(Cat flutter Chinese) Zhao Yaning also analyzed this question before the game: How much stronger is Ukraine's strength than the Chinese team?

Although they have a world ranking of fifteenth for reference, but the fifteenth in the world must be overestimating Ukraine - such a thing as a world ranking, after all, is not very reliable.

Ukraine's strength, if you have to make a comparison, Zhao Yaning feels that as a country of the former Soviet Union, they should be lower than Russia, which did not reach the World Cup finals.

If the Chinese team with Zhao Yaning is a third-rate team in the world, then compared with the Ukrainian and Chinese teams, even if they are stronger, they are only the upper half of the stronger at most, between the second-rate and third-rate. Of course, Zhao Yaning's habit of dividing the bracket is that the first gear is the level that is likely to win the championship, the second gear is the level that is likely to enter the top four, and the third gear is the group qualifying level - he is not interested, and then divide the top eight and the top sixteen.

Although Ukraine is good, their strength, not to mention that compared with Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina and other countries in the first gear, it is also slightly worse than second-rate teams such as Mexico, England, Portugal, and Cameroon. It is estimated that they are more excited than China to see that they are facing the Chinese team, and they are even more excited than China is going to face them, maybe at this time, they are still cheering.

However, Zhao Yaning also relaxed his mentality at this time: now, the Chinese team is the only one left among the Asian teams, and the other national teams are all out of the group stage, and without exception, they are out of the bottom of the competition. The Chinese team was able to come this far, and the pressure on Zhao Yaning was gone. In the following games, if you win, you will be earned, and it doesn't matter if you lose.

At this time, the domestic media still have very high hopes for this game, after all, Zhao Yaning has shown a very good state in the previous games, whether it is technical or physical condition, he has adjusted to the best, and he is obviously prepared for this World Cup. And was able to squeeze out the French team and win the first place in the group, and the opponent in the knockout round changed from Spain to Ukraine, and the morale of the Chinese team has also reached its peak.

"As long as Zhao Yaning can insist on playing his high level, he will be able to successfully lead the Chinese team to the quarterfinals! Although Ukraine has Shepchenko, Shepchenko's age is old after all, and after experiencing the match-fixing case, Shepchenko's current state will definitely be affected, and at this time, it is a great opportunity for Zhao Yanin to defeat Shepchenko. In 05, Zhao Yaning has already failed Shepchenko once, and this time, Zhao Yaning will definitely make Shepchenko uncomfortable! ”

The attitude of the Chinese media is optimistic, while the European media, for the most part, think that it is difficult to judge who will win this match.

"If you look at it from the perspective of comprehensive strength, Shepchenko's Ukraine is naturally a cut higher. But if you look at your personal state, Zhao Yaning's state in this World Cup is really outstanding. The goal against France was absolutely great, with Patrick Vieira, Claude Makelele, Sagnol, Thuram, Abidal, Barthez – a goal from a backline that was clearly one of the few highlights of the tournament. And later, against Switzerland, the grabbing point in the penalty area was even more stunning, such speed, such explosiveness, absolutely rare in football history. Zhao Yaning's state is too good, four goals in three games, such a state is rare, the existence of such a player is enough to make a weak team extremely threatening, whether the Ukrainians can defend Zhao Yaning, will be the key to determining the outcome of the game. ”

In the sixteen-in-eight game, except for the Netherlands and Portugal, France and Spain, there is nothing that can be called a strong matchup, therefore, it is this pair of games that can be called two weak games that have attracted a lot of attention: both teams are called one team by the media, and in this World Cup, Ukraine entered the knockout round for the first time, and the Chinese team also advanced to the knockout round for the first time, Zhao Yaning and Shepchenko's outstanding performance ensured the results of their respective teams, and they are now met, It is also extremely eye-catching.

And at the beginning of the game, as the whistle blew, Zhao Yaning immediately felt that this was the case: Ukraine's strength, when facing the Chinese team, did not have an overwhelming advantage.

Their best thing is a pair of strikers in their forward line. Shepchenko, of course, needless to say, and Voronin is also quite a good striker. Milan is a strong team, and Bremen is also a strong team in the Bundesliga. The two of them are here, and Ukraine's strength is naturally overlooked.

And the Chinese team did not dare to relax at all for the two of them. In this game, the Chinese team did not have the same slack as it did against Togo. They are almost playing with the momentum of the French team, and it is difficult for Ukraine to carve out a hole in the Chinese team for a while.

This is also in line with the impression that both teams are actually lewd, and that they were able to advance more on the basis of their defensive solidity and the individual brilliance of their stars up front. What they are used to is not to play goals with the enemy, but more to win by one goal.

But it's also a good game: everyone wants to see whose star is more dazzling.

This is exactly what Zhao Yaning wanted. What he wants is how to play a game like this with few goals. After all, when playing against a strong team, what Zhao Yaning needs to do is almost to break through the opponent's entire defense line alone, if it can be successful once or twice, Zhao Yaning has this confidence, but if it is a big score game, ten times in a row and eight times, Zhao Yaning does not believe that he can do it.

But Ukraine's defense is really good, and to be able to stand out from Europe, the most difficult part of the World Cup, it is clear that one Shepchenko alone is not enough. Zhao Yaning tried to break through twice, but the opponent's defense was very tight, and there was a lack of teammates around him who could open up space or do passing cooperation, so he tried twice in a row, but he couldn't succeed. Although Zhao Yaning now has superhuman ability and awareness, the other party also has the consciousness of a turtle: they are firmly in the backfield, and the number of people deployed near the penalty area has always exceeded five, and what Zhao Yaning needs is to bring it all the way over the half, and this kind of kicking is unlikely to be killed. Playing a thousand miles away again against France? Zhao Yaning believes that if he dares to do that, the other party will dare to put him down if he fights the red card.

Throughout the first half of the game, Zhao Yaning did not find a suitable opportunity, Ukraine played very steadily, and their style of football is what Zhao Yaning is most afraid of now.

But soon, at the beginning of the second half of the game, Zhao Yaning found that the style of their game had changed.

"It seems that now, Ukraine wants to attack."

The Ukrainian team, by this time, had already come out, and after a few simple passes, they easily kicked the ball through the half. This move made Zhao Yaning also a little excited, and he began to carefully observe the opponent's backcourt area.

He didn't go to defense, and he knew that what he had to do was not to be involved in defense, but to prepare for the attack.

On the front court, Daewoo started this game, his state has not been very good, these games have been a little poor, Zhao Yaning does not expect much from him. But in the backfield, the Chinese team is already the strongest strength, and Zhao Yaning's only idea now is to let them find a way to pass the ball to themselves, so that they can play a decent attack.

Shepchenko got the ball up front at this time. He was caught between Zhao Junzhe and Li Datou at the same time. He tried to break through to Li Datou, but Li Datou grabbed his jersey and prevented him from succeeding. Shepchenko could have chosen to fall at this time, but he still thought that he would score a goal by his own strength.

He tried to shake off Li Datou's entanglement, dodged half of his body, and then kicked the ball towards the goal.

Du Wei blocked it. After he took the ball down, he kicked it straight to the front. Zhao Yaning immediately rushed up, the ball fell badly, but Zhao Yaning still grabbed the first point, and then, one step faster, rushed directly to the backcourt of the Ukrainian team.

"Zhao Yaning got the ball! Zhao Yaning started a high-speed impact! He rushed very fast! ”

Zhao Yaning was running with all his strength at this time, there were three players near the opponent's penalty area, there were not many people, but the position was very good. They choked Zhao Yaning's internal line, forcing Zhao Yaning to run to the bottom line.

And at this time, Daewoo appeared in front of the goal. There was almost no one around him to defend and apart from the goalkeeper who put some energy on him and the defenders let him go.

What should I do?

Zhao Yaning still chose to pass.

His position was so bad, he was almost forced to the bottom line, at a zero degree angle, and in such a position, it was too difficult to shoot. Daewoo's position, however, is less than ten meters in front of the goal, and in such a place, he has a great chance.

Although there are doubts about Daewoo's form, at this time, handing the ball to Daewoo is the best choice as a professional player.

Kick and pass!

Zhao Yaning's shot feint obviously deceived the defender very well, and when he retracted his foot, he gently pushed the ball with his right foot and pushed the ball out of the gap. This pass was hidden enough, the defenders didn't have time to react, even the goalkeeper missed the ball, and when Daewoo received the ball at the back of the goal, it was already open in front of him.

Kick and shoot!

With a huge cheer, Zhao Yaning saw that Daewoo shot in the face of the empty goal and kicked the ball into the net. This is the best opportunity since the opening, Zhao Yaning did not choose the wrong person to trust, Daewoo scored this goal, and the Chinese team took a 1-0 lead!

"Daewoo has scored a great opportunity! We can see that he faced almost an empty goal, and scored the first goal for the Chinese team with a very good mentality! The Chinese team is now leading 1-0, and the Chinese team is ahead of Ukraine! ”

Daewoo held his head high and shouted around. Zhao Yaning also smiled: he didn't expect that this goal could be scored. But the moment he actually saw the ball go into the net, he was extremely excited.

At least I've proven that they can reciprocate if I help them and have faith in them. The fact that I was able to feed them was a huge help to myself. Now, let me see if we can win this game! Cat flutter Chinese