Godfather of national football

Chapter 82 Italian Chain Defense

After the Italian four midfielders regained their positions, the Chinese team didn't feel anything unusual at first.

The same was true for Li Guo on the sidelines. He looked around and couldn't see any problems, but at this moment there was an exclamation in his mind-"Italian's chain defense".

"What do you mean, Big Sam?"

"Look at the position of the Italian players now,"

Li Guo looked hard, almost popping his eyes, but he still couldn't see anything wrong, this was because of his inexperience.

"Big Sam, I really don't see a problem,"

"It's not your fault. If you look down from the air at this time, it may be clearer. Now Italy's position is no longer divided into three lines, but 11 people form a whole, like a chain, so it is called chain defense."

"Big Sam, what you said is too abstract, can you be more specific?"

"Yes, for example, look at Marchisio's position. If he passes him, how many people around him can fill him up?"

Li Guo looked at it and counted it. He didn't know if he didn't look at it. He was startled when he saw it. If he passed "Little Brother", there would be at most 5 people around him who could make up for him. This is simply unbelievable.

"Do you understand now?"

Li Guo nodded, "That's amazing, if only my team could learn this too."

"It's unlikely. The Italians have already integrated defense into their blood, and this is their tradition, which no one else can learn."

"Then what do we do next?"

Allardyce chuckled, "Hehe, breaking through Italy's defense is a difficult problem in the world, and I can't do anything right now."

*****
Fang Suo looked at Li Weifeng and wondered why we were getting more tired after we took the lead.

This is not the feeling of Fang Suo alone, but the consensus of most people on the field, that is, Italy is covered like a big net. Although it is not enough to suffocate the Chinese team, the coercion has been clearly felt.

"Big head, pass the ball easily," Zheng Zhi shouted at Li Weifeng.

Zheng Zhi knows that the Chinese team's midfield skills are definitely not Italy's opponents, and now it is best to play simply.

Li Weifeng gave Zheng Zhi a big thumbs-up, saying he knew, but when Li Weifeng was about to pass the ball, he suddenly realized that the ball couldn't be passed!
If the ball was passed to Sun Jihai, Montolivo would block it; if it was passed to Chen Gelin, Nocerino would be on the line of the pass; if it was passed to Shen Rui, Chigalini would be watching.The court is so big, but Li Weifeng suddenly realized that the ball under his feet couldn't get out.

Li Weifeng pushed sideways, ready to pass the ball to Fang Suo, the two midfielders must protect each other, Li Weifeng knew that Fang Suo must be waiting for him there.

But when the ball rolled halfway, Giuseppe Rossi shot out halfway, like a sharp knife, "hissing" and scraping the Chinese team's defense in the middle.Immediately, the defense line of the Chinese team was in a hurry, and Yin Di and Zhou Dun were ready.

Zhou Dun took two steps forward, and pointed to the other side at the same time, meaning that Qiao Wenke over there was handed over to Yin Di, and I'll come to Rossi's side!

When Giuseppe Rossi rushed to Zhou Dun, he kept observing his teammates' running positions. Rossi was different from those Italian forwards (Bagio, Vieri) in the past. His personal ability to attack is not world-class, but maybe he has played in Spain for a long time. His ability to pass the ball to his teammates is very good.

With a push with his left foot, Rossi passed the ball to Giovinco, and then ran forward by himself.

Zhou Dun yelled: "Look at Qiao Wenke!", and at the same time turned around to chase Giuseppe Rossi, but Zhou Dun knew in his heart that as long as the ball was passed, he could do very little, and he might only be able to rely on goalkeeper Wang Dalei.

Yin Di also knew that the situation was urgent, but it was also very difficult for him. Qiao Wenke should not stop the ball, but knocked the ball directly to Rossi. In that case, Yin Di could only tackle the ball before Qiao Wenke received the ball. Maybe it would be a penalty.

The ball was difficult, but Yin Di still shoveled it. It was a choice without choice. Qiao Wenke saw Yin Di's movement and hung his leg on Yin Di's leg... Penalty!
When the referee pointed to the penalty spot, Li Weifeng shook his finger at the referee. The best English player in the Chinese team was Chen Gelin. He ran back from the forward position to explain to the referee.

"It was Qiao Wenke who hung his leg on Yin Di's. It was a penalty kick, and Yin Di went for a tackle."

The referee smiled at Chen Gelin, shook his head while laughing, and said that he saw clearly, and the Chinese players were also very calm. If the explanation was invalid, they would immediately back away to avoid unnecessary losses.

The referee not only awarded a penalty, but also gave Yin Di a yellow card. Yin Di touched his bald head with a helpless face. At this time, the goalkeeper Wang Dalei came up to comfort Yin Di, "Don't worry, I will throw it out."

*****
When Giuseppe Rossi stood in front of the penalty spot from 12 yards, there was an overwhelming booing in the water drop stadium. The home fans hoped to interfere with Rossi's penalty kick in this way. Wang Dalei also complained that Rossi did not place the ball on the penalty spot. In short, everything was to influence the opponent's penalty kick.

Rossi was under a lot of pressure at this time. Most Italians had bitter memories before the penalty spot. In the 1994 World Cup and the 1998 World Cup, the Italians all fell before the penalty spot. What about this time?

Run-up, shot, Wang Dalei rushed in the right direction, stretched his ape arms and rushed towards the ball. At this time, the time on the scene seemed to stop for a second, and the Italian goalkeeper Sirigu turned around, not even daring to watch his teammates take a penalty kick.

Soon the boos turned into sighs. Although Wang Dalei threw the ball down, Rossi shot the ball from a very tricky angle. Wang Dalei did not change the direction of the ball, and the Italian equalized the score.

After the goal, the Italians ran wildly to celebrate. Rossi and Giovinco hugged each other, followed by the pony, Montolivo, Nocerino... The last one to rush was Sirigu.

At the same time, Li Weifeng ran back to his goal and patted Wang Dalei's head, "You did a good job."

"But I didn't save the damn penalty," Wang Dalei said in annoyance.

"What's so frustrating, it's only 1 to 1, and we didn't lose,"

"But……",
"It's nothing to worry about," Li Weifeng pointed to Li Guo who was on the sidelines, "Look at Toutou's calm expression, he's not in a hurry, why should we be in a hurry."

Wang Dalei turned his head to look at Li Guo, who was still drinking water leisurely, so he let go of the guilt in his heart.

(End of this chapter)