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Although Gao Zheng repeatedly emphasized in the interview that this is not a "battle of revenge", in the minds of public opinion and fans, this is a "battle of revenge". For this game, more than 25,000 fans came to the Wuhan Sports Center, which can accommodate 30,000 people.

Everyone wanted to come and witness the historical moment when the Chinese team took revenge on the Thai team under the leadership of Gao Zheng.

In fact, in the history of the confrontation between Chinese football and Thai football, the Chinese team has an absolute advantage.

However, there are always a few defeats that will deeply hurt the nerves of Chinese fans, as if the previous advantages are gone.

For example, at the Asian Games held in China in 1990, the Chinese men’s football team met the Thai team in the knockout round of the Asian Games football event. Before that match, no one would have thought that the Chinese team would lose to Thailand at home. Everyone did It is the dream of the Chinese team to win the gold medal in the Asian Games.

As a result, in that game, the Chinese team lost 0:1 to the Thai team in an upset and was eliminated.

The day of the game was still National Day, and people all over the country were counting on the Chinese men's football team to present a big birthday gift to the motherland, and it turned out to be the most troublesome National Day in the end.

In that game, the Chinese team surrounded the Thai team and blocked the goal. As a result, the Thai team scored a goal in a counterattack.

It can be said that the impact of losing that game was even greater than the subsequent 1:5 loss to the Thai Olympic team.

Every time the Chinese team loses to the Thai team, there will always be fans who are surprised to say that the Chinese team can even lose to the Thai team, which is really rotten.

But these people only need to move their fingers to search the fighting history of the two sides, and they will find that it is not the first time that the Chinese team has lost too much, and it is not the first time that Thailand has caused harm to Chinese football at some important moments. This is actually an opponent that cannot be underestimated.

Even from the perspective of modern football, the characteristics of the Thai team's Xiaokuailing are actually very restrained in the style of Chinese football.

And since Zhu Guanghu's Chinese team lost 0:1 to the Thai team in the warm-up match in 2007, the Chinese team has not won against Thailand until now. They have faced each other four times in seven years, 0:1, 3:3, and 1 respectively. :5 and the freshly released 0:2 at this year's Asian Games.

Originally, the historical record was superior to the Thai team, but the situation suddenly reversed, which made it difficult for many Chinese fans to accept such a result.

In fact, if you analyze it carefully, Thai football has been seriously engaged in youth training, while Chinese football has been engaged in X**.

The failure at the Incheon Asian Games is the most powerful proof.

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Gao Zheng is very dissatisfied with the attitude of the Thai Football Association. He thinks this is a typical disrespect for the opponent and the game. This game was finalized a long time ago. This is an international friendly match, and it is an A-level event.

For a game of this level, even European clubs must release players, but Thailand dared to stop twelve players from coming to China.

The agreed twenty-seven people turned into fifteen people in the end.

And not only did only fifteen players come, they didn't even come to the head coach.

Although the assistant coach Promrut who led the team this time said that the head coach Seleman will not be in charge of coaching the Thai team after the Asian Games, it is actually the Thai media reporting that Seleman is on vacation, and this game If a substitution is really needed, assistant coach Promrut may even replace himself...

Tell me what is this called?

In a regular international A-level competition, there are only fifteen people including substitutes and main players. The head coach does not come, and the assistant coach leads the team, and they have to play in person at critical moments... Is this an international A-level competition? Those who didn't know thought it was a team training match.

If world champions like Brazil and Argentina put on such airs in the face of China's invitation, they are the world's football powers anyway. When will Thailand be able to put on airs in front of the Chinese team?

Just because they won the Chinese team twice in a row?

Gao Zheng was very angry.

Very serious consequences.

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In the third minute of the game, Gao Zheng received a pass from his teammate in the penalty area. He first stopped the football with his chest, and then swung his foot to shoot.

This shot was powerful and heavy. Although the most experienced goalkeeper in the Thai team-76 times-the most experienced goalkeeper Hateratanakur made a save, he was not able to touch it. football.

The football flew over his fingertips and into the goal!

"The goal is scored! It's unbelievable! Just three minutes into the game, the Chinese team took the lead! Gao Zheng!!"

Accompanied by the cheers of the commentator Duan Xin, it was the shouts of the fans of the Chinese team.

Gao Zheng, who scored the goal, didn't celebrate. He turned around and ran back calmly, and didn't intend to go to the goal to catch the ball.

And his teammates didn't come up to hug him and drag him into the celebration-Gao Zheng had already greeted his teammates before the game, and he won't celebrate because of a goal in this game of. He revealed the reason to everyone: "It's normal to score goals against Thailand's third team. I don't think there is any need to celebrate."

The star of the national team has said so, what other opinions can others have?

Naturally, they all agreed.

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After taking the lead in the opening three minutes, the nervousness of the other players in the Chinese team disappeared immediately—some people may wonder, what is there to be nervous about playing against Thailand?

But in fact, this is the case. The more people pay attention to the game before the game, the more nervous they are. Especially when the opponent is theoretically weaker than them, this nervousness will be infinitely magnified. Because for everyone, it is normal for them to win the game, the key is to win a few.

If they only win a goal or two, or don't win at all, expect to be criticized by fans and the media all over the country.

In such a situation, because I want to win, I am particularly afraid of losing.

Coupled with the notoriously poor psychological quality of the Chinese team players, they will naturally perform abnormally under pressure.

But now after Gao Zheng's goal, the big stones in the hearts of others have been put down-after all, they have Gao Zheng who is in such a good state.

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Gao Zheng is indeed in excellent form today, or he is holding back his anger and wants to vent it.

Let him fly back from thousands of miles, but in the end he played this kind of low-quality game and low-level opponents. Now he just wants to vent his fire on the third team in Thailand.

In the thirteenth minute, he scored twice with a long shot.

Just one minute later, he was fouled and fell to the ground by the opponent at the front of the penalty area of ​​the Thai team. Not only did the opposing player get a yellow card, but he also won a free kick.

And the free kick he personally took, bypassed the wall without any suspense, and flew into the goal for the third time.

In the opening 14 minutes, the Chinese team led Thailand 3:0 at home, and Gao Zheng completed a hat-trick in just 11 minutes.

"Hat-trick! Gao Zheng! Wow!" Duan Xin cheered, "How long has it been since the Chinese team had a player who performed a hat-trick? The last time we had a hat-trick was in the warm-up match before the 2002 World Cup. Coincidentally, At that time, the opponent of the Chinese team in the warm-up match was Thailand! Su Maozhen performed very well in that game, scoring three goals in a row, helping the Chinese team to complete the reversal after conceding one goal first..."

When Duan Xin said this, he was very happy, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, you will find that there is a sense of sadness.

Because after a lapse of twelve years, we finally waited for someone who could perform a hat-trick in the national team game.

This shows what?

In the past, the Chinese team never worried about not scoring goals. Twenty or thirty years ago, when people ridiculed the top three in East Asia, they always said: Japan's midfielder is the first in Asia, but the quality of forwards is the lowest in Asia, so Japanese fans are particularly envious of China's outstanding forwards.

But I don't know since when, Chinese football can't produce forwards who can score goals. Before Gao Zheng, Gao Lin, who played as the main striker in the national team, was notorious for scoring few goals. He was better at creating opportunities for his teammates and making the ball, rather than destroying cities by himself.

Chinese football, which has never worried about forwards, has fallen into the trap of "weakness"...

Sad or not?

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In fact, although the lineup of the Thai team was seriously disorganized, the players still played very hard. Their tactic was to defend and counterattack. I hope to wear down the patience of the Chinese team by relying on defense, and then use counterattacks to attack.

This tactic was fine, but they encountered Gao Zheng who was full of anger.

In front of Gao Zheng like this, I am afraid that all the main players of the Thai team will not fare well, let alone such a third Thai team.

The cheers at the Wuhan Sports Center never stopped, and the Chinese fans even played the Mexican wave after Gao Zheng's hat-trick.

Even if it is playing against Thailand, Chinese fans rarely feel so relaxed like this.

And Gao Zheng, who has already completed a hat-trick, has not stopped his goal. In the 25th minute, he jumped up and smashed the football into the goal of the Thai team with his head. Duan Xin said Gao Zheng was bullying the Thai defender and goalkeeper. They are short, so they are not very good at heading, but he can score with his head. ball...

In the 31st minute, Gao Zheng made a supplementary shot from the penalty area and scored his fifth goal of the game.

In the 39th minute, when the Chinese team attacked, Gao Zheng successfully reversed offside. He single-handedly faced the attacking Thai goalkeeper, knocked him to the ground, and shot an empty goal. This was his sixth goal of the game.

In fact, the Chinese fans are a little numb. When Gao Zheng scored the sixth goal, the cheers were obviously not as loud as before.

But Gao Zheng was not numb. In the 44th minute, near the end of the first half, he scored another goal.

So whether it is Gao Zheng vs. Thailand, or China vs. Thailand, the score is a shocking 7:0!

The Chinese fans in the stands were stunned, while the Thai players on the field wanted to cry, and the assistant coach of the Thai team was dumbfounded.

No one expected that this game would become like this.

Even the Chinese fans who clamored for revenge before the game don't know what words to use to describe their complicated mood at this moment.

They wanted revenge, but Gao Zheng scored 7:0 in half the game...

Who said before the game that this wasn't a "Battle of Revenge"?