World Cup of Great Powers

"Dear viewers in front of the TV, this is Shenyang Wulihe Stadium."

"The live broadcast for you now is the second half of the fourth round of Group A of the second phase of the 27th World Cup Asian Qualifiers."

"In the first half that just ended, the Chinese team relied on Yang Chen's two goals to temporarily lead the Iranian team with a score of 2-0."

"Now the second half will start soon."

"Everyone knows that after the rain stops, the Iranian team will definitely launch a more violent counterattack in the second half."

"Whether Coach Zeng has a clever trick to withstand the Iranian team's fierce attack at a low level, I believe this is the most discussed question among fans during the halftime period."

"Okay, we can see that the players from both sides have entered the stadium."

"Looking at the lineup, neither coach has made any substitutions."

"It seems that the rainy weather in the first half was indeed a special situation. Both head coaches believe that their lineups can perform better after the rain stops in the second half."

"So how will the Chinese team perform in the second half?"

"let us wait and see!"

...

With the referee's whistle, the second half of the game officially began.

The two sides changed sides and fought again.

The Iranian players, who were two goals behind, couldn't bear it anymore, sharpened their swords, and looked towards the Chinese team's half.

“The Chinese team’s turf is really good!”

"Yes, we have picked up such a good drainage system today!"

The Iranian players happily stepped on the comfortable turf under their feet.

The high-end semi-artificial grass not only brings great enjoyment to the home team, but also gives the visiting team room to display their best abilities.

Trailing by two goals, the Iranian team took the lead and immediately launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team's half after stealing the ball in the backcourt.

Facing the opponent's high pressure, the Chinese team members retreated to the thirty-meter area and used a 442 formation to form three iron chains to firmly block the opponent from the threat range.

Especially the middle lane.

Zhang Xiaorui and Li Jinyu both stood ready and participated in the defense.

This forced Bagheri and other central players to pin their hopes on the wing.

"Eh?"

"Has Sun Jihai changed positions?"

As soon as the game started, Huang Jianxiang could see the difference between the team and the first half.

Although there was no substitution, the difference in Sun Jihai switching from the right to the left was still obvious.

Iran obviously did not expect that Zeng Zheng would play this trick.

Sun Jihai has always been the core figure in Zeng Zheng's lineup.

Is it possible that he was moved to the left this time to strengthen the attack on the left?

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound.

The ball shot into the sky.

Flying over the plastic runway and heading straight to the fans' stands.

Madavecchia jumps to the ground.

Looking back at the ball flying away behind him, he couldn't help but shake his head.

If he had been just one second later, his ankle might have flown away with the ball.

Look behind you at Sun Jihai who is getting up like nothing happened.

Madavikiya felt suddenly wary.

"Could it be that Zeng sent that No. 4 to defend the motor on purpose?" Blazevic frowned.

Four years ago in Golden State, the Iranian team relied on Motor's extraordinary kick on the wing to open up the game for the team.

In today's Shenyang, Zeng Zheng's approach is like "carving a boat to seek a sword" in the idiom storybook, and he seems to be still making amends for what happened in the past.

But, what happened before, can’t it happen now?

The story of carving a boat in search of a sword is certainly ridiculous.

But who knows the wisdom of remedying the situation before it is too late?

Seeing Madavecchia being locked up by Sun Jihai, the fans' first reaction was neither excitement nor relief.

Instead, he patted his chest and kept saying "good thing".

It’s not about recruiting something new, it just works.

This is a saying that Zeng Zheng often talks about.

Who can guarantee that today’s Iranian team will not break the situation with the same tactics as four years ago?

"Fortunately, Coach Zeng noticed this about the motor."

"Lock him up in advance."

"Otherwise the point is started by the motor."

"This wing can easily become a breakthrough for the Iranian team..."

Madavikiya's attack and organizational skills are among the best in the Iranian team, not to mention his long-range shot.

Sun Jihai was like a candy, always sticking to his side.

As a result, no one from the Iranian team made a pass, and Alidai and Aziz instantly became isolated and helpless in the penalty area.

Even if other players forced their kicks, the headers of General Fan and Li Weifeng were not for show.

In the first few minutes of the second half, the Iranian team looked like they were attacking vigorously, but in fact they were gaining momentum and could not score.

Alidai and Aziz often ran around in the penalty area like headless flies. In the end, Alidai couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to run out of the penalty area and turn around to meet his teammates.

Both sides attacked and defended, and the situation temporarily entered a stalemate.

"The Iranian team can't attack."

"For the Chinese team, which has a two-goal lead, this is undoubtedly the best result."

...

"As expected of Coach Zeng!"

"I thought of using Sun Jihai to target the motor in advance."

"If it's like four years ago, our situation will be really bad."

"Sun Jihai can play as the main force in the Premier League. Defending a small motor will definitely not be a problem!"

Hearing colleagues around him say how good Zeng Zheng was, Wang Junsheng grinned from ear to ear.

"What else did our Xiao Zeng say?!"

"How could he make the same mistake a second time?"

"Don't forget, we haven't changed people yet!"

"Just watch, he can definitely defend these two goals!"

Just when these bamboo-shoe officials were discussing how Zeng Zheng had made the defense line impregnable, there was a "bang" and the ball flew into the sky.

"The Chinese team's counterattack!" Huang Jianxiang exclaimed.

Ma Da, who was almost tackled again just now, stopped and looked at the ball in the air that was kicked away by Li Tie.

Before he could take a deep breath, his pupils suddenly froze.

Sun Jihai, who had just shoveled him behind him, was gone!

Where has he gone?!

Under Madavecchia's surprised gaze, Sun Jihai ran forward along the left path.

Due to the over-plugging of the motor, a large vacuum appeared on the side of the Iranian team.

Sun Jihai ran wildly.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He stretched out his left foot and caught the long pass from behind Li Tie.

Facing the opponent's right back who came to cover but did not dare to stretch his feet, Sun Jihai made a fake move and then accelerated suddenly and made a pass.

The ball rose into the air and flew towards the center of the Iranian team's penalty area.

Faced with the incoming ball, Fanae abandoned the goal, picked the ball off Yang Chen's head, and then fell to the ground, tightly protecting the ball.

If he hadn't taken the risk just now, Yang Chen would have hit the ball.

In other words, the Chinese team’s counterattack was not only thorough, but also very successful!

"Ah this..."

On the sidelines of the court, Blazevic's brows tightened.

He suddenly realized.

Sun Jihai did not come here simply to restrict Madavecchia.

His arrival has greatly strengthened the Chinese team's attack on the left.

As a result, Madavecchia had to make careful decisions when attacking.

If it fails, the Chinese team will seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Will Fanae be so brave every time and forcefully take the ball off Yang Chen's head?

"The best defense is offense." Blazevic smiled bitterly, "He wanted to fight me!"

The Iranian team's strong attack failed to open up the situation, but the Chinese team almost took advantage of the opportunity to break through on the right wing that they had pinned their hopes on.

The rain stopped, but Iranian people's hearts became even more impatient.

In the 56th minute, Estilli fouled someone in the frontcourt and received a yellow card.

This is in the Chinese team’s half!

Facing the double-teaming of Li Tie and Zhang Ran, Estilli forced a breakthrough but failed.

After being intercepted by Li Tie, he stretched his legs behind him to tackle the ball as if to vent his anger, and received a yellow card for this.

This foul is really unnecessary for the Iranian team.

But it was reflected from the side that the Iranians were starting to get anxious.

They couldn't find a way to break through the Chinese team's iron-barrel defense, but the Chinese team frequently seized opportunities to hit the gaps behind them.

After the time entered the 60th minute, as the physical energy consumption of the Iranian players increased, there was no change in the score, and the Iranian team gradually made more and more small moves.

Looking at the Iranian players who were helpless and standing with their waists pinched in the face of their fouled teammates, the fans in Wulihe began to believe that the Chinese team would defeat Iran at home and get half a ticket to enter the World Cup.

Time passed quietly...

1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes...

"We are sure to win today, right?"

"It depends on the situation."

"As long as we don't have any problems, we can almost win this game!"

Fans can think this way, but players can't!

The proud atmosphere in the stands spread to the stadium, which was a fatal blow to the team.

When the time entered the 70th minute, everyone could see that the Iranian team obviously began to increase the pressure in the frontcourt.

At the same time, the defensive line position has also moved forward relatively, and is more compact with the attacking players.

At this point, the two sides are almost in a head-to-head situation!

In the 71st minute, Zhang Ran and Kavian Bol, who came on the bench, fought together, and the two refused to give in to each other.

Between the two of you, you pull me and I pull you, refusing to give in to each other.

The most important thing is that after the referee's whistle blew, the two had no intention of separating.

The fans were also confused.

Zhang Ran, who usually seems taciturn and doesn't like to cause trouble, why is he chatting endlessly with the other party at this moment?

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded again.

After the referee separated the two, each person was given a yellow gem card.

From this moment on, the rest of the game was completely dismembered!

In the 73rd minute, Sun Jihai used a shovel again to kick the ball at Madavecchia's feet out of the sideline.

But this time, the weak motor did not avoid Sun Jihai's tackle.

He rolled to the sideline with the ball and lay there for a long time before getting up.

In this way, Sun Jihai also received a yellow card "as promised".

Perhaps the "barbarity" of Zhang Ran and Sun Jihai stimulated the Iranians, or perhaps they were forced to lose their minds by the Chinese team's iron formation.

In the 75th minute, while fighting for a high-altitude ball, Bagheri stretched out his sinful hands directly at Li Tie who jumped in the air.

Li Tie, who was entirely focused on the ball coming from the air, didn't even check it, and his body instantly lost his balance.

After landing, he fell to the side because of the wrong shape of his feet.

Seeing Li Tie holding his ankle and wailing, even Zeng Zheng on the sidelines was frightened.

Damn it!

Anyone can be injured, but Li Tie cannot be injured!

As two team doctors came on stage with Zeng Zheng's special medicine.

In less than a minute, Li Tie was carried down.

Looking at Li Tie's swollen ankle, Zeng Zheng sighed and finally chose to substitute.

On the other hand, look at Bagheri on the opposite side.

After receiving a yellow card, he played for another minute and was replaced by Blazevic.

"You should pay attention to one thing when you go up, be careful!"

"Don't worry, Boss Zeng, I will definitely keep the score!"

Zhao Junzhe's face glowed red and he ran onto the court as fast as he could.

Zeng Zheng chose to replace Zheng Zhi instead of Zheng Zhi. Does this mean that he has a more important position in Zeng Zheng's heart than Zheng Zhi?

"Xiao Zeng, the Iranian team seems to have changed their tactics!"

Chi Shangbin came over and whispered.

"They have changed it a long time ago!" Zeng Zheng shook his head, "It's so fucking disgusting!"

"Then why don't you quickly replace Yang Chen and Zhang Xiaorui?"

"What if they are also injured?"

Looking at Zhao Junzhe's back, Zeng Zheng sighed.

"It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided."

In the stands, the Wulihe fans had already stood up and started cheering for Gao Ge in advance for victory.

The two-goal advantage has been maintained until now, and it is basically a foregone conclusion.

"Look at the Iranian team. They have replaced Ali Daei. They must have given up!"

"Yes, Coach Zeng thinks of everything in front of others, there is no way he will lose the ball!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is a victory over Iran at home, and we are one step closer to the World Cup!"

Facing the upcoming victory, the fans were ecstatic.

The Chinese coaching staff stood on the sidelines nervously, with blood dripping from their hearts.

In 77 minutes, Sun Jihai was tackled;

In 78 minutes, Yang Chen was pushed down from behind;

In the 79th minute, Xie Hui was blackfooted by the Iranian team on the right;

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At 80 minutes, Su Mao really came on the field, replacing Xie Hui who could no longer fight;

In the 81st minute, General Fan received a yellow card while defending;

In the 82nd minute, Li Weifeng also received a yellow card;

In the 83rd minute, both Zhang Xiaorui and Aziz, who was returning to defense, fell to the ground. Although the former barely stood up, Zeng Zheng played the last substitution card and replaced Zhang Xiaorui with Shen Si just in case;

In 85 minutes, Shen Si got a card...

After playing like this, everyone can see that the Iranian team is trying to "save the country".

Since we can't score goals or score points in away games, we have to make a fuss about the players and red and yellow cards.

At the end of the game, the referee often blows the foul whistle just after blowing the kick-off whistle.

If the ball moves no more than five times under the feet of both players, someone will fall to the ground.

Either he was violated, or he fell, or he had cramps.

And every time someone falls to the ground, the referee must interrupt the game and step forward to check.

At the end of the game, both sides were furious.

After five minutes of injury time, both sides fought hard until the 97th minute before the referee found a chance to blow the whistle.

With three whistles, the call to get ready instantly filled the entire stadium.

The fans frantically waved props in their hands and danced around with banners saying "China Team Must Win".

"I won, I finally won!"

"I won, I really won!"

"Hahaha! World Cup, World Cup here we come!"

Happiness came so quickly, many fans already had tears in their eyes.

Huang Jianxiang also spoke hoarsely and congratulated the Chinese team into the microphone.

"2 to 0!"

"The Chinese team finally held on to the score."

"We defeated the powerful Iranian team at home and gained valuable three points!"

"It was these three points that allowed us to win the first stage of this top ten competition!"

"Finally, let us once again congratulate the Chinese team and coach Zeng..."

congratulate?

Congratulations?

"Boss Zeng, we won!" Li Jinyu limped off the field and tried his best to smile at Zeng Zheng.

Seeing the patients walking down the court one after another, Zeng Zheng's heart was bleeding.

What the hell is there to celebrate?