Chapter 179: Knocking on the door of the World Cup
At the beginning of the second half, the situation changed dramatically, not only the players, but also the fans and commentators had to experience a huge psychological gap. This kind of roller coaster ride is like flying into the clouds, and suddenly falling to the bottom of the valley is a test of everyone's psychological endurance.
After the Chinese team conceded the goal, several fans with different mentalities can be distinguished: the first is to hold their heads and look painful, this type of fan is obviously still very young; The second type of fan first looked at the TV screen and was stunned for two seconds, and then shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, with an expression that was indeed the case. There is also a kind of fan who scolded angrily, then turned off the TV and chose to go back to the room to sleep, out of sight is clean, vowing not to stay up late for the national football team again. The latter two types of fans must be old qualifications who know the Chinese team very well in the past, and their performance is much calmer. But these three fans are in the same psychological state, and they are all unhappy, but they just behave differently.
As soon as the camera turned on the TV, Lippi personally called Wen Zhihao to the sidelines to teach him, and the close-up camera swept back and forth on the faces of the two. Neither of them could see the anxiety in their eyes, Wen Zhihao nodded frequently like a student, and Lippi pointed to the field and made a quick gesture, chattering endlessly.
He Wei also felt very sudden about the Chinese team's goal, and when he saw the camera of Lippi explaining Wen Zhihao on the sidelines, he immediately said: "The goal just now was really without warning, and the first to break the deadlock was actually Qatar, which was absolutely passive in the first half." It's time for Wen Zhihao to wake up, he needs to take on more offensive responsibilities at this time! The Chinese team must respond as soon as possible! ”
He Wei's tone was obviously anxious and urging, and there were forty minutes left, which seemed to be abundant, but the test of the Chinese team's psychological and tactical response was a more serious topic.
Wen Zhihao returned to the field with Lippi's latest instructions, he first pointed to himself, and then raised his arm to point to the opponent's goal, which is a specific gesture within the Chinese team, Lippi's meaning is very clear, strengthen the attack, and open up space for Wen Zhihao.
The reason why the first half dominated but could not open the situation was directly related to the weak finishing ability of the strikers. Gao Lin was not a scoring machine in the first place, although Yu Hanchao broke through sharply, but he mainly operated on the side, and the direct threat to the goal was not enough. In the current unfavorable situation of falling behind the score, Wen Zhihao, the only reliable scoring point, must be fully utilized. Three goals were scored in five last-twelve, and the goal efficiency was very high. and also has to take on the heavy task of organizing and sorting out the midfield, Wen Zhihao is almost alone against the offensive banner of the national team. Zheng Zhi's role has become more and more close to that of a simple spiritual leader. And as Wen Zhihao shows a strong cohesion of the people, the media has already speculated that Zheng Zhi's national team career is estimated to have little time left, and when he quits the national team and hands over the captain's armband, it will be the time for Wen Zhihao to take over in full.
After conceding the goal, the Chinese team responded immediately after a short period of time, Wen Zhihao hit the ball straight to the right corner with two people in the middle, and Sade's fingertips lightly touched the ball, slightly changing the direction of the ball, grazing the left post and deflecting into the billboard outside the field.
"Oh! Pretty...... Ah! A great lightning equaliser. Wen Zhihao's first shot in this game was of extremely high quality! Call! It's a good deterrent and the lads need to get back to the first half as soon as possible. We still have a chance! ”
He Wei experienced several emotional changes before and after this shot. Confidence has risen a bit.
After being knocked on the mountain by Wen Zhihao, Qatar became a frightened bird. Sanchez replaced Assad with defensive defender Akhlaq and resolutely counter-attacked.
There are a lot of technical players in the front court of the Chinese team, Wen Zhihao will not say it, Gao Lin's ability to respond is stronger than shooting and scoring, and the skills of Yu Hanchao and Zhang Xizhe on both sides are also top among domestic players, but Qatar has also studied the Chinese team very thoroughly, with Wen Zhihao's main style of play, the Chinese team's offense must insist on walking the ground, Sanchez concentrated his main forces in the defensive hinterland, compressing Wen Zhihao's ball line by making people's heads, and the two central defenders attacked Gao Lin back and forth, The Chinese team tried several side crosses in a row, but to no avail.
Lippi made two substitutions at a critical juncture close to 60 minutes, with high school strikers Xiao Zhi and Hao Junmin coming on. Xiao Zhi is an air tyrant player comparable to the number of pandas among the local players after Han Peng, and a stop in the penalty area can effectively attract the defensive attention of the two central defenders, while Hao Junmin has given the Chinese team an auxiliary brain to organize in the midfield. Having played for Schalke 04, he is the closest to Wen Zhihao in the Chinese team's attacking creativity.
The effects of these two substitutions soon began to be felt, and Hao Junmin was full of energy when he first came on, and he had an equally large range of movement at the front of the opponent's penalty area. This is also Lippi's request. His role is to assist Wen Zhihao, and to attract the attention of the defense around Wen Zhihao as much as possible. After playing on the field, he played two times in a row with Wen Zhihao in front of the court, and then passed a penetrating ball behind him, although Gao Lin missed the opportunity to score a little slower twice, but the Qatari defender had to be afraid, and another player who was originally with Budiaf to help defend Wen Zhihao was forced to turn around and go with Hao Junmin, and what the Chinese team needs is this effect, Wen Zhihao only faces the defenders in front, and the pressure suddenly returns to an acceptable normal value, which will bring a series of positive chain reactions.
The results of this change were fast. Or the fast pass between Hao Junmin and Wen Zhihao, the former passed horizontally, Wen Zhihao received the ball at the front of the penalty area, Budiaf thought that Wen Zhihao was going to shoot from a distance or send a threatening ball to the penalty area, and the center of gravity of the body leaned outward, but Wen Zhihao chose to take the sword and go to the side, cut the ball in two big strides from the other side of Budiaf's center of gravity, and passed Budiaf in one second. Wen Zhihao was in the defensive ribs on the side and in the middle, left back Hassan has been staring at Zhang Xizhe, and when he caught a glimpse of Wen Zhihao and wanted to turn around and chase, Wen Zhihao had already entered the penalty area, which suddenly made him very awkward, and did not dare to reach out rashly, but Wen Zhihao's two steps were a little big, and Hassan could only pray to Allah in his heart that the ball would go out of the bottom line first.
Wen Zhihao's speed was extremely fast, his feet kept flying, and the ball was rolling towards the bottom line, and Qatari goalkeeper Sade secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But Wen Zhihao at the critical moment when the ball had just pressed the line and was about to go out of the bottom line in the next second, the center of gravity of the whole person was completely depressed, his hand was holding the turf, and his left foot was hooked outwards with all his might, feeling that Wen Zhihao was about to crush his teeth, his face was red, he roared, and used his milk strength to make the ball out of a very flat arc and fly to the middle, this time not only surprised Qatar, even the Chinese team players did not expect Wen Zhihao to save the ball back, and many people did not make a move in this second, But there is one person who has always been vigilant - Xiao Zhi, who has just come on the field. He instinctively stretched out his leg and wanted to shoot with a cushion, but the ball just hit his stomach and jumped in the direction of the goal, the opposing goalkeeper Sade stood in the near corner of the goal, and Wen Zhihao's pass made his brain die for a moment. By the time he reacted, the ball was already in the goal behind him!
The ball is in!
The Khalifa Stadium was surprisingly quiet in the first second, but in the next second, thousands of Chinese fans shouted like they were screaming through their throats, celebrating wildly. Even Lippi couldn't hide his excitement, and the whole person seemed to be several years younger than just now.
"Good shot! Xiao Zhi! The ball is in! The Chinese team has come to life! He Wei stood up from the commentary seat and raised his arms and shouted.
At the same time, in countless communities and clubs in China, screams and roars were heard one after another in the middle of the night. This goal really ignited the passion of the whole of China, just like Yu Genwei's goal at the beginning, two fringe figures of the national team in different periods knocked on the door of the World Cup for Chinese football twice.
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