Seven Crowns

After fighting with one less person, the Chinese team has indeed been greatly affected on both offensive and defensive ends.

Although Lu Wenbin was strong, he couldn't crush the Japanese team with a group of ordinary teammates.

Of course, because of concerns about Lu Wenbin's counterattack speed, the Japanese team did not dare to underestimate the Chinese team, which had one less man to fight, and did not dare to concentrate all their energy on a massive attack.

Both sides come and go, constantly switching offense and defense, but they all played cautiously and have not been able to score again.

It was not until the 39th minute that the Chinese team ushered in a second goal.

Dewey steals the ball from the backcourt and passes it to Lu Wenbin. Lu Wenbin smashes the ball past the Japanese midfielder who is robbed, and then passes it to the wing.

After Yu Hai received the ball, the full-back Yu Hai made a breakthrough and made a cross pass. Gao Lin followed up in the middle of the penalty area and pushed the ball into the net before the opponent's defender cleared the siege.

As the Zhengyin striker of the Chinese team, Gao Lin finally scored and gave the Chinese team another 2-1 lead.

The Chinese team, with one less player, took the lead again, and the few Chinese fans in the stands immediately cheered.

Unfortunately, the Chinese team's lead could not be maintained until the end of the first half.

Because of the lack of a defensive midfielder, the Chinese team has problems with the thickness and width of the backcourt defense.

In the 44th minute, Kagawa Shinji's midfield pass directly pierced the Chinese team's defense line. Japan's single striker Maeda Liaoyi succeeded in offside and received this wonderful pass at the top of the arc of the Chinese team's big penalty area.

Maeda Liaoichi took two steps forward, adjusted it, and then finished the shot before Zheng Zhi, who returned to defend, hit a far corner and kicked the ball from Zeng Cheng's armpit into the goal of the Chinese team.

At the end of the first half, the Japanese team equalized the score again, and tens of thousands of Japanese fans in Tokyo National Stadium erupted into warm applause and cheers.

China and Japan entered the intermission with a score of 2-2.

When leaving the field, the Chinese team members were obviously much more tired than the Japanese team, including Lu Wenbin.

After all, there is one less person to fight, and the players of the Chinese team must run more than usual in both offense and defense to make up for the disadvantage of one less person.

Especially Lu Wenbin, if he didn't often retreat to participate in the defense and help Zhao Xuri,

The Chinese team may also concede the ball.

However, it is precisely because of the existence of Lu Wenbin that the Chinese team retains the chance and confidence to win.

Even if there is one less person to fight, as long as Lu Wenbin is there, the Japanese team has never dared to attack aggressively, and the Chinese team members also maintain the confidence to win the final victory.

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

In the 51st minute, Lu Wenbin counterattacked with the ball. After passing two people, his former teammate Nagatomo Yuto stretched out his foot from the side and destroyed the ball. The counterattack did not start.

In the 59th minute, the Japanese team's attack hit the Chinese team's penalty area. Maeda Ryoichi got a good shot, but unfortunately his shot missed the post slightly.

Until the 63rd minute, the Chinese team finally scored a third goal ahead of the Japanese team.

This time it was full-back Zhang Linpeng who suddenly went forward and received Lu Wenbin's side kick and made a pass from the side. Lu Wenbin followed up in the middle and together with Gao Lin attracted the attention of most defensive players in the Japanese penalty area.

However, neither Lu Wenbin nor Gao Lin hit the ball. The two fell off the top one after another, and neither of them touched the ball. However, they managed to attract the attention of most of the Japanese defensive players and goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima in the penalty area. opportunity.

On the other side, Hao Junmin, who cut inside the penalty area from the side, dived to the top without any interference, and headed the ball into the goal of the Japanese team.

Attracted by Lu Wenbin and Gao Lin, Eiji Kawashima was a step behind in his save and could only watch the ball hit the net.

The Chinese team, with one less player, once again took the lead with a score of 3-2. Both the players and the fans celebrated enthusiastically.

However, after scoring this goal, as time went by, the players of the Chinese team became more and more mentally exhausted.

The Japanese team itself is a strong team in Asia. The Chinese team has one less player to fight, and everyone consumes more energy.

In the 72nd minute, Kagawa Shinji's long-range shot from outside the penalty area hit Dewey, who did not get out of the way in time due to fatigue, and refracted into the net.

This ball was Dewey's own goal. The ball refracted into the net ran counter to the direction of Zeng Cheng's save, and there was no way to do it.

The Japanese team evened the score tenaciously, and the score was 3-3.

This kind of willpower to constantly fall behind and equalize makes the Japanese team very excited from the players to the fans, and the morale is very high.

On the other hand, the Chinese team, which keeps leading but keeps getting equalized, is a bit of a blow to morale.

For a while, the Japanese team actually began to suppress the Chinese team's half-court offense.

Seeing this, in the 76th minute, Gao Hongbo took the lead in making substitution adjustments, replacing the exhausted central defender Dewey and midfielder Zhao Xuri, and replaced them with Feng Xiaoting and Qin Sheng.

The two had just played and were full of energy. Their non-stop running made up for the lack of numbers and stabilized the Chinese team's defense.

After stabilizing the defense, the Chinese team naturally still wants to win. Especially Lu Wenbin, it is simply unacceptable if he can't win the Asian team in the first game.

Even if there is one less person.

In the 80th minute, Qin Sheng, who had just entered the field, intercepted Keisuke Honda's dribble with a crisp tackle and passed the ball to Yu Hai.

After a few steps, Yu Haidai passed to Lu Wenbin in the middle. Lu Wenbin counterattacked with the ball, but was tripped by Makoto Hasebe in the frontcourt and got a free kick.

Everyone in the Chinese team cheered up immediately, while the Japanese team felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Everyone knows the horror of Lu Wenbin's free kick.

As a result, the free kicks sent by Lu Wenbin with the special skills of the system this time have already hit the best angle and went straight to the dead corner of the goal, but the goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima of the Japanese team made a world-class save. The ball went out of the baseline.

The sighs of the Chinese fans and the cheers of the Japanese fans who escaped from death sounded in the stands. Eiji Kawashima was surrounded by the players of the Japanese team, thanking him for his save.

As time went by, the Japanese team gradually began to shrink their defense.

Although they fought alone, the pressure Lu Wenbin brought to them was indeed not small. Had it not been for Eiji Kawashima's bravery in the free kick just now, the Japanese team might have lost the ball.

Therefore, in the next game, the Japanese team shrunk their defensive line and almost no longer gave the Chinese team a chance to get within 30 meters of the goal. Even Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball twice and failed to break into the penalty area.

For the Japanese team, even if there is one more person fighting, it is a great victory to score a point under the Chinese team led by Lu Wenbin.

In the end, this point may become a key point for them to beat Australia to qualify directly.