Chapter 345: Two-front combat
At the start of the second half, Indonesia made adjustments, but the effect did not materialize.
Perhaps their manager is to blame for this, Thiago, who had developed a counter-attacking strategy for his team before this game.
Defense is a top priority.
Therefore, Stefano, a naturalized player who performed well against the Dutch team in the warm-up match in June, was not selected for this continuation list, and naturally was not in the squad for this game.
Even if Thiago wants to strengthen his attack, he lacks enough manpower.
In order to strengthen the defense, this time the squad prioritizes the defensive ability of the players. Unexpectedly, he was cocooned and bound to himself, resulting in extremely limited means of adjustment for him now.
As a result, in the second half, the Chinese team scored another goal. However, this goal was not scored by Gao Zheng, but the team's right-back Wu Xi, who scored the last goal of the game in the 71st minute.
Gao Zheng was replaced by Fu Bo with Yu Da in the 80th minute, ending his first senior national team game.
The game has basically lost its interest at this point, and there is no suspense about the outcome of the game.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated Indonesia, the weakest team in the group, 4-0 away.
The Chinese team, with two wins and one loss in three games, has six points and is temporarily ranked second in the group.
The first place in the group belongs to Saudi Arabia, which has won three games.
Iraq are third with three points.
Indonesia, who have not won a game and have not scored a point, are at the bottom and in the bottom of the table.
The Chinese team has the upper hand in the competition with Iraq, which is positive for them to reach the main match of the Asian Cup.
After the game, the Chinese Internet was discussing the match, discussing Gao Zheng's national team debut, and discussing his hat-trick.
Gao Zheng's performance in this game was perfect, and he traveled all the way back to the national team to play, and he didn't see any fatigue and rustiness at all, as if he had been part of this team for a long time.
He is in very good form and does not seem to be a stranger to playing in the national team.
Some people also feel that Indonesia is not strong, but it also helped Gao Zheng, so that Gao Zheng can quickly find his form and integrate into the team. If the first match is against Saudi Arabia, I'm afraid it will be difficult to say. At that time, no matter how strong Gao Zheng is, others can't keep up with his rhythm, and it will be in vain.
There is certainly some truth to this statement. But before it happens, everything is hypothetical.
The important thing is that the Chinese team did defeat Indonesia with a score of 4:0.
And they have four goal difference in one game, which will be very useful in the future when fighting with Iraq.
Even to put it very pessimistically, if the Chinese team accidentally falls to the third place in the group, when competing with other teams for the third place in the group with the best results, these four goal difference may play a role in life and death.
Of course, now after watching Gao Zheng's performance, everyone doesn't believe that the Chinese team with Gao Zheng will fall to that point.
Gao Zheng came to everyone with continuous happiness, which is enough to make Chinese fans happy for many days, and make them look forward to the next national team game - November 15, the Chinese team will welcome Indonesia at home, if it can beat Indonesia home and away, it will be six points, for the Chinese team, the form of qualification will be much more stable.
November is the second consecutive national team match, and after playing Indonesia at home, the Chinese team will continue to sit at home against Saudi Arabia. This game is also crucial, if the Chinese team can beat Saudi Arabia at home, although it is not said that it can enter the main match in advance, but it is also a great chance.
You must know that if the Chinese team wins Indonesia and Saudi Arabia in a row, the points will be 12 points. Even if you can't get the top two in the group, and you win the third place in the group, the third place in the group with 12 points is not the third place in the group with the best results, so what is the high level of football in Asia......
While the Chinese fans were still reveling and rejoicing, Gao Zheng was already sitting on the flight from Jakarta to Milan.
After the end of the Chinese team's game, other teammates will return to China, but he doesn't need to, go directly to Italy, save some time, so as not to go back to China and fly to Italy again.
Before leaving, everyone was separated at the airport, Fu Bo patted Gao Zheng's shoulder and said to him very affectionately: "See you in November!" ”
"Okay, see you in November!" Gao Zheng nodded and made a promise.
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Gao Zheng, who returned to Genoa, threw himself into the club competition again.
However, due to the impact of the national team competition, and the next game is the Champions League against Barcelona at home. Gao Zheng did not start in Sampdoria's match against Livorno, and he only came on as a substitute in the last fifteen minutes.
At this time, the score was 2:1, and Sampdoria temporarily led by one goal.
Gao Zheng's play brought a lot of pressure to Livorno, who was about to come out to counterattack, and he didn't dare to fight back with all his might.
In the end, the score of 2:1 was maintained until the end, and with Gao Zheng having neither goals nor assists, Sampdoria won the victory.
The win lifted them up to 10th place with 11 points.
For Sampdoria, who are going to face Barcelona twice in a row, this league win came at a timely and crucial time.
After all, even if everyone has tacitly acquiesced to Sampdoria giving up the league and focusing on the Champions League, it does not mean that they can accept Sampdoria not winning a game in the league. To be able to win a game without exerting vital energy is a great joy for all.
The current league standings also give Sampdoria plenty of room to maneuver.
Even if there is a mistake next, the ranking will not be too ugly.
In fact, the media reporters were not most concerned about the league match between Sampdoria and Livorno, but their home game against Barcelona three days later.
If Sampdoria want to qualify from the group, Barcelona are no direct competitors – in the eyes of many, they are not even eligible to compete with Barcelona.
But everyone is still paying attention to this game because the opponent is Barcelona.
It's Barcelona with a superstar like Messi.
Tickets were sold out a week before the game, and there were even people willing to pay a premium for tickets just to be able to get in and watch the game.
Including many fans who support Sampdoria, they feel that the outcome of this game is not important, and it is worth the ticket price to be able to see a superstar like Messi perform up close.
If Sampdoria wants to qualify from the group, they just need to play four games against Celtic and Ajax. Now Sampdoria is one win and one draw, and it is not that there is no chance of qualifying.
If you fight with Barcelona, it doesn't seem economical enough.