Grass roots glory

Chapter 854 Two consecutive victories, qualified
The Chinese team led 2:0 in the first half.

When referee Mark Geiger blew the half-time whistle, Greece coach Fernando Santos stood up and let out a soft breath.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After playing in the first half, he longed to go back to the locker room. He had so much to say.

As for the Chinese team, there was no excitement when they left the field. Zheng Zhi was still talking with Zhou Tiancheng in a low voice.

Although the score seems to have an obvious advantage, Zheng Zhi, who was placed as a central defender, did not play easily at all. As a central defender, he is only 1.8 meters tall, facing the 1.9-meter-four Samaras head-on. He played very hard .

When walking towards the locker room, he whispered to Zhou Tiancheng, hoping to get Zhou Tiancheng's support.

But Duan Xuan didn't know what they were talking about just now. The intermission time was destined to become a time to announce the good news to the fans all over the country.

"Seeing the performance of the national team, I think that fans of the Chinese team can look forward to the knockout round with confidence. According to the matchup situation, the Chinese team will face Group D, which is full of strong players. Whether it is against the Three Lions England or Uruguay led by Godin and 'Suya' Luis Suarez."

Xu Yang laughed: "It seems that Duan Xuan is very confident. The fact that the Chinese team won the second place in the group is ignored. In fact, Costa Rica is a pretty good opponent."

The implication of Xu Yang's words is that facing Colombia in the last game, it may be a better choice to let the water take the second place in the group.

Duan Xuan waved his hand: "lippi is not such a coach. When the habit of winning has been rooted in his genes, he doesn't bother to do this kind of thing of picking opponents and giving up strategically. Come on, fight as usual!"

This kind of logic is in line with the appetite of the fans in front of the TV, and it made everyone orgasm instantly.

"Come, come, European Chinese team, that's right, I'm talking about you, you can run away."

"Whether the European Chinese team can qualify or not is still a matter of debate. Maybe it will be exciting if they meet Italy. Mr. Pi turned against his old owner... Those who like to watch love and kill scenes will probably be excited."

It's rare to find a sense of accomplishment in the World Cup. Fans always feel that they can't enjoy themselves enough, and they feel almost meaningless no matter how they brag.

Only a child like Nizamati, this is his first time watching the World Cup seriously, and he has no understanding of the past experience of the national team. In his opinion, such a situation is as it should be.

On the table at home, he made a matchup map of the qualifying situation with wooden strips, and he was playing with it during the intermission.

With nothing to do on weekend mornings, being able to enjoy brother Tiancheng's game is the best thing for him.

Abba suddenly shouted outside: "Mai Ti, come and help."

Matty pursed his lips and was unwilling to move. After a while, his father came in and saw Matty in the room staring at the graph in front of him, with a mobile phone on the table, and immediately became a little unhappy: "Damn boy, come and help me!" I tidy up the grape branches, what am I looking at?"

Abba glared, and Nizamet immediately stopped daring to speak.He stood up and walked out, but his eyes were still staring at the mobile phone on the table three times a step at a time.

"Did we win?" Abba suddenly asked.

Nizameti nodded and stretched out two fingers: "It's already two goals ahead, Dad."

"Then what are you worried about? Aren't you always confident? You won't lose, come on."

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And on the screen, in the locker room that no one can see, there are two heavens of ice and fire.

In the locker room of the Chinese team, Lippi almost sat on the table and praised every player: "I am very satisfied with your performance. The only thing you need to do in the second half is to adjust your mentality. I hope you can forget the score. Forget that we are 2-0 up and think about how the opponents fought back when we were ahead, here they are not going to give up. You should know what to do."

Indeed, everyone knows that Lippi can't stop.This team has indeed completed the most important transformation after experiencing a major competition like the Confederations Cup last year.Although they didn't win a game, they faced Brazil, Mexico, and Italy with multiple headwinds to equalize against the wind. All the players here are a group of players with fully mature mentality and skills who are not afraid of big scenes.

Lippi spoke in this manner, and few people even found it funny. Everyone just poured water into their mouths, feeling that whether there is a head coach will not affect the second half.

On the other side, the Greek coach Fernando Santos slapped the table in the locker room. As soon as the second half of the game started, he couldn't help making substitutions and adjustments. Mitroglu was then replaced and a double-high lineup was placed on the front line. Mitroglu is 1.9 meters and Samaras is 1.9 meters four.

However, this was nothing at all. In the second half, Zhou Tiancheng recovered more from the defense line.

No matter whether it is Mitroglu or Samaras, they are too old to bully Zheng Zhi, and they are not tough enough to bully Feng Xiaoting. They don't have the confidence when they were Tiancheng last week.

In the rest of the time, Mitroglu and Samaras fell to the ground more. Lippi started to change players in the middle of the second half and played two consecutive games without a break. In 1 minute, Hao Junmin was replaced. At the same time, Cai Huikang, who ran back and forth in the midfield for two games, was replaced by Huang Bowen and Zhang Xizhe.Two top-notch metronomes in the local Chinese Super League.

The heavy burden of defense has to be put on Zhou Tiancheng. Lippi's substitution means to send a signal to replace young people who play for the local area, and start to use this actual combat stage to train the team.

Duan Xuan said excitedly at this time: "The contrast is a bit big, really. That is, a few years ago, it was rare to withdraw the main force in advance to train the team even in the second match of the Asian Cup group stage. Of course I This is not to brag about the Chinese team. I think the fans are immune to it. What I want to say is that Lippi is indeed unrestrained and unconstrained. The power is in the hands of two local midfielders, maybe this is just his first attempt, if there is a chance in the next game, maybe we can see how Lippi will train for the knockout round of the sixteenth round."

But even with such a lineup, the attacking power of the Chinese team has not been weakened. In the second half, Zhang Xizhe and Huang Bowen, who came off the bench as substitutes, each had a long shot and flew out dangerously against the post, almost breaking the goal.

The Chinese team almost took the initiative to occupy all the technical statistics. Until Mark Geiger blew the final whistle, the Chinese team secured the right to qualify for the group stage with two consecutive victories, leaving everyone with only absolute dominance. .

(End of this chapter)