Chapter 341: A Game That Must Be Won
When the Chinese players came out, they didn't hear a tsunami of boos, only some sporadic boos. It's not that Indonesian fans are polite. It's because there were 500 fans at the scene. There are also some fans of the Chinese team.
The home of the Indonesian national team, the Golopong Kano Stadium, is notoriously the home of the devil, and nearly 90,000 fans pour into it every time the game is played, creating a huge momentum. Crazy Indonesian fans have made this stadium a problem stadium as well as a devil's home turf.
Saudi Arabia faced Indonesia in the Asian Cup qualifiers in March, where Indonesia lost 2-1, with disappointed home fans throwing fireworks into the stadium after the game. As a result, the AFC has combined the old and new accounts of the Indonesian Football Association, including the riots committed by the home team's fans during the U22 Asian Cup qualifiers held in Indonesia last July, and the two cases were punished together, and the Indonesian team was severely punished by not allowing a spectator to enter the stadium to watch the next two home games.
In the end, after the efforts of the Indonesian Football Association, the AFC was relieved and allowed 500 fans to enter the stadium, of which 450 were VIP and VVIP spectators, sitting in the box to watch the game. The remaining fifty tickets were given to Chinese fans.
Because of the small number of places, the tickets are ridiculously expensive, VVIP tickets are 3.5 million rupiah, about 2,500 yuan, and VIP tickets are 2.5 million rupiah, which is about 18 million yuan.
The fanatical fans often don't have much money, so the ticket price basically turns out the fans who are the best at creating the atmosphere at home.
In this game, Indonesia's most terrifying home stadium was basically wiped out by the AFC.
The Chinese team can be said to play here without pressure.
This is also why the domestic media and fans feel that the Chinese team should win this game - first of all, Indonesia's strength is not strong, secondly, Indonesia's devil's home advantage is wiped out because of the AFC's punishment, and thirdly, because Da has just visited Indonesia, and his words have expressed his concern for the development of Chinese and Indonesian football, so the away treatment of the Chinese team this time is also very good, the hotel is the best, and the food is also the most palatable. Even the training ground is the Indonesian national team's own training ground, and priority training is given, and the Indonesian national team arranges their own training according to the training time of the Chinese team......
With so many favorable factors put together, how can the Chinese team not win?
But this kind of victory is also a huge burden - if everyone thinks you should win, you must win, why can't you win?
It's like a penalty.
Why do people admit that penalty kicks are not about technique, but about will, because of the fact that penalties are the easiest means to score, many people who stand on penalty spots are under great pressure, after all, it is natural to score a penalty, and it is your problem not to score......
For those who watch the game, the Indonesian home stadium without spectators is a big advantage for the Chinese team.
But for every player who walks on the pitch, it will only feel strange, not happy.
The pitch was too quiet, which also made them uncomfortable.
Gao Zheng looked at it privately, although there were fifty Chinese fans who came to watch the game, and their voices were very clear in the air-conditioned stadium. But the atmosphere was still far from a normal game.
In a trance, he thought he had come to Sampdoria for the reserve team.
In fact, for professional players, the warm atmosphere can help them get into a state of excitement as soon as possible.
If the atmosphere is too cold, it will inevitably make people a little unmotivated.
But then again, the previous situation was for the average professional player. For those top professional players, it is very difficult for such external factors to affect them.
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Considering that the Chinese team had Gao Zheng in this game, in the game, the Indonesian team fighting at home instead adopted the tactics of defensive counterattack.
Southeast Asian teams are actually very suitable for defensive counter-attacks, because their players are relatively good at individual ability, fast speed, and good counter-attackers.
As long as it can withstand the attack of the Chinese team by relying on tight defense, and wait until the Chinese team is impetuous, it will be a chance for Indonesia to counterattack.
In fact, Indonesia's head coach Jackson Thiago is confident about it.
Before the start of the game, there was so much good news for the Chinese team, and China was very optimistic about the Chinese team's away victory over Indonesia. I believe that the players of the Chinese team themselves think so.
Then when the game starts, once the Chinese players with this mentality find it difficult for them to break through the Indonesian goal, their mentality will start to be unbalanced, they will become impetuous, and their performance will decline.
At that point, it will be the turning point for the Indonesian team to turn the tide.
Although Gao Zheng mentioned not to underestimate the enemy when he was interviewed at the airport, Thiago felt that on the one hand, Gao Zheng's statement was likely to be polite, and on the other hand, even if Gao Zheng really thought so, he alone could not represent the whole Chinese team.
Thiago is also very clear about what Chinese football is, after all, he has been coaching in Southeast Asia for a long time, and he has heard more or less about the development of football in China.
This team lost 1:5 to the Thai team, which is mainly based on the youth team.
He is not as arrogant as the Indonesian fans, he does not expect anything to beat the Chinese team 8-0, as long as he can win 1-0 at home, he will be satisfied.
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Gao Zheng was not surprised that Indonesia would use defensive counter-attacking tactics, he didn't even care what tactics Indonesia used, just play at his own pace.
As long as you give it your all, then you don't care what others do.
Not long after the game began, Gao Zheng took a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and the muffled sound of the football echoed in the empty stadium, which was extremely clear, as if a heavy hammer had been smashed on the drum.
However, the shot went high and did not threaten the Indonesian goal.
Indonesian head coach Jackson Thiago snorted in the dugout, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, it can be used to scare people, if you want to score goals...... With the use of long-range shooting, it can be seen that the Chinese team has exhausted their donkey skills, and there is no better way than long-range shooting.
But this will give the Indonesian players more peace of mind, because they know that the Chinese team can't do anything about them.
Just when Jackson Thiago thought so, Gao Zheng pulled out of the penalty area on the field and retreated to receive the ball.
He then turned past an Indonesian player who had come up to defend him and dribbled towards the Indonesian goal.
Just after he had taken two steps, he suddenly shot with his foot on the run!
This time it wasn't a powerful volley, because it was a sudden kick in the middle of a run, and it was actually a rub shot!
The football drew a very obvious arc, sweeping high over the crowd in the penalty area, and also bypassing the Indonesian goalkeeper Wirawan, who is only 1.80 meters tall, for Gao Zheng's shot that ran to the dead corner, he could only watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding!
At this time, it was only eleven minutes before the start of the game......