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The players of the national football team did not relax after the goal, but became more excited. The pressing in the frontcourt made it impossible for the North Korean team's offense to pass the halftime easily.

And the long pass directly launched from the backcourt basically made Zhang Wei, a 1.9 meter big man, come out.

With the ball in hand, the Chinese team was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, Zheng Zhi and Xia Ze were dispatched and organized in the midfield, drawing the opponent out by passing the ball, and gaining more space in the attack.

"Press them all up! Grab them!" After the team fell behind, the head coach of the North Korean team angrily directed his players on the sidelines, telling them to press up and rob them.

In this game, the North Korean team had to win to have any hope of appearing, but falling behind early made him a little impatient.

The players of the North Korean team heard the coach's call and immediately pressed the Chinese team in all directions. For a while, the two sides fought fiercely in the midfield.

Lippi saw that the North Korean team was pressing up, but the players of the Chinese team still stretched out their formation and fought fiercely with the opponent in the midfield, leaving a relatively large gap in the defense line. He couldn't help frowning, got up from his seat, and walked to the field side.

"Don't fight with them in the frontcourt, close it!"

Following Lippi's cry, the players of the Chinese team immediately realized the mistakes in the current style of play, and under the command of Zheng Zhi, they quickly shrank their defense and let the opponent press out to attack.

Shrinking the defense does not mean defending and not attacking, but on the basis of a solid defense, use quick counterattacks to capture the gaps exposed by the opponent's heavy pressure.

The North Korean team attacked for a few minutes, but the Chinese team's defense remained motionless. Zhang Wei and Mei Fang took all the headers in the penalty area, and the breakthrough in the middle was also resolved by the combination of Wu Xi and Zheng Zhi's midfielder.

After a year of training in Europe, right back Zhang Linpeng's defensive ability is no longer easy to break through.

Only the left back Sun Xiang was a little old, but with the help of Xia Ze's initiative to move to the left, he still firmly held his position.

Since the opponent's offense can't threaten the Chinese team's goal, the national football team will naturally have many counterattack opportunities.

In the 17th minute of the game, Xia Ze and Sun Xiang reasonably intercepted the opponent's ball on the left, and the Chinese team got a chance to counterattack. Xia Ze sent a long pass directly to Wu Lei who quickly advanced from the left.

Wu Lei ran all the way,

Break through into the restricted area and cross to the middle of the restricted area.

Gao Bo quickly caught up with the goalkeeper, pushed the ball into the dead corner, and the Chinese team led 2-0.

After losing the second goal, the North Korean players became more impatient, and the Chinese team got more chances.

In the 28th minute of the game, the North Korean team got a corner kick. Zhang Wei headed the ball inside the penalty area to clear the siege. Xia Ze, who was waiting outside the penalty area, took the ball and turned around.

Ai Huang told to plug in, wiped the opponent's defender, suddenly entered the penalty area, and swayed past the attacking goalkeeper, pushing an empty goal to score.

3 to 0, only one-third of the game, the Chinese team took a 3 to 0 lead!

After conceding three goals in a row, the North Korean players finally lost the motivation to equalize the score, while the Chinese team easily controlled the situation on the field.

The fans of the Chinese team at the scene did not expect that the team they supported would take the lead with three goals so easily. It can be said that the Chinese team has entered the knockout round with half a foot.

The red flags in the stands kept flying, and the cheers of the Chinese fans never stopped. On the contrary, the small group of North Korean fans in blue jerseys looked gloomy and remained silent.

"The Chinese team has firmly controlled the situation on the field. The players of the North Korean team have lost hope of equalizing or even catching up with the score. The national football team impressed us very deeply today. Their performance on the field is also worthy of this Red shirt."

Duan Xuan's voice appeared in front of the TV. Although he tried his best to calm his tone, he still revealed a trace of excitement and excitement. Perhaps the performance of the Chinese team was so amazing that he was flattered.

In the rest of the first half, the national football players deliberately slowed down the pace, because the score of 3-0 was enough for them to advance, so they didn't have to waste energy in this game.

With the whistle of the referee, the dreamy first half of the game ended, and the players of the Chinese team entered the locker room with a three-goal lead.

In the locker room, everyone's face was very excited, but everyone was afraid to speak, because they were worried that if they said the wrong thing, it would cause changes in the emotions of their teammates.

So when Lippi appeared in the locker room, he found that the atmosphere was very similar to when he fell behind 0-1 in the last game. It was all awkward silence, but this time the excitement on every player's face was jumping out.

"Guys, you've done a good job, I'm very satisfied." Lippi smiled and praised the players of the Chinese team: "The first half is over, let's relax."

After he finished speaking, he walked to Zheng Zhi's side and started joking with him.

After Lippi and Zheng Zhi opened up the conversation, the atmosphere in the locker room was finally not so stiff. Every player communicated with each other about some problems that occurred in the first half.

The rest time of more than 10 minutes passed quickly. Lippi looked at his watch, stood up and restrained his smile, and said seriously: "Although the team leads 3-0, I don't want to think that this game has been won. I The team needs to keep a clean sheet!"

Lippi's words immediately pulled the players of the Chinese team back from their excitement. They also realized that the game was not over, and immediately adjusted their mentality.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Chinese team replaced the captain Zheng Zhi with Cai Huikang, so that the veteran who played all the previous games had a chance to rest.

At 60 minutes, Sun Ke and Wang Shangyuan came on as substitutes for Ai Huang and Gao Bo respectively, making their debut in this group match.

In the second half of the game, Xia Ze did not pass the ball too much forward, but more laterally, allowing the Chinese team to safely control the ball at their feet. And North Korea seems to have no intention of fighting. After the two sides experienced a wonderful first half, the second half returned to silence.

Beep-beep-beep-

The referee blew three whistles to signal the end of the game. The Chinese team won the opponent 3-0 by virtue of the three robot cows in the first half, breaking the curse of losing the chain in every tie. , successfully broke out from the death group and advanced to the quarterfinals!

In another match in the same group, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan drew 0-0, with one point each.

In this way, the Saudi team ranked first in the group with 7 points after three games, two wins and one draw, while the Chinese team ranked second in the group with 6 points after two wins and one loss. The two teams joined hands to qualify.

The next knockout match will be held a week later. c