066 first victory
Although the Togolese were pressed back into the half, the Chinese team's attack did not go well. Lu Hai asked the Chinese team to concentrate on attacking the left side, wanting to open up space for Lei Heng and Zhang Yi on the right side, but the opening goal made the Togolese players realize the danger of these two. The Togolese players have not relaxed their surveillance of Lei Heng and Zhang Yi from beginning to end. Although the Chinese team has the advantage on the left side, they do not complete many shots, and the Togolese players often use their bodies to block the passes and shots of the Chinese team, and the Togolese players are very flexible and strong.
After nearly 30 minutes of tug-of-war, Lu Hai found that after Togo's continuous defensive success, the players had more communication. By observing the changes in the brain data, Lu Hai determined that the mentality of the Togolese players was developing on the bright side.
Lu Hai wanted to stand up and adjust his tactics, but after thinking about it again, he decided that he would still sit honestly, and he wanted to see if the players on the field would adjust themselves.
Two minutes later, about 33 minutes into the first half, Zhang Yi raised his hands and made a rotation gesture while taking advantage of a dead ball. In the next attack, Lei Heng ran from the right to the left, and the bottom was successful, but Togo's No. 2 Ni Bombe and No. 15 Romans had blocked Lei Heng's cross. Lei Heng had to pass back to Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi passed Shao Jiayi horizontally, Shao Jiayi did not raise his head, and passed diagonally to the bottom left corner of the Togo team, and Hao Junmin, who had changed positions with Lei Heng, appeared on the bottom line, and he was not offside. There was not a single Togolese player within 10 yards of Hao Junmin, and he did not dribble the ball again and opted for a low flat cross. In front of the Togo team, Zhou Haibin, Zhang Yi, Zheng Zhi, and Lei Heng lined up and stretched out their feet. And none of the Togolese players dared to stretch their feet, they were afraid of the responsibility of carrying the own goal, in the chaotic Togolese country, I don't know if those big brothers and warlords who lost money because of gambling will find trouble with the oolong makers. Therefore, when they entered the national team, there were veteran players who warned them not to cause trouble at such times. What happened in Escobar, Colombia is not just happening in Colombia.
In the end, it was Zheng Zhi who touched the ball into the goal, and Togolese goalkeeper No. 16 Agasa had nothing to do with the ball, all he could do was pick it up from the goal.
Zheng Zhi shouted and ran wildly like crazy, he felt that this was the most important moment in his life, as if he had practiced football all his life for this goal. Until he was thrown to the ground by Zhao Xuri, the players of the Chinese team shouted and pressed up one by one, and each of them was very excited.
When the first goal was scored, the game had just started and a lot of the players didn't come back to it, they still felt like they were dreaming. As the game progressed, the Chinese players slowly understood what the opening four minutes of scoring meant to Chinese football, but it was impossible for them to turn around and celebrate. Therefore, Zheng Zhi's goal made up for their regret just now, and with the arrival of the second goal, they became more and more convinced that if this ball was to be won, they would win the first victory of the World Cup for the Chinese team.
In China, the combined ratings of Channel 1 and Channel 5 have solidified at more than 9 percent, and the half-time advertisements of the two channels are sold separately. For CCTV, during the World Cup, every game of the Chinese team is a fat meal. In order to consolidate such ratings, Zhang Bin also sent an invitation to Yang Yi, who was playing with Lu Hai in Germany, and he invited Yang Yi to broadcast the Chinese team's game with Huang Jianxiang and Liu Jianhong. But Yang Yi refused, she just wanted to quietly watch her beloved man in the stands commanding the Chinese team to conquer strong enemies one by one, this is her favorite scene, every time she sees Lu Hai standing in the coach's seat commanding Ruoding, she can make her very excited. She also wants to see her younger brother, the little boy who used to be always protected by herself, is now a real man, and he is protecting the goal of the Chinese team.
For the remainder of the first half, China launched a wave of attacking surge towards the Togolese goal, but Agasa played with great courage and saved three shots from within the woodwork.
At halftime, Lu Hai saw Yan Shiduo in the locker room of the Chinese team, Yan Shiduo was smiling with a red face and talking to Zhang Yi, who came to the locker room first. The players of the Chinese team sat on the stool and took out the splint to receive physiotherapy from the team doctor, while laughing and laughing with each other, and their mentality was very good. Lu Hai just said hello to Yan Shiduo, and watched this harmonious scene silently on the side.
Until the players came on the field, Lu Hai didn't speak, and now there is no need to say anything, the players have adjusted themselves very well.
As the head coach of the most physical team in this World Cup, Lu Hai is not worried about the Togolese turning the tables in the second half. In order to preserve his strength, after Zhang Yi scored the second goal, Lu Hai replaced Zhang Yi and Lei Heng, replaced Li Jinyu and Xu Yunlong, and signaled the team to slow down. Although the next match is six days later, Lu Hai is afraid that the fierce scramble will increase the number of red and yellow cards in China.
The Togolese team took advantage of the Chinese team's slowing down and wanted to score a goal, but Salifu rushed forward with the ball but was broken by Yang Jie cleanly. Yang Jie made a one-foot pass to Shao Jiayi, and in this game, he was banned by Lu Hai for a long pass. The front and back of the Togo team are a little disjointed, when Shao Jiayi got the ball, there were no players from the Togo team nearby, several players in the midfield of the Chinese team played a pass, and before the ball passed to the Togo team's penalty area, Zheng Zhi's long-range shot was saved by Agasa, Li Jinyu appeared in front of the goal like a ghost, and gently pushed the shot into the net. 71 mins 4:0.
This goal was a strong warning, and it also demoralized the few Togolese players, who never organized a decent attack after that, and the Chinese team did not chase after the victory, but played the ball in the backfield.
Huang Jianxiang saw that the Chinese team was downhill in the backfield, and the Togolese team had no desire to grab it. He announced in the broadcast that the Chinese team has achieved the first World Cup victory in the history of the Chinese, and sighed: "Such a backfield pass is not offensive, we all know that there are still two games in the group stage, and Coach Lu Hai does not want to let his players have unnecessary attrition because of a game that has already been won, thus affecting the next game against France and Switzerland." "Let's quietly enjoy the game below, even if it's just a back-to-foot."
The audience in front of the TV did not leave because of the negative game of the Chinese team, and the ratings of the two CCTV channels did not decrease at all.
Online, posts celebrating China's first World Cup win quickly grew. Many fans said, "Why is the Chinese team's backcourt so good-looking?!" ”
The final result of this match was a 4-0 victory for China against Togo.
In the ensuing match between France and Switzerland, the French, who were still unfamiliar with the team, failed to break through the concrete defense of the Swiss. The two teams ended in a 0-0 draw.
After the first round of Group G, the Chinese team ranked first in the group with 3 points and 4 goal difference, France and Switzerland were tied for second place in the group with 1 point and 0 goal difference, and Togo team was at the bottom of the group with 0 points - 4 goal difference.