Chapter 39: The Great Ups and Downs
Sanchez glanced at Ling Feng strangely and didn't speak.
The host advantage, does the host advantage refer to the fans?
No, the host's advantage in all aspects, even if it is just the fans, is divided into three aspects: its own players, opposing players and referees.
Ling Feng wasn't sure that the penalty just now must have been controlled by someone above, but what he said to Sanchez just now also contained two meanings, one meant not to listen to the dispatch of the people above to release water, and the other was not to release water because of the interference of the home fans.
Anyway, Ling Feng said ambiguously, and referee Sanchez could only judge according to what he had experienced.
Ling Feng is very similar to letting the whole world know that he deliberately failed to shoot, or rather, deliberately did not shoot, so that people can understand his good intentions.
But why can't you in?
Gently push the ball back to Baia?
Come on, this is the World Cup, and it's a crucial team that will determine the qualification from the group.
Such an obvious act of releasing water, even for any reason, cannot escape FIFA sanctions!
If it was because of this goal that Portugal qualified from the group and the U.S. team was eliminated, would the U.S. team be willing?
These two sides are fighting, how will the next game be played? It's going to be a knockout game soon, if Ling Feng is banned and punished because of this kind of thing, what will the Chinese team do?
Besides, if it's really you who know how to do things, then isn't this a clear slap in the face?
There are many such things in the history of the World Cup, but which unsolved case has real evidence?
The reason why Ling Feng was able to blackmail FIFA was because this layer of window paper had not been pierced, but once it was really pierced, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Besides, there are some things that it is best to let others think about for themselves, if Ling Feng can't score a penalty, and this is an unimportant penalty for the Chinese team, people will definitely not pay more attention to him than the penalty that Baggio missed in 94.
But the penalty of this penalty was very subtle, and Ling Feng made a mistake at this time, which would inevitably trigger a series of associations.
But the lack of factual evidence will only make everyone more and more conjecture, and the more curious, the more arguments will be, and the American team will not find any reason to justify.
This ball is nothing for the game, but what about Ling Feng?
That's a lot of sense!
Ling Feng has scored 14 goals in the World Cup, which means that he has equaled the bomber Gerd of the West German team. Muller's record of 14 goals!
If this goal is scored, it will be the fifteenth goal that breaks fate!
When people think like this, for the most meaningful goal opportunity in the history of the World Cup, can Ling Feng not handle it properly?
His kick was casual, and although the ball was not outrageously high, it was not in line with the attitude of this top player when dealing with a very important goal!
In other words, people will speculate whether Ling Feng doesn't want to score this goal, let alone stain a goal that is quite important in his career!
If this is really a move from above, then they should understand what they mean when they see themselves doing this.
Public calling is not suitable for all occasions, and the occasional means of dealing with it are tactful, but can achieve better results.
At the end of the first half, China and Portugal drew 0-0.
At halftime, the news had been received that another match being played at the same time, the match between the United States and Poland, was also a 0:0 draw.
In other words, both sides are 0:0, and no one can guess what the final result will be.
"In the second half of the game, we can clearly see that the Portuguese team has invested a lot of troops in the attack, Gomez replaced Pauletta on the field, and the impact in the front court brought a lot of trouble to the Chinese team's backline, but the Chinese team was not impatient at all, slowly controlled the rhythm of the game, and continued to attack after seeing the right time."
Huang Jianxiang didn't say something, that is, the Chinese team is obviously adopting negative tactics now, and it seems that the Chinese team doesn't want to win this game, but it doesn't want to lose.
It could only be a draw.
In the event of a draw, the Chinese team will qualify first in the group without the slightest loss, while Portugal has a glimmer of hope to qualify from the group.
Poland and the United States are also in a stalemate, of course, in order not to make the players panic, the Portuguese players still can't know the score on the field, but the fans are watching this game in various ways, and they are always paying attention to the outcome of the other game.
As the minutes ticked by, the Portuguese became more and more impatient.
In the fifteenth minute, Figo broke through from the side at high speed with the ball, and was cut off by Sun Jihai when he tried to cut in, and Figo turned his head very irrationally to continue to steal.
The referee blew the whistle for a foul, but fortunately no cards were drawn.
Otherwise, Figo, who has already received a yellow card, can only leave the World Cup with regrets.
Ling Feng had to smile bitterly, everyone wanted to win the game, everyone wanted their team to go further, but the reality was so cruel.
The efforts of the Portuguese were finally not in vain.
At the end of the second half, 30 minutes later, with a free-kick from the right side of the field, Rui Brown. Costa crossed, Gomez scored with a header in the middle, and finally led the Chinese team!
This is the first goal conceded by the Chinese team in this World Cup.
The Portuguese celebrated in ecstasy after the goal, and if they beat China, then they will be able to qualify from the group!
Not being able to qualify is a very difficult thing for the golden generation of Portuguese to accept.
And the golden generation of yesteryear is now old, and there are many of them, and this is the last chance to participate in the World Cup.
But the Chinese team can't lose!
The Chinese team, which has been silent for seventy-five minutes, to be precise, Ling Feng, has finally begun to exert its might!
It's not that Ling Feng can score goals as soon as he strikes - if that's the case, then wouldn't he be invincible?
But originally the two teams have always controlled the midfield, Ling Feng's sudden change, coupled with the effect of the Chinese team's attack driven by him, the power produced is huge!
What's more, the Portuguese who had just scored the goal were inevitably a little impatient in their hearts, and three minutes later, Yang Chen received a pass from Ling Feng and created a dangerous attack, but fortunately, Baia was experienced and blocked the ball on the goal line in time.
If you want to attack, you have to attack quickly, there is not much time left, and the Portuguese have not fully adapted to this style of play, if they can't get through their door within five minutes, the next game will be difficult!
Sure enough, it was difficult for the Portuguese to recover from the slow rhythm just now, Xiao Yue and Liu Dong flew together to help Ling Feng open the gap, and Yang Hui, a young player who replaced Hao Haidong, used his sufficient physical strength to rampage in the front court, stirring up the Portuguese head like a fight.
And at this time, the hidden killer appeared.
Ling Feng!
The Portuguese forgot one thing, although every player of this Chinese team can be called in the world now, but the core of the real attack is Ling Feng!
Everything the others did was paving the way for Ling Feng.
Of course, when others have a good chance, Ling Feng will not hesitate to create a good opportunity for them to break the goal, but when everyone's chance is not good, then the ultimate goal of this series of tactics is only one - to help Ling Feng open the gap for breaking the goal!
China's goal was easy, with Liu Dong and Yang Hui running in a mess at the back, and after opening the gap, Yang Hui's back-to-back knocked the ball right into the unguarded area in front of the penalty area.
After Ling Feng followed, it was a furious shot!
Baia pounced in the right direction, but didn't have enough speed to intercept the ball.
In this attack, the Chinese team succeeded in sneak attack!
Ling Feng didn't celebrate much after the goal, because he lost an urge to celebrate when he saw the Portuguese players sitting there one by one in frustration.
Although, this was his fifteenth goal in World Cup history.
In stark contrast to Ling Feng's calmness, it is the Chinese fans.
The chorus cheers of tens of thousands of fans turned the stadium into a sea of joy.
Fifteen goals! That's right, the fifteenth goal!
Ling Feng broke the incomparably brilliant record set by Gerd Muller in the final round of the group stage, and he made new history!
The joy of leading lasted for five minutes, and then fell into the abyss, on the other side, the United States and Poland did not know how the match went, maybe their World Cup journey, is it really coming to an end?
There are still ten minutes left, can you score a goal to defeat the Chinese team?!
There was a deep sense of powerlessness in the hearts of the Portuguese players, but the game still had to go on, and the last ten minutes might be the last ten minutes of their World Cup journey!
Portuguese players are going crazy!
Figo, Rui. Costa, Gómez, Cuto, Pinto......
These players, who are all famous names in the European arena, have started their final performance!
Ninety-one minutes, Rui. Costa went straight in front of midfield, Figo cut in at high speed, strode the ball out before Sun Jihai, and then followed up with a kick shot.
The ball was saved by Li Ke and Portugal took a corner.
Figo crossed, Gomez jumped high to head the ball, but Wang Gang took the first step to head the ball, and the ball was picked up by Zhu Yujian before the big penalty area.
It was a very good chance to fight back.
When the Portuguese were paying attention to Ling Feng, Zhu Yujian did not hesitate to make a long pass to the opponent's backfield, and Yang Hui rushed out like an arrow from the string. Costa clung to him, and the two rushed side by side to the front of the big penalty area.
Yang Hui will not be like Ling Feng, who is still sympathetic to his opponent, he has only one goal in mind, and that is to score goals.
But if it's hot. Not to be outdone, at this moment, he knew very well in his heart that if he let the opponent score another goal, then he was really finished!
On the line of the big exclusion zone, if hot. Costa opted for the tackle!
A textbook tackle, a brilliant defense!
If hot. Costa, with a winning mentality at the last moment, won this encounter, Yang Hui flinched in the face of him, the ball Costa was broken, and then drove to the front court with a big foot, Ling Feng and Kuto fought for the top in the air, and finally the ball was pushed out of the sideline by Ling Feng.
The Portuguese all retreated, and at this last moment, no matter which team, they would adopt the same tactic - all attack and defense!
Kuto ran to the side and was about to throw a throw-in, Ling Feng quickly pasted Figo who was about to take the ball, not letting the opponent's quick serve succeed, and Zhu Guanglu also made a timely substitution at this time, Liu Dongxia and Li Tieshang took this opportunity to take a breath and interrupt the opponent's aggression.
But at this time, the Chinese fans on the sidelines suddenly burst into a burst of cries.
The call grew louder and louder, and soon spread throughout the stadium.
At this time, the players on both sides are taking advantage of the substitution to drink some water on the sidelines to replenish the water, and this call makes the Portuguese players wonder that the Chinese team did not score!
Feeling a palm behind him, Figo turned his head and saw Ling Feng with an excited face, grabbing his shoulders with both hands, and shouting in Portuguese: "The Polish team has scored!" ”
Poland ...... Scored?!
"Poland leads the United States 1-0!" This sentence quickly spread to all corners of the stadium through the Chinese fans, although there were also Portuguese fans present, but their numbers were too small, and the collective shouting was covered by the voices of the Chinese fans.
The news left the whole of Portugal ecstatic!
If Poland beats the United States, then Portugal will be able to qualify from the group after a draw!
Portugal coach Oliveira decisively gave the order to defend all and keep the score of the draw!
A tie is a victory!
At this time, it is not easy to enter the door of the Chinese team, just because Poland and the United States draw, Portugal will be eliminated, then Portugal is now equal to a draw is a failure, so they have to desperately strive for the final victory, at the expense of causing loosening in the backline!
But now it's different, in the last moments of the game, since the Polish team is ahead, the best thing to do now is to leave the fate to the Poles.
Then the Portuguese players have no more to play, from ecstasy to loss, and then to sudden surprises, what they want most now is to end the game quickly!
The Chinese team didn't press the opponent too hard, and a draw was a good result, wasn't it?