Chapter 177: Olympic Qualifiers (1)
Liu Yu, who finished the race, did not stay in Peijing for a long time, and he still has a very important thing to do this winter vacation.
He's going to fly to London to meet up with the rest of the national team for a few warm-up games and a few Olympic qualifiers.
Liu Yu attaches much more importance to these competitions than to other competitions, after all, Liu Yu has not participated in the Olympic Games.
In terms of the influence of football events, the most influential event is really not the Olympic Games, but the World Cup, which is held every four years.
However, Liu Yu won't think about it so much now, it is difficult to enter the Olympics at the level of the national team, so don't think about the World Cup.
From Pejing to London, it takes more than 10 hours by plane.
To be honest, London is still Liu Yu's first time here, the architectural styles here are handed down in the seventies and eighties of the last century, the houses in London are very old, but the historical stories and modern stories in the old houses are very exciting. In these old houses, many inventions that have influenced history have been preserved! Masterpieces of technology and art of the home and masters. There are historical relics in every corner of the place, and the streets and alleys here show traces of the weather.
Walking on the streets of London, Liu Yu was so intoxicated that he forgot to join the team.
It wasn't until coach Gao Hongbo called Liu Yu that his soul was hooked back from London.
When he arrived at the stadium and saw that all the players were coming, he was left to be, Liu Yu touched his head embarrassedly.
"Brothers, I'm sorry, there was something just now, I'm late, I hope you forgive me!"
The players didn't say anything, of course the coach wouldn't embarrass Liu Yu, who called Liu Yu just came to make a cameo.
Most of the team's players Liu Yu knew each other, except for Yang Zhi, Cui Peng and others who had fought against him, everyone else had heard of Liu Yu in his previous life.
According to the coach's arrangement, after a week of training together, the young national team will welcome their first warm-up opponent - France.
Of course, the French team that played against the national football team was not a team, but sent a few players who had never heard of it at all, but even so, all the players of the national team did not dare to take it lightly, after all, the strength of the opponent's second team is not comparable to the national football team now.
In the past two days, Gao Hongbo did not give the players high-intensity training, in addition to the necessary activities and stretching, every day is the team's internal competition.
Finally, the first match against France II began!
Liu Yu did not start in this game, but sat on the bench on the sidelines.
As soon as the game opened, the French team gave the national football team a dismount, Luis made a long pass in the backfield, and Zhao Xuri made a mistake in clearing the siege, giving the opponent's striker a chance to go single.
This kind of excellent opportunity, how can the other party let it go, face Yang Zhi with a kick, and pass through the small door through the gate!
1:0
In less than five minutes of the opening period, the French team easily led the Chinese team.
Fortunately, this is just a warm-up game, and the loss of the goal is just a wake-up call for the national football team.
Seeing that the players on his side were getting more and more anxious, Yang Zhi kept making gestures to his teammates to stabilize their positions, Zheng Zhi won free kicks in front of the field with his experience, and the formation of the national football team finally opened up, forming a confrontation with the French second team!
In the 12th minute, Zhang Linpeng's stunning shot from outside the penalty area helped the Chinese team get one back.
Zheng Zhi's free kick hit the goal directly, causing the goalkeeper of the French team to save his hand, and Yu Hanchao, who was inserted from behind, followed up and stabbed, the ball hit the post and came out, bounced outside the penalty area, and Zhang Linpeng followed up with a volley.
The ball arcs beautifully and smashes into the goal!
1:1
Once again, the two sides are back on the same starting line.
However, the French team is still a world powerhouse, and in the 15th minute, they formed a threatening attack, Vico cut in from the right and crossed, and Schell's header was slightly wide. After that, the French team forced the ball through the midfield and broke the ball continuously, and Parker's long-range shot from the middle was slightly high. Zheng Zhi led the national football team by stealing the ball and advancing with the ball several times, but the national football team would encounter the French team's pinching attack if he hesitated to get the ball in the front court, and it was difficult to form an effective operation for a while.
In the 27th minute, Parker picked the ball into the national football penalty area, Zhang Linpeng stretched out his arm when he intercepted it head-on, Parker fell to the ground in contact, although the national football player signaled that this was a fake fall, but the referee ignored it and awarded a penalty to the French team.
Schell made it all the time, and the French team took the lead again, 2:1!!
In the 34th minute, the front court of the national football team formed a smooth pass, Zheng Zhi stuffed the ball into the penalty area, and Yu Hanchao inserted the ball in front of the French goalkeeper to make a very key tackle. After this offensive, the offensive feeling of the national football team has improved, and the cooperation of Zheng Zhi and Yu Hanchao has put pressure on the Guoan penalty area.
In the 42nd minute, Yu Hanchao picked the ball into the French team's penalty area, and Yang Xu, who had been sleepwalking in the first half, shook his head and hit the goalpost. In the 45th minute, Zheng Zhi crossed from the right, Yang Xu adjusted the attack at the back of the penalty area, and the ball hit the outside of the post again and popped up.
In the first half, the French team led the national football team 2-1!
In the second half, Gao Hongbo replaced almost all the substitutes, which was just a regular warm-up game, so there was no clear limit on the number of substitutions for both sides.
Our Liu Yu also wore the national team uniform for the first time, Liu Yu wore No. 66, this number is very uncommon in the national team, few people will use such a big number, but Liu Yu will not care so much, he just hopes that the future national team games can go smoothly.
In the second half, Zheng Zhi, the core of the midfield, was missing, and the national football team played chaotically.
In the 51st minute, the French team expanded the score: Luiz instigated the offensive with a direct pass, and Schell got rid of Li Xuepeng and Feng Xiaoting in a quick adjustment, and then scored with great effort.
It was Schelle's fifth goal in his last three games, and French fans chanted Schelle's name in unison at the London stadium.
In the 58th minute, Luis and Liu Yu fought fiercely on the side of the midfield, Liu Yu served quickly after the referee whistled, and a beautiful straight plug was given to Yang Xu, facing the goalkeeper, Yang Xu directly kicked the pole, and the ball flew into the dead corner!!
2-2!!
The national football team once again tied the score.
In the 64th minute, the national football team formed a smooth operation on the right side, Feng Xiaoting passed the ball with his heel in front of the bottom line, the ball touched the arm of the French player on the line of the penalty area, and the referee judged Augusto handball under the prompting of the linesman, but out of the principle of advantage, the game was not stopped. Liu Yu's free kick hit the goal vigorously, the ball was blocked by the national security defense, corner kick!!
It's a pity that this ball went out of the bottom line when serving.
In the next 20 minutes of the game, both sides had no good chances due to physical exhaustion!
In the 86th minute, the French team knocked back in front of the bottom line in the offensive on the right side, Zhang Chiming followed up on the right side of the penalty area, and Zeng Cheng blocked the ball.