Chapter 53: Confrontation with Japan
At halftime, both sides returned to the field and the game continued.
At the start of the second half, the sweltering heat eased a bit, after all, it was almost dark and the stadium lights had been turned on.
At the beginning of the game, the coaches of both teams did not make any personnel changes, and they continued to wait and see.
While fighting again, in the 62nd minute of the game, Chen Long assisted Wang Kai and scored another goal for the Chinese team, and the score became 3:0.
For Malaysia, the team has entered a particularly difficult period, not only falling behind by a large score, but also the physical fitness and temperament of the players on the field are getting worse and worse!
In the 68th minute, the Malaysian head coach began to make personnel changes, and he used two substitutions in a row.
Replaced two backfield players in succession, judging from his substitution position, the Malaysian coach did not choose to give up and planned to continue attacking!
However, the Malaysian manager's substitution did not have an effect, and with the game going into 80 minutes, Malaysia still fell behind with a score of 0:3.
In the 81st minute, the head coach of the Chinese team, Li Zong, also made personnel adjustments, and he replaced Fang Xu, who scored a lightning goal for the Chinese team.
In the 87th minute, Chen Long was substituted.
At the moment when Chen Long was replaced, he received warm applause from the fans in the stands, which was a recognition of Chen Long.
In this game, Chen Long's overall performance was not bad, handing over a number of passes and shots.
Subsequently, both sides did not score and the score remained 0:3 until the end of the game.
As the final whistle blew, the opening match was declared over, and the Chinese team lived up to expectations and made a good start.
Two days later, the second round of the group stage continued, and this time the Chinese team faced the equally weak Myanmar team.
In this game, Chen Long continued to start!
However, in the face of the Myanmar team, which is about the same strength as Malaysia, the Chinese team was unable to open the situation, and in the first half of the game, both sides did not score.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the head coach made personnel adjustments, replacing the striker Feng Jun, who was not in a good position in the first half and was in a sluggish state, and replaced it with the striker Liang Haoxian from the mysterious training camp!
In the 52nd minute of the game, the score finally changed, and after the Chinese defender Zhao Wei touched the ball in the midfield, he faced the Myanmar players who ran up quickly and pressed hard, and passed the ball vigorously to his team's backfield.
In the end, the football came to the hands of the Chinese team's goalkeeper Luo Ning, who observed the situation on the field and kicked the ball to the feet of midfielder Wang Kai with a long shot.
Wang Kai did not continue to choose to pass, but chose to break through with the ball, but at a distance of 5 meters from outside the Myanmar penalty area, he was tackled by the Myanmar player who was chasing after him.
At the moment when Wang Kai was tackled by the Myanmar player, the referee's whistle sounded, and in the end, the referee gave the Chinese team a free kick opportunity, and at the same time, gave a yellow card warning to the Myanmar player.
The Chinese team, which got a free kick opportunity, was taken by the captain on the field, that is, Wang Kai, who had just been fouled, to take the free kick!
Facing the Myanmar players who were surrounded in front of him, Wang Kai chose to shoot low, and the football crossed a wonderful arc over the human wall and catapulted into the net.
Relying on Wang Kai's free kick, the Chinese team finally scored the first goal of the game, and the score became 1:0!
The game continued, and after scoring the goal, the Chinese team gradually regained its form, gradually controlled the form on the field, and began to bombard the defense of the Myanmar team!
In the 60th minute of the game, Chinese defender Zhao Wei scored another goal for the Chinese team, and the Chinese team led by two goals
After that, the head coaches of both teams made personnel changes, and Chen Long was replaced by Li Zong in the 85th minute.
In the game against Myanmar, Chen Long did not score or assist, and his performance on the field can only be regarded as decent!
In the third game of the group stage, the Chinese team played against the Lebanese team, compared with Malaysia and Myanmar, Lebanon's strength is stronger, and it can be regarded as the strongest opponent of the Chinese team in the group stage.
At the beginning of this game, Lebanon formed a huge pressure on the Chinese team's defense, and in the face of Lebanon's crazy attack, even Chen Long, as the team's center forward, had to temporarily retreat and actively participate in the defense.
20 minutes later, the crazy attack of Lebanon did not receive a return, suspended the offensive momentum, which also shocked the Chinese team coach Li Zong into a cold sweat, although before this game, the Chinese team has won two consecutive victories, but if defeated by Lebanon, it is not a good thing!
After that, the two sides formed a brief standoff in midfield!
In the 30th minute of the game, Chen Long, who was in the last game against the Myanmar team, suddenly broke out and scored two goals in just 4 minutes, which completely detonated the madness of the fans on the spot, and also made many "caring people" in the stands very excited!
In the first half, relying on Chen Long's two goals, the Chinese team led Lebanon 2:0, and in the end, the two sides maintained such a score, and after a halftime break, the second half continued!
In the 56th minute of the game, the Lebanese striker took advantage of the mistake of the Chinese team's defenders to clear the siege and pulled a goal back, and the score between the two sides became 2:1!
After that, neither side scored again, and the score remained 2:1 until the end of the game.
At the end of the three rounds, the Chinese team won 3 consecutive victories, scored 9 points, and won the second place in the group with the first place in Group A, and the Lebanese team qualified and advanced to the top 8!
At the same time, after the 3 rounds of group stage, the boys of the Chinese team have become more and more tacit on the field, which makes fans have greater expectations for this new national junior team!
In fact, regarding the Asian Junior Championship, unlike the record of other national teams, the Chinese national junior team has won two championships, the most recent of which was the 2004 Asian Junior Championship.
A day later, the group stage of the other three groups was also completely over.
China's opponents in the quarterfinals have also been confirmed, and China will face Japan in the next match.
Japan was originally the strongest team in Group B, but in the final round of the group stage, they lost to Thailand, so they could only advance to the top 8 with the second place in the group!
China vs Japan, this is the most interesting game in this Asian Junior Championship so far, and at the same time, for both teams, it is also the opponent who is the most reluctant to meet in advance.
Before the game, the Japanese team was the champion of the last Asian Junior Championship, and at the same time, it is also the favorite to win the Asian Junior Championship.
The Chinese team won 3 consecutive victories in the group stage, showing strong strength, and at the same time, it is the host.
Therefore, this game, for both sides, is not easy to play, and it is destined to be very difficult!
However, for Chen Long and them, if they want to win the final championship, they must be ready to face any team, so they are also very calm, as the head coach of the team, Li Zong is the most willing to see players like this!
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