God of Greenery

Cao Yang's corner pass was a little higher, directly over the heads of Jiang Xiaolin and Li Weifeng in the middle, and landed at the corner of the small penalty area at the back.

Everyone followed the flight path of the ball and looked towards the back of the goal, only to find that there was only one Huaguo player wearing the No. 10 jersey near the landing point: Zheng Zhi.

The Huaguo fans were a little frustrated when they saw Jiang Xiaolin's failure to get the header, and immediately raised their hearts: Zheng Zhi will most likely hit the ball and form an attack.

Many people began to mutter subconsciously: "Push in! Push in!"

Correspondingly, the Iraqi players and the few dozens of Iraqi fans in the stands seemed very nervous.

The two Iraqi defenders nearby immediately turned around and rushed towards Zheng Zhi, trying to interfere with Zheng Zhizheng's header.

But it was too late.

They had just set off when the ball had already landed on top of Zheng Zhi's head.

Zheng Zhi grabbed the first point without any interference from the corner of the small penalty area at the back point. With a powerful shake of his head, he headed the ball towards Iraq's goal.

Zheng Zhi is a relatively rare all-round talent in Huaguo football. He is good at offense and defense, and he is also very good at heading.

If someone interfered, he would definitely not be able to hit as accurately as Jiang Xiaolin.

But now that he hit the ball without anyone interfering, Zheng Zhi's choice of ball path and attack angle is much more secure.

He managed to head off a very high-quality header into the top dead corner of his side of the net.

Goalkeeper Noel started to move towards the back of the goal after seeing that the ball was too high and Jiang Xiaolin and others in the middle could not reach it.

If Zheng Zhi's ball is not of high quality, it will still be thrown by Noel.

However, Zheng Zhi's uninterrupted header was too high-quality, and he went straight to the dead corner.

Noel tried his best to take off and intercept the ball, but in the end he almost missed the ball. He could only watch helplessly as the ball flew into the goal from the intersection between the crossbar and the post.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, the Huaguo team scored the second goal of the Huaguo team with the assist of Cao Yang and Zheng Zhi in a corner kick attack. The Huaguo team led Iraq 2-0 at home.

The players rushed to Zheng Zhi and happily celebrated the goal. The Huaguo fans in the stands also applauded and cheered continuously, celebrating the Huaguo team's second goal.

On the other hand, the Iraqi team, from the players to the coaches, was a little frustrated from top to bottom.

Of course, they will not be willing to let it go.

The Iraqis, who are suffering from the Iraq war, have extraordinary tenacity in football.

They need victories to lift the country's morale.

Therefore, after the game restarted, Iraq did not shrink its defense, but pressed forward vigorously and carried out a strong attack.

However, the configuration of the Huaguo team's double midfielders makes it difficult for their strong attack to be effective.After all, Iraq is not a strong team, and its ranking in Asia is only one higher than that of Hua Guo.

Coupled with the continuous domestic wars, it is impossible to train and compete with peace of mind. One can imagine the technical and tactical level of Iraq.

It is still very difficult for Iraq to break through the Hua Guo team whose defense strength has improved a lot.

At the same time, the presence of Jiang Xiaolin in the Chinese national team is a greater threat to Iraq.

Jiang Xiaolin's speed in this game has surprised everyone, and the Iraqis have to guard against it.

Therefore, after a few minutes of attacking, Iraq's offensive slowed down, and everyone began to fight and strangle each other in the midfield, attacking and defending each other.

But in this way Iraq got a chance instead.

In the 34th minute, the ball was on Hua Guo's side. Front midfielder Huang Bowen dribbled the ball and tried to make a breakthrough in the middle, but the opponent's midfielder Akram made a fierce and accurate sliding tackle. The ball was shoveled out and landed in his teammates.

Iraq immediately launched a counterattack, and then formed a cross from the side. Although the forwards Nasser and Mahdi were marked by the defense of the Huaguo team, but because of Iraq's rapid counterattack, the defense of the Huaguo team could not take care of everything.

As a result, Imad, the forward midfielder inserted in the back row of the center, found a gap, grabbed the first point without any defense, and made a powerful dive to the top, heading the ball towards the Hua Guo team's goal.

Song Zhenyu's save hit the ball, but because of too much angle and too much force, he couldn't save the ball. In the end, the ball hit his fingertips, changed the line and hit the post, and then bounced into the Hua Guo team's goal .

Iraq finally regained a point, and the score became 2-1, with the Hua Guo team leading by only one goal.

Dozens of very rare Iraqi fans in the stands celebrated excitedly, as did the Iraqi players on the field, coaches and substitutes on the sidelines.

The Iraqi team that scored the goal suddenly boosted their morale and seemed to see hope of an equalizer.

After all, they are only one point behind now.

Afterwards, Iraq's attack or counterattack was much more determined, and there was an momentum of wanting to take the opportunity to score again to tie the score, and it really had a little advantage in the game situation.

However, in football, it is not possible to score goals when you have the upper hand.

In the 39th minute, Iraq hadn't scored a second goal. Instead, the Hua Guo team passed the ball to the frontcourt through a quick counterattack, and passed it to Jiang Xiaolin's feet.

This time, Jiang Xiaolin didn't go it alone. There were two Iraqi central defenders in front of him blocking his path, and there were also Iraqi midfielders watching from behind.

But because it is a counterattack, the encirclement has not yet formed.Moreover, there were Huang Bowen, Cao Yang and others on both sides to support them, and the Iraqi defensive players did not dare to completely give up marking Huang Bowen and others, and all came to surround Jiang Xiaolin.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaolin has a relatively loose dribbling space outside the penalty area.But if he wants to enter the penalty area, he will definitely be intercepted strongly.

However, Jiang Xiaolin didn't want to enter the restricted area either.

When he dribbled the ball to the right of the top of the arc in the penalty area, he evaded an angle with a directional smash, and then took a long shot directly outside the penalty area.

This time Jiang Xiaolin's long-range shot was quite good, not only with strength and speed, but also with an arc.

Although it was a long-range shot, the goalkeeper had a long time to save, but Jiang Xiaolin's arc shot just bypassed Noel's ten fingers, and got into the goal against the goal post.

With Jiang Xiaolin's brace, the Huaguo team scored the third goal in the 39th minute of the first half and gained a 3-1 lead.

The commentator of GuoTV Sports Channel in the commentary booth stood up excitedly and shouted:

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored the Hua Guo team's third goal and his own second goal!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored twice and regained the 3-1 lead for the Hua Guo team!"

"This is the Jiang Xiaolin we are familiar with, the Jiang Xiaolin who scores goals like crazy."

Indeed, although Jiang Xiaolin scored 4 goals in his national team debut and completed the big four, but the game against Jordan was always just a friendly match, and the convincing power was not strong.

The next two world preliminaries against Qatar were Jiang Xiaolin's first two official matches with the national team. However, Jiang Xiaolin only scored one goal and one assist in the two games.

Although it looks good, compared with Jiang Xiaolin's performance in the Eredivisie and the Olympic team, it is inevitable to be disappointed.

There is no shortage of remarks on the Internet that Jiang Xiaolin cannot adapt to the national football game, or does not work hard in the national football game.

But now, with Jiang Xiaolin's performance of scoring twice in the first half, these remarks are naturally self-defeating.

Both the commentator and all Huaguo fans were completely convinced by Jiang Xiaolin's performance.

Zheng Zhi, Huang Bowen and other Hua Guo players naturally also flocked to congratulate and celebrate Jiang Xiaolin's brace.

In the next few minutes, Iraq fought back with all its strength, trying to close the gap with goals, but it has been unsuccessful.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 3-1. The Huaguo team at home led Iraq by two goals.

During the intermission, Iraq made substitution adjustments and replaced a defensive player who performed poorly in the first half.

The new players are in good condition, have a high desire to win, and performed well. They have strengthened Iraq's defense very well, making it difficult for Jiang Xiaolin and Hua Guo to get a chance to shoot easily. The two sides launched a tug-of-war.

20 minutes into the second half, neither side has scored yet.Although there were several threats to attack, none of them turned into goals in the end.

Until the 67th minute, Jiang Xiaolin consciously pulled to the side, took away two Iraqi defensive players in the middle, and gave Huang Bowen a chance.

The winger Xiao Zhanbo made a breakthrough from the left and made a cross. Huang Bowen inserted into the gap left by Jiang Xiaolin in the back row and dunked after receiving a pass from Xiao Zhanbo on the line of the penalty area. The ball, dodges an angle and kicks the goal.

The moment Huang Bowen took a shot, Jiang Xiaolin turned away from the players marking him and rushed into the penalty area.

He just routinely rushed into the penalty area, looking for possible supplementary shots.

As a result, Huang Bowen's shot really missed and was saved by goalkeeper Noel.

But Noel didn't save the ball from the bottom line, nor did he hold it in his arms. Instead, he threw the ball and hit it on the post and bounced back to the penalty area, and it happened to be in the direction of Jiang Xiaolin's running.

Jiang Xiaolin was immediately overjoyed, and accepted the great effort without any politeness. He didn't need to stop the ball during the run, and directly volleyed the ball into the empty goal formed by Nuoer falling to the ground.

Jiang Xiaolin completed a hat-trick with a supplementary shot, and turned the score between the two sides into 4-1. The Huaguo team has already led by 3 goals.

The commentator shouted excitedly in the commentary booth:

"Hat-trick! Hat-trick!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored again, he completed a hat-trick!"

"This is Jiang Xiaolin's first hat-trick in an official match for the national team!"

"The super shooter who scored so many goals in the Eredivisie and made us look forward to it played a high-quality game in the official game of the national team!"

"Congratulations to Jiang Xiaolin, and congratulations to Hua Guo team!"

"In another game, Australia has also taken a 3-0 lead in the away game. We estimate that together with Australia, we will qualify one round ahead of schedule and advance to the top ten!"