As the referee on duty Kaushoi blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Colombia ended the first half with a 1-0 lead over China in the final round of Group C of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil at the Pantanal Stadium.

In another game at the Castello Stadium, the Greek team led Ivory Coast 2:0 at halftime, which means that according to the current score of the two games, the Chinese team can beat the Greek team by virtue of a goal difference to advance to the round of 16 of this World Cup.

However, there were still 45 minutes left in the game, the Chinese team was behind in score, and the overall strength was inferior to that of Colombia, and the defense line was shaky.

On the other hand, the Greek team, which led Ivory Coast by two goals in the first half, is likely to do its best to strengthen the attack in the second half for the glory of the national team, and then the Greek team with a two-goal lead can get more space to counterattack and score more goals.

So after the start of the second half, there are two possible scenarios.

The Chinese team continued to concede goals, and the Greek team continued to score.

If there is a one win and one loss in the two games, the goal difference of the Chinese team will change from '0' to '-1', and the goal difference of the Greek team will change from '-1' to '0'.

During the intermission, both the Chinese fans at the Pantanal Stadium and the Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV were on pins and needles, looking very anxious.

Before the game, the Greek fans who once thought that the Greek national team would not qualify for the round of 16 of this World Cup were extremely excited, and after halftime, the situation of the two games was clear at a glance, and the Chinese team, another favorite in Group C, could not organize an effective attack, while the Greek team scored two goals in a limited time and limited opportunities.

Fans with a little football knowledge know that Ivory Coast, which lost all the previous two rounds of the group stage, will definitely not give up the attack, and it is very likely that more goals will be scored when the time comes!

The thought that the national team can score more goals in the coming game time is very exciting for both the Greek fans in the stadium and the Greek fans in front of the TV and looking forward to that moment to happen.

After a while, the Chinese players returned to the home team's locker room one after another, assistant coach Madaloni closed the door, and the noise from the stadium suddenly stopped, and the previously good atmosphere became a little sluggish.

It turned out that one of Lippi's assistants, Li Tie, had informed the players on the field that the game was playing at another venue, and the Greek team was currently leading Ivory Coast 2-0.

Chinese players, including Tang Zheng, are frowning and anxious.

I already knew that Colombia was strong before the game, but I didn't really experience Colombia's strength until the game started, and Colombia also rested some of the main players in the first half, which means that Colombia will be even more terrifying.

As the game ticks on, given the crucial nature of the knockout round, Pekerman will certainly bring the main players back on the pitch to find form, and when the time comes, ......

Colombia is even more difficult to deal with!

Now down 1-0, an equaliser looks impossible.

Coupled with Greece's two-goal lead over Ivory Coast, they are likely to score again.

The situation of qualifying has become simple and blurry.

So many Chinese players couldn't help but sigh when they thought of this, but Tang Zheng and Lu Liang frowned, very unwilling.

Lippi's wise eyes swept over the Chinese players present, shaking his head as he watched.

Even though he has a lot of experience in his coaching career, it is difficult to change the overall temperament of a team.

Confidence is something you can't see or touch, but it's crucial to the game.

It wasn't until his gaze swept over Lu Liang and Tang Zheng that Lippi tapped his head.

Originally, the biggest reliance on leading the Chinese team to participate in this World Cup was Tang Zheng and attacker Lu Liang, especially Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng's energy has always been immeasurable, as long as he is in good condition, anything can happen.

Lu Liang was ambitious as a young man, became famous early, and had a high ball quotient, but the only drawback was that his mind was not mature enough, and there was no way to compare with Tang Zheng when he was nineteen years old, so the result was that his state was not stable enough, and he suffered from gains and losses.

But the state can be driven, and the energy that Lu Liang burst out is very terrifying, after all, he is only nineteen years old.

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Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the Chinese and Colombian teams who appeared in the stadium exchanged venues, but the referee Kaushoi did not blow the whistle, but waited for the Greek and Ivory Coast teams at the Castello Stadium to be ready before starting the game at the same time.

In order to reduce the rigging of the game, the simultaneous tee-off of both halves has become an essential part of major matches.

It is worth mentioning that neither the Chinese team nor Colombia made adjustments to the lineup on the field, but it is understandable that the leading Colombia did not make adjustments, but the Chinese team was behind, and Greece was two goals ahead of Ivory Coast in the other game, which is a bit puzzling if it does not make adjustments.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei looked down at the data in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "In the first half, the Chinese team was in continuous passive defense, which is directly related to Tang Zheng's participation in the attack, I have a set of data in my hand, Tang Zheng entered the Colombian 30-meter defense area, and the threat created by the Chinese team's attack is too obvious than Tang Zheng's non-entry into the Colombian defense 30-meter area, I think the silver fox Lippi should find a time period to liberate Tang Zheng and let him participate more in the team's attack......"

Commentator Xu Yang also nodded and said: "Defense is the foundation for Tang Zheng to become a professional player, but offense makes Tang Zheng recognized by the world!"

In fact, it is not that Lippi deliberately buries Tang Zheng's talent, but that the position of defensive midfielder is very important.

Because Lippi has always believed in a saying: offense wins fans, defense wins championships, especially in tournament games.

Wasn't that the 2006 World Cup in Germany?

Zheng Zhi has a lot of experience, and as he gets older and more suitable for playing as a defensive midfielder, he and Tang Zheng's double back has become the most solid link in Lippi's tactical system.

As long as it is not a last resort, Lippi will not liberate Tang Zheng.

Moreover, the goal difference is now one ahead of Greece.

No hurry!

But...... Just in the fourth minute of the second half, James Rodriguez scored again.

A careless pass from Li Xuepeng at the back was intercepted by Jackson Martinez, and then a straight pass found James Rodriguez, who had not returned to the defense.

James Rodriguez received a through pass from Jackson Martinez in a high-speed run and entered the penalty area, Feng Xiaoting carried a yellow card, and in the face of the extremely skilled Hames Rodriguez did not dare to stretch his feet easily, hold the position, and wait for James Rodriguez to take the initiative to make a mistake.

However, James Rodriguez was very calm, but he continued to use the change of the center of gravity of his body to deceive Feng Xiaoting's center of gravity unstable.

Yan Junling, who was guarding the near corner, had already been on guard and chose to abandon the door to attack!

James Rodriguez, who shook off Feng Xiaoting, picked up his left foot and struck the goal.

Due to the close distance, Yan Junling did not have time to wait for James Rodriguez to complete the shot before making a judgment, but chose to pounce directly into the near corner.

If Yan Junling faced an attacking player who was an ordinary player, there was a chance that the ball would be saved by him, but James Rodriguez is not an ordinary player, he is a player who can become a world-class superstar, so he is quite calm.

James Rodriguez picked out his left foot and did not touch the ball with the instep of his left foot, but rubbed the inside of his left foot towards the bottom of the ball.

The football was lifted into the air by the force, falling right from the top of Yan Junling's original head to the goal.

Li Xuepeng, who came to the goal line quickly, wanted to turn the tide, but he had no choice but to take off the height not enough, so he could only watch the football crash into the snow-white net.

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, the Pantanal Stadium became a sea of joy for Colombian fans, with their incessant chanting echoing in the sky.

Chinese fans, who occupy almost half of the stadium, feel extremely uncomfortable as they watch the Colombian players celebrating their goals.

Although the score of the Castello Stadium has not changed, the score is still Greece leading Ivory Coast 2:0, but now the points and goal difference of the Chinese team and the Greek team are '-1', and there are nearly 40 minutes left in the game!

Yang 5 commentator He Wei said according to the script prepared before the game: "According to the rules of the same points in the group stage of the World Cup, it is more ...... in the case of the same points and goal difference."

Before the words were finished, He Wei noticed the latest score of another game appearing in the lower left corner of the broadcast screen, his pupils shrank suddenly, as if he saw the most incredible thing in the world, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh my God! The Greek team scored again! They lead Ivory Coast 3:0!"

This means that there is no need to compare the complex coefficients of the two teams anymore, because the goal difference of the Greek team has changed from '-1' to '0'!

If the two games end according to the current score, Greece will beat China to become the other qualifying team in Group C......

The Chinese players on the pitch naturally didn't know that the score of the other stadium had quietly changed, but they could feel a huge crisis!

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The Colombian players celebrated their goals wantonly, and James Rodriguez, who scored twice in this game, rarely played a sliding kneeling celebration to vent the 'huge' psychological pressure before the game!

Especially thinking of the poor record against Tang Zheng's team in the past, he roared excitedly.

Pekerman in front of the coach's seat of the visiting team shook his head and smiled bitterly, although the Chinese team has Lippi in charge and Tang Zheng in the midfield, there is still no way to change the fact that the overall strength of the Chinese team is insufficient.

Originally, Pekerman wanted the team to lose the game, and then become second in the group to face Costa Rica, which was relatively weak overall.

However, the strength of the Chinese team was too poor, and there were not even a few shots that directly threatened goalkeeper Ospina.

If he loses to the Chinese team, as the head coach, he knows how the media will criticize him even if he uses his toes, and he may even become the target of FIFA's investigation and become the target of public criticism.

Now with a two-goal lead, it is a little difficult for the overall strength of the Chinese team to break Ospina and guard the goal.

He wondered if he should make a substitution to allow players who had not yet played to show their faces on the World Cup stage.

At the same time, Lippi in front of the home team's dugout felt a bolt from the blue.

First, the Chinese team conceded another goal, two goals behind Colombia, and then learned from his assistant Maddaloni that Greece was 3-0 ahead of Ivory Coast, which had lost both previous games, on the other field.

It is equivalent to saying that the Greek team is now coming from behind and ranking second in the group!

If there is no way to score in the remaining game time, the Chinese team can only be eliminated in a good situation!

Thinking of this, Lippi suddenly turned his head and had an emergency communication with Madaloni to see if he should make substitution adjustments in advance.

Two minutes later, the Chinese team called for a substitution.

Zhang Xizhe replaced Wu Sanshi, who did not have much room to play in this game, and Hao Junmin's position was adjusted and came to the familiar right side.

However, this substitution adjustment did not bring positive effects to the Chinese team, which was in dire need of a goal, and it was difficult to move forward once the football switched from defense to attack once it entered the 30-meter area.

Tang Zheng and Zheng Zhi were limited in their involvement in the attack, and the two full-backs were afraid of being used in the space behind them, and they did not dare to rely too much without the approval of head coach Lippi, so it was difficult for the Chinese team's attack to threaten Ospina's goal.

A few minutes into the game, Colombia made a substitution.

Messia replaces Quintero.

Messia, who came off the bench, also brought the latest tactical idea of head coach Pekerman, that is, Mingjin closed his troops and took the initiative to give up more time on the ball.

Of course, it's not that Colombia completely conceded possession, just that the attack was more direct.

Once the offense is not successful, the defenders must quickly return to their own half to defend, so it is easy for the Chinese team to switch from defense to attack.

Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team, stood in the coaching area of the home team and paced back and forth, and it was not difficult to see from the broadcast screen that he was very anxious.

At this moment, assistant coach Maddaloni appeared on the broadcast screen, his expression was very solemn, and then Lippi whispered a few words in his ear.

Immediately, Lippi's face also became solemn, and it could even be said that it was ...... Very ugly!

The same is true for Chinese fans sitting in front of their televisions, looking at the score cue given in the bottom left corner of the broadcast screen.

Greece, who led by three goals, scored another goal to give a 4-0 lead over the defeated Ivory Coast in the 60th minute of the game!

That is to say, the goal difference of the Chinese team is still at '-1', and the goal difference of the Greek team has changed from '0' to '1', which is two more than the goal difference of the Chinese team.

There is still half an hour left in the game, but for the current Chinese team, it has come to the edge of the cliff!

He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 Series, said excitedly: "There is not much time left for the Chinese team!

"That's right!" the guest commentator Xu Yang said solemnly: "Liberate Tang Zheng!

Lippi listened to the noise coming from the stands, rubbed his temples with his index fingers, and after about five seconds, he turned to his assistant Madaloni and said, "Call Cai here, get ready to play!"

The broadcast screen followed quickly and came to the warm-up area.

He Wei's voice changed and he shouted, "This ...... Is Lippi ready to be replaced by Cai Huikang?

"This moment ......" the guest commentator He Weilang said: "It's finally here!"