Chapter 290: The First Battle (Part II)
"The first half of the game is coming to an end, and generally speaking, the national team's performance is normal, but Sun Chenghai's departure has reduced the efficiency of the national team's side attack a lot, if the national team wants to make a breakthrough in this game, then the second half of Da Liu's play and the play of the national team's frontcourt players are very important. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
In CCTV's live broadcast room in South Korea, three presenters were discussing the performance of the national team in the first half of the game.
Although Huang Jianxiang and others are trying their best to save face for the performance of the national football team, it must be admitted that the performance of the national team at the beginning of the game was too poor.
With less than three minutes left before half-time, both sides were starting to be cautious, and no one wanted to be breached before half-time.
But at this time, another striker of the Costa Rican team, Ronald ? Gomez has risen to prominence.
Costa Rica midfielder Rolando? Fonseca sent a pinpoint long ball near the centre circle, and Marizio on the right? Solis slapped the horse into the left side of the Chinese team, and Wu Chenying failed to intercept the opponent's pass due to his short height.
Solis calmly sent a half-high ball, Fan Zhiyi made a mistake in the defense of the Chinese team in the penalty area, as a veteran, Fan Zhiyi leaked the ball in this situation, the ball flew directly under his crotch, and Gomez got it behind him, and easily pushed and broke through the gate guarded by Jiang Jin.
The Chinese team unexpectedly fell behind the Costa Rica team before half-time, and this goal hit the Chinese team players very hard.
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the half, the players of the Chinese team hurriedly left the stadium, their faces quite solemn.
"The ball is mine, I didn't expect the other party to pass my feet, everyone worked hard in the second half, otherwise my old face would be lost."
As soon as he returned to the locker room, Fan Zhiyi apologized directly to his teammates, as a veteran, his mistakes should not be, but his attitude was still very sincere.
"Lao Fan is right, this is a ball, it's not a big deal, who doesn't miss the front hoof, the important thing is that we pick ourselves up in the second half, run more, pass the ball more resolutely, don't think nonsense, and play according to our previous training."
Liu Han, as the captain of the team, has also said a lot, he is no longer the stupid boy he was back then, since he is the captain of the team, he must set a corresponding example.
Under the explanation of Liu Han, several veterans and head coach Horton, the state of the national team players has improved.
At halftime, the game restarted, and Horton made substitutions at halftime, replacing Hao Haixi, who was in a slump, with the more impactful Zhang Yuning.
After the game restarted, the Costa Rican team did not stop their offensive pace, compared to the first half, their attack was more bold and direct, probably after the first half of the game they felt that they had understood the strength of the Chinese team, and no longer feared the Chinese team because of Liu Han's prestige.
In this case, the pressure on the Chinese team is even greater, but in this pressure, there are actually hidden opportunities for the Chinese team, and counterattacks are often used at the most dangerous moments of the team.
In the 57th minute of the second half, the Chinese team broke the ball at the back, Li Tie made an extreme sliding tackle to leave the football that was about to go out of bounds in the field, and then he quickly got up and passed the ball to Zhao Junzhe in front of him.
Zhao Junzhe did not stick the ball after getting the ball, and passed the ball directly to Zhang Xiaorui in the middle.
Zhang Xiaorui is worthy of being the player with the most detailed feet in the "Jianlibao team", he withstood the pressure of the Costa Rican team players and held the ball steadily, and then saw that Liu Han had rushed up and handed the ball to Liu Han.
Liu Han gently cushioned the ball against the incoming ball, dodged the sliding tackle of Costa Rica midfielder Rodrigo, and then drove straight into the ball with the ball.
Liu Han's burst made the Costa Rican team feel threatened, and the Costa Rican defenders began to pounce on Liu Han.
Liu Han, who broke through the center circle with the ball, did not continue to advance, but passed the ball to Zhang Yuning's feet with a straight kick before the opponent forced up, Zhang Yuning covered with his back, and then planned to turn directly along the line of the ball, but before he could turn around, he was tripped and fell to the ground by the defenders of the Costa Rica team, and the Chinese team won a direct free kick less than three meters outside the big penalty area.
Seeing Liu Han come to the penalty spot with the ball, the Costa Rica team only then remembered Liu Han's ability, the Chinese player who plays for Real Madrid has top free kick skills.
In response to Liu Han's free kick, Costa Rica sent out a wall of six, and all the midfielders returned.
After Liu Han set up the football, he steadily withdrew three steps, and then waited for the referee's whistle to blow.
Liu Han withdrew at such a distance, which made the Costa Rican players a little incomprehensible, because generally speaking, free kicks will not only have such a free throw distance, so it is difficult to exert force.
With the referee's whistle, Liu Han ran lightly two steps, and then hit the football with his right foot, and the football flew up in an instant, flying over the wall of people jumped by the Costa Rican team and flew towards the goal.
The Costa Rican goalkeeper was relieved to see Liu's free-kick as it looked like it was going to fly straight off the line, and Liu's ball barely spinned.
But when the football flew to the highest point, the team suddenly fell, and the football instantly flew towards the upper left corner of the team's goal.
At this time, the goalkeeper of the brother team Ronis was in a desperate mood, but when he wanted to save again, it was too late, the ball flew into the goal by grazing the post, and the Chinese team equalized.
"Da Liu, shoot, alas-alas--the ball went in, the ball went in, the Chinese team equalized, scored, this is the first goal of the Chinese in the World Cup, Liu Han made history, he is the hero of the Chinese team, the hero of China."
When Liu Han scored such a wonderful free kick, the host in the live broadcast room boiled, and the domestic fans who watched or listened to the game boiled, although it was only an equalizer, although it was suppressed by the opponent for a long time, but the Chinese team withstood the pressure, Liu Han withstood the pressure, such a goal will be remembered by the Chinese for a long time.
After the goal, Liu Han was frantically pressed to the ground by the players of the Chinese team, no matter what, this game, this goal, everyone involved in this game will be remembered by Chinese fans.
The celebration of the Chinese team was urged twice by the referee to end, this goal is very important to everyone in the Chinese team, and scoring this goal will completely open up the mentality of the national team players.
The game continued, and the Costa Rican team began to attack more aggressively, and was equalized by the seemingly weak Chinese team, which made the Colombian players a little embarrassed.
However, at this time, the players of the Chinese team were more active than them, and the players' running, passing and receiving began to speed up, and the scene of the game suddenly looked a lot better.
The two sides engaged in a fierce battle in midfield, and the referee had to show yellow cards in quick succession to stabilize the situation.
In the 69th minute of the game, defender Wu Chengying received a yellow card for a tackle, and two minutes later, the defender of the brother team fouled in the competition and received a yellow card.
As the clock ticked by, it looked like the game would end in a draw, which is not good news for either side, as China and Costa Rica are the two weakest teams in Group C, and if they want to appear, they will have to take their chances in this game.
Entering the last five minutes, the Costa Rican team began to press hard, their back line was almost pressed to the center circle, and the Chinese team also withstood the pressure of the opponent's strong attack.
At this time in the game, the physical strength of both sides was close to exhaustion, and the players relied on their will to persist in the game, but in comparison, the state of the Chinese team players was more sluggish.
However, there are times when football matches are not only about physical condition or technique, but sometimes mentality plays a more important role.
In the 89th minute, the assistant referee held up the display card for four minutes of stoppage time.
At this time, the Costa Rican team attacked, Wanchope made a mistake when he was about to receive a pass from his teammates, he slipped under his feet, and was directly cut off by Li Gang.
The Chinese team that broke the ball quickly launched a counterattack, Li Gang passed the ball to Liu Han not far away, Liu Han took the ball without looking up to observe it and drove directly to the opponent's half, at this time Zhang Yuning, who had been in the deepest part of the back line of the brother team, suddenly killed.
Zhang Yuning only came on in the second half, his physical strength is still relatively abundant, and coupled with the fact that he has played in Europe for the previous two seasons, in a sense, his impact is stronger than other players.
Although Liu Han's pass was a bit big, Zhang Yuning successfully caught up with the football, and at this time there were no defenders of the brother team around him, because the opponent's physical strength could not keep up, they couldn't hold on, and they could only expect their goalkeeper to perform magically.
But Zhang Yuning, who has been trained in Europe, was very calm at this time, facing the attacking Ronis, Zhang Yuning directly pushed the far corner of the goal, Ronis was out of reach, and the Chinese team killed the Costa Rica team. (To be continued.) )