God of Greenery

Everything is ready. At 6:2 local time on June 19, in the anticipation of countless fans at the scene and in front of the TV, the third round of Qatar VS Hua Guo in the third round of Group A of the South Africa World Cup Asian Top 20 Qualifier officially began.

Because the weather was too hot, the Huaguo team's away game state was not good at the beginning.

In addition, they are playing a 4231 defensive counterattack formation, so the Huaguo team did not attack after the start of the game, but solidly defended and prepared to counterattack.

Qatar, playing at home, took advantage of the relatively sufficient time in the opening game to launch a fierce attack on the Hua Guo team.

no way.

Who told them to play at home?

If you don't take the initiative to attack at home and strive for victory, are you looking forward to winning the next round away?
You know, the Huaguo team has a super shooter like Jiang Xiaolin, and there is no team in Asia that is confident that they can beat the Huaguo team at the home court of the Huaguo team.

The hot weather at this time is actually Qatar's opportunity.

Therefore, Qatar played very proactively in the opening stage, trying to take advantage of the opportunity of the Huaguo team's unstable foothold in the away game to score goals.

But at this time, the benefits of the Hua Guo team's new formation of double midfielders were reflected.

After the training in the last friendly match and the training in the past few days, everyone has become more proficient in understanding and adapting to the new formation.

Although the Hua Guo team's overall on-the-spot condition is not good, the configuration of double defensive midfielders and the assistance of front and rear players still blocked most of Qatar's attacks very well.

Even when he occasionally breaks into the restricted area, there is still goalkeeper Song Zhenyu standing in front of the goal, guarding the last goal.

At the same time, as Jiang Xiaolin observed before the game, the hot weather not only made the players of the Hua Guo team feel bad, but also the players of Qatar.

They can't play 100% of the state, even if this is their home court.

Therefore, the Qatar team also made many mistakes.

In the 7th minute, Qatar striker Yasser received a wonderful pass from his teammates in the penalty area. As long as it hits the goal frame, it is a very threatening ball.

In the end, he kicked the ball into the stands, causing the Qatari fans to sigh, and thousands of Chinese fans applauded loudly for him.

In the 12th minute, another Qatar striker, Sebastian, smashed the ball past the two in the penalty area of ​​the Huaguo team, dodging a shot angle.

If Jiang Xiaolin had come to play, the goal would have been scored ninety percent of the time.

As a result, he may have exhausted too much physical energy from the two consecutive smashing actions before, and it happened to be weak in the last shot.

Although he shot a good angle, he was not strong enough or fast enough. He was thrown from the side by Song Zhenyu, the goalkeeper of the Hua Guo team, and he was saved from the bottom line, and the Qatari fans who were about to cheer and celebrate in the stands sat down sighing. go down.

The next corner kick Qatar did not pose a threat, and Li Weifeng pushed out of the penalty area to clear the siege.

In the opening 15 minutes, Qatar formed these two shots, one hit the plane and the other hit the goal frame, but no goal was formed.

After 15 minutes, Qatar's offense also had to soften.

Even with the local physical fitness of the Qatari players, they couldn't stand the local hot weather, and had to stop after 15 minutes of attacking.

Hua Guo players and fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

I'm afraid that they can't stop the opponent's opening three tricks, and if the opponent scores a goal, then the Huaguo team will be more uncomfortable.

It is still a draw, and the Qatari players have consumed too much physical energy after the strong attack at the beginning of the attack. They have just entered a period of slack, and the situation is more favorable for the Hua Guo team.

Of course, with the overall on-the-spot status of the Hua Guo team, it is impossible to play a collective attack and break through Qatar's goal.

The heavy burden of offense had to fall on Jiang Xiaolin and a small number of players.

Therefore, after Qatar's offense slowed down, it also paid great attention to marking the frontcourt players of the Chinese team, especially Jiang Xiaolin.

No matter where Jiang Xiaolin went, there were at least two Qatari players marking him closely so that he could not get the pass from his teammates, or even if he got the ball, it would be difficult for him to break through and enter Qatar's penalty area to pose a threat.

Coupled with the overall sluggish state of the team and the passing of the teammates, it is difficult to pass Jiang Xiaolin a wonderful pass with excellent strength, angle and route.

And Jiang Xiaolin himself was affected by some high temperature weather, even his full speed, fried meatball and other skills were also affected, making it difficult to break through successfully.

It was not until the 25th minute that Jiang Xiaolin of the Huaguo team completed a shot within the goal frame from outside the penalty area.

It's a pity that this shot was not shot well under the close marking of the opponent's player. The angle was off-center and was directly confiscated by Qatar's goalkeeper Mohamed.

For a while, the two sides formed a stalemate, and no one could break through the other's goal.

The stalemate lasted until the 43rd minute at the end of the first half, just when everyone thought that the two sides would enter the intermission with a 0-0 draw, and many players had already put their minds on getting off the field to drink water later , Sun Jihai, the right back of the Huaguo team, suddenly dribbled the ball up.

Originally, this was just a routine pass by the defensive midfielder Zhou Haibing to the full-back Sun Jihai under the pressure of the opposing player. No one cared about it, thinking that Sun Jihai would pass the ball out immediately.

Unexpectedly, Sun Jihai, who got the ball, saw that no one from the Qatar team came up to press him, so he took the ball and rushed towards Qatar's half court.

It wasn't until they crossed the center line that the Qatari players woke up like a dream. An avant-garde blocked Sun Jihai's way forward.

Just when everyone thought that Sun Jihai was going to brake and pass the ball, Sun Jihai made a fake pass to Zheng Zhi in the middle, tricking the opponent's midfielder to step back a little, but Sun Jihai turned the ball to the side One trip, and then passed the opponent with speed.

Sun Jihai dribbled the ball from the wing for an assist.

His sudden advance disrupted Qatar's already fairly tight defense.

Because the defenders all have their own people to watch, Sun Jihai suddenly dribbled the ball to break through and assist, so that Qatar had to separate people to intercept, leaving the others in a short-term unguarded situation.

Therefore, when Sun Jihai encountered the opponent's full-back intercepting at a distance of about 30 meters from the bottom line, he cooperated with Du Zhenyu, the right midfielder who responded to him, with a two-pass and one-hit wall, and the Qatari full-back Bainaer broke through.

Then, Sun Jihai continued to dribble the ball to the bottom, while stroking the ball forward while observing the situation in the middle, he was ready to wait for an opportunity to pass.