"Whoa—"

From the moment Tang Zheng broke off the football, the Brisbane stadium resounded with a deafening huge shout.

Lu Liang took the ball into the penalty area, Saudi Arabia central defender Shahrani was strong, but the movement rate was slow, and Lu Liang, who was flexible at the foot, slammed the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, and directly threw a cold arrow 15 meters from the goal.

The football quickly rushed to the far corner of the goal on the wet turf, and goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah made the first save, but Lu Liang's slash could only be declared beyond the reach of the whip, because the football had an acceleration on the wet grass, and it took time for his body to go to the ground.

It was clear that Lu Liang's shot did not give Walid Abdullah time, and the ball hung straight into the bottom right corner of the goal.

At the same time, He Wei, the central 5 commentator in the on-site commentary seat, stood up from his seat abruptly and shouted: "The game went on in the twenty-third minute and forty-five seconds, Tang Zheng sent a delicate straight plug at the first time when the ball was broken, Lu Liang caught up, and the choice of facing Saudi Arabia's central defender Shahrani was amazing, and he shot directly from the angle, and his shot also proved the absolute strength of the new European Golden Boy Award winner!"

The Chinese fans in the stands were excited like children, especially the older generation of fans, who had experienced the darkest period of Chinese football.

At that time, Koreanophobia, Japanese phobia, Iranophobia, and sandphobia did not come to the competition, which would affect the normal preparation of Chinese players, but now this Chinese team is no longer the Chinese team that anyone can bully!

On the contrary, South Korea, Japan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia all retreated when they encountered the Chinese team, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Saudi Arabia confirmed before the game that the team's number one star Shamrani will miss the Asian Cup due to injury, so the new head coach Aurelian has formulated a game strategy of defensive counter-attack, but his defensive system seems to have become vulnerable under Tang Zheng's cracking.

Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV are even more excited, fans who have watched the Chinese team for a while know that the Chinese team has not won against Saudi Arabia for 18 years, and after being cured of Koreanophobia, Chinese fans hope that all the symptoms will be cured, and they want the world to know ......

The dragon from the East has awakened!

When the game resumed, it was surprising that Saudi Arabia, which had fallen behind in the score, did not quickly organize an effective attack, and still chose to defend passively as in the past.

In fact, it is reasonable to think about it, after all, the Chinese team has performed very strongly during this time, the two full-backs of the Chinese team, Lu Liang and Wu Sanshi, have a strong ability to break through with the ball, and there is a passer like Tang Zheng in the midfield who is equipped with a GPS navigation system.

After all, a football game is a ninety-minute battle, and a short period of falling behind is not really a lag.

The score was ahead, and the Chinese team's offensive rhythm slowed down slightly under the deliberate control of Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi, forcing the Saudi Arabian players who were behind the score to press out.

However, the Saudi Arabian players have extremely high tactical execution ability, and they were not blindly robbed by the temptation of the Chinese players, but the Chinese team was not in a hurry, and the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding to end the first half of the 45-minute game.

The Chinese team wearing the red jersey led Saudi Arabia in the white jersey 1:0.

The fifteen-minute half-time break passed quickly, and in the second half, Saudi Arabia, which was behind the score, strengthened its attack, but the pressure of the two full-backs was still limited, obviously worried about the speed of Lu Liang and Wu Sanshi.

Aurelian was right to worry about China's counterattack, but he seemed to forget that Saudi Arabia was now leading the score.

Since Saudi Arabia is not in a hurry, he did not ask the team to strengthen the attack, and still signaled Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi to control the pace of the game.

The 1-0 score is indeed the least safe score in the world, but it is very safe under the unthreatening impact of Saudi Arabia.

Ten minutes of the second half passed quickly, the broadcaster gave the ball possession ratio of the two sides, the Chinese team led Saudi Arabia with 65% of the 35%, and the game passed five minutes, the Chinese team took the lead in making substitution adjustments, Sun Jingbo replaced Wu Sanshi, and maintained the pressure on the right side of Saudi Arabia's left defense.

In this way, the left and right sides of the Chinese team have a strong ability to break through with the ball, coupled with the good crossing ability of the two fullbacks, the Chinese team's attack has become more and more three-dimensional.

Saudi Arabia's continued passive defense also gave Tang Zheng a great opportunity to step forward to participate in the attack, and in the 66th minute of the game, Zhang Linpeng sent a precise cross at 45 degrees on the right side of the attack.

The ball flew over the heads of Gao Lin and Shahrani at the front point and flew towards the penalty spot.

Goalkeeper Abdullah turned his head to look at the flight of the football, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he pointed at Tang Zheng, who was unmarked, and subconsciously exclaimed: "Be careful!!"

Central defender Haussavi originally wanted to wait until the football flew over and then jump high to clear the ball, but at the moment when he jumped, a Chinese player wearing a red jersey suddenly flashed in front of him, and the big '10' on the back told him who the Chinese player who suddenly appeared in front of him.

Be...... Tang Zheng!

The most threatening player of the Chinese team!

In the flash of light, Haussavi had no time to react, and could only watch Tang Zheng jump high and complete a powerful header.

Because the distance was too close to the goal, goalkeeper Abdullah was helpless in the face of Tang Zheng's powerful goal, and the ball was already hanging in the bottom left corner of the goal before he could react......

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"Whoa—"

The sky above the Brisbane Stadium resounded with the deafening chant of Chinese fans.

Although a 1-0 lead over Saudi Arabia is a very good result for the Chinese team, after all, they have an absolute advantage in the game, but the 1-0 lead is also the most unsafe score in the world.

Now Tang Zheng helped the Chinese team expand the score to 2:0, which can be said to basically keep the victory and get off to a good start in the group stage of the Asian Cup.

Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, looked very excited, and he raised his arms and shouted when he appeared on the broadcast screen, looking up to the sky and howling, venting the great pleasure brought by the goal.

A two-goal lead basically means that the game is won, and as long as you win one more game, you can qualify for the group and advance to the quarterfinals.

In football matches, it is one thing to have the advantage of strength, and it is another thing to win, especially the game of national glory, which is even more important.

He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 Commentary, said passionately: "Tang Zheng, as the number one star of the Chinese team, finally stood up as the number one star of the Chinese team when the Chinese team could not attack for a long time, and he used his trademark header to help the Chinese team expand the score in the second half, and he had three points in his hand! It was only a matter of time before winning the first victory in the group stage! Before the game, the domestic and foreign media believed that the Chinese team was one of the biggest favorites to win the championship in this Asian Cup, but I really wanted to say it! We can remove that 'one', except for the Chinese team, other teams are one of the favorites!"

The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV listened with pride, and even had a sense of superiority, and they were not afraid of losing their character in the first round of the group stage.

The strength is here, is there a problem with the bad character?

Could there be any other team that can beat the Chinese team?

The sky over the Brisbane Stadium continued to be filled with the cheerful cheers of Chinese fans, and even played Mexican waves in a frenzied atmosphere for a while, fully venting the excitement in their hearts.

Sandphobia, starting today, ends!

The result of the game also confirmed this possibility, and in the end, the Chinese team completed Saudi Arabia 2:0 at Brisbane Stadium with two goals from Lu Liang and Tang Zheng, and took the lead in winning Group B.

In the other Group B game later at the Australian Stadium in Sydney, Uzbekistan defeated Palestine 1-0 to finish second in the group.

The group stage of the second round of Group B is a direct confrontation between the top two and the third and fourth places in Group B, which means that whoever wins the game between the Chinese team and Uzbekistan can stand out from Group B in advance.

There is no doubt that Chinese and foreign media are optimistic that the Chinese team will defeat Uzbekistan and advance from Group B.

Three days later, also at the Brisbane Stadium, the Central Asian wolf Uzbekistan did not pose any threat to the Chinese team, but continued to defend under the leadership of Tang Zheng, and there was no time to take care of the attack.

However, I have to say that Uzbekistan's defense is very good, there is a player named Akhmedov in the midfield who is very strong, can attack and retreat, and the attention and attitude of the game are particularly correct, and the attention to Tang Zheng is extremely high.

It's a pity that Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, and Akhmedov paid too much attention to Tang Zheng so that other players were ignored.

This time it was the veteran Zheng Zhi who helped the Chinese team score, he received Tang Zheng's through ball in the back of the box and got a long-range shot at the edge of the penalty area, Uzbekistan goalkeeper Nesterov made a save but did not touch the football, and the football hung directly on the turf in the bottom left corner of the goal.

The Chinese fans at Brisbane Stadium were excited like children, hysterical catharsis, as if they saw the Chinese team win two consecutive group games and qualify ahead of schedule.

Uzbekistan, which is behind the score, has no choice, and Saudi Arabia defeated Palestine 4-1 in the second round of the group game of Group B, once Uzbekistan loses to China in this round, Uzbekistan will retreat to third place in the group without a goal difference, and the final round of the group against Uzbekistan, the second place in the group, can be described as a lot of luck.

Because Saudi Arabia will be able to qualify from Group B as long as they do not lose to Uzbekistan, and Uzbekistan will have to beat Saudi Arabia if they want to qualify.

It's no secret that it's much easier to defend than to score goals offensively, and once Saudi Arabia is determined to defend it, there really isn't much Uzbekistan can do to break down Saudi Arabia's iron bucket.

In this case, Uzbekistan, which is behind the score, can only find a way to score a goal by strengthening the attack, because the uncertainty of leaving the suspense of qualification to the third round is too great.

However, the gaps left by the Uzbek midfield that strengthened the attack are getting bigger and bigger, and Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi are the kind of players with a broad vision, who can often be used in the process of switching from defense to attack.

Uzbekistan head coach Maksudov naturally has insight into the Chinese team's counterattack, but he has no choice, he must gamble in the face of a strong team like the Chinese team, otherwise the team that will be out of the game is Uzbekistan!

It's true that there is a bet that you don't lose, but it also depends on your own strength.

It's a pity that Uzbekistan didn't win the bet, and before the end of the first half, Tang Zheng and Hao Junmin, Lu Liang and Gao Lin played a wonderful 'two-over-one' in a row to cooperate with the ball and enter the penalty area.

At the moment when Tang Zheng picked up his right foot and was about to shoot, Ismailov, a central defender who plays for Changchun Yatai, knocked Tang Zheng to the ground from behind.

The referee on duty, Ariza, blew the whistle decisively, pointing his right index finger at the penalty spot and giving Ismailov a yellow card.

Tang Zheng, who took the penalty, did not waste the opportunity, and he also continued the accuracy of never missing a penalty in his career, kicking the ball to the bottom right corner of the goal to help the Chinese team expand the score to 2:0.

In the second half, the Chinese team went to the next city under the shouts of the 'Dragon Team Fan Club' at Brisbane Stadium, and it was Tang Zheng who scored.

In the 58th minute, Lu Liang's breakthrough on the left rib helped the Chinese team win a direct free kick opportunity in an excellent position.

The free-kick is about 28 metres from the goal, close to the left, and is perfect for a right-footed player to hit the goal.

Uzbek goalkeeper Nesterov was cautious and attentive.

Still, Nesteroff was helpless against Tang Zheng's direct free-kick, and the ball was like a cruise missile, falling like a wall before grazing the underside of the crossbar and crashing into the snow-white net at the junction of the right-hand post.

At the same time, He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 of the Central Committee, raised his arms and shouted: "World wave, absolute world wave! Tang Zheng scored twice with a direct free kick opportunity to help the Chinese team expand the score to 3:0!

The on-site director gave a slow-motion replay of Tang Zheng's direct free kick again and again, and even Eddie Gray, the British sky commentator who broadcast the Asian Cup for the first time, couldn't help but exclaim: "Incredible Tang! He once again exerted his power in the Asian Cup, and helped the Chinese team expand the score to three goals with an impeccable direct free kick! I think this Asian book is very likely to become the bag of the Chinese team!"

"What's in the bag?" Commentator Martin Taylor shook his head and said playfully, "Shouldn't it belong to the Chinese team?"

As the game continued, Uzbekistan seemed to realize that it had become unrealistic to want to score points against the Chinese team, so they re-established their attacking ideas.

Defend first, then attack.

The Chinese team, who led by three goals, were also happy to relax, and Lippi began to make changes to the line-up to give the other substitutes some playing time.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated Uzbekistan 3-0 at Brisbane Stadium and advanced from Group B with two consecutive wins in the group, and with five goal difference, it basically means that they won the group ahead of schedule.