Chapter 277: Lightning Strikes Back

In October, Shenzhen doesn't feel any chill at all, on the contrary, it is still very hot, but this coastal city has a gust of evening breeze in the evening, but it is still a good weather to play football. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The battle between China and Iran was at 8:15 p.m., and unlike the Chinese team, Iraq did not have a star like Zhang Shujie Limu, but their coach was famous, he was the most famous Brazilian football star in the 70s and 80s, known as Zico, known as "White Pele".

Speaking of Zico, Chinese fans will not be unfamiliar, the Brazilian team at that time was full of talent, Zico is also considered to be after Pele, another player who will bring Brazil to the top of the world, but unfortunately in that era, Kempes, Paulo Rossi, Maradona suppressed Zico successively, and this genius failed to lead Brazil to win the Hercules Cup, I have to say that this is a great pity.

Zico became the head coach of Iraq in August this year, and at the beginning of his tenure, he said in front of the media that he must lead the team to the World Cup, although this task is difficult to complete, but Zico believes that it is not impossible to rely on Iraq's strength. At the press conference before the game, a Chinese reporter asked him what he thought of several Chinese foreign players, and Zico actually said, "I don't know them".

In fact, Zico said this on purpose, and it is impossible for him not to watch the video of the Chinese team before the game, and he will definitely pay attention to a dangerous figure like Zhang Shujie. As for why he said "I don't know", eighty percent of it is that he was used to seeing big scenes when he was a player, and he met too many top superstars, and new stars like Zhang Shujie and Li Mu did not think they could pose a threat to Iraq.

Camacho also didn't give him face, saying: "I believe that Zhang Shujie and Li Mu will surprise the Chinese team, and with their Chinese team, the overall strength will rise by at least one notch." ”

It's the coach's business, and the players have to rely on the soles of their feet to see the truth. At 19:00, the bus of the Chinese team arrived at the Shenzhen Stadium on time, and Iraq arrived a little earlier and had already entered. Now there are a large number of Chinese fans outside the stadium, and when they see the bus slowly approaching, the fans are cheering.

Many players on the bus also waved to the fans through the windows, which attracted a lot of applause. Several female fans wore Li Mu's No. 10 jersey for the national team and chanted his name. Zhang Shujie was talking to Wang Shihan on the phone at the moment, he turned his head to look out the window, and happened to see a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls holding up the white No. 9 jerseys of the Chinese team, and he also waved his hand to the female fans, revealing a handsome smile.

Outside the window, a piercing scream rang out.

Many little girls have a little fantasy about their idols, Zhang Shujie is only twenty years old this year, not much older than those female fans, it seems that they feel that there should be some opportunities. As everyone knows, the Juventus striker already has a girlfriend.

Under the leadership of the team leader, the Chinese players went to the stadium to warm up, and the stands were already full of fans, and they unfurled banners that read: "We have Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Yan Tao, and Zhao Wenkang! And you, there is only one Zico!" The implication is that only Zico in Iraq can be called a star, or a retired star.

After all the warm-ups, the players left the pitch and went to the locker room for final preparations. Before leaving, Zhang Shujie also used a wonderful volley to hit the ball into the goal.

As in the training of the past few days, the Chinese team adopted a 4312 formation, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu partnered with two forwards, Deng Zhuoxiang played the front waist, the three forwards were Yu Dahai, Wu Ping and Zhao Wenkang, the four defenders were Sun Xiang, Li Wei, Yan Tao and Wu Yi, and the goalkeeper was Yang Dazhi. Du Peng was injured and couldn't get on, so the veteran Li Wei replaced him and wore the captain's armband.

The Chinese team has strong players on all three lines, especially the forward line, which is already luxurious in Asia, and it seems unreasonable to not be able to win Iraq.

Chen Hui, Shen Hao, Zheng Dawei and Cao Weilin, four full-time reporters, also came to the stadium, and they were sitting in the press box. Shen Hao looked around, and the Shenzhen Stadium, which can accommodate more than 32,000 people, is estimated to have poured in about 40,000 people! Five-star red flags are spread everywhere.

"CCTV, CCTV, audience, good evening. You're tuning in to the round of 20 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil against China and Iraq. The Chinese team had a bad record before, and Camacho also urgently recalled several players who played in Europe, and today he faced Iraq at home, and Camacho couldn't afford to lose. Now that the players of both sides have played, we saw that the captain Li Wei walked out of the players' tunnel with the national football players and walked into the stadium. Liu Jianhong introduced to the fans.

Zhang Shujie stood on the court, standing in a row with his teammates, his expression was very serious. This is not the first time he has played for the Chinese team, but today is different, this is a World Cup qualifier, and every goal may be related to the life and death of the Chinese team.

Wang Shihan sat in front of the TV, she was very nervous. She also knows that today's national team game is very different from the past. In particular, Zhang Shujie was also pinned on by the fans, which also made Wang Shihan even more nervous.

On the court, the captains of the two teams picked the side, selected the ball, and then returned to their respective positions. In the first half, the Chinese team chose the venue, and Iraq kicked off first.

Perhaps many fans will think that the return of Zhang Shujie's four can press Iraq and beat it, so that the opponent does not have the slightest chance to attack. What kind of players are Zhang Shujie and Li Mu? They are Juventus strikers and have scored goals for Juventus. What is an Iraq?

However, the reality was that in less than two minutes of the opening period, Iraq scored first!

The scorer was their captain Younis, who knocked on the door of China with his first shot of the game from 20 yards, and goalkeeper Yang Dazhi did not react to the goal at all.

The Chinese fans at the scene suddenly fell silent, as if everyone had not yet reacted, and some even looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. Chen Hui and the others were also stunned, and they lost the ball?

Iraq's striker and captain scored a goal in the opening 1 minute and 52 seconds, and the Chinese team fell behind 0:1 at home. At this time, neither of the Chinese team's forwards touched the ball.

"This ......" Liu Jianhong was also surprised, he looked at the celebrating Iraqi players, and said: "The Chinese team lost the ball first, which is indeed a bit incredible." The ball was lost so quickly that many fans were still stunned, as if they couldn't believe it was real. However, it is true. ”

Yan Tao glanced at Wu Ping a few times, to be honest, he really wanted to say a few words about this person. When defending just now, Yan Tao and captain Li Wei were guarding against the other two Iraqi players who were inserted behind, so Wu Ping, who was back in defense, should have kept an eye on Younis, but what was Wu Ping doing? He walked about two meters behind Younis, and did not follow to force. If he interferes, Younis's goal may not be scored.

I don't know if he felt that the game had just started and that Iraq had not entered the state so early.

Yan Tao "spitted" at the ground, and scolded softly in his mouth: "Damn!" I don't know if he was scolding Wu Ping or Younis.

Camacho was silent, and he could only write his displeasure on his face in this situation. Zico was overjoyed, sitting in the dugout with a smile on his face. This lightning goal allowed Iraq to grasp the initiative of the game early, and the Chinese team must attack it, so that there will be more holes in the backfield. That's what Zico would like to see.

It's just that if the Chinese team really attacks, can Iraq withstand the repeated onslaught of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu?

Now that you have "lost the ball in lightning", the next thing to do is to "lightning counterattack"!

After kick-off, Li Mu knocked the ball to Deng Zhuoxiang, and Deng Zhuoxiang passed to the backcourt to induce Iraq's formation to pull out. He poured a few kicks and gave them to the right midfielder Zhao Wenkang. Zhao Wenkang raised his eyes and passed.

A 40-meter oblique long pass, Zico looked, such a pass is almost no threat, the Iraqi backfield has four defenders, the Chinese team only has two forwards, and the rest of the people haven't run up yet, I really don't know what the No. 7 of the Chinese team is thinking.

The ball flew lightly towards the Iraqi penalty area, Zhang Shujie was running, followed by Iraqi defender Hussein, and a defender Munir was watching the ball, waiting to intercept the ball.

The ball is approaching, generally speaking, at this time, it is time for the ball to sink, but the passer Zhao Wenkang is a "wonderful", his ball is high and floating, and it cannot be deduced according to common sense. Munir watched as the ball flew over his head and into the back.

That's when the ball fell. Zhang Shujie stepped sideways, waved his arms, put Hussein behind him, faced the ball that fell in front of him, raised his right foot and volleyed the goal! The ball was like an arrow from the string, and before the fans had time to cheer, they saw the ball fly over the crossbar and fly to the audience.

Around the stands, there was a voice of regret.

"It's a shame. Zhang Shujie's shot was very powerful, and Zhao Wenkang's pass was also very clever! Iraq's goal angered the Chinese team, and Zhang Shujie used such a shot to tell the Iraqis whose home stadium it was!

Zico gasped, and just two minutes after Younis scored, the Chinese team had a shot on goal. The No. 7 of the Chinese team named Zhao Wenkang, the pass was so weird. Why didn't you notice when you studied him before the game?

Not only Zhao Wenkang, these four foreign players all have unique skills. It's good that you Iraq dare to score on the Chinese team's turf so quickly, and they will definitely make you regret it for the rest of the time.

Iraq did not play the attack quickly, with the advantage of a ball in hand, and the players were not in a hurry. Slowly dip your feet in the midfield and look for opportunities.

Munir eventually got the ball up front and Akram got the ball and passed it to Younis. Li Wei wanted to defend, but Yan Tao yelled: "I'll go!" For the most dangerous person in Iraq, he wants to go into battle by himself, and he is not at ease when others go. Li Wei didn't stop him and let him go.

Younis took aim at the big man and wanted to dribble past him, as long as he could get past the defender, it would be a one-on-one face for the goalkeeper. How could Yan Tao let him succeed, his sturdy body pressed over, and Younis suddenly felt a mountain pressing in, dispelling the idea of passing the ball to his teammates. But it was a little late, and Yan Tao had already broken the ball.

There is a small space around, he trotted a few meters with the ball himself, until an Iraqi player leaned over he passed the ball, it was Zhao Wenkang, Zhao Wenkang still looked at the front court, this time he did not pass directly, the distance of forty meters just now was already very risky, now it is close to sixty meters, so far is not easy to control, unless there is a single knife in the counterattack, there is not so much space to catch the ball.

He gave it to Deng Zhuoxiang, and then ran to the front, and Deng Zhuoxiang gave it to him again. Right-back Wu Yi ran forward along the right side, Zhao Wenkang pushed forward with his right leg, and the ball rolled forward almost against the sideline.

The linesman follows the ball and looks carefully to see if it goes out of bounds. Zhao Wenkang's strength is well controlled, and the ball as a whole is still in the field. Wu Yi caught up with the ball and passed to the penalty area, which was blocked by Munier, Deng Zhuoxiang arrived just in time, stopped the ball and passed it into the penalty area.

Zhang Shujie hit the goal at a small angle, the angle was very awkward, and he was about to lose the ball, Iraqi goalkeeper Kasd had a miracle and fell to the ground to save the ball, and the Iraqi players were secretly lucky. But Li Mu, who was ambushed in the crowd, rushed out like an arrow, and the instant start was extremely fast, and he shot at the door. Fortunately, Cassed's fall just now made him fall to the path of Li Mu's shot, otherwise he would have lost the ball.

When he stood up, he got angry at the defenders and asked them why they didn't keep an eye on the Chinese team's Nos. 9 and No. 10. I wonder how dangerous these two people are? No one answered him. These two men are not so easy to keep an eye on, even Thiago Silva and Mexes have suffered from them, not to mention the Iraqi defenders.

Zhao Wenkang took the corner kick of the Chinese team, and the ball he drove was still so erratic, Castel couldn't grasp the landing point of the ball for a while, and he hesitated whether to attack or not, and it was this short hesitation that brought him fatal consequences.

Zhang Shujie was about to compete for the top before, but this was his illusion, he and Zhao Wenkang had been teammates in the Asian Cup and were very familiar with each other. He knew that the ball would not fall in front of the post, but the Iraqi players could not see that the "high and floating" pass seemed to land anywhere in the penalty area at will.

Zhang Shujie shook the front post and drew all the attention of the goalkeeper and defenders. The ball reached the back post, Li Mu pressed Shakir, who was defending him, jumped up and smashed his forehead, and smashed the ball into the net!