Chapter 210 Fighting Costa Rica Again
The Chinese team, which hurriedly flew back to Miami from Los Angeles, ushered in the third game of this U.S. training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The opponent was the Latin American powerhouse Costa Rica, which they encountered in their first game at the World Cup last year. At that time, the Chinese team had faced
The situation was desperate, but Yin Jun's hat trick saved the Chinese team and gave the Chinese team a good start in the World Cup.
More than a year later, the two sides met again in a foreign country, ushering in another battle between dragons and tigers.
As the new UEFA Midfielder and Most Valuable Player of the Year, Yin Jun naturally attracted the attention of Costa Rica. The first time he got the ball, he just turned around when he got the ball and was hit by Costa Rica's midfielder.
Suddenly, he staggered and lost the ball.
However, the referee did not call the opponent a foul because it was a very standard and reasonable collision. Costa Rica grasped the opportunity to grab the midfielder very well and seized the opportunity to use his body when Yin Jun had just turned around and his footing was not stable.
When the advantages come into play, you don't need to use too much force, but you can achieve very good results, such as this defense.
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"...Yin Jun was strictly guarded by Costa Rica!" CCTV broadcast the game, and the commentator Huang Jianqiang said, "As soon as he gets the ball, Costa Rican players will immediately come up to restrict him... It can be seen that
, the opponent in this game attaches great importance to Yin Jun. Of course, with Yin Jun’s current status, he deserves the opponent’s attention..."
Seeing this scene on the coaching bench, Ali Han shook his head and said to the assistant coach Wu Jingui beside him: "I still imagined that the other party would not pay so much attention to Yin Jun..."
Wu Jingui said with a smile: "Aren't you kidding? Yin Jun scored a hat trick against Costa Rica in the World Cup last year. Costa Rica dared to take him lightly? Moreover, he was the best player in the Champions League final last season and was just elected as the UEFA Player of the Year.
As the most valuable player on the field, isn’t it normal for opponents to value him?”
Ali Han smiled, shook his head and said: "Yes, I was too wishful thinking... Now the problem is troublesome. The opponent obviously focused on defending Yin Jun. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Yin Jun to perform well in this game."
Wu Jingui said with a smile: "With Yin Jun's strength, it will be difficult for Costa Rica to defend him. We can also see what kind of performance Yin Jun can perform when facing a targeted defense of Costa Rica's level."
Alihan nodded and agreed with the assistant coach's words.
Alihan has been coaching the Chinese team for more than half a year. The team's performance has been ups and downs, the offense is weak, and he is also facing tremendous pressure. Yin Jun is the well-deserved core of the Chinese team that Alihan plans to form, and it is also his hope.
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In fact, no matter who coaches the Chinese team, it is impossible for Yin Jun not to be taken seriously, unless it is because of his cleverness.
Who can throw away a superstar who can win the Champions League Golden Boot and lead the Champions League assists and use other ordinary players?
Now Costa Rica is a good whetstone for Yin Jun. He wants to use Costa Rica to help the Chinese team sharpen a sharp knife.
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After Yin Jun lost possession of the ball, he did not scream and roll on the ground in an attempt to attract the referee's attention. Nor did he lie on the ground and roll around unable to get up when the referee did not call for a foul. Instead, he simply rolled on the ground.
He turned around and chased back. Halfway through, Costa Rica's attack failed and was interrupted by the Chinese team to counterattack. He turned around and ran forward again.
However, before the football was passed, there was already a Costa Rican defensive player beside Yin Jun.
There was no need to guess or feel, the fact was before him - Costa Rica defended him very strictly, especially after entering the thirty-meter zone.
This kind of game state is completely different from the defensive pressure he received in last year's World Cup.
Yin Jun doesn't care about Costa Rica's tighter defense against him, because since his performance has become better and better, the defensive pressure he has faced in the Premier League and Champions League has always been very heavy, even far exceeding the pressure he faced in this game.
He has long been used to it.
Facing Premier League powers like Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool, and facing super strong teams like Real Madrid, Juventus, and AC Milan, the pressure of that kind of game is really great!
The only thing that makes Yin Jun feel pressure is that he has strong support from his teammates in Manchester United, but in the national team, the strength of his teammates is more than one level behind Manchester United. Not only does he not get much support,
When passing the ball, you have to consider the situation of your teammates, and you cannot pass the ball at the same pace as passing to top stars like Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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"Yin Jun is asking for the ball! Although he encountered strict defenses from Costa Rica one after another, he did not flinch!" He Wei said loudly.
The football was passed, and he collided with the opponent's defensive player as soon as he caught the ball. Yin Jun swayed, stopped and protected the football behind him. He did not lose the ball due to this collision, but he took advantage of the situation and dribbled the ball.
The attack plan also failed. The opponent's midfielder got stuck in a very critical position and stopped him.
After the opponent's midfielder guarded Yin Jun, he did not get carried away, but focused on Yin Jun's feet. He saw Yin Jun's feet swaying, as if he was planning to use the outside of his right foot to deflect the ball, but he remained unmoved.
Because he judged that Yin Jun would not be so simple when facing him, and he must have feinted to trick himself into making the first move.
Sure enough, Yin Jun's right foot went around the football, but did not kick the football, but quickly took it back.
But just as he was closing his foot, he gently moved the football to the left. At the same time, he started, seemingly intending to break through from the left.
Seeing the ball move, Costa Rica's midfielder followed to his right, and Yin Jun shifted his weight to the left. He didn't know if Yin Jun was feinting this time, so he could only follow him out. If it wasn't him, he would just let it go.
Did Yin Jun run away?
When Yin Jun saw his opponent shift his focus, he crossed over the football. His right foot, which was supposed to continue to play the ball, also crossed over the football. Then he immediately put it back and used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football in the opposite direction.
This time we are really going to break through from here!
He changed directions to catch up with the football and tried to speed up the breakthrough, but failed. The Costa Rica midfielder got up to him immediately and made a clean tackle, shoveling the football he had just picked up out of the sideline, and at the same time, Yin Jun was
He fell to the ground.
"No foul! No foul!" the Costa Rican commentator said repeatedly, "A clean tackle! This is a successful defense!"
Judging from the slow motion, it is indeed not a foul. The Costa Rica defensive midfielder first tackled the football, and then brought down Yin Jun because he could not stop the car.
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The Chinese team's offense did not bear fruit, but Costa Rica seized the opportunity in the 14th minute of the game and Sabrio opened the scoring.
Costa Rica, which broke the deadlock, continued to attack, hoping to take advantage of the Chinese team's depressed morale to further expand its advantage. But this also gave the Chinese team a chance.
"The Costa Rica team threw a sideline ball, but it did not result in an attack. Their ball was intercepted by the Chinese team, and the Chinese team took the opportunity to launch an attack! It's dangerous, hurry up and get back on defense!" The Costa Rica commentator shouted anxiously when he saw this scene.
stand up.
Li Tie did not give the Costa Rica team a chance to defend. He only used a long pass to accurately find Yin Jun who had already rushed forward.
Yin Jun removed the football beautifully and then dribbled horizontally.
During this process, the Chinese team's starting forward Li Yi had already rushed to the penalty area and was about to cross Yin Jun's dribbling route. Beside him, the Costa Rica players followed closely, preventing him from being able to
Get the ball easily.
Of course, in this case, Yin Jun does not have to pass the football to Li Yi.
He could completely take advantage of Li Yi's movement to help him take away the defensive force and try to shoot.
So he started to take a shot, but the Costa Rica team's defense was very tight. The central defender who blocked Yin Jun from the front stretched out his foot to block, and the football hit his leg and bounced out.
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The football that popped out was controlled by Shao Jiayi who followed up in time, and the Chinese team took advantage of the situation to launch a second attack.
Yin Jun, who had just completed the shot, saw this and did not immediately respond to Shao Jiayi. That would have been too obvious. He had to wait for more people to come up to distract him from the defense.
Li Tie has already pressed forward, and the two full-backs of the Chinese team are also advancing forward at the same time. However, the players of the Costa Rica team are also returning to defense. It seems that the Chinese team will turn the fast break into a positional battle.
Sun Jihai advanced from the right and asked Shao Jiayi for the ball with gestures.
Shao Jiayi did turn to him and made a gesture to pass the ball to him, but it was just a feint to trick the Costa Rica player who was intercepting him from shifting his focus.
After the opponent was really deceived, he turned the football in another direction, broke through with the ball, and went straight into the penalty area. After encountering the opponent's defense, he passed the ball to Yin Jun who was advancing forward.
The Costa Rica goalkeeper moved to the near corner and shouted: "Don't let him shoot!"
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Yin Jun adjusted his pace while running, and it was obvious that he was going to shoot directly.
Another Costa Rica center back stared at his right leg, lowered his center of gravity, and was ready to throw his body out at any time to block his shot with his legs or back!
He saw Yin Jun's left leg stepping hard, sticking a distance behind the rolling football, and at the same time raising his right leg. He confirmed that Yin Jun was going to shoot directly!
So he threw his body, shoveled the football, and covered the angle of Yin Jun's shot.
But Yin Jun did not shoot. Although his right leg was indeed a shooting action, when it came into contact with the football, there was a very obvious retraction action, and then he used the inside of his foot to push the football back.
Marseille Slalom!
The Costa Rican center back fell to the ground and stared at Yin Jun in shock, then passed him by and slid to the front.
Yin Jun caught up with the football and raised his right leg again. This time it was no longer a fake move. He used the outside instep of his right foot to hit the football!
Shoot!
The football drew an arc, bypassed the hands of the Costa Rican goalkeeper who turned over and fought back, and rushed into the goal!
Chapter completed!