Chapter 753: Tianhe Sports Center Charges for the 5th Victory?

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At Tianhe Sports Center, Zhang Zhang Xiaohan, head of the Guangdong News Department, accepted an interview invitation from Xinhua News Agency.

"I recall this should be the men's national team's first official match at Tianhe Sports Center since 2016, and we very much hope Guangzhou can become a lucky city for our men's national team."

While speaking, Zhang Zhang Xiaohan wore a smile the entire time.

With the match imminent, this Guangdong native was in high spirits.

This should be Guangdong's first time hosting such a super-large-scale sporting event since the epidemic, not to mention it involves the men's football project, currently the hottest topic both domestically and internationally.

"Did you have any considerations when applying to become the match venue, or was the application process smooth?"

"Smooth, very smooth."

Zhang Zhang Xiaohan nodded with a smile: "Tianhe Sports Center is massive in scale and can fully meet the demands of the tournament; this is our advantage."

"Additionally, we know that Tang Ye is from Guangdong."

"Although not from Guangzhou, Foshan and Guangzhou are two closely connected cities, so strictly speaking, Tang Ye counts as half a Guangzhou native."

Zhang Zhang Xiaohan nodded at the reporter: "I believe playing in his hometown will allow Tang Ye to perform even better."

Click-click!

"Some fans suggest that playing in Guangzhou might bring mental pressure to Tang Ye; what is your view on this?"

"Hmm... I don't think so."

"This isn't my first day knowing Tang Ye; I've kept in contact with him since before the 2018 World Cup began, and even then I felt this young man was exceptional. Even when the national team was not favored, he had the ability to lead them into the World Cup knockout stage. At that time, I thought that even if we couldn't qualify for the Russia World Cup, we would definitely make it to the next one, but I didn't expect we would reach the knockout stage directly in the Russia World Cup."

Zhang Zhang Xiaohan recalled events from three years ago.

Back then, after the Chinese team pulled off an upset victory against Germany, all subways in Guangdong were free for one day, and after qualifying for the knockout stage, they were free for three more days.

It remains to be seen what the situation will be in Qatar next year.

"I feel that this level of pressure means nothing to an athlete of Tang Ye's caliber."

To avoid controversy, Zhang Zhang Xiaohan also mentioned some prior matters.

Guangdong began bidding for the Round 6 match venue in September, during which they had asked Tang Ye over the phone.

Simply put, holding the Asian Qualifiers at Tianhe Sports Center was not a unilateral decision by Guangdong officials; they sought Tang Ye's opinion, and only then confirmed that bidding for the Asian Qualifiers was appropriate.

"Regarding the recently hot online discussion about athlete Tang Ye running for a seat as a deputy to the National People's Congress, do you have any thoughts?"

"Hmm..."

Zhang Zhang Xiaohan still wore a smiling face.

"Trust our decision."

"This is the AFC Asian Qualifiers..."

"This..."

Bang-bang!

Bang-bang-bang!

Players from both sides had not yet appeared, but the fans in the stadium stands were already stirring with excitement.

The organizers allocated 3,000 seats to the away team, the UAE, but fewer than 400 people actually showed up on that side, making the away section look empty.

The home team section was entirely different, densely packed with people, without a single empty seat.

Fans rich in experience with concerts and large-scale sporting events could tell that this situation in the home section was definitely problematic.

Simply put, many ticketless fans had successfully sneaked in, creating the exaggerated scene of a completely full house.

"Tang Ye!"

"Tang Tang Qiuwang!"

"Tang Ye!"

"Tang Tang Qiuwang!"

"......"

The noise was loud; even the Chinese team players in the locker room could hear the commotion outside, and naturally, Tang Ye received no shortage of teasing.

"Is Tang Tang Qiuwang feeling a lot of pressure right now?"

"Haha!"

"It's all die-hard fans, damn; it has to be here in Guangzhou; having Evergrande makes a difference."

Guangzhou's football atmosphere is just as exaggerated as Dalian's.

As national team players, Zhang Zhang Linpeng and others felt this most acutely.

Different cities have different football atmospheres.

"Time to show off some skills."

Tang Ye paced in small steps inside the room, rubbing his hands from time to time: "I have a feeling I'll score at least two goals today."

There are many neighbors from Foshan among the crowd in the stands.

Everyone is watching.

If Tang Ye doesn't exert himself now, it's truly unacceptable!

"Alright, calm down a bit."

Escrivá walked over to Tang Ye, placed both hands on his shoulders, and pressed the Chinese team's number 10 straight back into his seat.

"Hey? What's wrong?"

Tang Ye acted innocent: "Can't I even score two goals?"

"What you need to do right now isn't score two goals; it's stay calm. Only by staying calm can you play a good match!"

Escrivá pressed his temples: "You play with your mind, not with passion!"

"Maintaining passion is what a striker should do!"

"It's all the same."

Tang Ye waved his hand; clearly, he did not quite agree with what Escrivá had said.

Seeing Tang Ye's reaction, Escrivá shook his head and decided not to say any more.

At twenty-two, Tom was obviously not as easy to educate as the seventeen-year-old little Tom from their first meeting.

Clap, clap.

"Alright, just as I said earlier, strikers should maintain passion. That is also our top priority for today's match."

His two hands waved nonstop in gestures the players couldn't understand: "Maintain passion, maintain offense! Although we won the previous few matches, just as I told you before, we still haven't fully unleashed our offensive advantage!"

"What we must do is strangle them! Use our midfield and forward line to encircle and crush them, giving our opponents no chance whatsoever!"

"If we win this match, we'll be first in Group B!"

Wu Lei and Wei Wei Shihao were already itching to go.

For today's match, the Chinese team chose to start directly with a 4-4-2 formation.

Changing from 4-2-3-1 to 4-4-2.

Change represents uncertainty, and uncertainty represents opportunity!

"Three, two, one!"

"China!"

"Let's go!!!"

"Deng deng deng deng deng deng, deng deng deng!"

"Deng deng deng, deng!"

Clap clap clap clap!!!

"China Media Group, China Media Group!"

"This is the live broadcast of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers..."

"The match has begun; now I will introduce the starting lineups for both teams!!!"

"China!"

"Awesome!"

"China!"

"Awesome!"

Not only in the stadium, but the Check Dongqiu Di homepage was also constantly flooded with "China is awesome" danmu comments.

Clearly, the fans didn't care much about the away team's starting lineup.

What they cared about more was whether the Chinese team would play awesomely in this match.

The camera switched, focusing on the east stand.

Besides the familiar face of Tang Tang Zhengxiong, there were also some officials from within and outside the province.

"4-4-2; it seems Escrivá is preparing to make some attempts in this match..."

"Mm, but strictly speaking, the previous match was the attempt; because that attempt succeeded, Escrivá could decide to use 4-4-2 today."

"I think this decision is quite wise; we've said some Chinese players might not keep up with Tang Ye's rhythm, so we can increase the number of midfielders."

"With enough people, hey, the coordination will naturally emerge."

United Arab Emirates (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: Al Hassaif

Forwards: Al Zaabi, Saleh, Cañedo

The United Arab Emirates kicked off, but after seizing possession, the Chinese team immediately launched their fierce attack.

This was Escrivá's demand of the national football players today.

They must dominate!

Use the midfield and forward line to ruthlessly suppress the opponent!

Zhang Zhang Linpeng brought the ball forward.

The full-back carried the ball past the center circle; Zhang Zhang Linpeng pondered his next move.

"Here!"

Hearing Zhang Zhang Xizhe's voice, Zhang Zhang Linpeng passed the ball to the center and continued running down the flank without the ball.

Weaving past defenders, he received his teammate's pass from ahead!

Perfect!

A standard one-two combination; Zhang Zhang Xizhe's through-ball was extremely precise, allowing Zhang Zhang Linpeng to maintain high speed as he drove down the flank after receiving it.