Pu Zhouyong's mind was in a mess.
In the 13th minute of the game, he took the initiative to avoid Liu Yi in a 55-point scramble. Not only the Korean team's coaching staff, players, but even the Korean audience in the stands and in front of the TV realized a fact: Pu Zhouyong was very afraid of Liu Yi and Qin Xiong!
Pu Zhouyong's condition was very bad from the first minute of the game. The center forward was operating in a dense area and was inevitably surrounded from all sides. If he did not have the courage to break out of the encirclement, then the center forward would never be able to stand out.
Others did not understand what Pu Zhouyong was afraid of. He looked like a different person.
But Liu Yi and Qin Xiong knew in their hearts. They just did not have the mood to think about those boring things.
Pu Zhouyong ran in front of the penalty area looking for opportunities, but he felt that his rhythm of the game had been disrupted. His attention was attracted by Liu Yi and Qin Xiong from time to time.
He kept replaying a game more than two years ago in his mind.
He could be said to be the best player in his age group. He was ambitious and arrogant. When a team of the same age group from China came to Korea to play a friendly game, he was confident that it would be easy to lead the Korean team to crush China's team.
But that game became his nightmare.
Qin Xiong and Liu Yi formed a double midfield that not only perfectly controlled the midfield on both ends of the offense and defense. Liu Yi's defense made Pu Zhouyong almost disappear and almost injured Pu Zhouyong in the confrontation. Qin Xiong led the team to defeat the Korean team, which was stronger than China's team at that time.
More than two years had passed. Liu Yi had become more mature in the German game. Qin Xiong had amazed the world and was writing his own legend.
And Pu Zhouyong?
Although he had some small achievements, he was still a lot worse than these two.
The psychological gap and the psychological trauma caused him to instantly fall to the bottom when he encountered these two people, especially Liu Yi and Qin Xiong, who were more confident than before, and more powerful in the confrontation. This inevitably made Pu Zhouyong subconsciously choose to retreat.
The Korean team's center forward was unable to play the tactical role he should have, which greatly reduced the efficiency of their offense. Even if they could smoothly control the situation and push the offense into the danger zone, if the center forward was invisible, especially when he couldn't even play the role of a fulcrum, it was equivalent to their frontline being torn apart!
In that case, China's rear defensive line would be able to cut Korea's offense into two halves. Left and right, no center!
After attacking for a long time without success and not even a few threatening shots, the Korean team began to become anxious. The two full backs, Lee Rongpyo and Zhao Yuanxi, began to move forward to assist.
Qin Xiong had been assessing the situation. The China team's offense in this game was extremely simple. 30 minutes ago, they had been playing the English style of long balls and occasionally tried to push from the side, but the effect was not ideal.
Until the 32nd minute of the game, Qin Xiong noticed that the two full backs of the Korean team had aggressively assisted in the front field. Their pass failed, and the football that was cleared out by Li Weifeng's header also fell to Zhao Junzhe's feet. This time, the opportunity was here!
Qin Xiong ran forward and turned his head to look at Zhao Junzhe with a sharp gaze. Now's the time!
Zhao Junzhe would certainly observe Qin Xiong's movements first because Qin Xiong was the soul of the team. It was just a test of whether he could pass the ball cleanly and neatly and ensure the quality of the pass.
When Zhao Junzhe decisively sent a straight pass, Qin Xiong applauded in his heart!
He did not have harsh requirements for his teammates. When the China team was suppressed by the Korean team, then when the China team counterattacked, there was an open area in the middle and front field. Qin Xiong's positioning awareness was absolutely no problem. He would look for gaps and ensure that his teammates had a passing vision. So, as long as Zhao Junzhe played at his normal level and did not have to be nervous, he would be able to pass the ball to the ideal position.
Qin Xiong touched the ball at the center line and directly dribbled the ball forward, with the power of lightning!
"It's three against three for the China team! The failure of the Korean team's attack gave the China team a good chance to counterattack. Qin Xiong and Zhang Pengfei are fast players. Although Shao Jiayi did not follow up, he was dragged further back to defend Zhao Yuanxi's position. But now the China team and Li Jinyu are only facing the Korean team's defensive midfielder, Jin Nanyi, and two center backs! "
Jin Nanyi was definitely a low-key and lethal defensive midfielder.
As everyone knew, the defending champion of the 2002 World Cup, France set a humiliating record of returning home in the group stage. The fans also knew that it was because of Zidane's injury that affected the strength of the French team.
And the one who injured Zidane in the warm-up game was Jin Nanyi!
This counterattack opportunity could not be better. Qin Xiong certainly would not break through. Passing the ball was a faster way to advance.
When Jin Nanyi did not retreat, but moved horizontally to defend against Qin Xiong, seemingly ready to knock down Qin Xiong at any time, Qin Xiong diagonally passed the ball to the right two meters in front of him.
The football rolled to the front of Zhang Pengfei's running position. With Qin Xiong's familiarity and understanding of him, plus his own attention to observing the characteristics of his teammates.
Zhang Pengfei would receive the ball easily, but he was not good at dribbling to break through.
After Qin Xiong kicked the ball, he burst out with an acceleration that crushed Jin Nanyi head-on. This was a very simple speed competition, which was a sprint. Qin Xiong was head-on, while Jin Nanyi had to turn around.
So, when Jin Nanyi's hand tried to pull Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong did not hesitate to wave his hand away. He did not even look at Jin Nanyi. And Qin Xiong had already formed a habit. When he shook off his opponent's hand, he would not raise it very high. Instead, he would take the initiative to swing his arm to avoid fouls.
Jin Nanyi gritted his teeth. When he turned around, Qin Xiong fiercely pushed him away. He raised his hand to pull Qin Xiong's arm. It looked like a normal contact, but only he knew that Qin Xiong was definitely intentional!
The pain in his arm was nothing. It was definitely not comparable to the pain he felt when he turned around and could only look at Qin Xiong's back!
Zhang Pengfei quickly passed back to Qin Xiong. In the acceleration, Qin Xiong had already overtaken him.
Three on three became two on two!
Qin Xiong, who was in perfect combination with the ball, dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area. The two center backs of the South Korean team were forced to stop in their tracks to block Qin Xiong and the China team's striker, Li Jinyu.
Song Zhongguo blocked Li Jinyu, while Choi Zhenzhe intercepted Qin Xiong head-on.
In front of Choi Zhenzhe, Qin Xiong slowed down his pace and slowed down his rhythm. He dribbled the ball one step to the left, facing the direction where Li Jinyu might run diagonally. Choi Zhenzhe closed in. Qin Xiong raised his right foot. Choi Zhenzhe stretched out his leg to block Qin Xiong's passing route. They were already very close.
Qin Xiong's right foot feinted half a circle in front of the football. When his right foot landed, his left foot pulled the ball and changed direction to break through from the left side of Choi Zhenzhe's body!
Choi Zhenzhe's mind roared the moment he brushed past Qin Xiong!
Shame!
As a veteran who was nearing the age of 34, he was cleanly broken through by a China team player who was not even 20 years old!
Qin Xiong went into the game alone!
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