Chapter 013: A good start
Gao Lin, who scored the goal, did not celebrate the goal for the first time, but looked at the assistant referee with trepidation, and it was not until he saw that the assistant referee's left-hand side flag pointed to the right side of his side's attack and defense, and he was sure that his goal was valid.
So, Gao Lin in front of the goal excitedly opened his arms, walked behind the left post, and then jumped over the aluminum alloy billboard and waved his arms at the passionate fans of the Chinese Dragons Fan Club, fanning the frenzy of the audience.
The Chinese players on the field headed for the scorer Gao Lin from all directions, and the Chinese players who were still warming up in the warm-up area also rushed to the scorer Gao Lin.
At the same time, the sky above the arena in Pernambuco resounded with the continuous deafening chant of Chinese fans: "Whoa, whoa—"
In front of the visitors' dugout, Lippi, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, also celebrates the goal with rare passion, he struggles to wave his right arm, raise his arm and shout.
His coaching team danced and hugged each other.
The Ivorian players surrounded the assistant referee, accusing him of favoring the Chinese team.
At this time, the head coach Lamouci also went to the fourth official in a depressed mood and questioned the assistant referee.
"Woo-woo-"
The Ivorian fans, who make up only 20 per cent, booed loudly to signal the assistant referee and the referee on duty, but the Chinese fans were so large that their voices were perfectly muffled by the chanting of the Chinese fans.
The live director gave a close-up shot of a goalscorer Gao Lin and then restored the entire process of the Chinese team's goal, starting from Yaya Toure slipping to the ground strangely, until Zhang Linpeng made a low pass to Lu Liang in the penalty area to grab the point.
There was an obvious pause at the moment when Lu Liang's right foot hit the football, and then a white line parallel to the bottom line appeared.
Judging from the white line, Lu Liang, who completed the grab, and Jokola, who was ready to block, were closer to the baseline than Gao Lin, who scored in the end, and according to the picture, Gao Lin was a full position away from the last defender Jokola.
The paused scene restarted, goalkeeper Barry blocked Lu Liang's close low shot with both feet when he fell to the ground, and then Gao Lin, who was alert to follow-up, kicked the ball into the unguarded empty goal, which means that Gao Lin's follow-up shot was not offside!
The Chinese players who celebrated the goal frantically did not care about the complaints of the Ivorian players, as long as they made sure that the assistant referee did not raise the flag, the goal was reasonable!
Sure enough!
The assistant referee insisted on his own judgment, and the referee began to drive away the Ivorian players who tried to find the assistant referee again, and even the substitute left-back Giakopa was shown a yellow card by the referee on duty for his insulting words.
It was still the veteran captain Drogba who had a lot of experience in the game and a clear mind, knowing that the game did not sound and the team would still have a chance at the end of the game, so he took the initiative to pull away his teammates who tried to discuss the explanation.
In addition, Gao Lin's supplementary shot was not offside, so instead of wasting time competing with the referee, it was better to seize the time to equalize.
Gao Lin, who helped the Chinese team overtake the score, was still very excited after the whole team finished celebrating, he wasted many opportunities for his teammates in this game, and now he seized the opportunity in the most critical opportunity, which can be described as raising his eyebrows.
The value of a striker can only be measured by goals!
Maybe tomorrow's sports news report will mention that he Gao Lin wasted many great chances, but the media and fans only remember the goal!
This goal is also self-redemption!
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Three points become one point, and one point becomes zero points again, which is a blow to the Ivorian players, so when the game restarted, the Ivorian players played impatiently as a whole and failed to pose a threat to the Chinese team's backline.
Immediately, the fourth official held up the electronic card with four minutes of injury time, which means that there are still four minutes left in the game.
However, Chinese head coach Lippi has a lot of complaints about the four-minute injury time, and he believes that three minutes of injury time is the sky......
With four minutes of stoppage time, the centrepiece of midfielder Yaya Toure, who was responsible for Ivory Coast's third goal, was particularly positive and wanted to make amends for his mistakes.
The head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, did not forget to use the last substitution adjustment while pressuring the referee team, Guangzhou Evergrande jack-of-all-trades player Liu Jian put on the field, and substitute scorer Lu Liang came on the field to strengthen the defense in the middle.
Lu Liang was substituted, and thunderous applause rang out over the Pernambuco State Arena: "Papapa-"
Chinese fans thanked Lu Liang for his contribution to the Chinese team in this direct way, simply but with a strong feeling.
Of course, Lu Liang was not too anxious in terms of getting off the court, he high-fived and hugged his teammates passing by, and consumed game time reasonably.
Liu Jian came off the bench to bring the latest tactics to the players on the field, in fact, the commentators on the scene of this set of tactics guessed that the offensive players were replaced by defensive players, a very obvious signal that Ming Jin withdrew.
3:2
China's comeback against Ivory Coast in the last minute of regulation time and holding on to the three points was a top priority.
Because Ivory Coast, which is behind the score, will inevitably increase its offensive efforts at the last moment of the game, in order to ensure that the defense does not have problems, the overall retreat to the half-court defense and shrink the defensive area is a necessary means to achieve the goal.
Tang Zheng also received the latest tactics and served as a free man in the backcourt.
This set of tactics was specially arranged by Lippi to plan for the Chinese team to lead the score at the end of the game, because Tang Zheng's ability to read the game and his sense of position are very strong, and he can appear in the most appropriate position when danger arises to make up for the lack of defense.
And Tang Zheng also showed his due value, and he appeared in key positions many times in injury time.
The on-site director took advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball and hurriedly gave Tang Zheng a close-up, and the central 5 commentator He Wei did not hesitate to praise any words: "It is getting closer and closer to four minutes of injury time, Tang Zheng's performance is perfect, even if the game is not over, he is the best in the game......!"
Commentator Xu Yang added after He Wei's voice fell: "Tang Zheng's role in the defense of the Chinese team is also very important, and it can even be said that if there is no Tang Zheng on the defensive end, the Chinese team is likely to be beaten into a sieve by Ivory Coast in this game! Don't forget...... The goal of the lightning equalizer still came from Tang Zheng's careful deployment, and the subsequent overtaking score completely ceased to exist!"
British Sky commentator Andy Gray turned his head to his old partner Martin Taylor and said: "Old man, Don is the best midfielder in the world right now, his versatility is beyond imagination, and even subverts our perception of B2B players, he is really perfect, the offense has goals, assists, and the defense can appear in key positions, clearing, intercepting, tackles, everything is proficient, many times I think...... How can there be such an all-round player in this world?"
Martin Taylor said of Tang Zheng and looked very proud: "The professional football player I admire the most, it must be!"
At this moment, Ivory Coast once again organized a dangerous attack, Yaya Toure passed through Drogba, who had the ball on his back.
Although Drogba is 36 years old, he was relatively physically fit to come on as a substitute in the second half, much better than the central defender Feng Xiaoting, who played almost the whole game, he first raised his left arm, then pouted his butt back, and slammed the football passed by Yaya Toure to the left on the inside of his right instep, and turned 90 degrees to the left with the sole of his left foot as the axis.
Feng Xiaoting, who was defending Drogba head-on, was not completely attached to the previous butt back pout, and Feng Xiaoting's upper body strength was obviously insufficient, and was wiped by Drogba.
Drogba, who has a lot of experience in the game and is well aware of his own shortcomings, chose to make a quick decision at the moment of gaining space, and picked up the thick right leg directly on the right side of the penalty area line with his right foot and kicked it towards the football.
Suddenly, Drogba froze, and his right foot, which was about to hit the football, paused, and did not pick it out.
"Oh, oh, oh-"
Zheng Zhi, the captain who was in place, kicked the ball out of the sideline, and a deafening huge cheer rang out over the court.
It turned out that at the moment when Drogba wiped Feng Xiaoting and was about to hit the goal, Tang Zheng made up the defense in place, and then fell to the ground when Drogba picked up his right foot, and poked the ball out in advance.
Drogba has a very high professional quality, and after realizing that Tang Zheng made up the defense in place and successfully intercepted it, he did not kick out again, but shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then reached out to pull up Tang Zheng who appeared in the key position at the critical time.
To be able to play against such a strong opponent on the World Cup stage in the twilight of his career, even if he loses...... It's worth it, too.
The Ivory Coast national team led by Drogba has entered the main stage of three consecutive World Cups, the first two times in the group stage to return home, the first round lost to the Chinese team, the next round against the seeded team Colombia can be described as unlucky, is it ...... Did you miss out on the knockout rounds of three consecutive World Cups?
Drogba didn't know, so he shook his head and smiled bitterly before pulling Tang Zheng up.
Aurier threw the ball from the right frontline of the frontcourt, and the ball was pushed out of the sideline by Tang Zheng.
Ivory Coast's continued sideline ball.
The ball was finally picked up from the wing, and Gervinho also completed a cross, but Drogba couldn't get it under Tang Zheng's interference.
Yan Junling attacked decisively, jumped high, and caught the ball with both hands.
Yan Junling did not start the counterattack quickly, but controlled the rhythm, because the speed-based counterattack player Lu Liang was replaced, leaving only Gao Lin in the frontcourt, his breakthrough ability and absolute speed are not enough, and the game time is now close to the fourth minute of injury time, and reasonable consumption of game time is king.
After about six seconds allowed by the rules, Yan Junling threw the ball directly to Tang Zheng, who was pulled to the right side.
There was not much time left in the game, and the Ivorian players had not completely given up the game, and ran to Tang Zheng, who received the ball, according to the principle of proximity.
Tang Zheng has a lot of experience in the game, and he uses his body to protect the football so reasonably that neither Kalu nor Yakonan can break the ball.
But after the continuous efforts of Kalu and Yakonan, Tang Zheng, who did not pass the ball, lost control of the football.
But...... The referee's whistle sounded.
Kalou and Yakonan looked innocent, but the slow-motion replays did have foul action.
By the time goalkeeper Yan Junling took a free kick on the right side of the backfield, injury time had already reached the fourth minute.
The referee on duty did not seem to sound the end whistle of the whole game, and the head coach of the Chinese team, who was leading the score, was very anxious, he walked to the fourth official, signaled that the four minutes of injury time were over, and at the same time pointed to the timetable of the left wrist with his right index finger from time to time to strengthen the visual impact.
Perhaps it was the urging from the fourth official, and the referee on duty sounded the whistle after Gao Lin rubbed Yan Junling's free kick in the backfield, two short and one long: "Beep ~ Beep ~ Beep ~~"
At the same time, a deafening loud shout rang out over the arena in Pernambuco: "Whoa—"
The live broadcast director gave a full-time shot, and the stands seen from the broadcast screen have turned into a sea of red joy, and the Chinese fans in red T-shirts are excited like children, dancing.
He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 Championship, was in high spirits, shouting almost frantically, and even looked a little hoarse because he was too excited: "The game is over! The game is over! 3:2!! The Chinese team defeated the mighty Ivory Coast! Won the first three points in the history of the World Cup! Who would have thought of this result before the game? I can tell everyone in front of the TV very responsibly that I have thought of it! But the moment I really won the game, I doubt that all this is fake! Here, I have to repeat that it is all true! We have won! Get your first World Cup three points!!"
In the stadium, most of the Chinese players cried with joy and hid their faces with their hands.
If the fans didn't watch the result, they thought that the Chinese team was losing rather than winning.
Even the captain Zheng Zhi couldn't control his excitement, and tears flowed down his eyes unnaturally, but he reacted quickly, wiped it off with the back of his hand, and took a deep breath to adjust his emotions.
However, Tang Zheng, who switched to a close-up state of the live broadcaster, was extremely calm, he raised his arms and waved vigorously to vent the sense of accomplishment in his heart.
This sense of accomplishment is different from when he led Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid to win the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, because the World Cup is for the country!
In addition, the overall strength of the Chinese team is weaker than that of Ivory Coast, and it is not easy to finally reverse Ivory Coast and win three points!
The Chinese team was able to win the game because of its own excellent performance.
Although thinking about it a bit like Huang Po selling melons and boasting about herself, this is the case!
As the saying goes, too much modesty becomes hypocrisy.
The Chinese fans in front of the TV are particularly proud, of course, at this time, they are more excited, especially the fans who have been fans for a long time.
They have suffered too much sarcasm, and some fans even turned their faces against their friends because they ridiculed the national football team.
But the current national football team is not what it used to be, not only beating South Korea to advance to the World Cup in Brazil, but also getting the first three points in the World Cup!
As long as Greece is defeated in the second round of the group stage, then the Chinese team will qualify for the group one round in advance!
Is...... It's exciting enough to think about.
The pride in the hearts of Daddy Tang and Daddy Tang in the stands was the strongest, because ...... Tang Zheng is their son.
The same is true of Zhao Lina, who is standing next to her, because ...... Tang Zheng is her boyfriend!