Chapter 129: First in the group!
"Tang Zheng's header helped the Chinese team extend the score to two goals! With twelve minutes left in regular time, it basically means winning the game!"
Liu Jiayuan, the commentator of the Central 5 Commentary, changed his voice: "But we still need to be extra careful, the Danish team still has enough time to score and even equalize, so the next game must be cautious! ”
The live director gave Tang Zheng a five-second close-up, and British Sky commentator Martin Taylor selflessly boasted: "In the face of such a brilliant Don, what else can you do? Equalize? It doesn't exist! Because you can't attack it, and you can't prevent it! Denmark wants to get a chance to advance, and it must fight France to the death in the last round!"
If there is hope of an equaliser from a goal down, then being two goals down means they are on the edge of a cliff and they will have to score two goals in a row without conceding a goal to equalise.
Thinking of the Chinese team's stable defense for the past 70 minutes, it is so difficult to score a goal, let alone two goals?
In the Danish team, there are already players who have the idea of giving up the game.
With less and less game time and two goals down, what else can you do?
However, Danish coach Harred did not give up the game, he was still thinking of ways to turn the tide, in the 81st minute, the Danish team made the last substitution of the game, the height of 1.93 meters Poulsen replaced the defensive midfielder.
With less and less game time, the equaliser has to be attacked, and as for defence, it is no longer Hared's concern.
After all, there is no difference between a 1:3 loss and a 1:4 or 1:5 loss, and strengthening the attack can increase the probability of scoring goals in the frontcourt.
It's just that...... In many cases, the tactical adjustments did not fail to achieve the desired results, because Lippi's tactical intention was very clear, that is, not to give the Danish team two wings too good opportunities to start the ball, so as to reduce the accuracy of the Danish team's passing.
Although Denmark in the Chinese team's penalty area is very tall, it is limited by passing accuracy, and there are many Chinese players in the penalty area.
Coupled with the high-altitude control of Tang Zheng and Li Kui who returned to the penalty area, the high-altitude bombing that Danish coach Harred hoped to see did not work.
Had it not been for Wu Sanshi squandering a great opportunity, China would have had a chance to lead Denmark by three goals in 90 minutes of regular time.
As time runs out, the Chinese team has given up the offense and retreated with all their members.
At this time, Tang Zheng's role in the defensive end is perfectly reflected, in addition to helping to suppress the Danish team's frontal attack, facing the Danish team's two side crosses, corner kicks, and front-court free kick attacks can play a role in clearing or interfering.
As long as the landing point is within Tang Zheng's controllable range, his success rate in the header scramble is as high as 90%.
Eriksen, the number one star who has high hopes from Danish fans, was interfered with by Li Kui almost all the time, and his strength was less than half of that of Tottenham, which means that the Danish team was affected by Eriksen's poor performance and was in a slump as a whole.
Soon, the game came to injury time, and Lippi began to use substitutions to adjust the reasonable consumption of game time.
Time is running out and the Danes are realising that the chances of an equaliser are infinitely close to zero, and their fighting spirit is getting lower and lower.
"Beep~Beep~Beep~~"
So just after the fourth minute of stoppage time, the referee on duty, Laos, blew the whistle to announce the end of the game.
"Game over! Game over!!"
At the same time, Liu Jiayuan, a commentator of the Central 5 Stadium, stood up from the commentary seat, raised his arms, and shouted almost frantically: "The game is over! The Chinese team defeated the Danish team 3:1 at the Samara Stadium with Tang Zheng's brace and assist, and ranked first in Group C in the first round! If the French team has no way to win by more than two goals in the next game, or if the goal difference reaches two goals and the number of goals is less than three, the Chinese team can still rank first in the group!"
"Whoa—"
The Samara Stadium resounded with the passionate shouts of Chinese fans.
The Chinese players and substitute players on the sidelines in the stadium were particularly excited in the frenzied atmosphere, some of them ran wildly with their arms outstretched, some stood in place and looked up to the sky and roared, and some knelt on the grass like Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo raised their arms and shouted......
Of course, at this time, the most popular on-site director is Tang Zheng, the captain of the Chinese team.
Four goals and one assist in two games, with a contribution of up to 100%, that is to say, without Tang Zheng, the four points of the Chinese team may no longer exist!
Compared with Cristiano Ronaldo, Tang Zheng's contribution to the Chinese team is even greater, because his role on the defensive end is also very obvious, especially in the final stage of the game, his exposure rate is the highest in the game.
At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was sitting in front of the TV, frowned, he thought that scoring four goals in two rounds could become the focus of the world's attention, but he didn't expect Tang Zheng to score four goals in two rounds and have an assist.
Coupled with the contribution on the defensive end, the two made a high and low judgment.
Messi, who is preparing for the key battle against Croatia in the second round, also paid attention to the game between China and Denmark, both in terms of process and result, which made Messi feel envious.
However, this envy comes from the harmonious atmosphere of the team as a whole, and Messi has a headache when it comes to a series of problems exposed by the team.
In another match in the same group later in the group, France beat Peru 1-0 thanks to Kylian Mbappe's goal in the 34th minute.
Since the Chinese team's goal difference is higher than that of France, the Chinese team ranks first in Group C by virtue of a goal difference.
For this result, many media and fans did not expect.
France's 2-2 draw with China in the first round of the group was considered an accident, and the second round against Peru will definitely be a big victory, but judging from the process and the result, the French team won 1-0 seems to be lucky, because the Peruvian team has a long-range shot hit the post.
All the players of the Chinese team who returned to the hotel couldn't help but chant after learning the results of France and Peru, including Tang Zheng.
You must know that the French team is the most valuable team in this World Cup and the favorite to win the championship, and the Chinese team can rank first in the group after the second round.
It's incredible!
But Tang Zheng, as the captain, did not let his teammates vent wantonly, and there was still a final round in the group stage, even if Peru had been eliminated in advance.
World Cup, no weak team!
Premature excitement can lead to a decrease in the player's concentration.
In order to calm the excitement of his teammates, Tang Zheng organized his teammates to watch the second round of Group D group matches between Argentina and Croatia in front of a large screen specially cast for the World Cup in the hotel.
If the Chinese team breaks through from the group, it is likely that the opponents they will face in the 1/8 finals will be one of them.
In addition, Argentina and Croatia both have players with whom Tang Zheng has a very good relationship.
Since the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Messi has shouldered the responsibility of Argentina to regain the World Cup, but due to the influence of his teammates, his performance has never been recognized by domestic fans.
Brazil finally reached the World Cup finals in the World Cup, but was killed by Götze and returned with hatred.
Messi, who is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, has come to the end of his career peak, and if he can't lead Argentina to win the World Cup, he will really have to regret it for life.
Modric and Kovacic are Tang Zheng's teammates at Real Madrid, so they naturally want to be on the field, and considering the comprehensive strength of both sides, he is more optimistic about a draw.
However, no one could have imagined that when the whistle blew at the end of the game, everyone would not be able to believe it.
0:3
Argentina, who were drawn by the home team, is in front, and Croatia, which is drawn away, is behind.
In other words, Argentina lost 0:3 to Croatia, and in the case of a draw with Iceland in the first round, it means that Argentina's qualification to the round of 16 of this World Cup has become precarious.
Once Iceland beat Nigeria, Argentina, who have accumulated one point but are burdened with a -3 goal difference, will face a cruel end.
Tang Zheng looked at Messi on the broadcast screen and kept shaking his head, although Caballero, who made low-level mistakes, and Sampaoli, who radically changed the formation, were more responsible, but Messi, as the number one star, will inevitably be criticized by public opinion for his sluggish performance.
Sure enough!
Not long after the match between Argentina and Croatia ended, public opinion on the Internet attacked Caballero, Sampaoli and Messi.
Among them, Messi's words are the sharpest, throughout the game, Messi's running distance is 7.62 kilometers, and he is the player who has played the whole game in addition to the goalkeepers of both sides.
Messi's lack of aggressiveness in running is considered the most important part of Argentina's lack of goal.
Tang Zheng, who has a good relationship with Messi, thought about it for a long time and finally decided to send a message of comfort.
From the perspective of serving the country, Tang Zheng and Messi can resonate.
In addition to Tang Zheng comforting the injured Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo also edited the text message, because as a top superstar that fans in their respective countries rely on, Messi must be under a lot of pressure, Cristiano Ronaldo looked at the lost Messi, and also thought of the helpless self four years ago......
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At seven o'clock in the morning of the second day Beijing time, the first broadcast of the central 1 was not the world's hot current affairs, but the Chinese team's 3:1 defeat of Denmark and the first place in Group C.
At this time, the whole Chinese team was still resting in the hotel, recuperating and recuperating, and then flew from Samara to Sochi in the southwest at noon.
At the Fisht Olympic Stadium, the Chinese team will start the final round of the World Cup group stage with Peru, which was eliminated in advance.
At seven o'clock in the evening prime time, Central 1 once again focused on reporting the Chinese men's football team that took the lead in qualifying, and the whole country rejoiced, and the reporting time was as long as 48 seconds, which was amazing.
When the Chinese team's flight arrived at Sochi International Airport, the group stage between Brazil and Costa Rica had just begun, and Brazil won the game 2-0 thanks to goals from Coutinho and Neymar in stoppage time.
In another Group D fixture, Iceland, who drew with Argentina in the first round, failed to continue their best form as they lost 2-0 to Nigeria at the Volgograd Stadium.
Nigeria, who lost in the first round, won the game and the whole country was in a roar, but it was the Argentine fans who were even more excited.
thought that elimination was imminent, but it turned out to be reborn in a desperate situation because of Nigeria's victory.
After two rounds, Croatia, which has won two consecutive games, ranks first in the group with six points, Nigeria ranks second with three points, and Iceland, which has one point, beats Argentina to rank third in the group with a goal difference.
In other words, as long as Argentina can beat Nigeria by a big score in the final round, they have a good chance of coming out of Group D.
The final group game of the day was between Serbia and Switzerland, who beat Serbia 2-1 thanks to Shaqiri's strike.
The Chinese team in preparation can be described as concentrated, and there is no time to pay attention to the other groups.
In the final round of the group, facing Peru for glory, there is no room for error, once the Chinese team loses and Denmark wins in the same game, the favored Chinese team will miss the round of 16 of this World Cup.
However, the focus of the game between Germany and Sweden Tang Zheng is in the spotlight, with friends Reus, Hummels, Gundogan and teammate Toni Kroos losing to Mexico in the first round after a poor performance in the first round, and the second round became unacceptable.
Tang Zheng, sitting in front of the TV, was worried, perhaps influenced by the need to win in the second round, as the Germans played very tightly, and Toivonen's goal gave Sweden the lead in the first half, undoubtedly pushing the Germans into a corner.
Narrowly equalising at the start of the second half thanks to a goal from Reuss, Boateng's second yellow card in the 82nd minute almost denied Germany hope of another goal.
Sweden, who won the first round, can clearly accept a draw with Germany, while Germany, who lost in the first round, cannot accept a draw.
Everyone thought the Germans were lacking in talent, including Tang Zheng, and as a result, Toni Kroos scored the winner with a direct free-kick in the final stages of injury time to win the game 2-1.
A goal difference over South Korea and Sweden in the final round would see Germany beat Sweden to advance to the round of 16.
Seeing that the German team finally won the game, Tang Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief, this World Cup is really thrilling enough.
Lore and unpopular, too many to count.
England and Colombia were also watching, and there was no thrill, with England winning all the way to join Belgium in qualifying, while Colombia beat Poland 3-0 thanks to two assists from James Rodriguez.
With the second round of the group stage fully completed, six teams have already qualified early, namely Russia, Uruguay, Croatia, Mexico, England and Belgium, while China will have to draw at least Peru in the final round of the group stage at the same time if they want to qualify from Group C.
Prior to that, there were four matches in groups A and B.
The host Russia, which had already qualified in advance, lost 0:3 to Uruguay, and Australia, which was fighting for glory, defeated Egypt 2:1.
The two matches in Group B were full of excitement as all four teams were expected to qualify, but the dominant Spain and Portugal won 1-1 and 2-2 respectively to qualify.
Portugal, which has five points, beat Spain to become the top of the group by virtue of the advantage of scoring more goals, and faced the host Russia in the 1/8 finals.