Before the game restarted, the Chinese team made the first substitution adjustment of the game, and Liu Ruofan, who was only 19 years old, replaced Hao Junmin, the vice captain with a very obvious decline in physical fitness, to strengthen the running ability of the midfielders.

But was that really what Lippi had in mind?

No!

Liu Ruofan's ability is more reflected in the offense!

Hao Junmin jogged to the sidelines, and the broadcaster gave a set of data, and in the past 59 minutes of the game, Hao Junmin ran nearly 8,000 meters, which ...... For a veteran in his thirties, physical exertion is too much.

In order to ensure the stability of the offensive and defensive transition between the midfield and the midfield, replacing Hao Junmin is a very correct choice.

It's just that Liu Ruofan was replaced in the case of backwardness, which caused some controversy.

Of course, it's just an argument.

Liu Ruofan's ability has been recognized in one season at Marseille, and his coming off the bench may have been a clever move by Lippi to change the situation.

With Hao Junmin off the field, there are only three post-80s players left on the Chinese team, but Tang Zheng, Zhang Linpeng and Jiang Zhipeng are all eight or nine years old, and they can only barely be regarded as post-80s, and the three of them are at the peak of their careers, especially their physical condition and game experience.

With the passion of the post-90s players and the experience of the post-80s players, the Chinese team, which is behind the score, does not look so easy to lose the game!

The Chinese team, which has the advantage of kick-off, did not rush forward to organize the attack, but slowly penetrated forward through Tang Zheng's tandem and organization, trying to find the defensive loopholes of the French team through the tacit cooperation of local players.

As it turned out, the French team, which was leading the score, did a very good job on the defensive end, and the Chinese team's offense did not open up the situation as expected.

Lippi's brows furrowed, it wasn't that he didn't know the reason, but he was a little worried.

Tang Zheng's position is not predicated, and the Chinese team's offense will not directly threaten the French backline.

However, the problems brought by the premise of Tang Zheng's position are very serious, which will cause a gap in the stable backline to be exposed.

Two minutes into the game, Lippi looked at the young and mature defensive midfielder Li Kui, who was a natural blue-collar worker he looked at...... To be able to perform better in this high-pressure game.

Lippi, who has been in China for six years, knows that there is an old Chinese saying that if you don't cut a jade, you can't make a weapon, and whether Li Kui can grow into a top midfielder in world football depends on whether he can withstand the huge pressure in the French team's attack.

In the seventy-second minute, Lippi made a decision to let Tang Zheng's position be premised and hand over the responsibility of defending the middle to the twenty-two-year-old Li Kui.

Tang Zheng, who understood Lippi's change of tactics, was a little worried, but he finally chose to trust his teammate Li Kui.

Although Li Kui is only twenty-two years old, he is a young man who was given the title of "A Ghost" by Chinese fans, and he has a maturity that does not match his age, and he can only attack when the score is behind.

Defense, hand over to Li Kui, a partner who can take on a big responsibility.

Of course, it does not mean that Tang Zheng does not defend, but that most of Tang Zheng's attention will be on the Chinese team's offense, and defense can only be taken into account rather than the first task.

The Chinese team's offense was joined by Tang Zheng, and the power was greatly increased.

Didier Deschamps' side were slow to extend their lead to two goals and he had some concerns and ...... He also made substitutions.

However, the change was unexpected, as Giroud replaced the goal-scorer Antoine Griezmann......

According to Didier Deschamps, he wants Mbappe and Dembele to open gaps on both flanks before feeding a clever cross to traditional centre-forward Olivier Giroud.

There's no denying Didier Deschamps' adjustment is good, with China's two full-backs, Jiang Zhipeng and Deng Hanwen, not in the best form, and Mbappe and Dembele able to make a brilliant breakthrough after winning the ball and then deliver a cross.

However, Ko and Zhang Linpeng are in excellent form, and their division of labor makes it difficult for Giroud to complete a dangerous header in tight spaces.

Coupled with Yan Junling's stable form, the French team, which led the score, failed to create opportunities to expand the score.

As time went on, the Chinese team began to pay attention to the defense of the two wings on the defensive end, including Liu Ruofan, Wu Sanshi and Lu Liang, who came off the bench, and the recovery range was very large, leaving less and less room for Mbappe or Dembele to break through.

Even though Giroud has an outstanding height advantage and a top-fighting advantage, there is no way to pose a direct threat to Yan Junling's goal without the ball.

Mbappe and Dembele were unable to create chances on the flanks, and Deschamps made another change to the line-up.

He knows that 1:0 is the most unsafe score on the planet, and the team must seize the opportunity to expand the score, otherwise the tense Chinese team has a chance to equalize.

In the 76th minute, the French team made another substitution, and the forward forward who played for Lyon, Fekir replaced Dembele, and the formation changed to 4312.

Soon, Pogba got the ball and passed it to Fekir, who casually sent a kick behind the ball in the 30-meter area in the middle of the attack, intending to pass the ball to Mbappe who was diagonally inserted into the left rib of the penalty area, but this time Deng Hanwen did not get distracted, he followed Mbappe into the penalty area, and then cleared it with the outside of his right foot with the outside of his right foot in front of his own goal.

The football flew to the 35th area of the Chinese team's defense in the middle, and Tang Zheng and Pogba both had a chance to get the football.

In addition to Pogba, the French team also has Tolisso, and they work together without any communication, Pogba fights for position, and Tolisso takes the ball.

But Tang moved faster on his feet, raising his left arm while jamming his position first, keeping Pogba and Tolisso at bay.

Pogba was stuck in a position by Tang Zheng and there was nothing he could do, so Tolisso had to try to reach the ball with his left foot from behind Tang Zheng.

At this time, Tang Zheng's advantage of long legs was perfectly reflected, his right foot went forward to stop the falling football on the grass in front of him, his right foot landed on the ground and pushed hard, with the help of Pogba and Tolisso to push forward a step forward, and then used the sole of his left foot to pull the football back, and at the same time, with the left foot as the axis, the body twisted to the left about 160 degrees, from the original facing the goal to being turned away from facing the goal.

Pogba and Tolisso couldn't care so much when they saw the football in front of them, stretching their left and right feet to kick the ball respectively.

As a result, Tang Zheng landed on his left foot, and then pulled the ball back again with his right foot, which alternately stepped on the ball, just widening the distance between the football and Pogba and Tolisso.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"

Suddenly, the entire Kazan stadium resounded with the subconscious exclamations of Chinese fans and Russian local fans.

"Oh ~ Marseille Roundabout!!"

At the same time, He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 Bulletin, suddenly stretched out his voice: "Tang Zheng used a highly ornamental Marseille maneuver in front of the French team! Pogba and Tolisso were played with by him!"

Tang Zheng didn't mean to continue to show off his footwork, he seized the opportunity to pick the football with his right toe for the first time to Liu Ruofan, who turned his head left and right to observe the situation around him.

Kante, who was dragging at the back of the midfield, didn't think much about it and pounced directly on Liu Ruofan.

However, Liu Ruofan seemed to have long eyes in the back of his head, and he directly used his right foot to pad the football directly to Lu Liang on the left.

Kante pounced, but he didn't turn around to pounce on Lu Liang, but followed Liu Ruofan to the middle circle arc, and he had a hunch that the football would be passed to the nineteen-year-old Liu Ruofan again.

As it turned out, Kante's hunch was wrong, Lu Liang, who got the ball, completed a kick with his left foot, and the football rolled towards Tang Zheng, who moved to the left.

It became clear that the Chinese team had made it clear that Pogba and Tolisso had realized it was too late to play Tang Zheng again.

Lu Liang's left-footed ball rolled towards Tang Zheng against the turf, which is equivalent to saying that Tang Zheng has reduced an adjustment step.

In the midfield, Wu Sanshi and Sun Jingbo had a switch, Wu Sanshi accelerated to run to the rib space between Varane and Umtiti, while Sun Jingbo ran to the right rib of the attack.

In the process of cross-running, Varane and Umtiti did not make a prediction because the ball rolled towards Tang Zheng.

In case of...... Tang Zheng wants to break through with the ball by himself, or ...... What about Lu Liang and Liu Ruofan, who pulled out the vacancy?

Lu Liang's pass was just right, Tang Zheng adjusted his pace during the run, stood with his right foot, and kicked the inside of his left foot to the lower left middle of the football.

The football quickly rose into the air and flew towards the right rib of the Chinese team's attack.

Tang Zheng's non-stop long pass of more than 50 meters was just right, so much so that Umtiti chose to stand in position rather than risk clearing the ball, after all...... The sun at two o'clock in the afternoon in Russia is still very harsh.

Sun Jingbo, who seemed to be slowing down, suddenly stopped the ball five meters in front of him with his chest and accelerated again.

Umtiti realized that the situation was not in a second, so she had to stretch out her foot and trip Sun Jingbo.

"Beep~"

The referee on duty, Cunha, blew the whistle decisively and then gave Umtiti a yellow card for the foul.

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"What a pity!"

He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, was still lamenting that the Chinese team had completed three consecutive one-kicks in the middle of the field, but Umtiti kicked down Sun Jingbo over there, so he had to change his voice: "Umtiti fouled and destroyed a very threatening and fast counterattack of the Chinese team!"

However, He Wei's passionate voice was not affected, and he said passionately: "The free kick in front of this position can bring a great threat to the French goal, Tang Zheng, Zhang Linpeng, Gao Zhunyi, and Li Kui all have a strong ability to compete for the top, especially the captain Tang Zheng!"

As soon as the words fell, Liu Ruofan took a direct free kick about 27 meters away from the bottom line on the right rib.

The ball flew into the middle of the penalty area, and Varane and Umtiti in that defensive area suddenly became extremely nervous because of the ...... Tang Zheng's emergency stop accelerated to shake off Pogba's defense and ran towards the football landing point.

However, Varane and Umtiti were not very flustered and worked together with each other, with Varane following Tang Zheng behind him, while Umtiti was responsible for heading the ball in front of him.

If nothing else, Liu Ruofan's direct free kick is very likely to be cleared by Varane and Umtiti.

"In the second half, the Chinese team used a free kick to threaten Lloris to guard the goal, so the French players in the French team penalty area were very nervous......"

However, no one thought that the sun over Kazan was very dazzling, and it happened to shine at the moment when Umtiti ran and jumped, which made Umtiti misjudge, and the jump was not sufficient, and his brain had a short circuit when he thought that Tang Zheng was behind him, and his right arm was raised high, and his fist hit the falling football, changing the trajectory.

The Chinese players Tang Zheng, Zhang Linpeng and Gao Zhunyi in the penalty area subconsciously raised their arms and turned to look at the referee Cunha outside the penalty area excitedly.

"Give it over, then ......" He Wei didn't understand why the Chinese players reacted so aggressively, and said suspiciously: "Is it a thug in the penalty area, or what's the situation?"

Referee Cunha whistled his whistle about two seconds later, and pointed his right index finger in the direction of the penalty spot.

Except for Umtiti trying to explain, the other French players who appeared on the broadcast screen were secretly shaking their heads, obviously not wanting to plead, including goalkeeper and captain Lloris.

"Penalty! Penalty!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei saw the gesture of the referee Cunha and shouted: "It's too dramatic! Who would have thought that? Umtiti was fouled for handball in the penalty area! Referee Cunha sentenced him to death!"

Through the slow-motion replay, Umtiti hit the ball with a raised right fist in the air, so to speak...... It was an undisputed penalty!

The commentator of the French national sports television station was very helpless: "What was Samuel Umtiti thinking at that moment? Did he think this was a free kick attack in the penalty area of the Chinese team? When he was Diego Maradona?"

The head coach of the French team, Didier Deschamps, who was standing in the coaching area, was very angry and kicked the water bottle in front of him to vent his frustration with Umtiti.

Tang Zheng stood in front of the penalty spot with a football in his arms, and the voice of Yang 5 commentator He Wei was an octave higher: "Captain Tang Zheng is going to take this penalty, Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV, are you ready to celebrate the goal?"

At the same time, Varane, who was a club teammate with Tang Zheng, shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighing while being depressed.

In his cognition, or rather...... Judging from the data of Tang Zheng's career, this goal has been scored.

Because...... Since the beginning of Tang Zheng's career, he has never missed a penalty!

"Whoa—"

The Chinese fans in the stands naturally know this, and giving the Chinese team a penalty is to give the Chinese team a chance to equalize!

Standing in front of the goal line and still making a final effort, Lloris was very focused, and he thought that the so-called records were all used to break!

Penalties are never conceded, that's all in the past!

It does not represent the future!

"Beep~"

At this moment, the referee on duty, Cunha, blew the whistle.

Loris stomped his feet in small steps, his eyes fixed on Tang Zheng.

The corners of Tang Zheng's mouth curled slightly, raised a beautiful arc, and began to run.

One step, two steps, and the third step is a long leap, and the left foot falls to the ground and stands still, while raising the left arm to maintain body balance and pick up the right foot.

"Right!"

Loris's eyes flashed at the moment Tang Zheng picked up his right foot, and he shouted in his heart.

However, the next moment, Loris regretted it and was full of unwillingness: "Oops!"

Tang Zheng's right foot did not kick the football to the right of Lloris's save, but retracted most of his strength at the moment of touching the ball, rubbing his toes to the bottom of the ball, and the football slowly rose into the air at a speed visible to the naked eye and fell to the middle of the goal.

If Lloris hadn't judged in advance, he could have held the ball without much effort.

But Lloris, who made a change in center of gravity in advance, was powerless and could only declare that he was out of reach.

Or rather, the moment the Chinese team won the penalty, the result was already doomed.

Records are meant to be broken?

Inexistent!