job, that's how it should be, you did the right thing."
If everyone knew that Li Guo called Zhang Yuning an idiot in his heart in the first half, they would probably despise Li Guo.
Zhang Yuning was praised by Li Guo, couldn't find Bei, and said: "Head, then I will start again in the next game, I will definitely try my best to grab it."
Li Guo's forehead was sweating, and he thought: "This is too good at beating snakes and sticks."
"I'll talk about the future, the most important thing now is to win this game."
Zheng Zhi was already very tired after fighting with Croatian air tycoon Mandzukiki for half a game. Li Guo asked me: "Zheng Zhi, are you okay? Don't be tough."
"fine."
Time is not forgiving, Zheng Zhi is 38 years old after all, and he is no longer the Asian Footballer of the year. Li Guo still decided to respect Zheng Zhi. Since he said he was okay, he would not replace him.
Li Guo's eyes turned to Yan Junling. For the substitutes, Li Guo has always been very capable. On the one hand, he can't dampen their self-confidence, and on the other hand, he must maintain the pressure, but in the end it all depends on their own performance.
Li Guo is still satisfied with Yan Junling. He made a mistake once, but in the rest of the first half, Yan Junling made up for his mistake very well.
Li Guo didn't say anything, just patted him, Yan Junling also understood what Li Guo meant, and felt warm in his heart.
Unlike the atmosphere in the locker room of the Chinese team, the atmosphere in the locker room of Croatia is not very good. The old coach Cacic is very angry.
"What's wrong with you? Are you sleepwalking? Do you want me to beg you to kick it?"
The players looked at each other in blank dismay, and their faces were dull. The opponent came up with a substitute lineup, but Croatia still played like this.
Joel Luka was especially embarrassed. He stood up: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault." He thought the coach was alluding to the goal lost in the first half, but it was not. Cacic was dissatisfied with the Croatian team.
In addition, if you are strong, you will be strong, and if you are weak, you will become weak. This is an old problem in Croatia. Cacic is worried about the state of the team after entering the knockout round.
Rakitic said: "Give us a goal, it will be easier for us to play."
This is also the thinking of other players. In this situation of wanting nothing, no one knows how to play.
Cacic thought the same thing, Croatia can often explode stronger energy in adversity, "Well, the goal I set for you is to score at least two more in the second half."
"Good!" Everyone said in unison.
Joel Luka asked: "What about conceding the ball?" He thought to himself that the goal should not only be scoring goals, but not conceding goals.
Cacic laughed: "The Chinese team can't form an offensive ability at all. As long as you don't make mistakes in passing the ball, I don't worry about losing the ball."
Joelluka's face darkened, and he thought, "What am I talking about?"
It is easy for Croatian players to set a goal, but whether the Chinese team's defense agrees or not is another matter.
(End of this chapter)