Chapter 126: Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone
"Whoa—"
Eriksen's goal gave Denmark a dream start as the Danish fans in the stands created a deafening chant with the score ahead.
In stark contrast, the Chinese fans really didn't expect the team to concede the first goal in less than six minutes, and if the game ended with the current scoreline, then ...... The Chinese team is likely to miss the round of 16 of this World Cup in advance.
Of course, not all Chinese fans think so, most fans are still full of confidence in the Chinese team's prospects of qualifying, after all, the game has not started for ten minutes, one goal behind does not mean forever behind, they firmly believe that the Chinese team led by Tang Zheng can finally beat the Danish team!
The on-site director gave Feng Xiaoting, who made a defensive mistake, a close-up shot pushed to his face, and Feng Xiaoting's face was very heavy when he appeared on the broadcast screen, of course he knew what mistakes he had made, but his state had declined significantly in the past two seasons, and the game was easy to get distracted......
Captain Tang Zheng and his teammates did not blame Feng Xiaoting, and conceding the goal was the responsibility of the team rather than the individual.
So Tang Zheng went to appease Feng Xiaoting as soon as possible: "Don't think too much, the game has just begun, we have time to equalize the score, or even overtake!"
Feng Xiaoting, who was not in a very good mood, just tapped his chin and didn't look better.
Tang Zheng knew the importance of the central defender to the team, and he patted Feng Xiaoting's right shoulder again: "You are a valuable asset to the team, Mr. Lippi let you start not because of how much prestige you have in the team, but because your ability and experience can help the whole team, you must know that there are hundreds of millions of fans in China sitting in front of the TV watching the game, if you can't get out of the haze, you will become the catharsis of fans across the country at that time......"
Thinking of this possibility, Feng Xiaoting shuddered, quickly took a deep breath, and then exhaled a long breath.
This game is not just for yourself, but for the fans of the whole country.
You must know that the World Cup is not only CCTV-5 live broadcast, CCTV-1 will also be broadcast live, the group stage of the Chinese team and the Danish team is at eight o'clock in the evening Beijing time, this time is the prime time in China, coupled with CCTV's bombing reports, there are countless teams who pay attention to this game, if you lose this game because of yourself, the consequences can be imagined even if you think about it with your toes.
The head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, is obviously a little dissatisfied with the conceded goal, but it is only dissatisfied, he sent Feng Xiaoting to start in addition to his rich game experience, and the bigger reason is to let Zhang Linpeng return to the familiar right side, whether the Chinese team can beat the Danish team in this game, the attack still depends on two wings.
It's just that I didn't expect that Feng Xiaoting, who was in relatively good training condition, would miss people.
However, the conceded goal has already occurred, and no matter how annoyed it is, it will not affect the result, so Lippi came to the edge of the command area after Tang Zheng pacified Feng Xiaoting and hooked his finger towards Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng jogged over for the first time, and the on-site director decisively abandoned the Danish players in celebration and switched to the past.
Liu Jiayuan, the central 5 commentator, changed his voice: "Coach Lippi called Tang Zheng to the sidelines, it seems that he has something to explain, is it necessary to strengthen the attack in the next game?"
In fact, for the Chinese team, which is behind the score, there is no more choice.
Offensive!
Although there is still a lot of game time left for the Chinese team, once the Danish team finds its form, it will be very difficult for the Chinese team to equalize.
The Chinese team, who had the advantage on the tee, quickly put together a wave of dangerous attacks, but Sun Jingbo was too impatient and his long-range shot from the penalty line lacked crosshair and went over the crossbar.
If Sun Jingbo is more patient, the threat will be greater when right-back Zhang Linpeng is on the side.
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The Danish team, who led the score, slowly leaned towards the defense as the game wore on, leaving only the veteran Jorgensen in front as tactical harassment, and the other nine players all returned to the defensive 40-meter area and retreated to the half-court defense.
Facing the Danish team, which put on a defensive posture early, the Chinese team, which is not good at tackling tough battles, gradually exposed the problem of unfavorable organization.
Although Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng on the two wings were able to threaten the Danish defense with the side, Lu Liang, Zhang Yuzhan and Sun Jingbo were completely unable to steal the tall Danish defenders in the penalty area.
Coupled with Schmeichel, who is in good form, the Chinese team's attack has only blossomed but not borne fruit.
The most taboo thing in football games is that the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, and the current Chinese team is moving towards this trend.
Head coach Lippi frowned, clearly not knowing how to solve this dilemma.
Tang Zheng's position premise will certainly pose a threat to the team's offense, but the problem brought by Tang Zheng's position premise is even greater, and the vacancy behind him is difficult to make up for by Li Kui alone.
After thinking about it, it is better to continue the attack at this pace, after all...... There's still time.
As the brain and offensive and defensive core of the Chinese team, Tang Zheng naturally knows what predicament the team is in and how to solve it, but he still plays according to the tactics arranged by head coach Lippi before.
It's not that Tang Zheng's tactical execution ability against Lippi is extremely high, but that he is waiting for an opportunity.
The Danish team seems to be solid defensively, but in fact there are many problems, Tang Zheng believes that when the time comes, he can help the team equalize.
In the blink of an eye, the first half of the game came to 20 minutes, and the scoreboard showed that the score was still 0:1, and the Danish team was ahead.
However, except for the score lead, the Danish team is behind the Chinese team in other statistics.
The midfielder led by Tang Zheng perfectly suppressed the midfield led by Eriksen, but because of the solid back line and the excellent performance of goalkeeper Schmeichel, it did not leave too many chances for the Chinese team.
During this time, Lippi thought of using set-pieces, but there are not many tall players in the Chinese team, and the Danish team's pertinence in defending set-pieces and corners is also very obvious, that is, optimistic about Tang Zheng.
Even if the pass can fly to the top of Tang Zheng's head, it will be difficult for Tang Zheng to find the crosshairs with little interference from the Nordic Han.
I also thought about making fouls, but the Danish team was very smart and only gave free kicks to the Chinese team that was far away, and free kicks of about 30 meters were not given at all.
As a result, the Chinese team was scoreless.
Ten minutes passed quickly, the total time of the game between the Chinese team and the Danish team passed 1/3, both the Chinese fans in the stands and the fans sitting in front of the TV felt a little nervous, and Liu Jiayuan, the central 5 commentator in the on-site commentary seat, muttered: "The Danish team has a very high tactical literacy and has not left any chance for the Chinese team." ”
Speaking of this, his voice changed: "But there is still a lot of game time, and the Chinese team will definitely equalize in the remaining game time until it overtakes!"
"Whoa—"
The Danish players on the pitch performed well, and the Danish fans in the stands rallied as they created a loud cheer for the national team players.
They firmly believe that as long as the team continues to perform well, it will be a matter of time before they beat the Chinese team to qualify from the group!
Two minutes passed in the relatively dull process of the game, and although the Danish team was in a continuous defensive situation, the Danish national sports TV commentator Christian was full of passion: "Come on warriors! Sweden's European Championship 26 years ago created a Danish fairy tale, and I think it will be the same in 26 years! Defeating the Chinese team is just the first step in realizing our dream! The future ......"
However, as soon as the words fell, the Danish team, which switched from defense to attack, made a passing error, and Christensen's long pass was pushed to Li Kui by Feng Xiaoting, who looked directly for Tang Zheng without stopping the ball.
Tang Zheng picked up his right foot to make a gesture to find Sun Jingbo on the right side directly, and deceived Eriksen to subconsciously raise his right foot to block, at the same time, Tang Zheng quickly put down his right foot, pulled the football back with the sole of his foot, and completed the turn.
Eriksen, who had completely thrown his entire body, had no choice but to watch Tang Zheng break through from the opposite direction.
Midfielder Delaney didn't think much about it and pounced on Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng, who regained control of the football, did not continue to dribble, and the outside of his right foot pushed the football to the right front, and the football rolled to the front of the halt Hao Junmin.
Halfway through the run, Delaney had to put the brakes on the spot and turn to Hao Junmin.
As a result, Hao Junmin kicked the football directly to the arc of the center circle without stopping the ball, and the Chinese fans in the stands subconsciously created a burst of shouts: "Whoa—"
Tang Zheng, who bypassed Delaney, accelerated to meet the football, and another defensive midfielder had no choice in the house, so he chose to take the risk of stepping forward and falling to the ground to tackle the ball in an effort to break the football.
Even if you can't cut off the football, you can't let Tang Zheng get the ball to his own half.
Ideas are great, but a lot of times ideas don't come true.
Tang Zheng is very explosive, and has two long legs, he used his right foot to pick up the football up, so that the football flew above the stretched legs in the house, and then the right foot that landed on the ground kicked the ground, and the whole person jumped up.
It was too late for Shenei to raise his right foot to trip Tang Zheng, he only kicked into a ball of air.
Liu Jiayuan, the commentator of the on-site commentary, suddenly raised his voice an octave, and shouted hysterically: "Beautiful pick-up passes! Tang Zheng dribbles the ball over the middle line! Now the Chinese team is attacking to form a three-on-four!!opportunity!!"
Zhang's run drew the attention of Andreas Christensen and Kjaer, while Sun's run caught the attention of Denmark's left-back Dalsgaard.
Because Lu Liang is inserting at high speed along the offensive left side, and the speed of right forward Poulsen is not as fast as Lu Liang, Danish left-back Stryg Larsen does not dare to defend Tang Zheng, which means that Tang Zheng, who should be fast, can control the football at his feet as he wants.
Tang Zheng, who has rich experience in the game, always pays attention to the situation in front of him while paying attention to the chasing soldiers behind him, and with a super feeling of ball control under his feet, even if he does not look down at the ball, Tang Zheng's dribbling speed is still faster than Eriksen and Delaney, who are chasing hard.
Tang Zheng took the ball to the 40-meter attack area, Christensen and his partner captain Kjaer made eye contact, and then lowered the frequency of retreat, staring at Tang Zheng, who was slowing down with him.
"This is an opportunity!" As soon as Danish National Sports Television commentator Christian finished speaking, Tang Zheng in the broadcast screen slammed the football to the right front with the outside of his right foot, and then accelerated to chase the football.
Christensen didn't expect Tang Zheng to break through so decisively, and it was obviously too late to keep up with Tang Zheng's breakthrough rhythm at his feet, and by the time he completed the turn, Tang Zheng was already two positions ahead.
Considering Tang Zheng's speed, Christensen didn't dare to put a shovel behind him, with Tang Zheng's speed, when he put the shovel, Tang Zheng's two long legs full of strength had already stepped two or three meters.
Kjaer, who was in charge of the fill-in, pounced on Tang Zheng and also paid attention to Tang Zheng's passing route to Zhang Yuzhen, while Christensen turned and ran towards Zhang Yuzhen.
Meanwhile, left-back Stryg Larsen is inside, ready to pinch Tang Zheng with captain Kjaer.
Tang Zheng saw that the route of passing to Zhang Yuzhan was blocked, and the pass to Sun Jingbo, who was running on the outside of the right side, was a little delayed, so he gritted his teeth and took the football forward again with the outside of his right foot.
Get ready to accelerate your breakout!
Kjaer and Streeg Larsen obviously didn't expect Tang Zheng to be so decisive, but instead of slowing down the closing of the door, they accelerated to get closer.
Tang Zheng's two long legs quickly alternated between kicks, and his powerful explosiveness made him stand out before Kjaer and Streeg Larsen closed the door.
Liu Jiayuan, the commentator of Yang 5, was full of passion, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he shouted: "Tang Zheng is speeding up again!
"Beautiful! Don's speed is vividly reflected at this time!" shouted Andy Gray, the British Sky commentator, hysterically, "Single Knife!!"
"Whoa—"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"
The Chinese fans and Danish fans in the stands made loud noises at the same time, and the shouts and exclamations were like two intertwined invisible energies, making the frenzied atmosphere of the game reach the peak of the game at this moment.
Tang Zheng accelerated to break through between Kjaer and Stryg Larsen, and goalkeeper Schmeichel subconsciously swallowed his saliva, looking very nervous.
Although Tang Zheng is still twenty-five meters away from the goal, Tang Zheng, who has completed the breakthrough, is already a single knife!
Tang Zheng, who caught up with the football, came to the line of the big penalty area, and goalkeeper Schmeichel had no choice but to abandon the goal.
"What will Don do?"
Sky TV guest Martin Taylor was thrilled.
I saw that Tang Zheng, who was broadcasting the picture, did not raise his head, and picked up his right foot.
Schmeichel, who came out to the penalty spot, made a sharp stop on the spot, lowered his body's center of gravity, and kept his eyes on it.
The next moment, Schmeichel was extremely flustered, and there was even a trace of despair in his eyes.
Tang Zheng, who picked up his right foot, chose to kick the inside of his instep to the bottom of the football, the force was not very great, but it was a huge blow to Schmeichel, who abandoned the goal.
Schmeichel is too late to step back and all he can do is keep his eyes off football......
"Hanging shot!" Liu Jiayuan, the commentator of the Central 5 Bulletin, stared at the football until the football fell into the net, and then raised his arms and shouted: "The ball is in! The ball is in! In the 34th minute of the game, captain Tang Zheng helped the Chinese team equalize by walking a thousand miles alone!"
British Sky Commentator Andy Guerrera's long voice: "Gooooooooooal-"
"1:1!!" Commentator Martin Taylor: "Three goals in two games!!!"