If you simply compare the overall strength of the team, Mali, who finished third in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, is obviously slightly better than the Chinese team.

However, when Feng Quan turned on the [Light of the Great God] to boost the five teammates in relatively key positions, the overall strength of the Chinese team immediately surpassed the Mali team, which dominated the first half of the game.

Coupled with the fact that African players are generally good at fighting in good times and are not used to playing against adversity, the Chinese team only took more than 20 minutes in the second half of the game to achieve a reversal in the score.

In the 13th minute of the second half, Gao Lin, who had just helped China pull a goal back a few minutes earlier, won the ball on the right side of the front field and attracted Mali's full-back and defender Mohamed Sissoko.

In the face of the Mali team's double defense, Gao Lin did not choose to go it alone, but first protected the ball steadily, and waited until Huang Wenbo in the middle came closer and passed the ball out.

At the same time, Wu Lei, who was originally ambushed near the top of the arc of the penalty area, quickly inserted into the gap on the left side of the penalty area, and Feng Quan, who had been cruising on the left side of the front court, quickly ran to the front of the penalty area.

After Huang Wenbo received the ball and adjusted it slightly, he passed the ball horizontally to the top of the arc of the penalty area that had just been pulled out of the gap by Wu Lei.

Immediately afterwards, the Malian central defender, who was originally guarding the middle of the penalty area, was just about to rush out of the penalty area to clear the siege, but Feng Quan, who was the first to kill, stretched out his foot and stabbed the ball into the space on the right side of the penalty area.

Because most of the defenders' attention was focused on Feng Quan and Huang Wenbo, it was not until Gao Lin inserted into the penalty area from the right side to intercept the ball from Feng Quan that the Malian players reflexively pounced towards the position of the football.

However, before the defender could get close to him, Gao Lin, whose [Agility] attribute and [Shooting Accuracy] had been increased, had already sent the ball into the upper right corner of the goal, 2 to 2.

In the 10th minute, Gao Lin, who had already scored a brace in the second half, received a pass from Zheng Zhi on the right side of the front field and then cut inside to the middle. Just as the defenders followed his footsteps towards the middle, Gao Lin suddenly made a sharp stop and turned around, and then pushed the ball into the undefended area on the right side. At the same time, Feng Quan and Wu Lei, who were originally cruising at the front of the penalty area, were inserted in front of the goal at the same time.

Xu Xin, who was inserted at high speed, first scanned the situation in front of the goal with his peripheral vision, and then sent a cross with a high arc towards the penalty spot.

Although Feng Quan's header ability can only be regarded as barely passing, this time he relied on his unrivaled explosive power and far beyond ordinary people's bounce power, and beat the 1.91-meter-tall and 85-kilogram Wag to shake his head and push the ball into the upper left corner of the goal, 3 to 2.

In the 35th minute of the second half of the game, Feng Quan cut into the front of the penalty area from the left side and then made a long shot, and when the Malian player who was marking himself was about to stretch out his legs to block the shot, Feng Quan and Huang Wenbo, who was pressed to the top of the arc of the penalty area, made a wall-hitting cooperation and hit the left rib of the penalty area.

Facing the defender O. Koulibaly, who was about to clear the siege in the diagonal stab, Feng Quan deceived the opponent with a fake shot with his left foot to lose his center of gravity, and then used the inside of his right foot to hit the goal with a curling ball to rewrite the score to 4-2.

The situation of leading by two goals in the first half, but being scored four goals in a row by the Chinese team in the second half, not only made the morale of the Malian players plummet, but also the defensive action in the game is getting bigger and bigger.

So, after scoring his second goal of the game, Feng Quan made a gesture of "replace yourself" to Fu Bo on the sidelines.

When Feng Quan walked to the sidelines, nearly 40,000 spectators in the audience all stood up from their seats and gave them the warmest and most sincere applause and cheers.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Mali team led by Keita with Gao Lin and Fengquan's "double brace" in the second half of the game.

Although Gao Lin, who came on in the second half, scored two goals to help the Chinese team equalize, the best player award of the game was undoubtedly awarded to the absolute core of the team.

Feng Quan deserved this award, not only did he help the Chinese team score two goals that turned the score, but Gao Lin's two goals were all thanks to his assists.

In fact, if the other teammates had been more able to read the game and grasp the opportunity, Feng Quan would not even need to use the [Great God's Light] to lead the Chinese team to victory in this game.

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The next day, the news of the national football team's 4-2 reversal of Mali, a strong opponent in Africa, occupied the front page position of major sports media across the country without suspense.

Although the Chinese team's performance in the first half of the game was not ideal, the team's final comeback and victory made the major media and fans only remember the four goals of the international players in the second half of the game, and "selectively" "forget" their poor performance in the first half of the game.

Of course, in addition to singing praises for the Chinese team's reversal and victory, the media and fans did not forget to sing praises for the team's number one contributor to the team's victory.

Because only legendary superstars such as Pele, Maradona, and Ronaldo who have won the World Cup can be called veritable "football kings". Feng Quan, who has just led Atletico Madrid to win La Liga, Spanish Copa del Rey, and the Champions League last season, is because of his nationality, no matter what achievements he has achieved at the club level, he is destined to miss the title of "King of the Ball".

However, when Feng Quan almost single-handedly led the Chinese team to defeat the African rival Mali, even if he was destined to miss the Hercules Cup in this life, many domestic fans already regarded him as the king of the ball in their minds.

Although the World Cup in Brazil, which is being held in South America, is the world's famous focus, South Korea and Japan, which have been eliminated in advance, and their domestic media and fans have also paid keen attention to the match between China and Mali because of the full appearance.

Because the Chinese team has missed the top 10 matches in the Asian region of the World Cup for 12 consecutive years, Japan and South Korea, as frequent guests of the World Cup, have long stopped taking the Chinese team that has gradually slipped into the second or third rate in Asia in their eyes.

However, when Feng Quan led the Chinese team to win the championship in last year's East Asian semifinals, coupled with his strong performance in leading Atletico Madrid to win the treble, Japan and South Korea re-attached importance to the Chinese team as a close neighbor in East Asia.

In particular, South Korea, which has always regarded itself very highly, not only re-listed the Chinese team with Feng Quan as its fierce rival in the Asian arena, but even believed that if Feng Quan can maintain his current competitive state and avoid major injuries, then the Chinese team will become a strong opponent on his way to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Although the domestic and Japanese and South Korean media spoke highly of the Chinese team and himself, Feng Quan himself was not only not happy, but the helplessness and sadness in his heart were even worse. After all, no one knows better than him the fundamental reason why the Chinese team was able to stage a shocking comeback in the second half of the game.