Chapter 651 National Hero
When the European transfer market is still confusing, the Chinese team began to quietly expedition to the Middle East.
Throughout June, the Chinese team will play four World Cup qualifiers, the first of which is to go to Doha and play Qatar away.
This is Yang Yang's first appearance in the national team after the Asian Cup last year, and it was his first appearance after winning the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or, which attracted national attention.
Even many domestic fans have gone to Doha, just hoping to see the world football player's national team debut.
Having coached China for six years, Alihan has already left a deep imprint on this team.
Especially in recent years, as Chinese players gradually gain a firm foothold in the European arena, the overall strength of the Chinese team has also improved a lot.
Chen Tao's performance in Anderlecht is very eye-catching, and he has begun to attract the attention of the four major league teams. It is difficult to join the upper team, but there is still a chance to gain a foothold in the middle and lower teams.
In the same situation, there are Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin and Zhou Haibin. They are all the best performers among the international players who have studied abroad. Although they are not playing in the top league, they all showed good strength and made gratifying progress.
The reason for the two draws in the first two rounds is that the team's defense is very good, but the offense has never been able to make a difference.
This also makes the national team and domestic fans especially look forward to Yang Yang's return.
The game is still composed of Yang Yang, Gao Lin and Chen Tao in the frontcourt, Zhao Junzhe, Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibin in the middle, Sun Xiang, Li Weifeng, Feng Xiaoting and Sun Jihai in the back line, and the goalkeeper is Song Zhenyu.
The summer in Doha is very hot and the temperature is very high, but the two sides played a fast-paced game from the beginning.
Just two minutes into the game, Yang Yang was fouled by a Qatar player when he took the ball on the left, and got a free kick from the left side of the penalty area, about 30 meters away from the goal.
Yang Yang did his part and took the free kick himself.
It may be because the distance is a bit far and the location is a bit biased. Qatar thinks that it is unlikely to hit the door directly, so the human wall does not pay much attention to it, but this also gives Yang Yang a chance.
After heaving a deep breath, Yang Yang quickly stepped forward, stepping on a familiar pace. After standing on his left foot, he leaned his body and kicked his right foot quickly. The football was like a cannonball out of the chamber, quickly leaping over the human wall. After crossing an arc, it turned into Qatar's goal, one to zero!
This goal not only stunned Qatar's players, but even the players of the national football team were stunned.
Many of them have not played against Yang Yang for a year, and to their surprise, although they have seen Yang Yang in the media, newspapers and TV this year, they know that he has improved rapidly and his strength has improved rapidly. , but never knew that he had reached this level.
The direct free kick of 30 meters, especially on the left side, was done in one fell swoop!
This is the strength of the world footballer!
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After being first taken by Yang Yang, Qatar was completely panicked.
Subsequently, the Chinese team began to retreat, and Qatar pressed heavily.
In the 14th minute, the Chinese team launched a counterattack, with consecutive passes from the right and the middle. Sun Jihai made a low and flat pass to the back of the penalty area. Yang Yang easily ran to the position, jumped high, and headed the goal. Once again broke the goal of Qatar.
Two to zero!
This time, not only did Qatar's morale plummet, but the Chinese team was greatly encouraged.
During Yang Yang's absence, the team's difficulty in scoring has always been a problem, but now that Yang Yang is back, they all found that it was not difficult at all, and it was so easy.
So what else do they have to worry about?
After changing sides in the second half, the two-goal Chinese team stumbled patiently in the middle and backcourt, and suddenly got a chance. Sun Xiang made a diagonal pass from the left behind the defense line, and Yang Yang quickly slanted into the penalty area and swayed past the opponent after getting the ball. A defensive player crossed to the middle in front of the goal.
This is an opportunity where the difficulty of not scoring a goal is far greater than the difficulty of scoring a goal. Gao Lin blocked the ball into the goal with almost no effort.
It is estimated that even Qatar himself did not expect that with Yang Yang, the overall strength of the Chinese team would increase so much.
With the victory in hand, Alihan decisively replaced Yang Yang and kept the score 3-0 until the end of the game.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated Qatar 3-0 away with Yang Yang's brace and an assist.
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After the end of the war in Qatar, it caused a huge repercussions in the country.
Fans all over the country are celebrating this hard-won victory, and everyone is clearly aware of the importance of Yang Yang to the current national team. Everyone believes that as long as Yang Yang is there, the Chinese team will definitely be able to. Re-enter the World Cup.
Alihan also said in an interview with Chinese media after the game that it is a very happy thing to have a player like Yang Yang. The head coach only needs to do a good job of defense, organize the team's offense, and create opportunities, and he will be able to take the opportunity. converted into goals.
"I have watched him grow from a rookie to the world's top superstar today. I think he will become the most dazzling star in Chinese football, and even in the history of world football, and will bring historic changes to Chinese football. ."
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Four days later, Tianjin, China.
In the fourth round of the World Cup qualifiers, China played against Qatar at home.
In the first attack at the opening, the Chinese team quickly made a threatening offensive. After falling down continuously in the backcourt, they long teleported into the penalty area of Qatar. Under Gao Lin’s active fighting, the Qatari defender made a hasty clearance, but the ball didn’t fly very far.
Yang Yang appeared on the periphery of the penalty area like a ghost. Facing the landing ball, he volleyed directly into the air, breaking Qatar's goal again and opening the scoring for the Chinese team.
Not long after that, the Chinese team planned an offensive from the right. Chen Tao formed a cooperation with Zheng Zhi who was plugged in behind. The cross from the right reached the back point, and Yang Yang rushed over and easily pushed and scored.
Two to zero!
Although in the 13th minute, Li Weifeng's foul gave the opponent a penalty kick, but the final game was still 2-1. The Chinese team defeated Qatar at home and ushered in a two-game winning streak.
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Both battles were won. Under the leadership of Yang Yang, the Chinese team played an astonishing attack power, and at the same time greatly deterred other teams in the same group. All opponents know that the Chinese team with Yang Yang is the real Chinese team. .
A week later, still in Tianjin.
The Chinese team ushered in Iraq.
The two sides played in the Asian Cup final before. Iraq is very aware of the strength of the Chinese team, so this game adopted a defensive counterattack strategy. In the first 30 minutes, the defense was almost impregnable and did not give the Chinese team the slightest chance. .
Iraq even arranged for two players to keep an eye on Yang Yang.
But even so, at the thirty-second minute, Yang Yang still got a chance.
It was an indirect free kick for the Chinese team in the frontcourt.
That is to say, it has to be the second touch to make a shot.
Zheng Zhi cooperated with Yang Yang, the former made a slight lateral move, Yang Yang volleyed his left foot vigorously, hit a curved ball, crossed the human wall, and got into the goal, 1-0!
However, before the end of the first half, Iraq successfully equalized the score. Sun Jihai's defensive error on the right gave the opponent a chance, and the two sides finally ended the first half one-to-one.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Iraq remained extremely tenacious. While restraining Yang Yang, he used strict defense to freeze the Chinese team's attack, and at the same time waited for an opportunity to fight back.
This set of tactics worked again in the 65th minute.
Iraq took advantage of a quick counterattack to break the Chinese team's goal again.
Afterwards, Iraq even had a chance to use a corner kick and almost break the goal.
But after entering 80 minutes, the Chinese team was first ferryed by Gao Lin with a header. Yang Yang made a pass to the back. Chen Tao calmly pushed and hit the goal, leveling the score. After getting the ball, he crossed the middle of the penalty area. Zhou Haibin calmly pushed and scored near the penalty spot, three to two!
Facing the tenacious Iraq, the Chinese team won a narrow victory.
And this game also aroused the reflection of the national team coaching staff and players, that is, when the opponent defends Yang Yang strictly, how should the team create opportunities for him, and how should the team's defense be organized? be more rigorous.
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A week after the narrow victory over Iraq, the Chinese team ushered in the last opponent of the group stage, Australia.
The game is held in Sydney.
The team had good luck in the first half. The Chinese team took the lead, and Sun Xiang used a long shot from the outside of the penalty area to pierce the Australian goal.
In the second half, after changing sides and fighting again, Chen Tao moved forward from the right, made a forward pass from the bottom line to the back point, and Yang Yang pushed and scored in front of the goal.
Then Yang Yang and Sun Xiang got consecutive opportunities on the left. Gao Lin created a penalty kick in the penalty area. Zheng Zhi calmly took the penalty and expanded the score again, 3-0.
The score was eventually maintained until the end of the game.
The number one star in the Australian team is Kewell. He is a former Liverpool player, but he was forced to transfer and leave the team because he never got a chance in Liverpool. Before the game, Kewell also repeatedly advised the national team to be careful about Yang Yang. , but still lost.
Australia netted three goals and surrendered the group's first title.
Although the Chinese team had two consecutive draws in the first two rounds, after Yang Yang's return, they quickly ushered in four consecutive victories, and finally qualified for the top ten in the group and successfully advanced to the top ten.
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When the news came back to China, it once again sparked national jubilation.
In the previous two consecutive draws, everyone was very worried about the future of the national football team, but now, they can rest assured.
After Yang Yang's return, he scored six goals and provided three assists in four rounds. He performed very well. He was a key figure in the national football team's four-game winning streak, and became a hero in the eyes of the people of the country. His status in the country was once again improved. to a new level.
Whether it's winning the World Player of the Year or the European Ballon d'Or, or Yang Yang fighting in the Premier League, scoring 52 goals in a single season, how he performed, how foreign media touted it, but for Chinese fans, all It is far less repercussions for him to put on this national team jersey and play these four games.
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After finishing the World Cup qualifiers, the time has come to the end of June.
There are some new changes in the European football transfer market.
And Yang Yang also received a call from Europe after returning to Beijing from Sydney.