Zhao Peng's tackle was very sudden, and the two Kuwaiti defenders did not react as quickly as Cheng Hai, so they were a little sluggish, and they were approached by Cheng Hai and were about to overtake him.

At this moment, the ball shoveled out by Zhao Peng fell to Zheng Zhi's feet.

Zheng Zhi looked at Cheng Hai's position before receiving the ball, and then received the ball and sent the ball to the front court with a long pass before the opposing player counter-robbed.

Zheng Zhi's pass played very well, and he was not touched by anyone halfway, and was smoothly passed to the front court.

And Cheng Hai also surpassed the back line composed of two Kuwaiti central defenders at the moment of Zheng Zhi's pass, successfully countered offside, and then rushed to the front court and received Zheng Zhi's long pass to form a single knife.

Although a defender close to Cheng Hai reached out and pulled Cheng Hai, he was still thrown off by Cheng Hai's strong physique and unparalleled explosive speed.

If there was a risk of being caught up by the other party after Cheng Hai's anti-offside position was successfully formed in the past, then now no one can catch up with him.

The perfect dribbling technique at full value allows Cheng Hai to not reduce his speed much even when he runs with the ball, and the defenders behind him will not only not be able to catch up, but will be thrown farther and farther.

This time is the same, after Cheng Hai successfully countered offside and received Zheng Zhi's pass to form a single knife, the two Kuwaiti central defenders who chased back behind him could only watch his back eat ashes, and they were completely powerless to stop Cheng Hai's single knife.

The next thing is simple, knowing that Cheng Haiai single-handedly shot, this time the Kuwaiti goalkeeper did not shoot too far, and only stood a little outside the small penalty area line, wanting to avoid being shot by Cheng Hai.

But will this stop Cheng Hai from shooting?

Impossible.

With Cheng Hai's archery skills, his ground volley is more secure than a hanging shot.

After dribbling into the penalty area, Cheng Hai first shook to the right, causing goalkeeper Halliday to think that Cheng Hai was going to break through to the right, and subconsciously pounced to the right.

As a result, Cheng Hai immediately hit a volley in the opposite direction with the instep of his inner foot and pumped the ball to the bottom left corner.

Halliday, whose centre of gravity was shifting to the right, couldn't react and couldn't even make a save, just watching as the ball passed him to the other side and drilled into the bottom corner of the goal against the left post.

In the 38th minute, Cheng Hai scored another goal and scored twice to help the Huaguo team take a 3-0 lead.

The Chinese fans in the stands were crazy, waving national flags and cheering excitedly in the stands.

With a three-goal lead, the first group game was basically won.

Kuwait also knows that with this score, it will not work without attacking.

Therefore, after the resumption of the game, the Kuwait team launched a fierce attack to score a goal and pull back a point as soon as possible.

It's a pity that their strength is not good, and in order to defend Cheng Hai, the starters are all defensive types.

At this time, even if you want to fight back, it is too late.

In addition, they also had to guard against Cheng Hai's counterattack, and the backcourt defenders could not concentrate on the attack, resulting in a lack of threat in the offensive force.

Until the end of the first half, Kuwait failed to score, and the two sides went into the break with a score of 0-3, and the Chinese team temporarily led by three goals.

The intensity of the Asian Cup is indeed slightly stronger than that of the Asian Games, although Cheng Hai's physical fitness has increased a little, but Cheng Hai is still a little exhausted after scoring the second goal, and failed to create a counterattack threat for the opponent in the last few minutes when Kuwait attacked aggressively.

At the same time, Cheng Hai was also very weak when he got off the field, except for a few teammates who saw Cheng Hai fall into a deep sleep at halftime, the coach of the national football team and other new teammates were a little worried.

As a result, Cheng Hai's performance also shocked these people.

Despite the noisy stadium environment, Cheng Hai still fell into a deep sleep when he lay down, sleeping soundly, which made the other players of the national football team envious.

After ten minutes of deep sleep, Cheng Hai recovered a lot of energy, and he could hold on for another twenty or thirty minutes in the second half.

After a 15-minute break at half-time, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Although Kuwait, who was three goals behind, made substitutions, made two substitutions in a row, and added a striker and an attacking midfielder, the opponent's back line still did not dare to press in the face of Cheng Hai, who became energetic after a 15-minute break.

Such an attack naturally could not break through the goal of the Chinese team.

Kuwait's most dangerous shot from the start of the second half came in the 54th minute, when they played the ball into the box after a series of brilliant combinations, and striker Badr received a clever pass from his team-mate in the space to the right of the penalty spot.

There was no one on the way of Badr for the time being, and if the ball was played well, it could have caused a goal.

Unfortunately, Badr missed this great opportunity to shoot, and his shooting skills were not as superb as Cheng Hai's.

In order to ensure that it hit within the range of the door frame, he did not dare to pursue the angle.

As a result, although this volley had power and speed, it had no angle, and it hit slightly right, and was saved by Yang Zhi, the goalkeeper of the Huaguo team.

As time passed, Kuwait, which was three goals behind, became more and more anxious.

Finally, the two full-backs pressed over the halfway line to participate in the attack, and only two central defenders were left in the backfield to prevent Cheng Hai's counterattack.

However, the two of them are completely behind Cheng Hai in terms of physique, off-ball running, speed, etc., and even the two of them cannot completely prevent Cheng Hai from death.

European clubs can't do it, let alone Kuwait?

Moreover, as a striker, Cheng Hai does not need to succeed every time, nor can he succeed every time, because it is impossible to cooperate with his teammates in passing and cutting so well every time.

But if you succeed once, you can create a huge threat and even score a goal.

In the 63rd minute, 18 minutes after the opening of the second half, the Huaguo team finally broke the ball again and played an excellent counterattack opportunity.

Although Deng Zhuoxiang's pass did not make Cheng Hai form a single knife, it also made Cheng Hai receive the ball and there was only one Kuwaiti defender Amir in front of him.

Another defender, Fadil, was left behind by Cheng Hai's run.

Not far, of course. Once Cheng Hai can't break through Amir in time, Fadil will immediately return to the defense in place and attack Cheng Hai with Amir.

But will Cheng Hai give Fadil a chance?

No!

His dribbling and Matthews feints are at full value.

Although this breakthrough action is a bit simple, with Cheng Hai's speed, explosiveness, and physique, even if the other party guesses Cheng Hai's intentions, he can't stop it.

Sure enough, after Cheng Hai received Deng Zhuoxiang's pass and turned to face Amir, the dribbling and Matthews feints in full value were immediately used, and Amir didn't have time to think about it, so he could only rely on his body instinct to follow Cheng Hai's movements to defend.

As a result, he was deceived by Cheng Hai's feints.

Cheng Hai instantly broke through from Amir's left side, and Fadil, who was about to return to the defense in place, saw that it was not good, and directly shoveled over, wanting to leave Cheng Hai with the ball, even if it was a foul.

Now they are three goals behind, but as long as they wait for Cheng Hai to get off the field, there may not be a chance to equalize.

But once Cheng Hai breaks through the past and forms a single knife with this counterattack, then with Cheng Hai's shooting skills, there is a high probability of scoring a goal, and the Huaguo team has a four-goal lead, which is enough to completely kill the game.

Even if Cheng Hai is off, it is impossible for Kuwait to recover a four-goal gap on the Chinese team.

Therefore, Fadil fought to keep Cheng Hai at the risk of fouling.

However, he couldn't even fulfill his wish to eat cards, because Cheng Hai's explosiveness exceeded his expectations.

The full value of physique and acceleration made Cheng Hai's starting reaction and speed completely the world's first, and before Fadil's flying shovel reached Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai had already gone away with the ball.

Fadil's flying tackle ultimately failed to bring down Cheng Hai, but instead brought down his teammate Amir, and both of them completely lost the possibility of chasing back.

Cheng Hai took the ball to the Kuwaiti penalty area without hindrance, and the Kuwaiti fans in the stands were already anxiously booing, hoping to affect Cheng Hai's performance.

But to no avail.

Cheng Hai quickly dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area.

In the face of a single goal, the goalkeeper is so helpless.

Last time, Halliday didn't attack, but he was easily hit by Cheng Hai. This time he chose to attack, but Cheng Hai chose to shoot before he entered the big penalty area.

Cheng Hai's lob shot flew off the ground, went over the head of Khalidi, who was jumping to make a save, cut a parabola through the air, and fell into the goal under the desperate gaze of the Kuwaiti players' fans.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Cheng Hai scored another goal to score a hat trick and helped the Huaguo team completely seal the victory 4-0.

There is no suspense in this game.

In the 68th minute, Cheng Hai was replaced by Gao Hongbo with Gao Lin, which caused warm applause from the Chinese fans in the audience.

After Cheng Hai went down, Kuwait finally breathed a sigh of relief and launched the most ferocious attack on the whole line.

However, the configuration of the double back of the Chinese team is still very powerful, coupled with Zheng Zhi's experience, the defense line is well protected, and Kuwait has not been able to break through the defense of the Chinese team.

Instead, in the 85th minute, after several failed counterattacks, the Chinese team won a corner kick opportunity through a counterattack, and then Dewey dominated the crowd in the penalty area, grabbed the first header and hit the goal, and headed the ball into the Kuwait goal.

Hua Guo took a 5-0 lead.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Chinese team defeated Kuwait 5-0 in the first round of the group stage of the Asian Cup, ranking first in the group with a 3-point goal difference, and occupying the initiative to qualify from the group.

After the game, the news that Cheng Hai scored a hat trick on his debut also spread throughout Asia, and some European media also reported it.

Although the Asian Cup is far inferior to the European Cup and the Copa America, it is also a continental competition, and there is still some attention.

Cheng Hai, in particular, has its own attention.

In addition, this is also Cheng Hai's first game in the senior national team in China, and he scored a hat trick, and the gimmick is not bad, so it has attracted a lot of domestic and foreign media reports.

Of course, foreign media coverage is not as good as that of China.

A 5-0 victory made domestic fans as excited as the New Year's holiday.

"It's so cool, 5-0, it's been a long time since I've seen the national football team play such a hearty game!"

"This is all the credit of Cheng Hai, without Cheng Hai, the national football team will definitely not be able to play this score, and it will be good if you don't lose."

Cheng Hai's credit is naturally the greatest, after all, he scored a hat trick, but it would be too much to say that it was all his credit. I watched the live broadcast, and other players still performed well, such as Zheng Zhi and Dewey, who also scored goals, and performed very well at both offensive and defensive ends. ”

"Well, I feel the same way! Today's game feels a lot more disciplined than before, unlike the previous games that looked like a mess. ”

"Maybe this is Cheng Hai's leadership role, so that everyone has a backbone, knows what they should do on the field, and has confidence in the game."

"Not bad! I think it's the same, the national football team's decision to let Cheng Hai be the captain is too correct. ”

"Before, I thought Cheng Hai was a little younger, and I didn't know if I could be qualified for the position of captain, but now it seems to be no problem."

"Yes! Cheng Hai has strength, fame, and prestige, he can control the field as the captain, everyone is convinced, and he also has the backbone. If this continues, it is difficult for the national football team to really create a new history of the Asian Cup! ”

"Shhhh......h

"Low profile! Low profile! ”

After a hearty 5-0 victory, not only the media and fans, but also no one in the team questioned Cheng Hai's strength and captaincy.

I don't even feel uncomfortable and unconvinced!

Everyone knows that once they really achieve a historic breakthrough in the Asian Cup under the leadership of Cheng Hai, everyone will be the hero.

Although the biggest hero is Cheng Hai, they can also get a little bit of light!

In the next two days, everyone was more active in training, and they were full of anticipation and fighting spirit for the next group stage.

Although the next opponent will be the host Qatar, everyone has swept away their previous worries and is full of confidence in the victory of this match.

In the blink of an eye, a few days have passed in a flash, and the second round of the group stage has officially begun.

The first game was Uzbekistan vs Kuwait, and after 90 minutes, Uzbekistan defeated Kuwait 2-1, with six points from two consecutive wins to occupy the absolute initiative to qualify from the group.

Although it has not been qualified in advance, it is almost over, just look at the results of the Chinese team vs Qatar.

As for Kuwait, the two consecutive defeats are basically out of the tournament in advance, even if there is a theoretical possibility of qualifying, it is already very small, and it also depends on the result of the Qatar VS Chinese team.

Half an hour after the end of the match between Uzbekistan and Kuwait, at 19:15 on the evening of January 12, 2011, the match between the host Qatar and the Chinese team officially began.

In the case of a 0-2 loss to Uzbekistan in the first round, Qatar, as the host, has no choice but to attack, only to win, to retain the hope of qualifying.

Although Cheng Hai of the Chinese team started the game and was a huge threat, Qatar had no choice but to choose to attack from the beginning of the game.

With Cheng Hai's off-ball running, point grabbing, and speed, the Huaguo team is naturally the most suitable for defensive counterattacks.

Since the opponents have taken the initiative to attack, the Huaguo team naturally pushed the boat down the river and started a defensive counterattack.

As the host, Qatari fans naturally have an absolute numerical advantage in this game, and the Qataris are also more accustomed to their stadiums and weather, and their combat effectiveness is much higher than that of Kuwait.

In the cheering of the home fans, Qatar's attack is still very threatening.

In just five minutes of the opening game, Qatar made a cross from the bottom in a wing attack, and striker Sebastian followed up in the middle to grab the first point, and as soon as he headed the ball, he pushed the ball towards the goal of the Chinese team.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Yang Zhi played well this time and made an excellent save to lift the ball over the crossbar.

Subsequently, Qatar's corner kick failed to grab the first point and was cleared by the central defender Zhao Peng of the Chinese team out of the penalty area.

Although the attack did not succeed in breaking through the goal of the Chinese national team, it still attracted the applause and cheers of tens of thousands of Qatari fans in the stands.

Next, Qatar continued to go on the offensive.

They want to score goals, they want to win.

Sometimes, however, things don't go their way.

Qatar's offense is still quite effective and creates a lot of threats, but the Chinese team, which focuses on defensive counterattacks, has played steadily and steadily, basically defusing Qatar's offense, at least it has not conceded a goal.

This is what some media and fans said, Cheng Haiding the role of the sea god needle, the Huaguo team under the leadership of Cheng Hai showed something different than before, whether it was offensive or defensive, there were a lot of rules, even if they were pressed and beaten by the opponent, everyone was not flustered, and still maintained the overall formation of the team, and resolved the opponent's offense one by one.

While consolidating the defense, the Huaguo team naturally did not forget to counterattack.

With Cheng Hai, a world flyer who ran a world record, the Chinese team has a natural advantage when it comes to counterattacks.

Although many times the ball is not passed well, or the timing of the pass is not right, resulting in the passing and cutting positions not fitting together.

But once the coordination is in place, it can form a threatening counterattack.

After several failed passes, in the 16th minute, the Chinese team finally cut off the ball from Qatar and Deng Zhuoxiang sent a long pass that was just right.

Cheng Hai used his perfect off-ball running and speed to form a surpass of the Qatari defender line at the moment of Deng Zhuoxiang's pass, and the anti-offside position was successful, and he was not raised by the linesman.

The rest is simple.

Cheng Hai received a pass from Deng Zhuoxiang at the front of Qatar's penalty area, and then faced the attacking goalkeeper Burhan on the line of the penalty area to volley into the near corner.

Burhan made a save, but was a little late and couldn't touch the ball, only to watch as the ball flew past him and into the back of the net.

In the 16th minute, the Chinese team took advantage of an opportunity to break the ball and counterattack by Cheng Hai to open the scoring to take a 1-0 lead, and the situation of the host Qatar was even more passive.

The Chinese fans, who have been suppressed by the host Qatar fans using their numerical advantage, can finally make their voices loud and applaud and cheer warmly.