Reporter: "Then you were able to score Nigeria three goals today. What does that mean? Can you break their defense? Or was it their negligence today?"
Zhang Kuang laughed, "I'm different. If I were replaced by an ordinary top striker, I would definitely not be able to break Nigeria's goal, but I am no longer an ordinary top striker."
A reporter raised his hand. "The national team's away game against Costa Rica just ended and it was tied 2-2. What do you think?"
Zhang Kuang was stunned for a moment and then smiled, "What a coincidence. We tied and they also tied. I hope the national team will get better and better and grow together."
Nigeria coach Lagerbäck looked unhappy at the press conference, but he still maintained his demeanor.
"I am very satisfied with the result of the warm-up match. We did not lose. After all, the opponent's team has the most popular football star in the world.
Personally experiencing the abilities of superstars has given us the benefits of training. We have verified that Zhang Kuang is world-class, there is no doubt about it.
Hong Kong Team scored 3 goals in 6 shots, and we scored 3 goals in 18 shots. This is the effect of a superstar. However, we have also gained something. At least we know that when facing players of this level, defense cannot rely on just two people..."
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After the game Hong Kong the whole city went crazy.
"Ming Pao" rushed to print the extra number overnight, with the front page title "7 goals in two games! One person carries a team".
The accompanying picture shows the moment when Zhang Kuang scored with an overhead kick. His body was hanging in the air and the football was about to cross the goal line.
The headline of "Wen Wei Po" is "Nigeria: We only scored 3 goals after 18 shots, but he only scored 3 goals after 6 shots."
The subtitle reads "Zhang Kuang hat trick ties Africa Eagles".
"Oriental Daily News": "Eastern Mad Dragon is not afraid of Africa Eagles. Zhang Kuang doesn't seem to be particularly strong. Why can he have an advantage in physical confrontations with strong black and white people?"
"Jing Daily":"..."
After the game, TVB's evening news spent a full five minutes broadcasting the game.
It's even more lively on social media.
The video of Zhang Kuang's overhead kick has been shared millions of times, and five of the top ten searches for Weibo are related to him.
#Zhang Kuang hattrick#
#Hong Kong Team draws Nigeria#
#Zhang Kuang seven goals in two warm-up matches#
#CrazyWorldWave#
Five topics hang side by side.
In Leisu Sports's post-match score, Zhang Kuang scored a full score of 9.8, and the comments below were all "Only 9.8? This is too low, it should be 12 points."
There is a post on Hupu titled "Zhang Kuang scored 7 goals in two games, I just want to say one thing"!
"The 'national team insider' said before that Zhang Kuang relied on his teammates to feed him the ball and gain information. Please tell me, how many shots did Hong Kong Team take in the two games?
There were 7 shots against Uzbekistan, and 6 shots against Nigeria. A total of 13 shots were taken between the two games.
Zhang Kuang scored 7 goals by himself. Even if all other shots are counted, the conversion rate of others is zero. If this is called data brushing, I would like to ask which teammate of the national team can help him brush it?
As long as you can help a team member generate such high-conversion rate information, I will kneel on the ground and sing "Conquer" to you. Unfortunately, you often can't even score a goal with more than a dozen shots in a game.
At your level, how dare you mock others for swiping their data? Do you want to say that this time you tied Costa Rica 2:2 overseas, which is great?
Do you want to play a game with Nigeria and see how good you are? Can you make it 3:3? Let's not talk about whether you can guard Nigeria. First, find a player from the team who can score three goals in one game.
Therefore, I really can't stand some people who are still not convinced even though they are obviously good. If you are good at it, if you accept it and improve seriously, we fans will also support you.
But the funny thing is that you are obviously not good enough and still refuse to accept it, then that is disgusting."
The post has been liked more than 10,000 times.
The most upvoted reply, "You're right, I'm obviously very good, but they still refuse to accept it. No one's level can reach one-tenth of Zhang Kuang's, yet they always look down on Zhang Kuang and always scold Zhang Kuang. This is disgusting."
"One in ten? Not to mention anything else, just Zhang Kuang's kick to stop the ball. If you ask China national football team's players to do it, how many of them can easily and steadily stop the ball at their feet while running at high speed, without letting the ball bounce several meters away? China national football team can't."
This reply has the second highest number of likes.
The third highest response was this:
"Ahem, okay, China national football team needs support, don't scold them. The more we scold China national football team, the more they will scold Zhang Kuang. They will think that our scolding them is all because Zhang Kuang 'pretends to be awesome and makes them look good', so they will hate Zhang Kuang more."
"I have to say that your reply hits the mark on those people. That's right, it's because 'Zhang Kuang is so good that they seem incompetent', which makes them want to step on Zhang Kuang into the mud."
"Ah? Is this, is this the bad nature of these people? Is this the reason why our own people are sometimes scarier than outsiders? Is it because of jealousy?"
"Haha, this is like 'I hope my brother will live well, but I am afraid that my brother will open Land Rover'. Once a brother opens Land Rover, some people will start to use various means to interfere with his brother's affairs.
For example, when a brother is dating a girlfriend, he will run over to the girl and say, 'My brother just loves whoring!'; For example, when a brother is talking about business, he will run over and whisper to the client, 'My brother is good at everything, but sometimes he cheats clients.' These people can't help their brothers, but they are the best at messing with their brothers."
"Haha, you're right. Some people really don't mean to smear them, they are really that bad. Therefore, some people are really bad. They just criticize Zhang Kuang and rely on their teammates to feed them information."
"I don't care. Now Hong Kong Team is my national team. Those clowns can do whatever they want."
"..."
In Sina Weibo, a fan wrote this:
"I used to watch China national football team, and what I saw was a cycle of hope and disappointment. Now when I watch Hong Kong Team, what I see is the unity of the entire team, refusing to admit defeat, conceding one goal to equalize another, conceding one goal to equalize another.
Let's not talk about how beautiful Zhang Kuang's goal is. I really like this kind of momentum of not admitting defeat. Unlike China national football team, some people don't dare to fight because they are afraid that if they get injured while playing for the national team, they will not be able to play when they return to the club, and they will not get the bonus for playing.
They are even afraid that injuring themselves in the national team will affect their careers. They would rather lose than affect themselves.
Therefore, these people have already become utilitarian, playing for the country? Squeezing into the national team is just a means to make more money. As for whether they win or not, it has nothing to do with them."
"Oh, let alone the members of the national team, even I, a fan... can't stand it when you praise Zhang Kuang and despise China national football team's players. Is it appropriate for you to despise them like this?"
"Then tell me, what's inappropriate? Are we willing to step on them? If those people don't play well, if they have better energy and a more sincere attitude, who will step on them? They can't play well and have a weird attitude Zhang Kuang. Who would step on them if they don't step on them?"
"You... even if this is the case, is Zhang Kuang not at fault? Isn't he at all wrong?"
"Ah? What's wrong with Zhang Kuang? What's wrong with Zhang Kuang?"
"Holy shit, China national football team horizontal dish is actually related to Zhang Kuang? Such a shameless reference."
"..."
Everyone knew that Hong Kong Team's tenacious draw with Nigeria would have an impact on mainland public opinion, but they didn't expect the impact to be so big.
Even if China national football team defeated Costa Rica with difficulty, he would still be trampled and scolded by netizens. They were so aggrieved, so they hated Zhang Kuang even more.
Yes, is there nothing wrong with Zhang Kuang? Can't he behave a little worse and take care of other people's feelings?
Zhang Kuang didn't pay attention to these messes, and they had already left Hong Kong that night.
As a result, countless Great Ming stars tried to ask him to meet and take photos and have dinner with him through various channels, but they couldn't find anyone at all.
At Zhang Kuang's suggestion, Hong Kong Team got on a plane to Bosnia and Herzegovina that night to challenge Bosnia and Herzegovina Team in an away game.
March 29, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Zenica, Bilino Polje Stadium.
The stadium with 15,000 people was packed with people. Fans of the home team, wearing blue jerseys and holding scarves, stared curiously at the number 33 of the away team.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is ranked 56th in the world, the same ranking as Costa Rica, but the tactical quality and physical confrontation of the Europe team are only better than Costa Rica.
In the locker room before the game, Troussier once again emphasized defensive discipline.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Europe team. Their tactical discipline and defensive intensity are higher than Nigeria. Today we must be more compact when we defend and we cannot give them space for long shots.
When you get the ball, look for Zhang Kuang as soon as possible. Don't stick to the ball in the midfield and backcourt. Try to kick the ball out. In addition, everyone must be calm and have a stable mentality first..."
The formation this time is still 361. It seems that Troussier has begun to like this formation, or he has found a formation and tactics for Hong Kong Team that are suitable for Hong Kong Team's defensive counterattack.
This game is definitely not as popular as the previous two games at Hong Kong. After all, this is an overseas game.
Both TVB and CCTV-5 only broadcast this game through remote broadcast. The ratings of the two TV stations were pretty good. The most important thing was that they were driven by the first two games.
Although Hong Kong Team went through a violent run-in by Nigeria, the game was suppressed by Bosnia and Herzegovina from the first minute.
In the 2nd minute, Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder Pjanić took the ball and passed it diagonally to the left. Ibišević caught the ball and shot inside. The ball hit Shane·Lowry and bounced out.
In the 4th minute, Misimović took a long shot from outside the penalty area. Fan Chun-yip flew to save and lifted the crossbar. A corner kick was taken and Spahić headed the ball high.
On the bench of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Džeko and another forward are already warming up, and the coaching staff is discussing something.
In the 6th minute, Zhang Kuang retreated to the midfield to catch the ball. Pjanić pulled him from behind. The referee blew the whistle and Bosnia and Herzegovina committed his first foul.
Hong Kong Team takes a free kick in the backcourt, Jack·Xu Changchuan looks for Zhang Kuang, Zhang Kuang takes the ball from the wing and cuts inside to shoot!
The ball was confiscated by Bosnia and Herzegovina goalkeeper Hasagić.
In the 8th minute, Bosnia and Herzegovina got a corner kick, Misimović took the kick, and Spahić headed the goal!
Fan Chun-yip pounced and the ball landed in front of the goal. Ibišević made a supplementary shot--Shane·Lowry kicked the ball out on the goal line!
The hundreds of Hong Kong fans who came to the scene broke into a cold sweat.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's player raised his hand to indicate that the ball had been scored, but the referee shook his finger to indicate that it had not.
Slow-motion replay showed that the ball did not completely cross the goal line. The moment Shane·Lowry made the clearance, it was only a few centimeters away.
Troussier let out a sigh of relief on the sidelines.
In the 13th minute, Pjanić made a through ball in the midfield, Ibišević turned back, and Misimović followed up with a low shot!
The ball passed through Chan Wai-ho's legs and flew into the lower right corner of the goal against the turf.
1 to 0.
Bosnia and Herzegovina player ran to the corner flag area to celebrate, Misimović raised his hands to the sky, and Ibišević jumped on his back.
The home team's stands erupted in cheers, and blue flags fluttered under the lights.
Hong Kong Team's players looked tense.
Shane·Lowry got up from the ground and patted Chan Wai-ho on the shoulder. Fan Chun-yip took the ball out of the net and kicked it towards the center circle.
Zhang Kuang shouted to his teammates in the center circle, "It's okay, it's still early."
Coach Bosnia and Herzegovina clapped his hands on the sidelines to encourage the players, and Džeko on the bench also stood up and applauded with a smile on his face.
Troussier made a "press on" gesture toward the court, signaling the frontcourt players to apply pressure.
In the 17th minute, Hong Kong Team counterattacked.
Jack·Xu intercepted the ball from Pjanić in the backcourt and passed the ball long to Zhang Kuang.
Zhang Kuang received the ball with his back, Bosnia and Herzegovina central defender Spahić came from behind to prevent him from turning around, and another central defender Jahić helped defend from the side.
Zhang Kuang stepped on the ball with his left foot and pulled, his body swayed to the right, and then suddenly turned to the left!!
Spahić's center of gravity was thrown away, Jahić stretched out his feet to intercept, half a beat too late, Zhang Kuang squeezed in between the two!
He rushed to the frontcourt with the ball, Bosnia and Herzegovina's back midfielder Milošević tackled it from the front, Zhang Kuang moved his right foot, the ball went around Milošević's side, and the man dodged past from the other side, cleanly.
He blasted a shot with his right foot from the top of the penalty area!!
The ball drew an arc, bypassed the fingertips of goalkeeper Hasagić, and hit the upper left corner of the goal!
1:1!
The audience was silent for a moment, and then hundreds of fans who were traveling with Hong Kong Team broke out into deafening shouts.
Zhang Kuang ran to the corner flag area, jumped up, turned around, swiped his hands down, and roared.
Hong Kong Team's players rushed over from all directions, and Shane·Lowry ran half the court and dove into the crowd.
Troussier punched the sidelines and immediately shouted into the court, "Defense, don't let up! Don't give them room to kick!"
Bosnia and Herzegovina coach put his hands on his hips on the sidelines, shook his head, turned around and said something to the bench.
Džeko stood up and started taking off his coat to warm up.
In the 22nd minute, Bosnia and Herzegovina's attack.
Pjanić took a long shot from outside the penalty area and the ball flew towards the upper left corner of the goal. Fan Chun-yip flew to save and lifted the ball over the crossbar.
A corner kick was taken, and Spahić's header went wide.
There was a sigh in the home team stands.
In the 24th minute, Poon Yiu-cheuk committed a foul while defending Ibišević on the wing, and the referee showed the first yellow card of the game.
Bosnia and Herzegovina took a free kick and Misimović shot directly high.
In the 26th minute, Ibišević turned around and shot in the penalty area!!
Shane·Lowry stretched out his leg to block the ball, and the ball changed direction and missed the post.
Corner kick.
Misimović took a corner kick. Wydad Ibišević jumped high in the crowd and headed the ball towards the goal. The ball flew off the crossbar!
Wydad·Ibišević patted the turf after landing, with a regretful expression.
Troussier paced back and forth nervously on the sidelines.
In the 31st minute, Bosnia and Herzegovina took another corner kick.
Misimović drove backwards, Spahić headed the ball to the middle, Ibišević volleyed, and the ball hit Chan Wai-ho and bounced out of the baseline.
Another corner kick.
Everyone on the Bosnia and Herzegovina bench stood up, and the coaching staff was shouting on the court.
But this time the corner kick was punched directly by Fan Chun-yip.
Zhang Kuang is a little speechless. What are you doing here, specifically practicing to be beaten? You will lose if you defend for a long time. You can't let your opponent besiege you like this all the time. Even if it is to practice defense, you can't just practice half-court offense and defense and let your opponent keep attacking.
Of course, he didn't say anything, after all, the score was now 1:1.
In the 37th minute, Misimović took a cold shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball flew toward the goal. Fan Chun-yip flew to save, his fingertips touched the ball, and the ball flew out of the post!
Fan Chun-yip got up from the ground and roared towards the defense line, his voice hoarse.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's fans in the stands let out a "wow" sound of regret.
During the rest of the first half, Bosnia and Herzegovina wanted to attack, but after Zhang Kuang ran over and yelled at everyone, the entire midfield worked even harder, basically fighting with the Bosnia and Herzegovina players.
Although Hong Kong Team's ball control is not dominant, it is not so embarrassing.
The halftime whistle sounded, 1 to 1.
Bosnia and Herzegovina took 9 shots and scored 1 goal in the first half, while Hong Kong Team only took 2 shots and scored 1 goal.
Troussier stood at the door of the locker room, high-fiving every player who came off the field. When Zhang Kuang arrived, he patted him hard on the shoulder.
In the locker room, Troussier: "Everyone did a good job in the first half. They not only prevented Bosnia and Herzegovina's continuous attacks, but also evened the score.
However, although we played 361, it does not mean that we have to be passive like this. We have to play something in the second half, everyone, look at the blackboard..."
At the beginning of the second half, Bosnia and Herzegovina replaced Džeko and Zlatan Muslim Norwich, changing to a three-forward formation, obviously aiming to win.
In the 48th minute, Ibišević's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Chan Wai-ho's body. After the ball bounced back, Ibišević shot again, but it was blocked by Shane·Lowry.
Corner kick.
Misimović kicked out and Džeko headed the ball high.
In the 52nd minute, Pjanić's long shot from outside the penalty area was slightly higher than the crossbar. Bosnia and Herzegovina's offensive came like a tide, and Hong Kong Team's defense was compressed to an area of 30 meters from the front of the penalty area.
Troussier kept gesturing on the sidelines to keep the players compact.
In the 59th minute, Hong Kong Team got a chance to counterattack. Jack·Xu intercepted the ball from the backcourt and passed it long. Zhang Kuang took the ball from the wing. Facing the defense of two Bosnia and Herzegovina defenders, he continuously changed directions and swayed away from the angle. He shot from a position 35 meters away from the team. The ball was saved by goalkeeper Ibrahim Sheshiqi.
Corner kick.
Cris·Kang took a corner kick, Zhang Kuang grabbed the spot in the crowd, and the header went wide due to interference from many Bosnia and Herzegovina Team players.
In the 61st minute, Leung Chun-pong pulled down Misimović in defense. The referee showed the third yellow card of the game and gave it to Leung Chun-pong.
Troussier became anxious on the sidelines and shouted something to the fourth official, who signaled him to go back.
Bosnia and Herzegovina took a free kick into the penalty area, Džeko headed the ball over, and Ibišević's shot hit Shane·Lowry.
Bosnia and Herzegovina player raised his hand to signal handball, but the referee shook his head and refused.
In the 63rd minute, Hong Kong Team got a free kick in the frontcourt.
Milošević fouled while defending Zhang Kuang's breakthrough. Bosnia and Herzegovina's players surrounded the referee. Some spread their hands excitedly, while others patted their foreheads.
The referee insisted on the penalty and pointed to the service point.
Bosnia and Herzegovina coach looked livid on the sidelines, turned around and punched the ceiling of the bench.
Zhang Kuang stands in front of the free kick, 25 meters away from the goal.
Yes, Zhang Kuang is going to take a penalty. He has never taken a free kick before, but that doesn't mean he can't.