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Chapter 151 Group First
Although very tired, the mental excitement has made the players of the Huaguo team automatically ignore the physical fatigue.

After the players of the Iraqi team were scored the second goal by Li Mo, their spirits were a little sluggish.

Before they came to Huaguo, they still wanted to score as many goals as possible, score points at Huaguo's home court, and when they got to their home court, try to win the Huaguo team.

But now the tragedy that the Jordan team was defeated before seems to be repeated on them.

This makes them somewhat unacceptable.

Some things, what happened to others is a story, what happened to oneself is an accident.

Seeing this, Zico could only let his players retreat to the half-court defense first.

In any case, we have to delay the rest of the time. Although it was a disappointing result to fall behind 0-2 in the first half, we still have to play. If it becomes 0-3, the game can be declared over directly up.

So the remaining ten minutes almost turned into an offensive and defensive drill between the Chinese team and the Iraqi team.

But this time, the Hua Guo team, which has always been the side that was beaten, was attacking.

Amid the loud singing and cheering from the fans, Li Mo tried his best to look for opportunities in the penalty area of ​​the Iraqi team, but the opponent's defenders were almost on top of him, making it difficult for him to receive the ball again. The game gradually came to the end of the first half.

Finally, the tormented Iraqi players heard the sound of the referee blowing his whistle, and walked back to the locker room with relief.

Zico stayed at the end, looking at the Hua Guo team players who kept wiping sweat but full of energy, stood there thoughtfully, and it took a while to recover, and walked to the player tunnel.

Zico is quite familiar with Asian football. He came to Asia to coach a long time ago, led the Japanese team, and played against the Hua Guo team more than ten years ago.

In his opinion, the former Huaguo team actually had some good players. Although the overall strength is not as good as the Japanese team he coached, it is still considered a first-class level in Asia, but it is always easy to play in major competitions. Make some mistakes.

To put it simply, it is easy to drop the chain.

Since the World Cup in 02, except for the runner-up in the Asian Cup in 04, football in Huaguo seems to have fallen into silence.

In fact, Zico has always been a bit incomprehensible. There are many players in the Huaguo team who play in the European league, such as Sun Jihai and Zheng Zhi. They all have the ability to play in the Premier League. Shao Jiayi can also play in the Bundesliga. , but the Huaguo team has been sluggish and unable to score.

He used to think that with the aging of the last batch of players who had studied abroad, the Hua Guo team would soon fall into a complete sinking.

But he never expected that just after he labeled Huaguo football as "completely sinking", the Huaguo national team changed drastically. Li Mo is a "heterogeneous" star who has received youth training in foreign leagues since he was a child.

"Is it really luck?"

Zico asked himself in his heart, but then he quickly shook his head, and the appearance of those Huaguo players wiping their sweat came to his mind again.

"Spirit! The mentality of those players has changed, making up for their lack of skills with running without hesitation."

Zico seemed to have guessed something, took the tactical board, and quickly wrote down the word "physical fitness".

And when Zico was looking for a way to break the game, in the locker room of the Huaguo team, Li Mo felt okay. He didn't retreat much in the first half, and the pressing time was only for a while, and the running distance was only about 4KM. Appearance, physical condition is good.

But the other players felt a little uncomfortable, especially Yu Hanchao and Yu Hai. The two of them went up and down again, and their physical energy was really exhausted.

Although Gao Hongbo is very satisfied with the current positive attitude of the players, he also knows that the team will not be able to continue the high-intensity pressing in the second half. It may not be possible to see the current shortcomings of the Huaguo team.

But the old problem of slow adjustment seems to be committed again at this time, and it seems to be hesitating when to replace players who are exhausted.

Seeing this, Li Mo directly asked about the current situation of Yu Hanchao and Yu Hai. The two of them had nothing to be brave about. He said bluntly that they could play in the second half, but if they continued to maintain this intensity, they could only play for another [-] minutes. , you have to slow down.

Their conversation was naturally heard by members of the coaching staff. Seeing Gao Hongbo's pensive look, Li Mo didn't remind him too much.

No matter how slow he was, Li Mo believed that Director Gao knew it in his heart, so he didn't do any more moves.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. The Iraqi team really stepped up their pressure and confrontation with the Chinese team on both sides. Gao Hongbo directly called Feng Renliang, Wu Xi, Zhao Xuri, and Huang Bowen to warm up.

Zhao Xuri played as the team's right midfielder in the last game, and he played very well on both offense and defense.

This game is mainly to make more fuss on the offensive end, so the coaching staff sent Yu Hanchao to start, but now that the Iraqi team is strengthening their confrontation, playing Zhao Xuri is very suitable.

At the beginning of the second half, Iraq didn't know if it was beaten by Zico, and kept fighting with Hua Guo players in the midfield. The focus was on Shao Jiayi, Yu Hanchao, and Yu Hai.

For a while, the three frontcourt players of the Huaguo team also had to devote their energy to counter-stealing the ball and defending.

As a result, the Iraqi team played fast attacks in the Hua Guo team's half. Only 10 minutes into the second half, the Iraqi team had two long-range shots from outside the penalty area.

Gao Hongbo waited for 10 minutes, and took advantage of the dead ball to directly change two people.

Feng Renliang and Zhao Xuri replaced Yu Hai and Yu Hanchao respectively.

Zhao Xuri's defensive ability and confrontation ability are very good. Although Feng Renliang's defense is not very good, but under the request of the coaching staff, he honestly retreated many times after playing to help Sun Xiang interfere with the opponent's player with the ball.

Although the attack on the side was suspended immediately, at least the situation was stabilized and the Iraqi team was not given any more chances.

Zico felt very sorry for this. If Gao Hongbo's substitutions were later, Yu Hanchao and Yu Hai might be overwhelmed. The Iraqi team can quickly attack through the two sides, and there is still a chance.

But now that the Hua Guo team's substitutions have been completed, and two more physically fit players have been added, the Iraqi team can't take advantage of it on the wing.

In desperation, Zico could only wave his hand and let the disciples press up to attack. If he waited for a while, he was afraid that the Hua Guo team would shrink their defense across the board. Why not seize the last half hour now and see Can a miracle happen.

Gao Hongbo saw that Iraq was about to attack aggressively, and at the 607th minute of the second half, he replaced Shao Jiayi with Huang Bowen.

Not to mention that this move interrupted the offensive that Iraq had just launched, it also further enhanced the counter-attack and interception capabilities of the Hua Guo team in the frontcourt. Xu Yang and Liu Jianhong applauded one after another.

The Iraqi players no longer cared about who the Hua Guo team replaced. Their offense became anxious and became more and more anxious as time went on.

In the 706th minute of the second half, Zhao Xuri, who retreated to defend, made a successful tackle, lay on the ground and passed the ball to Zhang Linpeng who was on the side.

Zhang Moss, who was still physically strong, rushed at full speed, abruptly carrying the interference of the Iraqi players and bringing the ball to the opponent's half, and then he handed the ball to Huang Bowen who was responding.

At this time, Li Mo used a reverse run to suddenly go forward. Huang Bowen also sent a through kick without hesitation. Iraq's defensive midfielder failed to stop the ball, and Li Mo took the ball and advanced again!
Because the forward pressure was too hard, only two central defenders were left in the Iraqi team's backcourt defense.

Li Mo started striding forward with the ball, one of the Iraqi central defenders kept retreating, and the other wanted to interfere, but was passed by Li Mo!

The other central defender couldn't retreat anymore at this time, and if he retreated again, he would retreat into the penalty area. He gritted his teeth and could only use a foul posture to directly rush towards Li Mo.

Seeing this, Li Mo flicked the ball inward quickly, and his whole body also turned around quickly, like a horizontal ball cutting inward, almost brushing past the last central defender of the Iraqi team!
The football rolled into the penalty area, Li Mo rushed to push the ball towards the far corner ahead of Kassid who was attacking, and then turned around and ran towards the sideline with open arms towards the fans stands!
The football quickly passed by Qassid, who was quickly on the ground, and finally got into Iraq's goal again!

"The game is over!!! The game is over! Li Mo completely killed the game with a hat trick!!! There is not much time left for the Iraqi team!!!"

When Liu Jianhong yelled this sentence, he felt extremely happy in his heart. Xu Yang beside him could only laugh heartily. In the first three rounds of the top [-], they scored nine points, and the current goal difference is far ahead , the Hua Guo team has already stepped into the top ten with half of their feet!

This time, Li Mo was thrown down by his teammates again. The players of the Huaguo team pressed Li Mo under him and piled up Arhat. Naturally, Li Mo's protest was ignored by them.

The smooth victory filled everyone's hearts with joy. Even Sun Jihai, who was sitting on the bench, seemed to have regained his passion in the Premier League at this time, and celebrated with his teammates and coaches.

There is no suspense!
Zico patted his forehead. In the second half, Li Mo only scored twice with the goal scored just now. He took four shots, three shots on target, and three goals. How can such a center forward defend?
At least his Iraqi team can't defend, so let's prepare for the next game. In this group, the Hua Guo team is definitely going to qualify. They can only fight against the Jordan team to fight for another qualifying spot in the group.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Hao Junmin, who was in control of the ball, kicked the football directly into the sky. Smile, high-five each other, hug hard.

Li Mo clenched his fists and shouted, and then hugged Huang Bowen to celebrate.

They are number one in Group A!
(End of this chapter)