Chapter 50: Big Five
In the 25th minute, Maitijiang crossed from the side, Wu Xi's header was saved, and Cheng Hai scored twice with a supplementary shot into the net, helping the Chinese team lead Kyrgyzstan 2-0.
As Cheng Hai's re-shot ball flew into the net, the entire Tianhe Stadium fell into a sea of carnival, and countless fans waved the national flag and slogans in the stands, shouting Cheng Hai's name, and enjoying the joy of leading the two goals.
Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, is in a desperate situation.
They have already lost the first match against Malaysia, and they have to win the second game against Japan, the strongest team in the group, in the third match.
Therefore, Kyrgyzstan, which is in a desperate situation, has no choice, even if they know that they may be counterattacked by the Chinese team, they can only press out and attack.
Otherwise, they will lose after falling behind by two goals.
However, everyone wants to get it. Facing a striker like Cheng Hai, who is the top striker in Europe's top five leagues, Kyrgyzstan's U23-level team, what are the consequences of pressing out to attack.
As most expected, Kyrgyzstan was counter-attacked in the 39th minute.
It was Cheng Hai who scored the goal.
In the case that Kyrgyzstan was forced to strengthen its attack, in the 39th minute, Cheng Hai successfully used his perfect offside run without the ball, and formed a single knife after receiving a long pass from Wu Xi.
In the face of the attacking goalkeeper, Cheng Hai made a relaxed and freehand hanging shot, and the ball flew over the goalkeeper's head and flew into the goal of Kyrgyzstan without any suspense.
Cheng Hai scored his first career hat-trick and helped Huaguo to a 3-0 lead.
With 5 goals scored in two games, Cheng Hai has completely conquered all Chinese fans. Everyone applauded and cheered warmly in the stands, and shouted Cheng Hai's name and bowed to him.
Cheng Hai, who started for the first time and wore the captain's armband for the first time, lived up to the expectations of his coach and teammates, and even lived up to the expectations of fans across the country.
Fans watching the live broadcast in front of the computer discussed in the comment area and forum while watching:
"Damn, I completed a hat trick in the first half, Cheng Hai is too awesome!"
"With five goals in two group games, it's already possible to be the top scorer of the tournament!"
"He is worthy of being the top striker in Europe, he is simply a Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, and God blocking and killing God!"
"Yes! This goal efficiency is invincible in Asia! ”
"It's so cool! My voice is hoarse! ”
"Haha, so am I, but it's really cool! It's the first time I've watched the national football game so happy! ”
"Yes! If the national football team plays like this every time, I will be willing to shout dumb every time! ”
"It is impossible for the national football team, we can only expect Cheng Hai. With Cheng Hai's game, it is possible to play like this. ”
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A few minutes after Cheng Hai scored a hat-trick, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the two sides went into the break with a score of 3-0, and the host Huaguo Guodao led by three goals.
When he ended, although Cheng Hai had not completely collapsed, he was almost there.
Because of the first start, the first time as a captain, Cheng Hai can be said to have done his best.
Although the opponent's confrontation level is not high, because the time is longer than the club's game, Cheng Hai's physical energy is still almost exhausted.
Therefore, after returning to the locker room, Cheng Hai was almost in a state of collapse.
Now Cheng Hai is obviously the most important person in the team, so as soon as he returned to the locker room, he was helped to the sofa by the physiotherapist, ready to let Cheng Hai lie down, and he massaged Cheng Hai.
Cheng Hai waved his hand and said, "Wait for me to drink some water." ”
Then, after Cheng Hai drank some water and ate a banana, he said to the physiotherapist surnamed Zhang: "Teacher Zhang, I'll sleep, you can help me press it." ”
After speaking, Cheng Hai lay down directly, let the system set up a dream training for ten minutes, and then fell into a deep sleep.
There was a slight snoring, and everyone in the locker room, including the coach, players, and team doctors, was stunned.
After 45 minutes of intense competition, Cheng Hai was able to fall asleep immediately?
That's too fast, right?
The physiotherapist looked at the head coach Sun Wei, Sun Wei touched his nose and said, "Uh, then you can help him press it!" ”
The physiotherapist surnamed Zhang nodded and began to massage Cheng Hai, but the force was very light, as if he was afraid of waking Cheng Hai up.
As a result, no matter where he pressed, Cheng Hai seemed to be unconscious, and he still seemed to be sleeping soundly.
The physiotherapist gradually increased his strength, but Cheng Hai still slept very deeply, and there was no sign of being woken up by the physiotherapist at all.
The locker room suddenly resounded with everyone's chatter:
"Damn, Cheng Hai's sleep is so good? Fell asleep so quickly? ”
"No wonder he trains and competes every day until he is exhausted, and he can still wake up the next morning in good spirits, because he has such a good rest."
"Yes! To be honest, I didn't sleep well last night, I almost lost sleep, and I was probably asleep for less than 4 hours. ”
"I envy him!"
At this moment, Sun Wei looked at Cheng Hai, who was still snoring under the physiotherapist's normal force massage, and a few years flashed in his mind, and then made a decision.
Ten minutes later, just when everyone began to worry about whether Cheng Hai would wake up to participate in the second half of the game from the envy of Cheng Hai's good sleep at the beginning, Cheng Hai naturally woke up.
The physiotherapist suddenly asked in surprise: "Cheng Hai, how is it?" Do you feel like you've recovered a bit? ”
Others also stared at Cheng Hai, wanting to know if Cheng Hai's ten minutes of sleep and massage had allowed him to recover some physical strength, and to hold on for another one or two minutes in the second half.
Cheng Hai stood up and moved his body, stretched his muscles, jumped twice, and then said with a smile: "I feel that my spirit and physical fitness are very good now, and it is no problem to hold on for more than ten minutes." ”
Everyone was overjoyed.
With a 3-0 lead, Cheng Hai held on for more than ten minutes in the second half, so that the opponent did not dare to completely let go of the attack.
In that way, even if Cheng Haiti runs out of energy and is substituted off the field, there will not be enough time for the opponent to equalize.
No matter how bad the Olympic team is, against a team like Kyrgyzstan that is ranked lower than them, it is still no problem to hold on to a three-goal lead.
However, at this time, I listened to head coach Sun Weidao: "Cheng Hai, in this way, you reduce the frequency and number of runs without the ball in the second half, try to save your physical strength to stay in the front court, and then counterattack when you encounter a great opportunity." This should keep your body going for more than 20 minutes. Even if you walk up front, it can do a great job of suppressing the opposition's backline, so that they don't dare to press the attack recklessly. Anyway, we're already three goals ahead, so it doesn't matter if you score or not, as long as you don't let them go on the attack. When you can't make it up, let us know if you're going to make a change. ”
Cheng Hai thought about it, now that the Huaguo team has a 3-0 lead, he really doesn't need to score desperately in the second half, as long as he stays on the field and walks, he can threaten and suppress the opponent's back line and make his own goal safer.
Therefore, Cheng Hai nodded and understood.
Soon, after Sun Wei understood the issues and tactical arrangements that everyone needed to pay attention to in the second half, it was time to play.
Amid the cheers of the fans, the second half of the game officially began.
At half-time, Kyrgyzstan made a substitution, apparently trying to strengthen their attack in the second half.
But no matter how they play, because Cheng Hai is still on the field, there are at least two or three people in their back line who dare not cross the middle line to participate in the attack, and can only be involved by Cheng Hai in the backfield to guard against Cheng Hai's anti-offside attack.
And once Wu Xi, Pu Cheng, Lu Wenjun and others come up one or two, the opponent's entire back line will have to retreat, and they will not dare to move at all.
Originally, the strength was not as good as the Huaguo team, and they didn't dare to go all out to attack, and the efficiency of such an attack can be imagined.
The Kyrgyz players do not have the skills of the Japanese team, whether it is individual breakthrough or team cooperation, it is difficult to hit the penalty area of the Chinese team, let alone shoot.
On the contrary, on the side of the Huaguo team, although Cheng Hai spends most of his time walking, once there is a great opportunity, Cheng Hai can still run.
Although he can't match the speed of these professional players, he can make up for it with off-ball movement, point grabbing, physique, etc.
What's more, even if he can't run out of the chance of a single ball and is blocked by the opponent, Cheng Hai's 19-point dribbling and Matthews feints may still allow him to break through and form a shooting opportunity.
In the 62nd minute of the second half, Cheng Hai completed such a performance.
At this time, Cheng Hai had already played 17 minutes in the second half, and the physical strength recovered at halftime was close to exhaustion.
Kyrgyzstan also saw that Cheng Hai was at the end of the crossbow, so only two central defenders were retained to keep an eye on Cheng Hai in the backfield, and both fullbacks crossed the midline and rushed to the front to participate in the attack.
After all, they are three goals behind, and if they don't press the attack on all fronts, there is really no possibility of even a little equaliser.
However, at this moment, Cassian, the player holding the ball in their front court, did not pay attention, and the ball was suddenly stabbed away by Lu Peng, who was defending him closely.
The ball rolled in front of the returning full-back Lu Wenjun.
In the front court, at the moment when Lu Peng poked the ball away, Cheng Hai keenly felt that there was a possible opportunity at this time, and immediately turned around and made a sprint to the opponent's penalty area.
The two Kyrgyz centre-backs were a step slow and failed to stop Cheng Hai.
Just when Cheng Hai was about to cross the defense line formed by two defenders, Lu Wenjun in the backcourt did not stop the ball in the face of Lu Peng's stabbing ball, and directly kicked the ball to the front court.
Cheng Hai's anti-offside was successful, and there was no offside.
However, Cheng Hai's speed is indeed too slow.
Although he used his full-value stopping skills to bring the ball to a safe stop at the edge of the penalty area, one of the centre-backs had chased back in front of him and blocked his way.
Another centre-back also rushed to his flank and began to interfere with his pushing and pulling.
Of course, with Cheng Hai's full physique, his height of 178cm, and his weight of 70kg, this Gilgestan defender can't pull or push.
Cheng Hai's body is as stable as Mount Tai.
Moreover, the 19-point dribble allows him to control the ball at his feet and not be poked by the defender.
However, the centre-back in front of him blocking the way was a big problem.
And there must be the opponent's fullbacks and backs chasing back, if Cheng Hai is delayed for too long, he will lose this opportunity to counterattack.
Although his physical strength was almost exhausted, the identity of the Chinese and the responsibility of the captain's armband on his arm still made Cheng Hai burst out with powerful energy at this moment.
Cheng Hai was carrying the pull and push of the defender on his side while controlling the ball forward, and the opponent's defender in front of him was retreating and stuck, just when the opponent retreated to the top of the arc of the big penalty area and was about to retreat into the big penalty area, Cheng Hai suddenly made a breakthrough to the left.
Cheng Hai's deterrent power was too strong, and between the lightning and flint, the other party didn't have time to think about whether Cheng Hai was a real action or a fake action, and the center of gravity of his body almost subconsciously tilted to the left.
But in the next moment, Cheng Hai dialed the ball to the right.
Matthews feints.
The 19-point skill makes Cheng Hai's action very realistic. Even with someone next to him interfering, Cheng Hai shook the last central defender in front of him to reveal a gap, allowing Cheng Hai to enter the penalty area from the right side.
Although the opponent reacted immediately, immediately turned around and shoveled the ball at Cheng Hai's feet, Cheng Hai's shot was more decisive.
Before the opponent's toes were in place, Cheng Hai immediately got up and shot with the push of the defenders around him when he got the shooting space.
The ball flew out in an instant, past the last defender who fell to the ground, on tiptoe, towards the bottom right corner of the goal.
After completing the shot, Cheng Hai also lost his center of gravity and was knocked down in the penalty area by two defenders.
But it's useless at this point.
Cheng Hai has already completed the shooting action.
Goalkeeper Agabov was already ready to save, and the moment he saw Cheng Hai shoot the ball, he judged the way out of the ball and saved.
However, the angle of the ball kicked by Cheng Hai's full-value shooting skills was too awkward, and Agabov couldn't get it despite his best efforts.
Under the watchful eyes of countless fans at the scene and in front of the television, the ball drilled into the goal of Gilgzestein against the right post.
In the 62nd minute of the second half, Cheng Hai scored another goal to complete the big four and help the Chinese team lead Kyrgyzstan 4-0.
This ball completely killed all the suspense of the game.
Even if Cheng Hai goes off immediately, Kyrgyzstan will not be able to level the four-goal gap in the remaining time.
Therefore, the entire Tianhe Stadium was completely boiling, and all the Chinese fans stood up, clapping excitedly, cheering, shouting, screaming, shouting Cheng Hai's name, and bowing to him.
On the field, all the teammates of the National Olympic team, including goalkeeper Wang Dalei, also rushed up one after another, excitedly pulling Cheng Hai to the ground and stacking Arhats to celebrate.
The coaches, substitutes, team doctors and other staff on the sidelines also hugged each other to celebrate Cheng Hai's goal and the Huaguo team's imminent victory in this game.
On the commentary seat, the CCTV-5 commentator roared in an extremely crazy voice:
"The ball went in, it went in, it went ......"
"Cheng Hai has scored again!"
"Happy seniors! Cheng Hai completed his senior year! ”
"In the 62nd minute, Cheng Hai completed the senior joy and helped the National Olympic team lead Kyrgyzstan 4-0, completely killing all the suspense of the game!"
"The Olympic team has won!"
"Look at the form of the Kyrgyz players, they have lost any courage to struggle."
Indeed, before Cheng Hai scored this goal, Kyrgyzstan was still insisting on attacking, retaining a glimmer of hope for an equalizer.
After all, there is no shortage of examples in football that have come back from three goals in a game.
But to be four goals behind and to come back with only 30 minutes left is a dream!
And even if there were, it certainly wouldn't be this game.
Kyrgyzstan's strength itself is not as good as the Chinese team, and now it is still four goals behind, and there is no suspense in this game!
The Kyrgyzstan players completely surrendered and conceded defeat, looking at Cheng Hai and the players of the Chinese Olympic team, who were celebrating wildly, there was no protest against the Chinese team's long celebration.
Later, I still watched the Chinese team celebrate for almost a minute, the time was too long, and the referee took the initiative to intervene, so that Cheng Hai and others ended their celebrations, returned to their own half, and waited for Kyrgyzstan to open the middle circle.
In the next game, Cheng Hai really walked completely, and he no longer had the physical strength to run, sprint, and break through the attack.
But even so, Kyrgyzstan did not take advantage of this opportunity to go on a rampage.
They have already thrown in the towel.
In the 70th minute, after Cheng Hai played 25 minutes in the second half, he finally couldn't even walk, and had to make a substitution gesture to the coach off the field.
When Cheng Hai handed over the captain's armband to Lu Peng and was substituted, the fans stood up and gave Cheng Hai thunderous applause.
After Cheng Hai left the game, Kyrgyzstan seemed to have just woken up from a dream and started attacking again.
However, this attack is not to equalize, but simply to score a goal to save a little face.
For the sake of the physical fitness of other players, the head coach did not let the national Olympic team continue to attack, but slowed down the offensive, strengthened the defense, and held until the end of the game.
In the 86th minute, Kyrgyzstan scored a header through a corner kick to tie the score at 1-4, and finally did not get kicked bald and saved a little face.
After three minutes of stoppage time, the game was over, and the Chinese Olympic team defeated Kyrgyzstan 4-1 in the second round of the men's football group stage of the Asian Games to achieve its first victory in the group stage.
After the game, Cheng Hai naturally won the best of the game systematically and won the best player on the spot award of 50,000 experience.
Together with the goal award and winning award, Cheng Hai received a total of 350,000 experience rewards in this game, and the total experience reached level 20 513,400/1 million.
After two rounds of group stage, Japan U23 won all two games and accumulated 6 points to qualify for the group in advance, the Chinese team and Malaysia ranked second and third with 3 points, the Chinese team ranked second by virtue of goal difference, and Kyrgyzstan was ranked at the bottom of the two defeats.
However, in addition to the top two in the group, there are four best group thirds who can qualify, Kyrgyzstan has not lost the theoretical possibility of qualifying, and they only need to beat Japan in the last round.
Although that is quite unlikely, there is a theoretical possibility that it may not.