In an interview with reporters, Fu Bo, the head coach of the Chinese team, repeatedly emphasized that the national team will go all out to treat this game, and don't think that Saudi Arabia will release the water if it has already qualified in advance.

Judging from the team's training content, Fu Bo also does what he says - the training intensity of the national team is very high. On the first day of training after the match, the main players who participated in the match against Indonesia were given a day off, while the substitutes all went to the training ground for intensive training.

On November 19, the Chinese team welcomed Saudi Arabia at home.

The Shaanxi Provincial Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 people, was full, and the red flag was displayed before the game began, and the crowd was full of voices.

Fans from all over the country came to witness the Chinese team qualifying for the Asian Cup.

After losing the right to participate in the World Cup, the Asian Cup has become the only solace for Chinese fans.

In this game, judging from Saudi Arabia's starting lineup, it is true that as their head coach Juan Caro said, although the team has qualified in advance, it does not intend to release water and will not take the enemy lightly.

This starting lineup is the main lineup of Saudi Arabia, which was used to play the Chinese team before Iraq.

The Chinese team is naturally also the main lineup.

Gao Zheng, as a center forward, was at the forefront.

At the beginning of the game, with the cheers of the home fans, the Chinese team launched a fierce offensive against the goal of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian Ara, on the other hand, defended solidly and avoided conceding first.

I have to say that since Gao Zheng participated in the national team competition, Saudi Arabia is indeed the strongest opponent at the national team level that he has ever been to. The strength is not at the same level as Indonesia, which played in the previous two games.

The same offensive is fierce, and it will be difficult for the Chinese team to easily break through Saudi Arabia's goal.

Gao Zheng was also closely guarded by two Saudi Arabian players during the game.

With 31 minutes to go in the first half, he had a good chance.

At that time, Zheng Zhi, the captain of the Chinese team, made a long pass in the midfield, and Gao Zheng's clever forward insertion caught Saudi Arabia's backline off guard and broke the offside trap of Saudi Arabia.

However, when Gao Zheng stopped the football with his chest and then dribbled into the penalty area, he was shoveled out of the bottom line by the Saudi Arabian player Farateh, who was returning to the defense at high speed.

This was the best offensive opportunity for the Chinese team in the first half.

Gao Zheng was also very annoyed and regretted that he had missed this opportunity.

Although it is said that this game can be qualified by a draw, the lessons of countless times before have taught him that this is the most dangerous situation, and most of the times when a draw can qualify, the Chinese team loses in the end.

If you want to ensure that you can really "qualify with a draw", the best way is for the Chinese team to take the lead, even if it is only a one-goal lead, so that even if the next defense loses the ball, it is a 1:1 draw, which is completely acceptable, and the mentality of the players will be completely different from the 0:1 behind.

The Chinese team failed to break the deadlock, and Saudi Arabia also had several counter-attack opportunities, which were also not seized.

The first half ended 0-0.

This score made Chinese fans a little worried - worried that the Chinese team would be weak and scored by Saudi Arabia, and then become impatient, lose patience, and eventually collapse......

This kind of experience has happened to the Chinese team too many times in the past, and almost every fan of the Chinese team can be said to be a "prophet" in this regard.

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At halftime, in response to Gao Zheng's restriction by the opponent, Fu Bo made adjustments, using Gao Zheng to attract the opponent's defensive strength and create opportunities for other teammates. In other words, Gao Zheng feints, and others attack.

This tactical adjustment is theoretically okay - since Saudi Arabia has used more defensive forces to defend Gao Zheng, the defense of other Chinese players will naturally be relaxed, and this is an opportunity for other Chinese players.

Although this will sacrifice Gao Zheng's scoring opportunities, Gao Zheng himself did not oppose this arrangement.

After the start of the second half, the Chinese team strictly followed the tactics of head coach Fu Bo, but the effect was not very good.

Gao Zheng did attract the attention of Saudi Arabia's defense, often with two Saudi Arabian players by his side, and occasionally three or four defenders surrounding him.

The defensive pressure on the other Chinese players was indeed much less.

But when Gao Zheng passed the football to them, they couldn't put the ball in the back of the net or pose a threat to the Saudi Arabian goal......

It's embarrassing.

At Sampdoria, manager Di Francesco often caused problems for the opposition goal when he used this trick.

However, there is still a big gap between the individual ability of the Chinese team players and the individual ability of Sampdoria players.

The individual ability of this Chinese team is not even first-class in Europe, even in Asia, except for a very few people who have the ability to compete, no one else has a role.

So although Gao Zheng helped his teammates attract the opponent's defensive forces, his teammates were not strong, and it was really useless.

For example, before Gao Zheng reappeared, Wu Lei, who was known as a top genius in China, was fast and strong without the ball.

But it's just a kick in the door, it's ridiculously bad......

Two chances to score one-on-one, in a one-on-one face against the Saudi Arabian goalkeeper, he kicked off and hit the goalkeeper with the other......

"Wu Lei! Wu Lei! Commentator Duan Xin sighed. This is his second solo goal of the game! Once again, the Chinese team missed the opportunity to score! ”

The Chinese fans on the field and in front of the TV are also anxious to watch - they have wasted so many opportunities, but they will be punished!

If the Chinese team can't score for a long time, the momentum will go down, and the pressure on Saudi Arabia will be low, what can be done if Saudi Arabia scores a goal?

There are already Chinese fans on the Internet who are angrily scolding the uncompetitive Wu Lei.

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Gao Zheng doesn't mind giving assists to his teammates, and when he played Indonesia in the last game, he gave away a hat-trick of assists, which shows that he is not the kind of person who eats alone.

However, he was also very embarrassed to see that his side kept feeding the cakes, and his teammates kept "not eating the food that came to him".

He looked up at the big screen and saw that the game had reached the sixty-fifth minute, and there were twenty-five minutes left before the end of the game.

When Gao Zheng got the ball again, he was in front of three Saudi Arabian defenders.

Wu Lei is cutting inside, and his running position is very good, which makes Gao Zheng also very emotional-Wu Lei's running position is put in Europe, and Gao Zheng has seen it very well. But the feeling of shooting off the ball was too far from his movement.

Although he had such feelings, Gao Zheng still passed the football over - people ran to a good position, why didn't they pass it? Just because you didn't play well with the first two feet, you don't pass the ball? It would be selfish to do so.

Only this time, when Gao Zheng finished passing the ball, he did not stand in place, but also inserted it into the penalty area.

Wu Lei could have shot directly after receiving the ball, but his left foot picked it up, but it was just a feint.

But his feint did not fool the Saudi Arabian defenders, but instead deprived him of the best opportunity to shoot with his feet.

When his left foot landed, there was no room to shoot, and it was difficult to think about his foot.

In such a situation, a calm and experienced striker will find a way to protect the ball and then pass it out and reorganize the attack.

But Wu Lei chose to forcibly kick up.

The ball bounced off Saudi Arabian defender Osama al-Hausawi, who was defending him.

Just when the Chinese fans in the stands sighed again for Wu Lei wasting the opportunity, a red figure suddenly appeared near the landing point of the football and picked up his right foot against the football!

"Gao Zheng!!" Duan Xin exclaimed.

Gao Zheng didn't give the Saudi Arabian players a chance to react, and shot directly with his feet, a clean volley!

The ball flew between the two Saudi Arabian defenders like a cannonball, went over the palm of goalkeeper Walid Abdullah and hit his head in the net!

"The ball is in!! In the sixty-seventh minute, the Chinese team finally broke the deadlock! Gao Zheng! He opened the scoring for the team!! ”