Glory Greenery

Chapter 405
"Friends from the audience, what you are watching is a live broadcast by China Central Television. In the first match of Group B of the Asian top ten qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, the Chinese team played against the Iraqi team at home."

"Speaking of the Iraqi team, I think fans who have been paying attention to this world preliminaries are no strangers. In the previous top [-] match, the Chinese team once defeated Iraq with ten goals in two rounds in Group A."

"In these two games, Chinese star Yang Mo scored seven goals and played bravely!"

"If Iraq's head coach Zico still can't restrain Yang Mo in this game, then Iraq still has little chance of winning."

"Okay, before the game starts, let us introduce the starting formations of the two teams for this game."

"For the Chinese team, Lippi did not use the 451 formation in the Asian Cup in this game, but used an unusual 4321 Christmas tree formation."

"The starting players have not changed much from the previous Asian Cup. Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Xu Yunlong, Zhang Linfan, Zheng Zhi, Zhou Haibin, and Huang Bowen are the three defensive midfielders. Yang Mo did not start as a center this time, but partnered with Hao Junmin. Appeared on the wing, and the starting center for this game is Wu Lei, who performed well in the Eredivisie.”

"However, the starting lineup of the national team has not changed much, but the few players on the bench list surprised everyone."

"Zhang Xizhe, the young player who won the Asian Youth Championship with Yang Mo, although he entered the squad during the Asian Cup, this time he entered the squad for the World Preliminaries. It seems that Lippi is very optimistic about this player. Young players."

"It's just that Zhang Xizhe failed to play in the Asian Cup last time. I don't know if Zhang Xizhe will get a chance to play in the World Preliminaries this time."

"Actually, the appearance of Zhang Xizhe can't be called an accident. The appearance of another veteran really surprised me."

"Sun Jihai, this veteran who has been away from the national team for several years, is once again sitting on the bench. What do you think of Director Tao?"

Tao Wei heard Liu Jianhong throw Sun Jihai's words at him, thought for a while and said, "Sun Jihai's appearance really surprised me, but looking at Lippi's employment strategy, it is not difficult to guess why Sun Jihai was selected."

"On the offensive end of the national team, the starters Yang Mo, Hao Junmin, Wu Lei, and the bench Zhang Xizhe and Yu Hanchao are all younger."

"As for the selection of players in the midfield, veteran players like Zheng Zhi, Sun Xiang, Xu Yunlong, and Du Wei appeared. Lippi obviously wants to rely on the experience of veterans in defense."

"Sun Jihai's performance in Chang'an Renhe this season is very stable, and he has experience in major competitions. As a substitute player, it is enough."

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Although Sun Jihai's entry into the squad surprised everyone, everyone's attention quickly shifted to the game as the game officially started.

In the opening game, the Iraqi team launched the first attack, but it can be seen that Zico made a very targeted defense against Yang Mo in this game.

Iraq was attacking, but Yang Mo, who didn't get the ball, was immediately surrounded by two Iraqi players.

"Younis and Shaker double-teamed Yang Mo at the beginning of the game. This is still Iraq's attack. It seems that Yang Mo's impression on Iraq in the Asian Cup is too deep. Zico does not want to see Yang Mo take the ball at all. Director Tao was amused by the performance of the Iraqi team.

But double-teaming and whether it can be prevented are two different things.

In Europe, Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Bayern can rely on double-teaming to restrict Yang Mo, that's because these teams are all giants, and those players who are responsible for double-teaming Yang Mo are all strong.

In the final Champions League decisive battle, Takashi Usami was Japan's top midfielder, and Heynckes felt that he couldn't guard Yang Mo, and never dared to let him play from the beginning to the end.

Iraq wanted to defend Yang Mo by double-teaming, but it was not so easy to do it.

Seven minutes into the first half, the Chinese team launched an attack from the backcourt. Zheng Zhi sent a long pass straight to Yang Mo.

At this time, seeing that the Chinese team wanted to fight Yang Mo, the Iraqi team immediately strengthened their defense. In addition to Younis and Schalke just now, the Iraqi captain Hakram also rushed over to help defend Yang Mo.

However, the siege of the three couldn't stop Yang Mo from receiving the ball.

Shaker was quickly thrown away by Yang Mo, and Younis was blocked behind by Yang Mo.

As for Akram, the Iraqi captain who arrived later, it was too late to organize Yang Mo to catch the ball, so he stretched out his leg and was ready to trip Yang Mo and said.

After letting Yang Mo dribble and foul, it is obvious that Akram feels that fouling is safer.

But Akram had a good idea, but when his outstretched leg blocked Yang Mo's leg, he felt a huge force coming, and his whole leg was pushed aside on the spot.

Akram felt that this is not a leg, but a steel pillar with a hydraulic jack on it!

Regarding the inner feelings of the Iraqi captain, Yang Mo had no time to take into account. After receiving the ball, he immediately began to dribble the ball on the right to accelerate towards Iraq's backcourt.

When Yang Mo received the ball, more than 9 fans in the stands immediately cheered. Fans couldn't get enough of Yang Mo's speedy appearance on the field.

When approaching the penalty area, facing the attacking defender from Iraq, Yang Mo swayed the opponent to the north with a dunk and a pull, and broke into the penalty area directly.

To be honest, Yang Mo, who was used to playing against strong teams in Europe, felt somewhat relaxed after breaking into the restricted area.

This has been targeted by strong teams a lot, and it seems that I am still a little unaccustomed to running back to Asia.

Yang Mo, who broke into the Iraqi penalty area, was like stabbing a hornet's nest. The Iraqi defensive players, even the rest of the Chinese team, rushed towards Yang Mo.

Faced with this situation, Yang Mo, who has been tired for a whole season, is really too lazy to do the difficult moves of Wanjun shooting from it.

The false shot with the right foot and the true pass first attracted the attention of the Iraqi defenders, including the goalkeeper, to his side, and then sent the ball towards the far point with one kick.

There, it was Wu Lei who was completely unguarded.

After honing in the Eredivisie for half a season, although Wu Lei's skills are still growing, there will be no problems with this kind of shooting against empty goals.

With a push against the football, the ball was easily scored, and the Chinese team completed the first goal of the top ten!
"Yang Mo passed the ball in front of the goal, Wu Lei hit the goal! The goal is scored!"

"Only 9 minutes into the first half, the Chinese team led the Iraqi team [-]-[-] with the cooperation of Yang Mo and Wu Lei!"

"We can see that when Wu Lei pushed the ball, the entire defense line of Iraq, even the goalkeeper's attention was attracted by Yang Mo."

"It can be said that with the support of Yang Mo and the help of the young player Wu Lei, the Chinese team's offensive tactics are more diverse, making it even more difficult for the opponent to guard against."

Yang Ma has five sets, and several commentators are very excited about this goal.

However, since Director Zhang went to Penguin Sports, Director Tao, who claims to be the No. [-] Yang Chui of Yang Ma, still does not forget to praise Yang Mo at this time.

"I think with Yang Mo's technical strength, even if he doesn't pass the ball, he can score by himself. After all, Iraqi players dare not make too much moves against Yang Mo in the penalty area..."

But no matter how Director Tao praises Yang Mo, the fans are too satisfied with the national team's goal.

In the stands of the Bird's Nest Stadium, the cheers of mountains and tsunami made this stadium feel the charm of football for the first time.

After all, none of the games held here in the past can make the fans collectively give out such long-lasting and crazy cheers like football.

And Wu Lei, who scored the goal, also rushed to the side of the court excitedly, and made a passionate kneeling.

On the court, Yang Mo didn't rush to steal Wu Lei's limelight, but just applauded from a distance.

The celebration is over and the game continues.

After the Chinese team scored a goal, the game became even more difficult for Iraq.

Although Lippi focused on defense when formulating tactics, defense does not mean giving up offense completely. In the next game, the Chinese team continued to defend steadily, and the offense did not stop.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Yang Mo dribbled the ball from the right and made a breakthrough on the right side of the penalty area after attracting Iraq's defensive focus. He assisted Hao Junmin to score a goal and the national team led Iraq 2-0.

After completing two assists, although Yang Mo's performance in this game is still impressive, fans still hope to see Yang Mo's goal.

Unfortunately, this hope was not fulfilled in the first half.

But at the beginning of the second half, Yang Mo's first goal in the top ten match was beyond everyone's expectation.

In the 64th minute of the second half, in a corner kick from the Chinese team, Zheng Zhi sent the football into the penalty area of ​​Iraq.

Hao Junmin, Wu Lei, Huang Bowen and others from the previous point failed to grab the first point.

When the football fell to the rear, Yang Mo looked at the football flying in front of him, without even jumping, he instinctively rubbed his forehead, and even pushed the football into the goal.

"Yang Mo scored a header, which is not common for Yang Mo."

The fact that Yang Mo has the ball really surprised the commentators. The number of headers Yang Mo has scored since his debut can be counted with five fingers.

Now that Yang Mo scored a header, to be honest, everyone felt more novel than the last long-distance attack.

But in any case, after scoring this header, the national team leads Iraq 3-0, and it is already a sure thing.

Later, in order to let Yang Mo rest, Lippi replaced Yang Mo at 69 minutes.

After Yang Mo left the field, the offensive power of the national team's frontcourt was reduced by more than half in an instant. Wu Lei could not give Iraq as strong a deterrent as Yang Mo, and Iraq was finally free to attack.

In the 82nd minute of the second half, Iraq regained a point with the help of forward Zahra's stab shot in front of the goal.

However, due to the lack of time left, although Iraq's several attacks made the national team's defense idle, they still failed to score the second goal in the end.

"The Chinese team's defense still has problems. After Yang Mo left the field, Iraq's defensive pressure was greatly reduced. After the attack was pressed, the national team was somewhat unable to withstand Iraq's attack. Sun Jihai, who replaced Xu Yunlong, performed mediocre. Get to know your teammates a lot.”

Although Sun Jihai came on as a substitute for Xu Yunlong in the second half, he may have been away from the national team for too long, and he is still a little unfamiliar with his teammates in terms of cooperation. This is also the main reason why the international team conceded a goal.

At the end of the game, in the view of several commentators, the Chinese team lost the ball because of the problem of the defense line, mainly because of Yang Mo's end.

But in any case, in the first match of the Asian top ten World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team defeated Iraq 3-1, which was a good start.

At the same time, in another Group B game that ended in Japan, the Japanese team defeated Oman 3-0, temporarily ranking first in Group B with the advantage of goal difference.

Four days later, on June 6, the Chinese team will compete with the Japanese team for the first place in Group B of the Top Ten Tournament in Japan.

On June 6, after two days of preparation, the Chinese team flew directly to Japan from Yanjing.

When the Chinese team's plane landed in Saitama, Japan, and the moment the Chinese team players walked out of the airport, there were many reporters' questions accompanied by continuous flashing lights.

There are five teams in the top ten, and each team has to play eight games. For the teams that want to enter the World Cup, the victory of any game needs to be striven for.

In Group B of the top ten competition, Australia and Japan are definitely the first level in terms of overall strength.

And because the Chinese team has Yang Mo, the world's top shooter, on the field, the Chinese team's strength has been pulled to the first level.

In last year's Asian Cup final, the Chinese team relied on Yang Mo's brace to defeat Japan to win the first Asian Cup.

This season, Yang Mo's performance in Manchester City is completely at the thigh level.

53 league goals, helping Manchester City win the first Premier League title, 18 Champions League goals, helping Manchester City win the first Champions League title, and also the third double crown in the UK to win the Champions League and the League title in a single season.

And Yang Mo personally won the second Champions League title in his life, the third league title, the fourth league top scorer, the second top scorer in the Champions League, and the second European Golden Boot.

This series of achievements, not to mention in Asia, is the best in the whole world.

Therefore, no one dares to underestimate Yang Mo's role in a team, even if the team is the long-standing weak Chinese team.

With his superman performance in the European League since his debut, Yang Mo also has a large number of supporters in Japan. Even if the game is against Japan, many fans came to the airport to welcome Yang Mo.

After answering several interviews with the media, and signing photos for several fans, Yang Mo followed the team to the hotel to rest.

In the evening, the Chinese team went to the Saitama 2002 Stadium to familiarize themselves with the venue. Before entering the stadium, the Chinese team also met the Japanese team who was about to leave.

Players from the two teams passed by each other without much communication. Even Yang Mo, who played in Europe, was not very familiar with some players in the Japanese team.

On the contrary, because of several matches with Manchester United, he was able to say a few words with South Korea's Park Ji-sung.

However, when he saw Shinji Kagawa, No. 10 player in the Japanese team, Yang Mo remembered what Gianna called him the day before yesterday. The young midfielder of the Japanese team had already decided to transfer to Manchester United.

In the Premier League next season, he will have another Asian opponent among his opponents.

Thinking of this, he looked at the national team teammates around him and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Compared with Japan, South Korea's new generation of players is constantly emerging, and the national team's faults are too serious. Except for a few old guys, there are basically few outstanding newcomers.

If he wants to perform in international competitions, it is absolutely not enough to rely on him alone.

After communicating with Zhang Xizhe a few days ago, he planned to use the relationship of Mondial Sports Management Company to make Zhang Xizhe also operate to play football in Europe.

In addition to Zhang Xizhe, he heard that Bundesliga and Serie A teams were very interested in Zhang Linfan when Hengda was training in Spain at the beginning of the year, but Hengda didn't seem to want to let him go.

He has to intervene in this matter, and he can't control the domestic transfer mechanism, but with his current status, it is still no problem for Hengda to let him go.

In fact, apart from Zhang Linfan, as long as members of the national team want to study abroad, he will try his best to help.

After all, the domestic competition environment is far from the European league. Even if a player with potential stays in the country, he will only become more and more useless. Going out to exercise can help him in the national team.

Looking at Wu Lei's obvious improvement after half a season in the Eredivisie is enough to prove this point.

Yang Mo is not capable of cultivating the next generation, but he can barely do it to help the people around him.

(End of this chapter)