As the time gets closer and closer to the game, the atmosphere in the national team is becoming more and more solemn, even if according to Wang Ai, the delegation has tried its best to ease the atmosphere, but the long-term inertia is not so easy to change, the smiling faces of the international players are getting fewer and fewer, and even Wang Ai feels a little out of breath.Although Wang Ai tried her best to adjust the atmosphere and said something like a joke, the effect was very average, because the premise of successful jokes was that others had the heart to laugh.Therefore, at this stage, Wang Ai has no choice, and even the family condolence group came to visit the class on June 3, which could not make the international players really relax.In Wang Ai's worries, the time has come to June 4th, and the first game of the Chinese team in the World Cup is coming.At 14:30 in the afternoon, the Chinese national team set off from the Xinyang Park Hotel to Gwangju Stadium, on the bus, although the international players talked and laughed, but in Wang Ai's view, most of the conversations were not in the preface, obviously the brain and mouth were not on the same channel, this was just a mutual comfort under trembling, and the nervousness was hidden in the deepest part of the heart.Wang Ai and Sun Yi sat in the last row of the bus, with a deep understanding of the real emotions of the international players.Speaking of which, the Football Association is indeed very good to Wang Ai, the popularity and value of other international players are much higher than Wang Ai, but only Wang Ai came with protection, and the Football Association not only did not stop it, but also stuffed Sun Yi into the delegation, which is one of the "staff" who is not qualified to say the name.At 15 o'clock in the afternoon, the Chinese national team made final preparations in the locker room of Gwangju Stadium, Milu focused on asking the national team to open the wing, and the team doctor with the team conducted a final examination of the physical condition of the main team of the national team.Nan Yong, Zhu Heyuan and other leaders of the Football Association did not make impassioned speeches unusually, but pulled the international players to say something lighthearted as much as possible, and the atmosphere in the locker room was not bad for a while, at least not like the one who always fanned everyone as if they were carrying explosives.10 minutes later, the Chinese team and the Costa Rica team entered, the two sides played the national anthem, guessed the side, warmed up, and at 15:30, in the presence of commentators, cameras and hundreds of millions of Chinese fans around the world, the game officially began.Wang Ai, who was wearing a white jersey in a substitute yellow vest, sat among the international players and carefully observed the game.Although CCTV cameras occasionally swept over the bench, no one noticed.Although this game is the first game, for the Chinese national team, it is almost equivalent to a life-and-death battle.Brazil and Turkey are too strong opponents, and if they can't win against Costa Rica, it basically declares that the Chinese team has no hope of qualifying from the group.In the coach's seat, Milou was wearing an orange T-shirt and looked slightly nervous about the direction of the game.Five minutes later, Wang was slightly relieved.The Chinese team's coordination is extremely skillful, and the many training camps over the past two years have indeed forged this team from various clubs across the country into a whole, and there are few mistakes in coordination.At the same time, the state of the international players is also very exciting, and the pace of attack and defense is also very fast.It can be seen from the first few minutes that the Chinese national team has indeed achieved the "overall football" that is jointly respected by the Football Association and insiders.No matter how good the technique, few internationals choose to dribble, and they are quick to move forward through organisational cooperation.The Costa Rican team's cooperation is a little worse than that of the Chinese team, but the individual skills seem to be stronger, especially in terms of personal awareness, dare to make moves, and can also do good moves.At the same time, the defensive players move a lot and the defense is fierce.In the first fifteen minutes, the offensive and defensive tempo of both sides was very fast, just like the Chinese team regarded the Costa Rica team as a fish belly and the hope of qualifying from the group, Costa Rica also looked at the Chinese team in this way.Therefore, both sides are well prepared and targeted.Due to the better individual skills of the Costa Rican players, the Chinese team carried out the overall football to the end.And because of the overall style of play of the Chinese team, the Costa Rican team has strengthened its fierce defense in the backcourt, and the front court uses personal dribbling to attract the Chinese team to create breakthrough opportunities after multiple defenses.In short, the first fifteen minutes were very anxious, with neither side having any good attacking chances, not even a single regular shot on goal, and repeatedly destroying each other in midfield.Relatively speaking, the Chinese team's performance seems to be a little better, the possession time is longer, at least the organization and cooperation look beautiful, but there is no way to really threaten the opponent's goal.Whenever the ball gets to the midfield, especially the front of the penalty area, it's either ruined or there are no chances, or no chances are created.At this time, Sun Jihai, who had just transferred to English First Division club Manchester City, couldn't sit still among the internationals, and he began to attack frequently on the right side of the Chinese team.The 25-year-old Sun Jihai is at the peak of his physical strength, technology, and awareness, and compared with other international players, the experience of staying abroad twice has made him more courageous, and he dares to break through with the ball, which has become a rare attack point in the national football team that can produce a real threat.Just when people were eagerly waiting for this unattractive young man to create a scoring opportunity, in the seventeenth minute of the game, he was put down from behind by the opposing player Soris in a breakthrough, and Sun Jihai fell heavily on the turf in the running.Before he could get up, the linesman made a foul gesture, and the referee on duty, Vasalas, quickly showed Sollis the first yellow card of the game.Sun Jihai's face twitched, constantly inhaling the cool air, the Chinese team doctor hurriedly rushed to the side, carried him to the sidelines, after a busy work, Sun Jihai said that it was okay, but Wang Ai's heart was raised, because this accident seriously affected Sun Jihai's state, and the previous frequent attacks from the right side never appeared again.A few minutes later, Soris, who was yellow carded, moved to the left side of the Chinese team, and when No. 4 Wu Chengying tried to pass the ball back to the opponent's side with his back, he quickly caught up from behind, and when the football was still in the air, he pushed his chest and broke through Wu Chengying, forming a single knife and directly impacting the Chinese team's goal.Fortunately, it was still far from the goal, and goalkeeper Jiang Jin was able to adjust his position, and at the same time, Fan Zhiyi quickly chased back after discovering it, forcing Sollis to have no more opportunities to adjust and had to hit the goal in a hurry, and was blocked by Jiang Jin.Wang Ai let out a sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair.Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, Sun Jihai suddenly signaled, he couldn't stand it!
Wang Ai immediately sat up straight again.After watching the game for more than 20 minutes, Wang Ai found that the biggest problem of this national team is that it emphasizes the whole too much.The opponent's style of play is that the players stand firm, so that every player of the Chinese team in the front court will face the fierce defense of an opposing player, and there is basically no chance to catch people.However, after the Chinese team overemphasized "overall football", even if there was a chance to break through, they did not break through, but passed the ball, and the other players also faced a defensive player and did not break through.After a few invalid passes of the football, he couldn't tear apart the opponent's defense, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and could only blindly pass and play.The other party is not out of position, you don't dare to break through personally, how to pass and cooperate with the other party will block you to death.()