Chapter 648: Grim Situation
In the 5th minute, the Chinese team escaped.
However, it didn't last long.
In the 8th minute, Nigeria pushed the ball into the forbidden zone, causing all Chinese players, including Lu Wenbin, to be nervous and go to block the Nigerian players defending the forbidden zone.
As a result, striker Oduamati made an inverted triangle return pass and sent the ball from the corner of the small forbidden area to the top of the arc of the big forbidden area, which made the Chinese players who were piled up in the forbidden area stunned.
Under the stunned gaze of the Chinese players, Nigerian central defender Echeggille rushed up to meet the ball and shot angrily.
The ball rose into the air and hit Zhao Xuri, who was hurriedly blocking the gun's eye, causing a line change, bypassing Zeng Cheng's ten fingers and falling into the goal of the Chinese team.
Although it was a dribble balloon, Nigeria finally scored a goal, and it was into the goal of the Chinese team led by the world's No. 1 superstar Lu Wenbin.
For a moment, the crowd fell silent, with only a few thousand Nigerian fans cheering wildly in one corner.
Lu Wenbin's Chinese team fell behind 1-0 to African champions Nigeria in less than 10 minutes in the first game of the Confederations Cup.
Zhao Xuri slapped his head and was annoyed.
Lu Wenbin walked over to comfort him and asked his teammates to continue playing.
After the restart, Lu Wenbin tried to score a one-stop goal with the ball past several people, but the Nigerian was prepared for it.
Just past the first person, Lu Wenbin was tackled by the second person with the ball.
Although a free kick was awarded, because it was still far from the goal, the threat was not great, the opponent did not get a yellow card, and Lu Wenbin's free kick did not pose any threat.
Although it hit the goal frame, it was easily hugged by the opposing goalkeeper Enyema.
In the 16th minute, Lu Wenbin finally got a good opportunity to counterattack, dribbling the ball on the side and cutting inside after connecting two people, ready to collide with Wu Lei and then shoot in the forbidden area.
As a result, Wu Lei passed the ball away under the interference of the opposing defender, and another defender grabbed a tackle before Lu Wenbin and stabbed the ball away.
In the 25th minute, when the Nigerian backline basically focused on Lu Wenbin, fullback Hao Junmin easily broke through, and then crossed to Wu Lei, Wu Lei's shot forced the opposing goalkeeper to make a save and won a corner kick for the Chinese team.
As a result, although Lu Wenbin's corner kick from a zero degree angle shot hit the goal frame and was not directly taken away by the goalkeeper, it was slightly lower in the entry position and was cleared by a defender at the back post.
Lu Wenbin missed a zero-degree shot from the Confederations Cup.
It wasn't until the 34th minute that Lu Wenbin and his teammates played a classic cooperation to enter the forbidden area, and the ball went straight to the corner.
Unexpectedly, goalkeeper Enyema made a world-class save like a goalkeeper, fell to the ground and held up Lu Wenbin's ball, and then the ball deflected and hit the post.
The ball bounced back again, and was directly held in Enyema's arms, and he didn't even give Lu Wenbin a chance to make up shots.
Even Lu Wenbin's close-range shot in the forbidden zone did not score, and the Chinese team was a little unlucky today.
While the Chinese team was unable to score for a long time, Nigeria continued to use their strong physique and speed to impact the Chinese team's defense.
In the 20th minute, Nigeria had a shot that almost resulted in a goal, but it only escaped by hitting the post.
However, in the 42nd minute, the Chinese team finally ushered in the second goal.
It was a free kick from Zheng Zhi blocking a foul and Nigerian midfielder Mikel took a free kick straight at the goalkeeper and hit the woodwork.
The angle of this ball is not tricky, but the power is very large.
Zeng Cheng hugged it, but he didn't hold it, and the ball hit his chest and bounced out: Zeng Cheng took it off.
Both players who rushed into the no-go zone tried to grab the first point, but in the end it was Nigerian striker Moussa who grabbed it.
He stabbed the ball from the ground in advance and stabbed the ball from Zeng Cheng's feet into the goal.
Then Moussa was crushed under two members of the Chinese team, but to no avail.
China fell 2-0 down to African champions Nigeria in the opening game of the Confederations Cup, with high hopes for Lu Wenbin failing to score a goal.
Many people muttered in their hearts: Could it be that Lu Wenbin has just gotten married, and he is still immersed in his honeymoon, and his feet are soft?
In fact, the Chinese team was pressed too hard by Nigeria's attack, Lu Wenbin's position was too low, and other players could not support Lu Wenbin, and they couldn't even do it as a fulcrum.
Coupled with a bit of bad luck, it has been unable to score.
There was only the excited celebration of Nigerians on the field, and the Chinese team was silent from the players to the fans.
After the 2002 World Cup fiasco, every Chinese, including players and fans, knows the gap between Chinese football and the world, and no one in this Confederations Cup has publicly talked about who to target, who to beat, and how many points to accumulate.
Everyone knows that the African champion Nigeria is definitely not easy to deal with, although the reputation is not as good as the European and American teams, but it is certainly better than the Asian teams.
Unexpectedly, it was so strong that the Chinese team with Lu Wenbin was almost powerless to fight back.
The Chinese team was almost the defense line of the bus, and Lu Wenbin helped, but they were all hit by Nigeria.
In addition to Lu Wenbin, the height, weight, physique, speed, endurance, bounce, etc., of the Chinese players, are almost all at a disadvantage in the face of Nigerian black players.
It's no wonder that Nigeria can't stop the onslaught.
Everyone was a little discouraged.
After the game restarted, Lu Wenbin tried to use the kick-off to attack, but after passing three people, he was almost in the no-go zone when the Nigerian midfielder and defender combined to poke the ball away.
A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the Chinese team entered the dressing room with a score of 0-2.
When the Chinese players came off the field, their faces were grim.
When the Nigerian players came off the pitch, they looked like peach blossoms, as if they had won the victory.
At halftime, the Nigerian dressing room was full of laughter, and the Chinese team's dressing room was silent.
Gao Hongbo was helpless about it.
In fact, the biggest reliance of the Chinese team is Lu Wenbin's goal.
Lu Wenbin scored, and then the back line defended Lu Wenbin's goal advantage, this is the tactic of the Chinese team, which is known to the world.
But the problem now is that the difference in strength between the two sides is too far, Lu Wenbin does not have many shooting opportunities, and his luck is a little worse, and he has not been able to score.
Then, the Chinese team's defense was also not good, and was constantly attacked by the opponent, and then conceded two goals.
Now, the Chinese team is 0-2 behind, can it still equalize or even reverse in the second half?
Gao Hongbo didn't have any ideas.
Just when Gao Hongbo scratched his head and scratched his ears to find a way, and the other players were either drinking water or closing their eyes to recuperate, Lu Wenbin made a proposal: he retreated to play the back waist, and Zheng Zhi played the front waist in advance.
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