Ali Haan's rare passion made the team members excited. Since the team building ideas are usually very relaxed, once they became nervous, everyone forgot about the fatigue of the entire season and the unbearable weather. Immediately afterwards
This atmosphere was maintained until the opening ceremony.
At 3:30, the whole team entered the King Fahd Stadium. Shortly after, they entered the stadium to warm up, then made corrections and officially took the field.
The sunshine in the afternoon of June shines brightly on people's heads. This kind of heat is terrible dry heat, which is completely different from the high temperature in southern cities in China. Because the air is relatively dry, sweat evaporates quickly and the body surface temperature is acceptable. But
It is precisely because of dryness that the body loses water at a much higher rate than in urban environments in southern China, and people are particularly prone to fatigue.
In the locker room, Hao Haidong, Li Ming and other veterans of the team kept making jokes. They had all been to the Saudi Arabia game. The experience of having smoke coming out of your throat after running for ten minutes was nothing. Everyone was asked to close their mouths and use their noses.
Panting. Yan Song, who is also from Dalian, raised his hand: "I have a cold and my nose is stuffy. What should I do?"
Lao Hao didn't know where to find a pair of convenient chopsticks, and stepped forward to help Yan Song clear the "sewer". There was laughter in the locker room.
At 3:50, the two sides officially took the stage. Wang Ai looked around at the stadium with more than 60,000 people. The stands were filled with white robes and rubber rings. Saudis have no feeling for this kind of climate. It’s a hot day.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, it was still full of people.
Wang Ai forgot that football in Saudi Arabia is also very fanatical. This game is very important to Saudi Arabia. Many members of the royal family came to the stands to watch the game.
Wang Ai sat with Li Ming and Luo Tongliang, and on the other side were Yan Song, Yao Xia, Dewey, Zong Lei, Chen Yang and others. The starting lineup for this game was the striker combination of Hao Haidong plus Bai Guanghai, Shao Jiayi, Zhao Junzhe,
The midfield combination of Li Xiaopeng and Li Weifeng, the backcourt combination of Sun Jihai, Zheng Zhi, Xu Yunlong and Zhang Yonghai, and the goalkeeper is Liu Yunfei as usual.
The game started according to Ali Haan's established plan. In the first thirty minutes, the Chinese team showed extraordinary technical strength. A large number of overseas players played a competitive level that was obviously better than Saudi Arabia. Soon, Bai Guanghai and Shao Jiayi
Each scored a victory, leading 2:0.
Ali Haan had his hands in his trouser pockets and his expression was relaxed. However, something unexpected happened. In less than 30 minutes, the Chinese team's offensive slowed down. Considering that the Chinese team was leading by two goals and the weather was still hot, Ali Haan did not do more urging.
Slowly, the Saudi team attacked, and the second phase of the Chinese team's battle began. Shao Jiayi, Zhao Junzhe, Li Weifeng, etc. began to take over the game in different positions, delaying the Saudi team's attack in the center circle, and cooperated very well with each other.
, especially Li Weifeng, who has been taught by Mauro Silva for a whole season, performed very steadily in the defensive midfielder position, has a large range of activities, and is fierce and decisive in defense. Whenever the Saudi team's center advances to the top of the penalty area,
Li Weifeng would always arrive in time to destroy it.
At the end of the first half, 2:0, the Chinese team returned to the locker room chatting and laughing.
In the second half, the venue changed, but the situation suddenly changed. In the third minute of the game, the Saudi forward switched to the wing, bypassed the brave Li Weifeng, and broke into the penalty area from Zhang Yonghai's side. Zheng Zhi hurriedly retreated to the goal to help defend. Unexpectedly, the Chinese goalkeeper
However, Liu Yunfei suddenly abandoned the goal and attacked, but was met by a Saudi Arabian cross in front of the goal and scored into an empty goal.
In order to save the ball, Zheng Zhi even flew up and was unable to save it.
When the Saudis ran back with the ball and waited for the kick-off to resume, Zheng Zhi frowned and said something to Liu Yunfei, but Liu Yunfei seemed to have an argument with Zheng Zhi.
Seeing this scene, Wang Ai, Li Ming, and Luo Tongliang stopped talking at the same time. It's okay to be scored, but Zheng Zhi is not a person willing to quarrel with others. What happened to Liu Yunfei? The attack just now was wrong. How could it be?
Why is it that the defenders are all there but the goalkeeper is out?
Xu Yunlong, who also played as a central defender in this game, turned around and tried to persuade him, but unexpectedly he also started to quarrel with Liu Yunfei. The Singaporean referee was so depressed: What are you Chinese doing? You are in the lead!
Fortunately, Zheng Zhi and Xu Yunlong did not escalate the matter and returned to their positions silently. Behind them, Liu Yunfei was still chattering.
On the bench, Wang Ai turned his head and looked at veteran Li Ming. Li Ming's eyes were also very surprised. No one was familiar with Liu Yunfei from Tianjin, so he turned to look at Zong Lei. Zong Lei was also from the Tianjin team and played for the Tianjin team back then.
Liu Yunfei played as a substitute. It seemed that he knew something, but couldn't say it. He smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Everyone had no choice but to continue watching the game in a dull tone.
Saudi Arabia succeeded in counterattacking, and the Chinese team had problems with its defense. This seemed to be a dark cloud hanging over the Chinese team. This national team has always been known for its internal unity, but an internal quarrel openly broke out in the competition, which made the team's former players
Nan Yong's face was also very ugly when he came.
As the game continued, the Chinese team strengthened their defense on the wing, and a stalemate with the Saudi team formed for a while. It seemed that victory was also beckoning to the Chinese team. But no one who was familiar with the Chinese team's style dared to really relax, which was inexplicable.
It's not that crashes have never happened, they happen quite often.
Sure enough, in the 25th minute of the second half, when Wang Ai and Luo Tongliang started to warm up at the same time, the situation on the court changed drastically again.
This time, the Saudi midfielder was caught in a through ball, and a high-altitude ball turned into a lob. Zheng Zhi raised his head to watch the ball while lowering his head to guard against the Saudi forward beside him. As a result, he did not notice.
His Liu Yunfei collided with each other, causing the high-altitude ball, which was not much of a threat, to fly into the goal.
After getting up, both of them became angry. Fortunately, Li Weifeng arrived in time and pushed the two away. You know, when Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi were in Xiamen, they had not spoken a word for more than two years due to various reasons. Originally, they
This is the most unstable factor in the Chinese team now. Unexpectedly, Liu Yunfei, who is usually smiling, suddenly became a problem.
Ali Haan made a prompt decision and immediately put Wang Ai and Luo Tongliang on the court before they had finished warming up, replacing midfielder Li Xiaopeng and central defender Zheng Zhi respectively.
"Brother Zhi, don't think too much! Old Ali is here for the competition."
Wang Ai walked up to Luo Tongliang, hugged Zheng Zhi, and said something.
Zheng Zhi looked a little ugly and forced a smile: "I understand."
Seeing Wu Jingui, the assistant next to Lao Ali, step forward to talk to Zheng Zhi in a low voice, Wang Aicai looked at Luo Tongliang.
The disheveled northeastern man, for the convenience of the game, deliberately tied an artist's braid on the back of his head, but it did not damage his majesty as the "martial arts champion" of the Chinese football team. He is the most speechless, the most capable, and the most loyal. Wang Ai Zai
The right-hand man of the Chinese team.
"Don't worry!" Luo Tongliang waved his hand and ran to the backcourt.
This chapter has been completed!