The media discussed a lot about Group D's qualifying situation.
Almost all possible scenarios were discussed.
China and Angola could only resign themselves to fate.
If Portugal tied with Mexico, the game between China and Angola would be meaningless.
But the motivation to drive Portugal to beat Mexico still existed.
Because if the game tied, Mexico would be the first in the group by virtue of the goal difference.
Portugal certainly did not want to be the second in the group to meet the first in other groups.
Plus, Portugal's overall strength was stronger than Mexico.
So the outside world would think highly of Portugal when predicting this game.
That made Angola's mind active.
Ironically, Angola's probability of qualifying was even higher than China's!
Because Angola tied with Mexico, then as long as Portugal defeated Angola and Angola defeated China, it was likely to advance to the top 16 of the World Cup. It depended on how many goals Portugal won against Mexico and how many goals Angola won against China.
Probably the Africans would think that they were far stronger than the "sick man of East Asia" because of their "innate strength." So on June 21st, Angola's spirit looked fiercer than China's!
Leipzig World Cup Stadium.
The scenery in the stands turned into the main colors of black and yellow.
Qin Xiong stood calmly at the exit of the players' tunnel. The Angola starting players around him were like soldiers ready to go to the battlefield, as if they were ready to sacrifice themselves.
At the kickoff ceremony, China's starting players sang the national anthem together with a solemn and focused expression.
This might be their last chance to show themselves to the world, a chance they only had once every four years.
They were not disappointed or frustrated. Perhaps Qin Xiong's words touched their teammates a lot.
As long as they left with no regrets, it would be perfect for their World Cup journey!
"The last round of the World Cup Group D will start at the same time. China and Angola both have only one point. Whether they can qualify depends on the result of another game. Overall, China's situation is the worst, but we still hope that China can maintain a stable mentality and play their true level.
Most of the players in Angola's team came from the African leagues. A few players played for Europe and were concentrated in the Portuguese league. The most famous striker was Mantolas, who played for the Portuguese Superleague powerhouse Benfica. Unfortunately, he could not play today because of injury.
China's starting list today was the same as the previous game. Arihan still used the starting lineup in the game against Portugal.
Goalkeeper: Liu Yunfei
Defenders: Sun Jihai, Xu Yunlong, Li Weifeng, Sun Xiang.
In the midfield: Zhao Junzhe, Zheng Zhi, Qin Xiong, Liu Yi, Shao Jiayi.
Forward: Zhang Pengfei.
Angola's starting lineup today was 4-4-2.
Goalkeeper: Ricardo.
Defenders: Locke, Jabba, Kali, Delgado.
Midfielders: Mendonca, Figueredo, Milroy, Kalanga.
Forwards: Matus, Acqua.
Okay, the game starts now. Angola kicks off first, and countless Chinese fans are already cheering for China in the stands! "
Angola quickly launched an offensive at the start of the game. Perhaps they were working hard on their own, but they also hoped that Portugal could defeat Mexico.
In the face of Angola, China's team still adopted the tactical routine of shrinking and concentrating on defense, and specialized in counterattacking.
Before China produced the next batch of real geniuses, Qin Xiong believed that this was the best tactic for China.
Don't expect to play a wonderful team cooperation, it was unrealistic, and don't expect to destroy the opponent with speed and rhythm unreasonably like the Premier League.
When they were not as good as the opponent in terms of physical, technical, tactical, and ball skills, they had to recognize the reality, use more people to defend well, and then play a monotonous counterattack.
This was the most efficient tactic.
Angola's side passed the ball, and the striker Matus's attack failed after Li Weifeng took the lead to seize his position.
After Zheng Zhi risked to send a straight pass forward in the midfield and was intercepted, Angola continued to attack.
Figueredo made a long shot in the attacking midfield area, it looked very powerful, but it ended up with nothing.
In the 11th minute of the game, Kalanga was successfully intercepted by Sun Jihai when he broke through from the bottom of the side. Sun Jihai passed the ball diagonally to Zhao Junzhe, and Zhao Junzhe diagonally passed the ball to the left side.
As soon as Shao Jiayi stopped the ball, Mendonca came up to close and snatch.
Shao Jiayi saw Qin Xiong's running position in front of him and passed the ball straight to the front side.
Qin Xiong ran diagonally from the middle to the left side of the front field. He easily received Shao Jiayi's pass, and then rushed forward along the side.
The full back, Locke, was ready. Just as he was about to snipe Qin Xiong, he found that Qin Xiong changed directions freely and went straight to the middle.
Figueredo chased back to intercept Qin Xiong's horizontal dribbling route. Qin Xiong suddenly stopped and waited for Figueredo to rush in front of him, then continued to dribble forward from behind the opponent.
The center back, Jiang Ba, was blocked by Figueredo in front of him. He could only move horizontally, but he could not keep up with Qin Xiong's rhythm.
When Qin Xiong attracted the other midfielder, Miloy, and the center back, Carly, he calmly stuffed the ball diagonally behind Carly, and Zhang Pengfei successfully reversed the offside position!
After the ball was sent out, all the Angola defenders rushed to Zhang Pengfei, but they did not notice that Qin Xiong ran in the opposite direction after passing the ball. He ran from behind Jiang Ba to the left side of the penalty area.
Zhang Pengfei paid attention to Qin Xiong's running position, and he directly passed the ball horizontally.
Qin Xiong, who was completely unmarked, faced the mid-air goal and pushed the ball into the goal without any difficulty!
In the Leipzig World Cup Stadium, all the China fans stood up and cheered!
Qin Xiong's name rang through the sky.
"Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! Qin Xiong! "
Qin Xiong patted the China team badge on his chest and ran to the side of the field.
"China team scored! Qin Xiong again, three goals in three games! He is the unstoppable Qin Xiong, the captain of the China team!
The Angola team underestimated us!
They made a huge mistake. They did not pay attention to Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong cut horizontally from the flank and dodged the opponent's interception before sending a wonderful pass.
At this time, Zhang Pengfei, who had successfully reversed the offside position, had a chance to shoot, but he made a smarter choice than shooting. He passed the ball to Qin Xiong!
I have to admire Qin Xiong's positional awareness. Look, the Angola defenders are running to Zhang Pengfei's side, but Qin Xiong cuts diagonally in the opposite direction of their running position. He suddenly widened the distance with the defenders and made it easy for Zhang Pengfei to pass the ball.
This is the embodiment of a top player's positional awareness! "
All the players of the Angola team seemed to have just woken up. They rubbed their eyes and finally began to recognize what kind of players their opponents had.
The China team was indeed very weak.
Compared to the European tycoons who were above all beings like aristocrats.
The China team looked up to the gods at the grassroots level, but the China team had nuclear weapons in their hands!
Maybe they could not kill the gods on the altar.
But by no means the opponents at the grassroots level of the same level could underestimate them!
Qin Xiong was the nuclear weapon of the China team!
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