Gutierrez's sudden forward also sent the Mexican fans in the stands cheering loudly, but then their cheers turned into sighs.

While most of the players of the Chinese Olympic team were not prepared for Mexico's attack, Zengcheng, the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, did not have any carelessness.

Seeing Gutierrez rushing in, he decisively chose to abandon the door and attack, and bravely stretched out his palms and flew towards the football.

In order to ensure concealment, Cisneros's pass was picked with the instep of his foot, and it was on the right side of the penalty area, and after Gutierrez entered from the left direction in front of the penalty area, in order to adjust to the right foot when shooting, he could only use his left foot to receive the ball, and at the same time caused his body to be sideways towards the goal.

It was such a little adjustment time that gave Zengcheng a chance, after Gutierrez's shot was blocked by his body, he slapped the football with both palms quickly, and slapped the football to the ground, when Gutierrez wanted to make up for it, Du Zhenyu, who was desperately catching up from behind, kicked the football out of the sideline first.

The Chinese Olympic team has escaped.

"Beautiful! Zengcheng is beautiful!" Liu Jiangfeng jumped up excitedly, as if the Chinese team had scored a goal, "Zengcheng is still experienced." ”

"The national Olympic team really chose the right goalkeeper this time. A veteran is just experienced. Dad Chen also had palpitations on his face.

At the same time, Zhang Sheng, who was watching the game in the morning, also had to admire the aura revealed by the Mexican team's attack, and when the conventional means of attacking could not be effective, using this imaginative pass to create opportunities is the signature way of the South American team.

Mexico has both South American and European football styles, most of the players have good skills, and are good at playing overall football, if it is not for the average physical fitness, technology and overall shortcomings, they will be stronger, in general, Mexican football can be regarded as a strengthened version of Japan, a low-profile version of Spain.

This goal is that Gutierrez is not a decent striker, so he adjusted it a little more, otherwise he would shoot directly without stopping the ball, and the Chinese team would definitely lose the goal.

Although Gutierrez's goal did not score, it gave the Mexican team a great morale boost, and in the next few minutes, the Chinese team was basically pressed in the half by the Mexican team, and gave Mexico two corners in a row.

Fortunately, after the collective distraction of the backline just now was educated once, they all increased their vigilance and did not give the Mexican team a chance to shoot again. And the Mexican team, which pressed the attack, also gave the Chinese team a chance to counterattack.

In the 33rd minute, Cisneros, who wanted to repeat his old skills in the midfield, was blocked by Qi Ming in advance, and then he directly distributed the ball to Ding Huaiyi on the left, who faced the defense of Mexican left wingback Aguirre and chose to pass the ball through the gear unexpectedly.

Aguirre, who was worn by Ding Huaiyi, was a little embarrassed and angry, and directly put his arm on his chest, pushing Ding Huaiyi, who wanted to speed up and bypass, to the ground, Ding Huaiyi was also experienced, so he covered his face and fell down, and the French referee Tobin hurriedly ran over to control the situation and gave Aguirre a yellow card.

The Chinese team's counterattack also sounded a wake-up call for the Mexican side, so that their two fullbacks did not dare to press too closely, and Rick Link also made a two-handed forward posture on the field, asking the boys of the Chinese team to press up the defensive formation and let the war burn in the midfield as much as possible.

Then both sides pressed more in the midfield, Eric Torres couldn't find a good opportunity and withdrew from the penalty area, leaving Marco Bueno alone in front, as Ma Yongli, who has long been accustomed to playing free man in the back, also followed the premise of the central defender position, and once again strengthened the thickness of the midfield.

After entering the hand-to-hand combat, Mexico's physical weakness was completely exposed, they played very hard, but they did not have any advantage in the confrontation between the high-altitude ball and the body, but Qi Ming, Zhang Linpeng, a strong Chinese player with physical fitness, repeatedly made the Mexican players deflated.

"I think Qi Ming can go to Europe. Chen Jiangfeng is very optimistic about Qi Ming, "He didn't suffer at all against Germany in the last game, and now he still has an advantage over Mexico, so if he goes to Europe to mix, it won't be bad." Look at Zhang Linpeng, who has been in Europe for more than a year, and is much more stable than playing football in China. ”

"The Dragons shouldn't let him go to Europe right now. "Dad Chen is very sure, "Qi Ming's position in the midfield of the Longteng team is too critical, and he is needed both offensively and defensively, and it is estimated that he will not go until Nie Jiang goes to Europe first." ”

As the half-time situation became a mode of mutual push, the first half of the game gradually came to an end, when the whistle sounded, the score was still fixed at 0:0, the situation was definitely favorable to the Chinese team.

Rick Link was also relaxed in the dressing room: "We played well in the first half and it would have been nice if you had focused a little more. It's a hot day, but there are a lot of Chinese fans on the sidelines, and they come from far away China to support us, so we should give them the best gift - victory. ”

'I've always thought you guys are the best players and our goal is to win the title. "Rick Link continues to give encouragement to the players," I said before. The trophy is still in Mexico's hands, and beating them is the only way for us to win the gold medal. Now they are more anxious than us, we have to play smarter, more patient, and the final victory is definitely ours. Let's keep up the good work in the second half. ”

In this Olympic Games, there are many more Chinese tourists coming to Brazil than in history, and there are not a few of them who have come to watch the games of the National Olympic football team.

Judging from the ticket sales of football matches, there are not a few people who buy tickets for the Chinese Olympic team.

A team ticket refers to a ticket for all the games of your favorite team in an event - including the number of knockout matches that have not yet been determined whether you can enter, if your favorite team successfully enters the knockout round, the ticket will be valid, if the team is eliminated, the ticket money for the next game will be refunded, but a certain amount of processing fee will be charged.

The opponent of the Chinese team in this game, Mexico and Brazil, are on the same American continent, much closer than China, but in terms of the number of fans on the scene, the number of Chinese team fans even has a slight advantage, of course, there are many Chinese in Brazil, many of them will also come to the stadium to support the Chinese team, including Qin Minghao's parents and their friends.

The Chinese fans who came to watch the game more or less know how to take penalties, and the current half-time score makes them more satisfied, and everyone's expression is of course relaxed.

During the 15 minutes of the halftime, the Chinese fans were leisurely rehydrated and chatting and laughing. Fans watching the game as far away as China are gradually entering a state of wakefulness, after all, it is almost seven o'clock in the morning, which is the time for many office workers to get up and go to work every day.

At this time, Chen Jiangfeng was instructed by Chen's father to go out to buy breakfast, and when he came to the breakfast stall, he heard someone discussing the game of the Chinese Olympic team: "0:0 is a bit dangerous, you can't concede the ball first in the second half." In the past, they qualified after a draw, but they never qualified. ”

"Don't worry. The current national football team is much more stable than before. It's not that Mexico hasn't fought, when has it lost. Whether it's the national youth, the national Olympics or the club, which time is not for us to win. "The one in the back is full of confidence.

Obviously, in addition to the national team in recent years, the victory of the Longteng team against the Mexican América club in the Club World Cup has also given fans a lot of confidence.

"We're lucky, too. "The previous one is still a little lacking in confidence," If they hadn't injured two players, it would have been difficult to play. ”

"I'm afraid of wool. Isn't the injured Peralta the striker of the American team who played against the Dragons in the Club World Cup before, didn't he play the same game, did he score?"

Hearing that someone saw the National Olympic team like this, Chen Jiangfeng was also very happy, and returned home with a quick walk all the way early.

Chen's mother, who had already gotten up, teased: "Yo! It's rare to eat the breakfast that my son bought." ”

Chen Jiangfeng didn't care about these details, but asked Chen's father: "Dad." Do you think we will score first in the second half?"

Dad Chen, who was just about to habitually suppress first and then raise up, immediately remembered the crow's mouth in the last game, and immediately changed his words before he said the worried words: "Of course we scored first, they are more anxious than us, and the threat of our counterattack is still very big." ”

Dad Chen's words are really right.

At this time in the dressing room of the Mexican team, although the head coach Gutiérrez tried his best to hide his worries, it was clear from his eyes that he was not sure of winning the second half of the game.

'There's still half and we still have time. Gutiérrez comforted the players and continued, "There were still a lot of problems in the first half of their defence, especially the lack of preparation for the midfielders. Our forwards need to move a little bit more and attract more of their centre-backs to press. ”

"Chuki (Lozano's nickname), you are ready to play at any time in the second half. Gutiérrez is also ready to show his killer strategy, as a player who has been selected for the Mexican national team, Gutiérrez let him play the first two games, this time he was not fit enough, temporarily let him rest for half the court, "We need to be more aggressive up front, their players are generally tall, we have to play our technical advantages." ”

"Finally, I want everyone to remember. We are the defending champions and if we don't want to be knocked out early, we have to give our best. In the second half we cheered. Gutierrez decided to stimulate everyone and give the players a pick-me-up.

After the start of the second half, Mexico played more strongly, as soon as the Chinese team kicked off, they began to press the whole court, and the Chinese players who had long heard Rick Link reminded knew that the other party was in a hurry, and chose to slowly deal with the other party, the situation on the field was similar to the second half of the first half, football has been in the midfield, and the ball is constantly exchanged between the two teams.

Gutierrez was on the sidelines anxiously directing his team to press up, hoping to get a shot on goal.

In the sixth minute of the second half, Mexico did have a good chance. Their left-hand full-back, Torres Nilo, moved the ball to the right side of the box with a big kick in midfield, and Eric Torres in the middle of the box made a surprise move, jumping to his feet, spreading his legs and letting the ball slip through the way, and behind him was midfielder No.17 Gonzalez, who quickly cut into the box.

Gonzalez hooked the ball that was about to go out of the baseline with his foot, and then volleyed it in the right penalty area, but fortunately, he hooked the ball at high speed, and the focus was a little backwards, and the shot missed the spot, and the ball flew high over the crossbar.

Although the ball was not threatening, it did play the tactical requirements that Gutierrez needed to attract attention from the strikers and the midfielders to insert the attack.

Gutierrez quickly made his first change, bringing Lozano on to increase the threat of shooting, and it was Gonzalez, who had just shot the ball away, who was replaced by Gonzalez.

Rick Link couldn't sit still, he came to the sidelines, and after shouting at the captain Li Yun, he pointed to his head, and the meaning was obvious: "Be focused, don't give the opponent a chance to shoot easily." ”

After Lozano came on, Mexico's attack changed direction, and the right flank where Cisneros was previously the main direction of Mexico's attack, now it is on the left side of Lozano.

Mexico's change this time is a big threat, with Lozano's speed, ability to advance with the ball, and aura of movement and passing planning on display.

In the twelfth minute of the second half, after Lozano received the ball on the left side, two consecutive fake changes of direction made Du Zhenyu shake, and then Lozano went all the way to the bottom line position in the penalty area, but fortunately, Li Yun's supplement was in time, blocking Lozano's ball from the bottom line and giving Mexico a corner kick.

In the next fifteenth minute, after attracting the attention of two people on the right side of the Chinese team, Lozano also passed the ball, and it was Cisneros on the right side who got the ball, and the two full-backs completed the connection on the field.

Cisneros flashed the angle of the shot after continuous lateral dribbling, because Qi Ming just leaned to the right to help defend Lozano, resulting in space in the middle of the midfield, Cisneros decisively chose a long shot in front of the penalty area, the football crossed the middle of the penalty area, went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, and finally hit the left post and bounced back into the penalty area, and was driven out by Ma Yongli with a big foot.

It was Mexico's best chance so far in the second half.

Ricklinck was also taken aback by Mexico's shot, and he quickly made a change, allowing Ma Yongli to move back to the midfield, strengthening the sweep at the edge of the penalty area, while allowing Qi Ming to devote more energy to help defend Lozano on the right side.

After waving his hand regretfully, Gutierrez chose to adjust again, and he wanted to play all his cards as soon as possible.