King of the Zone

Perhaps it is because of the different importance and nature of the Olympic Games held every four years to a country. Although the competition is only at the U23 level and is not considered a professional competition, the experience rewards given to Cheng Hai by the system are quite generous. A goal is 100 million experience, which is 10 times that of the Asian Cup.

这一场奥运会小组赛，程海总共获得了1个助攻50万、2个进球200万、当场最佳100万、比赛获胜200万，加起来总共550万的经验。

After the game, the Huaguo media and fans reveled in the victory of the game.

Because this is the first victory of the Chinese Men's National Olympic Team in an official Olympic Games, it is of historic significance.

What's more, Mexico is the strongest player in this group other than the Hua Guo team. After defeating Mexico, the Hua Guo team has a bright future.

Huaguo men's football may advance to the knockout round of the World Series for the first time.

因此，尽管3-0的比分不是很大，跟程海前几场在国足赢黎巴嫩等球队的10-0、6-0、5-0差得多，但还是让华国媒体和球迷相当兴奋，宛如过年。

However, in the eyes of the media and fans in other countries, Cheng Hai only scored 2 goals and [-] assist in this game, which is really a bit substandard.

Compared with the 10-0 Lebanon game, the gap is too big, which is a bit unbearable.

Even though Mexico is stronger than Lebanon, this is only a U23 game, not an adult national team game. How can Mexico's defenders stop the Champions League and kill the four-square sea?

The Huaguo media's explanation was that the Huaguo National Olympic team's first Olympic game, other players were nervous and in poor condition, which dragged Cheng Hai down.

However, foreign media still believe that Cheng Hai may not be so ideal as a midfielder.Otherwise, it would not have slipped from 10-0 to 3-0 all the way from the National Football Team to the National Olympics.

According to this trend, if we play two more games, wouldn't the Huaguo Olympic team led by the world's number one superstar Cheng Hai be about to lose to their opponents?
Of course, everyone has highs and lows, and it's too early to draw a conclusion on a game. Everyone is clamoring to see Cheng Hai's performance in the next Olympic game.

What is even more beneficial to the Chinese team is that in another group match in the same group, Switzerland and Gabon drew 1-1.

In this way, the Hua Guo team ranked first in the group with 3 points and 3 goal difference, Switzerland and Gabon ranked second and third, and Mexico was at the bottom of the group.

As long as the Huaguo team wins one more game, they will qualify for the group stage ahead of schedule.

The next day, the London Olympic Games officially opened, and the whole world officially entered the quadrennial Olympic carnival cycle.

Subsequently, on July 7, the second round of the group stage began one after another. Group B took the lead in the match between Mexico VS Gabon.

Mexico is indeed the strongest team in the group except China. It easily defeated Gabon with a score of 2-0, scored all three points, and gained the initiative to qualify for the second place in the group.

2012年7月29日下午17:15，随着来自玻利维亚的主裁判奥罗斯科的一声哨响，华国国奥VS瑞士国奥的伦敦奥运会小组赛B组第二轮第二场比赛在英国考文垂市体育场正式开始。

Although they failed to win the first group match, Switzerland, like Mexico, did not compete with the Hua Guo Olympic team in this game.

Because fighting with the Hua Guo team, the chance of winning is too small.

It's better to save energy and fight against Mexico in the last group match.

Even if they lose this game, as long as Switzerland can win the last direct match against Mexico, they can still qualify for the second place in the group.

Therefore, in this game, Switzerland, like Mexico, hoarded heavy troops to defend in the backcourt, and the central idea was to lose less and win more.

Naturally, the Huaguo team would not be polite with such treatment, so they regarded it as offensive training.

Different from the first game, except for Cheng Hai, Zhang Linpeng, Hao Junmin and other national team players, the players in the first game were very nervous. They didn't cooperate well with Cheng Hai, and they only won 3-0 in the end.

With the adaptation from the previous game, everyone's on-the-spot performance in this game will be much better.

In the 8th minute of the opening, Cheng Hai sent the ball to the top of Dong Xuesheng, who was standing at the top of the penalty area with his back to the goal, with a pick pass in the frontcourt.

Although Dong Xuesheng's height of 188cm and weight of 82kg cannot be compared with Cheng Hai's physique, he can still stabilize his figure and get stuck in the position when Cheng Hai attracts most of the defensive attention.

This time, Dong Xuesheng played a key role, occupying the landing point, and successfully ferried the ball passed by Cheng Hai to the winger Rao Weihui on the left side of the penalty area.

Rao Weihui also had his back to the goal, and the opponent's defender was close to defending, so he couldn't turn around and shoot.

But he doesn't have to turn around and shoot, he just needs to get the ball where it needs to be.

This time Rao Weihui also played very well. Facing Dong Xuesheng's header, without stopping the ball to adjust, he used the instep of the ball to pad the ball and sent it to a position near the penalty spot in the penalty area.

Cheng Hai, who had passed the ball to Rao Weihui, was rushing towards it.

Although Cheng Hai is as eye-catching as a firefly in the night sky, his off-ball movement after passing the ball, whether it is the erratic movement or speed of the movement, is not something the Swiss defenders can keep up with.

Two Swiss defensive players were left behind by him to eat ashes. Although a defender rushed over from the inside of the penalty area, he wanted to fly to tackle the ball and destroy it out of the penalty area.

But Cheng Hai's speed and explosive power are faster than him.

In a blink of an eye, Cheng Hai rushed into the penalty area like a cheetah, volleyed against the ball passed by Rao Weihui, and kicked the ball to the lower left corner of the Swiss goal.

Then Cheng Hai lost his center of gravity and was knocked to the ground by the guard who rushed over from the side.

But it didn't help the matter anymore, the ball kicked by Cheng Hai had already slammed into the lower left corner of the goal against the far post.

Although the goalkeeper Benaglio made a save, Cheng Hai's shot was too fast and the angle was too tricky. In the end, he was beyond his reach and could only watch the ball go into the net.

In the 8th minute, the Hua Guo team played an exquisite aerial pass in the frontcourt, and finally Cheng Hai sent the ball into the Swiss team's gate.

The Chinese team led 1-0.

Huaguo fans at the scene and in front of the TV burst into warm applause and cheers.

Sure enough, the Swiss team was the same as Mexico. Even though the score fell behind, they still did not take the initiative to attack, giving the Chinese team a chance to counterattack.

Breaking the dense defense is a big problem for any team, even if the Hua Guo team has Cheng Hai.

Fortunately, Cheng Hai's super personal ability can threaten the opponent's goal with long shots.Even if the goal cannot be scored, it may cause a corner kick or a free kick to get another chance to attack the goal.

Although the Swiss team tried their best to accumulate all the manpower in the backcourt to defend, and destroyed many offenses of the Huaguo team.

However, their goal was broken again in the 37th minute.

The goal this time was a corner kick caused by Cheng Hai's long-range shot outside the penalty area, and then Cao Yunding took a corner kick. Cheng Hai used his strong physique, jumping and header ability to grab the first point in the penalty area and head the ball into the Swiss goal.

Cheng Hai scored twice and the Hua Guo team took a 2-0 lead.

With a two-goal lead, the Olympic team players who had already played a group match had no psychological pressure, they played more relaxed, and their performance was much better than the previous game.

In the 40th minute, Cheng Hai broke through a midfielder's defense with his oxtail, and after attracting three defenders from the sideline of the Swiss penalty area, center Dong Xuesheng ran out of space in the penalty area.

Cheng Hai immediately smashed the ball out of a gap, and before the opponent could block the passing angle again, he immediately made a cross. Dong Xuesheng took the lead behind the small penalty area line, grabbed the first point and shook his head to attack the goal, and headed the ball into the goal of the Swiss team.

Dong Xuesheng scored a goal with an assist from Cheng Hai's cross, helping the Huaguo team take a 3-0 lead.

The last game was only 3-0 in the whole game, and it was 3-0 before halftime in this game. It can be seen that the state of Cheng Hai and his teammates has improved, and the fact that the opponent is relatively weaker than Mexico.

In the next few minutes, under the strong defense of the Swiss team, the Huaguo team did not score any more goals.

In the second half, the Swiss team's tactics remained unchanged, and they still couldn't defend. It seemed that they were determined to fight Mexico in the last group match.

As for the Hua Guo team, after winning this game, they can be sure to advance to the group stage, so they didn't push too much in the second half. In case of injury, it would be detrimental to the knockout round.

The head coach Sun Wei even brought in two substitutes to let the substitutes feel the atmosphere of the Olympic Games and give the main players time to rest in rotation.

After all, not everyone has Cheng Hai's abnormal physical fitness and recovery ability.

Even so, the Huaguo team scored two goals in the second half.

One is that Cheng Hai snatched the opponent's mid-air ball from a clearance, and first used a subtle pick to pass the close-pressing defensive player outside the penalty area, and then immediately turned around and kicked the ball into the dead corner of the Swiss team's goal with a powerful volley.

Cheng Hai completed a hat-trick to help the Hua Guo team take a 4-0 lead.

The last ball was scored by Zhang Linpeng in a corner kick attack.

Because Cheng Hai's deterrence was too great, the Swiss defenders surrounded Cheng Hai.

As a result, Cao Yunding's corner pass was a bit too wide, and Cheng Hai and the defenders around him all missed the top. The ball flew to the back point and landed on top of Zhang Linpeng's head, allowing him to easily head the ball in.

In the end, the score was 5-0. With Cheng Hai's hat-trick and an assist, and Zhang Linpeng's header, the Hua Guo team won the second group match.

After the two rounds of group matches, Hua Guo ranked first in the group with 6 points and 8 goal difference. Mexico ranked second with 3 points and 1 goal difference. Gabon and Switzerland ranked third and fourth with only 1 point.

With only one round left in the group stage, Gabon and Switzerland could not catch up with the Chinese team anyway.In the case of two qualifying places in the group stage, the Hua Guo team qualified one round ahead of schedule.

Therefore, the moment the referee blew the final whistle, the Huaguo CCTV-5 commentator on the commentary booth explained excitedly with the loudest voice:
"The referee blew the final whistle!"

"competition is over!"

"The Hua Guo team beat Switzerland 5-0, with 6 points in the two games and a round ahead of the group stage."

"The Huaguo men's Olympic team entered the Olympic knockout round for the first time in history, and Huaguo football ushered in a new history."

"Of course, in fact, every step of the Olympic team is refreshing history, whether it is points, victories, or the number of goals scored."

"In this game, Cheng Hai continued his brave performance. He not only scored a hat-trick and added an assist to help the Olympic team win 5-0, but also used his unsparing running and defense in the midfield to make the Swiss team's only few counterattacks come back in vain. In the end, the opponent was zero-blocked."

"We believe that under the leadership of Cheng Hai, the Huaguo team will eventually achieve even more brilliant records and new history."

After the game, the Hua Guo team had a warm celebration and interacted with the Chinese and overseas Chinese fans who rushed to the scene to watch the game, as well as fans of Cheng Hai. Cheng Hai also went to the sidelines and signed photos for many people to thank everyone for their support from thousands of miles away.

After this round of group matches, Cheng Hai ranked No.5 in the scorer list with 1 goals. There is almost no suspense about the Olympic Golden Boot.

The media of various countries basically reported with such headlines:
"The second round of the Olympic men's football team is over, the Hua Guo team won both games and qualified ahead of schedule, and Cheng Hai dominated the crowd with 2 goals in two games! "

"The second round of the Olympic men's football team Hua Guo beat Switzerland 5-0, qualifying one round ahead of schedule, Cheng Hai's hat-trick and assists dominated the field! "

Not only did they qualify ahead of schedule, but the huge goal difference advantage of the Hua Guo team also basically locked in the first place in the group. In the final round of the group match, Mexico only has the possibility of overtaking in theory.

But everyone knows that is impossible, because Switzerland will fight Mexico desperately. Mexico cannot win Switzerland by more than 8 goals, and at the same time let the Chinese team lose to Gabon.

Therefore, in the last round of the group match against Gabon on August 8, the Huaguo team sent a half-main and half-substitute lineup and rotated several main players to prepare for the knockout round.

On Gabon's side, although it is already known that there is only a theoretical possibility of qualifying, the Gabon Olympic team is still doing its best to compete with the Hua Guo team.

The Gabon Olympic team even formed a 352 formation, aggressively attacking, wanting to fight for a big score, hoping for a tie between Mexico and Switzerland, and the possibility of Gabon qualifying second in the group.

However, Gabon is less powerful than Mexico, and less powerful than Switzerland.

Although the Hua Guo team had already rotated some of their main players, with Cheng Hai present, they scored a goal against Gabon in just 12 minutes.

With Cheng Hai's terrifying strength, the Gabon team naturally tried their best to defend, but they played in a 352 formation, and the wingers couldn't come back if they attacked.

Therefore, when the Hua Guo team stole the ball and counterattacked, and the Gabon defenders swarmed to intercept Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai sent the ball to Cao Yunding on the right side of the frontcourt with a precise long pass.

Cao Yunding dribbled the ball in from the side, forcing the last defender who was defending Dong Xuesheng to intercept him.

The next step was simple, Cao Yunding sent the ball to the unguarded Dong Xuesheng.Dong Xuesheng caught the ball in the penalty area, and faced the goalkeeper who was attacking him, he played a contra-angle.

The ball ran past goalkeeper Owono and slid into the goal against the post.

The Chinese team led 1-0.

The score was one goal behind, and the Gabon team was even more desperate to attack, wanting to score.

However, the more aggressive they are, the faster they lose the ball.

Cheng Hai's world-leading speed and full stamina allow him to cover a considerable area in the midfield.

Even though the Gabonese team had as many as 7 midfielders, they still couldn't handle it. Under the pressure of Cheng Hai and his teammates, they often lost the ball.

Although not every time you grab the ball, you can launch an offense, nor can you make your teammates score every time you launch an offense.After all, the offensive ability of the teammates of the Olympic team is far from that of Cheng Hai.

But Cheng Hai is now the midfielder, not the midfielder.In many cases, he can directly attack with the ball by himself.

In the 26th minute, Cheng Hai staged a wonderful one-stop long-distance attack.

His press near the center circle forced the Gabonese midfielder Matinida to make a pass error, and the ball was intercepted by the Chinese midfielder Tang Jiashu.

Cheng Hai immediately ran horizontally and pulled out a gap, and the Tang family who had stolen the ball immediately passed the ball over.

After getting the ball, Cheng Hai started his wonderful performance.

First, the ball passed Matinida, who was counterattacking, and then dribbled the ball towards the Gabon penalty area. He used Marseilles maneuvers, Matthews fake moves, pedaled a bicycle, and then passed three people in a row.

Cheng Hai scored a wonderful long-distance attack starting from the middle circle and passing four players in a row, rewriting the score to 2-0, and the Hua Guo team took a two-goal lead.

After falling behind by two goals, the Gabon team was even more desperate and desperate, and all members pressed forward to counter-grab and attack.

However, with Cheng Hai in the midfield, the Hua Guo team's defense is really powerless for the Gabonese.

Moreover, their wanton attack left a large space in their own backcourt, giving the Hua Guo team a good opportunity to counterattack.

After two counterattack opportunities wasted by Dong Xuesheng, in the 39th minute, Cheng Hai took the ball in the backcourt and looked up at the frontcourt, and then passed a long diagonal pass over 50 meters.

The ball avoided the interception of all the Gabonese along the way, and appeared in front of Cao Yunding, the winger who was cutting in at high speed.

Cao Yunding turned offside on the wing, got the ball smoothly, and strode towards the penalty area diagonally.

Although the defenders in the middle tried their best to chase back, they still couldn't stop Cao Yunding in time.

After Cao Yunding dribbled the ball to the penalty area line, facing the attacking goalkeeper Owono, he made a lob shot and successfully broke Gabon's goal.

Before the end of the first half, the Huaguo team took a 3-0 lead, basically securing the victory.

This ball completely crushed all the delusions and hopes of the Gabonese, and lost the motivation to continue fighting and equalize the score.

A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 3-0, and the Huaguo team led by three goals.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half.

Although the Gabon team felt that they had accepted the reality of being eliminated in the group stage, their morale was low, their offense was no longer as fierce as in the first half, and there were not so many loopholes in the backcourt. Other players of the Huaguo team did not attack aggressively to avoid injuries.

However, Cheng Hai did not stop attacking.

Because the Olympic scoring experience rewards are too high, based on the principle of scoring as many goals as possible, Cheng Hai doesn't mind abusing food in the group stage to score goals.

As a result, in the second half, Cheng Hai broke Gabon's goal twice through a side break and then an inward cut, an arc shot from the corner outside the penalty area and a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area.

Cheng Hai completed a hat-trick and an assist as in the previous game, and even the final score of the two sides was the same as the previous game: Hua Guo 5-0 Gabon.

最终，华国队分别以3-0墨西哥、5-0瑞士、5-0加蓬，三战全胜积9分13个净胜球、进13球不丢一球的战绩，排名小组第一昂首出线，晋级八强淘汰赛。

In the quarter-finals, the Hua Guo team will face Senegal, who is second in Group A.

In another life-and-death duel, Mexico was stronger after all, scoring a lore goal in the 91st minute, beating Switzerland with a score of 3-2, and advancing to the quarter-finals as the second place in the group.