Chapter 262 The Chinese team has secured first place in the group in advance!
The team took a two-goal lead early on, which made Zhu Guanghu on the sidelines breathe a sigh of relief.
But then he began to frown again.
"What's wrong, Lao Zhu? Why aren't you happy that the team won?"
The assistant coaches were all puzzled when they saw Zhu Guanghu’s frown.
The situation is obviously very good, why is the coach still unhappy?
"Oh, I can't be happy!"
Zhu Guanghu shook his head. After Lin Feng and other overseas players came back, the Chinese national football team did perform very well.
But the more this happens, the more it highlights how badly the Chinese national team played in the last game!
It was just a matter of changing a few positions, but the effect was completely different.
The Chinese team is a bit too dependent on Lin Feng and his team, which makes Zhu Guanghu very worried.
If Lin Feng and others cannot play in a crucial match due to injury or suspension, the Chinese national football team will probably be beaten back to its original form.
Indeed, Lin Feng's strength is indeed outstanding, and his appearance can bring immediate changes to the Chinese team.
Without Lin Feng, the strength of the Chinese national football team will inevitably be affected.
But this impact is too great!
Especially when Lin Feng and others were not present, the others seemed to have lost their backbone and could not play football.
This can't go on like this!
What if the opponent uses insidious tricks and deliberately uses lethal tactics to deal with Lin Feng in the future, then wouldn’t the Chinese team be doomed to die on the spot?
We have to find a way to avoid this risk and let other players regain their confidence. Even if Lin Feng is not on the court, they can still perform to their full potential.
Thinking of this, Zhu Guanghu made up his mind!
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On the field, the Palestinian team was in a very passive situation. After being beaten by the Chinese national team for nearly twenty minutes, they finally got their first shot.
In the 21st minute, the Palestinian team won a free kick in the frontcourt.
The ball was about 35 meters away from the goal. Fahad, who took the penalty, did not choose to shoot directly, but kicked the ball in front of the goal.
Palestine's number four striker Brono grabbed the first point, but the ball was deflected due to interference from Zhang Yaokun.
Although this shot did not threaten the Chinese team's goal, it still received applause from some spectators.
The Jordanians' applause was more like a consolation to the home team. After all, although the game was held at a neutral venue, this should have been the home court of the Palestinian team, and the Jordanian fans had to show some hospitality.
After Palestine took a free kick, the Chinese national team immediately retaliated.
Zheng Zhi was tripped by the opponent while dribbling the ball in the frontcourt, and the Chinese team got an excellent free kick opportunity about 20 meters away from the goal at the front of the penalty area.
Several midfielders of the Chinese national team today basically knew how to take free kicks. Faced with such a good opportunity, everyone was eager to try.
This ball was not difficult to score, and the Chinese national football team had no shortage of goals, so Lin Feng took the initiative to withdraw from the competition and leave the opportunity to his teammates.
Seeing that Lin Feng voluntarily withdrew, Chen Tao did not fight for it, and finally the free throw right fell into the hands of captain Zheng Zhi.
Zheng Zhi felt a little embarrassed to let the two juniors give way to him, and he felt a little ashamed.
But the opportunity was rare, and he was really itching, so he didn't refuse.
Zheng Zhi chose to shoot directly, taking a curved free kick that went straight to the right side of the goal.
The angle was good, but the speed was a little slow, giving the opponent's goalkeeper time to react.
The Palestinian goalkeeper Saleh took a few quick steps, jumped high and grabbed the ball directly.
Seeing that Zheng Zhi's free kick was so easily resolved by the opponent, the fans said:
"That's it?"
When we saw that Lin Feng and Chen Tao had both withdrawn from the competition, everyone thought that Zheng Zhi was going to score a cool goal.
Unexpectedly, the kick was weak and threatening-free.
But when I think about the fact that this was a free kick he fought for, no one can say anything if he wasted it.
Perhaps it is because of this reason that Lin Feng and Chen Tao chose not to compete with him!
In fact, Zheng Zhi himself was a little embarrassed, so he played extra hard in the following time.
In the 27th minute, Sun Xiang made a cross, Han Peng headed the ball to the middle in the penalty area, and Zheng Zhi made a timely forward shot, once again blasting open the opponent's goal.
The score expanded to 3:0, and Zheng Zhi redeemed himself with a goal.
In less than thirty minutes, the Chinese national football team had scored three goals. It looked like a massacre.
At this time, the Palestinian team should face reality, give up illusions, honestly shrink their formation, and go back to park the bus.
But they don't seem to have given up yet and still have the fantasy of defeating the Chinese team and qualifying from the group.
After scoring three goals, the Chinese players' desire to attack was no longer very strong.
But seeing that their opponents were so ungrateful, they would not tolerate it and would beat them to death until they faced reality!
In the 33rd minute, Han Peng received the ball with his back to the goal at the front of the penalty area, and Palestinian defender Peshe kicked him from behind.
He originally wanted to clear the ball, but when he kicked it out, he accidentally kicked the ball to Lin Feng's feet.
Facing the ball falling from the sky, Lin Feng didn't think much about it. He swung his right foot and volleyed the ball from 18 meters away. The ball passed through the crowd. Although the Palestinian goalkeeper Saleh touched the ball with his hand, the ball was too fast and powerful, and he still couldn't change the direction of the ball.
After being refracted, the ball went into the lower right corner of the goal.
The score became 4:0, and Lin Feng also opened!
"With a beautiful volley, Lin Feng scored the fourth goal for the Chinese team. The strength of the two teams seems to be completely on a different level. Facing the Chinese team with all its main players, the Palestinian team is just like a toy and has no power to fight back!"
"Although there is still a long time before the end of the game, we can already declare it over in advance. Congratulations to the Chinese team for defeating the Palestinian team by a large margin and winning the fourth game in the group stage. In this way, no matter what the results of the games in Iraq and Singapore are, the Chinese team will advance to the Asian Cup as the first in the group!"
In the CCTV studio, the commentator announced to the fans in a proud and even arrogant tone that the Chinese national football team had advanced ahead of schedule and secured first place in the group. The fans of the Chinese national football team were quite calm about this good news.
"Basic exercises, don't be stupid!"
"This group is too weak. It's not challenging to advance. Give us a stronger group next time!"
"Keep a low profile. If you are really placed in the group of death in next year's World Cup group stage, you will have no place to cry!"
Since the Australian team has officially joined the Asian Football Confederation, next year's Asian Cup will include not only traditional Asian powerhouses such as Japan, South Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia, but also Australia, a big shark swimming over from Oceania.
Considering that Australia advanced from the group stage in this year's World Cup while all Asian teams were eliminated, many people regard Australia as the number one favorite to win next year's Asian Cup.
After that, there are traditional strong teams such as Japan, South Korea and Iran. Although Saudi Arabia and Qatar can also be considered top-notch in Asia, there is a big gap between them and the first three teams.
As for the Chinese team, the Chinese team did not participate in the World Cup, so theoretically the Chinese team is not considered top-notch in Asia.
However, the addition of young players such as Lin Feng has made the national football team's foreign war results quite impressive, making many people feel that they have the strength to become a top team in Asia.
"What is the ranking used for the Asian Cup teams? FIFA's ranking or the World Cup ranking?"
If it is the former, the Chinese national football team has the hope of becoming a first-tier seeded team, but if it is the latter, the Chinese national football team will definitely be divided into the second or even third tier. In that case, there is a high probability that a death group will appear.
For example, if the first-tier teams Japan, South Korea and Iran are combined with second- and third-tier teams like China, plus second- and third-tier teams like Uzbekistan, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq, then this group will immediately become a death group. Even the first-tier teams will have to be cautious when facing these opponents, otherwise they may suffer a setback.
"It is definitely impossible to divide them according to the FIFA rankings, after all, this is always changing. It is most likely to be divided according to the World Cup rankings or the Asian Cup rankings. If it is based on the latter, the Chinese national football team has the hope of entering the first tier of teams. After all, we won the runner-up in the last session!"
Although fans are extremely angry when mentioning this runner-up place, this runner-up place did bring the Chinese team a lot of Asian Cup points.
"I hope they will be divided according to the Asian Cup rankings. I really don't want to see the Chinese national football team enter the death group and start a familiar script!"
There is a joke about the Chinese national football team circulating on the Internet. One netizen joked that the national football team’s first game was the opening game.
The second battle was a fight of life and death, and the third battle was a battle of life and death.
The fourth battle is a battle of honor, and the last stop is the train station...
"What are you afraid of? As long as you are strong, even if you are assigned to the death group, the ones you should worry about are others. What do we have to be afraid of?"
"That's right. The Koreans have always been unwilling to accept the defeat. They think we defeated their second team and want to seek revenge on us. We can take this opportunity to have a real fight and see what excuses the Koreans will make after losing!"
"Don't forget the Japanese team. I think they are not convinced either. Let's take care of them together. It's a good opportunity to avenge both old and new grudges at the same time!"
The fans were really a little bit carried away. After watching this game, they were all filled with heroic spirit, clamoring to punch the Japanese and kick the Koreans in order to restore the reputation of Chinese football.
But Zhu Guanghu actually doesn't want to meet these strong teams too early, because meeting them may expose his tactics in advance, making other teams prepared.
He hopes that the Chinese national football team can be assigned to a slightly weaker group, just like the grouping in this Asian qualifiers.
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Although everyone's mind is not on the court, the game is still going on.
In the 37th minute, after Gao Lin's shot in the penalty area was blocked, he actively counterattacked and after successfully counterattacking, he made a chic heel pass.
Chen Tao rode his horse over, met the ball and fired an anti-aircraft gun.
When Gao Lin saw that his teammate had kicked away his assist, he and Chen Tao stared at each other.
That expression seemed to say:
No, brother, why are you masturbating too? And don't you feel guilty for wasting the opportunity I worked so hard to get?
Two minutes later, Sun Xiang's shot from the right side of the penalty area was slightly off the bottom line.
In the 40th minute, the Chinese team made a long pass from the backcourt, Han Peng passed the ball to the right side in the frontcourt, Lin Feng rushed out at high speed, cut inside with the ball and passed it directly into the penalty area.
Lin Feng's pass was not particularly good. The ball did not reach Gao Lin, and when the ball came to Gao Lin, it touched the ground a little and bounced up. In this case, the forward usually needs to stop the ball and adjust before shooting, but Gao Lin did not adjust, because once he wasted time to adjust, he might lose the chance to shoot.
At the critical moment, Gao Lin had an idea and relied on the opponent's defender to make a very beautiful side turn and shot the ball into the goal in the penalty area.
The score became 5:0, Gao Lin completed a hat trick for the national team!
Gao Lin's goal stunned all the fans at the scene, including the TV commentator!
The fans at the scene exclaimed "WTF!" and cast curious glances at Gao Lin:
Who is this guy? Why is he so awesome? That shot just now was really cool!
After seeing this goal, the two CCTV commentators subconsciously rubbed their eyes, wondering if they had seen it wrong.
Is this Gao Lin?
"Gao Lin has improved!"
"Yeah, and he's improved a lot. He's really become a top shooter!"
"If I remember correctly, Gao Lin is only 20 years old this year. His skills are not yet finalized and there is still room for growth and improvement. I wonder what kind of surprises he will bring us in a few years!"
On the court, Gao Lin, who completed a hat trick, was so excited that he took off his jersey and ran all over the field.
He was just bragging before, but he didn't expect that he actually completed a hat trick. Now he will have something to brag about when he goes back!
The Chinese team scored consecutive goals in the first half, basically breaking the opponent's morale.
In the second half, the Chinese team began to play more conservatively, and Zhu Guanghu also made a large number of personnel changes in the team.
Lin Feng and Zheng Zhi were substituted one after another, and Gao Lin, who completed a hat-trick, was also substituted in the 74th minute of the second half.
Although the Chinese team was playing conservatively, they could not stop scoring goals.
In the 64th minute, the Chinese team got a free kick in the frontcourt. Chen Tao shot powerfully with his left foot from 26 meters away. The ball passed through the gap in the wall and flew into the left corner of the goal.
The score became 6:0!
Although Lin Feng was not present in the second half, perhaps because Chen Tao and Gao Lin were both there, and the Chinese national team had a huge advantage, the players' performance was still outstanding.
But when Zhu Guanghu replaced Gao Lin, the Chinese national team's offensive threat began to gradually decline.
Mao Jianqing, who came on as a substitute, used his personal ability to find several opportunities, but failed to seize them. In addition, after Lin Feng was substituted, the support provided by the midfield was not strong enough, so the opportunities for the strikers began to decrease.
But fortunately, the Chinese national football team no longer needs to score goals at this time!
A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game. In the end, the Chinese national football team scored in many areas and defeated Palestine 6:0 away from home, sweeping away the gloom of the previous game.
(End of this chapter)
