With the three victories in the group stage, the video of the Chinese Olympic Games was frequently replayed on TV stations, which also made this knockout match attract more attention than just the football circle.
August 16th was the eighth day of the Beijing Olympics. China's only strong event on this day was women's badminton. Zhang Ning defeated teammate Xie Xingfang to win the gold medal, while both the men's doubles and mixed doubles lost. Although China ranked 27th in the overall gold medal list
The gold medal was significantly ahead of the second-placed United States with 16 gold medals, but only one gold medal was obtained that day.
On this day, Phelps won his seventh swimming gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, shocking the world. On the same day, Bolt, wearing Puma gold shoes, will compete in the 100-meter final. Can he once again raise the limits of mankind?
Become the global focus.
It’s just that his game was at 10pm in order to take care of the global audience. Wang Ai’s game was earlier than his, at 18pm. Also because of the good results of the Chinese men’s football team, CCTV temporarily adjusted the broadcast focus, otherwise
There is indeed a lack of important projects for the Chinese on this day.
The Chinese men's basketball team lost to Germany 55-59 that day, but it has also entered the quarterfinals.
Many friends are competing in different venues and have no time to contact each other. They can only wait until the Olympics are over before they have time to chat.
That night, the Wulihe Stadium was bright and bright. Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu, who were sitting in the live broadcast seats in advance, saw that the time was about the same and turned on the live broadcast signal. Immediately, the national TV audience saw the two sides returning to the locker room after warming up.
One scene.
The two greeted the audience, briefly introduced a few words, and immediately got down to business. Liu Jianhong said: "Director Zhang, we now have the starting lineups of both sides. The Cameroon team has not changed much as a whole, but the Chinese team has changed a lot.
"Bian, I can't understand. Mao Jianqing, Wang Yongpo, and Zhu Ting started at the same time, and Mao Jianqing and Zhu Ting made their first appearance. I can't understand Gao Hongbo's thinking in such an important game."
Zhang Lu frowned when he received the starting list from Liu Jianhong, but said: "The head coach's idea must be based on the current situation of the team, and there may be some factors that we don't know about."
Liu Jianhong took advantage of Zhang Lu's thinking and said to himself: "Based on the analysis of past games, Zhu Ting can play forward or winger, but tends to be on the wing, but Mao Jianqing and Wang Yongpo both tend to be forwards. Could it be that in this game?
Gao Hongbo's idea in the game was to send out two flexible forwards, and then withdraw Wang Ai to the attacking midfielder position and form a double attacking midfielder with Chen Tao? But no matter how you calculate it, in terms of this personnel configuration, they are all focused on attack and light on defense.
Ideas.”
Zhang Lu quickly scanned the list, and after a brief analysis, he said: "Yes, there is no doubt that Yuan Weiwei is also starting for the first time and forms a double central defender with Feng Xiaoting. Zheng Zhi seems to have been moved to the wing to replace Guo Liang. This lineup
The changes are indeed huge, and we didn’t even expect it.”
When Liu Jianhong heard that Zhang Lu didn't understand for a moment, he continued: "There are still several points before the start of the game. Let's enjoy the wonderful goals in the previous games. Oh, Xiao Wang seems to have scored 6
Are you ready? He is really stable, averaging 2 per game, no more, no less."
Zhang Lu groaned and waited for the sound of the director switching signals. He put down his headphones and picked up the Chinese team's starting lineup to study it.
The two of them studied for a long time but couldn't figure it out. The only certainty is that because of the high frequency of Olympic games and short rest time, Gao Hongbo's uncharacteristically inclined to offensive tactical arrangements this time is probably due to the physical fitness of the players. In other words, Gao Hongbo
What we need is not only victory in this game, but also the long-term plan to eventually reach the Bird's Nest, otherwise we would not risk such a large-scale rotation.
But Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu didn't support taking such a risk at the moment of battle, but they couldn't say it publicly on the show. What if they were slapped in the face?
Gao Hongbo's authority is constantly being consolidated with the completion of one exciting event after another, so much so that Liu Jianhong, the most sharp-tongued, and his senior Zhang Lu have become a lot more careful when evaluating him.
At 18 o'clock in the evening, after the opening process, Wang Ai and the Cameroon captain guessed, and they guessed correctly again. After giving the kick-off right to the other side, the two sides lined up and looked forward to the game starting. With a whistle, Wang Ai
Ai took the lead and ran to the opponent's half. Mao Jianqing struggled with the opponent's forward for a few seconds and then decisively withdrew, leaving it to Wang Yongpo, Chen Tao and others to fight until the two sides' formations were drawn apart.
Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu kept explaining the situation on the field, but their brows were furrowed because they clearly saw Wang Ai running to the front of the Chinese team's formation. This was definitely not a midfielder, then he was a forward.
Could it be that his partner is Mao Jianqing?
Of course it's not impossible for the two of them to work together. After all, they worked together when they were junior high school students in 86, but what happened to Wang Yongpo? His position is also very high!
Before either of them could figure it out, a goal had already been scored.
In the 2nd minute of the opening, after left back Hao Junmin and left winger Mao Jianqing interspersed and cooperated several times, Mao Jianqing got rid of the defense in the frontcourt and passed back to Chen Tao in the middle. Chen Tao rubbed the ball with the arch of his right foot towards the goal, and the football rotated.
Rush towards the goal.
The ball is very high. If there is no interference, it may eventually fly within the goal line. It looks like a lob. But the problem is that the opponent's goalkeeper has not left the goal range, but is waiting for it. At the same time, because Chen Tao is located close to the right
Side, this ball is a bit like a cross.
In short, it looks a bit different because the landing point is too close to the goal.
And this "four different" kick also has another effect, that is, its landing point is within the control range of the goalkeeper and the central defender, so that both of them want to control it, and the goalkeeper has no intention of giving up when he sees the central defender.
It just stopped temporarily.
Just when Cameroon No. 5 Alexander Song raised his head and prepared to catch the ball, Wang Ai came quickly with extremely ghostly steps and avoided Mbia's interference without the ball, so much so that Alexander Song noticed it in his vision.
It's bright red and it's too late when you think about jumping again.
When he was still more than one meter away from Alexander Song, Wang Ai jumped up. The strong thigh muscles, calf muscles and the tendons protected by his unique white knee pads together produced huge explosive power. In a field of green grass,
In the jersey, the figure in the red jersey rose up as if in slow motion, intercepting Chen Tao's football midway down the line.
At this time, Alexander Song had just jumped up, and he could only look at the red shadow in front of him to see his lower abdomen!
There was a muffled sound above the head, and there was a commotion in the stands. Before I could turn around, the referee in front had already blown a long whistle, pointing to the center circle.
