Chapter 238: Reinforcement (Medium)

Between the lightning and flint, Zhu Lu had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area of the Chinese team, Shi Ke stepped forward, and Zeng Cheng also raised his vigilance and was ready to save at any time.

At this time, the Chinese team's penalty area was crowded, and the forwards and defenders were pulling back and forth.

Zhu Lu decisively crossed with his feet, and the football bypassed Shi Ke's defense and went straight to the penalty spot in the penalty area of the Chinese team.

Gao Zhunyi held his position and was about to destroy the header, but unexpectedly, a white figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Dermic jumped high and threw a powerful header at goal, Zeng Cheng only had time to subconsciously raise his arm in front of the goal, but failed to block the header.

"Are you going to be caught up so soon?" Dai Zhiwei, who did not run back near the middle circle, began to sink to the bottom.

The "bang" slammed into the hearts of every Swiss team fan at the scene, and the fans in front of the TV could hear the sound of a cold sweat.

At the beginning of the second half, China had a shot that hit the crossbar, and now the Swiss team has also paid their debts, and Dermic's shot hit the post squarely.

Zeng Cheng reflexively pounced on the football that was bouncing on the ground, even if Dermic's spikes had already appeared in front of him, there was no hesitation.

Dermic jumped up as hard as he could, but it still hung on Zeng Cheng's shoulder, and Zeng Cheng only felt a hot pain.

The people in the forbidden area began to retreat, Zeng Cheng suddenly jumped up despite the pain in his shoulder, Shaqiri felt bad and hurriedly stepped forward to block, but Zeng Cheng's speed was still faster.

I saw that his ape arms were relaxed, but the football thrown by his hand flew out of the penalty area like lightning.

A human being can never match the speed of a ball flying in the air!

Dai Zhiwei caught the ball from Zeng Cheng's hand before Behrami got close, stopped the ball beautifully and turned around, and then quickly took the ball to the Swiss team's position.

"Isn't there anyone who can chase this kid's speed? It's almost seventy yards! "Stockovich, who stayed on the sidelines, has the image of the head coach of the national team at the moment, and he is also scolded by the country.

Behrami didn't have the speed of Dai Zhiwei, and his tackles were too far away.

At this time, a thin figure suddenly appeared in front of Dai Zhiwei, but the speed was very fast, especially the moment when he fell to the ground and broke off.

Dai Zhiwei did not expect the Swiss full-back to suddenly appear in front of him, and he was unprepared for Ricardo Rodriguez's tackle.

Ricardo Rodriguez slid in from the side, and Dai Zhiwei suddenly jumped up to avoid his tackle, and after landing on the ground, he hurriedly chased the bouncing football in front of him.

Dai Zhiwei accelerated hard under his feet, stabbed the football with his toe before Michael Lang, landed on the ground, and accelerated again - poor Michael Lang, this is not the first time that Dai Zhiwei has been passed by this game.

He accelerated past Michael Lang and instantly closed the gap with the football.

The current situation is that Dai Zhiwei is one step closer to the ball than Akanji, who was the last line of defense before Zomer.

"Fight!"

Dai Zhiwei was about to get the first touch on the football, but at the same time Akanji released his sliding tackle.

The next moment, the two people collided together in an instant at high speed.

With a "bang", almost all fans subconsciously covered their eyes, not daring to look any further, not knowing what the two players would be injured in this matchup.

Dai Zhiwei finally preempted Akanji, a powerful sliding volley, the ball hit Akanji's calf and bounced, and suddenly jumped in the air A high parabola jumped over the head of Zomer, who was about to attack.

"Will you come in?" So people are watching the trajectory of the football.

But Dai Zhiwei's shot eventually hit Akanji's calf, and the ball went over the crossbar as it went over Zomer.

"Whew!" Stokovich felt a cold sweat all over his back.

Just when people were asking what was going on with the goal just now, the referee on the pitch stopped the game.

Dai Zhiwei is injured!

Both he and Akanji frowned, gritted their teeth, clutched their calves with their hands, and fell to the ground.

"Zhiwei, how's it going? Are you feeling okay? Can you continue the game? The team doctor hurriedly ran to the stretcher, just now he saw Dai Zhiwei and Akanji just right in the leg, it should not be a serious injury, but it will be very painful.

"It's fine, it's just that it hurts, and I don't feel anything else. I don't need to change people, I can still hold on! Before Dai Zhiwei could finish speaking, another team doctor hurriedly sprayed some medicine on the cheekbone of his calf.

At the urging of the referee, two team doctors carried Dai Zhiwei to the sidelines on stretchers for treatment.

Lippi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the team doctor's reply, and then stood up and asked the fourth official to look at him, signaling that he would not ask for a substitution.

The Chinese team temporarily responded with 10 men, without the threat of Dai Zhiwei's counterattack in the frontcourt, and the Swiss team's attack was even more unscrupulous, and even the two central defenders rushed to the center circle from time to time to organize attacks.

But soon Dai Zhiwei stood up again, stomped his feet, exchanged a few words with the team doctor next to him, and came to the sideline to signal to return to the game.

There was a round of applause at the St. Petersburg Stadium, and not only the Chinese fans, but also the Swiss fans stood up and cheered for Dai Zhiwei, who had performed brilliantly.

Dai Zhiwei did not have much damage, the Chinese team up and down are much more relaxed, he has scored 6 goals in this World Cup, he almost single-handedly brought the Chinese team into the round of 16, in the eyes of Chinese fans, he is undoubtedly the loveliest person in the world!

"Are you sure it's okay?" Lippi came to Dai Zhiwei's side and confirmed.

"It's okay, the team doctor said that it was just that it collided with the other party too violently, and it was just a hard injury, and it would be good to spray some medicine for a while."

And Lippi also took advantage of the less than 2 minutes to arrange the on-field tactics of the Chinese team to Dai Zhiwei.

Dai Zhiwei's return also brought the game into the final stage of fierce fighting in advance.

The game has reached 70 minutes, and now the Swiss team no longer plays defensive counter-attacks, and presses hard.

"Team Zheng, pay attention to the protection of both sides!" Shi Ke shouted loudly from the backline.

Zubair and Shaqiri's repeated impacts made him feel pressure in the middle, not only in crosses, but also in front of Jemajli's long-range shot in front of the penalty area, and Dermic's impact and Shaqiri's ambush to grab points they also had to guard.

The Chinese team's backline is already a little untenable!

Stockovich gave the two wings enough free space to handle the ball, allowing Shaqiri and Zubel to go completely free to attack.

He knows that in the close stages of a game, the individual ability of a star can often surprise him.

Shaqiri once again dribbled forward to break through, and Liu Yiming followed closely. But Shaqiri was rushing to the middle again in a blink of an eye, and Liu Yiming didn't know whether to continue to follow.

Artemisia Junmin suddenly appeared from the diagonal spur and relieved Liu Yiming's difficulty, and Liu Yiming immediately withdrew to defend Ricardo Rodriguez's edge on the wing.

Shaqiri's talent is undeniable, and many coaches have praised his awareness and skill, and he still keeps the ball at his feet despite Hao Junmin's ferocious scramble.

Shaqiri shook in a series of ways to continue to break through, just when Hao Junmin thought he was going to force a long-range shot, but his ankle suddenly shook, and the ball passed through Gao Zhunyi in the penalty area, Li Xuepeng might as well put Zubel into the penalty area.

Zubert made the most of his straight sprint and was able to pick up the ball into the middle of the box just in time to go out of bounds.

I have to say that Zubair's pass was still very good, completely penetrating the Chinese team's defense, but the last foot strength was not mastered well, and it was a little bigger.

Zeng Cheng saw that the ball speed was not fast, and immediately rushed out of the small penalty area and jumped high, he was tall and arm-long, he completely overwhelmed Dermic, who wanted to jump up and fight for the top, and beautifully held the ball in his arms.

It's a quick counterattack again!

Zeng Cheng's long pass directly found Dai Zhiwei again, and at this time, the players of the Swiss team had not had time to rush back.

In the 81st minute of the game, Dai Zhiwei attacked after receiving the ball in the backfield, and when Behrami was entangled, he suddenly found Yu Hanchao on the right side with a long diagonal pass.

Yu Hanchao switched to the middle after unsuccessfully shaking continuously, and while successfully attracting the opponent's defense, he distributed the ball to Liu Yiming, who was inserted at high speed on the right side.

Liu Yiming quickly kicked in a cross after shaking off Ricardo Rodriguez's ferocious pressing from the baseline.

Switzerland's two centre-backs, Michael Lang and Akanji, are both top-notch headers, with a much higher success rate than any other player in the face of mediocre crosses.

But this time Michael Lang and Akanji miscalculated.

Liu Yiming did not pass the traditional high-altitude ball for Dai Zhiwei in the penalty area to compete for the top, but instead passed a low flat ball.

Dai Zhiwei grabbed the first point in front of Michael Long, but the arc of the ball has not been fully stretched, and the angle is a little small if he hits the goal directly, and he may not be able to penetrate Zomer's ten fingers.

Just as he hesitated, a shout suddenly sounded behind him.

"Leak!"

At the last moment, Dai Zhiwei didn't care who shouted out, anyway, it was Chinese, and it must be a teammate.

He took a decisive step forward and let the ball go between his legs, but Michael Long couldn't react and didn't get rid of it in the first place.

This cross was the most difficult low ball for the central defenders, and Dai Zhiwei was very clever to grab the first point, and Zomer hurriedly moved his center of gravity to rush forward, but at this moment he heard a Chinese voice.

The next moment, Dai Zhiwei let the football go between his legs, and Wu Lei, who was at the back point, faced the football with a powerful kick and shot angrily, and the football flew towards the upper left corner of the goal!

But Zomo was already prepared, and when he heard Wu Lei's shout, he subconsciously stabilized his center of gravity, and flew to his right the moment he saw Wu Lei get up, waiting for the opponent's shot!

Seeing the situation, Dai Zhiwei hurriedly rushed forward to prepare for the shot, but he was a good Zomer, and he reacted quickly and firmly pressed the blocked football under his body, not giving Dai Zhiwei the slightest chance.

Zommer drove the ball out of the way, and without Stokewich getting up to direct the Swiss team, he consciously stepped up the attack, and at the moment there were only 15 minutes left before the regular 90 points.

If the Swiss team is not desperate at this time, when will it be desperate?

Under strong pressure, Dai Zhiwei's pace became slower and slower, and he ran forward less and less, and more often took the ball to the side to delay time.

Lippi finally made the first substitution of the Chinese team in this game, replacing Hao Junmin, who was a little exhausted, with Chi Zhongguo, in order to maintain the vitality of the team's defense.

And Stokevich was not to be outdone, strengthening the offensive firepower, replacing Dzemajli with Seferovic and Zubel with Embolo to maintain the impact of the Swiss team's forward line on the Chinese team's backline.

If the Swiss team will be afraid to counterattack in the previous game, but at this time, it is completely safe and bold to press through the half, and for a while the Chinese team was in front of the goal.

"Squeeze them all out, don't let them trick me in the little penalty area, leave me plenty of space!" Zeng Cheng loudly arranged the defense of this corner kick in front of the goal.

This time the Swiss are on the edge of the cliff and they don't have much time left, and no one can be sure if Stokovic's side will be able to fight for a silver lining.

Shaqiri was responsible for this corner kick, he stood outside the corner flag area, observing the situation in the penalty area over and over again, at this time Dai Zhiwei also returned to the penalty area, just to defend this corner kick, as for the counterattack, the current Chinese team can't take care of it.

Shaqiri finally made his decision, and he sent the corner to the goalkeeper with a strong step.

At this time, Akanji of the Swiss team suddenly came out of the crowd, pulling, running, jumping, and shaking his head, and Akanji's movements were done in one go.

Chi Zhongguo, who was marking Akanji, was blocked by the Swiss players in the penalty area, and could only watch as Akanji pushed the ball into the top corner of the goal.

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”

“1:1! We equalised, Sant'Akanji, he equalised for us! We still have a chance to qualify for the quarterfinals! Banzai! The almost hoarse voice of the Swiss commentator erupted into one of the most exciting commentaries of the game!

At this moment, the entire St. Petersburg stadium was boiling, and the Swiss team equalized in the last 10 minutes of the game, which was definitely exciting!

The Swiss fans shouted and roared wildly in the stands, while the Chinese fans on the other side held their heads helplessly, they were still so close to the quarterfinals of the World Cup last moment, but now it is all back to the same place.

The Chinese team hit the net angrily in front of the goal, the Chinese team has done everything it can, and he did his best, but he was still equalized by the Swiss team less than 10 minutes before the end, and now he can only take the net to get angry.

Dai Zhiwei and Zheng Zhi and several others also shook their heads helplessly, watching the Swiss team players celebrate frantically on the bottom line, Dai Zhiwei spat viciously.

"Dog-day-lucky!"

Just when the game was about to end, he was equalized by the opponent, and at this time, the disillusionment of hope is not a small blow to any player, but Dai Zhiwei knows that he is the captain and cannot show negative emotions, but also cheers for his teammates one by one, so that the low morale is reinvigorated.

After all, it's just back to the same starting line.

(End of chapter)