Watching the ball fly out of bounds, Messi exhaled and shook his head. In fact, his shot made the Chinese team still tremble, the threat was too great, and fortunately it was Ma Junqiang, a goalkeeper with excellent goal-line skills, if it was a different person, I don't know whether the ball was out of bounds or into the goal.

He Wei said: "Messi's explosive shot is really high, Argentina is now getting a corner. ”

The world knows that set-pieces are so important in the dialogue, especially for the side behind them. Paredes stood in the corner area, ready to take the corner. After the referee's whistle, Paredes drove the ball to the penalty area, Fazio fought for the first point, Icardi went to the second point, he hung a header in the penalty area, the angle of the hanging was not ideal, and the ball was confiscated by Ma Junqiang.

Ma Junqiang didn't wait for everyone to exit the penalty area, threw the ball to Huang Yu, Huang Yu was giving it to Chen Zihua, Chen Zihua didn't stop the ball, leaned on Rodriguez, and passed to Xu Zhixin diagonally, the Chinese team wanted to play a fast attack from the side, but Xu Zhixin couldn't run this time, Mascherano cut off the ball, but Xu Ziyi got the ball, he picked a pass to Li Mu, Li Mu took the ball with his back, and then gave it to Zhang Shujie.

Zhang Shujie observed the position of his teammates while controlling the ball, and after he took two steps, he knocked Zhao Wenkang on the side, and Yuan Chengye rushed to the front, which is also the first half to now, Yuan Chengye attacked Argentina's backfield for the first time, which also means that the right side of the Chinese team really launched a successful attack.

This was unimaginable before, but because Yuan Chengye's overall strength was worse than Tang Ling's, the Chinese team's right attack was not smooth. But now it's finally played, Zhao Wenkang has already given the ball to Yuan Chengye, Yuan Chengye looked at the penalty area, and then looked at Paredes in front of him, he took the ball in small steps, and suddenly an acceleration cut towards the penalty area, Paredes bullied himself and knocked Yuan Chengye to the ground outside the big penalty area, and the ball was also taken away by him.

He was about to pass to his teammates when he heard the referee's whistle, which blew him for a foul. Judging from the replay footage, when Yuan Chengye forcibly cut in, Paredes not only hit him with his body, but also moved with his hands, and there was nothing wrong with this foul.

Li Mu stepped forward to discuss with the referee and thought that he should be given a yellow card, but the referee took into account that Paredes's action was not big and did not understand, so he did not take out the card, but only verbally warned Paredes that he would commit it again next time, and the yellow card would be served.

Yellow cards are exempt, free kicks are inevitable. It was on the right side of the box, about six metres from the baseline, and from the angle and position, the cross couldn't have been better. He Wei said: "Yuan Chengye's attack won a very well-placed free kick for the Chinese team. Regardless of whether the Chinese team can grasp this free kick or not, we should praise Yuan Chengye, who performed very well in this attack. ”

Xu Yang also said: "Yes." At the moment when he broke through the inner cut, there was a little shadow of Tang Ling there. ”

Argentina was very nervous about this free kick, Romero deliberately kicked Correa and Dybala two people standing at the front and rear posts respectively, there were not many people in the wall, only two people lined up, and the rest of the players were in the penalty area, staring at the players of the Chinese team. Especially Zhang Shujie, Yan Tao, and Tang Ling, their heading ability is very strong, including Li Mu's header is not bad.

This free kick is not taken by Zhao Wenkang, but by Xu Zhixin, as a left-footed player, Xu Zhixin kicked a free kick with the inside of his left foot in this position to make the Argentine players difficult to top the ball, and it is possible to rub it into their own door. However, the Chinese players are much more comfortable, they only need to touch the ball lightly in the penalty area.

The referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and Xu Zhixin made an inside arc with his left foot after running, floating towards the far post. Romero tried to pick up the ball, he saw that the ball was closer to the goal, and it was usually easier to pick up at close range, but Xu Zhixin's kick was a little high, so Romero couldn't pick up the ball at all.

The ball flew over everyone's heads and had a noticeable drop as it went around the back post, with neither Romero nor Dybala, standing by the post, touching the ball, but it didn't go in, going around the outside of the post and just outside the line.

He Wei was taken aback and said, "Xu Zhixin is not passing, he is shooting!"

Xu Yang was also a little surprised, and said, "Indeed." Judging from the strength of his feet and the trajectory of the ball, this is indeed a shot, Xu Zhixin hit Argentina by surprise, but unfortunately the ball did not score. ”

An Rong glanced at the time, the game had reached the forty-third minute, and it was estimated that there would be one minute of stoppage time in the first half, and it was unlikely that the score would be rewritten. An Rong told the players to defend first, not to be careless, and to keep this 1:0 until halftime.

He walked back to the dugout and sat down. On the pitch, Argentina were in possession, and after the ball passed through the midfield, Dybala received a pass from Correa, who passed it to Rodriguez on the left, who in turn gave it to Messi. Messi did not pull to the side, and Tang Ling was responsible for defense. Messi controlled the ball forward and suddenly plugged it diagonally to Rodriguez, who was inserted into the backfield of the Chinese team, and Yuan Chengye withdrew and stuck Rodriguez's passing route to the penalty area.

The time of the first half had already arrived, and the fourth official held up a sign for a minute of stoppage time. Argentina still has one last chance to attack, Ma Junqiang shouted loudly in front of the goal: "Everyone follow the good guys, don't miss people, and don't make mistakes before the end!"

The Chinese players were all focused, and everyone, including Zhang Shujie, retreated to the back to participate in the defense, with the aim of maintaining the half-time lead. Rodriguez couldn't pass the ball into the penalty area, so he knocked it to Mascherano, and Mascherano gave it to Messi, Messi controlled the ball horizontally in the penalty area, trying to pull the Chinese team's defense apart, but the players of the Chinese team did not mark him to defend, but a regional joint defense, so Messi's lateral dribbling did not scatter the Chinese team's defense, and in the end he could only pass the ball to Dybala.

"Toot, beet, !——"

As soon as Dybala got the ball, the referee blew the whistle. He Wei said: "Now the referee is blowing the whistle at the end of the first half, and the Chinese team temporarily leads the Argentine team 1:0 with Zhang Shujie's goal in the 33rd minute, so that the Chinese team will have a better psychological advantage than Argentina in the second half." In general, the two teams played very well in the first half, playing several waves of attacks, and several stars played very well, and the level was not abnormal. Please take a break before watching the second half of the game. ”

(End of chapter)