host must win

Chapter 488 Mysterious Journey
The match between the Chinese team and the North Korean team was held at the Beijing Stadium in Pyongyang on the evening of March 3. This is the first official international football match in the new century in the capital of North Korea, which has not held an official international football match for many years.

The relationship between China and North Korea, a mysterious country, is very complicated. In the latter decades of the last century, the relationship between the two countries has always been very close, but after entering the new century, the situation has undergone some changes.

However, in general, North Korea's attitude towards China is still very friendly.The Chinese team, including Yin Jun, also received extremely high courtesy after entering this mysterious country.

In particular, Yin Jun, the double winner of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, received a hero's welcome here.Almost all North Korean players regard Yin Jun as their idol.

It's just that competitive football is cruel, and the warmth before the game is no longer before the rematch.

When the whistle sounded for the start of the game, the North Korean team launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team amidst the cheers of 110,000 fans at home.

The North Korean fans in the stands were like an army. When the North Korean team took the ball to attack, they began to shout in unison; and once the possession of the ball was changed, the huge stadium fell into dead silence.

Perhaps because of the relationship between the two countries, North Korean fans did not boo the Chinese team.

This kind of atmosphere made the Chinese team feel very uncomfortable. In addition, the North Korean players competed for every ball like Desperate Saburo.

However, the Chinese team has Yin Jun in the lineup, but the position is not chaotic, and they use defensive counterattack tactics to deal with it.Yin Jun played a textbook-like quick counterattack twice, allowing the North Koreans to see the extraordinary ability of No. 1 football in the world.

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In the 8th minute, the Chinese team played a quick counterattack. Sun Jihai made a breakthrough from the right and made a cross. Yin Jun from the center outflanked the header and scored to help the Chinese team take the lead.

After conceding the goal, the North Korean team became more aggressive. On the scene, the North Korean team attacked fiercely while the Chinese team was tired of defending.

The North Korean team exposed the shortcomings of inexperience in the game. Although they took the initiative and got many shot opportunities, it was difficult to convert their advantages into goals.

The North Korean team, which is eager to score goals, is getting closer and closer. In the 58th minute, the Chinese team counterattacked again and it was effective. Shao Jiayi received the pass from Sun Jihai and sent a wonderful pass. Yin Jun turned offside and successfully formed a single goal. The score expanded to 2:0.

After 4 minutes, the North Korean team, which was on the offensive, finally scored a goal. Park Seung-gwan scored a header and scored a goal for the North Korean team.

Seeing hope, the North Korean team replaced another striker Cui Zhewan to strengthen the offensive, but the tenacious defense of the Chinese team blocked the onslaught of the North Korean team. In the end, the North Korean team had to accept the bitter fruit of a 1:2 defeat.

The Chinese team, which has won two consecutive victories, topped the Group B standings with 6 points, and the situation for qualifying is very good.

Five days later, the Chinese team moved to Japan for the third game.

In the last round of competition, Japan suffered a heavy blow when they defeated Tehran 1:2.The Japanese team, which is determined to enter the World Cup three times in a row, attaches great importance to the home game against the top-ranked Chinese team.The Chinese team, which has won two consecutive victories, played easily, hoping to contain the Japanese team's offensive advantage with defensive counterattacks.

The two sides met in the 2004 Asian Cup final. The Chinese team defeated their opponents 3:2 and won the first Asian Cup championship in team history.

This time the two teams meet again, the Japanese not only want to compete with the Chinese team for the initiative to qualify, but also hope to avenge their loss in the Asian Cup final last year.

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In the first half of the game, both sides were relatively cautious.Especially the Chinese team in the away game, they spend most of their time in their own half and rarely take the initiative to launch an offensive.

In a relatively dull atmosphere, the two sides entered the intermission with a goalless draw.

At the beginning of the second half, the Japanese team continued to besiege the Chinese team and scored a goal in the 70th minute. The situation became somewhat unfavorable for the Chinese team.

At the critical moment, Yin Jun stood up.

After a successful defense, the Chinese team was attacked by Yin Jun with the ball.At the same time, Shao Jia quickly approached Yin Jun's direction and was ready to meet him, because it was almost impossible for Yin Jun to break through directly.

The Japanese players quickly returned to defense, and someone came to block Yin Jun immediately.Seeing this, Yin Jun passed the football to Shao Jiayi who came up to meet him.

When Shao Jiayi received the ball, his back was already facing the attacking direction. In order not to delay the team's counterattack time, he did not adjust himself or try to get rid of the defender, but directly returned the football to Zhao Junzhe who came up.

After receiving the ball, Zhao Junzhe made some adjustments, and then made a long diagonal pass, transferring the football to the other side, and gave it to Sun Xiang, the left back who also inserted from behind.

After Sun Xiang raised his foot to stop Zhao Junzhe's long pass, the defensive players of the Japanese team also forced him up, so Sun Xiang passed the football to Li Yi who came to meet him.

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Li Yi received the ball, and Yin Jun moved closer to him to catch him, but Li Yi passed the ball to Sun Xiang.

After Sun Xiang received the pass from Li Yi, he dribbled the ball to the baseline, as if trying to cross from the side.Li Yi slashed towards the penalty area, forcing the Japanese team to block Sun Xiang with two people. Instead, he followed Li Yi back and let the full backs defend Sun Xiang.

Yin Jun turned around and went straight into the middle.

Sun Xiang from the wing pushed the football diagonally, and the football rolled into the penalty area and rolled towards Li Yi who was running forward.But at this time, the Japanese players who were defending Li Yi were left behind by his speed. Facing Li Yi who had already entered the penalty area, he raised his hands with some trepidation.

The masters of the three capitals rushed towards Li Yi like an arrow leaving the string.At the same time, he saw Li Yi also raised his right leg, as if he was about to shoot.

Master Sandu was glad that he went up in time, and that he still had a chance to block the opponent's shot at this time, while twisting his body, intending to block the shot with his back.

But he didn't feel the football hit his body, but he turned his head, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Yin Jun near the penalty spot, and he caught the ball!
Lord Sandu's eyes widened, not understanding what happened the moment he turned around just now...

Huang Jianqiang in the commentary booth and the audience in front of the TV can see clearly.

"Li Yi! I missed it! Beautiful—Yin Jun!!"

Facing the rolling football, Yin Jun did not stop and adjust, but directly pushed with his right foot, just like a golf putter, pushing the football to the near corner of the goal!

The goalkeeper of the Japanese team saw Yin Jun’s shot and then made a save. At such a close range, he had lost the opportunity. During the save, he saw the football cross the goal line and fly into the goal he was guarding!
(End of this chapter)