Although China's Olympic team fell into a situation of being suppressed from the first minute of the game, their defense was relatively stable. Argentina began to provide more offensive forces to the front field. The full back, Zabaleta, was the first defensive player to assist the front field.
In the 14th minute of the game, Zabaleta rushed all the way from the right flank to the front field. After receiving Messi's pass, he looked at the situation in the penalty area and suddenly felt a little disappointed.
The players were too dense!
China's Olympic team gave up the outside defense so that the fan-shaped space in front of the goal would not leave any space for the opponent.
As long as Zabaleta did not enter the penalty area, no China's Olympic players would take the initiative to grab him.
Tan Wangsong stood on the line of the penalty area, waiting for Zabaleta's impact.
Zabaleta finally chose to pass. The football was cleared by Li Weifeng's header in the penalty area. Perhaps when it landed, Li Weifeng still had some pride, because Agüero did not have the advantage of competing for the header in front of him.
The ball that was cleared out was headed by Liu Yi to the flank. Hao Junmin took the initiative to run over and dribble to the middle. He looked at the situation in the front field and found that Qin Xiong took the initiative to run to the left flank. He immediately passed the ball diagonally to transfer the ball to Qin Xiong's feet.
Before Zabaleta ran back to the half field, he saw Qin Xiong take the initiative to go to his defensive area and stir up trouble there!
Mascherano retreated to the front of the penalty area and waited for Qin Xiong to dribble the ball and launch a surprise attack.
Qin Xiong turned from the flank to the middle to face Mascherano. He unexpectedly kicked the ball out in front of Mascherano.
Then he went around and dribbled again, followed by a heavy kick to the goal!
About 30 yards away from the goal, it was already in Qin Xiong's shooting range.
The football flew past Garay and went straight behind him to the bottom right corner of the goal.
Romero was well prepared. After moving two steps, he flew out to block the ball in the penalty area. Pareja ran over and passed the ball to the full back, Monzón. Argentina reorganized the attack.
When his teammates joined in the attack, Mascherano gestured to Zabaleta to stay in his defensive zone.
The reason why Qin Xiong was able to find an opening to shoot was largely because the space left behind by Zabaleta's assist was used by Qin Xiong. In this way, Argentina's defensive center of gravity would naturally tilt. Qin Xiong would cut inside from the side and then move horizontally, which made it easier for him to get out of the shooting angle!
Among Argentina's two center backs, Pareja was an unknown player. Mascherano was very vigilant, and he was beaten by Qin Xiong!
Therefore, Zabaleta had to provide some defensive support on the defensive line.
The reason why Qin Xiong turned to the middle just now had a lot to do with Mascherano's defensive move. Otherwise, Brother Ma would not have let Qin Xiong break through so easily.
In the 18th minute of the game, Messi passed the ball to Riquelme after getting rid of Zhao Xuyuan horizontally on the right side of the front field. The classical attacking midfielder waited for Liu Yi to come forward, but Liu Yi formed a barrier in front of the penalty area and stood still like a mountain.
Riquelme simply passed a wonderful pass to Messi.
Messi stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area and moved the ball to the left, dodging Tan Wangsong's grab. Li Weifeng did not dare to move. Liu Yi diagonally blocked the passing route between Messi and Agüero. Zhou Haibin, who came back from the front to compress the penalty area defense, flew diagonally to Messi's dribbling route, intending to block his path forward.
Messi had no choice but to shoot. The curveball he rubbed flew towards the far corner of the goal. Unfortunately, in order to bypass Feng Xiaoting and Wan Houliang's bodies, the football finally brushed the outside of the goalpost and flew out of the end line.
The ball shocked China's Olympic team into a cold sweat.
Three minutes later, Agüero retreated to the middle to receive Di Maria's pass and sent the ball to Messi.
Messi once again launched a charge in front of the penalty area, but this time he went down from the outside. When Tan Wangsong quickly went down to the bottom to block from the front, Messi kicked the ball back under his feet and at the same time, his body flexibly changed direction. Tan Wangsong was broken through!
Messi still wanted to swing out of the angle to shoot, but Zhao Xunyi, Liu Yi, and Li Weifeng rushed towards him from all angles, forming an all-around angle encirclement. Messi's sword went unorthodox and once again dribbled towards the end line!
He almost lost his shooting angle, and then suddenly swept the ball across the front of the goal!
Agüero outflanked the front of the goal and was about to complete a sweep shot to break the goal. The goalkeeper, Qiu Shengjiong, was one step ahead and blocked the ball with his foot!
Han Peng, who retreated to the front of the penalty area, could only kick the ball out of the sideline in a panic.
China's penalty area was jittery and dangerous situations were constant!
But after constant defense and successful relief, China's Olympic team was still able to build a certain amount of confidence.
This game would be difficult, which was what everyone was aware of before the game.
Qin Xiong stayed near the midfield. He had a general understanding of Argentina's defense after observing and sporadic probing attacks.
Now the only way he could think of to attack was to concentrate on one point and attack with full force!
Break the surface with one point!
And the player he chose was Argentina's left back, Monzón!
Sabarata's defensive strength was clearly stronger, while Monzón was unknown.
In the 27th minute of the game, Qin Xiong received Zhou Haibin's pass from the right flank. As soon as he started to move forward, he sped up and left Di Maria behind.
Di Maria chased for two steps and tried to grab Qin Xiong's arm, but he gave up after he failed.
Gago came to help defend the flank. Qin Xiong dribbled the ball in front of him and paused. Gago's rush was obviously too fierce. Qin Xiong gently poked the ball closer to the sideline. Then, after Gago rushed in front of him, he tried his best to chase the ball. Finally, he rushed past Gago's defensive line and controlled the ball under his feet when half of his body was outside the sideline.
After Qin Xiong went down the flank, he faced Monzón's defense.
He began to dribble slowly. Monzón put on a proper defensive posture and faced Qin Xiong seriously. Qin Xiong rushed towards the end line, and Monzón immediately moved.
After Qin Xiong moved a step, he stopped and turned the ball back. Monzón stopped again and returned to the opposite side to defend against Qin Xiong. Taking advantage of his step, Qin Xiong kicked the ball diagonally.
Meng Song's eyes widened as he watched the football roll between his legs. Then, Qin Xiong rushed past him.
Passing through the crotch!
Monzón felt humiliated!
He looked back again and saw Qin Xiong change direction again in front of Garay to go to the periphery. Before Mascherano could intercept, Qin Xiong used the outer instep of his foot to spin inside to attack the goal!
Romero immediately ran in the direction of the far post. He saw the football spinning rapidly and was about to fall into the inside of the far post of the goal.
Romero rushed out with all his strength and narrowly blocked the ball out of the end line with his fingertips!
This was China's most threatening attack since the start of the game!
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