Chapter 78: Backward
During the opening period, the Chinese team's offense was indeed quite fierce, but it really had no effect.
"Guys, after this period of time, they just took advantage of the home court to temporarily suppress us in momentum, and this period will soon pass." The Belgian coach encouraged the players on the sidelines.
The Belgian team's players are indeed very mature. They also know that after the ten minutes of the opening game, the Chinese team's offense will gradually lose that momentum.
During this period, Xu Qi was constrained by Weirtonghen's entanglement and was unable to participate in the offense too much, so he could only make some transitional passes.
Also, he needs to intercept the opponent's counterattack as soon as possible.
Interception is not that easy, and Xu Qi can only delay the opponent's rapid counterattack by destroying the sideline, so that the Belgian team's counterattack will be transformed into a positional offense.
In the eight minutes of the game, Xu Qi once again destroyed the opponent's counterattack, and the ball flew out of bounds again.
Belgium's out-of-bounds ball.
At this time, the Chinese players did not return to defense in time because they wanted to continue besieging the opponent.
The opponent quickly threw out the outbound ball, and the free kick flew very far. Xu Qi turned around and saw that the team's defense line was a little scattered.
"It's broken!" Xu Qi immediately went over to press Harun, who had just received a free kick.
Harun saw Xu Qi rushing over and stopped the ball. After Xu Qi pressed to the same position, he passed it back to Poconioli.
Poconioli received the ball and passed it forward.
This long pass is not an ordinary big foot. The ball's flight route is very clear. This is a very accurate long pass. The ball flew directly to the attacker Dembele on the Belgian side!
Dembele is a talented player of Eredivisie giants Alkmaar. Many Belgian players play in the Eredivisie. He is young and is already a member of the Belgian national team.
His breakthrough and passing ability have become outstanding in recent seasons under the guidance of Dutch coach Van Gaal, and he is also a powerful tool for this Belgian team to attack!
After Dembele received the ball, he dribbled the ball and pushed forward quickly.
After getting rid of the push, Dembele made a surprise attack to the front of the penalty area and passed the ball to Milaras. Milaras did not drag on the ball when he took the ball out, and took him away to prevent him.
He then passed the ball back to Dembele again.
Dembele got the ball again and made a horizontal break. The two Chinese defenders Li Weifeng and Feng Xiaoting pushed them out to block them.
But Dembele directly trolled the ball horizontally and passed through Li Weifeng and Feng Xiaoting in succession. Facing goalkeeper Qiu Shengjiong, Dembele directly took off his right foot and shot!
The ball entered the net with a sound.
"Oh no! Just eight minutes into the game, the Belgian team actually scored!" Liu Jianhong's expression was very disappointed. The start of this game was actually beneficial to the Chinese team, but the opponent completed the goal with just one fast attack.
"This is Belgium's first goal in this game, but it's just like this that they scored the goal!"
The Chinese team fell behind and was first to break the goal in two consecutive Olympic group matches.
The fans at the scene were also a little unbelievable for a while, while all members of the Chinese team were stunned.
The pressure is too great. Facing a team like Belgium, it is falling behind again at this time, and it is too difficult to play the ball.
If this ball is lost, it will be almost impossible for the group to qualify.
If you want to win and be afraid of losing, the Chinese team's mentality has also changed a bit.
Looking at the Belgian players who were celebrating wantonly, Xu Qi shook his head. He was restricted very uncomfortable at the beginning. Now, he has not found a way to get rid of Will's prosperity.
As long as he can get rid of Vertonghen, Xu Qi will be sure to break out of the cage and tear the Belgian defense line.
Xu Qi believes that as long as his tiger is out of the cage, the team will still have hope.
"At that time, he seemed to have taken a class by Belgian coach François Salter. Vertonghen had a good job of posting people. I had to let him have a shadow on posting people. If he didn't lie down twice, he really thought I was so easy to deal with?" Xu Qi said coldly.
Although he has been majoring in shooting these days, Xu Qi's unique skills in breaking through have never been lost.
However, if you want to break through Vertonghen, you still need to wait for another opportunity. After all, the Chinese team behind has played a bit messy during this period.
Especially in the face of the sudden pressing of the Belgian team, these players are often at a loss and even pass the ball directly.
Xu Qi couldn't stand it and immediately began to retreat and began to assist the team's organization.
Sometimes, it is simple not to look at Xu Qi's transitional pass, but in fact it is a great commanding knowledge, which is the experience he has summarized in countless matches with top giants.
As long as he touches the ball gently, he doesn't need much skill. He just needs a simple pass to make the team's offense come up with a new idea.
After retreating, Xu Qi quickly helped the Chinese team sort out the offense more organized.
The game has reached twenty-six or seven minutes, and Xu Qi, who has made up his mind to break through, finally found an opportunity to break through.
In the middle of the midfield, Xu Qi finally found a chance to catch the ball.
From the corner of Xu Qi's eyes, he naturally saw the following Weirtonghen. Facing Weirtonghen who was rushing, Xu Qi made a fake move to pass the ball back to his teammates.
When Vertonghen saw that Xu Qi was about to pass it back, his speed of rushing over decreased slightly.
Taking advantage of this time, Xu Qi quickly turned forward and took the pass away, and then turned around.
Of course, it is difficult to break through with the ball on your back, but this time it was face to face, so Xu Qi was naturally confident.
Xu Qi means that when it is time to break through, you will never hesitate. Perhaps once you hesitate, the best time to break through will be gone.
Just now, Weirtongheng obviously hesitated. When Xu Qi completed his turn, he did not dare to go forward too much.
He rushed to grab a player's ball face to face, and it was obviously easy to break through. He would only step on Xu Qi on his back.
"Even if you don't get on the robbery, you'll have to pass yours!" Xu Qi drove the ball directly from Vertonghen's side.
"Xu Qi takes the ball! Is he going to break through?" Liu Jianhong suddenly became excited. Recently, he always became very excited when he saw Xu Qi take the ball, because Xu Qi takes the ball so reassuringly. His maturity and cunning are simply not something that a young player has.
His style is very similar to those old stadiums in today's football world.
Seeing that Xu Qi had already reached his side in a blink of an eye, Vertonghen naturally wanted to stop him.
Xu Qi's breakthrough speed was not fast, so he directly tried to intercept the ball.
Facing Weirtongheng who stretched out his feet, Xu Qi aimed at Weirtonghen's crotch.
Seeing that Wei Tongheng's legs were separated enough empty, Xu Qi turned his ankle and poked the ball directly with his toes, allowing the ball to fly quickly from Wei Tongheng's crotch.
Xu Qi accelerated and detoured from the side of Vertongheng!
"Beautiful crotch-walking! Xu Qi's foot skills are so great!" Liu Jianhong was excited.
"He can always create so many exciting moments, and such breakthroughs are really amazing!"
Because of Xu Qi's breakthrough, Vertonghen lost his balance when he turned around and chased him.
Chapter completed!