At the beginning of this game, the Chinese team did have an absolute advantage, and in the first ten minutes they had a possession rate of 70 percent, winning consecutive corner kicks and free kicks in front, and the offensive was like a tide.

It seems that the confidence shown by the players before the game is real.

But then Uzbekistan came to their senses, and they began to attack the Chinese team's goal continuously. Possession has also risen from a low of 30 per cent to 46 per cent.

The Uzbekistan's back-to-back impact resulted in the 22nd minute when their key player Akhmedov picked up the ball on the left and cut inside to shake off China's defender Wu Xi, before he fired a long-range shot from outside the box that refracted off Wu Xi's feet, and although goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei made a flying save, he couldn't touch the ball.

As the Uzbek players celebrated the goal on the pitch, many Chinese reporters in the media gallery had bad thoughts on their minds.

What is the historical record of winning in the first round of the league and losing in the second round that ultimately led to the Chinese team's exit from the group stage......

What are the head-to-head records of the Chinese team against Uzbekistan......

What is the first game to win is not as good as the first game to draw, the probability of qualifying from the group is only 33%......

It all came to their minds.

It's no wonder they're too pessimistic, after all, they've been hurt by Chinese football for many years.

In the first round of the group stage of the 2007 Asian Cup, the Chinese team defeated the host Malaysia 5:1, and the whole country did not take the group qualification too seriously, after all, the previous Chinese team only failed to qualify from the group once, and all the other times the group qualified. In the second group stage, the Chinese team met Uzbekistan and lost 0:3 to Uzbekistan, and finally missed the group qualification......

Is history going to repeat itself?

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After conceding the goal, the Chinese team did have some confusion, while Uzbekistan was demoralized and seized the opportunity to continue to strengthen the attack, hoping to score another goal before the end of the first half, if they could lead the Chinese team by two goals at halftime, they basically won the game.

With Uzbekistan gaining momentum, the tempo of the game gradually fell into their control.

When Jeparov dribbled horizontally at the front of the Chinese team's penalty area, although the Chinese defender Ren Xing destroyed his ball, he pulled down Jeparov with his hand while destroying the football, and the referee not only gave Uzbekistan a free kick very close to the goal, but also gave Ren Xing a yellow card.

Ren Xing, on the other hand, had already received a yellow card in the last game, and was automatically suspended for one match based on the accumulation of two yellow cards, which means that Ren Xing will not be able to play in the third group stage game against North Korea. made the defense of the Chinese team, which was not strong, even worse.

The commentator He Ping was worried and said: "It's too dangerous to kick like this!" The Chinese team couldn't even pass half the court during this time, and Gao Zheng came back to assist in the defense......"

Guest Xu Yang said: "Uzbekistan's strength is still stronger than Saudi Arabia's, Saudi Arabia changed the commander on the spot, the main force was injured, and the strength was already seriously damaged. In Uzbekistan, there is no such problem...... In fact, if the Chinese team can equalize, as long as they don't lose, they still have a chance to qualify from the group......"

At this time, he no longer said that he was the first in the group, but a more pragmatic group qualification.

When the commentators saw the problem, it showed that the situation was indeed very critical for the Chinese team.

When they said this, the Chinese fans in front of the TV were also very anxious.

When a team is hit with its head pressed like this, it's only a matter of time before it concedes a goal......

But this Chinese team has Gao Zheng.

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In the 37th minute, the Chinese team passed the football forward in the backfield - in the face of Uzbekistan's oppression, they could only use this way to send the football forward, in most cases, the effect of this is not good, on the one hand, because Gao Zheng also needs to return to defense, and he may not be in the position when the big foot is driven; On the other hand, because Gao Zheng has to face the defense of the opponent's two people, it is difficult to hold the ball in this situation.

For example, this time, in the face of the big foot in the backcourt of the Chinese team, Gao Zheng could only turn his back to the direction of the attack, stuck the position and then stopped the ball.

Even if he can stop the ball, he will be caught in the encirclement of Uzbekistan, and it will be difficult to do anything more.

So when Gao Zheng gently unloaded the flying football with his chest, many people had already thought about what would happen next.

But at the moment when the football was about to land, Gao Zheng's ankle suddenly shook and raised the football behind him!

At the same time, he turned and drilled forward!

Gao Zheng, who is 1.9 meters tall, is flexible at this time, like a loach that can't be caught.

Uzbekistan defender Ismailov, who was originally behind him and closely defended Gao Zheng, didn't expect Gao Zheng to break through so much, he reached out to pull, Gao Zheng was stumbled by him, and Ismailov let go of his hand when he saw this.

At the same time, another central defender who defended Gao Zheng with him, Mulaganov, took advantage of the opportunity of his teammates to interfere with Gao Zheng, stabbed diagonally and collided.

Seeing that he was about to hit Gao Zheng, Gao Zheng took the first step to provoke the football in the air again, and Muraganov pounced!

At the same time, Gao Zheng started again and chased football!

"Gao Zheng! Pretty! He shook off the defense! One-on-two! Neither of them could stop him! He rushed up, this is the chance of the Chinese team!! The players of Uzbekistan are desperately trying to get back to the defense, and our players have to keep up! He Ping shouted.

"Wu Lei was inserted at high speed, and he went up to answer it!" Xu Yang said.

Ismailov is desperately hitting Gao Zheng, Gao Zheng's dribbling speed is not fast, he is already close to Gao Zheng.

In addition, Uzbekistan's goalkeeper Nesterov is attacking to block Gao Zheng's shot angle.

The space left for Gao Zheng to play is getting smaller and smaller.

Gao Zheng picked up his left foot during the run, and just when everyone thought he was going to shoot, he passed the football to the other side with a sideways kick!

Over there, it's Wu Lei who plugged in at high speed!

"Wu Lei! Empty Door ——!! ”

Wu Lei watched the football roll towards him, he wanted to meet it and shoot, but his knee suddenly weakened, almost making him lose his balance, but fortunately he still didn't fall after a stumble.

This is a great opportunity created by Gao Zheng for him, if he falls here, how can he say the past?

So he gritted his teeth and held his body.

When the ball finally rolled to his feet, all he could hear was his own heartbeat, and all the noise around him was gone.

He looked up at the goal, and he could see that the Uzbek goalkeeper was pushing back, and the time he was left was very, very short.

Steady, Wu Lei!

He said to himself mentally and adjusted the ball that had stopped with the outside of his left foot to the right, then picked up his right foot and shot at goal!

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When Gao Zheng passed the football to Wu Lei, the hearts of many Chinese fans in front of the TV were already half cooled in advance, and everyone knew Wu Lei's kick.

Someone once ridiculed Wu Lei for not scoring a difficult ball. This is not praising Wu Lei for scoring difficult balls, this is black and his poor shooting skills, and he can't even hit difficult balls......

And this opportunity is precisely the ball that is not very difficult!

Gao Zheng's pass can be called a "nanny assist", pulling the Uzbek defender and goalkeeper to his side, but passing the football to Wu Lei, who is in an empty position.

Wu Lei is facing an empty door!

According to this law, will he kick the football into the stands?

Especially before they saw Wu Lei catch the ball, they even stumbled and almost slipped, which made their hearts rise to their throats.

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The ball raced against the turf towards the goal, and the Uzbek goalkeeper Nesterov slipped as he turned to pounce back, and he almost used his hands and feet to push back to stop the ball.

Wu Lei, who finished shooting, also stared at the football rolling on the turf. He was particularly worried that the turf would be uneven somewhere, and that the ball would bounce off the goal when it hit it......

In fact, the time from the shot to the ball rolling to the goal line is very, very short, it can be said to be a blink of an eye. But I don't know why, Wu Lei feels that time flies very slowly, and the world seems to be pressed the slow down button in his eyes.

He watched the ball roll towards the goal, frame by frame, and the Uzbek goalkeeper pounced on the ball frame by frame.

It seems that the two sides will definitely meet, and it seems that they will definitely not meet.

He heard his heart beat louder and faster, louder and faster, bigger and faster, bigger and faster...... By the time the ball scurried into the goal before Nesterov's hand arrived, the heartbeat had become a deafening noise.

Wu Lei——!!! The ball is in——!!! The ball is in!! Strike!!! The Chinese team equalized!! ”