The national football team came to Golden State for the first time in 19 years. There is also a superstar like Zhao Yang in the team. Even in the warm-up match, the popularity is higher than that of the Chinese Super League.
The game will still be held at 7:30 in prime time.
Fans who came to watch the game came to the stadium early to wait.
Fans who had no way to go to the scene also sat in front of the TV or computer early.
The starting lineup of the national football team has already been announced.
Due to the need to inspect players, Perrin also made extensive changes to the lineup in this game.
Goalkeeper Cheng Cheng rested and was replaced by Liaodong goalkeeper Wang Lei.
The central defender cannot be moved easily, and is still paired with Zhang Peng and Feng Xiaoting. The full-backs have also been replaced by two players from Liaodong, Li Peng and Zhao Jian.
The starting lineup of the avant-garde has all been changed, with Wu Yi, Zheng Zhi, Rong Hao, and Ren Xing partnering up.
On the forward line, Yang Xu, who is from Liaodong, got the chance to start, and he partnered with Zhao Yang.
Obviously, Perrin once again paired Zhao Yang with a tall center, hoping that someone would be a fulcrum for Zhao Yang, attract firepower, and make plays.
At the same time, if these two forwards score goals, they will also have commemorative significance.
If Yang Xu can score in this campaign, he will score 23 goals on behalf of the national football team, surpassing Li Bing and ranking 6th on the national football historical scorer list.
As long as Zhao Yang scores one more goal, he can tie Yang Xu.
Perrin arranged for the two forwards to start together, which somewhat encouraged competition between the two.
Kazakhstan's players came to the scene early to warm up.
But they didn't attract fans' attention.
As a team that is lower in the international rankings than the Chinese team, how could Chinese fans be interested.
Fans were eating, chatting and checking their cell phones in the stands.
Kazakhstan's players were warming up on the court, and both sides were doing their own thing, pretending the other side didn't exist.
Thirty minutes before the game, the Chinese team came out to warm up, and the fans immediately became excited.
The younger fans stood up and applauded, shouting Zhao Yang's name, like star-struck fans.
The older fans are very stable. Although they also like Zhao Yang, they just applaud and take out their mobile phones and cameras to take pictures.
The national team has not been to Golden State for a long time. They have received too much love from the fans. Every ordinary move they make will cause continuous cheers and thunderous applause from the fans.
He Wei, the guest commentator at the scene, couldn't help but said: "The national football team probably can't believe it, they can get such love."
After the warm-up, the game officially started.
In history, the national football team has played against the Kazakhstan team three times, including two international A-level matches. The 3-0 victory over the opponent in 1997 was played in Liaodong, and the other was a 2-1 win in Wujun in 2007.
In addition, in 2007, the national football team also held a 60-minute internal teaching match with its opponents, and the result was a 1-0 victory.
After Zhao Yang returned, the Chinese team achieved five consecutive victories. Even against teams such as Qatar and Trinidad and Tobago, they scored more than 4 goals.
This gave the players some confidence.
After the kick-off, Kazakhstan took possession of the ball and the national football team immediately pressed forward and launched a full-court press amidst the applause of the fans.
The national football team is in a good mental state, but they are also a little impatient and aggressive.
Some senior fans are a little worried, fearing that they will lose their strength, and then be bullied by opponents using their physical strength, and finally collapse.
For old fans, the collapse of the national football team is a very common thing.
Although Kazakhstan has seen many strong teams, it was a big surprise for such a weak team (in Kazakhstan's opinion) to press them from the beginning.
Kazakhstani players were scrambled by the Chinese team.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Kazakhstan made a mistake under the pressure of the Chinese team.
The Kazakhs full-back made a mistake in passing the ball and it was picked up by Wu Yi in the center of the Chinese team.
Wu Yi did not stick to the ball, stole the ball, and immediately moved it out and passed it to full-back Li Peng.
The full-backs were pushed to half-court, which shows the arrogance of the Chinese team.
This moment is the transition between offense and defense,
Li Peng went down the wing. Kazakhstan's defensive players had not fully returned yet, and there were only two central defenders.
Zhao Yang and Yang Xu moved forward together to grab the landing point of the cross.
Although Yang Xu is the official center of the Chinese national team, he has always been at the front.
But Kazakhstan's players did not focus on Yang Xu. The two defenders went to guard Zhao Yang, leaving Yang Xu open.
For Yang Xu, this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Yang Xu saw the right spot, jumped up high, and prepared to head the ball towards Kazakhstan's goal.
However, Yang Xu didn't choose this point well. When he jumped up, he was a little far away from the ball. Yang Xu tried his best but just rubbed the ball with his scalp.
The ball flew high and went directly over the goal.
The fans at the scene felt that this was an excellent opportunity. Many people held their breath and stood up waiting for Yang Xu to score with a header.
However, Yang Xu still disappointed them.
All the fans at the scene sighed.
The on-site commentator He Wei sighed: "If Zhao Yang comes to hit the ball, at least the goalkeeper must save it. Yang Xu's shooting skills are still a little weak."
In the 7th minute, the Chinese team once again forced Kazakhstan to take a big shot in the backcourt.
The ball was grabbed by the defender of the Chinese team, and Feng Xiaoting headed the ball to Zheng Zhi. Although Zheng Zhi is old and his athletic ability has seriously declined, he is still very keen on timing.
Zheng Zhi stopped the ball with his chest, waited for the ball to fall, and immediately passed the ball across the wing to find Zhao Yang full-back Li Peng.
Li Peng quickly dribbled the ball through the midfield and rushed to the baseline.
Li Peng had just created a threat on the wing, and Kazakhstan's full-back adopted a retreat tactic against him.
Seeing that there was no chance for Li Peng to cross the ball, he immediately slowed down and made a cross cut to the center.
After attracting the attention of the opponent's defender, Li Peng immediately passed the ball diagonally to the forward midfielder Rong Hao.
Rong Hao easily reached down and passed the ball into the penalty area.
This time Kazakhstan's defensive formation is relatively complete, with two players guarding Zhao Yang and one guarding Yang Xu.
Zhao Yang was still taking his time at first, but when Rong Hao passed the ball, Zhao Yang suddenly accelerated, rushed out from behind the two defenders of the opponent, bypassed the defenders, and shot sideways in the air.
Zhao Yang's shooting angle was so wide that it was almost impossible for the goalkeeper to hit it.
Kazakhstan's defenders are very focused.
Even if there are two players guarding Zhao Yang, there are other players helping to defend.
Kazakhstan's full-back shrank to the center and quickly moved laterally, trying hard to block the ball!
Although the world ranking of Kazakhstan is more than 30 places lower than that of the Chinese team, the national team selected by the team is much more pure, the tacit understanding of cooperation, and the diversification of offensive methods are far better than the Bit team.
After being a little flustered by the Chinese team at the beginning, they quickly calmed down and began to organize a counterattack.