Chapter 154: Victory
The 2007 Asian Cup is a very unique Asian Cup, the last Asian Cup was held in China in 2004, it stands to reason that it should be held every four years, why is it a year earlier?
The reason is that in 2008 there was the European Championship and the Olympics, so it was brought forward by a year.
Moreover, this year's Asian Cup is hosted by four countries, which is also a must.
The four countries are Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
China and Iran, Uzbekistan and Malaysia have been drawn in Group C, and all the fixtures in Group C have been completed in Malaysia.
One of the four hosts, one for each group.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals, followed by Group A 1st vs. Group B 2nd, Group B 1st vs. 2nd Group A, Group C 1st vs. Group D 2nd, and Group D 1st vs. Group C 2nd.
The first place in each group does not have to move places, and the second place in the group will go to another country to play.
Huaxia is considered a team in Pot 3 in Group C, and its biggest rival is Iran.
In the first match, the Chinese team faced the host Malaysian team in Kuala Lumpur.
There are a lot of Chinese in Malaysia, so Huaxia can be regarded as half of the home stadium playing here, and the five-star red flag is also spread all over the field.
Huang Huo served as the commentary task this time, "Hello everyone, welcome to watch the first game of Group C of the 14th Asian Cup, China vs. Malaysia. ”
"Commenting on this game with me today is the guidance of former international Lu Shilu." Huang Huo introduced the commentator sitting next to him.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lu Shi." Lu Shi is a former national who retired when he was old and now works as a coach, but he is currently unemployed.
"This Asian Cup is led by Coach Zhu, and a lot of strong international players have also been recruited, how far does Coach Lu think our Chinese team can go?" Huang Huo asked first.
Lu Shi thought for a while and said: "The confidence of our Chinese team in this Asian Cup is still very strong, and I don't think the problem of entering the semi-finals is not very big." ”
"So what do you think of the several opponents in the group stage?" Huang Huo continued to ask.
"Needless to say, Malaysia is the weakest in the group, I don't think there is the slightest problem in beating them, Iran is a strong team, it is very difficult to win against them, I think I can fight for it, it is also quite good to get a draw, as for the last game against Uzbekistan, as long as you don't lose, you will complete the task." Lu Shi analyzed according to his own thoughts, and finally said, "Huaxia should strive to qualify second in the group." ”
Everyone knows the strength of the Iranian Iron Cavalry, and it is not a big problem for Huaxia to compete for the second place in the group.
Zhu Bo did not send Jin Feng on the field, Han Peng and Fang Zhuo were sent on the forward line, and in the midfield, he sent Zhou Hai, Wang Dong, Guan Zhi and Jia Yi, and Huaxia's back line was the strongest, Sun Hai, Tian Ya, Li Feng and Sun Yang.
Fang Zhuo was very proud in his heart, he looked at Jin Feng sitting below, still thinking that he could call the wind and rain on the field, and Jin Feng could only wait below.
"What does Director Lu think of Director Zhu's lineup?" Jin Feng did not enter the starting list, which is where Huang Huo is most dissatisfied.
"This is a lineup that has been maintained since Coach Zhu took charge, I don't think the problem is very big, and it is enough to deal with a team like Malaysia." Lu Shi still recognizes this lineup.
"Jin Feng doesn't enter the starting lineup, what does Coach Lu think?" Huang Huo was entangled in this issue of Jin Feng.
"It is undeniable that Goldwind is currently the most successful of the Chinese Liuyang players, but we have to consider that La Liga ends a little later than other leagues, so we don't know whether Goldwind's body has recovered to the highest level, so I think in this kind of game against a weak team, we can let Goldwind take a good rest." Lu Shi still analyzed it.
In any case, no matter how much Huang Huo said, it would not be of the slightest use.
The competition has officially begun.
The Huaxia team was very excited at the beginning, especially Fang Zhuo, who was very active in the frontcourt, and after getting the ball, he slammed into the penalty area, and was able to pose a lot of threat.
"Fang Zhuo is very excited today." Although the game had just begun, Fang Zhuo's performance was too eye-catching, and Huang Huo didn't say no.
"I'm very excited, maybe Goldwind Huaxia can play a high score." Lu Shi said half-jokingly.
Indeed, in the fifteenth minute, Wang Dong took advantage of an anti-offside position and passed the ball to the back point, and Fang Zhuo grabbed in front of Han Peng and pushed the ball into the net.
After the goal, Fang Zhuo was very excited, he ran to the fans and shouted at the fans.
"The Huaxia team has taken the lead." Huang Huo said with a smile.
"Yes, the Malaysian team is too weak." Lu Shi is right, Malaysia's strength is indeed very weak.
In the thirty-fifth minute, after Fang Zhuo took the ball, he once again went to the penalty area, but this time there were a lot of people in the penalty area, Fang Zhuo was stunned by a few people, and many players outside Fang Zhuo were in the vacancy, but Fang Zhuo just didn't pass the ball, he forcibly squeezed a defender with his body and shot with his feet.
The ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper and happened to be at Jia Yi's feet, Jia Yi kicked quickly and stabbed the ball into the goal, 2-0.
"Good shot, Jia Yi went down to the next level to help the Huaxia team take a 2-0 lead." Huang Huo shouted excitedly.
Lu Shi originally wanted to say that Fang Zhuo was a little reckless, it would be better if that ball was passed earlier, if it weren't for the goalkeeper's strength, this ball wouldn't have fallen at Jia Yi's feet at all.
At the end of the first half, Huaxia led 2-0.
In the second half, the Huaxia team still had the advantage, Fang Zhuo performed very the field, but his hard work was all alone, and the ball basically stagnated when it came to him, fortunately, the strength of the Malaysian team was not strong, Fang Zhuo could still control the ball.
In the end, Fang Zhuo still scored a goal with his personal strength.
"Congratulations to the Chinese team for getting off to a good start and defeating Malaysia 5-1." Huang Huo is very satisfied with today's game, and the Huaxia team performed very well.
"The next game is against Iran, and we expect a good performance from the Chinese team." After saying the end of the speech, the game is completely over.
Fang Zhuo scored twice, which is a very eye-catching player, but Fang Zhuo is very dissatisfied, he thinks that if everyone didn't pass him the ball in the end, he would have been able to complete the hat trick, and these people must be unhappy to see him achieve results.
However, seeing that Jin Feng couldn't play, Fang Zhuo was still satisfied, at least better than some people, and he had to continue to perform well in the next game, so that he could establish his status as the boss in the country.