442 Come on, Yang Yang!
Late at night.
The final round of Group D of the World Cup is in full swing.
Fans all over China were immersed in the heat of the game, and the ups and downs of the game were extremely tense.
The Chinese team, which reached the World Cup finals for the second time, encountered Angola who entered the finals for the first time.
The team's ability to lose 0-1 to Portugal and draw 0-0 with Mexico in the first two games of the group stage shows its strength.
Especially the defensive ability of Angola.
The game has been going on for more than 70 minutes in the second half, and the score is still 0-0.
The Chinese team fielded a technical midfielder and controlled the situation on the field.
The 57 percent possession rate proves that the Chinese team has a certain advantage on the court.
The pass success rate is also over 70 percent, compared to only about 65 percent in Angola.
In terms of creating chances, the Chinese team also made more than a dozen shots on goal, but the efficiency of the shots was not too high, resulting in the team never getting a chance to score.
Yang Yang, who wore the captain's armband of the national team for the first time, was closely guarded by Angola in this game.
Although he didn't get many chances, he created a lot for the team, and sent a lot of wonderful passes to Gao Lin, Chen Tao, Zhou Haibin and Shao Jiayi, but unfortunately, it was still a little bit away from scoring.
Yang Yang himself had three shots on goal, both times from a distance from the goal, and once was saved by the goalkeeper.
Angola is not a fish belly to be slaughtered, whether it is against Mexico or Portugal, they have shown a very tenacious fighting spirit, and the overall strength is not weak.
And this time against the Chinese team, they played not conservative at all.
Especially in the second half, with the consumption of the Chinese team's physical strength, they frequently counterattacked.
The number of shots on goal is roughly equal to that of the Chinese team, but the shooting threat is slightly worse.
However, Angola has done a good job of limiting the defense of Yang Yang, the number one star of the Chinese team.
Throughout the game, Yang Yang was always surrounded by Angolan players.
And the facts have also proved that after restricting Yang Yang, the entire scoring efficiency of the Chinese team has declined rapidly.
Among them, the most threatening one occurred in the 31st minute of the first half, when Yang Yang shook off the defenders, suddenly shot a cold arrow, hit the goal directly, and fired a heavy shot at the goal, causing Angolan goalkeeper Ricardo to get out of his hands.
But Gao Lin, who came up, faced the empty goal within ten meters and actually missed the ball.
It's definitely something that makes everyone feel unbelievable.
Since then, the Chinese team seems to have fallen into a situation of being insulated from the goal.
Gao Lin was also so remorseful at halftime that he wanted to screw his head off, and that opportunity was really good.
But as the captain of the team, Yang Yang can only keep comforting his teammates.
With Angola's counterattack in the second half, the Chinese team began to be faintly passive on the field.
Especially after seventy minutes.
Physical fitness is also a big problem that limits the performance of Chinese players, even a few international players who have stayed abroad, after playing three group games in a row, their physical consumption is really a bit unbearable.
Angola, on the other hand, is becoming more and more violent.
Alihan made a series of substitutions from the 60th minute onwards and switched to a counter-attacking strategy.
Hao Junmin and Li Tie were replaced on the field, Gao Lin was taken down, and Yang Yang was at the front.
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"The Chinese team made the third substitution!"
The voice of the national television announcer came from the television set.
Combined with the picture of the scene, it can be seen that Zhao Xuri stood on the sidelines, and he was replaced by midfielder Zhou Haibin.
'It's another change to strengthen the midfield defence.
"Obviously, the game was very difficult, and Alihan's attitude was very clear, even if he couldn't score, he must try to keep the goal intact, and at this time, the team's offensive burden was on Yang Yang."
"Yang Yang is now the only one left in the front court."
In China's major cities, whether it is a bustling bar, a quiet home, or an office working overtime late at night, countless fans sit in front of the TV and watch this final game.
'In the other game, Portugal and Mexico are currently tied at the moment, with both goals coming in the first half, and in the second half, both teams clearly lack the motivation to continue playing.
'Obviously, they're all out of the group stage.'
"Perhaps, this is a bit cruel for China and Angola, but this is football."
"The most important thing for the Chinese team now is to work harder and strive to win Angola, so that there is still a glimmer of hope."
"If we don't beat Angola, we don't even have the right to blame the other side for playing tacit balls."
The analysis of the national television commentator also represents the expectations of all Chinese fans.
Score a goal, get a win.
Even if you really don't qualify in the end, this World Cup will definitely be a success!
If you can't win Angola tonight, although it is still very successful, it will still leave some regrets.
The narrator of the national television station also shouted out the heartfelt cry of thousands of fans.
"Come on, Chinese team!"
"Come on, Yang Yang!"
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Leipzig, Germany.
Yang Yang couldn't hear the cries of domestic fans, but he could imagine it.
Because in the last World Cup, he was just a fan.
The game was getting less and less, and after 80 minutes, Angola began to play aggressively on the offensive.
But even so, they always left at least two or three players behind to guard Yang Yang.
Yang Yang ran very aggressively in the gaps, patiently waiting for the pass from his teammates behind him.
Almost every time the Chinese team breaks the ball, he will quickly peek for opportunities to run into gaps, and every time a teammate passes the ball, he will sprint quickly, and this sprint will constantly drain his physical energy.
After every sprint, he would feel that he was dying, and he would not be able to rush up next time.
But next time, he gritted his teeth and continued to rush forward.
This feeling is not unfamiliar to him, because he has experienced it many times, but he also knows very well that his physical energy is indeed being consumed again and again, and he is also fighting for every respite and trying to recover.
The players in the midfield and back are also fighting.
For them, the World Cup is the biggest stage of their careers, and they have no reason to squander and waste a single second on this stage.
Sometimes, hard work may not be rewarding, but sometimes it can.
When Angola began to press the attack, the Chinese team organized a tight barrier in the midfield.
The three backs composed of Li Tie, Zhao Junzhe and Zhao Xuri firmly protected the defense line and blocked Angola's attacks again and again.
In the 83rd minute, Angola again attacked the 30-meter area of the Chinese team and tried to send the ball into the Chinese team's penalty area again, but Zhao Junzhe intercepted the ball with a sliding tackle in the middle.
Zhao Xuri grabbed the ball before everyone else and kicked the ball to the left.
After Hao Junmin got the ball on the left side, he quickly took it forward and looked up to look ahead.
Yang Yang in the middle of the lane stretched out his hand and pointed to his right front, signaling Hao Junmin to pass there.
Almost at the moment when Hao Junmin passed the ball, Yang Yang started at the same time, shook off the two players who followed him in Angola, and sprinted from the middle to the right front.
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"The Chinese team played a quick counterattack."
"Behind Hao Junmin's diagonal pass on the left side."
"Yang Yang sprinted quickly, the referee did not blow the whistle, and the Chinese team was not offside."
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Yang Yang gritted his teeth and chased after him as fast as he could.
Combined with his own observations and God's vision, he judged the landing point of the ball, rushed over, headed the ball forward, pushed the ball in front of him, and accelerated to chase it.
Angola's two central defenders were also fast, but they were always one step behind Yang Yang and could only go all the way back to the penalty area.
At this time, Yang Yang also took the ball diagonally into the penalty area from the right side.
Angola's two central defenders are balanced, and they are obviously very afraid of Yang Yang, because Yang Yang, who takes the initiative to attack, has more options, and can choose to break through vertically with his right foot to hit the goal, or he can choose to cut horizontally and with his left foot.
This will require the cooperation of the Angolan players.
And apparently, they left all the area behind the centre-back to goalkeeper Ricardo.
Yang Yang dribbled the ball and killed, the speed was very fast, and he directly faced the opponent's No. 5 central defender Cali.
The two met on the right side of the front of the penalty area, and Cali kept retreating, but Yang Yang was very fast with the ball, leaving him no time to think and react.
Cali had already heard that Yang Yang's pendulum was passing, but when he was caught off guard, he immediately reacted instinctively, thinking that he wanted to cut inside, and immediately blocked, but Yang Yang pushed the ball towards the goal with his left foot and directly deducted Cali.
Goalkeeper Ricardo was obviously prepared, and immediately abandoned the goal, blocked the gap on Cali's side, and pounced directly on Yang Yang.
But after Yang Yang deducted Cali, he suddenly accelerated, took the first step to poke the ball to the bottom line, just stabbed the attacking goalkeeper, and rushed forward with a strong step, grabbing the ball before the bottom line, and pumping his right foot.
In order to avoid being intercepted by another central defender of the opponent, Yang Yang also deliberately hit a half-high ball.
As a result, the opponent's central defender rushed into the goal with the ball!
And Yang Yang also rushed out of the stadium and hit the billboard on the sidelines.
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"The ball is in!!!!"
"Oh my God, Yang Yang scored a wonderful goal in the eighty-third minute, a long-distance run!"
"One to zero!"
"This goal is bound to kill the game completely!"
"Wonderful goal from Yang Yang, 1-0!"
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The whole stadium exploded!
Countless fans were frantically cheering Yang Yang's name!
All the players of the Chinese team also rushed towards Yang Yang in an instant.
Although the team was eliminated from the competition, although it stopped in the group stage, there was such a goal, there was such a victory, it was enough!
Alihan raised his arms on the sidelines, venting his inner excitement and excitement.
And when Yang Yang stood up from the billboard, he was quickly thrown to the ground by his teammates who chased him all the way.
Everyone was so excited!
This will be the first World Cup final victory in the history of Chinese football!
This is another difficult breakthrough!
Especially for Asian teams!