Chapter 435: Strange Stories
In the 92nd minute, Lu Wenbin scored a goal to overtake the score through the sudden burst of personal ability, allowing the Chinese team to reverse Uzbekistan 3-2.
The stunner in the second minute of stoppage time, there is not much time left, and the Chinese team is in sight.
Not only the commentators, but also countless Chinese fans in the stands and in front of the TV set celebrated like crazy.
The Chinese players and coaches on the field were also ecstatic, even Gao Hongbo and the substitute players on the sidelines rushed to the field, wanting to find the goal hero Lu Wenbin to celebrate.
However, when everyone ran into the field, they found that Lu Wenbin had fallen in the forbidden area and had not stood up.
Everyone was shocked, thinking that Lu Wenbin had fainted by Ismailov's shovel.
But in fact, Ismailov shoveled Lu Wenbin's foot, which only hurts, how can he faint?
The players of the Chinese team almost fought with the Uzbek players, but fortunately, the referee and the linesman intervened in time, and the two teams also had some calm people, so they separated the two sides and quickly let the Chinese team's team doctor enter the inspection.
After the team doctor entered, he pinched the person, and Lu Wenbin woke up quickly, but his head was still dizzy.
After checking his foot again, there was no injury, Ismailov went to the ball, and although he finally brought down Lu Wenbin, he did not tackle him.
Lu Wenbin fainted only because his cold was not over yet, and he was already physically weak after playing 40 minutes of the game, and finally suddenly broke out desperately, and his physical strength and energy were overdrawn, so he fainted.
Seeing that Lu Wenbin was fine, the Chinese team players, coaches, commentators in the stands, and fans were relieved.
Then, Lu Wenbin was helped off the field by the team doctor, and Gao Hongbo replaced a midfielder to strengthen the defense.
In fact, it was already the 92nd minute when Lu Wenbin scored.
Lu Wenbin fainted for a while, the players of the two sides almost clashed, the team doctor treated for a while, and the slow end of the game was delayed for a while, etc.
By the time the game restarted, it was almost the end of 94 minutes of stoppage time.
Although the referee duly extended the stoppage time and gave Uzbekistan a certain chance.
But when the clock came to the 95th minute, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Uzbekistan, which gave up defending and attacking frantically, still failed to score.
With the referee's three whistles to end the game, the third round of Group A of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup group stage China vs Uzbekistan ended with a score of 3-2, and the Chinese team won through Lu Wenbin's stunner in stoppage time.
The Chinese team surpassed Uzbekistan on goal difference with the same 6 points and will definitely get the right to qualify from the group.
It's just that whether it is the first or second place in the group will depend on the result of another Group A Qatar vs Kuwait match that will be played at the same time.
Unfortunately, the match between Qatar and Kuwait, which started at the same time but ended a little earlier, ended with a 3-0 victory for Qatar.
In the end, Qatar ranked first in Group A with three games of 0-2 Uzbekistan, 3-0 China, and 3-0 Kuwait, with six points and four goal difference in three games.
The Chinese team ranked second in Group A with 5-0 Kuwait, 0-3 Qatar, and 3-2 Uzbekistan, with two wins in three games, 6 points and 3 goal difference.
In the first two rounds, two consecutive wins accumulated 6 points, and most people thought that Uzbekistan, which would definitely qualify, was tragically eliminated by the Chinese team and Qatar with a goal difference advantage of 2-0 Qatar, 2-1 Kuwait, and 2-3 China, with six points and two goal difference in three games.
In the single-round robin group stage of the 4 teams, many times one win, one draw and one loss are enough to qualify with 4 points.
In the most extreme case, if one team wins all three games and the other three teams draw each other, they may qualify on goal difference or goals scored with 2 points.
Of course, the most extreme way to be eliminated is for one team to lose, the other three teams to win one and lose one, all three teams to accumulate 6 points, and then the ranking based on goal difference or goals scored to determine who is eliminated.
It just so happened that Uzbekistan is now in this most extreme situation, and they have been eliminated from the competition with six points from two wins in three games.
This is nothing short of a surprise in the group stage of a single-round robin cup.
In the group stage of the 1994 World Cup, although there were also three teams of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia, with two wins and one loss, they accumulated 6 points.
However, the World Cup was a 24-team tournament and Belgium qualified for the knockout rounds by finishing third in their best group.
In addition, there has never been a situation in the World Cup and continental competitions where three teams have tied six points.
And for the first time in history, Uzbekistan was eliminated from the competition with six points in three games, two wins and one loss.
What was originally a theoretical possibility of exit has now appeared in Uzbekistan.
If Uzbeks understand Chinese Internet language, all Uzbeks must have the same sentence in their hearts at this time: It's really a dog!
After hearing that the result of the other match was Qatar's 3-0 victory over Kuwait, some players in Uzbekistan even cried directly on the pitch.
After two wins in a row and six points from their first two games, everyone thought they were out of the question.
Unexpectedly, he would qualify for such a jaw-dropping situation, and he was finally eliminated by goal difference after accumulating 6 points.
This can be said to be the most cruel way to get out, so it's no wonder that some players can't accept it and cry on the spot.
Of course, on the other hand, the Chinese team was ecstatic that escaped death!
Whether it was the spectators, fans, commentators, players, coaches, team doctors, etc., all celebrated with ecstasy.
It can be said that as the end of the game approaches, especially after entering stoppage time, some Chinese fans are already desperate.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wenbin, who dragged his sick body on the field, suddenly broke out at the end, even if he fought until he fainted, he used his personal ability to score a goal for the Chinese team to overtake the score, so that the Chinese team was in a desperate situation and qualified as the second in the group.
This is the real desperate life, the final word.
With this thrilling stoppage-time goal, Lu Wenbin has turned countless Chinese viewers who may have watched live football for the first time into fans, and even his fans.
The teammates also threw Lu Wenbin, who had been sitting for a while, sobering up and running out to celebrate.
The Chinese team can continue to move forward and even imagine the championship trophy.
Uzbekistan, on the other hand, has to pack its bags and prepare to go home. (Ask for a commuter pass)