When the football flew into Saudi Arabia's goal, even CCTV's commentator He Ping was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the goal to come so quickly and easily.

Judging from the performance of Saudi Arabia after the start of the game, it will definitely make people think that the Chinese team will fall into a tough battle...

Unexpectedly, the Chinese team took the lead in 21 minutes!

"Good ball!!" When He Ping was stunned, Xu Yang next to him couldn't help but snatch the job of the commentator and yelled first. "Good ball! Gao Zheng shot beautifully! It can be said that he broke the Saudi Arabia's defense alone! Saudi Arabia sent two people to defend Gao Zheng in this game, but Gao Zheng told them with practical actions that the two people were useless!"

He Ping came back to his senses and continued: "But Saudi Arabia would definitely not dare to use all four defenders to defend Gao Zheng, ha! Gao Zheng played this ball very smartly. He did not always stand in front. The range of movement was very large. He retreated to the midfield to catch up and broke away from Saudi Arabia's defense..."

He Ping and Xu Yang were talking nonstop analyzing Gao Zheng's goals, but at this time, there were probably few Chinese fans in front of the TV who had the patience to listen to what they were saying.

Everyone was cheering.

The Saudi Arabian commentator fell into silence. He was looking forward to the moment when "Chinese nemesis" Hazaz broke through the Chinese team goal, but unexpectedly, he waited for the moment when Gao Zheng broke through their goal... This is really ironic.

Haven’t you made targeted defensive arrangements for Gao Zheng?

Why can't I defend myself against Gao Zheng?

After a while, the Saudi Arabian narrator shook his head and said, "Oh Sama made a mistake while defending. Osama made a mistake. He shouldn't be rushing up. After being shaken, his position formed a huge gap, which gave Gao a chance to break into the penalty area..."

He still thinks that the Saudi Arabian player made a mistake in defense. According to his idea, if Osama is not in a hurry to rush out and intercept the ball, but is staying with his teammates to maintain the integrity of the defense line, Gao Zheng should not have a chance to score.

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After scoring the goal, Gao Zheng ran to the corner flag area, then held the corner flag with his hand, and stood beside the corner flag with his other hand on his hip.

His teammates rushed up and hugged him.

Although they have become accustomed to playing with Gao Zheng and have been used to Gao Zheng's goals.

But the Asian Cup main competition, qualifiers and warm-up matches are different.

In this Asian Cup, the Chinese Football Association specially held a special ceremony for them, and this time there was a special training base in Australia, which specially invited domestic chefs to cook for them for 2,000 yuan a day, and achieved the same as the ancients in terms of logistics support.

The superiors attach so much importance to it and are so dedicated, so they can concentrate on the competition, but it also means that they have higher requirements for the results of the competition, and it is not just as simple as qualifying in the group.

There were also Chinese fans who flew away thousands of people to see them off when they left. Thousands of fans came to Australia to greet them at the airport. Local overseas Chinese held a dinner for them. Tens of thousands of Chinese fans flew from China to Australia to cheer them on.

Under this kind of attention and concern, everyone was also somewhat under pressure, fearing that the game would not be played well, which not only disappointed the leaders' attention, but also disappointed the eager expectations of Chinese fans.

In the first Asian Cup, facing his old rival Saudi Arabia, everyone is inevitably nervous.

However, Gao Zheng's goal at the 21st minute of the game vanished everyone's nervousness.

This is not only a goal ahead of the opponent in the score, but also a very simple reason they believe that no matter what the game looks like, Gao Zheng is supporting them and being their backer, which makes them feel very secure and relaxed.

If that's the case, what else is there to be nervous and what else is there to be afraid of?

So when they celebrated the goal with Gao Zheng this time, they all thanked Gao Zheng for helping them carry the burden they should have.

The old captain Zheng Zhi patted Gao Zheng on the shoulder: "Thank you!"

Gao Zheng smiled and shook his head: "What are you thanking? I am also a member of the team. I am a striker. Isn't this what I should do? Captain, will you say thank you to everyone who scored the goal?"

Zheng Zhi smiled and said, "No, you are different. You have helped us relieve the pressure. Our team can be regarded as the younger team in this Asian Cup..."

Gao Zheng hugged Zheng Zhi, lowered his head and said, "Where is this? Captain, we are going to the World Cup in the future!"

Hearing the words "World Cup", Zheng Zhi's smile froze, and then he quickly said: "I don't want so many now, just play the Asian Cup well."

"Okay, let's play the Asian Cup!"

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Gao Zheng's goal boosted the morale of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team then gained an advantage on the field, and their offense was more threatening than Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia also found that even if they sent two people to double-team Gao Zheng, other Chinese players could also create threats to their goal.

For a while, all the players who threatened Saudi Arabia's goal were from other Chinese team players other than Gao Zheng.

As for "Chinese nemesis" Hazaz, his first appearance was in the 31st minute, when Zheng Zhi blocked Hazaz in the midfield and received a yellow card. This was the first time Hazaz appeared in the broadcast camera.

Then Hazaz fell to the ground in the fight between Chinese defenders Ren Xing and was stopped by the Chinese team twice in a row. He was a little excited. After getting up, he pushed Ren Xing, but was verbally shot by the referee. This was the first time he appeared in a close-up.

Apart from that, Hazaz has no chance to perform.

As the first half was about to end, the Chinese team launched another threatening attack. Hao Junmin made a cross after breaking through the wing. Gao Zheng, who was snatching the front point, deliberately missed the football and missed the midfielder Wu Xi who was inserted behind. Wu Xi missed the football under the interference of the Saudi Arabian defender.

But it was just a little bit off.

The Chinese team missed the opportunity to expand the score to 2:0.

Not long after this attack, the referee from Iran, Fagani, blew the whistle to the end of the first half.

Although he failed to lead two goals in the first half, the performance of the Chinese team won everyone's praise and recognition.

Chinese fans commented on the first half on the Internet, but basically couldn't find any problem. If you insist on picking the bones in the eggs, Wu Xi's last shot was the only problem, but it was not a mistake.

No one can guarantee that every time they start a shot, they can hit the football within the goal frame. The Chinese team suppressed Saudi Arabia in the first half, which was enough to make many Chinese fans happy.

You should know that over the years, the Chinese team has not had the advantage in both the results and the scene.

This time, the Chinese team, with an average age of 24.4 years old, was mainly young people, but they showed a rare mental outlook.

Although Gao Zheng scored the goal and was blown up by many people, many people also gave praise to the Chinese players who were originally considered "the scoop".
Chapter completed!