The second day of the outbreak on New Year's Day.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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The Italian Olympic team could not get into the zone at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, which was caused by the atmosphere at the scene.
The deafening cheers in the stadium reverberated in their ears all the time, and they were all cheering for the Chinese Olympic team.
They did not expect China's Olympic team, which had the advantage of being the host, to be so popular.
After Qin Xiong broke through the defensive line and created a chance to shoot, Italy's attack seemed to be sluggish and not decisive enough.
In the seventh minute of the game, Giovinco cut into the inside line from the flank. First, he was harassed by Hao Junmin from behind, and then he lost the ball in the face of Liu Yi's fierce interception. Liu Yi's stronger physical confrontation made the atomic ant Giovinco fall to the ground awkwardly. Before falling to the ground, he had lost control of the football.
Hao Junmin controlled the football and quickly passed the ball to Zhou Haibin in the midfield. The latter observed for a while and immediately sent a straight pass to Qin Xiong, who ran out of the gap in the front field.
Qin Xiong's back was facing Qi Galini. He took the initiative to retreat to receive the ball and passed the ball to Zhao Xuyuan, who plugged in from behind!
China's Olympic team's formation was 4-4-2.
In fact, it was similar to Italy's 4-3-1 formation, but in terms of posture, it was the ultimate defensive counterattack.
And among the three players in the attack, only two were fixed. One was Qin Xiong, and the other was Han Peng.
As for who the third player in the counterattack would be, it was possible for the other three players in the midfield four-man group except for Liu Yi!
This would make the counterattack full of more changes, and it would not be only Qin Xiong and Han Peng who were easier to be blocked and limited by the opponent.
Zhao Xuyuan plugged in from behind to receive Qin Xiong's pass, but he did not stride forward to drive the ball forward to attack.
He always remembered Qin Xiong's repeated exhortations during training.
Captain Qin said, "Never be blind when handling the ball. Observe the situation before making a decision."
He looked at the situation in the front field.
He found Qin Xiong moving laterally to the left in the front waistline. He led Nocerino and Qi Galini to defend.
The Italian team was afraid that Qin Xiong would be the target of Zhao Xuyuan's pass. Naturally, they had to follow him like a shadow in defense.
During this process, Zhao Xuyuan saw that there was no obstruction between him and the front line!
Nocerino was taken away by Qin Xiong!
He decisively passed the ball to Han Peng on the frontline.
As the fulcrum, Han Peng ran back to take the initiative to provide support. After the ball was stopped, the environment was still relatively relaxed. Only Montolivo, who was not far away, was running toward him to snatch.
Han Peng had time to observe the situation around him. He saw Qin Xiong, who had just moved to the left, change direction and run towards the middle space in front of the penalty area. Han Peng immediately flicked the ball horizontally and gently passed the ball to Qin Xiong's running route.
Qin Xiong came diagonally to the middle of the penalty area, and the Italian defensive line immediately tightened to the middle.
But the moment Qin Xiong touched the ball, they were surprised to see Qin Xiong pick the ball up on the spot. The football flew lightly and directly over their heads.
At the same time, Qin Xiong cut diagonally to Bocchetti's side, like a sharp knife piercing into the heart of the Italian Olympic team's penalty area!
But because he ran diagonally, in order to avoid changing direction and slowing down during the sprint, his pick over the top was also diagonal.
Before the football fell into the right side of the penalty area near the small penalty area, the goalkeeper, Viviano, abandoned the goal and went out!
Before Qin Xiong regained control of the ball, the scene in the Italian penalty area had become that Qin Xiong was heavily surrounded, as if he was about to be besieged!
Everyone thought that Qin Xiong would shoot. He should have no other choice!
But in front of Viviano, who had blocked 90% of the shots, he made an unthinkable choice!
He rushed over the football, turned halfway, and picked the ball up again!
It was still over the top!
But the football flew out of the penalty area!
The fans who were expecting Qin Xiong to shoot were suddenly stunned.
What was going on?
But when they saw that almost all the players in the Italian Olympic team's defensive line rushed to block Qin Xiong, leaving the front of the penalty area empty, the China fans suddenly became excited.
Zhao Xuyuan faced the trajectory of the football and stood in front of the landing point.
The Italian Olympic team's goal was empty!
He was a little nervous at this moment, afraid that he would waste the excellent opportunity created by Qin Xiong.
So he chose the safest way to stop the ball first. The Italian Olympic team was trying to block Zhao Xuyuan's shooting route. The goalkeeper, Viviano, gritted his teeth and ran back to the middle of the goal with all his strength, but the gap in front of Zhao Xuyuan was too big.
He kicked out with another Push Shot!
Bocchetti's sliding tackle block and the football staggered past. Just a little more!
Nocerino simply knocked down Zhao Xuyuan, who was behind the shot.
Zhao Xuyuan still looked in the direction of the goal after falling to the ground. He saw Viviano trying to save the ball with one hand, but he was too late!
The football rolled over the goal line, and Viviano fell in front of the goal line. There was no football under him.
Beijing Workers' Stadium suddenly cheered!
"The China team scored! The China team scored! Zhao Xuyuan pushed the ball from outside the penalty area and hit the empty goal! Qin Xiong attracted most of the Italian team's defenders in the penalty area, leaving the defense in front of the Italian penalty area empty. The goalkeeper, Viviano, also left the goal wide open because he had previously abandoned the goal. Zhao Xuyuan calmly pushed the ball into the goal!
The China team leads the Italian team 1: 0! "
Zhao Xuyuan quickly got up from the ground and ran to the sidelines to pat the team emblem on his jersey. Accompanied by the tsunami-like noise in the stadium, he also let out a roar like a mad lion!
Qin Xiong ran from behind to congratulate him on his goal and even thought that he should release more enthusiasm for the celebration.
The Italian Olympic team seemed to have been awakened by this goal. The sense of crisis made them completely get rid of the terrifying home cheering atmosphere of the China Olympic team and quickly accelerated the pace of the game to attack the opponent's defensive line.
In the 23rd minute of the game, the Italian golden boy, Luoxi, passed the ball from the end of the road. Acquafresca's Li Weifeng's header shot was slightly over the crossbar, and the China Olympic team escaped.
Four minutes later, Qin Xiong got the ball from the left side and dribbled to advance the offense. He cut into the middle in front of the penalty area, got rid of Giorgini's defense, and pretended to pass the ball to Han Peng in front of Nocerino.
Nocerino's defense was hesitant, and Qin Xiong seized the opportunity to change the direction of the breakthrough in the penalty area!
Bocchetti subconsciously stretched out his leg to block. The football passed over, and Qin Xiong fell to the ground!
Beijing Workers' Stadium immediately issued a cry for a penalty kick.
But the referee ruled that the foul occurred on the penalty area line, and the China team could only get a free kick.
Qin Xiong took charge of the free kick. He looked at the Italian team's tight human wall and then began to run.
When he ran and swung his leg to make a heavy shot at the goal, the Italian Olympic team's defensive human wall was inexperienced. Or it could be said that they were affected by the pressure in the face of the superstar Qin Xiong, and Montolivo and Decelli in the human wall took off early!
And Qin Xiong's free kick was a rolling ball. The football rolled towards the goal from the space under Montolivo and Decelli after they took off!
The goalkeeper, Viviano, did not react. He just turned his head in shock and watched incredulously as the football rolled into the lower left corner of the goal!
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