Chapter 320 Head-to-Head
Willem II Stadium in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
In the 71st minute of the game, after the Chinese team intercepted the ball at the front of the 30-meter area in their own half, Zhou Haibin kicked a long pass over the top to instigate a quick counterattack.
Yang Yang sprinted forward at a very fast speed on the left.
"The Chinese team launched a counterattack."
"The referee didn't blow his whistle, Yang Yang succeeded in anti-offside!"
Thousands of Chinese students and Chinese who came to cheer on the entire Willem II Stadium, as well as local fans in the Netherlands cheered and shouted Yang Yang's name.
Yang Yang quickly caught up on the field and stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area.
Spain's right back Juanfran was also very fast in returning to the defense. In this game, he had always been entangled with Yang Yang.
The two played one-on-one inside and outside the penalty area.
Facing Yang Yang, who was approaching with the ball, Juan Fran was like a big enemy, and he took a posture of guarding against the dead. is deceiving!
When entering Juanfran's defense area, Yang Yang suddenly started, speeding up, then his left shoulder sank, and he was about to rush towards the bottom line.
Even if Juanfran had repeatedly reminded himself not to be fooled, even if he had been fooled twice before, but when Yang Yang suddenly changed speed and suddenly made a move to the left and dashed into the penalty area. , Juanfran is still fooled.
He didn't know what was going on behind him at all, and he didn't know if Yang Yang would choose to pass after he got down.
This Chinese player is proficient with both left and right feet. He can not only cut inside to hit the goal, but also pass from the bottom. It is very difficult to defend.
And as soon as he moved, he felt the figure in front of him flickering.
Yang Yang dunked the ball back, almost rubbing Juanfran's side and squeezing into the penalty area.
Juanfran kept an eye on it, and immediately reacted when he found out that he had been fooled, but Yang Yang had already rushed into the penalty area with the ball, and many of his actions had to be stopped abruptly.
What he didn't expect was that Yang Yang just rushed into the penalty area, and before he could react, he kicked up and hit!
"Yang Yang hit the door directly!"
"The ball is in!!!!"
"In the 71st minute, the Chinese team launched a counterattack after stealing the ball. Yang Yang quickly dribbled the ball from the left and rushed into the penalty area. Facing Juanflan's defense, Yang Yang calmly chose to kick and hit the goal."
"Spanish goalkeeper Ribas, despite his reaction, was unable to prevent the ball from entering the net."
"This goal is very similar to the one played in Germany before. Yang Yang dribbled the ball in from the left and then hit the goal directly from the angle. It can be seen that he has a great feeling in this area."
After scoring the goal, Yang Yang rushed out of the stadium excitedly, ran all the way to the bottom of the stand, and opened his arms towards the fans who supported him in the stands, as if he wanted to hug the fans in the stands.
This made Yang Yang receive more warm applause and cheers.
The teammates behind him also swarmed up, and they surrounded Yang Yang.
"This is the third goal of this game and the second goal of the Chinese team in this game."
"It was a fantastic game, so to speak."
"From the beginning of the game, the two sides were not conservative at all."
"Clauschen obviously also knows that the Chinese team's defense is not strong, and even if it is strictly guarded, it may not be able to defend the Spanish team's offense, because the European Youth Championship has already scored ten goals before this game. With six goals, it is the team with the most offensive firepower in this World Youth Championship."
"So, the German head coach chose to face it head-on, and obviously he is full of confidence in Yang Yang's state and strength."
"Yang Yang also lived up to the coach's trust. In the first half, he used a forced breakthrough from the left to assist in the middle of the penalty area. Zhou Haibin took a low shot and hit the goal, opening the scoring for the Chinese team."
"But in the 31st minute, Llorente kicked the ball back and Zampate equalised for Spain."
"Both sides played a bit unconservative, and the game was very exciting."
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Yang Yang got up from the ground, hugged his teammates one by one, and celebrated his sixth goal in this World Youth Championship.
From the current point of view, Llorente has not scored yet, and he is currently the top scorer.
But most importantly, he wants to win!
Judging from the more than one hour game process, Spain's strength is indeed stronger.
The midfield, composed of Cesc Fabregas and David Silva, firmly controlled the ball and had a clear advantage.
In the past four games, except for the first group match, the ball possession rate of the Chinese team was slightly inferior to that of Turkey, and all the other three games were around 55%, including the one against Germany.
This was something Yang Yang had not thought of before. He had no idea that the team could do such a good job in terms of ball possession.
The players are active and, most importantly, technically solid.
The more running, the more connections and tandems. In addition, Hao Junmin and Zhou Haibin are both technical midfielders. Although Cui Peng feels a little desperate, his skills are not bad at all, and his passing is quite thoughtful.
As a result, the Chinese team's midfield is full of creativity.
There is Gao Lin in the frontcourt, Yang Yang on the left, and Chen Tao on the right, which makes the Chinese team's entire midfield attack quite good.
If you insist on the shortcomings, it is that the back line is not stable enough, only one Feng Xiao is more reliable, and the two full-backs are also conservative, and they failed to provide enough support in the midfield and frontcourt.
But it is precisely because of this that Clausen resolutely chooses to gamble and go out to fight Spain.
This kind of game consumes a lot of money, so after 65 minutes, Clausen replaced Hao Junmin with Zhao Xuri to strengthen the interception and defense of the midfield, but the overall formation still did not retreat.
Sometimes football games are like that, you have to gamble and take risks.
Ajax's tradition has always been very adventurous.
To put it bluntly, the so-called creativity is taking risks, and it is difficult to be creative if you only seek stability.
For example Germany.
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"He's been getting better and better lately."
In the stands, Radru couldn't help laughing after seeing Yang Yang score a goal.
This is the player that he and Fred Arroyo recommended to score goals in the past. He can become the mainstay and core star of Ajax in just two years. He also followed suit.
Winston Bogard nodded and said: "Recovered a lot, but he is not in the best condition, and he has been doing morning exercises every day except for game days. He runs the gym and the swimming pool without interruption."
Speaking of this, he is also full of admiration.
I have seen a fitness maniac, but I have never seen one as crazy as Yang Yang.
Sometimes Bogard even suspects that Yang Yang is training, it seems like he is abusing himself.
Radru laughed at the shock and admiration of the fitness coach.
He also felt the same way, because when he followed Yang Yang, he also felt that this kid was going to die in training, but it was precisely because of this that he was able to make rapid progress.
"Pay attention to him, don't get hurt." Radru reminded.
"Don't worry, I'll go to his hotel every day and supervise his training in the gym and swimming pool, and I'll be fine."
In fact, Winston Bogard does not need to follow Yang Yang at all now, because Yang Yang can already practice, but for the sake of safety, coupled with the duties of a personal trainer, so Winston Bogard De dutifully followed Yang Yang's every game and accompanies him in training every day.
While they were chatting, on the court, the Chinese team suddenly counterattacked again.
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Entering the quarter-finals, every goal counts.
After falling behind by a goal, Spain began to counterattack aggressively, increasing the intensity of the attack, and even pressing the back line.
But just when Spain gave it a shot and wanted to tie the score again, after Feng Xiaoting stole the ball in the backcourt, Cui Peng quickly moved to the left to Yang Yang. Yang Yang was closely guarded by the Spanish players, and took him horizontally to the middle. After Fabregas, he made an oblique pass directly behind him and sent the ball to the empty right.
Chen Tao quickly plugged in along the right, and transferred Yang Yang's diagonal pass to the stop. Facing the Spanish player who returned to defense in time, Chen Tao suddenly accelerated and made a bottom pass in the penalty area, sending the ball to the front of the small penalty area. .
Gao Lin, who was inserted in the back row, jumped to the top from a distance and directly pushed Chen Tao's cross into the goal.
Three to one!
The entire Willem II Stadium erupted in thunderous cheers again.
Yang Yang also rushed to Gao Lin for the first time, hugged the new teammate hard, and congratulated him on scoring such a wonderful goal.
Gao Lin also hugged Yang Yang hard.
Although he is a little older than Yang Yang, he is not as good as Yang Yang in terms of his achievements or his role in the team. Originally, this made him a little cautious when facing Yang Yang, but after getting along for a while , he really found that Yang Yang is an excellent teammate.
If there is anything he doesn't understand, he can answer him patiently and help him as much as he can.
Under the leadership of Yang Yang, the atmosphere of the entire National Youth Team is very good. Although the players compete with each other, they get along very well. This is also the reason why the team can go all the way to today.
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Leading by two goals, the Chinese team began to play more patiently, but still did not dare to be careless.
With only ten minutes left, Klauchen made another substitution, replacing Chen Tao, who was almost exhausted, and continued to strengthen the team's midfield defense.
Spain is on the big pressure, frantically launched an attack.
In this case, there is really no difference between losing two goals and losing three goals.
Especially when the game reached the 87th minute, the Chinese goalkeeper Yang Cheng was too nervous and made a mistake. David Silva assisted, Cesc Fabregas calmly seized the opportunity, and scored a low shot in the penalty area. The score narrowed to two to three.
After tasting the sweetness, Spain continued to launch an onslaught.
Yang Yang kept encouraging his teammates and focused on tightening the defense.
In the face of crazy Spain, the Chinese team almost retreated!