Everyone was very sorry that they could not win the game in the end, but considering that this was only the first game, and the opponent was also very strong, it was not unacceptable to be able to win like this, and everyone was relieved.

After the game, Su Maozhen found Li Zhao on a separate occasion.

Su Maozhen: "Something unexpected happened this time, I hope you won't take it personally!"

Li Zhao: "It's okay. Since it was an accident, there's nothing to complain about. No one expected the final result, right?"

Su Maozhen: "I will arrange for you to play early in the next game, but Uzbekistan is stronger, so you have to be prepared!"

Li Zhao: "Okay!"

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In the first round of the match, Team C lost the ball at the last minute and tied with Syria 1-1, while Uzbekistan narrowly defeated India 3-2. In the previous game, Syria drew with India 0-0, so for Country C

If the team plays this game well, then in the final round it will face the weakest Indian team in this group, and its chances of qualifying will be greatly increased. The start time of the second game of Team C is the same as the first game.

Li Zhao, who had just gotten off the bus, unexpectedly met his aunt's family outside the stadium. After a few words of greeting, his cousin Ouyang Jingkang pulled him aside for questioning.

Ouyang Jingkang: "You should be able to participate in this game, right?"

Li Zhao: "It should be fine, even though it's not the first game. Is there any problem?"

Ouyang Jingkang: "Oh, don't mention it. I bought Team C to win the last game. I thought it was safe. Unexpectedly, the cooked duck flew away in the final stage, causing me to lose a lot of money. I was also punished for this.

Some of my companions laughed at me."

Li Zhao: "Let me guess, they must be laughing at the fact that there are still people who would buy Team C to win these days!"

Ouyang Jingkang: "It's true, you can guess it too."

Li Zhao: "Isn't this the mentality of fans now? Why, you didn't buy this one too, did you?"

Ouyang Jingkang: "Yeah, I'm really wasting my time with them right now."

Li Zhao: "Brother, what do you want me to say? It's better to be less involved in gambling."

Ouyang Jingkang: "Don't worry, I'm not one of those gamblers. I know how much I should invest, but since I have invested, I still hope you can turn the situation around."

Li Zhao: "If you act like this, I will be under a lot of pressure. But I said in advance that no matter what the final result is, you must be mentally prepared. I don't play for anyone, just for the victory of the team, and nothing else.

None of the factors that exist can affect me.”

Ouyang Jingkang: "Understood! It's okay to just buy and you win from now on. Happy cooperation then!"

Li Zhao shook his head helplessly, he really didn't have much to do with this cousin.

At 23:30 Beijing time, the game officially started.

In the 4th minute of the opening, Uzbekistan got a left corner kick opportunity. After the corner kick was taken, it was pushed out by a member of the C national team and did not pose a threat. In the 6th minute, the C national team midfielder passed the ball directly to Lin Liangming, but it was too powerful.

The ball directly went out of the sideline. In the 8th minute, Huang Chuang's long pass from the backcourt was intercepted. Okilov took the ball and passed it diagonally to find Tulayev who was advancing. Unfortunately, the latter stopped the ball slightly. One minute later, Hu Jing

Hang took the ball from the right and made a pass that was blocked from the bottom line. Chen Yi took the corner kick and was cleared by the opponent's defender. In the 12th minute, Uzbekistan passed the ball outside the penalty area and hit the C national team behind, and Huang broke through Okilov.

Before catching the ball, he poked the ball out of the baseline. Then Kursanov took a left corner kick, and the first point was cleared by the C national team. Uzbekistan's second attack again created a corner kick. Kursanov took a corner kick, and Shuku

Luofu then inserted a header and hit the top slightly!

In the 16th minute, Okilov got the ball in the frontcourt and passed many defensive players of the C national team. When he was about to enter the penalty area, Li Xiaoming tackled him to the ground from outside the penalty area. Jamshed took the free kick.

Drawing a wonderful arc into the lower right corner of the goal, 1-0! In the 18th minute, the three frontcourt players of Uzbekistan continued to cooperate in the attack. Isadira took the ball from the left and passed it to Kursanov.

, the latter kicked directly from the outside and missed the goal. In the 21st minute, the C national team got a corner kick on the left. Chen Kerui's corner kick went to the front point, but the landing point was low and was pushed out by the opponent. In the 23rd minute, the C national team's frontcourt

The free kick went to the penalty area and Ibrok cleared the ball out of the baseline. In the 26th minute, Yao Gangdao stole the ball from the backcourt and went straight to Chen Yi, but he made a mistake. Then Uzbekistan passed the ball behind him, and Chen Wei struck out in time to confiscate the ball.

In the 28th minute, Komirov was given a yellow card for delaying a throw-in.

At this time, the C national team was completely passive. Looking at the situation on the field, Li Zhao took the initiative to ask Ying to play, but Su Maozhen did not let him play. Wanting to see the situation again, he hoped to put Li Zhao on the field in the second half.

In the 31st minute, Hamdamov took the ball in the frontcourt and passed the ball diagonally to Shukurov on the left. Unfortunately, he was too strong and went straight out of the baseline. In the 34th minute, Liu Hao took the ball in the backcourt and passed the center line, preparing to go over the top.

Looking for Lin Liangming, Islom was the first to clear the ball. One minute later, Hamdamov took a long shot directly from outside the penalty area and was blocked by the C national team defender. Hamdamov took the corner kick to the middle and Chen Wei attacked.

The ball was confiscated. In the 39th minute, Chen Yi passed an overhead ball from the outside of his instep near the midfield to the penalty area. Lin Liangming got the ball and faced the attacking Uzbekistan goalkeeper with a direct kick. In the 41st minute, Kursa

Nov got the ball on the left and forced a cut inside. Then he took a long shot from outside the penalty area. Chen Wei made a hard save and the ball hit the post and bounced out of the baseline! The C national team scored an unexpected goal in the 44th minute - the C national team started from the left.

On the offensive, Wang Jinxian shook continuously from the left side of the penalty area and then passed the ball in front of the goal. Hu Jinghang grabbed a header and hit the goal. The Uzbekistan goalkeeper missed the ball and leaked the ball directly into the goal, 1-1! And this score was maintained until the end of the first half.

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During the halftime break, Su Maozhen praised the players, and then said to Zhang Yuning and Li Zhao: "You two, get ready, we will let you play at any time in the second half."

Both of them nodded knowingly.

At the beginning of the second half, Su Maozhen did not make substitutions immediately. With the experience and lessons from the previous game, he knew that premature substitutions were not a good thing.

In the 47th minute, Uzbekistan attacked from the left. Okilov took the ball on the penalty area line and was cleared by Huang Chuang. In the 52nd minute, Uzbekistan got a free kick opportunity at the front of the penalty area. Shukurov's free kick bypassed

The wall hung directly in the far corner, but unfortunately it missed the crossbar and flew out. Then Lin Liangming took the ball in the frontcourt and was knocked down by Jamshed at the top of the penalty area. Chen Kerui took the free kick and hit the goal hard but was blocked. In the 56th minute, Komi

Love organized the attack, and Ibrok transferred the ball to Shukurov, who directly hit the goal and kicked it away. In the 59th minute, Uzbekistan made a pass from the right at a 45-degree angle. Okilov met the ball and rushed over from a small angle. Chen

Wei reacted quickly and saved the ball with both hands, and then quickly controlled the second point to get the ball.

In the 60th minute, Uzbekistan volleyed hard from outside the penalty area. Chen Wei hit the ball with a single punch. Then Ibrox kicked the ball into the empty goal! Su Maozhen made personnel adjustments, and forward Zhang Yuning, who scored the first goal, came on to replace him.

Hu Jinghang was the hero of this game's goal. In the 63rd minute, Zhang Yuning got the ball in the midfield. Hamdamov rushed up and tripped him. The C national team quickly took a free kick and passed it diagonally to the left. Unfortunately, Wang Jinxian was a little slow in advancing and the ball

Crossed the baseline. In the 68th minute, Hamdamov made a strong pass from the left wing and was blocked from the baseline. Kursanov took a corner kick and spun directly towards the goal, but Chen Wei held it over the crossbar with one palm.

At this time, Su Maozhen made another substitution, replacing another midfielder Chen Kerui with Li Zhao. Li Zhao, who had been waiting for a long time, was inexplicably excited and quickly entered the court.

In the 72nd minute, the opponent forced a breakthrough from the left and sent a cross. Ismailov, who was unmarked in front of the goal, missed the header with a header. The C national team escaped again. The goalkeeper took the goal kick, but after several passes

After a turning point, he was cut off by the other party.

In the 75th minute, Uzbekistan played a series of coordinated kicks at the front of the C national team's penalty area. The ball finally fell to Komirov's feet. Facing Huang Chuang's defense, he was about to shoot, but found that his feet were empty. It turned out that the ball had been quietly returned.

Li Zhao, who was retreating from defense, stole it. After Li Zhao got the ball, he passed it to Wang Jinxian on the wing, and he quickly broke in. After Wang Jinxian broke into the opponent's half, he passed the ball back to Li Zhao who was responding in the middle, and

Li Zhao continued to attack. After seeing forward Lin Liangming who was following up with him, he played a one-two and passed the opponent's last midfielder. After the ball returned to his feet, he saw Zhang Yuning who was unguarded on the other side.

, and quickly transferred the ball. Facing the goalkeeper, Zhang Yuning made a slight adjustment and shot, but unfortunately the ball still missed the goal frame slightly.

In the 83rd minute, the C national team finally had another chance. Li Zhao grabbed the ball in the opponent's half and then passed it straight to Lin Liangming. Lin Liangming rushed along the wing and faced the opponent's defender Jamshed.

At that moment, he once again passed the ball to Zhang Yuning, who was following up in the middle, but the latter was not prepared enough and did not touch the football. Seeing that the ball was about to roll out of the baseline, someone suddenly came and hit the ball while flying, and then the ball changed.

The route flew towards the far corner of the goal. The opponent's goalkeeper's reaction was obviously half a beat too slow. When he saw the ball flying over, he reached out to stop it, but it was too late. When he turned around, he saw the ball hit the inside of the post and bounced into the net.

.2-1, the C national team overtook the score.

"It's a pity that Zhang Yuning missed another great opportunity. Alas, wait a minute, someone from the left hit... the ball, the ball went in!! Well done, country C is in the lead." At this time, the center

The host on the TV station said.

After some excited words, he said again: "The goal was scored by this young player who just came on as a substitute. He is the youngest in the team. Let's take a look at the replay. This is after he fell to the ground and touched the ball.

The opponent's goalkeeper seemed stunned for a moment. When he reacted, the ball had passed over his head and then entered the goal. This was a wonderful goal. The situation on the field is now in our favor. We also hope that Country C

The team can seize this game and usher in its first victory in the group stage."

At this time, Li Zhao was also very excited. After getting up, he ran to the sidelines and spread his arms. There were also many C country fans in the stands at this time. The moment they saw the goal, they let out a big cheer.

Li Zhao enjoyed the cheers of the fans, and then was surrounded by other players and returned to the court, so the game could continue.

Before the end of the game, Li Zhao had another high-quality shot. His shot from outside the penalty area was powerful and heavy. If the opponent's goalkeeper hadn't reacted quickly enough to save it, the score would have been further expanded. And the final score was still fixed.
Chapter completed!