At 9:45 p.m. on June 13, Beijing time, in the eighth round of Group A of the 2018 Russia World Cup Asian Qualifiers, China's away challenge to Syria officially began.

Several media outlets responsible for broadcasting this game have sent their strongest commentary lineups, such as He Weijia and Xu Yang in the central five, and PPTV is amazing, with Su Dong and Huang Jianxiang, Lou Yicheng and Liu Yue, as well as Li Xin and Dong Lu's cross talk combination.

All the commentators, including all the fans, thought that the Chinese team would play a defensive counterattack because Syria was in a hurry to score, but from the beginning of the game, the Chinese team pressed up, and the formation was still an attacking lineup like 4-3-3.

The goalkeeper position of the Chinese team's starting lineup this time is Zengcheng, which is also the most stable and experienced goalkeeper of the national team; the four defenders are Jiang Zhipeng, Li Yun, Feng Xiaoting, and Zhang Linpeng from left to right; the midfielders are Wu Xi, Xu Mingyu, and Qin Minghao; and the order of the front line is Ding Huaiyi, Nie Jiang and Wu Lei.

It can be said that the Chinese team put on its own most attacking starter.

"We're very aggressive up front. Huang Jianxiang said, "Like the first game, Coach Lippi's tactics are very consistent, that is, to strengthen pressing at the beginning, pay attention to physical confrontation, and not give the Syrian side a chance to pass the ball easily." ”

"This should be the mainstream of football now. Su Dong has always commented on the Premier League and the Champions League, and he is too familiar with this set of European teams, "Modern football is too difficult to advance in a relaxed position in the front court because of the stronger integrity of the defense, so it has become a routine configuration to maintain at least one player with the ability to play the ball on the back line." Correspondingly, the opponent's team's restrictions on the ball point have long since developed to the depth of the opposing defender. ”

While talking, Wu Lei on the right and Nie Jiang on the middle plus Qin Minghao who came to intercept the passing line, the three formed a siege of the ball-holding fullback on the left side of Syria.

As Syria's left wing-back, Ajan was forced to have no choice, so he took the ball out of the sideline and gave the Chinese team a throw-in in the front court.

In fact, Ajan is young and has good physical fitness, in the past games, he often pressed very forward, more like a full-back than a full-back, but their main full-back Sabagh is transformed from the left full-back, and the filling position is relatively deep, and the defensive area is very large.

Syria's left-sided combination has always been the main direction of their attack, with full-backs on the side and full-backs on the defensive side, which can be described as attacking and defending.

However, in order to win today, Syria's coach Hakim also gave up, and the main full-back Sabagh, who defended better, did not play, but Youssef, who is a very typical attacking full-back.

They intensified their attacking firepower on the left flank to the extreme.

Historically, Syria relied on the left side to rush violently, and Yusuf entered the penalty area, causing a coordination error between the goalkeeper Zengcheng and the defenders of the Chinese team, and won a penalty.

Today is different.

The right flank composed of Zhang Linpeng, Qin Minghao and Wu Lei was far stronger than the Syrian side, as evidenced by a free kick in front of the first three minutes.

When you have full-backs who can't play the ball and the full-backs need to come back and get involved in defending, it's a bit of a fantasy that the team wants to rely on the full-backs to get into the opposition penalty area.

To say that the Syrian side does not know how to deal with this situation is to underestimate them.

At this stage of the round of 12, although Syria only has 5 points and is in the bottom 2, in fact, he has not conceded many goals, and they now concede 5 goals even less than South Korea and Uzbekistan in front of him.

It should be said that Syria's head coach Hakim has a lot of things.

Ever since the left side of the game was pressed, he was figuring out how to solve the problem because he had to solve the attacking problem on the left side.

Syria have conceded fewer goals than South Korea and Uzbekistan, but they are at the bottom of the rankings, for the simple reason that the attack is not smooth, as if they have been holding their urine for a long time, they can't pee at all, and so far, they have scored one goal in seven games.

Originally, this attack was painful because they couldn't vent it, and now the Chinese team has pressed back their only offensive threat, and Hakim didn't make a targeted response, so he simply lay down and was hammered.

After observing the situation on the right side of the Chinese team for a few minutes, he found that the main problem was still Qin Minghao.

Whether it is to go forward to scramble or to organize the attack, the Chinese team has the most ball possession on the right side with Qin Minghao, who is basically used by Lippi as a wing midfielder.

The adjustment made by Hakim is to let Yusuf pester Qin Minghao to death, and Zahr in the back?? Midani and Ajan go to defend Qin Minghao's passing route. After killing Qin Minghao, he fought to hit Zhang Linpeng's body and get a chance to threaten the attack.

The idea is good and good, the problem is that the quality of the Syrian players does not support him to do so.

Syria's defense played well, not on how strong the defenders were, nor on how flawless the tactical arrangement of the defense was, their defense was mainly based on brutal sieges and cleared the siege at the first time.

According to the data, the statistical analysis of the top 12 matches so far shows that Syria has averaged 31 clearances per game, ranking first in the top 12.

This kind of scramble is fierce, but the players are prone to fouls and cards, and at the same time the physical consumption is faster, for this reason, pretending to be injured, lying on the grass, and the goalkeeper lying on the corpse has become their usual trick, if nothing else, just to delay time and stop to recover their strength.

After more than 20 minutes of the first half, the left side of Syria, which was under the most pressure, actually held.

Listen to the boos of the Chinese fans in the stadium to know how they held on.

The fans who created a home atmosphere for the Chinese team, in addition to booing the non-stop fouls of the Syrian players, were more booing the referee.

The referee of this game is Al Janabi, an international referee from the United Arab Emirates, and when it comes to him, Chinese fans, especially Luneng fans, have tears in their eyes.

So far, Aljanebi has participated in the first law enforcement, and the Chinese team has also met him for the first time, but in the previous AFC Champions League, he did not cause trouble for the Chinese Super League team.

In the 2015 AFC Champions League group, he awarded a penalty to Kashima Antlers in the match between Evergrande and Kashima Antlers, resulting in Evergrande losing the game 1-2.

Evergrande wants to say that he is bitter in his heart, where is this going, Luneng fans probably want to beat him.

Aljanebi has officiated four AFC Champions League games for Luneng and has shown a total of ten yellow cards and two penalties to Luneng's players, both of which came in the same game.

As a referee who likes to play cards very much, he seems to have forgotten to bring his cards in this game, no matter how the Syrian players violated Qin Minghao, he just had a straight face anyway and gave the Chinese team a painless free kick in the frontcourt.

The fans watching the game would let him go, and the boos in the stadium were deafening.

Huang Jianxiang started to shout: "This foul." "Another foul. "It's a foul. ”

Later, he didn't talk about it anymore, and began to discuss the situation of the group, anyway, it is the Chinese team that has the absolute advantage on the field now: "In the earlier game, Iran beat Uzbekistan 2-0 at home, and they have now accumulated 20 points. If nothing else, Iran should have no problem qualifying. ”

"In this round of 12, Iran's performance has been dominant. Su Dong is also lamenting the strength of the competitors who have qualified, "So far, they haven't conceded a goal, it's too stable." ”

Just as the commentary was being introduced here, the situation on the pitch changed, as the left side of Syria finally got a card.

In the thirtieth minute of the first half, Qin Minghao received the ball from Xu Mingyu, this time he played a trick, and after cooperating with Xu Mingyu to hit the wall, he went directly from the middle.

The Syrian side did not expect the Chinese team to suddenly change the direction of attack and forcibly hit the penetration of the middle, including Yusuf, who has been following Qin Minghao, and Zahr in the back. Midani, Syria hurriedly encircled in the middle.

Qin Minghao actually wanted this effect, when he hit the place just past the middle circle, he distributed the ball to Nie Jiang who came back to respond, Nie Jiang didn't think about it and knocked the ball directly to Zhang Linpeng on the right side without stopping.

The left side of Syria, which had been tense for more than 30 minutes, was completely empty after this arrangement.

Zhang Linpeng, who received the ball, was completely undefended, he strode to the penalty area, Ajan hurriedly rushed over to defend, but was eaten raw by Zhang Linpeng's backward shaking, the latter was in a hurry, and could only get started.

The tactical foul was too obvious, and Aljanebi didn't dare not blow it, so he could only come over and take out a yellow card and show it to Ajan.

In addition to causing Syria to eat cards, the Chinese team also got a good position in front of the free kick this time.

Standing in front of the ball were Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu, two masters of free kicks.

"Two European players who stayed abroad were discussing something. Huang Jianxiang was also curious, "But both of them are people with a kick, let's see if the Chinese team can seize this opportunity." ”

"The position is a bit right, Xu Mingyu is a left-footed player, and Qin Minghao is left-footed. It depends on who's coming. "Su Dong obviously pays more attention to details.

"Xu Mingyu, run. Qin Minghao is here, and his head is ...... Ball. The ball went in!!" Su Dong's trademark roar sounded, "The Chinese team scored, Nie Jiang's header." ”

"It's so beautiful. This goal, the standard center-forward's header to the top of the goal. Huang Jianxiang was also very excited, "Nie Jiang's game training in the past few seasons has not only increased his skills, but also his body, this hardness, against the tall central defenders of the Syrians in the penalty area, is completely worthwhile." ”

Looking at Nie Jiang's running position, his judgment of the landing point is too spiritual. Looking at the replayed goal, Su Dong sighed, "He, like many European and American center forwards, is both flexible and powerful." China has a talented player like Nie Jiang, which is really a blessing for Chinese fans. ”

"With a 1-0 lead, the ball is easy to play. Huang Jianxiang's words were full of pride, "Syria must be attacked, and the more opportunities we have to attack." ”

"It can be said that this is the favorite rhythm of the Chinese team. Su Dong was very happy, "This goal is also Nie Jiang's sixth goal in the world preliminary stage. The distance from the previous record was further widened. ”

With a 1:0 lead, the Chinese team played a more leisurely stroll, when the ball was at their feet, the players in the midfield kept reversing the ball, luring the Syrian players to come over and grab, lengthening their defensive distance vertically, and once the attack failed, the ball reached the feet of Syria, and the on-the-spot counter-robbery and the three-person siege and pressure were taken out at any time.

"This Chinese team is very mature. Seeing that the first half was about to end, Huang Jianxiang began to comment at halftime, "It's not that the players are old and mature, but that they show their ability to read the game on the field, which is very sophisticated." In the past, whether the Chinese team was leading or lagging behind, to be honest, I was hanging in my heart, and in the past two years, I obviously felt that the Chinese team had given people a more down-to-earth impression. ”

"In fact, when it comes to age, the current Chinese team on the field is also very reasonable. Su Dong took over the conversation, "The four defenders plus the goalkeeper are all between 25 and 31 years old, this is the golden age of defensive players, with body, experience, and stability, and the midfielders except for Wu Xi, who is 28 years old, the other offensive players are between 19 and 25 years old, so their impact and vitality are also at their peak." ”

"Then thank you to the group of players cultivated by the Longteng team, they account for the absolute main force of the Chinese team now. Huang Jianxiang sincerely thanked the Longteng team.

When Syria made another long pass from the back of the field to Li Yun to his teammates, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Syria rushed very fiercely, once overwhelming all the players except for the two defenders through the half, and besieged the Chinese team.

Among them, there are three players who pose the greatest threat to the Chinese team, one of their No. 10 captain is also the team's midfield core Al Hussein, in addition to constantly receiving and sharing the ball, he also uses tireless running to fill the gaps in defense, and the real offensive core is No. 9 Almawas, as long as the Syrian team is attacking, what they want is to hand over the ball to him to deal with, and finally there is their 20-year-old No. 19 youngster Madikian on the front line, Syria, who is basically unable to advance on the ground, most of the time sends high balls to the high school striker, let him scramble, and then create opportunities for teammates to fight for the second landing point。

Lippi was clearly aware of the situation, harassing Al-Hussein's passes, keeping an eye on Almawas's catch, while cutting off his passing lanes and intensifying Madikian's physical confrontation in a combo that undermined Syria's attacking threat.

Al-Hussein's ball pass was uncomfortable, Almawas's ball was uncomfortable, Madikian's header was suppressed, Syria looked menacing, but the actual threat to the Chinese team's goal was very average.

The Chinese team is different.