Chapter 22: Recreating the "Cissé Tragedy"

China's final group game will be played in two days, and since the draw with Japan, the whole team has been in a serious and depressing atmosphere, and the two days of training are not open to the media, and they are in a completely closed state.

Due to Australia's earlier draw with Japan, the Chinese team not only has to win against North Korea in this game, but also needs to win by at least two goals in order to overtake Australia on goal difference and qualify from the group.

Wen's father made a phone call to his son on the night after the last game, on the one hand, to express his greetings, and on the other hand, he asked Wen Zhihao to calm down and travel lightly.

The originally high-spirited media and fans no longer dare to expect much from the national junior team. However, unlike Australia in the first game, after the difficult draw with Japan, most of the fingers pointed to coach Zhang Haitao's improper use of personnel, the disunity within the team, and the Football Association behind which has been scolded by tens of millions of fans for decades.

The Chinese Football Association is a world-famous master of "throwing the pot", and the day before the match with the North Korean team, Zhang Haitao received a death order from the Football Association: if you can't take North Korea, you will be dismissed on the spot!

So, after the list of matches with the North Korean team was released, the outside world was surprised to find that Zhang Haitao made a big rotation of the starters of the national junior team. In terms of formation, the traditional 4-2-3-1 formation that was originally adhered to turned into a 3-4-3, and another rising star from Chongming Base, Liu Ruofan, was sent in midfield to continue to replace Liang Xin's position as an attacking central midfielder. Wen Zhihao was surprisingly put on the bench.

There are different opinions on this, and some media believe that Wen Zhihao, who did not perform well in the previous two games, has lost Zhang Haitao's trust. However, CCTV commentator Jia Yuan gave a different point of view: "Wen Zhihao's personal ability is undoubted, I think Zhang's arrangement should be more out of the consideration of leaving one more backhand, and Wen Zhihao should be the most important substitute for the Chinese team in the second half, impacting the opponent's defense line when the opponent's physical fitness is declining." ”

Wen Zhihao himself doesn't care, since he entered the training match of the Inter Academy, Coach Nuri told him that "the hole card should be left at the end", Wen Zhihao is no longer exclusive to the substitute, but is looking forward to it, in case he goes up and scores again.

However, Wen Zhihao did not play, and some people were unhappy.

After the head coach of the North Korean team announced the starting list of the Chinese team, Jin Guangxiang on the opposite side showed two points of disappointment. In the same Inter academy, since the first day of Wen Zhihao's arrival, he has been crushed by Wen Zhihao, seeing Wen Zhihao become the core of Inter U15, the new hope of the Nerazzurri, and he is gradually marginalized, and there is a danger of being purged at any time, where can Jin Guangxiang swallow this breath.

This time the Asian Junior Championship is in the same group as the Chinese team, and Jin Guangxiang is full of energy and wants to have a good time with Wen Zhihao to prove his strength.

At 8 p.m. Beijing time, the game officially kicked off at the National Stadium in Bangkok.

"CCTV, CCTV! Audience friends, what you are watching now is the 16th Asian Junior Championship Group C that we broadcast live for you, and the battle of life and death between the Chinese team and the North Korean team ......" came from the screen Jiayuan's very CCTV characteristic commentary opening remarks.

After the opening, perhaps affected by the objective situation, the Chinese team behaved a little tightly, although the players wanted to score quickly, but the imbalance of mentality led to the deformation of technical movements, but gave the North Korean team a chance. In the first nine minutes, the opponent took advantage of a mistake by the Chinese team to quickly counterattack, and finally the striker shot against the side net and flew out of the bottom line, and the Chinese team escaped.

Zhang Haitao desperately shouted at the players on the sidelines to calm down, and kept pressing down with both hands, signaling the players on the field to calm down.

CCTV commentator Jia Yuan commented on this scene: "Coach Zhang's signal is very timely, the boys need to put themselves in the right position now, forget about the qualifying situation, and play according to the normal rhythm, there will definitely be a chance to appear." ”

In the game, the North Korean team continued their characteristics of running to death, fighting aggressively, and having a tough style, and decisively tackled the Chinese team's team holders, making Liu Ruofan as the core of the technical midfielder extremely unadaptable, and unable to organize a continuous attack, and the situation on the field was once deadlocked.

The first half ended with no goals for either side.

During the break, Jia Yuan once again expressed his opinion: "After the tension of the opening stage, the Chinese team mastered the initiative in possession for most of the first half, but the overall lack of the sharpest penetration of the defense line, in the second half, Director Zhang should consider replacing Wen Zhihao as soon as possible to strengthen the attack on the side, after all, we now need two goal difference, and the pressure is completely on the Chinese team's side." ”

Sure enough, as soon as the second half began, Zhang Haitao was replaced by Wen Zhihao to strengthen the attack.

As soon as Jin Guangxiang saw Wen Zhihao on the field, he immediately approached Wen Zhihao like a chicken blood, but this played into Wen Zhihao's arms, Wen Zhihao used his skillful foot skills and virtual and real feints to completely blow up Jin Guangxiang's side. In the 55th minute, it was Wen Zhihao who faked a facsimile buckle on this side to shake off Jin Guangxiang's defense and enter the penalty area, and was tripped by the opponent's central defender at the moment of the kick cross, winning a penalty opportunity for the Chinese team.

Liu Ruofan, the core of the midfield, steadily scored the penalty created by Wen Zhihao, and the Chinese team led 1:0, and the hope of qualifying from the group was rekindled.

Jia Yuan, who commented on the scene, did not hesitate to praise Wen Zhihao: "After Wen Zhihao appeared on the court in the second half, the offensive situation of the Chinese team improved significantly, and Wen Zhihao opened the door of victory for the Chinese team with his skillful skills and superb ball quotient!" Wen Zhihao's existence is a valuable asset for Chinese football in the next decade. It is advisable to chase the poor man with the remaining bravery, we still need a goal, Wen Zhihao, the Chinese team, come on! ”

A goal in the opening stages of the second half made the Chinese team imposing, and in the next ten minutes, the Chinese team almost bombarded the North Korean team's penalty area, especially Jin Guangxiang, who was opposite Wen Zhihao, was beaten into a sieve.

In the 69th minute, Wen Zhihao received the ball on the right side, tried to break through Jin Guangxiang again, Wen Zhihao observed Jin Guangxiang's position after taking the ball, and the center of gravity swayed to the right, making the illusion of breaking through the outside line, but in fact, he pulled the ball back to his left foot, ready to cut inside to seek cooperation with the middle player.

But this time, Jin Guangxiang made a move that surprised everyone. At the moment when Wen Zhihao just stopped the ball with his left foot and didn't start, his feet left the ground, and his two legs wrapped around Wen Zhihao's right calf at the same time, and the sharp spikes nailed it fiercely.

Through the TV camera, the audience could clearly hear a miserable scream, countless viewers were taken aback, and Jia Yuan, who was commenting on the scene, was even more taken aback, and stood up directly from his seat.

Through the close-up of the broadcast, the audience can clearly see that Wen Zhihao's calf has been almost 90 degrees twisted, and then the ambulance entered the scene directly, and Wen Zhihao was directly sent to the local hospital.

Jia Yuan hurriedly said: "This is really an unexpected situation, the camera should not play back the scene just now, we really don't want to see such a picture, now we can only pray that Wen Zhihao is okay, although we all know what such an injury means for a professional player, but all Chinese fans don't want this scene to happen to China's most promising star." ”

Many fans in front of the TV silently sweated for Wen Zhihao. Many old fans recalled at once that Zheng Zhi broke his leg against Cisse in the warm-up match of the 06 World Cup, which almost ruined Cisse's career.

Many fans don't dare to think about it, the scene is strikingly similar, but God is really so unfair, 30 years of infatuated waiting, thousands of fans finally waited for a supernova who may lead the national football team to take off, but do you want to use this way to break the hearts of infatuated Chinese fans again?

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"Old Wen, son......" Wen's mother, who witnessed the tragedy in front of the TV, called her husband helplessly, wiped her tears with tissues, lowered her head, and couldn't cry anymore.

Witnessing her son being hurt like this is an unacceptable cruelty for any mother.

Father Wen stood up and did not speak, but his expression could not hide his pain and concern. took out a cigarette, took a big puff, took a deep breath, and said, "Book a plane ticket, and we'll go to Bangkok right away!" ”