Chapter 262: Unexpected Group First (10/10 Asking for Monthly Passes and Subscriptions!)
When referee Ilmatov blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was still 0:0. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Chinese team and the Australian team exchanged blanks at the Xi'an Suzaku Sports Center, and each scored one point.
The on-site broadcast camera was given to Tang Zheng for the first time, and he covered his face with his hands, looking very helpless.
Australia's strength is more than one notch stronger than that of Iraq and Jordan in the Asian Top 20 Tournament, and their physical fitness is stronger, and their game experience and tactical literacy are better.
The second is that Gao Lin, who was at the front, had too poor grasp ability, and squandered two opportunities to score in the whole game.
Of course, the most important thing is that the awareness of playing is a little bit big with each other.
At present, in addition to Hao Junmin, the Chinese team can keep up with his consciousness, which is the captain Zheng Zhi.
The two of them have some tacit understanding in the game, but they are not tacit enough.
The overall awareness of the team can barely cope with Iraq and Jordan, but there is nothing to do against the stronger Australia.
So Tang Zheng misses playing with his teammates at Dortmund very much, that's what is called enjoyment.
But after thinking about it, Tang Zheng felt that there seemed to be some problems in his thinking.
The ability of teammates is limited, and the direct result is a significant gap in skill, especially in passing and receiving.
But think about it from another angle, as the core, should you take the initiative to adapt to the style of play of your teammates rather than your teammates to adapt to yourself.
"Whew-"
Listening to the huge cheers that erupted from the Suzaku Sports Center, Tang Zheng thought that he should do the same......
Subsequently, the on-site director switched the camera to Camacho, the head coach of the Chinese team.
Yang 5 commentator He Wei said: "It can be said that it is reasonable to get a point at home, and it can be said to be unexpected, the Chinese team with Tang Zheng and Artemisia Junmin should have played more strategically, but Camacho's use of Tang Zheng in this game seems to be more inclined to defense, of course, this is directly related to the overall strength of Australia than the Chinese team, the Chinese team's next game is to challenge Lebanon away, whether it can finally qualify for the World Cup in Brazil, the next game will be the top priority......"
At the same time, Jian Gen, the president of the Shenzhen Fan Club, quickly left the Suzaku Sports Center because he needed to contact the fan presidents of other provincial clubs to discuss the establishment of a national fan association by officials.
South Korea had a bye in the first round, Qatar beat Lebanon 1-0 away, and they temporarily topped the group with three points, while China and Australia were second and third respectively.
Six days later, the Chinese team will play the second round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on the road.
They spent two days in Xi'an for recovery before flying to Beirut, the Lebanese capital, for their second World Cup Asian round of 10 matches.
Arriving at Beirut International Airport, many Chinese fans working in Lebanon came to the airport to greet them.
It is worth mentioning that many Lebanese fans expressed their welcome to Tang Zheng, some of them held up posters, and some wore Dortmund No. 10 fans holding flowers and chanting Tang Zheng's name.
And Tang Zheng is also the only Chinese player welcomed by Lebanese fans.
Lebanon lost at home to Qatar in the first round, and now if they lose to China at home in a row, their path to qualification will be more thorny.
However, the Lebanese national team is limited, and even if they play at home, not many media are optimistic about their prospects.
On the contrary, many domestic and foreign media are optimistic about the Chinese team, believing that the Chinese team is likely to beat Lebanon away.
As early as before the Chinese team left for Lebanon, an enthusiastic netizen named Chinese Barak calculated an account.
There are 4.5 places for the Asian zone to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil, which means that each group has two direct qualification spots and one quarantined for the Asian zone 0.5 places for the continental play-offs.
With the current strength of the Chinese team, it is a bit difficult to compete for a direct promotion place, and the head coach Camacho is also very smart, as early as after the draw for the top 10 matches, he was very low-key, saying that the Chinese team can only compete for the third place in the group even if Tang Zheng presses the formation, which takes away a lot of pressure on the Chinese players.
But in fact, does the Chinese team really have no direct chance of qualifying?
Yes!
It's just that the chances are slim.
According to the scores of the final qualifiers of the past three World Cups, it will be found that the Chinese team has a high chance of qualifying directly.
In the 1998 World Cup in France, the team in the finals stage was expanded to 32 teams, and the Asian zone won 4.5 direct participation places, and Saudi Arabia, Iran, Japan, and South Korea directly qualified that year.
In Group B, South Korea is more perverted, ranking first in the group with 19 points, while Japan is second in the group with 13 points.
Saudi Arabia are top of Group A, but only have 14 points, while Iran is second with 12 points.
In the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, the hosts of Japan and South Korea directly qualified for the finals, and the Asian region became 2.5 participants.
As we all know, the Chinese team successfully avoided Saudi Arabia and Iran in Group B in that World Cup, and finally ranked first in the group with 19 points, so there is no reference significance.
Looking at the 2006 German World Cup Asian preliminaries, this qualifier has changed a lot compared with the past, the previous top ten matches have become the top eight rounds, but the promotion places remain unchanged, still 4.5.
Saudi Arabia is the first in Group A with 14 points, South Korea is second with 10 points, Japan is first in Group B with 15 points, and Iran is second with 13 points.
In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in South Africa, the top 10 matches in Group A saw Australia with 20 points, Japan with 15 points, South Korea with 16 points and North Korea with 12 points.
To sum up, it is equivalent to saying that the final score of the second place in the group is probably between 12-15 points.
The two teams with the best hopes of qualifying for Group A are undoubtedly Australia and South Korea, and if nothing else, the two teams will join forces to qualify, while the remaining China, Qatar and Lebanon will compete for third place in the group, which means that China's direct rivals are Qatar and Lebanon.
Assuming that the Chinese team wins all four home and away games with Lebanon and Qatar, and scores 12 points, plus one point from the home draw with Australia, it means that 13 points are scored in five games.
Can't get one or two points in the remaining three games?
Won't it be an upset to beat South Korea?
The national team in the Gao Hongbo era once defeated South Korea 3:0 in the East Asian semifinals, and now there is Asia's No. 1 star Tang Zheng pressing the lineup, maybe Tang Zheng suddenly broke out in the game?
Everything that could happen had to be calculated precisely.
This is not the first time that the Chinese team has visited the Beirut Municipal Stadium, two years ago in Qatar Asian Cup qualifiers defeated Lebanon 2-0 away, and most of the internationals who beat Lebanon are still in the team, in their playing years.
As the fifth pot team in the group, Lebanon itself is not strong, and the most famous player is only Antar, who plays for Shandong Luneng.
The Chinese team is strong, except for the starters with Guangzhou Evergrande as the team, the physical strength is a little problem, and the overall strength is stronger than Lebanon.
The two teams have met five times in the international A-level competition before, and the Chinese team is far ahead with four wins and one draw, and the psychological advantage is obvious.
At 9 p.m. on June 9, Beijing time, the second round of Group A of the Asian Top 10 between the Chinese team and Lebanon started at the Beirut Municipal Stadium.
Soon after the start of the game, the Chinese team created a chance to score a goal.
Hao Junmin accurately found Gao Lin who was inserted forward in a 45-degree cross from the right side, but Gao Lin, who ran out of the vacant position, leaned over and jumped to the top to push the ball out of the bottom line, shocking the Lebanese fans at the scene in a cold sweat.
Next, the dominant Chinese team gradually controlled the situation on the field, and Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi took turns to control the rhythm.
During this period, Tang Zheng took the initiative to reduce the speed to cater to his teammates while completing the tasks assigned by head coach Camacho, and the results achieved were unexpected.
The team's attack has become more fluid, and Yang 5 commentator He Wei said: "After the last round of the home draw against Australia, Tang Zheng seems to have found a tacit understanding with his teammates, and from the first ten minutes, it feels a bit like that Dortmund No. 10." ”
Because of the limited ability of the opponent, Tang Zheng can boldly move forward to participate in the attack, and he can only solve the problem by his own shooting when he is counting on the hopelessness of striker Gao Lin.
No, the Chinese team broke the deadlock on the field in the 27th minute of the game.
Tang Zheng and Hao Junmin came to the 30-meter area of Lebanon's defense twice in a row, and then raised their heads to pass the ball to Gao Lin, who was running, and deceived Antar into a recovery action, Tang Zheng slammed the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, and his right foot met it with a long shot.
Lebanese goalkeeper Abbas Hassan didn't have time to fully stretch his body in the face of Tang Zheng's long-range shot, and the football was already roaring, hanging straight into the net!
"The ball is in, the ball is in!" He Wei, the central 5 commentator from the scene, was very excited.
The away team scored first and the game was secured!
Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi are both masters of controlling the rhythm, and the only difference is that Tang Zheng is world-class and Zheng Zhi is Asian.
Camacho was finally able to sit quietly in the dugout, knowing that the rest of the game was completely secure.
The Chinese team sealed the win in the second half, Tang Zheng retreated to the center circle to organize an attack, and then took advantage of the moment when the Lebanese player was distracted and suddenly made a long pass behind him, and Hao Junmin changed to the left side and suddenly cut into the left rib of the penalty area.
Tang Zheng's long ball of more than 40 meters was exactly the same as Hao Junmin's running position, and central defender Mohamed Tahan was too slow to kick down Hao Junmin, who stretched out his foot in advance to move the ball forward, and the referee on duty blew a penalty kick clearly.
Tang Zheng, as the most famous player in the team and the best footwork, has no doubt about the penalty kick qualification, and he easily takes the penalty.
0:2
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
It was also the final score of the game, with China beating the home team by two goals away from home to continue their unbeaten record against Lebanon.
When the game was over, He Wei was stunned when he saw the Group A standings played by the broadcaster.
South Korea had a bye in the first round, and defeated Qatar 4:1 away in the second round, accumulating three points.
Australia drew 0:0 with China in the first round, and had a bye in the second round, accumulating one point.
Qatar, which won in the first round and lost in the second round, has three points with one win and one loss, and Lebanon, which lost all the first two rounds, has zero points.
It is equivalent to saying that the Chinese team, with one win and one draw in the first two rounds, was magically ranked first in Group A!