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 make a good start, but Mexico played very well in the game. After 90 minutes, they drew with Brazil 1-1.

After the game, the media sighed, "E has formed the most suspenseful team in the World Cup."

The two teams, Brazil and the Netherlands, did not win. Brazil got one point and the Netherlands directly lost the game. The Chinese team ranked first in the group with three points, Brazil and Mexico tied for second place, and the Netherlands was bottom with zero points.

The form is very good for the Chinese team.

But Wansheng reminded all players, "Don't think that the form is good for us, you can relax! It only takes one round, for example, if we lose to Mexico, then Mexico will be the first in the group, and Brazil and the Netherlands will have a team to catch up. We, when the time comes, we will only fight against Brazil in the last round, how many chances do you think there will be?"

That will undoubtedly become very bad for the Chinese team.

"So what we have to do is to win the second game and make sure we can qualify for the group!"

Then the Chinese team began to prepare for the battle.

In the process of preparing for the battle, the most important thing is to practice tactics. Player training is not necessary. The individual ability of players cannot be improved through a few days of training. Relatively speaking, tactical position training and routine training are more effective.

The Chinese team made a lot of preparations for the second group match. Just by watching Mexico's last game, they watched it three times in a row. They need to get to know this American opponent through the video of the game.

Finally the day of the game came.

At the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod, Group E ushered in the second leg.

The game has just started. The two teams kept their hands open and started a fierce fight. The constant change of possession made the game very exciting.

The game received a lot of attention.

The Chinese team is not the favorite of the World Cup, so the only people who cared about the Chinese team were the Chinese media and fans. However, because the Chinese team defeated the Netherlands in the first round, the attention in the world has increased a lot. They are the first in Group E. A win against Mexico in this game will be able to announce the group qualifying in advance.

When the attention increases, so does the media that broadcast the game. There is a Spanish media that broadcasts the game between China and Mexico. The commentator Fernandos is an absolute supporter of Atlético de Madrid. The head coach Wan Sheng and the striker Wang of the Chinese team. Qiuming is the object of his support, so his commentary is a bit 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 Chinese team Their performance was much stronger than the last one, they played both offense and defense against Mexico, the game was very intense, this is the Chinese team brought out by Wansheng, and it has become a very strong team.”

"To be honest, if it wasn't for the Chinese team in the World Cup, I thought China would not have a football team... But now I'm looking forward to seeing the Chinese team play. It's been five years since Wan Sheng left Madrid, and the fans miss him so much... …”

Mexico also has a lot of pressure, and they also have to fight to win.

Mexico's head coach is Herrera, and he hopes that this World Cup can lead the team to the round of 16.

This is the goal given by the Mexican Football Federation.

However, even ordinary Mexican fans know that this goal is not easy to achieve, because Brazil and the Netherlands are in Group E. Mexico has a good strength in the Americas, and even defeated the US team in the World Cup qualifiers, but it doesn’t count as the world. what.

In this case, Herrera can only work hard to lead the team and strive to create miracles.

The first round was the beginning of a miracle.

Mexico drew with Brazil and successfully scored 1 point. The Chinese team beat the Netherlands is also a surprise, which means that the Netherlands may no longer be an opponent.

The Netherlands lost to Brazil again, and they did not get points in the two rounds, which means they were eliminated early.

As long as Mexico can win against China, they can accumulate four points and by tomorrow, if the Netherlands lose to Brazil, they can even claim to qualify early - because it is very difficult for the Chinese team to beat or draw Brazil.

That's what Mexico intends.

So this game is also very important for Mexico, they must work hard to beat the Chinese team.

At the beginning of the game, what annoyed Herrera was the atmosphere. Most of the fans supported the Chinese team, including a large number of Chinese fans. It seemed that China's economy was developing well, but so many fans could come to Russia to support him. In addition, many local Russian fans also shouted to support the Chinese team because of the so-called 'Sino-Russian friendship'?

Herrera doesn't understand, but the scene has indeed become the home field of the Chinese team, which is not good for Mexico. He only hopes that the players will not be affected by the shouting of the fans.

However, it is difficult...

Whenever a Mexican player takes the ball, the audience will send out a burst of 'boos', which is commonly used internationally, but it means that the fans do not want to see Mexico perform well, and the Chinese team gets the exact opposite, and the fans will have huge cheers. Like the Chinese team has completed the goal.

"asshole!"

Herrera glanced around the stands and cursed in dissatisfaction. It seemed that it was because of the cheering and cheering of the fans. The Chinese team's performance was no worse than Mexico's. From the opening to the present, in just ten minutes, the Chinese team made two threats. .

China team coaching bench.

Wansheng is quite satisfied with the game. In fact, the Chinese team did not adjust their tactics in this game. They changed two starting players, but the tactics were still the same as that of the Netherlands.

The main difference is the opponent.

The Netherlands is undoubtedly very strong, and Mexico is relatively close. The Chinese team has been solidly defending, but Mexico's continuous mistakes have given them more opportunities to attack.

So the Chinese team's conservative defensive counterattack seems to be evenly matched with Mexico.

The game in front of me proves that the players are playing very well.

The reporters in the media booth were very surprised by the situation of the game. When they thought about it, the Chinese team must be worse than Mexico. It is impossible to play like this, but the game is like this. They can only complain about the dismal performance of Mexico. .

Wansheng lets the team play tough and efficient.

When the opponent's performance is not good, the Chinese team's performance has become quite good.

This situation seems to be balanced, but it is actually quite beneficial to the Chinese team.

Herrera had no idea what Wansheng was thinking.

In his opinion, the two teams have each other's offense and defense. Even if Mexico plays a little bit, the situation will not be disadvantaged. Then the opportunities for the two teams are equal, and as the game time passes, the players will definitely play more and more. The better it is, Mexico will have an advantage by then.

Both head coaches have confidence in their teams, and who is the correct one depends on the performance of the players on the field.

The game has passed 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes of fierce competition, the players of both teams have entered the state, the cooperation between each other has been played, the intensity of the confrontation has also increased, and the game has become more intense.

Wang Qiuming stood at the front of the Chinese team's formation, and what Wan Sheng said kept echoing in his mind, "We have to play more resolutely and shoot when we have the chance! Don't hesitate, it doesn't matter if you don't score in a row, I believe we The efficiency is much higher than that of the opponent!"

This is Wansheng's advice.

Wang Qiuming has great trust in Wansheng, and also knows that the tactics explained by Wansheng are to use the number of shots to find goals. As long as a goal can be scored, the game will be very beneficial to the team.

Wang Qiuming is undoubtedly a very closely guarded player. He has to face the entanglement of opponents often. Mexico attaches more importance to Wang Qiuming's defense than the Netherlands. It is not easy for Wang Qiuming to find good shooting opportunities. They were all shot from temporary kicks. The shot did not threaten the opponent's goal, but after all, there was a shot, and it was better than being grabbed by the opponent.

This time, Wang Qiuming continued his dribbling, and suddenly kicked off Carlos Bella.

After completing the breakthrough, Wang Qiuming met the opponent's central defender Marquis.

Marquis is the pinnacle of the Mexican defense. As early as 1997, Marquis, who was not yet 18 years old, made his national team debut in the game between Mexico and Ecuador, but he was not selected for the 1998 World Cup in France. competition lineup.

At the beginning of 1999, Marquis participated in the Lunar New Year Cup game in Hong Kong, China with the Mexican team. In the game with the Egyptian team, his goal helped the Mexican team win 1-0. This is also his national team's first goal. Also in the same year, Marquez won the FIFA Confederations Cup with the team.

At the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, Marquis, who was just 23 years old, not only played the main team but also wore the captain's armband. He represented Mexico in all the games of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and one-eighth of the 2006 World Cup. In the final, 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 Mexico due to injury, but when the World Cup starts, Marquis is still the core of the defense.

It's incredible to see how old he is with the Mexico national team - 39 years old, 21 years!

21 years of national team career ah!

That may be the age for some young players to enter the national team, and Marquez is enough to be their father or uncle. Such a player, even if he is older, is definitely not easy to deal with.

Seeing Marquis rushing over to defend, Wang Qiuming still chose to hand the ball to his teammates, and Wu Lei, who was behind him, received the pass. Shoot! Don't hesitate!"

Wu Lei immediately swung his right foot and kicked in the direction of the goal.

"Bang!"

The football fell on Duinas's leg and popped out of bounds. The Chinese team was about to take a penalty kick. Wang Qiuming took the opportunity to run over and said to Wu Lei, "The boss said, shoot if you have a chance, don't hesitate, just listen to the boss. Exactly."

Wu Lei nodded hurriedly.

The shot just now did not pose a threat, but Wu Lei still felt very cool, because he kicked with enough force. If he didn't kick the opponent's player, it might have caused a threat, and he might even be able to complete the goal. .

After the Chinese team sent out the sideline kick, the football was passed with two or three feet and reached the feet of Wang Qiuming again.

Wang Qiuming resisted the defense of the two and kept changing directions left and right to dribble the ball.

That kind of continuous shaking made it difficult for the Mexican defenders to make judgments. As a result, Wang Qiuming brought the ball all the way to the penalty area line and immediately kicked the goal.

Football passes under the feet of a Mexican player!

Mexican goalkeeper Talavera performed well, he successfully saved the ball to the baseline.

The threat of this attack is not small.

The Chinese team got the chance to kick the ball, and Wu Lei ran over to take the penalty. Mexico blocked the small penalty area very tightly, but Yu Xiaobao, who had a good header ability, still used the top of his head to rub the ball into the far corner.

"nice shot!"

"Are you in!"

Under the camera lens, it can be seen that the football is flying out of the bottom line against the post.

"Pity!"

"Yu Xiaobao's header was very powerful just now, but unfortunately it was only a little short, Mexico escaped!"

"During this period of time, the Chinese team continued to attack, using long-range shots, headers, and various methods. Mexico was overwhelmed for a while, and the Chinese team performed quite well."

"So far, it seems that the difference is only one goal!"

"It can be seen that the Chinese team coached by Wan Sheng is indeed much stronger than before. In the game against Mexico, there is no 'soft' at all, but I feel that the Chinese team is stronger..."