Football irons are burning

Chapter 14 The Uneasy Prodigal Son
After the game, Li Tie attended the press conference together with Qi Dashuai again.

"We played very well and didn't give our opponents any chances. The ability to seize opportunities in offense is also very good. We scored four. I think this is the result of everyone's joint efforts."

Marshal Qi's words are becoming more and more reliable, he is in a very good mood now.

Originally, the coaching position of the national football team was a hot potato, and anyone who took it would be under great pressure.

But now that the national football team has won three consecutive victories, it is very hopeful to qualify from the group stage. Therefore, Marshal Qi's sense of accomplishment is getting stronger and stronger.

The Saudi coach has nothing to say. He lost so badly, so he can only say a few words officially and leave.

At this time, Li Tie also accepted interviews from several news media.

"The current state of the team is really good, and everyone is very united, so we can continue to win. As for qualifying, it is still early. There are still five games to come. Everything is still unknown, but we will move forward according to this goal. Gao Feng's goals? The request from the side? Now that the contract has been initialed, no accident, I will go to Germany to play after the Bundesliga winter break. At present, the club allows me to play well in the national team and has no other requirements."

Another victory brought the prestige of the national football team to a new level.

The next day, major media wrote articles and commented on the game.

With the three-game winning streak, almost all domestic media are unanimously advocating the prospect of qualifying for the national football team.

Li Tie read the news, but he had a little worry about the team.If you blow like this, something will happen sooner or later.

It is estimated that at this moment, the international players have already started to float, right?After all, according to the analysis of human nature, three people become tigers. If the media says so, everyone will definitely think that they are already seeking defeat alone.

In this way, I'm afraid I will be really proud.

But I haven't qualified yet, so don't make any fools.

Sure enough, when the team gathered the next day, they didn't see Gao Feng.

Li Tie hurriedly asked General Fan, and General Fan said in a low voice, "This kid got into a fight with someone after drinking, and he was arrested. Hey, he doesn't have a part to play in an away game against Kuwait."

Li Tie couldn't help sighing, thinking to himself that this should come, and it will still come. I can't influence others. It seems that I can only be myself.

Football is nothing in China now. Although Gao Feng is a national footballer, he is afraid that he will not receive special treatment. He will definitely miss one or more games.

Without Gao Feng, another striker, Haixi, was injured and unable to play. Now the speed striker on the front line of the national football team is missing.

Marshal Qi is also quite a headache. Now that the team has basically formed, it is difficult to recruit new players. However, he still thinks twice about recruiting Yang Cheng of the Beijing team into the team.

The team then flew to Kuwait. This time, the four opponents were all West Asian teams. The away game of the national football team is really not easy.

After arriving in Kuwait, the team immediately took a rest in the hotel to recharge their batteries.

Li Tie was not very tired, and he still took some time to go around this country that had just been baptized by war.

After a while, Li Tie felt that these were all rich people. Although the size of this country is not as small as a town in China, they are rich in oil and natural gas resources. The country is small, and each person is allocated a lot of resources. No wonder they are so rich.

Of course, when it comes to the living conditions and environment, there is no way to evaluate it. If you have money, you will suffer if you live in this kind of place. The weather is bad and there is a lack of fresh water. If Li Tie lives here for a year or so, he feels that he may go crazy.

On October 10, the competition officially started.

Although it was an away game, the enthusiasm of the Chinese fans remained undiminished. More than 1000 people still came to watch the away game, including Fang Jian and his team.

They are still holding a large portrait of Li Tie. It seems that they have become loyal fans of Li Tie.

In terms of playing lineup, the national football lineup has been adjusted. Gao Feng is not here, and Li Bing and Su Maozhen will play forward together.

The speed of these two people has no advantage, which changes the characteristics of the striker.

They are point-grabbing forwards with limited breakthrough ability.

General Fan was pushed to the position of the front midfielder. It seemed that Marshal Qi was very courageous.

It is estimated that the first three games have also greatly increased his confidence, so although this game is an away game, he still decisively changed.

General Fan's position was replaced by Xu Hong, who partnered with Zhang Heizi as a central defender.

Not long after the start of the game, Kuwait scored an advanced goal.

The opponent's No. 9 forward took advantage of Xu Hong's top fall and scored a goal at the back point, 1:0!

It is estimated that Xu Hong has not played the main force for a long time, and Xu Hong's state is still a bit problematic.

One goal behind, and it was changed. It is estimated that the national football team should be anxious again.

But today, they are still quite calm.

This is a bit of the demeanor of a strong team, not in a hurry to fall behind, and not proud of leading.

After all, the biggest enemy of the game is the hot climate in West Asia. The opponent, Kuwait, can only be regarded as a second-tier team in Asia. There is still a lot of game time, so don't worry.

With previous experience, the rhythm of the national football team's control of the ball is still good.

There is no speed forward in front, so we have to play steadily.

In the 9th minute, Li Tie passed the ball to the right, Wei Daxia put in an assist, used his body to force the opponent, and then made a pass.

It's a pity that Li Bing, who was outflanking in front of the goal, slammed, and the ball slid out of the goal, missing a good opportunity to equalize.

In the 19th minute, it was still Wei Daxia's assist. This time Li Bing and Su Maozhen got together again, which made people laugh.

The two collided with each other, and after getting up, Li Bing said to Su Maozhen: "Old Su, you just come forward and count, I will go around the back, otherwise we will always reposition, which is not good for scoring."

Su Maozhen nodded and said, "Yes, we are all used to playing this position, so we rushed together. Okay, I'll go ahead and you go behind."

Unfortunately, neither of them seemed to be wearing shooting boots today. In the rest of the first half, Li Bing shot 3 times and Su Maozhen 5 times, one of which hit the crossbar with a header.

At the end of the first half, the score was 1:0, Kuwait took the lead.

Back in the locker room, Marshal Qi asked everyone to continue to play two crosses from the wing. There are two high points in the penalty area. He thinks this arrangement is no problem.

After he finished speaking, Li Tie spoke again: "Commander, I think we should be more patient. Since we can't score on the first point, we should create opportunities for the second and third points. Brother Fan's ability to grab points is good. Brother Su, Brother Li, you can make the ball for Brother Fan. In addition, Brother Ma's long-range shots are also good. He can also try to move closer to the middle, so as to increase the diversification of offense and ensure a quick tie."

Marshal Qi was still a bit too traditional. He thought that the two high center forwards had to cross from the side and use them to smash Kuwait's goal.

Li Tie was worried about the instability of the defense, so he didn't press much in the first half, and he stayed behind to protect the defense.

But since General Fan kicks the front midfielder, he must make use of this point, and he cannot be allowed to run up and down, for nothing.

After hearing this, Marshal Qi felt a little uncomfortable.

He sneered and said, "Tie Zi is right. Xiao Fan, you should pay attention to grab the second point. Ma'er, you should lean closer to the middle. Tie Zi, you also take the time to press up, so that the overall defense line is also raised. Let's play pressing football in the second half. Let's see how our strength is."

Marshal Qi was still very polite to Li Tie, he probably would have been pissed off by him for a while if it had been someone else.

Li Tie is now the core midfielder of the national football team, and his role in the national football team is very obvious. Of course, Marshal Qi is reluctant to hate him.

None of Li Tie's previous proposals was wrong, so Marshal Qi chose to listen to Li Tie's advice, accept advice with an open mind, and strive to get three points in the away game is the kingly way.

Others looked at Li Tie with envious eyes. Sure enough, it's different if you have strength. You can talk to the head coach like this.

At the beginning of the second half, the style of the national football team changed immediately.

After the overall pressure, the national football team used skilled passing to completely suppress the Kuwait team.

The two wingers pressed very high and completely suppressed the opponent's wide players, which made the back much better.

However, Li Bing and Su Maozhen's ability to grasp the opportunity was indeed a bit poor. After several shots, they still missed the goal.

The midfielder took several shots but failed to hit the target.

Li Tie made two long-range shots in the 50th and 53rd minutes, both of which were above the crossbar and failed to work.

Seeing that the situation could not be opened for a long time, Marshal Qi made a substitution, replacing Li Bing with Yang Cheng.

After Yang Cheng came up, he really quickly helped the team's offense.

In the 59th minute, Li Tie scored the ball from the middle, Wei Daxia went straight from the right, and Yang Cheng quickly went down after getting the ball. His cross was blocked by the opponent and went out of the baseline.

Li Ming took a corner kick. After the penalty area was full of people, the ball got into Kuwait's goal by who knows!
At this time, Xu Hong rushed to the sideline excitedly. It turned out that he scored the goal, which was considered a redemption.

The Kuwait team defended against the others, but ignored Xu Hong, who was at the back and was still standing on the penalty area line when the corner kick was taken.

Who knew that he rushed up suddenly, and Xu Hong was tall and burly, so of course it was easy to score the header.

"Old Xu, you did a good job!"

Wei Daxia, who was closest to Xu Hong, rushed over immediately, carried Xu Hong on his back, and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal.

The relationship between the two is very good. Li Tie often sees the two of them hooking up shoulder to shoulder during training, and walking together when they go out.

Li Tie thought to himself if this hero Wei was also a time traveler, would he still treat Xu Hong like this?

Ten minutes later, the national football team continued to make a comeback. Wei Daxia made a pass from the side. Su Maozhen nodded the ball forward and flicked the ball. Yang Cheng's shot was blocked by the opponent's defender with his body. General Fan stepped in to grab the second spot and shot angrily.

The national football team overtook the score.

This tactic worked very well.

The opponent defended the first point, the second point, but failed to defend the third point. There was nothing wrong with General Fan's shot, leaving the opponent's goalkeeper helpless!

General Fan excitedly rushed to the coach's bench and hugged Marshal Qi.

He felt the most refreshing playing this position today.

Marshal Qi smiled. Now that the score has been overtaken, today's trip is not worth it.

With 3 points and four consecutive victories, in this situation, he, the head coach, will enjoy more than half of the glory.

He patted General Fan lightly, and said, "Keep working hard, strive for another one, and completely defeat them."

In fact, at this moment, everyone's physical fitness has basically reached its limit.

It's not easy to get another one.

Li Tie, Sun Jihai, and Wei Daxia are the ones with the best physical fitness. After running for so long, the others may not be able to run anymore.

Sure enough, after the game restarted, the national football team all felt a little bit retreating.

The Kuwait team took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, passing the ball several times, but they were still very threatening.

But the defense of the national football team was very targeted, and their No. 9 forward didn't get another chance. Xu Hong followed him stubbornly, and Zhang Heizi was protecting him.

Li Tie also received very late, using his interception ability to make the Kuwait team's pass not so accurate.

And Kuwait's long-range shots in the midfield did not work once.

In the 86th minute, Li Tie directly cut off the breakthrough of the opponent's midfielder. Immediately looking at the situation, the two sides flew up!

(End of this chapter)