Seven Crowns

About 20 minutes before the start of the game, the warm-up players from both sides left the field and returned to the locker room to change their game uniforms. The head coach began to arrange the final tactics or speeches.

For the Chinese team, there is nothing to say in terms of tactics. They have always played 423 defensive counterattacks, but a few new players such as Wu Lei need to be reminded.

In this game, the Chinese team goalkeeper Zeng Cheng, defenders Rong Hao, Zhao Peng, Wang Qiang, Zhang Linpeng, midfielders Zhao Xuri and Wang Yongpo, midfielders Deng Zhuoxiang and Hao Junmin, midfielder Lu Wenbin, and single forward Wu Lei.

Wu Lei squeezed out Gao Lin to become the striker of the national team precisely because of his achievements and performance in the Olympics.

In the past, the Chinese team always found various reasons for losing games, such as heavy home pressure, unaccustomed away games, slippery turf, bad weather, referees taking care of opponents, bad luck and so on.

Now this team is not allowed to make those excuses, because all the pressure is actually on Lu Wenbin.

As the captain and core of the Chinese team, Lu Wenbin is the one who bears the most responsibility.

Gao Hongbo told everyone that there is no guarantee of victory in this nationally watched game, and it must be won. Especially Lu Wenbin must take on the important task of leading the Chinese team to win.

Lu Wenbin answered with his head held high, without any excuses.

Outside, the stadium broadcast began to introduce the list of players from both sides.

When the players of the Japanese team were introduced, the audience was silent except for hundreds of Japanese fans applauding in the corner.

When he started to introduce the players of the Chinese team, there was thunderous applause from the audience. Especially when the name Lu Wenbin was read, the voices of the audience reached even more.

Lu Wenbin at this time is the banner of Chinese football.

At 9:20, the appearance ceremony began. Players from both sides entered the field with their caddy, played the national anthem, shook hands, took a group photo, and challenged each other.

In the side-picking ceremony organized by the referee, captain Lu Wenbin won the kick-off for the Chinese team.

After forming a circle with the teammates for the final encouragement, everyone shouted "We must win" together, and then dispersed. Lu Wenbin and Wu Lei walked towards the middle circle, ready to kick off.

At 9:30 in the evening on March 2, 203, with the whistle of the referee, the seventh round of Group B of the top ten Brazil World Cup Asian qualifiers between China and Japan officially began.

The other game being played at the same time is Australia vs. Oman at home,

Iraq bye.

At the beginning of the game, the CCTV commentator habitually addressed the audience in front of the TV, and then introduced the player lineups of both sides.

As a result, before the two names were read, the narrator suddenly realized something was wrong:

"Wait, Lu Wenbin didn't return the pass after kick-off, but dribbled the ball towards the Japanese team's half-court, and already passed the first player."

On the court, after Wu Lei kicked off from the middle circle and passed it to Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin did not pass it back, but suddenly knocked forward, using his body and speed to pass the ball with a simple pass by Japanese forward Ryoichi Maeda , To kill the Japanese team's restricted area.

Lu Wenbin wanted to use the kick-off to catch the Japanese team by surprise, just like the fastest goal in the history of the Champions League he scored in the Champions League match against Lyon.

On the court, Lu Wenbin's dribbling forward really caught the Japanese team by surprise.

Because Lu Wenbin has indeed not staged a good opening attack on the court for a long time, and everyone has forgotten it.

Maeda Ryoichi, who has a mediocre defensive ability, was passed by a face-to-face, and the midfielder Shinji Kagawa was also easily passed by Lu Wenbin's fake action of pedaling a bicycle. Ready to intercept.

Lu Wenbin Hasebe Makoto slowed down his speed, and then faced Makoto Hasebe outside the penalty area and the center backs Maya Yoshida and Yasuyuki Konno who quickly made up the defense. They could no longer advance into the penalty area up.

Wu Lei plugged in in the back row not far away, shouting "Captain, here" while running.

Lu Wenbin heard the sound and made a move to pass the ball in the forward direction of Wu Lei, which attracted Yoshida Asa to move a small step towards Wu Lei.

It was this small step that allowed Lu Wenbin to seize the opportunity to shoot.

Lu Wenbin knocked the ball into the gap between Yoshida Maya and Konno Yasuyuki, then took a step forward, raised his right leg and volleyed.

Yoshida Asaya and Konno Yasuyuki, who found out that they were fooled, couldn't touch the ball even though they stretched their legs to try to destroy it.

The ball passed the toes of Yoshida Maya and Konno Yasuyuki, and rushed towards the goal.

Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima had already concentrated his attention when Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball over by himself, but Lu Wenbin's shot angle was too tricky, and his hard-fought save still failed to touch the ball.

Seeing the ball flying past his palm, Eiji Kawashima's heart went cold.

The spectators in the stands also held their breath, wondering if they were going to score a lead at the beginning of the game?

The commentator also roared: "Lu Wenbin shot..."

Then, the ball, which avoided the goalkeeper's ten fingers, hit the goal post and bounced off the baseline.

Lu Wenbin's shot was too angled, and as a result, it hit the post and popped out of the baseline, failing to score.

There was a sudden sigh in the stands, and countless fans who had stood up and prepared to celebrate were beating their feet and chests, regretting the goal that Lu Wenbin didn't score.

However, after being annoyed, everyone quickly applauded Lu Wenbin and expressed their appreciation for his shot.

Contrary to the reaction of the Chinese team, the Japanese team was shocked at first, and then they were overjoyed when they saw the ball hit the post and bounced off the bottom line.

After calming down, he felt a huge pressure rushing towards his face.

Lu Wenbin is simply giving the Japanese team a bad blow.

Although he didn't score a goal, it scared the Japanese players and fans enough.

Looking at Lu Wenbin's eyes, they all looked shocked.

Such a result led to the Japanese team not daring to attack much after the opening, and gave the Chinese team players more time to adapt to the game and enter the state.

Under the national attention, except for Lu Wenbin, the other players were more or less nervous, no matter how Gao Hongbo and Lu Wenbin resolved it, it was useless.

The Chinese team, which was gradually getting into shape, played better and better. In the first minute, full-back Deng Zhuoxiang broke through a Japanese midfielder after getting the ball in the middle, and made a cross at a 45-degree angle from the side.

Wu Lei suddenly turned around to kill the opponent's penalty area at the moment when Deng Zhuoxiang kicked his foot. He succeeded in anti-offside, and then jumped to the top of the penalty area line before the opponent's defender and shot with a header.

The ball crossed a parabola and flew towards the far corner of the goal.

Fortunately, the ball was far enough away, which gave Eiji Kawashima enough time to react. Standing on the line of the small penalty area and wanting to attack Wu Lei's single-handed ball, he braked urgently, turned around to save, and successfully picked up the ball. down.

Although they didn't score, the Chinese team scored two very threatening goals in the first minute, which is very exciting.

The Chinese fans in the stands were elated and cheered for the Chinese team constantly, hoping to usher in the first goal soon.