God of Green

At 14:00 on January 14, 2009, with the referee's whistle, the 2011 Qatar 15th Asian Cup Qualifier Group D Syria VS China match officially began.

The lineup of the Chinese team in this match is somewhat different from the previous top ten match and Oman four-nation match led by Yin Tieshen.

After all, Gao Hongbo and Yin Tieshen have different coaching philosophies, and each head coach has his own trusted players.

But overall, most of the main players have not changed.

The starting lineup of the Chinese team in this match is goalkeeper Song Zhenyu, defenders Cao Yang, Du Wei, Wang Xiao, Zhang Yaokun, midfielder Zheng Zhi, Liu Jian, forward Du Zhenyu, Qu Bo, front midfielder Huang Bowen, forward Jiang Xiaolin.

After the game started, the Chinese team, which got the kick-off right, passed the ball back two or three times, and then suddenly passed it forward and launched a *attack.

Surprisingly, the Chinese team's attack was not intercepted and did not make any mistakes. With a series of passes and cuts, the ball was sent to Jiang Xiaolin, who was running to the left wing of the penalty area without the ball.

Unfortunately, Qu Bo's last pass was not very subtle, so Jiang Xiaolin had to stop the ball and adjust it before shooting.

Jiang Xiaolin was the target of Syria's key defense, and there was always someone defending him.

The stop and adjust took a little time, allowing Syrian defender Abduldayim to rush over in time to block the gun hole and block Jiang Xiaolin's shot out of the baseline.

The Chinese team failed to grab the first point in the subsequent corner kick, and was cleared by the Syrian defender out of the penalty area.

Although the first wave of attacks did not score, it still made the small number of Chinese and overseas Chinese fans in the stands excited and applauded continuously.

Such gorgeous passes and cuts were rarely seen in the Chinese team in the past, but I didn't expect the Chinese team to play such an attack today.

Therefore, the Chinese fans, both at the scene and in front of the TV, seemed very happy.

The commentator of the China Sports Channel in the commentary booth also brightened his eyes and said: "It's a pity that the national football team's *attack failed to score. However, the national football team's offensive cooperation was very good this time. It seems that Gao Hongbo's technical flow changes have already achieved some results. As long as he is given more time, the national football team will surely improve in technical cooperation."

The guest nodded and said: "Yes! The offensive cooperation was very good this time. If the reform continues in this way, the national football team does have a future. I just hope that Gao Hongbo's reform can succeed."

The game continued amid the discussions of fans and commentators.

Although the first wave of the Chinese team's attack posed a certain threat, Syria did not retreat. Instead, it immediately launched an attack after getting the ball, and used the strong bodies of their West Asian players to continuously attack the Chinese team's defense.

Because this is their home court.

If you don't want to win at home, what else is there to pursue?

Moreover, in the last warm-up match, Iran also defeated the Chinese team when Jiang Xiaolin started.

This gave Syria some confidence.

However, although the physical fitness of Syrian players has a certain advantage, it is not an overwhelming advantage.

Although the Chinese team changed to a technical style, it does not mean that the players are all thin. Zheng Zhi, Du Wei and others on the back line are all tall and strong players with good physical condition.

In addition, the 4231 formation of the Chinese team is more inclined to defensive counterattacks in use, so there is enough advantage in the backcourt, resulting in Syria not being able to pass the ball into the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team smoothly.

After all, although Syria is also a West Asian team, compared with Iran, the strength gap is still relatively large, and the Chinese team often steals the ball.

Of course, because Gao Hongbo asked the players to pass the ball less and play more passes and cuts, even if the Chinese team intercepted the ball, they would make mistakes in passing and running from time to time, and the ball rights would change hands.

Therefore, what this game showed to the fans and spectators was that both sides kept fighting and strangling in the midfield, and kept making mistakes, but both sides found it difficult to get the ball into the penalty area to pose a threat.

Relatively speaking, because the technical style of the Chinese team has not yet taken shape and there are many mistakes, Syria has more shooting opportunities than the Chinese team, but due to the problem of the forward's shooting skills, even if there are shooting opportunities, it is difficult to hit the goal frame, or even pose a threat.

On the other hand, the Chinese team's teammates can provide too little support to Jiang Xiaolin. Many times Jiang Xiaolin ran into the gap, but his teammates did not see it, or even if they saw it, they did not have the passing skills to pass the ball accurately.

So Jiang Xiaolin didn't get the first threatening shot that hit the goal frame until the 13th minute, but it was unfortunately saved by goalkeeper Balhou in the end

Syria, although they shot more than China, did not hit the goal frame until the 18th minute with a long shot from outside the penalty area, but the power and angle were not sharp, and the goalkeeper Song Zhenyu easily confiscated it.

The two sides went back and forth, and it seemed to be a lively fight, but it was basically a fight between chickens, and there were not many threatening shots.

Even with Jiang Xiaolin's ability, he could not do anything under the heavy defense of his teammates and the opponent.

Moreover, the first goal of the game was not scored by Jiang Xiaolin, or even by China, but by Syria.

In the 25th minute, Syria got a corner kick.

Although the corner kick was not headed by the Syrian players, and no goal was scored, Du Wei elbowed the opponent's central defender Ayang who came up to compete for the header in the penalty area.

So, the referee blew the whistle, Du Wei got a yellow card, and awarded the opponent a penalty kick.

Syrian striker Kadib took the penalty kick and shot the ball into the dead corner.

Syria, playing at home, took advantage of a corner kick to open the scoring and took a 1-0 lead.

The Syrian fans in the stands all gave warm applause and cheers, while the players of the Chinese team seemed a little depressed.

Especially Du Wei, who committed a foul, got a yellow card, and gave the opponent a penalty kick, seemed very upset.

However, it was useless to be upset at this time, and the game had to continue.

Although the technical style of the Chinese team has not yet been fully developed, it is better than the previous warm-up match against Iran.

Although there are not many smooth passes and cuts like the one at the beginning, they can appear occasionally.

In addition to Jiang Xiaolin's various full-value abilities as a transfer, although the Chinese team did not attack many times, they actually played more threatening attacks than Syria.

Syria scored the first goal just by taking advantage of a penalty kick!

On penalties, even a world-class goalkeeper would find it difficult to save it.

Finally, ten minutes after losing the penalty, in the 36th minute, the Chinese team launched a successful quick counterattack.

This counterattack was launched by the backcourt players who intercepted the ball and then passed it forward, but they did not kick the ball forward, but played a ground pass and counterattack according to Gao Hongbo's requirements.

While running forward, Jiang Xiaolin, Huang Bowen and Qu Bo kept passing the ball in a small range, making the Syrian defense unable to organize at all.

Finally, when Jiang Xiaolin changed direction and ran around to the right side of the penalty spot in the penalty area, Huang Bowen sent the ball to him.

Jiang Xiaolin did not stop the ball to adjust, and he had no time to adjust. He shot the ball before the defender Abduldayim who tried to shovel the ball and kicked the ball to the near corner of the goal.

After Jiang Xiaolin shot the ball, Abduldayim's flying shovel was in place, but it was too late, and the ball had already flown to the goal.

Although goalkeeper Balhou subconsciously fell to the ground to save the ball, Jiang Xiaolin's volley was too powerful and too fast, so he still couldn't save it.

The ball flew past his armpit and flew into the net along the near post.

In the commentary booth, the Chinese commentator who had been staring at the field with wide eyes when the Chinese team got the ball and started to counterattack suddenly shouted excitedly:

"The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in... "

"Jiang Xiaolin scored a goal!"

"Beautiful!"

"The Chinese team played a beautiful counterattack, with Huang Bowen assisting Jiang Xiaolin to score, tying the score to 1-1!"

"This counterattack, the Chinese team played the effect that Gao Hongbo wanted. There was no high ball in the whole process, and it was all ground attack. The ball was not intercepted by Syria throughout the whole process. It was very smooth and gorgeous."

The guest also laughed happily beside him: "Yes! The counterattack of the national football team was quite smooth and gorgeous, playing the ground pass and counterattack that Gao Hongbo wanted, This was rare in the Chinese national football team before, and in this game, the Chinese national football team has launched such attacks many times, and now scored a goal in this way. "

"I think, as long as we persist for a long time, the technical transformation of the Chinese national football team should be successful and achieve good results."

The commentator nodded and said: "It seems that, as Jiang Xiaolin said in an interview before, the technical flow is the path suitable for Chinese football. Playing football by relying on the body like before is indeed not suitable for Chinese players who are yellow people themselves."

"Now, we have seen certain results. As long as we persist for a long time, we will definitely succeed like Japan."

On the court, Jiang Xiaolin and his teammates on the Chinese team celebrated enthusiastically.

Because this was played according to Gao Hongbo's tactical requirements*The successful goal proved that Gao Hongbo's tactical thinking was not wrong.

With such a goal, the players involved in the whole process felt very satisfied and accomplished.

Of course, it does not mean that the Chinese team completely gave up the aerial attack and played ground passes.

As Gao Hongbo said before the game, technical play still needs to be practiced slowly, but Jiang Xiaolin still has to score when he has the chance.

It's just that Jiang Xiaolin has not had a good chance before.

But not long after the game resumed, the Chinese team used Jiang Xiaolin's speed to make a successful aerial counterattack.

In the 42nd minute, Jiang Xiaolin did not retreat too deep and wandered around the center circle.

But the Chinese team cut off Syria's attack.

At the moment when the Chinese team intercepted the ball, Jiang Xiaolin immediately started and rushed to Syria's half.

The full-back Cao Yang, who got the ball, also kicked the ball to the front court in time, and the height of the ball was high enough, and the landing position was just right with Jiang Xiaolin's speed and running position.

A successful long pass from the backcourt.

Thus, the Chinese team's tried-and-tested tactics at the Olympics succeeded again: Jiang Xiaolin successfully received Cao Yang's long pass from the backcourt after an offside, unloaded the ball without stopping the ball, and then rushed to the Syrian penalty area with the ball.

Because the speed and landing point of the ball were in line with Jiang Xiaolin's running position, Jiang Xiaolin did not have to stop and wait for the ball, so the Syrian defender who was left behind by his offside could not catch up with him, allowing Jiang Xiaolin to successfully create the first single-handed opportunity in the first half.

Facing Jiang Xiaolin's single-handed meeting, although he knew that there were more deaths than lives, Syria's goalkeeper Barhou had no choice but to take the initiative to attack and try to save Jiang Xiaolin's single-handed attack.

But Jiang Xiaolin didn't give him a chance at all. Before he entered the penalty area, he lobbed the ball to the goal behind Barhou.

Barhou had a hunch that Jiang Xiaolin would lob the ball, so he immediately stopped his attack and retreated quickly, trying to get the ball out before it fell into the net.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xiaolin's shooting skills were too terrible. The ball not only flew over his head, but also hit the crossbar and flew into the goal. Moreover, it was at a certain angle, which made Balhou run two more steps diagonally, resulting in the final jump save being out of reach.

In the 42nd minute, Jiang Xiaolin scored twice, helping the Chinese team to overtake the score 2-1.

The Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV immediately cheered warmly.

Not long after Jiang Xiaolin scored the second goal, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 1-2, and the away team of China led by one goal.

During the halftime break, Gao Hongbo commented on the team's performance in the first half, praised everyone's passing and cutting cooperation in the first goal, and also commented on some low-level mistakes that occurred, asking everyone to continue to improve in the second half.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

In the second half, Syria, playing at home, was naturally unwilling to lose and launched a continuous and fierce attack on the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team.

The technical style of play of the Chinese team often resulted in mistakes, giving the opponent the opportunity to steal the ball and counterattack on the spot.

In the 64th minute, it was the Chinese team's backcourt players who made a pass error under the pressure of the Syrian forward, allowing the opponent's forward Azno to steal the ball and directly form a single knife, scoring Syria's second goal, tying the score to 2-2.

Fortunately, the Chinese team still has Jiang Xiaolin.

Although the Chinese team did not play a smooth counterattack and pass-cut cooperation goal like the first goal in the first half in the second half, Jiang Xiaolin's personal strength still allowed the Chinese team to score the third goal.

In the 78th minute, Huang Bowen was knocked down from the side by the opponent when he broke through the midfield with the ball, winning a free kick for the Chinese team.

The free kick was in a good position and distance, about 25 meters away from the goal on the left side of the front of the penalty area.

Jiang Xiaolin sent a beautiful arc free kick directly into the upper left corner of Syria.

The goalkeeper was out of reach and could only watch the ball go into the net.

Jiang Xiaolin performed a hat trick, and the Chinese team once again overtook the score, rewriting the score to 2-3. The away team continued to take the lead again.