61. Samba Fengyun (6)
"It's too dangerous. Chen Jiangfeng was also scared into a cold sweat just now, "Mexico still needs to change people, is this a preparation to strengthen the attack?"
Dad Chen stared at the screen nervously: "It seems to be a midfielder, this is to play a single striker and strengthen the strength of the midfield again." ”
At this time, a substitution was underway on the field, with Raul López replacing striker Bueno, who started but was inactive.
Soon Rick Link also chose to make a substitution, Xiong Jian replaced Zou Weijia, which is also a means to strengthen the midfield defense, and it seems that he also wants to fight for the midfield.
Xiong Jian's play really made a difference. As a regular midfield tandem and sweeping player of the Longteng team, Xiong Jian's ability to run up and down, fill and intercept has one hand.
Moreover, Xiong Jian's appearance freed Qi Ming, who could have more energy to take care of Gutierrez, the forward in charge of Mexico's offensive organization, which could cut off the connection between Gutierrez and Lozano.
Sure enough, after Gutierrez was difficult to pass the ball to Lozano comfortably, although Mexico's left attack still existed, the threat became much smaller, and Zhang Linpeng and Xiong Jian's double defense made Lozano, who was not very comfortable receiving the ball, have no opportunity to directly face the attack.
Although the football is still being passed to the feet of Lozano, he has to adjust to be able to devote himself to the attack, and the director's camera is frequently given to him, but he chooses to return the pass with his back more often, and the threatening horizontal pass transfer no longer exists.
In the thirtieth minute of the second half, a big foot pass from Mexico's backfield found Lozano, Du Zhenyu stuck his position in the penalty area this time, Lozano chose to slap the ball with his hand from behind Du Zhenyu, and then fell into the penalty area with an obvious diving action.
Du Zhenyu hurriedly raised his hands to indicate that he had not committed a foul, and the referee Tobin was even more aware of it, he ran directly to the penalty area and gave Lozano, who was still lying on the ground and was about to take a penalty, a yellow card.
Handball plus fake falls, Lozano is obviously in a hurry.
Lozano's move also drew deafening boos from the Chinese fans in the stands, followed by applause for the French referee's decision.
This fake fall is actually the mentality of all the players in the Mexican team right now - they desperately need to score a goal.
Next, the midfield of the Chinese team is like a meat grinder, constantly squeezing the Mexican team's attempt to pass the plan to smash, of course, the Chinese team also came back to the price, not only Zhang Linpeng ate a yellow card for overexerting force in defense, Xiong Jian, who had just come on the field, was also warned with a yellow card because he pulled down the Mexican player in the midfield.
But it was worth it because Mexico were clearly out of whack and they started to play more from the back to Lozano and Eric Torres in front of them, hoping to break through the Chinese defence.
It's a pity that these two attacking players are not the kind of high school forwards, and they are the losers in the header scramble.
By the 35th minute of the second half, Gutierrez was ready to make one final adjustment, calling in his substitutes to his side and making arrangements with the tactical board.
At this time, the situation on the field changed abruptly, a Mexican attack was cut off by the Chinese team, and because there were too many people involved in the attack, when Qi Ming passed the ball to the front court with a big foot, the Chinese team formed a 4-on-4 situation, which was an excellent counterattack for the Chinese team.
Qin Minghao was observing the situation of his teammates while dribbling the ball at this time, Nie Jiang was in the middle and was stared at by the opponent's central defender, Zhang Linpeng on the right rushed up and raised his hand to ask for the ball, and behind him on the left side was Ding Huaiyi, who was inserting at high speed, and finally Qin Minghao chose to transfer the ball to Zhang Linpeng.
Zhang Linpeng did not make much adjustments after receiving the pass, he chose a direct long-range shot, this shot is very powerful, and the angle chosen is also very good, which is the upper right corner of the goal.
Mexico's goalkeeper Tarabella is also an overage player, born in 1982, he is very experienced, when Qin Minghao chose to pass, he began to move to the right side of the goal, when Zhang Linpeng's shot was completed, Tarabella had already pounced sideways, and finally he held the ball up with his fingers, and the football will fly out of the bottom line.
Although this save gave the Chinese team a corner kick, it finally kept the goal without conceding a goal.
When Chen Jiangfeng saw Zhang Linpeng shooting, he shouted loudly: "Good shot!" ”
Dad Chen also said excitedly: "Zhang Linpeng's long-range shooting kung fu is still there." He has been to such a world wave many times in the Chinese Super League before, and after going to Europe, it is rare to see him playing, but I didn't expect to almost make a contribution today. ”
Zhang Sheng in front of the TV also nodded silently, after Zhang Linpeng went to Europe, although there was not much domestic attention, but it could be seen that after gaining a firm foothold in Europe, it gave him great confidence, and he performed very steadily in this game.
It seems that Italy is really a training class for defenders, even if Zhang Linpeng plays in the Italian regional league and the lower leagues such as Serie C.
At this time, Gutierrez, who was already ready to make a substitution, chose to wait a little longer, because when defending corner kicks and set-pieces on the football field, newcomers are generally not allowed to come up, otherwise the players who have just come on the field are likely to be inactive, or they are not tacit with the players who have played most of the game, resulting in the loss of the goal.
The Chinese team is delaying time.
First Xu Mingyu took the ball and prepared to take the penalty, and then under the command of Rick Link, it became Ding Huaiyi's penalty, and the process of the two people changing positions dragged on for at least more than a minute.
When Ding Huaiyi's ball was released, Mexico's central defender Montes used his height advantage to push the ball out of the penalty area, and it was Qin Minghao who stood at the top of the penalty area at this time.
In the face of the incoming ball, Qin Minghao first made a beautiful unload and stopped the ball firmly at his feet, and then he chose to burst into the Mexico penalty area from the left.
Mexico was obviously unprepared for Qin Minghao's breakthrough, and seeing Qin Minghao who was highly inserted, several Mexican players did not immediately go up to chase after him, but looked at each other, counting on his teammates to force the grab, just like that, Qin Minghao had already dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area at high speed.
When Montes, who was close to Qin Minghao, wanted to go up and intercept, Qi Ming used his body to block him firmly, and at this time, Qin Minghao did not have any defenders around him.
Such a good opportunity, how could Qin Minghao let it go, he decisively chose to hit the upper corner of the left side of the goal with his left foot.
Under Qin Minghao's strong impact, the football was like a bolt of lightning, flying straight to the upper left corner of the goal, such a close shot, no matter how fast Talabella reacted, he could only symbolically wave his hands, and at this time the football had already flown into the goal.
Tarabella's movements were like surrendering to Qin Minghao's shot, which was firmly engraved by the camera.
"Ah, Qin Minghao, the mouse has scored. Chen Jiangfeng shook his head, and after standing up, he turned around and knelt on the sofa, hitting the back of the sofa with his fist, like a mad dog.
At this time, Chen's father was no better than Chen Jiangfeng, and he didn't care about the cigarette he was smoking, he held his hand tightly and shook his fist vigorously, and the cigarette ash was all over the floor with his shaking.
"Haha, we're ahead. There are ten minutes left, hold on, hold on, and we're going to qualify. Chen Jiangfeng got down from the sofa at this time and screamed and jumped, very happy.
After Chen's father calmed down, he hurriedly cleaned up the cigarette ash on the ground.
On TV, Qin Minghao excitedly rushed to the stands and waved his hand to the stands, while Qin Minghao's parents were in the stands.
Dad Qin accepted the celebration of his friends with a smile on his face.
"Your son is amazing! Congratulations, congratulations. ”
"Lao Qin, you really have a good son. ”
Other teammates of the National Olympic team also rushed over at this time, and everyone excitedly surrounded Qin Minghao to celebrate this hard-won goal, and Rick Link on the sidelines was also ecstatic and hugged the assistant coach around him, and the team leader hugged and celebrated one by one.
Zengcheng, who was far away from the other goal, also waved his fist with a smile on his face, cheering for his teammates on the other side of the field.
After kicking off again, the morale of the Chinese team was significantly higher, and Mexico was even more impatient.
Of course, Mexico, who were more hard-working, still had a chance, and just three minutes after the goal, the overly excited Ma Yongli lost the ball at the back, and it was Eric Torres who broke the ball.
The other players of Mexico also rushed up in a swarm, pulling the side to ask for the ball, but the over-minded Eric Torres directly chose to shoot in front of the penalty area, and the ball was not kicked in the right part - the kick was defective, and the football flew directly out of the bottom line.
Eric Torres, who had finished the shot, touched his head in embarrassment and raised his hand to apologize to his teammates.
Gutiérrez also made his third substitution at this time, with striker Carlos Fierro replacing left-back Torres in a last-ditch effort.
The Mexican team, which was already pressing, is now starting to press all over the board, and they don't care about the defense.
In the five or six minutes after conceding the goal, Mexico completed consecutive hexagonal shots, which shows their eagerness.
As a result, in the 41st minute of the second half, the Chinese team almost scored again.
This time it was a big foot of Mexico that drove into the penalty area, Li Yun's header cleared the ball far away, Ding Huaiyi on the left side ran all the way after taking the ball, there were only three players behind Mexico, when Ding Huaiyi went down to the bottom line, and then a beautiful emergency stop smash, the two players who defended him rushed over their heads, and then Ding Huaiyi's inverted triangle pass to the center of the completely empty penalty area.
Nie Jiang happened to run to receive the ball successfully at this time, facing the Mexican goal with only one defender and one goalkeeper left, Nie Jiang's shot was too angle-oriented, and as a result, it flew out of the bottom line by grazing the right post.
The Chinese team missed the opportunity to extend the score.
"This ball, it's a pity. Chen Jiangfeng also held his head regretfully, "If this goal is scored, the game can be declared over." ”
"It's fine. After the last game, the Chinese team will definitely not concede goals in the final stages of the game. "Dad Chen started to talk about the Chinese team.
After Rick Link regretted for a while, he chose to replace, Zhang Linpeng, who had a yellow card, was replaced by Huang He, obviously afraid that in the last few minutes, Zhang Linpeng had a yellow card and did not dare to make a move, giving the other party a chance.
After the substitution, Rick Link still had a substitution card in his hand to play, which he was ready to use in injury time to stall for time.
In the final minutes of regular time, Mexico began to shoot desperately from distance, one hoping to score a goal in the lottery and the other hoping to get a corner kick and create chances with set-piece tactics.
As the oldest player in the whole team, Zengcheng showed an experienced boss this time, he tried to hold the ball down every time he saved, and then slowly stood up and kicked off when he saw that there was no one around him.
In the 45th minute of the second half, Mexico did get a corner, which was also very good, and found the Mexican player in the box, but there were also two Mexican players at this point, and their headers interfered with each other, resulting in the ball eventually going over the crossbar.
Gutierrez, who was on the sidelines, also waved his hand in annoyance.
Seeing that the game entered the stoppage time stage, the Mexican players who were already a little annoyed and angry became more and more angry, and in the first minute of stoppage time, when Du Zhenyu and Eric Torres grabbed the header, the latter, who knew that he could not grab the ball, hit Du Zhenyu's eyebrow with an elbow, and the blood came out.
The referee rushed over and gave Eric Torres a yellow card, and at the same time asked Du Zhenyu to go off the field for treatment, and Rick Link also took the opportunity to replace Du Zhenyu with Dawn.
This treatment and substitution will consume the stoppage time in one fell swoop.
Referee Tobin also gave another minute of stoppage time at his discretion.
Zengcheng, who took the ball in the penalty area, first looked left, then right, and then waved his hands to let his teammates press, ready to kick the big foot, but because of too much delay, he received a yellow card.
The Mexican players were even more angry and yelled at Zengcheng not to delay time.
When Zengcheng's ball was sent, Huang He got the ball on the right side, and after getting the ball, Huang He was not in a hurry to attack, but rubbed the ball on the sideline, waiting for his teammates to come and respond.
In the end, Gutierrez slammed into the Yellow Crane from behind, knocking the Yellow Crane out of bounds, and the Yellow Crane also fell to the ground and hugged the ball.
Just as Huang He was about to slowly get up with the support of the fourth official, Lozano, who was already full of anger, ran over from a long distance and pushed Huang He to the ground with both hands in front of the referee and the fourth official.
This off-the-ball foul under the referee's nose has only one consequence – a red card. Lozano also wanted to argue with the referee, but was persuaded by the captain of the team to leave the game.
With one goal behind and one man less, less than a minute after the game, Mexico, which can only qualify by winning, has no chance at all.
After another minute of stoppage time, the referee's whistle blew as the Chinese Olympic team defeated a strong opponent 1-0, knocking out the defending champions Mexico and making a historic entry into the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games.
This is another historic breakthrough in Chinese football.