Forward Abdullah Meshal and midfielder Rodrigo Tabata passed the ball in the center circle, but Rodrigo did not pass the ball back to the midfielder and directly launched the attack.
The players of the Chinese team obviously underestimated the fighting spirit of the Qataris.
After the Qatar team kicked off, the Chinese team's forward Zhao Yang and the forwards quickly rushed forward through the Qatar half.
Hao Jun, who was in charge of midfield dispatch, was also about to rush forward when he suddenly found a Qatari player rushing in front of him.
Hao Jun was caught off guard and subconsciously stretched out his feet to intercept.
But Hao Jun is not a defensive player, so the timing of this interception was not good, and Tabata easily passed him by.
At this time, Zhao Yang and the two forwards Wu Lei and Jiang Ning felt something was wrong and quickly turned around and ran back.
Tabata is a Japanese-Brazilian. After being naturalized by Qatar, he became the core midfielder of the Qatar team with his excellent skills and good awareness.
Under normal circumstances, Tabata would not be able to play like this.
Now Qatar has qualified first in the group, and its opponents are very weak, so there is no pressure at all.
Tabata has the playful nature of Brazilians, so he did not pass the ball back to his teammates and directly drove the ball towards the Chinese team's half.
Tabata's original intention was that as soon as the opponent's forward and midfielder came over to double-team, they would quickly pass the ball back.
However, what I didn't expect was that the Chinese team was eager to attack and rushed towards Qatar's half. No one double-teamed Tabata, and Tabata broke through the first line of defense of the Chinese team.
After passing Hao Jun, Tabata was surprised and happy, the opportunity had come! He immediately took the ball and drove straight into the penalty area of the Chinese team.
The other Qatar players did not follow suit at first. Seeing Tabata passing Hao Jun, they immediately felt there was an opportunity and immediately broke into the Chinese team's half from left, center and right.
The Huaguo team's captain Zheng Zhi and the original team's fringe player Huang Bo played in the midfield today.
The two of them were rushing forward and met Tabata who was rushing over.
Under normal circumstances, one of the two people should attack and the other will assist in defense.
However, at this time, less than ten seconds into the show, everyone was a little confused.
Huang Bo rushed over and hit Tabata with a flying shovel.
This is a typical play where the ball cannot pass the ball but the man passes the ball but the man cannot pass the ball.
However, Huang Bo met the Brazilian with the best skills this time.
Brazilians like this kind of defense the most.
Tabata flicked the ball, then jumped again, just in time to avoid Huang Bo's flying tackle.
Now Zheng Zhi is in a dilemma. If he defends normally, with his current speed and reaction, there is a high probability that he will not be able to guard against Tabata.
Once Zheng Zhi is also broken through by Tabata and faces the defender of the Chinese team, the consequences will be disastrous.
Zheng Zhi is getting older, and his speed and reaction are not as good as before, but he has more experience.
Perrin was able to let him start, mainly because he wanted to borrow Zheng Zhi's experience and let him hold down the position of the Chinese team and not panic.
The captain is the team's on-field coach. If the coach's tactics are to be implemented thoroughly,
A good captain is a must.
Zheng Zhi did not hesitate and went straight to Tabata who was about to get the ball after hiding from Huang Bo.
Zheng Zhi was worried that he was too slow, so instead of releasing the shovel like Huang Bo, he crashed directly into Tabata.
This is also the sophistication of Zheng Zhi.
If you use a shovel, it will be completely useless if it is dodged.
If you bump into it and your opponent dodges it, you can still reach out and pull it.
Zheng Zhi overestimated the strength of his opponent. Although Tabata is Brazilian, he was naturalized by Qatar. His strength is to bully Asian players, which is not as good as the Brazilians who have landed in the five major leagues.
Zheng Zhi ran over, but Tabata did not dodge, and was bumped into by Zheng Zhi.
"Beep!"
The referee Aminul Izwan from Malaysia blew the whistle, and he quickly ran over and showed Zheng Zhi a yellow card.
"Ah! Yellow card!"
"Zheng Zhi got a yellow card!"
The Chinese fans in the stands were suddenly in an uproar!
They couldn't believe their eyes.
Didn’t you say before the game that this was a tacit understanding?
Didn’t it mean that the Qataris gave up the game and prepared to train?
How is this going?
Qatar launched a fierce attack at the beginning and actually received a yellow card?
The commentators were also a little confused.
He Wei couldn't help but shook his head: "I can't understand this game! What are the Qataris playing? Attack directly without passing the ball back? Do they want to snipe us? The referee plays the card at the beginning? Is this our home court?"
Today's special guest Fan Yi also touched his forehead and said: "This game is a bit weird. It is different from normal games. However, people in West Asia have wet brains, and Brazilians are not playing football normally. What happened on the field?"
Don’t be surprised at anything. We have to be ourselves.”
He Weidao: "General Fan is right, we must remain unchanged in response to all changes. We cannot let our opponents disrupt our rhythm."
A yellow card is normal for blocking fouls and destroying the opponent's good offensive opportunities.
But within ten seconds of the start, the main defensive midfielder received a yellow card, which had a great impact on the rest of the game.
Zheng Zhi got up and immediately defended himself to the referee Izwan, saying that he was just here to grab the ball and did not foul intentionally. The yellow card was too heavy.
Other players from the Chinese team also came over to the referee to intercede.
Malaysian referee Aminul Izwan was born in 1986. He is not yet 30 years old. He has only been an international referee for three years. The game has just begun, and he is also a little confused.
When I saw the foul, I subconsciously took out the yellow card.
After receiving the yellow card, Izwan realized something was wrong. Before the game, the Chinese Football Association also said hello. As soon as the game started, the main defensive midfielder was given a yellow card. This was indeed not very friendly.
But the cards have been taken out and cannot be put back again.
Izwan kept his face and did not speak. He just waved the players of the Chinese team to go back and let Qatar take a free kick.
At this time, Zheng Zhi also calmed down, knowing that the mistake had been made and the yellow card had been used up. He could not make any more mistakes. If the referee got angry and took out another yellow card, the game would be really in trouble.
"Forget it, forget it! Let's go back to defense!"
Zheng Zhi turned around and stopped his teammates, asking them to return to their positions to defend.
The players of the Chinese team knew that the deal was done and there was no point in talking about it. They quickly returned to their positions to defend the opponent's free kick.
This free kick was about 30 meters away from the goal. It was not easy to shoot directly. The wall asked Zhao Yang and Hao Jun to block it, and everyone else returned to the penalty area to defend.
Qatari players also attached great importance to this attack, and five players came to the penalty area to compete for a header.
However, just after the referee's whistle blew, Tabata, who was responsible for taking the free kick, did not pass the ball and directly shot a long shot straight towards the goal.
Goalkeeper Cheng Cheng focused most of his attention on the players in the penalty area. He did not think Tabata would shoot directly.
When he saw Tabata shoot and go straight to the blind corner of the goal, Cheng Cheng was shocked. He subconsciously took a step sideways, jumped up, and pounced on the spinning ball that was coming at a rapid speed.