Seven Crowns

Positional warfare is not what the Chinese team is good at.

Since Lu Wenbin joined the national football team, whether playing forward or midfielder, the Chinese team's tactics have always been defensive and counterattack.

If Lu Wenbin continues to play as a midfielder, it may be better.

But now facing Uruguay, a strong South American team, Lu Wenbin must stick to his midfielder position to prevent Uruguay's defensive counterattack.

The Chinese team must first stabilize their defense before they can talk about attacking or winning.

Without Lu Wenbin in the frontcourt, the offensive efficiency of the Chinese team would be even lower.

In the 8th minute, Lu Wenbin made a long pass to find Hao Junmin on the wing, but Hao Junmin stopped the ball too far and the ball was directly intercepted by the defender.

However, Uruguay's counterattack did not start. In the midfield, Lu Wenbin and Wang Yongpo teamed up to press and made a pass error and lost the ball.

In the 15th minute, Lu Wenbin launched an attack and passed the ball to find Zheng Zhi in the gap.

If Zheng Zhi's vision is better, he should be able to see Yu Hai in the gap, and Yu Hai can cut inside to form a shot after receiving the ball.

But Zheng Zhi didn't see Yu Hai's space, and passed the ball back to Lu Wenbin. Yu Hai did a useless counter-offside on the side, wasting an offensive opportunity in vain.

This is the limitation brought about by different vision. Although Zheng Zhi is a good player, he is still far from Lu Wenbin.

In the attack of the Chinese team, Uruguay also occasionally counterattacked.

However, Lu Wenbin has been sticking to the backcourt, and Uruguay was unable to form an attack in the middle. Although there were two shots, they were not within the range of the goal frame.

Half an hour later, the two sides were still tied. The Chinese team failed to seize the offensive opportunity organized by Lu Wenbin. Uruguay's counterattack also disappeared under Lu Wenbin's organized defense. The two sides were tied.

But no one acted rashly.

Naturally, Uruguay is not afraid of a draw. In the case of a draw, they have the greatest chance of qualifying, unless Nigeria beats Spain by a big score.

Therefore, Uruguay is in no hurry.

The Chinese team, especially Lu Wenbin, did not dare to act rashly.

Lu Wenbin was afraid that if his position was advanced,

Uruguay, like Nigeria, launched an onslaught quickly and broke the Chinese team's defense.

As a South American team, Uruguay's offense may be sharper and more deadly than Nigeria's. It is only because Lu Wenbin is nailed to the position of the midfielder now that Uruguay has not made any achievements.

If Lu Wenbin's position advances to the front midfielder, Uruguay may have scored before he scores a goal.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin can only continue to defend in the backcourt and slowly organize the offense.

Before the end of the first half, the Chinese team finally caught a chance.

In the 38th minute, Lu Wenbin was in control of the ball near the center circle, and while supporting the Uruguayan striker Lodeiro behind him, he observed the situation in the frontcourt.

Although Uruguay is a defensive counterattack, others may have the ball in the midfield and no one has stepped forward to defend, but as long as Lu Wenbin has the ball, even if the midfielder and the defender are far away, the striker will come up to interfere. It is impossible for Lu Wenbin to organize the attack comfortably .

However, Lu Wenbin's ball-handling skills are so good that it is impossible for Lodeiro to grab it alone. Suarez, the No. 9 striker who plays for Liverpool in the Premier League, has already run over, ready to join forces with Lodeiro to steal the ball.

Naturally, Lu Wenbin would not wait for Suarez to get in place.

Although both of them are forwards and their stealing skills are not very good, the fighting between the two of them may cause Lu Wenbin to lose the ball.

Even if he doesn't drop the ball, it may affect the quality of his passing.

Anyway, Lu Wenbin has seen the gap and the running positions of his teammates, so he can launch an attack.

Lu Wenbin stared at Hao Junmin, who was going forward on the right, which caused the Uruguayan defense to move a little towards Hao Junmin.

Then, before Suarez posted it, Lu Wenbin sent the ball away with a long pass.

The Uruguayans thought that Lu Wenbin was going to pass it on to Hao Junmin, and Lu Wenbin's eyes were indeed looking at Hao Junmin.

As a result, after the ball flew up, it went straight to the bottom line on the left: Lu Wenbin used a Ronaldinho-style pass.

This caught all players in the Uruguay defense by surprise.

Seeing the ball flying to the left, everyone turned their heads and saw that Yu Hai had gone there at some point.

Now that Uruguay's defense is empty on the left side, Yu Hai calmly unloads Lu Wenbin's long pass, and then dribbles the ball inside and kills towards the penalty area.

The frightened Uruguayan left-back Scotty quickly turned his head and rushed to block Yuhai.

Wu Lei rushed towards the goal from outside the penalty area at full speed, preparing to grab a point in front of the goal, which caused the Uruguayan defense to retreat collectively, trying to intercept the ball passed by Yu Hai to Wu Lei.

Before Scottie was about to approach, Yu Hai entered the big penalty area and kicked the ball outside the small penalty area.

Scottie jumped up to plug the hole, but hit nothing: the ball didn't fly.

While Wu Lei led the two central defenders into the penalty area, Zheng Zhi behind him was unguarded.

Yu Hai did not pass the ball high and let Wu Lei compete for the header. Instead, he passed a low and flat ball in an inverted triangle to the penalty spot.

Zheng Zhi rushed up from behind, volleyed the ball without stopping, and volleyed the ball to the lower right corner of the goal.

With Wu Lei's central defender Aguirre Calais turned around and fell to the ground to tackle, but failed to touch the ball.

Goalkeeper Silva threw himself, but also failed to touch the ball.

The ball passed in front of Silva's fingertips, and got into the goal against the right post. The Chinese team 1-0 Uruguay.

The Chinese commentator on the commentary booth roared:

"The ball went in, it went in..."

"Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi scored a goal!"

"33-year-old Zheng Zhi scored in the Confederations Cup!"

"From Lu Wenbin's pass, Yu Hai easily received the ball from the wing and cut inside, and then passed the ball to Zheng Zhi in an inverted triangle. Zheng Zhi volleyed the ball successfully!"

"Most of the credit for this ball comes from Lu Wenbin. His long pass that hit east and west completely deceived Uruguay's defense!"

"Lu Wenbin's vision and passing skills are better than Barcelona's Xavi!"

In the stands and in front of the TV, countless Chinese fans burst into applause, cheers and screams.

This is the first time that the Chinese team has taken the lead in the Confederations Cup.

Zheng Zhi is the oldest player in the Chinese team. If it weren't for his rich experience and physical fitness, according to the current age structure of the Chinese team, he would definitely not be selected.

The point is, head coach Gao Hongbo doesn't want to see him either.

It was only because of Lu Wenbin's suggestion that he was able to continue to be selected for the national team and participate in the Confederations Cup with the team.

Although Zheng Zhi has a lot of black jokes among Chinese fans, Lu Wenbin still believes that Zheng Zhi should be one of the top players in China.

Even if he is a little older, Zheng Zhi is very self-disciplined and has always maintained good physical fitness. The Chinese team also needs his experience.

Now, Lu Wenbin's advice has paid off.

When he had to defend the backcourt to prevent the opponent from counterattacking, Zheng Zhi finally scored a goal for China to lead Uruguay.

The Chinese team was immediately in a better position than Uruguay.