Chapter 319: Three Points Become One Point?
At the same time, in countless public places across China, cheers and shouts are far more enthusiastic than those on the spot. °Cā® 8 °Cā® 8 °Cā® read the °C ā® book, .ā.oā Many fans shouted "it!" at the moment when the Chinese team scored a goal. "Awesome", "Long live the Chinese team" and other short but most expressive words that can best express inner emotions.
At this time, there is no need for a thousand words, the feelings of all fans are the same.
In the stands at the scene, Father Wen's hands were red, and the dignified seven-foot man had tears in the corners of his eyes at this moment.
As a veteran fan who has followed Chinese football for decades, he is happy to see the national team come out of the trough and score the first goal in the history of the World Cup. And the person who broke the ice for Chinese football is his son, as a father, he has his own pride at this moment.
Father Wen wiped the corners of his eyes, turned his head and said to his wife next to him, "This time, our son is destined to be famous in history!" ā
His wife pretended to give him a strange look: "That's also the name of our son, you old man, you still shed tears when you are old, don't you feel ashamed?" ā
Father Wen smiled: "I'm not excited, excited, that's my son!" Aren't you happy to be like this? ā
Although the decibels at the scene were very high, the fans around the second elder could still hear the conversation, and a fan behind him who was about the same age as Father Wen thought he had heard it wrong, and tentatively confirmed: "Brother, that, cough cough, I just heard you say ...... Wen Zhihao is your son? ā
Father Wen smiled and did not answer positively.
But the meaning was already obvious, and the middle-aged fan said with envy: "Brother, you are so lucky to have a good son!" ā
The younger post-80s and post-90s fans around him even came up and said: "Uncle, we want Wen Zhihao's autograph." ā
"Uncle, let Wen Zhihao take a photo later?" A group of college-looking fans asked with expectant eyes.
"Ask for an autograph!"
"Ask for a group photo!"
The enthusiasm of the fans really made the second elder a little unbearable, although it was very difficult to deal with the past, but Dad Wen was still very happy in his heart, there is no strength, who wants to bother you?
This popularity is what Wen Zhihao deserves now, and it is also closely related to his dedication.
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On the field, the morale of the whole team of the Chinese team soared after the goal, and the players did not get the instructions of the coaching staff. Yu Dabao successfully blocked the pass from the opponent's back to Olsen in the front, but then he seemed a little anxious, wanting to create a chance with his personal ability, which was directly destroyed by the opponent's central defender.
At halftime, the Chinese team entered the locker room with a 1:0 lead.
He Wei broadcast the technical statistics of both sides in an uplifting tone in the half-time locker room. The Chinese team is ahead of the Swedish team in all indicators. Possession was ten percentage points higher than the opponent's. 55% to 45%, the number of passes has reached more than 270 times, which has reached the level of European mid-table teams, and the number of half-time passes exceeded 400 in the heyday of Barcelona's Tiki-Taka pass-controlled football. Of course, the Chinese team's passing control is naturally not comparable to Barcelona. However, among the 32 teams in this World Cup, only Japan and Spain, which are old pass-and-control teams, can be compared.
In addition, the Chinese team also doubled the number of shots on goal in the first half, leading 6-3. It is no wonder that most foreign commentators were surprised that the Chinese team's performance in this half completely subverted their previous perception.
This is the Chinese team that is treated as a weak chicken?
Am I dazzled? It feels like it's a notch higher than the Asian teams that appeared in the previous days!
In the half-time lounge, Lippi fully affirmed everyone's performance in the first half and also put forward expectations for the second half: "Maintain this advantage until the end, the victory will be counted, if you can all be as calm as Wen Zhihao to face the opportunity, we can score more goals for them." ā
On the other side, Sweden's head coach Andersson kept clapping his hands to motivate the players: "Calm your mind, don't panic!" The Chinese team's advantage in the first half was so obvious, and it was only one goal ahead. Give full play to your true strength, the physical fitness of the Chinese team is the biggest disadvantage, use confrontation to break their will and snatch the victory! ā
After a fifteen-minute break at half-time, Sweden made a significant change in attack in the second half, making full use of the role of two strikers. Sweden's double forwards Toivonen and Gudeiti are both high school forwards of more than 1.85 meters, the bridgehead advantage is obvious, the two play in Toulouse in Ligue 1 and Alaves in La Liga, Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng are not dominant in height and confrontation ability, the Swedish team's change is also very simple, they suffered in the midfield, simply do not compete with the Chinese team in the midfield, nor covet the advantage of the field, at the first opportunity to hit the head of the double forward, relying on the height advantage of the Nordic team to solve the problem.
The two sides show a very sharp difference on the field, the Chinese team's attack is advancing layer by layer, which makes people feel more ornamental, while the Swedish team's attack, although it is thick, is simple and practical, seizing the opportunity to switch between attack and defense, the efficiency value is significantly improved, and the offensive threat created is not much worse than that of the Chinese team.
After all, the Swedish team is ranked 18th in the world in FiFa, dozens of places higher than the Chinese team, although there is no absolute superstar like Ibrahimovic, but the players have a lot of game experience, after overcoming the psychological barrier of the first World Cup, they began to consciously use the height advantage to actively look for confrontation, so as to get a lot of set-pieces near the penalty area of the Chinese team's backfield. From set-pieces, their height advantage can be maximised.
The Chinese team's starting four defenders are not short in height, but they are not as good as the opponent in the power confrontation and defensive selection in set-pieces, and the Swedish team has repeatedly tried and tested the style of play that threatens the Chinese team's goal through set-piece crosses.
In the 58th minute, the Swedish team found a defensive hole in the Chinese team in the set-piece. The set-piece was sent into the penalty area, Toivonen shook his head in the middle, Zhang Linpeng and Li Xuepeng received the header in the middle, and everyone didn't notice Svensson, who followed up at the back point. Svensson swooped over from close range, and although Zeng Cheng reacted in time, this time the shot was close and the ball was fast, and even if he reacted, he was powerless to change the course of the ball.
Sweden equalised, 1:1!
Svensson, who scored the equaliser for Sweden, currently plays for Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders. It is worth mentioning that before that, he played for Guangzhou R&F, a Chinese Super League team, for a season, and the Chinese team was actually stabbed by an old acquaintance of the Chinese Super League.
Although He Wei was disappointed on his face, he still encouraged: "This is a situation that we can accept, the team that can come to the World Cup will not have a weak team." The top priority for the Chinese team is to calm down and play steadily to ensure that they do not concede any more goals. As long as Wen Zhihao is on the field, there is hope for a re-overtake, and I believe everyone knows his magic. ā
Nearly 60 minutes, the Swedish team equalized, and after the resumption of the game, the momentum of the Chinese team's active attack slowed down and appeared to be much more cautious.
Of course, in the eyes of some fans, the mentality of the Chinese team players was affected by the score and began to be timid.
A lot of fans have a bad premonition. Is it going to turn the three points into one point? Even...... Lower?