Although Gao Zheng repeatedly emphasized in an interview that this is not a "battle of revenge", in the minds of public opinion and fans, this is a "battle of revenge". More than 25,000 fans came to the Wuhan Sports Center, which can accommodate 30,000 people.

Everyone wants to come and witness the historical moment of the Chinese team's revenge on the Thai team under the leadership of Gao Zheng.

In fact, in the history of the confrontation between Chinese football and Thai football, the Chinese team has an absolute advantage.

However, there are always a few defeats that will deeply prick the nerves of Chinese fans, as if the previous advantages are gone.

For example, in the 1990 Asian Games held in China, the Chinese men's football team met the Thai team in the knockout round of the Asian Games football event.

As a result, in that game, the Chinese team lost 0:1 to the Thai team and was eliminated.

The day of the game was also the National Day, and the people of the whole country were counting on the Chinese men's football team to present a birthday gift to the motherland, which turned out to be the most troublesome National Day.

In that game, the Chinese team surrounded the Thai team and stopped the score, but the Thai team scored a goal in a counterattack.

It can be said that the impact of losing that game was even greater than the 1-5 loss to the Thai Olympic team.

Every time the Chinese team loses to the Thai team, there will always be fans who are surprised that the Chinese team can even lose the Thai team, which is really rotten to the mud.

But these people only need to move their fingers a little to search the history of the two sides, and they will find that it is not the first time that the Chinese team has lost too much, and it is not the first time that Thailand has brought harm to Chinese football at some important moments. This is actually an opponent that should not be underestimated.

Even from the perspective of modern football, the Thai team's small and fast characteristics are actually very restrained from the style of Chinese football.

And since Zhu Guanghu's Chinese team lost 0:1 to the Thai team in the warm-up match in 2007, the Chinese team has not won Thailand until now, and has met four times in seven years, respectively, 0:1, 3:3, 1:5 and 0:2 in this year's Asian Games.

Originally, the historical record was superior to the Thai team, but the situation suddenly reversed, which made it difficult for many Chinese fans to accept such a result.

In fact, if you analyze carefully, Thai football has been seriously engaged in youth training, while Chinese football is engaged in X**, and the strength of the two sides is declining, and it is normal for such a situation to occur today.

The defeat at the Asian Games in Incheon is the most powerful proof of this.

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Gao Zheng is very dissatisfied with the attitude of the Thai Football Association, he thinks that this is a typical disrespect for the opponent and the game, so he doesn't care about what domestic cup competition robs the player. This match was decided a long time ago, it is an international friendly match, it is an A-level competition.

In a competition of this level, even European clubs must release people, but Thailand dared to stop 12 people from coming to China in one go.

The twenty-seven people who said yes ended up fifteen.

And it's not just the players who only have fifteen people coming, they haven't even the manager.

Although the assistant coach Promrut who led the team this time said that head coach Seleman will not be in charge of coaching the Thai team after the Asian Games, it is actually Thai media that reported that Seleman is on vacation, and if this game really needs to be replaced, assistant coach Promrut may even replace himself......

Tell me what it's called?

A regular international A-level competition, even the substitutes and the main force of fifteen people, the head coach does not come, the assistant coach leads the team to command, and the critical moment has to go into battle in person...... Is this an international A-level event? Those who don't know think it's an intra-team training match.

If world champions like Brazil and Argentina put on such a stand in the face of China's invitation, they will be world football powers. When will Thailand be able to put on a stand in front of the Chinese team?

Just because he won the Chinese team twice in a row?

Gao Zheng was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

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In the third minute of the game, Gao Zheng received a pass from his teammates in the penalty area, he first stopped the football with his chest, and then shot with his foot.

It was a powerful shot that made the most appearances in the Thai team – 76 – and the most experienced goalkeeper, Hatai Ratanakul, made a save but couldn't touch the football.

The ball flew past the tips of his fingers and into the goal!

"The ball is in! It's unbelievable! Just three minutes into the game, the Chinese team took the lead! Gao Zheng!! ”

Accompanied by the cheers of the commentator Duan Xin, it was the shouts of the fans of the Chinese team in the audience.

Gao Zheng, who scored the goal, did not celebrate, he turned around and ran back with a calm face, and he had no intention of going to the goal to catch the ball.

And his teammates didn't come up to hug him and drag him into celebration - Gao Zheng had already greeted his teammates before the game, and he wouldn't celebrate because of a goal in this game. He explained why: "It's normal to score goals against the Thai three, and I don't think there's any need to celebrate. ”

The national team's leading stars have said so, what other opinions can anyone else have?

Naturally, they all agreed.

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After taking the lead in the opening three minutes, the nervousness of the rest of the Chinese team suddenly disappeared - some people may wonder, what is there to be nervous about playing Thailand?

But the truth is that the more attention is paid to the game before the game, the more nervous they are. Especially when the opponent is theoretically weaker than them, this tension is infinitely magnified. Because it's normal for everybody to win the game, the key is to win a few.

If they only win by one or two goals, or if they don't win at all, then wait for the fans and the media to criticize them across the country.

In such a situation, I am very afraid of losing because I want to win.

Coupled with the notoriously poor psychological quality of the players in the Chinese team, it is natural that they will play abnormally under pressure.

But now with Gao Zheng's goal, the big stones in other people's hearts have been put down - after all, they have Gao Zheng who is in such a good state.

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Gao Zheng is really in good shape today, or he is holding back the fire in his belly and wants to vent it.

Let him fly back all the way, only to play this kind of quality game, no level opponent, he now just wants to put out the fire on the Thai third team.

In the thirteenth minute, he scored twice with a long-range shot.

Just a minute later, he was fouled on the edge of the Thai penalty area and sent to the ground, not only allowing the opposing player to receive a yellow card, but also a free-kick.

And the free kick he personally took went around the wall without any suspense and flew into the goal for the third time.

In the opening 14 minutes, the Chinese team led Thailand 3:0 at home, and Gao Zheng completed a hat trick in only 11 minutes.

"Hat-trick! Gao Zheng! Wow! Duan Xin cheered, "How long has it been since the Chinese team has had a hat-trick player?" The last time we had a hat-trick was in the warm-up match before the 2002 World Cup, and coincidentally, the opponent of the Chinese team in the warm-up match was Thailand! In that game, Su Maozhen performed well, scoring three goals in a row to help the Chinese team complete the comeback after conceding one goal first......"

Duan Xin was very happy when he said this, but in fact, if he thought about it carefully, he would find that there was a sadness.

Because after 12 years, we finally have another person who can score a hat-trick in the national team competition.

What does this mean?

In the past, the Chinese team never worried about not being able to score goals. As early as twenty or thirty years ago, when everyone ridiculed the top three in East Asia, they always said: The Japanese team has the first midfield in Asia, but the quality of forwards is the last in Asia, so Japanese fans are particularly envious of China for sending out excellent forwards one after another.

But I don't know since when Chinese football can't produce strikers who can score. Before Gao Zheng, Gao Lin, who played as the main striker in the national team, was notoriously less goal-scored, and he was better at creating opportunities and making balls for his teammates than destroying the city himself.

Chinese football, which has never worried about forwards, has fallen into the trap of "weak forwards......

Sad or not?

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In fact, although the Thai team has a serious inadequate, the players still play very hard, and their tactic is to defend and counterattack. It is hoped that the patience of the Chinese team will be worn down by stubborn defense, and then a sneak attack will be used to counterattack.

This tactic was fine, but they encountered Gao Zheng, who was full of anger.

In front of such a Gao Zheng, I am afraid that the whole main force of the Thai team will not be able to do well, let alone such a Thai third team.

The cheers at the Wuhan Sports Complex never stopped, and the Chinese fans even played Mexican after Gao Zheng's hat-trick.

Even if it is against Thailand, Chinese fans will rarely feel so relaxed like this.

And Gao Zheng, who has completed his hat trick, has not stopped his goal. In the 25th minute, he jumped up and smashed the football into the goal of the Thai team with his head, Duan Xin said that Gao Zheng was bullying the Thai defender and the goalkeeper were short, so he was not very good at heading, but he could score with his head......

In the 31st minute, Gao Zheng scored his fifth goal of the game with a supplementary shot in the penalty area.

In the 39th minute, the Chinese team attacked, Gao Zheng successfully countered offside, faced the attacking Thai goalkeeper single-handedly, shook him to the ground, and pushed the empty goal, which was his sixth goal of the game.

In fact, the Chinese fans were a little numb, and the cheers when Gao Zheng scored the sixth goal were obviously not as loud as before.

But Gao Zheng was not numb, and in the 44th minute, when the first half was about to end, he scored another goal.

So whether it is Gao Zheng vs. Thailand or China vs. Thailand, the score is a shocking 7:0!

The Chinese fans in the stands were stunned, while the Thai players on the field wanted to cry without tears, and the assistant coach of the Thai team was dumbfounded.

No one could have imagined that this game would turn out like this.

Even the Chinese fans who shouted for revenge before the game don't know what words to use to describe their complicated feelings at this moment.

They hoped for revenge, but Gao Zheng beat them 7:0 in the half-game......

Who said before the game that it wasn't a "revenge fight"?