Chapter 370: Overestimated?
Wu Jie is confident that no one in this world is stronger than him for such a thing.
But the problem is that West Germany is not a rookie, on the contrary, in the eyes of many West German players, many Chinese players are rookies.
He will face at least two top defenders today, with West Germany fielding a back five to limit him from doing whatever he wants in front of goal.
Today's partner is Yang Shuhua, a young guy who is really talented, and at the age of 18 he can put pressure on future legendary German defender Betthold.
But it is still too unrealistic to expect an 18-year-old genius to beat a 22-year-old genius of the same level.
It is true that Yang Shuhua is a genius, and even the West German side recognized Yang Shuhua's talent from the collected information.
But Berthold is also a proud son of heaven, this person not only has a better growth environment, but also is more mature in terms of body, technology, and experience.
With four years of experience in the top league of the Bundesliga, Betthold has long been a talent in the attention list of various top teams in Europe, and even the giants.
Yang Shuhua faced Betthold, who was close in talent in another position, but was four years older, and it was already commendable that he would not be tyrannized today.
So today's Wu Jie is equivalent to having no helpers on the front line, and he has to face at least two defenders throughout the game.
And these two people are also the top defenders in Europe at the time, although Wu Jie still has the upper hand in one pick two, but he can only help the Chinese team end the first half with 1:2.
This result has hit Chinese fans again, and the pride accumulated from the previous four consecutive years of undefeated, it can also be said that the arrogance has been knocked out a lot at this moment.
Many people have raised a question: how can this World Cup journey be so difficult?
Wu Jie can answer for them, because the opponents in the group stage last time were England and France!
This time, the opponent is Sude, can this be the same?
After Lin Yaodong returned to the lounge, he couldn't help but throw his gloves on the chair.
In these two games, he played too aggrieved.
Since the last World Cup, he has not experienced a few times when he has been penetrated twice in the half, whether in the national team or at the club!
But today he conceded two goals in the first half alone, which is natural for Lin Yaodong, who has already regarded himself as the world's No. 1 goalkeeper, to roar at his teammates countless times!
He really wanted to say something, but after holding back for a long time, he kicked the bench again, and sat aside with an unhappy face.
"The first half was my problem!"
Chen Haonan took the initiative to take responsibility at this time, as the team's midfield metronome, he did not complete the suppression of the control of the rhythm today, or the organization and breakthrough.
Under his leadership, the four midfielders of the Chinese team were unable to form an advantage in the face of West Germany's three midfielders, which is in great contrast to the situation in Real Madrid, which always supported the midfield by itself.
Wu Jie naturally knows that this pot should not be carried by Chen Haonan, his opponent today is not a cat or a dog, but the top ten stars of the 20th century in the original plane, even if the timeline is extended to 2025, Mateus is at least the top 20 stars in history.
This is not the all-time top 20 for one position, but the all-time top 20 for all positions.
Besides, is Real Madrid's midfield really that bad?
This can only be said that Real Madrid's middle is really not good, but Real Madrid's wings are not bad at all, the left and right wings are members of the top 100 stars in history, Ren Zhihui and Wang Yuanlin have reached the limit of their talents, which is this level.
Moreover, Mateus's performance is not good, these two all-round midfielders who are most suitable for assisting Wu Jie have completed the mutual explosion like a pair of blows today, and no one has been able to play a good performance on the offensive end.
So is it a shame?
Of course, there is no shame at all!
But this kind of "redemption" is fatal for the Chinese team, today after Wu Jie was promoted to the center position, the midfielder can only rely on Chen Haonan to carry the tripod, otherwise expect the 19-year-old Ren Zhihui and Gu Guangming who have reached the ceiling to break through the German team's defense, which is also an unrealistic fairy tale.
The West Germans are different, even at the expense of Mateus, they also have a top-10 wingman in history, Litbarski, and a top midfielder Wolfgang at the top of his prime.
There was no surprise on the side of the Chinese team today, and it was blown up by Litbarski alone at the beginning.
This Hall of Fame superstar, who will be in the top 50 of the FIFA Top 100 in the future, originally made 18 appearances in the World Cup finals, reached the final three times, won the championship once, ranked 10th in history in World Cup appearances, and second in history in assists after Maradona.
In fact, just from this data, we can know what level Litbarski is, whether it is physical talent or technical talent, the upper limit of this person is above Ren Zhihui and Wang Yuanlin, and this World Cup is the peak of Litbarski's entire career.
In the last World Cup, the Chinese team was able to draw with the West German team, in addition to the fact that the opponent was not familiar with themselves, but also because West Germany was in the throes of the replacement of the old and the new at that time.
But this year's West Germany has completed the transition between the old and the new, with historical stars such as Littbarski and Mateusz officially on the stage, and a bunch of veterans who are in the prime of life, or who are old and strong.
The Chinese team has lost the mystery of the last World Cup, except for the three bigwigs who have trained to the full level, the remaining half of the players are in the prime of life, but their talent ceiling is obviously much worse than that of West Germany; The other half of the new stars who barely catch up with the upper limit of talent are too young in age this time, and they are unlikely to defeat opponents with similar talents, but generally four or five years older.
In the first half, in addition to Wu Jie, who was still a lot of threat in the back line, and Chen Haonan, who was forced to use the core of the team to redeem the child, it can be said that they had an advantage in all positions except the goalkeeper.
Especially on the two wings, Litbarski, a magic wing who can play two wings, broke through the two defenses of the Chinese team alone, fully interpreting what it means to pass by when you see someone!
Chinese fans have also seen what the level of the real wing superstar is, today's Litbarski is like Ren Zhihui and Gu Guangming who abuse vegetables in the Asian fish pond, in addition to facing Chen Haonan, who is good at defending small men, it is a little difficult, even in the face of Wu Jie, he can use perverted cadence, delicate technology, and top-level explosiveness to complete the breakthrough.
But the Chinese team can't always use Chen Haonan to defend, and the threat of Mateus is even higher after being out of control, which is also the confidence of West Germany to dare to use three midfielders to play the four midfielders of the Chinese team.
However, this is not the most helpless part of the Chinese team, the two goals scored by West Germany in the first half were not assisted by Litbarski or Mateus, but Bremer and Wolfgang.
Bremer, one of the future troika, may not have the dribbling ability and passing quality of Litbarski, but his defence, passing, free-kicks, and shooting and assist ability are all top-notch.
Under the outrageous breakthrough of Litbarski, it is actually Bremer as a fullback who has repeatedly posed a mortal threat to the Chinese team's defense.
In the 28th minute of the first half, Bremer provided an unguarded assist from Litbarski to set up Rudy Worrall to finish with an unsolvable close-range shot from inside the six-yard box.
In addition, he also kicked a free-kick that smashed on the crossbar, which almost gave China three goals in the first half.
It's not that the Chinese team can't see that this guy hiding behind is more dangerous, but even Litbarski can't deal with it, so how can he take care of Bremer.
The other goal for the West Germans came from Wolfgang's cold shot from outside the box, and the man was even more inconspicuous in the West German team, but his various defensive techniques and attacking skills were very comprehensive, like a low-profile version of Mateus, also a hexagonal warrior.
Such a player would be a bit short to expect him to be the core of the top team in the tournament, but with Mateus and Litbars attracting most of the defence, such an all-round fighter with an ability value of 90 is enough to make the Chinese team pay a heavy price.
When Wolfgang scored the second goal for West Germany, even Lin Yaodong didn't notice his position, because he had too many threats to juggle, and finally let the neglected guy complete the fatal blow.
As for the Chinese team's goals, they are still completed by Wu Jie's personal ability.
He took advantage of his inhuman physicality in a corner kick to force a header between three defenders, and after a flop on his back, he was the only one standing at the landing point.
But those who know Wu Jie well shouldn't be happy about it, because when he scores goals in this purely physical way, it means he has no other way.
Wu Jie was also helpless about this, he had a rare feeling of suffocation today.
These West German players are all too familiar with him, and the West German team must have worked him before the game, and he can write a textbook.
This is evident from the fact that his old team-mate Breitner is an assistant coach, and it is clear how well the German team knows him.
The backwardness in the first half made the morale of the Chinese team very low, Lin Yaodong couldn't help but didn't complain about his teammates when he saw this, Chen Haonan also took the initiative to take responsibility, and Wu Jie naturally wanted to stand up and boost morale.
But none of this can make up for the gap in strength, because except for the three of them, everyone feels a huge gap in hard power.
Young people also need time to grow.
The veterans have reached the ceiling.
This is very helpless for the Chinese team.
The West German players have already made it past this stage and their morale was boosted after the first half!
At this time, the German players had already discovered that except for the three great gods of the Chinese team, everyone else seemed to be in the opposite position and was not their opponent.
After the start of the second half, the Chinese team replaced Yang Shuhua, who was inexperienced and out of shape in the second half of the first half, with Zhao Dayu, and at the same time replaced Wang Dongning, who could not keep up with the speed, with Jiang Wei at fullback.
But Zhao Dayu, the lucky general, did not play an effect, in the face of Bethald, who has been favored by Bayern and Roma, his main striker in the Ligue 1 relegation zone is really not enough, and the Germans can still rest assured that they can boldly use a double defense to deal with the aliens who make them tremble.
Jiang Wei is even more tragic, facing Litbarski, who is in better shape than in the first half, he and Li Junwei are still a white duo, and those who don't know think they are defending with their eyes.
As for the so-called "chain defense", when encountering the crushing of personal ability, it is good to listen to it just like that sentence.
And this thing is not a panacea, Italy's chain defense has evolved a lot this time, and the result is still lost to the Danes in the group stage?
But it was in this situation of being pressed that the Chinese team actually equalized.
The only person in the West German team today who felt like they were in a headwind was goalkeeper Schumacher.
The current goalkeeper who is known as the four goalkeepers along with Lin Yaodong, Dasayev, and Hilton in this World Cup is in the same situation as Lin Yaodong, who wants to scold people opposite.
This time, the Chinese team's goal came from Wu Jie again, but the way of scoring became a free kick, which is also the best way to score when encountering multiple defenders.
Schumacher not only had a violent drop in the face of this kick, but also an elevator ball that obviously changed the line, not to mention making a successful save, almost flashing his waist!
But the equalizer in this way exposed the flaws of the Chinese team even more!
Now many people have seen that when the Chinese team faces a real strong team, there is still only one way to use Wu Jie's personal ability to score goals.
The Germans also know that as long as they prevent others from killing and continue to let Wu Jie score goals in this unavoidable and ultra-difficult way, they can beat the Chinese team.
The play of one person on the football field, of course, can reverse a game!
But even if it is an all-powerful alien, the probability of this single-handedly riding the Savior is definitely more of a failure.
Although the Chinese team equalized, it immediately returned to the state of being suppressed.
The opportunity for this free kick was also won by Wu Jie, like a rugby running back, after completing a 50-yard dash touchdown.
However, this kind of opportunity cannot be expected to be played several times in a game, so after equalizing the score, the Chinese team immediately chose the most reasonable utilitarian choice, replacing Gu Guangming with Mai Chao, and at the same time letting Zhao Dayu retreat and start playing a 5-4-1 defensive formation.
This substitution made the commentators of all the countries that broadcast the game except China start to mock mercilessly.
But even Wu Jie feels that this is the most reasonable choice at present, and the strength of the West German team is obviously much better than that of the Chinese team.
It wasn't that he didn't have the opportunity to use his individual ability to score again, but that was much less likely than being scored again by West Germany.
If it's a knockout, then of course you can choose to go for it.
But now it's the group stage, and getting a precious point right now is the most pragmatic option.
As for whether two draws in a row are decent enough, this is no longer the focus of consideration.
As long as they get two points, they are absolutely sure to get a big win against the last real soft persimmon Canada, and then they will have a chance to hit the top of the group, and it will certainly not be a problem to qualify from the group at that time.
Soon, the fans in front of the TV saw that Wu Jie, the only center forward, actually ran back to the midfield to defend, which was too ugly.
But the ugly thing is not only the Chinese team, the West German team obviously occupies an absolute advantage, but in the face of this kind of shrinking defense, it actually did not dare to attack in a big way, but continued to cross in the midfield, as if there was something terrifying in front of it.
Mateus said: This scene is indeed terrifying, this kind of turtle defense is too familiar to him, if it becomes another team, they will definitely rush up to attack, and they must give you all the turtle shells!
But in the face of the iron bucket formation set up by the team with aliens, they really didn't dare to press it hard, otherwise they would be the ones who lost the game in a counterattack.
The rest of the German players also feel the same way, which of them has not played against Wu Jie's Bayern?
At this time, they didn't dare to press it on a big scale, and this kind of Chinese team that seemed to have given up the attack was even more terrifying in their eyes!
"I think we should have played this tactic in the first place!"
Chen Haonan only realized at this time that they were really floating, and they actually dared to be tough in the face of the first gear team, and it was not good to play defensive counterattacks honestly at the beginning?
Wu Jie doesn't know this, but sometimes "face" is really not so easy to let go, especially if they haven't lost in recent years, let them play ugly turtle defense from the beginning, it is indeed not so easy to let go of pride, including he himself does not want to play so aggrieved.
But now in the face of the ruthless reality, they can only bow their heads and adapt.
Naturally, the game fell into a passionless and extremely boring stalemate.
The Chinese team launched an undignified stubborn defense, and the Germans were Cao Jun, who did not dare to move forward as if he walked in front of the Dangyang Bridge, such a game was not ordinary ugly.
If the normal plot development is followed, this situation is definitely the first game of a draw, and both teams can accept this result, only the Soviet team in front of the TV felt deep malice.
But the Swedish referee on duty had something to say, he issued the first red card of the game in the 80th minute, and it was Zhen Aiguo who got this ruby card with two yellows and one red!
Today, Chen Haonan is actually playing in the midfield, Zhen Aiguo is the real midfielder, and he is also playing his role in Real Sociedad, and he is naturally doing dirty work.
The yellow card was not outrageous, as Zhen Aiguo shoveled Litbarski out of bounds with a kick while making up the defense.
If it is a normal penalty scale, a yellow card is reasonable.
But if you look at the German players several times today to show their spikes to Wu Jie, including several times from the malicious tackles behind them, and rarely eat cards, this is obviously a naked double standard!
"Made, it's so dark now that we're falling!"
Chen Haonan couldn't help but curse when he saw this, because this is the most annoying place, it seems that the punishment of the whole game is very fair, but in combination with the timing and goal of this punishment, this is clearly to you!
But what's even more annoying is that you can't find anything wrong with the rules, including the scale of the whole game, and the reasonableness of the cards.
Wu Jie shook his head on the side, he suddenly felt that the plan to win the championship in this World Cup was too blind and optimistic?
In these two games, the referee's decisions were generally fair, and he forgot about it.
But if you think about it, why is the referee fair?
The last one was because the Soviets were more evil, and this one because they were at a disadvantage.
But what if it's them who have the upper hand?
Then as long as the referee makes a seemingly reasonable double standard penalty, it is likely to determine the outcome of the victory.
But this is a football game, as long as the referee's art of judgment is mastered well, even if you know that he is messing with you, you can't find evidence to correct it, and any top referee can make you suffer countless dumb losses within the rules!
This yellow card, they have nothing to say, but it has a drastic impact on the trend of the game.
With one less player for the Chinese team, the German team can then let go of its hands and feet and launch a big attack on the Chinese team that has shrunk into a hedgehog.
Today's Zhen Aiguo's performance on the defensive end is not outstanding, the three midfield stars of the German team, including several substitutes on the bench, each of them can play the main level in Real Madrid and Barcelona, and he can play well to be called a ghost.
But when Zhen Aiguo was sent off, everyone knew that without his spare effort there, the midfielder would not even be able to be beaten passively, and with one less person, it would almost be a rout.
This made Wu Jie have to completely give up the offense and fully participate in the defense to stop the rout!
But with one less person, the German team can already let the two full-backs boldly press forward, and the three central defenders have also been replaced by another old acquaintance of Wu Jie, former European No. 1 Rummenigge.
Rummenigge is already over thirty years old, and his abilities in all aspects have dropped significantly, which can be seen from his ability value of only 85.
But sometimes the role of a veteran cannot be fully measured by the ability value, and this former European No. 1 who has experienced a hundred battles finally found an opportunity to stab Wu Jie.
In the 89th minute of the second half, when the referee gave 3 minutes of injury time, Wu Jie's current teammate Brigel first used a beautiful sliding tackle to cut off the football at Zhao Dayu's feet, and then transferred the ball to Bremer on the other side of the pitch.
Bremer's dribbling speed was not fast, but the rhythm and choice of the cutting route made the Chinese team's defense very uncomfortable, and he was intercepted by Wu Jie himself when he dribbled all the way to a position 40 meters away from the goal.
Bremer didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Wu Jie, and immediately passed the ball to Wolfgang in front of the penalty area after luring Wu Jie out.
Cui Yonghua did not panic, his defense was not out of position, and his big heart allowed him not to make low-level mistakes in the face of adversity.
But he also did not have the ability to create miracles, and in the face of Wolfgang's delicate foot skills, Cui Yonghua was still shaken off under realistic continuous feints, and the football was also taken into the penalty area by Wolfgang.
Lin Yaodong was once again in a dilemma at this time, the three strikers of the West German team have been inserted into the penalty area from different positions, plus a Wolfgang who can pass and shoot, at this moment the opponent has too many offensive options, he can only choose to deal with Worrall who has rushed to the small penalty area in the shortest time, this person is the most threatening target at the moment.
Wolfgang naturally opted to pass the ball to other team-mates who had a chance, and he was targeting Rummenigge, who had just been on the pitch for a short time.
Rummenigge's explosiveness has long been much less than before, and he only found himself a beat slower before and after rushing to the left side of the small penalty area.
But after all, he was the first person in Europe before, and Rummenigge used all his strength to make a leap forward, and actually completed the shot with a fish leap.
Lin Yaodong had already turned to Rummenigge for the first time, but the opponent's force was extremely strong in this ball, and he also tried his best to make a flying save, but the football still flew over his palm first!
“TOOOOOOOOOOORL!!!”
“GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!”
"Ball...... Entered"
Wu Jie didn't know how depressed Song Shixiong's tone was when he said the words "the ball scored" in front of the TV at this moment, he now only knew that he wanted to win the World Cup with this lineup, and he really overestimated himself and underestimated these opponents.