Super Marshal

On the evening of November 15th, Kunming Tuodong Stadium.

Witnessed by more than 40,000 fans, the fifth round of the top 12 competition officially started.

After four consecutive victories, the Chinese team ranked first in the group with a three-point lead. The Chinese team also aimed to take all three points against Qatar in this game. Gao Han rarely said before the game that he was determined to win. Winning the game is full of confidence.

The team still arranged a four-three-three formation, with Yan Junling as the goalkeeper, Jiang Zhipeng, Feng Xiaoting, Mei Fang and Zhang Linfan in the defense. Zheng Zhi was still deep in the midfield, Hao Junmin and Huang Bowen were in the middle, and Wu Lei was the front three. , Zhang Yuning and Zhang Xizhe.

A very obvious change in the frontcourt attack point is to let Zhang Xizhe replace Gao Lin in the starting lineup. This is undoubtedly something that many people did not expect before the game, because Gao Lin has always been Gao Han's favorite general and is deeply trusted.

Qatar was obviously under great pressure in this game. Contrary to the strength they had against China in the top 40, they took the initiative to show weakness, giving up the traditional four-back formation and adopting a five-back formation. We must defend and counterattack in the away game to the end.

Head coach Fossati also hurriedly took charge after suffering two consecutive defeats in the first two rounds of the Qatar Top 12. After that, he lost to South Korea in an away game and won Syria at home. It can be said that his performance was quite impressive. improvement.

But this away challenge to China is the biggest test for Fossati.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team quickly started to press and press in the midfield and frontcourt, and successfully grabbed the ball within thirty seconds. After stealing the ball in the frontcourt, Zhang Xizhe passed the arc ball from the right, and Zhang Yuning grabbed a header in the penalty area. Attacked the goal, but the ball went slightly wide.

This attack quickly ignited the passion of the Chinese team, especially the fans in the stands who were very excited to see it.

What is home field advantage?

Fighting on a plateau, coupled with the home court advantage, this is China's home court advantage!

They are all waiting for the Chinese team to quickly defeat Qatar at home.

Three minutes later, another midfielder from the Chinese team intercepted the ball. Captain Zheng Zhi suddenly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and hit a heavy shot directly outside the penalty area. He hit a very high-quality long-range shot that was missed by the opponent's goalkeeper. Hold up the beam.

Subsequently, Hao Junmin took a corner kick, Feng Xiaoting headed the ball in the penalty area, and Mei Fang attacked the goal in the penalty area, but the angle was too straight and was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper, which defused the Chinese team's mantle attack.

The continuous attacks excited the fans in the stands and ignited the enthusiasm for the game.

After two consecutive waves of attacks failed to work, the Chinese team slowed down its offensive appropriately, but still maintained its pressure on Qatar in the midfield and frontcourt.

Just when everyone thought that Qatar was going to survive the opening three games of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team was about to slow down its offensive, there was a pass-and-receive error between the Qatar defender and midfielder, and Huang Bowen suddenly took the lead. In front of the midfielder, he intercepted the ball and drove the ball towards the defense.

When Huang Bowen dribbled the ball close to the penalty area, the opponent's central defender finally couldn't help but attack. But at this moment, Huang Bowen suddenly passed the ball diagonally behind him. Center Zhang Yuning quickly caught up with him and blocked the opponent's central defender with his body. He turned around with a beautiful pull ball. , suddenly shot with his left foot from close range.

With lightning speed, the ball passed under the opponent's goalkeeper and into the goal behind him, one to zero!

Zhang Yuning finally scored again!

This goal completely ignited the passion of the national team and excited all the fans in the stands.

After a crazy celebration, the national players all returned to the court.

At this time, the Dragons fans in the stands shouted "China must win", causing more than 40,000 fans in the audience to roar with them. The sound was overwhelming and deeply affected all the players on the court.

The morale-boosted Chinese team was ready to conquer Qatar in one breath and planned waves of offensives on the court.

The technical midfielder composed of Hao Junmin, Huang Bowen, Zheng Zhi and Zhang Xizhe created scoring opportunities again and again for scorers such as Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning. However, either the national players missed the scoring opportunities themselves, or the opponent The goalkeeper and defender performed well, but in the end they failed to score.

Time skipped twenty-five minutes. Seeing Qatar gradually regaining the feeling of the game, Gao Han immediately signaled the team to stabilize their position, stop fighting, and quickly focus on defense to maintain the one-goal lead and wait for the opponent to make mistakes.

Of course, the players on the field followed Gao Han's arrangements, but with a 65% ball possession advantage, the players would inevitably take chances and hope to score goals through counterattacks. Unexpectedly, in the first In the thirty-fifth minute, Qatar seized an opportunity and launched a counterattack.

The opponent's right midfielder seized the defensive gap left by Jiang Zhipeng's forward attack and quickly counterattacked. After receiving the pass from his teammate, he rushed into the penalty area and crossed the middle. The forward followed up and fired, successfully tying the score.

One to one, the game returned to the same starting line.

This goal was a big blow to the Chinese players. In the next ten minutes, the Chinese team showed a bit of frustration. Qatar even got an excellent opportunity to kick from the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area. , but Yan Junling stood very well and blocked the angle. The opponent's shot failed to hit the goal frame and missed the bottom line.

Gao Han, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but secretly feel grateful for Pedro Haro's ability to recognize people.

Almost as soon as he coached the national team, Pedro Haro recommended the young Yan Junling to him. Later, with Zeng Cheng's solid performance, although the international player was selected for the national team every time, he But never got the chance.

It's better now. After Zeng Cheng retired from injury, he finally got a chance.

In the first two rounds against Syria and Uzbekistan, Yan Junling performed very steadily and made very good saves. This time, positioning was even more critical, and he did not disappoint Gao Han and Pedro Haro.

At the end of the first half, Gao Han returned to the locker room with a score of one to one. Gao Han severely scolded the international players for their poor performance.

On the one hand, it is the carelessness when conceding the goal, but the most important thing is the frustration after conceding the goal. It is simply unforgivable to think that a conceding goal makes the team behave differently.

The national players were obviously ashamed of their performance in the last ten minutes of the first half. The main reason was that they were equalized after taking the lead, which made them a little flustered because of their poor psychological quality. They were eager to get a goal back and exceed the score again.

Leading can make them feel safe.

Of course Gao Han can understand the mood of the national football players, but sometimes they have to defend when they need to be defended, and they have to scold when they should be scolded.

Now the national team has won four consecutive games in the group, and the atmosphere within the team is so good that it almost makes people think that the Chinese team has qualified for the World Cup ahead of schedule. This situation is not a good sign.

In the early attack and goal just now, Gao Han did not use the skill card. He wanted to see the true level of the national team, but the result did not disappoint him. After careful training for so long, coupled with the past two weeks, During the training camp, the players performed well in terms of overall skills and tactics as well as offensive and defensive coordination.

But after conceding a goal, the game was really bad.

After a scolding, Gao Han quickly made adjustments, asking everyone to cheer up, pass the ball decisively, and be confident, especially when passing crosses at the front of the opponent's penalty area. The two There is no need to hesitate when the full-back comes in.

Zheng Zhi was the one holding back in the midfield. Even though he once stepped in and took a long shot directly at the goal in the opening game, he almost scored. But in fact, his position was very deep in this game because he was responsible for important tasks. Responsibilities.

As long as he delays, the two central defenders will pull wide, and the full-backs will quickly advance to attack, trying to release the offensive firepower of the two wings to solve the width and cross problems of the frontcourt wing attack.

After the ball reaches the frontcourt, the offense is mainly in the ribs and crosses.

Gao Han also analyzed and provided guidance on the phenomenon that the team's offense was sometimes too anxious and sometimes too hesitant in the first half. His request was, don't be anxious, don't hesitate, just follow your feelings, and it doesn't matter even if you make a mistake.

With Gao Han's arrangement instructions, the Chinese team changed sides and fought again in the second half. The Chinese team once again firmly suppressed Qatar in the half.

The Chinese team did not live up to Gao Han's high expectations. In just six minutes of the second half, when an attack reached the front of the opponent's penalty area, Zhang Xizhe and Huang Bowen made consecutive cross passes. Hao Junmin passed the ball to the left. After Jiang Zhipeng caught up with him, he passed the ball from the left. In the penalty area, Zhang Yuning scored from close range, two to one!

After surpassing the score again, Zhang Yuning, who scored twice, was so excited that he forgot all about himself. He kept waving his hands, but he was soon stopped by his teammates chasing behind him and fell to the ground.

This 19-year-old youngster has become the current top scorer in the national team, carrying the Chinese team's hope of entering the World Cup. This has to be said to be a very surprising thing.

What is even more surprising is that after moving from Vitesse to Ajax, Zhang Yuning quickly became the team's top scorer. Although his performance was good and bad, overall, as a 19-year-old As a 2-year-old center forward, he has gradually established his footing and become a sharp knife on Ajax's front line.

In the 60th minute, Gao Han replaced Zhang Yuning, who scored twice, with Gao Lin.

The latter originally expected to score a hat trick, because after Ajax strengthened his physical fitness, he felt that Qatar's defenders could not stop him at all, but Gao Han still replaced him.

"Save your hunger for the Eredivisie, for the second round-robin."

After Gao Lin replaced Zhang Yuning, the Chinese team's offense was not inferior at all. Coupled with the team's tight defense in the midfield and backcourt, it was difficult for Qatar to counterattack threateningly. The Chinese team was suppressed in the half court throughout the game.

Then Gao Han successively replaced Huang Bowen for Han Chao, pulled Zhang Xizhe to the middle, and let Yu Han Chao play the right wing position.

This substitution also showed its effect after ten minutes.

In the 83rd minute, it was a pass from the right from the Han Dynasty. Gao Lin grabbed the first point in the penalty area and passed the ball to Wu Lei who was cutting in from the left. Wu Lei started to hit without thinking. The ball once again penetrated Qatar's goal.

After leading 3-1, Gao Han replaced Zheng Zhi with Wang Lei, giving the Chinatown youngster a chance to practice. Wang Lei also had the opportunity to take a high-quality free kick, but it was a little too high. Some, failed to score.

In the end, the Chinese team narrowly defeated Qatar 3-1 in Kunming with Zhang Yuning's brace and Wu Lei's goal.

This victory made Gao Han feel very gratified because he never used a skill card from beginning to end.

It's not that he doesn't want to use it, but that he doesn't think it's necessary.

Except for that one goal and the last ten minutes of the first half, Qatar did not pose much of a threat to the Chinese team throughout the game, which made him feel that it was better to take this opportunity to test the team.

As a result, they did not disappoint.