Chapter 215 China's first goal in the World Cup! "It's not that Ecuador is really that strong. In terms of absolute strength, they are definitely not as good as the Brazilian team four years ago. But when we faced Brazil back then, didn't we also play back and forth in the first half?" Inside the CCTV studio, two commentators reviewed the goal that had just been lost while counseling the Chinese football fans who were disappointed that their opponents had taken the lead early on. Although it was just a friendly match, it attracted a large number of fans. Especially when fans know that Ecuador is probably the only team that the Chinese national team has a chance to defeat among the next four opponents, they are all looking forward to the Chinese national team getting off to a good start against Ecuador. At this time, things went against our wishes, and the feeling of disappointment naturally and inevitably affected everyone. "Yes, it all depends on the attitude towards the game and the team's desire to win!" Huang Jianxiang saw Zhang Lu started this topic, so he took it over and continued: "Ecuador is really treating this game as if it were a World Cup match, but we seem to still treat it as a friendly match. To be honest, we are not as good as Ecuador in terms of attitude towards the game!" There is a classic question in football: Is the Champions League final of a higher level than the World Cup final? The answer is actually no! Because the intensity of the World Cup does not lie in the lineup or the playing style, but in the high intensity, fast pace and strong confrontation. When professional players play for their club, they are working for the club.
In this case, it naturally depends on how much money you make and how much effort you put in. At most, when it comes to a championship battle, you will try your best for your personal honor or a better future. Of course you can believe in the professional ethics of professional players. They will not take money without working hard. But expecting them to work harder is wishful thinking. For specific situations, please refer to the contemporary slacking workers! So it seems that the Champions League is very fierce, intense and exciting. But is this really the limit for these players on the field? not necessarily! How can we push these players to their limits? The answer is simple, just let them play in the World Cup! The three words "World Cup" seem to have some kind of magic that attracts countless players, even the top players in the football world, to flock to it. In order to play in the World Cup, some players insist on playing even with minor injuries. If they cannot play, they will even be forced to get injections. They are willing to play even if it means ruining their own careers. There is absolutely no rationality at all. There are also some players who conserve their energy in the club on weekdays and perform well in one game and then poorly in another, but once they arrive at the World Cup stage, they immediately become full of energy and play in an unstoppable manner. A typical example is Zidane in the 06 World Cup. Zidane's performance in Real Madrid in the 05-06 season was already very unstable, but everyone has seen his performance in the French national team this summer. If Zidane had performed like he did in the World Cup in every game for Real Madrid, Real Madrid's record this season wouldn't be so bad! In fact, the Ecuadorian players on the field have already shown the attitude to deal with the World Cup and are really treating this game as the World Cup, but the Chinese team seems to have not yet entered the state. There was a big gap in the two sides' investment in the game. The Chinese team was not as strong as the opponent, and faced with the opponent's serious and aggressive attitude, they were naturally unable to withstand the attack. But as long as the Chinese team can recognize this problem and get into the World Cup state as soon as possible, they may not have no chance to compete with the opponent. "Everyone cheer up and concentrate!" "Run, don't walk, keep up with the opponent's pace!"
"Press forward in the midfield and don't let the opponent have space to dribble the ball!" Zhu Guanghu has been shouting at the players on the sidelines during this period. Although he did not think too much about it, he could clearly see that there was a difference in the speed or rhythm of the game between the two players. The opponent played at a faster pace, and they played in a very methodical manner, whether it was counterattacking on the spot, or counterattacking and fast breaking after getting the ball. The Chinese national team's performance was a little messy, and the players were obviously not playing very rigorously. This is the main reason why the Chinese national football team has always been in a passive position. To solve this problem, we must make the cooperation as compact as possible, reduce mistakes, and avoid giving the opponent any chances. The best solution he could think of was to ask the players to speed up on their own initiative by shouting at them. But in fact, there is another more direct way, which is to let the metronome responsible for controlling the rhythm of the game in the team actively speed up! And Lin Feng had already done this without Zhu Guanghu's order! After the game resumed, the pace of the Chinese national football team also quietly accelerated. The pressure brought by the score deficit and the increase in the passiveness of the Chinese national team caused by the opponent's fast-paced play have forced the Chinese national team to play faster. In the 34th minute, the two sides started a fierce fight in the midfield. After being lost, regained, lost again, and regained again, the ball finally returned to the Chinese national team. The continuous counter-attacks and ball losses disrupted the rhythm of both sides and attracted nearby players. Therefore, when the ball returned to the Chinese team, Lin Feng immediately found an opportunity in the frontcourt. He avoided the center, took a few steps to the side along the flank area, then broke away horizontally and made a long pass to the other side. The ball was transferred very beautifully. Influenced by Lin Feng's move to the wing just now, the opponent's formation as a whole was closer to the right side, and the other side was slightly empty. This means that Chinese players attacking from the weak side will have a lot of space to exploit. Lin Feng's teammates did not disappoint him. Xu Yunlong ran down the field at high speed, received the pass from Lin Feng, accelerated a few steps, and after slightly distanced himself from the defensive player, he kicked the ball decisively and passed it into the penalty area. Han Peng stopped the ball with his chest, but before he could shoot, the ball was blocked by the opposing defender. The regrets of the Chinese football fans were heard again in the stands. The ball was actually played very well, but the opponent's reaction speed was also incredibly fast. If this was a domestic league, most teams would be stunned by Lin Feng's unexpected large-scale pass just now. However, Ecuador was able to resolve the Chinese national team's attack at the last moment thanks to the players' highly concentrated attention and quick on-the-spot reaction ability. Fortunately, the opponent's clearance gave the Chinese national team a corner kick, and the team's offensive round was not over yet. Seeing the Chinese national team get a corner kick, all Chinese fans couldn't help but feel excited. As fans who often watch Lin Feng play football, they know too well the boy's imagination in set-piece tactics. If Lin Feng brings Inter Milan's set-piece tactics to the national team, it will be something to watch! However, the national team training time is too short. In such a short time, is there really a chance for him to practice his set-piece tactics? Thinking of this, the fans were both excited and a little nervous. Lin Feng really came to the corner area. He stepped back a few steps, stretched out his right hand, and made a gesture. Just by seeing this gesture, many viewers at the scene and in front of the TV felt that it was safe.
I don’t know why, but it just has this magical power. After seeing Lin Feng's gesture, the Chinese national football players on the field immediately started their tug of war. Screen when you screen, run when you run, pull when you pull, pick and roll when you pick and roll. In an instant, the restricted area was in chaos. The opponent obviously did not expect this situation to happen. The Chinese national team's set piece was originally static, and they only needed to do static defense, but now it has become dynamic. It is really too difficult to keep an eye on every moving target, and it is simply impossible to handle it! Therefore, in a hurry, they chose to guard the targets that posed the greatest threat. Han Peng received special attention from the opponent because of his air overlord attribute. But when Lin Feng kicked the ball out, the Ecuadorian people were dumbfounded. This ball was not aimed at Han Peng at all, but at Li Jinyu, who was only meters tall! Li Jinyu rushed out from the side and when he rushed to the front of the goal, the ball just spun above his head. He didn't need to exert much strength, he just needed to change the direction of the ball and use the force to easily head the ball into the goal. The goalkeeper had no way to deal with this ball, because he didn't expect that it would be Li Jinyu who would score the goal! The score became 1:1, and the Chinese national team equalized the score in the 36th minute of the first half. The moment the Chinese team scored, the Tivoli Stadium was filled with excited cheers and applause. Although this game received relatively little attention in Germany and Europe, it still attracted many overseas Chinese working and studying in Europe to watch. Including some die-hard fans who made the special trip to accompany the team, the number of Chinese fans at the scene was almost over 4000. Although it is not enough to fill the entire stadium, it is still enough to fill part of the stands. In the empty stadium, the noise created by more than 4,000 people was still quite loud. The opponents only felt irritated and harsh after hearing it, but the players of the Chinese national team felt extremely excited. After scoring the goal, Li Jinyu ran to the stands where Chinese fans gathered and slid on his knees to celebrate. In response, he received enthusiastic cheers from the fans. "Li Jinyu, you are awesome!" “The best striker in Asia!” "another one!" Li Jinyu was very excited. He missed the 02 World Cup because there were too many big names in the team at that time. He was just a nobody and could not be assigned a role at all. As a result, after waiting for four years, we finally made it, but we couldn't play in the World Cup because the Chinese national football team lost in the World Cup qualifiers. This made him so depressed! Fortunately, there is such a game that can make the outside world remember his name, it's worth it! At the same time, on major domestic forums and BBS, the moment Li Jinyu scored, fans also celebrated the New Year collectively! "666, the Chinese national football team actually scored a goal!" "Too amazing, it has to be Lin Feng. This guy's set-piece is simply a causal weapon, the lethality is too strong!" "Haha, I think we can practice more set pieces in the future. If conventional tactics really can't open up the situation, we can use set pieces to find opportunities. After all, isn't that how we got through when we faced the Southeast Asian team?"
"Now that you mention it, I feel a little sympathetic towards those Southeast Asian teams. Every time they encounter the Chinese national football team, which has a height advantage, they are always bombarded from high altitudes!" "How can we blame anyone? We can only blame themselves for being short. Can't we use our height advantage? Besides, when we met European teams, we were also at a disadvantage when defending high balls. No one has an advantage over anyone else!" These days, the Chinese national football team's record against Southeast Asian teams has not yet reached the hopeless level of its later years. Relying on its unstoppable headers, it can still easily defeat Southeast Asian teams. "According to the plan we made before, the goal of scoring a goal has been achieved. Now we can look forward to getting one point and winning the game!" "If this game ends in a draw, we'll get one point. But it will be very difficult to beat Ecuador. This team is not simple, and this is definitely not their full strength!" "Well said. We can't look down on our opponents just because we equalized the score. To be honest, judging from today's game, Ecuador performed better than us!" …… The Chinese national football team's goal really took Ecuador by surprise. Judging from the trend of the first half of the game, they felt that the Chinese national football team was one level weaker than them. As long as they continued to implement their own tactics and continued to expand their advantage, it would not be difficult to win more than 2:0. But unexpectedly, the Chinese national team took advantage of a set-piece opportunity created by a counterattack and easily equalized the score. This slightly disrupted their rhythm, forcing them to change their plan and re-intensify their attack, hoping to expand the score again before the end of the first half. Ecuador played with great patience. After realizing that the Chinese national team had strengthened its counter-attack in the midfield, they became more cautious in passing the ball and did not easily give the Chinese national team a chance to counter-attack. Through overall advancement and flank attack, Ecuador passed the ball to Tenorio in the 39th minute. After getting the ball, the latter used his agility to get rid of the defender and tried to shoot. But Feng Xiaoting positioned himself well and didn't give him any chance. But Tenorio was very flexible. Seeing that he had the opportunity to shoot, he deliberately took the ball to the baseline, and then suddenly knocked it back to his teammate from the baseline. Delgado rushed forward and his shot from 7 meters away from the goal was narrowly blocked by Li Weifeng. Ecuador missed a good opportunity to expand the score. The absolute hero of the Chinese national team's defense this time was Li Weifeng. The veteran captain made a crucial block to ensure that the Chinese team did not lose the second goal at the end of the first half. In the 41st minute, Hurtado knocked down Lin Feng, and the referee took out a yellow card and warned the opponent. This was the first yellow card in the game. It was not until this yellow card appeared that everyone realized that the referee's enforcement standards in this game were not lenient at all, but the amazing thing was that there were no yellow cards. “Could this be the control a top referee has over a game?” "If the referee hadn't pulled out a card, I would have almost ignored the referee. No wonder so many people like to watch the World Cup. This fast-paced, non-stop game is really exciting to watch!" "It's a pity that this is not the World Cup after all. How great would it be if the Chinese national football team could enter the World Cup?" (End of this chapter)