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Chapter 204: From Victory to Victory

On January 2016, 1, the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

Asian U23 Championship Group A, Qatar U23 vs. China U23.

Huaguo U23's lineup is forward Yue Heng, midfielder Cai Rongyu, flanked by Wu Xinghan and Liao Lisheng, midfielders Xu Xin and Zhou Bo, four defenders Mi Haolun, Zhou Zhaolin, Wei Ran, Yu Hui, and goalkeeper Lu Yiming.

This lineup surprised the players. In their opinion, there should not be only five U17 players in terms of coaching and strength.Fan Sheng, Chen Pu, Sun Letian, and Xia Jixuan, who did not play, were no worse than their competitors.

So even the domestic players who didn't play looked at the head coach Rong Yu with gratitude.

The field that was flooded with water and encountered rare showers became a bit muddy.The wet lawn made the ball faster and made it more difficult to handle and stop the ball. Both sides made some mistakes at the beginning of the game, but the problem was not too big, and both sides quickly adapted to it.

Huaguo U23’s adaptation speed surprised the opponents. Watering to speed up the ball is aimed at the shortcomings of Huaguo’s players’ rough skills. However, although Huaguo U23 made some mistakes at the beginning, they were all on the side and did not pose a major danger.

After quickly adapting, Huaguo U23 did not have some long passes in the previous game, and insisted on passing on the ground.

In the 7th minute, Zhou Bo distributed the ball to Wu Xinghan on the left side, and he broke through Qatar's Madibo and Mohammad consecutively, pierced the left side and made a pass from the bottom.

His own team required to dare to cut inside after the breakthrough, and to form a cooperation in the penalty area, but after Wu Xinghan succeeded in consecutive breakthroughs, he subconsciously followed his feeling when he was excited.

His bottom cross made Yue Heng very uncomfortable. Originally to cooperate with him, Yue Heng pulled out of the penalty area to the right, and pulled out the crotch for Wu Xinghan who cut inside and Cai Rongyu who cut in.Suddenly seeing his cross, I had to turn around and run towards the goal. Fortunately, Wu Xinghan's pass was relatively high, the speed of the ball was relatively slow, and the pass was not far from Yue Heng, so he should be able to grab the target.

The Qatar team was brought out by Yue Heng with two defenders, and there was some space in the penalty area. Yue Heng's sudden run back threw Yasir and Hassan behind him, leaving the area empty.

But Yasir had lingering fears about Yue Heng's header ability in the first few minutes of competition, so he had no time to think about it, so he grabbed Yue Heng directly.

Yue Heng was physically strong, even if he was held back by Yasir, he continued to rush forward.Seeing that Yue Heng had already stepped into the penalty area with one foot, and there was still a sign of trying to escape, Yashir stretched out another hand, hugged the other with the other, and pulled Yue Heng down.

The referee's free kick made the Huaguo players very dissatisfied. When they reached out to hug Yue Heng, they were already in the penalty area, and they were also in the penalty area when they fell to the ground. This free kick penalty was clearly biased against Qatar.

Lin Wenlei, who was standing on the sidelines, ignored Rong Yu's roar at the fourth official, but explained to the bench:

"It's okay to complain, but you can't be in a mess. At home, you can't expect all the referees to be blue sky..."

On the field last week, Bula passed the excited teammates, stopped the argument before the referee played the card, and arranged for Liao Lisheng to make a free throw.

Even though the referee rushed over and gave Rong Yu a yellow card, Zhou Bo ignored it and chatted with Liao Lisheng calmly:
"Everything else has nothing to do with us. It's the same if you score a penalty kick or a free kick... Their goalkeeper Naeem is not good at getting close to the bottom corner, how can he play well?"

Following Zhou Bo's words, Liao Lisheng also focused on the free kick, thought about it and said:

"Someone has to carry it on the edge of the human wall..."

After the exchange, Zhou Bo went to find Yue Heng and asked him to squeeze into the crowd.

Liao Lisheng calmly took a free throw in a big arc, flew over the wall from the squatting Yue Heng, then bounced off the bottom corner of the near corner, and flew into the goal.

The Qatar team has always regarded Huaguo U23 as the weakest team in the group after Gao Xidi and Bloomberg, the most famous age-appropriate players in Huaguo, were not selected for U23.Last year in the U23 West Asia Cup, Iran and Syria in the same group eliminated them. If they want to lose points against Hua Guo U23, it will be very difficult for them to qualify for the group, so this conceded goal makes them very excited.

After the re-kick-off, the Qatar team pressed very high. Even though their strategy was to strike late, they still wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible.

Even though Huaguo U23 blocked their attack, the Qatar team still pressed in the half court, hoping to counterattack on the spot by stealing the ball in the frontcourt.They know that Huaguo U23 and even the national team will panic when they are pressed, and they think this is their opportunity.

However, Yu Hui, who was holding the ball in the backcourt, did not do what they wanted. Not only did he not make a long pass, but he also pushed the ball to Zhou Zhaolin who was responding to him.

Before Qatar forward Moaz Ali could entangle Zhou Zhaolin, he pushed the ball to Zhou Bo outside the penalty area.

Under the push of Qatar's midfielder Moein, Zhou Bo didn't stop the ball without turning around, and directly hit the middle circle with his heel.

Cai Rongyu, who responded in the middle circle, also turned his back. He didn't stop the ball, and directly passed the ball behind him.

The ball was passed to the right and directly crossed Qatar's back line. On the right, Liao Lisheng cooperated tacitly. When Cai Rongyu passed the ball, he had already completed the start. Football, and then a ground ball cross to the middle.The football rolled around Hassan and Yasir towards the middle.

Yue Heng kept jogging in the middle, and deliberately took a slash. After Liao Lisheng passed the ball, he immediately accelerated, and within a few steps, Qatar's defense was left behind.

In the minds of Yasir and the Qatari players, Yue Heng was a tall, strong center forward with a good header. It was only when he started suddenly that he realized that his speed was also very fast.

But, it's too late...

Yue Heng caught up with the football and just pushed forward, accelerated again, and rushed to the Qatar penalty area in just a few seconds.The defenders are left far behind, only in front of them is Naeem, the goalkeeper who rushed out of the penalty area.

Kataka's chasing players should also pay attention to an arc line. Mi Haolun, Wu Xinghan, Cai Rongyu, and Liao Lisheng, who are all speeding forward, dare not go all out to catch up and miss the catch point, and the speed of chasing back is not fast.

Facing the goalkeeper, Yue Heng actually used Ronaldo's signature move-the pendulum-style dribble while running.After repeated analysis and correction by Turner's laboratory, the movements were very coordinated. In Naeem's eyes, it was difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. After the body involuntarily changed the center of gravity twice quickly, he could no longer control himself and fell to the ground.

Seeing him fall to the ground, Yue Heng pushed the ball to the side, followed by bypassing Naeem's hand, caught up with the football and shot directly, then turned around confidently to celebrate with his teammates.

After wading through Naeem, many Qatari players stood with their hips akimbo, only looking at the football with some expectation in their eyes, and then disappointed...

14 minutes, 0:2.

After that, the Qatari team did not dare to push forward aggressively, and the offense was also played with trepidation, for fear of being hit back again.

In addition, the defensive action became particularly rough, especially against Wu Xinghan, who was good at breaking through, fouls were all meant to retaliate and vent, and he directly shoveled with the ball.At the same time, Cai Rongyu was also treated like this, as well as Zhou Bo and others who were still in the backcourt.

The referee often turns a blind eye to these actions, and at most gives a free kick in the backcourt when far away from the penalty area.

Under the persuasion of Zhou Bo and Cai Rongyu, Huaguo U23 was very restrained, and in 39 minutes, Zhou Bo scored a wonderful free kick from the left at a distance of 27 and 8 meters. After that, the Qatar team was relatively restrained in their own half a lot.

After losing the third goal, the Qatar team immediately replaced their backhand Asadala in advance.

However, the score did not change in the first half, 0:3, Qatar fell behind Huaguo U23 at home.

At the beginning of the second half, Wu Xinghan was kicked to the ground by Qatari defender Yasir after a breakthrough, but the referee only gave a free kick and did not give Yasser a second yellow card.

Then in a fight, Wu Xinghan also kicked Yasir in a retaliatory manner, causing a large-scale conflict between the two teams.It may be because he had let the Qatar team have so many rough fouls. The South Korean referee touched the pocket of his shorts, and then took out a yellow card from his jacket pocket and gave Wu Xinghan and Xu Xin a yellow card each.

After the conflict, Rong Yu and Lin Wenlei were very nervous, but the referee should consider that in the current AFC, Hua Guo is no longer a target that can be unscrupulous, so he finally did not go too far.

As soon as the conflict was over, Rong Yu replaced the two players with Xie Pengfei and Fan Sheng, replaced Liao Lisheng as a midfielder, and Fan Sheng was in charge of Qatar's somewhat active Asadala.

In the following games, every time the Qatar team made a malicious foul, Fan Sheng would quickly take revenge on their precious Asadala.

It just so happens that Hasadara likes to dribble, and every time Fan Sheng dribbles and shovels fiercely, it is a side kick. Although it brings conflicts every time, the referee dare not easily give him a second yellow card.

In this way, the second half of the game was played intermittently. In the end, the Qatar team did not recover the score, and did not dare to risk the core injury and make another rough foul.

On the afternoon of January 1th, the Huaguo U15 group stage played against Syria U23 for the second time. The Huaguo team sent forward Chen Pu, midfielders Cai Rongyu, Xie Pengfei, Liu Binbin, Liao Lisheng, Fan Sheng, back line Mi Haolun, Xia Jixuan, Wei Ran , Yu Hui, goalkeeper Lu Yiming's lineup.

After the victory in the first game, Huaguo U23 players have tasted the sweetness of orderly play, and they are more willing to organize, pass and run through the core during training. This is also the case at the beginning of this game.

The fast and smooth passing made it impossible for the Syrian team to give full play to their physical advantages. In the 10th minute of the first half, Chen Pu took advantage of a corner kick to score with a header.

Then in the 4th minute of the second half, Chen Pu played the ball back in the penalty area. Liao Lisheng followed up with a world wave and shot directly into the dead corner of the upper right corner, 2:0.

In this game, the core of the backcourt is played by Liao Lisheng.Although his backcourt combing occasionally loses consciousness, because he understands the rhythm and thinking of domestic players better, passing the ball is more threatening.He himself also galloped all over the field, and his performance was very impressive after kicking out with confidence.

到第三轮的时候，卡塔尔先是第二轮2：1赢了伊朗，又在下午的比赛中4：2赢了叙利亚。最后一场华国U23只要平局就可以以小组第一出线，只要不输5个球以上也可以出线。

Some media suggested defensive counterattacks and training, but the Huaguo U23 coaching staff ignored these and sent the best lineup that could be arranged.

Forward Yue Heng, midfielders Cai Rongyu, Xie Pengfei, Fan Sheng, Liao Lisheng, Zhou Bo, defenders Wang Tong, Zhou Zhaolin, Wei Ran, Yu Hui, goalkeeper Lu Yiming.

Huaguo U23, who played more and more smoothly, was able to complete basic pass control under pressing and physical confrontation. Driven by Cai Rongyu and Zhou Bo, the whole team ran around them to respond.The passing distance is very short, and because there are many choices of passing routes brought about by running, you will not be so flustered, and the success rate of passing is relatively high.

The Iranian team fought their backs and wanted to eat Huaguo U23 at the beginning of the game.The Huaguo U23 was not in a hurry, and faced the Iranian team's pressure, they started to pass and control without haste, consuming the opponent's patience and physical strength.

There are Zhou Bo and Cai Rongyu, two players who can control the ball. When they are pressed, they will be handed over to them to reorganize. The players have clear goals and basically do not have any panic.

After the mentality stabilized, Huaguo players gradually found the feeling of controlling the game that the coach and teammates in Europe said, and it became easier and easier to follow Cai Rongyu's thinking.

The relaxation of the mind also leads to the relaxation of the body. There are no inexplicable mistakes in handling the ball, and the success rate of passing and breakthrough is getting higher and higher.

The Iranian team members became more and more impatient, and they were severely punished for several fouls. Once they got two yellow cards, they knew the direction of the wind, so they could only continue to follow the ball blindly.

"Heh, the referee was good this time, much better than the stick in the first game..."

Chen Pu, who was on the bench, praised the referee for being more fair, but was laughed at by Lin Wenlei:
"If you have time to look at the points situation, it's good to use your brain..."

Sun Letian finally found a chance to laugh at the confused Chen Pu:

"This game must be fair. We have two wins with 6 points and 5 goal difference, Qatar with 6 points and 0 goal difference, and Iran with 3 points and 1 goal difference. As long as you don't win us by 6 goals and win 1 home team, it will be GG , understand?..."

Wu Xinghan, who had deep resentment for the first game, his eyes brightened, and he proposed:
"How about we release the water?..."

"Impossible, even though the whole of Asia is our sufferer, I don't have the habit of letting go of enemies."

The Huaguo U23 team has been slowing down the pace of the game and Iran cannot bear it. Even the backcourt players have begun to join the pressing team, and the formation has become more and more pressing.

The lack of quick counter-attacks since the start has allowed them to let their guard down.

In the 28th minute, the Iranian team intercepted a pass between Liao Lisheng and Zhou Bo, and then shot three shots in a row, causing a great threat.

Zhou Zhaolin took the lead in controlling the football in the penalty area, and then kicked the ball into Iran's backcourt with a big kick to clear the siege.

In the midst of the panic, Yue Heng had already started quickly. After changing the line, he avoided the pull of the Iranian central defender Cheshmi, crossed the center line in an instant, and accelerated again.

Yue Heng caught up with the football before the Iranian U23 goalkeeper Akhbari who was running outside the penalty area, and then rushed towards the hurriedly retreating Akhbari.

Ahbali, who retreated to the penalty area, realized that he could no longer retreat, turned around and stared at the football, ready to slam the ball...

(End of this chapter)