Chapter 15: Quick Goals!
Wales are coached by Chris Coleman, who has managed Fulham, Swansea City, Real Sociedad, Coventry City and Larissa, before becoming the Welsh national team manager in 2012 when Coleman, who was eyed by the Welsh Football Association. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Coleman has been leading Wales for six years now, Wales can grow rapidly, and Coleman's ability is inseparable, he successfully employs people, and leads the team to win a game, so that Wales successfully impact the World Cup, and become a second-tier team.
Now Coleman has led Wales to qualify from the group, which is also quite gratifying for Wales, in history, Wales only achieved a World Cup result, back in 1958, when they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, more than half a century later, they have long forgotten the feeling of World Cup glory.
Now the Welsh fans are feeling it again.
Some fans were in tears, especially those over 70 years old, who lived a long time, but the memory of Wales' World Cup results can be traced back to childhood.
After qualifying from the World Cup group, Wales also celebrated on a considerable scale, as if they wanted to win the title.
Now against China, Wales will also be hoping to win the game and reach the quarter-finals, where they will be able to equalling their all-time best and aiming to set a new team record.
Wales also feel lucky to be able to stagger Brazil in the round of 16 and meet China, they are a little lucky to lose to Spain in the group stage, otherwise their chances of meeting Brazil will be very slim.
Although the data released by FIFA shows that the Welsh national team has entered the top 10, Brazil is still in the top five on the list, and Brazil's results have never been bad.
The Chinese team is different!
The football history of the Chinese team is even worse than that of Wales, they have only entered the World Cup once, and have not scored a goal, this time the Chinese team performed well, and it can only be said that it is a 'dark horse', this kind of dark horse team, often the performance will not be very stable, and it can indeed play very well when it is excellent, but the Chinese team can enter the top 16, it should be satisfied, right? And no matter how you think about it, the Chinese team can't have much strength - despite the fact that they beat the Netherlands and Mexico in the group.
So the Welshman shouted the slogan 'Fight for the quarter-finals'.
Wales head coach Coleman also expressed his decision at the press conference, "The Chinese team played the best result in history, they qualified as the first in the group, but we are not bad, our players and fans, are fully prepared for the game, we believe that the final winner will be Wales, because we have more fighting spirit and confidence, we are more decisive, and importantly, we are stronger!" ”
After that, Coleman pointed out the key to the game, "I have seen the Chinese team in three games, and they are all tough, and this is precisely our advantage, ours will play more resolute and tougher than them!" ”
In the face of such sharp words, Wan Sheng did not respond, he just let the team prepare for the game, and more media analysis from the outside world still values Wales more, one is that Wales is strong, there are many stars in the lineup, and the other is that Coleman is right, Wales and England have similar styles, they are both teams with more body than technology, and they are not afraid of the tough play style of the Chinese team.
The Welsh media even used, "Wales is the nemesis of the Chinese team to cover the game." ”
The public opinion before the game was one-sided, all thought that Wales would win, and even some Chinese media believed that the Chinese team had made history by reaching the top 16, and Wan Sheng had also overfulfilled the task of leading the team as the head coach, and the Chinese team lost to Wales It was nothing, and they were still triumphant heroes when they returned to China.
Under such public opinion, the World Cup ushered in the fifth match of the round of 16 knockout round - China VS Wales.
The match between the two teams was played at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow.
Two days before the game, the Chinese team came to Moscow, with the friendly relationship with the organizers, they had entered the adaptation venue in advance the day before, so when warming up, the players were not too unfamiliar, and Wansheng also hoped that adapting in advance could make the players play better.
There are still more Chinese fans in the scene, which may also have something to do with the strange country of the United Kingdom, although Wales is also part of the United Kingdom, but England fans will not come to the scene to support Wales, they don't think that the two are the same country, and there are few fans from Wales.
It has to do with the population of Wales, with a population of more than three million in total, and it would be nice to have one thousandth of a fan force to come.
China is different, supported by a huge figure of 1.4 billion, even if only 1 in 10,000 people comes, it is a considerable number, and there are very many Chinese fans on the scene, nearly 20,000, which is about the same number as the local fans in Moscow.
This is also related to the 'ability' of the Chinese.
FIFA is impossible to distribute 20,000 tickets to Chinese fans, according to normal rules, fans on both sides only have 10,000 tickets, the excess will be allocated to local fans, unless the tickets cannot be sold, will consider adding additional tickets to one side, but the Chinese have always been smart, at the beginning of ticket sales, there are already a small number of people, has bought a large number of tickets for each game, and is ready to resell on the Internet, if the Chinese team can not get out of the line, they will sell to foreign fans, If the Chinese team can qualify, they will be sold to Chinese fans.
This trick is very distressing for the Russian government, but they actually like it, because it will make the tickets sell better, so they don't have to be too picketed, and eventually the number of Chinese fans will increase significantly.
When the news was revealed by the media, many Welsh fans protested, and some national fans joined in.
But...... Completely useless!
At least until the end of the World Cup, this case cannot be investigated, and even if it is investigated, it is actually a small economic case, and it is not a big deal at all.
The dissatisfaction of the Welsh fans can only be held in their hearts.
As a result, some media sighed sourly, "China's football level is average, but the number of their fans is really eye-catching." ”
The stadium was full of voices supporting the Chinese team, and the whole stadium was about to become the home of the Chinese team, but the belief of the Welsh fans was strong, and they were convinced that the team would win.
The number of Chinese fans has also become Coleman's means of motivating the team, "See? There are Chinese fans outside, we are almost away from home, but we just want to be in such a stadium and tell the Chinese fans that we are much stronger than the Chinese team! ”
Finally, the race begins.
The Welsh players are determined to attack, they are really good, and many people are expecting Wales to perform.
In the group stage, Wales won two games, both won very strongly, the opponent did not have many chances, and Spain in the game, Wales' performance was not bad at all, although the situation was suppressed by Spain, but many media believe that it is related to the style of play of the two sides, Wales and England are similar, and the technical team will inevitably fall into the disadvantage in the situation.
Now against the Chinese team, Wales is much stronger.
At the beginning of the game, they played very cautiously, and after the football was passed to the front, it was quickly passed back, and they heard that the Chinese team was tough in defense, so in terms of attack, it was more stable.
Next, they used continuous cooperation in order to move forward, but the Chinese team was very dense in defense, and Wales was careless, and the football was still stopped at the back.
The Chinese team began to launch an offensive.
The Chinese team was not too cautious, between two or three foot passes, the football crossed the middle line, to the side at the feet of Yu Xiaobao, Yu Xiaobao took the ball forward, and after encountering a block, the cross was transferred to Wang Qiuming.
The ball was kicked a little off, and it was cut off halfway.
In the Welsh team, Ramsey, who plays for Arsenal in the Premier League, was about to chase the ball forward, but at this time, Zhang Xiuwei stepped back and controlled the ball first, then shook off Ramsey and stabbed the ball forward.
Wang Qiuming received a pass!
Between these few feet, the speed of the ball conversion was too fast, and before the Welsh defense could react in time, Wang Qiuming had already dribbled the ball to the penalty area line.
"Attention!"
"Stop him!"
The Welsh players realized the danger and hurriedly exclaimed, but at the same time, Wang Qiuming had already kicked the first shot on goal.
"Bang!"
The ball rises from the grass and heads straight to the right side of the goal!
Williams, in front of the Welsh goal, didn't expect the shot to come so quickly, he just saw his teammates make a steal, it didn't take long, why did the opponent shoot?
His vision was blocked by the opposition, and his reaction was half a beat slower, and by the time he made the save, the ball had already flown into the goal.
The number on the scoreboard became "1:0" and the Chinese team took the lead.
At this point, it was only two minutes into the game.
Williams looked at the goal in the door in a daze, his face full of disbelief, they vowed to win before the game, why did the opponent score so quickly?
The rest of the Welsh players were stunned.
The only thing that was not stunned was the Chinese fans, the stadium that was noisy just now because of the beginning of the game was instantly filled with huge cheers, and the Chinese fans in the stadium celebrated the goal with a huge surprise.
Wang Qiuming also wanted to run back excitedly, hugging and celebrating with his teammates.
"Oh - the ball is in!"
The commentators of China Central TV were stunned for a moment, he was still introducing the starting lineups of the two sides just now, and was saying that the Chinese team changed two players compared to the last game, and the Welsh pair came up and sent a general, and the picture turned again, and the score became 1-0?
"It's really in!"
"Wang Qiuming! He helped the Chinese team score the first goal! The score became 1-0! ”
The commentator's shout was a bit late, but every fan could understand it, because they didn't expect the goal to come so quickly!
They still think it's a dream!