Chapter 152: Namozov

"We lost 0:2 in the first round, so we have been driven to a dead end." In the home team's locker room, Uzbekistan captain Faruk Namozov was speaking to his own players.
Even the head coach Rasulov sided and gave the center of the stage to the national hero of Uzbekistan football.
Namozov once led the Uzbekistan national team to the Asian Cup runner-up, which is also the best result of the Uzbekistan national team in an international competition.
It was precisely with this performance that Namozov was elected the Asian Footballer of that year.
That was the most glorious time of Namozov's career, and now his career has come to an end, he hopes to be able to fulfill his dream in the final stage-leading Uzbekistan to appear on the stage of the World Cup historically.
Just looking at it now, hope is a little bleak.
After losing two goals in the first round, the national team returning to Uzbekistan was scolded miserably by the local media and fans.
Among them, the head coach Rasulov is under tremendous pressure.
Uzbekistani media and fans believe that Rasulov’s choice when falling behind two goals is too conservative. Instead, he should not choose to defend, but actively attack and strive to score an away goal.
If you can return to the home court with a score of 1:2, the second round of the game will be much better.
Now this score really makes many Uzbekistan fans feel desperate.
"That's fine, guys. We don't have to think about the ones we have, and we devote ourselves to this game and try our best to win. Stay focused..." Namozov put his hands against his temples," It is very important to stay focused in the game. Because concentration can make us more effective in fighting!"
Namozov waved his fists and gave a loud speech.
In the last round of the game, he also failed to perform at his own level, and he was also under tremendous pressure.
He had no complaints about this, and when he returned to Tashkent, facing reporters at the airport, he took the initiative to take all the responsibility for losing to himself.
At the same time, he also made a promise to fans across the country: "I will definitely score in the second round! We will definitely go to the World Cup!"
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"Although we defeated Uzbekistan 2:0 in the first round, it is not a very safe score to be honest with two goals. As long as Uzbekistan can score a goal at the beginning, the wind will immediately fall towards them. So the country The lads of the team must not be proud and underestimate the enemy just because they are two goals ahead, relax their vigilance..."
When He Feng said this, the second round of the two sides had already begun.
Uzbekistan, which played at home, changed the tactics of shrinking the defense in the first round, taking the initiative to attack and forging ahead.
With the cheering of nearly 70,000 fans, a stormy offensive was launched to the goal of the Chinese team.
Every Chinese fan I watched was terrified.
Will the Chinese team slack off after 2:0 in the first leg and lose a good game?
There are many such precedents in the past history of Chinese football. This is one of the important reasons why Chinese football has such a bad reputation. Everyone knows that you cannot be tripped by the same stone twice. I tripped on the same stone and I was addicted to it.
How many people can stand the fire on this kind of Chinese football?
Although in recent years, as the reform of Chinese football has deepened, many inherent impressions have been gradually reversed.
But something is deeply rooted in the bones, and that is the distrust of Chinese football fans in Chinese football.
At some critical moments, the scenes of "tragedies" in history can always awaken everyone's memory, allowing them to combine their immediate game with those painful memories.
To put it bluntly, those tragedies in the past have given Chinese fans a very strong "pessimistic mood". People who want to lose beforehand dare not want to win.
Even if there were some who were a little bolder, they will eventually be beaten by the cruel reality, and never dare to be arrogant.
This is the same as that paragraph:
I buy and lose every time the Chinese team matches. If the Chinese team wins, I am happy even though I have lost money. If the Chinese team loses, I am as happy as I won the money. In the end, I bought a new house with the money earned by betting on the Chinese team's loss...
To change this deep-rooted impression of Chinese football cannot be achieved overnight.
But change must have a beginning, otherwise the change will never happen.
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"The Chinese team withstood Uzbekistan's offensive and tried to counterattack..."
When He Feng said these words, he was a little relieved.
The stormy offensive of Uzbekistan just now made him very nervous, and he couldn't help being surprised when he explained the game.
In any case, we still withstood. Now you can take a breath and get ready for the next offensive...
On the court, the Chinese team launched an attack from the left.
Unlike the first round, Uzbekistan did not retreat cleanly to its penalty area when the Chinese team attacked. Instead, it launched a press in the middle and front court, hoping to start on the spot after the Chinese team attacked. Fight back.
This is of course because their tactical goals are different from the first round.
However, this also led to more open spaces in their defense.
After receiving a long diagonal pass from the backcourt on the right, Luo Kai drove forward with the ball.
Uzbekistan full-back Edol Otaguluf came up to defend him. He glanced at the empty space behind the opponent, without any fancy extra moves, directly pushed the football forward, and then forced overtaking at his own speed !
"Luo Kai...beautiful!! He ate Otagulufu raw with speed!"
Luo Kai, who succeeded in overtaking, did not continue to dribble the ball, but started to pass after catching up with the football.
The football drew an arc and flew into the penalty area.
Hu Lai rushed to the ball, kicking the ball without stopping!
Uzbekistan goalkeeper Hassan Abramov came forward and blocked the shot with his body.
The football hit his leg and bounced back, and Hu Lai, who had already finished the shot, immediately made a second reaction when he saw it. At that time, his body rushed forward, and it was too late to make other adjustments, so he simply took advantage of the situation and jumped forward!
Snatch the football into Uzbekistan's goal before Hamraev who made the siege!
The raging storm over the Tashkent Stadium suddenly stagnated.
No one in Uzbekistan's fans thought that the goal would come without warning, and the goal was... the Chinese team!
"Hu Lai!!! Ah ha ha ha ha!" He Feng laughed loudly, and he relaxed all at once. "Beautiful! Beautiful! A clean attack, Hu Lai scored! The Chinese team not only led Uzbekistan 3-0 in the total score, but also scored an away goal! Good Hu Lai! Good job! Luo Kai!"
After scoring, Hu Lai ran to do his signature celebration. Luo Kai did not go up to join in the fun, but slammed his fist where he completed the cross and celebrated alone.
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Looking at the Chinese players running to Hu Lai to celebrate the goal, Namozov kept taking deep breaths to force his mood to calm down.
Just now, when Hu Lai made a supplementary shot to top the goal, his heart seemed to be held tightly by some terrible force, unable to beat at all.
At that moment he seemed to be knocked down.
But in the end he still stood on the court.
He knew he could not fall.
Uzbekistan football has reached its most dangerous time, and he can't even fall.
"Pass the ball to me more." Namozov calmed down and turned to his teammates and said.
Everyone first looked at him with bewildered eyes, and then realized what their captain meant by saying that, so their fighting spirit regained all their faces.
A true leader doesn't need long speeches to boost morale, he just needs to tell people around him to pass the ball to him.
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After the game restarted, Uzbekistan, which was forced to a desperate situation, burst out with huge energy instead.
Whether it is the coach Rasulov on the sidelines or the players on the court, now there is no need to hesitate like the first leg.
Everyone knows what to do next-except for the offense, they have nothing to do with their best offense!
The Uzbek fans in the stands of the Tashkent Stadium cheered for the team with the loudest shouts and made the final fight for Uzbekistan's road to the World Cup.
Amid their cheering, Uzbekistan's offensive became more and more fierce.
The Chinese team players on the court have been beaten for a long time and can't pass halftime.
Hu Lai has changed from a center forward to a midfielder-returning to the front of the penalty area to assist the defense. Although there is not much he can do...
Even though Uzbekistan’s defense is all empty behind, the Chinese team has no way to pass the football up. Neither Chen Xingyi nor Luo Kai had the opportunity to take the football out with speed.
Uzbekistan's offensive is endless, really like a dark cloud. It brought tremendous psychological pressure to the Chinese team players in the storm.
In the first round, the Chinese team won relatively easily. Because of the conservative tactics of Uzbekistan's head coach Rasulov, it can be said that Uzbekistan was basically subdued without much resistance.
Many people may have forgotten that in history, the Chinese team played against Uzbekistan many times. In fact, they lost more and won less.
Finally before the end of the first half, Uzbekistan used repeated bombings to force the Chinese team's defense line to make a fatal mistake-when Namozov took the ball at the front of the Chinese team's penalty area, there was no Chinese team player. Go up and restrict him.
Namozov unceremoniously kicked a long shot!
The football roared into the restricted area of ​​the Chinese team like a gunshot, hanging straight into the dead corner of the goal!
Although goalkeeper Halde struggled to save ~EbookFREE.me~, he was still unable to make a long whip and could only sigh at the ball...
"Oh!" He Feng in the studio behind, holding his head with both hands, yelled regretfully and painfully. "The quality of Namozov's shot is very high! But why didn't any of us defend him before he took the shot? You know, Namozov's long-range shot is notoriously good!"
Yan Kang comforted him and comforted the Chinese fans in front of the TV: "Although you have lost a goal, don't panic or mess. We are still two goals ahead in total, and we have an away goal advantage... So as long as we don’t mess around, we can still win!"
After the goal, Namozov did not celebrate, but greeted the forward teammates in the penalty area and signaled them to quickly go to the goal to catch the ball, and then seize the time to put the ball in the middle circle, let the Chinese team kick off quickly, and the game will continue as soon as possible. .
Uzbekistan is still two goals behind in the total score, because the Chinese team already has an away goal advantage, so even if Uzbekistan scores two goals, it will still be eliminated.
But this is not the reason for Namozov to give up, he himself does not give up, nor will he allow his teammates to give up.