Chapter 344: Fifth in this Session, Sixth in History!
On August 4, at 6 p.m. local time in the UK, the first match of the knockout round began, with Japan, ranked first in Group D, facing Egypt, ranked second in Group C, and finally Japan defeated Egypt 2:1 to become the first team to break into the semi-finals. This is also the first time in the history www.biquge.info of an Asian team that an Asian team has advanced to the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.
Soon after, the match between China and Mexico will begin at Wembley Stadium in London, England, which is also the representative stadium of the England national team and has a capacity of 90,000 spectators.
The Wembley Stadium was built in the 21st century, and the old one was demolished because it could no longer meet the needs of modern football due to outdated equipment. By 17 March 2007, the £780 million Wembley Stadium was in use.
The Chinese Olympic team will welcome new opponents in this new stadium.
In the pre-match press conference, An Rong said: "Mexico is a very difficult opponent, they are very strong overall, and we will give it our all in the game." ”
An Rong's words were very simple, and the head coach of Mexico was more detailed, saying: "I have watched the performance of the Chinese team in three games, their strikers are very strong, and in this Olympics, their forward combination is the best. But my players will find a way to stop them in the game!"
In the locker room, An Rong repeated the tactics he had arranged before, although he had practiced countless times in the past two days, An Rong still emphasized it. It can be seen that the coach of the Chinese Olympic team, who has exceeded the task of leading the troops completely, is still very eager to go further.
An Rong didn't say half a word of gossip, maybe in the eyes of outsiders, he worked so hard to make himself a milestone in the national Olympic team, so that future generations would worship him, but in fact he was not for himself, but for these young players.
Only the farther the national Olympic team goes in the Olympic Games, the more opportunities the players can perform, in order to attract the attention of European players, so that the outstanding players in the team who play in China will also have the opportunity to develop in Europe.
The game time was approaching, the players walked out of the locker room, and under the leadership of the three referees on duty, the main players of the two teams walked into the stadium one after another. The commentary of this game is still Liu Jianhong's partner Zhang Lu, hoping that this is not the last time the two will cooperate in this Olympic Games.
Mexico's formation is 4231, they are all in this formation in the group stage, the goalkeeper is No. 1 Corona, who is also the captain of the field, the four defenders are No. 2 Jimenez, No. 4 Miel, No. 13 Reyes and No. 5 Chavez, the two midfielders are No. 14 Enriquez and No. 3 Salcido, the three forward midfielders are No. 10 dos Santos, No. 8 Fabian, and No. 11 Aquino, of which Dos Santos and Aquino are positioned forward and can play the role of wingers, and the center is No. 9 Peralta.
The formation of the Chinese team is also 4231, which has rarely been practiced before, and is mainly customized for Mexico. The goalkeeper is the captain No. 1 Ma Junqiang, the defenders from left to right are No. 3 Huang Yu, No. 5 Liang Xiran, No. 13 Yan Tao, No. 14 Tang Ling, the two backs are No. 7 Zhao Wenkang and No. 17 Bai Shoushan, the three forward midfielders are No. 10 Li Mu, No. 8 Chen Zihua and No. 11 Xu Ziyi; in the forward position, because Liu Jianwei's injury has not healed, Zhang Shujie will serve as a single arrow.
When this starting lineup was announced, many people speculated whether An Rong planned to use Zhang Shujie as a frontcourt fulcrum like in the game with Senegal? But it is difficult to say, after all, Zhang Shujie is too perfect in the forward position, he can shoot and score by himself, and he can also cover and assist his teammates to score, how to arrange it depends on An Rong's tactics.
Bai Shoushan's appearance as the main force is somewhat surprising, and An Rong's intentions are still obvious at this moment. Zhao Wenkang withdrew to play the back waist, that is, he was to be transferred in the backfield, and Bai Shoushan, who has always worked hard, of course, wanted to play a protective role for Zhao Wenkang.
Needless to say, Li Mu and the "Twins" can organize and attack, they cover behind Zhang Shujie, they can not only insert their own shots, but also create opportunities for Zhang Shujie.
In the stands, Chinese fans have already begun to create momentum for the players, and Xiong Kui commands the cheerleaders to keep waving and shouting. The captains of the two teams, Ma Junqiang and Corona, chose the ball and the venue, and the Chinese Olympic team kicked off first in the first half.
Zhang Shujie and Li Mu stood at the center circle point, and at this moment, the stadium that had been noisy suddenly became quiet, and the fans of both countries were accumulating strength, and when the referee's whistle sounded, they were going to "perform their stunts".
Chen Hui looked at Zhang Shujie with an expressionless face. Moments later, the opening whistle finally sounded, and in an instant, the cheers of the fans could be heard over the stands. In this earth-shattering shout, Zhang Shujie knocked the ball to Li Mu, and Li Mu knocked Zhao Wenkang back.
The second match of the knockout round of the London Olympics between the Chinese Olympic team and the Mexican Olympic team began.
Overall, it was a close game, with a couple of young stars in the Chinese squad and a lack of some fame in the Mexican players. However, An Rong had warned his disciples in advance not to take anything lightly. It is not difficult to see from the video that the Mexican players are not well-known, but their strength is not low.
The first fifteen minutes of the game were normal, if not dull, with few hits in the 30-metre zone of the opponent's front, and the only two were confiscated by the goalkeepers of both teams. Even Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu felt that the players played too cautiously, resulting in fewer opportunities for Zhang Shujie to get the ball.
It wasn't until the nineteenth minute that the first shot on goal was ushered in in the whole game, Mexico's attack failed, and the ball was cut off from Peralta's feet by Yan Tao, and then passed to Zhao Wenkang, Zhao Wenkang made a long pass directly to Zhang Shujie, Zhang Shujie was squeezed by Miel at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and it was also accompanied by the opponent's small movements. In front of the goal of Mexico, Corona has attacked, Zhang Shujie's body is slightly unbalanced, the team can not help, he has to choose to shoot, the ball passed the hands of Corona who jumped, and fell above the net in a parabola.
"It was Zhang Shujie's shot, and the ball was a little higher. Miel had some tugging movements when defending him, which also made his body center of gravity not very stable. Liu Jianhong said slowly.
Zhang Shujie stumbled and almost fell to the ground. He looked at Corona, then at Miel, shook his head slightly, and turned to walk back.
The Chinese Olympic team has begun to attack, but Mexico is not in a hurry. Turner is well aware of the capabilities of China's forward line, and he must first make sure that his backyard does not catch fire before he can settle down to attack. Mexico can reach the knockout stage by relying on a solid defense. On the contrary, the Chinese team's ability to advance to the quarterfinals relies on the invincible two strikers!
Enriquez and Fabian combined to get the ball in control and straight across the halfway line. Zhao Wenkang wanted to step forward to intercept, but when he saw that Bai Shoushan had already run up, he took a few steps back and followed Salcido. Enriquez glanced at the wing, Dos Santos and Aquino were running, he pretended to pass the ball and deceived Bai Shoushan, so he immediately smashed the ball in reverse and crossed Bai Shoushan.
Enriquez dribbled forward quickly, Bai Shoushan desperately chased back, and when he got closer, Enriquez suddenly picked up a pass to the left, dos Santos unloaded the ball, and saw that the No. 14 of the Chinese team had been pasted.
Dos Santos wanted to be stronger than Tang Ling, and accelerated forward along the sideline. When Tang Ling saw it, he sneered in a low voice: "Play speed with me, you didn't wake up for long, right?"
Dos Santos couldn't understand what Tang Ling was talking about, he just strode with the ball, but Tang Ling was about to get stuck out of his position with his 100-meter speed of 11.3 seconds. This is Dos Santos suddenly paused, leaned back a little, and changed his face, but Tang Ling couldn't stop because he was running too fast, and rushed to the front.
Dos Santos crossed, Yan Tao leaned on Peralta, who was about to fight for the point, jumped up and shook his head, and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.
The ball was obtained by Salcido, Li Mu retreated to participate in the defense, he and Salcido were entangled, pulling each other's corners of their clothes, and not giving in to each other. Salcido didn't think about showing footwork in front of this guy and passed the ball straight out.
He passed to Aquino on the right, and Huang Yu stood in front of Aquino, and when he saw Fabian asking for the ball, he passed it and ran forward around Huang Yu. Huang Yuden understood that this person wanted to make a two-by-one, so he ran with him, and kept squeezing him out of the sideline with his body.
Dos Santos passed diagonally back to Aquino, and before the ball arrived, the referee was heard blowing the whistle and blowing a foul on Huang Yu. Fortunately, the referee saw that the players of the two teams were playing quite civilized, so he didn't take out the cards, and verbally warned Huang Yu and told him not to take an example.
Mexico took the free kick, and Ma Junqiang commanded the human wall not to block his view. Dos Santos drove the ball out of the way and was blocked by the wall, and he followed it with a long-range shot that went through the scattered wall and into the goal.
Ma Junqiang let out a low roar and saved the ball in the air, Liang Xiran ran up and cleared the siege with a big foot, and the ball flew diagonally to the right side of the midfield. This is where Xu Ziyi is.
Xu Ziyi volleyed the ball, he looked at his teammates in the frontcourt, Zhang Shujie was surrounded by defenders, Li Mu and Chen Zihua inserted in the middle and left respectively, in contrast, the left side was more empty, he rushed to the left side before Dos Santos returned to the defense, and transferred the ball to the left side.
Chen Zihua stopped the ball lightly, he has not yet entered the 30-meter range of the opponent's backfield, and Li Mu in the middle has already stepped forward to support Zhang Shujie. Chen Zihua adjusted slightly, dribbled the ball horizontally to avoid Aquino's block, and knocked the ball to Zhao Wenkang, who took the opportunity to give it to Bai Shoushan. Bai Shoushan was not good at organizing, but he saw that the Mexican defense was still a little away from the players, so he tried to pass to the front, but unexpectedly, the ball was headed down by Enriquez in the middle.
I don't know whether Enriquez intentionally or unintentionally, instead of pushing the ball out of the back, he pushed it off the touchline, knowing that he was still a little far from the sideline, and the ball drew a long, curvy curve in the air and fell outside the touchline.
Liu Jianhong laughed and said: "Bai Shoushan's idea of passing the ball is still very good, but there is an Enriquez with a height of 1.9 meters, and although Mexico's backfield is a little empty, there are not many of them, if you want to hand it over to Zhang Shujie smoothly, you still need a little footwork, and Bai Shoushan still needs to improve in this regard." ”
Zhang Lu said "hehe" twice and said: "If it is Zhao Wenkang, it may be better, and long-distance overhead balls are what Zhao Wenkang is best at." ”
The Chinese Olympic team's throw-in, Chen Zihua stood outside the sideline, threw the ball to Huang Yu, who came up to assist, Huang Yu **** stopped, put a cushion on the inside of his left foot, and the ball flew over Aquino's head and flew to Chen Zihua who was running forward.
Mexico's left-back Chavez and Chen Zihua went to grab the ball at the same time, and finally Chen Zihua took a step faster, he stopped the ball to stabilize his body, and in front of the intersection of the two lines of the big penalty area, Li Mu suddenly started, shook off Reyes, and hit the goal with his left foot.
Fortunately, goalkeeper Corona attacked in time and blocked the ball with his toes, and the ball flew high, flew over the crossbar, flew out of the bottom line, and gave the Chinese team a corner kick.
Compared with the Mexican players, the Chinese players do not have an advantage in height, and there are two players on the Mexican field who are 1.9 meters tall, and there are not a few who are more than 1.85 meters. However, many players in the Chinese team have very good bounce power, such as Zhang Shujie. There are also Li Mu, Yan Tao, and Tang Ling, and Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi's headers cannot be ignored.
But for the sake of insurance, Zhao Wenkang, who took the free throw, still played a tactical corner, Xu Ziyi answered on the outside, and passed back and forth with Bai Shoushan twice, and the ball returned to his feet. At this time, the people in the Mexican penalty area gradually dispersed.
Xu Ziyi saw the opportunity, outside the penalty area to the left position diagonally to the other side, Zhang Shujie pulled Reyes and Salcido in the running position, Li Mu's running also attracted the opposing defender, the ball crossed over everyone and fell to the right side of the penalty area.
Chen Zihua arrived, he picked up his left leg, pulled out an outside arc, flew over Corona's outstretched hands, and grazed the goalpost to hang the net.
Chinese Olympic Team 1:0 Mexico Olympic Team!
Chen Zihua opened the scoring for the Chinese team! As a result, the Chinese Olympic team has added one more person to the list of players who have scored goals in the Olympic Games! Chen Zihua has also become the fifth player to score a goal in this year's Olympic team. In history, he is the sixth Chinese player to score at the Olympic Games! Like those players before him, he will be written into the history of Chinese football!"