Chapter 689: Thousands of Miles Running Two Consecutive Victories
Does the Times Create Heroes, or Do Heroes Create the Times? Opinions on this are not all the same. However, it is an indisputable fact that in the course of history, a small moment changed the direction of the rolling wheel.
Why is the glorious Chinese civilization depressed? When did the seeds of ordinary backwardness be planted? Where is the historical turning point from prosperity to decline? Many people are looking for answers.
Some people believe that the earliest point in time is the Battle of Red Cliffs. Because of this war, the Three Kingdoms were established, and the Central Plains Dynasty was no longer able to suppress the northern nomads, so there was the 'Five Hu Chaohua' that affected the next thousand years.
Some people also believe that the turning point was in the Ming Dynasty's 'Zhang Juzheng's whip method', and the American historian Huang Renyu believes that it will be further behind, and the fifteenth year of Wanli is the turning point of Chinese history.
Some people also blame the Northern Song Dynasty Wang Anshi for changing the law, without the chaos of the change, there would be no subsequent party struggle, and there would be no later Jingkang shame.
Many people believe that the starting point of China's agricultural civilization from its peak to slow down was Zhang Jiuling's resignation in the Tang Dynasty. Because it was after Zhang Jiuling, who strictly controlled the temperance of the border towns, was demoted, his successor Li Linfu's seemingly high-level and contemptuous border town policy made the ill-intentioned An Lu Shanwei unable to lose, and finally caused the 'Anshi Rebellion' after his strength was full. Since then, the peak glory of Chinese civilization has never returned.
An Lushan is not surnamed An, and he is not Han. He was originally the 'Kang' of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and the nine surnames of Zhaowu were the nine great clans of the Sogdians.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a country called Sogdia to the west of the Green Mountains and east of the West Sea, and the people there were good at singing and dancing and being versatile. Because of their admiration for the splendor of the Tang Dynasty, many Sogdians came to the Tang Dynasty, and they brought grape wine and Hu Xuan dance to Chang'an City, as well as the smiling orchids in the wine shops everywhere.
Over the centuries, the Sogdians have disappeared into history through the fusion of ethnicities, cultures, and religions. Today, the Green Mountains are called the Pamirs, and the Western Sea has also changed its name to the Caspian Sea, which is the largest sea trace lake in the world. And between them, the former Sogdian homeland is Uzbekistan.
Samarkand is still there, but it is no longer the first city in Central Asia, and the capital of Uzbekistan is now Tashkent, 300 kilometers northwest of Samarkand.
Zhuo Yang tried to find some historically interesting footprints in Tashkent, but was disappointed to find nothing. Less than 500 kilometers northwest of Tashkent is a small Kyrgyz city called Tokmak. More than 1,000 years ago, it was an important town in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, and its name was 'Broken Leaf', the birthplace of the poet Li Bai at the time of Broken Leaf.
Zhuo Yang estimated that he would never be able to go to the small 'village' of Tokmak with a population of less than 60,000 in his life, so he pretended to be in Tashkent to reminisce about the past glory of the Tang Dynasty. The reason why he can be so comfortable and pretentious in this gray city is because the competition is really not very difficult.
The top 10 matches are divided into two teams and five teams, with a total of ten rounds of matches for each team playing eight games. Now more than halfway through the five rounds, Uzbekistan has only won one draw, conceding five goals and scoring one goal to firmly cushion the bottom of Group A. Such a dismal record has already drained the spirit of this team, coupled with the absence of Asian footballer Jeparov and former 'Silver Blade Runner' Shatskikh due to injury last year, Uzbekistan is far from even losing 0:3 to China in Guangzhou last November.
In the Cotton Farmers Stadium, although the Chinese team only won 1:0, Zhuo Yang, Shao Jiayi and Zheng Zheng firmly dominated the midfield, and the offensive and defensive rhythm was completely in the hands of the Chinese team. Although there are still many hard injuries in the lineup, compared with the beginning of the top 10 matches, the overall strength of the Chinese team has made great progress, and the team has gradually sharpened under the training of Jie Shuai.
It is only natural that the Chinese team will completely suppress Uzbekistan away from home. The reason for the lack of goals is that the direct attack of the forward line is weak, and Zhuo Yang also followed Rijkaard's instructions and focused on the operation of the midfield.
The midfield is the basis of the strength of the Chinese team, and it is also the only advantage that can compete with Japan and Australia.
In Jie Shuai's 3-6-1 formation, only Li Weifeng may be the main force in the backline, and the other two are still rotating to investigate. Midfielder Zhuo Yang, Zheng Zheng, Shao Jiayi, Sun Jihai four can also be determined, the other two positions can not be fixed, this game Jie Shuai used Sun Xiang and newcomer, 22-year-old Rong Hao to start.
Rong Hao played full-back in the club, and Jie Shuai asked him to try full-back in the national team, and the two wings of the six midfielders had to attack and defend forward, and the full-back position was just forward. Rong Hao had a good debut, and it was his goal in the ninth minute of the second half that gave China the victory.
The midfield of the national team also needs a player who is purely defensive, has a wide field of vision, and has strong connection ability, which can be used to completely liberate the attacking power of Zhuo Yang and Zheng Zheng, make Zhuo Yang a free man in the midfield, and maximize his ability and role. The forward line is also in dire need of someone who can break through dense defence and score goals.
These are just based on the Asian position, the World Cup is still far away, don't think about it so much.
At the end of March and the beginning of April, it was two consecutive international breaks, and Zhuo Yang and the national team left Tashkent, which was full of earthy yellow colors, and returned to Shanghai. Next, they will welcome the Bahrain team at the Hongkou Stadium.
China won 1:0 against Uzbekistan in the most economical way, and Japan also beat Bahrain 1:0 in Yokohama in the same round. In the past six rounds, Japan has 4 wins and 1 draw with 13 points, and the Chinese team has 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss with 8 points, which remains to be discussed. It is naturally nonsense for Bahrain, who have only accumulated four points, to go to the top of the table, but there is still hope of finishing in the top three to qualify for the play-offs. Playing against the Chinese team is the key to their hope.
In fact, the Bahrain team is not weak, they often harden Saudi Arabia and Iran in West Asia, and the Chinese team paid the price of five yellows and one red to save a draw in November last year when Zhuo Yang was absent at halftime.
In this game, the Bahrain team played very tenaciously, and the Chinese team twice led the score and was equalized by them twice. In the 27th minute of the first half, Zhuo Yang assisted Shao Jia to open the scoring, and the score of 1:0 was maintained until the end of the first half.
Four minutes into the second half, Bahrain's captain No. 10 Sarami equalised from a corner. Ten minutes later, Zhuo Yang broke through in a row and shot at the corner of the big penalty area to make the score 2:1. However, Huber equalised again in the 70th minute.
If it weren't for Zhuo Yang, maybe China and Bahrain would have switched places in this top 10 match. In the 86th minute, Zhuo Yang cut from the side to the top of the arc, and his left foot arced directly into the top corner of the goal. 3:2, the Chinese team won a very crucial victory, and this 3 points basically guaranteed that they could at least qualify for the play-offs.
With such back-to-back matches, the Top 10 tournament has come to an end, and the competition will continue until June after the end of the entire European season. At that time, Zhuo Yang and his team will face the real opponents of Group A, Australia and Japan.
The day after the match, Zhuo Yang returned to Milan from Shanghai, where an important match awaited him. There was a person in the game, waiting to be abolished by Zhuo Yang.