Chapter 14: The Diaosi's Counterattack in Wales
After the second round of the group stage was over, the Chinese team decided to qualify as the first in Group E. The result was very exciting for all fans. No one could have imagined before that, in the e-group of Brazil and the Netherlands, the Chinese team stood out in just two games. . The fastest update
Many fans also observed silence for Brazil.
In fact, the Netherlands is better. They lost to the Chinese team in the first game, which was a head-on failure. No one could do this kind of loss. Brazil was a bit tragic. They played two games and tied two games. In these two games, Brazil actually performed well, but the forward line was a little weak, and then they encountered two draws in succession.
After two draws, Brazil even had a crisis of whether it could qualify in the group.
Now the entire Brazilian team has no time to consider the knockout stage. They must first pass the Chinese team. If they lose the game or even draw, they may be eliminated by the group.
Brazilian national team coach Titt is not a very famous head coach. Although he is a bit famous in Brazil, it is difficult to have much influence around the world if he has been involved in the Brazilian domestic league for a long time.
Titt's best coaching result was in 2012 when he led Brazil's Corinthians to defeat the veteran Argentina Boca Youth with a total score of 3-1 in the two-leg finals of the Copa Libertadores.
Afterwards, Titt led the team with high fighting spirit in the World Club Cup, and met Wan Sheng to lead Atletico Madrid, but was cut 3-0 and had to go home in disgrace. This is the intersection of Titt and Wan Sheng.
Titt's feelings for these pasts are definitely not going to be good.
After coaching Brazilian Corinthian, Titt, as the Brazilian men's football team was eliminated early in the 100-year-old group stage of the Americas Copa America, the Brazilian Football Association announced the dismissal of coach Dunga, and then announced Titt to take over as head coach.
This Brazilian team was highly expected, and Titt was questioned when he took office. Whether it was his former coach Dunga or his former coach Scolari, Titt's successful experience was too scarce.
Now when leading Brazil, encountering a crisis in the group stage, losing second in the group early and unable to even qualify, Titt's pressure can be imagined.
"We have to win the last game!"
"I don't want to be optimistic about the draw anymore, that means we're probably eliminated!"
Titt's voice is powerful and effective. Perhaps he has been coaching for two years and it is still difficult to have great prestige, but all Brazilian players know that they must win the last round, otherwise they will leave with sadness.
As the world's number one successful football team, if they can't qualify in the group, they will be really embarrassing!
Unlike the Brazilian team's intense preparations, the Chinese team did not care about the last game at all, because they had already decided to qualify as first in the group.
"Just take this drill tactics, pay more attention to the cooperation in the game, and feel the pressure of playing against strong teams!" Wansheng gathered the players and emphasized, "Just as the media said, we are learning from experience in the World Cup, and now is the best opportunity to learn from experience! With the experience of this game, when we meet strong teams in the knockout round, we also have experience. You must remember that feeling!"
Wan Sheng completely regards the competition as training to learn from experience.
The Chinese team is qualified to do this because they are already the first in the group and Brazil wins, and they are still the first in the group.
In the past two days, the Chinese team has not prepared for Brazil at all, but has focused on the knockout round. The most likely thing they encounter is Wales.
The entire coaching staff is also studying Wales.
In this case, the Chinese team ushered in the last round of the group stage with Brazil. There were still many attentions in this game. For the Chinese team, the victory or defeat of the game did not matter and had little impact at all. However, some fans still talked about the tragic loss of the Chinese team to Brazil in the 2002 World Cup. They hoped that the Chinese team could achieve revenge.
Brazil is more concerned, and the third round of the game will determine which team will advance to the knockout stage as second in the group.
The two group matches in a round are played together, and the number of attention paid to the Netherlands and Mexico is relatively small, because as long as Brazil wins the game, that game will become meaningless, and the Chinese team will qualify with Brazil.
"Probably the Chinese team will be waterproof!"
Some fans thought.
Especially some Chinese fans, they are all very excited. The Chinese team can "release" when they arrive in the World Cup. Doesn't it prove that the Chinese team is strong?
The game seemed to prove what they wanted.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team has been stabilizing the formation and constantly seeking cooperation. Although the Brazilian team achieved the suppression on the scene, the Chinese team took the lead in scoring. This was a personal breakthrough by Wang Qiuming in just 6 minutes of the game, which gave Zhang Yuning the opportunity. The latter inserted a volley and helped the Chinese team score the first goal in the game.
All Chinese fans were immediately excited!
This game is not a match with the Netherlands or Mexico. The opponent is Brazil. In most eyes, Brazil is the world's top team. In comparison, the Netherlands is still much worse.
The Chinese team was able to score a goal in the first 6 minutes of the game against Brazil, which was simply... so amazing!
Many commentators are also analyzing-
"This goal is exactly the same as the second goal that the Chinese team played against Mexico in the last game. Wang Qiuming moved in the middle and Zhang Yuning scored. It seems that the Chinese team has been very skilled in this small-scale routine cooperation!"
"Brazil coach Titt may not have carefully studied the match between China and Mexico, otherwise they would not have made such a mistake!"
"Brazil's defense is very stable, but they are still obviously unable to keep up with the Chinese team's way of playing!"
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Through the continuous comments, it can be seen that many commentators have repositioned the strength of the Chinese team.
In their hearts, the Chinese team is no longer the weak team at the bottom, especially after defeating Mexico in the second game, many people think that the Chinese team is at least a mid-range team in the World Cup. If they perform well, they have the ability to challenge the world's strong team.
Now the Brazilian team is facing difficulties. They are well prepared before the game, but in the game, they are the first to break through the goal. They have to strengthen their offensive and tie the score faster, because the draw means that they are likely to be eliminated by the group.
So the Chinese team was suppressed even more.
But no one expected that the second goal would come so late, the game was going on, and Brazil was also attacking. They kept looking for opportunities in the frontcourt. The Chinese team's goal seemed to be in danger, but this situation remained until the 78th minute of the second half.
Brazilian striker Neymar received the pass and transferred it to the right side. Di Maria stepped forward and volleyed, and the football was blocked by the post.
Just when many people lamented that Brazil was not lucky, the defender Fabinho, who followed, shot the ball into the net!
Brazil scored a goal!
But a goal was not enough for them, it was just equalizing the score. They didn't even celebrate and were eager to start the game. Then Brazil continued to besiege the Chinese team's goal, and finally Di Maria scored a goal overtaken by 2 minutes to the end of the game.
2 to 1!
Brazil is leading!
This is just a goal, but it also means that Brazil has achieved qualifying in the group.
This is the first time that the Brazilian feels that it is not easy to complete the qualifying in the World Cup. If Di Maria had not had this shot, they would have been eliminated from the group stage. Di Maria saved the Brazilian team and saved the fate of head coach Tit being dismissed early.
Brazilian fans finally felt relieved.
But it is conceivable that a new round of criticism will come again after the game. Brazil is not the Chinese team, they are the old traditional strong team in the world and the popular team to win the championship in every World Cup. However, they play so dangerously in the group stage. So how far can Brazil go in this Russian World Cup?
As the losing side, the Chinese team won praise instead.
During the game against Brazil, the Chinese team led by 70 minutes and showed stability in the first and second half. When facing the Brazilians' continuous bombardment of the goal, their defense was calm and stable, and the stable defense line also brought enough trouble to the Brazilians.
Although the Chinese team lost the game, it was considered to be, "producing the momentum of the national football team! Even if it loses, it is a hero!"
Perhaps more importantly, the Chinese team doesn't care at all. They will definitely qualify as the first in the group, and the winner will not make much sense. As for the so-called "revenge" of some fans, what is there to be revenge? It will be bad if you hurt your vitality in order to revenge. The Chinese team still has to play in the knockout stage.
On the day the match against Brazil ended, the group match ended. In the end, Wales defeated Cameroon and successfully won 6 points, while Spain won 9 points in three games and three wins. The first place in this group is Spain and the second place is Wales. The Chinese team will be the first to face Wales in the knockout round.
Some fans saw that the Chinese team's top 16 opponent was Wales, and they couldn't help but feel that the Chinese team had great hope of entering the quarterfinals.
But in fact, Wales is not easy to deal with.
The United Kingdom is a 'United Kingdom' with four components, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Ten years ago, England was the only one team in the UK, which was quite outstanding. Wales and Scotland were both second-rate teams, not to mention Northern Ireland, which was not ranked in the world.
However, in recent years, Welsh football has developed rapidly. Before the World Cup opened, FIFA announced the latest national team rankings. Wales ranked 9th in the world and England ranked 10th. This is also the first time in history that Wales surpassed the Three Lions and became the boss of the British Isles. It is worth mentioning that just six years ago, Wales ranked only 117th in the national team, which was lower than the Chinese team that year. However, four years later, Wales successfully staged a counterattack, and its ranking soared by 108 places.
Many football players have analyzed the reasons for the surge in Welsh rankings. The first important reason is Bale's rise.
Wales' counterattack is inseparable from Bell's rise.
Bale grew up at Tottenham Hotspur. He was transformed into a killer on the offensive line by Tottenham coach Redknapp. The performance of the Welsh national team has also improved significantly with Bale's rise, especially after defeating Macedonia on October 11, 2013, he lost only one of the following 11 games.
In the past few years, Wales has performed very well when facing strong teams. According to FIFA's points rules, the higher the teams they are ranked, the more points they will win. In the past few years, especially in the past three years, Wales has won against England, Portugal and Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has also made Wales get more points in a single game.
Wales' performance in the group stage also proves that they are not a 'points'.
Although he lost the game against Spain, that game was only 1-2, and Spain did not have much advantage. In the other two games, Wales won all the victories, and it was an overwhelming victory from the beginning to the end.
This performance is amazing.
Facing such an opponent, even a traditional world-class team cannot guarantee victory, let alone the Chinese team.
After analyzing Wales, many media have commented and reminded the Chinese team, "Be careful!"
Chapter completed!