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Chapter 258 Lucky Victory?
The Americans who planned to attack in the second half were really taken aback when the second half started—they were unsurprisingly blocked by the intensive defense of the Chinese youth team when they kicked off.

Generally speaking, even the player with the most accurate long pass will not have a success rate of more than 30% from 50.00 meters away. Otherwise, Long Bisheng's outstanding header ability can turn the Chinese youth team's defensive counterattack into a nightmare for all teams.

To surprise the American players, Hu Gandang didn’t pass the ball long, as he did in the first half. Instead, he turned around and evaded Jeffrey’s pressure, and then crossed the ball to Zhang Yi on the right. Zhang Yi saw that there was no chance ahead, and passed the ball back to Jiang Qi behind him.

Even so, the U.S. team did not dare to counterattack directly in the frontcourt after losing the ball like in the first half-it seemed very active, but it brought huge hidden dangers to the defense. After all, the defense is always passive and has no numerical advantage.

The Chinese youth team made a long pass directly, and used foul tactics in the backcourt when the midfielder was unable to return to the defense. If there is a chance to return to the defense, of course they must return to the defense. Purely relying on foul tactics is a behavior that kills one thousand and hurts eight hundred.

With the U.S. team basically back in place, the China Youth team slowly organized the ball to the midfield. Compared with the lightning-fast counterattack in the first half, the current offensive speed is the difference between Ferrari and the bullock cart.

The U.S. team has seen the exquisite technical style of play shown by the Chinese youth team in the group stage. The five-man midfielder completely overwhelmed the three-man midfielder of the U.S. team in terms of short-pass coordination and organization. Among the forwards of the U.S. team, only Bernardo returned to the midfield.

In the end, the China Youth team ended the attack with a shot. After several back and forth, Long Bisheng, who pulled out of the penalty area, received a cross pass from Zhang Yi and knocked back. Dai Guangming followed up with a long shot, and the ball was blocked by Davis with his body.

The four defenders and two defensive midfielders of the China Youth team immediately ran back like a tide. After the American team advanced the attack to the China Youth team's half-court under the interference of Long Bisheng and others in the frontcourt, what awaited them was the China Youth team's complete six-man defense.

Quickly launch a counterattack?Yes, as long as Altidore can fly the header as accurately as Long Bisheng under the defense of Li Jie, or Adu and others who are not dominant in height can get the ball immediately and launch a counterattack in the close defense of the Zhongqing team defenders, otherwise, wait for the Zhongqing team to launch a second attack.

The Chinese youth team successfully brought the US team into the quagmire.

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Long Gen's foul tactics were not able to be used, because the Chinese youth team did not play a quick counterattack like in the first half, but continued to launch counterattacks through the organization of the center. Psychologically, they had the upper hand because they had a two-goal lead. In terms of numbers, they also had the upper hand. In the midfield, it is basically difficult for the opponent to disrupt their passing rhythm without fouling. In this case, the time is almost like flowing water.

Adu was very depressed, not only him, but also the entire U.S. youth team. From the very beginning of the game, they felt extremely awkward on the court. In the first half, they planned to use counterattacks to deal with their opponents, but the opponents counterattacked and scored two goals.

"Give me the ball!" Adu ran back to the midfield. He could no longer bear the feeling of being alone and helpless in the frontcourt—Altidore was entangled to death by Li Jie. In La Liga, Altidore could not guarantee the main force.

Jeffrey, who was being entangled by Hu Gandang, immediately passed the ball to Adu, who caught the ball and turned around to face Jiang Qi.

"Try to break me this time!" Adu took the ball and rushed towards Jiang Qi. The previous few times, Jiang Qi took advantage of the fact that Adu lost control of the ball when he got rid of Gao Zhifa to steal the ball. He had successfully aroused Adu's anger.

Although he had already been teased, Adu's skills did not decline. After a series of shaking back and forth, Jiang Qi made a mistake, and Adu had already swayed past him like lightning!

Tackle!

Hu Gandang rushed over like an arrow from the side, and swept the ball from Adu's feet abruptly with a beautiful sweep!

Unable to restrain his feet, Adu tripped over Hu Gandang's feet and fell down. Sitting up, he raised his hands to signal Hu Gandang to foul, but the referee who was close at hand clearly saw that he himself could not restrain his feet and tripped over Hu Gandang's feet, and raised his hands flat to signal the game to continue!
The ball rolled out and landed at Zhang Yi's feet. Facing such a great counterattack opportunity, Zhang Yi almost didn't even look at it, and immediately turned around and sent a long pass from 30 meters away!

"Return to defense!" Long Gen jumped up from the sidelines and shouted loudly towards the inside.

Zhang Yi's long pass failed to find the top of Long Bisheng's head, but it passed directly to the huge gap between the US team's defense line and the goalkeeper. They started a [-]-meter sprint race with the opponent's defender. The two entangled all the way and rushed to the bottom line.

Dai Guangming placed the ball on the corner. Now there are many players in the penalty area of ​​the US team, and there are also many players from the China Youth Team.

After the referee blew the whistle for a free throw, Dai Guangming ran up, kicked up - and passed the ball to the surrounding area running up from the wing!

The surroundings stopped the ball at their feet, and Dai Guangming ran up again and kicked the ball into the penalty area from under his feet!
Just when Dai Guangming passed the ball around, Long Bisheng had already run sideways. Davis was about to catch up. Li Jie happened to appear in his running route and blocked him. At this time, Dai Guangming's pass flew into the penalty area!

Long Bisheng jumped high at the back point, overwhelming the opponent's defender and shaking his head to attack the goal!
"The goal is scored! Three to zero!" The commentator of the CCTV sports channel who was in charge of broadcasting the game shouted loudly: "Long Bisheng scored twice! This is his third goal in this World Youth Championship! It is also the third goal in his two starts. This goal made him surpass Dai Guangming to become the top scorer of the China Youth Team! There is no suspense, there is no suspense anymore! The China Youth Team, which is far ahead, has basically secured the place for the quarterfinals!"

Long Bisheng shook his fist vigorously, and then hugged with his teammates—he didn’t get such a comfortable playing environment when he was in Leeds. Although he was also the core of the attack in Leeds, the midfielder of Leeds didn’t give him as much support as the Chinese youth team!

Even in terms of tacit understanding, Leeds, where Long Bisheng has been with him for more than a year, is not as good as these teammates who have been with him for six years!

The game lasted 65 minutes, and the China Youth Team led by three goals. Even if this result cannot guarantee an absolute victory, at least the China Youth Team has an infinite possibility of victory!
Ding Yu started to change players. His goal is not only the top eight, but also to maintain his strength for the next game.

He first replaced Dai Guangming with Gu Yu, and then replaced his surroundings with relatively weak physical strength with Zhong Tao. The formation returned to [-], but the double midfielders remained.

The U.S. youth team launched a counterattack almost tragically, but the three-goal deficit undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to their morale. In the next game, although they attacked a lot, their quality was not flattering.

Even Adu made a mistake in catching the ball. One can imagine the performance of other players.

Long Gen used up all the substitutions in his hands, but the situation has not improved.

What made things worse came in the No.80 minute. Adu sprained his left foot while fighting in the front court and was forced to leave the field. However, the US team, which had already used up three spots, had no one to replace. The last 10 minutes passed without any surprise. The China Youth Team eliminated the US Youth Team [-]-[-] and entered the quarterfinals.

At the press conference after the game, Long Gen reluctantly admitted that he had completely lost to the head coach of the China Youth Team, Ding Yu, in terms of tactical arrangements.

"We lost, everything from the scene to the tactics. I have to congratulate the head coach of the China Youth Team. He fully utilized his strengths and contained our strengths. He deserved the victory in this game, and I also learned a lot from the failure."

After the loss, Long Gen showed American-style honesty, while Ding Yu appeared very humble: "My adventure succeeded. In fact, when I decided to use defensive counterattacks to deal with the US team, I didn't have any confidence. It was my luck to succeed."

Is it really lucky?Ding Yu smiled slyly.

(End of this chapter)