In the Doha football stadium, the score of 4:0 was very eye-catching. However, it was not Qatar at home that was leading, but China.
As the host in 2022, they were actually at home and lost 0:4 in the first half against a Chinese team that had never lost in the past ten years.
For Qatar, this is definitely a nightmare score. And this is only the first half, there are 45 minutes of the second half. If Luo Wu continues to appear on the court, what will the final score be?
Qatar fans can’t even imagine it. Of course, the most anxious one must be Qatar coach Felix Sanchez. In the more than a year since he coached Qatar, the team has never conceded four goals in the first half. Now Qatar is on the chopping block.
Fish...
During the half-time break, he kept explaining how to defend Luo Wu's tactics. His current goal is actually very clear, which is to concede as few goals as possible. He has no idea of evening the score. He doesn't want this game to become his
The most painful failure in my coaching career.
But when the players from both sides stepped onto the court again, he rubbed his eyes because he did not see Luo Wu and Luo Wu did not appear on the court.
He got off.
The guy finally went down!
Ah~
Ahhhh~
His heart was filled with ecstasy, and the demonic Luo Wu finally went down.
If he were still on the court, his nerves would be broken.
Thank you Allah!
He did not thank God. He stayed in West Asia for a long time and habitually thanked Allah...
At this time, he felt relaxed.
The hearts of Qatari fans are full of contradictions. They want to see Luo Wu continue to perform, but they also want Qatar to lose less.
Luo Wu's replacement is Wei Shihao, and the two occupy exactly the same position.
At this time, Luo Wu was sitting quietly on the bench, and the camera was focused on him. Even if he was off the field, he was still the protagonist.
Now that he is no longer on the court, the flavor of the game is completely different.
The Chinese team with him is first-rate. Without him, the Chinese team has become third-rate in the world and second-rate in Asia. Although Zheng Zhi still controls the midfield, the forwards are too weak. Unlike Luo
When Wu is on the court, whenever Luo Wu gets the ball, he is a huge threat.
Although Wei Shihao has a few moments where he plays the left wing position, but it has little practical significance. He can pass people, but his passing and shooting are far behind.
As for Qatar, without the pressure from Luo Wu, their offense rushed towards the Chinese team's backcourt like a tide, and they got shooting opportunities one after another.
In the 56th minute, Qatar almost got a goal back, but forward Afif's shooting was so bad that any shot near the penalty spot could be turned into an anti-aircraft cannon.
Three minutes later, another striker Almoïse outflanked the right side and pushed the ball into the near corner, but the ball hit the side net.
In the 62nd minute, midfielder Hu He even pushed Khadim's cross over the baseline without being defended.
The Chinese team was almost suppressed in the 15 minutes of the second half. Only Wei Shihao completed a shot. Except that the goal was not breached, the rest of the performance was very embarrassing.
"came back."
"Everything familiar is back."
"This is the real Chinese team."
"well!"
Zhang Lu looked melancholy and sighed.
When Lippi saw that the situation was so bad, he made another substitution adjustment. This time he replaced Gao Lin with Dabao, and then adjusted the formation to 442, changing Wei Shihao from a winger to a full midfielder to increase the thickness of the defense.
This adjustment has slightly eased the defensive pressure of the Chinese team, but it has also weakened the offensive power. Wu Lei hides behind Dabao as the second forward. Although Yu Dabao is tall, he can't play the ball.
After playing for half an hour, the Chinese team still failed to get a second shot in the second half.
At the last moment, the unremitting efforts of the Qatari players finally resulted in a goal. Zhang Linpeng made a mistake at the right back position, allowing Madibo to complete the cross. Khadim finally completed a header in the penalty area.
, rewritten the score to 1:4.
Finally, at the end of the game, the score was 4:1, and the Chinese team won this friendly match.
Everyone who watched the game knows that the Chinese team was able to win this victory entirely because of Luo Wu. Without Luo Wu, the Chinese team might have lost this game?
As soon as the game ended, Luo Wu was surrounded by several Qatari players because they wanted to exchange jerseys with Luo Wu.
Luo Wu had no choice but to take off his coat and jersey, but he didn't know who to exchange with. Several people were rushing to exchange. This scene was really...
In the end, Luo Wu handed over the jersey to Al Rawi, who wore the armband of Qatar captain, and couldn't care much anymore.
After returning to the locker room, Luo Wu and Lippi did not appear at the post-match press conference. Lippi did not force it. After all, this was not an important game. Lippi finally brought the same scorer twice.
Wu Lei.
But during the interview, almost everyone's questions revolved around Luo Wu.
"Marcello, can you talk about the feelings of the Chinese team with and without Luo Wu?"
Lippi smiled slightly, knowing that the Qatari reporter in front of him was deliberately making things difficult for him, "Didn't you all see it?"
"Obviously, the Chinese team has always been ranked around 70. We are a very ordinary team that needs to rely on the team to win."
"But if you look at it personally, Luo Wu can be ranked among the top ten in the world."
"Without Luo Wu, our strength is the third-rate in the world, but with Luo Wu, we are at least the second-rate in the world. There is nothing that cannot be admitted. We have a world-class star in the team. With him, I even think that we
You can compete with any team."
"I'm very lucky that we are the ones who have him."
"We substituted Luo Wu in the second half because we were considering saving face for Qatar?" This question was asked by a Chinese reporter, which seemed to be a bit of a favor to Lippi.
But Lippi shook his head and denied, "No."
"I didn't consider Qatar's feelings. I just wanted him to come down and rest. There is no point in playing the whole game. I think we must leave a healthy Luowu to Arsenal. I believe the Qatari fans are already very satisfied and can appreciate it.
Such a wonderful performance.”
"Then will Luo Wu continue to participate in the second game?"
Lippi said:
"I think he won't participate. He has to go back to prepare for the Premier League. We have just received the latest news. The FA has re-imposed penalties. Luo Wu was only suspended for one game. I think the FA will do this this time.
A wise decision was made.”
"I heard that the Chinese team is naturalizing Brazilian players in order to participate in the 2022 World Cup?"
"I think there is ambiguity in this issue, because the matter of naturalizing players is not just done by China. Many countries are naturalizing players every year, such as France and the United Kingdom. They don't know how many foreign players have been naturalized.
, and China is just trying it for the first time. I personally think that under such good conditions today, naturalization is necessary. Our current goal is not only to enter the World Cup, but also to look forward to performing well in the World Cup.
"
This sentence contains a lot of information. Lippi just wants to express that he supports naturalization, and not only wants to lead the team to the World Cup, but also wants to achieve good results in the World Cup. The confidence is up, just naturalization
If so, he wouldn't dare to speak so loudly, but what if Luo Wu was added?
Then you must have ideals...
Later, Wu Lei was also asked many questions:
"Wurei, what's it like to play next to Luo Wu?"
Wu Lei's face was immediately filled with smiles.
"happiness."
"Happy as a flower."
"I never thought that the legendary pie-eating would happen to me one day!"
"Luo Wu's pass was great. All I have to do is prepare to shoot and send the ball into the goal. But to be honest, I am a little bit stressed now because I am afraid that I have wasted too many opportunities...
…”
"I don't want to be said by the fans that even a dog tied in front of the goal can score goals. I am not even as good as a dog..."
"It's like a dream, playing with one of the best players in the world, it's a real honor."
Well, the humorous Wu Lei actually chose to step on himself to contrast Luo Wu's performance. He can even say things that are worse than a dog. He is nearly ten years older than Luo Wu, but Wu Lei is still very humble. There is no way.
, Football competition is all about strength. Now that Luo Wu is by his side, the pressure on him has almost disappeared. For him, there are only good things and absolutely no bad things.
I don’t know what Luo Wu would think after hearing this, but at this time Luo Wu had already quietly left the Doha Stadium and secretly returned to the hotel.
I have communicated with Lippi in the locker room before, and he will not participate in the second friendly match. The second friendly match was against the UAE next door, but today's game said everything. He does not need to appear again. He might as well take his position.
Leave it to the other players, let everyone else practice, and wait until the main game.
At this time, media throughout Asia were reporting on this friendly match.
Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" rarely wrote in the headline - Because of Luo Wu, China has become the strongest team in Asia!
——One player can transform a team qualitatively. This has never happened in Asia before, but Luo Wu did it. In the future, the Japanese team’s strongest opponent in Asia will definitely be China! The Chinese team has become the 2019
The biggest favorite to win the Asian Cup.
South Korea's "Seoul Sports News" said sourly - if Son Heung-min can also perform like this in the national team, then the South Korean team can still beat the Chinese team! If Son Heung-min and Luo Wu are not involved, then the South Korean team can 100%
Defeat the Chinese team!
"Al Jazeera" - It only took Luo Wu 45 minutes to become the leader of the Chinese team. He is China's Maradona. In the next ten years, Chinese football will dominate Asia!
Thai media - didn’t they say that the strength of our national team surpassed that of the Chinese team in 2015? I absolutely don’t believe it.
Vietnamese media - woke up and found that Asia has a football giant!
As for China? Needless to say…
In Europe, a focus news about Luo Wu has also become a hot topic.
Italy's "Torino Sport" announced the 2018 Golden Boy Award nominees. A total of 60 young people were selected.
Young people from major wealthy clubs were shortlisted one after another, and Luo Wu's name was placed first. This is special treatment given to Luo Wu.
He only played four Premier League games for Arsenal and one friendly match for the Chinese team, so he is actually qualified to be a candidate for the Golden Boy Award?
Only five games!
There are too few games. The other 99 shortlisted players have played at least 10 games in 2018, right? Luo Wu only played 5 games, which seems really unreasonable.
But what if we go by the data?
In the five games Luo Wu played (including club and national team), he scored a total of 13 goals and 6 assists! In just five games, he averaged 2.6 goals and 1.2 assists per game. This
The data is also the most impressive in football history.
With 13 goals and 6 assists, compared to other finalists in 2018, his data is also the most impressive.
Therefore, there is no problem for Luo Wu to be selected for the Golden Boy Award!
Maybe, he still has a chance to win the championship? There is a huge, huge chance.
Of course, if you want to finally win the championship, you have to go through several rounds of selection. The 60 players have to be screened down to 40, then to 20, and finally selected from 5 players.
However, the betting company immediately announced the odds.
Luo Wu:1.3.
De Ligt:6.0.
Arnold:15.0.
Vinicius:20.0.
…
Okay, is there any suspense about this award?
Looking at the odds, the others are no match at all, right?
Unless something unexpected happens later, for example, the guy behind him performs super well and catches up with Luo Wu in terms of statistics.
Just like the odds of the Ballon d'Or before the World Cup final, Ronaldo was far ahead with 1.2. After the final, Modric's odds surpassed him?
But Luo Wu's situation is even more special. His current data is so much ahead. Unless he doesn't play in the next few months, who can kill him? It's impossible.
Even Luo Wu himself said that his goal is to catch up with Melo. When did he put his mind on the Golden Boy Award? He has never even peeked at this small award...
The European Golden Boy Award was founded in 2003 by Italy's Tuttosport. The award aims to select the best young players of the year. The selection targets must be young players under the age of 21 who are playing for European clubs. The selection panel is composed of
Composed of 30 journalists from media outlets in 20 European countries.
Most of the guys who won the Golden Boy were later kicked out, including Messi, Rooney, Fabregas, Aguero, Van der Vaart, Pato, Gotze, Pogba, Sterling, Martial,
Mbappe and more.
But the only guy who has won the Golden Boy Award and the Ballon d'Or Award is Messi...