There is a dream called football

Chapter 527 Olympic opening match
8 month 7 day.

Shenyang Olympic Sports Center.

The first Olympic match between the Chinese team and New Zealand is about to begin. This is the first match of the local Olympic men's football group stage.

The whole country is looking forward to the first match of the group stage.

This is the second time for the Chinese team to participate in the Olympic Games, but the results last time were terrible, so many people hope that the Chinese team can make a breakthrough this time, at least they can qualify for the group stage in their hometown.

This goal is very difficult. You must know that the opponents of the Chinese team in the group stage are Brazil and Belgium. Qualifying in the group means that the Chinese team must PK at least one opponent.

However, the strength of these two opponents is higher than that of the Chinese team. Therefore, in the first game against New Zealand, the Chinese team must score three points and get more goal difference.

The biggest advantage of the Chinese team is of course Li Qiao and Lei Wen. These two players who play in Europe will form the offensive combination of the Chinese team.

After the start of the game, New Zealand put on a five-back formation. Their head coach is still very afraid of the Chinese team's entry into the union.

But New Zealand is really not strong. They have been in Oceania for a long time. Without opponents, there will be no room for growth. This is also a human thing.

But even the five defenders did not stop Li Qiao from breaking through on the wing.

"Go down, cross, Gao Lin in the middle, it's a pity."

"The opponent has hoarded a heavy defense on the wing, but facing Manchester United's winger, it seems that New Zealand still has nothing to do."

Li Qiao is basically like no one on the wing, but there are not many teammates in the middle, the head coach is a bit conservative, and there is a center in the middle, which makes the outflanking points too few.

This change really messed up New Zealand's defensive layout, because most of their players were marking Gao Lin in the middle, and Li Qiao's ball was for the back.

1:0.

The two commentators were as happy as the fans in the audience. New Zealand's strategy is to defend as long as they can, and then leave to fate. The strategy of the Chinese team is to score as soon as possible and firmly hold the initiative in their own hands. In the end, the Chinese team achieved this in 16 minutes of the first half. It was a beautiful goal.

After the goal, the Chinese team can be said to have played more proactively, feeling as if they could kill their opponents in one breath, while New Zealand seemed to be in a mess, making mistakes one after another. If Gao Lin's ability to seize opportunities was not so good, New Zealand would have conceded the second goal long ago.

The head coach also asked the Chinese players to calm down and reduce their firepower. It is very simple, because this is a cup game, not a game to determine the outcome. Even if they win New Zealand by 10 points, it is useless.

In the end, the Chinese team won the first game 1-0 and scored 3 points.

In another game, Brazil defeated Belgium, which means that as long as the Chinese team beats Belgium, the Chinese team will qualify.

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Most countries don't pay much attention to the Olympic Games, because the Olympic Games are not a game under FIFA's banner, that is to say, if the club does not let people go, then the football association on the national team side has nothing to do.

And Belgium is almost the same. Looking at their roster, basically most of them are not the main players of the Belgian national team, but except for three people-Mertens, Dembele and Miralas.

These three were later members of the Belgian national team. They were not famous at this time, so they were able to participate in the Olympics. But even so, the strength of the Belgian national team is very strong, because there are only one or two masters at the level of the national Olympic team.

The second game of the National Olympics is also considered a life-and-death battle. If you win, you will qualify directly.

After the start of the game, the Chinese team lost its strength in the first match. This time it was the Chinese team that defended across the board, and Belgium could be said to be playing against the Chinese team.

However, amidst the cheers at home, the Chinese team's defense is good, especially the defense in the middle.

Belgium also traditionally has high center forward tactics, but this Olympic team basically has no high points. The forward Dembele is also a technical player, so Belgium played European Latin style football.

The defense of the Chinese team is very difficult.

In the first half, the Chinese team managed to persevere, not only because of Li Weifeng and Feng Xiaoting, but also because of the goalkeeper and post, yes!Belgium had a ball hit the post.

In the second half, Belgium's offense slowed down as their physical fitness declined. At this time, the Chinese team's counterattacks gradually increased, but Hao Junmin's pass was still inaccurate. He wanted to play a quick counterattack several times, but the ball to Li Qiao was not accurate.

At this time, Li Qiao was helpless, but he couldn't say anything. After all, Hao Junmin was not Anderson or Scholes, so it could only be like this.

So Li Qiao can only retreat to get the ball by himself, so that he can't immediately form an attack in the first counterattack, but the advantage is also obvious, that is, he can get the ball more times.

Because the Belgian defenders would not follow Li Qiao after leaving the 30-meter defense zone, and in the midfield, Li Qiao basically took the ball freely. The head coach was a little dissatisfied.

In this way, the Chinese team had no chance of attacking until the 78th minute when the Chinese team got a free kick in front of the penalty area.

It stands to reason that the Chinese team's offense can't reach the front of the penalty area, so how could there be a free kick in front of the penalty area.

This is also an accident. The Belgian backcourt player accidentally handballed when receiving the pass back.

This is a great opportunity for the Chinese team. Li Qiao stood in front of the ball, the referee whistled, and Li Qiao started to run. He looked at the top of the wall, and at the moment of kicking, the wall jumped up, and Li Qiao bet a ground ball.

This is gambling, if the opponent doesn't jump the wall, then Li Qiao screwed up, but in the end, Li Qiao made the right bet, the ball went under the wall, the goalkeeper was caught off guard, and the ball rolled into the goal.

1 to 0.
In the end, the Chinese team qualified with a 1-0 group. Belgium lost both games, and the group was eliminated early.

(End of this chapter)