Chapter 10 The strength of the Chinese team
The next day, Mexico played Brazil, and many expected Brazil to get off to the opener, but Mexico played very well in the game, drawing 1-1 with Brazil after 90 minutes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After the game, the media sighed, "E formed the most suspenseful group in the World Cup." ”
Both teams, Brazil and the Netherlands, did not win, with Brazil taking a point and the Netherlands losing outright, with China topping the group with three points, Brazil and Mexico tied for second place, and the Netherlands bottoming the table with zero points.
The form is very good for the Chinese team.
But Wansheng reminded all the players, "Don't think that the form is good for us, you can relax!" It only takes one round, for example, if we lose to Mexico, then Mexico will be the top of the group, Brazil and the Netherlands will also have a team to catch up with us, and then we will only be left to fight Brazil in the last round, what do you think are the chances? ”
That will undoubtedly become very bad for the Chinese team.
"So all we have to do is win the second game and make sure we qualify from the group!"
Then the Chinese team began to prepare.
In the process of preparation, the most important thing is to practice tactics, and player training is not necessary, and the player's personal ability can not be improved through a few days of training.
The Chinese team has made a lot of preparations for the second group stage, just watching Mexico's last game, watching it three times in a row, and they need to get to know the American opponent through the game video.
Finally, the day of the competition came.
At the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Group E ushered in the second leg.
The game had just begun, and the two teams were free to fight fiercely, and the constant conversion of possession also made the game very exciting.
There was a lot of attention to this game.
The Chinese team is not the favorite of the World Cup, so only the Chinese media and fans who cared about the Chinese team before, but because the Chinese team defeated the Netherlands in the first leg, the attention in the world has increased a lot, they are the first in Group E, and this win against Mexico can announce the group qualification in advance.
When the attention increases, the media that broadcasts the game live also increases, there is a Spanish media, live broadcast the game between China and Mexico, the commentator Fernandos is an absolute supporter of Atletico Madrid, the head coach of the Chinese team, Wan Sheng and striker Wang Qiuming, are the objects of his support, so his commentary is a little biased towards the Chinese team, but at the beginning of the game, it is difficult to see anything, and he can only talk about the performance of the Chinese team, "Judging from the opening of the game, the performance of the Chinese team is much stronger than the previous game, They played with Mexico both offensively and defensively, and the game was very intense, which was the Chinese team brought out by Wansheng, and it also became a very strong team. ”
"To be honest, if the Chinese team hadn't entered the World Cup, I thought China wouldn't have a football team...... But now I'm looking forward to seeing the Chinese team play, Wan Sheng has been away from Madrid for five years and the fans miss him a lot......"
Mexico will also have a lot of pressure and they will be looking to win.
Mexico's head coach is Herrera, and he hopes to lead the team to the round of 16 in this World Cup.
This is the goal given by the Mexican Football Federation.
However, even ordinary Mexican fans know that this goal is not easy to achieve, because Group E has Brazil and the Netherlands, Mexico is good in the Americas, and beat the United States team in the World Cup qualifiers, but it is nothing to get the world.
In this case, Herrera can only try to lead the team and strive to create a miracle.
The first round is the beginning of a miracle.
Mexico drew with Brazil and managed to get one point, and China's defeat to the Netherlands was also a surprise, which means that the Netherlands may no longer be an opponent.
The Netherlands lost to Brazil again, and without points in two rounds, it was equivalent to being eliminated early.
As long as Mexico can win against China, they will be able to accumulate four points, and by tomorrow, if the Netherlands lose to Brazil, they can even declare qualification early – because it will be difficult for China to beat or draw against Brazil.
That's what Mexico is going to do.
So this game is also very important for Mexico, they have to work hard to beat the Chinese team.
At the beginning of the game, Herrera was annoyed by the atmosphere of the scene, most of the fans supported the Chinese team, a large number of Chinese fans, it seems that China's economic development is good, there are so many fans who can come to Russia to support their team, in addition, many local Russian fans are also shouting to support the Chinese team, is it because of the so-called 'Sino-Russian friendship'?
Herrera couldn't figure it out, but the scene did become the home of the Chinese team, which was not good for Mexico, and he only hoped that the players would not be affected by the shouts of the fans.
However, it is difficult......
Whenever a Mexican player gets the ball, there is an international 'boo' from the audience, but it means that the fans don't want to see Mexico perform well, and the Chinese team gets the opposite, and the fans will have a huge cheer, as if the Chinese team has completed the goal.
"Bastard!"
Herrera glanced at the surrounding stands, and scolded angrily in dissatisfaction, it seems that because of the cheering of the fans, the Chinese team's performance is not worse than Mexico's, from the opening to the present, in just ten minutes, the Chinese team has created two threats.
Coach's seat of the Chinese team.
Wan Sheng was quite satisfied with the game, in fact, the Chinese team did not adjust its tactics in this game, and the starters were changed by two, but the tactics were still the same as the Netherlands.
The main difference is in the opponents.
The Dutch team is undoubtedly very strong, Mexico is relatively poor, and the Chinese team has been solid defensively, but Mexico's constant mistakes have given them more opportunities to attack.
As a result, the Chinese team's conservative defensive counterattack style seems to be evenly matched with Mexico.
The game in front of us proved that the players were playing very well.
The reporters in the media seat were very surprised by the situation of the game, in their minds, the Chinese team must be worse than Mexico, how can it be like this, but the game is like this, they can only complain about Mexico's dismal performance.
Wansheng makes the team play tough and play efficiency.
When the opponent does not perform well, the Chinese team performs quite well.
This situation seems to be balanced, but it is actually quite beneficial to the Chinese team.
Herrera didn't know what Wan Sheng was thinking.
In his opinion, if the two teams attack and defend each other, and Mexico does not fall behind even if they play a little poorly, then the chances of the two teams are equal, and as the game time passes, the players will definitely play better and better, and Mexico will have an advantage at that time.
Both managers have confidence in their teams, and who is the right one depends on the performance of the players on the field.
It's been 20 minutes since the game.
After 20 minutes of fierce scramble, the players of both teams have entered the state, and the cooperation between each other has been played, the intensity of the confrontation has also increased, and the game has become more intense.
Wang Qiuming stood at the front of the Chinese team's formation, and his mind kept echoing the words Wansheng said, "We have to play more resolutely, and shoot when we have the chance!" Don't hesitate, it's okay if we don't score in a row, I believe we are much more efficient than our opponents! ”
This is Wansheng's advice.
Wang Qiuming has great trust in Wansheng, and he also knows that the tactics explained by Wansheng are to use the number of shots to find goals, as long as a goal can be scored, the game will be very beneficial to the team.
Wang Qiuming is undoubtedly a very tightly defended player, he often has to face the entanglement of opponents, Mexico attaches more importance to the defense of Wang Qiuming than the Netherlands, Wang Qiuming wants to find a good shooting opportunity is not easy, there have been two times before, he was improvised to shoot, the shot did not threaten the opponent's goal, but after all, there was a shot, and it was better than being robbed of the ball by the opponent.
This time Wang Qiuming continued to dribble the ball on his own and suddenly started to shake off Carlos Vela.
After completing the breakthrough, Wang Qiuming met the opposing central defender Marquis.
Marquez was a fixture in Mexico's defence, making his international debut in 1997 at the age of 18 against Ecuador, although he was not selected for the 1998 World Cup in France.
At the beginning of 1999, Marquis played with Mexico in the Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong, China, and his goal against Egypt helped Mexico win 1-0, which was also his first goal for the national team, and it was also the same year that Marquis won the FIFA Confederations Cup.
In the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the 23-year-old Marquis not only played the main team but also wore the captain's armband, he played all the games of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups for Mexico, and in the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup, his goal once helped Mexico lead Argentina 1-0, but Mexico still lost that game 1-2 and missed the quarterfinals.
In the qualifiers for this World Cup, Marques only made 7 appearances for Mexico due to injury, but when the World Cup was launched, Marques was still the core of the defense.
It's incredible to look at how old he has been with the Mexican national team – 39 years old and 21 years of service!
21 years of national team career!
That's probably the age at which some young players enter the national team, and Marques is good enough to be their father or uncle, and such a player, even if he is older, is definitely not easy to deal with.
Seeing Marquis rushing over to defend, Wang Qiuming still chose to hand over the ball to his teammates, and Wu Lei on his heels received a pass, Wu Lei hesitated to continue the pass, and heard Wang Qiuming shouting, "Shoot!" Don't hesitate! ”
Wu Lei suddenly picked up his right foot and kicked it in the direction of the goal.
"Bang!"
The football smashed on Duinas's leg and bounced out of bounds, and the Chinese team was about to punish the sideline ball, Wang Qiuming took the opportunity to run over and said to Wu Lei, "The boss said, shoot when you have a chance, don't hesitate, you just listen to the boss." ”
Wu Lei nodded busily.
The shot just now did not pose a threat, but Wu Lei still felt very happy, because he played hard enough, if he didn't kick on the opposing player, he might have caused a threat, and maybe even be able to complete the goal.
After the Chinese team sent the sideline ball, the football passed two or three times, and it went to the feet of Wang Qiuming.
Wang Qiuming stood up to the defense of the two, constantly changing directions left and right to dribble the ball.
The continuous shaking made it difficult for the Mexican defenders to judge, and as a result, Wang Qiuming brought the ball all the way to the penalty line and then shot directly at the goal.
The soccer ball passed under the feet of a Mexican player!
Mexico goalkeeper Talavera did well and managed to save the ball off the line.
The offensive was no less threatening.
The Chinese team got a chance to kick the ball, Wu Lei ran over to take the penalty, and Mexico blocked the small penalty area very tightly, but Yu Xiaobao, who had good header ability, still grazed the ball to the far corner with his head.
"Good shot!"
"Are you in!"
Under the camera lens, you can see that the football is flying out of the baseline against the post.
"It's a pity!"
"Yu Xiaobao's header just now was very powerful, but unfortunately it was just a little bit short, and Mexico escaped!"
"During this time, the Chinese team launched continuous attacks, long-range shots, headers, and various methods were used, and Mexico was overwhelmed for a while, and the Chinese team's performance was quite good."
"So far, it seems like it's just a goal!"
"It can be seen that the Chinese team coached by Wansheng is indeed much stronger than before, and when playing against Mexico, I can't see the 'soft' at all, but I feel that the Chinese team is stronger......"