Chapter 235 Champions League 1/8 Final Round
The Chinese fans in Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center did not give up cheering because they failed to open up the situation. Instead, they released more energy, creating a tsunami-like frenzy, overwhelming the atmosphere, and the atmosphere on the scene was extremely frenzied.
In the fifty-sixth minute of the game, Hao Junmin made a cross from the right and was blocked by the Jordanian player from the bottom line, taking a corner kick.
As China's top star, Tang Zheng has a strong scoring ability, and his height, bounce and strength are all outstanding in the two teams, so he is the Chinese player who attracts the most Jordanian defensive players in the Chinese team.
Even so, the Jordanian players who had been running for more than 50 minutes couldn't keep up with Tang Zheng's aggressive running and ghostly sudden stop and turn. The moment Hao Junmin took a corner kick, they lost track. !
In other words, the Jordanian players didn't follow Tang Zheng, and it just so happened that the corner kick Hao Junmin took looked for Tang Zheng who was wearing the No. 10 jersey.
He jumped high at the penalty spot, and by the time the Jordanian players reacted, it was too late.
All they could do was look up at Tang Zheng subconsciously, and complete a textbook-like lion head shake.
The header thrown by Tang Zheng was full of power and the angle was tricky. Jordan's goalkeeper Shafei tried her best, but she couldn't touch the football.
The football almost flew into the goal by rubbing against the post and crossbar on the right side of the goal...
"Aww-"
As a result, the entire stadium was completely boiling, and deafening shouts spread from Tiyu West Road, Tianhe District, throughout the entire city of Yangzhou.
After scoring the goal, Tang Zheng got up from the ground, opened his arms, ran wildly all the way, ran to the corner flag on the right, and performed a sliding and kneeling celebration.
Behind him is a group of excited Chinese players.
Central 5 commentator He Wei hysterically praised Gao Tang: "What is the role of a star? Tang Zheng's goal perfectly demonstrates the role of a star to a team! He stood up when the team was in crisis! With his best One of the best ways to score goals is to break the deadlock! Let Tang Zheng lead us! Beat Jordan!! Advance to the World Cup Asian Top Ten! Then hit the World Cup in Brazil!!"
At the same time, head coach Camacho let off steam.
Only by beating Jordan at home can the Chinese team get a chance to advance. Before the team's delay in opening up the situation put him under tremendous pressure. Now that Tang Zheng has successfully broken the ice, it means that the next pressure has come to Jordan.
Due to their unexpected loss to Iraq at home, this guest game has become a matter of gain and loss.
A tie can qualify, so that the Jordan team did not dare to give it a go, and finally chose a conservative defense.
The first half was perfect, they defended the Chinese team's offense.
However, what people didn't expect was that the role of the star was fully reflected at this time. Tang Zheng's sudden explosion caused the balance of the game to be broken.
If the game ends according to this score, Jordan will be eliminated because of the lack of goal difference in the relationship between mutual victory and defeat!
So there is no choice for Jordan in the next game, because failure to score points means elimination!
This is an unacceptable result for Jordan, who won all the first four games!
Jordan's head coach began to deploy troops, trying to equalize the score.
But the middle lane guarded by Tang Zheng, Zheng Zhi and Zhao Xuri is quite stable,
The Jordan team's defense, which gave up defense and went all out to attack, gradually exposed serious problems.
In the 63rd minute, Tang Zheng cut off Jordan's midfielder Baja and passed the ball straight behind him. Yu, who came off the bench, took the ball from the ribs and directly entered the penalty area. Gao Lin kicked the ball into the empty goal.
2:o
With Gao Lin scoring a goal to expand the score, the fanatical atmosphere in Tianhe Sports Center has reached its highest peak since the opening.
Jordan suffered an efficient counterattack from the Chinese team when they increased their offensive investment, which was like a blow to the head.
If one goal behind means there is a chance to tie the score, but now that there are two goals behind in less than half an hour before the end of the game, it is even more difficult to equalize the score.
And the facts have proved this, because the Jordan team's physical consumption is severe at this stage of the game.
In the final analysis, a football game is a sport based on physical fitness. If you don't have sufficient physical fitness, what can you use to play?
In the 81st minute of the game, Tang Zheng shot a shot 28 meters away from the goal. The goalkeeper Shafei was dumbfounded and couldn't make any saves. All he could do was turn his head and look at the football flying into the goal.
3:o
This goal also means that China has completely sealed the victory and entered the Asian top ten in the final stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with the first place in Group A.
Tang Zheng's goal was also the last goal of the game. In the end, the Chinese team relied on Tang Zheng's two goals and one offensive plan to win the game. The Chinese fans in the audience were as excited as children, hysterical.
Before the start of the World Cup in Brazil, the World Cup had been held for a total of 19 times, but China, a huge country, only participated in one World Cup in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.
After that, the World Cup in Germany and the World Cup in South Africa all fell outside the top ten in Asia.
But now, the Chinese team leads Jordan by a large score, which means that the Chinese team will beat Jordan and Iraq to enter the top ten in the Asian region as the first in the group.
You must know that before the start of the fourth round of the group stage, the Chinese team ranked third in the group, only one step away from being eliminated.
Three months later, the Chinese team won the right to qualify for the group stage with three consecutive victories.
Hell and heaven are within easy reach.
So at the moment when the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Tianhe Sports Center felt like an earthquake, and the whole stadium trembled.
This shows how excited the Chinese fans are.
Of course, it's not just the fans who are excited, but also the struggling players and media workers.
They are extremely proud at this moment.
The on-site director's footage immediately showed Tang Zheng, the biggest contributor to the Chinese team's ability to stand out at the last minute.
He covered his face with his hands in the camera, and like most Chinese fans who wept with joy, he shed tears of excitement.
Tang's father and Tang's mother, who were sitting in the VIP seats at the scene, were very proud. As a fan, Tang's father lost confidence after the Chinese team lost to Jordan and Iraq. As a result, his son returned to the national team and led the national team to play in the second half of the cycle. A wave of three consecutive victories has a chance to advance.
The silence speaks……
As for the lottery situation of the Chinese team in the top ten matches in the Asian region, we can only know the lottery at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on March 10th.
That night, Tang Zheng didn't even meet his parents, so he took the flight back to Germany with Hao Junmin to prepare for the next Bundesliga match.
In the past 23 rounds of the Bundesliga in the 2o11-2o12 season, Dortmund scored 18 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss with 58 points, leading Bayern Munich, which is second in the league, by 10 points.
It is with this in mind that coach Klopp did not
Tang Zheng, who had traveled a long distance, was placed in the lineup for the twenty-fourth round match against Mainz at home.
Now the league rankings are safe, and Tang Zheng played a fierce World Cup qualifier on behalf of the Chinese team, which is completely unnecessary.
But the team lacked Tang Zheng in the absence of Pirlo, Gundogan was not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the team's offensive and defensive transition, and the team's creativity in the midfield was insufficient.
At the end of 90 minutes, the score board shows o:o
The home draw against Mainz was somewhat surprising, but considering Pirlo's injury and Tang Zheng's half-time rest, it was quite normal.
However, Dortmund's home draw did not reduce the points with Bayern Munich, but increased it by one point.
Because Bayern Munich lost 0:2 away to Leverkusen.
Next, Dortmund got a week of sufficient rest time to prepare for the second round of the Champions League 1/8 final at the Westfa 1un Stadium in the middle of next week.
The day before Dortmund's away game to the newly promoted Augsburg, the draw ceremony for the 2014 Brazil World Cup Asian Top Ten was held at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Tang Zheng watched the live broadcast at home.
Although the Chinese team won three consecutive victories in the Asian qualifiers of the World Cup in Brazil, the points of the Chinese team did not soar, and they still ranked sixth in Asia, belonging to the third grade of the draw.
South Korea and Japan rank the top two, Australia and Iran rank third and fourth.
Following in the ranking are Uzbekistan, China, Iraq, Qatar, Lebanon and Oman.
The lottery ceremony was very simple. AFC Chairman Harman gave a brief speech, and then the lottery began.
The Chinese team was finally divided into Group A, with Australia, South Korea, Qatar, and Lebanon in the same group.
This lottery is good or bad for the Chinese team.
After all, neither Saudi Arabia, the traditional Asian powerhouse, nor North Korea, the hard-bodied North Korea, have entered the top ten, otherwise the group draw will be even more sinister.
The results of the draw were announced, and the media from various countries naturally began to analyze the specific quotas for representing Asia in the World Cup in Brazil.
The Chinese team has the number one star in Asia, Tang Zheng, but many Asian media are not optimistic about the Chinese team. After all, football is a team sport, and having Tang Zheng does not mean that the Chinese team will definitely advance.
The reason why the Enwei Chinese team can stand out in the top 20 is entirely because of the limited strength of Iraq, Jordan and Singapore.
Of course, the Chinese media didn't think so. They felt that as long as Tang Zheng was there, the Chinese team could at least get third in the group and participate in the play-offs.
If the overall performance is excellent, you can even get a direct promotion spot.
This possibility has become more and more likely with the analysis of the Chinese media.
A star may not be a big deal in front of the whole, but no one can deny the role of a star.
In many games, in a relatively deadlocked situation, the star's flashes are used to make the final decision and win the game.
Who can be sure that Tang Zheng will not explode in the top ten matches of the Asian region of the World Cup in Brazil?
In the past Tang Zheng showed a very convincing performance in Dortmund, and even became the top figure of the Chinese team in the top 20 in the Asian region.
In this regard, those foreign media were speechless.
As the number one star in Asia, Tang Zheng naturally had media from various countries wanting to interview him after the lottery results came out.
But apart from Tang Zheng being interviewed by the Chinese media, other Asian media simply ignored him.
It's not that Tang Zheng is playing big games, but that he has to concentrate on preparing for the weekend league and the second round of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals in the middle of next week.
Pirlo was accidentally injured in the away game against AC Milan in the 1/8 final round of the UEFA Champions League in the 2o11-2o12 season. He is currently recovering and cannot meet the playing requirements.
This is a big blow to Dortmund's combat effectiveness, and the clues can be seen in the last round of home draw with Mainz.
However, Dortmund's local media didn't care about the draw in the last round. After all, Pirlo was injured and Tang Zheng was on the bench. It's a normal result that the offense cannot be played.
Moreover, Augsburg is not as strong as Mainz, and it is difficult to stop Dortmund at home.
as predicted!
After 90 minutes, Dortmund won Augsburg 2-0 away.
Among them, Tang Zheng, the head star who returned to the lineup, dominated the game, with one goal and one assist, showing a very good competitive state.
It is worth mentioning that during the game, the on-site director captured AC Milan coach Allegri appearing in the stands, obviously to inspect the overall state of Dortmund before the start of the second round of the Champions League 1/8 final.
Dortmund's lack of Pirlo is indeed some minor flaws in the offensive and defensive transitions, but Gundogan's progress is obvious, which can make up for the impact of Pirlo's injury.
Coupled with Tang Zheng's full state, Dortmund's offensive routines were flourishing, like quicksilver pouring down the ground.
Dortmund and AC Milan Champions League 1/8 final two days before the second leg, the AC Milan team arrived in Dortmund by flight.
AC Milan's number one star Ibrahimovic, who arrived in Dortmund, expressed his confidence in the second round when he was interviewed by the media. He said: "Dortmund can win at San Siro, and we can also win at Signal Iduna Park. Game win!"
Brazilian international Pato, who performed a hat-trick in the just-concluded Serie A, is equally confident: "Dortmund is returning to the Champions League after nine years. Both their coach and players are very unfamiliar with the Champions League, especially the knockout stage. stalemate, this is our chance!"
Regarding the full confidence of AC Milan players, Dortmund striker Lewandowski was the first to be interviewed by the media. He said: "If we lose at home and expect to win us away? What a dream! We have not lost at home for more than two seasons Ball, can they win? I highly doubt it."
Robinho disagreed with Lewandowski's statement. He said through media channels: "Records are often used to break. Since Dortmund has not lost at home for more than two seasons, then we will send Give them a big defeat!"
In this way, the players on both sides said something to each other, and then added fuel and vinegar through the media, and the war of words was exhilarating.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the day of the second leg of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals in the 2o11-2o12 season.
There is still half a day before the start of the game, and the outer square of the Westfalen Stadium is surrounded by a large number of fans from both sides, among which Dortmund fans sitting at home have an absolute advantage.
They are in groups of three or four, holding up banners, slogans or posters, singing team songs, drinking beer, and waiting for the start of the game.
Considering the criticality of this game, Dortmund sent a large number of local police forces to maintain order on the scene.