The game time is getting shorter and smaller, and the huge cheers that erupt over the arena in Pernambuco are getting louder and louder, and both Chinese and Costa Rican fans can only vent their stress.

The wait for the Chinese fans is torment, and the same is true for the Costa Rican fans, who are now playing with one less player on the field, and if they want to qualify for the quarter-finals of this World Cup, they must maintain the current score until the end of the game, otherwise it will be an absolute disaster if the Chinese team scores an equalizer1

Although the Chinese fans were tormented when waiting, they believed that the Chinese team led by Tang Zheng could at least equalize before the end of the game!

Even many fans believe that Tang Zheng can lead the team to kill the game directly like the past Champions League finals!

Standing in front of the home team's coach's seat, the head coach of the Chinese team Lippi wore a pair of gold wire glasses, his face was full of sadness, and the close-up of the live director was given several times, and when the game came to the 83rd minute, the central 5 commentator He Wei said: "Time is getting less and less, should Coach Lippi make the last substitution adjustment in advance? With the current offensive level, it seems difficult to break through Costa Rica's solid defensive system." ”

Commentator Gong Lei expressed different highlights and said with a smile: " He Wei, in fact, what you think is too complicated, the current offensive combination of the Chinese team can be said to be the most threatening offensive combination at present, Lu Liang on the left, Sun Jingbo on the right, they are all offensive players who can rely on outstanding individual ability to complete the breakthrough, Gao Lin lacks grasp ability, but he can attract the defensive attention of a large number of Costa Rican players in the frontcourt, and the two fullbacks have good assist capabilities, especially Zhang Linpeng, coupled with Tang Zheng's tandem organization in the midfield, may be able to find opportunities in the rest of the game. ”

In the end, Gong Lei's wise eyes became resolute.

As China's first former Chinese international to be nominated for World Footballer of the Year, he believes that current FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Tang Zheng can lead the Chinese team to create a miracle, score goals, and then beat Costa Rica to advance to the quarterfinals!

Many Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV didn't have such a good impression of Gong Lei, but after hearing his words, they found that Ali, the Gong Lei member, was not so annoying, and could even say ...... It's cute.

The fourth 1/8 final match between the Chinese team and Costa Rica kicked off at four o'clock in the morning Beijing time, and the time was already half past five in the morning, and the sun in most parts of the country showed signs of outcropping, such as the sun hanging high in the coastal areas of Guangdong.

But Chinese fans who have followed the Chinese team's World Cup journey are still in high spirits, sitting in front of the TV or computer watching the game, waiting for the goal.

It's an ordeal to wait, but why not compare to the joy of a goal?

Time passed quietly second by second, and Tang Zheng, the No. 10 of the Chinese team with high hopes, became a member of the live director's favorite to capture close-ups, and the fans sitting in front of the TV could see Tang Zheng's handsome face.

Costa Rica's defensive system is quite solid, leaving not much space for the Chinese team, even if Tang Zheng's ability to read the game is amazing, it is difficult to find the right opportunity to give a fatal blow or send a lethal pass on the offensive end.

So in this case, I can only wait, but the game has been waiting for 85 minutes, 86 minutes, and 87 minutes, Tang Zheng has not found a suitable opportunity, and even if he finds it, Navas, who has God's help in this game, can save the day.

"Headache!"

Tang Zheng watched Navas grinding to find a caddy for a goal kick, dragging his hair with both hands, very depressed.

He was waiting for the Costa Rican players to lose concentration due to their declining fitness, but judging from the current situation, the Costa Rican players were united and determined to hold on to the 1-0 score until the end of the game.

Of course, Tang Zheng did not give up the game, after all, there is still time.

And from the perspective of winning the game, attacking the goal of Costa Rica, which is united, is more conducive to the next overtake!

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The time is about to come to eighty-nine minutes, and the live director gave a close-up shot in front of the Chinese team's bench, but unexpectedly the head coach Lippi and his assistants are still discussing and have no plans to make substitutions.

In fact, it's not that Lippi doesn't want to be replaced, but now there is no one to replace.

The eleven players on the field are the strongest attacking formation that the Chinese team can put on at present, and the players who remain on the bench are either not in line with the game tactics or lack experience in international competitions, so Lippi finally chose not to move.

Not far from the coaching area of the away team, Costa Rica coach Pinto is very anxious, he has made two substitution adjustments, and the remaining one substitution adjustment is to prepare to stay in injury time to consume game time reasonably, but the football is always controlled at the feet of the Chinese team, he feels very worried, especially when the football is passed to the feet of Tang Zheng, the tension is abnormal, like walking on thin ice.

The frenetic atmosphere over the Pernambuco Arena grew even more frenetic as the clock came to an end, and fans on both sides chose to stand up and watch the game with bated breath, for fear of missing out on a wonderful picture that will be remembered for a lifetime.

Eighty-nine minutes into the game, Costa Rican coach Pinto excitedly pulled Viren Francisco and made a lot of body movements while quickly explaining the tactics.

It is not difficult to see that Pinto is very nervous!

One more minute of regular time, and then injury time, would add a lot of color to his coaching resume!

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Falcao, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the live broadcast of the game, turned his head to look at James Rodriguez and asked, "Hey~ Do you think Tang is likely to help the Chinese team equalize?"

"Yes!"

Falcao thought that James Rodriguez would think about it for a while, but it turned out to be categorical.

Surprisingly decisive!

So after Falcao was stunned, he asked curiously, "Why?"

"Because...... He's unpredictable!" James Rodriguez looked at Tang Zheng on the broadcast screen, then turned his head to look at the old captain Falcao, and said meaningfully: "Don't you think so?

Tang Zheng in the broadcast screen organized the attack in the 30-meter area of the offensive end, even if the time was getting less and less, he was not in a hurry or impatient, and still handled the ball calmly.

Falcao's brain naturally thought of the past games with Tang Zheng as a teammate and opponent, and suddenly, he realized that Tang Zheng had always been unpredictable, strong when weak, and stronger when strong.

It is true that the overall strength of the Chinese team is insufficient, but what can be relied on to stand out from Group C?

Is the whole team doing it?

It is undeniable that after all, football is a team sport, but if the Chinese team lacks Tang Zheng, let alone qualifying from the group, it will be difficult to even score a goal and get the first point in the World Cup.

Falcao then withdrew his gaze and watched the game again.

Seeing that Falcao was not talking on the large LCD screen in the room, James Rodriguez also turned his head to watch the game again.

The football came to Tang Zheng's feet again through continuous passing.

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The Portuguese national team has been disbanded on the spot at the end of the final round of the group stage, but Cristiano Ronaldo, who is on vacation, is still watching the process of the World Cup knockout round, and the fourth World Cup 1/8 final between China and Costa Rica is also on his radar.

Of course, if the game itself is pure he has no interest in following.

The overall level of national football between China and Costa Rica is not high, and there is no point in paying attention, and his choice to watch the match between China and Costa Rica when he is on vacation is entirely because of his club teammate Tang Zheng.

He wanted to see what position Tang Zheng could bring the Chinese team to.

In the group stage, the Chinese team won one and drew one in the first two group games, Portugal drew one and lost one, and most of them left the World Cup in Brazil.

In the last round of the group stage, the Chinese team relied on Tang Zheng to equalize the score with two goals behind Colombia and locked another qualifying spot.

Although Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal for the national team in the final round to win the game, the huge hidden danger caused by the big loss in the first round was vividly reflected in the final round of the group stage, and he could only leave with hatred in the end.

China, who should not have been in the round of 16, were brought into the round of 16 by Tang Zheng, and they faced Costa Rica, who were considered the weakest in all groups, and Cristiano Ronaldo had reason to believe that Tang Zheng could lead the team to defeat Costa Rica.

But...... Both the Chinese team and Tang Zheng seem to have encountered a lot of trouble, and his expression is almost the same as Tang Zheng's expression in the broadcast screen, with frowns.

But as the camera progressed, Cristiano Ronaldo found that Tang Zheng's eyes were still full of fighting spirit, and murmured: "Maybe...... And miracles, right?"

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With more than 10 seconds left in the 90 minutes of regular time, the fourth official had already arrived on the sidelines with electronic cards and held them high.

The Arabic numerals shown above are: 4!

In other words, there are still four minutes left in this game!

With football at the feet of the Chinese team, not many people noticed an interesting scene happening on the sidelines.

China's head coach Lippi believes that Costa Rica central defender Duarte has consumed too much game time when he is sent off, and four minutes of injury time is unreasonable.

The Costa Rican coach thinks four minutes is too long, three minutes at most.

At the same time, a loud exclamation from the Chinese fan area rang out over the Pernambuco Arena: "Oh, oh, oh-"

It's not that the Chinese team has switched from offense to defense, but that injury time is coming soon.

There is not much time left for the Chinese team!

The football happened to see Tang Zheng's feet, and he felt the exclamation coming to his face, where did he not know why?

Tang Zheng, who seemed to be unfazed, inevitably had a trace of psychological fluctuations, and when he saw Sun Jingbo inserting forward, he didn't think much about it and sent a direct pass.

As a result, the football was cut off by substitute Brenes, then looked up, and then handed the ball to the captain Ruiz, who quickly ran out of the gap, and the striker Campbell, who was still on the field, turned around and ran as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Oops!!"

Yang 5 commentator He Wei changed his voice and exclaimed.

Tang Zheng, who rarely made mistakes, was not depressed at the first time, but quickly turned around and ran towards Costa Rica captain Ruiz.

Sure enough!

The ball rolls to Ruiz.

Tang Zheng is explosive and still full of physical energy, Ruiz has been on the defensive for most of the game, and his physical consumption is too great, and his start to turn around to the ball is a little unsmooth, and he has adjusted a little more at his feet.

Ruiz took the ball forward with the outside of his right foot, and Cuvelo shouted from his side: "Brian!

But...... It's already too late!

Tang Zheng had enough power to kick the ground with his left foot, his center of gravity sank, stretched his right foot behind the right side, and stopped Ruiz's football that he had just stepped out with his heel, and Ruiz threw it forward a meter or two away because of inertia, and then rolled painfully on the ground with his right foot.

Costa Rican coach Pinto, who was standing in front of the away team's coach's box, excitedly picked up on the spot, raised his arms and looked at the indifferent referee Eriksen.

Behind-the-back tackles are always forbidden, even from behind the side, but depending on the referee's judgment on the actions and intentions of the shoveller.

Tang Zheng, who completed the tackle, did not hear the whistle of the referee Eriksen, and naturally ignored Ruiz, who was rolling in pain, but quickly got up.

As a high-level player, Tang Zheng is very confident in his movements.

Ruiz is 100% habitual diving!

The easiest moment to concede a goal in football is not from attack to defense, but from attack to defense after from defense to attack.

The Costa Rican players, who had a one-goal lead, found that they had a chance to seal the win before the end of the game after defending most of the half, so most of the players couldn't resist the power in their hearts and chose to run back.

And at this time, the most stable captain Ruiz lost the ball in the process of counterattacking, which was fatal!

After getting up, Tang Zheng flicked the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, dodged a ferocious tackle from Cuvero, and then directly picked up his right foot and made a long pass to the left rib of the penalty area.

Lu Liang plugged in at high speed, and Gonzalez, the central defender in the process of retreating, raised his right arm, signaling that Lu Liang, who was chasing the football, was suspected of offside, but the assistant referee did not raise the flag!

No offside!

Lu Liang, who was running, kicked the ground with his right foot, and the whole person jumped forward by the huge reaction force on the ground, and quickly brought the falling ball to the far end of the goal with his left foot.

Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas, who showed considerable experience in this game, originally wanted to block Lu Liang's shooting angle, but Lu Liang chose to pass.

The key is that Gao Lin does not have a track in football, so ......

Navas turned his head to look, his pupils shrinking suddenly.

Sun Jingbo, who came off the bench in the second half of the Chinese team, seemed to be ...... Run towards the spot where the ball lands.

"Damn it!"

Navas hurriedly started again and ran sideways to the far end.

But the speed of the football and the speed of Sun Jingbo's movement were significantly faster than the speed of Navas's movement, so the shouts of the Chinese fans in the stands became a tsunami: "Whoa—"

Sun Jingbo, who was running at high speed, was the same as Lu Liang's previous movements, pushing the ground with his left foot and taking a step forward with his right foot, the only difference was that Sun Jingbo pushed in a different direction with the arch of his foot.

Navas, who moved in front of goal, flew to pounce, but his height was limited, and Sun Jingbo's shooting footwork was excellent, and the football flew almost against the right post towards the goal......