God of Green

During the halftime break, the atmosphere in the Chinese team's locker room seemed very relaxed. After all, they were leading by two goals.

The Japanese team's locker room seemed very heavy.

Although they knew that the Chinese team would definitely be much stronger after Jiang Xiaolin returned, they did not expect to fall behind 0:2 in the first half.

On the football field, it is already difficult to equalize or even reverse the game after falling behind by two goals at halftime.

Otherwise, the reversal would not be so precious and exciting.

However, the head coach has not given up. He told the players that falling behind by two goals is not the end of the world. There are 45 minutes in the second half, and they still have time to strive for a draw or a victory.

Especially the historical grievances between the two countries, which the head coach used to stimulate the players, let everyone try their best in the second half, and treat this game as a war.

Speaking of the historical grievances between the two countries, the players of the Japanese team seemed to be in a heavier mood, but they were also stimulated a lot and made up their minds to fight hard in the second half.

The commentators, guests, fans, and TV viewers of the two teams all had different feelings.

The fans and spectators of the Chinese team seemed very excited, while the fans of the Japanese team felt very depressed, because Jiang Xiaolin's first opponent after returning to the national team was them, and they just happened to run into each other.

Many Japanese fans had a bad feeling in their hearts.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.

Perhaps stimulated by the head coach's speech during the halftime break, after the start of the second half, the Japanese players swept away the decadent state at the end of the first half and bravely launched an attack on the Chinese team's half and even the penalty area.

In the 48th minute, the Japanese team completed the first shot of the second half, with a good long shot from the front midfielder Nakamura Kengo outside the penalty area, but the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

In the 51st minute, the Chinese team also completed the first counterattack in the second half, but Jiang Xiaolin's long shot after dribbling to the front of the penalty area missed the post due to the close interference of the opponent's defender.

The Japanese team did not retreat because of Jiang Xiaolin's counterattack, but continued to attack the Chinese team's half.

Because they had no choice, the situation of two goals behind forced them to attack with all their strength and score as soon as possible to keep hope.

Although the Chinese team defended with all their strength, sometimes Jiang Xiaolin himself returned to the outside of the penalty area to participate in the defense, using his full-value positioning skills to create trouble for the Japanese team's passing and running.

But sometimes, the enemy's luck comes and everyone can't stop it. Sometimes some incredible goals will happen on the football field because of luck.

In the 56th minute, the Japanese team failed to pass the ball into the penalty area, so the winger Hasebe Makoto did not continue to pass the ball after breaking through the wing and cutting inside, but shot directly, completing a good quality arc long shot outside the penalty area.

The shot hit the goal frame, but the angle was not bad, and it was saved by the Chinese team's goalkeeper Song Zhenyu.

However, Song Zhenyu did not save the ball from the bottom line, nor did he hold it in his arms. Instead, he saved it with his hand, and the ball changed its line and hit the post and bounced back into the penalty area.

The nearest defender Li Weifeng rushed over and was ready to kick the ball out of the penalty area.

However, at this moment, by chance, the Japanese team's forward Okubo Yoshito also rushed into the penalty area, originally preparing to grab the ball.

However, he was not as close to the landing point of the ball as Li Weifeng, so he could not grab the ball. So, after seeing Li Weifeng swinging his foot to prepare to kick the ball, Okubo Yoshito turned around and jumped up, ready to use his back to block the hole.

This time, blocking the hole was just a routine matter. Okubo Yoshito did not expect that he would really block it, and he did not expect to be lucky enough to score a goal.

Li Weifeng himself did not expect that his big foot would hit Okubo Yoshito so coincidentally.

What the audience at the scene and in front of the TV saw was that Li Weifeng rushed to the point where the ball that Song Zhenyu had saved landed, and kicked the ball up with a big foot.

As a result, after the ball left the ground, it hit Okubo Yoshito's buttocks who flew to block the hole, and then bounced back into the goal.

Goalkeeper Song Zhenyu was caught off guard and unprepared for this ball, because he was lying on the ground after saving the ball just now and could only watch the ball fly into the goal.

The players and fans of the Chinese team were stunned, while the players of the Japanese team immediately celebrated in surprise.

After landing, Okubo Yoshito, who scored the goal, looked at the ball in the goal in disbelief, and then rushed to the sidelines in ecstasy and ran to the stands of the away Japanese fans to celebrate excitedly.Celebrate.

Then other Japanese players rushed up, pulled Okubo Yoshito to the ground, and pressed him under their bodies to form a human pyramid.

The Japanese fans in the stands were also extremely excited, waving the Japanese flag, or banners and slogans and shouting, screaming, and cheering in celebration.

The Japanese team's excited celebration lasted for more than half a minute, and then they returned to their own half, waiting for the Chinese team to kick the ball in the middle circle.

After the game resumed, the Japanese team seemed to be greatly encouraged by this goal, and their state improved. The offense was more decisive, the breakthrough was more skillful, and they created several consecutive shooting threats in a short period of time.

However, their finishing was still lacking, and they could not reach the exquisite shooting skills and stable performance of Jiang Xiaolin.

None of these shots ended up scoring, either they missed the goal frame or were saved by Song Zhenyu.

During this period, Song Zhenyu played very well and defended the goal of the Chinese team.

Slowly, the time came to the 70th minute. The Japanese team, which had been attacking for a long time, finally became exhausted and slowed down its offensive.

At this moment, the Chinese team suddenly launched a quick counterattack.

The choice of the counterattack was also quite surprising. It was not Jiang Xiaolin as everyone thought. Jiang Xiaolin only played a role of involvement.

Of course, because of Jiang Xiaolin's deterrence, his involvement actually attracted firepower for his teammates, allowing his teammates to gain a looser breakthrough space.

In the 72nd minute, Japan's forward Matsui Daisuke wanted to break through the defense of the full-back Sun Jihai on the wing and then cross the bottom or cut in to shoot.

But as the main defender of Manchester City in the Premier League and the most successful player among the Chinese players currently studying abroad except Jiang Xiaolin, Sun Jihai's defense is not so easy to break through.

Although the overall strength of the Japanese team is stronger than that of the Chinese team, not every position of the Chinese team is weak. In addition to Jiang Xiaolin, there are still a few positions that have advantages.

Sun Jihai is the top right back in Asia, otherwise he would not be able to occupy the main position in Manchester City in the Premier League, and he is also affectionately called "China Sun" by Manchester City fans.

Matsui Daisuke wanted to pass Sun Jihai with a deep-fried meatball feint, but unexpectedly Sun Jihai saw through his feint and suddenly stretched his leg to grab the ball away from Matsui Daisuke's feet.

Then, Sun Jihai immediately chased the ball, but Matsui Daisuke was tripped by Sun Jihai's foot and staggered. He did not stand firmly and failed to stop Sun Jihai in the first time.

So Sun Jihai successfully intercepted Matsui Daisuke's ball and rushed to the Japanese team's half from the side.

When Sun Jihai successfully intercepted the ball and rushed to the Japanese team's half with the ball, the Japanese backcourt players did not swarm to block Sun Jihai's forward route.

Because Jiang Xiaolin and Wang Yongbai in the middle also turned around and rushed to the Japanese team's half. Everyone subconsciously thought that Sun Jihai would definitely pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin before he was intercepted.

So two central defenders and a defensive midfielder were marking Jiang Xiaolin, and a full-back was marking Wang Yongbai.

As for Sun Jihai, Japan's left forward Daisuke Matsui had just been intercepted by him and left behind him, and the only left back facing him was Komano Tomoichi.

Komano Tomoichi did not retreat, but stopped at the center line, ready to stop Sun Jihai or force Sun Jihai to pass the ball.

As long as Sun Jihai tried to pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin, the three defenders who surrounded and marked Jiang Xiaolin would most likely grab the ball or destroy the point, even if it was to stop the Chinese team's counterattack.

Komano Tomoichi half-squatted and slowly adjusted his position according to Sun Jihai's forward direction, ready to intercept.

Then, Komano Youichi saw Sun Jihai looking up at Jiang Xiaolin's running position in the middle and pretending to pass the ball, which made him unconsciously move his body one step towards the middle.

As a result, Sun Jihai's foot landed and pushed the ball to the sideline, and then he suddenly exerted force and accelerated to go around near the sideline.

Komano Youichi was shocked.

He couldn't stop the ball, so he twisted his body and stretched out his hand, trying to catch Sun Jihai who was running past him.

As a result, Sun Jihai's running route was a little further out than he expected, causing him not only to fail to catch Sun Jihai's body and clothes, but also to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

Sun Jihai caught up with the ball he had just kicked with a few big steps, shook off Komano Youichi, and ran away along the sideline.

Seeing Sun Jihai break through Komano Tomoichi's defense and dribble into his own half, Japan's left center back Shuhei Terada had no choice but to give up on marking Jiang Xiaolin and run diagonally to the side to defend Sun Jihai.

Jiang Xiaolin handed it over to anotherA central defender, Tanaka Touri, a defensive midfielder, Endo Yasuhito, and right-back Uchida Atsuto also gave up on marking Wang Yongbai, and gradually moved closer to the middle, marking Jiang Xiaolin with Tanaka Touri and Endo Yasuhito.

In their opinion, Jiang Xiaolin is the most threatening person in the Chinese team, or even the only threatening person. No matter where Sun Jihai takes the ball, he will eventually pass the ball to Jiang Xiaolin, and Jiang Xiaolin will complete the final shot.

Therefore, as long as they keep an eye on Jiang Xiaolin, it will be fine.

However, Sun Jihai did not think so.

While dribbling the ball to the bottom, Sun Jihai observed the situation of Jiang Xiaolin and Wang Yongbai following up in the middle, and naturally found that Jiang Xiaolin was marked by three opposing defenders, while Wang Yongbai at the back point was not marked.

Although Jiang Xiaolin is strong, has good jumping ability, strong ability to grab points, and excellent headers, it is really hard to say whether he can grab the first point while running under the double-team of three opponents!

But what about Wang Yongbai at the back post?

As long as Sun Jihai passes the ball and Wang Yongbai does not make a major low-level mistake and stops the ball, he can complete the shot without being guarded!

So, about 20 meters away from the baseline, Sun Jihai changed the rhythm to expose the flaw of Terada Shuhei who rushed over to defend him inside, and then kicked the ball to the middle.

Seeing Sun Jihai's cross, Jiang Xiaolin immediately made a judgment on the landing point and scrambled for it, which attracted the surrounding Uchida Atsuto, Tanaka Tori, and Endo Yasuhito to come up nervously, trying to defend or interfere with Jiang Xiaolin's header.

However, after Sun Jihai kicked the ball, Jiang Xiaolin judged that the ball was not for him. His running was just to create a panic range and attract the attention of the three opposing defensive players.

Near the penalty spot in the penalty area, Jiang Xiaolin jumped up and attracted the attention of the three Japanese defensive players and the goalkeeper. Among the three defensive players, Tanaka Tori Wang and Jiang Xiaolin competed for the header, while Uchida Atsuto and Endo Yasuhito tried their best to interfere with Jiang Xiaolin.

Under the interference of the three opponents, Jiang Xiaolin naturally did not jump as high as he could, and the ball flew over Jiang Xiaolin's head naturally without being touched by Jiang Xiaolin.

In fact, even if no one interfered, Jiang Xiaolin could not hit the ball at the position where he jumped.

The purpose of his jumping to hit the ball was actually to make a feint and interfere with the judgment of several Japanese defenders and the goalkeeper.

When everyone realized that Jiang Xiaolin did not hit the ball and the ball fell to the back point of the penalty area, it was too late to react.

Wang Yongbai, who rushed up from behind a few steps late, jumped lightly and successfully hit the ball at the back point of the penalty area without interference.

The ball changed direction and flew towards the goal of the Japanese team.

Kawaguchi Norihiro, who had just been fooled by Jiang Xiaolin and had reflexively rushed to the back corner of the goal after seeing Wang Yongbai about to head the ball at the back point, rushed out, only to see in despair that Wang Yongbai did not head the ball at the back point, but headed the ball in the opposite direction.

The ball flew into the goal from behind Kawaguchi Norihiro's body. Kawaguchi Norihiro, who was in the air, could only twist his head awkwardly and watch the ball fly into the goal in despair.

In the 72nd minute of the game, the Chinese team scored another goal. After the full-back Sun Jihai intercepted the ball, he suddenly broke through with the ball and made a cross from the bottom. Wang Yongbai, who followed up from the back point in the middle, headed the ball into the goal.

During the whole process, Jiang Xiaolin did not touch the ball at all, but successfully attracted the attention of all the defenders of the Japanese team, causing Wang Yongbai's existence to be ignored, so he picked up an opportunity to easily head the ball in the absence of defense and successfully headed the ball in.

Even if Jiang Xiaolin didn't score or assist, he could still have a huge distraction effect, giving his teammates an opportunity to take advantage.

The Chinese team led the Japanese team by two goals again, 3-1.