The so-called Mexican wave is definitely not fun in this game.
The starting players who warmed up near the game left one after another.
At 14:2, 22 starters from two teams formally lined up to enter the stadium.
Captain Lu Wenbin, wearing the No.6 jersey, led his teammates to follow the referee team on the court with the caddy.
After taking a group photo, playing the national anthem, shaking hands and picking sides, at 14: 03, fans cheered. With the whistle of the referee, the first match of China u23 Olympic Team vs Mexico u23 Olympic Team Group B of the 212 London Olympic Games officially kicked off at St. James’ Park Stadium in Newcastle, England.
Hundreds of millions of China fans at the scene and in front of the TV were waiting for Lu Wenbin to lead the Olympic team to win the first victory of the China Men’s Football Olympic Games.
The starting list of China team in this game is goalkeeper Jiang Peng, Dewey, Zhao Peng, zhou yun midfielder Wu Xi, Zhang Linpeng midfielder Cao Binding, Lu Wenbin and Baal striker Lei Wu.
Three overage players, Ceng Cheng and Dewey, members of Zhao Peng national team, Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, all appeared and occupied key positions in the backcourt, such as midfielder, central defender and goalkeeper, as well as offensive and defensive ability, Lu Wenbin and talented new star Lei Wu.
This is almost the strongest main force of China Olympic team. These players are the main force for training before the Olympic Games.
Not only is this the first game of the China Olympic Games, but it is also because Mexico, the biggest rival in Group B, China must play the strongest team.
Although China is the favourite to win the championship and Lu Wenbin is the world’s first superstar in offense and defense, China can’t be careless in the face of this powerful opponent in the first game.
After the start of the game, the China team stood on the defense and waited for the Mexican team to attack before hitting the opponent’s defensive counterattack
After all, except Lu Wenbin, the overall strength of the China team is still far from that of the world powers, especially Mexico, which is a real favourite to win the championship.
Although Lu Wenbin can lead the Olympic team and the national team to triumph in Asia, it is actually because the overall strength of Asian football is too low.
In former Asia, it was Lu Wenbin, the tiger who led one sheep to compete with the other 11 sheep and almost won by a big margin.
Now it is Lu Wenbin who left Asia and came to the Olympic stage. The tiger led a sheep to play with 11 wolves.
Although Lu Wenbin, the tiger, can single out several wolves, but he can pin down all the wolves, something will go wrong if he doesn’t pay attention to the backcourt.
Therefore, even Lu Wenbin didn’t dare to go too far ahead, but altruistic excellent defensive ability helped the backcourt defense and then waited for an opportunity to fight back.
How much gap there is between Lu Wenbin’s China team and the top teams in the world remains to be verified.
However, the China team was cautious, and the Mexican team was also very cautious in the face of Asian "weak teams" like China, and did not attack on a large scale
The reason is also afraid of being countered by Lu Wenbin.
After all, this is a group match, and Mexico doesn’t need China to fight to the death. If we can draw, this is the best ending.
Both teams played carefully, and as a result, half an hour passed and neither team scored yet.
Not only did I not score a goal, but I didn’t even shoot a few feet.
Lu Wenbin once took the ball to the frontcourt for a quick counterattack, but was about to enter the forbidden zone and was put down.
Although I got an Italian ball opportunity, I was too close and the Italian ball flew directly over the crossbar.
Neutral British fans have even begun to boo some players of the China team.
Lu Wenbin kept sounding and gesturing to his teammates to calm down. China doesn’t have to beat Mexico in the group stage, but it needs to qualify.
Lu Wenbin’s strength and status as a leader make his team talk more than a coach.
Lu Wenbin, the China team, stopped sticking to the backcourt and made a quick counterattack when he had a good opportunity to lure the snake out of the hole.
Not in Mexico. They don’t have a leader like Lu Wenbin.
All young people around the age of 23 can hold it for half an hour, but they can’t hold it any longer. After all, Mexico is the favorite to win the championship, not the weak team.
Therefore, after a stalemate with the China team for half an hour, some Mexican players could not help but stepped up their attack before the position.
Once, twice and three times, after attacking the goal of China team over and over again and China team didn’t fight back easily, Mexican players became more and more courageous. The power forward, midfielder and midfielder all crossed the center line and even the full-back was eager to try near the center line.
However, the Mexican attack failed to break China’s goal.
Ceng Cheng, Dewey and Zhao Peng, three over-age players, together with Wu Xi and Zhang Linpeng, formed a defense line, and Galu Wenbin and two full-backs helped Mexico to threaten China’s goal at close range.
The lack of shooting ability led to the Mexican team hitting a few doorframes, and the threat of hitting the doorframes twice was not great, which was easily resolved by Ceng Cheng
It’s quite exciting to see his team beating the world’s first superstar Lu Wenbin and leading the China team to play Mexican fans. The stands are screaming and cheering, and sometimes they can overwhelm the fans in China.
The fans cheered, and the young Mexican players became more and more excited and paid less attention to the defense in the backcourt.