Ahead of the third round of the group stage, the situation in Group C was largely clear.

Colombia has basically advanced with two consecutive wins, Ivory Coast has basically gone out with two consecutive defeats, and the rest is the battle for second place in the group.

China and Greece both have one win and one loss, and according to the qualification rules of the World Cup group stage, because Greece lost 0-3 to Colombia in the first round of matches, and is behind the Chinese team in terms of goal difference, so Greece is very unfavorable in the group qualifying situation.

In the final round, Greece will only be able to advance by beating China.

And for China, a draw will lead to progress.

This should have been extremely good news, but for China, for Chinese players and fans, it is a worrying situation, because over the past few decades, the Chinese team has always confirmed one thing time and time again, that is, a draw can be promoted, and it is a failure.

In recent years, with the emergence of a group of players such as Yang Yang, the overall strength of the Chinese team has improved a lot, but this nightmare still hangs over the head of Chinese football, because it has brought too many painful nightmares.

What's more, the Asian teams in this World Cup are still as sluggish as ever.

Australia finished bottom of the group with three wins and three defeats, but considering they were in the Group of Death with the Netherlands, Chile and Spain, and even Spain failed to qualify from the group, it is understandable that Australia are at the bottom of the group.

However, South Korea and Japan are also at the bottom of the table, and both teams have one draw, two losses and one winless.

Only the Chinese team got a victory against Ivory Coast, which was also the only victory of an Asian team in this World Cup, which makes people have to admit that the Chinese team is indeed the strongest team in Asia.

Of course, according to some foreign media, this is the Chinese team with Yang Yang.

In this case, China's key match against Greece is undoubtedly even more eye-catching.

One is Asia's upstart, one can even be said to be Asia's hegemon, and the other is Greece, who won the European Championship as a dark horse ten years ago, and the two teams are fighting for second place in the group, attracting strong attention from Asian and European fans.

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When you think of Greece, you have to mention the 2004 European Championship.

The head coach of the Chinese national team, Queiroz, mentioned the Greece team ten years ago many times before the World Cup, and Yang Yang was also playing for Ajax in the Netherlands at that time, so he knew that before Euro 04, Greece was just a team to be slaughtered.

This team is not impressive in Europe, where there are many strong opponents, and even if they enter the official European Championship, no one will look at this team at all, and the only impression is that their defense is not bad.

But as a result, it was such a team that was not looked at by anyone at all, and there was not even one player who could be counted, but in the end, it won six consecutive victories in the European Championship, creating another dark horse championship miracle in the history of the European Championship with an almost impossible miracle.

Otto the Great Rehhagel, this is a famous coach who can't be erased no matter how nostalgic for European football.

Many people remember him for Greece's miracle of winning the championship, but it was not the first time he had performed a miracle, as early as the late nineties, he led Kaiserslautern to create a miracle in the Bundesliga promotion, which is also an extremely rare legend in world football.

A legend can be said to be an accident and a matter of luck, but if a legend is created twice, there must be a reason.

Queiroz believes that Rehhagel's success in Kaiserslautern and Greece is a success in football as a whole.

In fact, today's European football is almost all about holisticality.

The overall level of Chinese players is not high, and if they want to gain a firm foothold in the World Cup where strong players gather and grab a place, they must rely on the whole, which requires every player to go all out.

Greece is the object that the Chinese team wants to learn!

That's what Queiroz has been working on for the past four years.

Greece are no longer the heroes of a decade ago, but they are not the best team they were back then, and even if they are relegated to Pot 3 in Europe, they are not something Asian teams can afford to take lightly.

Despite having a top scorer like Yang Yang, the Chinese team still poses a weak posture in the face of Greece.

Greece also attaches great importance to Yang Yang, they are in European football, and they naturally know how strong the superstar of Real Madrid is, so they dare not be careless.

The first half was a dull game, with both sides tied 0-0 and the pressure was very high.

The Chinese team has the advantage in qualifying and is more patient.

But after the rematch in the second half, Greece strengthened its attack, but the Chinese team was still stubbornly defending, and even Yang Yang often withdrew to the front of the penalty area to participate in defense.

But in the 79th minute, when a midfield broke the ball and counterattacked, Greece quickly instigated an offensive.

Captain Zheng Zhi returned to the front of the penalty area in time to assist in the defense, and when he faced the opponent's pass on the right side, when he was about to form a single knife, he had to take a tactical pull foul behind him, and pulled the Greek striker down at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and did not give the opponent a chance to make a single knife.

But because of this foul, Zheng Zhi was sent off with a red card.

The foul is obvious, the intent is clear, and there is no need to justify it at all.

Zheng Zhi didn't give any explanation for himself, and after seeing the referee raise the red card, he silently turned around and went all the way forward.

As he walked, he ripped off the captain's armband on his arm, and gradually, his eyes turned red.

He will soon be 34 years old, and as early as three years ago, he could not stay in Europe and return to China, and he is still able to maintain his form and participate in the World Cup, all with a lot of energy.

Now, he did his best.

"It's up to you!" Zheng Zhi came to Yang Yang, put on the captain's armband for him with his own hands, patted the national emblem on his chest vigorously, hugged him, and turned around and left.

At this moment, Yang Yang felt the weight of the captain's armband on his arm.

The other players of the national team also had no objections, because if it weren't for Zheng Zhi, Yang Yang would have been the captain of this national team.

As for Zheng Zhi's red card at this time, the international players are more moved and regretful.

The move is for Zheng Zhi's dedication, because this is a red card in the final stage of the game, a tactical foul, and regret is because they made a mistake just now, which caused Zheng Zhi to make up for it in this tactical foul.

Veterans don't die, they just fade away.

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After Zheng Zhi was sent off the field with a red card, the Chinese team made a substitution, replacing Wu Lei with Zhao Xuri.

Zhao Xuri played in the Russian Premier League, performed well, had strong defensive ability, but was a little frizzy, but no one would forget his kick in the World Youth Championship that year.

Having missed a good chance to score, Greece further intensified their attack, and it could even be said that they were out of the way.

For them, this is a game that can only be won, and there is no second way.

Greece's frantic offensive created huge defensive pressure on the Chinese team, and even after entering the 80th minute, it created two very threatening attacks, but the Chinese team held them to the death.

There was a lot of noise in the penalty area, there was a precarious situation in front of the goal, and there was one less person on the pitch......

In this case, the situation of the Chinese team can be described as stormy, and it may be overwhelmed at any time.

In the 88th minute, Yang Yang once again returned to the front of the penalty area to participate in the defense.

Zhao Xuri made a fierce but accurate steal, intercepted the ball, and quickly passed it to Chen Tao.

Chen Tao passed Yang Yang again, Yang Yang took the ball with his back, knocked it back to Zhou Haibin, and stretched out his hand to point behind him.

Zhou Haibin has cooperated with Yang Yang for many years, and immediately understood his gesture after seeing him, and then saw the Greek defense pressing up, and Yang Yang turned around and sprinted forward, he immediately made a long pass and accurately sent the ball to the left side of the front court.

The opponent's two central defenders dragged at the back, and Yang Yang retreated deeper, and if he passed to the middle, he would definitely not be able to catch it.

Yang Yang sprinted forward at the fastest speed, which made the fans on the scene excited, and even the on-site commentator couldn't help but praise: "In the final stage of the game, there is still the physical strength to maintain such a fast sprint, just this point, Yang Yang is really worthy of our admiration and worthy of learning from all professional players." ”

But Yang Yang on the court didn't take care of these, he stared at the ball with all his heart.

Sure enough, after Zhou Haibin was assigned to the left side, Yang Yang grabbed the ball before Greek central defender Papastathopoulos and stopped the ball.

As soon as he stopped, Papastathopoulos leaned in.

One!

Yang Yang barely left the other party the slightest time to react, as soon as he stopped, he started, and his body shook directly, and he was about to cut inward, which frightened the Greek central defender on the opposite side to make a block.

But Yang Yang buckled with his right foot and buckled the ball to the bottom line.

The Greek central defender plays for Dortmund and has a lot of experience, so he immediately adjusted his body center of gravity and kept up with Yang Yang.

But as soon as his center of gravity adjusted, Yang Yang returned the ball to the right side with his left foot.

This continuous feint change of direction shook Papastathopoulos's center of gravity out of balance, and a gap appeared in the defense, Yang Yang accurately dribbled the ball inward, blocked the Greek central defender with his body, and cut inward horizontally.

Central defender Manolas and returning midfielder Maniotis also returned to the edge of the penalty area at the same time, and the two of them looked like a net inside and out, and at the same time came towards Yang Yang, trying to net him in the middle.

But Yang Yang didn't wait for the opponent to come over, after breaking through Papastathopoulos, after adjusting the ball horizontally, he directly pulled out his leg with his right foot and shot angrily, not giving the opponent any chance to think at all.

The ball was like a cannonball, from the left side of the penalty area 21 meters away from the goal, directly into the upper right corner of the goal, through the Greek team's goal, 1-0!

"The ball is in!!!"

"The ball is in!!!"

"Yang Yang! Yang Yang! Another world wave !!! ”

"A long shot from twenty-one meters away!

"It's another kick of the world wave, and the Yangyang region has worked again!"

"At the critical moment in the final stage of the game, Yang Yang played the Greek defenders in the area he was most familiar with, one-on-three, and hit a right-footed volley, opening the door to victory for the Chinese team, 1-0!"

"Greece is lost!"

"The Chinese team will once again advance to the round of 16!"

"Long live Yang Yang! Long live the Chinese team! Long live Chinese football! ”