host must win

Chapter 563 Finals Begin

"Friends from the audience, this is the CCTV Sports Channel. I am Huang Jianqiang, and my colleague He Wei and I are currently broadcasting the Confederations Cup final live at the Commerzbank Stadium in Frankfurt, Germany."

"Although it is already late at night in China, I believe that there are still hundreds of millions of domestic fans sitting in front of the TV at this moment, watching this world-renowned focus match, the 2005 German Confederations Cup final, the Chinese team played against Mexico team!"

"This is the first time in the history of the Chinese team to reach the final of the World Series, and it is the second time in the history of Asian football. In the Korea-Japan Confederations Cup four years ago, the Japanese team played the role of a dark horse and went all the way to the final. Created the best record of an Asian team in the Confederations Cup. But in the final they lost 0:1 to the mighty French team.”

"This Confederations Cup is the fifth. In the previous four competitions, European and American teams each won two championships: Brazil won the first Confederations Cup in 1997, and Mexico won the first in 1999. The two Confederations Cup champions; the subsequent third and fourth Confederations Cups, the champions belong to the French team.”

"It is worth mentioning that the Chinese team's opponent in the final, Mexico, has always been a frequent visitor to the Confederations Cup. They only missed the French Confederations Cup two years ago. In the other three Confederations Cups, they They won the championship once and stopped in the group stage twice. This competition is the second time they have entered the final."

"Many people also think that the Chinese team in this year's Confederations Cup is a bit like Japan four years ago, and many people are even worried whether the Chinese team will repeat the mistakes of the Japanese team and lose in the final. Even though they beat Mexico 2-1 in the group stage."

"But I personally think that such worries are unnecessary, because being able to reach the final is already a recognition of the strength of our team. In this case, regardless of the final outcome and score, It’s all for sure.”

"Of course, we also sincerely hope that the Chinese team can continue their previous excellent performance and strive to win the Confederations Cup and become the biggest dark horse in the history of the Confederations Cup."

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The live TV footage was shown on the scene, and the players of the two teams, led by the referee Rubes Michel from Slovakia, entered the stadium one after another.

After queuing up at the entrance of the player tunnel, the Chinese national anthem "March of the Warriors" was sung first, followed by the Mexican national anthem.

"We can see the formation of the Chinese team in this game, and Alihan still has a formation of 4231."

"At the center position, the young player Dong Fangzhuo, who performed well, returned to the starting lineup, replacing Li Jinyu who started in the semi-finals; on the forward line, the captain Yin Jun is still in the center, with Shao Jiayi on the left and Zheng Bing on the right. The midfielder In terms of position, Zhao Junzhe came back in time and partnered with Li Xiaopeng. On the back line, Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi and Sun Xiang partnered, and Li Leilei guarded the goal."

"The Chinese team is well-organized, and the Mexican team is also very neat, still playing a 442 formation. Their main goalkeeper Sanchez, defender Salcido, Osorio, Pineda, Mendes; midfielder Zini Ya, Perez, Pardo, and Morales also all started, and the veteran striker Borgetti partnered with Fonseca."

"Tonight, for the Chinese team, it will be a tough game."

"This is Yin Jun, our number one star, who just led the Chinese national team to qualify for the World Cup in the World Cup. He is also the top scorer and one of the best players in this Confederations Cup so far. .”

"The captains of the two teams are guessing. Yin Jun loses, and the Chinese team will kick off first. Since the start of the game is already at night in Germany local time, there is no backlight effect. It is undoubtedly a good result to get the right to kick off .”

"The game is about to start. We can see that Yin Jun and Dong Fangzhuo are standing in the middle circle, ready to serve."

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With the referee Rubeus Michel's whistle, this world-renowned Confederations Cup final finally kicked off.

The Chinese team reversed their previous game strategy against Argentina and pressed aggressively from the beginning.At the beginning of the game, the physical fitness was abundant, which made the Chinese team's midfield pressure look very holistic.Mexico had already played against the Chinese team in the group stage, and they were obviously prepared to face the Chinese team's aggressive attack tactics, and began to retreat to their own half.

Although there was perseverance against Brazil and Argentina, the most impressive thing about the Chinese team in the first few games was the smooth and skillful offensive cooperation between the midfield and the frontcourt. On the contrary, the defensive end has always given people a feeling of instability.Therefore, when formulating the game plan before the game, Mexican coach Ricardo Lavolpe also carefully studied the possibility of the Chinese team aggressively attacking. sex arrangement.

Since there was only three days between the semi-finals and the finals, it was difficult to go deep into targeted tactics, but they had been rehearsed after all.

The Mexican players quickly stabilized the rhythm in the midfield.The Chinese team took advantage of the momentum of the opening attack to successfully control the ball and patiently pressed the Mexican team's half.But in the face of Mexico's tight defense, it is really difficult for the Chinese team to create opportunities.

In particular, Mexico's midfielder has closely guarded Yin Jun, intending to cut off the connection between the other players of the Chinese team and Yin Jun. This made the Chinese team want to pass the ball to Yin Jun many times, but failed.

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In the 5th minute of the opening game, the Chinese team made a pass error and Mexico counterattacked.Luis Perez dribbled the ball quickly, rushed all the way to the front of the penalty area, and then passed it to the right. Mexican midfielder Pardo followed up and shot a long shot from the right side of the penalty area, but failed to aim at the goal.

"Mexico had their first shot of the game and looked a little anxious. It came from Pavel Pardo from long distance outside the box."

"Although he failed to create a threat, Pardo also made the Chinese break out in a cold sweat. Pardo's long-range shooting ability is very good. If he is more patient and cooperates, maybe this kick will be successful. gone."

"The Chinese team still has to pay attention to the Mexican team's counterattack."

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After taking the goal kick, the Chinese team still quickly passed forward along the two wings.Mexico still adopted the tactics of retreating and counterattacking, deliberately avoiding the spirit of the Chinese team at the beginning.

Yin Jun absorbed the experience just now, and further expanded his scope of activities, not only in the middle, but also began to move to the two sides.

(End of this chapter)