Chapter 328: 0 games, 0 goals, 0 assists, rookie (national team)

"China!"

"come on!"

"China!"

"come on!"

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The Xi'an Stadium has a total of 6 seats and it was still full today.

When playing against a country like Syria, which has a relatively low level of economic development, away seats are usually not fully occupied. So the Football Association is also very smart and directly sells the extra away tickets as home games.

Although many people criticize Chinese football, the attendance rate of the national football matches and the ratings on CCTV are all in the top 0. You have to criticize it, but you also have to watch it.

What's more, since winning the U16 Asian Cup and the Olympic bronze medal in 23, the impression of Chinese football in the hearts of fans has changed a lot.

We are not a strong football country, but we are not too weak either.

"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, dear audience friends. Now we are broadcasting live the match of the top 12 of the Asian qualifiers for the Russia World Cup. The two teams in this match are the Chinese national team and the Syrian national team."

"Before the game, the Chinese men's football team and the Syrian men's football team both had 1 point, ranking 4th and 5th in Group A respectively, so the strength of the two teams is still evenly matched."

"Okay, we can see that the director's camera is focused on the player tunnel. Standing at the front of the Syrian team is the captain Ahmed Saleh, a 26-year-old veteran from Henan Jianye!"

"Then it's the Chinese men's football team. Standing at the front of the team is the captain of the Chinese men's football team, Jiang Yuan. Well... this player is also a rookie of the national team and just turned 18 this year."

When introducing Jiang Yuan, several CCTV commentators felt a little embarrassed. He was both the captain and a newcomer, which had never happened in the history of national team competitions.

The contrast is a bit big, but the fans understand it.

At the age of 18, you have just reached adulthood. It should be reasonable for you to be the captain of the national team, right?

"Beep!"

South Korean referee Kim Dong-jin blew the whistle, and Jiang Yuan followed the referee and two linesmen and stepped onto the track.

Finally, we arrived at the meadow.

"Woww!!"

"Jiang Yuan, awesome!"

“Ahhhhh!! Jiang Yuan, come on, come on!”

The Chinese fans in the stands have gone crazy, and so have the fans watching the game on TV.

October 10th was the National Day holiday, and it was 6:7 in the evening. After dinner at this time, I watched the Chinese national football match with friends, and Jiang Yuan was in the starting lineup. It was so cool!
After singing the national anthem, Jiang Yuan and Saleh trotted over to Jin Dongjin, who was holding a coin in his hand.

"If it's heads, you choose first"

Jin Dongjin looked at Jiang Yuan, who nodded.

"If it's the back, you choose first"

Jin Dongjin looked at Saleh again, and after the latter nodded, Jin Dongjin tossed the coin.

"This is the front, do you want the goal or the ball?"

"ball"

After saying that, the referee handed the ball to Jiang Yuan, and then asked Saleh to choose the goal. The Syrian captain undoubtedly chose the side closest to the visiting team's stands, and Jiang Yuan handed the ball to Gao Lin.

The quality of the turf was not very good, but the atmosphere on the scene was very hot. For Chinese fans who have not entered the World Cup for more than 10 years, the Asian qualifiers top 12 matches are obviously very important.

Gao Lin was stepping on the ball, with Zhang Yuning standing next to him. The time was displayed on the top screen of the stadium, and all the fans were counting down together.

"10!"

"9!"

"..."

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

“Beep!!!!!”

"China Media Group, China Media Group!"

"..."

"First up is the Chinese national team, wearing red jerseys, attacking from the right side of the screen to the left!"

China (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: Yan Junling
Defenders: Zhao Mingjian, Feng Xiaoting, Ren Hang, Zhang Linpeng
Midfielders: Yu Hai, Wu Xi, Hao Junmin
Forwards: Jiang Yuan (C), Gao Lin, Wu Lei

Head coach: Li Yi
"The Chinese national football team has a very strong lineup, and then the visiting Syrian men's football team attacks from the left side of the screen to the right side. The strength of the lineups of the two teams can be said to be evenly matched."

Syria (4-2-4)

Goalkeeper: Ibrahim Alema

Defenders: O'Neal Midani, Muayed Ajan, Ahmed Saleh (C), Alaa Shibli
Midfielders: Khaled Moayed, Haji Mohammed
Forwards: Youssef Khalfa, Rafat Mohtadi, Omar Khribin, Mahmoud Mawas

Head coach: Ayman Hakim

As soon as the game started, the TV broadcast gave some basic data of both teams, among which the most concerned was of course the players' value.

China's men's football team starting players worth: 1 million euros

Syria men's football starting lineup worth: 1780 million euros.

Although the commentator believes that the strength of the lineups of both teams is similar, objective data shows that the Chinese team still has a considerable advantage.

Then there are some basic data of the main players.

No. 7 Jiang Yuan: played 0 times for the Chinese men's football team, scored 0 goals, and had 0 assists. He was appointed the first captain on the field.

[That's right, brothers. Our value is far ahead of the opponent. Will Syria be beaten to the ground? Kill them! ]

【Russia, we Chinese are here! 】

[1780 million euros, this price is too low. He can't even compare with Zouma, let alone Xiao Jiang]

[Don't talk nonsense. We are comparing the total value of the starting lineup. How can you pick out a single player? Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity! ]

[0 games, 0 goals, the first captain on the field, it seems a bit ridiculous, but there is nothing wrong with it]

[I took the college entrance exam in June, the Olympics were in August, and now it’s October and the Asian qualifiers. Fortunately, my Xiao Jiang is 6 instead of 8, otherwise it would be troublesome to prepare for the college entrance exam.]

【18-year-old rookie, but captain】

[Go, go, go, I bet 500 that Jiang Yuan will score the first goal for the national team today! ]

[Do you even need to tell me this? Look at the odds on Thunderspeed now. Syria's winning odds are almost 1 to 5. Jiang Yuan's goal odds are 1 to 1.1. How much can you earn with these odds?]

[If you string them together, China can win alone + Jiang Yuan can score a hat trick, then you can make a lot of money]

[Ok, I’ll buy it now, and wait for Xiao Jiang to kick us Chinese fans to the foot massage parlor, let’s go!!!]

The game has already started. Li Yi and Gao Hongbo analyzed before the game that Syria is a team that is good at defensive counterattacks.

Jiang Yuan only has a vague understanding of the Syrian men's football team. Since Li Yi said that Syria is good at defense and counterattack, Jiang Yuan can only treat the opponent as Manchester United.

Since they are both defensive counterattacks, then Syria should be similar to Manchester United, right?

Just in the 7th minute of the game, Jiang Yuan snatched the ball from the Syrian midfielder by pressing in the frontcourt. Gao Lin in the middle and Wu Lei on the right started from their positions at the same time, preparing to create as many passing points as possible for Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan did not choose to pass the ball at the first moment, but ran to the baseline with the ball himself.

Jiang Yuan had originally planned to have a 1v1 race with Ahmed on the wing, but what he didn't expect was that, although they were a first-team team, the bodies of these Syrian players were very thin, giving people the same feeling as the U23 competition in the Olympics.

It was a bit unexpected, but considering that Ahmed was a midfielder, it was normal that he was not good at speed, so Jiang Yuan didn't think much about it, and easily shook off his opponent and went to the bottom line himself.

"Jiang Yuan, break through on the left, goalkeeper Alema is coming this way. Considering Jiang Yuan's previous performance in the Olympics, he is likely to score this goal himself. Let's see what Jiang Yuan will choose."

"Cooperate with Wu Xi who is coming to support us!"

"Wu Xi passes the ball directly to the front, Jiang Yuan, and makes a direct cross with an inverted triangle!"

"Wu Lei, at the back post!"

"Jump up and head the ball!"

"Ouch! Tsk, this ball was just a little bit off, really just a little bit off. Wu Lei's header went wide of the post, Syria's goal kick"

call--

Jiang Yuan let out a breath and started running towards the backcourt.

Now he has a very embarrassing situation, which is to choose between breaking through on his own and cooperating with teammates.

If he breaks through, Jiang Yuan can firmly grasp the chance of scoring a goal in his own hands, but because there is only one person, he will not have too many chances.

Once the ball is passed to teammates, such as Gao Lin or Wu Lei, they may not be able to seize the opportunity as well as he does. So Jiang Yuan is very conflicted now.

Every time Jiang Yuan returned to the national team from the club, he would have a very awkward feeling, as if he was playing games with a group of elderly old men.

Jiang Yuan can understand and tolerate poor passing, shooting and awareness. The problem is that when the pace slows down, Jiang Yuan feels really uncomfortable. It seems that he has gone from a club to the national team, but in fact he has gone from a soccer ball to a frisbee.

Jiang Yuan was surprised not only by his teammates but also by his opponents. He thought the players of the national first team would be much stronger, but Jiang Yuan felt that the Syrian national team was not even as good as the U23 of Portugal and Japan.

Jiang Yuan's level in the Premier League is just above average, and the ball sense of the Syrians on the opposite side is even worse than Jiang Yuan's.

Syria's counterattack was made by goalkeeper Alma. China's backcourt gathered offensive and defensive players from both teams. On the right side, Zhang Linpeng and Khalfa were in a stalemate. The two kept getting in physical trouble and neither of them would give in. Finally, Hao Junmin returned to defense and helped Zhang Linpeng get the ball out.

"Hao Junmin got the ball and looked up."

"He should be looking for Jiang Yuan, but Hao Junmin looked a little hesitant, probably unsure whether he should do this or not."

"Give it to Wu Xi, Wu Xi passes the ball to Gao Lin in front, Gao Lin and Wu Lei make a one-two!"

"Beautiful! Wu Lei bypassed the Syrian defender and came to the opponent's half, kicked a long pass, and the ball came to Jiang Yuan's feet"

"Hiss - the position of this ball is a bit awkward..."

As He Wei said, Wu Lei's pass was very problematic. Jiang Yuan was telling him to run, so Wu Lei should have tried to pass the ball in front of Jiang Yuan, giving him enough lead time, but Wu Lei passed the ball directly to Jiang Yuan. The outrageous trajectory caused Jiang Yuan to think that the ball was not for him, but for Zhao Mingjian behind him.

But then I thought something was wrong. Now he is in the national team, not the club. Zhao Mingjian may not be able to keep up in the attack like Azpilicueta.

So Jiang Yuan looked back and, as expected, Zhao Mingjian had no intention of coming up to help. Helplessly, Jiang Yuan could only stop suddenly and use his chest to unload the ball in front of Muayed.

Because the high-speed attack was interrupted, Jiang Yuan had no choice but to start a one-on-one game with Muayed near the sideline.

It was still a classic move, start and emergency stop, start and emergency stop, Jiang Yuan's continuous small movements forced Muayed to constantly adjust his body center of gravity.

Based on the speed at which Muayed adjusted his center of gravity, Jiang Yuan judged that the midfielder's acceleration ability was relatively poor, so at the moment Muayed made his third sudden stop, Jiang Yuan suddenly rushed out with the ball.

He first used his advantage in starting speed to run to a distance of 4 body lengths in front of Muayed, then kicked off with his left foot and walked directly in front of Muayed.

!!!

Jiang Yuan's overtaking on the outside line made Muayed a little nervous, and the latter hurried back to defense, but Jiang Yuan had already positioned himself at this time.

Muayed reached out from behind and successfully grabbed Jiang Yuan's clothes, which made the Syrian midfielder feel relieved. Even if he got a yellow card, there would be no problem as long as he could stop Jiang Yuan's high-speed breakthrough.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuan didn't fall down at all. Instead, he played hard and continued to run forward without caring about anything.

Originally, it was Muayed who went to pull Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan should have been the one who fell to the ground, but because of Jiang Yuan's unexpected behavior, Muayed who was trying to catch people became the one who fell to the ground.

"wowww!"

The stands of the Xi'an Stadium erupted with cheers from Chinese fans. It was Muayed who fell to the ground due to carelessness, but in the eyes of the fans, it was Jiang Yuan who dragged Muayed to the ground!

"Muayed wanted to commit a tactical foul, but he was pulled down." "Jiang Yuan was very strong. He came alone and ran diagonally to the outside of the Syrian penalty area."

"Gao Lin is supporting inside, Wu Lei is running to the top of the arc, but Wu Lei is not there yet, Jiang Yuan has lost the passing point"

"Move towards the edge of the penalty area. The shooting angle is gradually becoming effective. Why don't you shoot? Jiang Yuan hasn't chosen to shoot yet."

"It's at the end line, Gao Lin is moving, Jiang Yuan is passing..."

"Shoot! Jiang Yuan's left-foot shot goes in!"

"The ball is in!"

"The goal was scored by China's No. 7 Jiang Yuan!"

He Wei clapped his hands and cheered. The Xi'an Stadium was filled with thunderous applause, and the nearest fans stood up and shouted.

The director's camera showed the defense, and the edge of the ball was already on the baseline, but Jiang Yuan swung out his left leg and shot the ball into the far corner with an angle that was infinitely close to 0.

Because the shot was too close to the goal line, goalkeeper Alma had no time to react and could only fall to the ground and raise his hands instinctively, but unfortunately he didn't even touch the ball.

"Wuhu!"

After confirming that the ball entered the net, Jiang Yuan turned around and ran back, taking a run-up and jumping with an uppercut.

The national team’s first goal was scored!

"WOW!!!"

"Brilliant!!"

"Jiang Yuan!!!"

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

Fans in the home team's stand on the east side waved small national flags in their hands, and some even prepared special cheering signs for the national football team.

"Brother Yuan!"

Yu Hai, who was closest, ran over immediately and gave Jiang Yuan a big hug.

The camera turned to the bench, where Chinese men's football coach Li Yi put his hands in his pockets and blew air on his hair.

What is boundless scenery? This is boundless scenery!
"Thanks to Jiang Yuan's goal, the Chinese team broke the deadlock and is now leading 14:1 with 0 minutes left, successfully taking the initiative in the game."

"Hey, the background data shows that he scored after playing for 14 minutes. This is the fastest goal-scoring record for a rookie in the history of the Chinese men's football team."

"This is what we said before. Players like Jiang Yuan can be very calm when facing some Asian national teams."

"Football is a team sport, that's true, but if you look at a player of Jiang Yuan's level, there is indeed a big gap between him and others, and we cannot deny that."

"Teacher Zhang Lu, at the moment, how many goals do you think we can score in this game?"

"Are you talking about Jiang Yuan or the men's football team?"

"Jiang Yuan"

"Um……"

In the commentary room, Zhang Lu lowered his head in thought, and finally gave his guess: "So far Jiang Yuan's condition has been very good, so I think he can score 2 goals... Well, forget it, hehe, I'll guess 3 goals."

"Well!"

He Wei opened his mouth slightly. As everyone knows, older football commentators like Zhang Lu are generally more conservative. Since he believes that Jiang Yuan can get a hat trick in his first national team game, it is enough to show his recognition of Jiang Yuan's ability.

Of course, Jiang Yuan’s dimensionality reduction attack in Asia has never been a controversial topic, because it has always been a fact.

"China!"

Boom!

"China!"

Boom!

The atmosphere at the scene became more and more intense. After Jiang Yuan scored the first goal, a national football team jersey was put on the Dragon Team’s WeChat official account and mini program.

[2018 World Cup Qualifiers No. 7 Jiang Yuan], the fan version originally cost 178 yuan a piece, today Jiang Yuan scored his first goal for the national team, only 107 yuan a piece, official mall + genuine CFA team logo + genuine Nike + free shipping, this price can be said to be very cost-effective.

Of course, selling jerseys only on WeChat mini-programs will not attract many people. Three minutes later, the Taobao Nike official flagship store also released the new No. 3 jersey of the Chinese team, priced at the same 7 yuan. For publicity, Nike China even bought an advertisement. From now on, as long as you log in to the Taobao APP, you will get a pop-up notification.

Whether you watch football or not, you have to take a look at this jersey.

By the 25th minute, the ball possession rate was almost 55-. The Chinese team had a slight advantage, but this advantage was so small that it was not worth mentioning at all.

The Syrian coaching staff were not fools. They immediately discovered the most suitable tactic to deal with Jiang Yuan, which was intensive defense.

Under the command of the head coach Hakim, Shbli and Muayed were almost hanging on Jiang Yuan. The Syrian team's intention was very clear, that is, to sacrifice Shbli and Muayed to reduce the danger of Jiang Yuan to the Syrian goal.

Hakim learned this tactic from Arsenal. In this season's Premier League, Arsene Wenger used this tactic to effectively restrict Jiang Yuan.

But Hakim overlooked one problem. Arsenal's defensive players are Bellerin, Koscielny, Walcott and Ozil.

What kind of Syrian player are you?
clap clap!

A series of sounds were heard, the left foot passed the ball to the right foot, and the right foot returned to the left foot. It was a very simple dribbling skill, but when Jiang Yuan's center of gravity moved quickly, the visual impact of using it was very exaggerated.

After getting rid of Muayed, Jiang Yuan dribbled the ball gradually towards the top of the arc, while Gao Lin ran forward quickly, ready to act as Jiang Yuan's fulcrum in the penalty area.

But Jiang Yuan simply waved his hand to drive them away: "Go to the side!"

Gao Lin's approach of standing still in the penalty area seems very smart, but he overlooked one problem, that is, Jiang Yuan would not pass the ball to Gao Lin in this position.

After Gao Lin went down the line, Jiang Yuan kicked the ball with his instep and passed it to Wu Lei on the right. The Shanghai Port star began his breakthrough towards the Syrian baseline.

Dribble the ball with the outside of your foot, getting closer little by little...

Wu Lei's dribbling ability is average, but his role in the tactical system is still very obvious.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand to signal, and the latter immediately made an inverted triangle. Muhammad rushed up to compete with Jiang Yuan for the position at the top of the arc, but was knocked away by Jiang Yuan with an iron mountain lean.

boom!
The shot went straight into the bottom corner of the goal.

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

The commentator's voice rang out again at the Xi'an Stadium: "In the 27th minute, the Chinese team scored a goal, and the player who scored the goal was..."

The commentary stopped abruptly, and the fans at the scene were in perfect sync and shouted in unison.

"Jiang Yuan!"

"The goal was scored by..."

"Jiang Yuan!"

“Ah ...

"China!"

Boom!

"China!"

Boom!

Jiang Yuan ran to the nearest stand and hugged two fans, then celebrated with his teammates.

By now, Jiang Yuan has a clear understanding of the level of the Syrian national team, but because he has just returned and has only participated in two team training sessions, it is difficult for Jiang Yuan to adapt to the game.

In order to ensure his performance, Jiang Yuan can only imagine his opponents as Premier League giants or Champions League teams and stay tense and passionate at all times. This is Jiang Yuan's way of dealing with things.

Alma sat in front of the goal and spread his hands to the captain Saleh: "Why, there is no one in the penalty area, why don't you go out and take your position?"

Obviously, in Alma's view, the main reason for the loss of the ball was the problem of the two central defenders. If one of the central defenders had rushed up to stop Jiang Yuan, he would not have been able to complete the shot so easily.

"..."

Saleh, who was scolded, did not speak. He could only say that Alema could not understand his current feelings. Facing a superstar who was attacking, the defender would have an instinctive fear, which prevented Ajan and Saleh from concentrating.

In other words, as long as Jiang Yuan stood in front of the Syrian goal, the Syrian defenders would not know what to do.

Poor ball skills and poor defensive ability can be compensated, but Syria has nothing to offer in terms of physical fitness and momentum to compete with Jiang Yuan.

On the Syrian bench, coach Hakim was discussing with his assistant coach. In less than 40 minutes, the visiting team's bench was already filled with players warming up.

There is no doubt that all three substitutions will be given to backcourt defensive players, but the Syrian coaching staff has not yet reached a unified answer as to which players should be replaced.

After scoring the second goal, Jiang Yuan gestured to Gao Lin and Wu Xi. With Wu Xi's adjustments, the Chinese team took the initiative to slow down the offensive rhythm.

Jiang Yuan is not a god. He must have a rest period after continuous high-intensity sprints, and this is Syria's opportunity.

The Syrian players on the field had not yet reacted to what they should do because of the tense game. Fortunately, coach Hakim reminded them, and captain Saleh immediately stopped his teammates from controlling the ball in the backcourt. In the end, Saleh himself made a long pass.

"Syria found an attacking opportunity. Saleh made a long pass directly to the center forward Muhtadi, who headed the ball back!"

"Hao Junmin is following. Hao Junmin and Wu Xi are not very fast, but they can still pose some threat to Syria's offensive players."

"Muhtadi passes the ball to the wing, Khalfa! Khalfa goes to the bottom!"

"Inverted triangle! Syria wanted to imitate China's second goal, and Muayed in the middle made a direct kick!"

"Wow!"

The fans behind the Chinese team's stands stood up. Fortunately, Muayed's shot hit the plane, otherwise China's goal might not have been saved.

"Hey, here!"

Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand, and Yan Junling, who was originally staggering, immediately accelerated, took the ball from the caddy and kicked the ball with a big kick.

Syria likes aggressive defensive counterattacks, and so does the Chinese team. Yan Junling's long kick is not as accurate as Alma's, but because Jiang Yuan attracted enough Syrian backcourt players, Wu Lei and Yu Hai worked together to get the ball.

After finishing, Wu Lei began to look for Jiang Yuan, but Jiang Yuan's position was a bit awkward at the first time, so Wu Lei chose to pass the ball to Gao Lin first, and the latter and Jiang Yuan ran forward almost at the same time.

"Just give it to me!"

Jiang Yuan pointed to the left baseline while running, signaling Gao Lin to make a straight pass with a long lead, but Gao Lin thought about it and did not pass the ball at the first time. In the end, the ball was lost by Saleh who suddenly came forward.

"Grass!"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands towards Gao Lin: "Brother Lin, why don't you pass this on???"

"No, I was afraid you couldn't run away..."

My day...

Jiang Yuan held his forehead and said, "I asked you to pass it, which means I can definitely get there!"

Jiang Yuan was speechless. There were two defensive players beside him just now, so Gao Lin didn't dare to pass the ball.

There was no one at the right end line of Syria. Gao Lin passed the ball directly to the end line. Couldn't Jiang Yuan just rush out and get the ball easily?

It had already happened, and Jiang Yuan had no choice but to raise his hand to signal Gao Lin: "It's okay, it's okay, go back to defense!"

“Beep, beep, beep—!!!”

"Okay, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The Chinese team, playing at home, led their opponents 2:0 thanks to captain Jiang Yuan's two goals. If this score remains until the end, the Chinese team will squeeze out Iran and become the third in Group A."

"And if the Chinese team can get three or more goals in this game, they will squeeze out South Korea and become the second in Group A."

"Coach Zhang, the first half of the game has just ended, and you are already saying that you want the Chinese team to score three goals. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

"No, hehe, you see, the Chinese team's players are in pretty good shape today. If they can maintain this form in the second half, they might be able to score three goals. I'm personally very optimistic about the Chinese team."

"Coach Zhang, tell me honestly, do you think the Chinese team is better than Jiang Yuan?"

"Ha ha!"

……

(End of this chapter)