Seeing her son raising his hands to the sky amidst the cheers of the fans, the mother Ren Changmei in the stands could not hold back the tears that burst into her eyes.
She stood alone in the cheering crowd, with tears streaming down her face.
Then a gust of wind blew, and she suddenly felt something and turned her head to look to the side.
A figure that had been gone for many years appeared beside her at some point, looking towards the court.
After sensing her gaze, he turned his head and looked over, with a smile on his face that had never aged.
Ren Changmei also laughed, until her eyes were wet with tears and filled her field of vision. She raised her hand to wipe away the tears in her eyes. When she took her hand away again, the familiar figure had disappeared.
It was as if it had never been there at all, as if it was just her own hallucination.
Ren Changmei was stunned and started to look around, but she couldn't find him. None of the excited faces were familiar to her.
After realizing that it was really her hallucination, Ren Changmei slowly sat down in the stands and stared blankly at the densely packed crowd in the front row.
In this moment of national joy, she felt lost.
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When the Chinese team players swarmed over the billboard and ran towards Zhang Qinghuan to celebrate the goal with him, Uzbekistan head coach Rasulov in front of the visiting team's coaching bench angrily turned around and punched the awning of the coaching bench.
He is not dissatisfied with the players' performance, he is dissatisfied with himself.
Because he had been emphasizing the importance of targeting Hu Lai before the game, his defense against Hu Lai during the game can be regarded as a success.
He adopted the strategy of quickly shrinking the defense because he was concerned about the speed advantage of the two wide players, Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai.
He arranged everything he could think of for the Chinese team's attacking trident, but he neglected the "hand" wielding the trident, Zhang Qinghuan!
In other words, Zhang Qinghuan’s scoring ability was ignored!
Because he has such an excellent teammate as Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan's goals in the club are not actually too many, so it is easy for people to have the illusion that Zhang Qinghuan is an offensive midfielder who focuses on organizing offense and is not good at scoring.
But actually, he can score goals.
Now it’s not a question of whether he has the ability to score goals, but whether he wants to score goals...
When there is a better scorer than him in front, he would rather assist and provide assists from behind.
This does not mean that he will not score. If there is a chance to score, he will not let it go.
Just now, Hu Lai and Luo Kai's cross-positioning successfully helped him open the Uzbekistan goal. In front of him, there was a feeling of "sudden enlightenment" in the middle of the Uzbekistan penalty area.
If Zhang Qinghuan didn't know how to seize such a good opportunity, he wouldn't have been the most talented super genius in Chinese football before Hu Lai appeared.
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Zhang Qinghuan's goal occurred in the 40th minute, and there was not much time left before the end of the first half.
The Chinese team had no way of taking advantage of the morale-boosting opportunity after this goal and continued to lay siege to Uzbekistan’s goal.
Five minutes go by in a blink of an eye.
The referee quickly blew the whistle to end the first half, and the Chinese team entered the halftime break with a one-goal lead.
This score makes people happy, but it doesn't make them relax.
Because it’s just a one-goal lead.
If this game ends with this score, the one who will laugh out loud will definitely be Uzbekistan, not the Chinese team.
Because for Uzbekistan, which returned to play at home in the second round, a 0:1 loss in the first round was simply a small loss and a win.
Therefore, the Chinese team has only one task in the second half, which is to score more goals and score more goals. Not only must they win, but they must also win more.
In response to this situation, Uzbekistan's head coach Rasulov encouraged his players in the locker room: "...Although you lost a goal, overall, your performance in the first half was very good.
.The next time and advantage are on our side. The Chinese team will definitely attack aggressively in the second half. As long as we are patient and can withstand their attack, then as time goes by, the Chinese team will definitely become more and more impatient in the end. So we
We must adhere to the tactics of defensive counterattack! Don't tangle with them too much in the midfield and frontcourt, and don't be fooled by their passes! Guard our penalty area, as long as there is no space left, they can't score! At the same time, don't give Zhang Qinghuan a pass.
A chance to shoot from outside the penalty area!"
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At the same time, in the home team’s locker room, Shi Wuyin also said this to his players:
"We will continue to score goals in the second half. This is obvious. So Uzbekistan must have guessed our reaction. It is impossible to catch the opponent by surprise. In the second half, we really have to attack, but at the same time we have to be extra special.
Pay attention to their counterattack. If the situation is critical, even if it is a foul, their counterattack must be interrupted at the first sign, and they must not be allowed to fight."
Shi Wuyin arranged more for defense during the halftime break, including asking the players how to prevent Uzbekistan's counterattack; what aspects should be paid attention to during this critical period of transition from offense to defense; what needs to be done to defend Namozov
To what extent...
As for the attack, he didn’t say much.
Because there is nothing much to say.
Uzbekistan shrinks its defense, and the Chinese team attacks with positional warfare. The players who participate in the offense on the field also know how to play. There are only those offensive routines, and it is difficult to play any tricks.
Furthermore, rather than arranging tactics and micromanaging himself in detail, he believed more in the bond between Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi, Zhang Qinghuan, and Luo Kai on the court.
Three of these four people have played in the same team for two years and won two national championships. This tacit understanding is naturally invincible.
Luo Kai also played in the Olympics with Hu Lai and Chen Xingyi on the National Olympic team. He and Hu Lai were high school classmates, so they are very familiar with each other.
They must know what to do on the court, and they don't need their coach to be nagging. In fact, when Shi Wuyin was playing football, it was difficult for any coach to teach him how to attack on the court because of his playing style.
It's that kind of erratic, and it's hard to tell him how to play in a fixed way.
Zhang Qinghuan's goal in the first half was like this. Hu Lai's movement before made people think that he would be the one to take the final shot. Later, Luo Kai's sudden diagonal insertion made people turn their attention to him.
Unexpectedly, it was Zhang Qinghuan who took the last shot.
Even Shi Wuyuan himself did not expect this.
This is not part of the offensive routine they have trained before the game, it is completely the result of the players improvising on the court.
If we have to say where the training results are reflected, it is the cross-positioning that he has been practicing constantly, which helped Zhang Qinghuan open up the opponent's middle defense in this attack.
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Both sides have completed the adjustments and arrangements for the halftime break, and the fifteen-minute break passed in the blink of an eye.
The two teams did not make substitutions and directly changed sides to fight again.
And Uzbekistan head coach Rasulov’s guess was correct. After the start of the second half, the Chinese team took advantage of its home court advantage and launched a fierce attack on Uzbekistan’s goal.
Because they had anticipated it, Uzbekistan’s players responded calmly and did not panic.
Anyway, as long as they lock the door and ensure that they do not leave any space for the Chinese team in the penalty area, they can make the Chinese team's offense fail again and again.
And due to Zhang Qinghuan's goal in the first half, during the halftime break, head coach Rasulov specifically told the players to strengthen their defense against Zhang Qinghuan's direct shot. This was regarded as the final patch to the team's defense.
Rasulov observed the situation on the sidelines for a while and found that the game situation had stabilized, so he turned around and walked back to the coaching bench, taking the opportunity to drink water and chat with the assistant coach.
“The next thing is to wait for time to pass.” He walked to the coaching bench and said to the assistant coach.
The assistant coach nodded when he heard this.
Rasulov bent down to pick up a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the cap, put it into his mouth and turned around.
Then he heard a huge cheering sound suddenly.
When he turned around, he saw Chen Xingyi dribbling the ball into the penalty area from the wing. Behind him was Uzbekistan's right back Ogud Tajibav. He turned around to chase back, but he staggered.
He could hardly maintain his balance and looked very embarrassed!
“Chen Xingyi’s breakthrough is so beautiful!!”
Chen Xingyi, who entered the penalty area, faced the Uzbek defender who came up to block him, sent a cross, and hit a low ball straight towards Hu Lai who was coming up!
Even though center back Hamlayev followed Hulay closely, Chen Xingyi still chose to pass the football to Hulay.
Because during the halftime break, Hu Lai specifically said that it doesn’t matter if there are defensive players around him, as long as there is an opportunity, just pass the football to him. After all, he has played in the Premier League for almost a year. If he is even at the Asian level,
If you can't physically confront the opponent's defender in every game, wouldn't your training this year be in vain?
Chen Xingyi thought so, could Uzbekistan’s center back be more difficult than the Premier League’s center back? So he passed the ball without hesitation!
After the ball was passed, he saw Hu Laisha move forward and use his body to block Hamlayev, who was a head taller than him, behind him. His right arm was still entangled with the opponent's hand. His body did not stagger.
Staggering, sloppy steps.
He ran powerfully towards the spot where the football landed, his right foot firmly planted beside the incoming ball, and his left foot kicked towards the football!
It turned out to be a left-footed shot!
The outside instep of his left foot did not hit the football firmly, but cut into it, causing the ball to draw a slightly weird arc, which just happened to avoid Hamlayev's outstretched foot and also went around to the front.
Goalkeeper Abramov clicked to block the angle of his shot!
Go straight to the back point!
Abramov didn’t even have time to reach out to make a save. He just tilted his body to the left, turned his head and watched the football rush into the goal!
Rasulov, who was still drinking water on the sidelines, squirted out all the water in his mouth. He stared at everything in front of him in stunned silence, ignoring his clothes that were soaked by the water.
“Hulai is beautiful! Beautiful!! This is a left-footed shot that he is not good at!! The shot is tricky enough! Abramov didn’t react at all!! We are two goals ahead!”
He Feng raised his arms and shouted in the commentary box, shouting at the top of his lungs, but as soon as his words left his mouth, he was swallowed up by the huge cheers from the scene!
