After losing to Saudi Arabia, the atmosphere in the China team fell to rock bottom. Qin Xiong could feel the tension and pessimism in the team.
Because the South Korean team was only three points behind the China team, they would have a direct confrontation with the South Korean team in the last match. This was one of the hidden reasons behind the South Korean team's comeback.
At the same time, Uzbekistan would be facing the China team at home. If they won, they would have a chance to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
The pressure was unprecedentedly huge, and it was inevitable for the China team to be nervous. This also made the Chinese team fearful of the reversal.
In order to cheer for the China team and ease the tension in the team, the coaching team organized the team to watch the live broadcast of the China national youth team's FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands the day before the fifth match.
On June 14th, the Chinese National Youth Team welcomed their second opponent in the group stage of the FIFA World Youth Championship, Ukraine.
The national team watched the match together in the hotel. Qin Xiong and Zhang Pengfei chatted as they watched the match.
The progress of the match did not ease the tension in the team, but made them even more pessimistic!
The national youth team lost the ball first. However, in the 30th minute of the match, the China national youth team equalized with Zhu Ting's wonderful volley!
From that moment on, it seemed that the senior members of the China national team were inspired by the performance of the national youth team.
In the 68th minute of the second half, a Ukrainian player handball in the penalty area. The China national youth team was awarded a penalty kick. Chen Tao did it in one move, and the national youth team reversed the situation!
The China players in front of the TV cheered excitedly, applauding the wonderful performance of the younger generation!
The good times did not last long. In less than two minutes, the national youth team also committed a foul in the penalty area. Not only did they give the Ukrainian team a penalty kick, but they also had a player sent off.
At that moment, although the seniors in front of the TV were nervous, they were nervous for the national youth team. They knew that no matter what the result of the match was, the national youth team's performance was already satisfactory.
The Ukrainian team equalized the score with an extra player.
However, the Ukrainian team, who had an extra player, was viciously stabbed by the China national youth team five minutes later.
The China national youth team, who had one less player, persisted in their attacks and got a corner kick. Chen Tao kicked the corner kick, and Cui Peng scored with a header!
China's national youth team took the lead again!
China's National Youth Team was still able to continue to lead their opponents despite having one less player. This performance had already shocked the audience quite a bit!
The Ukrainian team did not pose much of a threat in the rest of the game. The China National Youth Team maintained the score of 3: 2 until the end of the game.
With two consecutive victories in the group stage, China's national youth team advanced in advance!
After watching the game, Qin Xiong and his teammates went back to their rooms to rest. But on the way back to their rooms, everyone unanimously had a firm belief in their hearts: The younger generation is working so hard, we must not let them down!
This was not only a kind of encouragement, but also a kind of pressure!
In fact, the football world was not based on seniority. Age was not a hard standard to measure strength. Today, no matter how experienced you were, if your strength was not enough, you would be replaced by a new generation of excellent players.
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Ali Khan's strategy was a defensive counterattack, and Uzbekistan was clearly more desperate for victory than China!
Before the start of the game, when the players walked onto the field, Qin Xiong suddenly waved to his teammates who were about to disperse to their positions.
Everyone gathered in a circle, bent down, and put their arms around each other's shoulders.
Qin Xiong looked around at the faces of his teammates with a firm gaze, and said firmly, "I have to be honest, our recent performance has not been good. Now is not the time to look for reasons and solutions, because this is not a reality that can be changed in the next minute.
The manager told us to play a defensive counterattack, and I think it's right.
But on this basis, we have to be more determined to defend!
We can't always think about counterattacking.
We have to be realistic and unite together. If your energy is 100%, then at least 80% should be devoted to defense. We have to stay calm and not lose our balance!
I hope everyone can work together to achieve a good result.
We have to have the right mentality and the right strategy!
Be determined to execute it!
Show our determination and will to go to the World Cup!
Everyone, let's do our best! "
The 11 players in the starting lineup stretched out their right hands together and shouted in unison, "Do your best! Victory! "
The game began, and Qin Xiong's position was at the back to participate in the defense.
Although Uzbekistan had to win the game in order to qualify for the World Cup, they did not put in a lot of effort. In the first round, they were defeated by China, and they had to learn a lesson from their predecessors.
When a small number of players were invested in the attack, China's defense did not give Uzbekistan an advantage. Compared with Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan had a certain gap in offense and overall strength. Even if China's state was not very good, with the unity of the team's thoughts and efforts, they seemed to be passive, but in fact, they occupied the dominant position on the field.
Qin Xiong was not in a hurry to attack after every successful defense of the team. He carried out the organization step by step, and did not deliberately speed up the rhythm. Over time, China also became familiar with this rhythm.
Qin Xiong was wearing down Uzbekistan's patience, using time as a catalyst to make Uzbekistan's mentality lose its balance!
In the 41st minute of the game, China made a beautiful counterattack.
Uzbekistan was not willing to let China waste time, so when Qin Xiong and his teammates once again passed the ball to control the field, they bravely pressed across the half of the field to counterattack.
As a result, Qin Xiong directly broke through the midfield from the midfield to the midfield defensive line!
The effect he wanted was achieved.
When Uzbekistan's will was shaken by the pressure, China's counterattack could be more effective and not take more risks!
Qin Xiong dribbled the football to the opponent's half of the field. He felt that there were some problems with his dribbling rhythm. Perhaps it was because of his recent poor form, the combination of man and ball was not perfect. If the opponent had not overpressed and given more space, he was afraid that his breakthrough would have ended in failure.
He did not dare to pass the ball closer to Uzbekistan's defensive line. He diverted the ball to the left side outside the penalty area, and then he directly plugged in and ran to the right side of the penalty area.
Shao Jiayi raised the ball on the spot and passed it to Qin Xiong, who was looking for the back of the goal!
Li Jinyu attracted the firepower in the front and provided some cover for Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong jumped high at the top corner of the penalty area. His strong jumping ability allowed him to beat the Uzbekistan defender to grab the point. He used his forehead to head the football to the lower left corner of the goal, a reverse cut line!
The Uzbekistan goalkeeper was moving toward Qin Xiong. He did not expect Qin Xiong's header to hit the opposite direction of his movement. This time, he was too far away. As soon as he stopped, he looked back and saw the football flying into the goal!
After Qin Xiong landed on the ground, he waved his fists at his teammates. His expression was cold and wild!
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