Wen Zhihao's news of Deng Hanwen opening a small stove alone and practicing quickly reached Lippi's ears through the coaching staff. In the last two exercises of the day before departure, Lippi noticed a significant improvement in Deng Hanwen. I am not only pleased with the progress of the young general, but also praise Wen Zhihao in my heart.

Especially in this round of the top 12 matches, under the passive conditions that the old captain Zheng Zhi had to miss the game due to injury, Lippi had to place more expectations on Wen Zhihao. This small detail gives Lippi reason to believe that Wen Zhihao can take on greater responsibility.

The match will be played on the evening of June 13, Beijing time. On the 10th, the national team set off for the competition venue, Malacca, a small city in southern Malaysia. Due to the political turmoil in the country, the Syrian team played their home stadium at a third-party venue here.

For the Chinese team, this is good news. Away from West Asia, the "home field advantage" will be greatly weakened, and Malaysia has always been a gathering place for overseas Chinese, and the treatment of the home and away teams may be completely reversed during the game.

The Chinese team had just come out of Malacca Airport, and just happened to bump into a team of national football expedition cheering groups that arrived at the same time, and the eye-catching slogan of the Dragon Team and the cheering clothing with the same color as the Chinese team's away jersey attracted a burst of sideways attention from the airport crowd.

According to the information compiled by the reporters from the "Dragon Team" expeditionary force and local overseas Chinese, at least more than 10,000 fans will enter the stadium to cheer for the Chinese team.

At the pre-match press conference, in the face of the Chinese team full of confidence and vowing to score three points, Syrian coach Ayman Hakim still said stubbornly: "The feat accomplished in the away game, we can do it again, this is our home stadium!" ”

Wen Zhihao faced all the media cameras and shot back cleanly with only one sentence: "The tiger didn't have two naps." ”

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Similar to what was expected before the match, the dominant colour at the Hampat Stadium in Melaka on match day was yellow. Nearly 15,000 "Dragon Team" expeditionary force and overseas Chinese fans entered the stadium to cheer for the Chinese team, all wearing the yellow jerseys of the Chinese team. The "home team" has only a few hundred fans. The momentum on the field is clear at a glance.

In this game, the Chinese team has already set the goal of avenging the home team and winning three points, and Lippi's two starting adjustments to the back line are obviously running towards the goal of winning. The four defenders, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Wang Shenchao and Deng Hanwen, either have outstanding individual breakthrough ability or pass accurately. It is clear that Lippi has handed over the responsibility of attacking to the backline. Wen Zhihao appeared in the right position of the third midfield, and the two midfield partners were Huang Bowen and Wu Xi. The front trio are Wuqiu Wang, Gao Lin and Yu Hanchao, and Wen Zhihao have a considerable degree of tacit understanding.

China quickly took the initiative in the opening stages, and Gao Lin's long-range shot in the opening five minutes forced the opposing goalkeeper Alema to make a brilliant save and almost scored. In the Hanjabal Stadium, the cheering of Chinese fans instantly drowned out the exclamations of the scattered Syrian fans.

Whether it's the fans or the commentators, the mentality is quite relaxed, and scoring goals is just a matter of seconds.

Since the two rather long-faced round of 12 matches in March, fans have rarely burst with confidence in the national football team.

Even South Korea and Iran are not lost, is it a matter of winning Syria?

But the Syrians turned around and told the Chinese fans what it was to be confident.

In the ninth minute, the Syrian midfielder hit a long pass over the top to the ribs of the penalty area, Deng Hanwen and Wang Shenchao hesitated at the same time, the opponent's striker Mavas quickly overtook and quickly entered the penalty area with a single knife, Zeng Cheng accidentally tripped the opponent, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty of 12 yards. Zeng Cheng was also yellow carded.

This scene suddenly surprised everyone, and CCTV commentator He Wei's voice obviously paused for two seconds, with a tone of doubt and disbelief: "Penalty? ”

Partner Xu Yang is also full of regrets about this change: "Penalty...... The Chinese team started well, but gave the opponent the opportunity to break the goal first. The newcomers of the two national teams, Deng Hanwen and Wang Shenchao, did not respond in time and paid tuition for their youth. ”

He Wei's mood adjusted slightly, looked at the field and said: "It's the opponent's No. 9 again, at home in Xi'an, it was he who grabbed Gu Chao's mistake and scored the only goal, the Chinese team has fallen into the same pit twice, although we don't believe in the existence of a nemesis, but ...... Fate is really too much of a coincidence. ”

When Deng Hanwen turned around and walked back, there was a look of frustration on his face, and Wen Zhihao came to him at the right time and whispered to him.

The opposing midfielder Alsoma scored a penalty in the face of Zeng Cheng, 12 minutes, 1:0, the home team in front, the away team in the back.

The Syrian players were delighted by the unexpected love.

After the score changed, the situation on the field became more differentiated, the Chinese team still focused on technical flow, controlling the dominance with ground advancement, and Syria was more resolute in recycling, starting from the midfield to fight for every inch of defense.

If there is any way to limit Wen Zhihao, it is probably only a "big tree" tackle and dense long leg wrapping, and it is with this kind of defense that Syria has relied on to draw the group leader Iran here. In the face of Wen Zhihao, they did not hesitate to repeat their old tricks.

Out of goodwill to protect the players, the referee frequently stopped the game and awarded set-pieces. But for the Chinese team, it is tantamount to doing bad things with good intentions. The Chinese team has lost the advantage of small-scale team cooperation in sports battles, and the set-piece lacks air dominance-type players, and Syria's dense defense in the core danger zone makes the Chinese team unable to do anything in a short period of time.

Wen Zhihao played very the field, perceiving the opponent's dense coverage of the entire midfield, and there was not much space for passing and matching, so he simply broke through to the front of the penalty area with two or three players on the opponent and threatened the opponent's goal with a long shot.

Thirty minutes have passed in the first half, and the Chinese team is very beautiful in all real-time statistics, except for the score.

He Wei was a little anxious about the Chinese team's scoreless situation: "The three midfielders of the Chinese team are all technical, and the opponent's scramble just restrained us, Lippi head coach can consider strengthening the midfield hardness in the second half, and Wen Zhihao needs a fierce flying to deter the opponent's defenders." ”

Lippi saw the problem clearly from the sidelines, but in the first half he had to choose to stay put. The opponent is now using the entire system and style of play to suppress the Chinese team, and if you want to change, the entire midfield must be readjusted from formation to personnel. Lippi was waiting, waiting for the whistle to blow at the end of the first half. The fifteen minutes of the intermission were the time for him to strategize and reveal the true colors of the "silver fox".