Chapter 58: A Good Start

The draw with Iran has made many media optimistic about the prospects of the national team going to West Asia away games. Syria's strength is not second-rate even in Asia, and this brand new national team has indeed allowed everyone to see many positive changes.

How long has it been since the Chinese team dared to take the ball and advance on the ground?

There was a period when Chinese fans liked to use "China's leading team" to ridicule the national football team. This was of course because the Chinese team had an obvious height advantage when facing Asian teams at that time, and they could solve their opponents by bombing from high altitude, but from another aspect It also shows that the Chinese team's ability to pass and control the ground is a flawed flaw that has been covered up, and at least everyone in this game has at least seen the long-lost technical football in the national team. This is the most gratifying progress.

Although it is only the beginning, this beginning has made many people see a little hope for the national team to change.

After the warm-up match with Iran, the national team set off for West Asia. The Asian Cup qualifiers will start five days later. The Chinese team's first match opponent will be Syria.

Most of the media are still very optimistic about the Chinese team. In addition to the reason of strength, there is another reason that this time is not strictly speaking a complete away game. Due to the security situation in Syria, the smooth progress of this competition cannot be guaranteed. The game will be played at a neutral venue in the Jordanian capital Muscat. There are not so many fans of the home team who want to come to the scene, and they may not even be as many as the Chinese fans who will be there at that time. After all, one of the great advantages of the national team is that there will be no shortage of cheerleaders no matter where they go.

According to the pre-match intelligence of the coaching staff, the strength of the opponent is indeed not enough. The biggest star in the team only plays in the Southeast Asian League, and there are even amateur players. The coaching staff repeatedly emphasizes one point: be yourself, and it is difficult to win the opponent Absolutely not.

It sounds easy, and the Chinese team should be able to do it, but past facts have repeatedly proved that the Chinese team is often easy to lose the chain in "should" games.

The mentality of the international footballers facing the competition has always been a long-standing problem, and it cannot be adjusted in a short period of time.

It's just that the game exploded at one point at the beginning of the game, which was somewhat unexpected by everyone.

Only six minutes into the game, Dewey, the most experienced veteran in the defense line, was overwhelmed by the opponent's forward with speed. He made a mistake and kicked from behind.

The opponent's striker Mavas made a steady penalty, and the Chinese team fell behind 0:1.

He Wei sighed: "Dewey is one of the few local players with World Cup experience, but this defensive choice is really amateurish."

And many fans laughed and said on the Internet: "Hehe,

It becomes a colander as soon as it arrives at the competition. Look, it still tastes familiar. "

Whether it is hating iron but not steel, or some fans are deeply disappointed with the national team and deliberately watch the national team make a fool of themselves for fun. Indeed, the opening performance made those fans who were stubborn to the end have no confidence to stand up and speak for the Chinese team.

However, the situation on the field continued to deteriorate rapidly, and misfortunes never come singly. Five minutes later, Dewey sent a penalty kick with a handball in the penalty area!

This time even Zhou Tiancheng was furious, so he walked over quickly and yelled at Dewey with a gloomy face, "Will you be able to defend? Do you know how to kick a central defender!"

Although Dewey knew he was wrong and didn't answer, he was still a little unhappy, and secretly slandered the words "you do what you want" in his heart.

Of course, he knew that Zhou Tiancheng made his debut as a central defender. Zhou Tiancheng mentioned this when chatting after training, so of course he wouldn't make fun of himself. Because others are really good!

Falling behind 0:2 in less than 15 minutes, Gao Hongbo could only choose to strengthen his offense and use gestures to indicate that the overall formation is pressing forward.

When Zhou Tiancheng saw this instruction, the corner of his mouth raised. This was a signal for a change in tactics that had been discussed within the team. It was not just as simple as raising the formation, but the most important thing was that Zhou Tiancheng's role was about to change. He could come to the frontcourt to look for opportunities Feel free to throw in the offense.

This is exactly the way he wants to play. Although defense is his old profession, Zhou Tiancheng doesn't like to shrink back and defend to the end. He has a natural passion for attacking.

The difference between a real star-level midfielder and ordinary players is not the seven-point diligence. The other three-point key talent and the aura bestowed by God are the biggest reasons for them to be different.

After Zhou Tiancheng took over the right to organize the midfield from Shao Jiayi, he fully demonstrated this point. The Syrian player never imagined that he could take advantage of the loophole that the midfielder and the central defender stood in a vertical line, and directly pass a diagonal kick from the crotch of the midfielder's legs, allowing Hao Junmin to cut in from a small angle to equalize the score.

Being able to find instant fighter opportunities from such almost imperceptible omissions is the aura that Zhou Tiancheng brought to the midfield of the national team. Zheng Zhi is absent, but no one doubts his strength, and the facts further prove that he can do better than Zheng Zhi on both ends of the offense and defense.

Gao Hongbo actually didn't appreciate Zheng Zhi very much, but Zhou Tiancheng's two consecutive performances in a short period of time made him a little tempted: If Zheng Zhi and Zhou Tiancheng partnered, would the national team's midfielder be upgraded to a higher level?

In terms of the comprehensiveness of midfield offense and defense, I am afraid that among the local players, only Zheng Zhizhi and Zhou Tiancheng can match.

Gao Hongbo convinced himself in his heart that the Chinese team had gradually taken over the game. The equalizer just now happened in the 35th minute of the first half. Two very threatening through balls were sent from the top of the arc. The fly in the ointment is that the shots of Gao Lin and Zhu Ting were rejected by the post. If there were a few more minutes, the Chinese team might be able to overtake the score in the first half.

But a good meal is not afraid of being late, what should come will always come. Now that the Chinese team has achieved suppression, they will not let their opponents have the opportunity to pass through this breath again. The appearance of the Chinese team at the beginning of the second half was completely different from that at the beginning of the first half. Strongly suppressing the Syrian team's mad attack for 15 minutes, this kind of intensive bombing is actually very effective for a team like Syria with low tactical literacy.

In the 50th minute, Zhou Tiancheng once again pierced the opponent's defense and passed to Gao Lin, who helped the Chinese team overtake the score with a shovel. .

Five minutes later, Shao Jiayi took a direct free kick to lock the score at 3:1.

With a gap of two goals, in the last 20 minutes of the game, the Syrian and Chinese teams actually acquiesced to the result of the game at the same time, and each withdrew their main players.

However, after the full-court whistle, the camera keenly captured Gao Hongbo quickly wiping the sweat off his forehead.

Although they won, this good start cannot actually cover up many problems.