God of Green

In the stands, when Jiang Xiaolin grabbed Shao Jiayi's cross from the side and headed the ball into the goal of Uzbekistan, tens of thousands of home fans in the stands suddenly fell silent.

Thousands of away fans from China burst into even louder cheers than tens of thousands of home fans, celebrating Jiang Xiaolin's goal and the Chinese team's reversal of the score.

On the court, Jiang Xiaolin, who scored the goal, also ran along the baseline to celebrate for a long time, and then hugged and high-fived his teammates who rushed up to celebrate together, celebrating their reversal of the score.

After losing a goal first, the Chinese team finally surpassed the score with Jiang Xiaolin's second goal in the 31st minute.

After the celebration, the Chinese players returned to their own half, and the Uzbek players kicked the ball in the middle circle.

After the game resumed, the head coach of Uzbekistan kept pointing to the Chinese team's goal on the sidelines and waved to the players, signaling everyone to attack vigorously.

Because Uzbekistan has no way out.

Originally at the bottom of the group, if they lose this game, they will have almost no chance to fight for the World Cup quota.

Not to mention the direct qualification of the top two teams in the group, I am afraid that they will not even be able to fight for the third place in the play-offs.

Therefore, the anxious Uzbekistan, from coaches to players, adopted a more aggressive style of play.

In addition to the two central defenders who defended the back line, the two full-backs, the defensive midfielder, etc., all invested in the attack.

There is no way. Now the score is behind. Even if we defend, it is meaningless. It is better to invest manpower in the attack and try our luck.

In fact, Uzbekistan's luck in this game is really good.

In the continuous attack, finally, in the 39th minute, a scene happened in the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team that made Uzbekistan from players to fans quite excited.

When the two sides were fighting in the penalty area, the Uzbek player kicked the ball from the edge of the penalty area and hit the hand of Chinese defender Li Weifeng, and the referee awarded a penalty kick.

Although Li Weifeng repeatedly argued that it was the ball that hit his hand, not that he deliberately used his hand to defend, the referee did not relax at all and firmly awarded Li Weifeng's handball and gave Uzbekistan a penalty kick.

Uzbekistan did not waste this hard-won opportunity, and finally their forward Ansukik steadily scored the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Song Zhenyu even jumped in the wrong direction, so naturally he could not jump the ball.

The ball firmly rushed into the net along the grass, and tens of thousands of home fans in the stands immediately gave excited applause and cheers, and the Uzbek players on the field also celebrated excitedly.

Uzbekistan tied the score with a lucky penalty kick, and the score between the two sides became 2-2.

Of course, even so, a draw is not enough for Uzbekistan.

They still need to attack, score goals, and win.

Therefore, after the game resumed, Uzbekistan continued to press forward and attacked wildly, and did not slack off because the score was tied.

The Chinese team will naturally not be completely passive in defense.

The so-called defensive counterattack means that there is a counterattack in defense.

Although the Chinese team is currently ranked second in the group, it does not have much advantage over the third-placed Japan, and it is still not very stable to qualify for the group.

Therefore, this game is also a goal that the Chinese team must win.

However, Uzbekistan scored the equalizer in the 39th minute, and after celebrating for a while, the game resumed in the 40th minute.

In the last few minutes, although Uzbekistan attacked several times, it still failed to enter the Chinese team's penalty area.

Although there were shots, they did not even enter the goal frame.

The same is true for the Chinese team. Although there was a counterattack, there was no shot in the end.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, and the two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 2-2.

During the halftime break, head coach Gao Hongbo emphasized the importance of defense in the second half.

In fact, for the Chinese team, which is currently ranked second in the group, it is acceptable even if it only gets a draw in the end of this game.

The Chinese team still has room for error.

Relatively speaking, Uzbekistan, which ranks at the bottom of the group and has only 1 point, has no choice but to keep attacking.

This will allow the Chinese team to have more tactical options, especially playing defensive counterattacks, which can be played more reasonably.

As long as Jiang Xiaolin seizes the opportunity to counterattack, the Chinese team can score again.

Of course, the premise is to do a good job of defense and not let Uzbekistan score and take the lead.

In the first half, Uzbekistan did not stop after taking the lead and still chose to continue attacking, but who knows what will happen in the second half?

If the opponent takes the lead and adopts a defensive tactic, and keeps the one-goal lead until the end of the game, then the Chinese team will be considered a failure.

Therefore, Gao Hongbo emphasized defense during the halftime break, asking everyone to defend and not let Uzbekistan get a goal lead.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued to fight.

The Chinese team naturally continued to play defensive counterattacks with peace of mind, while Uzbekistan had no choice but to continue to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese team as in the first half, hoping to get a goal lead as soon as possible.

Uzbekistan's luck and performance in this game were really good. Not only did they score two goals in the first half and tied with the Chinese team, but they also continued to attack fiercely after the start of the second half.

In the 48th minute, Uzbekistan completed the first shot of the second half. The ball hit the goal post and bounced back into the penalty area. It was cleared by the Chinese players, but it had already scared the Chinese players and coaches.

In the 54th minute, Uzbekistan made another powerful volley in a cross-field attack by striker Ansukik, who headed the ball and midfielder Kapaldis who came in from the back row.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Song Zhenyu performed exceptionally and made a world-class save, blocking Kapaldis's volley.

Amid the loud cheers of the home fans, Uzbekistan's attack was higher and higher, and it seemed that it was about to score at any time.

However, in the midst of everyone's best cheering, it was the Chinese team that scored the first goal in the second half.

The Chinese team's goal this time was not based on luck, but on Jiang Xiaolin's unparalleled strength.

In the 56th minute, Uzbekistan's pass was intercepted by Zheng Zhi.

The moment Zheng Zhi intercepted the ball, Jiang Xiaolin immediately turned and rushed to Uzbekistan's half.

Following Gao Hongbo's technical style of play, Zheng Zhi did not kick the ball to the front court, but passed the ball to Shao Jiayi who was in the gap on the wing.

Shao Jiayi's skills are still worthy of the trust of his teammates on the Chinese team.

Sure enough, after Shao Jiayi got the ball on the wing, he moved forward while observing Jiang Xiaolin's running position.

When Jiang Xiaolin was about to cross the back line without the ball, Shao Jiayi made a long 45-degree pass and sent the ball to the front of the penalty area.

However, this pass seemed a little too big.

Although Jiang Xiaolin successfully countered the offside and rushed to the ball. But goalkeeper Nestalov also found that Shao Jiayi's pass was a little too big, and immediately and decisively attacked from the small penalty area.

It seems that Nestalov, who was walking in the opposite direction, should be able to grab the ball before Jiang Xiaolin.

But this is just the idea of ​​ordinary people.

Jiang Xiaolin saw that the ball was a bit dangerous and might be destroyed by the opponent's goalkeeper at the moment of successfully countering offside and seeing Shao Jiayi's passing route.

Therefore, at the moment of successfully countering offside, Jiang Xiaolin gritted his teeth and accelerated again, increasing his speed to the extreme.

The full speed of 20 made the two central defenders behind him get farther and farther away from Jiang Xiaolin even if they tried their best to return to defense.

Everyone could only put their hopes on the attacking goalkeeper Nestalov.

Nestalov also rushed out of the penalty area firmly and left his defensive area, just wanting to use a shovel to destroy the ball before Jiang Xiaolin.

This sacrificed the advantage of the goalkeeper in the penalty area who could use his hands to defend.

But Nestalov knew that he couldn't do it without attacking.

Once Jiang Xiaolin got the ball, it would be useless for him to use his hands in the penalty area.

In the case of a one-on-one meeting, the chance of Jiang Xiaolin missing the ball was very small, so it was better to attack outside the penalty area and try to destroy the opportunity of this attack before Jiang Xiaolin.

As a result, he lost the fight.

Even though he had already overestimated Jiang Xiaolin's speed, he still misjudged and lost the bet.

Jiang Xiaolin, who was at his best speed, touched the ball before Nestalov, who was flying to tackle, and kicked the ball out before the toes of Nestalov arrived.

Nestalov, who had already fallen to the ground, looked at the ball desperately as it rolled past his side, but he could do nothing.

Nestalov, who was getting more and more angry, even had the idea of ​​raising his foot and tripping Jiang Xiaolin.

However, he did not take action in the end.

Because he was afraid that if he did this, he would be sent off by the referee. With one less player and a main goalkeeper, Uzbekistan would be doomed.

Therefore, touch the ball earlyWhen Jiang Xiaolin, who had poked the ball away, jumped up and passed over the goalkeeper Nestalov who had fallen to the ground, Nestalov did not lift his foot to trip Jiang Xiaolin, allowing Jiang Xiaolin to successfully pass over his body and continue to chase the ball.

The next thing was simple.

With no one catching up with Jiang Xiaolin, Jiang Xiaolin easily caught up with the ball he had poked out in the penalty area, and then easily pushed the ball into the net with a full 20 shooting skill.

Jiang Xiaolin completed a hat trick, and the Chinese team led Uzbekistan again 3-2.

Whether it was the Chinese fans or Jiang Xiaolin fans at the scene or in front of the TV, they all cheered loudly for Jiang Xiaolin's performance and for the Chinese team's leading advantage.

But Uzbekistan still did not give up.

It was just one goal behind, and it was not time to give up.

After the Chinese team celebrated for almost half a minute and the game resumed, Uzbekistan continued to press forward and attack, looking for opportunities to score and equalize the score.

As mentioned above, Uzbekistan, playing at home, had good luck in scoring goals today.

10 minutes after Jiang Xiaolin completed his hat trick, Uzbekistan, which had been attacking non-stop, finally scored a goal with their tireless attack.

This was a fair attack from the wing.

Wing forward Ebakimov used a sudden bicycle kick on the wing to pass the Chinese team's defender, and then made a cross from the bottom.

Striker Gilnik played a strong role in grabbing the ball in this cross from the wing.

Although Li Weifeng, Wang Xiao, Zheng Zhi and other players of the Chinese team defended in the penalty area, it was bad luck. Gilnik took the lead in everyone's eyes, grabbed the first point and headed the ball, and finally scored a goal.

Uzbekistan evened the score again when it was behind, and the score between the two sides became 3-3.

This time, the Uzbek players and fans celebrated even more crazily.

The twists and turns of this game were too big. They even tied the score again when they were behind.

This tenacity really surprised them and made them feel very excited.

The Chinese team felt a little uncomfortable.

Especially Jiang Xiaolin. He didn't expect that even after he performed a hat trick, the opponent Uzbekistan could still keep up, and even scored a goal to tie the score after repeated defeats.

Gao Hongbo on the sidelines was also depressed.

In such a high-intensity game situation, some players have begun to have physical problems.

Originally, he was going to make substitutions, replace one or two main players to rest and prepare for the next game.

But looking at the current situation, Uzbekistan's performance today is too weird, and Gao Hongbo doesn't dare to change anyone.

He can only let everyone play the whole game, strive to score again and take the lead again, and maintain the leading advantage until the end.

The game continues.

Uzbekistan, who were desperate and full of morale, naturally would not accept a draw. They continued to press forward, wanting to make persistent efforts and score again to complete the reversal.

But how could the Chinese team accept it?

After being scored by the opponent, Gao Hongbo's task of keeping the goal during the halftime break had already failed. How could they let the opponent score a second goal?

Therefore, the Chinese players in the midfield and backcourt were very hard-working, constantly using the advantage of numbers to block Uzbekistan's passes and shots.

Even Jiang Xiaolin returned to his own half to participate in the defense, using his full-value positioning skills to help the defense, and constantly disrupting Uzbekistan's frontcourt pass and cut cooperation.

Of course, while defending wholeheartedly, the Chinese team did not forget to counterattack.

After all, the Chinese team was holding their breath for a long time after leading and being tied.

Moreover, if the Chinese team wants to qualify, it is better to win this game.

Although a draw is acceptable, it is undoubtedly better to win.