Before the game, Zhao Yaning also analyzed this question: How much stronger is Ukraine's strength than the Chinese team?

Although they have a world ranking fifteenth for reference, the world ranking fifteenth must have overestimated Ukraine - world ranking is not reliable after all. It has a lot to do with the winners and losses of a team. Sometimes, the references for teams playing games are different and the comparison results are different, so it is naturally inevitable that they will not be accurate. For example, Ukraine, because of seven wins, two draws and one loss in ten matches, their points are too high, and they suddenly jumped to the fifteenth place. However, because of poor grouping, the points are even worse than them. Not to mention extreme examples such as Germany, now the ranking has fallen out of the top ten, but everyone knows that it is because they are the hosts and do not have to play in the World Cup qualifiers. If the game is much less than others, the points will naturally be much lower.

If Ukraine had to compare its strength, Zhao Yaning felt that as a former Soviet Union, they might be lower than Russia, which did not reach the World Cup finals.

If the Chinese team with Zhao Yaning is a third-rate team in the world, then even if Ukraine is stronger than the Chinese team, they are at most just strong in the first half, between second-rate and third-rate. Of course, Zhao Yaning's habit of separating is that the first level is the level where the championship is possible, the second level is the level where the semifinals are possible, and the third level is the level where the group qualifying level is - he is not interested, so he will divide the top 16 of the quarterfinals.

Although Ukraine is good, their strength is slightly worse than that of the first-tier countries such as Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, and Argentina. Even second-rate teams such as Mexico, England, Portugal, and Cameroon. It is estimated that they are facing the Chinese team, and they are more excited than China to face them. Maybe they are still cheering at this time.

However, Zhao Yaning relaxed his mind at this time: now, the Chinese team is the only remaining Asian teams. The other national teams were all eliminated in the group stage, and without exception, they were eliminated at the bottom. The pressure from Zhao Yaning was no longer there. In the following game, winning is considered a profit, and it doesn’t matter if you lose.

At this time, the domestic media still had high hopes for this game. After all, Zhao Yaning showed excellent form in the previous few games. He adjusted to the best in both technical and physical condition, and obviously prepared for this World Cup game. He was able to squeeze out the French team and win the first place in the group. Moreover, the opponent in the knockout stage changed from Spain to Ukraine, and the morale of the Chinese team also reached its peak. The current Chinese media naturally hopes that the Chinese team will take another more critical step and win a knockout match.

"As long as Zhao Yaning can persist in playing his high level, he will be able to successfully lead the Chinese team to the quarterfinals! Although Ukraine has Shepchenko, Shepchenko is old after all, and after experiencing a counterfeit case, Shepchenko's current state will definitely be affected. At this time, it is a great opportunity for Zhao Yaning to defeat Shepchenko. In 2005, Zhao Yaning had already made Shepchenko fail once, and this time, Zhao Yaning will definitely make Shepchenko uncomfortable!"

The attitude of Chinese media is very optimistic, while most European media believe that it is difficult to judge who will win this game.

"If we look at the overall strength, Shepchenko's Ukraine is naturally superior. But if we look at the personal state, Zhao Yaning's state in this World Cup is really outstanding. The goal against the French team is definitely great, Vieira, Marklele, Sanior, Toulam, Abidal, Batz - scored a goal of a thousand miles of one-on-one ride on such a defense line. This goal is obviously one of the few in this competition.

The highlight. Later, when playing against Switzerland, the grab in the penalty area was even more shocking. Such speed and explosive power are definitely rare in football history. Zhao Yaning is in a good state, with four goals in three games, and such a state is rare. The existence of such a player is enough to make a weak team extremely threatening. Whether the Ukrainian can defend Zhao Yaning will be the key to determining the outcome of the game."

In the sixteen-to-eight match, except for the Netherlands, Portugal, France and Spain, there was nothing that could be called a strong match. Therefore, this pair of matches that could be called the meeting between the two weak matches attracted a lot of attention: both teams are called one team by the media, and in this World Cup, Ukraine entered the knockout round for the first time, and the Chinese team also advanced to the knockout round for the first time. Zhao Yaning and Shepchenko's outstanding performance ensured the performance of their respective teams. They met now and were also extremely eye-catching.

When the game started, with the whistle blowing, Zhao Yaning immediately felt that this was the case: Ukraine's strength did not have an overwhelming advantage when it faced the Chinese team.

The best thing they are the pair of forwards on their forward line. Needless to say, Serchenko is, and Voronin is also a very outstanding forward. Milan is a strong team, and Bremen is also a strong team in the Bundesliga. When they are both, Ukraine's strength is naturally highly regarded.

The Chinese team did not dare to relax at all about them. In this game, the Chinese team no longer had the slackness of the match against Togo. They were almost playing against France, and it was difficult for Ukraine to make a hole in the Chinese team for a while.

This is consistent with people's impression: these two teams are actually very vulgar. Their ability to advance is more due to their excellent attacks, but more due to their steady defense and the personal shining of the stars in the frontcourt. What they are used to is not to play goal battles with the enemy, but to win with one goal.

But such a game is also good: everyone wants to see who has the stars more dazzling.

This is exactly what Zhao Yaning wants. What he wants is exactly how to play such a game with fewer goals. After all, when playing against a strong team, what Zhao Yaning needs to do is almost to break through the opponent's entire defense line by one person. If one can succeed once or twice, Zhao Yaning has this confidence, but if it is a big score game, if it is a ten or eight consecutive times, Zhao Yaning will not believe that he can do it.

However, Ukraine's defense is indeed good. It is obvious that only one Shepchenko is not enough. Zhao Yaning tried to break through twice, but the opponent's defense was very tight, and he lacked a teammate who could open up space or cooperate with the pass and match. He tried twice in a row, but none of them could succeed. Although Zhao Yaning now has superhuman ability and consciousness, the opponent also has a turtle consciousness: they just guarded steadily in the backcourt, and the number of people who were deploying near the penalty area has always exceeded five people, and what Zhao Yaning needs is to take it all the way through half the game. Such a way of playing is unlikely to break into it. When playing against France again, a thousand-mile single ride? Zhao Yaning believes that he dares to do that, and the opponent dares to knock him down even if he fights a red card.

In the whole first half, Zhao Yaning did not find a suitable opportunity. Ukraine played very steadily. Their style of football is what Zhao Yaning is most afraid of now.

But soon, at the beginning of the second half, Zhao Yaning discovered that the style of their game had changed.

"It seems that Ukraine wants to attack now."

At this time, the Ukrainian team had already come out. After several simple passes, they easily played the ball through half. This action made Zhao Yaning a little excited, and he began to carefully observe the opponent's backcourt area.

He did not participate in defense in the past. He knew that at this time, what he should do was not participate in defense, but prepare for the offense.

In the frontcourt, Daewoo started this game. His condition has never been very good. He played a little badly in these games. Zhao Yaning does not expect much from him. But in the backcourt, the Chinese team is already the strongest. Zhao Yaning’s only idea now is to let them find a way to pass a ball to himself so that he can make a decent attack.

Shepchenko got the ball in the frontcourt at this time. He was hit by Zhao Junzhe and Li Datou at the same time. He tried to break through Li Datou, but Li Datou grabbed his jersey, making him unable to succeed. Shepchenko could choose to fall at this time, but he still thought about scoring a goal with his own strength.

He tried hard to shake off Li Datou's entanglement, dodged half of his body, and then kicked the ball towards the goal.

Du Wei blocked this. After he took the ball, he kicked it directly into the frontcourt. Zhao Yaning immediately rushed up. The ball was not well landed, but Zhao Yaning still grabbed the first point, and then accelerated with one step and rushed directly to the Ukrainian backcourt.

"Zhao Yaning got the ball! Zhao Yaning started a high-speed attack! He rushed very quickly!"

Zhao Yaning was running with all his might at this time. There were three players near the opponent's penalty area. There were not many people, but the position was very good. They pinched Zhao Yaning's inward cut line tightly, forcing Zhao Yaning to run towards the bottom line.

At this time, Dayu appeared in front of the goal. There was almost no one around him to defend. In addition to the goalkeeper, he also put some energy on him, and the defenders let him go.

What should I do?

Zhao Yaning still chose to pass the ball.

His position was too bad, almost forced to the bottom line position, at a zero-degree angle position, it was too difficult to shoot at such a position. However, Daewoo's position was less than ten meters in front of the goal, and he had a great chance in such a place.

Although he is doubtful about Daewoo's condition, at this time, handing the ball to Daewoo is the best choice for a professional player.

Get your feet, pass the ball!

Zhao Yaning's fake shot obviously deceived the defender very well. When he took his foot back, he gently pushed the ball with his right foot and pushed the ball out of the crack. The pass was hidden enough, and the defenders didn't have time to react, and even the goalkeeper missed the ball. When Daewoo received the ball from the back point of the goal, the front of him was already open.

Get up and shoot!

Accompanied by a loud cheer, Zhao Yaning could see that Daewoo kicked the ball into the net against the empty goal. This is the best opportunity since the opening. Zhao Yaning did not choose the wrong person he trusted. Daewoo scored the goal and the Chinese team won a 1-0 lead!

"Daewoo scored an excellent opportunity! We can see that he faced almost an empty goal, and with a very good attitude, he scored the first goal for the Chinese team! The Chinese team is now leading 1-0, and the Chinese team leads Ukraine!"

Dayu raised his head and shouted to the surroundings. Zhao Yaning also smiled: He didn't expect that this ball could score. But when he saw the ball enter the net, he was extremely excited.
Chapter completed!