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Chapter 54 The first goal of the national team (25)

In the New Zealand team, in recent years, except for a few players who have played in England's low-level leagues, most of the rest of the players have played in New Zealand or nearby Australia.

In terms of technology, they are actually not superior to the national football team, but in terms of physical confrontation, New Zealand is much stronger.

Most of the forwards and defenders in their team are big and tall close to 1.9 meters, and their style of play is also very "English".

Li Mo has an impression of this team. There are only two people in total. One of them is their striker Chris Wood, the Premier League player who will be known as the New Zealand cannon in the future.

In the winter window of 2022, this buddy was signed by the new rich team Newcastle, which can be regarded as the highlight of his career.

The other is New Zealand's starting defender Smith.

Smith is now playing for Ipswich Town in the British Championship. The last time Sheffield United played against Ipswich Town, this buddy came off the bench in the second half, but he was bullied by Li Mo.

Li Mo is not very familiar with the rest of them. Their defenders are tall and big, and they seem to be good in frontal confrontation, but Li Mo doesn't care.

After the opening, Deng Zhuoxiang took the ball and took two steps in the middle after receiving the ball, cooperated with Huang Bowen, and then split the side to Yu Hanchao who was put on.

Yu Hanchao's dribbling speed is very fast, and his skills are still very good. It seems that he broke through New Zealand's side defenders relatively easily.

Seeing this, Li Mo pulled out of the restricted area and beckoned to Han Chao to pass the ball.

Seeing Li Mo retreating, Yu Hanchao passed the ball to Li Mo without hesitation. The ball was very fast. After passing the ball, his speed seemed to be faster and he continued to sprint towards the side.

Li Mo didn't stop the ball. He picked the ball behind New Zealand's defense line with his left foot.

It was just a very simple cooperation, but Duan Xuan's commentary voice couldn't help but raised a bit, calling for a good goal.

After Yu Hanchao took the ball again, he had already left the New Zealand full-back behind him far away. Li Mo went to the middle of the penalty area again and took away a central defender.

In front of Han Chao is a large open field. He cut in resolutely and approached the penalty area with one step.

Li Mo squeezed away the central defender beside him without any effort, and raised his hand to ask for the ball again.

Yu Hanchao didn't take much. Seeing Li Mo enter the penalty area of ​​New Zealand, he rubbed the ball up and hung it inside, but the ball seemed a little too small.

Li Mo originally wanted to go to the top, but when he saw the ball, if he maintained his sprint speed, he was afraid that he might run over, so he quickly slowed down, and at the same time changed the direction of his body, from forward to back.

New Zealand's central defender Smith saw Li Mo turned his back again, and suddenly remembered the short fight before, and couldn't help shivering.

Li Mo leaned back, Smith snorted, and was squeezed a step away by him, then Li Mo jumped high, facing the incoming ball and chose to return it with a header.

The football was pushed back to the edge of the penalty area by Li Mo, and Yan Xiangchuang, who ran to the position, had no time to change feet, and chose to volley with his left foot!
"Li Mo, move! Yu Hanchao lobs the ball! Oh, the ball is too small! Hey, Li Mo stopped and turned back, good shot! Yan Xiangchuang!"

Duan Xuan's explanation made the fans in front of the TV tighten their hearts.

Li Mo's adjustments were timely, and the header was returned beautifully, but Yan Xiangchuang's left foot was not his dominant foot, and some hasty volleys missed the spot and flew high over the crossbar.

"Oh! I didn't hit the ball well, Yan Xiangchuang! What a pity!"

Duan Xuan and Director Gong yelled in regret, and the fans at the scene and in front of the TV also hugged their heads and exclaimed.

Yan Xiangchuang covered his face and yelled when he saw the ball was kicked flying, and then gave Li Mo a thumbs up in embarrassment.

Li Mo's ball is comfortable enough. If he adjusts it, he might have a chance to hit the goal with his right foot. It's a pity.

Gao Hongbo on the sideline squatted halfway on the ground. He was ready to celebrate when he saw Li Mo hit the ball back and Yan Xiang hit the goal, but the plane came instead.

A little annoyed and a little pity, but Gao Hongbo quickly adjusted his mood.

Although the goal was not scored, Li Mo's tactical effect was very obvious. The two shots were too beautiful. Unfortunately, Yu Hanchao did not make a good pass in the first pass, otherwise Li Mo would have scored directly.

When the New Zealand goalkeeper kicked off the ball and Li Mo slowly retreated, the Jiangcheng fans at the scene applauded enthusiastically.

Only three or four minutes into the game, the national football team played a threatening attack. It looked really different from before. Li Mo's ball was full of high-level sense. How could he see this kind of performance at the beginning of the game before.

New Zealand's frontcourt players wanted to fight back, but their midfielders hesitated.

Li Mo's performance put a lot of pressure on the defense of several New Zealand defenders. If the midfielder and the striker press the attack together, Huaguo will fight back and the two defenders will double-team Li Mo. Then who will be the other Huaguo offensive players? Look?
This hesitation made New Zealand's offense lose its threat.

Without the pressure support of the midfielder, it is difficult to play high-quality offense with only a few forwards.

Moreover, Chris Wood has not yet grown to the height of the next few years, and several other New Zealand strikers are not strong in personal ability.

Li Weifeng's defense is very tough, and he is not afraid of fighting hard. Several New Zealand forwards have been repeatedly blocked by him, and with the help of two defensive midfielders, the Hua Guo team soon took over the midfield again.

Before Deng Zhuoxiang was seriously injured, he was the well-deserved core midfielder of Gao Hongbo's national team.

Dribbling, breakthrough, and passing are all very good, and there is also a free kick, which is quite impressive.

Deng Zhuoxiang had to take on the heavy responsibility of offense in addition to connecting the teams before, but now that Li Mo is in front, he felt a lot easier.

To connect the teams together and deliver shells to Li Mo forward, he only needs to do these two things, and he doesn't even need to do the work of breaking through.

Now breaking through Yu Hanchao and Yan Xiangchuang who have wings, Li Mo can also get the ball in front, and Deng Zhuoxiang has done a good job in the series work in the middle.

Cui Peng delayed to prevent New Zealand from counterattacking, and Huang Bowen also pressed to help Deng Zhuoxiang score the ball.

New Zealand's defenders were afraid of Li Mo's ability to work alone, so they didn't dare to split up their manpower to oppress the Hua Guo team's midfielder. It was really refreshing for Yu Hanchao and Yan Xiangchuang to be on the two sides.

In the No.13 minute of the game, Yan Xiangchuang took the ball at high speed and succeeded in going down the sidewalk. When he was close to the bottom line, he returned the inverted triangle.

"World Expo" pretended to shoot, but after attracting New Zealand's defensive players, it knocked the ball horizontally to Li Mo who came out to catch the ball with his back.

Smith, New Zealand's strongest single-defense ability, had to bite the bullet and follow out, but Li Mo turned around decisively with the ball at the moment of taking the ball.

That familiar feeling of powerlessness came again.

Smith swore that he really tried his best to stop Li Mo, but he still couldn't change the result of being crushed and turned around by Li Mo.

After one-on-one violence to Smith, Li Mo directly faced the goalkeeper in the penalty area.

Almost without thinking, he swung his left thigh and chose to volley the upper right corner of the goal!

This powerful shot made the New Zealand goalkeeper have no time to make a save. He raised his hands and felt a strong wind blowing past his ears, followed by the crisp sound of football hitting the net.

This posture is very similar to raising hands and surrendering!
After Li Mo shot, he turned around and stood in the restricted area of ​​New Zealand. He smiled and put his hands behind his ears, making his signature celebration.

The excitement that had been brewing in Jiangcheng Sports Center from the beginning exploded at this moment!
At the same time, all over the country, countless fans watching this game, regardless of age, were excitedly sitting at home or in other watching places, jumping up and shouting "good ball!".

This is Li Mo's first goal in the national team, maybe after that, the national team will also enter a new era!
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