Three Minutes Hell to Heaven! In a desperate situation, the national football team can still win

Reporter Chen Yong reports From the desperation of conceding the goal in the 87th minute to the joy of the instant counterattack 3 minutes later, the away 1-0 defeat of Bahrain seems to be the epitome of the halfway journey of the national football team in the round of 18. Away 0-7 defeat to the Japanese team at the beginning, and then lost to Saudi Arabia and Australia, suffered three consecutive defeats and fell to the bottom, but it was in the desperate situation of the lack of soldiers and the full of wounded soldiers, the internationals stubbornly fought to win two consecutive victories, especially last night in the face of the "lore king" Bahrain, they killed the opponent, and after five rounds with Saudi Arabia and Australia, they accumulated 6 points and came to the fourth place in the group.

"The top three will be Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia, and we're going to fight for the top four, so it's about Bahrain and Indonesia." After the stunner against Bahrain, when the national football coach Ivan Ru once again emphasized that "the real battle against Indonesia is the beginning" after losing 1-3 to Australia, the outside world's evaluation of him seems to be quietly changing with the improvement of the national football team's record.

The magical performance of the national football team in the half was actually "perfect" reflected in the game against Bahrain, most of the time, both teams lacked enough chances, until the 87th minute, Bahrain counterattacked, Maroud made a long pass, and Haram chested the ball and pushed the goal. At that moment, the mood of Chinese fans fell to the bottom, and a kind of "sure enough" mood was spreading.

But it didn't take long for the surprise to arrive. After VAR intervened, the referee did not choose to watch the replay himself, but declared the goal nullified. A more crazy or ecstatic scene followed, only 39 seconds later, Zhang Yuning scored, a lore - Wang Haijian passed, Wang Ziming stopped the ball on his chest and then made it to Wang Haijian, Wang Haijian passed to Zhang Yuning, the latter scorpion tail and did it to Wang Haijian, under the defense of as many as three players, Wang Haijian broke through strongly, and then crossed at the first time, and quickly killed Zhang Yuning in front of the goal to easily push the goal.

Great sorrow and joy, like a dream, the so-called magic, nothing more than this, this is football! 'We deserved to win, Bahrain are a strong team, it was a tough game, thank you to the players.' Ivan was very excited after the game and interacted with the fans, "We are just running for three points. ”

There are several key points in this game. In the 11th minute, Zhang Yuning missed a single knife, and the position of this single knife was average; In the 53rd minute, Zhang Yuning's header was defused by the opponent's goalkeeper instantly; In the 58th minute, the Bahraini player fell in the national football penalty area during the confrontation, and the referee did not award a penalty. In stoppage time, Zhang Yuning was injured, and at this time, the national football substitution quota was used up and was forced to play 10 to 11, but then Wang Ziming let the opponent receive a red card.

The two consecutive wins are pleasant, and what is even more gratifying is that in this game, the national football team has 5 post-00 players on the field, of which the starting three are the central defender Jiang Shenglong, Zhu Chenjie and striker Bai Helamu, left back Hu Hetao and back Wang Haijian are substitutes, of which Wang Haijian played a key role.

In addition, in this game, another post-00 player and main player Xie Wenneng was suspended because of the accumulation of yellow cards, and Xu Haoyang, who came off the bench, was born in 1999 and is also fresh blood for the national football team. "The victory gives us joy and confidence. There are a lot of young players in the squad who haven't played at a high level and now that they've won, it's definitely good for their growth and development. Ivan said.

In this game, the starting lineup of the national football team is a combination of three generations of old, middle and young people. The veteran players include 35-year-old goalkeeper Wang Dalei, 32-year-old left-back Li Lei, 31-year-old midfielders Li Yuanyi and Wang Shangyuan; The Mesozoic players include 30-year-old Yang Zexiang (less than 30 years old), 29-year-old Wei Shihao, and 27-year-old Lin Liangming and Zhang Yuning; The young players are naturally 24-year-old Zhu Chenjie and Jiang Shenglong, and 21-year-old Baihelamu.

After continuous substitutions, except for Wang Dalei, the remaining 10 players on the final lineup of the national football team are all players under the age of 30.

In this game, the starting lineup includes 3 Guoan, 3 Shenhua and 2 Taishan, as well as 1 player from Rongcheng, Henan and Xinpengcheng. At the end of the game, there were 5 people from Shenhua, 4 people from Guoan, and 1 person each from Taishan and Rongcheng.

This is actually a reflection of the "characteristics" of several clubs in the league: Shenhua's dependence on foreign aid is not high, and the domestic team in the middle and backfield led by Zhu Chenjie has been climbing all the way from all levels of national brands, and the experience of international players far exceeds that of their peers; In addition to the attack group of 4 (three 97 age old, Wang Ziming is slightly older than one year old), Yang Liyu, who is also 97, and Fang Hao, who was born in the 00s, have also been selected for the national team, and they are the teams with the lowest dependence on foreign aid at the offensive end of the Chinese Super League; Taishan, on the other hand, was forced to play games with single or double foreign aid for a long time due to injuries and other problems, and the domestic players got more exercise, and the fewer players in this game were related to Gao Zhunyi's injury and Xie Wenneng's suspension.

At present, Japan in Group C of the round of 18 is the best (the fifth round of away matches against Indonesia has not yet been played), and the four teams that have finished the tournament, Australia, Saudi Arabia and China, all have 6 points, and the goal difference is 1, -1 and -8 respectively, the national football team is in fourth place, and it is the team in this group with the most wins and most goals except Japan. Of course, Bahrain has not been left behind, and is temporarily fifth with 5 points.

It can be said that Group C is completely messed up, not to mention Japan's strength, Australia and Saudi Arabia have performed a little badly, they have only won one game so far, and they have all scored three points on the national football team. As far as Bahrain's performance in this game is concerned, although they have defended well before, they have a very poor positional fighting ability, with a whopping 71% possession but only 6 shots on goal in the whole game; As for Indonesia, they are good on paper, but they are yet to win a game less.

At present, it is unlikely that the national football team will qualify directly from the top two of the group, but if you dare to fight, there is still hope of reaching the top four, which means that you can advance to the next stage of the competition.

'It was really hard to get points in the first three games, but our players gave it their all. Indonesia is similar to Bahrain, so we have to try to win and get points against them. Ivan said.

In the next game, the national football team will play at home against the mighty Japan, "Our players are fighting fiercely and there are injuries. Zhang Yuning, Wang Shangyuan, and Li Lei all went off the field because of injuries, and whether they can play in the next game depends on their recovery. Ivan said.