Chapter 59: Walk the talk
Luck, maybe in the first half, was really on Evergrande's side.
At least in the 45-minute bombardment of Mexico America, Evergrande's goal looked precarious, but the opponent just couldn't score until the end of the first half.
At halftime, the fans of both sides, who had been nervous for 45 minutes, could finally sit down and breathe a sigh of relief, and the more than 40,000 hearts of the Osaka Nagai Land Arena that had been beating violently just now no longer had to worry about the tense situation on the field.
Of course, it is mainly Evergrande fans who are worried.
Fifteen minutes after half-time, the players and fans alike were given a short break.
With the referee's whistle, like a sudden trumpet on the battlefield, all the fans inside and outside the stadium were pulled back into the tense battle group on the green field, and the Osaka Nagai Land Arena, which had gained fifteen minutes of respite, began to fall into a tense and anxious atmosphere again!
The second half of Evergrande vs Mexico America begins!
Evergrande fans thought that at halftime, Cannavaro would come up with some magic formula to improve Evergrande's unfavorable situation.
However, Cannavaro proved to be a good coach, but that was about it.
Evergrande did not have any targeted arrangements at halftime, and Cannavaro was really far behind his predecessor Lippi in terms of arrangement.
As soon as the second half began, Mexico America continued to form a pressing momentum.
In the 49th minute, Mexico America passed diagonally to the penalty area from the right, Benedetto leaned over and hit the goal with a header, Li Shuai blocked the angle to save the ball, and then Sambueza continued to take the ball from the right, and Quintero's header hit the top of the goal.
Five minutes later, the deadlock on the field was broken, Benedeto accelerated from the side to get rid of Zheng Zhi's defense and passed to the goal, Peralta outflanked the ball and dived to the top to score the ball, the score became 1:0, Evergrande fell into an unfavorable situation.
Dai Zhiwei crossed his hands in the midfield, looking helplessly at the Mexican-American players who were celebrating, although their front trident counterattack was still sharp, but without the support of the midfielders, they were really a little alone.
After Evergrande fell behind, the side that should have counterattacked was still firmly dominated by Mexico America on the field, both in terms of ball possession and the number of attacks.
In the 63rd minute, Paulo Aguilar took a corner kick from the right side, and Peralta was unguarded!
Dai Zhiwei was originally near the penalty line to mark Andrade, but when he saw the unguarded Vidic, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly rushed up to interfere with Peralta's jump, but fortunately the ball was a little floaty, and Peralta's header from 10 yards in front of the goal was very high, far out of the goal.
"What are you doing?"
Just when the Evergrande players were still afraid of Peralta's header, a loud roar suddenly came from their ears.
"Wow! Evergrande seems to have infighting? The on-site commentator of the Osaka Nagai Land Arena saw that the situation in the Evergrande penalty area was really lively, and he was not afraid of making things bigger, but happily explained: "It seems that Dai Zhiwei of Evergrande is yelling at his teammates What is it?" Are you expressing your dissatisfaction? ”
Is Evergrande really going to infighting?
"What are you doing?" Dai Zhiwei yelled at a group of "big brothers" in the restricted area.
"I know I'm the least qualified person here, but are you going to let Mexico and America easily take a victory away from us? We're going to attack! Offensive! What are you doing in your own half? Dai Zhiwei looked at his teammates with ugly faces and shouted regardless of them.
After winning the Asian Footballer of the Year, Dai Zhiwei's temper also came up, and he knew that his status in the team, if not the first, was only below Zheng Zhi at most.
Dai Zhiwei knew that he had to shout out, otherwise the game would be over.
Now when Evergrande should have attacked in order to equalize, everyone was worried that Mexico America would score again, and the troops and energy invested in the attack were extremely limited, and even Zheng Zhi and Paulinho stood on the midfield line when they attacked, and they didn't dare to step forward, for fear that the attack would not become the opponent's counterattack, but how could they score in this way?
Therefore, even if what he says will make these old teammates look bad, Dai Zhiwei has to say it.
"But, Xiaowei." As the captain of the team, only Zheng Zhi can come up to persuade: "The opponent is attacking so fiercely, and the physical strength will definitely not be enough after a while, and we will press it again when the time comes......"
"With me here, what are you afraid of?" Dai Zhiwei suddenly interrupted Zheng Zhidao.
"What?" Zheng Zhi didn't hear clearly.
"I'm here, what are you afraid of?" Dai Zhiwei said again: "I will definitely score!" ”
Zheng Zhi looked at Dai Zhiwei's firm expression, and also sighed, maybe he had to be as firm as Dai Zhiwei when he played football in England, and he might not be able to have his own place.
Although Zheng Zhi was still skeptical of Dai Zhiwei's assurance, Evergrande's energy on the offensive gradually increased.
Before kick-off again, Cannavaro replaced Huang Bowen with Robinho, no doubt agreeing with Dai Zhiwei, ready to take a gamble.
When Evergrande kicked off, Robinho and Dai Zhiwei rushed to the half of Mexico America for the first time, Goulart dragged on to organize, and Evergrande's attack was quickly launched.
"Robbie!"
Dai Zhiwei struggled to unload Robinho's pass with his chest, and his upper body leaned against the defender behind him to protect the ball at his feet, and Samudio's pressing was finally unsuccessful.
Continue dribbling?
Dai Zhiwei didn't have this plan, he padd the ball on his chest, noticed the emptiness on the right side, and paddled the arch of his foot again, and directly distributed the ball to Zhang Linpeng who was inserted on the side.
At this time, the right side of the Mexican America gate was wide open, Zhang Linpeng saw the situation and rushed forward with the ball quickly, and the Osaka Nagai Land Arena immediately resounded with the cheers of the few Evergrande fans and local neutral fans.
Although Dai Zhiwei hates and dislikes the island country very much, he also has to admit that the island country fans are still very good.
Dai Zhiwei saw Zhang Linpeng's speed, and he rushed to the goal faster, he knew that with Zhang Linpeng's dribbling skills, if he didn't answer, the possibility of losing or shooting was very great.
Zhang Linpeng's breakthrough was quickly stopped by the Mexican American defender, and he had no choice but to pass the ball to Dai Zhiwei, who had just arrived at the front of the penalty area.
Seeing that Dai Zhiwei did not break into the penalty area, Samudio stepped forward with confidence and collided reasonably.
Samudio is a Paraguayan international who has played for Asunción Libre FC and Cruzeiro FC, although he is only 172 cm tall, but his confrontation ability is not bad.
"Dead cow!"
Dai Zhiwei stumbled to catch the ball, but was also squeezed to the right by Samudio.
Dai Zhiwei was stared at like this?
Dai Zhiwei's thought flashed in his heart, and he suddenly broke through to Samudio's right side, and Samudio hurriedly stared at it when he saw this, but the next moment, Dai Zhiwei suddenly knocked his heel and passed the ball back to Elkeson, who was looking for an opportunity in the middle.
After Elkeson received the ball, he saw that the door in the middle of the penalty area was wide open!
Another central defender from América Mexico, Goltz, calmly stepped forward to intercept in an attempt to slow down Elkeson's attack.
However, Elkeson's nickname of "Little Bear" came for nothing, gritted his teeth and kicked the ground suddenly, squeezing Goertz's body and dribbling the ball into the penalty area.
However, Muñoz chose to attack as soon as Elkeson received the ball, and used his body to block almost all the angles of Elkeson's goal.
Elkeson saw that he didn't have much grasp and didn't want to waste the opportunity that Evergrande had been looking for for 70 minutes, and saw a touch of red in the corner of his eye, and with a flick of the outside of his right foot, the ball passed under the feet of Goltz and came to the penalty spot.
Dai Zhiwei, who was almost silent for the first 70 minutes of the game, was like a diamond that had been wiped off the dust, exuding a dazzling light.
When Dai Zhiwei received the ball in the middle of the penalty area, there was no one else around 2 meters, and in the face of the incoming ball, he shot directly, and the ball drilled into the net with a thunderous momentum!
"The ball is in!"
The Osaka Nagai Land Arena erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and the Evergrande fans, who had been nervously staring at the changes in the Mexico American penalty area, jumped up and began to cheer as soon as possible.
After Dai Zhiwei scored a goal, he ran all the way to the midfield, happily rushing towards the captain Zheng Zhi who stretched out his arms, and the two strong men collided together with passion.
"Captain, I'll just say, with me, there is absolutely no need to worry about scoring goals!" Dai Zhiwei roared.
Doing what he says, this is Dai Zhiwei's way of being a strong man!
"You cow! You cow! Zheng Zhi could only say anything else, he could only give a pair of thumbs.
Dai Zhiwei's goal also completely broke the delusion that Mexico America wanted to easily win Evergrande, and with the opponent's rapid loss of physical strength in the first 70 minutes of the attack, Evergrande began to gradually occupy the initiative on the field.