Before kicking off, Zhao Xuri stepped forward and said something to Wang Ai. Wang Ai nodded: "I will play normally."
As the kick-off time got closer and closer, the evening breeze blew through Wang Ai's jersey, bringing a cool breeze, and the turf near the center circle was lush and strong. However, Wang Ai remembered the phone call Liu Ailing made to him in the morning.
"Our biggest regret at the beginning was that we lost to the American team and did not become the world's No. 1 team. Now that your men's team is finally good, play well. We sisters will all watch your game."
The referee walked near Wang Ai and nodded slightly to him, then picked up the whistle and blew the whistle at the moment when the players from both sides were getting ready to go, announcing the start of this Sino-US war.
Wang Ai stepped on the ball and pushed it flat. Chen Tao responded and passed back. Hao Junmin passed the ball back to full-back Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi passed it across to veteran Luo Tongliang, who was playing for the first time in this World Cup. Luo Tongliang took the ball and waited for a moment before passing it directly to the back.
Wang Ai. Wang Ai passed the ball to Chen Tao again, and the football circled in the Chinese team's backcourt.
At this time, both sides had drawn up their formations, and the close combat began.
Before the game, Lao Gao repeatedly reminded that although the US team is lagging behind the mainstream European national teams in terms of technology and tactics, it also has its own advantages. One is good physical fitness. After all, it is a big country with a population of nearly 400 million, and talented people are
There is no shortage of them. Even if football is not outstanding in the American sports world, it still has a wider selection than European countries with a population of tens of millions. Secondly, after years of development, the American team has both European football’s culture of focusing on the collective and teamwork, and South American football.
It is full of passion and highlights the characteristics of individual performance. In short, this is a unique team that is difficult to define accurately. It is a bit like the German team after football technology reform. It happens that the coach of the American team is the famous German football player-Golden
Bomber Klinsmann.
Therefore, the Chinese team’s pre-match requirements are to concentrate and make full use of years of experience. As long as they do not slip away and do not give the American team a chance to suddenly attack, they can expect to win the opponent. For this reason, the day before the game, in addition to Wang Ai and others
Individually, most people were forced to stop practicing at night.
Unlike the Chinese team, which remained cautious, the U.S. team was very excited and attacked aggressively at the beginning. The players ran very aggressively and fought hard. Except for the kick-off lap, the Chinese team ran smoothly, and then began to stumble. The U.S. team
The attacking midfielders, forwards, and wingers competed like defensive midfielders and defenders, and they actually suppressed the Chinese team for a while.
He Wei, who was in charge of the commentary, was a little surprised. His mouth was still explaining the changes in ball possession like a repeater, but he was thinking about it in his heart. The biggest change in the commentary of this World Cup compared with the previous one is that the hosts and guests gossip more. The fans
I also clearly felt this change when watching the game, and gave feedback with various attitudes: a few people thought it was too much nonsense, but most of them still responded with a supportive attitude.
Today's fans are not like Song Shixiong's era decades ago. Everyone can't watch TV or can't see clearly, so they need commentators to inject information very fast. Today's fans know a lot about the team with the convenience of the Internet.
If the commentator repeats what the fans saw, it will be regarded as invalid information or even blocked. There were many such phenomena in the commentary of the Confederations Cup last year, which forced CCTV commentators and guests to improve their commentary level, from basic information to more capable
The analysis of game tactics that demonstrates their level is the background of Yang Chen's long talk about "gossip".
The game lasted five minutes in a very fierce confrontation. With the appearance of a side ball, the momentum of the American team slowed down, and He Wei and Sun Jihai finally had the opportunity to talk about something else.
"The past five minutes have been very intense. The American team pressed forward very resolutely. Jihai, what do you think is the reason for this?"
"It should be due to the lack of confidence in the Chinese team's protracted battle." Sun Jihai chuckled: "In recent years, strong teams from all over the world have been studying the Chinese team. Judging from past records and performance, the Chinese team has strong stability.
, tactics, personnel, and scene control are all. Once the fight is opened up and taken step by step, the American team will not have many opportunities, and it is likely to become the result of the Chinese team controlling the entire game and winning smoothly."
"So, Klinsmann's purpose is to impact the stability of the Chinese team?"
"It can't be said that the impact is stable, it's more like an opening sneak attack. The opponents in the first three group matches were relatively stable and focused on defense. Therefore, the American team did the opposite even though they were obviously inferior in strength.
Therefore, creating tactical suddenness." Speaking of this, Sun Jihai paid attention to a confrontation on the field and found that there were no obvious changes before continuing: "Judging from the opening few minutes, the Chinese team has really fallen into a passive position. Now it seems that it has just
Slow down."
As Sun Jihai said, the American team's opening attack really surprised the Chinese team, and it was something that the coaching staff had not considered in advance. Li Tie, who had no place to sit behind the coaching bench, muttered to Chen Yang: "We still haven't prepared ourselves well."
I was preparing for a strong team, but I didn’t expect that the opponent would steal the chicken.”
Chen Yang hugged his shoulders and said expressionlessly: "I was shocked."
"Your face doesn't look like it, does it?" Li Tie joked, blowing his hair.
"I'm scared, my heart beats 180 times." Chen Yang continued to joke.
The U.S. team's offensive slowed down a bit during the game, and the pressure on the Chinese team's midfield was reduced. The game was played with various unconventional technical and tactical moves by the U.S. players jumping up and down, and the surprising opening period was spent in the silence of the Chinese.
Under the gaze of thousands of fans, Wang Ai's expression was always calm, seemingly unchanged from usual. Except for the dark gold ring on his right index finger that was captured and displayed by the cameraman from time to time, it also caused fans from all over the world to speculate when the rhythm of the game eased.
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In the 8th minute of the game, the Chinese team served a sideline ball in the frontcourt. Hao Junmin raised the ball with both hands and looked far ahead. After the referee allowed the serve, he moved left and right a few times and threw it to Chen Tao who was in front of him. Chen Tao opened his hands to block the active American behind him.
The player swung his right foot to the side to meet the incoming ball, and the football went straight to the center of the penalty area.
Gao Lin, who is a fulcrum center, looked up at the ball. He was firmly held up by the opponent's center defender behind him. He simply pushed his head back, then pressed his forehead against the ball. The football bounced to the outside of the penalty area, with the goal of getting rid of the opponent's forward attack.
Ai.
The football bounced on the ground. In mid-air, Wang Ai faced the ball without slowing down and raised his right foot at a normal pace to rub it in the air. Then he landed with his right foot and continued running. The U.S. team's defense in front of the goal was still as good as Gao Lin's.
In this state, he was completely unprepared for Wang Ai's fast, light and graceful shot.
Wang Ai, who was still running, saw the net flowers swinging, heard the applause, saw the red flag waving, and felt his teammates shouting and rushing towards him. He raised his right hand, lowered his forehead, curled his fingers, and put the warm
Place the ring in the middle of your forehead, then raise your head, raise your hand, and point to the sky.
