King of World Football: Chapter 410 : Team clearance
The 2007 Asian Cup was jointly hosted by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, four Southeast Asian countries. The Chinese team was assigned to the same group as Iran, Uzbekistan and the host Malaysia.
Except for Malaysia's weaker strength, Uzbekistan and Iran are both strong opponents. Fortunately, with Wang Feng's return, all the overseas players have gathered. The head coach Alihan looked at his generals and felt more confident.
Wang Feng and Dongfang Zhuo are the two most valuable players in this group. According to the evaluation of a more authoritative transfer market website, Wang Feng's current worth has reached 150 million euros, and Real Madrid definitely regards him as not for sale.
Dongfang Zhuo, relying on his excellent performance in Alkmaar, has soared to 15 million euros, and there is a further upward trend. His age is the biggest plus item.
How to make good use of these players is also a university question. They will first face three time-intensive group games. After discussion with the coaching staff, it was decided to let Dongfang Zhuo lead a half-substitute lineup against Malaysia, and to play with full strength in the last two games. go all out.
Of course, Wang Feng will still sit on the bench. If the situation is not right, he can play at any time, so as to avoid the strange incident of overturning in the opening game.
After a few days of domestic adaptive training, the Chinese team flew to Kuala Lumpur on July 5, where they will have a final run-in.
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At 8:00 pm on July 10th, at the Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, the Asian Cup opener China VS Malaysia officially started.
Alihan played in a four-four-two formation, goalkeeper Li Leilei
Defenders Du Wei, Zhang Yaokun, Ji Mingyi and Zhang Shuai.
Midfielders Zheng Bing, Wang Dong, Zhao Junzhe and Zhao Xuri.
The strikers are Dongfang Zhuo and Hanpeng.
In addition to Wang Feng, Sun Jihai from Manchester City in the Premier League, Zheng Zhi from Charlton, Shao Jiayi from Bundesliga Cottbus and Sun Xiang from Eindhoven were all placed on the bench.
Hiding these main players abroad also shows that the Dutch coach is very confident in his team. As expected, the Chinese team firmly holds the advantage on the field after the opening game.
Whether it is technology or physical fitness, the current group of players on the field is much higher than Malaysia. They attacked the hosts time and time again. In the 10th minute, Han Peng scored the first goal.
Then the game completely became Dongfang Zhuo's performance time. He used his physical fitness and foot skills to break through the penalty area and score goals one after another, performing a hat-trick.
At this time, the Chinese teenager finally understood how Wang Feng felt during the Asian Cup three years ago. After experiencing the baptism of the top European leagues and facing such an opponent, it is simply a blow to reduce dimensionality.
The Chinese team led 4-0 in the first half. In order to save some face for the hosts and protect the players, Ali Han replaced Dongfang Zhuo in the second half.
Malaysia finally pulled back a goal in the 71st minute, but at the end of the game, Wang Dong used a free kick in the frontcourt to penetrate the opponent again.
5:1! The Chinese team beat the hosts and won the Asian Cup!
The big victory in the first game is enough to satisfy domestic fans, especially Dongfang Zhuo, who left a deep impression on people. Many people only realized now that he has grown to this level.
The Malaysian head coach sighed at the post-match press conference: "Dongfang Zhuo is too strong, and our defense is useless against him."
"In my opinion, China has become a world-class team. Don't forget that they reached the semi-finals of the World Cup last year. God, it is hopeless to play against such an opponent."
After this interview was sent back to China, it aroused heated discussions again. Many fans felt very proud. The media also believed that the Chinese team had a great chance to defend the Asian Cup this year.
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On July 15, in the second round of the Asian Cup group stage, the Chinese team faced their rival Iran.
Head coach Arihan made the strongest starting lineup in this game, all overseas players appeared on the stage, and the connection between Dongfang Zhuo and Wang Feng also appeared in the game for the first time.
The Iranian team found out in despair that Wang Feng was not the only player they wanted to focus on. Only two minutes into the game, Wang Feng posed a threat on the right. Seeing two players double-teaming, he sent a short pass to the defensive player. behind.
A figure rushed out quickly, it was Dongfang Zhuo who was waiting for an opportunity, he had already learned to read the game situation, when Wang Feng attracted the defense, he would cruise around and wait for an opportunity.
After receiving the ball, the Chinese teenager rushed into the penalty area. Facing the last defender standing in front of him, he easily tricked the opponent to fall to the ground with a fake shot and a real dunk, and then made a furious shot, 1:0!
No one thought that even in the face of a powerful Iran, the Chinese team could play so easily!
And when the time came to the 15th minute, Sun Jihai intercepted Iran's attack from the backcourt, and then organized midfielder Shao Jiayi, who saw the right time and sent a through ball into the penalty area.
Relying on his speed, Wang Feng got rid of the entanglement of the defenders and rushed straight to the point where the ball landed. He raised his foot to meet the ball and shot through Iran again, 2:0!
Conceding two goals in a row so early caused Iran to be in chaos, while the morale of the Chinese team was like a rainbow. They grasped the rhythm of the game more steadily, based on defense and organized offensive opportunities.
In the 37th minute, the Chinese team got another wonderful opportunity. Wang Feng held the ball on the right, suddenly accelerated and forcibly overtook the defender and made a cross. Dongfang Zhuo in front of the goal pushed hard to head the ball, but in desperation He had to bring down the Chinese striker.
The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick to the Chinese team, and Dongfang Zhuo personally took the penalty to rewrite the score to 3:0!
In the second half, the Iranian team changed sides and fought again~www.mtlnovel.com~The Iranian team made substitutions and adjustments one after another, and launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team with a desperate momentum. 67 minutes to get back two goals.
Seeing this, Arihan hurried to the sidelines, shouting loudly to the players to cheer up and continue to control the situation on the court, so that Iran should not be given another chance.
Wang Feng played his role at this time. In the 78th minute, Li Weifeng intercepted Iran's attack, and then directly sent a long pass to find Wang Feng in the midfield. He still firmly controlled the ball under the interference of defensive players.
Next, the Chinese superstar accelerated his breakthrough all the way, the ball passed and got rid of a central defender, and the fried ball got rid of another defender and entered the penalty area. Then he scored an empty goal.
4:2! Wang Feng scored twice like Dongfang Zhuo!
Among the fans who came to the scene were many Chinese and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. They had always regarded Wang Feng as their idol and their pride. Unexpectedly, they saw the wonderful one-stop performance of the Chinese superstar in this game. It was simply too valuable!
These people happily stood up, sang and danced, and kept chanting Wang Feng's name. For a moment, it seemed like they were in China's home court. The newly raised fighting spirit of the Iranian players suffered a heavy blow again.
In the end, they failed to make a breakthrough again, and the Chinese team won this key victory. Winning both games allowed them to advance to the group stage. Since Iran defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 in the first group match, China can be said to have almost secured the first place in the group in advance.