When Zhou Zijing raised his hand for the ball in front of the penalty area, Yao Huasheng went up to him.

After receiving the ball, Zhou Zijing turned around in the face of Yao Huasheng's defense.

Yao Huasheng bumped into him, trying to interfere with Zhou Zijing's control of the ball.

But after his body bumped into Zhou Zijing, his steps were disrupted. He stumbled and followed two steps before being thrown away by Zhou Zijing.

However, Zhou Zijing failed to complete the shot.

Although he got rid of Yao Huasheng, Qin Qi, who was rushing towards him, saw the right moment and scooped the ball away from his feet.

Then he got up from the ground and went to pull Yao Huasheng who fell to the ground: "Be careful, Captain Yao."

Yao Huasheng slapped his hand away and got up from the ground: "I'm not that fragile!"

Qin Qi scratched his head.

Team Yao really did what he said. He didn't show any good looks to him during training and completely regarded him as a competitor.

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Xia Xiaoyu, who was wearing a red vest, made a long pass from the backcourt and passed the football directly to the feet of left winger Li Rong.

Since it was a quick counterattack, the front court was very empty.

Therefore, Li Rong did not dribble the ball along the sideline, but dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area.

Upon seeing this, Qin Qi, who was wearing a blue vest, wanted to rush forward and challenge Li Rong, but Yao Huasheng shouted from behind: "Keep your distance!!"

At this time, Li Rong was still more than half a stadium away from the goal. Even if he was counterattacked, the center back, as the last line of defense in front of the goalkeeper, really didn't need to attack so hard.

If Qin Qi lets Li Rong get past him, then only two central defenders, Yao Huasheng and Ding Yuanhai, will be left.

Then Yao Huasheng had to wipe Qin Qi's butt, which was equivalent to letting Ding Yuanhai face the two strikers Zhou Zijing and Luo Kai alone.

Qin Qi, who was stopped by Yao Huasheng's roar, stopped in time and fought and retreated about five or six meters away from Li Rong.

This distance makes Li Rong feel a little uncomfortable - if he wants to pick up speed, he has to move the football. But this distance will allow him to move the football just within Qin Qi's control.

You must know that although Qin Qi is a central defender, his speed is not slow at all, so Li Rong actually does not have much confidence in racing against the opponent when he is 55 or 6 meters behind Qin Qi.

The trip was too small...and there was no way to speed up, so he could only fall into Qin Qi's rhythm of fighting and retreating.

As soon as he hesitated, his counterattack slowed down.

The blue team's defensive midfielder Ou Yangjin has quickly chased back and retreated to the center back position in one breath.

Yao Huasheng shouted at the central defender: "That's it!"

After receiving the signal, Qin Qi suddenly accelerated and rushed forward!

He started very fast and caught Li Rong off guard.

The latter was still observing the movements of his teammates, when suddenly something went dark in the corner of his eye!

By the time he reacted, Qin Qi was already in front of him.

He made another hurried move and moved the football to the side, intending to break through along the sideline.

But just as he pushed the football away, no one could follow him because he was pushed in by Qin Qi and knocked away...

After Qin Qi squeezed Li Rong away, he protected the football.

Li Rong tried to get it back from behind him, but he was not as good as Qin Qi in terms of physical confrontation or leg length. He could only watch Qin Qi pass the football back to Yao Huasheng who stepped forward to meet him.

As the football rolled toward Yao Huasheng, he had already pointed to the sideline, signaling Qin Qi to pull away there.

After all, Zhou Zijing and Li Rong were running towards him one after the other.

After Qin Qi pulled away, he passed the football.

At the same time, he shouted to Qin Qi: "Long pass!"

But Qin Qi didn't listen to him this time. At this moment, there were no red team players in front of Qin Qi, so instead of making a long pass, he suddenly dribbled the ball forward!

“This is a good choice!”

Jorge Dillon, who saw this scene on the sidelines, couldn't help but praise it.

Qin Qi first dribbled the ball along the sideline, and then faced the red team player Guo Junfu who came up to intercept him, and he feinted a shot.

Pretending to continue to break through along the wing, after directing Guo Junfu's center of gravity there, he used the outside instep of his left foot to move the football toward the center, changing direction and inserting it diagonally.

Then he took advantage of his height and long legs to pass the football to Zhang Qinghuan before Xia Xiaoyu could get to him.

After passing the ball, Qin Qi did not go back, but simply accelerated towards the red team's penalty area.

"Beautiful!" Dillon exclaimed in admiration again.

Qin Qi, who reached the red team's penalty area, was like a big catfish that suddenly broke into the fish pond, causing a lot of trouble for the red team's defense. For a moment, neither Wang Guangwei nor Liu Yan knew what to do.

Who is going to defend Qin Qi?

In the end, it was Liu Yan who went up to try to block Qin Qi. After all, Wang Guangwei had a heavier defensive task - he was responsible for defending Hu Lai.

It can move the whole body with just one hair move.

After Liu Yan went up, a loophole appeared in the red team's defense in the penalty area.

Zhang Qinghuan accurately found this loophole and passed the football.

The ball was not passed to Hu Lai, but to Hu Lai's strike partner Tan Yunlong!

Hu Lai helped him attract Wang Guangwei firmly, and Liu Yan, who was supposed to guard him, went to guard Qin Qi again.

So Tan Yunlong, completely unmarked, shot with his feet!

The football rolled from goalkeeper Duke's hands into the goal!

"nice shot!"

After scoring the goal, Tan Yunlong excitedly waved his fist, and then everyone went up to high-five him and congratulate him on his goal.

Although it is only a training match within the team, the performance in the game will also become an important reference for the coaches when selecting players.

After all, during the domestic training camp, there was only one real battle, which was the warm-up match against the US team on May 31st.

That game was more like a final exam, but it was not the only way to determine a player's final fate. The usual test performance was equally important.

Although in domestic football, Tan Yunlong is the only choice for the high center position besides Zhou Zijing. But he does not dare to take it lightly.

This goal may help him consolidate his position in the national team roster.

Head coach Jorge Dillon, who was watching from the sidelines, also applauded the goal.

But he was not applauding Tan Yunlong, but praising Qin Qi's performance:

"That forward move was so decisive and resolute. Central defenders who play in China lack such courage and confidence, and also lack such awareness!"

When Tan Yunlong scored, Yao Huasheng watched Qin Qi in the backcourt and high-fived him to celebrate.

He remembered that just now he had asked him to just make a long pass.

As a result, Qin Qi did not listen to him, but chose a very risky move to dribble forward with the ball.

Finally a goal was scored.

When he first defended, Qin Qi listened to himself and completed a perfect defense.

Later, Qin Qi didn't listen to himself and instead scored a goal.

Yao Huasheng looked at the young figure in the distance and shook his head slightly.

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The Shanhai Peace Stadium was filled with people.

The stands of the stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, were packed to the brim.

Chinese fans are constantly chanting: "Come on, Team China! Come on, Team China!"

The real-time score displayed on the big screen in the stadium was that the Chinese team led the American team 1:0.

This is the last domestic warm-up match played by the Chinese team before the World Cup.

Their next warm-up match is going to Spain, and it will only be a few days before the World Cup starts.

This warm-up match was proactively contacted by the opponent, the United States Soccer Federation. They hope to play a warm-up match with the Chinese team when they go to Spain.

This is because the U.S. team’s opponent in the group stage of this World Cup is the South Korean team.

It was fate that this "father and son" pair were assigned to the same group for two consecutive World Cups.

Judging from the FIFA rankings, the American team ranks higher than the Chinese team, one is 26 and the other is 31.

It seems that the American team should be better.

But now in the game, the Chinese team is leading by one goal.

The last "China-US confrontation" was actually the Olympic Games two years ago. But it was an Olympic-level competition.

Both sides only have three overage players in each team.

In that Olympic team final, the Chinese Olympic team almost crushed the U.S. Olympic team, and they also won the first men's football Olympic gold medal in history.
To be continued...