Chapter 96: I'm Bald, But I'm Strong! (1st Update)
(Thank you Fang Yun for your tip again!) )
Although the Mexican team lost, there is a position worth mentioning, goalkeeper!
If there is one player with the biggest difference between club and national team, Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa will definitely be on the list. Four years ago, Brazil faced Mexico in the group stage at the World Cup hosted by Brazil on home soil - that game became Ochoa's masterpiece, making seven saves, four of which were extremely difficult, and Neymar's header in the first half was even hailed by the media as the "save of the century". Of course, after the World Cup, the transfer to La Liga is no longer as magical as in the World Cup. (I'm going to think about who is in the dark...... )
In this game, Ochoa still showed the true character of a samba killer, blocking Neymar and Coutinho's shots many times in the first half. But in the end, Neymar stepped up and opened the scoring to clear the barrier to qualification.
Brazilian fans, including Young Master Bindi, have reason to believe that Neymar, who has scored two goals and two assists in four games, has swept away his demons, and Brazil has only conceded one goal in the other four games, which is the team that has conceded the fewest goals. Perfect is telling fans around the world that this time, the championship is inevitable! Six stars in sight!
When he left the Samara Stadium, the old Fernandez lost his former vitality, he was silent and sullen, and Eleno was very distressed, but he didn't know how to comfort him.
At the end, Elenor proposed, "Dad, do you want to go see the 'old friend' game?" ”
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At 2:00 a.m. on July 3, the 1/8 finals of the World Cup will be played again at the Rostov Stadium, against Belgium and Japan. The Japanese team has a super rotation and negative games, and this one can finally test whether the strategy is useful.
Victory, as was the case with the Continental Policy, took China, with infinite resources, land, and slaves, and made huge gains, and further sought world domination.
Lost? Well...... Then come down and come back, can you still enter the World Cup......
Against Belgium, the Japanese team still has some confidence, the two sides have met 5 times before, and Japan has the upper hand with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The second is that in the last World Cup, the Chinese team once turned Belgium behind by two goals, and the Japanese team is better overall than the Chinese team, and there is no reason why the Chinese can do it, but the Japanese can't do it.
But Japan is not only good in football, but also in all aspects, but there is a sticking point, and I always mistake myself as the protagonist...... This is unrealistic......
After the start of the first half, Japan and Belgium still played back and forth, although the physical confrontation was a notch worse, but the technical and tactical literacy at the feet was quite good, and there was a slight sense of superiority compared to the opponent, playing in an orderly manner, insisting on breaking through on the side. The effect of the last bet on rotation appeared at this time, and the Japanese team in full form really had the confidence to compete with the world's strongest teams. Belgium, which had high hopes, didn't take many chances, and there were a lot of waves, and there were few really good chances, and they only hit two goals in total.
At the beginning of the second half, the situation changed! In the 48th minute, Vertonghen made a mistake in clearing the siege, Japan broke the ball and launched a quick counterattack, Shibasaki Yue low flat ball diagonally passed, accurately found the right front of the original mouth Genki, Haraguchi Genki dribbled the ball to the small penalty area, the Belgian players were strict and could not resist, seeing that the opponent pushed the far corner to win, Belgium 0-1!
The Japanese team takes the lead! But from the first half, it was a reasonable result. This is not over, not long after the 52nd minute, Maya Yoshida crossed, Kompany headed the ball, and the left side of the penalty area suddenly shot a cold arrow!
The ball hangs straight into the corner of the goal, Belgium 0-2!
The Japanese fans in the stands were so excited that the light of the imperial sun seemed to be shrouded in everyone!
The European Red Devils are so "vulnerable", I am afraid that it is also a big surprise to all parties before the game, and even Lu Zhuhu in Kazan was a little surprised: he wondered if Brother Da Long had sent reinforcements to the Japanese team with a selfless international humanitarian spirit......
Think about it, if Brother Da Long really does this, he can only give a few people to Belgium and slaughter Japan by 8 or 9 balls.
Belgium made two changes in a row, and it was obvious that the head coach Martinez was also a little panicked - but he was not as lucky as the previous coach Wilmots, who could score goals as soon as he made a substitution. (The reason why Mr. Wilmots is "lucky" rather than discerning - that's because this old brother can't even beat Big Dragon, and has always been at the bottom of the chain of contempt...... )
What is even more surprising is that even after the Japanese team took a 2-0 lead, they did not swing the bus for even a second, and continued to organize the offensive, reminding people of their frenzy during the war years. It's one thing to be able to set up the bus, but it's another thing to think about it or not - the devils in the image are fighting like moths fighting to the fire.
Belgium didn't know which "normal" pointed out and began to cross wildly, using the difference in height between the two sides to hit the ball high in the air. The Japanese team gradually became unrestricted, and the high point of the opponent's penalty area almost always formed an opportunity to attack the goal.
By the 69th minute, Belgium took a corner kick from the right side, and the Japanese goalkeeper Kawashima Eiji knocked the ball out, and Makoto Hasebe was not far away!
Vertonghen scores with a header, 1-2!
Get a goal back!
Five minutes later, in the 74th minute, Belgium took another corner kick from the left, Hazard crossed, and Fellaini followed up with a powerful header to score, 2-2!
Equalize!
Someone joked before that the tactics of the Belgian team were "to strengthen the attack with Fellaini, and to strengthen the defense with Fellaini", and now it is Fellaini who saves the team!
The ups and downs of life are so exciting!
The advantage was erased, but there was no frustration in the Japanese players, who were still relentless in their pursuit of the Belgian goal to finish the game in regulation time.
The two sides then maintained a 20-minute parity, and in the final minute of stoppage time, Japan won a set-piece in the middle of the field -
It's also a chance for Japan to potentially kill the game.
By this time, there were even some Chinese fans who supported the Japanese team to score the killer goal.
I saw Keisuke Honda's left foot burst directly, a gorgeous elevator ball!
If this goal is scored, Honda Taijun is enough to compare with the goal scored by Lu Zhuhu in France, or even better-
It's a knockout after all!
But—
Didn't go in!
Courtois pounces sideways and flies the ball away!
A figure flashed out of the crowd!
Headbutt on the ball!
Knock the ball into the net!
Kiji Tanaka who replaced Takeshi Shibasaki in 81 minutes!
Helped the Japanese team complete the whistle kill!
The madness of the Japanese team has paid off! They achieved the following grams in extremely unfavorable circumstances! Achieved a counterattack!
The Rostov Stadium fell silent, and the promising European Red Devils fell at the feet of Asian teams again! How can it be accepted!
The camera focuses on the absolute hero of the victory, unfamiliar to most people - the Japanese player plays for FC Tokyo and has only played one game in the group stage, and is also a substitute, with no assists and no goals.
Even when Keisuke Honda was replaced with him, everyone didn't know what the head coach was thinking about.
is usually nameless, but at this moment, he is not soft!
If there is a video, Chinese fans will remember that this little brother was once a close teammate of Lu Zhuhu at Ajinomoto Stadium, and there is a younger sister at home who shouts every day that she wants to be a Chinese daughter-in-law.
The 26-year-old Kiji's hairline is a bit worrying, and he is a little older than before.
When the camera is on him, he points to the top of his head, as if to say:
"I'm bald, but I'm strong!"