The second round of Group C group matches between China and Greece will be played at the Dunes Stadium in Natal at 8 p.m. local time on June 19, that is, at 6 a.m. Beijing time on June 20.

The Dune Stadium is different from other World Cup stadiums because it was built by the Brazilian government specifically for the World Cup, and the most striking feature of the stadium is the petal-shaped roof.

The Dune Stadium is smaller than the Pernambuco Arena, where China beat Ivory Coast in the first round, but it is only 4,000 seats smaller and can accommodate 42,000 fans.

It is worth mentioning that the Pernambuco State Arena, like the Dune Stadium, has far more Chinese fans wearing red T-shirts or jerseys than Greek national team fans in the hour before the start of the game.

It can be seen from the close-up shots of the whole game specially given by the live director before the game that Chinese fans account for at least half, which means that the number of Greek fans and neutral fans combined is comparable to the number of Chinese fans present.

So much so that Frizas Jekas, the commentator of the Greek National Sports Television, said helplessly after seeing the picture: "China's land area is about 73 times that of our country, and its population is about 128 times that of our country.

Sitting in the sand dune stadium scene of the senior commentator seat of the central 5 commentator sighed: "The population is a lot of time is a trouble for the country, but this time is absolutely happy, think about our national team, no matter which country the club plays in, the number of fans absolutely do not have to worry, the Dragon Team established in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province in July last year The fans will be very powerful, rendering the entire dune stadium into a sea of red, which is absolutely positive for the national team in the next game." ”

The commentator of his partner He Wei has been rotated, with Gong Lei as the player, and he continued: "The home factor occupies a very heavy weight in football matches, especially as the balanced development of the world as a whole becomes more and more important, our team can feel the home team treatment in this frenzied World Cup atmosphere, which has a positive effect on the players' play, and at the same time can bring a certain psychological hint to the Greek team, they are the away team, and ...... We...... It's the home team!"

"That's right! The Greek team that lost in the first round must win in this round to retain the hope of qualifying, so the players will inevitably be under great pressure in their hearts, which is something that the Chinese team with a psychological advantage can take advantage of, coupled with the home atmosphere given to us by the Dune Stadium, as long as we score first, I think the victory of the game will be eight or nine ......."

He Wei spoke eloquently and eloquently.

During the conversation, the on-site director switched the camera to the stadium passage, and the players on both sides of the game entered the player tunnel from their respective locker rooms one after another.

The Chinese team drew away signs again before the game, but because the color of the Greek national team's home jersey is white, it does not affect the Chinese team to continue to wear the red jersey to play in the second round of the group stage of the World Cup.

In the player tunnel, the player who attracted the most attention was the world-class superstar Tang Zheng.

The first thing many Greek players see is the tall Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng has no acquaintances in the Greek team, so he only encourages his teammates, especially the 18-year-old Sun Jingbo, who has not played for the national team before.

For Sun Jingbo, Tang Zheng is quite optimistic about his career prospects, with a height of 1.83 meters, skilled at his feet, extremely fast, and superb archery.

If you have to find a flaw, it's that his body is not strong enough.

However, Sun Jingbo is only eighteen years old this year, and it is inevitable that his body is not strong enough, because his body is still developing.

Tang Zheng has no acquaintances in the Greek team, and the Chinese team has players who are familiar with the Greek team players.

Yan Junling and Lu Liang, who play for Borussia Dortmund, and Papastathopoulos, who moved to Dortmund last summer, have talked and laughed.

However, Lu Liang did not stay in the players' tunnel after chatting with Papastathopoulos, but walked straight to the pitch and walked to the bench, because of the tactical reasons of the coach Lippi in this game, he will sit on the bench and standby.

Lu Liang's strength was able to play the main team in Dortmund, but now he is sitting on the bench in the second round, which is somewhat surprising, especially the Greek national team coach Santos, who was puzzled when he got the starting lineup of the Chinese team an hour before the game.

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"CCTV, CCTV, the match that is now being broadcast for you is the 22nd match of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the first match of the second round of Group C, when the Chinese team faces the Greek national team at the Dune Stadium in Natal, Brazil. ”

He Wei, the central 5 commentator, subconsciously said the central 5 standard commentary lines.

"The first to kick off was the Chinese team, who were wearing the traditional red jersey and red pants, attacking from the right side of the screen to the left, and the Greek national team wearing the white jersey and blue pants, attacking from the left side of the screen to the right side......"

The Chinese team, which had the advantage of kick-off, did not rush to attack, and the football soon came to the feet of Tang Zheng, the rhythm controller, who controlled the direction and timing of the attack.

Tang Zheng was not in a hurry to attack, and the commentator in the on-site commentary seat took advantage of this time to report the starting lists of both sides of the game.

The Chinese team made two position adjustments to the starting list, Sun Jingbo and Li Xuepeng replaced Lu Liang and Ren Hang respectively, and the formation also changed, from the previous 4231 formation to the current 442 formation.

Gao Lin is at the front of the front line, Sun Jingbo is a second striker, Tang Zheng and captain Zheng Zhi partner in the midfield, Wu Sanshi and Hao Junmin are left and behind.

Left back Jiang Zhipeng, double central defender Feng Xiaoting partnered Li Xuepeng, Zhang Linpeng right back, and the gate was still guarded by Dortmund's main goalkeeper Yan Junling.

The Greek team is in a four-five-one formation, with goalkeeper Canezis, four defenders Maniadis, Manolas, Papastathopoulos and Holebas, midfielders Fitfazidis, Torrosidis, Kachulanis, Koné and Samaras, with Mitroglu at the front.

It is worth mentioning that the Maniadis, Manolas and Holebas in the back line are all from the Greek domestic giants Olympiacos, not to mention the attack, the defense will definitely have a tacit understanding.

The Greek team, which is good at defending and counterattacking, did not control the rhythm of the game because it was more famous than the Chinese team, and they even gave up the frontcourt pressing after the Chinese team kicked off and retreated directly to the half.

The Greek team's choice is the same as the assumption made by Lippi before the game, so Lippi's 442 formation in this game is more conducive to the Chinese team's attack.

Except for Zheng Zhi's position, which dragged relatively backward, Tang Zheng's position was almost parallel to the avant-garde line.

At this time, Sun Jingbo's choice of running position became particularly important.

The reason why Lippi chose to replace Lu Liang with Sun Jingbo as the starter must be supported by relevant tactics.

In addition to his outstanding individual ability, Sun Jingbo can earn a place in Barcelona's B team's tactical system, that is, his movement is quite good, and he can give the ball carrier more passing options.

No, just a minute and a half into the game, Sun Jingbo received Tang Zheng's through ball on the right side of the attack, and shot directly from 25 meters from the goal.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Canezis was very attentive and in a very good position, flying to lift the ball off the crossbar with his right palm and only give the Chinese team a corner.

Two minutes later, the Chinese team's offense made a comeback, Artemisia Junmin cooperated with Zhang Linpeng on the right side quite tacitly, and then Artemisia Junmin took the ball and cut back to Tang Zheng who received it on the right rib, Tang Zheng did not stop the ball and passed directly behind him.

Zhang Linpeng plugged in at high speed, stopped Tang Zheng's just right pass, and then sent a very subtle inverted triangle cross.

Gao Lin caught the attention of Manolas and Papastathopoulos at the front post, and the ghostly Sun Jingbo kicked off the right side of the penalty spot, and the ball rolled into the near corner with his outstretched left arm after the goalkeeper Canezis fell to the ground.

However, after the football had passed Canezis, he also rounded the left-hand post of the goal and rolled off the line.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

The sand dunes resounded over the stadium with huge cries of regret from Chinese fans.

At the same time, there were also subconscious exclamations from Greek fans.

"It's a pity! Sun Jingbo pushed and missed the goal post in front of the goal! The Chinese team missed a great opportunity to exceed the score!" He Wei, the central 5 commentator, was full of regret, and then his voice changed: "But Sun Jingbo, who played for the national team for the first time and started the game, did not have any timidity is very commendable, his running position is very ghostly, and the defenders of the Greek team can't prevent him at all, I finally know why Coach Lippi let him start instead of Lu Liang, his performance is too good!"

In other words, Sun Jingbo is likely to be the one who broke through the door of the Greek team in the Chinese team.

The broadcast screen gave a close-up shot of the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, who had the same expression as the players on the field, which was quite regrettable.

If the deadlock can be broken in the opening five minutes, Greece, who are pressed out, will surely expose even bigger problems.

As the eldest brother, Tang Zheng turned around and touched Sun Jingbo's head affectionately, and said with a smile: "Your state today is awesome! I believe that the head coach Uncle Lippi believes that you are a very correct choice, and there is a chance next." ”

In the process of walking back, Tang Zheng turned his head and said, "Of course, you have to continue to run, only when you run to a good position, I can pass you a good ball." ”

"Brother Zheng, I see. ”

Sun Jingbo nodded vigorously.

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In the blink of an eye, in the past ten minutes of the game, the Chinese team unexpectedly took the initiative in the game, and the Greek team, which had the advantage of overall ability, was passively defensive.

In these 10 minutes, the Chinese team completed four shots, two of which were completed by rising star Sun Jingbo, and the other two were Tang Zheng and Gao Lin.

In fact, the Chinese team's attack in the front court can be carried out more quickly, but Tang Zheng took into account the fast counterattack that the Greek team is good at, so he did not dare to participate in the attack too deeply, and was more focused on passing.

Captain Zheng Zhi has significantly reduced his ability to run due to his age, and he is more of a role in intercepting and sharing the ball, so Tang Zheng has to increase the running coverage in the four-midfield configuration.

However, after ten minutes of the game, the Chinese team's offense took the initiative to slow down the rhythm, and the forward line and the forward line pressed much worse than before.

It is not difficult for fans who know a little about football game tactics to see that in fact, the Chinese team is trying to make the Greek team's defense go to the front.

Because only when they wait until the premise of their defensive line, the two wing advantages of the Chinese team can be brought into full play.

In addition, Tang Zheng's outstanding vision can also create killing opportunities.

In the sixteenth minute of the game, Tang Zheng scored the ball in the middle circle of the Greek defensive half, and swept past the Greek striker Mitroglou who was pressing, and then suddenly got up with a long pass to attack the left rib.

Wu Sanshi didn't start, and left back Jiang Zhipeng cut diagonally into the defensive gap between Papastathopoulos and Holebas, and Tang Zheng's long ball of more than 30 meters landed behind them.

"Whoa—"

A loud chant rang out over the Dune Course.

By the time Papastathopoulos and Holebas reacted, it was too late, and goalkeeper Canezis dropped the shot.

I don't know if it was the sudden loud shouts from the stands that affected Jiang Zhipeng, who made a mistake in stopping the ball in the xiong part of the high-speed run, and the football rolled in the direction of goalkeeper Canezis.

Although goalkeeper Canezis is not the No. 1 goalkeeper in Granada, his quality is extraordinary, and his limited appearances are remarkable, and he has amazing performances from time to time, so he can become the number one goalkeeper of the Greek national team.

Realizing that Jiang Zhipeng made a mistake in stopping the ball, Canezis immediately accelerated, kicked forward with both feet, and pounced on the football like a hungry tiger.

In order to avoid fouls, Jiang Zhipeng, who made a mistake, took the initiative to slow down, and then jumped hard, jumping over the head of the goalkeeper Canezis, who pounced on the football, and then took advantage of the situation to roll and unload.

Jiang Zhipeng, who landed on the ground, immediately remorsefully hammered a handful of grass, if he could stop the ball just now within his control as usual, not to mention that he would have a chance to score a goal, and there were many options.

Striker Gao Lin and second striker Sun Jingbo both run in place according to the pre-match game tactics, as long as the pass is not outrageous, the chance of scoring will be as high as 80%!

Jiang Zhipeng and Canezis did not have a direct physical collision, and the referee did not blow the whistle to stop the game.

Greek goalkeeper Canezis got up and threw the ball directly into the right side of the midfield with a runner to launch a quick counterattack.

The Greek fans in the stands looked very excited, as if they watched their team launch a successful wave of quick counter-attacks and then break through the Chinese goal guarded by Yan Junling.

But many times the ideals are abundant, and the reality is cruel.

Samaras, who is more than 1.9 meters tall, stopped the ball to the right with his xiong part and turned around with his body flexibly.

However, the moment he finished turning, he realized the danger and subconsciously jumped on the spot, just in time to avoid a frontal tackle by a Chinese player wearing a red jersey.

He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, looked at the broadcast screen and subconsciously shouted: "Beautiful shovel! Tang Zheng's strong ability to read the game was once again revealed, and he made up for the defense in time when Jiang Zhipeng stepped forward to participate in the attack!"