Chapter 246

Everything was ready. At 19:00 on the evening of June 2, local time, the third round of the Group A match between Qatar and China in the Asian 20 qualifiers of the South Africa World Cup officially began amid the anticipation of countless fans at the scene and in front of the TV.

Because the weather was too hot, the away team of China was not in good condition from the beginning.

In addition, the formation of 4231 was more defensive and counterattacked, so the Chinese team did not attack after the start of the game, but stabilized its defense and prepared to counterattack.

Qatar, playing at home, took advantage of the time when they were more physically fit at the beginning to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese team.

There was no way.

Who told them to play at home?

If they did not take the initiative to attack and win at home, could they expect to win in the next away game?

You know, the Chinese team has Jiang Xiaolin, a super shooter. I am afraid that no team in Asia has the confidence to beat the Chinese team at its home court.

The hot weather at this time is actually an opportunity for Qatar.

Therefore, Qatar played very actively at the beginning, trying to take advantage of the unstable position of the Chinese team in the away game at the beginning to score goals.

But at this time, the benefits of the Chinese team's new double defensive midfielder formation were reflected.

After the training in the last friendly match and the training in the past few days, everyone has become more familiar with the understanding and running-in of the new formation.

Although the overall on-the-spot state of the Chinese team was not good, the configuration of the double defensive midfielder and the assistance of the front and back players still blocked most of Qatar's attacks very well.

Even if there were occasional attacks into the penalty area, there was still goalkeeper Song Zhenyu blocking in front of the goal to guard the last door.

At the same time, as Jiang Xiaolin observed before the game, the hot weather not only caused the Chinese players to drop in state, but also greatly affected the Qatari players.

They could not play 100% of their state, even if this was their home court.

Therefore, the Qatar team made many mistakes.

In the 7th minute, Qatar striker Yasser received a wonderful pass from his teammate in the penalty area. As long as it hit the goal frame, it would be a very threatening ball.

As a result, he kicked the ball into the stands, causing the Qatari fans to sigh, while thousands of Chinese fans applauded loudly.

In the 12th minute, another Qatari striker Sebastian dribbled past two people in the Chinese team's penalty area and avoided a shooting angle.

If Jiang Xiaolin had come to shoot, this ball would have been scored.

As a result, the two consecutive dribblings and shaking people in the previous two times may have consumed too much physical strength, and it happened that the last shot was weak.

Although it hit a good angle, it was not strong enough and fast enough. The Chinese team goalkeeper Song Zhenyu made a side dive and saved it from the bottom line, and the Qatari fans in the stands who were ready to cheer and celebrate sighed and sat down.

Qatar did not pose a threat in the next corner kick, and was cleared by Li Weifeng's header out of the penalty area.

Within 15 minutes of the opening, Qatar made these two shots, one hit the plane and the other hit the goal frame, but did not form a goal.

After 15 minutes, Qatar's attack had to soften.

Even with the physical fitness of the local Qatari players, they could not stand the hot weather there, and had to stop after 15 minutes of attack.

The Chinese players and fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

If they can't stop the opponent's opening three-pronged attack and let the opponent score, then the Chinese team will be in trouble.

It's still a draw now, and the Qatari players have consumed too much physical energy after the strong attack at the beginning of the game. They have just entered a slack period, and the situation is more favorable for the Chinese team.

Of course, with the overall on-site state of the Chinese team, it is unlikely to play a collective attack and break through Qatar's goal.

The offensive task still has to fall on Jiang Xiaolin and a few players.

Therefore, after the attack slowed down, Qatar also paid great attention to the defense of the Chinese team's frontcourt players, especially Jiang Xiaolin.

No matter where Jiang Xiaolin went, there were at least two Qatari players closely guarding him, making it difficult for him to get the ball from his teammates, or even if he got the ball, it was difficult for him to break through into Qatar's penalty area to pose a threat.

In addition, the team's overall state was sluggish, and his teammates were not able to pass the ball well, making it difficult for Jiang Xiaolin to pass the ball with good power, angle and route.

Jiang Xiaolin himself was also affected by the hot weather, and even his full speed, fried meatballs and other skills were affected, making it difficult for him to break through successfully.

It was not until the 25th minute that Jiang Xiaolin of the Chinese team completed a shot within the goal frame outside the penalty area.

Unfortunately, this shot was blocked by the opponent's close defense.The ball was not played well, and the angle was off, so it was directly confiscated by Qatari goalkeeper Mohammed.

For a while, the two sides formed a stalemate, and neither could break the other's goal.

The stalemate lasted until the 43rd minute of the first half, when everyone thought that the two sides would enter the halftime break with a 0-0 draw, and many players had already put their minds on going off the court to drink water later, when the Chinese team's right back Sun Jihai suddenly came up with the ball.

Originally, this was just a routine pass from the back midfielder Zhou Haibing to the side back Sun Jihai under the pressure of the opponent's players. No one cared, thinking that Sun Jihai would pass the ball out immediately.

Unexpectedly, Sun Jihai, who got the ball, saw that no one from the Qatar team came up to press him, and he actually rushed directly to Qatar's half with the ball.

It was not until he crossed the midline that the Qatari players woke up from their dreams, and a forward blocked Sun Jihai's way forward.

Just when everyone thought Sun Jihai was going to brake and pass the ball, Sun Jihai made a fake move to pass the ball to Zheng Zhi in the middle, tricking the opponent's forward to move a little inside, but Sun Jihai passed the ball to the sideline and then used his speed to pass the opponent.

Sun Jihai dribbled the ball from the sideline to assist.

His sudden forward insertion disrupted Qatar's originally tight defense.

Because the defenders all had their own people to keep an eye on, Sun Jihai suddenly dribbled the ball to assist, forcing Qatar to split people to intercept, leaving the others in a short period of no defense.

So, when Sun Jihai was intercepted by the opponent's full-back about 30 meters away from the baseline, he and the right forward Du Zhenyu who was responding to him made a two-on-one wall cooperation and broke through Qatar's full-back Bainer.

Then, Sun Jihai continued to dribble the ball to the bottom, dribbling forward while observing the situation in the middle, ready to wait for an opportunity to kick the ball to the middle.