World Cup of Great Powers

After scoring the goal, Ma Mingyu stretched out his hands and pointed to the sky, making a signature celebration gesture.

The fans also greeted him with warm cheers and gave him thumbs up!

"This is Ma Mingyu's fourth goal in this Asian Cup."

"It's also the first goal of the game."

"This deft shot deceived all the Saudi defenders."

"The Saudi players seemed to be petrified at that time..."

Looking at the Chinese players who were celebrating on the sidelines, the Saudis' eyes were on fire.

It was obvious that I was the one attacking in the second half!

Obviously in the second half, he scored impressively.

Why is it the Chinese who score the goals?

They lost to the Chinese team in the World Cup preliminaries, and they were convinced.

They lost to the Chinese team in the Asian Cup and they were not convinced at all!

Speaking of the situation on the field, they still had the advantage in the second half;

In terms of threatening offense, they are not inferior to the Chinese team!

In their view, conceding the ball this time was not a crime of war!

It was a complete mistake and a coincidence!

Just like the own goal before!

Our goalkeeper didn't even make a save, so how can the ball be considered a "score" by the Chinese team?

It’s entirely up to us to let them in!

With Arzohan's encouragement, the Saudis quickly regained their confidence.

They are not like young players.

In terms of body and strength, Saudi Arabia is not afraid of the Chinese team!

After the game restarted, the Saudis indeed began to engage in a strength confrontation.

It is no longer easy to find opportunities to respond like Zheng Zhigang did.

After the restart, Sarhu received the ball from his teammate and dribbled the ball forward.

Facing Li Tie's defense, the young and energetic Sarhu clung to Li Tie's shoulders and gave Li Tie a hidden elbow blow.

Fortunately, this kid Li Tie is not the stupid young man he used to be. After being secretly criticized, he quickly stepped up his efforts to resist.

His shoulders sank and he engaged in a head-on confrontation with the opponent.

Salhu is certainly no match for Li Tie.

After being hit and losing his center of gravity, he could only pass the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who was running in from the wing.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dribbled the ball down the wing.

Before Shu Chang came up to defend, he lobbed the ball into the penalty area.

Still choose the weak defensive back point.

Fortunately, this time Li Weifeng was well prepared and pushed the ball over the baseline early.

"Notice!"

"The Saudis are not giving up!"

"Concentrate on defense!"

"These guys are going to fight hard!"

The teammates shouted to each other, reminding the players in their respective positions who were losing their numbers because they were ahead.

When it comes to the true strength of the national teams of China and Saudi Arabia, Zeng Zheng believes that they are no worse than their opponents.

Although several players who played in the European League have not been called back, there are still main players from European clubs like Yang Chen and Li Tie in the team.

Arzohan on the opposite side also thought about this.

Saudi Arabia is located in West Asia, and many players on the team also play for low-level European clubs.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who just broke through with the ball and sent in a cross, is a member of the Wolves in the League One.

Speaking of Abdul-Jabbar, he can be regarded as Saudi Arabia’s legendary striker.

At the age of 15, he was already the target of many top clubs in Saudi Arabia.

In his second season with Al Hilal, he became the top scorer of the club's youth championship team and was called up to the national team in 1990.

In the 1994 World Cup preliminaries, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar first showed his prominence.

He scored a hat trick in a crucial match against Yin Lang, helping the team defeat the opponent 4-3 and advance to the World Cup finals.

In the World Cup, he used a penalty kick to help the team open up the game against Morocco, and the opponent was applauded 2-1 in the end.

Together with teammates such as the famous forward Said Owelan, they sent Saudi Arabia to the second round of the 1994 World Cup, creating history for the Saudi team.

Today, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 28 years old.

In the middle of the year, the enterprising Saudi forward was loaned to Wolves in the League One, becoming the first Saudi player to play in England.

After several months of playing in League One, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has learned how to use his strong body to play brutal football.

Arzohan's plan is also very simple, which is to use Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's personal impact ability to tear open the Chinese team's defense and create shooting opportunities.

Indeed, Arzohan's plan succeeded.

Lacking the comfort of fighting in a barbaric environment, he was always a little slow when facing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's assault.

Either he was knocked back by his opponent's little moves, or he was unable to take the upper hand in a head-on confrontation.

"These Saudis are working hard!"

Seeing Shu Chang losing his position one after another, Zeng Zheng quickly arranged for Li Tie to go over and set up defenses.

At the same time, Yang Pu, Xu Yunlong and others were also warming up on the sidelines.

In the 53rd minute, Shu Chang fouled someone while defending in front of the penalty area and gave the opponent a free kick.

After seeing this, Zeng Zheng was so angry that he stamped his feet.

What is a pulling foul?

It was obviously that B who fell!

You can still stand tall in League One, but fall down after being touched by Shu Chang?

Are you kidding me?

The referee blew the whistle, and the two Saudi players in the penalty area started running at the same time!

This time it was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who headed the ball first.

The arc the ball drew in the air was larger than any previous cross, and it even flew out of the back-point shooting area.

But right here, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took off with a header.

Ou Chuliang made a cross body and blocked the ball just on the goal line.

Li Weifeng, who was in position to catch up, hurried over and cleared the ball out of the penalty area.

"Come on, Team China!" Laorong's family shouted in the stands.

Although the score was ahead, Saudi Arabia's offensive continued unabated.

Looking at this situation, it seems that sooner or later the opponent will score a goal.

"There's nothing I can do about it, their rhythm has already picked up." Zeng Zheng frowned on the sidelines.

"Our two wings and the defensive holes in the back points of set pieces can never be filled."

“Always filling in this and missing that.”

"Consider this and lose the other."

"Let the players retreat first and stabilize the rear defense."

Under Zeng Zheng's repeated command, Shu Chang was replaced by Xu Yunlong.

"People behind, listen, increase your defense!"

"Stand back further in midfield!"

"Start a zone defense, hold your position, and don't let them rush forward easily from the wing."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Be careful of their crosses, those behind must keep up with me, keep up!"

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Hearing Zeng Zheng's shouting, the defensive players who were stunned by the opponent's violent attack finally calmed down.

Zhang Minghua and Li Weifeng also opened their mouths and shouted: "Everyone, hold on."

"Push these three axes through."

"Keep on holding on."

"They will die soon!"

Words of encouragement obviously cannot temporarily make up for the shortcomings on the field.

After Xu Yunlong went up, like Shu Chang, he was troubled by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's brutal tactics.

When you are soft, he becomes hard; when you are hard, he falls.

In Al-Zohan's view, the Chinese team can use the personal abilities of Zheng Zhi and Ma Mingyu to score goals, and Saudi Arabia can also use the personal abilities of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to open up the situation.

In the 58th minute, Xu Yunlong also made another mistake due to the opponent's trick. He pulled down Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the edge of the penalty area and was awarded a free kick in the frontcourt.

In such a passive situation, Zeng Zheng could only order the midfielders to deliberately slow down the tempo to weaken the opponent's momentum first.

In the 62nd minute, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar collided with Li Tie again on the edge of the penalty area and fell.

The referee hesitated and did not award a penalty kick.

It was this penalty that aroused Jabbar's dissatisfaction.

"Referee, are you blind?"

"Can't you see this is a foul?"

"Penalty kick, this ball should be awarded a penalty kick!"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar chased the referee and yelled at the referee.

Through the slow-motion replay, fans can clearly see that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had already predicted Li Tie's defense the moment he got the ball.

At the same time, he deliberately leaned his body to this side.

When Li Tie rushed over, the two just met each other, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fell to the ground.

Although this ball is not considered a flop, it can be considered that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had premeditated it.

But the problem is that the foul location of this ball is too mysterious!

Right on the line of the Chinese team's penalty area.

The previous few shots were fine. Even if Kareem Abdul-Jabbar faked falling to the ground and the referee awarded a free kick, the Chinese team could not say anything.

But now, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has begun to blatantly ask for penalty kicks.

No matter how courageous the referee is, he will not dare to give a penalty easily.

In this way, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar chased the referee and shouted for a long time.

The final penalty was not awarded, and only a yellow card was given for disrupting the penalty.

Seeing this shiny golden card, Zeng Zheng on the sidelines had some thoughts.

He vaguely remembered that during the Asian Cup group stage, this guy wearing the Saudi captain's armband was still doing nothing on the court even though he had never played a small game.

The only time he showed his presence on the court was when he argued with the referee time and time again about issues that were not controversial at all.

Now, coupled with his poor diving performance, it is simply insulting the fans' IQ!

It's no wonder he can play in League One.

This also just confirms the thinking of the English people - in the eyes of the British people, a donkey can become the head coach of the England national team.

So it's not surprising to choose a player with a bad temper and a penchant for misbehavior to come to League One.

After making up his mind, Zeng Zheng immediately whispered a few words to Li Tie and Zheng Zhi and taught them a few authentic Arab curses.

After explaining everything, Zeng Zheng frowned.

Everyone is here for the championship.

Since you are unethical, don't blame me for using dirty tricks too!

After the game got back on track, the Chinese team finally caught an excellent counterattack opportunity.

In the 65th minute, young Shao Jiayi found Dayaya standing forward more than 40 meters away from the goal, and he decisively kicked the ball into the empty goal.

At this moment, Dayaya finally showed his "former Asia's best goalkeeper" reach. After taking three steps back with all his strength, he miraculously lifted the must-goal over the crossbar.

One minute later, Xie Hui received a corner kick from his teammate and made a diving header in the small penalty area.

Dayaya continued to show his magic and once again saved the Saudi team's goal with a side dive.

The Chinese team almost scored twice in a row, making Arzohan extremely anxious.

In the 67th minute, Saudi Arabia once again added a forward, replacing Shehri in the midfield with Otaibi, trying to tie the score early.

Zeng Zheng also immediately played the second substitution card, replacing the goal hero Ma Mingyu with the young player Zhao Junzhe.

The horse is old.

In this kind of competition with more physical collisions, it is best to let a young guy like Zhao Junzhe take the lead.

After coming off the field, the horse panted heavily and high-fived his teammates and staff before going to his seat to get ready.

"Brother Ma." Yang Pu stood in front of him respectfully, holding the unscrewed bottle of mineral water.

Ma Mingyu took the water and said thanks.

Looking at the young faces around me, I can't help but think back to four years ago.

Xu Hong, General Fan, Li Ming, Wei Feng, Xie Feng, Gao Hongbo, Li Bing, Jiang Jin...

These old comrades-in-arms who can be named are now retired and taking care of themselves.

Except for goalkeeper Ou Chuliang who is still on the court, even General Fan is said to have failed to qualify for the Asian Cup due to "age reasons."

He looked at Zhao Junzhe, who was running happily as soon as he came on the field, and then at Qi Hong and Shen Si, who were constantly moving their wrists and ankles.

These young midfielders have completely grown into pillars after this Asian Cup.

Ma Mingyu sighed.

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.

This Asian Cup may become the curtain call for the national team.

Just when the horse was sighing, a whistle suddenly sounded on the court.

Without saying a word, the UAE referee immediately ran to Zheng Zhi and showed a shiny golden card.

Although he received a yellow card, Zheng Zhi didn't even look at the referee.

He swung the leg that was resting on his body to the side and murmured a sentence in Arabic that he had just learned from Zeng Zheng.

This time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was completely angered.

Zheng Zhigang's tackle was so brutal that he even risked breaking his leg.

But instead of showing any intention to apologize or repent, Zheng Zhi instead gave himself a national curse in his hometown dialect!

How could Jabbar swallow such humiliation willingly?

When he stood up, he swung his thigh backwards and deliberately glanced at Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi's eyes flashed.

This was what he had been waiting for.

At the moment when the opponent swept his legs, he deliberately moved his body forward to meet the opponent, and just hit the opponent's "scissors kick".

Just like that, the two people who were about to get up were entangled with their opponents again and both fell to the ground.

This scene happened right under the referee's nose.

Zheng Zhi got up again and stopped standing at all. He sat on the ground and spread his hands to appeal to the referee.

At the same time, Li Tie on the side also hurriedly fanned other players and expressed dissatisfaction to the referee.

Seeing this, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was tripped again, became furious.

He immediately stood up and appealed to the referee.

The UAE referee naturally understands Arabic and knows that it was Zheng Zhi who insulted the person first.

Based on the principle that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the victim, I just want to give him a warning.

Unexpectedly, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lost control after being provoked by the Chinese players!

He rushed to the referee again and again and defended himself loudly in Arabic, which of course also included some unfriendly words.

After being forced back several steps in a row, the referee finally couldn't help it and once again took out a yellow card and showed it to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a warning.

As soon as the second yellow card was shown, the scene instantly became silent.

The Chinese players who had just been surrounding the referee to defend themselves quickly took two steps back and stopped making any sound.

Zheng Zhi, who was "kidded", no longer protested loudly. He got up without the support of his teammates and patted the dust off his body.

In the blink of an eye, all the Chinese team members stood aside with cold eyes like bystanders.

The Saudi players who reacted rushed forward like a swarm of swarms, trying to persuade the referee to take back the penalty.

Until then, the UAE referee also reacted.

Not long ago, he had given Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a yellow card for the same "crime."

Now that the second yellow card has been issued, is there any reason to take it back?

So, under the gaze of 100,000 people, the referee quickly took back the yellow card, took out another red one, and flashed it over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's head.

Seeing the red card, Zeng Zheng, who was on the sidelines, immediately waved his hands and high-fived the assistant coaches next to him.

This scene happened to be captured by the camera on the sidelines.

Follow the satellite signal and send it to millions of fans.

"Something big happened!"

"The referee showed the second yellow card!"

"Two yellows turn one red."

"Jabbar, the forward and captain of the Saudi Arabian team, paid the price for his impulsiveness and irrationality."

The referee's quick operation made the matter a foregone conclusion.

After Jabbar reacted, even if he begged, it would be of no avail.

Under the referee's urging, the Saudis had no choice but to hang their heads and leave the field in a gray state.

At this point, Saudi Arabia gave up the good situation on the field!

After the opponent lost one player, Zeng Zheng decisively took Xie Hui off the field and replaced him with Yang Pu to increase the defense.

Under the full defense of the Chinese team, the game entered stoppage time unknowingly.

As if to make up for some trade-off made by Saudi Arabia, the fourth official actually called five minutes of stoppage time.

But even so, the defending champion Saudi Arabia still failed to save the defeat despite playing one less player.

After 5 minutes passed, I could only watch helplessly as the team suffered a defeat with a goal.

When the referee blew the whistle for the full match, the Hongkou Stadium burst into flames.

The fans jumped high and threw their belongings into the sky.

Those who play gongs, drums, cymbals, and trumpets.

It can be said that the sky is noisy with gongs and drums, firecrackers are blasting, red flags are waving, and there are huge crowds of people.

Before Zeng Zheng could react, he was slapped down by Li Huajun behind him.

Together with all the players on the bench, they carried Zeng Zheng to the center of the field like a New Year's gift.

"Listen to me 1, 2, 3!

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“Ho ho ho ho ho!

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As the team members roared, Zeng Zheng was thrown high into the sky.

At the same time, Huang Jianxiang picked up the microphone and roared out the cry that echoed over the stadium for a long time.

"Champions, we are the Asian champions!

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