Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Chapter 325 The small shock that the Chinese national football team gave to our fellow Macau compatriots!

As a doubly landlocked country, Uzbekistan does not have a strong international presence, but in China, many people have heard of the name of this country.

This is mainly because of the game at the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games that shocked the Chinese people!

That year, the Chinese national football team won all the way and reached the final of the Asian Games for the first time in history.

Just when fans across the country were expecting the Chinese team to win its first Asian championship trophy in team history, the national football team was defeated 4:2 in the final by Uzbekistan, a new AFC team that had just gained independence from the Soviet Union and whose own country was still in chaos!

It is no exaggeration to say that this result shocked the whole country at the time. Many fans who were looking forward to the Chinese national team winning the trophy even angrily smashed the televisions they had bought with their hard-earned money after the game.

In their first match against the Chinese national team, the Uzbekistan team gave a wake-up call to the Chinese team, which was still among the top teams in Asia at the time, and made countless Chinese fans remember their names.

Now that the two teams meet again in another top Asian competition, fans hope that the Chinese national team can get back on track.

The Chinese national football team's match was held at the Macau Stadium. Even though mainland fans need a Hong Kong and Macau Pass and visa to travel to Hong Kong and Macau, which has raised the threshold for watching the game a lot, it still can't stop the enthusiastic fans.

With more than two hours left before the game started, the small Macau Stadium was already packed with people.

Among them are fans who came from the mainland, as well as many local Macau fans who want to catch a glimpse of the national team stars.

Perhaps because Uzbekistan is the opponent of the Chinese national team in the Asian Cup group stage, Zhu Guanghu did not send out the full main lineup.

Just like this game, overseas players such as Zheng Zhi, Sun Jihai and Shao Jiayi were not called up.

However, Zhu Guanghu is not completely in favor of overseas players. For young overseas players like Lin Feng, Chen Tao, Feng Xiaoting, etc., Zhu is still happy to train them more.

In this game, Zhu Guanghu sent out the Luneng combination of Li Jinyu and Han Peng as the striker.

Lin Feng still starts in the attacking midfielder position, and behind him, Zhao Junzhe, Chen Tao and Zhou Haibin are lined up in a row.

Li Weifeng, who was released from ban and returned to the national team, started in this game and partnered with young player Feng Xiaoting to form the two iron gates in front of the national team's goal.

Sun Xiang and Xu Yunlong were on the left and right sides respectively, and together with Li Weifeng and Feng Xiaoting, they formed the complete defense line of the Chinese national team in this game.

Uzbekistan did not hold back either and also fielded all its main forces.

After the opening, taking advantage of the home field and cheering from more than 15,000 fans on the scene, the Chinese national football team launched a fierce attack on the opponent.

Lin Feng had a wide range of activities in the frontcourt today. The first attack of the Chinese national team after the opening was planned by him after he came to the left.

In the first minute of the first half, Lin Feng completed a two-pass wall pass with Sun Xiang on the wing, dribbled the ball to the front court, and after attracting the opponent's midfielder's return defense, he passed the ball to the middle.

Chen Tao followed up and made a shot, but unfortunately the ball was not powerful enough and was easily caught by the goalkeeper.

Although the attack was not successful, it still made the opponent break out in a cold sweat.

I knew that the Chinese team’s number eight was very strong, but I didn’t expect him to be so strong!

Just now, because their winger was too close, Lin Feng took the opportunity to speed up and easily wiped out the opponent.

After the first defensive player lost his position, the ones who tried to make up for the defense were like delivering food. One by one, he was dribbled past. It was completely ineffective.

As expected, he is a core player of a top club and his ability is much higher than any Asian players they have met before.

If we continue to use the same tactics we used against Asian players before to deal with him, it will probably not have any effect and may even backfire.

After seeing the attack of the Chinese national team, the Uzbekistan team immediately changed their strategy and began to double-team Lin Feng!

"Haha, the opponent's reaction speed is so fast!"

The opponent's adjustments made the commentators laugh out loud:
"There's nothing we can do. If we were any slower, the Chinese team might have scored a goal!"

It is a little unbelievable to say, but in the past, when commentators were commenting on the Chinese national football team’s games, they were always nervous and on edge, always on guard against the Chinese national football team making a big mistake!

You say that the Chinese national football team is weak, but at least it is ranked there. It is not as good as the top teams in Asia, but it is better than the second-rate teams.

But you said the Chinese national football team is strong!
It is really hard to say such insincere words, because the record of the Chinese national football team is very unstable and it does not have the demeanor of a strong team at all.

When encountering an opponent stronger than itself, it is difficult for the Chinese national football team to defeat the opponent unexpectedly, and they will basically lose as much as possible.

When encountering a team weaker than itself, the Chinese national football team is not completely confident of defeating the opponent. Instead, it is often upset by weaker teams than itself.

Moreover, the bigger the competition, the more life-and-death battles, the worse the Chinese national football team's performance will be.

The curse of 'a draw will qualify' and the three black minutes often come upon you, leaving you in agony.

This has happened so many times that the fans of the Chinese national football team are almost becoming neurotic.

Even the commentators have to be cautious when commenting on the Chinese national football team's matches, for fear of saying the wrong thing.

But I don’t know when the Chinese national football team began to change.

There are fewer upset losses to weaker teams, and more upset wins over stronger opponents.

Over time, fans and commentators have felt more at ease when watching the Chinese national football team's games.

Just like this game, we can tell from the performance of the two teams in the first few minutes, especially the competitive state of the Chinese national team.

Many fans have already put their minds at ease. Although they dare not guarantee that the Chinese national team will win, after all, the ball is round, but the possibility of losing to the opponent is very low.

Uzbekistan's targeting of Lin Feng was effective. Under their double-teaming, it became much more difficult for Lin Feng to handle the ball. Passing back or sideways was still easy, but it became much more difficult to send a threatening offensive pass forward!
In the 5th minute of the first half, Lin Feng wanted to pass the ball directly into the penalty area and pass it to Han Peng on the striker, but was blocked by the opponent while passing it.

However, just as the opponent got the ball and before they could even warm up to it, the Chinese national team immediately counterattacked.

The left-back Sun Xiang and Lin Feng cooperated very well. The two of them, one in front and one behind, quickly snatched the ball back and created opportunities on the wing.

Lin Feng passed the ball to Sun Xiang, who dribbled the ball down the field and prepared to pass it to the middle.

But when the opponent's full-back raised his leg to block, he suddenly made a back pass and passed it to Lin Feng who suddenly advanced into the penalty area.

Lin Feng looked up to observe the goalkeeper's position while getting into a shooting position.

The opponent's defenders didn't dare to be careless, and two people rushed over to block Lin Feng.

Seeing the opponent respond like this, Lin Feng immediately changed his strategy, made a fake shot and passed the ball to the Uzbek central defender, sending the ball in front of the goal.

Han Peng fell to the ground and shot the ball into the bottom corner of the goal on the edge of the small penalty area.

1:0! It took the Chinese national football team only five minutes to break through the opponent's goal!
There was a burst of warm cheers at the scene. The fans, especially the local fans in Macau, were more excited about this goal than the fans from the mainland.

Is this the strength of the national team?

It’s really strong!
The level of this game is really high, and the team played much better than the Macau team!

Due to the population base and area, Macau does not have a professional league. The local amateur league is of limited level and there are not many participating teams. As a result, the level of Macau football has remained low for many years. For local fans, there are not many opportunities to enjoy high-level games at home.

Seeing their fellow Macau compatriots so excited, the fans who came from the mainland were actually confused!

"It's just basic exercise, no need to make a fuss!"

"Just wait, this is just the beginning. I predict that the Chinese national team can score at least three goals in this game!"

Seeing the excitement of their fellow Macau compatriots, the mainland fans' originally straight chests became even straighter.

I never thought that being a fan of my national football team would allow me to gain admiration from others!
This is really the first time in history!

Could it be that the spring of Chinese football has really arrived?

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"Lin Feng's pass was really good, and Han Peng's shot from that position was so comfortable!"

"The opponent's defender was obviously stunned. He probably never dreamed that Lin Feng was actually aiming at his small goal!"

“Haha, we can observe him later to see if he will subconsciously guard his own small door when facing Lin Feng again!”

Being in a good mood, the commentators also made some jokes that were not too explicit to make the audience laugh.

Although the commentators from all major TV stations all praised Lin Feng's contribution to the game, Han Peng's performance cannot be ignored.

Logically speaking, as an opportunist and goal-scoring striker, this goal should have been scored by Li Jinyu.

But just now it was Han Peng who reacted faster and grabbed the opportunity. This is the keen sense of smell of an excellent forward!
In the opening stage, Uzbekistan tried to play a stable game, and its strategy of defense and counterattack was quite obvious.

But it turned out that they could not defend against the attack of the Chinese national team, so after losing the ball, Uzbekistan immediately gave up this tactic and began to gradually push out its own formation, as if they wanted to fight a positional battle with the Chinese national team.

In fact, the strength of the Uzbekistan team is quite strong, otherwise they would not have eliminated the Chinese team 07:3 in the 0 Asian Cup, giving the Chinese team a humiliating defeat - the first time in the history of the Chinese national football team that they missed the Asian Cup knockout stage!

Their advantages lie in speed and physical confrontation ability.

But these advantages are difficult to bring out against this Chinese national football team.

The Chinese national football team, which has competed with a number of world-class teams, has not only greatly broadened its horizons and boosted its self-confidence, but also greatly improved its adaptability to high-intensity, fast-paced games.

Uzbekistan's confrontation intensity and game rhythm are obviously not comparable to those of world-class teams such as Germany, France and Brazil.

Therefore, it is obviously not feasible to rely on this trick to deal with the Chinese national football team.

And they were unlucky enough to let the Chinese national team score a goal right after the start of the game, which directly made the difficulty of their game reach hell level!

Because of the psychological quality of the players, the Chinese national football team actually has the hidden attribute of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

If the opponent is stronger, the players may lose confidence in the game before the game, and find it difficult to muster the fighting spirit on the field, and then lose as expected.

But if they assess that their opponents are not strong and actually gain an advantage on the field, then they will have nothing to worry about.

At this time, everyone was fighting bravely and vying to be the first.

It was as if they had all transformed into world-class superstars, their performance was unstoppable, commonly known as playing like crazy!
Just as the opponent kicked off, before they had time to pass the ball a few more times, the ball was intercepted by the Chinese national team players.

Zhao Junzhe and Chen Tao made a beautiful combination, passed the defender and then made a lob pass to Li Jinyu in the penalty area.

Li Jinyu stopped the ball with his chest and then volleyed it directly, but unfortunately his shot was too straight and the ball was caught by the goalkeeper.

The Chinese national team easily threatened their own goal repeatedly, forcing Uzbekistan to move its formation forward.

In this way, even if the ball is lost, it will not threaten their own goal in the first place.

But the embarrassing thing for them is that they have no control over the rhythm of the game at all.

The rhythm of the game was firmly controlled by the Chinese team, and the opponents were forced to follow the rhythm of the Chinese team.

It was not until the 10th minute of the first half that Uzbekistan pushed its attack into the Chinese team's penalty area for the first time.

However, this attack failed due to the anxious mentality of their players. They pushed the opponent in the penalty area and were called for an offensive foul by the referee, and ultimately failed to make a shot.

If the Uzbekistan team's attack is like constipation, it can't even fart.

The Chinese national football team's attack was like a runny nose, it was out of control once it started!
In the 11th minute, Lin Feng attempted a long shot from outside the penalty area, but unfortunately it was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Two minutes later, he caused a foul by the opponent when he tried to break through with the ball, winning a free kick in the frontcourt for the Chinese national team.

Lin Feng felt good today, so he chose to shoot directly.

But the opponent's goalkeeper was very focused and successfully saved the ball.

After the corner kick, Lin Feng found Han Peng at the back post, but Han Peng's header failed to reach the crossbar.

Although the Chinese national team's attack failed to score a goal, it put tremendous pressure on the opponent, causing panic in the Uzbekistan team's penalty area.

In the 14th minute, the Chinese national team's offensive returned.

Li Jinyu's shot from the right side of the penalty area was blocked by the defender, and Lin Feng's follow-up shot hit the goal frame, making all the fans in the stands sigh in regret.

In the 16th minute of the game, Bakayev finally completed Uzbekistan's first shot, but this ball posed no threat to Li Leilei.

Fortunately, this game was held in the south. If it was held in the north, with so little activity, the goalkeeper would probably be frozen into a fool!
In the 18th minute, Lin Feng once again put on a wonderful individual performance. He boldly passed the ball in front of the penalty area, fooled the opponent's defender, and successfully dribbled into the penalty area.

Just as he was about to shoot, he was unexpectedly pushed from behind by the angry defender, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty kick.

Even though they sent two players, they were unable to stop Lin Feng and were often fooled by the opponent. The mentality of the Uzbekistan team was a little exploded.

(End of this chapter)