Seven Crowns - Chapter 668
On the scene, it is indeed Italy that is playing against the Chinese team.
Italy is indeed entitled to belittle.
Even in the absence of many main players and Lu Wenbin guarding the midfielder, Italy still played the Chinese team in a dangerous situation.
In the 7th minute, Montolivo made a diagonal cross from the side. Diamanti took the ball before Wang Yongpo, and then kicked the goal in the penalty area.
Fortunately, Zhao Peng rushed over to block the bullet hole and blocked the ball.
In the 14th minute, Shalawi made a cross from the bottom and Gilardino had already taken the first point and was about to head for the goal.
Lu Wenbin rushed in from outside the penalty area and jumped high, pressing on Gilardino’s head and flying the ball over the crossbar to clear the siege.
In the 21st minute, Candreva dribbled the ball to face Lu Wenbin’s defense but did not pass back, and wanted to break through Lu Wenbin.
The result was a precise tackle by Lu Wenbin, which broke the ball directly without fouling.
The overall strength of the Italian players is indeed much stronger than that of the Chinese team, and their cooperation is also better than that of the Chinese team.
Although Lu Wenbin was in the backcourt, he still played dangerously.
But there is a key problem, that is, the Italian players are not struggling enough.
Some half-to-half opportunities for the ball will be grabbed by Chinese players most of the time, because Italian players are afraid of injury and are not cost-effective.
There are also some big passes. If you try to chase them, you may be able to catch them back, but Italian players rarely chase them. They just watch it go out of bounds or be taken by Chinese team players.
Sometimes when passing from the wing, when it is necessary to fight for a header from the center, facing the aggressive Chinese team, few Italian players can rush to the top regardless of the danger of injury.
All the Italian players think in their hearts: “We are so strong, we can win any kick, so we don’t have to fight the Chinese.”
In addition, there should be a subconscious mindset of “I’m not a champion anyway, I’m just competing for third place, and it doesn’t matter if I lose out in an accident” mentality.
The Chinese players are very hardworking.
In everyone’s minds, this is not the three or four finals, but the championship game, even if it is injured, it is just to win.
If they can get the third place in the Confederations Cup, even if they withdraw from the national team, it will be enough for them to return to China and enjoy their roots for a lifetime.
Therefore, although Italy is a lot stronger than the Chinese team, it is far inferior to the Chinese team in fighting spirit.
The result of this is that although Italy has been playing under the pressure of the Chinese team, it is difficult to hit the threatening gate within the range of the goal frame.
On the one hand, Lu Wenbin was in the middle, which resolved most of Italy’s middle attack.
On the other hand, it was the Chinese team that was struggling to defuse the Italian offense.
Not only is it defensively defensive, in addition to defensive, the Chinese team must also think about offense.
After all, their ideal is to win. To win, you must score goals.
If you don’t score a goal, even if it is 0-0 to a penalty shootout, you will definitely lose.
Whether it is the goalkeeper level or the player’s strength in penalty kicks, the Chinese team is completely at a disadvantage.
Only in 90 minutes, up to 120 minutes, can the Chinese team win the third place.
However, Italy’s defense is too strong.
Although they are on the offensive, but in many cases only relying on the position and tacit joint defense, can delay or even stop the Chinese team’s offensive.
Even if you can’t stop it, there is still a goalkeeper Buffon standing in the goal, isn’t it?
In the 9th minute, the Chinese team fought back, and Lu Wenbin split to Hao Junmin. Hao Junmin crossed the middle, ready to find Wu Lei.
As a result, the ball was intercepted by Chiellini in the middle, and Wu Lei did not touch the ball.
In the 18th minute, Lu Wenbin personally took the ball forward, and Deng Zhuoxiang came to the wall to cooperate with Candreva, and then swayed Chiellini at the top of the penalty area to get the angle of the door and kicked the goal.
The ball leaped into the air and went straight to the right of the goal. Seeing it was about to wipe the post and fly into the goal, a gloved opponent appeared on the path: Lu Wenbin’s shè goal was thrown out by Buffon.
You come and I have been on both sides and kept the 0-0 score for half an hour.
Then, in the 32nd minute, the Chinese team finally got another chance.
This time it was Italy’s wing attack. Lu Wenbin commanded Zhang Linpeng to defend and force the opponent to kick the ball. Lu Wenbin, who had been prepared, grabbed the ball to Zhao Peng before Gilardino.
After landing, Lu Wenbin turned and rushed forward, and ran out of neutral, turning back while running, signaling Zhao Peng to pass the ball.
Zhao Peng understood, and did not wait for Gilardino, who wanted to counter-robbing, to approach him, so he passed the ball to the position in front of Lu Wenbin.
The ball passed a little bit bigger, and nearby De Rossi rushed up, trying to compete with Lu Wenbin.
But Lu Wenbin’s acceleration was too fast, and he hit the ball first.
However, Lu Wenbin is also about to collide with De Rossi.
De Rossi can hit him if he wants to. As long as he can keep Lu Wenbin, it is better than he took the ball to his own half.
As a result, the two did not have a violent frontal collision. De Rossi was only hit by a side shoulder, staggering, and then fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity.
De Rossi immediately raised his hand to signal Lu Wenbin for a foul, but the referee ignored it: Lu Wenbin used a beautiful Marseille maneuver to pass him, and there was no foul action.
Lu Wenbin, who did not hear the referee’s whistle, naturally ignored De Rossi’s fall and rushed to Italy’s penalty area with the fastest speed: he could not give his opponent a chance to return to defense.
Because Italy’s overall pressure is on the offense, Lu Wenbin, who has passed De Rossi, has only three people in front of midfielder Candreva, defender Astori and Chiellini.
Moreover, these three have to defend Deng Zhuoxiang and Wu Lei.
Chiellini followed Wu Lei, Astori defended Deng Zhuoxiang, only Candreva retreated from the frontier defense, trying to wait for other teammates to return to defense.
But Lu Wenbin’s speed was too fast, and Montolivo, Maggio, and De Silio’s return defense speed did not catch up with him.
As the distance gets closer and closer, it has almost retreated to the limit line. Candreva has no choice but to grab and try to grab it.
At the same time, Chiellini also threw Wu Lei away, and was about to rush over to help defend: Lu Wenbin’s threat was greater than Wu Lei’s.
But Lu Wenbin did not give Chiellini a chance to get close.
He shook Candreva fiercely with a bull’s tail, and then there was no one at all. Instead, he shook Candreva away and kicked the door with his left foot outside the penalty area. .com~Lu Wenbin’s left and right feet are well balanced, and the left foot does not affect the quality of this foot far away.
The ball flew up and flew in front of Chiellini, passed Buffon’s fingers, slammed on the crossbar, and then landed in the goal. Buffon took it out and hugged it in his arms. in.
The Chinese players cheered immediately, but the Italian players repeatedly signaled to the referee that the goal had not been scored, and was stopped by Buffon.
The referee frowned, and instead of blowing his whistle, he asked the linesman.
This is a shè door with a deadlock.
Did the ball cross the goal line as a whole?
Is it the goal of the Chinese team or the goal kick of Italy?
The referee was a little undecided.
He must seek help from the side referees and the computer door line technology that has only begun to be used in this Confederations Cup.