Chapter 25: The Final Battle in Spain (Part 2)
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Just 5 minutes later, the Chinese team used the same tactics to expand their lead again, and this time it was even uglier. Yu Hai headed the ball from the left side of the penalty area to the middle road, and Jiang Chen, a 1.80-meter-tall and physically strong striker, jumped high into the air and headed the ball into the goal with an aerial pass, increasing his goals in this competition to 5, tied with Fabregas for second place on the scorer's list...
Gao Jun's unorthodox playing style was invented when he led the team in a league match, but at that time it was really helpless. The two main wingers were injured, and coincidentally there were three 1.90m+ foreign aids in the team, while the opponent's full-back was particularly short. So he came up with this strange trick, and as a result, the opponent had the world-class forward Drogba, but still lost under his crazy three-tower tactics.
The Spanish team players are generally shorter, and European players rarely change their age, so most of them are not fully physically developed (Spanish people are Southern Europeans, they don't develop much earlier than Chinese people, and when they grow up, their height is similar to that of Chinese people, and even less than that of Northern Europeans). This time, the Spanish team's two full-backs were relatively tall, but only about 1.7 meters, so Gao Lin thought of using this trick to bully them again, and it was surprisingly effective...
However, the Spanish team's head coach was not confused by China's surprise attack. In his view, if you can't defend, then attack. The tall winger has an aerial advantage, but when defending, speed and physical strength are bound to be a big problem. Modern football requires everyone to participate in defense. China's little demon basically doesn't participate in defense. The left wing's fast horse wants to stay on the front court to counterattack. Now if the right wing's winger can't defend, then China's defense is too weak...
As expected, after the Spanish team pressed up heavily, Gao Jun immediately scratched his head and reluctantly let Lang Zheng come back to kick the central defender. The playing style also returned to the regular 442 formation. Although the Spanish team quickly regained the advantage on the field, they wasted multiple scoring opportunities due to their haste, and by the time the Chinese team had completely stabilized, two goals were essentially given away...
"This is the third board axe, and now the Spanish team is in trouble. Two goals behind, if they press up heavily, China's counterattack will have a chance. Yu Hai, Gao Lin, Jiang Chen, Rong Hao are all very fast players... Ah, good, Du Jianqing has also come on, five fast horses! What should the Spanish team do? ", Huang Jianxiang said with a relaxed smile. Although the previous strange playing method was not good-looking, in this kind of tournament-style competition, the result is the first priority. If you don't even understand this point, then his many years of commentary would be in vain...
But the appearance of Gao Lin did not help China expand its lead, instead because he never defended and even lost the ball, which led to a series of dangerous situations in front of China's goal. Fabregas, who had already scored 5 goals in this tournament, seized the opportunity to shoot from distance, narrowing the gap to one goal.
But in just a few minutes, Di Jianying, who was in extremely poor condition but had a very hot temper in this game, was maliciously fouled by the Spanish defender while counter-attacking with the ball. This guy didn't hesitate to return with a fist, and was immediately sent off by the referee. This sudden turn of events left everyone stunned...
Huang Jianxiang was also very dissatisfied with Maojianying's performance, "Maojianying's performance in this World Youth Championship is simply useless, not contributing at all, but getting a red card in such an important match, the coaches of the national youth and Olympic teams should consider whether to recruit this potential troublemaker again..."
Although outnumbered, the Chinese team became more resolute in their defense, leaving only Gao Lin alone to roam the front field. However, Spain's inability to seize opportunities became even more severe, and after withstanding a prolonged siege by Spain, China finally gained an opportunity for a quick counterattack.
Gao Jun was fouled by a Spanish defender and fell to the ground when he was about to enter the 30-meter area in front of the field, and China got a pretty good free kick in front of the field. Hao Junmin took the penalty kick, Yu Hairui jumped up to compete with the short Spanish defender, although he didn't get the right position, the ball fell right in front of Jiang Chen, this striker who was in great shape in this game shot vigorously and broke the net, the score expanded again to 3:1......
"Zeng Cheng's long pass was sent out... Gao Jun received the ball, and with a beautiful dribble, he got past the Spanish defender who was marking him. Uh, but he was tripped up by the opponent... The referee showed a yellow card, and China got a free kick opportunity about 35 meters from the goal. Huo Junmin stood in front of the ball...". Huang Jianxiang's voice became excited, "Huo Junmin took the penalty kick, directly shooting at the goal? No, he was passing the ball, Yu Hai headed it, but under the opponent's defender's pressure, the ball flew straight up into the air...... The ball flew towards Jiang Chen! Spain's defender tried to squeeze him out, but the difference in physical strength was too great. Jiang Chen didn't move at all under the opponent's physical collision, and the ball went in! Jiang Chen leaned against the opponent's defender, chest-stopped the ball, and then volleyed it into the net with an empty shot. China expanded their lead to 3-1, what a great performance! This young player has already scored 6 goals in this tournament, second only to his teammate Gao Jun, who performed even better, and tied for second place in the scorer's list with Spain's Cesc..."
The Spanish team then launched a frenzied attack on China's penalty area, scoring one goal but China countered with two more goals, scored by Jiang Chen and Yu Hai. The assists were provided selflessly by Gao Jun, previously dubbed the "black hole" of the pitch by some media outlets. The final score was 5-2, with China winning despite being a man down on the field, in a stunning upset over the stronger Spanish youth team. Coach Huang Jianxiang's voice was hoarse from shouting...
"Congratulations to the Chinese team, they won this great match, proving themselves not a dark horse but the strongest team in the world at this age group. Once again congratulations to them! I hope these young geniuses will not follow the old path of their predecessors and bring a bright future for Chinese football!" Huang Jianxiang, who has become somewhat incoherent, sent his blessings to the national youth team with his now slightly hoarse voice, ending this broadcast that had excited the nation's football fans.
For the unbelievable result of this match, most of the world football at that time thought it was due to the instability of the youth team's state, until several years later, people began to realize that this World Youth Championship was actually the first successful application of modern ground technical flow counterattack tactics on the world stage.
