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Chapter 257 Defensive Counterattack
Adu received another pass from his teammate on the wing, and Gao Zhifa gritted his teeth and rushed forward—he had seen Jiang Qi retreat to make up for him, which also allowed him to rush forward without any worries!
Seeing Gao Zhifa rushing towards him, Adu cleverly smashed the ball back and forth, luring Gao Zhifa to stretch out his foot to poke the ball, and then immediately slammed the ball to the left.

There were cheers from the stands where the American fans were, but Adu was not happy, because Jiang Qi's ferocious face immediately appeared in front of him.

In addition, this time, he got rid of Gao Zhifa four times, but none of them was able to bring the ball into the penalty area immediately and upset the defense of the China Youth Team.

But now, he doesn't need to entangle with this fierce guy. Hu Gandang in the middle is defending Jeffrey, and Morales has quietly inserted from the back row!
Adu lifted his foot and passed the ball!The ball was passed directly to the front of the penalty area. Before he passed the ball, Jeffrey had already moved to the side to attract Hu Gandang, and Morales was unguarded!

But the ball failed to pass, Zhang Yi, who quietly returned to defense, appeared on Adu's passing route, easily stretched his foot to intercept the ball, then turned around and launched a long pass!
Another long pass counterattack!
Generally speaking, long passes from players with accurate crosses are not too bad—this is exactly the case with Zhang Yi, who passed the ball directly from the front of the penalty area to the area around the center circle. Long Bisheng used his body to resist Davis, who was struggling to resist him, jumped high, and unloaded the ball with his chest in the air.

Dribbling the ball around and starting to break through, he didn't use much personal skills in the face of the U.S. team's full-back who was in a hurry to make up for the position. Instead, he chose the simplest and most effective way-a pass the ball near the bottom line, and then began to accelerate and surpass the opponent!
Seeing that the surroundings have quickly changed from being half a body behind him to being half a body ahead of him, the full-back is anxious to reach out and grab the surrounding jersey to interfere with his acceleration, but his outstretched hand only caught a handful of air. When he reached out, the surroundings accelerated again, completely throwing him away!

After getting rid of the opponent's full-back, there was no one in front of him anymore. He increased his speed all the way while observing the situation in the middle - Long Bisheng rumbled towards the penalty area of ​​the American team like a heavy tank in the middle, and in front of him was Dai Guangming who was as light as a phantom fighter jet!
Three to two in the frontcourt!
After approaching the penalty area, the surrounding dribbled the ball and broke into the penalty area. When a defender pounced on him and the other defender was defending Dai Guangming, the surrounding lightly picked the ball to the vicinity of the penalty spot. Long Bisheng, who had just inserted into the penalty area, stopped the ball with his chest, and then immediately kicked and shot without defense!

The ball goes into the net for the second time!Two to zero!

"Damn it!" Long Gen suddenly stood up from the sidelines. The first conceded goal could be said to be accidental, but the second conceded goal was foolish enough to see that the CY team didn't use a short pass from the midfield to organize the attack, but a standard defensive counterattack with a long pass!
But so what if you see it?The China Youth Team took a two-goal lead in just 10 minutes of the first half!With such a huge advantage, they can completely carry out the defensive counterattack in the next time!In the case of Long Bisheng's huge height advantage in the frontcourt, as long as there is a slightly more accurate clearance ball in the backcourt, he can immediately create a threatening counterattack!Long Bisheng's height, the speed of Dai Guangming and his surroundings, are perfect for defensive counterattacks!
The question before Long Gen now is how to play the next game?
He still hasn't figured out why the tactic he set up before the game was to quickly pass through the midfield and use the assault ability of the three strikers to hit the counterattack of the China Youth team.
Long Gen is very depressed.

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Depressed Long Gen couldn't make any adjustments to the situation on the court until he figured out why he was about to counterattack but was scored by someone else's counterattack, but the American players on the court didn't want to give up the game like this, especially Adu and Altidore.

After the game restarted, Adu’s performance became more and more active. Jiang Qi had to become another right back and Gao Zhifa teamed up to stare at him. With the midfield defense weakened, the three midfielders of the US team began to show off, because Dai Guangming and his surroundings basically did not return to defense. This was Ding Yu’s request.

After successfully attracting most of the defensive force, Adu passed the ball to the middle. This time he used a short pass, which did not give the Chinese youth team an opportunity. Jeffrey and Morales made a two-for-one cooperation and then shook off Hu Gandang's defense. After Huang Zhenghong came up to defend, he passed the ball to Bernardo who was on the other side!

This striker who was born in Italy like the new Italian golden boy Giuseppe Rossi but has American nationality did not choose to join the Italian youth team like Rossi, but chose the United States. He joined the Naples team last season.

Chen Jian rushed to make up for it, Bernardo made a fake shot, and then passed the ball to Altidore in the middle, Altidore leaned behind Li Jie who was defending him, suddenly turned around halfway, and immediately kicked the goal!
Li Jie's reaction was quick - in fact, he and Long Bisheng often did this kind of confrontation together, and the frequency of the defender's sudden half-turn and shot was almost the same. Li Jie reacted almost subconsciously, raising his foot to block Altidore's shot, and the ball bounced into the air. Wu Bufan jumped high and grabbed the ball firmly with both hands!
After falling from the air, Wu Bufan immediately threw the ball far away - preventing the opponent's attack and also a great opportunity for the team to launch a counterattack - although it is already two goals ahead, that is not a reason to be conservative!
Long Bisheng succeeded again with a header, but unfortunately this time the surrounding breakthrough was destroyed by the opponent's defender who had been prepared for a long time. Even so, the hearts of the American team's defenders collectively beat a little faster than usual.

After being almost succeeded in a counterattack by the China Youth Team again, the US Youth Team did not dare to invest too much in offense. After all, pressing the offense does not guarantee a goal, and the China Youth Team's counterattack success rate is too high. If this continues, how to fight?
While the US team was cautiously holding the ball, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, and the China Youth Team entered the intermission with a [-]-[-] lead, which also allowed them to be in a very favorable position in the second half!

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"In the second half, we went back to the tactics we used in the group stage."

After returning to the locker room, Ding Yu smiled and said to all the players that he likes to use his smile to make the players feel at ease, just like when he was behind [-]-[-] in the first half against South Korea in the final of the Asian Youth Championship last year: "Control the midfield, play more in the midfield, involve more in the frontcourt, run more, control the ball at your feet, and don't rush forward if there is no good opportunity. If this continues, the Americans must be anxious, not us."

The players knew what he meant very well. In his usual training, Ding Yu let the players know his tactical concept without reservation-that is, not sticking to any formation and tactics, and adapting to the situation.In the second half, the China Youth team’s ball-control tactics, in addition to being able to consume time faster, can also make the US team become uncomfortable again at the beginning-after the first half, the US team will definitely make drastic changes in the second half against the China Youth team’s defensive counterattack, and they will definitely be surprised again.

Ding Yu had completely guessed what Long Gen was thinking, and he had already led Long Gen by the nose before the game started.

"We stepped up our offense in the second half! We are already two goals behind, and we don't need to be conservative anymore! I need you to invest more enthusiasm in the offense! As for defense, the most important point of their defensive counterattack is the tall forward. It's the most important!"

Long Gen said viciously in the locker room: "Attack, only two or three defenders are left in the backcourt. Don't rush to counterattack after losing the ball in the frontcourt. Try to slow down their counterattack speed and return to defense quickly. First interfere with their long pass quality, and foul if there is no way to interfere! As long as we can score a goal in front of them, then the advantage will return to our side!"

"Yes!" The players of the U.S. youth team answered in unison.

Long Gen took a deep look at Adu. This genius is his biggest trump card. In the youth team competition, having a super player can change the trend of the game!Although the Chinese youth team did a good job in defense in the first half, but in the second half, the hope of the US team is still on Adu!
(End of this chapter)