Grass roots glory

Chapter 841 The Siege Begins

The National Anthem is played at the Pernambuco Stadium.

The eleven players of the Chinese team stood in a row with one hand on their left chest. As the national anthem sounded, the camera swept over each of their faces. Everyone was extremely focused, even Jiang Hao, who likes to be funny the most on weekdays, At this time, I closed my eyes to feel the deafening and vigorous singing of the Chinese fans in the audience.

CCTV's live broadcast shot swept over everyone's faces one by one, but even Zhou Tiancheng didn't stop there, but Wu Sanshi. The CCTV live broadcast team deliberately stopped for three seconds, and he focused The expression fell into the eyes of every fan, and there was no deep meaning.

Standing in the middle of the court, Wu Sanshi thought of eight years ago, in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he held Fernando Torres’ hand and first met the World Cup as a ball boy. At that time, he was praised by some media as a future star Wu Sanshi once put forward three dreams about the future in front of the camera.

One, in the future, my worth can reach 7000 million US dollars.

Two, play games on behalf of the national team and win glory for the country.

Three, I want to play in the World Cup

At that time, most people only treated him as a child's joke, but today, he has achieved what seems to be the most difficult goal to achieve.

During this short 20 seconds, even all the media reporters sang the national anthem intently. For young reporters, this was a rare first experience in many years, and some old reporters had memories of the past in their hearts.

Hope this time it works out...

After the national anthem was played, He Wei's confident voice came again: "For everyone, whether it's us spectators who are full of expectations for the Chinese team, or every player, the next 10 minutes are worth remembering. Zhou Tiancheng has already created legendary heights on the club stage. With such a World Cup experience, he is only 25 years old, and he can have a perfect career that most professional players cannot match. It must also be mentioned that Zhou Tiancheng is younger than Wu Sanshi. The achievements of young people with dreams will never be overestimated. He once again stood on the field of the World Cup—as a player. I am also looking forward to the World Cup today, and I can proudly participate in it as a witness. Of course, I hope that after this game, this unique World Cup memory will have infinite excitement and sweetness.”

According to the expectations of the Chinese media before the game, Côte d'Ivoire is at least an opponent that cannot be lost, and one point is the bottom line.But it doesn't seem easy.

Ivory Coast coach Sabri Ramoushi's starting lineup is not weak on paper either.

The Toure brothers are the core of the midfield, Kolo Toure leads the defense, and Yaya Toure is the iron gate of the midfield.Of course, as an African team, Ivory Coast's real luxury is the striker. Drogba sits on the bench, but Ivory Coast's striker also includes Roma striker Gervinho, Manchester City striker Boni, and Chelsea striker Kalou.

African teams rely on talent flow, even against world-class teams, they dare to play against each other, so in addition to several CCTV commentators who expect the Chinese team to fight against their opponents, German commentators Marcel Leif and Sky Sports' Bob Clem believes that the Chinese team's strategy should be defensive counterattack.

Lippi is already very good at anti-counterattack tactics. It is his long-term philosophy to stick to defense in big competitions. Moreover, Zhou Tiancheng has a core brain like Zhou Tiancheng who seems to have opened his eyes.

……

Ten seconds before the start of the game, the audience began to count down.

"ten!"

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

"seven!"

"six!"

"five!"

"Four!"

"three!!"

"two!!!"

"one!!!!"

The sound of the Chinese fans almost lifted the roof of the stadium.

After the referee gave a long whistle and Côte d'Ivoire took the lead, the two well-known European commentators hadn't finished their opening remarks. They found that the performance of the Chinese team seemed to be different from what they expected.

Hannover midfielder Iakonen had just received the ball and passed it to Yaya Toure next to him to advance the first attack. At this moment, Zhou Tiancheng took a step forward and intercepted the ball from Yaya Toure.

After that, they found that as many as seven players from the Chinese team went directly to Côte d'Ivoire's half, and the two starting central defenders, Zheng Zhi and Feng Xiaoting, also pressed up on the back line.

"Ok, ok, ok! Counterattack! The Chinese team started the game very well and entered the game very quickly. The opponent obviously hasn't reacted yet! Seize the opportunity! Seize the opportunity!"

Yaya Toure chased after him, and the Chilean referee Osses saw Zhou Tiancheng running under pressure, keeping his whistle in his mouth and not blowing it.

Yaya Toure was relentlessly chasing after him, and having dealt with Zhou Tian, ​​he was more aware of his ability in this situation.Although it didn't effectively prevent the Chinese team's counterattack from advancing, it inevitably slowed down the speed. Zhou Tiancheng could only choose to pass through to the forward line.

Wu Sanshi's follow-up shot was blocked by the opponent's central defender Kolo Toure and rolled out of the baseline.

A chance was missed at the beginning, but the Chinese team then took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to continuously instigate attacks, forcing Côte d'Ivoire to recover quickly, and the formation was flattened.Hao Junmin kicked a shot from the top of the penalty area and slightly missed the goal post, and he was only less than three centimeters away from breaking through goalkeeper Mande's ten fingers.

"Oh!" The three commentators had already left their seats, seeing that the ball rolled out of the bottom line, they could only shake their heads: "Almost, almost."

"Too much pursuit of perfection, don't need to be so tricky, as long as you hit the goal range, you can be a threat." *** commented regretfully.

These waves of continuous attacks have built momentum for the Chinese team, and at the same time conveyed their attitude to all fans and commentators.

Chinese fans naturally cheered constantly, but Bob Clem was surprised: "Is there any mistake? Is the Chinese team going to choose to dominate the game today? Lippi has never been such an aggressive coach, I think he just wants to quickly Grab a start, um, yes, it should be like this."

As a well-known celebrity in England, he did not allow such a big deviation in his judgment, which would make his professional ability questionable, so he found a reason.

The commentator Carragher next to him did not answer, but just said with a smile: "It seems that the Chinese team is not nervous at all. They are full of desire for the World Cup stage."

And Marcel Leif's tone was a little playful, with some expectations. Due to Zhou Tiancheng's reasons, he set the Chinese team as his second home team in his heart.

"Lipi is still the same as before, but today he seems to have more confidence. This is not surprising. With Zhou in the midfield, any head coach will get a source of confidence. If you don't say it before, it can be seen that Zhou played for this moment. , gave up the left shoulder that should be operated on, and persisted with the injury? The Chinese team is indeed not a frequent visitor to the World Cup, but if this team is regarded as a bully, I am afraid that Côte d’Ivoire will be the first to pay the price.”

PS: Today is updated as usual, and the explosive update will start on the 7th tomorrow.

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