Chapter 182 Dilemma
The ball quickly flew from outside the penalty area to the upper left corner of the goal. When the ball seemed to fall into the goal, the Russian goalkeeper Akinfeyev ruthlessly saved the ball from the bottom line.
This excellent opportunity did not break the defense of CSKA Moscow.
The opponent is originally a team with excellent defense, and coupled with a goalkeeper who is extremely strong in the entire European football world, it is indeed a very difficult thing to break through the CSKA goal.
However, Xu Qi's support in the middle lane did help the Donetsk Miners' offense.
Judson obviously did not have the sharp breakthrough of Xu Qi. At this time, if Judson had an assistant with excellent breakthrough ability to pick him up, he would indeed be much less pressure.
So after the attack ended, Judson gave Xu Qi a thumbs up.
Although Adriano did this ball, Xu Qi was the one who really created this opportunity.
Xu Qi’s breakthrough just now also aroused a lot of surprise and boast among domestic fans.
A bicycle made a fake move to shake away the opponent's Berezukki, and then quickly passed the ball into the penalty area without any drag.
Recently, Xu Qi's choice after the breakthrough has indeed become more mature than before.
His breakthrough now is no longer learning from Iniesta. He feels that his feet are already very fast. Iniesta's way of breakthrough still requires more insight to understand, rather than just relying on his feet to learn.
So when he was practicing breakthroughs, in addition to looking for Ronaldo, he also looked for Brazilian cyclist Robinho to find some feeling under his feet.
Following Robinho to find a feeling can indeed make Xu Qi's breakthrough faster and more agile.
Xu Qi does feel that there is still some gap in talent, but his muscle memory method can make up for the lack of talent.
As long as Xu Qi's muscles remember these breakthrough moves, he can use them very easily in the game.
Although he rarely learns breakthrough techniques from Iniesta now, he has not given up learning a breakthrough technique from Iniesta, which is the choice and idea of passing the ball after the breakthrough.
This is difficult to learn from other players.
On the field, the Miners' momentum finally improved a little during this period.
Xu Qi also began to gradually support the team's middle lane, and he still gave the right lane to Serner with confidence.
Indeed, there is a full-back like Serner behind him to escort, and he can really make more choices boldly.
If Serner is not behind him, Xu Qi sometimes dares not make a bold breakthrough. He will be afraid that if he fails to break through and is intercepted, a huge defensive vacuum will appear behind him.
However, Serner is not omnipotent, and Xu Qi trusts the captain too much.
That is, during the period when the Miners' offense had just improved, after Xu Qi moved his position to the middle, the CSKA Moscow created an excellent goal opportunity on the left.
Moscow CSKA Mamayev moved to the left to assist Jerkov. After making wonderful cooperation with Jerkov, he directly broke through the Donetsk Miners' right road defense line from behind Srna.
Then Mamayev completed a high-quality cross. In the penalty area, Love showed his excellent ball sense again. After Love removed the ball, he pulled his right foot outward and shook a small angle in front of Iszenko. Then he shot on the far corner of the goal with his right heel. The miner goalkeeper Piatov stood on the goal line and did not react at all to Love's shot.
The ball just entered!
One to zero!
The Brazilian god forward with a small blue braid at this moment showed his excellent shooting talent in front of the goal. Such a goal left the miners speechless.
The Miners were still behind, and the time node behind was very bad. This was when they had a slight improvement on the offensive end, the defense line was hit hard.
Moreover, Xu Qi has to bear the blame. He has to participate in the team's offense too much, which leads to Xu Qi being unable to return to defense when the opponent grabs the ball and attacks. Fernandinho also puts too much forward. Du Chajin is on the left side, so no one can help Xu Qi fill the position.
Therefore, there is indeed a reason for Xu Qi to concede the ball.
At the same time, the first half is about to end.
In the first half, Xu Qi was indeed depressed. Although he helped the team improve morale on the offensive end, he did have dereliction of duty in defense.
Back in the locker room, Lucescu didn't say anything. In his opinion, the team's offense is still more important than defense.
Away goals are a very important factor in this two-leg knockout match, so in the second half, Lucescu actually encouraged Xu Qi to help the team's offense.
In the second half, after returning to the stadium, the CSKA Moscow seemed to be more afraid of Xu Qi's ability and became more cautious when defending Xu Qi.
After knowing that Xu Qi has the ability to make breakthroughs, the CSKA players also try not to give Xu Qi a chance to make breakthroughs.
As time goes by, the miners' offense feels like they are sinking into the sea and cannot be beaten.
At the same time, the team's defense on the right side was frequently broken by Jerkov, which also made Lucesku frown on the sidelines.
Finally, in the 64th minute, Lucescu made a substitution adjustment. After the start of the second half, Xu Qi, who was targeted more powerfully, was replaced. Lucescu replaced Lewandowski, who was more balanced in offense and defense and had a more tacit understanding with Serner.
When he saw that he was replaced, Xu Qi's face was indeed a little unfavorable and reluctant.
But he didn't say much. After running to the sidelines, he patted Lewandowski's hand, then took a bottle of water from Lucescu and walked to the bench.
When many Chinese fans saw this scene, they were also disappointed. They were naturally concerned about Xu Qi's performance when they watched this game. If Xu Qi was not available in this game, who would have nothing to do to watch a UEFA Cup match between Donetsk miners and CSKA Moscow?
Subsequently, the ratings of this game in China plummeted, and many people turned off the TV and prepared to go to bed.
After all, this is the middle of the week, and many people have to go to work or study the next day. With Xu Qi and the others, they still have the motivation to stay up late. Without Xu Qi, they will lose the motivation to stay up late.
Xu Qi was present, with no expression on his face.
In the more than ten minutes after the second half, he was indeed blocked by the CSKA Moscow one after another. Not only was he unable to easily perform his breakthrough skills, but he also found it difficult to shoot the ball calmly.
In addition, the defense pressure on the right side is too great, so it is natural that you are replaced.
At this time, Xu Qi can only blame himself for not being strong enough.
As long as you are strong enough, even if you are in a bad state, standing on the field is a big threat to your opponent. You have the ability to decide the game in an instant. At that time, even if you are restricted, the coach will not dare to replace him.
Now, once you are restricted, regardless of whether you have restrained the opponent's defense, when the team encounters difficulties, the restricted one will definitely be adjusted by the coach.
Chapter completed!