Chapter 185: The First Ball

Zhang Shujie shook his head, then looked at Zhao Wenkang and gave him a thumbs up, indicating that the ball was passed beautifully. Zhao Wenkang didn't speak www.biquge.info just smiled, turned his head and walked back.

Chen Hui and Shen Hao sat in the press box as usual, and several full-time reporters from overseas players were present, and there were many colleagues sitting next to them. For Zhang Shujie's ball just now, everyone felt that it was a pity.

The Chinese team got a corner kick, which was taken by Deng Zhuoxiang. In fact, Li Mu and Zhao Wenkang can be punished, but in Gao Hongbo's eyes, the current first penalty shooter of the national team is still Deng Zhuoxiang, and others are veteran players, and Zhao Wenkang and Li Mu's qualifications are still a little worse.

There was no threat from the corner, which was confiscated by Halliday. The Chinese team hurried back to defense, and Kuwait was about to start attacking.

Today's Chinese team is not very strong, and has long been reduced to the second rate in Asia, but it still has some strength in front of Kuwait. In particular, there are several returnees in the team, and Kuwait can basically only consider its own attack after defending against a wave of attacks from the Chinese team.

The ball went to the midfield, and the Kuwaiti players fought for the ball with half of the chances, but the second point was grabbed by the Chinese team, Du Peng passed the ball to Yu Dahai, Yu Dahai was forced too tight, and passed back to Wu Hao.

The Chinese team reversed the ball in the midfield and backfield, and there were about seven or eight kicks, Hu Xiaoning wanted to pass to Deng Zhuoxiang, but he made a mistake in passing the ball and was cut off by Kuwait's midfielder Amir.

Amir did not hesitate to pass to Mutawa, as the team's only arrowhead, Mutawa's ability should not be underestimated.

Mutawa's name may be unfamiliar to most fans in China, but the 26-year-old striker is Kuwait's top scorer and number one star. In the 2010 Asian Footballer of the Year competition, Mutawa was nominated. What's even more surprising is that in the 2010 Global Goalscorer Rankings published by the International Football History and Data Society (IFFHS), Mutawa was ranked "No. 1 in the world" and became the top scorer of the year!

Of course, this is not a lot of money, but Mutawa was still named one of the top 10 Asian players in 2010 by the ESPN. For China's defenders, the "little-known" goalscorer is a difficult character to play against.

Liu Jianhong said worriedly: "The Chinese team made a passing mistake in the backfield, and the ball passed by Hu Xiaoning was cut off by Amir, and now Mutawa is rushing to the Chinese team's penalty area with the ball!"

Several defenders of the Chinese team quickly ran to their penalty area, and Hu Xiaoning chased after Mutawa, he chased very hard, this was a mistake of his, if the Chinese team conceded the goal because of this, he will definitely bear the greatest responsibility.

Kuwait's players also ran up, but the ball came very suddenly, many people were not prepared, Mutawa saw that the nearest teammate was also more than ten meters away from him, and it happened that no one was hindering him in front of him, so he continued to carry the ball forward, Hu Xiaoning barely caught up with him, but Mutawa had already burst into the penalty area, Hu Xiaoning was afraid that he would not be able to stop it.

Now both the Chinese audience at the scene and the Chinese fans in front of the TV have sweated for the Chinese team, and the ball has basically been one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Liu Jianhong's voice hurriedly floated out of the TV: "Hu Xiaoning was thrown a little distance away by Mutawa who rushed into the penalty area, he should have shot directly! Ma Junqiang has abandoned the goal and ran to the big penalty area to block the angle! Mutawa shoots! Ma Junqiang saves! Beautiful! Ma Junqiang has made a meritorious service! He saved this must-score goal!"

The fans of the Chinese team breathed a sigh of relief, and many thought that they would concede the goal this time.

Mutawa stood cross-legged in the penalty area, this kind of ball actually didn't score, is his shooting skill too poor or this goalkeeper too powerful? I have long heard the coach say that this Chinese named Ma Junqiang belongs to Chelsea, and he was only loaned out because of labor certification problems.

Kuwait coach Tufigziqi shook his head regretfully, and there was no other action. Gao Hongbo was so nervous that he walked from the coach's bench to the sidelines at the moment of Mutava's shot, and when he saw Ma Junqiang bravely save the ball, he walked back and sat back in the coach's seat.

Ma Junqiang walked to the goal with an expressionless face, he still blamed Hu Xiaoning for this low-level mistake in his heart, but this is once in a while, and it is not incomprehensible to be a goalkeeper. Besides, he has played less than ten games for the national team in total, so it is inconvenient to blame the "big guy" in the team for the time being.

Ma Junqiang blocked the ball with his knees, directly blocking the ball outside the sideline, or flying out of the sideline from five meters from the halfline. It's okay to be a little farther away from goal and less threatening.

Shen Hao, who was in the press box, said to Cao Weilin: "Ma Junqiang is really not bad, I thought this ball was ......."

Cao Weilin said: "He has saved such a ball in Belgium, I have seen it more than once. ”

"So, when Mutawa attacked, you weren't worried at all?"

"It's a bit worrying, for sure, but it's still calm. ”

Chen Hui looked at the court silently and whispered to himself: "The defense of the Chinese team is still uneasy." ”

Yuan Qing nodded and said, "If Yan Tao is here, wouldn't it be better?"

'It's hard to say, it's his first time in the national team, it's hard to predict. ”

Yuan Qing stopped talking, just looked at the court.

On the field, Zhao Wenkang ran back to the midfield with palpitations, muttering: "I'm scared to death, I only played for fifteen minutes in the opening game, if we lose the ball first, it will be troublesome." ”

It happened that Zhang Shujie also retreated to the middle line just now, and heard Zhao Wenkang's words: "We have to score a goal quickly, otherwise Ma Dashuai will definitely have psychological pressure." ”

Zhao Wenkang smiled: "It's up to you and Li Mu, I will do my best to pass the ball to you." ”

In front of the TV, Wang Shihan, who was watching the game in the bar, put his fingers on his chest with his fingers intersected, praying for Zhang Shujie and the Chinese team.

The Kuwaiti player threw the sideline ball to right-back Tahir, who made a long pass to Mutawa, who struggled to receive the ball but no one answered, and he couldn't help but yell: "Come up!"

The two of their teammates came up, but they came late, the ball was snatched by Du Peng and passed to Hu Xiaoning, this time he didn't make a mistake, and passed the ball to Deng Zhuoxiang steadily.

Among the domestic players, Deng Zhuoxiang is relatively outstanding, otherwise Gao Hongbo would not let him organize the attack, but the game has been played for seventeen minutes, and he has not had a decent organization, but the fullback Zhao Wenkang is more brilliant, and he has already made two threatening passes.

Deng Zhuoxiang dribbled the ball while observing the forward movement, and before Jarrah Ataiki stepped out to grab the ball, he made a straight plug to find Li Mu, Li Mu started, shook off Tahir, and received the ball in the top left corner of the penalty area.

Needless to say, the danger of this position is not to be mentioned, it can be said that the pass is good, and when he was in Parma, Li Mu assisted his teammates to score many times in this area, and he also scored. Zhang Shujie saw that he had controlled the ball, so he quietly moved backwards, Zhao Wenkang was also three meters away from Zhang Shujie, and Yang Xuri and Deng Zhuoxiang in the middle were also waiting for Li Mu to pass the ball at any time.

Who it is, only Li Mu himself knows.

The game has been played so far, Li Mu has not been on camera much, the Chinese team's offense is basically on the right side, Zhang Shujie and Zhao Wenkang have more connection on this side, and Li Mu, as a left winger, naturally does not get any opportunity to perform. However, as soon as the ball reaches him, it can be said that the entire Kuwaiti midfield has entered a state of first-class alert.

For an attacking player who can play as a winger, shadow striker and midfielder, Kuwait is not afraid that it is fake. And Li Mu's skills can even be compared with South American players, and his accelerated start is also terrifying.

Captain Halliday commanded the defense, and shouted: "Hurry up and stop him!

Tahir, who was thrown away by Li Mu, returned to the defense, only to see Li Mu gently pluck the ball on the outside of his right foot, Tahir thought he was going to break through, and was busy with his feet to block, but Li Mu swept the instep of his foot and hooked the ball from the outside to the inside, and the ball that was originally facing the outside was pulled back by him. Tahir was stunned for a moment, and when he wanted to block it again, Li Mu had already dribbled into the penalty area from the other side.

As soon as this action came out, there was an uproar in the stands and in front of the TV, and Liu Jianhong even said loudly: "Oh - this is Li Mu's signature way of passing people, 'ox tail passing'! Tahir didn't react at all!"

Tahir lost his position, Hussein Fadil took the position, Li Mu flicked his right foot outward, and Fadil, who had not yet stood firm, was shaken away by him again, and a gap came out.

"Good chance, now Li Mu can shoot at all!"

Li Mu did shoot, he rubbed an inside arc with his right foot, the ball fell towards the far corner of the goal, Khalidi stood a little forward, even if he jumped to the highest, he couldn't touch the ball, it seems that this time Kuwait will not escape the fate of conceding the goal.

There were already fans in the stands standing up, even Chen Hui and Shen Hao stood up. However, the final landing point of the ball was not the net, but the goalpost and out of the bottom line.

Halliday let out a sigh of relief as he watched the ball go in. The fans of the Chinese team sat down with their heads in their hands, and Shen Hao and Chen Hui also sighed repeatedly. The position and shooting method just now are Li Mu's forte, and in the last round of Serie A before Christmas, Li Mu scored such a goal.

Li Mu himself feels that it is a pity, if this goal is scored, it is likely to become one of the best goals in this Asian Cup.

On the LCD screen, Li Mu's shot just now was being played, as well as his "oxtail is outstanding", which was played three times in a row, and the audience had to give him a round of applause every time he played the scene. Although they had already seen Li Mu's performance on TV, it was the first time they watched it live, not to mention that this was still in the national team.

The game briefly entered a dull stage, and Liu Jianhong also told the audience about the two people who passed and shot just now: "Li Mu's shot benefited from Deng Zhuoxiang's wonderful pass. Speaking of which, when they first entered the team, the two collided over the choice of jersey number. Originally, Li Mu didn't have any special requirements for the jersey number, and he would wear a few numbers if he was given a few numbers, so he didn't plan to compete with Deng Zhuoxiang for the No. 10 jersey, but Gao Hongbo finally gave the No. 10 jersey to Li Mu, and Deng Zhuoxiang chose No. 8. There is also a similar situation with Xu Ziyi, Xu Ziyi loves No. 11, which is also related to his date of birth, but No. 11 was taken away by Qu Bo first, and Xu Ziyi chose No. 14 instead. ”

On the field, Kuwait is ready to attack, their attack is mainly to find Mutawa, either from both sides of the ball, or direct long passes, the midfielders usually insert after Mutawa takes the ball, which shows the importance of Mutawa to Kuwait, but this also reflects that Kuwait's style of play is too fixed.

In fact, the Chinese team is not too much different, Deng Zhuoxiang organized an attack in the middle, and when the ball could not be stuffed, most of the time it would be passed to Zhao Wenkang, relying on the personal ability of the midfielder from the Portuguese Super League to create opportunities for the striker. In the 23rd minute, Zhao Wenkang sent a beautiful high-altitude ball to Yang Xuri, but Yang Xuri pushed the ball to the goalpost.

Zhang Shujie wanted to make a follow-up shot, but Nada quietly pulled him behind him, pulling him to the ground, and he tripped Nada as he fell. Zhang Shujie complained to the referee that Nada had committed a foul, but the referee signaled the game to continue. Zhang Shujie had no choice but to stand up and re-enter the game.

In the 26th minute, Mutawa's long-range shot from outside the box was saved by Ma Junqiang, and Kuwait got a corner kick opportunity, which was also the second corner of the game, the first one was won by China.

The ball was taken by Mutawa, he passed directly into the penalty area, Amir got the ball, but it didn't go in, and it was very high, it looked more like the goal was helping the Chinese team clear the ball.

Du Peng grabbed the second point, he pushed the ball out of the penalty area, Deng Zhuoxiang controlled the ball for about five seconds, and when he saw Zhao Wenkang running past him, he passed the ball to him. Zhao Wenkang didn't take a step when he got the ball, because he saw Zhang Shujie in the front court asking for the ball.

In general, when taking a corner, the attacking team will be in advance, and Kuwait is no exception, which also makes their defense appear a little empty, and if it is counter-attacked by some fast players, it will be very dangerous. Unfortunately, Zhang Shujie is a very fast player.

The ball flew through the air over the midfield and towards the front. Zhang Shujie's speed advantage was brought into play, and the four defenders of Kuwait were chasing him behind him, but they couldn't catch up, so they could only be in a hurry.

The fans in the stands were already shouting loudly, and Liu Jianhong also shouted: "Zhang Shujie's speed is very fast, this is a single goal, chance!"

The ball flew a full fifty meters in mid-air, and finally fell into the big penalty area, and Zhang Shujie had already stepped into it. Halliday attacked, and Zhang Shujie was waiting for this moment.

He jumped up and jumped lightly as he stretched out his right leg and bounced the ball with the outside of his right foot against the falling ball, which in a parabola went over Halliday's head and jumped in the six-yard box before jumping into the goal.