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Chapter 15 Quick Goal!

The head coach of Wales is Chris Coleman, who has coached Fulham, Swansea City, Real Sociedad, Coventry and Larissa. In 2012, Coleman, who has rich coaching experience, was spotted by the Welsh Football Association, and then he became the head coach of the Wales national team. . The fastest update

Coleman has led Wales for six years. Wales' rapid growth is inseparable from Coleman's ability. He successfully hired people and led the team to win games, allowing Wales to successfully enter the World Cup and became a second-level team.

Now Coleman leads Wales to qualify in the group, which is also a very gratifying achievement for Wales. In history, Wales' only achievement in the World Cup has been traced back to 1958. They reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup. More than half a century has passed, and they have long forgotten the feeling of winning the World Cup.

Welsh fans have now experienced it again.

Some fans were filled with tears for this, especially those over 70 years old. They lived a long life, but their memories of Wales' achievements in the World Cup can be traced back to their childhood.

After qualifying for the World Cup group, Wales also held a considerable celebration in China, so it was just like I wanted to win the championship.

Now facing the Chinese team, Wales also hopes to win the game and enter the quarterfinals. By then, they can tie the best results in history and strive to set a new record for the team in the near future.

If we were able to stagger Brazil in the quarterfinals of 16, Wales felt very lucky to meet the Chinese team. They were a little lucky to have lost to Spain in the group stage, otherwise their chances would be very slim.

Although FIFA data shows that the Wales national team has already entered the top ten, Brazil is still in the top five on the list, and Brazil has never been worse. After all, it is much more difficult to win when Brazil faces the top 16.

The Chinese team is different!

The Chinese team's football history is even worse than Wales. They have only entered the World Cup once and have not scored goals. This time, the Chinese team performs well, and can only be said to be a "dark horse". Such dark horse teams often do not perform very stably. They can do well when they are outstanding, but they should be satisfied that the Chinese team can enter the top 16, right? And no matter how you think about it, the Chinese team cannot have much strength - even though they defeated the Netherlands and Mexico in the group.

So the Welsh people shouted the slogan of "struggle for the quarterfinals".

Wales head coach Coleman also expressed his decision at the press conference, "The Chinese team has achieved the best results in history. They qualify as the first in the group, but we are not bad either. Our players and fans are all prepared for the game with all their hearts. We believe that the final winner will be Wales, because we have more fighting spirit and confidence, we have more decisions, and importantly, our strength is stronger!"

Coleman then pointed out the key to the game, "I saw that the Chinese team performed very hard in three games, and this is exactly our advantage. Our team will play more resolutely and tougher than them!"

Faced with such sharp words, Wan Sheng did not respond. He just asked the team to prepare for the game. More media analysis from the outside world still valued Wales more. One, Wales was strong and there were many stars in the lineup. Two, Coleman said it was correct. Wales and England have similar styles, and both belong to teams with higher physical fitness than skills. They are not afraid of the tough style of the Chinese team.

The Welsh media even used it, "Welsh is the nemesis of the Chinese team to report on the game."

Public opinion before the game was one-sided, and everyone believed that Wales would win. Even some Chinese media believed that the Chinese team reached the top 16 and had already created history. Wan Sheng, as the head coach, has also exceeded the task of leading the team. It was nothing that the Chinese team lost to Wales. They are still triumphant heroes when they returned to China.

Under such public opinion, the World Cup ushered in the fifth game of the quarterfinals of 16 knockout round - China vs Wales.

The match between the two teams was played at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow.

Two days before the game, the Chinese team came to Moscow. With their friendly relations with the organizers, they had already entered the adaptation venue in advance the day before, so when they warmed up, the players were not too unfamiliar with them. Wan Sheng also hoped that adapting in advance would allow the players to perform better.

There are still many Chinese fans on the scene, which may also be related to the strange country of Britain. Although Wales is also part of the UK, English fans will not come to support Wales on the spot. They do not think that the two are the same country, and there are very few fans from Wales.

This is related to Wales' population. With a total population of more than 3 million, it would be great if one in a thousand fans could come.

China is different. With the support of a huge number of 1.4 billion, even if only one in ten thousand people come, it is quite considerable. There are many Chinese fans on the scene, with nearly 20,000 people, which is similar to the local fans in Moscow.

This is also related to the Chinese people's "ability".

FIFA cannot give 20,000 tickets to Chinese fans. According to normal rules, fans of both sides only have 10,000 tickets, and the excess will be transferred to local fans. Unless the tickets cannot be sold, they will consider increasing the number of tickets to one party. However, Chinese people have always been smart. At the beginning of ticket sales, there were already a small group of people who had bought a large number of tickets for each game and were preparing to resell them online. If the Chinese team could not make the line, they would sell them to foreign fans. If the Chinese team could make the line, they would sell them to Chinese fans.

This move made the Russian government very distressed, but they actually liked it because it would make the tickets sold better, so there would be no too much picketing, which would eventually lead to a significant increase in the number of Chinese fans.

When the news was exposed by the media, many Welsh fans protested, and some countries also joined in.

But... it's totally useless!

At least before the end of the World Cup, this case cannot be investigated. Even if it is investigated, it is actually a small economic case, and it is no big deal.

The dissatisfaction of Welsh fans can only be kept in their hearts.

So the media sighed, "China's football level is average, but the number of their fans is really jealous."

There were voices supporting the Chinese team everywhere at the scene, and the entire stadium was almost becoming the home court of the Chinese team, but the Welsh fans have a firm belief and they firmly believe that the team will win.

The number of Chinese fans has also become a means to motivate the team. "See? There are Chinese fans outside, and we are almost on the away court, but we just want to be in such a stadium, telling the Chinese fans that we are much stronger than the Chinese team!"

Finally, the game began.

Welsh players launched the offensive firmly. Their strength is indeed good. Many people also have expectations for Wales' performance.

In the group stage, Wales won both wins strongly, and their opponents did not have many opportunities. In the game with Spain, Wales' performance was not bad at all. Although the situation was suppressed by Spain, many media believe that it is related to the playing style of both sides. Wales is similar to England, and fighting against a technically strong team will inevitably lead to a disadvantage in the situation.

Now playing against the Chinese team, Wales is much stronger.

At the beginning of the game, they played very cautiously. After the football was passed to the frontcourt, they were quickly passed back. They heard about the Chinese team's tough defense, so they played more stably in offense.

Next, they used their continuous cooperation to move forward, but the Chinese team's defense was very dense. Wales was not careful and the football was still blocked in the backcourt.

The Chinese team began to launch an offensive.

The Chinese team was not too cautious. With two or three passes, the football crossed the center line and reached Yu Xiaobao's feet on the side. Yu Xiaobao dribbled the ball forward. After being blocked, the cross was transferred to Wang Qiuming.

The ball was a bit off and was cut off halfway.

In the Welsh team, Ramsey, who plays for Arsenal in the Premier League, has to lead the ball forward, but at this moment, Zhang Xiuwei followed, controlled the ball first, then shook Ramsey away, and stabbed the ball forward with one kick.

Wang Qiuming received the pass!

Between these few kicks, the ball rights conversion speed was too fast, and before the Welsh defense responded in time, Wang Qiuming had already dribbled the ball to the penalty area line.

"Notice!"

"Stop him!"

The Welsh player realized the danger and quickly exclaimed loudly. At the same time, Wang Qiuming had already shot the first shot.

"Bang!"

The football rushed from the grass and headed straight to the right side of the goal!

Williams in front of Wales did not expect the shot to come so quickly. He saw his teammate stealing just now. Not long after, why did the opponent shoot?

His gaze was blocked by the opponent and his reaction was half a beat slower. As a result, when he made a save, the football had already flew into the goal first.

The number on the scoreboard became "1:0", and the Chinese team took the lead.

The game has only just begun for two minutes.

Williams stared at the goal in the goal blankly, looking disbelief. Before the game, they vowed to win, so why did the opponent score so quickly?

The other Wales players were also stunned.

The only thing that was not stunned was the Chinese fans. The stadium, which was noisy just now because the game started, was instantly filled with huge cheers. The Chinese fans of the audience were filled with huge surprises and celebrated the goal.

Wang Qiuming was also excited to run back and hugged and celebrated with his teammates.

"Oh the ball is in!"

The commentator of China Central TV was stunned for a moment. He was introducing the lineup of both sides just now. He was talking about the Chinese team changing two players compared to the previous game, while the Welsh match came up and sent a general. The picture changed again and the score became 1-0?

"I've really entered!"

"Wang Qiuming! He helped the Chinese team score the first goal! The score became 1-0!"

The commentator's shouting was a little late, but every fan could understand it because they didn't expect that the goal would come so quickly!

Until now they still think it's a dream! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!
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