Champion’s Heart

Mark Lawrenson's analysis makes sense. No one can guarantee that every action he takes when handling the ball in a high-pressure state for ninety minutes is accurate. No human being can do it except God.

So as long as the Japanese team continues to be so strong and forces the Chinese team to make mistakes, they will be able to score another goal.

One more goal, and the Japanese team, which is leading by two goals, is guaranteed to win.

In the Olympic final, falling behind by two goals and still trying to come back would be too much to underestimate the Japanese team.

When the Japanese team surrounded other players of the Chinese team, Zhou Yi still had a shadow Yamaguchi Hotaru next to him.

Hotaru Yamaguchi was still following Zhou Yi every step of the way, and did not change his approach because of the team's slowing down.

How close is he to Zhou Yi?

There is a TV broadcast shot that illustrates all this very well - without the ball, Zhou Yi stood on the court, looking like he was the only one, but he took a step to the left. At this time, Yamaguchi was hidden behind him. Firefly showed up...

Yamaguchi Hotaru is like Zhou Yi's shadow warrior! the commentator on Japanese TV praised, I think Zhou Yi will definitely be deeply impressed by Yamaguchi Hotaru, because the person who can guard him to this point is really Too little!”

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The Japanese team's pressing did create some gaps behind them, but if the Chinese team plays fast breaks and counterattacks in this state, it will only increase the turnover rate.

Moreover, the Japanese team definitely hopes that the Chinese team will increase its offensive speed and rhythm. This way, they will have more opportunities to counterattack if they make more mistakes.

They just want to win in chaos!

What Zhou Yi had to do was very simple, that is, go against them and slow down their pace.

When the ball is passed to his feet, he does not rush to pass it forward, but passes it back or crosswise.

Not only was Zhou Yi not in a hurry to move forward, but what made those spectators who didn't know the truth very curious and interesting was that the performance of the Chinese Olympic team was very unified, and the eleven people seemed to be one person, with a high degree of unity of thought.

They can only understand that Zhou Yi is really the brains of this team and how well this team cooperates with Zhou Yi.

Every time the Chinese team gets the ball, they have to wear it in the midfield and backcourt for a long time.

Just kicked the football forward - of course it is impossible to pass the ball in the midfield and back field all the time, otherwise sooner or later it will be passed further and further back, and finally into a dead end - the Japanese team certainly knows that the Chinese team is doing this to slow down Rhythm, they will not just allow the Chinese team to get what they want. So when the Chinese team made consecutive mistakes, they surrounded and grabbed even more crazily, hoping to snatch the football from the feet of the Chinese team players and then directly launch a counterattack, just like the first goal.

Although the audience was frightened, the Olympic team players who were inspired by Zhou Yi were very calm. Because they have confidence in themselves. Since the Chinese Olympic team identified Zhou Yi as the core before going to the Olympics, the entire team's ability to pass and control the ball has been strengthened. Before the Olympics, everyone mainly practiced passing and catching, as if they were practicing basic skills. Blazevic thought of many tricks to make the training more interesting and keep everyone practicing.

Finally, in the game against South Korea, they showed the results of their training.

Now, it’s another chance to show off the results.

The Japanese players kept running and grabbing, hoping to steal the ball.

However, the Chinese team passed the ball further and further back, and even goalkeeper Sun Pan joined the ranks of passing the ball.

The goalkeepers are all involved in kicking, which is actually a very dangerous behavior, because if the opponent can steal the ball directly from the goalkeeper's feet, they will be directly facing an empty goal, and they can score with any kick. At that point, the chance of not scoring is much smaller than the chance of scoring!

So when the Chinese team defenders passed the football back to Sun Pan, Japanese team forward Kensuke Nagai also rushed into the penalty area.

Japan's formation pressed higher and higher during the press, and they gradually reduced the space for the Chinese team to control the ball in the backcourt.

This was frightening to watch, for fear that the ball would be out of control if it reached the feet of a certain Chinese team player... Especially when it reached the feet of Zhang Jiadong, everyone's hearts would involuntarily clench. It's not to criticize Zhang Jiadong, but he is worried that losing the ball will have some psychological impact on him, and these impacts will be reflected in his actions.

Someone complained on Weibo that the Chinese team was playing with fire.

He Ping put it more vividly: The Chinese team has been walking a tightrope during this period! Of course we can understand why they did this, in order to slow down the Japanese team and disrupt their rhythm. But it is still very worrying. They'll fall off the wire...

Mark Lawrenson had the same idea as He Ping at first, but as a third-party neutral commentator, he suddenly felt that the scene of the Chinese team looked a bit familiar.

What does it look familiar to?

Looks familiar to Dortmund.

Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, Dortmund kicked back in the midfield and waited for the opponent to press forward. When there was a big enough space behind them, they suddenly counterattacked!

This is an offensive routine of Dortmund where Zhou Yi is located.

Does the Chinese Olympic team also want to do the same?

Thinking of this, Mark Lawrenson looked towards the court. Because he was sitting in the commentary box, he could see the entire court. He could see the positions and running routes of the Chinese and Japanese players on the court. Clear as day.

Now it happens that the Chinese team is in possession of the ball, and the football is passed between the Chinese team players wearing red jerseys. Players from both red and blue sides will constantly change positions according to different situations. But this change in position is not completely irregular, but has the most basic reason-that is, the position of football.

Football is constantly changing positions on the field, which also makes players on both sides not know how to change their positions.

Wherever football is played, there will be relatively more players from both sides. Football is not only the focus of the viewer's vision, but also the focus of the player's actions.

So can it be said that football controls the movement and attention of players on both sides?

But a football doesn't just fly around on the field by itself. Someone has to kick it, and the kicker doesn't just kick it casually, it must have a purpose.

So it’s people who control football…

Thinking of this, an idea suddenly popped up uncontrollably in Mark Lawrenson's mind, forcing him to keep staring at the court with his eyes wide open, even forgetting to read the commentary. So the viewers who watched the final through the BBC experienced a few minutes of inexplicable games without commentary. Some people even thought there was something wrong with their TVs...

At this time, Mark Laurentian was staring at the court. He didn't have to look too hard to see that the football would always be passed to Zhou Yi frequently. This is also a characteristic of Zhou Yi's football. No matter what position he is in, the football will always be passed to Zhou Yi. It is collected from all directions, processed here, and then spread to various places. It's like a central processing unit.

Regarding Zhou Yi's role positioning, it is actually a topic that does not require much discussion. There are many titles about him in the media now, such as Dortmund's brain, midfield commander, commanding tower, and hub …

But at this moment, when Mark Lawrenson saw Zhou Yi passing the football around, and then the players from both sides running around, he had a completely new interpretation of Zhou Yi's role - he looked at the court The scene feels like watching a chess game. The players on the court are like chess pieces, and the people being manipulated act according to the players' ideas.

But there are not two chess players, but only one, and that is... Zhou Yi!

The commentator sitting high up in the live commentary box can view the entire situation from a God's perspective, and the audience including TV viewers can also watch the game from a God's perspective through the camera position. Everyone is used to this viewing mode.

But if you think about it carefully, there is a player on the court who can overlook the court from the air like them and know every player's actions well... This is very strange.

Mark Lawrenson felt that it was normal for him to watch the game from a God's perspective, but when he thought that Zhou Yi could play the game from a God's perspective like himself, he found it incredible.

How is this possible? How can a person see himself outside his own dimension? This feeling is like being out of body.

But other than that, there seems to be no better explanation.

Moreover, this explanation also allows Mark Laurentian to understand why Zhou Yi has such a terrifying vision and control over the overall situation - because he is not a chess piece, he is a chess player!

In Mark Lawrenson's view, when Zhou Yi led the Chinese team in the backcourt, he was constantly observing and testing the Japanese team's reaction. If they had shown vigilance against the Chinese team's counterattack, then everything would have ended there. The Chinese team would continue to backtrack when they had the ball again, but would not rush forward.

After Mark Lawrenson figured this out, he watched Zhou Yi play again. The more he watched, the more terrifying this young man became. In the passionate football match, he is as calm as a chess player... No, I heard that Easterners like to play Go, and he is like one of those calm Go players.

Calmly observing the situation and controlling the chess pieces in his hands...he is playing football in this incredible way! (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )