World Cup of Great Powers

Chapter 19 Lack of luck

"Good afternoon, viewers, and welcome to the final round of the World Cup qualifiers."

"The Chinese team plays against the Kuwait team at home."

"As long as we win this game, the Chinese team will advance to the World Cup in France."

Sun Zhengping's familiar voice came from the TV.

Lao Rong's family sat in front of the TV, waiting for the Chinese team to kick off.

For this competition, Lao Rong specially asked for half a day's leave for his son, which made Xiao Rong's other classmates envious.

"Dad, do you think we can win this game?"

"Xiao Rong, aren't you the most optimistic about Coach Zeng? Why are you less confident now?"

"It's not that I don't have enough confidence in Coach Zeng, but that Coach Zeng used two substitutes in the starting lineup. I'm afraid that they don't have enough tacit understanding with their teammates and won't be able to show their due strength!"

Although Xiaorong is young, she is more mature and experienced than many adults and can see further.

In fact, many media and fans did look down on Zeng Zheng's starting arrangements.

But under the influence of the general environment, these people chose to remain silent.

Once the Chinese team loses or fails to win the game, these people will spring up like mushrooms after a rain and completely occupy the public opinion market.

Zeng Zheng stood on the sidelines under such pressure and conducted real-time command.

"He NND, shoot? Why don't you shoot when you're already there? It's not like I didn't give you the right to fire!"

"If you lose the ball, don't just look at it. Get it back for me immediately!"

"Side, side, side! Side!! Side!!! Are you fucking blind? Can't you see?"

Just two minutes into the game, the national team's right winger was scolded by Zeng Zheng.

Sun Jihai, Zhang Xiaorui and Gao Feng on this line were all running with their heads down at the moment, fearing that they would face Zeng Zheng's scolding if they stopped.

But they obviously thought too much.

Zeng Zheng's "mental pollution", especially if it can be avoided by running?

"Coach Xiao Zeng's commanding style is so wild." Gu Mingchang explained with a smile.

Jin and Chi looked on and raised their eyebrows.

Good guy, you really don’t show any mercy to your team members!

"Coach Zeng, you'd better save your words, players from such a distance can't hear you."

After watching for a while, Jin Zhiyang finally couldn't help but stepped forward to remind him.

"And if you are so excited, doesn't that put more pressure on the players?"

"Pressure? What pressure? Who feels pressure?"

Zeng Zheng said without looking back, "This player who even the head coach feels is under pressure from his command, fucking replace him as soon as possible!"

Jin Zhiyang:

In this top ten match, Kuwait has the lowest chance of qualifying, but that doesn't mean they have no chance at all.

Since the last whistle in Group B did not start at the same time, the last game in the UAE was a mess and very few fans came to watch the game.

At the request of the two home teams, the AFC arranged for today's game to start at the same time.

While ensuring fairness and justice, it also allowed the two stadiums hosting the competition to make a lot of money.

After the start, the Chinese team showed strong determination to win, and the players were full of energy.

But Kuwait is not to be outdone.

Taking advantage of every opportunity to transition between offense and defense, the ball was driven vigorously toward the open space in the Chinese team's half.

Houwadi, who scored the goal of the national football team in the last match, rushed forward like the wind.

If you have one point, you will earn one point; if you have two points, you will earn two points.

If Li Tie hadn't blocked his position, the opponent might have been able to enter the Chinese team's penalty area after getting the ball.

Twice in a row, Li Tie leaned on his opponent and used his head to split the ball to clear the ball.

After observing Kuwait's counterattack tactics, Zeng Zheng didn't take it to heart.

It is not difficult to break a long pass with such intensity and a quick counterattack. As long as the defenders fighting for the landing point are focused and handle it cleanly, it is usually no big deal.

The top priority at this stage is to score a goal for him first!

Go through them first and then talk!

Finally, the national team ushered in its first shot since the start of the game.

Sun Jihai stepped in and suddenly made a diagonal kick 20 meters in front of the right baseline. Gao Feng used his speed to rush into the open space, and after receiving the ball, he directly took off and volleyed.

Because the angle was too small and there were opponents following him, the ball was eventually shot onto the side netting.

Seeing the Kuwait net shaking, many fans with a bad angle thought the ball had been scored and immediately stood up and cheered.

In a chain reaction, other fans who didn't see it clearly also started chanting.

It wasn't until the Kuwaiti goalkeeper picked up the ball outside the goal and placed it on the line of the small penalty area that the fans realized that the goal had not been scored.

Even so, the fans still used this excitement to cheer.

"China team, bang bang bang! Come on, bang bang bang!"

Seeing that the ball did not go in, the ten assistant coaches on the sidelines also expressed regret.

Jin and Chi shook their heads and looked up, as if they had passed by a million generals.

Sun Gao cooperated in passing and receiving this time, and Zeng Zheng gave simple encouragement.

Because this is a temporary move made by the players through on-the-spot changes while the team is executing its established tactics.

According to his arrangement, Sun Jihai would either hit the ball himself, or pass the ball to Zhang Xiaorui and let him hit the ball.

Finally, he found Su Maozhen with a high-altitude ball, and he completed the final blow.

But the court is ever-changing and the players cannot always follow the routine arranged by Zeng Zheng. That would be too rigid.

So every time this kind of opportunity comes up and is seized by the players, Zeng Zheng will clap his hands and shout that he played well.

Of course, there is no need to use thousands of miles of sound transmission for this sentence.

Five minutes later, Su Maozhen's header finally showed its power.

Zhang Xiaorui passed two people in front of the opponent's penalty area and suddenly stopped the ball at his feet.

Before the Kuwaiti players could react, Zhang Xiaorui raised his toes lightly and picked the ball behind the two Kuwaiti players.

Su Maozhen, who rushed forward diagonally, jumped high in the Kuwait penalty area and hit his forehead hard.

Bang!

The ball hit the Kuwaiti goalkeeper in the chest.

The opponent's goalkeeper subconsciously closed his hands and held the ball firmly in his arms.

After he fell to the ground, he discovered that there was a ball on his chest.

Eh? When did you get here?

Such a overwhelming momentum is held up so righteously.

Even Zeng Zheng, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but wave his hands.

The shot was successful, but there was just a bit of luck.

"It's okay, keep going, one more!"

When the team members ran past, Zeng Zheng clapped his hands and cheered.

As the game progressed, neither side succeeded in attacking.

However, the mentality of the team members gradually calmed down. They followed Zeng Zheng's arrangements and instructions before the game and attacked step by step, which indeed created murderous opportunities many times.

In the 19th minute, Li Ming took a free kick.

General Fan in the penalty area gained the first point, leaped high and shook his head to attack the goal. The ball missed the crossbar and flew out of the baseline;

In the 23rd minute, Wu Chengying, who had been silent on the left, suddenly dribbled the ball in at high speed.

Having been passing the ball before, he took this opportunity to catch his opponent off guard. In the camera, he was the only one dribbling the ball forward.

It's a pity that the quality of the final cross was slightly off. Gao Feng, who followed up to the back point, saw that the ball was too big, so he had to circle out of the penalty area, pick up the ball in front of the other sideline, and reorganize the attack.

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Half a minute later, Ma Mingyu received the ball from Zhang Xiaorui and suddenly shot from the top of the penalty area.

The ball was saved by the Kuwaiti goalkeeper.

"Brother Ma, this club is empty." Zhang Xiaorui pointed at Su Maozhen in the penalty area.

That means that Boss Zeng asked us to fight around him with him as the center, why did you shoot so hastily?

Ma Mingyu ignored Zhang Xiaorui's reminder and spat directly.

At last year's Asian Cup, his tomahawk shot from 40 meters away made even the South Korean commentator's jaw drop.

What do you, a little brat who hasn’t officially graduated yet, know?

Who are you to tell me what to do?

Seeing Ma Mingyu's attitude, Zhang Xiaorui also lost his temper.

For the next two consecutive goals, Zhang Xiaorui lost the ball because he stuck to the ball for too long.

When he was crowded on the sideline by two opponents for the third time, Zeng Zheng was watching from behind the sideline.

With such a close distance, there is no need to transmit the sound from thousands of miles away, just squirt violently at his beloved disciple.

"Zhang Xiaorui, are you out of your mind?"

"You still have to wear it?"

"What if you want to take the ball home and give birth to it?"

"If you lose this ball again, you should GUN me down as soon as possible and sit down!"

"Why do you think I have to use you?"

Looking at Zeng Zheng's ferocious face so close to him, Zhang Xiaorui not only did not panic, but he had a flash of inspiration amidst Zeng Zheng's scolding.

I saw him leaning on an opponent behind him, then stepping on the ball with his left foot and pulling back.

As he turned around, the ball passed through the opponent's wicket.

A nice pass!

Even Sun Zhengping couldn't help but admire him when he saw this scene.

But without saying a word of praise, Zhang Xiaorui, who was dribbling the ball forward, tensed up the instep of his left foot and flicked it forward. The ball rubbed his outside instep and flew towards the Kuwait penalty area.

Facing the sudden instep cross, the Kuwaiti goalkeeper who was about to attack quickly retreated.

But before he could retreat to the goal, Su Maozhen's head was already hit hard in the center of the ball.

boom!

The powerful and heavy header flew towards the gate of Kuwait.

(End of chapter)