420 Career Peak

In the first round of Group F of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Argentina defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 to grab three points.

Six hours later, at the Justiba Sarda Stadium in Curitiba, the match between the Chinese team and the Nigerian team came as scheduled.

In the dressing room before the game, Van der Hiller's speech remained in the same style as before, resolutely not giving the team blood, but saying to everyone in a deep tone: "None of you have ever had World Cup experience, and neither have me.

But the difference today is that we are not sitting in front of the TV watching the world's football feast, your family and friends, especially parents, children, partners, most of them should be at home cheering you on, this is the highlight of your career.

The game is only 90 minutes, but it will make you remember it for a lifetime.

There's nothing more deserving than putting our best foot forward and taking every second seriously!

I can imagine it was bound to be very difficult, but we were together, our families were with us, and the biggest fans in the world were with us!

Let's do it together! ”

The Chinese team members were in good spirits and cheered each other up, and then walked out of the locker room together.

Coming to the players' tunnel, Tang Hong, as the captain, naturally stood at the front of the team, he looked at Nigeria's starting lineup, among which only Moses and Mikel were the ones he had played against on the field, at that time Tang Hong represented Manchester United, Moses and Mikel played for Chelsea.

He nodded to each other after meeting their eyes.

After the referee team checked that the starters of both teams did not carry illegal items, the players of both teams officially entered the venue.

The hustle and bustle at the Baisada Stadium was deafening, and the Chinese fans were clearly outnumbered by the Nigerian fans, and the game had not yet started but there was already a long-lasting cheer, after all, it was the World Cup, and it was also a grand carnival of the fans.

The starters of both teams lined up on the pitch and then had a pre-kick ceremony.

When the Chinese national anthem sounded on the World Cup stage, the Chinese team members moved in unison to touch the team emblem on their chests near their hearts with their right hands, and everyone sang loudly.

Perhaps for the older players, this is their only trip to the World Cup.

Sun Xiang and Zheng Zhi will inevitably miss the next World Cup.

Of course, it is still doubtful whether the Chinese team can enter the next World Cup.

But at the very least, the Chinese team, which is dominated by young players, still has at least two chances to hit the World Cup again in the next 5-10 years.

At this moment, the pinnacle of the profession belonging to most Chinese players is being staged!

"CCTV, CCTV, hello to all viewers and friends, welcome to watch the second match of the first round of Group F of the 2014 World Cup group stage in Brazil, where the Chinese team and the Nigerian team competed at the Curiti Babay Shada Stadium.

As the first Asian team to qualify for the World Cup, the Chinese team will inevitably enter a group with a very difficult competitive landscape due to the world ranking in the draw group.

In the same group we have strong teams like Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nigeria.

Before the game, many media thought that the Chinese team should not think about qualifying, we strive to play every game well, and living up to the efforts of the past four years is the best mentality!

Head coach Van der Sheer also expressed the same opinion before the game, we must admit that the Chinese team is an underdog on the world stage, and we are not worth mentioning in the eyes of strong teams.

Even if we have a superstar like Tang Hong who is considered to be comparable to Messi and Ronaldo in European football.

But football is a team sport, look at Messi's teammates, look at Ronaldo's teammates, we know that we can't be too optimistic that Tang Hong can help the Chinese team go further on the World Cup stage, but the results of the Chinese team largely depend on the performance of Zeng Cheng, Zhang Linpeng, Zheng Zhi, Wu Lei and other players.

Let's take a look at the starting line-ups of both teams today.

The Chinese team started 4231.

Goalkeeper: Zeng Cheng.

Defenders: Zhang Linpeng, Liu Tao, Dai Lin, Sun Xiang.

Midfielders: Wu Lei, Zhao Xujun, Luo Hongkai, Zheng Zhi, Tang Hong.

Forward: Qin Rui.

The Chinese team has all started in Europe, so it can be said that this is our strongest lineup.

Nigeria's starting XI was also 4231.

Goalkeeper: Nyeyama.

Defenders: Ambrose, Oboabona, Omeioglu, Oshaniva.

Midfielders: Moussa, Mikel, Akiz, Onaki, Moses.

Forward: Amenik.

Both teams should be mainly defensive and counter-attacking, so the game should be a bit stalemate, and the pre-match kick-off ceremony has been carried out, so let's see how the two teams are in form and performing.

Chinese team, come on! ”

The Chinese team completed the pre-game group photo, and Tang Hong, as the most famous star on the court, was naturally taken care of by the camera.

At this time, his red face in the stands was cheering for him, and his family and friends in China were also cheering for him.

What's more, countless fans across China are cheering for him and his teammates!

The World Cup, a feast of global attention.

No matter where the end is, he will definitely do his best to move forward!

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began!

The Chinese team took the lead in kicking off, Qin Rui flicked the ball lightly, and Tang Hong knocked the ball back.

The Nigerian team cautiously deployed the defense and counter-robbery, and did not dare to go deep into the hinterland of the Chinese team's half, after all, the Nigerian team is also the first game of the World Cup, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with being cautious first.

The Chinese team passed the ball more in the backfield, trying to get every player to touch the ball as much as possible to get into the game.

In the 5th minute of the game, the Chinese team launched a fast attack on the left side of the front, and Luo Hongkai transmitted the ball diagonally to Tang Hong's feet in front of the middle circle.

At the moment when Tang Hong controlled the ball, Moussah, Mikel and Ambrose formed a front and back pinch and blocked his in-cut line.

Nigeria could not ignore Tang Hong's threat.

Tang Hong took a slow dribble forward and then decisively transmitted the ball diagonally to the feet of Qin Rui, who took the initiative to respond, who knocked the ball back to Luo Hongkai who followed up with Onaki's follow-up.

Luo Hongkai kept the ball and sent the ball to the right in front of the penalty area with a diagonal pass.

Wu Lei quickly cut inside on the right side to meet the ball, and slammed the ball to the right rib of the penalty area.

O'Omeoglu didn't expect Martial Ray to dare to break through, but Martial obviously chose a line closer to the outside, so he was able to drive straight into the distance by playing his speed advantage, but the shooting angle was not good when he hit the outside line on the right rib of the penalty area, but he had no choice but to shoot with his feet!

The ball flew to the far corner of the goal, the angle was there, but the speed was not enough.

Enyeama easily confiscated the ball.

When the Nigerian team began to attack, the Chinese team's forward line first retreated to the center circle, and then launched a counter-attack nearby.

Mikel came to the centre circle and met Qin Rui and passed the ball to Onaki, who sent a through ball.

Forward midfielder Akiz controlled the ball in front of Zhao Xujun and retreated to shake the ball out of the left side.

Moses suddenly accelerated down after receiving the ball on the side, Zhang Linpeng was obviously struggling to follow, and it was easy to lose the outside line if he paid more attention to the defensive inside, and it was indeed easy to be blown up by the opponent in terms of strength comparison.

When Moses sent a cross from the bottom, Emenik in the middle quickly scrambled to the front of the penalty area, and Liu Tao rushed to clear the ball to win the applause of the Chinese fans.

The ball that flew to the right side of the midfield was controlled by Oshaniva, and Voray immediately counter-attacked, Nigerian full-back Oshaniva immediately passed the ball, and Mikel took the ball in the middle of the field and then passed the ball straight forward.

Akiz took the initiative to receive the ball in the middle and changed to the middle of the cross-cutting area, and passed the ball diagonally to the right area in front of Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xujun in front of the penalty area.

Mussa cut inside and was followed by Sun Xiang, who stretched out his leg to press, but Moussa scrambled to change direction but was brought to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle for a foul and awarded Nigeria a free-kick.

Akiz takes a free-kick over the crossbar.

The ball didn't look dangerous, but it still made Chinese fans break out in a cold sweat.

Although both teams played defensive counter-attacks, Nigeria were able to get more attacking opportunities.

Both teams were very cautious in the opening stages, and the Chinese fans expected Tang Hong to play brilliantly, but most of the time they saw him on the side of the midfield to divert the attack, and the ball was very reasonable, and the rest depends on how his teammates perform.

In the 15th minute of the game, the Nigerian team once again formed a threatening offensive in the front, Mussanech on the right side received Emenik's pass and accelerated into the penalty area, and Dalin obviously blocked the foul outside the penalty area to stop Musa, although this made him receive a yellow card, but also resolved the danger of the Chinese team.

The Chinese football media has always been skeptical about Van der Shearer's reuse of Dalin, complaining about Feng Xiaoting sitting on the bench, but at least the foreign faction led by Tang Hong in the dressing room does not see any problem with this.

It was Feng Xiaoting himself who did not cherish the opportunity, and now he is still in the national team and is already Van der Sheer.

As for whether Dai Lin or Feng Xiaoting will be in the next four years, Van der Hill already has his own plan, and he needs to let Zhang Linpeng play at central defender, so that Zhao Hanchun can be the starting right wing-back.

In the 21st minute of the game, the Chinese team finally played a threatening offensive in the front.

When Tang Hong received Qin Rui's pass on the left side of the front court, he was once again sandwiched by Ambrose and Mikel, when he swung his right leg to pass, Tang Hong noticed that Ambrose's center of gravity was closed to the inside line, so he changed his footwork when he landed and changed the ball to the outside line and accelerated forward!

Ambrose was accidentally overtaken by Tang Hong from the outside for a while, and when he turned around and chased again, he had no chance.

Tang Hong quickly went down the side road and turned into the inward track.

Mikel firmly chased back all the way to block the inside line, when Tang Hong was about to enter the penalty area, Tang Hong's feet knocked the ball croquettes changed direction and continued to move in the direction of the bottom line, Mikel turned around and immediately went to the left rib of the penalty area to block Tang Hong's return line, and defender Obo Abona quickly ran to block Tang Hong's cross.

But Tang Hong stopped and smashed the ball at his feet, and while controlling the rhythm, Obo Abona in front of him was pulled up and fell to the ground because he stretched his leg to block it too hard.

Tang Hong picked up the ball on the spot at this time and sent the ball to the front of the goal.

Qin Rui quickly flanked and shook his head to attack the goal!

The angle was a little small, and the ball grazed the outside of the near post and hit the goal-side netting!

Qin Rui hugged his head unwillingly and roared, and the fans of the Chinese team in the stands also let out a sigh of loss.

But soon there was thunderous applause!

Expect the team to keep up the good work.

Nigeria, on the other hand, is all focused on Oboabona.

The other party fell to the ground and signaled for a substitution!

Strained!