Before the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese Football Association put forward three progressive requirements for the Chinese team that entered the World Cup for the first time.
"Score a goal, get a point, win a game."
In the end, the Chinese team returned without success, which was extremely regrettable.
Before the Chinese national team went out this time, the minimum goal under the Chinese national football agreement was to qualify from the group. Football Association leaders believed that the Chinese national team was now very strong and qualifying from the group would not be a problem.
But the Chinese team was drawn into the group of death, and Ivory Coast, the weakest team in the group, was difficult to deal with, let alone the Netherlands and England.
After the Chinese team drew with Cote d'Ivoire, the result of another game was also announced.
The Dutch team and the English team started a big battle, and both teams showed their best form. In the end, the Dutch team relied on Robin van Persie's brace to defeat the English team 2-1. Rooney hit the post in the last minute, missed the opportunity to score twice, and faced the tragedy of defeat helplessly.
After the second round of the group stage, the qualifying situation in Group D is still unclear.
The Dutch team, which has won two games, has qualified for the group ahead of schedule. They are at the top of the standings with 6 points.
Although England lost to the Netherlands, they defeated Ivory Coast in the first round and ranked second in the group with 3 points.
Next is the Chinese team and Cote d'Ivoire. Both teams have one draw and one loss and score 1 point. With the two teams having the same goal difference, the Chinese team has the advantage in goals and ranks third in the group.
In the last group match, the situation is still hard to predict.
If the Netherlands does not lose to Cote d'Ivoire and England does not lose to the Chinese team, then England will appear second in the group.
If Côte d'Ivoire wins in an upset, England can still qualify if they win. If England draws with the Chinese team, it will have to be better than the goal difference.
The situation that the Chinese team is facing now is that they must defeat England, and then Côte d'Ivoire cannot win, so that the Chinese team can qualify from the group.
Before the third group match, Chinese fans once again transformed into mathematicians and began to analyze the emerging situation of the Chinese team.
On June 25th at the St. Paul Arena, the Chinese team ushered in a life-or-death battle with the England team.
This game was more difficult than expected, as England also needed a win to ensure advancement from the group.
Today, the formations of both teams are relatively balanced. The England team has a standard 4-4-2 formation, which is England's traditional formation. The midfielders are led by Gerrard and Lampard, and the Manchester United duo of Wayne Rooney and Welbeck start the game. The starting goalkeeper is Joe Hart, who is in excellent form this season.
On the Chinese team's side, Gao Bo once again chose conservative tactics. He also arranged a 4-4-2, but this time he listened to some of Yun Sheng's suggestions. Yu Hai and Dong Fangzhuo started at the front, and the midfielder was a four-man team of Chen Tao, Wang Chuhe, Zheng Zhi and Zhou Haibing. The defense was still Jiang Zhipeng, Zhang Linpeng, Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Chengdong.
Today, most of the players in the two teams are playing in the Premier League. Needless to say, the England team, many players such as Chen Tao, Wang Chuhe, Jiang Zhipeng, Feng Xiaoting of the Chinese team are playing in the Premier League, and Yu Hai and Dong Fangzhuo are a combination of Manchester United. . Today, the forward players of both teams are all from Manchester United, which has become an interesting thing in this game.
After the game started, the two teams did not press too quickly. They first tested and then tried to attack. However, the midfielder and backfield did not press too high to prevent the opponent's counterattack.
This situation did not change until the 31st minute of the game.
Yu Hai dribbled the ball in the frontcourt, was brought down by Manchester United teammate Smalling, and got a free kick.
About 28 meters away from the goal, Chen Tao took a wonderful World Cup free kick, which hit the dead center of the goal!
Joe Hart barely reacted at all!
1 to 0! The Chinese team took the lead and they saw the hope of victory!
However, before the end of the first half, it was also a free kick opportunity. Gerrard's powerful shot hit the dead center of the goal! Zeng Cheng couldn't do anything about this shot...
1 to 1! England equalized the score!
The first half of the game ended when the referee's whistle sounded.
Players from both teams walking off the court first asked the coaching staff.
"How did the other game turn out?"
"The Netherlands leads Côte d'Ivoire 3-0."
The result came as a relief to both teams.
Can Ivory Coast score three goals in the second half?
Very unlikely.
For the England team, as long as they can maintain this tie until the end, they are almost certain to successfully qualify from the group.
As for the Chinese team, as long as they score another goal and regain the lead, the Chinese team will be able to overtake England and seize the qualifying spot in the group.
At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese general discovered that the England team had changed its formation!
Because he learned about the situation in another game, England coach Hodgson changed 4-4-2 into 5-4-1!
Veteran Terry replaced Welbeck, and the team began to retreat across the board, leaving only Rooney in front!
Terry originally retired from the national team after the 2012 European Cup, but for this World Cup, he came back again. In the first game, his header helped the team get an extremely valuable three points.
Now Hodgson lets Terry play, hoping that he can use his excellent experience to stabilize the team's defense and ensure that no goals are conceded in the second half.
Seeing this situation, Yun Sheng couldn't care less and immediately gave Gao Bo advice.
Decisively change the formation back to 4-3-3! Attack with all your strength!
Gao Bo didn't change his formation immediately, he was thinking.
The Chinese team is now in a good situation on the field, even beating the England team for a time. Gao Bo hopes to maintain this state. If the team attacks with all its strength, it is more likely to lose the ball, and then there is no possibility of qualifying.
Yun Shengqian on the sidelines was anxious and had no choice.
England's defense was very solid. Even though Chen Tao, Dong Fangzhuo and Yu Hai tried their best, they still failed to overtake.
It was not until the 75th minute of the game that Gao Bo made substitution adjustments.
Replace Feng Xiaoting and Zhou Haibing and replace them with Wu Lei and Yu Dabao.
On the England side, Lampard went off and Henderson came on. Two generations of Liverpool midfield stars formed England's defensive barrier and continued to defend with all their strength.
Time passed by minute by second, and it was now 85 minutes.
Wu Lei's shot was saved by Joe Hart. The Chinese team's attacking group had completely fallen into the intensive defense of the English team.
Time continues to move forward, and the Chinese team makes its last effort.
At this time, Wang Chuhe also came forward. In front of the penalty area, he took a long-range curved shot. This time, Joe Hart made a full save and tried to keep the goal.
Although "seeing Hart take a kick", today the England goalkeeper hardly gave the Chinese team players any chance to score from long range.
Two minutes later, Zheng Zhi's explosive shot was also punched out by Joe Hart, Terry made a big kick, and Rooney's counterattack was destroyed by Zhang Linpeng, shocking the Chinese fans in the stands to sweat.
Not only did he not score, he was almost attacked by a sneak attack.
Time has now entered injury time.
Li Feixiang said the most helpless words bitterly.
"There is not much time left for the Chinese team..."
