Chapter 355: Winning Singapore at a Difficult Point
Zhuo Yang didn't expect that a mere Singapore would be so difficult to play, and it was almost 60 minutes in the second half, and he relied on penalties to equalize the score with difficulty, 1:1 was not decent at all.
After the first round of La Liga, there are two international breaks in September, and the Chinese team's 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers have started again.
Because of its excellent performance in last year's World Cup, including the runner-up in the Asian Cup, the Chinese team's ranking in FIFA has risen significantly, so this time it became one of the five seeded teams, avoiding the boring qualifying tournament and directly entering the top 20.
China are in Group A with old rivals Iraq, as well as Jordan and Singapore. According to the old rules, the top two teams in the group enter the final 10 round, and the final place is 4.5. However, this time the 0.5 is not as lucky as before, and Asia will compete with the fifth place in South America for this ticket.
After playing Zaragoza away four days ago, Zhuo Yang did not even return home, and flew directly back to China from Madrid's Barajas International Airport. After two qualifiers in a row, it was originally thought that Singapore was just making up the numbers, and the second game against Jordan was the main event, after all, it took a lot of effort to win 1:0 in the Asian Cup.
I didn't think that Singapore, which I had never seen with my eyes, was so difficult to beat.
Breaking the dense defense is a problem all over the world, and the Chinese team faced such a problem in Kunming Tuodong Stadium.
As one of the 16th strongest teams in the World Cup, it is difficult to hear the name Singapore and not to take it lightly, not only for players and fans, but also for Zhuo Yang. At the beginning, the whole team did not smash the turtle shell of the Singaporeans in one fell swoop, and Zhuo Yang's state of running thousands of miles was not very ideal, so the two sides grinded back and forth, and the attack and defense were very boring.
After last year's World Cup, several promising youngsters of the national team were lost in the applause of flowers, and they should have been the mainstay of these four years, but they had to be banished from the team by Zhuo Yang and Jie Shuai.
Among the veterans, Tie Zi and Da Yu retired, Sun Jihai stayed away from the national team, Shao Jiayi also slipped quickly in the stumble of the bench, although he was only 31 years old, but had to start to take a back seat.
Shao Jiayi and 30-year-old Qu Bo are still ambitious and willing to fight the court as always, but the years are not forgiving, and Chinese players are especially aging fast. Looking at it, Zheng Zheng, who is still only 31 years old, is still reliable in all aspects.
Although the level of domestic players is similar, the 33-year-old Li Weifeng and the 29-year-old Du Wei are still the best central defender combination, and their comprehensive strength is much higher than the others. But the problem is that after a flowery World Cup and Asian Cup runners-up, their ambitions seem to be gone.
did not indulge himself, nor was he nostalgic for fame and fortune, but he was obviously not as focused and courageous on the field as before. Perhaps, as veterans of this age, they realized that no matter how hard they worked in this qualifier, they would eventually be a dowry for others, and Brazil three years later would be so far away.
In the first half hour, the Chinese team vigorously nearly 20 shots on goal, all of which were in vain, most of them were out of reach, and a small number were saved by Singapore's young goalkeeper Mabud. The goalkeepers of the weak team, these goalkeepers who play the Asian preliminaries as the World Cup finals are always very energetic when they meet the Chinese team.
In the 32nd minute, the Chinese team, which had been unable to attack for a long time, became more and more sluggish, and Li Weifeng was stealing the ball in the backfield by the little-known Fakhruddin, and it was very clean.
The 41-year-old Bosnian naturalised striker Aleksandar Duric, who is perhaps Singapore's only star player, received a pass from Fakhruddin and simply passed the rash pounce on Lee Wei Feng and crossed it to Qiu Li.
The 31-year-old is also a naturalized player, he was born in Shenyang, and after being laid off from the Liaoning team six years ago, he followed others to Singapore, and then became the top scorer in the S-League, known locally as 'Qiu Naldo'.
Qiu Li had already faced goalkeeper Yang Zhi when he got the ball, and he used a calm feint to flash Li Weifeng and Du Weiqi, who were hastily blocked, to the ground, and then pushed back to Du Liqi without greed.
The 41-year-old veteran striker picked up an empty goal, and Singapore led the Chinese team 1:0.
Zhuo Yang couldn't believe his eyes, what kind of thing was this slapped in the face? Lao Tzu is Mr. 100 million and 5 in the eight wildernesses, can all of you add a piece worth more than my monthly salary?
Angry and frustrated, his teammates cheered up, but Singapore, which led by one goal, was like playing chicken blood, and the turtle shell was more and more solid. There is no technical content, just relying on one is not afraid of pain and the other is not afraid of death.
Zhuo Yang hit the post diagonally in the 40th minute, Singapore also followed up with a sneak attack and scared the Chinese team into a cold sweat, and Shi Jiayi's long-range shot also hit the lintel.
The 28-year-old Shi Jiayi was one of the Chinese players who had not played in the Chinese professional league in droves of Chinese players who had gone on to make their way to the Lion City, where many later managed to gain a foothold. Born in Shanghai, Shi Jiayi and Qiu Li are the only Chinese naturalized players in the Singapore national team.
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At halftime, Jie Shuai and Zhuo Yang both lost their temper in the locker room, so everyone really cheered up in the second half.
It doesn't matter if this is ruthless, he first took down Singapore's main goalkeeper Mabud. In order to save Zhuo Yang's header, he himself grabbed himself on the post and almost crashed to death.
Substitute goalkeeper Barudin was much rougher, and when he came out in the 59th minute, he smashed his fists directly into the face of veteran Qu Bo, and was blown a penalty by the referee. So, Zhuo Yang worked hard and finally equalized the score with a penalty.
Next, Zhuo Yang stood on the field and ordered to continue to be ruthless, and soon killed Shi Jiayi again, and Sun Xiang used a hard steel tackle to make him understand who was the boss of Shanghai Tang.
Shi Jiayi was carried down, and the referee only gave Sun Xiang a yellow card, which provoked Singapore head coach Alamovic to jump on the sidelines. As a result, three minutes later, Barouddin pulled down Yu Dabao in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty again, and Alamovic, who jumped up and scolded the street, was sent off with a red card.
Zhuo Yang scored twice from the penalty kick, and the Chinese team overtook the score 2:1.
In the 79th minute, the Chinese team finally got better, after a smooth pass, Zhuo Yang went straight to Yu Dabao on the right side of the penalty area, although his shot was saved by Barudin, but Yu Hai's supplementary shot made the score 3:1.
Although a victory lived up to the expectations of the Chinese people, it can hardly be called satisfactory, and Singapore's trip to Group A is to come to the bottom. Running from the beach to the plateau stadium to score a goal, the Chinese team won really undignified.
On the night after the game, Zhuo Yang, Jie Shuai and the coaching staff conspired in the dark room, and finally reached a consensus: it was time to have a big change!