Chapter 117: Draw with Germany
The overall strength of the Chinese team is naturally inferior to the German team, and it is normal to fall behind by two goals in the first half without Tang Zheng starting, but with Tang Zheng coming off the bench, the German team, which did not start with all the main forces, encountered a lot of pressure, and the offensive and defensive transitions were far less smooth than in the first half.
German Sky commentator Marcel Leif frowned and said: "As the defending champion of the World Cup, the German team should show its own strength, the Chinese team is not ranked among the world's top teams at all, and only Tang and Lu can create a threat, and Lu has not come off the bench after participating in the Champions League final, and he is only unbearable when Tang plays, so what if Lu plays again?"
The close-ups of the live broadcast are frequently given to the German coach Loew, which is obvious, that is, his substitution adjustment has not worked, so it is hoped that he can make another adjustment to reverse the unfavorable situation of the German team.
Because it is very difficult for the German team to defend its title in the World Cup in Russia, if it is so difficult to face the Chinese team with Tang Zheng, what about playing other world powerhouses? Will it be more passive?
Although I don't want to admit that the German team is no longer as strong as it was four years ago, it is not weak, and it is still able to attack the World Cup champion, after all, the odds offered by the world's top ten bookmakers to the German team are 1:5.5, second only to Brazil's 1:5, and it is the favorite to win the championship.
It is worth mentioning that the odds of the Chinese team are ranked eleventh, 1:40, even ahead of the host Russia.
Loew's face was still the same as that unfazed face when he appeared on the broadcast screen, standing in the command area of the coach of the home team, his arms crossed over his chest, his brows furrowed, and others had no idea what he was thinking.
Lippi, who will retire after leading the Chinese men's football team to play this World Cup, is a lot calmer, he sits in the coach's seat and crosses Erlang's legs, as if the game has nothing to do with him at all.
Five minutes later, Lippi turned his head and explained to his assistant Madaloni.
I saw Madaloni get up and walk to the warm-up area, and Lu Liang, another ace player of the Chinese team, finished the warm-up and came to the coach's seat.
It just happened that the scene was more noisy, the two sides competed in the midfield, and the on-site director seized this gap to switch the camera and give it to the coach of the Chinese team.
The head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, pulled Lu Liang and was talking about something, while assistant coach Li Tie was holding the Huawei tablet that had been prepared long ago in his left hand, and his right index finger was constantly sliding above the screen, while Lu Liang, who was tied to his trouser pocket, nodded frequently.
The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV gradually have new expectations for the next game, Tang Zheng's appearance has brought great changes to the Chinese team's midfield, and even suppressed the German team's attack at the beginning of the second half.
Germany coach Loew also saw the changes that China was about to make and he knew it was time for the team to make another adjustment......
In the 54th minute, the Chinese team made the second adjustment of the game, and Lu Liang replaced Gao Lin, who was not in good shape.
"Whoa"
At the same time, there was a loud chant over the Westfalfa Stadium, and Dortmund fans who support the national team thanked Lu Liang for his contribution to Dortmund over the past few years.
Of course, the momentum created by the fans is far less than Tang Zheng's appearance.
The close-up of the on-site director gave Gao Lin who was slowly walking down, and the central 5 commentator shook his head and sighed: "Old man Lippi gave Gao Lin a lot of opportunities, but Gao Lin, who has reached the age of thirty-two, has declined very significantly in terms of state, and may even compete with the young players Zhang Yuzhan and Ye Erfan in the center position." ”
Commentator Xu Yang nodded and said: "Indeed, Zhang Yuzhan performed well in Werder Bremen, his off-ball running is amazing, and the nineteen-year-old Ye Erfan has unlimited potential, if nothing else, Gao Lin will most likely miss the final 23-man squad of the Chinese team." ”
The fourth official did not take back the electronic card of the substitution, but changed another set of numbers.
Germany asks for a substitution!
Goretzka replaces Gundogan.
Loew's adjustment signal is obvious, to maintain the pressure on the Chinese team in the middle, Gundogan, who played the whole warm-up game in the last game, is not in very good shape, and he seems to have little confidence in Tang Zheng, so the replacement of Goretzka is hoping to reverse the unfavorable situation in the midfield.
However, Tang Zheng, who is getting better, has continued his good competitive form in the past few seasons, and the double back of Rudy and Goretzka has not been able to help Ozil relieve the pressure of organizing the attack in the attack, but he is forced by Tang Zheng and does not dare to go too forward.
The overall strength of the Chinese team is indeed inferior to that of the German team, but Lippi's tactical arrangement is very reasonable, the defense is solid, and the offensive end and Lu Liang's appearance directly enhance the counterattack, which makes the pressure on the right side of the German team's defense suddenly increase.
Kimmich is already attacking strong and weak, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect him to be able to defend against Lu Liang, who is in an unusually hot state this season.
Although the Chinese team is still passive defense most of the time, the German team's offensive organization has been greatly affected, and the Chinese team's process from offense to defense is very fast, Tang Zheng and Lu Liang's medium and long-distance connection is unguardable, if it weren't for the large coverage area of Neuer, who returned from injury, the Chinese team has narrowed the score.
"Whoa"
The Chinese fans in the stands let out wave after wave of huge shouts under the leadership of the 'Dragons' fan club, and even suppressed the German local fans who had an absolute numerical advantage for a while.
Ozil played like a fish in water in Real Madrid that year, and many media once thought that Ozil would become the new crown prince of Real Madrid, but Real Madrid first sold Ozil to Arsenal in order to show sincerity, and then introduced Tang Zheng to break the transfer record in world football at that time.
Tang Zheng suppressed Ozil, who played for Werder Bremen, when he was in Dortmund, and he couldn't imagine being squeezed away by Tang Zheng when Real Madrid was playing in full swing, so Ozil has always wanted to beat Tang Zheng and prove to the world that he is not worse than Tang Zheng!
However...... The 30-year-old Ozil was too eager to perform, and in the face of Tang Zheng's defensive passing power was too small, the football was cut off by Gao Zhunyi, who had predicted it properly.
Peterson pounced on Ko Zhunyi, who was unexpectedly calm, and pushed the ball with the arch of his right foot to Tang Zheng, who quickly pulled out the catch space.
Ozil reacted quickly and fell to the ground to tackle.
But Tang Zheng reacted faster, and he gently picked the ball up with the tip of his right foot at the moment of turning to meet the ball, and the ball just went past Ozil, who fell to the ground.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa"
Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations over Westfalfa Stadium.
Immediately, the overall momentum of the stadium turned sharply, and Dortmund fans subconsciously let out a huge chant when they looked at the familiar figure: "Whoa"
Tang Zheng didn't have time to pay attention to the shouts that erupted on the court, his attention was completely focused on the court.
Goretzka, one of the two backs, was even more forward, and pounced on Tang Zheng without hesitation, but was passed by Tang Zheng in advance.
Rudy didn't dare to act rashly anymore, and he chose to fight and retreat.
Tang Zheng was able to advance ten meters with the ball and came to the top of the arc of the middle circle of his side, he looked at the direction of Lu Liang's running on the left side and picked up his right foot, everyone thought he was looking for Lu Liang, but when he touched the ball, he chose the outside instep, and the football flew in the opposite direction.
The ball flew towards the rib space between Jule and left-back Hector, where Wu Sanshi, who had been tired of defending in the first half, followed up at high speed.
Tang Zheng's pass was very hidden, and he made a full posture to pass the ball to Lu Liang, and Sun Jingbo, who played as a guest center, ran at full speed between the two central defenders, Jule and Rudiger, Hector retreated quickly, but did not close to the middle in time, so he gave Wu Sanshi the opportunity to insert the ribs in front.
"Tang Zheng's outside instep passes!"
As the camera switched, Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice suddenly rose an octave: "Wu Sanshi!"
Wu Sanshi, who was running at high speed, stood out from the entire back line of the German team, his forward stop was relatively smooth, and how to deal with the ball next had already been thought about, but his pupils shrank sharply at the moment he chased the ball.
This...... Came out too fast, right?
Seeing that Neuer had made a timely attack, the German Sky commentator Marcelleff instinctively shouted: "Manuel!"
Neuer made a timely attack, but his current form is much worse than four years ago, and his explosiveness has also decreased significantly, Wu Sanshi has not completely given up control of football, and his speed has not slowed.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
Wu Sanshi's speed was naturally faster than goalkeeper Neuer, but the football rushed forward and attacked in the direction of Neuer.
Neuer, who was about 25 meters away from the goal, put a shovel in advance when he was still more than two meters away from the football, and used the inertia of his body and the length of his feet to shovel towards the football.
Wu Sanshi, who had an absolute advantage over his speed, sighed helplessly in his heart, and then jumped high.
Neuer kicked the ball with his right foot, but the direction of the clearance was not well controlled, and the ball flew towards the center circle.
"It's a pity! Neuer struck in a timely manner!"
The screen switched, and He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, watched the football fly towards Tang Zheng, and subconsciously changed his voice, almost frantically shouting: "The football flies to Tang Zheng!"
In the face of the flying football, Tang Zheng didn't think much about it, he didn't even stop the ball, but adjusted the pace point during the run, stepped on the ground with his left foot, and hit the middle and lower part of the football with the instep of his right foot.
No, it should be said that it is an unguarded goal at this time......
Neuer, who had not yet fully gotten up, had given up the idea of getting up when he saw the football flying towards the goal.
In other words, when he saw the football flying towards Tang Zheng, he had given up.
Whether he played for Schalke 04 or Bayern in the past, he was scored by Tang Zheng's hanging shot.
This time, he thought, was inevitable.
Sure enough!
The ball began to fall after flying over the penalty area line before crashing into the snow-white net......
2:1
"Whoa"
The scoreboard at Westfalfa Stadium changed, the fans of the 'Dragons' fan club in the stands let out loud cheers, and even many Dortmund fans joined in the crazy catharsis, they seemed to see Tang Zheng in a yellow and black striped shirt at this moment.
"World wave! world wave!!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice was sharp, and the explosion instead of the voice of passion kept bombarding the Chinese fans in front of the TV: "Tang Zheng once again contributed to the world wave in the face of the goal guarded by Neuer! His goal helped the Chinese team narrow the score to 1:2!!"
"The key game still depends on Tang Zheng!" Commentator Xu Yang was passionate: "His amazing form has continued, and I think the first round of the upcoming World Cup group stage will not fall behind against the seeded French team!"
The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV listened to He Wei and Xu Yang's singing and harmonizing, and were more confident in the Chinese team's first World Cup group game.
Even if they lose to France in the end, won't Denmark and Peru be next?
If the Chinese team shows the form of the second half, beating Denmark and Peru is a sure thing!
The Chinese team pulled one back with Tang Zheng's goal, and head coach Lippi continued to make changes to the lineup.
In addition to building confidence in the players, the warm-up matches before the start of the World Cup are more about considering the fringe players who have been shortlisted for the 30-man squad.
Liu Ruofan, who was only nineteen years old, replaced Hao Junmin, and Ye Erfan replaced Wu Sanshi.
Lippi's substitution intentions are very obvious, and I hope that these youngsters can cherish this warm-up opportunity and show their best to prove that they are worthy of the final 23-man squad.
Liu Ruofan and Ye Erfan have good potential, but they are slightly lacking in international competitions, and if they want to bring them to the World Cup, they must show convincing performances.
This World Cup warm-up match also has the significance of training for the head coach of the German team, Loew, who naturally did not pay special attention to the outcome of the game, and also made adjustments to the personnel on the field when Tang Zheng narrowed the score.
Tang Zheng's former team-mate Reus replaces Sane, and Draxler replaces Mesut Ozil.
Due to the large-scale personnel adjustments made by both sides, the scene was a little chaotic and the viewing experience was greatly reduced.
However, the two youngsters of the Chinese team are impressive, Liu Ruofan and Ye Erfan, who came from the Dortmund academy, put on their best performances at the familiar Westfala Stadium to prove to the Chinese fans that they are qualified to represent the Chinese team in the World Cup!
Tang Zheng, who helped the Chinese team score a goal, performed as well as ever, attacking and retreating, and almost single-handedly suppressing the German team's attack in the middle, so that the German team's attack had to lean towards two wings.
Loew's choice to send Royce and Draxler was aimed at attacking the two wings, so as to take advantage of the lack of defense on the wing of the Chinese team to open the gap.
With Reus and Draxler coming off the bench, Tang Zheng's defensive pressure has increased dramatically, and the number of times he has been involved in the attack has become less and less.
Fortunately, Loew's attacking combination is not particularly tacit, and they still need time to slowly grind in.
The Chinese team was on the defensive side for most of the second half, but the defensive players were solid with the tacit cooperation of Tang Zheng and Li Kui, coupled with the wonderful performance of goalkeeper Yan Junling, and the score remained unchanged until the end of the game.
2:1
In the end, the German team defeated the Chinese team at the Westphaladen Stadium and won a warm-up match.
Despite the defeat to Germany, the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, who participated in the regular press conference after the game, is still full of confidence in the Chinese team's journey to the World Cup.