What is it like to be on a wreck?

On the bench of the visiting team at the Ben Yudko Stadium in Tashkent on the evening of October 11, I believe that many members of the national team experienced this kind of despair that permeated the bottom of their hearts.

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Before the game, the outside world unanimously believed that there had been serious problems with the national team's playing style, mentality, and competitive state, and the previous bullets and praises had become one-sided accusations.

At the press conference after the 0:1 loss to the Syrian team, Gao Bohong admitted that in fact, the strength of the national team is relatively weak in the top 12, the players did not play well in the game, and the core position of each league team has been controlled by foreign aid for a long time, resulting in his own ability to use these players who lack exercise.

Gao Bohong's gaffe speech even aroused strong dissatisfaction among the reporters in the audience, and there was abuse at the press conference!

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Gao Bohong, who has no way to retreat, has completely made up his mind to attack in the Tashkent game no matter what! He finally adjusted the formation from 532, which was criticized by public opinion in the first three games, back to 4231.

Goalkeeper Ge Chao, who made a fatal mistake in the last game, was abandoned and replaced by another substitute goalkeeper Yan Zhi.

The 35-year-old veteran Du Wei in the back line replaced Zhao Linpeng, who was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, and partnered with Feng Xiao in the center-back combination. The two fullbacks on the left and right are Cheng Hang and Zhang Mingjian.

Cai Huigang, who did not play in the first three games, unexpectedly started and Hao Jingmin served as a double back, Su Ke and Chen Dong were on the left and right, and Jiang Ning, who did not play in the first three games, was active behind Wen Lei.

Under the huge pressure of public opinion, Li Liang finally entered the 23-man squad for the first time and appeared in the substitute list of the national team.

This feeling is very familiar to Li Liang, after all, his first big game of wild football, his first game at the Haicheng Ten Thousand Stadium, the teaching match with the Silver Dragon Youth Team against the national team, and his first appearance in Monaco, he all started as a substitute.

During the pre-match warm-up, he found that there were two gold card players in the Uzbek team! In the tactical class, Li Liang had already got to know the players in Uzbekistan, and he recognized one of them, who had an overall rating of 78, as No. 19 Denisov, a left-back who played for Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League.

There is also a midfielder with an overall rating of 77, who plays for Krasnodar Club in the Russian Premier League, and the captain of the No. 9 field, Akhmedov.

Both were in the starting line-up and they were the only two gold players out of the 22 players on the pitch.

At the beginning of the game, the national team faced an opponent who was stronger than itself in all aspects, and finally began the battle of redemption.

In the opening stage, the home team was cautious and did not rush to attack, and the national team was able to play several effective combinations.

In the 14th minute, Su Ke, who was playing as a full-back, was hit and injured his knee in a scramble with the opposing wingback Hashimov, and he was obviously unable to hold on, and the team doctor immediately gestured to Gao Bohong for a substitution after entering the field.

Li Liang immediately began to sort out his shirt and prepare for the warm-up - this is what he learned when he played as a substitute in Monaco - once an accident on the field needs to be temporarily adjusted, the substitutes will consciously be ready to play, even if the coach is not replaced by himself in the end.

Li Liang, who had already gotten up, looked at his teammates on both sides and found that he was the only one who was ready to warm up. He shook it, but sat down helplessly.

Big Bear has warned him more than once not to be too different in the national team.

In the opening game, when the opening game was quite normal, midfielder Su Ke was unexpectedly injured and went down, which was a heavy blow to Gao Bohong.

He was at a loss for a moment, and the huge psychological pressure made him unable to think calmly. He and his assistant Zheng Bo discussed nervously, and they considered several adjustment plans, but they didn't consider Li Liang, who just happened to be able to hit Su Ke's position!

Li Liang looked at the coach with blank eyes, he really wanted to step forward and ask them to replace him! In Monaco, he has adapted very well to the 4231 formation, all positions on the attacking line except for the striker!

Gao Bohong finally decided to send left back Jiang Peng, and he and Zheng Bo told Jiang Peng, and Jiang Peng was at a loss to listen to the complicated tactical arrangements.

Li Liang felt a huge disappointment, and he even regretted that he didn't have the courage to recommend himself just now.

After losing to Syria, Li Liang was in great pain. It was difficult for him to accept being excluded from the list, but it was clear that the latter caused him more pain than witnessing the defeat of the national team as a spectator.

He talked to Da Xiong on the phone, of course Da Xiong knew Li Liang's feelings, so he had to comfort him, Li Liang asked Da Xiong: "Brother Xiong, you always said that I should pay attention to being a man in the national team, I just want to know, can I win if I am a good man?" ”

Da Xiong said: "Being a good person can make you play!"

Liangzi, unless you have absolute strength, the national team can't leave you! Otherwise, when everyone's strength is not much different, you just don't have a chance to be a man!

No matter how high you are, even if you have the strength to play as a starter, it will not give you a chance to play. If you can't even play, how can you contribute to the national team? ”

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Well, be human first! Looking at Jiang Peng's back running onto the field, Li Liang gritted his teeth fiercely.

Uzbekistan gradually figured out the style of play of the national team and began to boldly press the attack.

In the 22nd minute, Akhmedov broke away from the defense of veteran Du Wei in front of the penalty area, and midfielder Bikmaev made a slight adjustment on the right side of the penalty area and shot directly out of bounds.

No.19 Denisov became more and more active on the left flank, and he simply stayed in the national team's half and played as a full-fledged winger.

In the 25th minute, Denisov faced Chen Dong's pressing on the side, and after shaking, he deftly completed the crotch pass, and Chen Dong had no choice but to pull down the opponent.

Li Liang gasped, he found that compared to the Chinese team players with nervous expressions and stiff movements, the home team players became more relaxed and felt ...... Just like the state he remembers when the national team faced the Silver Dragons youth team.

This means that through these 25 minutes of testing, the opponent has already thought that in today's game, he will definitely be able to win the Chinese team!

In the 31st minute, after the brave Akhmedov broke through the back Cai Huigang and Chen Dong on the left side, he went deep into the penalty area and made an inverted triangle cross near the bottom line, Sergeyev's close-range left-footed shot was blocked by Yan Zhi with his foot, and the national football team escaped!

In the 42nd minute, Hashimov crossed from the right, and Akhmedov shook his head in the middle and hit the top of the goal wide of bounds.

Watching Uzbekistan continue to attack the gate guarded by Yan Zhi, Li Liang became more and more nervous, he knew very well that once the Uzbek attackers found the "crosshairs", the national team was really in danger.

The referee's half-time whistle temporarily helped the national team get out of trouble.

Li Liang stayed on the court to warm up with other teammates, and when he stood on the field, his mind kept thinking about the first half of the game, if he was on the field, how to deal with an opponent with superior overall strength and personal ability?

After the first half, Uzbekistan had a thorough understanding of the strength of the Chinese team, and they launched a series of onslaught from the start of the second half, and it looked like they were determined to win the game.

In the 48th minute, it was Akhmedov who split the side in front of the penalty area, Shomurodov passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area in front of the goal, and Djepalov, who was outflanked at the back point, was only less than half a step slower, and the ball slid out of the door in a thrilling way.

When the international players had not recovered from this danger, in the 50th minute, in a panic, Du Wei cleared the ball from the back field with a header to Sergeyev, who immediately handed the ball to Shomurodov, who stepped forward to respond.

Shomurodov received the ball and hit a wonderful pass into the penalty area, Bikmaev followed up with a diagonal shot at the back post, and the ball hit the inside of the right post and bounced into the goal, 0-1!

It was from this time that Li Liang felt as strongly as everyone else that the "ship" began to lose control and was sinking inexorably.