Chapter 46: The First Battle of the Asian Cup

Uzbekistan is the old enemy of the Chinese team, fans still remember that in the 94 Hiroshima Asian Games, it was Qi Wusheng who led the Chinese national team to reach the finals all the way, but lost 2:4 under the opponent's hands, but this is also the best result achieved by Chinese football, second place in Asia, Qi Wusheng was also pushed to the altar because of this battle to replace the foreign coach Uncle Schlapner.

For Uzbekistan, the Chinese team is nothing more than a defeated team, and as for Ling Feng - may God forgive these ignorant people, except for their head coach, no one else has heard of this person at all.

It's just that what makes Ling Feng feel comfortable is that he doesn't know anyone from Uzbekistan - including their head coach - psychologically balanced!

Like in the Hamburg team, the head coach of Ling Feng's team is at best a talking pillar, Qi Wusheng's defense-oriented, long pass rushing tactics were vetoed by Ling Feng, in exchange for passionate all-attack and defense, short pass penetration.

Hao Haidong was no longer surprised by Ling Feng's move to set up the head coach, but several players who were training in Brazil were surprised, but thinking about it, Ling Feng dared to beat his teammates of the national team in front of tens of thousands of people, this "trivial matter" was nothing.

The Chinese team lined up in a 4-4-2 formation, goalkeeper Ou Chuliang, defenders Zhang Enhua, Fan Zhiyi, Wu Chengying and Sun Jihai, midfielders Ling Feng on the left, Li Tie at the back, Li Xiaopeng at the right midfield, Yu Genwei at the front, and Hao Haidong and Yang Chen at the forwards.

For Ling Feng to be pulled to the position of left midfielder, Qi Wusheng's explanation to the fans is a tactical secret, in fact, the reason is very simple, because the left midfielder is the weakness of the Chinese team, and there are not many players in the Chinese team who are good at passing and dribbling with their left foot, on the contrary, there are many talents in the position of the front waist, in order to ensure the overall offensive type of the team, Ling Feng, the captain of the firefight, was pulled to the left.

Ling Feng's side breakthrough looked at the world, and few people stopped him, and he could also give full play to his advantages on the side, not to mention, the evolution of this formation is a double front waist and double back waist formation, Ling Feng directly pulled to the front waist position, Li Tie and Li Xiaopeng formed a double back waist, these depend on the changes in the game.

But as soon as this lineup came out, it immediately caused an uproar, because among the eleven players on the field, there were four players under the age of twenty, excluding Ling Feng's perversion, Li Tie, Sun Jihai and Wu Chengying were all under the age of twenty, Yu Genwei and Li Xiaopeng, Yang Chen were also only in their early twenties, and the biggest was Fan Zhiyi, but it was only at the peak of twenty-five years old, and people had to sigh that this Chinese national team was so young.

There are advantages and disadvantages to being young, and unlike in the past, this time domestic fans did not doubt the lineup of this national team, and the media were divided into two sides, to be precise, a 1:2 relationship.

One-third of the media believe that the national team lacks experienced veterans, so that when the deadlock cannot be broken, no one can play a real leadership role on the field - most of these are the media under Tianmu, standing up to build momentum.

The other third of the media scoffed at it, and the leader? Look at who is the captain of the Chinese national team now? Ling Feng! China's No. 1 player! Ligue 1 and Bundesliga goalscorer king, captain of Saint-Germain and Hamburg, an absolute ace player who scored four goals for Bayern Munich single-handedly, has he participated in fewer games? The French league champions, cup champions, and Cup Winners' Cup champions are not all won by Ling Feng alone? Such a player is a spiritual leader on the field - besides, with Ling Feng on the field, when has there ever been a situation where the situation cannot be opened? – Did the Uzbekistan goalkeeper block his free kick?

The rest of the media is neutral, and it is the most authoritative media organization, because of its authority, it is not affected by the relationship between the two sides, and it does the most detailed and objective report.

The so-called objectivity is naturally on Ling Feng's side, Ling Feng's strength is obvious to all, and such a young national team is the pillar of Chinese football in ten years, and from a long-term perspective, it is also absolutely advantageous.

November 9, 1996, Katara Stadium, United Arab Emirates, the first match of Group C of the Asian Cup.

5,000 Chinese fans came to the UAE to cheer for the Chinese team, on the contrary, the closer Uzbekistan team only came with more than 1,000 fans, and the rest were UAE spectators - if they were given the choice, they would probably cheer for the Uzbek team, after all, they would never choose to cheer for an East Asian team.

Fortunately, it is already November, and the highest temperature in the United Arab Emirates, which is known for its scorching heat, is only 27 degrees, which is just the most suitable temperature, and perhaps the providence of God also favors the Chinese team.

In the players' tunnel, the Uzbek players sneered at China's "youth army", holding their heads high and looking like the first and second in God, which made the Chinese players look at it for a while.

In Ling Feng's memory, whether it is basketball or volleyball, plus women's football, the Chinese team has always been in the leading position in Asia, but the men's football team has never raised its head in Asia, and teams like Uzbekistan have not won a few times, which is really frustrating.

The referee motioned for players from both sides to enter, Ling Feng touched the armband on his left arm, took a deep breath, and walked into Katara Stadium with his head held high, he wanted to wash away the shame in the history of the Chinese team with a hearty victory!

Entering, lining up, playing the national anthem, when the "March of the Volunteers" sounded, Ling Feng's blood was boiling, as a Chinese player, isn't this the day you are waiting for?

When the players of the two teams shook hands, the Uzbek players stretched out their hands to the Chinese players very proudly - that action seemed to be a gift, which made Ling Feng almost get angry on the spot and beat them into the second Liu Wei.

There is a saying on the football field, all grievances must be resolved on football, and victory is the best means of revenge - but this sentence is really dirty for Ling Feng - victory is easy for him, take revenge when it is time to retaliate, and he will definitely not be soft!

So under the leadership of Ling Feng, the players of the Chinese team "patted" lightly on each other's hands with their hands without smiling, even if it was a handshake - it seems that the strength of this shot is a little bigger, otherwise why are the Uzbek players "happy" grinning one by one?

The captains of the two teams exchanged team flags and shook hands with each other, at this time, Ling Feng would not be polite, there was not enough time when the team members shook hands one by one just now, but now it is one-on-one.

Maminov, the captain of the Uzbekistan team, had the same idea as Ling Feng, but when he shook Ling Feng's hand, he felt that his hand was clamped by an iron tong, and he almost screamed in pain.

Ling Feng was very kind and smiled sincerely, the strength of his hand became stronger and stronger, and from a distance, it really seemed as if the two were reluctantly shaking hands.

"It seems that Ling, the top scorer in Ligue 1 and Bundesliga, is also jealous of our Maminov," the Uzbek commentator in the broadcast room said very narcissistically: "Our Maminov is a solid wall on the backline, presumably a player like Ling also has to respect him, I have to say, the confrontation between such two top players must be very exciting." ”

…… I can only say that narcissism has to have a degree.

After shaking it very enthusiastically for nearly a minute, Ling Feng finally let go of his hand, and Maminov almost asked for a replacement at this time, and his right hand seemed to have no feeling at all......

The referee from Iran blew the whistle for the start of the game, and Uzbekistan drove the ball out and then passed it back to the back to start control.

The style of the Uzbek team is similar to that of European teams, with a strong body and long balls to tear apart the opponent's defense, which is very advantageous for the "thin" Chinese team.

Davretov kicked the ball out, and Vlasichev on the right jumped up to fight for the top, but in the air, he suddenly felt a strong force, and then he lost his balance and fell to the ground, and when he looked up, it was the white-haired No. 10 of the Chinese team, who was rapidly advancing along the left side!

Vlasichev looked at the referee, but the referee signaled that there was no foul, just now Ling Feng came first after interception, and occupied the first landing point before him, to be precise, it should be Vlasichev who blocked Ling Feng.

Ling Feng passed the ball to Yu Genwei who received the two midfielders of the Uzbekistan team in disguise, and Yu Genwei then knocked the ball to the left side of the big penalty area with a two-on-one cooperation, and after completing a beautiful two-by-one cooperation, Ling Feng followed up to get the ball on the left side.

The Uzbek defender hurriedly stepped forward to block, but Ling Feng made a feint with his left foot to easily shake the defender, and then slammed the ball into the penalty area from the left side!

This kind of ball is the most dangerous, Ling Feng cut into the penalty area on the side, and now he can pass and shoot in his position, Yang Chen and Hao Haidong in the middle have already rushed to the horse, and the two defenders of Uzbekistan dare not step forward to block at all, and can only be cut off by captain Maminov - and cannot foul.

Ling Feng has never lost a one-on-one battle, and there are few people in the world who can interrupt Ling Feng's ball in a one-on-one battle, let alone such an Uzbek player.

There is a cheap bastard, the other party does not dare to foul in the penalty area, Ling Feng can do his own actions recklessly - he directly stepped on the bicycle!

This move is the most vicious in the penalty area, the defender can't judge what Ling Feng's next move is, and he doesn't dare to kick it, because once he doesn't kick the ball but kicks it on the player's leg, the opponent just needs to take advantage of the situation It will be a penalty, maybe he will still eat a yellow card - Maminov scolded Ling Feng's ancestor in his heart.

Ling Feng's feet circled around the ball twice and it was fake, and it finally became real on the third lap! - He flicked the ball inward with his left foot, and Maminov, who had been waiting for the opportunity, hurriedly stretched out his foot to block, but when his foot was about to touch the ball, Ling Feng's left foot buckled the ball again, and his body immediately followed up and squeezed Maminov, and then hit the ball with his right foot with a powerful volley!

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!” Katara Stadium resounded with a deafening shout, and in just three minutes of the opening game, Ling Feng broke the situation on the field with a powerful shot, and the Chinese team led 1:0!

The ball hit hard, although the angle was not large, but the speed was very fast, and the ball flew straight over the head of goalkeeper Polyakov and into the goal!

At this moment, the Chinese fans in the stadium broke out, the fans all over China broke out, for the rise of Chinese football, how many people have been looking forward to it for decades, and today they finally see the dawn!

After scoring the goal, Ling Feng was very excited, took off his shirt and started running, although he scored nearly 100 goals in his short career of one and a half years, but this one is the most significant!

The players of the Uzbekistan team looked at each other one by one, and they were scored by the opposing side so quickly? Their head coach held his head depressedly on the sidelines, and had long said that he must guard against the white-haired Chinese, but the disciples did not listen, and now they are well, they were scored so quickly, and the next game is even more difficult to play!

But the nightmare of the Uzbek team is not over, or rather, it has just begun.

Under the organization of Ling Feng, the Chinese team is very different from the previous vegetable team in both defense and offense, in addition to the growth of its own strength, there is also one most important difference - confidence!

The Chinese team has always had some good players, and many players have performed very well in China, but as soon as they arrive in the international arena, they become soft-footed shrimps, and the most fundamental reason is lack of confidence.

Now it's different, Hao Haidong, Yang Chen and others have played abroad for so long, and they have greatly improved their mentality, Jianlibao's young youngsters are not afraid of tigers, although it is the first time to participate in international competitions, they also play well - the most important thing is that the Chinese team now has a soul, as long as he is on the field, the players have absolute confidence to win!

In the seventeenth minute of the first half, the Chinese team scored again, and the hero of this goal was Yang Chen!