Chi Meiya
Chapter 214 No One Dares to Target
The fans, waving their arms and stomping their feet, were shouting at the top of their lungs.
Fans in front of the screen were dumbfounded, watching the fans who were going crazy.
"What the hell?"
"Is the director about to lose his job?"
"The attack is dangerous on the field, and you switch to a replay?"
"We came back just to see other people celebrating. We only heard He Shiren shout!"
"We didn't see anything!"
"Don't worry, everyone, there will be a replay!"
"I came to watch the live broadcast, not replays!"
"How did the ball go in? How did it go in? Director, director, hurry up and show the replay!"
"Stop with the replays! If we see another goal on replay, I'll die of crying!"
On the sidelines, Lippi grinned, his face full of wrinkles from smiling. As a coach who had seen many big games, he didn't dare to imagine such a situation before the match.
Qatar's three-defender tactic completely buried itself, ushering in the most terrifying doomsday.
"In the last world, Qatar created a heartbreaking 'Black Three Minutes' for the Dragon Country fans. That memory was painful. In the years that followed, Qatar always brought very tough resistance to the Dragon Country team in key matches.
Today, in this round of the World Cup qualifiers, Qatar has become that desperate team. They face the Dragon Country team without any chance of resistance!
Seventy-five seconds! Only seventy-five seconds since the last goal! The Qatari players have already collapsed. The light in their eyes has disappeared, just like 27 years ago when the Dragon Country's football dream was broken in Singapore National Stadium.
This time, shadows and despair envelop the Qatar National Men's Football Team.
Dragon Country team, Zhao Gang! Two goals in seventy-five seconds! Completely shattered the confidence and hope of the Qatari players!"
Although this game did not completely kill Qatar's hope of advancing to the World Cup, these words made some old fans' eyes turn red and their bodies tremble.
That was a time full of hope and dreams, which was torn apart by the Qatar national team.
Now, today, the Dragon Country team spent half a game to defeat Qatar cleanly and neatly.
This is not just a game, it is an epic revenge.
"Damn it, there's another game! There's still a game away against Qatar. Kill them!"
"Bah, damn it, black whistle! You deserve to lose, you oil tycoons!"
Newer fans simply cannot understand how much pain Qatari football has brought to Dragon Country football and Dragon Country fans.
The Black Three Minutes were just the beginning, far from the end.
On the field, the Qatari players stood there with their hands on their hips, looking blankly at the celebrating Dragon Country players in the distance, listening to the roaring sounds of the Mingkun Stadium, the flying red flags were soul-stirring.
"This counterattack is really rare." Zhan Lu watched the replay, his excited heart unable to calm down for a long time. The Dragon Country players really seemed to have completely changed.
The sudden aggressive pressing, just as the Qatar team kicked off and had not yet organized an attack, the midfielders Zheng Zhi, Wu Xi, including the defenders Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng, almost simultaneously blocked the passing routes, forcing Zhao Gang to force the Qatari players to pass the ball back in a hurry.
"Wu Lei made a great contribution! He intercepted Qatar's pass back in the frontcourt and quickly passed the ball to Zhao Gang who was cutting in.
Qatar's left side is basically a corridor!
Zhao Gang rushed to the dangerous area with the ball alone, and no one could stop him!
On the edge of the penalty area, Zhao Gang did not choose to continue to break through, but made a wall pass with Zhang Yuning who had returned. Zhang Yuning's ability to pass the ball is quite good, and he directly found Zhao Gang with a through ball. Zhao Gang's small-angle powerful shot was done in one go, a real smooth performance!"
Zhan Lu was moved by this smooth attack. The Dragon Country team's cooperation and this counterattack were truly top-notch.
This was almost impossible to see before.
From Wu Lei's interception to Zhang Yuning's pass, these actions can be done by these two people.
But Zhao Gang, this breakthrough, this ability to catch the ball and finish in the penalty area, the Dragon Country has never had such a player!
His existence has improved the Dragon Country's offensive ability by more than three levels!
He has developed the abilities of his teammates. If it were someone else, even if Wu Lei grabbed the ball and passed the ball, it would probably be blocked by Qatar.
Even if they could rush down and find Zhang Yuning, they might not be able to cooperate with Zhang Yuning.
Even if they cooperate, it would be difficult to complete this small-angle, catch-and-shoot action in the penalty area.
A powerful core brings not only his own skills and offensive power, but also the ability to allow his teammates to exert their own strengths.
"With the Dragon Country team's current defensive ability, coupled with the offensive changes brought by Zhao Gang, really, really hopeful! We really might see the Dragon Country team create its own miracle again!"
As the midfield whistle sounded, the Dragon Country fans had not yet recovered from their excitement, and kept cheering and shouting the players' names in the stands.
The players waved to the stands, and an even more enthusiastic cheer came.
These Dragon Country players have experienced too many boos and scolding, and even if they won, they have never seen such a scene.
More than 50,000 people in the audience, the excited joy and shouts, deeply shocked them.
These players felt a deep shock and pride in their hearts.
Why wouldn't they like to win, like to hear praise, and want to honor their ancestors and become idols?
Why wouldn't they want to represent the national team and keep winning?
Now, it seems that everything is developing in the best direction.
"Why do I feel that Dragon Country football is about to rise?"
"There's still a long way to go, but Zhao Gang's performance will definitely give more people confidence in Dragon Country football!"
"Yes, Zhao Gang still has more than ten years at his peak. During these years, more people will definitely invest in it. I believe that even if the Dragon Country cannot be completely reborn for the time being, earth-shaking changes will occur in a few years!"
"I really cried. Zhao Gang is the ceiling of Dragon Country football and the ceiling of Asia. I thought that even if he came back, he wouldn't be able to do much alone. I didn't expect that he could really make his teammates better!"
"That's right! To play against these Asian teams, you don't need top-notch skills at all! The Dragon Country team doesn't have the best skills, as long as they have the spirit, the fighting spirit, and the confidence, they can actually be at the top level in Asia. They are a little worse than the super-first-class teams, but they should definitely not be second- or third-class!"
"Yes, to play against Asian teams, you don't need to compete on talent and skills. As long as you work hard, you can definitely do it. North Korea's skills and talent are not good, but they can still play back and forth with Asian powerhouses?"
"The energy of the core, the power of example! Zhao Gang can not participate in defense in the Premier League Manchester City, but he has to keep defending and running when he returns to the Dragon Country. If such top players don't relax on the field, any other player with a little face will do their best!"
The technical level of Dragon Country football cannot be compared with Sakura and Bangzi in Asia, but it is definitely not bad. What is lacking is confidence and fighting spirit.
When there is cohesion and confidence, it is possible to play back and forth with top Asian teams.
Constant winning will increase confidence and cohesion.
Although at the beginning, many players were jealous and repulsive of Zhao Gang in their hearts, Lippi grasped the right to speak. He established Zhao Gang's core position. If you don't want to play, you can go home.
It is this kind of high-pressure method that makes this team have to unite on the field.
Although it is forced, as the game deepens, when they see Zhao Gang's ability and attitude, the resentment in their hearts is gradually decreasing.
Winning can suppress all hidden dangers.
There is also one thing that makes these players full of energy.
That is the winning bonus, a bonus of up to tens of millions for each game.
Pi Dai Xu also contributed to this.
If Zhao Gang can lead them to keep winning and keep getting huge bonuses, they will be crazy to go against Zhao Gang.
I am afraid that it will not take a few games before the players who are still awkward and want to do something will be isolated by their teammates before Lippi can take action.
In the locker room of the Dragon Country team, the players finally had a long-lost relaxation and smile.
This game was too easy.
"Awesome, really awesome!" Zheng Zhi is the oldest in the locker room and has the greatest prestige.
He took off his jersey and patted Zhao Gang's shoulder excitedly, smiling extremely sincerely.
He is an old man who has experienced the glory of Dragon Country football. His longing and hope have been almost worn away by the increasingly bad record of the national team.
But it has not been completely wiped out!
When that little spark of hope was crumbling, it finally ushered in the opportunity to start a prairie fire!
He saw it, he really saw it.
The Dragon Country team can also play very well!
One Zhao Gang can turn things around.
It is not that he is killing the Quartet alone and bringing the Dragon Country team to a higher level, but that around him, the potential of the Dragon Country team members has been tapped and they have become able to play football!
Zheng Zhi knew that his career was not very long. He met Zhao Gang in the late stage and ushered in the possibility of revival. His sense of honor for the Dragon Country and his love for football burst out again.
He has the obligation and responsibility to make this team develop in a better direction.
When he saw the enthusiasm and excitement of the Dragon Country fans, he knew that he should play his last role and let Zhao Gang truly become the core of this Dragon Country team, the core on the field, and the speaker in the locker room.
Even if Lippi resigns in the end, and he retires, Zhao Gang must be the one with the greatest say!
"Awesome!"
"Brother Gang must be the strongest!"
"Kill these foreigners!"
"When the time comes, Brother Gang will lead us to beat the little Bangzi on the ground!"
Praises came one after another, whether sincere or hypocritical, it seems that they are absolutely united now.
Zheng Zhi pressed Zhao Gang's arm, sat next to him, and kept motioning Zhao Gang to say a few words.
Even one or two sentences would be good.
This is a good start, an opportunity for you to integrate with your teammates and gradually control the locker room.
Zhao Gang understood what Zheng Zhi meant, but understanding and doing it were very different.
Zhao Gang always felt that although these teammates were connected by blood, they couldn't play together off the field.
There are always some invisible and intangible barriers.
Only Wu Lei is very similar to him in character, and the two can have a lot of tacit understanding.
Just as Zhao Gang didn't know how to continue, Lippi walked over.
"Very good!!! Very good!!!" His Mandarin is not standard, but you can understand what he is saying.
The following words need to be translated.
"We are four goals ahead, but we have not won yet! I have seen too many games that have been reversed because of carelessness!
I don't want to become a background board, so the defense must not relax its vigilance!"
Zhao Gang glanced at Li Tie, who originally had a serious face, but when he saw Zhao Gang's eyes, he immediately showed a smile.
Li Tie's current reputation and qualifications are mostly due to Hengtai and Lippi. He can point his finger at any player and scold him, but Zhao Gang, he doesn't have the guts and capital.
In addition to Lippi, there are two other things that have made Li Tie a little afraid of this young man, Zhao Gang.
The first is about the national team's sponsor, Nike.
When Ta An Sports signed an agreement with Zhao Gang, they considered the clothing issues when Zhao Gang joined the national team. To show their sincerity, Ta An Sports gave up the equipment requirements for Zhao Gang's national team games at that time. Zhao Gang could choose the equipment provided by the national team.
However, when Zhao Gang joined the national team, he proposed that he wanted to wear the equipment provided by Ta An Sports on the field.
Of course Nike did not agree. The agreement signed by the Football Association at the beginning did not consider that this kind of thing would happen, so the national team players must wear Nike equipment on the field.
Becoming a national team player is enough to look up to you, and you dare to wear your own equipment?
Do you believe that I will block you?
But in the end, Nike actually compromised!
This level of sponsor actually compromised like this, without restricting Zhao Gang from playing, without compensation, and without Zhao Gang needing to block the logo of the equipment, they directly let Zhao Gang wear the equipment of Ta An Sports on the field.
Even, in order to unify the style, Nike's Dragon Country district designer specially made equipment with the Ta An Sports logo printed on it for Zhao Gang.
This made Li Tie stunned. He keenly realized Nike's attention to Zhao Gang. This kind of capital compromise meant that Zhao Gang didn't need to give the Football Association any good looks even when facing it.
The second is Pi Dai Xu. Pi Dai Xu is now looking for people everywhere to connect with Zhao Gang.
For this reason, he has specifically found Lippi.
Pi Dai Xu, Li Tie's boss, is thinking about getting closer to Zhao Gang to expand Hengtai's influence in the football field.
Why is he, Li Tie, not afraid of Zhao Gang?
These players may dare to ignore Zhao Gang if they are bolder, but Li Tie has to rely on Pi Dai Xu and the Football Association to continue making money.
He doesn't dare to give Zhao Gang any face.
"Okay!! Everyone prepare to go on the field!" Lippi explained the tasks on the field, the players rested for a while, and the time was almost up.