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Chapter 597 Fighting Nigeria ([-])

"It's not the same, it's not the same," Liu Jianhong said. "The Nigerian players took on a whole new look in this game. I remember that the Nigerian players ran as if they hadn't eaten in the last game, but in this game, they seemed to have had chicken blood."

Li Zibing was also a little surprised, thinking: "Why does the same team have such a big difference in a few days?"

The Nigerian head coach smiled at the corner of his mouth and stretched out two fingers. In his tactics, Iheanacho and Moses are the two fulcrums in the offense.

Moses is extremely fast, while Ishinacho is physically stronger, and the cooperation between the two is just right.

Li Guo also saw that Nigeria's 433 is actually 442, but in the short term, Li Guo still does not see any threat.

"Chen An, can you see the intention of the Frenchman?"

Chen An shook his head, "Look again."

After the opening, Nigeria's midfielder Mikel controlled the ball well. If the midfielder controls it, Nigeria can attack better.

Zhou Dun found that Mikel was still a bit difficult to deal with. After several confrontations, Zhou Dun stretched his feet, but Mikel could protect the ball very well.

Zhou Dun turned to restrict Mikel instead of stealing the ball at the opponent's feet. After a few quick passes from the Nigerian three midfielders, the ball reached Moses' feet.

Moses glanced at Iheanacho. He faced himself with his back to the Chinese team's goal. This is a typical center forward's posture for holding the ball.

Moses pushed with his left foot, pushed the ball to Ishinacho, and then rushed forward quickly. His intention was to rush between the defenses of Mu Fei and Li Heng.

Ishinacho took the ball, and Li Heng immediately stuck to it, but he couldn't squeeze it at all, and Li Heng didn't want to foul the opponent in front of the penalty area and give the opponent a free kick.

But Ishinacho didn't intend to turn around. At this moment, Mu Fei saw Moses who was plugging in at a high speed. Judging from his experience, Mu Fei probably guessed what Moses wanted to do.

Mu Fei leaned in the direction of Li Heng, narrowing the defensive gap between the two. At this moment, Ishinacho flicked the back of his foot and passed the ball to Moses. Moses continued to accelerate the ball. Unexpectedly, Moses and the replacement Mu Fei collided firmly.

"Penalty kick, it's definitely a penalty kick," Mikel surrounded the referee to ask for a penalty kick, but the referee first ran towards Mu Fei and Moses, and both of them collided badly, especially Mu Fei, who almost fell apart because of this defense.

Li Guo also saw it from the sidelines, sweating for Mu Fei, he hurriedly asked Micro Motion to warm up, it was estimated that a substitution was about to be made.

The team doctors of both sides checked the players after they entered the field. The game was delayed for several minutes, and the referee had already suspended the timing. Mikel and Moussa were chattering beside the referee. They were afraid that the referee would forget Nigeria's penalty kick.

"The opponent charged from the side. It must be a penalty. Otherwise, Moses could have scored immediately by rushing in."

Even afraid that the referee didn't see it clearly, Moussa and Mikel even demonstrated it live, and the referee shook his head happily.

A few minutes later, both Mu Fei and Moses stood up, and the Chinese fans breathed a sigh of relief that Mu Fei was fine.

Mu Fei stretched, and muttered to himself: "This sunspot almost knocked me apart."

The most critical time has come, what is the verdict?
In fact, the referee already had the answer in his heart. He could see clearly that it was a [-]-[-] collision, and neither side fouled.

The entire Nigerian team, including the bench, expressed disbelief, and Moses was even more angry, "He hit me, how clear it is!"

"Penalty, it's a penalty."

The referee gave the emotional Moses a yellow card, and his teammates dragged him away. On the other side, Mu Fei was also tense. Whether the ball was a penalty or not depends entirely on the referee's interpretation of the rules.

Even if the referee makes a decision, the Chinese team has nothing to say. Fortunately, the referee feels that the Chinese team did not foul.

Nigeria quickly calmed down their mentality. Several midfielders of the Chinese team also exchanged views with each other. Zhou Dun is the boss. He made the full-backs and central defenders faster. Everyone nodded.

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"The Chinese team lost a little bit in possession," Li Zibing said.

"Yes, but less than 5 percentage points. The Chinese team has always liked to play counterattacks. In fact, it is also a good thing for Nigeria to press and control the ball."

Zhou Dun thought the same way. He dribbled the ball in the midfield and found that the opponent's pressing was not tight, so he kept dribbling forward.

When Nigeria noticed, Zhou Dun had already dribbled the ball across the halfway line, and the Nigerian head coach on the sidelines had already scolded France. How could the core of the Chinese team cross the halfway line so easily!Idiot?

Onazi went forward, Zhou Dun squeezed Onazi away with his physical advantage and continued to move forward, but the pressure in front was already great, Zhou Dun would definitely not be able to go all the way, Zhou Dun passed the ball to Liao Lisheng, and the Chinese team had a chance.

Liao Lisheng took the ball in front of the penalty area, and Lin Zhijian immediately started it. As long as he passed through, Lin Zhijian could bypass the opponent's left back and cut in.

It is a godsend opportunity for the Chinese team that Nigeria exposed such a large defensive gap. Liao Lisheng has been watching, waiting for the best opportunity to pass the ball.

"Too bad," Li Guo thought to himself.

In fact, Liao Lisheng should pass the ball straight after he got the ball, but maybe the opportunity was too good. Liao Lisheng waited a while and prepared to pass the ball after Lin Zhijian accelerated.
Liao Lisheng and Lin Zhijian were very annoyed. Just as they were holding their heads in regret, the Nigerian player quickly took a free kick in the backcourt, with a big foot, and passed the ball to the front to find Ishinacho.

"No, the Chinese team was counterattacked," Liu Jianhong shouted.

Zhou Dun pressed up, Fang Suo pressed up, Lin Zhijian pressed up, the Chinese team's defense was half empty, and Nigeria's long pass was very accurate.

"Li Heng!" Li Guo said Li Heng's name silently in his heart, and now it was up to him to see if Li Heng could push the ball out.

Ishinacho overwhelmed Li Heng and headed the ball, and the ball happened to land on the feet of the unguarded Moses.

For a while, Moses was really unstoppable, except for Wang Dalei.

Wang Dalei attacked, Moses moved the ball with his left foot to change the line, Wang Dalei changed the line accordingly, but the goalkeeper was obviously not as fast as the striker, Moses waded past the goalkeeper and faced a big empty goal, pushed with his left foot, and the ball slowly rolled into the goal.

No one expected that Nigeria, which was sieved by Croatia in the first game, scored first.

After the goal, the Nigerian team rushed to the bench, and Moses and the coach hugged together. At this moment, the two finally reconciled.

"Great, I knew you guys could do it, our World Cup is far from over."

(End of this chapter)