Chapter 1,231 The Battle of Doha (4)

While running, Gao Xiaodong "observed" the distance from the pursuers behind him to see if the distance was suitable. Gao Xiaodong suddenly moved the ball inward and cut across the middle of the court.

The chasing Iraqi players ran too fast and couldn't stop the car. One player made a sudden stop and fell down, while the other three rushed forward two or three meters before stopping.

With the help of this crosscut, Gao Xiaodong still maintained a distance from the defensive player, but the angle of his shot was wider.

Already within Gao Xiaodong's shooting range, Iraqi goalkeeper Kashid felt a chill. He stared at Gao Xiaodong's feet and was ready to save.

Gao Xiaodong adjusted his steps. Kahid felt that Gao Xiaodong was about to shoot and almost pounced, but Gao Xiaodong didn't shoot. He took another step forward and then took off and shot into the upper left corner of the goal.

The range of Gao Xiaodong's shot was very small, just because his calf was exerting force rapidly. However, Gao Xiaodong was so powerful that the shot was comparable to an ordinary player's full-throttle kick.

Kahid was hit with a time lag. He felt that Gao Xiaodong didn't cum when Gao Xiaodong should cum. As soon as he relaxed, Gao Xiaodong did.

Kahid hurriedly flew to save but was still a step too late. The ball flew past his hand and went straight to the blind corner of the goal.

2:0

Gao Xiaodong once again used a long shot to expand the score for the Chinese team.

Twice his opponent scored with long-range shots. Kashid repeatedly beat the ground with his hands in frustration.

Gao Xiaodong was also excited. He raised his hands in the air and roared to the sky with a domineering voice.

This was almost the goal that sealed the victory! The Huaguo team fans at the scene were extremely excited. They raised their arms and shouted to Gao Xiaodong's rhythm to cheer for Gao Xiaodong.

Camacho was more excited than anyone else. He clenched his fists and rushed to the sideline, shouting "high, high, high...".

No wonder Camacho is so excited. He has a sky-high contract to coach the Chinese team, and superstars like Gao Xiaodong are returning. It would be a shame if they couldn't even qualify for the top 20 group stage.

Camacho has always been under a lot of pressure, but now, Gao Xiaodong's goal almost sealed the victory, and Camacho's pressure was completely released.

There is no pressure on Camacho, but the pressure is on Iraq coach Zico.

Zico is more famous, and the Iraq he inherited is also the strongest in Group A. In the eyes of Zico and the Iraqis,

There is no suspense about qualifying first in the top 20 group. The Chinese team and Jordan are only competing for second place in the group.

However, the outstanding performance of the Jordan team caused chaos in the qualifying situation in Group A. If Iraq loses this game, Iraq will probably have to fight Jordan for a qualifying spot in the end. This is very passive. Zico cannot accept it. He still wants to In this game, we got the initiative to qualify.

Although the first half of the game was about to pass, Zico still called several players on the sidelines over and asked them to strengthen their attack and try to get one back.

Camacho was so excited that he only high-fived and hugged the assistant coach and substitute players, and forgot to arrange the defense for the last few minutes. However, Gao Xiaodong has rich experience in competitions. When Iraq attacked, he retreated to defend and won the ball in the Chinese team. At that time, Gao Xiaodong controlled the ball and controlled the rhythm, never letting Iraq's offensive rise. In the last three minutes, Iraq was unable to use its strength and could only accept being two goals behind.

During the halftime break, Camacho happily hugged every starting player at the door of the locker room, praised their performance in the first half, and was full of praise for Gao Xiaodong's performance.

When arranging the tactics for the second half, Camacho emphasized defensive counterattacks, and Gao Xiaodong's position was also moved to the midfielder.

None of the players had any objections to this arrangement. With a two-goal lead, there was no doubt about defensive counterattacks. However, Fu Bo, the local coach of China, did not agree with putting Gao Xiaodong in the defensive midfielder.

Fu Bo was very familiar with the abilities of Chinese players. He told Camacho that the Chinese team's offense was completely supported by Gao Xiaodong. If Gao Xiaodong was placed in the defensive midfielder, the Chinese team might only be able to defend without counterattack.

Camacho always believed that the Chinese Football Association put Fu Bo into the coaching staff just to restrain him. He had long wanted to drive Fu Bo away, but failed. How could he listen to Fu Bo's advice.

After listening to Fu Bo's suggestion, Camacho didn't say a word, as if he didn't hear it, which made Fu Bo very embarrassed.

The half-time break passed quickly and the game started again with Iraq kicking off.

During the halftime break, Iraq changed someone. Midfielder Karim was replaced, and a more attacking midfielder Samir came up.

Trailing by two goals, Iraq had no way out. They pressed hard from the first minute and attacked with all their strength.

Although Iraq's attack was fierce, the Chinese team's defense was even better.

Gao Xiaodong retreated, and his defensive coverage and accurate positioning almost defused most of the attacks in the middle. The Chinese team's center back was under little pressure, and it was easy for the two of them to defend Younis alone.

But as Fu Bo said, the Chinese team's defense was good, but they couldn't counterattack.

Gao Xiaodong can organize attacks in the backcourt, and can also pass the ball to the feet of forwards and midfielders, but without Gao Xiaodong to attract defensive forces, the Huaguo team's frontcourt cannot hold the ball at all, and they cannot cooperate when they get the ball. Often the ball is missed before the ball is passed twice.

In the 50th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong made a long pass behind the defender. Yang Xu succeeded in countering offside, but he stopped the ball too far and was destroyed by goalkeeper Kahid.

In the 57th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong stole the ball and passed it to Sun Xiang on the wing. Sun Xiang made a pass at high speed. Although Yang Xu in the middle was being marked, he could still hit the goal, but he missed the ball and wanted to pass it to the back. Qu Bo stepped in, but Qu Bo thought Yang Xu was going to shoot, so he didn't follow up and the ball went directly out of the sideline.

Gao Xiaodong scored two goals in these two opportunities, but his teammates didn't even get a shot, which made Gao Xiaodong stomp his feet in anger.

Camacho on the sidelines was also furious and kept shouting on the sidelines.

The on-site commentator He Hui sighed repeatedly: "This offense is too eye-catching! I can't watch it! It seems that our national team needs at least two Xiaodongs, one for offense and one for defense."

After these two attacks, Gao Xiaodong also understood how wise Fu Bo's suggestion was. He shouldn't have too high expectations for these pig teammates. He still had to take action personally against strong teams.

Then after Gao Xiaodong got the ball, he reduced the number of forward passes, and more often dribbled the ball forward to attract the defense and open up space for his teammates in the frontcourt before passing the ball.

During the halftime break, Zico was obviously ready to defend Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong went back to play as a defensive midfielder and his arrangement did not work.

Gao Xiaodong attacked with the ball himself. The attack distance was too long and too far from the goal. Iraq immediately used foul tactics to deal with Gao Xiaodong. They would rather give the Chinese team a free kick than let Gao Xiaodong enter the 30-meter defensive zone.

Iraq fell behind by two goals, and the Australian referee clearly favored the home team. He pretended not to see many of Iraq's attempts to pull Gao Xiaodong, and the yellow card action was just a free kick.

Iraq's foul tactics paid off. The Chinese team was unable to counterattack and was suppressed by Iraq in the half court. The goal was surrounded by dangers and there was a possibility of losing the ball at any time.