Chapter 010: Lightning Equalizes

Ivory Coast right-back Aurier did not stop the ball and cross again for the sake of the suddenness and timeliness of his cross, but directly brought Yaya Toure's precise transfer into the box.

Tang Zheng's defensive rhythm was disrupted by Aurier's non-stop crosses, so that he did not choose to run towards Drogba or Bony, because the football landing point was not within the reach of the two of them at all.

However, after thousands of calculations, Gervinho, who switched to the left with Kalu, suddenly slanted into the penalty area, that is, the defensive hole between the double central defenders Feng Xiaoting and Ren Hang, and it happened that the football landing point was not suitable for goalkeeper Yan Junling to attack......

"Oh, oh, oh-"

Accompanied by the exclamations of the Chinese fans, Gervinho smashed the ball towards the goal.

Goalkeeper Yan Junling subconsciously made a save and touched the football, but Gervinho's close-range header was full of power, and Yan Junling's outstretched right hand was not fully opened, which is equivalent to saying that the trajectory of the football has been completely changed.

As a result, the football was still hit by the snow-white net after being touched by Yan Junling.

2:1

Ivory Coast scored two goals in just two minutes to overtake the score!!

The sky over the arena in Pernambuco resounded with the hysterical chanting of Ivorian fans: "Whoa, whoa—"

In stark contrast, the Chinese fans, who make up about 60 percent, still look confused, as if they have not yet woken up from a dream.

How did you fall behind in just two minutes?

1:1 is perfectly acceptable, but 1:2 is absolutely unacceptable.

Two minutes ago, Chinese fans in the stands were expecting the Chinese team to get the first three points in team history, and two minutes later, the three points came to naught.

Some pessimistic fans are even wondering, is the golden generation of the Chinese men's football team going to end the World Cup journey with all three defeats in the group?

The on-site director first gave a close-up shot of the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, and then gave Tang Zheng, the first star of the Chinese team, and pushed it to a close-up of his face.

The silver-haired Lipi couldn't see much mood fluctuations, but Tang Zheng crossed his hands on his hips, frowned, and looked very weak.

Defended twice, but didn't appear where it should be.

In fact, for Tang Zheng, he has done a very good job, but football is a team sport, and no matter how good an individual is, he can't make up for the huge gap left by his teammates.

The first goal was conceded Tang Zheng had no way to keep an eye on Drogba, whether it was Feng Xiaoting or Ren Hang, they couldn't carry Drogba, so Tang Zheng, who had better physical fitness, naturally shouldered the heavy responsibility of assisting Drogba.

Aurier's cross was accurate, and he went around the front post to find Bony in the middle.

Ren Hang is about the same height as Bony, but the difference in weight and strength is too far away, even if he pulls the jersey, it won't help.

Tang Zheng had some responsibility for the second goal, he did not help to defend Drogba or Bony in the penalty area, and if he was close to Drogba, it was possible to choose to complete the header clearance in the process of retreating......

Tang Zheng, who has a strong sense of responsibility, naturally thinks that losing the ball is his own mistake.

But the thought of self-blame only existed in Tang Zheng's mind for a few seconds, because there was still time in the game, and he believed that his team could equalize and even overtake in the remaining game time!

Côte d'Ivoire can, why can't we?

Clearing his thoughts, Tang Zheng suddenly clapped his palms with all his might, and at the same time shouted to his teammates inside and outside the penalty area: "Come on! Come on! The game is not over yet! Ivory Coast can score two goals in two minutes without our defense concentrating, why can't we treat others the way we do? We are all men with leaders! We can't embarrass the country on the World Cup stage!"

As soon as Tang Zheng's words fell, captain Zheng Zhi also said victoriously: "Tang Zheng is very right, the men who lead the handle cannot easily admit defeat! Losing the ball is not the responsibility of individual teammates, it is the responsibility of the whole team! What we have to do is to clean up our mood and start the game again! What Ivory Coast can do, we can definitely do!"

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Lippi has had a long coaching career and has faced many games that have been reversed by opponents, but he doesn't know how to adjust now.

First of all, Drogba and Bony are on issue, out of prudence, the defense must not give up selectively, after all, there is about half an hour left in the game time including injury time, and there is no rush to let go.

The front waist has just been adjusted, and Hao Junmin and Lu Liang have strong personal abilities, and the adjustment is unreasonable.

As for the center Gao Lin, he can't be replaced, because there is no one on the bench who is more suitable to play this position than him.

Captain Zheng Zhi is an asset to the team, and Tang Zheng is the soul of the team, so Lippi has a headache and doesn't know whether to make adjustments to the backline.

At this moment, he glanced into the stadium, and his eyes lit up!

The Chinese players, who had become unmotivated, suddenly changed their faces and became a little combative.

What's going on?

It turned out that it was Tang Zheng and captain Zheng Zhi who verbally encouraged their teammates to be depressed.

The on-site director has a keen sense of smell, and he switched to the long shot of the Chinese team's penalty area after giving the whole process of Ivory Coast's goal to the score.

Chinese fans who watched the game through the live broadcast could see that the Chinese players on the field, who were still in decline, have undergone a qualitative change, although they are not high-spirited, but at least they have some fighting spirit.

Falling behind is not the end of the day, what makes people lose confidence in the game.

After celebrating with his teammates, Ivory Coast habitually looked back at the Chinese players, and the first thing they saw was Tang Zheng, who raised his arms and was full of excitement, while the Chinese teammates around him were very cooperative and applauded and cheered themselves.

Drogba, who has a lot of experience in the game, sighed, he knew that once the confidence of the Chinese team was frustrated, even if Tang Zheng was in good shape, he would not be able to lead the whole team, but now the players of the Chinese team no longer seem to be affected from leading to lagging behind.

If it goes on like this, the competition will not be easy!

Of course, Drogba still believes in his teammates, after all, the overall strength of the Ivorian national team is stronger than that of the Chinese national team.

At the same time, Tang Zheng took advantage of the gap between the Ivorian players walking towards their own half, and he pulled Zhang Xizhe, Gao Lin, Lu Liang and Hao Junmin into a small circle to make short and quick suggestions.

The close-up of the live broadcast is very interesting, and he switches to the top of the arc of the Chinese team's big penalty area.

"There is still plenty of time for the game, we can't give up ......" He Wei, the commentator of the Central 5 Commentary, changed his voice: "Tang Zheng pulled his teammates to communicate, and also formed a small circle, could it be that he took a step closer and reminded him through words to restore his confidence as soon as possible?"

Commentator Xu Yang tapped his head: "From leading to falling behind in just two minutes, the psychological blow to our players is very big, if you restart the game in this state, it will definitely be harmful and not beneficial, Tang Zheng has rich experience in the game, and has played a lot of adversity balls, he knows how to adjust, think about the 2012-2013 Champions League final and the 2013-2014 Champions League final, Tang Zheng's magic doesn't need me to say more, right?"

The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV listened to He Wei and Xu Yang's analysis, and their nervousness was greatly relieved, and then they thought of Tang Zheng's inexplicable amazing achievements in his career, and slowly began to look forward to the rest of the games......

It wasn't until the referee on duty whistled that Tang Zheng clapped his palms again, raised his arms, looked at each teammate, and then cheered loudly: "Come on brothers!

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"Whoa—"

Before the restart, the Pernambuco State Arena was once again filled with a frenetic atmosphere.

"Beep~"

The referee blew the whistle to signal that the game could be restarted, and Gao Lin, who was standing at the kick-off point, kicked the ball to Lu Liang, who kicked it back to Tang Zheng outside the arc of the center circle without making any adjustments.

The Chinese team gave priority to kicking the ball to Tang Zheng every time they kicked off, and the Ivorian players who led the score did not think much about it, and Bony and Gervinho were used to sexual harassment.

They stepped forward not to break the ball, but to pressure Tang Zheng to play the ball as soon as possible or to move forward with a big foot.

No matter how Tang Zheng chooses, as long as the football is not at Tang Zheng's feet, the defensive pressure on his side will be greatly reduced.

The difference from the previous kick-off was that Tang Zheng neither kicked the ball to his teammates on the wing nor to the central defender, but raised his foot on the spot and paused, waiting for Bony to stretch his foot and then pull the ball forward with the sole of his right foot.

Gervinho was flexible, braked sharply on the spot, stretched out his right foot and stabbed the football pulled forward by Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng has super ball control ability, so he naturally will not make such a low-level mistake, and his original supported left foot kicks the ground and then is briefly vacated by force, and at the same time, the toe of his left foot kicks the football pulled back by his right foot.

The direction of the ball changed, and Gervinho, who was trying to break the ball, realized something and tried to close his legs, but it was too late, and the ball went right between his legs.

Tang Zheng had a flexibility at his feet that did not match his height, and he took advantage of the emergency stops of Gervinho and Bony to dodge over in an instant.

"Beautiful!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice suddenly rose an octave.

The Ivorian player obviously didn't expect Tang Zheng to choose a personal dribble after the restart, let alone break through Gervinho and Bony in a row, Yaya Toure reacted too late, Tang Zheng pushed the ball to Zhang Xizhe with the arch of his right foot, and then accelerated forward.

Because with Drogba coming off the bench, the Ivory Coast formation changed from four-three-three to four-four-two, Drogba went straight to the double central defenders after the kick-off, and Bony and Gervinho were left behind by Tang Zheng, which is equivalent to saying that Tang Zheng, who completed the breakthrough, directly faced the two central midfielders of Côte d'Ivoire, Yaya Toure and Triot.

Yaya Toure was in the front position, so he naturally wanted to play a role in pressuring Tang Zheng, but it was Tang Zheng who chose to pass the ball at the moment he started......

Zhang Xizhe took the ball and handled the ball several times after coming off the bench in the second half, and Yaya Toure, who was opposite him, had to brake sharply on the spot, and then went to defend Zhang Xizhe, who was the forward midfielder of the Chinese team.

Zhang Xizhe is very smart, he did not dribble the ball in a straight line, but ran from the middle to the right rib with the ball.

Yaya Toure is the heart of the Ivory Coast's midfield and defence, and Tiott will not dare to leave without permission when Yaya Toure is attracted away, otherwise the door will be wide open in the middle.

Left-back Kalou learned to defend aggressively during his time at Chelsea, so he has been playing hard for his country.

Speed is not Zhang Xizhe's advantage, there is Kalu in front of him, Yaya Toure took advantage of Zhang Xizhe's slowdown to catch up.

"Watch out for Don!"

Yaya Toure has a wide vision not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end, and he did not forget to remind his central midfield partner Tiot to pay attention to Tang Zheng's movements while defending Zhang Xizhe.

Tang Zheng has been accelerating since he finished passing the ball, and Tiott did not dare to slack off, always ready to intercept Zhang Xizhe's pass to Tang Zheng.

At the same time, Tang Zheng accelerated and was about to run past Tiot, and Tiot's hanging heart came to his throat, and his heart was ready for both.

If Zhang Xizhe's pass is within the interceptable range, it is good, if he no longer intercepts the range, he will pull down Tang Zheng, even if he gets a yellow card.

But Zhang Xizhe did not pass the ball to Tang Zheng, but slammed the ball to the left with his right foot, opened up the football passing space, and passed the ball to Gao Lin, who was pulled out into the attacking 30-meter area.

Thiot, who was already ready for both, was momentarily dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

Then Gao Lin didn't stop the ball, and directly made the ball to Tang Zheng, who was accelerating forward.

It was only then that Tiot realized that he should pull down Tang Zheng, who was accelerating forward.

However, it was too late.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

Zhang Xizhe's pass to Gao Lin was very sudden, and Gao Lin's kick to Tang Zheng suddenly made the Chinese team's sudden acceleration in the middle of the attack suddenly brightened, and the Ivorian fans in the stands who were still in the excitement stage subconsciously let out a burst of exclamations.

Tang Zheng received the football about 30 meters from the bottom line on the right side of the attack, and Artemisia Junmin pressed on the right side to prepare for acceleration, so that Ivory Coast left-back Boca did not dare to step forward to defend Tang Zheng, so he could only choose to fight and retreat.

Central defender Bamba was pulled out by Gao Lin, and another central defender, Jokola, could only choose to pull out to defend Tang Zheng in the absence of the double back.

However, Tang Zheng, who was running, did not choose to break through after stopping the ball forward, but rubbed the ball with the instep of his right foot to the ribs of the right central defender Bamba and the right back Aurier.

Tang Zheng's rubbing pass was very in place, and it was completely in the same direction as Lu Liang's running, and Bamba, who jumped subconsciously, did not reach the football.

Goalkeeper Barry gave up the goal for the first time, because he saw Lu Liang, who was almost invisible throughout the game, accelerated forward to insert his own side to defend the right rib.

The most important thing is that Bamba didn't know what was behind him, and Aurier was left behind by Lu Liang due to the fact that he started a little late......

"Lu Liang!!"

The on-site director switched the camera and gave Lu Liang, who stood out from the entire back line of Côte d'Ivoire, a panoramic shot, and the central 5 commentator He Wei's voice suddenly rose an octave, and he stood up with both hands on the commentary seat.

Lu Liang's speed is completely up, even if Aurier's speed is not slow, he can't catch up, what he can pray for is that Lu Liang, who is running at high speed, loses his rhythm when he catches the ball.

You must know that Lu Liang became famous at a young age, and he has experience in key battles in the Bundesliga and the Champions League, and he has the same characteristics as Tang Zheng in key games.

The more important the game, the better the performance!

Lu Liang, who was running at high speed, unloaded the ball very beautifully with his right foot, and at the same time did not affect his acceleration.

Seeing this, Aurier chose to slow down, and could only pray for goalkeeper Barry to help him......

Lu Liang, who entered the penalty area, was quite calm, and completed a low shot with his right foot, and the football rolled into the far corner from the left armpit where Barry fell to the ground.

Less than half a minute after the restart, the Chinese team equalized!

2:2!

"Gao Lin accurately found Tang Zheng with one kick!!"

Commentator Xu Yang shouted at the moment when He Wei changed his voice.