bloodnovel Chapter 371 Against Italy
Chapter 371 Against Italy
Chapter 371 Against Italy
With the whistle of the referee, the game officially started. Italy is indeed Italy, and its strength is indeed much stronger than that of the United States. The Huaxia team is under great pressure in all aspects.
Fortunately, the Huaxia team has Shi Wei and Xu Zhuping in the midfield. Both of them are very defensive midfielders. They have been helping the Huaxia team guard the center. It made Italy, which has a luxurious center, play very difficult. Italy's several attacks were unable to pass to the frontcourt.
Although Lippi's tactical arrangement before the game was to defend and counterattack, the Huaxia team had Shi Wei in the midfield, so they launched several attacks. Unfortunately, the players were exhausted due to jet lag, so several attacks were in vain.
Especially in the 8th minute, after Lu Shuo received Shi Wei's through ball, he wanted to push the ball directly with his right foot, but he didn't expect that Lu Shuo's kick was empty, and Lu Shuo wasted this good opportunity embarrassingly.
The two sides are testing each other. Lippi has also coached the Italian national team, but the styles of the two teams are very different. Italy has the best defense in football and is a team with good defensive capabilities, while the Huaxia team is more inclined to both offense and defense.
Fortunately, the Huaxia team's defense was still stable, which made it very difficult for the Italian team to attack. They didn't even shoot a few shots. If only the number of shots was concerned, the Huaxia team was overwhelming the Italian team.
But the Huaxia team couldn't attack for a long time. When the time came to the 27th minute, the football passed to Insigne on the left side of the penalty area, but the pass was not very good. Insigne had to chase the ball outside the penalty area with his back to the goal.
Fortunately, the football is not far from Insigne, and the passing speed of the ball is not fast. Insigne easily got the football, and Zhang Xiao of the Huaxia team has been following Insigne, because he knows how strong this 1 meter short man has. Strong personal ability.
When Insigne was dribbling the ball, suddenly Insigne's right heel hit the football, and the football rolled from Zhang Xiao's right side into the penalty area. At the same time, Insigne turned counterclockwise from another.
Seeing that Insigne can get rid of Zhang Xiao by scoring the ball, Zhang Xiao has a strong defensive awareness and knows that it is difficult for him to defend Insigne alone, so Zhang Xiao directly pulls Insigne, and Zhang Xiao also gets a topaz card because of his tactical foul.
Verratti is responsible for taking the free kick. The location of the penalty spot is not good, but Verratti is a right-footed player. In this position, he can try to hit the goal directly with one kick, but Verratti still chose to pass the ball.
The football was thrown into the penalty area by Verratti, but the two central defenders of the Huaxia team, Huang Yi and Wang Xiaoyong, are both 1.9 meters tall. Wang Xiaoyong successfully pushed the football out, and it was quite far.
The Italian team did not lose their desire to attack. After quickly taking control of the football, they launched an attack again. The football was controlled by Jorginho. At this time, Insigne also came to the right. Jorginho immediately handed the football to Insigne.
After Insigne took the ball, he was facing Li Dongsheng. Compared with Zhang Xiao, Li Dongsheng's defense was much weaker. After all, the styles of the two were still different.
After taking the ball, Insigne dribbled the ball from the right, pretended to pass twice in a row, and successfully deceived Li Dongsheng, and then Insigne aimed and turned the ball.
Insigne's pass was from the back, the football passed Wang Xiaoyong, and then Huang Yi, and the football flew to Andrea Belotti, the 24-year-old young striker, who stuck Zhang Xiao with his back, and then bent over to hit the football.
After being scored, the players of the Huaxia team were all dumbfounded. In fact, the Huaxia team shot a lot, but they never created a goal. They didn't expect to turn around and be scored by the Italian team.
Lippi on the sidelines did not lose his temper because of the team, but applauded and encouraged the players on the field. After all, this was a warm-up match, and the opponent was the mighty Italian team.
The Huaxia national team temporarily fell behind 0 to 1. At this time, the Huaxia team continued to be a hero, so Li Long of the Huaxia team stood up again.
After the Huaxia team successfully defended the Italian team's attack again, Shi Wei, who got the ball, looked at it and immediately picked the football to Li Long on the right.
After Li Long got the football, he quickly attracted the attention of two defensive players. One was in front of Li Long, the other was behind Li Long, and Li Long pushed forward after getting the ball.
Li Long's dribbling speed was not fast, and soon the No.3 defensive player also came over. Seeing that the defensive circle of the three was getting smaller and smaller, Li Long suddenly moved the football forward vigorously.
Then Li Long broke out at an astonishing speed, and directly overtook the two defensive players who were trying to chase the ball. He was the first to catch up with the football like a small sports car.
The audience at the scene and the audience watching the live broadcast couldn't help but think of "passing it to myself in three seconds". Li Long surpassed everyone with his own speed. At this time, Lippi, the head coach of the Huaxia team, couldn't sit still and quickly stood up from the coaching bench.
Li Long quickly came to the vicinity of the opponent's restricted area. Li Long's overtaking fully demonstrated the aesthetics of violence. Li Long's breakthrough this time had no skills or fancy moves, only breathtaking speed.
Li Long talked directly to Donnarumma. Donnarumma didn't choose to attack at this time, because Donnarumma knew that Li Long was currently in a high-speed state, so it was very difficult to get out now.
Li Long and Donnarumma were getting closer and closer. Suddenly Li Long kicked the football with his right foot. Li Long's shot was so good that even Donnarumma, who is known as the world's number one goalkeeper in the future, could do nothing. Li Long helped the Huaxia team equalize the score 1-1.
The score of 1 to 1 persisted until the end of the first half. After the start of the second half, both sides made substitutions. Lippi replaced Lu Shuo. It is true that Lu Shuo was not in good condition in this game. He replaced the midfielder Ji Fei with the purpose of strengthening the control of the midfield.
Then the right back Li Dongsheng was replaced, and the more stable Zhao Jie was replaced. Finally, the midfielder Xu Zhuping was replaced, and Song Xuefeng, who is currently playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach, was replaced.
In the case of a 1-1 draw, Lippi chose to change three players in a row. It can be seen that Lippi doesn't care about the result of this game. He cares more about the team's running-in and training.
At the 59th minute of the game, Ye Kai retreated from the penalty area to take the ball. Ye Kai carried the defender with his back to the goal, and received the pass from Song Xuefeng.
Ye Kai chose to do what he could do and passed the football back to Ji Fei. Ji Fei did not stop the ball after taking the ball, but picked the football into the penalty area. Ye Kai had already started running back before, and Ye Kai successfully got rid of the defender and came into the penalty area.
Facing the falling football, Ye Kai didn't choose to head the goal directly, because if Ye Kai really headed the goal at this angle, the threat might not be too great, so Ye Kai chose to ferry the header and threw the football to Zhang Yaotian on the left. Zhang Yaotian volleyed directly towards the football with his right foot.
Zhang Yaotian's shot was very fast. It seemed that Donnarumma's save was about to reach the football, but the football flew past Donnarumma's fingertips and flew into the goal. The Huaxia team successfully overtook the Italian team 2-1.
But the Huaxia team was not happy for too long. When the game came to the 66th minute, after the Italian team blocked Li Long's long-range shot, a long pass found Insigne in the frontcourt, and Insigne sprinted forward quickly.
Immediately Insigne came to the outside of the penalty area, but Zhao Jie and Wang Xiaoyong in the penalty area were about to close the door, but after Insigne slowed down, he flicked his right foot towards the football, and then took a long shot.
Insigne's kick hit the goal with a low-firing shot, and there was a bounce in the football. Wei Qi had already tried his best to save it, but Insigne's kick was too sudden and the angle was too tricky. In the end, the Italian team tied the score 2-2.
In the next game, although the two sides attacked each other, they did not create a fifth goal. The score of 2-2 was maintained until the end of the game. In the end, the Chinese national team shook hands with the Italian team 2-2.
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