Before the start of the game, when Lu Wenbin led his teammates to enter the stadium in advance for warm-up, it caused warm applause and cheers from the Chinese fans in the audience, completely suppressing the momentum of the Mexican fans.

The so-called Mexican wave is certainly not playable in this game.

As the game approached, the warm-up starters left the pitch one after another.

At 14:20, the 22 starters of the two teams officially lined up.

As the captain, Lu Wenbin wore the No. 6 jersey, led the little caddy, and led his teammates to follow the referee team onto the court.

After taking a group photo, playing the national anthem, shaking hands, and picking sides, at 14:30, in the cheers of the fans, with the referee's whistle, the first match of the 2012 London Olympic Games men's football group B by the Chinese U23 Olympic team VS Mexico U23 Olympic team officially kicked off at St. James' Park Stadium in Newcastle, England.

Hundreds of millions of Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV are waiting for Lu Wenbin to lead the national Olympic team to the first victory of the Chinese men's football team in the Olympic Games.

In this game, the starting list of the Chinese team is goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, defenders Jiang Zhipeng, Du Wei, Zhao Peng, Zhou Yun, midfielders Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, midfielders Cao Binding, Lu Wenbin, Ba Li, and forward Wu Lei.

Three overage players Zeng Cheng, Dewey, Zhao Peng, national team members Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng all played, and occupied all the key positions in the backfield such as the back, central defender, goalkeeper, etc., as well as the all-round offensive and defensive Lu Wenbin and the talented star Wu Lei.

This is almost the strongest main squad of the Chinese Olympic team, and these players are used as the main lineup in the training matches before the start of the Olympic Games.

Not only because this is the first match of the Chinese team in the Olympic Games, but also because Mexico, the biggest opponent in Group B, must face the Chinese team with the strongest lineup.

Don't look at the Chinese team as the favorite to win the championship, and there is a world No. 1 superstar like Lu Wenbin in the team, but in the first game of the Chinese team, facing a strong opponent like Mexico, they dare not be careless.

After the start of the game, the Chinese team was based on defense, playing steadily, waiting for the Mexican team to attack, and then playing the opponent's defensive counterattack.

After all, the overall strength of the Chinese team, except for Lu Wenbin, is still far from the world powers, especially the real favorites like Mexico.

Don't look at Lu Wenbin's ability to lead the national Olympic team and the national team to show off their power in Asia, in fact, it's just because the overall strength of Asian football is too low.

In the past, in Asia, it was Lu Wenbin, a tiger, who led 10 sheep to compete against 11 other sheep, and almost all of them won by a large score.

Now leaving Asia to come to the Olympic stage, it is Lu Wenbin, a tiger, who leads 10 sheep to compete with 11 wolves.

Although Lu Wenbin's tiger can single-handedly take on a few wolves, it can't contain all the wolves. If you don't pay attention, there will be problems in the backcourt.

Therefore, even Lu Wenbin didn't dare to go too far ahead, but used his excellent defensive ability to help the backcourt defend, and then waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

The Chinese team with Lu Wenbin has yet to verify how much gap it has with the world's top teams.

However, the Chinese team was cautious, and the Mexican team was also very cautious, and did not attack aggressively in the face of an Asian "weak team" like the Chinese team.

The reason is also that he is afraid of being counterattacked by Lu Wenbin.

After all, this is the group stage, and Mexico doesn't need to fight to the death with China, and if they can play a draw, this is the best ending.

The result of the careful play of both teams was that half an hour passed without either side scoring.

Not only did he not score, but he didn't even have a few shots on goal.

Lu Wenbin once dribbled the ball to the front court and fought a quick counter-attack, but was brought down when he was about to enter the forbidden zone.

Although a free-kick was awarded, it flew straight off the crossbar because it was too close.

Neutral British fans have even begun to boo, and some of the Chinese players have become a little overwhelmed.

Lu Wenbin kept signaling his teammates to calm down with his voice and gestures, and the task of the Chinese team in the group stage does not need to necessarily defeat Mexico, as long as it can qualify.

Lu Wenbin's strength and status, as well as the role of the leader's aura, make his words in the team even more effective than the coach.

The Chinese team has been standing still under the stop of Lu Wenbin, guarding the backcourt and not going out, leading the snake out of the hole, and only playing a quick counterattack when it has a good opportunity.

Not so with Mexico, they don't have a leader like Lu Wenbin.

They are all young people around 23 years old, and it's okay to press for half an hour, but they can't hold it back for a long time. After all, Mexico is the favourite, not a weak team.

Therefore, after a stalemate with the Chinese team for half an hour, some Mexican players couldn't hold back and involuntarily strengthened their attack.

Once, twice, three times, when the Chinese team attacked the goal of the Chinese team over and over again, the Chinese team did not easily counterattack, the Mexican players became more and more bold, the forwards, midfielders, and midfielders all crossed the middle line, and even the fullbacks stood near the middle line, eager to try.

However, Mexico's attack never managed to break through the Chinese team's goal.

Zeng Cheng, Du Wei, Zhao Peng, three overage players and Wu Xi, Zhang Linpeng composed of the backline, plus Lu Wenbin and two fullbacks to assist, the Mexican team can threaten the Chinese goal at close range There are actually few chances for the Mexican team to threaten the Chinese team's goal at close range.

Coupled with the lack of archery ability, the Mexican team hit very few of the goal frames, and there were two times that the threat of hitting the goal frame was not great, which was easily defused by Zeng Cheng.

Seeing their team playing against the Chinese team led by the world's No. 1 superstar Lu Wenbin, Mexican fans were quite excited, cheering and cheering in the stands, sometimes even overpowering the momentum of Chinese fans.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Mexico's young players became more and more excited to play, and less and less attention was paid to the defense at the back.

So, near the end of the game, Mexico was punished.

In the 44th minute, when the first half of the game was about to end, Mexico's second attack was defused by Zhao Peng's tackle.

The ball shoveled by Zhao Peng fell to Zhang Linpeng's feet, and Lu Wenbin and Wu Lei instantly started to run towards the Mexican half.

As the main member of the national team, Zhang Linpeng has good passing skills.

After grabbing the ball shoveled by Zhao Peng, Zhang Linpeng first smashed the ball and shook off the opponent's counter-robbery, and then passed the ball to Lu Wenbin's front with a long pass.

Lu Wenbin was naturally the target of the opponent's defense, and Mexico's two central defenders and a midfielder both rushed towards Lu Wenbin.

But just now Mexico was attacking, and there were actually only these few people in the backfield. They all rushed towards Lu Wenbin, and Wu Lei's side was empty.

After receiving Zhang Linpeng's pass with the opponent's pull and push, Lu Wenbin protected the ball with his excellent ball control ability, adjusted the flash angle and passed the ball out of the crowd and in front of Wu Lei.