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Chapter 1190 A Great Legend

At 22 o'clock in the evening on June [-]th, at the Pernambuco Stadium in Recife, Brazil.

In the second round of the first round of the Brazil World Cup Group C group match, China played against Côte d'Ivoire.

After the opening, the Chinese team took the lead in penetrating through the frontcourt and created a corner kick opportunity, but failed to form a shot and created danger. Instead, they became a little passive in the subsequent game.

The soul core Drogba did not appear in the starting lineup of Côte d'Ivoire, but Wilfried Bonny, who played for Swansea, played the single arrow. This striker scored 34 goals in [-] rounds of the Premier League last season and performed very well.

Not only that, but in the 31-[-] seasons, Boni played for Vitesse in the Eredivisie and scored [-] goals in [-] games.

It is not difficult to see from his career that this is a player with high scoring efficiency, and he is also one of the focus players who Queiroz focused on defending before the game.

After the game started, Côte d'Ivoire played very actively.

African teams have an advantage in terms of physical strength, and Côte d'Ivoire is not a traditionally powerful play style. The players in the team are also quite skilled at their feet. Even Boni is very active with his feet. This makes the Chinese team seem relatively passive after the opening.

In the first ten minutes, the Chinese team failed to form a shot. Instead, they only got [-]% of the ball possession rate, which was very passive.

But there is one thing that the Chinese team has done very well, and that is defense.

Queiroz has been coaching the Chinese team for four years, and he has been focusing on the overall and defense. Before the World Cup, he repeatedly practiced defense. All three warm-up matches were focused on defense. In this game against Côte d'Ivoire, the targeted defenses he made before the game were also more effective.

This allowed Côte d'Ivoire to have an advantage in the first 15 minutes and get [-]% of the ball possession rate, but in fact there was no truly threatening attack. Once the ball entered the Chinese team's half, they frequently made mistakes.

A very important point is the personal interference of the Chinese team, which Queiroz ordered before the game.

Of course, another reason is that Côte d'Ivoire did not let Drogba start for some reason, which greatly relieved the pressure on the Chinese team's defense, but it was also a potential threat.

After stabilizing the defense, the Chinese team began to reserve spare energy and actively invested in counterattacks.

No.203 minutes, after Feng Xiaoting steals the ball in the backcourt, Zheng Zhi instigates a counterattack, and Chen Tao takes the ball and sends a direct pass.

Yang Yang retreated to respond, and Zokola behind him followed him every step of the way, but Yang Yang chose to stop the ball and go to the left, that is, his right side, suddenly turned to the right, accelerated the oblique thrust, and directly got rid of Zokola's defense.

After catching up with the ball, Yang Yang glanced at the penalty area in front of him, and without thinking, he shot angrily!

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"Yang Yang directly kicked a long shot!!!"

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"The Chinese team scored a goal!!!"

"Yang Yang!! Yang Yang!!!"

"World wave!!!!"

"No. 203 minutes, the Chinese team's first shot came from Yang Yang's left foot!"

"This long-range shot is very skillful, and it is an absolute manifestation of the ability of the world's number one scorer!"

"Zokola looked very depressed and helpless behind Yang Yang. He had tried his best, but Yang Yang's speed was very fast. He stopped the ball and turned around in one go. He didn't have any time to react. When the Ivorian defenders wanted to come up to help defend, Yang Yang suddenly jumped up and hit."

"A long shot from 24 meters away is definitely a proof of Yang Yang's personal ability!"

"We have to be convinced that there are some players who are always different, always creating unbelievable results and making impressive achievements, and Yang Yang is such a player."

"We should be thankful that our China has produced such a great legend as Yang Yang!"

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After Yang Yang scored a goal, he rushed out of the field quickly and ran all the way. On the way, he pulled up the national flag badge on his chest, kissed it vigorously, and rushed straight to the chairman's stand on the sidelines of the field.

He could see that the leaders on the rostrum also stood up excitedly and applauded him vigorously.

On the stage of the World Cup, Yang Yang has never just represented himself, he is also representing the motherland!

Soon, the surrounding Chinese players also gathered around, and they were all celebrating the goal with Yang Yang.

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"Let's look at the slow motion playback again."

"Chen Tao's direct pass was very good, but Yang Yang's stop and subsequent handling are more critical. He seems to have noticed that the Ivory Coast goalkeeper's position is a bit off, so after stopping the ball and turning around, he hit directly, very resolutely."

"This should be the most exciting goal since the start of this World Cup. The NO.11 player from the Chinese team, Yang Yang!"

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Although Yang Yang took the lead to win for the Chinese team, but the subsequent game process seemed to tell everyone that it was just a superstar's personal flash, like an accident.

Because after taking the lead, Côte d'Ivoire played more aggressively, and the situation of the Chinese team was even more passive.

But in this case, the quality of defense that Queiroz took four years to catch can be seen.

After repeated running-in, the Portuguese adjusted the central defender combination, allowing Mei Fang, who played for Belgium, to partner with Feng Xiaoting, who played for the Premier League. The 33-year-old veteran Zheng Zhi was pushed to the midfield position.

The midfield is a combination of Zhou Haibin, Zheng Zhi and Chen Tao. The wings are Hao Junmin, who plays for the Bundesliga, and Wu Lei, who plays for Ajax.

The goalkeeper is currently Alkmaar's main goalkeeper Wang Dalei.

In addition, Gao Lin, Yu Dabao, Zhao Xuri, Zhang Chengdong and Zhang Xizhe also sat on the bench.

It can be said that the current Chinese team is almost entirely composed of foreign troops, and its overall strength is also very good in Asia, especially after having Yang Yang.

So much so that there is a saying in Asia that the Chinese team playing in the World Cup is completely different from the Chinese team playing in the Asian Cup and East Asian Cup, because the Chinese team playing in the World Cup has a player named Yang Yang.

As for the Asian Cup, due to the change of the schedule, it was adjusted to January, which seriously conflicted with the league schedule. Therefore, Yang Yang and Feng Xiaoting, who have already played as the main players, did not return to China to play, so their performance was not ideal.

But from Queiroz's formation, his achievements in the past four years of coaching are still obvious.

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After being led by the Chinese team, Côte d'Ivoire frantically launched a counterattack, especially in the second half.

In 3 minutes, Yaya Toure once suddenly took the ball from the backcourt, single-handedly dribbled the ball and forcibly broke through the barrier. He broke through the three defenders of the Chinese team alone. Finally, under the blockade of Feng Xiaoting, he kicked the goal and failed to create a threat, but he also earned a corner kick.

For this kind of player with outstanding personal ability, the Chinese team still doesn't have much to do in defense.

It was as if Côte d'Ivoire couldn't stop Yang Yang's long shot just now.

Côte d'Ivoire seemed to have seized the loophole of the Chinese team in the second half, that is, Jiang Zhipeng on the left was very active in offense, but his defense was very problematic, so Côte d'Ivoire kept attacking the right.

No. 60 minutes, Drogba was replaced, which brought enormous psychological pressure to the Chinese team's defensive players.

Only 2 minutes later, Drogba pulled Feng Xiaoting away from the back with a precise cross from the right, allowing Mei Fang and Boni in the middle to form a one-on-one match. As a result, Mei Fang failed to catch Boni while grabbing the position. The opponent seized the opportunity and hit the goal with a header, tying the score, [-]-[-].

This immediately made Queiroz smell the danger.

Soon, the Chinese team also made substitution adjustments, replacing Jiang Zhipeng with a more defensive guard Ren Xing.

Ren Xing is a defender who was excavated by Queiroz in the domestic league and focused on training and training. He has good defensive ability and is versatile. He can play the position of central defender and left back. This time he is arranged to play, just to defend the left.

But soon, Queiroz replaced Hao Junmin with Gao Lin. The team changed into a four-four-two, and Gao Lin was pushed to the front line to partner with Yang Yang. Chen Tao was switched to the left, Zhou Haibin and Zheng Zhi partnered in the center, and Wu Lei was still on the right.

Obviously, Queiroz also realized that Yang Yang was too passive as a single striker in front, and did not receive support from his teammates in the midfield at all, which made him have few opportunities.

In this case, Yang Yang needs a partner by his side when stabilizing the defense, and center Gao Lin is undoubtedly the most suitable.

Chen Tao is a substitute in Dortmund and can play multiple positions. In the past year, his defensive level has also improved a lot. He is still capable of playing on the left, and can entangle the right back of Côte d'Ivoire who is good at inserting from the back. He is currently playing for Aurier in Toulouse in Ligue [-].

After consecutive substitutions, the Chinese team managed to stabilize their position, especially after switching to [-], the three lines remained compact.

And because Gao Linding was at the front, supporting the central defender of Côte d'Ivoire, Yang Yang got more free space.

Côte d'Ivoire still has the advantage in the game scene, pressing down on the Chinese team to organize and plan the attack, but it is difficult to break into the hinterland of the Chinese team, while the Chinese team is patiently waiting for the opportunity to attack.

Yang Yang gained more freedom, and kept running, trying and looking for opportunities.

But just as the Chinese team valued Drogba, Côte d'Ivoire paid more attention to Yang Yang and did a better job of defending him. This made Yang Yang the focus of the opponent's marking no matter where he went.

After realizing this, Yang Yang also began to consider changing his own functions, trying to create space and opportunities for his teammates.

No.70 In the second minute, Yang Yang took advantage of an unsuccessful attack on a dead ball, and when he was walking back, he suddenly called Chen Tao, Gao Lin and Wu Lei over.

"Next, we pay attention to attacking the left side, and then give me the ball. Gao Lin tries to pull the central defender to the center or the left side, and Wu Lei diagonally inserts into the penalty area from the right rib. Be quick."

Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this, which meant that Yang Yang saw the opponent's loophole and thought of a way.

But the most important problem is, how to transfer the ball from the left to the right side of the penalty area?

"I'll take care of it!" Yang Yang said confidently.

(End of this chapter)