Chapter 19 Control
During the halftime break, in the locker room of the Korean Olympic team, Chi Dong-won apologized to the whole team in tears, almost kneeling in front of everyone and cutting his fingers.
He also knew that his sent-off would put the team in trouble.
His teammates all comforted him that it was not his responsibility, but that the Chinese players were too cunning, especially the goalkeeper who was simply a despicable villain who used fake throws and performances to deceive the referee.
Then the players of the Korean Olympic team began to condemn Sun Pan, and then expanded from condemning Sun Pan to condemning the entire Chinese Olympic team, believing that the Chinese team players are despicable, shameless, cunning and vulgar, and use any means to win, which completely violates the spirit of sports.
Their condemnation event ended until their head coach Hong Mingfu appeared in the locker room with a pale face.
"Is this your way to win by shirking the reasons to your opponent?" Hong Mingfu asked with a bad expression.
As a Korean football legend, Hong Mingfu has a high status in the minds of these young players and has a high prestige in the team.
After he said this, the young people of the Korean Olympic team remained silent.
"Is there any benefit for you to defame your opponent to a silence?" Hong Mingfu rebuked. "If you can win the game by just leaning in the locker room and attacking your opponent, I'm willing to let you scold you for fifteen minutes. Are you sure you want to do this?"
As the captain Ji Chengyong stood up and apologized to the head coach on behalf of the whole team: "Sorry, coach, we were wrong."
Hong Mingfu snorted, accepting Ji Chengyong's apology, and then said: "Now everyone has forgotten the controversial scenes in the first half and devoted all their energy to the game. In front of you, it is not a team that can be defeated casually. Do you think that the Chinese team's overseas players can only play in the game with sponsorship fees? They are the main cores of their respective teams! If we don't pay a big enough price, we don't think of turning the tables!"
"From now on, you can adjust your mentality. The Chinese team is a team that is good at passing and controlling. Once they pass the football, it will be very troublesome. But it doesn't mean we have no countermeasures. If they start to fall down, you have to keep running, grab the ball under their feet and interfere with their passes! Run like a mad dog, and the hope of victory is under your feet!"
When the second half began, Zhou Yi found that the Korean players were running more, as if all of them were not tired at all.
The mad dog-like running of Koreans does cause some trouble to the Chinese team.
Koreans are very famous for running ability. There are many rumors about Koreans being particularly able to run in the world football world. There was once a rumor that at the 1994 World Cup, the South Korean team met with the German team. The excellent physical fitness and tenacious will of the Korean team players surprised the Germans, who are famous for their physical and will ability.
It was the World Cup group stage at that time, and the German team led the South Korean team 3:0 in the first half. There seemed to be no suspense in this game.
As a result, the South Korean team chased two goals in a row in the second half, almost equalizing the score, scaring the Germans in a cold sweat.
And in that game, the person who served as the striker for the South Korean team was Hong Mingfu.
However, the Chinese National Olympic Team is also prepared for the possible reaction of the South Korean team in the second half.
During the halftime break, Brazevic warned his players that the Korean team would not give up easily. Although they were one less person, their excellent running ability could make up for their disadvantage in numbers.
Faced with Korean pressing, the Chinese team only needs to do one thing, that is, pass and catch the ball.
But it is not easy to pass and catch the opponent's fierce pressing. This is the trouble that the Koreans have caused to the Chinese team.
Although it was a bit troublesome, Zhou Yi tried his best to maintain the situation and take the initiative as much as possible with the Chinese team.
To maintain the situation, he cannot just rely on passing.
He can quickly pass the football in front of the Korean player who came up to steal his team and quickly pass the football. He can do this, but he is not planning to do it now. Because in the current situation, what he passes the football is not football, but responsibility.
He can accurately deliver the football to his teammates' feet, and the next thing has nothing to do with him. Even if his teammate stops the ball and is interrupted by the opponent, it is because his teammates have not handled it well and it has nothing to do with him. No one will blame him Zhou Yi, and he will not be the one who makes a mistake.
If Zhou Yi just wants to protect himself on the court, then he will definitely not be able to do it well in the midfield position of the organization.
So he would not think that it has nothing to do with him after the football is passed.
Now the Korean team has obviously strengthened their pressing against him in the second half. As long as he gets the ball, Ji Chengyong will always post it. In addition, one or two Korean players will surround him nearby.
In this situation, players will quickly pass the football, but Zhou Yi insists on doing the opposite.
When his teammate passed the football to him, he made a fake move to pass the ball to the other side, and tricked him to follow Ji Chengyong to the other side, then suddenly pulled the football in the opposite direction, making a move to break through from this side.
Seeing that Zhou Yi did not pass the football out immediately, another Korean player who was originally outside rushed up immediately and wanted to break Zhou Yi's ball.
Facing the Korean player who rushed up, Zhou Yi turned around and protected the football in front of him and isolated the opponent behind him.
But when he turned around like this, he also turned his back to the attack direction, which seemed to be a worse choice.
It seemed as if he had hesitated for a moment, but he was stuck on him by his opponent and lost the opportunity to attack in order to protect the football.
But at this moment, Zhou Yi, who was facing away from him, knocked the football hard in the direction behind him with his heel!
The football rolled over the crotch of the Korean defensive player who was caught off guard and fell to He Ying's feet who was retreating to meet him.
He Ying's retreat should have happened at the same time when Zhou Yi turned around to protect the ball. At that time, Zhou Yi's attention should be on how to protect the football, and he should not be able to see He Ying's movements.
But Zhou Yi did not observe before passing the ball, but directly passed the football over, as if he was very sure that He Ying would respond to him behind him.
In fact, He Ying is indeed behind him.
After passing the ball, Zhou Yi turned around and bypassed the Korean player who came up to defend him, and accelerated and ran forward.
He passed by He Ying, without even pause. It seemed that whether He Ying took the ball or not, or how he would do it after he got the ball, had nothing to do with him.
He just ran forward.
He Ying did not pass the football to him, and he turned around and dribbled the ball forward. The Chinese team's offense reached this point, which could be considered a threat. He Ying dribbled the ball into the penalty area of the South Korean team, and the Korean players had to come up to defend him. In this way, the defensive forces in other places were stretched.
He Ying, who took the ball, had many choices and had very high freedom of movement.
Of course, Korean players can also choose not to come up to defend He Ying, who gets the ball, and continue to maintain the integrity of their defense line. But I am afraid that few teams' defense lines will make such stupid mistakes.
When they came up to defend He Ying, He Ying passed the football to Zhou Yi who had already penetrated in front of him.
This time, Zhou Yi did not let the football stay under his feet for a long time, and he directly pushed the football into front of Wu Lei.
Wu Lei inserted at high speed and reached the front of the penalty area when he received the ball. Then he shot and the football was slightly higher.
The Korean fans in the stands and in front of the TV were shocked and sweated.
It was not until the football flew over the crossbar that they were sure that the ball would not go in. Because from the sudden passing of Zhou Yi with his heel to the series of passes, the Korean team's defense line seemed to have many loopholes, which made Korean fans worried that the goal would be penetrated at any time.
Chinese fans regretted that the ball did not score, and even some emotional fans scolded Wu Lei for wasting opportunities.
In the TV screen, Wu Lei also hugged his head with both hands, feeling annoyed that he missed this opportunity.
However, in a place where the TV camera was not captured, Zhou Yi gave Wu Lei a thumbs up and signaled that he had ejaculated well just now.
Zhou Yi himself did not feel sorry for not making the ball.
He was very calm inside, and he didn't think the Korean team's mad dog tactic would cause him much trouble.
He believes that he and his teammates can control the situation.
Chapter completed!