After fifteen minutes of halftime, the second half began, and everyone saw that the Chinese team did not make any substitutions.

There are forty-five minutes left in the game, and Gao Zheng can't play yet, so when will he play?

Chinese fans in the stands and in front of their televisions were desperate.

The intermission lasted only fifteen minutes, and in these fifteen minutes, all kinds of rumors were flying all over the Internet.

Some people swore that Gao Zheng's injury was not yet healed, but in order not to let the other players of the Chinese team lose confidence, the Football Association still insisted on recalling Gao Zheng. Although the Atletico Madrid club agreed to let the Chinese team recall Gao Zheng, it resolutely did not agree to Gao Zheng to play, so the two sides signed a secret agreement, which stipulated that Gao Zheng must not play in the game against the South Korean team, otherwise the Chinese Football Association will compensate Atletico Madrid a huge amount of money, and the specific amount is no more or less, which happens to be Gao Zheng's salary in Atletico Madrid for seven months and all the expenses for his surgery.

Combined with Gao Zheng's wild words at the airport, why did he dare to take the initiative to provoke the South Korean team? Aren't you afraid of being injured again by the Korean players? It's not because he's sure he can't play at all, so he laughs at the Korean players, anyway, no matter what kind of anger he makes the sticks, as long as he doesn't play, the sticks will have nothing to do with him.

Some people compare Gao Zheng's return to the team but he couldn't participate in the competition with the Liu Xiang incident at the Beijing Olympics that year, thinking that they are all the same thing.

Everyone knows that Gao Zheng can't play, but because of the pressure from sponsors, fans, and public opinion, Gao Zheng must appear on the sidelines of this game.

As a result, the Chinese Football Association has played with all the Chinese media and fans, and these bureaucrats have done everything for their careers and do not care about Gao Zheng's health at all.

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There are many rumors like this, and there are some noses and eyes, among which the whistleblowers even include some real-name verified football sports reporters, which deepens everyone's trust in these rumors, after all, everyone is a sports reporter, there must be all kinds of inside information, since they swear to say so, then this thing must be true!

Xiao Yingying was also scrolling through Weibo at halftime, but it didn't take long for her to be angry and retreated by the black smoke miasma above.

"What a mess! What is Wang Qinbo's, there are more than 20 reasons to explain that the handsome guy will definitely not be able to play today, as for it...... Some of the reasons are very nonsensical at first glance, and they are simply made up and made up. In this way, there are still many fools who say that someone finally talks about the problem calmly and rationally...... Calm and rational! Xiao Yingying chattered angrily and complained.

"What's the 'all players are at risk of injury, and Gao Zheng, who has just suffered a serious injury, has a higher chance of being injured, so he definitely won't play, it's a normal operation', do you see what he's talking about? It seems that the handsome guy is not normal if he is not injured this time, it sounds quite reasonable, but in fact, as long as you think about it, you can know what is hidden in his words......"

Feng Shiyu interrupted Xiao Yingying's complaint: "People are also worried about Gao Zheng......"

"! He's just using handsome guys to spray the system! This man has always been like this, his ass is crooked! When Chinese athletes were insulted by the Australian media for taking banned drugs, he said that because there is indeed a precedent for taking drugs in China, it is reasonable for people to be suspicious...... The question is that Australia and the United States are the big ones who take banned drugs, okay? He is a person with three wrong views! ”

Feng Shiyu knew what Xiao Yingying's temper was, and knew who she didn't like, so she didn't refute it.

"Eh, Sister Feng, didn't the handsome guy reveal to you that he fell to the ground and didn't play?"

"No, I didn't ask."

"You didn't ask? If he doesn't play, won't we just run for nothing? ”

"How can it be a trip for nothing?" Feng Shiyu pointed to the audience and said, "Isn't this a close encounter with Gao Zheng?" ”

Xiao Yingying visually measured the distance between the VIP box and the coach's seat of the Chinese team, and the straight-line distance may be more than 20 meters.

In this way, it's really close enough......

She rolled her eyes.

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Seeing that Gao Zheng was still sitting on the bench and did not play, the South Korean team gathered their minds and no longer thought about when Gao Zheng would play and whether he would play, and concentrated on attacking the Chinese team's goal.

The head coach is right, as long as they can score in the game, it is not a problem whether Gao Zheng plays or when.

Son Heung-min was particularly active.

He's a fast player who is good at counter-attacking, but that doesn't mean he can't be effective in positional battles.

In Asian football, even if he is allowed to be a center forward, he is still a very dangerous scorer.

Just five or six minutes into the second half, he already had two shots on goal to threaten the goal guarded by Zengcheng.

If Zengcheng hadn't continued the excellent performance in the first half, maybe the team would have conceded a goal.

But despite this, every Chinese fan is still worried, because they can see that if the game continues, the Chinese team will concede goals sooner or later.

CCTV commentator He Ping also said worriedly: "We are too passive on the field, I still think our tactics are a little conservative, and we can't choose such a conservative strategy just because Gao Zheng can't play...... There is no point in blindly defending and this kind of defense will concede goals sooner or later. And even if we didn't concede a goal, we kept the game 0:0, so what? Could it be that with a single point, we can hope to qualify for the World Cup finals? ”

He almost didn't directly criticize Lippi for his inconsistencies.

said to the outside world that he was confident that the Chinese team would qualify for the World Cup, but the result was such a conservative tactic......

To be honest, he was a little disappointed with the world coach.

Could it be that before Lippi said this, he was quite confident that Gao Zheng would be able to make a comeback in time. As a result, he now found that the situation was far more complicated than he thought, so he had to make such a inconsistent move?

But this also proves from the side that Gao Zheng's situation may not be optimistic......

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'I think it's about the same, the lads on the pitch are doing great, but you can't put pressure on them anymore.' Assistant coach Madaloni said to Lippi.

Lippi nodded: "It's time." ”

With that, he got up and walked to the bench.

The director, who has been paying attention to the bench of the Chinese team, saw this and hurriedly commanded to cut the live broadcast to the camera signal that was always facing the bench.

So all the fans who were watching the live broadcast saw Lippi walk up to Gao Zheng and shake his head at him, and Gao Zheng stood up from the bench.

"Ahhh Gao Zheng, is this going to appear?! ”

"Didn't you say that Gao Zheng couldn't play?"

"Don't, forcibly let Gao Zheng, who is not yet good, play, what if he is seriously injured again?"

Chinese fans were really brainwashed by the revelations of those sports reporters, and really thought that Gao Zheng's body was not enough to support this game, thinking that Lippi was forced to be anxious, desperate, and completely ignored whether Gao Zheng's body could bear it, and wanted to forcibly let Gao Zheng play.

In their wailing, Lippi hugged Gao Zheng, and then covered his mouth with his hand and said something in Gao Zheng's ear.

Gao Zheng had a smile on his face, and then he nodded, and he also covered his mouth with his hand and didn't know what he said.

I don't know what Lippi said, Gao Zheng actually laughed after hearing it...... "The narrator He Ping naturally noticed this situation.

In fact, what Lippi said was: "Isn't it particularly meaningful to commemorate your first match back from injury with a victory?" ”

Gao Zheng smiled: "The game is not over yet, coach." ”

The old Italian man is really confident.

"You forgot that request?"

"Where can I forget this?"

"So, it's time for you to play, this game has to be won!"

"Don't worry, Coach. This game must be won! ”

Gao Zheng repeated, then took a step forward and walked towards the fourth official, ready to appear.