Chapter 6: The score is equalised

Yang Chen's injury was not too serious, but in order to avoid the deterioration of his injury, Maradona replaced Su Maozhen at halftime and strengthened the impact of the front court with Hao Haidong.

It can be said that in the case of a one-goal lead and one more person on the field, the Chinese team has taken the initiative on the field into its own hands, and as long as one more goal is scored in the second half of the game, it will basically be able to ensure the victory of the game.

So at halftime, many players of the Chinese team were overjoyed, after all, the first game was won, and the opponent was the second strongest team in the group, and the Chinese team was very optimistic about qualifying from the group.

As a team with an average age of only 21 years old, impetuousness is the biggest drawback of the Chinese team.

But fortunately, there are two pillars in the team, Ling Feng and Maradona, who are supporting.

One is the best player in the world today, and the other is the best player in the world in the past, so naturally they will not be carried away by such a temporary lead - when Ling Feng and Lao Ma both lengthened their faces at the same time, the impetuous shadow that hung over the Chinese team immediately disappeared.

Ling Feng rarely gave them any ideological education or the like, and Maradona was even more lazy to come to this vulgar set, so the Chinese team has been in a relatively "casual" training atmosphere - even when the Chinese team came to France, a few days before the opening match, Maradona didn't even bother to do the most basic adaptation training every day, and directly gave the Chinese team a holiday and let them run around to have fun.

If the head coach of the Chinese team was not Maradona, and if the core of the Chinese team was not Ling Feng, this bold style would have been scolded to death by the domestic media.

In the second half of the game, the Yugoslav team, which was numerically inferior, had to go on the defensive - which was completely contrary to the prediction before the game, and Yugoslavia actually played a defensive counterattack?!

There is no way to do this, no one thought that the Chinese team's midfield control ability could reach the first-class level in Europe, three ball-possessing midfielders, especially one of the Ling Feng threading the needle, the Chinese team stiffly combined the three lines that outsiders are not optimistic about at all.

Santraci replaced Jugovic, who had been inactive in the first half, and replaced defender Djukic to fill the position of Djonovic, who was sent off, although he reduced the intensity of the attack, but the defense was no worse than in the first half.

Yugoslavia retracted the defense like this, and only relied on Mijatovic in the front court to launch a fast attack, although the method was a little rogue, but with the strong body of the Eastern Europeans and outstanding awareness, the Chinese team was stunned and could not find a way to tear apart the opponent's defense!

In the fifteen minutes of the second half, the two sides spent in this kind of almost pimping play, although Ling Feng and the other two youngsters had a few long-range shots, but Yugoslavia also got a few shots on goal with fast breaks and set-piece opportunities.

It's just a pity that the chances of both teams are not too good, and the score has always been 2:1.

Lao Ma replaced Zhao Junze, who had a yellow card, and replaced Li Tie, who was known as an undead runner, to strengthen the defense of the midfield - consolidating the lead is the most important thing, Yugoslavia is now behind, and they will definitely not be able to resist the attack.

And now Yugoslavia's injury still has a trump card, that is, the AC Milan superstar who was beaten into the cold palace by the head coach because of his age - Savčevic!

The 32-year-old Savčević has gradually lost his former heroism, coupled with the ups and downs of form, has been replaced by the new Milosevic, but in the case of unfavorable conditions on the field, this guy who claims to be able to play the violin with his left foot and play the drum with his right foot will definitely be sent on the field to serve as the savior of Yugoslavia.

Sure enough, in the twentieth minute, the head coach of Yugoslavia finally couldn't sit still and sent several players to the sidelines to warm up in succession, including Savicevic!

The Chinese players on the field also felt the threat that Yugoslavia was about to bring, and in the next five minutes, Ling Feng led a crazy attack on the Yugoslav gate - creating three opportunities to attack the goal in just five minutes, but unfortunately the most threatening shot, Hao Haidong's push was saved by Kraji bravely, and the Chinese team still failed to expand the score.

In the 25th minute, Santraci finally replaced the underperforming high striker Milosevic and replaced Savicevic!

Yugoslavia's former ace has finally returned to the World Cup!

Savčević played against Ling Feng twice last season, but because AC Milan was in a slump, he failed both times, but when it comes to understanding Ling Feng, he should be the strongest in the Yugoslav team.

The Yugoslav fans burst into cheers, and not to be outdone, the Chinese and French fans shouted louder and louder.

Ling Feng couldn't help but complain about why he hadn't been able to score in the previous twenty-five minutes, although Savicevic was old, but his playing time was only ten minutes, there was no big problem in terms of physical strength, and several of his youngsters had begun to pant.

Maradona, who was on the side, also noticed this, and now there is a substitution place left in his hand, which should be activated at the last moment, which should have a surprising effect.

In order to confuse the opponent, Lao Ma sent Li Jinyu, Xu Yunlong, Wu Chengying, Zhang Xiaorui and Li Ming to start warming up, so that the opponent did not know what his next plan was - in fact, Lao Ma's original plan was to replace Liu Dong or Yue Lingxiang in the midfield with ten minutes left in the game, replace Xu Yunlong, and lean Sun Jihai's position to the middle, plus Ling Feng and Li Tie's interception in the midfield, and hold the last ten minutes.

But in addition to the reason for calling so many people to warm up, there is also a reason to confuse the opponent, and part of the reason is to leave a way back for himself - in case...... Got an accident?!

Savčević's appearance greatly enhanced Yugoslavia's ability to control the ball in the frontcourt, and the pressure on Stojkovic and Mijatovic, who were already at the end of the crossbow, was suddenly reduced, and Yugoslavia's perfect combination of skill and strength was once again shown.

In the 33rd minute, Stojkovic broke through Li Tie's defense and skillfully dialed the ball to Savicevic on the right side, and the teenager Zhu Yin was shaken off balance by three consecutive feints in the face of this first-class dribbling player, allowing the opponent to easily break through the cross, but fortunately Zhang Enhua made up for it in time and pushed the ball out of the bottom line.

In the 35th minute, Yue Lingxiang received a pass from Ling Feng in front of the penalty area and did not hesitate to pick up the pass into the penalty area, but Su Maozhen, who followed in time, collided with the goalkeeper Kraji in the air, and the referee sentenced Su Maozhen to foul the goalkeeper, but did not give a card.

However, the foul wasted some of his time, as Kragi, who was bleeding from his nose, was back in front of goal after three minutes of treatment, but the rest of the game was probably less than ten minutes away.

Lao Ma stood up at this time, replaced the young player Liu Dong who performed well, and replaced Xu Yunlong, in the last ten minutes, the Chinese team had to strictly defend the one-goal lead!

Although there was one more person, Yugoslavia's front-court organizational ability was greatly enhanced after Savicevic came on the field, and they put on a desperate posture after they were behind, even Ling Feng did not dare to face his front because of factors such as injuries.

In the fortieth minute, Ling Feng took the ball on the left side of the midfield and had just gotten rid of Petrovic, but in the face of the two defenders who pounced on the opponent with bared teeth, even Ling Feng felt a chill on his back, and hurriedly passed the ball out.

The Yugoslav fans erupted in boos, and Ling Feng's performance was like on a medieval battlefield, when the knights of the two teams were in formation and ready to charge, one of them suddenly dropped his weapon and ran away.

There is not much time left in the game, the two sides have been in such a stalemate in the midfield, the referee raised the sign for four minutes of stoppage time, and the fans of the Chinese team have begun to cheer, victory is in sight!

But at this very moment, there was a sudden major reversal of the situation on the field!

Savčević's breakthrough finally paid off, although there were five defenders plus Li Tie and Ling Feng, a total of six defenders, but it was impossible for six people to stand together, Savčević broke through in front of the penalty area and was tripped by Fan Zhiyi, and the referee did not hesitate to give the Yugoslavs a free kick opportunity in an excellent position!

The foul of this ball was exactly within the arc in front of the penalty area, and Ling Feng could even say that the free kick in this position was a must-score for him!

In the last moments of the game, giving the opponent a free kick in such a good position was really unfavorable to the Chinese team - because in the Yugoslav team, there is also a top free kick master!

Defender, Mihajlovich!

Fan Zhiyi should repent of his own mistakes, because a free kick in this position is almost no different from a penalty kick for a master!

This is Yugoslavia's last chance to equalize!

The Chinese team discharged a wall of six people, Ling Feng stood in the penalty area to mark the opponent's follow-up shots, including Hao Haidong and Su Maozhen in the front court also returned to the front of the penalty area to participate in the defense, while Yugoslavia left only one defender and goalkeeper in the backfield.

In the small half, there were twenty players standing at once, especially in the penalty area, the wall of six people plus a large number of players has become difficult to move!

Only Mihajlovic stood in front of the ball alone, there was no need to make a feint, and the life and death of Yugoslavia completely depended on this ball!

The referee's whistle blew and Mihajlovic began to run, swing his legs, shoot!

The curling ball with his left foot passed through the middle of the heads of Zhang Enhua and Li Tie in the human wall, and roared into the gate!

The ball is in! In the final moments of the game, Mihajlovic scored a wonderful free kick to tie the score at 2:2!

The two sides are back on the same starting line again, and at this time, there are less than four minutes of stoppage time left!

The Yugoslav players hugged each other excitedly, and 0 points were chased into 1 point, for them, the hope of qualifying from the group still exists!

Although it is said to be the group of death, the American team is almost negligible, Germany's victory over the United States is a reasonable thing that is not worth boasting about, and the battle between Yugoslavia and China is quite important!

If either of the two teams wins, it basically means that they have secured the right to qualify for the group - against the United States, it will definitely win, even if it loses to Germany, the record of two wins and one loss will also secure the qualification from the group!

But now, the situation is confusing again......

"Stand up for Lao Tzu! What the hell is going on! Ling Feng's roar echoed in everyone's ears: "The game is not over yet, believe me, we will win!" ”

The last four minutes, the final showdown!

With Santraci's idea, there are only four minutes left, and it is impossible for the Chinese team to press it on a big scale, because even if it is a point, it still retains the hope of qualifying from the group, but if it loses because of the lack of air defense at this time, the loss will be big!

But on the contrary, the Chinese team launched an onslaught after the kickoff!

After Ling Feng kicked out the ball in the midfield, he broke through the defense of Savčević and Stojkovic in a row, and he actually swept towards the gate of Yugoslavia in this way!

This is absolutely unwise!

Because the players of both teams returned to their respective halves when the halftime kick-off, Ling Feng rushed forward with the ball without any cooperation, clearly asking for eleven people who singled out the opponent!

It's impossible! Even if Ling Feng was very capable, it would be impossible to break through the defense of eleven people in a row!

However, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

As if all of Ling Feng's potential had been burned at the last moment, when he broke through the defense of the third Yugoslav player, Brnovic, who had been broken through, actually stood in place and watched Ling Feng rush past him - he was stunned by Ling Feng's momentum that burst out at that moment!

But then, three Yugoslav players gathered on Ling Feng's way forward, and behind him, two Yugoslav players followed.

Five players are staring at Ling Feng!

Maradona once broke through the defense of seven people in a row to score the ball, but at that time, the defenders of the England team stood relatively scattered, unlike now, all the players are in their own half, and the defenders in front of the penalty area are almost all running to mark Ling Feng alone!

Because they don't have to worry about being passed by Ling Feng because the back line is leaking, because Ling Feng was killed by himself, Hao Haidong and the others just ran through the middle circle.

Unless Ling Feng passed the ball back with his big foot, otherwise, in such a crowd tactic, he would not find a chance to pass the ball at all—there were still people who could not find the ball.

Under such a dense defense, even Maradona, who was in a fierce state back then, could not break through.

However, this can be said to be the last chance for the Chinese team......