Chapter 479 The Four Kingdoms Games (8)
However, the East China government football team has a very strict defense and has not given the German team much chance. Moreover, even if the German team scored a goal, the East China government football team still has the advantage of one goal, so there is no need to rush to achieve success. In the subsequent games, the first thing is to try to control the ball well, and use the opponent to give up the space in the midfield, pass the ball continuously in the midfield, and patiently look for opportunities.
However, after 20 minutes, Qiu Yi basically saw the changes in the German team. Since the German team's defense line was generally closed, compressing the offensive space of the East China government football team and causing difficulties in the breakthrough of the East China government football team, we should strengthen long-range shots in the front of the penalty area and force the German team's defense line to move forward.
Sure enough, in the next 5 minutes, the midfielders such as Tang Qufei and Qiu Yi had three consecutive long shots at the top of the penalty area, which posed a significant threat to the German team's goal. For the third time, the goalkeeper Ilgoller flew out of the baseline, allowing the East China Government Football Team to get a corner kick.
This time, Qiu Yi did not take a tactical corner kick along the baseline, but passed the ball diagonally to the front of the penalty area. Tang Qufei received the ball near the left corner of the penalty area and made an action to shoot. German right forward Wothler caught up and blocked it. At that time, Tang Qufei was a fake move and tricked Wothler into the pass. Right back Mu Qin came up to make up for the defense. In desperation, he could only trip Tang Qufei. The East China Government Football Team obtained a diagonal free kick from the left side of the frontcourt penalty area.
This free kick is about 18 meters away from the goal, with an angle between 35-40 degrees. It has a certain shooting angle, which can be shot directly or tactical. It is a free kick that can be selected for a variety of choices.
The free kick was taken by Qiu Yi. The ball he drove was of high quality and drew an arc. Goalkeeper Ilgoller was not saved by enough, and the ball was shot into the far corner to score. The East China Government Football Team led 3:1.
The score was once again pulled away by the East China Government Football Team, and the whole audience was silent. Almost all the audience thought that the German team had no chance, but on the court, the German team did not give up. As long as the game was not over, they had to fight hard. Finally, in the 35th minute, the German team took advantage of the corner kick opportunity. Center Henesky jumped high in the middle of the penalty area, headed the ball, and finally grabbed the score to 3:2 again, barely biting the East China Government Football Team.
The audience once again exclaimed thunderous applause, cheering like mountains and tsunamis, hoping that the German team could create miracles. William II was also satisfied. Although William II was very fond of merit and was capricious, his mind was not so narrow-minded that he had to be even stagnant in sports competitions, but he had to lose even if he lost. The tenacious fighting spirit shown by the German team on the court now made the emperor feel very pleased. This is what the German nation should be like.
However, the game is not over yet. Before the midfield kicks off again, Qiu Yi recruits all the players together and arranges tactics. Although the East China Government Football Team is still one goal ahead, it is indeed quite dangerous to concede the ball at this time. On the one hand, the morale of the opponent will increase due to this goal, and at the same time, the score will be behind and the time is not long. They will inevitably strengthen the offense and strive for the last move. On the other hand, after the goal is conceded, the enthusiasm will decline, and the leading advantage will be reduced, and they will fall into a contradiction of worrying about gains and losses. Whether the subsequent game will be offensive or defense, causing the ideological confusion of the whole team. Therefore, at this time, the first thing to do is to calm the emotions of the players and unify the thoughts of the whole team.
Qiu Yi told everyone that in the remaining 10 minutes, they must stabilize. First, they must improve their attention on the defense line. The two full-backs stop attacking and defend with all their strength; secondly, they must pass more balls in the midfield, but don’t rush to attack. After all, the football team of the East China government is still one goal ahead. If the German team does not push out of the backcourt, then pass the ball in the midfield and kill time. If the German team presses out of the backcourt, seize the gap and fight back.
Sure enough, after the whole team unified their minds, they started again in the midfield, and all five defenders remained in the second half. Only Liu Shipei was in the frontcourt, and the four people in the midcourt kept passing the ball to each other to guide their feet. Since there were only two people in the German team, and the five forwards in the frontcourt were unmoved and did not return to defend, it was almost impossible to grab the ball from the feet of the East China government football team.
In this way, the ball rolled at the feet of the East China Government Football Team for more than 3 minutes, and the German players became anxious. After all, there was not much time left, so a defender came forward to assist the midfielder in the fight. Because there is only one forward in the East China Government Football Team now, so it is enough to leave two defenders to defend him.
While Qiu Yi was organizing players to pass the ball in the midfield, he was also paying attention to the situation on the field. The German team drew a defender to the midfield. Qiu Yi immediately realized that the opportunity had come and immediately sent a signal to Huang Taisong, and then dribbled the ball forward. Although Huang Taisong returned to the midfield, his position was still relatively forward. After receiving Qiu Yi's signal, he immediately sent a signal to Liu Shipei for transfer.
So Liu Shipei immediately retreated, and the two German defenders who were defending Liu Shipei subconsciously chased Liu Shipei, but after running through the front line of the penalty area, the two realized something was wrong and hurriedly stopped to retreat.
But it was too late at this time, Qiu Yi drove the ball to the frontcourt and immediately sent the ball behind him. Huang Taisong also started early, crossing the defender and forming a single shot. When the defender turned around and chased, he was several meters behind. Goalkeeper Ilgole abandoned the goal and attacked, but Huang Taisong moved the side and changed direction, and easily flashed past, then pushed the empty goal into the net.
The East China government football team once again widened the score and led 4:2, while Huang Taisong scored twice in this game and surpassed Henesky again to lead the scorer list with 6 goals.
The goal conceded again, which hit the morale of the German team heavily, not to mention that there is not much time left now, so the East China government football team defeated the German team 4:2 and won the football championship of the Four Nations Games. Huang Taisong scored 6 goals and Qiu Yi won the best player.
At this point, all the Four-National Games ended. Because this Four-National Games calculates football and track and field separately, there is no such thing as a total score. Germany is the dominant track and field competition, while the East China government won the football championship, which can be said to have their own gains.
This Four-National Games also had a great impact on Europe. First of all, in the negotiations to deal with the second Moroccan crisis, Britain and France originally put on a stance that they would rather go to war than compromise. However, seeing that Germany, Austria, Italy and China showed unity in this game, they couldn't help but hesitate. If the allies are united, and with the East China government, Britain and France have no chance of winning.
In fact, the reporter had interviewed the East China Government and Italy for this long, whether to support Germany in the second Moroccan crisis. The East China Government's answer was very clever, expressing that it hoped that all parties could remain calm, resolve disputes through negotiations, and avoid wars. The reporter was obviously not satisfied with such an answer, so he directly asked whether the East China Government would choose to support Germany once a war broke out between Germany and Britain and France. However, Li Sanjie, the spokesman of the East China Government, obviously responded to it, saying that once a war broke out, it would be a very regrettable thing, and the East China Government will make the best choice based on its own national interests.
However, compared to the East China government's Tai Chi pusher answered by reporters, Italy's reply was direct, and Italy would make a choice based on the treaty of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
At this moment, Russia, another ally of Britain and France, was the first to be afraid and suggested that Britain and France not to expand the situation. After all, Russia has not recovered from the defeat of the Far East War and does not want to be involved in a new war again.
Russia's retreat not only calmed down Britain and France, but also gave the two countries a step. However, in order to preserve their face, France proposed to Germany that if Germany recognizes France's power in Morocco, France can transfer French Congo to Germany as compensation, and also ensures Germany's economic interests in Morocco.
Originally, Germany had no interests in Morocco. The two times caused the Moroccan crisis, but they were both unreasonable. Last time, the Moroccan crisis was in trouble, and nothing was gained, but this time they received French Congo as compensation, which was considered a big profit.
French Congo, the later Republic of Congo, is known as Congo (Brazza), located in central and western Africa, the west bank of the Congo River, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest, with an area of about 34 square kilometers.
It turned out that Germany had three colonial areas in Africa, with a total area of about 2 million square kilometers. However, in order to exchange about 100,000 square kilometers of land in Borneo, Germany gave up land in northern German Southwest Africa and southern German East Africa Tanzania to the East China Government. Now it has obtained French Congo, which can generally make up for Germany's losses in Africa. Although the African colonies have not had much benefits, mosquitoes are also meat when they are small. Moreover, French Congo and Cameroon in German West Africa can be connected to a large colonial area with an area of more than 800,000 square kilometers.
The second Moroccan crisis was resolved peacefully in this way, and there was no war at all.
However, Morocco was originally the scope of France's interests, but now it lost the French Congo for no reason just to get recognition from Germany. The French were naturally quite annoyed. Therefore, after the negotiations ended, the French representative made a harsh statement to Germany: This is the last time, and we will not be able to make concessions next time.
On the other hand, Italy has its own considerations when it stands on Germany's side this time, because Italy has set its sights on Tripoli and Cyrenega, the North African territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and needs German support.
On September 28, shortly after the Four-Nation Games began, the Italian government issued an ultimatum to the Ottoman Turkish Empire on the pretext that its interests in Tripoli and Cyrenega were violated, demanding that the Ottoman Turkish Empire agree to its troops to enter Tripoli, but was rejected. So he declared war on the Ottoman Turkish Empire the next day and sent troops to occupy Tripoli on October 3. The Italian-Turkish War officially broke out.
Chapter completed!