Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 323 One step away from qualifying

With only half an hour left in the game, the Chinese team evened the score despite being outnumbered. Mexican coach Osorio couldn't sit still, and replaced two frontcourt players in a row, forward Vela and midfielder Elias, and the formation began to change to 3-4-3.

Obviously, Mexico is ready to put all their eggs in one basket. Osorio also found it difficult to restrict the Chinese team by making a fuss about defense, and now he doesn't have the patience to continue spending time with the Chinese team and wait for opportunities. He wants to take the initiative.

The Chinese team's coping strategy has reached an agreement after Lippi used the gaps in the game to quickly communicate with each other. Control the rhythm of the midfield to gain the initiative, and at the same time be ready to catch the opponent's loopholes and give a fatal blow.

What Lippi instilled in this Chinese team is the concept of winning first, not the local coach's defensive style and a draw, even in the face of a team like Mexico.

Although there is one less player on the field, the overall strength of the Chinese team in the midfield is not weak at all. Liang Xin and Zheng are intelligent in offense and defense. Standing in front of the central defenders, they form a barrier. When counterattacking, both of them can be used as the first point of attack. Wen Zhihao diligently intersperses between the midfield and the striker in a wide range.

Mexico's offensive routine is getting simpler and simpler. If it is cleared by the Chinese team, the midfielder will directly follow up and try a long-range shot.This kind of offense is not difficult for defenders, as long as they adapt, it is easy to defend, and the long-range shots of Mexican players, on the surface, are full of momentum, but in fact it is just that the shooting data is increasing rapidly.

Although the Chinese team does not have much possession of the ball, the more confident the players are on the field, the more confident the fans are. It seems that the ball is being tossed and tossed at the opponent's feet, but in fact the momentum on the court is developing in a direction that is beneficial to the Chinese team. Mexico's offense is increasingly showing a state of exhaustion.The Mexican players have great long-range shots, and the intensity of physical confrontation is also increasing, but this just shows that the opponent's mentality has become more and more anxious, and is at the critical point of collapse. Wen Zhihao clapped his hands in time at this time and shouted to encourage everyone: "Hold on! They are almost dying. Pushing through is victory!"

Zheng Zhi is also very experienced, and immediately echoed: "Zhihao is right, this is their last offensive, stand your position!"

After 75 minutes of the game, the physical fitness of both sides has reached a period of exhaustion, but the Chinese team still has a psychological advantage.To end in a draw and grab a point from Mexico is perfectly acceptable.Mexico, on the other hand, suffered from both mental and physical suffering, and their mentality collapsed a little with every second of the game.

As I said before, American players rely on their talent and innate spirituality to play football. In Mexico’s World Cup squad, many players played in their home leagues or South American leagues, and did not accept the strict tactical literacy of Europe.

After eight or 10 minutes, Wen Zhihao began to consciously take advantage of the mentality of the Mexican players, actively increased the inversion of the midfielder and the midfielder, and guided the full-backs and midfielders to make a triangle pass. Most of the Mexican players’ physical energy was wasted in unnecessary running, and their emotions gradually began to lose control. In the final stage, the conflicts between the two sides continued. With an obviously harmful action, Madzic was naturally merciless and directly sent off the offending player.

The number of players has also been pulled back to the same starting line. Mexico wants to win, and naturally it is even more powerless.

In the end, after a twists and turns duel, the two sides ended 2:2.Neither side is particularly satisfied with this score.

He Wei concluded the game: "A draw is a bit of a pity. The Chinese team still showed their old problems of slowness in the opening stage. Furthermore, if Zeng Cheng's red card hadn't been there, the Chinese team would have been able to achieve a comeback...Let's not think about the result of the next German team. In terms of the past two group matches, the performance of the national team is enough to give us confidence in the future."

After the two rounds of the group stage, the Chinese team is the most optimistic team in the qualifying situation among the five Asian teams. With one win and one draw, it has four points and a goal difference of +1. It ranks behind the German team, which has won both games, and is ahead of Mexico, which has one point.To take a step back, even if the Chinese team loses, if Mexico can't win against Sweden, which has zero points and is already confirmed to be out, then the Chinese team can still qualify as second in the group.

In short, the Chinese team is only one step away from qualifying.

Before the start of the World Cup, almost none of the media was optimistic about the Chinese team, and the gaming companies unceremoniously put the odds of the Chinese team at the bottom of the 32 teams.

However, just as Europe and the United States have always misjudged China economically and politically, the national team also slapped the face with a strong performance, which shocked foreign reporters.

Although the strong performance of the national team has made Chinese fans collectively proud, there is no comparison and the feeling is not deep.The most face-saving ones are the Chinese journalists who reported the World Cup in Russia. In the media center of the World Cup, many foreign counterparts greeted them with smiles, and the doubts and contempt they received when they first entered the media center were completely different.The working area next to the Chinese media is the Japanese media.They were well respected from the start.

Without a deep understanding, Chinese reporters will not have a personal feeling for the meaning of the word strength. Many media are privately thanking the Chinese team for allowing them to have the capital that they no longer need to endure.

This is the reality of a top football platform like the World Cup, which gives every player and even every country the opportunity to go global in football.At the same time, the law of the jungle is more cruel than other fields. Only by showing absolute strength and defeating opponents can you be eligible to be respected.

In today's China, the comprehensive strength of economy, politics, military, and science and technology ranks among the best in the world. Only football, the world's number one sport with the widest audience, has long been unable to hold its head up.A heavy inferiority complex.

However, in Russia, Chinese football is going through a process of standing up and looking up to the heroes, and being re-recognized by the world, the phoenix nirvana.

(End of this chapter)