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With one ball at the bottom, the players of the Chinese national team felt much more relaxed and there was no psychological pressure. The defenders of the Chinese national team performed almost exceptionally, and successively resolved the fierce attacks of the Iraqis.

Although Gao Xiaodong scored a goal in the opening game, a large part of his energy was placed on defense. Now that the defender can hold it, Gao Xiaodong immediately counterattacked and strived to score another goal to seal the victory.

Iraq is stronger than the Chinese team, but it hasn't reached the point where the Chinese team is playing in the whole game. The Iraqi players did not expect to lose the ball at the beginning. They were a little messy, and they pressed on the whole line when they attacked, forgetting. The opponent also has a Mr. Golden Globe.

In the 8th minute of the game, the Hua Guo team's midfielder Zhao Xu intercepted the ball and passed it to Gao Xiaodong. Gao Xiaodong drove the ball straight in, smashed the middle circle and went straight to the Iraqi penalty area.

The Iraqi players learned the lesson of long-range shooting at the beginning of the game. Seeing Gao Xiaodong's comeback, the left-behind guards swarmed up and went to block Gao Xiaodong.

Although the level of the Hua Guo team players was low, Gao Xiaodong did not refuse to cooperate with them because of this. When the opponent was besieged, Gao Xiaodong found that Qu Bo had penetrated from the side and immediately divided the ball to the side.

With no defense on the wing, Qu Bo drove the ball into the penalty area.

Iraqi goalkeeper Khahid attacked quickly. As soon as Qu Bo entered the penalty area, he greeted him and flew into the ball at Qu Bo's feet.

Qu Bo saw Khahid pounce and wanted to push Khahid's ribs, but his kick was a little slower and the ball was thrown into his arms by Khahid.

Qu Bo also fell on the turf. He hammered the ground hard with his fist, very annoyed.

Seeing a single-handed opportunity was wasted, the Hua Guo team fans all sighed.

"Nanny can't score, so let's get down."

"I can also shoot in."

"This is not to eat until the mouth is fed."

"Xiaodong is really better off shooting himself."

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On the sidelines, Camacho clenched his fists, leaned forward, and was ready to celebrate. Seeing the ball was thrown in, Camacho leaned back into the chair with anger.

"Such a good opportunity! Such a good opportunity!"

Camacho muttered to himself, wishing he would play himself.

Gao Xiaodong didn't complain about Qu Bo. He knew the strength of his teammates. If he took a chance, he wouldn't be able to make it to the World Cup finals for so many years. What he can do now is to create more opportunities.

Although Qu Bo's single-handed shot was lost, Iraq was also in a cold sweat. In the next ten minutes, Iraq played very cautiously and did not dare to press it. At the same time, it strengthened its defense against Gao Xiaodong for fear of being caught by China again. The national team fought back quickly.

When Iraq slows down, the Chinese team is naturally even more desperate. Time is in their hands, and it must be Iraq that can't afford it in the end.

When the game lasted almost 30 minutes in the first half, Iraq became uncomfortable again and suddenly increased its offensive intensity.

Left back Husam assisted to the frontcourt and made a low pass to find his striker Younis.

The guard of the Chinese national team was very focused. Du Wei grabbed the position before Younis and prevented Younis from grabbing the spot.

Iraq's offensive was not smooth, and Younis was a bit anxious. Seeing Du Wei blocking his way, he slammed Du Wei down from behind, headed a little, and pushed the ball into the net.

After the goal was scored, Younis didn't feel that he had fouled at all, and he was cheeky and congratulated.

Younis' foul was too obvious. The Australian referee Green saw clearly and blew his whistle to signal that the goal was invalid.

Younis was still not convinced, he stopped celebrating, and ran over to ask Green why the goal was invalid.

Green had a good temper and explained to Younis that he had fouled by pushing someone.

Younis said he was a reasonable collision, Green shook his head, ignored him, and directly asked the Chinese team to take a free kick in the penalty area.

When Younis questioned Green, Gao Xiaodong had already taken the ball and was ready to make a quick attack, but the Hua Guo team players did not have the awareness of running positions. Gao Xiaodong had to stretch his fingers forward and let his teammates run positions.

Seeing Gao Xiaodong stretch his fingers forward, Qu Bo and Yang Xu went to run, but at this time the Iraqi players also reacted and ran back quickly.

Seeing that there was no chance of a sneak attack, Gao Xiaodong had to pass the ball to the full back and switched to a positional battle.

The Iraqi midfielder is very fierce, and their bodies have the advantage. The Chinese team's ball has just been in the middle, and it was quickly cut off by the Iraqi players.

Iraq’s counterattack was also very fast. Karim made a long pass, and Younis took advantage of his body and speed to squeeze Du Wei into the penalty area from his right rib.

The goalkeeper Yang Zhi quickly came out to block, Younis volleyed vigorously and hit Yang Zhi in the face.

Yang Zhi was dulled and did not get up for a while. Fortunately, Zhao Xu came back in time and kicked the ball out of the baseline.

Iraq got a corner kick.

The Iraqi positional battle has always been unable to score goals, and the set-piece has become the hope of the Iraqis to score.

Karim took the corner kick, and all Iraqi players who could compete for the header came to the penalty area to compete for the top.

The basic skills of the Hua Guo team are bad, but the header is okay. Back then, it was known as the head team of China. Now it is unambiguous. Iraq did not take advantage of the corner kick, and the ball was leaped by Du Wei. He lifted his head and went out.

From the outside, Apdu took a long shot again and the ball flew directly to the stands.

The Hua Guo team won the ball, but under the strong pressure from Iraq, their offense still did not improve. Except for Gao Xiaodong, who took the ball by himself, as long as he passed the ball, he would make a mistake and be counterattacked by his opponent.

Look at the game time to 40 minutes, the Chinese team simply contracted and waited for Iraq to attack at halftime.

This kind of tactics is very beneficial to the Chinese national team. Iraq suppressed the half-court attack, and the backcourt has a lot of space. This way, the Chinese national team made fewer mistakes in passing the ball when counterattacking, and also played two good cooperations. , It’s just that Qu Bo and Yang Xu in the frontcourt have limited abilities. They made mistakes at the front of the penalty area and failed to form a chance to shoot.

Seeing that the first half was about to pass, the Iraqi players were anxious, and they were too risky when attacking. Karim put the ball straight into the penalty area and wanted to find Younis. The ball was predicted by Zheng Hua at the front of the penalty area. The foot intercepted.

At the moment when Zheng Hua intercepted the ball, Gao Xiaodong ran to the empty spot, waiting to meet Zheng Hua.

Zheng Hua is the player with the best technical consciousness in the Hua Guo team except for Gao Xiaodong. After stealing the ball, he immediately raised his head to find Gao Xiaodong. He saw Gao Xiaodong running to the empty spot and immediately passed it.

Gao Xiaodong's consciousness was too advanced. When the players from both sides were still watching Zheng Hua, he ran away. When the Iraqi players wanted to target Gao Xiaodong, he was already a step slower.

At Gao Xiaodong's speed, one step slower means that he will never catch up.

Gao Xiaodong dribbled the ball to the bottom at high speed along the wing. Several Iraqi players were chasing after him, but not only could not catch up, but the distance was getting farther and farther.