There is a dream called football

August 7th.

Shenyang Olympic Sports Center.

The first Olympic match between the Chinese team and New Zealand is about to begin. This is the first match of the local Olympic men's football group stage.

The whole country is looking forward to this first game of the group stage.

This is the second time that the Chinese team has participated in the Olympic Games, but the results last time were disastrous, so many people hope that the Chinese team can make a breakthrough this time, at least qualifying for the group stage in their hometown.

This goal is very difficult. You must know that the Chinese team's opponents in the group stage are Brazil and Belgium. Qualifying in the group means that the Chinese team must defeat at least one opponent.

However, the strength of these two opponents is superior to the Chinese team, so in the first game against New Zealand, the Chinese team must get three points and a goal difference.

The biggest benefit for the Chinese team is of course Li Qiao and Lei Wen. These two players who play in Europe will form the Chinese team's offensive combination.

After the game started, New Zealand set up a five-back formation, and their head coach was still very wary of the Chinese team joining the union.

But New Zealand is indeed not strong. They have been involved in Oceania competitions for a long time. Without opponents, they will lack room for growth. This is also human nature.

However, even the five defenders could not block Li Qiao's breakthrough from the wing.

"Going down, passing the ball, Gao Lin in the middle, it's a pity."

"The opponent has accumulated heavy defense on the wing, but facing Manchester United's wingers, it seems that New Zealand still has nothing to do."

Li Qiao was basically unmanned on the wing, but there were not many teammates in the middle, and the head coach was a bit conservative. There was only one center in the middle, which left too few points for outflanking. When Li Qiao passed the ball again, he chose different options than before. It’s the same, instead of finding Gao Lin with a high ball in the middle, it’s Lei Wen with a low ball in the back of the penalty area.

This change really disrupted New Zealand's defensive layout, because most of their players were marking Gao Lin in the middle, and Li Qiao's ball was given to the back point. This greatly disrupted New Zealand's defense, so much so that Raven fired a sweep. Sometimes, there is no one around to defend you.

1 to 0.

The two commentators, like all the fans, were very happy. New Zealand's strategy was to hold on for as long as they could, and then resign themselves to fate. However, the Chinese team's strategy was to score as quickly as possible and firmly hold the initiative in their own hands. In the end, the Chinese team achieved this in 16 minutes of the first half, a very beautiful goal.

After the goal, the Chinese team can be said to have played more proactively, feeling like they could eat their opponents in one breath, while New Zealand seemed to be in a mess, making mistakes one after another. If Gao Lin's ability to seize opportunities was not so average, New Zealand would have won earlier. Just conceded the second goal.

The head coach also asked the Chinese players to calm down and reduce their firepower. It is very simple, because this is a cup match, not a game that determines the outcome. Even if they beat New Zealand by 10, it will be useless. The most important thing is the premise of reasonable distribution of physical fitness. If you want to win the game next time, you must know that the Chinese team’s second opponent is Belgium. It should be a game to compete for the qualification to directly qualify.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated its opponent 1-0 in the first game and scored 3 points.

In another game, Brazil defeated Belgium, which means that as long as the Chinese team defeats Belgium, the Chinese team will qualify.

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Most countries don't pay much attention to the Olympics because the Olympics are not a competition under FIFA. In other words, if the club doesn't release the player, the national team's Football Association will have nothing to do.

The same is true for Belgium. Looking at their roster, basically most of them are not the main players of the Belgian national team later, but except for three people, Mertens, Dembélé and Miralas.

These three people were later members of the Belgian national team. They had not yet become famous at this time, so they could participate in the Olympics. But even so, the Belgian national team is very strong because there are one or two masters on the Olympic team level.

That’s incredible.

The second game of the National Olympics is also considered a life and death battle. If you win, you will qualify directly. If you lose, you will have to fight against the Brazilian team in the last round. This is very difficult for the National Olympics because Brazil has historically

Didn't lose to Asian teams.

After the game started, the Chinese team was no longer as strong as in the first match. This time it was the Chinese team that defended across the board, and Belgium could be said to be suppressing the Chinese team.

However, amid the cheers from the home court, the Chinese team's defense did a good job, especially in the middle.

Belgium also has a high forward tactic in its tradition, but this Olympic team basically has no high points. Dembélé is also a technical player in front of the team, so Belgium actually plays European Latin football.

The Chinese team's defense was very difficult.

In the first half, the Chinese team finally managed to hold on. It was not only the credit of Li Weifeng and Feng Xiaoting, but also the credit of the goalkeeper and the goal post. Yes! Belgium had a ball that hit the goal post.

In the second half, as physical fitness declined, Belgium's offense slowed down. At this time, the Chinese team's counterattacks gradually increased, but Hao Junmin's passes were still inaccurate. He tried to counterattack quickly several times, but was given to Li Qiao.

The ball is not accurate.

At this time, Li Qiao was helpless, but he couldn't say anything. After all, Hao Junmin was not Anderson or Scholes, so it could only be like this.

Therefore, Li Qiao can only drop back to get the ball. In this way, he cannot attack immediately during the counterattack. However, the advantage is obvious, that is, he gets the ball more times.

Because the Belgian defensive players would no longer follow Li Qiao after leaving the 30-meter defense zone, and in the midfield, Li Qiao basically took the ball freely. The head coach was a little dissatisfied because Li Qiao's power was not used.

He retreated too much, but there was nothing he could do about the inaccurate long pass.

In this way, the Chinese team's offense had no chance until the 78th minute, when the Chinese team got a free kick in front of the penalty area.

It stands to reason that the Chinese team's offense cannot reach the front of the penalty area, so how can there be a free kick opportunity in front of the penalty area?

This was also an accident. The Belgian backcourt player accidentally handballed the ball when receiving the return pass.

This is a great opportunity for the Chinese team. Li Qiao stood in front of the ball. The referee blew the whistle and Li Qiao started to run. He looked over the top of the wall. The moment he took the shot, the wall jumped up, and Li Qiao

Joe bet on a bocce ball.

This is gambling. If the opponent's wall does not jump, then Li Qiao will screw up. But the final result is that Li Qiao made the right bet. The ball passed under the wall, catching the goalkeeper off guard, and the ball rolled into the goal.

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1 to 0.

In the end, the Chinese team qualified from the group with a 1-0 score. Belgium lost both games and was eliminated from the group early.