"CCTV, CCTV, welcome to the Frankfurt World Cup Stadium, I am Huang Jianxiang, who is here today to bring you the match between China and Portugal in the second round of Group D of the World Cup group stage.

The team in Group D is now ranked first by Mexico, Portugal in second place, Angola in third place and China in fourth place.

If Portugal can beat China in this game, then Portugal will qualify early.

After the first defeat to Mexico, the fate of the Chinese team was almost out of their hands.

Unless China can beat Portugal today, they will have any hope of beating Angola in the final round to get six points and qualify from the group.

But the task was too difficult.

It's almost impossible to complete.

China's performance in the last game showed us the full range of gaps between us and our opponents at the World Cup.

Perhaps our expectations of Qin Xiong are too high, which has led some media to demand that Qin Xiong be the savior too harshly.

This makes no sense.

To put it bluntly, putting any player you think is the strongest in the world into the Chinese team to replace Qin Xiong is unlikely to make the Chinese team have a qualitative change in overall strength.

Football is a team sport that relies on the 11 players on the pitch to work together to win the game.

I think Qin Xiong performed very well in the last game, holding back 3 or 4 Mexican defenders for a long time, which is a rare picture in this World Cup, the Mexican team values Qin Xiong's presence and takes action to limit Qin Xiong. This was the success of Mexico's last defensive game.

I think even if it takes Bailey. Maradona was placed in the Chinese team to replace Qin Xiong. It probably won't be better than Qin Xiong.

Today our opponents Portugal are very strong.

They have a group of stars who play in Europe's top leagues and big clubs, and we hope that the Chinese team can cherish the opportunity in the World Cup, and there are really not many opportunities to play against the big European teams.

The Chinese team made some changes in the starting line today, Alihan still uses the 451 formation, but how the specific technical and tactical system works, we still have to observe in the game.

Goalkeeper: Liu Yunfei.

Defenders: Sun Jihai, Xu Yunlong, Li Weifeng. Sun Xiang.

Midfielders: Zhao Junzhe, Zheng Zhi, Qin Xiong, Liu Yi, Shao Jiayi.

Forward: Zhang Pengfei.

We saw that Alihan put Xu Yunlong as the central defender, Zheng Zhi pushed the midfield defensive position, and at the same time removed the striker Li Jinyu, and Zhang Pengfei should be used as the starting single striker, what will be the purpose of such a change? We'll just have to wait and see.

Portugal started 4231.

Goalkeeper: Ricardo.

Defenders: Miguel, Mela. Carvalho, Valente.

Midfielder: Figo. Maniche, Deco, Costinha, Ronaldo.

Striker: Pauletta.

Well, the game starts soon, Portugal will be the first to kick off, let's continue to cheer for the Chinese team, to be able to stand on the World Cup stage, which is an honor in itself! ”

The game began, and the Portuguese team controlled the field with a tepid attitude at the beginning, passing the football smoothly in the midfield, patiently looking for openings in the Chinese team's defense.

Qin Xiong did not actively participate in the defense, but wandered around the midfield, he was more like a shadow striker.

And his teammates behind him actively retreated, compressing the space in the dangerous zone of the goal line.

Compared with the adjustment made in the previous game, Zheng Zhi added the midfield defense.

The Chinese team is actually a three-back midfielder.

With the addition of a back four, the Chinese team had seven players who were absolutely involved in the defense, and then Shao Jiayi was in a balanced state, abandoning a wing attack.

Qin Xiong will be appropriately involved in the midfield counter-attack, but not too involved, he and Zhang Pengfei patiently wait for the backcourt to send opportunities to play the opponent's counterattack.

Portugal were also able to safely push their attacks to the front line, but it was difficult to play a smooth ground pass near the Chinese penalty area.

In the 6th minute of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through Zhao Junzhe on the left side and suddenly changed direction to kill the penalty area next to Zheng Zhi.

There was an exclamation from the stands.

With Ronaldo's technical ability at his feet, it is not difficult for him to break through two Chinese players in a row, but it is difficult for him to make more dribbling changes in the dense defensive area, he belongs to the speed burst type, and he also has a hand for dexterity to change direction, but it is also difficult for him to stick the ball to his feet and change direction continuously without space.

The Portuguese team found that the Chinese team was putting up an iron bucket formation, and the Chinese team's side defense did not pay attention to outside protection, and the Portuguese team continued to deliver crosses, but Pauletta was sandwiched by Li Weifeng and Xu Yunlong, and under the harassment of goalkeeper Liu Yunfei's decisive attack, it was difficult for Pauletta to make a difference in the penalty area.

In the 15th minute of the game, the Chinese team finally got a good chance to counterattack.

Zhao Junzhe received Zheng Zhi's pass and sent the ball directly to the feet of Qin Xiong in the midfield.

Qin Xiong turned to face the midfield defense of Maniche and Costinha, and instantly dreamed back to the trance against Porto two years ago.

In front of the two, Qin Xiong directly picked up the ball and passed the ball from the gap between the two to the front.

Maniche and Costinha suddenly looked back, only to see Zhang Pengfei with his back to answer, he didn't think about turning around at all, but directly returned the ball and passed it to Qin Xiong with the same trajectory.

When Maniche and Costinha turned around again, Qin Xiong strode the ball between the two and kicked it between them, and at the same time burst out with unrivaled speed to break through the defense of the two.

Maniche and Costinha were very unwilling.

It's like being teased!

The exchange of passes between Qin Xiong and Zhang Pengfei interfered with the defensive attention of the two, and also illustrated the offensive routine of the Chinese team.

Zhang Pengfei is a fulcrum, and he is also creating opportunities for Qin Xiong!

When Qin Xiong broke through Portugal's back line, Portugal's back line adjustment was also underway.

Parallel standing is definitely not going to work.

Miguel and Mela guarded Zhang Pengfei, Carvalho sat in the area of Qin Xiong's impact in front of him, and Valente rushed diagonally from the full-back position to intercept Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong knew that the more he moved forward, the smaller the space would be.

When Valente rushed, he stopped his dribbling rhythm, and then suddenly pulled the ball diagonally when Valente also stopped urgently, and he had already seen the goal on the line of the big penalty area, Carvalho did not dare to rush up to grab it, for fear that Qin Xiong would break through.

He stuck the area where Qin Xiong was walking to the middle, and if Qin Xiong hesitated, Costinha and Maniche behind him, as well as Valente behind him, would harass and intercept him at close range.

Qin Xiong decisively volleyed, although he saw the goal, but the angle was not good, he could only hit the near corner, aiming at the upper right corner of the goal, and the volleyed football flew into the stands on the outside of the post.

There was also an exclamation at the scene.

Qin Xiong turned around and walked towards the midfield without changing his face. (To be continued......)