Chapter 10 The strength of the Chinese team
The next day, Mexico and Brazil played a game. Before the game, many people expected Brazil to be empty, but Mexico performed very well in the game. After 90 minutes, they drew 1-1 with Brazil. . The fastest update
After the game, the media sighed, "e formed the most suspense group in the World Cup."
Neither Brazil nor the Netherlands won the game. Brazil got a point, while the Netherlands lost the game directly. The Chinese team ranked first in the group with three-pointers, Brazil and Mexico tied for second, and the Netherlands ranked last with zero points.
The format is very good for the Chinese team.
But Wan Sheng reminded all players, "Don't think that the form is good for us, just relax! Just one round, if we lose to Mexico, then Mexico will become the first in the group, and Brazil and the Netherlands will also have a team that catches up with us. What is left for us at that time is the only way to compete in Brazil in the last round. How many opportunities do you think do you have?"
That will undoubtedly become very unfavorable to the Chinese team.
"So all we have to do is win the second game and ensure we can qualify in the group!"
Next, the Chinese team began to prepare for the battle.
During the preparation process, the most important thing is to practice tactics, so there is no need for players to train. The player's personal abilities cannot be improved through a few days of training. Relatively speaking, tactical position training and routine coordination training effects are better.
The Chinese team made a lot of preparations for the second group match. They watched Mexico's last game three times in a row. They needed to learn about this American opponent through the game video.
Finally the day of the game has arrived.
At Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Group E ushered in the second leg of the match.
The game just started, and the two teams stayed open to fight fiercely. The continuous transformation of ball control also made the game very exciting.
This game has received a lot of attention.
The Chinese team is not a popular in the World Cup, so only Chinese media and fans were concerned about the Chinese team before. However, since the Chinese team defeated the Netherlands in the first leg, the attention worldwide has increased a lot. They are the number one in the e-group. If they win against Mexico in this game, they can declare the group qualifying in advance.
When the attention increases and the media broadcasts live games also increases, there is a Spanish media broadcasting the match between China and Mexico. The commentator Fernandos is an absolute supporter of Atletico Madrid. The head coach of the Chinese team, Wan Sheng and forward Wang Qiuming, are both his supporters, so his commentator is a little biased towards the Chinese team. But at the beginning of the game, it is difficult to see anything. He can only talk about the performance of the Chinese team. "From the beginning of the game, the performance of the Chinese team is much stronger than the previous game. They played against Mexico and the game is very fierce. This is the Chinese team led by Wan Sheng and has become a very strong team."
"To be honest, if the Chinese team hadn't entered the World Cup, I would have thought China would have no football team... But now I'm looking forward to seeing the Chinese team's game. Wan Sheng has been leaving Madrid for five years, and fans miss him..."
Mexico's game is also under great pressure, and they also have to strive to win.
Mexico's head coach is Herrera, who hopes to lead the team to the semi-finals of 16 this World Cup.
This is the goal given by the Mexican Football Association.
However, even ordinary Mexican fans know that this goal is not easy to achieve, because the e-group includes Brazil and the Netherlands. Mexico has good strength in the Americas and has won the United States in the World Cup qualifiers, but it is nothing to win the whole world.
In this case, Herrera can only work hard to lead the team and strive to create miracles.
The first round is the beginning of a miracle.
Mexico drew with Brazil and successfully scored 1 point. The Chinese team beat the Netherlands was also a surprise, which means that the Netherlands may no longer be the opponent.
If the Netherlands loses to Brazil again and fails to get points in two rounds of the game, it means that they are eliminated in advance.
As long as Mexico can win against China, they can get four points. Tomorrow, if the Netherlands loses to Brazil, they can even announce their qualifying in advance - because it is difficult for the Chinese team to defeat or draw with Brazil.
That's what Mexico plans to do.
So this game is also very important for Mexico, and they must work hard to defeat the Chinese team.
At the beginning of the game, what annoyed Herrera was the atmosphere on the scene. Most of the fans supported the Chinese team, and a large number of them seemed to be developing well in China. There were so many fans who could come to Russia to support their team. In addition, many local Russian fans also shouted to support the Chinese team because of the so-called "China-Russia friendship"?
Herrera doesn't understand, but the scene has indeed become the home court of the Chinese team, which is not good for Mexico. He only hopes that the players will not be affected by the fans' shouts.
But, it's very difficult...
Whenever a Mexican player gets the ball, the audience will make a wave of internationally common "boo", but it means that the fans do not want to see Mexico perform well. The Chinese team gets the ball just the opposite, and the fans will cheer hugely, just like the Chinese team has already scored a goal.
"asshole!"
Herrera glanced around the stands and cursed in dissatisfaction, as if it was because of the cheering of fans. The Chinese team's performance was no worse than that of Mexico. From the beginning to now, the Chinese team created two threats in just ten minutes.
Chinese team coaching seat.
Wan Sheng was quite satisfied with the game. In fact, the Chinese team did not adjust their tactics in this game. The players changed two, but the tactics were still the same as those of the Netherlands.
The main difference is the opponent.
The Netherlands is undoubtedly very strong, Mexico is relatively short of the past. The Chinese team has been stabilizing its defense, but Mexico's continuous mistakes have given them more offensive opportunities.
Therefore, the Chinese team's conservative defensive counterattack style seemed to be evenly matched by Mexico.
The game in front of us proves that the players perform very well.
The reporters in the media table were very surprised by the game. They thought that the Chinese team must be worse than Mexico, and it was impossible to play like this. But this is the game, and they could only complain about Mexico's miserable performance.
Wansheng made the team play tough and efficient.
When the opponent performs poorly, the Chinese team's performance becomes quite outstanding.
This situation seems to be balanced, but in fact it is quite beneficial to the Chinese team.
Herrera didn't know Wansheng's idea.
In his opinion, the two teams have offense and defense, and even if Mexico performs poorly, the situation will not be inferior. Then the opportunities of the two teams will be equal. As the game time passes, the players will definitely perform better and better, and Mexico will have an advantage at that time.
Both head coaches have confidence in their team. The specific judgment of the correct one depends on the performance of the players on the field.
The game has passed 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes of fierce fighting, the players of both teams have entered the state. After working together, the intensity of the confrontation has also increased, and the game has become more intense.
Wang Qiuming stood at the forefront of the Chinese team formation, and what Wan Sheng said kept echoing in his mind, "We want to play more resolutely, shoot when we have the chance! Don't hesitate, even if we don't score goals in a row, it doesn't matter. I believe our efficiency is much higher than our opponents!"
This is Wansheng's advice.
Wang Qiuming trusts Wan Sheng very much and knows that Wan Sheng’s tactic is to use the number of shots to find goals. As long as he can score one goal, the game will be very beneficial to the team.
Wang Qiuming is undoubtedly a player with a very tight defense. He has to face the entanglement of his opponents frequently. Mexico pays more attention to Wang Qiuming's defense than the Netherlands. It is not easy for Wang Qiuming to find a good shooting opportunity. Two times before, he shot temporarily, and the shot did not threaten the opponent's goal, but in the end, there was a shot, which was better than being snatched by the opponent.
This time, Wang Qiuming continued to dribble himself and suddenly started to throw away Carlos Bella.
After completing the breakthrough, Wang Qiuming met the opponent's central defender Marquis.
Marquis is the decisive force in Mexico's defense. As early as 1997, Marquis, who was under 18 years old, made his national team debut in the match between Mexico and Ecuador, but he was not selected for the 1998 French World Cup.
In early 1999, Marquis participated in the New Year Cup with Mexico in Hong Kong, China. In the match against Egypt, his goal helped Mexico win 1-0, which was also his first goal for the national team. Also in this year, Marquis won the FIFA Federation Cup championship with the team.
In the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, Marquez, who was just 23 years old, not only played as the main player, but also wore the captain's armband. He represented the Mexico team in all the World Cups in 2002 and 2006. In the 2006 World Cup quarterfinals, his goal once helped Mexico lead Argentina 1-0, but Mexico still lost that game 1-2 and missed the quarterfinals.
In this World Cup qualifier, Marquis only played 7 times for the Mexico team due to injury, but when the World Cup started, Marquis was still the core of the defense.
It feels incredible to see his age at the Mexico national team - 39 years old, 21 years old!
21 years of national team career!
That may be the age when some young players enter the national team, and Marquis is enough to be their father or uncle. Such a player, even if he is older, is definitely difficult to deal with.
Seeing Marquis coming to defend, Wang Qiuming still chose to hand the ball over to his teammates. Wu Lei, who was following, received the pass. Wu Lei hesitated whether to continue passing the ball. Then he heard Wang Qiuming shout, "Shoot! Don't hesitate!"
Wu Lei immediately swung his right foot and kicked towards the goal.
"Bang!"
The football hit Duinas' leg and bounced out of bounds. The Chinese team was preparing to free the sideline. Wang Qiuming took the opportunity to run over and said to Wu Lei, "Boss, I said it. If you have the chance, shoot. Don't hesitate, just listen to the boss."
Wu Lei nodded busyly.
The shot just now did not pose a threat, but Wu Lei still felt very happy because he played enough force. If he didn't play against the opponent's player, it might pose a threat, and he might even be able to score a goal.
After the Chinese team sent off the sideline ball, the football was passed by two and three feet, and it reached Wang Qiuming's feet again.
Wang Qiuming resisted the defense of the two, and kept changing directions and dribbling the ball.
The continuous shaking made it difficult for Mexican defensive players to make a judgment. As a result, Wang Qiuming took the ball to the penalty area line and then directly shot.
Football passed through a Mexican player’s feet!
Mexican goalkeeper Tarawela performed well and successfully saved the ball from the baseline.
This attack is quite threatening.
The Chinese team got a chance to play the ball, and Wu Lei ran over to take the penalty. Mexico blocked the small penalty area very tightly, but Yu Xiaobao, who had good heading ability, still used his head to rub the ball towards the far corner.
"nice shot!"
"Have you entered!"
Under the camera lens, you can see that the football flew out of the bottom line against the pillar.
"What a pity!"
"Yu Xiaobao's header just now was very powerful, but unfortunately it was a little short of that. Mexico escaped!"
"During this period, the Chinese team launched continuous offensives, long shots, headers, and all kinds of methods. Mexico was suppressed for a while and the Chinese team performed very well."
"Until now, it seems that the only difference is just a goal!"
"It can be seen that the Chinese team coached by Wan Sheng is indeed much stronger than before. When playing against Mexico, there is no way to see that it is 'soft' at all. Instead, it feels like the Chinese team is stronger..."
Chapter completed!