World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 236 The Cameroonian Being Targeted

"Yo?"

"Really scored a goal?"

Seeing Li Jinyu score a goal, Zeng Zheng was also very surprised.

After playing this part, the physical fitness of the players is running low.

But the appearance of this goal made Zeng Zheng's eyes shine.

Because in the offensive tactics he set up for the team, a BUFF finally played a role.

[Sydney Olympic Team BUFF5: Suspend the physical consumption of players for a period of time after scoring a goal. 】

This BUFF is specially prepared for the team, the purpose is to make the goals form a chain effect.

Zeng Zheng looked up at the time, 63 minutes.

"The ball came a little too late."

Although he said so, Zeng Zheng's hand gestures never stopped.

After reminding the team members to quickly return to their positions and stand up, they called Zheng Zhi who had finished warming up to his side.

"Run more, respond more, pass more, understand?"

Zheng Zhi kept nodding his head, following Zeng Zheng's fingers, trying to deeply imprint the running route taught by the coach in his mind.

"The Chinese team has changed!"

In the 65th minute, taking advantage of a throw-in, Zeng Zheng pushed Zheng Zhi to the sidelines.

Seeing the fourth official on the sidelines holding up the sign, Zhang Ran ran towards the sidelines with all his strength.

Looking at his figure desperately sprinting towards the sidelines, the fans in the stands couldn't help but burst into applause.

"The replacement is Zhang Ran, and the young general Zheng Zhi is replaced."

"We can see that Zhang Ran is running to the sidelines with all his strength, unwilling to waste a single minute."

"Still two goals behind."

"According to this momentum, we will be able to catch up!"

1 is better than 3!

Seeing the players temporarily slowing down their stamina gauges, Zeng Zheng also clenched his fists nervously on the sidelines.

Cameroon is not a kind person, and now it depends on whether the players in the backcourt can stand it!
After the kick-off, the three players in front of the National Olympics once again rushed towards the enemy like tigers descending the mountain.

The Cameroon players continued to fall backwards until they passed the ball to a safe area, and then they were relieved.

After the Olympic players temporarily retreated, Lauren retreated to get the ball.

After simply tugging left and right a few times, he saw the opportunity and made a long pass to the side.

Bang! ! !
At the front of the restricted area, Li Tie and Eto'o slammed into each other.

Both fell to the ground, but the ball continued to bounce.

With the whistle in his mouth, the referee saw that it was the Cameroon player who caught up with the ball first, and immediately pointed forward, indicating that the attack was favorable.

Zheng Zhi, who had just entered the field, had already rushed forward, facing Gremi who was holding the ball, he fell sideways to the ground with a slanted shovel.

boom!
The ball was poked away by Zheng Zhi in the blink of an eye, and the next second, Gremi's leg tripped over Zheng Zhi's foot.

This time, the referee still did not blow the whistle.

It has already been judged that your offense is favorable, and if you lose the ball again, it is your business.

Zheng Zhi tackled the ball cleanly.

On the sidelines, Zeng Zheng's eyelids twitched.

This kid's "bully" ability has increased again!
He dares to use this posture to tackle at such a close distance from the goal. Is he brave or brainless?
Fortunately, this was a clean tackle, and the ball returned to the Olympic players.

While other Cameroon players raised their hands to protest to the referee, the Olympic counterattack had arrived.

Sun Jihai from the side kicked the ball back to Zheng Zhi.

Although he is a defensive midfielder like Li Tie, Zeng Zheng has much more requirements for Zheng Zhi on the offensive end than Tie Zi.

After finding the gap, Zheng Zhi made a straight pass and sent the ball to Shensi on the left.

After getting the ball, Shensi hooked with her left foot, and before the opponent stepped forward to block it, she quickly swept the ball towards the top of the gourd in the penalty area of ​​Cameroon.

At the same time, three Cameroonian defenders fought back.

On the screen, I watched the ball draw an arc in front of the three green players.

Even if Yang Chen's Frankfurt teammate Polanke slid hard, he still couldn't touch the ball.

Before he had time to be amazed by such a clever arc pass, Qu Bo, who was following up on the other side of the field, had already blocked the ball with his right foot.

In this game, due to the frequent activity of Sun Jihai and Zhang Xiaorui on the right, right forward Qu Bo's space for movement was extremely narrow, and the number of times he took the ball was not much.

Even so, in every counterattack, Qu Bo was still able to take the lead, rushing out of space on the right side.

"Cross pass from Shensi."

"Qubo!!!"

"Qubo got the ball!"

"Rush in!"

"Shoot!!!"

Following Huang Jianxiang's low cry, Kameni quickly lowered his center of gravity, stretched his palms forward, and pushed the ball to the side.

"Kameini's save didn't go far"

"Li Jinyu"

"Can you get there?"

On the screen, Li Jinyu, who had been aware of it for a long time, rushed towards the ball's second landing point immediately.

But he was still a step too late, stuck behind two Cameroonian defenders.

The ball is eventually obtained by the opponent.

This time, the Cameroonian did not choose to slow down the pace, but looked at the gap and kicked a long pass to his right.

Seeing this, Wu Chengying immediately leaned over to defend, but was still taken a step ahead by the opponent, who swung the ball with a header and pushed the ball into the open space beside the sideline.

Then the Cameroonian winger continued to accelerate, but Wu Chengying had to turn around first, and was dropped by the opponent.

In a few seconds, the Olympic team changed from a counterattack to a backcourt retreat.

Especially a few people in the middle.

Zhang Xiaorui, Shensi, Li Jinyu, and Qu Bo didn't even have the slightest intention of returning to defense, they just slowed down and gave up defense.

Although Sun Jihai and Wu Chengying were chasing back, they were pulled away by the opponent at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Only Li Tie, the idiot, was sprinting with all his strength, but because of his speed, he was far behind the opponent's offensive line.

In other words, only General Fan, Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi were left in the appropriate defense zone in the backcourt.

Counting the impact of Eto'o in the front, Cameroon formed a 3-on-3 situation in the frontcourt in the blink of an eye!
This is also the inevitable situation of Zeng Zheng's tactics.

It has happened many times in the whole game, which is why Li Hui and Li Huajun have been muttering that Zeng Zheng should strengthen his defense.

"Slot!" Zeng Zheng yelled first.

"Zheng Zhi lean over, don't step out!"

"Middle, middle, middle!!!"

After several consecutive voices, General Fan and Li Weifeng finally turned their heads and found Eto'o and Mimbho who were running.

The two quickly leaned over and stuck in front of their opponent, giving Liu Yunfei a little respite for a while.

But the threat of the opponent's attack remains unresolved.

There was Zheng Zhi in the front, and Wu Chengying in the back.

Njimbat, who dribbled the ball, did not have Zhang Xiaorui's foot skills. After realizing that Zheng Zhika was dead on the way forward, he directly chose to pass with his kick.

Whoosh! ! !
The ball flies through the air.

General Fan and Li Weifeng jumped up successively, neither the outfield players nor the goalkeeper in the penalty area touched the ball.

Njimbat's pass was too big and outrageous. It passed directly from one side of the penalty area to the other. After hitting the ground, it only bounced once and flew out of the sideline.

"Huh~~~" Li Huajun heaved a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, Cameroon's long pass was not allowed."

"It's definitely not allowed, but this kind of attack is too scary." Li Hui also wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Everyone beats me like this all the time, my heart is about to jump out."

Zeng Zheng ignored the teaching assistant's complaints.

After urging Sun Jihai to throw the throw-in quickly, Zeng Zheng started to look back at the bench again.

I don't know if the goal BUFF lasted too short, or the fighting on the court was too strong.

After this back and forth, Wu Chengying's physical bar began to drop again, and it was already below the warning line.

Zeng Zheng had no choice but to call Yang Pu to his side and give him some advice.

When Qu Bo forced a header from the previous point and directly directed the ball towards the billboard behind the goal, the Olympic Games again chose to substitute.

This time, after obtaining the consent of the line referee, Wu Chengying simply exited from the other side, saving a lot of time.

Even so, with the exception of Li Tie's stamina, the scoring buffs of other players have gradually expired.

In the 74th minute, Zhang Xiaorui gritted his teeth and blocked the opponent with his back first in the face of Sun Jihai's half-high ball passed from the center of gravity.

Looking at the ball that was too high, Zhang Xiaorui could only use his forehead to push the ball in front of him.

When he wanted to take a step forward to reach the ball, his upper body still stayed in place because of the pull of his opponent.

Coupled with Zeng Zheng's reminder in his ear, Zhang Xiaorui immediately gave up his balance and fell straight down.

Pfft!
The Jinmen boy's back fell to the ground firmly, creating a good frontcourt set-piece for the Olympic Games.

"Another free kick in the frontcourt"

"Shensi's running."

"Choose to hit the door directly!"

boom!
No one expected that Shensi's seemingly random kick would hit the far post directly.

Seeing the ball bouncing back from side to side, Yang Pu, who had just played, was so regretful that he wanted to give himself a slap in the face.

"Yang Pu is chasing him."

"Control the ball first."

Before the touchline, Yang Pu finally caught up with the ball.

But he was also stuck behind the Cameroon players who followed him.

"Corner, corner!!"

Not far away, Li Jinyu yelled while running this way.

Seeing the opportunity, Yang Pu decisively jumped up in the air, turned around, and kicked the ball to the Cameroon player's calf, causing the ball to bounce off the baseline.

The Cameroonians also looked helpless when they saw the Olympic players using such a "despicable" way to make corner kicks.

"Give me, give me, hurry, hurry!"

When the Cameroon players turned their heads and walked towards their penalty area, Li Jinyu lowered his voice and kept making movements with his hands.

Seeing this, Yang Pu immediately held a meeting.

After quickly setting the ball to the corner kick area, he slapped his left foot without waiting to get up, trying to make a quick serve.

But at this moment, an accident occurred.

"Hey???"

Seeing Yang Pu knock down the corner cue with one kick, Huang Jianxiang couldn't help but let out an "ah".

The most important thing is that Yang Pu's sweeping force is too great.

Not only swept away the corner flagpole, but also kicked the ball out.

Looking at the ball slowly rolling out of the corner in front of him, Yang Pu just wanted to step forward to make up for it, but he reacted immediately and stood there awkwardly.

At the same time, Li Jinyu and the Cameroon players who turned around were also taken aback.

Then Dayu reacted immediately, and quickly stepped forward, grabbing the opponent and catching up with the ball.

But because of the speed, Li Jinyu was pushed behind by the Cameroon players as soon as he caught up with the ball, unable to turn around.

Formed a situation where Yang Pu made a corner kick just now.

"Is this a tactical corner kick?" Huang Jianxiang looked confused, but he still set his personality for this "Yang Pu sweeping the corner flagpole".

"But it seems that the two of them didn't get along well."

"This kind of tactic is rare in world football."

"It should be a first for our players."

"Wisdom Olympic players"

"Look at this ball."

"Lee Jin Woo protects the ball"

"oops!"

With Huang Jianxiang's oops, Li Jinyu didn't do a good kick after jumping up. After the ball bounced on the Cameroon player's leg, it hit Li Jinyu's own leg and flew out of the baseline.

The ball returned to the feet of the Cameroonian.

After landing, Li Jinyu barely stood still, and didn't even bother to take an extra step.

After giving Yang Pu a thumbs up, he stood there, panting heavily while holding his knees.

Seeing this, Yang Pu didn't say anything, and immediately returned to defense with his arms raised.

According to Li Jinyu's footwork, making throw-ins will only be better than Yang Pu;
But because of his physical exhaustion, he still made a mistake in this kick.

Time passed quickly, and there were less than 10 minutes left in the Olympic semi-final.

Although the boys from the National Olympics are still fighting, every time they attack, they are getting farther and farther away from the opponent's goal.

In the end, even Zhang Xiaorui couldn't help but kicked an extremely unreliable long shot.

1:3.

The score seems to be fixed here.

In the 80th minute, Zeng Zheng replaced Shensi, who had been unable to run, with Xu Yunlong.

If Zhao Junzhe could play, Shensi would never have played until now.

But it's too late to say anything.

Zeng Zheng has only one advice for being a left midfielder, and that is to have him in offense and defense.

Other than that, there are no other requirements.

Watching the time beating bit by bit, Zeng Zheng pinched his waist on the sidelines and stared ahead expressionlessly.

In this Olympic Games, including this one, the National Olympics has already played 5 games.

In the previous regular games, two wins and two draws were achieved.

Such a record is enough for Zeng Zheng to leave a mark in the history of Chinese football.

What's more, even if they lose in the National Olympics game, they haven't reached the limit.

There are still 3 or 4 finalists to play!
As if telepathically, the camera that was supposed to be aimed at the stadium was now also aimed at Zeng Zheng.

Seeing Zeng Zheng's deep gaze, Huang Jianxiang's voice also rang through the microphone.

".Olympic team coach Zeng Zheng."

"Presumably fans who often watch football are familiar with it."

"This is a local coach who is only 30 years old."

"Before that, he led the national team to the World Cup in 98, won the Asian Youth Championship and Asian Games championship in the same year, and led the team to win the World Youth Championship in 99."

"Many players in this Olympic team are the champions of that World Youth Championship."

"Now, Coach Zeng leads the Olympic team all the way through, eliminated Spain and Italy, and broke into the Olympic semi-finals in a historic way."

"Regardless of the outcome of this semi-final, it will be a great victory for Coach Zeng and his Olympic team."

"They have created countless history that no one has ever achieved before."

"Their record, I believe only Coach Zeng can break it!"

"Listen, the fans at the scene are still singing "Ode to the Motherland" in unison. It has never stopped since Li Jinyu scored the only goal in the Olympic Games."

"It can also be seen from this point that the fans still recognize the performance of the Olympic Games on the field today."

"And the boys of the National Olympics are still fighting hard without giving up"

During the commentary, Zhang Xiaorui, who never defended, chased all the way to the sideline that was level with the penalty area line, and used a sliding tackle to clear the ball.

After getting up, Zhang Xiaorui looked at the yellow card above his head with disdain.

For the proud "Chinese Maradona", if he can't win this game, what does it matter if he doesn't play in the next game?

When the stoppage time number showing "3" was held up high by the fourth official, the coach of Cameroon had begun to prepare for the victory in advance.

On the Chinese side, Li Hui also turned around and instructed the staff and substitutes to tidy up the fallen debris and stop littering everywhere.

Zeng Zheng pinched his waist and stared intently at the team's final attack.

"Oh!"

"It's a bit off the ball."

"Still being pushed up by the Cameroon defender!"

In the melee, Li Jinyu rushed to the ball again at some point.

"Li Jinyu!" Huang Jianxiang's voice also raised an octave.

On the big screen, Li Jinyu rushed towards the ball flying in the air, and behind him was the Cameroonian defender who came to defend him.

Just when Dayu was about to follow up with a volley, Gremi suddenly bumped him hard from behind.

Dayu, who had lost his center of gravity, leaned forward and was about to miss the shot.

At the critical moment, Dayu's upper body leaned forward, but his right leg suddenly swung back.

The raised heel just happened to touch the ball falling in the air.

Snapped!
In the next second, the ball flew high and fell to where it came from.

Kameni, who just got up, looked at the ball coming in the air, and kept backing away in horror, backing away
Finally, Kameni kicked his feet and jumped backward desperately.

But the fingertips still couldn't touch the ball.

Boom~~~
The lob shot of the scorpion's tail just hit the lower edge of the beam in Cameroon, and then fell straight to the ground.

Kameni reacted extremely quickly.

As soon as the ball hit the ground, it was held in his arms.

At the same time, three whistles sounded on the pitch.

"Beep, beep beep!!!!"

Hearing the whistle, the Cameroon substitutes who had been prepared for a long time jumped up and rushed into the field like flying.

On the other hand, the Olympic team members rushed to the referee with angry faces and protested loudly.

"Referee, that's a goal, a goal!!!"

"Referee, the ball went in, didn't you see it?"

"That ball went over the goal line, that was a goal!"

"How can you just end the game? We scored, we scored!!!"

Li Jinyu, Zhang Xiaorui, Xu Yunlong, Li Tie, Zheng Zhi and others roared and forced the referee to back away again and again.

But the stadium was already covered by crazy Cameroonians at this time, and the score of 1 to 3 was permanently fixed on the scoreboard.

Unlike the players who refused to admit defeat, Zeng Zheng looked extremely calm on the sidelines.

Through the system, he clearly saw that more than half of Li Jinyu's ball just hit the goal line.

Judging from the high-altitude projection, the projection of the ball and the goal line is only less than one centimeter in length.

According to FIFA regulations, this is indeed not a goal.

But whether the ball is a goal or not is not important to the result of the game.

Although the game was lost, in Zeng Zheng's heart, he had already given full marks to these players who fought hard until the last moment.

Zeng Zheng tidied up his suit and walked to the entrance of the players' tunnel with a gentleman's pace.

"Congratulations, Mr. Acono."

The 51-year-old Akono also stretched out his hand and held Zeng Zheng's right hand tightly, "Mr. Z, your team is also very good!"

It can be seen from the expression that this old man in Cameroon, who is over half a century old, really admires the Olympic team from the bottom of his heart, "Mr. Z, if there is a chance, I hope to meet in the World Cup next year."

"Definitely." Zeng Zheng smiled and nodded.

He lost, but he wasn't a loser.

In the stands, facing the exhausted players, the fans stood up and applauded enthusiastically.

Especially for some fans of the new generation, this is the first time for them to see a national team that has fought hard until the last minute. How can they not be moved by it?
At the same time, in the VIP stands, Wang Junsheng and others also stood up, looked at each other, and nodded.

To be honest, they are still a little dreamy at this moment.

The National Olympics has changed from failing to qualify for the Olympics to breaking into the semi-finals all at once. With such a big step, they are also afraid that the team will be messed up.

Now watching the National Olympics lose, a hanging heart finally fell back into my stomach.

"Finally lost!" I don't know who said with emotion.

Although the words were awkward and ugly, they hit the hearts of everyone present.

Miss Qian also stood up and tidied up her appearance.

As an investor of the National Olympics, she will continue to use money to encourage the players.

Just when Miss Qian was about to follow in the footsteps of Wang Junsheng and others, a young wealthy businessman who was sitting with Zhu Xie approached.

"Miss Qian, what do you think of these Cameroon players?"

"I don't know, Mr. Zhang."

Ms. Qian neither dislikes nor has a cold for this rich second generation who comes from Dalian like Zeng Zheng, and has always maintained a polite relationship with her colleagues.

However, Mr. Zhang didn't seem to see the distance that Ms. Qian deliberately kept, but still said in a proud tone: "I said a long time ago that Cameroon can't play in the Olympic Games."

"These big old blacks are naturally stronger than yellow people, so it's no wonder they didn't lose this ball!"

Hearing this "foreigner's superiority theory", Ms. Qian couldn't help frowning.

Although he hated it, he remained polite: "Mr. Zhang, I don't think so? If the Olympic players are physically fit, and Zhang Yuxi and Zhao Junzhe can play again, I don't think they will lose this game. "

"What are those people? I'm from Liaoning and I don't know what level they are? It's useless if they get on!"

Mr. Zhang pouted, then lowered his voice, and said in a low voice, "Miss Qian, let me tell you a little bit."

"If Cameroon wins the championship in this Olympic Games, our Dalian team may make a big move."

"Are you interested in participating?"

"Big move?" Miss Qian frowned slightly.

Although she is a bit shameless towards Mr. Zhang, after all, she has only set foot in the football circle in the past two years, and she has to pay attention to some commercial project cooperation.

"That's right!" Mr. Zhang proudly said, "Our neighbor next door naturalized a Brazilian player for the World Cup."

"Our Dalian team is also discussing this matter with Zhu Xie these days, to see if we can naturalize some foreigners to play for us."

"Cameroon is a pilot."

"After the Olympics, we plan to recruit some 14- and 5-year-old Cameroonian children to play football in Dalian. When they grow up, they will become Chinese nationals and then be selected for the national team."

"Among these kids, as long as we can produce a player like No. 9 on the field today, we will make a lot of money!"

"How about it, Miss Qian, are you interested in learning more about it?"

Seeing Mr. Zhang's constantly raised eyebrows, Ms. Qian frowned and said, "Mr. Zhang, are you sure this is not the work of human traffickers?"

"Hi! What did Ms. Qian say! What kind of human trafficking is this!" Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang showed a frenzied light on his brows, "This is called the 'Cub Project'!"

(End of this chapter)