"It's finally a card. Hong Gang said teasingly, "I was worried that the Chinese fans who took a big shower early in the morning to watch the game would fall asleep, but now it is finally a little exciting." ”

Many Chinese fans disagreed with Hong Gang's words, thinking that it was too loose to only give cards, such as Chen Jiangfeng's foul in Palacios and shouted: "Single knife." Pull people in the back, red card, red card!"

At this time on the field, the players of the Chinese team were nervously discussing how to take this free kick.

When positional attacks struggle to break down the opposition's defence, set-pieces, especially well-placed free-kicks, become an opportunity that must be taken seriously.

This season in the Longteng team, the domestic players are basically Tao Wentao when taking free kicks, and now when he comes to the National Olympic team, he naturally stands in front of the ball, and the other two players are Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu.

After a brief discussion, the three players divided their responsibilities.

First, Xu Mingyu ran over the ball with a fake shot, and then Tao Wentao made a move to run, but it was Qin Minghao who finally implemented the running shot.

It should be said that the two consecutive fake runs of the Chinese team still gave Honduras a lot of confusion, resulting in a certain loosening of the human wall on the Honduran side, when Qin Minghao shot, the jumping of the human wall was a little inconsistent, and when the football flew over, it just rubbed the head of a player on the right side of the human wall, making the football deviate from the direction.

At this time, in the penalty area, Zou Weijia played a role as a high point, in the face of the high ball that flew over, Zou Weijia took a few steps forward, and half-turned in the air to push the ball back, in order to push the ball back, Zou Weijia was very reluctant, so he didn't care about returning to where in the penalty area, and the ball fell directly to another defender in Honduras, Vargas.

As Vargas tried to push the ball out with his head, a Chinese Olympic player behind him jumped significantly higher than him and was more able to stay in the air, scrambling the ball towards the goal before he cleared the ball with a header.

"Qi Ming's header!" Hong Gang shouted loudly, "The ball is in!" Beautiful, Qi Ming's powerful header rushes to the top, and the Chinese Olympic team breaks the deadlock!"

"Yay!" Chen Jiangfeng jumped up happily, "Haha." Call you to foul, tell you to fall, you deserve it. ”

Chen's father also has a grudge against the frequent fouls in Honduras: "This is called walking too much at night, and there will always be a day when you encounter ghosts." ”

After the goal, Qi Ming was firmly hugged by Qin Minghao, which was an encouragement from the big brother of the Longteng team to the little junior brother.

Qi Ming's goal can be regarded as a relief for the whole team. In fact, the first half of the game to this time, the players' physical fitness has reached the limit, the next few minutes everyone is ready to slightly recycle the weakening of the offensive, I didn't expect to have a harvest before the physical fitness to the limit, this is like a car fuel tank is about to bottom, suddenly there is a gas station in front, and the heart that has been hanging is finally let go.

Honduras, who had been defending for nearly 40 minutes, was a little confused at this time, and was ready to end the first half of the game 0:0.

After kicking off again, the situation on the field suddenly changed, the Chinese team took back the formation to defend, and Honduras pressed through the half to find an opportunity to attack and score.

The Chinese players laid down heavy troops near the 30-metre zone line of the defense, taking advantage of the non-stop pressing to prevent Honduras from threatening the goal, and the two sides formed a standoff in the midfield zone.

This time it can be said that feng shui takes turns, and this time it is the turn of the Honduran players to complain that the referee refuses to blow the foul and pull out the cards.

Seeing the anxious Honduran players on TV, Chen Jiangfeng was overjoyed: "Haha. Laughing on me. Then he also chanted a poem, "Good and evil are finally rewarded, the way of heaven is good reincarnation, if you don't believe it, look up, who will be spared by the sky." ”

Dad Chen also joked with a relaxed attitude at this time: "Before you go to college, are you ready to take the graduate school entrance examination?"

In the midst of such laughter and laughter among the fans, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and the Chinese Olympic team won the first half of the game with a score of 1:0, and the players returned to the locker room with relaxed expressions.

In the locker room of the Chinese team, whether it was the starting team or the substitute team, everyone was talking and laughing, discussing some details of the game in the first half.

Liming and Zou Weijia, the two tall men in front and back, both complained about the height and confrontation of the opposing players, and Zou Weijia said: "I used to think that black people were taller and stronger than us, but now it doesn't seem to be the case." Compared to Germany and Mexico before them, they are much weaker. ”

"Yes. Their centre-forward isn't very tall and I can carry him in the box. I heard that he played in La Liga, and he played well, so can such a confrontation also gain a foothold in La Liga?" Dawn clearly put on the disdain of Honduran center forward Joco Lozano.

Rick Link, seeing that the players were almost eating and drinking, began to lay out the tasks for the second half: "Lads. Now we have a goal ahead. But 1-0 is the most dangerous scoreline, and I want you to concentrate more and play harder in the second half. They're going to be a goal down and I'm hoping to get another goal and then it's our turn to counter-attack. ”

"After that, we have a chance to challenge for medals. Ricklinck began to motivate his players, "Know that when the time comes, we will play against Raphinha, against Marchios and even against world-class stars like Neymar. When the time comes, we can show our talents to the fullest. I hope you don't miss this opportunity. ”

The players were visibly absent-minded as Rick Link set out the task, and when Neymar's name was mentioned, everyone cheered and it seemed to them that the game was already in the hands of the winner.

And in the dressing room in Honduras, head coach Pinto was giving his players a punch: "Now we're falling behind, it's not a good thing. But a ball is nothing. The opponents are strong, and we are not as famous as them. But behind us is the expectation of the whole country and we can't afford to give up on the game. God will bless us as long as we give our best. ”

As a devout Christian country, the power of religion is still very great, and the players who are a little depressed have also secretly begun to pray, hoping to gain more strength.

When they came to the players' tunnel, the Honduran players were obviously relieved, compared to the Chinese players who talked and laughed, their expressions were serious and resolute, and they obviously did not admit defeat.

At the start of the second half, Honduras did not panic at all, did not get impatient because they were one goal behind, and the three lines were in a reasonable position, while continuing the previous foul tactics in the midfield, as if it were not them who were behind.

The players of the Chinese team were a little strange at first, but gradually they didn't care, the opponent didn't want to win, and they had nothing to worry about.

But this overly relaxed mindset soon showed its consequences.

In the eighth minute of the second half, midfielder Xu Mingyu obviously took the ball for granted, he passed an opponent's tackle, did not pass the ball, but continued to rush forward with the ball, and was cut off by Honduran right wing-back Garcia just past the center circle.

Garcia played much more reasonably after breaking the ball, not dribbling the ball and quickly moving it to Queito'o on the left, who was completely empty on the left.

After Kuito'o got the ball, he began to face the right central defender Liming directly, Liming wanted to use his body to squeeze the opponent to stop the opponent's attack, but was thrown away by a beautiful turn by Queito'o, and this time there was a huge hole in the right defense of the Chinese Olympic team.

Just when Quato'o was about to burst into the penalty area to form a single knife, Zhang Linpeng desperately rushed back, and he hit Quato'o with his chest from behind, although this foul was not big, but it was an obvious tactical foul.

The referee was aware of the foul and directly gave Zhang Linpeng a yellow card, and at the same time awarded Honduras a free kick in a very good position.

Rick Link was very angry about the mistakes of two players in a row, not only because he gave the opponent a free kick, but also because Zhang Linpeng received the second yellow card since the start of the game, even if the Chinese team advances this time, he will miss the next semi-final, which is a great loss for the Chinese Olympic team.

Like the Chinese Olympic team, Honduras also attached great importance to this set-piece, and several central defenders who had easily refused to cross the half time before were also involved in this free kick tactic.

Unlike the Chinese Olympic team, which has at least three players who can score directly from free kicks, all the set-pieces and corners on the Honduran side are covered by their captain No. 6 Acosta.

After observing the position of the Chinese Olympic team, Acosta chose to go around the wall to play the near corner, because the penalty spot is on the edge of the big penalty area, this position is not good to shoot vigorously, so the ball did go around the wall, but the speed was not too fast, Zengcheng moved from the right side of the goal to the left, and then a side pounce to save the ball to the right outside the penalty area.

It was Honduras's Queitoo who grabbed the second point outside the penalty area, and he chose to pass directly into the penalty area after taking the ball, and there was chaos in the penalty area of the Chinese Olympic team that had just finished defending a free kick.

When the football flew into the penalty area, Honduran center Lozano was watched by Li Yun, and their forward Benavides was tightly clinging to Ma Yongli, but Honduras' right midfielder Ellis was actually empty, and the football flew in front of Ellis.

In the face of this big cake falling from the sky, Ellis shot directly with a shovel, and the high-speed flying football went straight to the left side of the goal after changing the trajectory of movement.

"Oops! Hong Gang was very dissatisfied, "This is so undeserved, no one is guarding Ellis in the penalty area." It's so undeserved. Ellis is one of the most active attacking players in Honduras, how could he have missed it. ”

The area where Ellis scored was the right side of the penalty area, which was Dawn's defensive area, and it can be said that Dawn's weak position was completely exposed.

For a player like Dawn, there are two situations that can cause problems with positional awareness, one is when he is too relaxed and the other is when he is particularly nervous.

After the Chinese Olympic team came on the field in the second half, it was obviously a little too relaxed, and at this time sent the opponent a very threatening free kick, and the mood became extremely nervous for a while, and the double reason led to a serious mistake in Liming's defense in the penalty area.

"Alas. Chen Jiangfeng was very unhappy at this time, being equalized by a team that was obviously weaker than himself, and the depression in his heart was far greater than being scored by a team that was stronger than himself, which felt like his goddess was troubled by a dick that was more frustrated than himself, "How could you lose the ball." Someone else just attacked it once and conceded the goal. ”

"It's just a matter of underestimating the enemy. Chen's father also hated iron and said, "I'm still young and inexperienced." ”

Hong Gang's opinion is the same as Chen's father: "When any major competition reaches the knockout stage, there will be no weak team." Our side was obviously too relaxed in the second half. Such a series of mistakes will not happen to a team that takes the game seriously. ”

At this time, Rick Link on the sidelines was also very angry, and he mentioned that the 1:0 score was not safe at halftime, but he didn't expect the players to listen at all.

Seeing the frost on the face of the head coach, the players of the Chinese Olympic team also knew that they had made a mistake, and after kicking off again, everyone threw themselves into the game, and the Honduran team was pressed to the half of the time by the Chinese team.

Although the situation on the field was unfavorable, it was actually very comfortable for the Honduran team, after all, they were ready to be pressed by the Chinese team to play a defensive counterattack before the game.

Rick Link decisively chose to make a substitution when he saw that the team could not quickly break the opponent's door, and in the fifteenth minute of the second half, Nie Jiang replaced Xu Mingyu, and the team became a 3-5-2 formation.

Nie Jiang's appearance quickly paid off.

In the second minute of his play, he attracted the attention of two Honduran defenders, and then a beautiful back ball in front of the penalty area set up Qin Minghao to run, and the latter's long-range shot was saved by the Honduran goalkeeper with a save that amazed the audience.

Next, after Ding Huaiyi attracted the defense of the opponent's three people on the left side, he also accurately passed the ball into the penalty area, and Nie Jiang carried the central defender Vargas to meet the ball and sweep it.

Because Ding Huaiyi has created enough space for the personnel in the penalty area, when Nie Jiang carries the people in the penalty area again, he is actually basically facing the goalkeeper alone.

Can Honduran goalkeeper Lopez once again held up Nie Jiang's shot with an unbelievable one-handed shot, it can't be said that Nie Jiang's shot was not good, he kicked the right part, and the power was also great, it was a very beautiful shot, but it was a pity that Lopez was possessed by the goal, it was too powerful.