Because of poor performance on the offensive end, the Chinese team can only defend passively.

However, the Chinese team's defense is not too stable. Although there is a meritorious veteran Li Fengwei on the national team's defense line, Li Fengwei is already a 34-year-old veteran after all, and his physical condition has declined very seriously. Facing the impact of Japanese attacking players Keiyuki Honda and Shinji Kagawa, he seems a little embarrassed.

In fact, Li Fengwei still occupied a place in the history of the Chinese-Japanese football confrontation. There is a very famous photo of the Chinese-Japanese football grudge. It is a picture of the captain of the Chinese national team Li Fengwei pinching the captain of the Japanese national team with a smile. It was the East Asian Cup in early 2008. Although the Chinese team lost the game 0:1 in that game, Li Fengwei's pinch of the domineering force became a picture that people talked about after the game. At that time, Japanese media and commentators were very angry at this scene, and the Japanese media even thought it was a shame for Japanese football.

But in fact, from the perspective of football itself, this is not a glorious thing. After all, if you lose the game, what if you pinch someone? You are still a loser in the football field.

Now, 34-year-old Li Fengwei is gradually feeling alone in the face of the fierce attack from the new generation of the Japanese team.

In the 25th minute, Honda Keiyuki Miser Kagawa Shinji. After Kagawa Shinji received the ball, he faced the defense of the Chinese national team captain Li Fengwei. After a fake move, he suddenly accelerated. Although Li Fengwei saw it, he could not react in his body. He was slowing down half a beat and could only watch Kagawa Shinji break into the penalty area from the other side of his side, then shot with an angry shot, and the football flew into the goal guarded by Zeng Cheng.

"Beautiful—!" the Japanese commentator raised his arms and shouted. "Kagawa Shinji! Kagawa Shinji! He scored the first record for the Japanese team!!"

The cheers sounded at that moment like a volcano erupting. After the National Olympic Team lost to the Chinese team and lost the gold medal, Japanese fans were also in agitation.

Now this anger can finally be vented.

"Danger! Oh!" Liu Hong exclaimed after Shinji Kagawa inserted into the penalty area, but in the end he was unable to stop the Japanese team from scoring. "The Chinese team fell behind away! The Chinese team's defense line had been under pressure before, and was full of danger and was like losing the ball at any time. This was too dangerous, but in the end the national team still couldn't hold on... Li Fengwei was easily broken by Shinji Kagawa when he was defending head-on... There was no way, the 34-year-old Li Fengwei is already a veteran. Even if he performed well in the Tianjin team, the domestic league and the top ten games were still not on the same level..."

Li Fengwei has performed well in the past two years. At the beginning of this year, the best Asian artist selection on the British professional football website GOAL.COM, Li Fengwei was selected. As the best central defender, GOAL.COM website's evaluation of Li Fengwei is: Since leaving the Korean K League to join the Tianjin team in the Chinese Super League, Li Fengwei's experience and changes over the years have some inspiration to the entire Chinese football world. This experienced veteran played a very important role in the locker room of the Tianjin team and also helped the Tianjin team win the Chinese Football Association Cup.

Because of last year's outstanding performance, domestic public opinion has been calling on Gao Hongbo to give veterans a chance to do their part in the Chinese team's World Cup. These veterans include Li Fengwei and Zheng Zhi.

So after the start of the top ten matches, Gao Hongbo followed the "public opinion" and recruited Li Fengwei, but Zheng Zhi was not recruited because he had completely conflicted with Zhou Yi's role.

After Li Fengwei entered the national team, he became the captain with his qualifications. It must be said that Li Fengwei is quite diligent in the national team and has also taken the lead in helping the coaching staff stabilize the locker room. In the past, there have been many negative comments about Li Fengwei, believing that he is a football boss who leads players against coaches and clubs. He often cannot control his temper on the court and gets cards, which has caused controversy.

However, as he grows older and experience increases, his temper gradually shrinks, and now he is no longer the ball dominant that is difficult to discipline.

Gao Hongbo's recruitment of Li Fengwei was not only due to pressure from domestic public opinion, but also saw Li Fengwei's changes.

But to be honest, Li Fengwei's importance in the locker room is not equivalent to his importance on the court. The intensity of the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup cannot be compared with the top ten games in any case. This is related to who can go to the World Cup. It depends on the importance of each team and the value of the game, even exceeds that of the Asian Cup.

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After scoring the goal, Shinji Kagawa ran excitedly to Keiyuki Honda who assisted him. The two Japanese players who played football in Europe hugged each other, and the other Japanese players rushed up to celebrate the goal excitedly.

In the penalty area, Li Fengwei raised his head and closed his eyes in pain. He knew that it was his responsibility to lose the ball, and he could not argue or blame others. If he wanted to scold, he could only scold himself, which made him very frustrated.

I think the "big head" that was once powerful now is hard to resist the invasion of time...

On the Chinese Internet, some fans who don’t have a good view of Li Fengwei are calling his defense "defense with eyes". Some people question why Gao Hongbo wanted to recruit such an elderly player to join the national team and also gave him the opportunity to start.

"Why don't Guo Nu start? Guo Nu is a little bit taller, but the little Japanese is not tall!"

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After conceding the ball, Gao Hongbo finally got up from his seat. He walked to the sidelines and slapped the team to encourage them not to be discouraged by the concealment of the ball.

The substitute internationals sitting on the bench were also very upset about the loss of the ball. Yang Muge and Guo Nu sat together. Guo Nu hugged his head with both hands and leaned on the back of the chair. Although Yang Muge did not have such an exaggerated move, he also sighed.

For them, the Chinese team's defensive problems actually greatly increase their chances of playing. For example, when choosing the game, someone called on the Internet to let Gao Hongbo replace them and withstand the Japanese team's attack.

But the two of them on the sidelines didn't think so much at this moment. They were just sharing the same fate with eleven national teammates on the court. They felt regret and regret for the Chinese team's conceding the ball, and did not think about whether they would be able to play because of this.

Zhou Yi turned his head to look at the old captain Li Fengwei. When he was a fan, he watched Li Fengwei wear the national team jersey and the captain's armband on the TV to compete with players from Asian countries. He had many controversies on the court, but it is undeniable that he was the best central defender in Chinese football at that time. His two headers against Uzbekistan and Qatar in the top ten in 2001 made the little Zhou Yi, who was still watching the ball in front of the TV, jumped up excitedly from his seat.

Li Fengwei also made an indispensable contribution to the Chinese team's ability to enter the World Cup finals.

The hero of Chinese football has now become the culprit of conceding goals.

The various experiences in the meantime made him sigh.

Saying sympathy is very pretentious.

Unable to bear to watch the hero's drama again, Zhou Yi turned his head away and happened to hit Shinji Kagawa's gaze.

As soon as the celebration was over, Shinji Kagawa turned his attention to Zhou Yi.

The two people's eyes met in the air. Although they didn't say anything, Zhou Yi understood what Kagawa Shinji meant - he used this goal to challenge him.

However, Zhou Yi did not respond and moved his eyes calmly.

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After the game restarted, the Japanese team took advantage of their just leading momentum to continue to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal. Among them, Shinji Kagawa performed very actively.

Every time he catches, passes and shots, he can immediately win praise from the Japanese TV commentator.

Chinese commentator Liu Hong also mentioned many times about Shinji Kagawa's threat to the Chinese team's defense.

After conceding the ball, Li Fengwei obviously became the main point for the Japanese team in offense. Fortunately, he was not affected by the concealment and was still actively defending. Although his frontal defense ability has declined, he still has a high level in heading the ball. The Japanese team occasionally made a cross from the side, but Li Fengwei directly pushed it out.

But the Japanese team still suppressed the Chinese team completely.

After conceding the ball, the Chinese team played very miserably. For a while, he couldn't even pass the half. He Ying was swimming in the front and couldn't get the ball at all.

The Chinese team's defense line was in a hurry, and the alarm sounded in front of the door.

"This ball is dangerous!"

"Danger!"

"It's so lingering!"

Commentator Liu Hong kept popping up with such words.

The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also extremely nervous and were almost suffering from heart disease.

Fortunately, after conceding the ball, the Chinese team's contraction defense still played a role. Zhou Yi also actively participated in the defense and used his judgment of the Japanese team's ball path to interfere with the Japanese team's offensive organization. He and Shinji Kagawa had a direct conversation. At that time, he blocked Shinji Kagawa. Shinji Kagawa did not choose to break through, but passed the football sideways, which was considered to be avoiding Zhou Yi.

In the end, after the efforts of the Chinese team, the Japanese team was unable to expand the score until the end of the first half.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was 1:0, and the Japanese team played at home led.

Liu Hong praised the Chinese team's performance after conceding the ball, and looked forward to Gao Hongbo's adjustment during the halftime break.

The Japanese commentator was a little disappointed that the Japanese team did not expand the score in the first half.

But at the same time, in his simple outlook for the second half, he was optimistic that if he continued to play like this, it would be no problem for the Japanese team to win the Chinese team at home.
Chapter completed!