Chapter 15 Quick Goals!

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

Coleman has been leading Wales for six years now. Wales' rapid growth is inseparable from Coleman's ability. He has successfully employed people and led the team to win game after game, allowing Wales to successfully impact. Entering the World Cup, it has also become a second-tier team.

Now Coleman has led Wales to qualify for the group stage, which is also quite a gratifying result for Wales. Historically, Wales' only achievement in the World Cup can be traced back to 1958, when they entered the World Cup. The quarter-finals, more than half a century has passed, they have long forgotten the feeling of winning the World Cup.

Now Wales fans are feeling it again.

Some fans had tears in their eyes, especially those older than 70 years old. They lived a long time, but the memory of Wales' achievements in the World Cup can be traced back to childhood.

After qualifying from the World Cup group, Wales also held a considerable scale of celebrations, just like winning the championship.

Now facing the Chinese team, Wales also hopes to win the game and enter the quarter-finals. At that time, they will be able to tie the best record in history and strive to create a new team record.

Welsh also felt very lucky to be able to stagger Brazil in the round of 16 and meet the Chinese team. They were a little fortunate that they lost to Spain in the group stage. Otherwise, their chances against Brazil would be very slim.

Although data released by FIFA shows that the Welsh national team has entered the top ten, Brazil is still in the top five on the list, and Brazil's performance has never been worse. When Brazil wants to win in the round of 16, its The difficulty is, after all, a lot bigger.

The Chinese team is different!

The football history of the Chinese team is even worse than that of Wales. They have only entered the World Cup once and have not scored any goals. The Chinese team performed well this time, and it can only be said to be a 'dark horse'. It won't be very stable. It can really play well when it's good, but if the Chinese team can enter the top 16, you should be satisfied, right? And no matter how you think about it, the Chinese team can't possibly have much strength - even though they beat the Netherlands and Mexico in the group.

So the Welsh people shouted the slogan of 'Fight for the quarterfinals'.

Wales head coach Coleman also expressed his decision at the press conference, "The Chinese team played the best result in history, they qualified as the first in the group, but we are not bad, our players and fans are wholeheartedly. Preparing for the game, we believe that the final winner will be Wales, because we have more fighting spirit and confidence, we are more decisive, and most importantly, we are stronger!"

Afterwards, Coleman pointed out the key to the game, "I have seen the Chinese team in three games, and they have all played very tough, and this is precisely our advantage. Our team will play harder and tougher than them! "

In the face of such sharp words, Wansheng did not respond. He just let the team concentrate on preparing for the game. However, more media analysis from the outside world still pays more attention to Wales. One is that Wales is strong and there are many stars in the lineup. Then Coleman is right. Wales and England have similar styles. They belong to teams whose body is higher than their skills. They are not afraid of the tough play of the Chinese team.

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

The pre-match public opinion was one-sided, and they all believed that Wales would win. Even some Chinese media believed that the Chinese team had made history by reaching the top 16. Wan Sheng, as the head coach, also exceeded the task of leading the team, and the Chinese team lost to Wales is nothing, they are still triumphant heroes back home.

Under this kind of public opinion, the World Cup ushered in the fifth game of the knockout round of the sixteenth 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 the friendly relationship with the organizer, they had already entered the acclimatization venue in advance the day before, so the players were not unfamiliar with the warm-up. Wansheng also hoped to adapt in advance. Can make the players play better.

There are still more Chinese fans at the scene, which may also be related to the strange country of the United Kingdom. Although Wales is also a part of the United Kingdom, English fans will not come to the scene to support Wales. They do not think that the two are one country, but from Wales. The fans are poor.

This has something to do with the population of Wales. There are more than three million people in total, and it would be good to have one thousandth of the fans come.

China is different. With the support of the huge number of 1.4 billion, even if only 1 in 10,000 people come, it is still a considerable number. There are a lot of Chinese fans at the scene, nearly 20,000, and the number of local fans in Moscow. almost.

This is also related to the "ability" of the Chinese.

It is impossible for FIFA to allocate 20,000 tickets to Chinese fans. According to normal rules, fans on both sides have only 10,000 tickets, and the excess will be allocated to local fans, unless the tickets cannot be sold. I will consider adding extra tickets to one side, but the Chinese have always been smart. When the ticket sales first started, there were already a small group of people who had already bought a large number of tickets for each game and prepared to put them on the Internet. On resale, if the Chinese team fails to qualify, they will sell to foreign fans, and if the Chinese team can qualify, they will sell to Chinese fans.

This move made the Russian government very distressed, but they actually liked it, because it would make the ticket sales better, and it would not be too picket, which eventually led to a huge increase in the number of Chinese fans.

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

But...it's totally useless!

At least until the end of the World Cup, this case cannot be investigated. Even if it is investigated, it is actually a small economic case, not a big deal at all.

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

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

There were voices supporting the Chinese team everywhere, and the whole stadium was about to become the home ground of the Chinese team, but the Welsh fans were very firm in their belief that the team would win.

The number of Chinese fans has also become a means for Coleman to motivate the team. "See? There are Chinese fans outside. We are almost in the away game, but we just want to be in such a stadium and tell the Chinese fans that we are better than we are. The Chinese team is much stronger!"

Finally, the game started.

The Welsh players launched the offensive firmly, their strength is really good, and many people also have expectations for Welsh's performance.

In the group stage, Wales has two victories, both of which are very strong, and there are not many opportunities for opponents. In the game with Spain, Wales' performance was not bad at all. Although the situation was suppressed by Spain, many media believe that it has nothing to do with the two sides. The way of play is related, Wales is similar to England, and playing against a strong technical team will inevitably fall into a disadvantage in the situation.

Now playing with the Chinese team, Wales has performed a lot stronger.

At the beginning of the game, they played very cautiously. After the football was passed to the frontcourt, it was quickly passed back. They heard that the Chinese team was tough on defense, so offensively, they played more steadily.

Next, they used constant cooperation in order to move forward, but the Chinese team was very defensive, and Wales was accidentally blocked in the backcourt.

The Chinese team began to attack.

The Chinese team was not too cautious. Between two or three passes, the ball crossed the center line and reached the foot of Yu Xiaobao on the wing. Yu Xiaobao dribbled the ball forward. After encountering a block, the cross was transferred to Wang Qiuming.

The ball was kicked a little too far and was cut off halfway.

In the Welsh squad, Ramsey, who played for Arsenal in the Premier League, was about to take the ball forward, but at this moment, Zhang Xiuwei followed, took control of the ball first, and then shook Ramsey away with a kick. Throw the ball forward.

Wang Qiuming received the pass!

Between these few feet, the transfer of the ball was too fast, and before the Welsh defense could respond in time, Wang Qiuming had already dribbled the ball to the penalty area line.

"Notice!"

"Stop him!"

The Welsh players realized the danger and hurriedly exclaimed. At the same time, Wang Qiuming had already kicked the first shot.

"Bang!"

The football rushes off the grass and goes straight to the right of the goal!

Williams, in front of Wales, did not expect the shot to come so quickly. He just saw his teammates make a steal. It didn't take long, why did the opponent shoot?

His vision was blocked by the opponent, and his reaction was half a beat too slow. As a result, when he made a save, the football had already flown into the goal.

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

It was only two minutes into the game.

Williams stared blankly at the goal in the goal with disbelief.

Other Wales players were also stunned.

The only one who wasn't stunned was the Chinese fans. The stadium, which was noisy just now because of the beginning of the game, was instantly filled with huge cheers. The Chinese fans in the audience took huge surprises and celebrated the goal.

Wang Qiuming also excitedly thought about running back, hugging and celebrating with his teammates.

"Oh - the ball went in!"

The China Central TV commentator was stunned for a moment. He was still introducing the starting lineup of the two sides. He was talking about the Chinese team having replaced two players compared to the previous game, while the Welsh pair came up and sent a general, and the screen changed again. The score becomes 1-0?

"Really in!"

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

The commentator's shout was a bit late, but every fan could understand because they didn't expect the goal to come so quickly!

They still thought it was a dream!