Chapter 4: The Opening Battle

"We believe that the two national teams will give us a good game!"

Yes!

The competition is exciting, or fierce and hot!

From the very beginning of the game, Russia launched waves of onslaught.

Saudi Arabia has no intention of cowardice, and the two sides are like two iron-headed babies, colliding wildly.

Despite the fact that Russia as a whole is on the offensive, Saudi Arabia is on the defensive.

But there is an inexplicable feeling.

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In the hotel where the Chinese team stayed, Lippi led the starters to watch the opening game.

The starting list has not been announced, but the internal starting list has been decided.

The same squad as it did during the World Cup qualifiers, this is the strongest squad in the Chinese team, and Lippi will be hoping to play with momentum in the first game.

Before, Lippi had already relayed that the players should not get injured.

The players of the Chinese Super League are okay, but he can't control Yile, so he is extremely worried.

Yile is the thickest thigh of the Chinese team, and no one can lack Yile.

After Yi Le returned to China, Lippi asked Yi Le to go for a physical examination as soon as possible, and the results were very good, Yi Le's body was very healthy, due to the high-intensity Champions League, the muscles were slightly tired, but now they have almost recovered.

Everyone was watching the game, and on TV, the Russian commentator Balabala was talking non-stop and speaking so fast that they couldn't understand it, including Yile.

The good thing is that they are direct players, they don't need to go through a commentator to read the game, they have their own unique analysis.

Looking at this hot hand-to-hand fight, Yi Le's expression became more and more strange, and he couldn't help but mutter: "They look like they're fighting!" ”

As soon as Yi Le finished speaking, the translator conveyed the sentence to Lippi.

Lippi turned his head to look at Yi Le and said; "See, this is the World Cup."

"The World Cup is much more popular than all kinds of competitions, after all, it is a fight for national honor, and no one wants to lose!"

"It's a very painful thing for them!"

"And, in the World Cup, the pressure is no joke, everyone wants to show themselves, and it's normal for the game to be hot, and that's just the beginning, and then it's going to be even more lively."

As soon as Lippi's words fell, the Russian side began to release the shovel.

Gasinski and Zobunin directly incarnated as door gods, frantically invading, and firmly guarding the defensive belt in the backfield.

Saudi Arabian player Sahrawi wanted to break through, but was knocked out of the sideline by Zuo Bunin, and the whole person rolled on the ground several times, hitting the billboard hard.

Seeing this scene, even Zheng Zhi couldn't help but gasp and hold back a sentence.

"It's ruthless!"

Yi Le also grinned involuntarily, he looked at the referee and found that the other party did not mean to have a deck.

It seems that the World Cup will be more lenient.

Or rather, the heat of the game forced the referee to make a more cautious decision.

The popular conjecture is that Russia is attacking and Saudi Arabia is defending.

Even professional players such as Yile think the same way.

The trend of this game is also normal, Russia played very energetically, and it was a fierce mess.

Russia saw that the referee's penalty scale was lax and began to commit frequent fouls.

This caused the displeasure of the referee.

People are floating in the rivers and lakes, how can they not be stabbed.

It's just that the knife slashed at Zagoev.

A topaz card directly dumbfounded Zagoev.

Is this a card?

I just bumped it lightly, didn't I see Zuo Bunin start kicking?

He ran to the referee and excitedly defended: "It's only my first time!" ”

The referee was indifferent and said, "Yes, but you did commit a foul!" ”

Zagoev wanted to fight for it, but he saw the referee's unkind eyes and immediately swallowed back the next words.

He didn't want a red card.

It's only been 9 minutes.

Zagoev was on his cards, which was the referee's warning to the Russians, signaling them to restrain themselves.

And this yellow card really served as a deterrent, and Russia's frequent foul moves disappeared.

But their attacks are still ferocious!

In the 10th minute, there was a gap on the left side of Saudi Arabia, and Yile hurriedly shouted: "Good opportunity!" ”

The Chinese players and Lippi were attracted by the cry and couldn't help but stare at it.

It's just that in the game, Zagoev chose to pass back.

Seeing this scene, they all turned their heads to look at Yi Le in unison, as if asking.

Where are the good opportunities?

Yi Le frowned and explained: "Golovin on the left wing has been activated, and there is a gap behind the Saudi No. 17 midfielder, Zagoev can obviously choose to kick a curve ball and directly penetrate the Russian defense, but he didn't do that, it's a pity for this goal!" ”

Hearing this, the Chinese players grinned in unison.

Sorry, we don't seem to be blind and don't see this gap.

On the other hand, Lippi on the side curled the corners of his mouth and smiled at the assistant coach on the side; 'It seems that our midfield is in good shape.

Madaloni nodded: "It seems that there was a gap just now, but the passing path is too narrow for ordinary players to pass." ”

"Yes!" Lippi nodded and smiled: "But our midfielder is not an ordinary player!" We are lucky to have one of the best midfielders in the world! ”

Madaloni also smiled and pandered: "That's right! ”

......

Zagoev's form was poor, or the yellow card made him afraid to make a move.

This is something that many people can see.

Seeing this scene, Lippi couldn't help but say: "Russia is going to be replaced." ”

As soon as the words fell, taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, the fourth official raised the substitution sign.

Zagoev is out!

Cheryshev plays!

"It seems that Russia is ready to attack in a desperate way!"

Lippi couldn't help but squint his eyes, many of the World Cup managers are such risk-takers.

In the case of the team not running in well, substitutions are a good way to make an immediate difference.

"Cheryshev is a pure attacker than Zagoev, he is more of a shadow striker than an organizer, an assassin hiding behind the center, he ......."

Before the words were finished, the Russian side sent a free kick.

Zuo Bunin crosses directly with a big foot, and the Russian striker fights for the head.

Under the cover of center striker Slomov, Cheryshev jumped up at the back post and smashed a lion's head straight into the back of the net.

Seeing this scene, Madaloni grinned: "The game is over!" ”

......

"There it is! The first goal of the 2018 World Cup in Russia was completed by Russia's No. 11 player Cheryshev, who scored Saudi Arabia's goal in just two minutes on the field. ”

With Cheryshev's goal, the entire Luzhniki stadium boiled.

It's the home of the Russians, they're cheering wildly, they're crazy about the goal.

Ula ~~~~~~ Ula ~~~~~~ Ula ~~~~~~~~~~

The whole grandstand swelled like a tsunami.

Russian fans jumped up, hugging and shouting excitedly.