Chapter 350: Tenacious Chinese Goalkeeper
In the first 13 minutes, the main goalkeeper of the Brazilian team, Tafarel, was injured?
That's a big deal!
It's amazing!
Closer to home, the knockout match with China has just begun, and further to say that Tafarel is a veteran who has participated in the '94 World Cup final and until the penalty shootout. Such an accident in the 16th final was a big tragedy for the Brazilian team, which had the title as their goal.
As the saying goes, a good goalkeeper is the top half of the team.
Nobody said an alien top of the top half of the team!
It is enough to see the importance of goalkeepers to a team.
The two doctors of the Brazilian team rushed onto the pitch with their medicine boxes in a hurry, and the veteran coach Zagallo was also anxious on the sidelines, eager to flutter his wings and fly over to investigate Tafarel's injury.
Fans all over the world are watching this game, and all the opponents who are watching the Brazilian team are extremely happy at this moment.
Especially Italy.
Old Maldini even danced cha cha in front of the screen.
Haha, stupid Brazilians! Now you have seen the courage of the Chinese team, right?
We hurt a Cannavaro and a Chiesa, it's all small things, and the last thing we lack in Italy is strikers and defenders.
What about you Brazil?
Is it to put that black charcoal substitute goalkeeper on the field?
Don't forget that two years ago he personally gave China a goal at the Olympics, and didn't you Brazilians say that you don't trust black goalkeepers anymore?
Now it's up to you guys!
At Zagallo's roar, Dida who was sitting on the bench immediately jumped up, threw off his long-sleeved jacket, and came to the sidelines to warm up.
There was a flurry of chickens and dogs jumping in front of the Brazilian team, and everyone craned their necks, waiting for the crowd to discuss a result.
"Oh? Brazil's goalkeeper is injured? Huang Jianxiang's voice was also full of doubts.
"Let's take a look at the replay."
"Oh... It should be because of Qu Shengqing's shot. ”
"Qu Shengqing's push shot was too hidden, and the angle was too off, causing Tafarel to have no reservations at all, and he pounced without any scruples."
"As a result, although I saved the ball, my wrist hit the post while sliding."
"It doesn't look like it's a light hit!"
"I don't know if I'll be able to continue playing."
However, just as the Brazilian team was in front of the goal, something happened on the other side of the pitch.
Sun Jihai shouted while gesturing.
At the urging of Sun Jihai, two more Chinese team doctors hurried onto the field and ran towards the Chinese team's goal.
The fans were surprised to see that Ou Chuliang sat on the ground with his back against the goalpost and grinning teeth.
Good guys, there's something wrong with the goalkeepers on both sides right now.
Huang Jianxiang was also blinded.
I was still snickering at the injury of the goalkeeper of the Brazilian team just now, how can I turn my head at this time, and my own goalkeeper is also injured?
With the intervention of the director, the big screen simply storyboards.
On the one hand, in front of the Chinese team, on the other hand, in front of the Brazilian team.
The protagonists in the center of the two shots are goalkeepers, and looking at the painful expressions on their faces, it is estimated that they are not lightly injured.
What happened to China and Europe?
In order to solve the fans' questions, the video staff hurriedly found the part that Ou Chuliang had just saved and edited it and put it on the screen to play it back.
At this time, the fans really saw how much Ou Chuliang paid for spreading his wings.
When Ou Chuliang's fingertips blocked the ball, Ou Chuliang's right shoulder near his neck made a close contact with the post because of inertia. Even Ou Chuliang's body fell from the air, and his shoulders kept rubbing against the pillar.
After falling to the ground, Ou Chuliang also barely got up by the post for the first time, covering his shoulders until he saw Tafarel save the ball from the bottom line, then sat down against the goalpost and told Sun Jihai to call the team doctor.
After the fans understood it, they couldn't help but begin to admire Ou Chuliang's perseverance.
Obviously, Ou Chuliang was the first to be injured, and obviously Ou Chuliang could also fall to the ground like Tafarel. But he didn't choose to give up at the first time, but chose to fight for a good quick counterattack for the interests of the team.
This kind of performance is all moving to the fans.
"Hmph, that's nonsense!" In front of the TV, Mourinho, who has always had a good impression of Ou Chuliang, became angry, "This is simply looking for death!" ”
It's no wonder that Mourinho is angry, as the most dangerous profession on the field, as long as the goalkeeper is injured and raised, the referee must unconditionally stop the game at the first time.
And if the goalkeeper is injured and not treated in time, it is very likely to ruin his entire career.
Tafarell, 32 years old who has represented Brazil in three World Cups, knows how to protect himself and knows that no one will feel sorry for him if he gets injured.
But Ou Chuliang is different.
Ou Chuliang is already a well-known new star in today's football.
Just to help the Chinese team not concede a goal to break into the top 16, this achievement alone has countless giants vying for it. What's more, before the World Cup, Inter Milan owner Moratti threatened to smash him down with a lot of money.
If such a goalkeeper does not know self-love, it will definitely be a catastrophe for the team and the coach.
But anger is anger, and worry is still unavoidable.
Seeing that Ou Chuliang was also injured, the Chinese coaching staff couldn't sit still, and they were so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks.
Since the Chinese team didn't want to go too far in the World Cup at all, they only brought a substitute goalkeeper Fu Bing this time (the previous World Cup list was written incorrectly, and the 98 World Cup was 22 participants, but the chapter was released for too long to be changed, so readers automatically removed No. 23 Yao Jian).
Now, the substitute goalkeeper is "finally" going to be useful. Stop sitting and get up and warm up!
Brushing and brushing, Fu Bing also ran back and forth on the sidelines.
Today's day squad leader grabbed a good spot at the Parc des Princes, not only in the rows below the stands, but even next to the players' tunnel. When Ou Chuliang and his teammates appeared, the eyes of the white squad leader never left Ou Chuliang. She wanted to open her mouth to shout, but she felt that as a girl, she should be more reserved.
As soon as he hesitated, he could only watch Ou Chuliang come onto the field. Then the two sides shook hands, sang the national anthem or something, even if the white squad leader wanted to shout, he couldn't shout, and Ou Chuliang couldn't hear it.
But just when the white squad leader imagined that Ou Chuliang would turn the tide again and help the Chinese team defeat the powerful Brazil to advance, this scene happened on the field.
Looking at the crowded Chinese team with his feet crossed, and looking up at the big screen, the white squad leader's heart hurt as if it was twisted.
Ou Chuliang, you must not have any trouble!
At this moment, the girl couldn't wait to turn into an angel and fly on the field to suffer for Ou Chuliang.
Not only the white squad leader, but also Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu in front of the TV, Jianlibao team members, Zhu Guanghu, Vice Chairman Xu, Huang Wu and his son, Ou Laozi, Liaozu players, Nian Wei Si Zhang Jingtian and other national football celebrities and millions of Chinese fans also nervously stared at the screen, for fear that Ou Chuliang would make a mistake.
Time passed minute by minute, and in these two or three minutes, the fans could be said to be living like a year. Finally, the doctors on both sides of the team made a quick move, stood up and picked up the medicine box, and ran off the court again.
Brazil's goalkeeper Tafarel spun his wrist and stood up again as if nothing was wrong after waving his teammates; It was the same on Ou Chuliang's side, the team doctor ripped off his jersey and sprayed half a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao on his shoulder. Seeing that the team doctor on the opposite side hurriedly left the field, Ou Chuliang also waved his hand and pushed the team doctor back.
Faced with the team doctor who returned to the team with a pout, Zagallo and Ladd were stunned and had to ask why.
"Ou Chuliang said that he was fine, and he could still hold on!" The team replied helplessly.
"I'm not asking him if he can persevere, I'm asking you if you think he can persevere!" Qi Shusheng yelled.
"I... I think it should be possible! Recalling Ou Chuliang's red shoulders, the team doctor was also a little uncertain.
It stands to reason that as soon as he went up, he reached out and pressed it a few times from position to position, and Ou Chuliang didn't cry out of pain except for some twitching at the corners of his eyes. And Ou Chuliang's shoulder did not have the bruises and cysts as expected, so the team doctor didn't take it too seriously.
But now that they're off the field, they're relieved.
At that time, I just looked in through the collar, did I miss something? Is it because of the poor lighting?
Now it's too late.
Everyone said that it was okay, and he couldn't go to the fourth official to apply for the interruption of the game!
In this way, the game on the field returned to normal and the game continued.
In the face of the corner kick of the Chinese team, Tafarel did not have to attack, and just a few powerful teammates could clear the ball.
After Brazil won the ball, they resumed their attack.
"Now it's Rivaldo with the ball." After the initial panic, Huang Jianxiang adjusted his mood and continued to explain the game.
"Because of the packs and close presses of the Chinese team players in the frontcourt, Rivaldo now often retreats to the midfield to receive the ball and cooperate with his teammates."
"Ronaldo is still in the frontcourt, looking for holes in the Chinese team's defense."
'At the moment, the best way to defend Ronaldo is to isolate him and try not to let him receive the ball as much as possible, which is a subject that teams around the world are working on.
"Now that the Chinese team is the first to come to the 'exam', let the world see the results of our Chinese team."
As soon as the words fell, Ronaldo made a fake run and made an emergency stop, and suddenly flashed in front of Wu Chengying, and caught his teammate's long pass with his chest.
But Huang Jianxiang didn't mean to be slapped in the face, and was indifferent to what he just said.
"It's worthy of the alien Ronaldo, who stops his teammate's long pass directly at his feet with his chest."
"Ronaldo turns..."
"Get rid of..."
"Breakthrough..."
"General Fan leaned in and pushed Ronaldo out of the way..."
"Ou Chuliang is out..."
"Confiscate the ball."
Boom!
As soon as the words fell, Ou Chuliang swept with his right foot and handed the ball to Sun Jihai on the other side.
"Ou Chuliang doesn't look bad, he is focused, and his movements are still so agile."
"Now it's Sun Ji Haidge ball, take half the court..."
The pace of attack and defense is a little fast, so that Huang Jianxiang has no time to explain Ou Chuliang outside the screen.
But the fans are not stupid, everyone can see that Ou Chuliang is different from the past.
The right side was empty just now, but Sun Jihai was in his own half, and the offensive opportunities were not so good.
According to Ou Chuliang's habit in the past, he can throw the ball with his hands at such a close distance in his own half, which can also ensure accuracy.
But now Ou Chuliang is using his feet to pass the ball, this signal is not good!
"Ou Sang is no good, hehehehe, Ou Sang is actually injured?!" In front of the TV, Hidetoshi Nakata knelt on the tatami mat and laughed weirdly.
At this moment, even he himself does not know what he thinks in his heart, whether he supports China or Brazil.
There is an alien in this world that is already terrifying in itself, and now there is an extra Chinese dragon, how can their big RB empire rise?
"Osan, come on, come on!" Yumi Nakata doesn't care about this, little Lori's two big eyes have become watery at some point, and it seems that she is about to cry in the next second.
Looking at Yumi Nakata, who was worried on the side, Hidetoshi Nakata took a deep breath, took out an object on his chest that looked like a small pocket watch, and opened the lid, which contained a photo of him and Yumi.
"Yumi, don't worry, the Japanese team will definitely go further than the Chinese team in the next World Cup, you can wait and see!"
It seems that she has a heart, and Yumi Nakata unconsciously holds the talisman on her chest.
Inside the small sachet was a big portrait of Ou Chuliang that she cut out in the newspaper.
Brazil's control of the game is almost crushing, not to mention that this is a Brazilian team in the knockout stages of the World Cup, far from being comparable to Brazil in the group stage of the Olympics and the Confederations Cup.
Four-star Brazil, who failed to win favor with this Asian "second-rate" team in the first two encounters, showed almost all their strength in this game.
The lion fights the rabbit, with all his strength.
Even if the Chinese team defends with all its strength, it barely looks like a crumbling fishing boat in the storm.
Ronaldo's crashing waves, Carlos's thunderbolts, Bebeto's rough waves, and Rivaldo's rolling thunder all hit the defense of this small fishing boat. It seemed that in the next second, the fishing boat would be dismantled and buried in the sea.
Ladd was also anxious from the sidelines, but if he hadn't forced it to the end, he didn't want to make substitutions in the first half.
There were substitutions in the first half, either because the players were injured on the pitch or had some kind of personal problem, or the coach didn't arrange it properly.
"Players, come on, come on!" Gu Mingchang shouted from the sidelines.
"Run, run! Stop, stop! ”
"Marking!"
"Don't let him pass easily!"
"Turn around, turn around!"
"Alas!"
As Qi Miaosheng lamented, the Chinese team was in danger in front of the goal.
Ronaldo is terrible, but Zagara doesn't treat him as an NBA star.
Football is a team sport of 11 people, and as a team, multi-point flowering is the most successful model.
In front of the Chinese team, which is two or three grades weaker in overall strength, it is very simple for the Brazilian team to do this.
Whether it is the clever cooperation between teammates or the crushing of individual ability, the defenders of the Chinese team are exhausted.
The five players in the midfield plus Cafu and Carlos are two players, all seven of whom are capable of scoring goals and can also pose a threat to the Chinese team.
The players usually take care of one thing and the other, and they can't take care of their heads.
As a result, the same voice frequently came from Huang Jianxiang's microphone.
"Ou Chuliang!"
"It's the young player Ou Chuliang again!!"
Two years ago, U23, Ou Chuliang became famous in the Olympics against the Brazilian team.
Two years later, the national team still has to rely on Ou Chuliang's brave play to keep the goal from losing!
The Brazilian team's onslaught continued, and the Chinese team barely gave the Chinese team any respite in the past ten minutes.
4 shots in the goal frame, 3 dangerous crosses, 2 individual breakthroughs, 3 corner kicks, 1 set-piece in front, in just ten minutes, Ou Chuliang personally helped the Chinese team deal with these attacks that need to be completed in half time under conventional circumstances.
The rush on the goal line made the fans forget his age for a while, and also forgot that he had just been injured.
Finally, when he fell to the ground again and stretched out his fist to block Ronaldo's push from the goal line, Zhang Jihua, who followed up to pick up the ball, flew a big kick and kicked the ball into the Brazilian half again.
A typical Chinese-style counterattack!
In this World Cup, only the Chinese team can tenaciously support the opponent's wave after wave of coherent attacks, and only the Chinese team can use such a long time of defense to paralyze the nerves of the opponent who can't attack for a long time, so that they can inadvertently expose the loopholes behind them.
Probably speaking, a 90-minute game can't be all covered by one team. The Brazilian team has been attacking for so long, and it is the turn of the Chinese team.
This time, it was Qu Shengqing who was the first to sprint forward, throwing off Carlos by more than five positions.
Carlos, who just won the Champions League, gritted his teeth and tried desperately to chase back, he couldn't figure out if he wanted to break his head, as the champion of the Champions League, why was he chasing this Chinese striker every time he played?
When he finally caught up with Qu Shengqing, Qu Pang once again took the ball to the front of the Brazilian team's penalty area.
With the experience of being shaken away by Qu Fat just now, Carlos also understands that Qu Shengqing is not a brainless striker. Not only does he have a keen nose for attack, but he is also very skilled at his feet. If you don't take it seriously, let him hit the same fast-paced shot as before. Even if Tafarel saves the ball again, he will inevitably be reprimanded by the coach.
Qu Shengqing's previous shot may have kicked off Carlos's worth of one million!
Facing Qu Fat who began to sway and twist again, Carlos looked hideous, but he didn't have the slightest carelessness.
He counted Qu Shengqing's cadence, observing his center of gravity, not being confused by illusions.
Just when Carlos thought he had defended Qu Fat, the latter suddenly pushed with his right foot and knocked the ball sideways.
"What?"
Carlos was shocked when he saw this.
Could it be that it was the Chinese players who rushed over again?
Carlos hurriedly turned his head to look, and Zhang Yuli actually ran to the top of the arc leaning on Aldair. The Brazilian veteran in his 30s did not bargain for position and strength in front of the Chinese rookie in his early 20s.
In the face of Qu Shengqing's cross, Zhang Yuxuan, who was following him, did not hesitate anymore, and directly swung his legs and volleyed.
Bang!
Boom!
With two muffled rings in a row, Aldale deserves to be an experienced defender.
Seeing that he couldn't stop Zhang Yuli from receiving the ball, he stretched out a kick as fast as he could, blocking his shooting route.
In the final analysis, Zhang Yushan is still too young.
In the first B, he has more than enough shots like this; But on the World Cup stage, such a shot is a cliché.
Strikers with a little experience in major tournaments or top leagues know that it is best to have a fake shot at this time. Not only can you get rid of the kraft defender next to you, but you can also dodge more space to shoot.
But in the end, Zhang Yuli still chose the most straightforward shot to meet the ball. It's not that he doesn't have the ability to take a kick lightly, he just needs to gain experience.
Aldair's foot offloaded some of the power of the shot, and while still flying towards the Brazil goal, it was far less threatening than the shot was instantaneous.
Tafarel clenched his hands into fists and fell sideways to the canvas, knocking the ball sideways.
This safest and most conservative method of saving once again helped the Brazilian team to defuse the crisis.
"Whew! Tafarel's performance did not disappoint everyone! In the coach's seat of the Brazilian team, the old coach Zagallo also clenched his fists with both hands to cheer for Tafarel's sideways save.
But just a second later, this "joy" froze on Zagalo's face, and then slowly turned into panic.
Tafarel still clenched his hands into fists, but he faced the Brazilian dugout, shouting something.
What he shouted was hard to hear because it was too far away, but his alternating fists were showing the world that Brazil needed a substitution!
Substitution?
For whom?
Change Carlos, who is just actively chasing?
Or Aldair, who just stretched out his foot to block the ball?
Neither!
It's him, it's the Brazilian goalkeeper!
Dida, who had just sat down, bounced off the chair again with a "rub" and hurriedly ran to Zagallo's side, listening to the coach's instructions.
The referee blew the whistle as the fourth official on the sidelines tweaked the numbers on the substitution cards.
Everything came in such a hurry, everything was so sudden!
No one expected that in the ten minutes after the goalkeepers of both sides were injured, Ou Chuliang withstood several tests, while Tafarel only held on once.
Some say that this is the difference in the severity of the injuries between the two; Some people also say that the two have different views on the overall situation; Some people even say that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, but they are old people who are afraid of death.
But one way or another, Tafarel wiped tears from his eyes as he came to the sidelines.
After hugging the black junior Dida with his feet crossed, he was invited to the Brazilian bench by the staff.
In 1990, 1994, 1998, Tafarel did not play for Brazil since 1985.
From the national youth to the national Olympic team to the national team, so far, Tafarel has been the No. 1 goalkeeper of the Brazilian team in the past 13 years, and he is also the main goalkeeper!
After the 1990 World Cup, Tafarel moved to Parma de Serie A, becoming the only foreign goalkeeper in Serie A.
In the penalty shoot-out in the 1994 World Cup final, Baggio, who had walked up to 12 yards, kicked the ball away, and he kicked the last glimmer of hope for the Italian team to win the title. After the game, people remembered Baggio's back, but the man opposite Baggio was none other than Taffarel.
As Brazil's first-choice goalkeeper, Tafarel played all seven games and conceded just three goals in 660 minutes of playing time. This result is even better than the best goalkeeper of the World Cup, the Yashin Award winner Belgium goalkeeper Michel (all four starts, conceding four goals in 360 minutes).
The final was between Italy and Brazil, and after 120 minutes of a goalless draw, the two teams went to penalties. Tafarel also had his own highlight, saving a penalty from Italian striker Massaro. Throughout the penalty shoot-out, he kept the goal to deny the Italian team shots three times. In the duel with Baggio, Tafarel emerged as the winner, and Brazil won the World Cup for the fourth time.
But it is such a World Cup hero, but after the World Cup, he faces the dilemma of "no ball to play".
Returning to Italy, Tafarel found himself viciously ostracized by the Italians, with Parma having a full quota for foreign players, and Tafarel was only on a salary at the club but could not play. In the final year of his contract, the club told him he could not even go to training.
Without a ball to play, Tafarel had to train with Regina, a team he had signed on loan the season before the World Cup. But here he can only participate in training, and he can't play.
In desperation, Tafarel could only join a church team under the introduction of his agent and participate in some amateur competitions. And in the ranks, Tafarel is not even a goalkeeper, but a center!
Such a plot is not even written at home, but Tafarel did it, and even scored 15 goals in seven games.
When the 23-man squad for the 1998 World Cup Brazil was determined, there was public opinion in Brazil that the 32-year-old Tafarel was old and slow to react. But in the mind of head coach Zagallo, Tafarel has always been the first choice in the goalkeeper position.
Now, Tafarel has helped the Brazilian team to break out of the group stage without any suspense, which can be regarded as a normal performance. Now he offered to be injured, and no one blamed him, and no one blamed him.
What's more, his tears are also telling the world how unwilling he is!
Perhaps as the goalkeeper of a weak team, he can still hold on to the court until the end of the game with the sportsmanship of "tenacious fighting". But as the top favorite to win the championship, he did not dare to relax a little.
An injury is an injury, a deformation is a deformation of action, and Tafarel doesn't dare to joke about the team's future.
Therefore, in the 34th minute of the game, the Brazilian team actually replaced the substitute goalkeeper.
Dida scrambled to the pitch with his gloves on his face, as he had to deal with a corner kick from the Chinese team next.
"Don't worry Claudio, Nelson is already a full-fledged goalkeeper! In Cruzeiro, he is the main force that cannot be beaten, and there are many giants in Europe who are paying attention to him, hoping to buy him! The staff comforted Tafarell, as if trying to reassure him in this way.
"I know, of course I know, of course I know how good he is!" Tafarel also calmed down at this moment, he knew how talented the black "youngster" standing in front of the Brazilian team was. At least in terms of height, he is a head taller than most of his peers.
The whole process of the Brazilian team's substitution was watched by Rade, and it was fake to say that he was not nervous.
He glanced at the front of the Chinese team from time to time, and he didn't know how long Ou Chuliang would be able to "hold on".
Under Qi Missheng's vicious gaze, Fu Bing, who had just sat down, also stood up and came to the sidelines to warm up again.
Regardless of whether Ou Chuliang opens his mouth or not, his substitute must be ready at all times.