150 Advance to the Top 10!
On the one hand, it is related to whether the team can reach the top 10 round, and in the face of the situation of drawing and qualifying, it is not once or twice to drop the chain, of course, it will be worrying, on the other hand, Tang Hong's super popularity makes him return to China to attract the attention of fans.
Van der Heer's tactics in the closing game tended to be conservative.
A draw is a huge advantage in the eyes of Europeans, who are not guilty of taking the initiative to put their defence under pressure.
After a short rest, the team went south to Guangzhou, and the home stadium of the national team competition was set at the Guangzhou University Town Stadium.
There were still seats available in the stadium on the evening of the match day, but the attendance was much higher than expected.
Warmed up step by step, everything was ready before the game, and the Chinese team and the Jordanian team entered the field!
Flags fluttered in the stands, gongs and drums were noisy, and a considerable number of fans gathered to hold banners in support of Tang Hong, still marked with their signature: Hongfan Family.
Tang Hong, who scored many goals in the Portuguese Super League, became the most popular player in Chinese football in less than a year after his debut.
Tang Hong, who wrapped the captain's armband, exchanged team flags with his opponent, took a group photo before the game, and then everyone stood up and prepared to kick off.
The Chinese team played a 4231 today.
Goalkeeper: Zeng Cheng.
Defenders: Zhang Linpeng, Dai Lin, Feng Xiaoting, Sun Xiang.
Midfielders: Zheng Zhi, Luo Hongkai, Zhao Xujun.
Forwards: Wu Lei, Qin Rui, Tang Hong.
Jordan is still the main force, but the fighting spirit is doubtful.
The game kicked off with the magnificent cheers of the Chinese fans.
The Jordanian team played a defensive counterattack, the Chinese team was also slowly controlling the pace of the game, and Tang Hong's position was not too prominent.
The coach has formulated a strategy, and he naturally has to follow it, otherwise it is easy to deviate the rhythm.
It's just that the rhythm of the Chinese team is too slow to play a little uninspirable, Tang Hong basically kicks the ball, and Luo Hongkai is more and more handy in organizing the tandem in the middle, but the opportunity creation before the kick is unsatisfactory.
The Jordanian team's counterattack is not necessarily much of a threat, the key is that the Chinese team's backline is a little nervous, and some balls can be controlled, but they are worried about mistakes and simply cleared the siege.
There were almost no highlights in the first 25 minutes of the game, and when the game approached 30 minutes, Tang Hong made a wave of continuous breakthroughs on the left side and sent shells to the middle of the penalty area, which shocked the Jordanian team, and Qin Rui's shot was thrillingly destroyed by the defender out of the bottom line.
The Jordanian team strengthened the defensive restrictions on Tang Hong, and Tang Hong's running became more active, achieving the effect of containing and tearing the opponent's defense.
Without the support of midfielders, the Chinese team's attack to the front court is actually more like the Brazilian team's style of play, and the creation and grasp of offensive opportunities must rely on the cooperation between the forwards.
As for the midfield and defence, the best result is that they can hold on and not concede a goal.
Towards the end of the first half, Zhang Linpeng's foul on the opponent's counter-attack was a bit redundant, which gave the opponent a chance to attack from set-pieces.
Van der Sheer frowned on the sidelines to express his dissatisfaction, he actually didn't expect the Chinese team to be a little nervous today!
That's right, especially the midfielders, the ball can't be controlled, and the big foot is often kicked directly out of the sideline, obviously there is no opponent around them to exert counter-robbery pressure, but it seems that the football under their feet is a bomb!
If you don't kick it out quickly, you can blow yourself up in the next second!
Jordan's set-piece attack still invested a considerable amount of troops.
When the football hoisted into the penalty area was likely to be hit by a Jordanian player's header, goalkeeper Zeng Cheng squeezed out the ball with his fists after jumping decisively at the critical moment!
The resolution of the danger eased the tense nerves of the national football team a lot.
And then after Wu Lei knocked the ball to the side outside the penalty area to find Tang Hong, the counterattack of the Chinese team was not what the backcourt players cared about, as long as they were not continuously attacked by the Jordanian team, they would not be in crisis for the time being.
Tang Hong dribbled forward quickly along the side, and when he encountered the Jordan defender, he quickly knocked the ball across the middle, and Qin Rui, who followed up, sent a diagonal pass to cooperate with Tang Hong hitting the wall.
When Tang Hong hit the offensive danger zone, the last two defenders of the Jordanian team were very close to him, and Tang Hong decisively sent a cross!
The football flew to the right rib area that had just entered the penalty area, Wu Lei ran wildly, stopped the ball and adjusted one step before shooting with his feet!
Wu Lei, who flew a basket of knives in the last national team in the World Preliminaries, did not disappoint this time, and the football blasted out flew straight to the far corner of the goal, and the Jordanian goalkeeper was powerless to save it!
The Chinese team opened the scoring!
Call!
Van der Sheer breathed a sigh of relief, and the situation finally got better.
After Wu Lei broke the goal, he took the initiative to rush over to find Tang Hong and thanked Tang Hong for his assistance.
Although he is two years older than Tang Hong, Wu Lei is now a bit like a little brother in front of Tang Hong.
After the celebration, Tang Hong and Qin Rui briefly exchanged two sentences.
In today's situation, it is very difficult for the Chinese team to create a killing opportunity in the frontcourt of the positional battle, so the front line is also conservative and the battle line is retreated, which can not only strengthen the defense to fulfill Van der Shier's tactical requirements, but also use their speed advantage to play their strength in a wider space when the opportunity arises.
The first half ended quickly, and in the second half, the two sides changed sides and the Jordans clearly started to fight back, and it seemed that they really wanted to beat China away from home to secure Iraq's progress.
In the other game that started at the same time, Iraq has led Singapore 4:1, there is no suspense to win, if the Chinese team will lose to the Jordan team, then Iraq needs more goal difference, so Iraq will also attack Singapore in the second half.
The Chinese team faced the Jordanian team's counterattack defense and put more pressure.
There are many inexplicable clearances in the backfield that make the front line feel helpless, and I don't know if this kind of big kick kicking the ball directly to the front court to give the opponent the ball has gone through the brain.
Even when Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xujun started to do this, Van der Hill looked majestic on the sidelines, scolded the players not to blindly clear the siege, and then gave Luo Hongkai instructions to let him retreat further!
There must be a point in the backcourt that can stabilize the ball, that is, a hub that connects the transition between attack and defense!
Otherwise, don't look at the distance between the striker and the midfield defender after retreating, but it will be meaningless to not be connected.
The situation began to improve after 60 minutes, Luo Hongkai retreated after the effect of the organization was more obvious, plus Tang Hong also moved more to the middle to connect the offensive, the Chinese team began to frequently penetrate the Jordanian defense.
But Wu Lei flew two more single knives!
I don't know if he drifted a little after scoring a goal, or if the goal in the first half was an extraordinary performance, and not scoring alone is the real strength.
In the 73rd minute of the game, the Jordan team sent a cross after breaking through Zhang Linpeng's defense on the left side of the front, and the center forward Hayer grabbed the point and sent the ball into the goal of the Chinese team!
The scene instantly became tense!
Van der Shier decisively replaced Zhang Linpeng with Zhao Hanchun, in terms of strength, Zhang Linpeng should be the first among the right fullbacks of the active Chinese players, but I don't know why it is difficult for him to meet Van der Shier's expectations on the field, more than brave, lack of stability, it is easy to lose the inside line that the fullback should be the first priority to block as soon as his brain is hot!
After the substitution, the Chinese team is still occupied by the Jordanian team on the field, after all, a draw can qualify, the Jordanian team has no psychological baggage, and it is natural to play more easily.
Seeing that the game was approaching 80 minutes, Zhao Hanchun was knocked to the ground by the opponent while defending on the right side, although he fell a little exaggerated, but the referee still gave the Chinese team a set-piece opportunity.
When the Jordanian players were still theorizing with the referee and saying that he didn't do anything to Zhao Hanchun, Zhao Hanchun had already quickly gotten up and held the ball down, and he didn't even straighten up and sent the ball out with a straight pass.
To be precise, Zhao Hanchun's style on the court is what Tang Hong said to his teammates when he was in Braga that he looked down on a type of acting!
But if you look down on it, you don't look down on it, but it doesn't mean that you can't see sand in your eyes, you can't see others playing like this, you are all adults, if your thinking is still black and white, then you really haven't been smoothed out by society.
In the past, when Tianhai went out to play together, as long as Zhao Hanchun didn't go too far and cause conflicts between teams, Tang Hong never said anything to him, only when his acting skills were too high, Tang Hong couldn't help but say a few words about him.
Wu Lei received Zhao Hanchun's pass on the side of the backfield and immediately crossed the ball diagonally into the middle circle.
Tang Hong took a step forward to lead the ball in a fast run, and when the Jordanian defense was forced to press forward for a counter-attack, Tang Hong calmly sent a through ball.
Qin Rui successfully won a single knife against offside!
Outside the penalty area, Qin Rui got up and shot, and the shot with his right foot was crisp and neat, and the football flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball and hit the bull's-eye!
The Chinese team is leading the score again!
At the scene, whether it was the coach or the fans of the Chinese team, they were finally relieved.
A game that can qualify with a draw is played in a mood of ups and downs, except for the Chinese team, I am afraid that there will be no second team.
The Jordan team did not give up the counterattack, and when they were pressing, Feng Xiaoting once again ushered in a great counterattack opportunity for the Chinese team with a key interception on the penalty line.
Luo Hongkai found Tang Hong, who left the defender behind after rushing through the middle line, with a direct pass over the top in the backfield, and Tang Hong, who rushed forward, went to the meeting single-handedly.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper Tang Hong's speed did not decrease, and the ball was directly divided!
When he was already facing the empty goal, the Guangzhou University Town Stadium resounded with crazy cheers in advance.
Tang Hong naturally pushed the ball into the empty goal with ease.
China 3:1 Jordan!
Seal the win!
Seeing that the tide was turning, the Jordanian team did not press back again.
In the other game in the same group, Iraq swept Singapore 7-1, but unfortunately their "teammate" Jordan could not help them beat China away from home, and finally failed to qualify from the group.
At the end of the game on the Chinese team's side, Tang Hong led the whole team to the sidelines to applaud and bow to the fans in the stands to thank them.
Van der Heer has also temporarily passed the test of the early days of his tenure, at least qualifying from the third group of the Asian zone of the World Preliminary Championships, allowing the Chinese team to save the hope of hitting the 2014 World Cup in Brazil to the top ten!