Chapter 572 Shoot, Hu Lai!
Rosas, the head coach of the Argentine Olympic team, stood at the edge of the coaching area, with one foot almost stepping onto the court.
This fully demonstrated his inner anxiety and tension.
The news he just received is that Belgium is temporarily leading Nigeria 2:1. Nigeria is still very strong. After falling behind by two goals, they pulled one goal back and are currently only one goal behind.
However, it is too difficult for Nigeria to qualify from this group. They failed to defeat the weakest Chinese team in the group in the first game and were destined to fall behind in the competition in the group of death.
Unless they score two goals in the last few minutes and win the game, there is still a chance to compare the goal difference, total goals and victory-loss relationship with Belgium.
Rosas doesn't care whether Nigeria can qualify, but he is grateful for the tenacity of the African teams. Belgium's current situation is a goal difference of two. And if Argentina can score a goal at the last moment, after winning 3:2 against the Chinese team, the goal difference will be two.
In the case of the same points and the same goal difference, the basis for determining which of the two teams ranks first in the group and which one ranks second will be the total number of goals scored.
In terms of total goals, Argentina, which won 3:2, had one more goal than Belgium, which won 2:1.
Just one more goal can allow Argentina to beat Belgium and win the first place in the group.
But the premise is that Argentina must score a goal in the remaining minutes of this game!
You have to win the game, otherwise you won't even get three points. What are you daydreaming about here?
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Melly stood on the field with his hands on his hips and his breath was much heavier than before.
In this game, as Argentina's main attacker, he dribbled the ball forward again and again, constantly retreating and then turning around to sprint, which was extremely physically demanding.
He looked at the players on the Chinese team opposite him, and there were few who were better than him. At least he could stand upright, but the Chinese team players all bent over, with their hands on their knees, mouths wide open and gasping for air, like fish out of water.
But these extremely embarrassed Chinese players prevented him from scoring a single goal in the second half.
One by one, they formed an iron chain in front of him, trying hard to tie him up.
And he was really tied up and couldn't use his hands and feet...
At first, when Hu Lai also scored twice, he thought Hu Lai was his opponent. But now he thinks about it clearly. His real opponents have always been these humble Chinese team players in front of him.
When Meili was sizing up his opponents, Li Chengwu, who had replaced Guo Junfu, was saying to Gao Ruimin: "Meili is tired too. Look at him like that..."
Gao Ruimin raised his head and glanced at Meili with his hands on his hips, and then smiled: "Hey, Director Shi is right. Isn't the game about killing them before they kill us? We don't feel comfortable, and neither do they. It feels so good! Fight them to the end, it only takes a few minutes!”
After speaking, he spat on the turf.
Li Chengwu said: "I don't have any cards on me yet. I can foul later."
Gao Ruimin nodded when he heard this and said nothing. Now was not the time for him to show off.
He basically competed with Melli in this game, and because of this, he received a yellow card not long after the start of the second half. Before Guo Junfu was replaced, he also received a yellow card for a foul while defending Melli.
It can be said that Meili alone caused the three main players of the Chinese team to get yellow cards, which also shows how powerful Meili is.
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"Melilla raised his hand to ask for the ball... Martinez passed the football... Sure enough, Argentina's offensive engine is still Melilla, and only he can create a threat to the Chinese team's defense..." He Feng said. I felt a little sour when I did it.
He thought to himself that based on what Argentina showed in this game, without Melli, our Olympic team would even be able to defeat them... But unfortunately, they have Melli, which is enough to suppress us.
Alas...
After taking the ball, Melly did not go directly to the center, but dribbled the ball forward along the side.
Chen Xingyi was chasing after him. In terms of running speed alone, he was actually faster than Melli, but Melli's combination of man and ball was so good that it was useless no matter how fast he was because he couldn't take a shot. , unable to get rid of the ball, he could only run beside him.
Li Chengwu rushed over from the middle and joined the running team. However, he had an advantage in physical strength and kept squeezing Melli during the running process. Since he had no cards, he had nothing to worry about, so he naturally had to be more liberal with his movements.
Meili felt the impact of Li Chengwu while dribbling the ball. This all-out defensive method really made him feel the pressure.
He planned to get rid of Li Chengwu, so he first tried to pass the ball to Cantero, who was in front of him, but after passing with his right foot, he just made a false shot, and when he took it back, he knocked the football to the middle, trying to shake Li Chengwu away.
Just when he was competing with Li Chengwu, Chen Xingyi, who had been nearby but had no strong sense of presence before, saw the time and suddenly accelerated, changed direction and accelerated before Melli, and then kicked the football first, knocking Melli past. Stab away!
"Chen Xingyi! Beautiful steal!" He Feng shouted excitedly. "With a few minutes left in the game, this successful steal is a great morale booster!"
Almost as soon as Chen Xingyi caught up with the football, Argentina's Martinez pounced on him. In his haste, he could only poke the football again, to Gao Ruimin, who was responding to him.
Then someone else jumped up and bumped into Martinez, causing both men to fall to the ground.
But the referee's whistle did not sound. He saw Gao Ruimin receiving the ball and chose to let the game continue.
At this moment, Gao Ruimin is faced with a choice - should he choose to stabilize his position in the backcourt and delay it for a little longer? Or choose to counterattack as soon as possible, after all, Argentina is now in an unstable state of transition between offense and defense...
At this moment he heard Hu Lai yelling: "Give it to Luo Kai!!"
He looked up and saw that the Luo Kai people had already rushed forward like an arrow from a string!
No need to hesitate anymore, his teammates have already made a choice for him - fight back!
He raised his foot and kicked the football forward, making a diagonal pass. He didn't need to be too precise, as long as he could pass the football in that direction.
Anyway, Argentina has just been attacking, and there is still a large space in the backcourt.
"Gao Ruimin looks for Luo Kai with a long pass! The Olympic team still wants to counterattack!"
"That's right, He Feng! Let's bring the fight to the opponent's half. The best defense is to attack! Use sharp counterattacks to prevent Argentina from attacking with full force, thus reducing the pressure on our defense. …”
Luo Kai glanced back as he ran forward to confirm whether Gao Ruimin had passed the ball to him.
When he saw the football flying towards him, he felt a burst of joy in his heart.
This is the opportunity that I have been waiting for for three full games!
His first Olympic goal!
The football landed in front of him. His arms swinging wildly drove his legs to accelerate towards the football.
His starting speed is not as fast as Chen Xingyi's, and his advantage lies in late acceleration. As the saying goes, "the faster you run, the faster you run."
Argentina's left center back Santiago Sweeney was in front of him. He originally wanted to come up and steal the ball in advance, but after seeing the sprint speed displayed by Luo Kai, he started to retreat directly - he was just worried. My own speed couldn't match the opponent's, and I was beaten by the opponent in one go...
"Luo Kai caught up with the ball!" He Feng's voice trembled with excitement. A very bold idea is taking shape in his mind - can we still defeat Argentina? !
When this idea was squeezed out of his mind, he even shuddered, startled by his own thoughts.
No, it's impossible, absolutely impossible. How can we beat Argentina?
He Feng kept shaking his head in denial, but this was more like an act of self-deception and character-building...
When Luo Kai caught up with the football on the wing, the Argentine players were desperately trying to defend.
Center back Juan Sosa, right center back Matias Capelli, midfielder Enzo Diaz, left wing back Augusto Cardozo, and even Mellie Banega , all swept back like the wind.
Luo Kai didn't care about that. He took the football and charged at Sweeney!
He still remembered that Director Shi said that this kid had a bad mind and was easily impulsive. He was a weakness in Argentina's defense.
He's going to find trouble with this weakness now!
Sweeney saw his opponent coming towards him and cursed in his mind. However, he did not pounce on him impulsively. Instead, he slowed down and retreated, preventing Luo Kai from relying on his speed to break through him. opportunity.
During the halftime break, he was scolded bloody in the locker room by head coach Rosas for his mistake in conceding the first ball. Although he explained that it was because he thought goalkeeper Marinelli had struck out, this obviously did not allow the coach to forgive his mistake.
Sweeney, who was severely punished by the head coach, is now much more honest, and his performance in the second half was remarkable, not to say good. The main thing is not to make any more mistakes, not to make those low-level mistakes.
Luo Kai didn't know this. After he went up with the ball, he found that Sweeney did not come up to "fight outside" with him, but kept retreating, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
If he can't get rid of Sweeney quickly, his first Olympic goal will be out of the question.
So he changed his strategy, accelerated the change of direction, and tried to cut inside.
Sure enough, Sweeney followed.
Seeing this, Luo Kai used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football to the outside, then changed direction and headed back to the wing, as if he wanted to break through from the wing.
Sweeney didn't dare to neglect and had no choice but to change back.
As soon as he changed back, Luo Kai's right foot dunked the football towards the center, changing direction again!
"Continuous changes of direction!"
Sweeney's knees were under tremendous pressure from Luo Kai's continuous changes, but he still turned back tenaciously, but his body was already staggering a little.
Luo Kai didn't give him a chance to adjust. He knocked the football directly into the penalty area and then went around from the other side!
"The ball was passed!!"
There was a huge cheer in the stands, coming from Chinese fans.
There were also huge boos, coming from Argentine fans.
However, when Luo Kai entered the penalty area, he found that Juan Sosa, the captain of the Argentine Olympic team, also appeared in front of him and got stuck inside him.
Luo Kai, who caught up with the football again, did not get a chance to shoot just because he broke through Sweeney.
Although Sweeney was passed over in a humiliating way by Roquet, his caution and tenacity before that still bought the most valuable time for the Argentine Olympic team.
Now Juan Sosa reorganized the defense right in front of Roquet.
And he is far more difficult to deal with than Sweeney. In addition, the space in the penalty area is small, and there is no way for Luo Kai to use the continuous changes of direction that he is good at to dodge Sosa's defense.
Of course, Luo Kai can also shoot directly through Sosa.
It's not like he hasn't scored such a goal before.
But this is in the Olympics, and he is facing a world-leading team like Argentina.
Last but not least, this is probably the last chance for the Chinese Olympic team to score in this game...
If the shot hadn't been scored... He couldn't help but think of the shot on goal against Nigeria. If that goal had been scored, the Chinese team might have finally won against Nigeria, and there would be no need to face Argentina in this match. I worked so hard during the competition...
For a moment, many thoughts flashed through Luo Kai's mind.
He hesitated.
Sweeney, who was passed by, also took the opportunity to come back and formed a siege against Luo Kai with captain Juan Sosa...
Luo Kai could feel the pressure from both directions, and the time and space left for him to consider were approaching zero.
He had to make a decision to force a shot and try for his first Olympic goal, even though it would put the whole team's hopes of victory on the line. Or...
Juan Sosa saw the Chinese team player's movements suddenly slow down, and it was obvious that he didn't know what to do. Seeing this, Sosa did not rush to steal, but continued to maintain the current defensive action, getting stuck on the inside of the opponent. Anyway, he was not allowed to break through, and he could also block the shot.
Even if he didn't do anything and just trapped the opponent, this defense would be considered a success.
At this moment, he saw his opponent who was lowering his head suddenly use the outside instep of his right foot to push the football closer to the baseline, then swung his kick to shoot!
He quickly took a step forward and blocked the opponent's shooting angle.
But when the opponent kicked out, he passed the football!
An inverted triangle pass!
Sweeney, who was behind, stretched out his foot to block the ball, and the football hit his calf bone. Instead of flying out of the baseline, it changed line and jumped high, flying behind them.
If you want to shoot, you can definitely shoot, but what if someone is in a better position than me and has a greater chance of scoring?
Luo Kai knew that the man must have caught up, so he chose to pass the ball out and give up the chance to score, just to get a more stable result.
After passing the ball, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, not forgetting to look back behind him.
In the direction he was running towards, that annoying figure arrived as expected!
He laughed.
You owe me, Hu Lai.
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"Inverted triangle pass - Hu Lai!!!" He Feng roared until his voice almost broke.
The small living room in front of the TV was unusually quiet. Xie Lan and Hu Lixin were both staring at the TV dumbfounded, unable to make any sound, not even breathing, like two statues.
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Melly ran all the way and was finally about to catch up to the penalty area. In front of him was the Chinese team's No. 14, Hu, who had already scored two goals.
Everyone focused on the Chinese team's No. 9 who was dribbling the ball, but Meili intuitively believed that this person might be the most threatening person in this attack.
Victory was in sight, so he accelerated and rushed forward, trying to get close to his opponent.
At this moment, he noticed that No. 9 passed the football, and the target was indeed No. 14!
But just when he caught up with No. 14, the latter suddenly stopped suddenly and moved himself in front.
Not only did he stop suddenly, he also quickly took a step back to distance himself from Melly.
The football, after hitting Sweeney's leg, bounced high and flew to the place where he retreated!
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"Ah——!" Xu Wen couldn't help but let out a low cry. She seemed to be more nervous than herself during the competition.
Beside her, Li Qingqing opened her lips lightly and read silently:
Shoot, Hu Lai!
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"Shoot!!" Zhang Qinghuan stood in front of the sofa in front of the TV, shouting with his hands clenched into fists. It was as if Hu Lai was five meters in front of him, just like he had been when they fought side by side countless times before.
He passed the football to Hulay, then shouted "shoot", and Hulay would turn his pass into an assist.
Qin Lin's eyes were fixed on the projection screen, and the figure in the penalty area was reflected in his pupils - he was looking up at the flying football, with his left leg in front to support his body, and at the same time he was swinging his hips and twisting to drive the ball. The right leg trailing behind...
This is the kick to shoot!
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Hu Lai watched the football fall from the sky, getting bigger and bigger, getting closer and closer to him.
Juan Sosa had turned and charged towards him, but he didn't see it and didn't care.
He spread his arms to maintain balance, leaned to the left, and swung his right leg.
When his pupils were filled with the reflection of the football, his left leg supporting his body was pressed almost at a forty-five-degree angle to the ground. His right leg was raised almost at the same level as his waist, making it look like it was level with his upper body. It's like folding together.
Then his instep firmly hit the football!
The dirt and grass clippings caught between the spikes were blown out, like the tail flames of a football shot.
The football whizzed past Mellie Banega's head. He didn't even see the ball clearly. He just felt a gust of wind above his head blowing his hair...
Fifteen meters is the distance from where Hulay shot to the goal line.
Less than half a second is the time it takes for the football to leave Hu Lai's feet and fly into the goal.
When the football lifted the net in the goal, Argentina's goalkeeper Rino Marinelli just jumped into the air and waved his arms...
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As Shi Wuyin said at halftime, the game is like this, either you will be beaten to death by your opponent, or you will beat your opponent to death.
The Chinese team and the Argentine team are like two people who have been stabbed twice, hugging each other and biting each other. No one can pull them apart, and no one dares to step forward and pull them apart.
They were breathing heavily, swearing, and punching each other with their fists.
Before you shed the last drop of blood, you must kill your opponent first.
Argentina has a stronger foundation and is riding on the Chinese team, with fists raining down on them.
And what about the Chinese team?
Although his face was beaten with blood, he only used one hand to cover his face, and the other hand was groping unwillingly on the ground next to him.
Then he touched a brick, swung it up and slapped Argentina on the temple!
Argentina, who was in high spirits, fell backwards on his back, splattering dust and blood.
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