Seven Crowns

At 19:30 on the evening of June 3, 2012, Beijing time, with the whistle of the referee, the first match between China and Iraq officially started.

The formation of the Chinese team is still 4231, but the specific tactics of this game are not defensive counterattacks, but pressure on offense.

Because Iraq put on a counterattack posture as soon as it came up, after a few trials, the Chinese team had to start to attack.

At the Asian level, any team probably would not dare to attack the Chinese team led by Lu Wenbin, let alone this is an away game.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the head coach of Iraq and the famous Brazilian coach Zico made his team put on a counterattack posture as soon as they came up.

With opponents like this, it is naturally impossible for the Chinese team to shrink back and wait for others to attack.

This is the home court of the Chinese team. If you dare not attack as the Asian Cup champion, it would be ridiculous and generous.

In the 7th minute, Lu Wenbin almost assisted Gao Lin to score. Unfortunately, Gao Lin's shot went over the crossbar, and once again explained the correctness of his nickname "Gao Airplane" with practical actions.

In the 12th minute, Lu Wenbin took two consecutive shots in the penalty area, but unfortunately, Iraqi defender Akram blocked the hole and blocked the bottom line.

The corner kick from behind did not grab the first point, and was cleared by the Iraqi player out of the penalty area.

In addition to passing the ball, breaking through and shooting, Lu Wenbin also actively participated in the counter-robbery.

If the ball falls to the opponent's feet, as long as the distance is not far, Lu Wenbin will rush up to counterattack.

Before that, Lu Wenbin's defensive ability and position selection value were not high, and his counter-robbing was ineffective, and he was often passed by his opponents.

But in today's game, Lu Wenbin's counter-robbing ability surprised people.

In the first ten minutes, Lu Wenbin had a successful counter-robber, which almost became a threat, but Iraq escaped unharmed only because his teammates failed to grab the ball he stabbed.

However, in the 16th minute, the Iraqi defender finally made a mistake when he passed the ball in the backcourt.

Lu Wenbin, Gao Lin, and Hao Junmin counterattacked together, forcing Iraqi full-back Munir to play forward.

But Munir didn't want to lose possession and wanted the ball to stay at the feet of his teammates for a while,

Avoid dropping the ball.

Because Lu Wenbin's anti-grabbing ability in the previous games was not high, Munir didn't care too much.

Under Lu Wenbin's pressure, he did not kick the ball with a big kick, but was about to pass it to the midfielder Jasim who seemed to be in the middle.

However, at the moment when Munir was about to pass the ball, Lu Wenbin's full counter-grabbing ability allowed him to grab the right time, and with a tackle on the ground, he kicked the ball with Munir. foot.

But Lu Wenbin's ground tackle was much more powerful, and Munir lost to his foot. The whole person was staggered by the inertia of being caught off guard, took a step forward, and lost control of the football.

And Lu Wenbin, who fell on the ground, swept the stopped football in the direction of Gao Lin in the middle, and then got up by himself and inserted into the penalty area from the side.

This time, the ball was at Munir's feet, and Iraq could play a counterattack, so the other players started running forward, ready to respond to Munir's pass and counterattack.

Few people expected that Lu Wenbin, who had an ordinary defensive ability, successfully intercepted Munir's ball, and lay down on the ground to pass the ball to Gao Lin in time.

The Chinese team formed a counterattack after stealing the ball in the frontcourt, and the Chinese fans in the stands stood up excitedly.

The Iraqi players also nervously rushed to defend Gao Lin and Hao Junmin who was not far away. As for Lu Wenbin who just got up from the ground, only Munir, who was intercepted just now, followed him.

After Gao Lin received the ball, he dribbled the ball laterally to the center, passed an opponent with a spike and then broke through to the top of the penalty area. However, he did not shoot this time. Junmin there.

Gao Lin's breakthrough and pass, and Hao Junmin's movement to catch the ball all attracted most of Iraq's limited defensive energy. Lu Wenbin, who was rushing towards the penalty area, had only one Munir defending him.

Hao Junmin did not stop the ball after receiving the ball from the right, nor did he shoot. Instead, he made a high ball and passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

Lu Wenbin is rushing to that position from the left.

The Iraqi players followed the flight direction of the ball, and when they saw Lu Wenbin rushing in, it was too late to defend.

Although Munir was with him, Lu Wenbin was faster and physically better than Munir, and Munir was still unable to move forward and get stuck.

Lu Wenbin crossed the penalty area line, threw away Munir's palm while running, jumped up, and made a standard diving jump to the top, heading the ball towards the goal.

The full value of the header attribute allows Lu Wenbin to still have the strength to choose the angle in such a sprint dive, and head the ball towards the far goal.

After seeing Hao Junmin passing the ball, the goalkeeper Kassid who moved towards Lu Wenbin was headed by Lu Wenbin in the opposite direction. Although he barely turned around and threw it out during the run, he was helpless against the tricky dive from this angle.

Under the excited eyes of all the Chinese fans, the ball flew into the far goal against the lower edge of the crossbar.

Lu Wenbin intercepted the ball in the front court to form a counterattack and scored the goal with his own header. He scored the Chinese team's first goal in the top ten match. The Chinese team led Iraq 1-0 at home.

Seeing the goal, the commentator from CCTV shouted excitedly in the live broadcast:

"The goal is scored, the Chinese team scored a goal! Lu Wenbin intercepted the ball in the front court to form a counterattack, then rushed into the penalty area and dived to the top to score the goal for the Chinese team, scoring the first goal of the top ten match for the Chinese team!"

Countless fans in the stands of Hongkou Stadium and all over China who were watching the live broadcast jumped up in an instant, applauding, cheering and screaming excitedly.

Lu Wenbin, who fell to the ground after diving to the top, just got up when he was surrounded by his teammates, hugging and celebrating.

And Munir, who was counterattacked by Lu Wenbin's interception, slapped himself, perhaps still annoyed why he had to pass the ball in the face of Lu Wenbin's counterattack just now, instead of driving the ball to the frontcourt with a big kick ahead of time .

After the game restarted, the fans were still excited about scoring the first goal, but the commentators from various countries began to analyze the cause and effect of the goal.

Obviously, Lu Wenbin's role in this goal has been upgraded compared to before.

This was not an accidental frontcourt counterattack. Lu Wenbin had succeeded once before, but his teammates didn't seize the opportunity.

Lu Wenbin's counter-attack ability in the frontcourt shown in these ten minutes has improved a lot compared to when he played in Real Madrid before.

Lu Wenbin became more and more terrifying.

Iraqi coach Zico frowned and had to remind the players to play the ball in time after stealing the ball in the backcourt, and beware of Lu Wenbin and other Chinese team members' counterattacks in the frontcourt.

It is very easy to lose the ball when you are suddenly intercepted and counterattacked in your own backcourt, just like this first ball.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Zico to ask the backcourt players to be more decisive when handling the ball.