Chapter 297 Hat trick against Germany!

"There seems to be some changes in the tactics on the Chinese team's field. Li Yi is very nervous now!"

"We can't help it. The consecutive wins in the previous two games have raised the expectations of Chinese fans for the team. In fact, I don't think this schedule is a good thing for the Chinese team."

"Well, I want to make an appeal here. If the Chinese team is far behind in this game, don't attack them. After all, we have to consider that the opponent is Germany. If you can play like this against Germany, it is already a big improvement for the Chinese Olympic team."

"Yes, many new fans may not know that this is actually the best result of the Chinese men's football team in the Olympics."

"Anyway, no matter what, the National Olympic Team in Rio is worthy of our support!"

Seeing that something was not right, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu hurried to explain on behalf of the Chinese Olympic team.

The victories in the first two games did indeed blind the eyes of many fans, making Chinese fans suddenly have the illusion that they could beat Germany.

In fact, not only the fans, but also the players of the National Olympic Team think so.

However, the facts of today's game gave everyone a blow. Let alone winning, it would be amazing to narrow the score gap with the German team.

"Give it to me, give it to me, just give it to me!"

Jiang Yuan waved to Wu Xinghan and ran forward, ready to receive Wu Xinghan's through ball and launch an attack from the wing.

Hearing Jiang Yuan's voice, Wu Xinghan looked up and decisively passed the ball.

Unfortunately, this guy misunderstood Jiang Yuan's meaning. Jiang Yuan wanted a through ball, but Wu Xinghan passed it to him from behind, forcing Jiang Yuan to stop and protect the ball.

But it doesn’t matter, at least the ball is still there and Jiang Yuan still has the opportunity to make a move.

The camera focused, Jiang Yuan dribbled the ball towards the baseline with the outside of his foot, Tolian followed closely, and Sven Bender also ran over immediately. The two of them, one in front and one on the side, tried to double-team Jiang Yuan.

The coach and players of the German team all know that Wu Lei poses no threat to their bottom line, but the threat from Jiang Yuan is very great.

Coach Kuntz had specifically emphasized before the game that there were several places that Jiang Yuan must not be allowed to approach.

1. Top of the penalty area
2. Side of the penalty area
According to Kunz's analysis, Jiang Yuan's chances of scoring are the highest if he gets the ball in these two places. Jiang Yuan's current position is very close to the side of the penalty area, so the German players are very nervous.

Jiang Yuan made small adjustments while dribbling the ball. If he was in the club, he would have given up the attack now, but he was not in the club now. There were not many opportunities to attack when facing Germany in the Olympic team, so Jiang Yuan would not give up every opportunity to threaten the German players.

Germany's defense is now very dense, and one person certainly cannot break through. Jiang Yuan put one hand behind his back. Chang Feiya understood and ran up directly, but was immediately spotted by Brandt who came back to defend.

There was no other choice but Shi Ke, the left back, to come up.

In order to facilitate Shi Ke's advance along the sideline, Jiang Yuan walked forward a few more steps, used his body to hold Torian, and when Shi Ke reached the baseline, he stepped on the ball with his right foot and made a very beautiful pass.

Of course, Jiang Yuan's intention of passing the ball was not to let Shi Ke pass the ball, but...

"here!"

Jiang Yuan ran from the left to the middle. Shi Ke looked up and gave Jiang Yuan a pretty good straight pass. The pass passed from behind Tolian and went straight in front of Jiang Yuan.

perfect!

Jiang Yuan sensed the opportunity and stretched out his right foot to stop the ball. When he controlled the ball, his position was just at the top of the penalty area.

The German team seemed to have anticipated this. Inside the penalty area, Ginter, Sule, and Klostermann stood like three walls blocking Jiang Yuan.

"Brother Lei!"

Jiang Yuan passed the ball back to Wu Lei, made a simple wall pass with Wu Lei, then entered the penalty area and kicked the ball with his right foot.

Look at the far corner of the goal and swing your right leg out.

Hit the close corner directly!
"GOOOOO——LLLLLLLLLL——OOOOOOOOO"

"Jiang Yuan!"

"China 1:2 Germany"

"Wow! Jiang Yuan's shot in the penalty area is a perfect display of his personal ability!"

Not only Zhan Jun, but other fans in the live broadcast room were also shocked.

He ran from the left to the middle, and then into the penalty area to score the goal. He only passed the ball to his teammates twice in between.

Jiang Yuan treated Shi Ke and Wu Lei as walls!
"Brilliant!"

"Fuck, Jiang Yuan, awesome!"

"King Jiang!!!!"

"Heizi speak!"

After scoring the goal, Jiang Yuan just high-fived Wu Lei and did not run into the goal to pick up the ball as the fans expected.

The reason was very simple. Jiang Yuan knew very well that the situation in the first half was completely one-sided in favor of Germany. Speeding up the game at this time would be disadvantageous to China.

In Jiang Yuan's opinion, China's chance should come in the second half, and it depends on how they make adjustments during the halftime break.

Not to mention winning, if we can get a draw, China will be first in the group!
"Brother Yuan, that's awesome!"

Wu Lei took the initiative to hug Jiang Yuan. He was the one who saw it most clearly when Jiang Yuan rushed into the penalty area and scored the goal.

It can only be said that Wu Lei also understands why Jiang Yuan can play as a main player in the Premier League giants. Jiang Yuan's change of direction speed and acceleration are almost 1.5 times that of other national Olympic players.

If Wu Lei had been allowed to break through just now, Gunther would probably have come up to grab the ball before he could shoot.

"Come on, come on, we'll focus on defense later, just play defense"

Jiang Yuan talked to Wu Lei about his thoughts on tactics, which was to maintain the score of 1:2 in the first half so that there would be a chance to equalize the score in the second half.

correct!

"Brother Han!"

Jiang Yuan grabbed Wu Xinghan's hands and said, "If you see me running, you can pass the ball to me. If you see my body leaning and I want to run, you can pass the ball to me as well."

The only chance for the Chinese team to score now is to launch a quick counterattack, and the speed of the attack is determined by the pass. The more through balls there are, the faster the attack will be.

Just like the previous attack, if Wu Xinghan had made a through pass instead of a pass, Jiang Yuan might have already reached the end line.

"Ok ok, Brother Yuan, my question!"

Wu Xinghan took the initiative to hug Jiang Yuan.

"Beep!"

Selke kicked the ball out and the game continued.

Looking at the sign held by the fourth official, it was already the 37th minute and it was almost halftime, so Jiang Yuan was quite happy.

Keep the score, and the rest will be easy!
However, the coaching staff of the Chinese Olympic team did not think so.

"Press forward!"

"You can find an opportunity!"

Li Yi saw that Jiang Yuan had just scored a goal and thought that the team's current rhythm must be very good, so he signaled the players to attack forward.

It was obvious that he wanted to equalize the score before the end of the first half.

What's strange is that on the field, the Chinese players still used a formation similar to 550. As soon as they got the ball in the backcourt, they started to pass the ball back and didn't seem to be planning to attack at all.

Only Wu Xinghan was ready to move forward after hearing Li Yi's call.

Only Wu Xinghan wanted to do this, and the other teammates refused to cooperate.

"Attack! Stop backpedaling!"

Li Yi was shouting, and at the same time signaled Li Shubin to shout with him, but for some reason, the Chinese team had basically no desire to attack, and all of them were in the backcourt. As long as the German team attacked, there would be at least 5 people around the Chinese team's penalty area.

Snapped!
Facing Brandt's pressure in the backcourt, Shi Ke cleared the ball, and the ball came to Jiang Yuan's feet. After getting the ball, Jiang Yuan stood still, waiting for the German players to come and grab the ball.

Soon, Sven Bender rushed towards Jiang Yuan, who made a few feints and passed the ball to Wu Xinghan in the attacking midfielder position.

"later!"

Jiang Yuan pointed at Xie Pengfei who was running up behind Wu Xinghan to receive the ball, and signaled Wu Xinghan to pass it back. However, before Jiang Yuan could say anything, Wu Xinghan, who had the ball, started to advance.

???

Jiang Yuan had a face full of question marks. Liu Binbin hurriedly asked Wu Xinghan for the ball, but it was too late. Rasband and Ginter double-teamed Wu Xinghan and directly snatched the ball from him.

I***
Jiang Yuan hurried back to defense, but the German side had no intention of attacking China's left wing at all. Ginter made a long pass to Gnabry, who headed the ball to Max Meyer.

Then Maxmeyer's way of handling the ball was also very simple. He lifted the ball into the penalty area with his right foot, and Selke and Mi Haolun had a close physical contact.

Mi Haolun is less than 1 meters tall, and Selke is 8 meters tall. When Mi Haolun hit Selke's body, it felt like he hit a tank.

"boom!"

Selke jumped and headed the ball, but Wang Dalei stood there motionless.

In the final minutes of the first half, the German team once again widened the goal difference to 2 goals.

"My day..."

Jiang Yuan held his head in his hands and immediately went to Wu Xinghan: "Brother Han, why are you moving forward? Where did we say we would park the bus?"

Wu Xinghan was a little embarrassed and pointed at Li Yi outside the court: "Brother Tie said he wanted to attack..."

"hiss--"

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.

My goodness, Wu Xinghan’s words completely confused him.

No wonder I always felt something was wrong just now. The other 10 players on the Chinese team wanted to play defense, but Wu Xinghan was the only one thinking about counterattacking.

10 people defending and 1 person counterattacking, is this the real way to play a defensive counterattack?
At the end of the first half, players from both teams slowly returned to the locker room.

……

In the home team's locker room, the players sat in a circle on the bench, some took off their clothes, some drank water, and head coach Li Yi stood in the middle.

"No, there is one thing I don't quite understand. Why are you still thinking about playing defense when you are 1:2 behind? We need to look for opportunities to attack, opportunities to attack!"

Li Yi's face flushed red. The fans closest to the court saw his awkward look on the sidelines just now. It was embarrassing for the team and the coach that the players did not execute the tactics according to the coach's requirements.

After Li Yi finished the first sentence, no one in the locker room finished speaking. Many of them secretly glanced at Jiang Yuan who was sitting on the bench. At this time, Jiang Yuan was rubbing his calf muscles. The reason was simple: he felt that he was about to cramp.

"never mind!"

Li Yi's eyes swept over all the players one by one, and finally stopped at Wu Xinghan: "We just need to play well in the second half. But we can't play defensive counterattacks. We are now two goals behind, so we must take the initiative to attack."

“We can’t fight an active offensive.”

At this time, someone said something. Li Yi's expression was ferocious. Just when he was about to lose his temper, he found that the person who spoke was Jiang Yuan. His ferocious expression was instantly replaced by a smile: "Ah, why can't I take the initiative to attack?"

clap clap clap!
Jiang Yuan patted his calf muscles and said, "Haven't you figured it out yet? The gap in strength is too big. We will only lose more balls if we attack aggressively. I think we should still play a defensive counterattack. At least if we park the bus, we won't lose more balls, and we can also find opportunities by the way."

This……

Li Yi was stunned for a moment. From this perspective, there was some conflict between his ideas and Jiang Yuan's.

Li Yi felt that only active attacking could equalize the score, while Jiang Yuan believed that a more conservative approach was needed, looking for opportunities to counterattack.

The atmosphere in the locker room reached freezing point. Except for Li Yi and Jiang Yuan, no one dared to speak.

"besides……"

Jiang Yuan put the foot that was on the stool back on the ground: "Brother Tie, why don't we let Lisheng play as attacking midfielder? I think, um..."

"Hey, this way!"

Li Yi walked towards Jiang Yuan and said, "I think your opinion is reasonable. Let's play a defensive counterattack. But I think Xinghan will play a greater role than Lisheng in a defensive counterattack. What do you think?"

call--

Jiang Yuan took a piece of gum from the cabinet behind him, put it in his mouth and chewed it briefly: "Brother Tie, I don't quite understand. You want to attack, but you don't let Liao Lisheng come up. Haven't you discovered that only Brother Liao and I can play together?"

"Come on, Xiaoyuan, listen to me..."

Jiang Yuan stood up, staring at Li Yi in front of him: "Don't say anything, just tell me, am I the core of the attack?"

"Well, of course you are the offensive core, everyone knows that"

"That's fine!"

The atmosphere in the locker room was cold. Jiang Yuan spread his hands and said, "That's the core. Why don't you give me the midfielder I like? I can break through and I can also go in and shoot, but the premise is that you have to give me a front midfielder who can pass the ball accurately, right?"

"I don't mean to look down on Brother Han, but I prefer to cooperate with Brother Liao."

Jiang Yuan took another step forward: "So, can you meet my needs?"

"Hey, hey, calm down first."

Li Yi came up and tried to touch Jiang Yuan's shoulder, but Jiang Yuan dodged by moving sideways: "The fact is, I can't calm down. You let a defensive midfielder cooperate with me, and then ask me to attack."

"I really don't understand, am I a rubbish kicker?"

hiss--

Li Yi's heartbeat was at least twice faster than before. It was said that superstars were a huge threat to the head coach, and now it seemed that this was true.

"call!"

"Feel sorry"

Jiang Yuan exhaled and sat back in his chair. The first half was too frustrating, causing Jiang Yuan to lose control of his mentality.

Of course, the main reason was that he knew that if he continued like this, the second half would most likely be over.

The Chinese team can only attack from the wing, and all of it depends on Liao Lisheng to pass the ball. If Liao Lisheng is not on the court, Jiang Yuan will need to run alone on the wing.

The result is like this now. Jiang Yuan's calves feel very uncomfortable and he always feels like a muscle is jumping.

"Cough cough!"

Li Yi clenched his fist and placed it in front of his mouth: "Then I'll let Lisheng go up in the second half. Xinghan, you take a rest first."

"Then I thought about it and decided that counter-attack is a good idea. Let's play counter-attack in the second half. Finally... well, Xiaoyuan, come out for a moment. I have something to discuss with you."

After saying that, Li Yi left the locker room, leaving the door open. Jiang Yuan changed his clothes and followed him out of the locker room.

Snapped!
After the door was closed, the Chinese team's locker room exploded.

"What the hell is going on? Did Brother Tie and Brother Yuan have a fight?"

Zhang Yuning nudged Wu Lei, who was sitting on his left, with his elbow. Wu Lei shook his head with a serious expression: "I feel... it shouldn't be considered a quarrel. After all, Brother Yuan's tone of voice is okay."

"Overthinking"

Wang Dalei patted the grass stuck on his gloves and said, "I can see that Brother Yuan is trying to control his emotions. I was watching from behind in the first half, and Brother Yuan spread his hands at least 10 times."

"This……"

Wu Xinghan was a little embarrassed: "So this is my problem? Should I apologize?"

Zhang Linpeng walked over to Wu Xinghan and patted him on the back: "It's okay, it's okay, let's talk about it after the game is over."

Wang Dalei seemed to want to say something to Wu Xinghan. Mi Haolun on the side pointed at Li Shubin in the locker room. In the end, Wang Dalei still didn't say anything.

Outside the locker room, Li Yi and Jiang Yuan stood face to face.

"Hiss, Xiaoyuan... Actually, I think if you have any ideas about tactics or me, you can talk to me privately. If we mess up like this in the locker room, it's not good for the overall atmosphere of the team."

Jiang Yuan turned his head away, then turned back: "I was indeed a little excited just now, I need to apologize to you, I was a little inconsiderate of you"

"Hey, face and other things are just trivial matters"

Li Yi waved his hand: "What you said makes sense. Let's do as you said in the second half, okay. But you have to know that I am the coach after all, so..."

"I know this. I want to win, and you want to win too, so we should cooperate. Is that right?"

"Of course, Xiaoyuan, come on!"

Li Yi touched Jiang Yuan's waist and sent Jiang Yuan back to the locker room.

……

"Welcome back, dear audience friends. This is the second half of the men's football group match of the Rio Olympics, the Chinese Olympic team VS the German Olympic team. It is still me and teacher Zhang Lu who will bring you the game commentary."

"The game has already started. We also saw that at the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team replaced Wu Xinghan with Liao Lisheng, while the German team has not made any substitutions yet."

"Coach Zhang Lu, what do you think is the Chinese team's intention in making this substitution?"

"Hehe, first of all, Liao Lisheng is definitely more offensive than Wu Xinghan in the frontcourt, and now the Chinese team is two goals behind, so Li Yi's substitution actually has a very clear purpose, which is to equalize the score!"

"We want to equalize the score, but the Chinese team is still parking the bus..."

"There is no way around it. After all, you are facing Germany, and defense is the main theme of the Chinese team."

Just as Zhan Jun said, the Chinese team was still using the bus formation in the second half, and it was a deeper bus formation, a 550 formation, which made the German team a little confused.

In front of the visiting team's bench, German coach Kunz folded his hands across his chest. Germany was now leading by 2 goals, so he was not nervous at all.

China was behind and played defensively, while Germany was not in a hurry to take the lead. As a result, the pace of the game suddenly became very slow in the second half.

Jiang Yuan cooperated with his teammates while observing the situation. It was proved that what he thought was right. As long as they started to park the bus, the German team's offensive enthusiasm would become very low, and they might even give up the attack in the end.

What China needs to do is to defend well and lure Germany to attack from time to time. Because of the lack of enthusiasm, even if the German team's offensive players are strong, they can't pose any real threat to the Chinese goal.

On the contrary, China can use its offense to find opportunities for counterattack.

Time passed slowly, and finally in the 58th minute, Jiang Yuan caught a good attacking opportunity, and then he raised his hand. Zhang Linpeng had good eyesight, and after noticing Jiang Yuan raising his hand, he pretended to dribble the ball forward, but actually passed it back to Mi Haolun, who made a long pass directly to the front court.

coming!

Jiang Yuan began to accelerate near the left sideline, shaking off Sven Bender, first catching the ball with his chest, then passing it to his thigh, and finally unloading the ball in front of himself.

"wowww!"

The Chinese fans in the stands burst into screams. Jiang Yuan was seen running quickly towards the bottom line after going down the wing. Because the distance between him and Svendela was not big, it would be difficult for Jiang Yuan to force a cut inside, so Jiang Yuan chose to pass the ball with his left foot to Wu Lei on the right.

Snapped!
Wu Lei stopped the ball well and dribbled towards the baseline. His mind was very clear. Facing the German players, he could not find a chance to break through, so he had to find a way to pass the ball back to the left.

"Wu Lei made a triangle pass and Liao Lisheng got the ball. What a great teamwork!"

"Liao Lisheng... wanted to give it to Jiang Yuan, but the German players are very smart. Tolian stuck to Jiang Yuan like a piece of chewing gum."

"There's nothing we can do. Liao Lisheng passed the ball to the middle and Liu Binbin...headed the ball!"

"Wow! Liu Binbin's header was very good, but Horn hit the ball out of bounds."

"In the 60th minute of the game, the Chinese team got a corner kick opportunity. This was the second corner kick for the Chinese team in today's game!"

After the referee blew the whistle, the Chinese players immediately started to move. Xie Pengfei trotted all the way to the corner flagpole. He was responsible for the corner kick. Jiang Yuan, Liu Binbin, and Mi Haolun, three players with good header ability, stood together, and Liao Lisheng prepared at the top of the arc.

Snapped!
"Xie Pengfei, the corner kick is obviously aimed at Jiang Yuan"

"Jiang Yuan, jump up! Hey! Jiang Yuan fell to the ground!"

"Referee, what do you say?"

"Penalty! It's a penalty!"

"wowww!"

China!

Boom!

China!

Boom!

As soon as referee Peterson pointed the ball, Chinese fans in the stands went wild.

The German players were arguing with the referee, but it was surely of no use.

"Brother Yuan!"

Wu Lei ran over immediately and pulled Jiang Yuan up from the ground, and Liu Binbin picked up the ball and handed it to Jiang Yuan.

In this wave, Phnom Penh's sense of smell played a big role in front of the goal. Jiang Yuan ran back, then suddenly rushed to the edge of the small penalty area, which directly confused Hummels.

This young player from Hoffenheim was still inexperienced and was tricked by Jiang Yuan into confronting him. Hummels wanted to interfere with Jiang Yuan's header, but Jiang Yuan was directly pushed out after the confrontation in mid-air.

"China's penalty kick, Jiang Yuan stood behind the penalty kick"

"Millions of Chinese fans are watching the game on TV. Let's see if Jiang Yuan can live up to the players' expectations."

"Run up...shoot!"

"The ball goes in! The Chinese team scores another goal!"

"2:3, now it's 2:3, the score is closer again!"

As soon as the penalty kick was scored, Jiang Yuan ran into the German goal and hugged the ball with both hands.

"Brilliant!"

Liu Binbin and Liao Lisheng wanted to rush up to celebrate, but were stopped by Jiang Yuan: "Go back, go back, all of you!"

Because there was no celebration, the next ball started immediately, and Kuntz realized that something was wrong.

"Number 7, don't give that number 7 another chance to touch the ball"

"Max, and Jerome, both of you pay attention!"

"asshole!"

[Fuck, guys, it's getting exciting. Does China have a chance to tie with Germany? ]

【King Jiang is starting to exert his strength! 】

[Damn, wouldn’t it be better to put Liao Lisheng on earlier? This Wu Xinghan doesn’t even know how to pass the ball.]

[Xiao Jiang ran too much in the first half. Will he have too little energy in the second half?]

[Hey, what you said is true. I believe King Jiang has good stamina and can handle it! ]

[These players of the Chinese team are exactly like this. They become weaklings when playing against strong teams, but fortunately they have the big brother to lead them.]

[The value of the Premier League Golden Boot is still rising! ]

[He scored twice. As expected, Xiao Jiang is still strong. I just don’t know if his teammates can give him some support. From this point of view, it’s really hard to say about this game…]

[Xiao Jiang was in good form in this game, and this should be China's breakthrough point. Come on, beat Germany! ]

[I feel like Li Yi is also an idiot. Why didn't he use Liao Lisheng in the first half? I think I'd be better than Wu Xinghan if I played there. Wu Xinghan and Jiang Yuan can't think alike.]

[Fuck, if China can really tie with Germany, I will buy a ticket to Rio after the game]

【rush! 】

[The situation seems a bit bad. Look at Jiang Yuan. He touched his calf at least 5 times in the second half. Is he going to get cramps?]

[It may be that the socks are too tight. It's okay. Just cut them with a pair of scissors. It's only been more than 60 minutes. There won't be any physical problems.]

As time passed, the German team noticed that the Chinese team suddenly became more aggressive and began to actively control the ball, as if they wanted to control the score until the end.

The head coaches of both teams are well aware that if they lose this game, they will have to play Brazil in the semi-finals.

Obviously, no team wants to play against Brazil.

Taking this situation into consideration, Germany took the initiative to slow down the pace.

The players of the Chinese Olympic team began to become aggressive, but were immediately stopped by Jiang Yuan.

"Hold steady, don't worry, there will be a chance!"

"Liu Binbin, come back!"

At the beginning, Jiang Yuan and his teammates were all okay, but it was not until the match against Germany that Jiang Yuan discovered that the Chinese Olympic team's ability to read the game was really poor.

But it doesn’t matter, Jiang Yuan can just shout more on the court.

The two sides kept passing the ball back and forth. In the 67th minute, Xie Pengfei made a mistake in getting the ball in the backcourt, and Germany found an attacking opportunity. Max Meyer quickly ran forward, and Gnabry and Brandt on the other two wingers had already started to go down the bottom.

This is how high-level teams work. As long as they see their players get the ball or have a chance to steal the ball, their teammates will react immediately.

"Maxmeyer, pass to the left, Gnabry!"

"Gnabry goes down the flank and Zhang Linpeng seems unable to defend him!"

"Gnabry, cross!"

"In front of the goal, the German player... Selke rushed in from beside Mi Haolun and shot!"

"Beautiful! Wang Dalei hit the ball out!"

"Wait, the ball wasn't cleared cleanly, Brandt, just take a long shot!"

"Oh my God, the German team scored again!"

Brandt's world-class goal helped Germany narrow the gap to 2 goals again.

Oh my god…

Pooh!
In the camera, Jiang Yuan put his hands on his hips and spat on the ground.

Germany's counterattack was so fucking smooth!
2:4, time is almost up to 70 minutes, Germany still hasn't made any substitutions, and the same goes for China.

There is a considerable amount of time between the group stage and the knockout stage, so both sides do not have to worry about the players' physical recovery, so they use all the main lineups and basically play the entire game.

With a 20-goal deficit in 2 minutes, China still had a chance.

Jiang Yuan had the fantasy of equalizing the score, but this fantasy was shattered in the 75th minute. Wang Tong made a defensive mistake in the backcourt and Brandt scored twice in just 7 minutes.

"Wohooo!!!"

The German players rushed to the corner flagpole to celebrate.

In the stands, all the Chinese fans felt uncomfortable.

2:5, what the hell is this?
At this moment, Jiang Yuan's right calf twitched and he fell to the ground without any resistance.

"Grass!"

call……

Liu Binbin was stretching his hamstrings. The director's camera turned to Li Yi and then to Jiang Yuan. At this time, Jiang Yuan covered his face with his hands, looking extremely uncomfortable.

I never had cramps when playing in the Premier League or the Champions League, but I got cramps when playing in the Olympics.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Brazilian media will hype up the game after today's match.

If nothing unexpected happens, there should be a continuous inequality: Brazilian Serie A > Olympics > Champions League > Premier League > Portuguese Super League.

Li Yi asked Zhang Yuning to change his clothes and prepared to replace Jiang Yuan, but after standing up, Jiang Yuan gave a thumbs up, and the meaning was very clear, the cramp was not serious and he could still hold on.

Zhang Yuning had no choice but to put his vest back on.

After taking a 3-goal lead, the German team started a purely defensive tactic. Liao Lisheng kept looking for a suitable opportunity to penetrate the ball, but he couldn't find one.

The game reached the 84th minute and the score was still 2:5. China had basically lost the chance to equalize the score, so the attack on the Chinese side began to slow down.

"Liu Binbin, use your chest to stop the long pass and pass it to Liao Lisheng"

"Liu Binbin turned around and walked forward, and Liao Lisheng passed the ball to him!"

"China wants to launch an attack, let's see if there is any chance."

"Liu Binbin went left, probably to cooperate with Jiang Yuan"

"Sven Bender and Brent went up to grab it together, Liu Binbin fell to the ground!"

"The referee showed the yellow card a little too quickly, let's see the slow motion."

"Oh! Sven Bender stepped on Liu Binbin's instep, so this is indeed a yellow card action, there is no problem with it. The Chinese team has a direct free kick opportunity, but it is a bit far from the goal."

"Coach Zhang, what do you think of this ball?"

"Well... first of all, China's chance to equalize the score is gone. And looking at this ball, it's far away. We can make a tactical combination and let Jiang Yuan and Liu Binbin fight for the ball in the penalty area. This would be better. Maybe we can get a header, hehe."

As soon as Zhang Lu finished speaking, Jiang Yuan ran over and took the ball from Liao Lisheng.

"Brother Yuan, do you want it?"

Liao Lisheng was a little confused. He shouldn't be able to shoot directly from this position, but Jiang Yuan still insisted on taking the ball.

"I just planned it. There were too many people inside and I couldn't touch the ball at all."

Jiang Yuan was right. In the second half, Germany's defense against him obviously improved to a higher level, and Jiang Yuan had basically no chance to touch the ball in the penalty area.

As for Liu Binbin and Mi Haolun, it’s hard to describe the heading level of these two guys, so let’s just forget about it.

"Okay, I'll cover you."

"wowww!"

"Brilliant!"

Seeing Jiang Yuan standing behind the free kick spot, the fans in the stands were a little surprised. After all, it was not a good decision to pull out Jiang Yuan, who had the best heading ability, for a free kick at this position.

But Jiang Yuan has his own ideas.

"Jiang Yuan and Liao Lisheng? Why do I feel like Jiang Yuan is just a cover..."

"The referee blows the whistle, Jiang Yuan, take a run-up... and shoot!"

"GOOOOOOLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOO!!!"

“O queé isso!? (What is this!)”

"Holy shit!"

The slow motion showed Jiang Yuan's shot just now. The ball flew out without any choice in the air, hit the right post of the goal, bounced into the net.

Goalkeeper Horn stood there motionless, completely unresponsive.

"Brother Yuan, awesome!"

Liao Lisheng hugged Jiang Yuan from behind, but Jiang Yuan showed no expression.

The direct free kick goal was cool, and the hat trick against Germany was also cool, but with the current scoreline... I can only say that there is no way to turn the tide.

It’s so painful, my friend!

“Let’s go!”

After 3 minutes of extra time, the game ended with the final score at 3:5.

In the second half, both teams scored 2 goals each.

Jiang Yuan performed a powerful hat trick, but it was useless.

This game really proves the saying that football is a game for 11 people, and no matter how good one person is, he cannot play it well.

"Well, because of the loss in this game, China and Germany are in second place in Group C with 6 points, while the first place in Group C is the German Olympic team with 7 points."

"According to the rules of the Olympic knockout stage, the Chinese Olympic team, which ranked second in Group C, will face the Portuguese Olympic team, which ranked first in Group D, in the first round of the knockout stage. In this Olympics, the Portuguese Olympic team is slightly inferior to the German Olympic team."

"But it is undeniable that the Portuguese Olympic team is still a very strong opponent for the Chinese Olympic team."

……

After the game, the home team's locker room was silent and Li Yi's expression did not look very good.

clap clap!

Li Yi clapped his hands twice to attract the players' attention: "Do you know why we conceded three goals in the second half even though we played defense?"

"What are you guys playing with? After 60 minutes, Wang Tong and Mi Haolun, are you two really playing seriously?"

"Ah? Tell me, are you guys playing football seriously?"

Li Yi started cursing at Wang Tong and Mi Haolun. In fact, it was not just Wang Tong and Mi Haolun. Throughout the second half, all the players of the Chinese Olympic team felt overwhelmed.

The defensive counterattack tactics were very successful, but China still conceded two goals. The reason was very simple: when they were in control of the ball, the defensive players always made very fatal mistakes.

Facing a strong team like the German Olympic team, a mistake made by the opponent could lead to a scoring opportunity for our side.

Mi Haolun held a bottle of mineral water in his hand and said, "Brother Tie, calm down first. I think we did okay. Well, if we had played a defensive counterattack at the beginning of the first half, our score might not be like it is now. We might be 3:3, or 4:4... Of course, I'm not talking about tactical issues. I just think that, um, you have to take some responsibility for this failure."

When Mi Haolun was halfway through his words, the National Olympic Team players in the locker room were already stunned.

This guy is awesome. He directly talked back to the coach!
"what!?"

Li Yi took a step forward, staring at Mi Haolun in front of him. "Defense and counterattack are indeed better, but do you mean that it's all my fault?"

"no no"

Mi Haolun put the water bottle back into the cabinet: "Brother Tie, don't be angry first, what I mean is... that is, we all have to take responsibility"

As the saying goes, "Misfortune comes from the mouth", this sentence is really true. Mi Haolun is now a little regretful, because of what he just said, Li Yi poured all his anger on him, making Mi Haolun a little at a loss.

Logically speaking, the mistakes he made in this game were not enough to make Li Yi scold him like that, but there was no way, because Mi Haolun had just said "not so good things"?

"Forget it, forget it, don't do this, don't do this"

Wu Lei reached out to pull Mi Haolun, while Li Shubin reached out to pull Li Yi. It is true that Wu Lei pulled Mi Haolun, but Li Shubin did not pull Li Yi.

Seeing Li Yi's angry look, Zhang Linpeng quickly said: "Hao Lun, apologize to Tie Ge and the matter will be over. We are all on the same team, there is no need to be like this"

Zhang Linpeng's words were a way for Mi Haolun to save face. After all, as long as Mi Haolun wanted to play in the National Olympic Team, he had to maintain a good relationship with Li Yi.

At this time, Li Yi in front of Mi Haolun had a dark face and said nothing, as if he was waiting for Mi Haolun's apology.

If you stand up and say sorry, maybe this matter can be put to rest.

Without any consideration, Mi Haolun touched his nose and then stood up.

Just as he was about to apologize to Li Yi, a voice came from the locker room.

"sit down"

what?
Mi Haolun was stunned for a moment and looked to his left. The person who spoke was Jiang Yuan.

"Um...Brother Yuan, what can I do for you?"

Jiang Yuan leaned against the cabinet behind him, his expression very calm: "I said, sit down"

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(End of this chapter)