Chapter 247

As Sun Jihai broke through from the wing, Jiang Xiaolin naturally followed in the middle and rushed into Qatar's penalty area.

At the same time, front midfielder Huang Bowen also entered Qatar's penalty area with Jiang Xiaolin not far from him, ready to compete for a header, and forwards Du Zhenyu and Hao Junmin also appeared near the penalty area, ready to compete for the second point.

Therefore, when Sun Jihai broke through near the baseline with the ball, there were two Chinese players Jiang Xiaolin and Huang Bowen in Qatar's penalty area to respond.

However, Qatar also had 5 defenders in the penalty area.

There were three beside Jiang Xiaolin, one beside Huang Bowen, and another at the front point ready to intercept Sun Jihai's cross.

If Sun Jihai passed the ball a little lower, the defender at the front point could directly intercept and clear the ball.

Seeing that Jiang Xiaolin and Huang Bowen were already in position in the penalty area, Sun Jihai prepared to pass the ball to the middle position where Jiang Xiaolin was.

His inner hope was to pass the ball accurately, so that Jiang Xiaolin could get the first header and score a goal.

However, Sun Jihai did not have Beckham's footwork. He could only do his best to pass the ball to the penalty area. As for the landing point, he could not control it accurately.

Moreover, the weather was so hot in this game, and he ran a long distance to assist. It was good enough that he did not collapse. How could he control the landing point accurately?

As a result, naturally, he did not pass the ball well. The force was a little too strong, and the ball flew high over the middle and flew to the back of the goal penalty area.

However, in such hot weather, Sun Jihai, who was sweating profusely, was able to pass the ball into the penalty area without kicking it out of the baseline, which was good enough.

The moment he kicked the ball out, Sun Jihai instantly felt that he had passed the ball too far, and he might have wasted an opportunity to attack from the wing.

Unexpectedly, just after he kicked the ball out, he saw Jiang Xiaolin, who was originally in the middle, suddenly retreat, then suddenly stop and change direction to shake off the defender who was closely guarding him, and run to the back point.

Even after training with Jiang Xiaolin for a few days and playing a friendly match, Sun Jihai did not expect Jiang Xiaolin to be so keen in judging the flight path and landing point of the ball.

Sun Jihai, as a teammate, did not expect it, and the Qatari defenders did not expect it even more.

The Qatari defender who was closely guarding him was completely unprepared for Jiang Xiaolin's sudden retreat and change of direction, and was thrown away by Jiang Xiaolin.

Although his physical fitness was slightly reduced due to the influence of the hot weather, Jiang Xiaolin's vision was not reduced.

His full-value off-ball running and scoring ability allowed him to intuitively estimate the flight path and landing point of the ball the moment the ball took off after Sun Jihai passed the ball, so he suddenly retreated and changed direction to shake off the opponent's defender who was guarding him, and ran to the ball landing point at the back of the penalty area.

Of course, there was no one at the back of Qatar's penalty area. A Qatari full-back rushed to the ball's landing point with Jiang Xiaolin, and the two ran to the landing point almost at the same time.

But Jiang Xiaolin's physical fitness, jumping and pitching ability were not comparable to that of the Qatari defender.

The two ran to the landing point and jumped at the same time, but Jiang Xiaolin jumped much higher than the opponent, and also pushed the opponent's body away a little bit, so that even if he wanted to interfere with Jiang Xiaolin, he couldn't do it.

Jiang Xiaolin jumped high at the back of the penalty area near the corner of the small penalty area, facing Sun Jihai's cross from the side, and headed the ball towards the goal of Qatar with a powerful header.

Although Qatar's goalkeeper Mohammed saw Jiang Xiaolin's running position and ran to the back point in time to save the ball, Jiang Xiaolin's header was powerful enough and the angle was too tricky.

The ball flew into the goal from the intersection of the crossbar and the uprights. Mohammed was really helpless and could only watch the ball go into the net.

Then, the Qatari fans in the entire Doha Stadium fell silent, while thousands of Chinese fans who had traveled to the away game jumped and danced excitedly in a corner of the stands, cheering and screaming in celebration.

The commentator of the sports channel of China National Television in the commentary booth also shouted excitedly:

"The ball is in! The ball is in!"

"Jiang Xiaolin scored a goal!"

"Jiang Xiaolin broke the deadlock with a header and gave the Chinese team a 1:0 lead away from home."

"This attack was initiated by the full-back Sun Jihai. Sun Jihai, who plays for the Premier League Manchester City team, showed the offensive ability of a knife-wielding defender in this attack."

"Sun Jihai's assist disrupted Qatar's defensive formation and was the key factor in the success of this attack."

"Jiang Xiaolin scored his first official goal in the Chinese adult national football team."

"This is possibleIt is the beginning of a legend in Chinese football! "

"The Chinese team, which scored the first goal and took a 1-0 lead, may bring back three points from the hot away game."

"In such weather, it would be rare to return home with three points. ”

Indeed, the Chinese fans in front of the TV could see the foreign football players sweating on the field, and with the commentator's introduction, everyone knew how difficult it was for the Chinese team to play this away game.

As the game progressed, both sides failed to score. Everyone originally thought that they would not lose away games and would be lucky to get a draw and 1 point.

Unexpectedly, when the first half was about to end, there was still a surprise for everyone.

Seeing that Jiang Xiaolin, who was highly expected by everyone, finally broke the deadlock for the Chinese team before the end of the first half and scored a goal, allowing the Chinese team to take a 1-0 lead away from home, the fans watching the live broadcast of the game all over the country cheered and celebrated happily.

Some people even posted directly in forums and blogs to celebrate the Chinese team's first goal and away lead. First.

On the court, Jiang Xiaolin also rushed to Sun Jihai on the wing and celebrated the ball with Sun Jihai who made an assist.

This game was too difficult to play, and Jiang Xiaolin must thank Sun Jihai for his sudden assist.

Sun Jihai was also very excited.

The weather was around 35 degrees, and the World Cup qualifiers were highly intensive. Needless to say, the difficulty of this game was too difficult.

As a result, they not only completed the defensive task, but Sun Jihai himself also assisted Jiang Xiaolin to score the first goal of the Chinese team through a sudden assist.

It is really rare for a full-back who focuses on defense to get an assist in the away game.

Therefore, Sun Jihai has reason to be happy and to celebrate with Jiang Xiaolin.

The same is true for other teammates. Seeing this goal, everyone felt that all the sweat in the first half was worth it, and they all surrounded Jiang Xiaolin and Sun Jihai for a fierce celebration.

In contrast, the fans, players, coaches, etc. of the Qatar team seemed a little frustrated and listless.

You know, this is their home court. Logically, they should be more adapted to the weather here than the Chinese players. They should have taken the lead at home and even won.

As a result, they didn't expect that the first goal was scored by the away team of China, and the goal scorer was Jiang Xiaolin, who they strictly guarded.

Even if they were strictly guarded, they still couldn't stop Jiang Xiaolin's goal.

It seems that Jiang Xiaolin is really not someone that ordinary people can defend, and they can only use the team as a whole to strictly guard him.

Jiang Xiaolin and others celebrated for more than half a minute, and then returned to their own half to wait. Qatar kicked off.

After the game resumed, Qatar's defense against Jiang Xiaolin became tighter.

Of course, they did not give up the attack. After all, they were the ones who were behind now. If they ended this round with a score of 0:1, their chances of advancing to the top 10 would be much slimmer.

Therefore, after the game resumed, in addition to the backcourt players guarding Jiang Xiaolin, the forwards and midfielders increased their offensive strength, trying to seize the few minutes before the end of the first half to score another goal and equalize the score.

However, the Chinese team, which scored a goal and gained confidence, did not give Qatar any chance.

Although Qatar increased its offensive strength, the Chinese team, which played with two defensive midfielders and the front and back players, intercepted Qatar's attack outside the penalty area well, making it unable to threaten the goal.

After two minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0:1, and the away team of China led by one goal.

Of course, even if they were ahead, the Chinese players did not celebrate.

On the one hand, it was only the end of the first half, not the end of the whole game, so a one-goal lead was not worth celebrating. On the other hand, everyone was dying of thirst and it was very hot.

Therefore, no one celebrated and hurried off the court to drink water to replenish water.

In addition, in order to cool down, the logistics of the Chinese team also brought a batch of ice vests from China to Qatar, just to cool everyone down during the halftime break during the game.

The ice-cold vests were put on the body, and it was immediately cool, slightly lowering the hot body temperature.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.

After the start of the second half, the Qatar team, which was one goal behind, used the same trick again, trying to use the opening stage to launch a surprise attack and score a goal.

But the Chinese team was very vigilant and did not give the opponent a chance to sneak attack. They firmly guarded their own penalty area and did not let Qatar attack or score a goal.

Even if there were occasionalOne shot was a long shot from outside the penalty area that was not very threatening, and it was rarely shot even within the goal frame.

More often, it was cleared by the Chinese team's double defensive midfielders and the front and back players at the front of the penalty area.

After 20 minutes in the second half, Qatar still did not score a goal and still did not equalize the score.

This made the fans of Qatar very disappointed, while the fans of the Chinese team were very happy.

It seems that the Chinese team is really likely to take three points home from the hot away game in Qatar.