Chapter 413
Words:1987Update:22/06/30 12:13:47
When Qin Xiong headed the football into Uzbekistan's goal, the Chinese fans at the stadium, as well as the countless fans in China waiting in front of the TV, all cheered!
This goal gave the China team a reassurance. Qin Xiong did not celebrate wildly. He kept cheering for his teammates and warned the team not to relax and to defend to the end.
Uzbekistan knew that this game would be difficult to play. In terms of overall strength, the China team was not inferior to them, but they had the home advantage and might be in a better state than the China team.
But they put in fewer players to attack, and it was ineffective.
They put in more players, and the China team's counterattack was too strong.
Especially when Qin Xiong was given enough space to attack, it was not a matter of how many players to defend him. When there was enough space, Qin Xiong's breakthrough was a breakthrough, but the effect was to leave many players behind.
How could they defend?
Could three or four players gather together to block Qin Xiong?
Don't be kidding. Then the defense in other areas would have fatal loopholes. The other China players' strength was not good, but they were not blind. Did they not know how to plug in when there was a gap? Did they not know how to cooperate when there was a gap?
Uzbekistan struggled to play the game in a situation where both sides of the attack and defense were wavering.
The China team maintained their lead until the 85th minute of the game!
At this time, the biggest test came.
Uzbekistan did not hesitate. They put all their players on the line and began to bombard the China team with huge offensive pressure.
In the 86th minute of the game, Qin Xiong sent a long pass to Li Jinyu in the midfield.
But Li Jinyu hit the ball on the goalkeeper, and the China team missed a chance to lock in the game.
Uzbekistan's efforts paid off. They created corner kick opportunities in consecutive shots. In the 90th minute of the game, the third corner kick created by their last frenzied attack was launched. Li Weifeng's header was not clean enough, giving Uzbekistan a second chance to attack. The shot hit Zhao Junzhe in the penalty area and refracted into the China team's goal!
Uzbekistan did not celebrate the goal. They had to seize the time to complete the reversal.
On the other hand, the players of the China team seemed to have suffered a heavy blow. The pressure was so great that it seemed to destroy their will.
The score had been leveled!
Qin Xiong did not have any good ideas. This kind of psychological pressure could not be overcome in a few games. Moreover, the negative impact of the disadvantage against the Saudi Arabian team had paved the way.
The only thing he could do now was to not give Uzbekistan a chance to attack in the final stage!
After Zhang Pengfei passed the ball to him, Qin Xiong began to dribble the ball to the flank. He tried his best to bring the football away from the danger zone, and then used his personal ability to protect the ball to stall for time.
The Uzbekistan player rushed up anxiously to foul him, and the China team was able to buy more time.
Qin Xiong's plan succeeded.
Uzbekistan did not launch an attack in the last two minutes. They could not get the ball and could only accept the fact that they tied China at home.
At the end of the match, Qin Xiong stood in place with his hands on his hips. His expression was somewhat dignified.
The other game was between Saudi Arabia and the South Korean team.
The South Korean team was playing at home. Once the South Korean team won, the gap between the South Korean team and the China team would only be one point. Then, the final game would be at home. The China team would face the situation of a tie to advance. But the opponent was the South Korean team after all.
And even if the South Korean team tied with the Saudi team at home, the South Korean team would be three points behind the China team in the final round. The South Korean team still had a chance to beat the China team and beat the China team to advance.
The only consolation was that the China team had already scored eight points in this group. According to the analysis of the situation after the end of yesterday's game in another group, the China team could at least get 0.5 places to advance to the World Cup as the fifth place in the Asian region. That was to say, they would have to play another two rounds of life-and-death battles with opponents from another continent.
The future was uncertain, and he was worried.
When Qin Xiong began to walk to the sidelines, he suddenly saw cheers in the technical area and on the substitutes' bench. Ali Khan and his assistant, as well as a group of China's substitutes, rushed into the field with their arms raised high. They were obviously celebrating something.
Qin Xiong and the other ten teammates on the field had the same expression. They stopped and looked stunned.
He couldn't help but murmur, "What the hell? We didn't win the game. "
He also looked back at the big screen in the stadium to make sure that he didn't miss anything.
There was no mistake.
The score was 1: 1!
There was also the time and name of his goal in the first half.
What the hell was going on?
Why did it seem like the substitutes and the coaching staff on the sidelines were f * cking crazy!
Sun Jihai was the closest to the sidelines. After he learned why these people were celebrating, he was also ecstatic. He turned to his teammates on the field and shouted, "The South Korean team lost to the Saudi team at home! The South Korean team f * cking lost at home! They lost! We made it to the World Cup! "
Boom!
Qin Xiong felt that the world was spinning.
He was a little confused!
The Koreans actually dropped the ball on their home ground?
The Saudi team was really fierce this month!
Qin Xiong really imagined what his reaction would be if he led the China team to the World Cup. He might kneel down and cheer, so excited that he forgot himself.
But when the moment came, he only felt dizzy.
A second ago, he was still thinking about what to do in the last game in mid-August. At this moment, the world told him, "Young man, you think too much!"
In another game, the South Korean team lost 0: 1 to the Saudi team at home, thus losing the qualification to directly qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
After five rounds, the Saudi team and the China team qualified together!
The Saudi team scored 11 points.
The China team scored 8 points.
The South Korean team scored 4 points.
Uzbekistan scored 2 points.
The China team advanced to the World Cup for the second time!
The coach and the players hugged each other, and they cheered and celebrated together in the stadium in Tashkent.
Although the China team did not win the game, Qin Xiong's goal at this time was simply priceless.
The one point for the China team was the key point to lock in the early qualification. It did not give the South Korean team any hope of a comeback in the last round!
Qin Xiong and his teammates put their arms around each other's shoulders and shouted passionately in the stadium. Their hearts were filled with great joy.
They were going to the World Cup next year!
When the China team returned to China, the plane landed at the Capital International Airport. There was a sea of people outside the airport. Countless Chinese fans came to welcome the return of the China team.
This was an unexpected result.
In the three games in June, the China team did not win a single game!
They only got two points from two draws and one loss, and lost seven points!
But the South Korean team's performance surprised everyone. As the top favorite to qualify in the group, the South Korean team actually only got four points from three games, and lost five points!
When the China team led by Qin Xiong walked out of the airport with their luggage, the scene burst into deafening cheers!
This made a proud smile appear on their faces.
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