Chapter 223 There Is Not Much Time Left for the Chinese Team
After the game against Singapore, after a day of rest and training, the Chinese team flew to Jordan to prepare for the second top 20 group match there.
This game is actually a very crucial game, ten times more critical than the game against Singapore.
In the first round of the group stage, Jordan defeated Iraq 2:0 in an away game and shared three points with the Chinese team. The Chinese team ranked first due to its goal difference.
But if the Chinese team loses to Jordan in an away game, they will be surpassed by Jordan, and they may also be surpassed by Iraq, because Iraq's opponent in the second round is Singapore.
At the same time, judging from the entire qualifying situation, facing direct competitors, it is best not to lose in away games. Even if you can't win, you can't lose.
After analyzing it this way, you will know how important the game against Jordan is.
Challenging Jordan away from home, Gao Hongbo's tactics still focus on passing and controlling.
Now with Zhou Yi, the Chinese team's ability to pass and receive in the face of pressure has improved a lot. Gao Hongbo has the confidence to do it in the away game.
He replaced Zhou Yi at 70 minutes in the last game because he had to play Jordan next.
He hopes that Zhou Yi can get more rest, because maybe the Chinese team will have to fight Jordan in the away game for 90 minutes. If there is a problem with Zhou Yi's physical fitness, it will be terrible.
This game has attracted much attention, so even though it was midnight Beijing time, the TV was crowded with Chinese fans.
Zhou Jianliang is also among them.
The first half of the game was very stalemate. Chinese team midfielder Huang Bowen and Jordanian team midfielder Abdul Fattah both received yellow cards.
But no goal came.
If this trend continues, it will naturally be beneficial to the Chinese team. From the beginning, the Chinese team hoped to get a draw in the away game.
However, after the two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half, the Jordanian team took the lead in breaking the deadlock!
In the 49th minute, their midfielder Suleiman broke through the Chinese team's goal first!
When the Jordanian players were celebrating their goals, the atmosphere in front of the TV became tense.
Fortunately, at the fifty-sixth minute,
Hao Junmin used a direct free kick to equalize the score for the Chinese team!
"Well done! Hao Junmin! Well done! Now both parties are back on the same starting line!"
But just when the Chinese fans and commentators breathed a sigh of relief, as soon as the Jordan team kicked off, they used a quick attack to penetrate the Chinese team's goal again!
The Chinese fans and commentators haven't finished speaking yet...
"This..." Commentator Liu Hong was stunned. He never expected that the opponent would score a goal just after the kick-off. In an instant, the Chinese team's goal became meaningless, and the dream of a draw came to nothing!
"What the hell!" Zhou Jianliang couldn't help but cursed in front of the TV. "Did you get carried away after scoring a goal? You obviously lost your concentration and let them just hit the football into our penalty area! Damn it!"
Li Cuiyun was silent next to her. Her husband was fine watching Dortmund's games. But when he watched the national team's games, he seemed like a different person. He was full of swear words and had no quality at all. She had asked him before that since he was so anxious and angry watching the national team games, she should just stop watching them.
As a result, Zhou Jianliang replied to her: "Can you beat your son and then abandon him because he made a mistake?"
"Of course not."
"So it's impossible for me not to watch the national team games!"
Li Cuiyun had nothing to say.
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Jordan's goal can be said to be a "devastating" blow to the morale of the Chinese team.
Because they had just equalized the score, before they were overjoyed, the opponent took the lead again. That feeling is like winning a five million lottery ticket, holding it in your hand and dancing excitedly, only to be blown into the sea by the wind, which is as despairing...
Subsequently, Jordan took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce offensive towards the Chinese team's goal, hoping to seize the opportunity to score another victory and completely seal the victory.
The Chinese team could only defend passively and all retreated to their own thirty-meter area.
For a while, the Chinese team was in a precarious situation in front of the goal, and it seemed that they might lose the ball at any time.
Jordanian fans cheered excitedly in the stands, cheering for the team.
The game time passed minute by minute amid Jordan's indiscriminate bombardment, and it came to the 80th minute.
"In the 80th minute of the game, there is not much time left for the Chinese team..." Liu Hong said again his classic saying.
Seeing that the Jordanian team had been bombarding for so long without being able to score, they simply retracted their defense. If the opponent made a counterattack, it would be all over.
There is not much time left. If the Chinese team equalizes the score, it will be the last thing Jordan wants to see.
After they recovered their defense, the Chinese team was finally able to attack.
Gao Hongbo also made some adjustments, replacing Yu Hai and replacing him with Feng Renliang, who has stronger breakthrough ability.
In addition, he replaced defender Liu Jianye with midfielder Wu Xi to further enhance his control and interception capabilities in the midfield. This is mainly to prevent the Chinese team from being counterattacked by Jordan when it attacks. After Wu Xi comes on the court, he can intercept the opponent's counterattack in the midfield, and then hand the football to Zhou Yi to launch a second attack.
Now the situation has become Jordan's defense, while the Chinese team is laying siege and fighting the most difficult battle to attack the position.
This is also the time to fully test the Chinese team's offensive organizational capabilities.
Zhou Yi caught the ball and passed the ball again and again, sorting out the situation of the game.
Five minutes later, the Chinese team still failed to score a goal. Most of the time, they could only rely on simple long-range shots from outside the penalty area and crosses from the wing to threaten Jordan's goal.
But this kind of offensive method is too simple, and it is easy to defend against.
Zhou Yi is still catching and passing the ball, but it seems that more of it is in vain... because most of them are cross-pass and cross-pass passes, from left to right, and from right to left, and If you can't take a step forward, the final result of such a cross is often a cross from the side, and then the rest is left to God. If God bless you, you will be able to score if you are lucky. If God does not bless you, if you are unlucky, you will never score.
Jordan's defensive system is very complete, and it is difficult to find a breakthrough just by passing the ball.
"It's the 86th minute, the score is still 1:2, Jordan is leading! There is really not much time left for the Chinese team!" Liu Hong shouted.
Zhou Jianliang, who was in front of the TV, scolded angrily: "Fuck! You can't fucking say something nice! I always keep saying this sentence over and over again, are you annoyed?"
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The defense in the middle was too intensive, and Zhou Yi came to the left. His teammates passed the football to him, and Zhou Yi advanced along the wing to catch the ball.
Jordan's defender Khalil also pressed forward.
Facing the approaching Khalil, Zhou Yi made a move to send the football directly with his right foot - his body slightly tilted to the left, as if to lift his right foot.
Khalil immediately pounced with a sliding tackle in an attempt to block his pass.
As a result, Zhou Yi's right leg was only lifted, but not really raised. The football rolled in front of him and was blocked by his left foot.
But Khalil slid directly off the sideline...
Zhou Yi stopped where he was and watched him go out. Then he moved the football forward with his left foot and broke through to the penalty area!
"Zhou Yi, great job!" Liu Hong shouted excitedly.
However, Zhou Yi soon encountered an interception from Jordanian players.
Faced with the blockage of two players, Zhou Yi did not force a breakthrough, but used the outside instep of his right foot to pass the football to Hao Junmin nearby.
Then he took advantage of the defensive player in front of him to turn his attention to Hao Junmin, passed between the two people, continued to run forward, and ran into the penalty area.
After Hao Junmin caught the ball, he saw Zhou Yi break into the penalty area. He had no time to adjust, leaned back, swung his legs on the spot, and sent the football out. He then lost his balance and fell to the ground.
But before he fell, he saw Zhou Yi catching his ball!
"Hao Junmin made a wonderful pass! Good ball! Zhou Yi caught the ball in the penalty area!!"
After Zhou Yi caught the ball, he gently knocked the football towards the baseline with the outside instep of his left foot. The opponent's defender Usman rushed forward aggressively, intending to clear the football away.
But when he rushed forward, Zhou Yi's left foot hooked the football back again!
So Usman also passed by Zhou Yi, then lost his balance and fell to the ground...
This time, Zhou Yi didn't have time to watch the opponent slide out. After he hooked the football back with his left foot, the outer instep of his right foot was gently pushed to the right by the football, and at the same time, he jumped up lightly on the spot.
Just when he had just finished all this, another Jordanian defender Yassin's sweeping kick had already arrived!
But unfortunately, he was a little late, did not play football and failed to defeat Zhou Yi.
In fact, Zhou Yi doesn't need to jump. He can be knocked down in the penalty area, but this is Jordan's home court. Who knows what extra-game moves the West Asians will use, so Zhou Yi dare not leave his fate to the referee.
He always wants to hold his destiny in his own hands!
After dodging Yasin's attack, Zhou Yi landed and regained control of the football with his right foot.
At this time, on his left side, two Jordanian defensive players - Usman and Yassin - had been knocked down. In front of him was goalkeeper Shafi blocking the near corner, as well as several other Jordanian players. They formed an airtight wall in front of Zhou Yi, preventing him from taking another half step forward or shooting. !
But they seem to have forgotten that Zhou Yi's more powerful weapon is... passing the ball!
Zhou Yi turned his right ankle outward and rubbed the football. The football crossed the Jordanian wall at the front point and flew to the back point.
There, the Chinese team's high center Yang Xu didn't even need to take off, he just leaned back and then swung forward for a simple header!
Before Jordanian goalkeeper Shafi rolled over, the football flew into the almost unguarded goal...
"2:2!!! Yang Xu! Yang Xu! Yang Xu——!!" Liu Hong raised his arms and shouted in the studio. "The Chinese team did it! They did it! They equalized the score at the last minute! Oh oh oh!! But 95% of the credit for this goal must be recorded...Zhou Yi! He is the only one Breaking into the Dragon Pond and Tiger's Den created such a good opportunity for Yang Xu!"
"Fuck!!!" Zhou Jianliang, who was in front of the TV, yelled with his mouth wide open at the TV screen.
Li Cuiyun looked at him and saw the veins on his neck bulging, and his face turned red.
Although she followed her husband to watch football for the past two years, she still couldn't figure out these fans.
Why do I swear when I’m unhappy, and even worse when I’m happy? (To be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian.com (). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go and read. )