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Chapter 118: A virtuous circle

"Oh, this ball is over... Wu Lei has pushed back! There is still a chance! Gao Zheng! Beautiful! There is a chance in the middle... Wu Xi! Wu Xi! The ball is in!!!"

Accompanied by the passionate roar of commentator He Ping, huge cheers sounded again at the Brisbane Stadium.

This game is the same as the previous game, and most of the Chinese fans are here.

They turned this place into the home court of the Chinese team again.

"This ball is so beautiful! Wu Lei tried his best to save the big pass from the back point, and then Gao Zheng used an unconventional move... The 'Yuanyang Gun', which is similar to martial arts, passed the football to Wu Xi... Although Gao Zheng was strictly guarded by Uzbekistan in this game, he still found a way to complete two assists. I think from a certain perspective, this is even more valuable than his scoring twice!" He Ping said endlessly. "We all know that Gao Zheng is the guarantee of the scoring of this team, so the opponents will definitely find ways to limit Gao Zheng, but their defense against Gao Zheng will inevitably lead to a reduction in the defensive intensity of other Chinese players, and other Chinese players will get opportunities, as long as they can catch it... These two goals in this game prove that other players also have the ability to score, which is happier than relying on Gao Zheng alone!"

"That's right!" Xu Yang said. "On the other hand, when our opponents find that even if they defend Gao Zheng and other Chinese players can score goals, their defense intensity against Gao Zheng will be reduced because they can't really leave others alone. In this way, Gao Zheng also has a chance to score. This is actually a virtuous cycle..."

"Yes, if we beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 in the last game, it was Gao Zheng's personal ability, if we could defeat Uzbekistan in this game, it was the strength of the team, and Gao Zheng was just a member of this team..."

After scoring the goal, Wu Xi got up and ran to the sidelines excitedly. For him, this goal has a very special significance.

Because the Asian Youth Championship six years ago was the closest time for the Chinese national youth team to the World Youth Championship after the 2005 World Youth Championship. At that time, they could qualify for the World Youth Championship as long as they defeated Uzbekistan.

They are only one penalty shootout away from this goal.

When the opponent let a defender come to play the goalkeeper, they thought they were sure to win.

result……

The past is unbearable to look back on, but it always becomes a thorn in Wu Xi's heart. He missed the opportunity to appear on the world-class stage.

Now facing Uzbekistan again, the guy who saved their penalty kick was still in the team, but his level was no longer the youth team.

Being able to score this goal is like breaking his inner demon.

From then on, he can no longer be worried about the Asian Youth Championship.

He turned this up with wild celebrations.

He lifted up his clothes and almost took them off with excitement. Fortunately, he remembered in time that he wanted to take off his clothes and celebrated with yellow cards. So he quickly put the clothes down again.

The other teammates rushed up to celebrate with Wu Xi.

Wu Lei and Gao Zheng, who were dragging at the end, slammed the high fives, and then ran shoulder to shoulder to shoulder toward Wu Xi.

"It's so beautiful!" Gao Zheng gave Wu Lei a thumbs up.

Wu Lei replied with a smile: "Your kick is more beautiful."

"I'm confused, I'm confused." Gao Zheng waved his hand.

Wu Lei was surprised: "Can you rely on luck?"

"How fresh? Of course I also have to rely on good luck. At that time, I only knew to kick the football to the middle, but I didn't expect someone to pick it up behind me... This ball can only be said to be Wu Xi running beautifully." Gao Zheng said it sincerely and did not deliberately raise himself. He said that he had seen Wu Xi's running position a long time ago, so he passed the football with a subtle move.

When Wu Lei saw Gao Zheng saying so frankly that he was relying on luck, he couldn't help laughing out loud. This super genius in everyone's mouth also has a down-to-earth side.

After consecutive goals, the Chinese team regained control of the situation and the ball possession rate rebounded.

Uzbekistan made adjustments, and the head coach replaced Captain Jeparov with Rasidov. He hoped to restore the decline. After all, the Chinese team is only one goal ahead now, and as long as they work hard, they can still tie the score.

Even if this game is ultimately a draw, Uzbekistan still has the hope of competing for the first place in the group as long as they defeat Saudi Arabia in a big score in the last group stage.

After the initial excitement, the commentators also began to worry about the Chinese team: "At this time, you must stay calm, handle the ball cleanly and decisively, and don't give Uzbekistan any chance. The defense line must be kept intact..."

Everyone knows that it is actually very dangerous to lead with one goal, and the situation often reverses in an instant.

Uzbekistan tried to counterattack, and their defense against Gao Zheng was not so tight.

And as He Ping and Xu Yang said before, the outstanding performance of other teammates of the Chinese team has also led to the Uzbekistan players not being as firm as before when defending Gao Zheng, believing that as long as Gao Zheng's performance is curbed, the Chinese team will not be able to threaten their goal.

Now when other Chinese players get the ball, Uzbekistan players will first think that those two goals were not scored by Gao Zheng, so will they threaten our goal?

Once they have such an idea, they have to devote their energy to defending other Chinese players, and their defense against Gao Zheng will naturally be much more relaxed.

This is what Xu Yang and He Ping mentioned before the "virtuous cycle".

After all, football is still a team sport where eleven people play, not tennis singles. No matter how strong a person is, if the teammates are unable to support the mud, the effect is still limited. To be extreme, the opponent can rule out four or five people to limit you, so that you can't get the ball at all. Even if you can't get the ball, you can't control it and pass it out. What's the use of no matter how strong your personal ability is?

Yes, there are also many great chapters of personal heroism in football, but such chapters are so rare that every time they appear, people are excited.

Most of the time, football relies on a whole.

This is why superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo perform in the club, but when they go to the national team, they become very embarrassed. It is difficult to lead the team into the World Cup. Finally, it is relying on the playoffs with the Swedish team where Ibrahimovic is located, and they successfully enter the Brazilian World Cup. As a result, in the Brazilian World Cup, Portugal was unable to pass the group stage.

It is also worth mentioning that Ibrahimovic is also a player with outstanding personal abilities. He has numerous honors in the club, killing all sides and being in all directions. As a result, his Sweden failed to achieve any good results and did not even get the right to participate in the World Cup finals.

This fully shows that a superstar may not be able to lead a mediocre national team to achieve good results.

When it comes to Gao Zheng, this set of principles also applies.

That's why Chinese media and fans are full of expectations for Gao Zheng, and are worried about the prospects of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup. No matter how strong Gao Zheng is, he is only one person. Even if he can be at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic, his national team is definitely not at the same level as Portugal and Sweden without Ronaldo and Sweden without Ibrahimovic. Playing against the Chinese team without Gao Zheng is probably the same as playing, and the result is no suspense.

Because of the limited strength of the opponent in the Asian Cup, we can still rely on Gao Zheng to force the score alone to ensure the results.

But what about the World Cup?

Everyone hopes to see Gao Zheng lead the Chinese team to the World Cup.

But the strength of opponents in the World Cup is far from comparable to that of the Asian Cup. Those powerful teams who were invincible in the Asian Cup were no different from elementary school students when they went to the World Cup and were taught to be human.

So far, what Chinese players have shown in this game against Uzbekistan has made many people feel a little relieved. At least they are not parasites lying on Gao Zheng's body to knock on the bones and suck marrow.

From 2015 to 2018, there are more than two years left. Everyone hopes that other people in the Chinese team can use the past two years to work hard to improve themselves.

Perhaps this is the greatest significance of the Asian Cup.
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