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Chapter 587 A Promise

The two goals in the opening stage promoted the opening and closing of the two sides. The Chinese team dared to attack, while the Icelandic team was good at defensive counterattacks. It happened that the two sides met.

Seven minutes after the Chinese team scored, the situation on the court changed again. This time, the opponent continued to suppress in the middle. The Chinese team's deep midfielder Wu Xi saw the opponent turn around and was forced to pull down Sigurdsson.

This is completely unavoidable, the two players are not the same type of players in terms of size, Sigurdsson is a circle bigger than Wu Xi, and Wu Xi is not originally a barrier player who lags behind the midfield, in this lineup It was a bit of a stretch to ask him to do such a job.

And it was this set piece that gave the opponent a chance.Sigurdsson began to show his "big sniper" power, and hit the dead corner of the goal directly with a set kick. Zeng Cheng didn't even have a chance to save.

1: 2.

This is the reality. The Chinese team's frontcourt can be very strong. With Gao Yuyang's offense, it is like no one's land.

"Offensive attack! Don't stop!"

Gao Yuyang has been calling his teammates repeatedly. He has long known that the Chinese team's defense is unreliable. It is unreliable to count on these Chinese Super League defenders to withstand the impact of these five major league players...

So he can only try his best to call his teammates to press up, at least the team can suppress the offense to the opponent's half-court area, and the Chinese team can only continue to take the initiative in this way.

So the game scene made the fans watch with enthusiasm. At least the national team did not hesitate. The scene once suppressed the Iceland team, which made the opponent's coach a little restless. They never thought that they would be beaten by the Chinese team at halftime.The Chinese team's wide crosses found Gao Yuyang's head time and time again. The defender Magnusson who played for the British Championship Bristol City and the Rostov defender Ingason of the Russian Premier League tasted the taste of being bullied by the air several times.

"Defense! Defense! Concentration!"

The Iceland coach repeatedly emphasized that at this moment, the Iceland team, ranked No.18 in the world, and the biggest dark horse in European football in the past two or three years, really played this game as a World Cup match.

Before the end of the first half, the Chinese team still relied on a counterattack opportunity-Gao Lin made a cross from the right, Wu Lei jumped up and shook his head in the front point, although he didn't hit the ball but shook the Icelandic defender, a smooth arc The line slid to the middle, and Gao Yuyang flew up directly in the middle and smashed the ball into the goal.

The two sides played 2:2 in the first half, Lippi directly made a wave of substitutions in the second half, changed back to 4-4-2, and tried the double tower formation in the frontcourt again.

Facts have proved that there is a tacit understanding between him and Zhang Yuning.Only 3 minutes into the start of the second half, the Chinese team made a quick counterattack from the side. Gao Yuyang directly suppressed the two Icelandic defenders in the frontcourt, with his back to the goal and hooked the ball behind him. The attention of the entire Icelandic defense line was on On Gao Yuyang's side, he never thought that the space behind them would be attacked by someone.

But Zhang Yuning caught it, and held the right back Anason who was supplementing the defense at the front of the penalty area, and passed the ball to Wu Lei who cut diagonally.

Directly give Wu Lei a chance to face the goalkeeper.

"Hey! Wu Lei, this is an opportunity!"

Gao Yuyang looked at it from the sidelines, and he didn't know what to do -- he didn't know if his single-handedness had improved in the past half season.

However, he never pinned his hopes on such uncertain things, and he ran to the door immediately and raised his hand to Wu Lei.

"Brother Lei!"

But to his surprise, Wu Lei ignored him at all.Didn't even look in any other direction, just staring at goalkeeper Halldosson.

He wants to pass right away!

Gao Yuyang was sweating for him.

He took the ball straight out in a big stride, and Halldosson also stretched out his palms at this time, and rushed towards him like the claws of an octopus.But now Wu Lei's movement speed is faster than everyone imagined, and he stretched his legs towards the goal before the opponent... Halldosson didn't touch the ball, he just threw Wu Lei down with his palm.

"Penalty!"

Gao Yuyang didn't expect it, he hurried over to pull Wu Lei up.

"Yes, brother Lei! The pace is faster than before."

Wu Lei smiled: "Who can't improve a bit? Then how can I go back to Paris in the future!"

Gao Yuyang gave up the scoring opportunity to Zhang Yuning, and the young man kicked a shot to trick the goalkeeper into scoring.

After scoring three goals in a row, Lippi began to consciously shrink the formation in the final stage. It is time to start practicing defense, which is what the Italians are best at.

Although it made the fans a little nervous to watch, there is a kind of excitement in this tension.

The Iceland team also cooperated very well. In the final stage, they really pressed forward to attack, and the stormy attack began to extend to the front of the Chinese team.

Under Lippi's instruction, Gao Yuyang even returned to the penalty area in the last 10 minutes, using his height to start retracting to defend.

In the end, everyone was happy. The Chinese team withstood the strong attack of the Iceland team and defeated the dark horse in European football 3:2.

"This victory is of great significance. The first half showed the sharp attack of the Chinese team. With the blessing of Gao Yuyang, the offensive firepower of the Chinese team is not weaker than most European teams. But when it comes to the World Cup, there are always some moments We need to use defense to protect the victory, and I am very happy to see a united national team."

Iceland coach Halgrimsson extended his hand to Lippi sincerely after the game: "Marcelo, you have a great team, I hope we will not meet in the World Cup."

"You too." Lippi returned his iconic smile to the other party.

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After this game, the Chinese media are most concerned about the national team's attitude towards the performance of these two games. Although the Chinese Football Association expressed their satisfaction, it doesn't matter what they said-they only want to win Serbia and Iceland. It is beneficial for the Chinese team to brush up the world rankings.According to the latest announcement by FIFA, the basis for the draw of the World Cup in Russia has changed compared with the past, and is determined entirely by reference to the world ranking announced as of October.

In other words, this window period is the best opportunity for the Chinese team to improve their rankings.After qualifying for the World Cup, the world ranking of the Chinese team has reached a new high in the past eight years. The world ranking is eighth.

But what the effect of the game is, the head coach has the final say.

Lippi is very satisfied: "Our team is on the right path."

When this question was thrown to Gao Yuyang, he thought about it for a while, and then said: "If you want to ask this question, I think it's time to make an agreement."

The reporters were stunned.Gao Yuyang also knew that everyone was waiting for his answer, so he said directly: "The Chinese team will definitely score a goal in the World Cup, score a point, and tie a game!"

After Gao Yuyang finished speaking, he emphasized his tone: "You should know that I never promise anything about this. I said it, and I will definitely do it!"

(End of this chapter)