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Gao Zheng flew directly from Madrid to Shenzhen. As soon as he got out of the cabin and stepped on the trestle, he was covered in the oncoming heat wave.

In just a second, he felt that his whole body was covered by a layer of water film, even in his nostrils and alveoli.

He walked a few steps forward, and finally felt the coolness from the air conditioner, and the sticky feeling on his body disappeared.

In fact, he is no stranger to this feeling, because the place where he stayed before had a similar climate to Shenzhen, with high air humidity.

But being familiar with it doesn’t mean you like it.

Every time he came here, he still wasn't used to this feeling.

I feel like taking three showers a day is not enough.

When he knew that the Chinese team and the Hong Kong team had arranged their home court in Shenzhen, he was very curious. He wondered if the brains of the relevant leaders of the Football Association were also covered with a layer of water...

Shenzhen!

It is only across the river from Hong Kong, and the climate and food are not much different from Hong Kong.

So is this the Chinese team's home game, or Hong Kong's home game?

He thinks that the players on the Hong Kong team may be more adapted to the climate in Shenzhen than them...

To say that at the beginning, because I wanted to go to the Maldives away, I arranged the home game in Shenzhen, in order to shorten the schedule. The problem is that the Maldives does not have a home game now, and we will go north to Shenyang to compete with the Maldives. Then why not adjust the host of the match with Hong Kong?

Gao Zheng heard that the reason why the Football Association did not change the home venue for the match against the Hong Kong team was because the tickets for the match had already been sold out, and if the venue was temporarily changed, they would have to compensate the fans for their financial losses. The Football Association is unwilling to pay this money, and feels that with the strength of the Hong Kong team, even if they are more adapted to the climate here, they may not be the opponent of the Chinese team.

So they decided to continue this game in Shenzhen.

To put it bluntly, they are picky and look down on the Hong Kong team.

I feel that even in Shenzhen, I can beat my opponent.

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But when the game started, everyone realized that they were too optimistic.

The Hong Kong team, which came to play away games by bus, is indeed better adapted to the hot and humid weather in Shenzhen than the Chinese team.

Facing the Chinese team, the Hong Kong team set up a bus in front of the gate.

This is easy to understand, for them in the away game, a draw is completely acceptable, even if they give up the offense in this game, it is justified.

So as soon as the game started, the Chinese team, which was attacking with all its strength, hit the wall built by the Hong Kong team.

Although the Chinese team's offensive is fierce, their chances are not very good in the face of the defense of Hong Kong team Zhongzhi Chen Cheng.

In addition, the luck of the Chinese team seemed to be too bad-after Gao Zheng returned to do it in the first ten minutes, Zheng Zhi's long-range shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area hit the left post of the goal. Just one minute later, Zheng Zhi sent a through pass from the front of the penalty area. Wu Lei shot the empty goal with his right foot after passing the goalkeeper in the penalty area. Then there was a slight change of line, and then hit the right post and popped out...

"Ahhh! Two goalposts in a row! The Chinese team's attack was blocked by the goalposts!" The commentator Liu Hong shouted angrily.

He had a premonition in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it-two shots in a row were blocked by the goal post. Is this a bad omen?

You must know that this is our home field, but the goal of our home field is not on our side...

The subsequent development of the game seemed to gradually confirm Liu Hong's bad idea.

In the 36th minute, the Chinese team counterattacked after stealing the ball. Wu Xi sent a precise over-the-top pass from the frontcourt. !

In the forty-fourth minute, as the first half was coming to an end, the Chinese team's continuous attack created chaos in the penalty area of ​​the Hong Kong team.

It was received by Zheng Zhi there, followed by another long shot with his right foot.

But this kick hit the crossbar!

"Ah——! The fourth time! The fourth goal post! The Chinese team's home goal has blocked our goal four times in a row!!" Liu Hong questioned his soul: "Is this our home field? "

This question sounds very nonsensical at first glance, but in fact, it is really possible to accidentally tell the truth-although the schedule is arranged to be the home court of the Chinese team, judging from the performance of the players, this may be more like Hong Kong, China home field.

After all, Shenzhen and Hong Kong are only separated by a river, and the climate is also the same. The distance for the players from Hong Kong, China to play away games is much closer than that of the Chinese national team. The players in Hong Kong, China may not feel like they are playing away games.

So they appeared to be very confident when defending, and their tactical discipline was maintained quite well.

It looked like the goalposts helped Hong Kong four times in the first half, but otherwise, their defense was well organized.

Especially in the first half they didn't give Gao Zheng too many chances.

From their defense against Gao Zheng, it can be seen that Hong Kong, China really did a lot of homework before this game, and the defense was very tight, completely isolating Gao Zheng from the other players of the Chinese team.

No matter where Gao Zheng takes the ball, there will always be three Hong Kong players around him, using both hands and feet, trying to stop him.

Gao Zheng's best chance in the first half was his volley, which hit the door frame.

In this way, when the first half ended, the Chinese team and Hong Kong, China were still 0:0.

This score naturally made Chinese fans very dissatisfied.

After all, with the strength of the Chinese team, the victory should be sealed in the first half. As a result, the Chinese team still has the possibility of losing to the Hong Kong team.

After the intermission, the Chinese team was still on the offensive, but this time it was Hong Kong's goalkeeper Ye Honghui's turn to steal the limelight.

In the 54th minute, Gao Zheng took a long shot near the top of the free throw arc in the penalty area, and the ball was held out of the crossbar by Ye Honghui with a single palm.

Then Ye Honghui began to delay the time, facing the boos of the Chinese fans, he swayed the football again and again until the referee showed him a yellow card.

One minute later, Gao Zheng made a cross from the right side of the penalty area, and Wu Lei, who followed up in the middle, pushed the football with his right foot over the crossbar again.

Then Zhang Linpeng made a cross from the right, and Ye Honghui lifted Gao Zheng's header off the crossbar with one hand.

Three minutes later, Gao Zheng's free kick was also punched by Ye Honghui. Zheng Zhi stopped the football with his chest outside the penalty area and then volleyed it high.

Then the Chinese team's offensive slowed down because of the physical problems of the players.

The sultry and humid weather is obviously more suitable for the Hong Kong players. They seem to be able to handle it with ease, while the speed of the Chinese players has dropped significantly when there are some balls that need to be fought.

Hong Kong even had a chance to counterattack. In a counterattack in the 70th minute, striker McGee kicked the football high. Although we didn't score a goal, and it was ridiculously high, it shocked the Chinese fans into a cold sweat-this is just the beginning, there will be a second time for the first time, this time we are lucky, they hit high, then next time?

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Just when the Chinese fans in front of the TV and at the scene began to feel anxious, the deadlock was finally broken.

In the 73rd minute, after Gao Zheng stopped his teammate's pass in the penalty area, he turned around and shot.

This time, Hong Kong goalkeeper Ye Honghui, who performed well this time, was also helpless. Although he made a save, he failed to touch the football.

Gao Zheng's turn around and shot was a little unreasonable. At that time, four players from Hong Kong, China were surrounded by him. Gao Zheng ignored them at all, first stopped the flying ball with his right foot, and then volleyed with his left foot while turning around.

Because the line of sight was completely blocked, Ye Honghui was obviously slow in making saves.

"Gao Zheng!! Gao Zheng! Beautiful!! Beautiful!!! This is the key goal!!!" Liu Hong raised his arms and shouted from the commentary booth. The emotions he had been suppressing before could finally be vented.

Not only him, but all the Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV jumped up and cheered heartily.

Gao Zheng's ball seemed to have opened the pressure relief valve.

Although this goal came a bit late, better late than never-this is everyone's mood at this moment.

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Ye Honghui was lying on the ground, and there were several other Hong Kong players like him. Although the game is not over yet, looking at their performance at this moment, it seems that the referee has already blown the final whistle.

In fact, their performance in this game is already very good. The defense against Gao Zheng can be said to be very successful. Considering their strength, it is even more commendable to be able to do this.

But unfortunately, there is still a gap in strength, otherwise their defense line would not be penetrated by Gao Zheng.

Even Liu Hong praised the fighting spirit shown by the Hong Kong players.

Of course, he has the leisure to praise his opponent because Gao Zheng's goal helped the Chinese team take the lead. Otherwise, Liu Hong wouldn't be so graceful.

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In the end, with Gao Zheng's goal, the Chinese team defeated Hong Kong, China 1-0 at home and won two consecutive victories in the top forty, but this did not help the Chinese team become the first in the group.

First in the group is Qatar.

Although Qatar only beat the Maldives 1-0 away in the first group match, in this group match they beat Bhutan 15-0 at home, saving enough goal difference. With the same six points as the Chinese team, he became the first in the group.

Although the Chinese team won against Hong Kong, China, they only got a goal difference, which put them at a temporary disadvantage when they competed with Qatar for the first place in the group. (=easy to read novels)