In the 12th minute of the game, Wu Lei tried to force a breakthrough on the right side of the Croatian penalty area.
But Strinic's defense was extremely tough. Seeing that Wu Lei was about to dribble the ball into the penalty area, he suddenly pulled Wu Lei down.
Mo Yang originally wanted to take a surprise and copy Kroos's self-salvation free kick.
As a result, when I looked in front of the goal, Subasic was already on guard.
Helpless, Mo Yang had no choice but to pass the ball into the middle of the penalty area for Bai Lele to fight for.
But today Croatia's defense against Bai Lele was really treated like a world-class star.
As long as the Chinese team holds the ball, even if there is no ball at Bai Lele's feet, there will be a Croatian player nearby to keep an eye on him.
As soon as he finds that there is a ball coming to Bai Lele, this player will immediately stick to Bai Lele and cut off the receiving line first. If it fails, he will interfere. If it fails, he will foul. In short, he cannot let this guy rush.
Therefore, Bai Lele, who was surrounded by everyone, still missed the ball.
The ball was bumped by Perisic, who was 187cm tall, and flew towards Wu Lei, who was standing on the right front of the arc.
"Passback!!!"
Wu Lei just stopped the ball and saw Modric rushing over. He turned around and was about to take it back, but he heard Mo Yang's roar.
So he did as he was told without saying a word, and immediately pushed the ball back to Li Ang on the arc in the middle circle, and Li Ang continued to pass the ball back to Yan Junling in front of the penalty area.
Modric's trip was in vain, and he felt quite helpless. As long as Wu Lei took a few more steps to get the ball, he would be able to entangle the Chinese forward immediately. Then he would wait for his teammates in the penalty area to press out, and there would be a direct result.
A regional counterattack might be an opportunity to counterattack.
Modric has rich experience in the World Cup. He knows very well that the two most effective methods to break dense defenses in the World Cup are defensive counterattacks and set pieces.
Unexpectedly, I was seen through again!
In the backcourt of the Chinese team, after Yan Junling stopped the ball at his feet, he was not in a hurry to play the ball.
Instead, he waited for the Croatian forward players to press past the center line, then calmly adjusted, then took the ball with his big kick and drove the ball towards Croatia's four-man defense line that had just left the top of the arc.
At this moment, Croatia's overall formation had to shrink back again, and Modric, Mandzukic and Rebic, who were pressing past the center line, had to retreat to participate in the defense without even breathing.
This is Dalic's request to them. Everyone must go back when defending. No player has the right to stay in the frontcourt and stare.
"Yan Junling!
"Long pass from the backcourt! Found Wu Lei on the right!!"
As Xu Yang explained, the ball flew over the center circle and fell directly towards Wu Lei.
Wu Lei and Rakitic took off almost at the same time, taking advantage of their position. He hit it, and the ball bounced off his head and flew straight to his right back.
In front of the right rib area, Bai Lele saw the ball coming, and he immediately turned to face the rib area.
But Wei Da, who had been staring closely at him, reacted faster and turned around one step faster than him, preventing Bai Lele from pushing forward.
The experienced Vida handled the ball very smartly. He did not choose to stop the ball with his feet, but let the ball bounce in front of him. When the ball reached head height, he headed the ball back and the ball flew towards
Brozovich behind him.
Mo Yang was right next to Brozovic, and when he saw the ball coming, he grabbed it without saying a word.
At this time, Brozovich no longer had any contempt for the ball. Facing the incoming ball, he raised his right foot and rubbed it directly back with the outside of his instep.
The ball avoided Mo Yang's interception and continued to fly backwards.
Rakitic, who was a few meters behind Brozovic, did not expect the ball to be passed like this, but in a hurry, he relied on his top stopping skills to intercept the ball from the air with his right foot raised high.
After Rakitic stopped the ball, he saw Wu Lei rushing over. He immediately turned around and saw that Wu Xi had cut off him and Perisic's line on the left in advance. Without any hesitation, he passed forward directly.
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Modric, who was on the left center circle, ran a few steps forward toward the sideline and received a direct pass from Rakitic.
But just as he was about to turn around, a huge force came from behind and he fell down.
Modric looked back and saw Zheng Zhi slowly retreating and looking at him with a smile.
With a "beep!", the referee Pitana directly blew the whistle to indicate Zheng Zhi's foul.
"Zheng Zhi brought down Modric on the front line. This was a very necessary tactical foul!" In the domestic live broadcast room, He Wei and others began to comment.
"Yes! His innocuous tactical foul bought Mo Yang and the others time to defend!" Zhang Lu nodded and smiled, "The three midfielders of Croatia, Brozovic, Rakitic and Modric, came to the rescue.
His ability to pass the ball forward is world-class, and he penetrated our first two lines of defense in the blink of an eye. This continuous passing is terrifying!"
"If Zheng Zhi does not commit a foul and allows Modric to turn around and face the direction of the attack, it will be in trouble. It will be a direct four-on-four counterattack situation, and with Modric's personal ability, he can deliver precise strikes directly.
It's not difficult to stuff the ball! He can shoot from long range if he takes a step back!"
On the sidelines, Lippi saw Zheng Zhi's tactical foul. He nodded and was very satisfied.
For more than ten minutes, Lippi, who continued to observe every player on the field, confirmed in his mind that his pre-match motivating methods had some effect.
In today's game, the players became much more confident when handling the ball. This is the change he hopes to see.
On the field, Croatia took a set kick.
The ball was passed by Brozovic, Rakitic and Modric who were stationed in the triangle and calmly avoided Bai Lele's pressing.
Under the command of Modric, the ball was transferred to the feet of Lovren on the right center circle.
Lovren got the ball, moved directly to the wing, and then pushed directly to Vrsaljko on the right front line.
Hao Junmin immediately rushed towards the man after seeing it, but he was a little afraid that Vrsaljko would break through the base. The high-speed wing had already been inserted into the ribs to help defend, so when he rushed over, he moved slightly to the right.
Depend on.
As a result, Vrsalikoli did the opposite and directly pushed the ribs of Mandzukic, who was standing in front of Li Ang and Micro Motion.
Although the ball passed by Hao Junmin like this, he made some mistakes. If it didn't light up in the east, it would light up in the west.
The moment Mandzukic received the ball, the high-pitched wing went up to prevent him from turning to face the goal.
After Mandzukic stopped the ball, he knew he had made a mistake when he saw Vrsaljko on the wing continuing to intervene after passing the ball.
Vrsaliko wanted to have a one-on-one with him on the wing.
After Mandzukic adjusted, he wanted to return to the wing, and it was too late to cooperate with Vrsaljko.
Seeing Hao Junmin stuck in the left front of Vrsaljko blocking the passing line, Mandzukic knew that there was no chance, so he had to go back and pass the ball to Modric in front of him.
Modric stepped on the ball and saw that Zheng Zhi and others were blocking the right side tightly. There was really no good passing route. He did not force it and directly passed the ball back to the backcourt, moved to the left, and reorganized the attack.
But this transfer was just a false shot!
The ball didn't stay long at the feet of Perisic on the left, and then quickly passed back again, and once again returned to the feet of Modric on the right.
Taking advantage of this time difference, before the Chinese team's defensive formation moved back to the right rib area, Modric turned the ball around and quickly separated the sides, and the ball returned to Vrsaljko's feet.
In the joint position of the side ribs, Vrsaliko once again faced Hao Junmin.
Behind Hao Junmin stands Micro Motion Wing as the second line of defense.
Once Hao Junmin is broken through, Micro Motion Wing will immediately take over.
As a result, when Mandzukic saw it, he drove forward along the sideline from behind Vrsaljko and directly contained the Micro Wing.
At this moment, Mo Yang, who retreated to the top of the arc, noticed that the right rib area was empty, and Rebic was sneaking in.
He couldn't see Zheng Zhi running towards his ribs, so he knew that Zheng Zhi was also aware of the danger.
But it's too late!
"Li Ang! Go to the ribs!" Mo Yang rushed back and pointed directly at Li Ang and shouted.
Li Ang actually saw that his rib area was unprotected and he had already moved ahead of time. Upon hearing this, he immediately accelerated his movements.
At this moment, Vrsaljko suddenly crossed in front of Rebic.
The ball came to the penalty area line of the ribs, and Li Ang arrived in time, blocking Rebic in front of him, preventing this guy from directly breaking through.
However, the next second, Rebic tripped under Li Ang's feet and fell down.
At this moment, everyone was excited, because from the broadcast footage, the ball seemed to be in the penalty area.
“It must not be a penalty!!!!”
"It must not be a penalty!!!!"
"It must not be a penalty!!!!"
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At this moment, hundreds of millions of Chinese fans are surprisingly in the same mind!