Chapter 655: Confederations Cup group qualification
In the 70th minute, Lu Wenbin once again scored the opponent's goal with a free kick to take a 2-0 lead for the Chinese team.
The Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV set were raving.
Leading by two goals, everyone is much more secure than only leading by one goal.
With Lu Wenbin in charge of the defense and participating in the defense, this score can be said to be nine out of ten.
After the game restarted, Uruguay naturally pressed the whole team and launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team.
At this time, they no longer care whether the Chinese team counterattacks or not.
But under the coordination and command of Lu Wenbin, the Chinese team's backline has hardly made any mistakes.
In the 76th minute, Gargano cut inside and was ready to shoot after breaking through the wing, but was blocked by Zhang Linpeng's gun.
In the ensuing corner kick attack, Uruguay didn't even grab the ball, and Zhao Peng pushed the ball out of the forbidden area.
In the 80th minute, Uruguay's wanton pressure gave the Chinese team another chance to counterattack.
Lu Wenbin's long pass of more than 40 meters to the ground penetrated the entire central midfield of Uruguay like a scalpel and rolled towards the Uruguayan forbidden area.
Wu Lei successfully countered offside, chased Lu Wenbin's through ball at the top of the arc of the big forbidden area, and then played a volley in the face of the attacking goalkeeper Silva.
It went a little higher and the ball went over the crossbar and landed on the top net.
Wu Lei missed a goal that completely sealed the victory for the Chinese team.
As time passed, the Uruguayan team became more and more impatient, almost ignoring the defense, attacking the Chinese team.
Finally, in the 88th minute, Uruguay avoided Lu Wenbin's central defense, broke through the cross from the side, Suarez received the ball at the top of the arc of the big forbidden area, and then used his personal ability to shoot from outside the forbidden area to pull back a point.
But this is only a point back, and Uruguay is still 1-2 behind China.
In the next few minutes, Uruguay wanted to continue their attack and score another goal to equalise.
However, the Chinese team began to make substitutions, replacing Wu Lei and Yu Hai, adding a midfielder and a midfielder, increasing defense, and the whole team contracted to defend.
With the whole team shrinking and Lu Wenbin in the middle of the command, Uruguay did not score a second goal until the end of the game.
Four minutes into stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
In the third round of the 2013 Confederations Cup, the Chinese team defeated South American powerhouse Uruguay 2-1, achieving the first victory of the Chinese men's senior national football team in an international competition.
The CCTV commentator excitedly explained to the audience:
"The game is over, the game is over, and the Chinese team won 2-1 against Uruguay to get their first victory in the Confederations Cup."
"The other game was also over, Spain didn't let go of the water, and it was no surprise that they beat Nigeria 3-0."
"In this way, the Chinese team has 4 points in three group stage games, one win, one draw and one loss, ranking second after Spain with 9 points, beating Uruguay with 3 points and Nigeria with 1 point."
"The Chinese men's football team not only scored the first goal and the first victory in the World Series, but also qualified from the group and entered the knockout round."
"This is a new history and a new chapter in Chinese football, let us cheer and celebrate!"
All the Chinese audience at the scene and in front of the TV set were also crazy with joy and crazy celebration.
However, the Chinese players on the field just raised their hands and cheered, and then rushed back to the sidelines to ask the coaching staff about Zheng Zhi's situation.
Fortunately, after a preliminary diagnosis, it is not a serious injury that Lu Wenbin is worried about that is enough to ruin his career, but he just needs to recuperate for half a month to a month.
It's still worrying, but it's not a career.
Only then could Lu Wenbin and others be relieved to celebrate boldly and interact with the fans who came all the way to watch the game.
South America is the farthest continent from China, and those fans who come from China can indeed be called thousands of miles away.
Lu Wenbin and others won the game with bonuses, fame, and advertising endorsements, but these fans had nothing, but had to pay their own money to come to the scene to watch the game and cheer for Lu Wenbin and others.
In order to wait for the national football team's first victory in the international competition and the first group qualification.
Now, Lu Wenbin led his teammates to do it.
Everyone can celebrate and cheer to their heart's content, and there is no need to be afraid of the scolding of the fans.
After the game, the Chinese media naturally celebrated the first victory of the national football team in an international competition and its first entry into the knockout round.
Foreign media also congratulated the Chinese team on its victory, but expressed disbelief in the future of the Chinese team.
It's so difficult to play a Uruguay, and the Chinese team will definitely not be able to get through the semifinals.
Even if you barely pass, you will definitely not be able to win the final.
Spain and China qualified from Group B, while Brazil and Italy qualified from Group A. Among the four teams, the Chinese team is undoubtedly the weakest.
Referring to Spain's 4-1 victory over China in the group stage, the Chinese team faced the first team in Group A and the host Brazil team in the semifinals, which was simply dead or alive, and there was almost no chance of winning.
From the strength to the home atmosphere, the Brazilian team, as the host, has an all-round advantage.
The Chinese team may only have to play the semifinals for the purpose of seeking experience.
The Chinese team naturally knows its own situation, Lu Wenbin also said in an interview that it is a surprise to be able to qualify from the group, and in the semifinals, he will take his teammates to play a real game with Brazil, accumulate experience in playing against the world's strongest teams, and prepare for next year's World Cup.
As for winning?
Lu Wenbin didn't think about that possibility at all.
Actually, how could it not be considered?
Lu Wenbin will even think about how to celebrate the championship, but these can only be thought about in his heart.
Just like those who are engaged in literature want the Nobel Prize, and those who are engaged in movies want the Oscar, they can't have the strength, they can only think about it, but they can't say it.
The Chinese team can only say that they will try their best to play, and whether they can cause an upset or not depends on their fate.
And Lu Wenbin has gained a lot.
First of all, the single-game reward, Lu Wenbin won a single-game experience reward of 1 million + 2 million wins in the group stage of the Confederations Cup, a total of 3 million.
Then there is the reward for leading the national football team to the first victory in an international competition, gaining 1 million experience + 10 skill points.
Finally, there is also a reward for leading the national football team to qualify for the group stage of the Confederations Cup, and a reward of 2 million experience + 20 skill points.
In this way, Lu Wenbin's system experience has risen to level 20 33.881 million/50 million, and the balance of skill points has reached 90.
If you can win the semi-finals against Brazil, you will be rewarded with another 50 skill points, which is simply rich.
At that time, Lu Wenbin can take the free kick to the grandmaster.
Of course, that's just a thought.
The Chinese team wants to defeat Brazil in the semi-finals and advance to the final, and Lu Wenbin himself has no confidence.