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In the second half, the two teams switched sides and fought again.
Argentina's defensive strategy had completely changed!
They changed from zonal control to man-marking, which conflicted with the mainstream defensive philosophy of modern football.
It was conceivable that if Qin Xiong had teammates such as Raúl and Robben around him, the opponent could definitely turn him into a trapped beast if they concentrated all their defensive forces to contain Qin Xiong.
But so what? Qin Xiong's teammates could naturally get a better attacking space and easily score goals.
Only in today's game did the China team put almost all of their offensive pressure on Qin Xiong's shoulders and carried the offensive flag through his own strength.
The Argentina team learned the lesson of their defensive failure in the first half. When Qin Xiong had an open space for him to play freely, their zonal control was not successful. So they simply used an extreme man-marking defense and concentrated all their defensive forces to strangle Qin Xiong.
But if he could break through the defensive line under the close marking of three or four players, then Argentina would be at their wit's end.
In the 51st minute of the game, the Argentina team came back from the penalty area and sent the ball to Gago, who plugged in from behind. Gago blasted a high quality long shot in front of the penalty area.
The football flew straight to the inside of the left post of the goal. The goalkeeper, Qiu Shengjiong, had already raised his hands in surrender. At the crucial moment, Wan Houliang stood by the post and blocked the ball with a header.
The scene was so thrilling that the China fans in the stands were frightened.
Qin Xiong began to lose control of the ball in the front field.
When Mascherano, Monsong, and Garay came together to surround him, and behind the three of them were Zabaleta and Pareja to form two lines of defense, forming two inverted triangular defensive systems, if Qin Xiong waited for his teammates to pass the ball in the front field, then he would be robbed by the Argentina team before he could touch the ball.
If he retreated deep to provide support, he would turn around and push forward to attack, then he would have to face a stronger and more intensive defense. Gago would also form a joint defense with them.
Unable to touch the ball for a long time, Qin Xiong began to think about how to break Argentina's man-marking defense.
It was time to take a risk.
At least one of Han Peng and the players in the midfield had to plug in and form a team to go forward and threaten Argentina's penalty area.
With Qin Xiong holding back Argentina's main defensive force, it would create a good environment for the rest of the China team to attack. At the very least, there would not be too much resistance.
However, there was a risk in this. If China could not execute such an attack, the backline would obviously be shorthanded. This would also give Argentina a better attacking environment!
Qin Xiong returned to the penalty area to defend during an Argentina corner kick attack. In fact, he was looking for an opportunity to communicate with his teammates about offensive adjustments.
After careful consideration, he placed his hopes on Zhao Xuren and Hao Junmin. At least they were faster than Han Peng. It might be better to use Han Peng as the fulcrum in the midfield.
After his teammates understood Qin Xiong's idea, the China team began to look for new offensive opportunities.
In the 67th minute of the game, when Qin Xiong controlled the ball in the midfield and began to dribble forward, there were four Argentina players in front of him, two midfielders and two fullbacks.
At this time, Zhao Xuren ran to the front of the middle and Hao Junmin quickly pressed from the side.
After Qin Xiong saw Hao Junmin run past Meng Song's parallel position, he decisively passed the ball to the front of Hao Junmin's running position, which instantly dissolved Argentina's defense.
The Argentina players who were marking Qin Xiong immediately retreated back to the zone control.
When Hao Junmin dribbled the football to the front of the penalty area, he saw Zhao Xuren running diagonally on the side and sent a half-high pass. In the middle of the penalty area, Zhao Xuren missed the chance to shoot under the interference of the fullback Pareja. The football flew to Zabaleta's feet.
There was a huge sigh in the Bird's Nest.
What made the China fans even more frightened was that the Argentina team immediately instigated a sharp fast attack.
Zabaleta passed the ball straight to the middle of the front field. Riquelme retreated and passed the ball back to Gago who plugged in from the back. The latter kicked the ball diagonally to the left side.
After Di Maria took the ball, he quickly pushed forward to attack and came to the danger zone in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the China team was short of players in front of the penalty area. Relatively speaking, the defensive power was significantly lower than before. Di Maria restrained the attention of the China team's rear defensive line on the left side, causing the defensive formation to tilt. Then he passed the ball across the middle of the front of the penalty area.
When Agüero retreated to receive the ball, he was closely marked by Li Weifeng and Feng Xiaoting. But when the football rolled over, Agüero blocked Li Weifeng from coming forward to break the siege.
The football was missed by Agüero!
The China team's rear defensive line was shocked. They saw Messi cut inside to the middle of the penalty area. His left foot deftly kicked the ball forward. He bypassed Tan Wangsong and broke through the China team's entire defensive line in an instant.
In the narrow space in the penalty area, Messi slanted to the goal and calmly looked at Qiu Shengjiong who was ready to abandon the goal. Then he casually kicked the ball out with his left foot.
Qiu Shengjiong saw the football rolling over and immediately pounced. But the angle of Messi's shot was too tricky. The football rolled directly into the far corner of the goal.
This time, no full-back could break the siege in front of the goal line. Argentina's horizontal space tearing laid a perfect foundation for Messi's breakthrough and unstoppable shot!
"The Argentina team equalized the score! The scorer is Messi! This time, the China team's defensive line was broken through by the Argentina team's skillful passing and cutting. Zhao Xunyi and Hao Junmin went forward to assist and could not immediately return to the middle and back field to defend, giving the Argentina team such an opportunity to attack.
The score is now 1: 1. "
The China team players were a little frustrated. The Argentina team completely regained their confidence. They still thought that the China team would not give them too much trouble. It should not be a problem to finish the battle in 90 minutes.
Qin Xiong walked back to the backfield. He clapped his hands and encouraged each of his teammates to not be affected by the blow of losing the goal.
The teammates immediately perked up when they saw the captain, Qin Xiong's actions.
It had to be said that the reason why many players had a huge emotional change after losing the goal was because of guilt!
It was not easy for Qin Xiong to score a golden goal, but their defense was not able to protect the goal, allowing Argentina to equalize the score. It was as if Qin Xiong's hard work had been ruined.
But Qin Xiong's actions now completely infected them.
It made them understand that from the beginning to the end, in Qin Xiong's heart, they were a whole!
A real team!
Since that was the case, there was no need to think too much. No matter what happened, everyone would continue to fight side by side!
The Argentina team quickly set up their formation. Messi, Agüero, Di Maria and the others looked high-spirited and were looking forward to the game starting quickly. They wanted to see what kind of storm the China team could stir up!
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