Chapter 71: Refusing to Admit Defeat
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However, even if it's not fully grown, Karem is enough to play with China's problematic defense line at will. Once he gets serious, China's defense line becomes precarious like a candle in the wind...
"One person has tied up three of our defenders, it's incredible!" Even Gao Jun couldn't help but softly exclaim in admiration, and his determination to practice his ball-handling skills was strengthened. "If I had his level of control and breakthrough ability, even if we faced a strong team that could completely suppress our midfield again, we wouldn't have to rely on sneak attacks like now..."
But even so, Gao Jun's tenacious personality would never give up easily. In the 17th minute of the second half, Sun Jie successfully intercepted Madavikia's pass for the first time in this match, and immediately launched a counterattack with a long pass. However, due to poor timing, just as he kicked the ball out, Yu Hai was in an offside position, and it seemed that this rare counterattacking opportunity would be wasted. But Yu Hai unexpectedly ran back, while Gao Jun, who was not in an offside position, suddenly sprinted forward, successfully completing the counterattack!
Yu Hai was in an offside position and couldn't receive the ball. Gao Lin, he's Gao Lin! He made a beautiful run from behind, cutting into the front and successfully received the pass, leaving Iran's defense far behind. This wasn't offside! Beautiful reverse offside tactics!
Huang Jianxiang's voice became excited again, "This ball was too close to the sideline! Gao Lin dribbled towards the center with incredible speed, like the wind! He had already entered the outer area of the penalty zone, but his inside cut wasted a lot of time. Iran's defenders had caught up, what should he do? Gao Lin unexpectedly chose to take it to the baseline, shaking off Iran's defender. Iran's goalkeeper came out to block the shooting angle, would Gao Lin shoot?"
Although even with such a small angle, Gao Jun still had at least 30% chance of shooting it in, but at this time his peripheral vision saw a red figure appearing at the far end, and he immediately passed the ball out. At this time, Iran's defensive strength was almost all attracted by Gao Jun, as long as that teammate received the ball, it would be an opportunity to shoot an empty goal!
"Gao Jun passes the ball to the back point, and Xiao Jinming directly shoots and scores! The Chinese team stubbornly narrows the score gap to two goals again!" Huang Jianxiang was so excited that he even forgot he was still in the broadcast room, and he actually waved his arms and cheered loudly......
"The tacit understanding between these three players is really great, from the beautiful reverse cut combination between Yu Hai and Gao Jun at the beginning, to Yu Hai's subsequent wide-range movement running to the right to help Hu Jiaqi entangle the defender and gain a direct shot opportunity, and then Gao Jun's accurate and comfortable passing, and finally Hu Jiaqi's swift strike. There is no dragging or hesitation in this process, it's really not easy to achieve...". Even more professional guest Tao Wei couldn't help but praise them.
"It must be because they are from the same club, and most of the players on the Eastern team have been together since childhood, no wonder they have such tacit understanding." Huang Jianxiang said, but he didn't know that the reason why the Eastern team's players can play so smoothly is not only because of their long-term cooperation, but also because the team's playing style emphasizes passing and cutting combinations, which further amplifies the power of this tacit understanding. This has a similar logic to Barcelona during the Galactic era, although they are far apart in terms of strength.
The goal of Xiao Zhi's suddenness greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese team, but the Chinese team, which was trying to tie the score with a strong counterattack, gave Iran more chances to counterattack. In the 24th minute of the second half, Karimi got the ball and the Chinese defensive players defended against his breakthrough into the penalty area as if they were facing a great enemy. However, Karimi unexpectedly shot directly from afar, although the quality of the shot was not very high, but China's goalkeeper Liu Yunfei jumped slowly, although he barely touched the ball, but still failed to stop it from flying into the net, Iran again expanded the score to three goals, leading 6-3!
This goal was a devastating blow to China's morale, but Gao Lin, who never gives up easily, did not give up. In order to break Iran's tactics of blocking China's main passing points, Gao Lin rarely retreated to his own midfield to receive the ball, and Yu Hai also retreated together. Xu Yunlong had already retreated to the midfield to strengthen the defense, so China's formation on the field suddenly became a no-striker state...
This unexpected change caused a brief confusion in the Iranian team's defense line, not knowing whether to follow up or stick to the formation. The Chinese team, which had increased its midfielders to 6 people, successfully intercepted again through surrounding and grabbing. After China got the ball back, it flew to Gao Lin's feet at the first time. Due to the intense competition, the old players of the national football team were infected with the atmosphere, and they didn't have time to think about anything else except playing the ball. They subconsciously pinned their hopes on Gao Lin, a little guy who had created miracles again and again...
"Gao Jun didn't pass the ball, he accelerated and dribbled forward. The Iranian players pounced on him, but Gao Jun passed the ball to Huo Jiamin on the right flank. Huo Jiamin received the ball and made a wide turn to the left flank, where Yu Hai was waiting. Madavikia had already caught up, but Yu Hai made a low pass to Gao Jun, who quickly sprinted forward from the middle of the field and received the ball. Now there's only one Iranian defender in front of him!" Huang Jianxiang clenched his fists, excitedly and nervously explaining.
"Beautiful, Gao Jun has passed the last defender, a solo run, this is a solo run! In my memory, Gao Jun's solo run... The Iranian goalkeeper rushed out and fell to the ground, the referee pointed to the penalty spot, penalty kick, China got a penalty kick! The referee also showed a yellow card to the Iranian goalkeeper, which was already lenient, if it weren't for the home court of Iran, he could have been sent off with a red card...
Huang Jianxiang said discontentedly, but soon became excited again, "Let's take a look at the replay, originally Gao Jun used the opponent's fear of his shooting ability to fake a shot and lure him into falling down, then passed him by. This is very good, even if he doesn't have Karimi's incredible dribbling skills, as long as he fully utilizes his strengths, he won't lose... Gao Jun started running with the ball, and scored! He continued his record of scoring penalty kicks in official matches, helping China narrow the score to two goals again. This is a thrilling match!"
