Chapter 1,166 It’s Useless to Give a Chance

At 8 o'clock, with the whistle of the referee Irmatov, the World Cup qualifying match between the Chinese team and Jordan officially kicked off at the Amman International Stadium.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong and Yang Xu standing in the center circle to kick off the ball, He Hui said in surprise: "Is Xiaodong going to play forward today? Xiaodong hasn't played forward for a long time, but judging from the starting players, Xiaodong should be playing the role. forward.".

Fans who are familiar with Gao Xiaodong know that Gao Xiaodong is an all-round player. He started out as a defensive midfielder, and later played forward, midfielder, defender, midfielder and even guest goalkeeper. However, for an all-round player like Gao Xiaodong, the most versatile player is Gao Xiaodong. It is definitely not the forward or the defender who plays the role, because these two positions have too little impact on the entire field. Only the front midfielder and the back midfielder can control a larger court and play a greater role, so Gao Xiaodong is more of a Hit the midfielder and midfielder.

However, fans soon discovered that the Chinese team did not play a double forward of Gao Xiaodong and Yang Xu. Yang Xu was at the front, and Gao Xiaodong was positioned behind him, between the shadow forward and the winger.

Fans don't understand why Camacho uses Gao Xiaodong like this, but Camacho is also a famous coach. Fans can only believe that Camacho must have his own plan.

Of course Camacho has his own plan. His plan is to use Gao Xiaodong's personal ability to threaten the opponent's goal. There are four midfielders behind Gao Xiaodong. Except for the full-back Qu Bo, the others are mainly defensive. The reason why Xiaodong He was placed behind Yang Xu because he was worried that Jordan's attack power would be too strong. Xiaodong could support the defense at critical moments.

This plan cannot be said to be too conservative. When the Chinese team cannot form a tacit understanding, making full use of Gao Xiaodong's personal ability can also create scoring opportunities.

Camacho's formation created a threat from the beginning of the game. After Gao Xiaodong and Yang Xu passed the ball back, the two of them moved forward and the ball returned to the back line. After the Jordanian forward pressed it, it was passed back to midfielder Huang Bowen. , Huang Bowen remembered Camacho's instructions to play fast and pass the ball to Gao Xiaodong. After receiving the ball, he glanced at Gao Xiaodong's position and directly made a long pass from the backcourt.

Jordan left back Anas saw that the ball was going towards the baseline behind him. He quickly turned around and ran back. After running a few steps, he realized that Gao Xiaodong was likely to surpass him. Anas gave up trying to grab the point and instead Go to Gao Xiaodong's running route, trying to get the ball out of the baseline.

Anas is taller and stronger than Gao Xiaodong. He thinks that he will have no problem blocking Gao Xiaodong. However, Gao Xiaodong's body has been modified by the Superstar System and can be called a humanoid tank. Anas has just moved sideways to grab him. Opening his arms, Gao Xiaodong rushed over. Their shoulders collided, and Anas felt as if half of his body had been hit by a rhinoceros. He spun half a circle and stumbled to the ground.

Looking at Gao Xiaodong again, he only wandered a few times and then ran towards the ball as if nothing had happened.

The ball was passed a bit too big,

When Gao Xiaodong caught up, the ball was almost out of the baseline, but Gao Xiaodong had quick eyes and quick feet and volleyed the ball into the penalty area.

Jordan's defenders were all in the penalty area, but they didn't expect that Gao Xiaodong could save the ball. Although the only player on the Chinese team who was grabbing points at this time was forward Yang Xu, the defenders had no time to observe. To be on the safe side, they directly saved the ball. The ball went over the baseline.

In the first minute, the Chinese team took advantage of Gao Xiaodong's active running to get a corner kick.

In the strong dialogue, set-pieces are very important. Camacho naturally practiced several set-piece tactics before the game, and Gao Xiaodong was the one who took the corner kicks.

Jordan goalkeeper Shafi was very nervous. He knew Gao Xiaodong's set-piece skills, so he kept yelling at his teammates to follow the defensive players, especially the two central defenders and forward Yang Xu of the Chinese team. They are tall and Heading the ball is the best.

Gao Xiaodong took a small approach, but when he got to the ball, he just feinted cunningly and did not kick the ball out.

Gao Xiaodong's feint didn't matter, but the penalty area was like a hornet's nest. You pulled me, you pushed me, and it was a mess.

Seeing that Gao Xiaodong didn't kick the ball out, the Jordanian players were furious. They didn't care to curse and quickly returned to mark.

Gao Xiaodong's feint was not to tease his opponent. He wanted to see the opponent's defense and teammates' movements. Through this feint, Gao Xiaodong saw that his opponent was not guarding Li Feng tightly enough, and the height of the player he was guarding and Li Feng were The gap was also huge, so Gao Xiaodong drove the ball towards the penalty area to find Li Feng's spot.

Li Feng came to grab the point purely because it was arranged by the coach before the game, but he didn't think Gao Xiaodong would pass the ball to him at all. He thought he was just cheating.

Li Feng had this idea in mind, so when the ball flew towards Li Feng, Li Feng's brain was a little short-circuited and he was stunned for almost 0.1 seconds. However, it was just 0.1 seconds too late. Li Feng was a step slower and he had not jumped up yet. Bashar, the Jordanian captain, pushed the ball over the baseline.

Gao Xiaodong didn't expect Li Feng to top the ball, but Li Feng didn't touch the ball. This made Gao Xiaodong a little surprised. He felt that Li Feng must have been underprepared, or maybe he still had a grudge against him.

The Chinese team got another corner kick opportunity, and Gao Xiaodong continued to take corner kicks.

The last time he passed the ball directly to the penalty area, this time Gao Xiaodong chose to send the ball low and forward. Qu Bo was fast. He quickly inserted into the front point and headed the ball towards the penalty area.

According to the tactical design, Qu Bo should have pushed the ball to the back point, and the player standing behind the ball would grab the shot. However, Qu Bo's header skills were very average, and he actually rubbed the ball into the middle of the penalty area.

This bumping of the ball was also unexpected. There was chaos in the middle, and none of the Jordanian defensive players touched the ball.

The ball flew in front of Li Feng, the vice-captain of the Chinese national team, without any coincidence.

Li Feng didn't think about whether Gao Xiaodong passed the ball this time, but when he saw the tactic before the shot, Li Feng felt that it was not passed to him, so he felt a little relaxed. When the ball flew towards him, it was already too late for Li Feng to prepare. He was in a hurry. He dived to attack the goal, but he hit the bottom of the ball and the ball flew high over the crossbar.

Li Feng felt regretful and annoyed that he missed a good opportunity that was so close, so he could only hit the turf in front of the goal with his fist.

When the first corner kick opportunity was missed by Li Feng, the fans could accept it. Then the second ball was pushed over the crossbar. The fans were unhappy. They all shouted pity and criticized Li Feng for his clearance skills from the defender.

Commentator He Hui couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene: "The outside world said that Gao Xiaodong and Li Feng had conflicts. Unexpectedly, Gao Xiaodong generously passed two balls to Li Feng today, and they were both good balls. Xiaodong gave There was a chance, but it’s a pity that Li Feng didn’t use it.”

Camacho shook his head and sighed on the sidelines, thinking that if someone else took the corner kick and Gao Xiaodong went to grab the point, one of the two goals would probably be scored.