Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 22 Reappearance of "Cisse's Tragedy"

The last group match of the Chinese team will start in two days. Since the draw with the Japanese team, the whole team has been in a serious and depressing atmosphere. The two days of training were not open to the media and were in a completely closed state.

Since Australia drew with Japan earlier, the Chinese team must not only win against North Korea, but also have a goal difference of at least two goals in order to overwhelm Australia on goal difference and qualify for the group.

Father Wen called his son at the end of the last game. On the one hand, he expressed his greetings, and on the other hand, he asked Wen Zhihao to calm down and go into battle lightly.

The originally high-spirited media and fans no longer dare to have too much expectation for the National Youth Team.However, unlike Australia in the first game, after a difficult draw with Japan, most of the blame was directed at coach Zhang Haitao's improper employment, disunity within the team and the Football Association behind it that has been scolded by tens of millions of fans for decades.

The Chinese Football Association is a world-renowned master of "throwing the pot". One day before the match against the North Korean team, Zhang Haitao received a death order from the Football Association: If he can't win North Korea, he will be fired on the spot!

Therefore, after the match list against the North Korean team was released, the outside world was surprised to find that Zhang Haitao made a desperate rotation of the starters of the national youth team.In terms of formation, the traditional 4-2-3-1 formation that was originally adhered to has turned into 3-4-3, and Liu Ruofan, another rising star from Chongming Base, was sent in the midfield to continue to replace Liang Xin as an attacking central midfielder.Wen Zhihao was unexpectedly placed on the bench.

There are different opinions on this. Some media believe that Wen Zhihao, who did not perform well in the previous two games, has lost Zhang Haitao's trust.However, CCTV commentator Jiayuan gave a different point of view: "Wen Zhihao's personal ability is unquestionable. I think Director Zhang's arrangement should be based on the consideration of leaving one more backup player. In the second half, Wen Zhihao should be the most important substitute for the Chinese team, attacking the opponent's defense line when the opponent's physical fitness declines."

Wen Zhihao himself didn't care. Ever since he entered the training match of Inter Milan's youth training camp, coach Nuri told him that "the card should be kept at the end", Wen Zhihao no longer rejected the substitute, but looked forward to it, in case he went up and scored again.

But Wen Zhihao didn't play, some people were unhappy.

After the head coach of the North Korean team announced the starting roster for the Chinese team, Jin Guangxiang on the opposite side showed two points of disappointment.Also in the Inter Milan youth training camp, since the first day Wen Zhihao arrived, he has been crushed to death by Wen Zhihao. Seeing Wen Zhihao become the core of Inter Milan's U15 and the new hope of the Nerazzurri, while he is gradually marginalized and in danger of being purged at any time, how can Jin Guangxiang swallow this breath.

This time in the same group as the Chinese team in the Asian Minor Championship, Jin Guangxiang tried his best to compete with Wen Zhihao and prove his strength.

At 8:[-] pm BJ time, the game officially kicked off at the National Stadium in Bangkok.

"CCTV, CCTV! Audience friends, what you are watching now is the No.16 Asian Minor Championship Group C live broadcast for you, the life-and-death battle between the Chinese team and the North Korean team..." Jiayuan's opening commentary with CCTV characteristics came from the screen.

After the opening, perhaps due to the influence of the objective situation, the Chinese team was a little nervous. Although the players wanted to score quickly, the mentality imbalance caused the technical movements to deform, which gave the North Korean team a chance.In the opening 9 minutes, the opponent took advantage of a mistake by the Chinese team to counterattack quickly. In the end, the striker shot a goal and flew out of the baseline against the side net. The Chinese team escaped.

Zhang Haitao shouted desperately on the sidelines for the players to calm down, and kept pressing down with his hands, signaling the players on the court to calm down.

CCTV commentator Jiayuan commented on this scene: "Director Zhang's signal is very timely. The boys need to adjust their positions now, forget about the qualifying situation, and play according to the normal rhythm. There will definitely be opportunities."

In the game, the North Korean team continued their long-standing characteristics of running hard, aggressively fighting, and tough style. They decisively tackled the ball-handling players of the Chinese team. The technical midfielder with Liu Ruofan as the core was extremely uncomfortable and was unable to organize a continuous attack. The situation on the court was once stalemate.

At the end of the first half, neither side made any achievements.

During the intermission, Jiayuan once again expressed his opinion: "After experiencing the tension in the opening stage, the Chinese team took the initiative in possession of the ball for most of the first half, but overall they lacked the sharpest forward pass to penetrate the defensive line. In the second half, Director Zhang should consider replacing Wen Zhihao as soon as possible to strengthen the side attack. After all, we need two goal difference now, and the pressure is entirely on the Chinese team's side."

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second half, Zhang Haitao replaced Wen Zhihao to strengthen the attack.

When Jin Guangxiang saw Wen Zhihao coming on the field, he immediately leaned close to Wen Zhihao fiercely like a chicken blood, but this was exactly in Wen Zhihao's arms. Wen Zhihao completely exploded Jin Guangxiang's side lane with his skillful foot skills and fake moves. In 5 minutes, it was Wen Zhihao's fake fax dunk on this side, swaying Jin Guangxiang's defense and entering the penalty area. He was tripped by the opponent's central defender when he kicked a pass, and won a penalty for the Chinese team.

Liu Ruofan, the core midfielder, steadily scored the penalty kick created by Wen Zhihao. The Chinese team led 1:0, and the hope of qualifying for the group stage was once again ignited.

Jiayuan, who was commenting on the spot, praised Wen Zhihao without hesitation: "After Wen Zhihao came on the field in the second half, the offensive situation of the Chinese team improved significantly. Wen Zhihao opened the door to victory for the Chinese team with his skilled skills and superb golf intelligence! Wen Zhihao's existence is the precious wealth of Chinese football in the next ten years. We should be brave enough to chase the poor. We still need a goal. Wen Zhihao, the Chinese team, come on!"

A goal scored in the opening stage of the second half gave the Chinese team momentum. In the next 10 minutes, the Chinese team almost bombarded the North Korean team's penalty area, especially Jin Guangxiang, who was playing against Wen Zhihao, was beaten into a sieve.

No. 609 minutes, Wen Zhihao received the ball from the right and tried to break through Jin Guangxiang again. Wen Zhihao observed Jin Guangxiang's position after taking the ball.

But this time Jin Guangxiang made a move that surprised everyone.The moment Wen Zhihao stopped the ball until his left foot hadn't started, his feet left the ground, and his legs wrapped around Wen Zhihao's right calf at the same time, and the sharp spikes were firmly nailed on it.

Through the TV camera, the audience could clearly hear a scream. Countless audience members were shocked, and Jiayuan, who was commentating on the scene, was even more surprised, and stood up directly from his seat.

Through the close-up shot of the broadcast, the audience could clearly see that Wen Zhihao's calf was almost twisted at [-] degrees, and then the ambulance directly entered the scene, and Wen Zhihao was directly sent to the local hospital.

Jiayuan hurriedly said: "This is really an unexpected situation. The camera should not replay the scene just now. We really don't want to see such a scene. Now we can only hope that Wen Zhihao is not seriously injured. Although we all know what such an injury means to a professional player, all Chinese fans do not want this scene to happen to China's most promising star."

Many fans in front of the TV silently sweated for Wen Zhihao.Many old fans suddenly recalled that Zheng Zhi broke his leg against Cisse in the warm-up match of the 06 World Cup, which almost ruined Cisse's career.

Many fans dare not think about it. The scenes are surprisingly similar, but God is so unfair. After 30 years of infatuated waiting, thousands of fans have finally waited for a supernova who may lead the national football to take off. Is this the way to break the hearts of the infatuated Chinese fans again?

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"Old Wen, son..." Mother Wen, who witnessed the tragedy in front of the TV, called her husband helplessly, wiping her tears with paper towels, lowering her head, sobbing hard.

Witnessing her son being hurt like this is unacceptably cruel for any mother.

Papa Wen stood up and didn't speak, but his expression couldn't hide the pain and concern.He took out a cigarette, took a big puff, took a deep breath, and said, "Book a ticket, we'll go to Bangkok right away!"

(End of this chapter)