Chapter 7 Against Brazil

The Chinese team eliminated Argentina on penalties and became the biggest upset in this Copa America.

It stands to reason that the top ten teams in the FIFA rankings at the same time, no matter what the result is, can never be described by two words, but the situation of the Chinese team is very special, although it is the top ten of the national team, but Argentina after the blood exchange can no longer be described by two words: strong, it should be said - very strong!

I'm afraid that even Brazil is now, and it will lose more and win less against Argentina, not to mention that the Chinese team is just a nouveau riche Ling Feng alone in the eyes of many people.

After falling behind by two goals, staged a big reversal, and eliminated Argentina, which had never lost in a penalty shootout, the Chinese team's performance has made fans across the country crazy!

Can it not be crazy? A year ago, the fans of the World Cup went crazy once, and a year later, the women's World Cup champion, the men's football team also reached the final of the Copa America, and the situation of Chinese football flying together is enough to shock the world.

Although women's football is not very popular, it is still a sport, and many fans are looking forward to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when the men's and women's teams will win gold medals at the same time, which is a situation that has never been seen in the history of Olympic football.

Although Maradona was very disappointed, he also highly praised the Chinese team after the game, especially at the moment of the last penalty, all five penalties were hit, and the Argentine players were forced to make mistakes with their own pressure, this cohesive spirit is very worth learning.

As for the old horse himself, he was naturally bombarded by the media after the game, after all, this America's Cup old horse has made a lot of money, and he must come back with the first place, but the semi-finals were eliminated by the team brought out before, which is still somewhat embarrassing.

It's just that with the old horse's ability, it's not a drizzle to settle this matter?

Don't look at the press conference after the game, Lao Ma and Zhu Guanglu laughed and boasted to each other, and in private, the Chinese team players were scolded by the "former head coach".

It's not that China is scolding for defeating Argentina, but that the bastard Lao Ma came to set a target for the Chinese team, and the Chinese team must defeat Brazil in the final!

O God! Is it possible?

After fighting with Argentina, it is estimated that it is almost the same if you are not tired, and the bench level of the Chinese team is not very good, this battle has taken out all the old books, three days, three days later to play the final with Brazil, but people are not tired at all and won Paraguay.

Three days is enough time to rest or something? At most, it's okay to walk and so on, it's okay to play some games that are not very intense, and to play with Brazil is tantamount to death.

But looking at the old horse like that, he almost didn't have to roll on the ground, Ling Feng had to fool him: "We try our best, we must do our best, can the Brazilian team still be better than you, don't worry, we will win......"

Anyway, don't exchange the blank checks, just coax this plague god away first.

Winning Brazil, Ling Feng also wants to win, but the problem is that if the Chinese team is full of physical strength, it can still fight with Brazil, but now this virtue is to find death.

Ling Feng's inverted shot in this game was hailed as the best goal so far in this Copa America, and at the same time, there was a lot of pressure on the Brazilian team.

According to the rules of the Copa America, the Chinese team is eligible to participate in the final, but as an invited team, it is not eligible to lift the championship trophy.

In other words, the last game has not yet been played, and the Brazilian team is already the nominal champion of the Copa America.

But here comes the problem again, although it is nominal, but it is very different from the substantive meaning, if the last game wins, it is good to say, this championship is also considered peace of mind in the hand, what if you lose? Then the gold content of this trophy will be cut by at least half!

It's like the 1996 Asian Cup, the Chinese team won the championship, but Ling Feng smashed the trophy and patted his ass and left, and finally the AFC had to give this hot potato to the Kuwait team.

As a result, when the Confederations Cup is approaching, it stands to reason that Kuwait, the nominal winner of the Asian Cup, should go to participate in the Confederations Cup, but the Chinese Football Association stood up and said: "This Confederations Cup is a good platform for us to give players training, and the Chinese team is looking forward to participating." ”

One sentence completely dispelled Kuwait's thoughts, how about the nominal champion? China is the boss of Asia, and if you are not convinced, you can play a game.

And the South American Football Association dares to recruit the Chinese team to play, and they also know it in their hearts, after all, the two strong teams in the Americas, Brazil and Argentina, are world-class teams, and with them, there is basically no need to worry about the Chinese team winning the championship.

But I didn't expect China to really do Argentina, which made the pressure on the Brazilian team increase sharply, and instantly rose to the point of defending the honor of South American football.

Brazil coach Luxemberg was forced to make a statement that Brazil would be 200 per cent ready for the final game.

And there are those who oppose himβ€”at least nominally.

Raven's Beak!

Perhaps for the sake of the honor of South American football as a whole, Uncle Pele finally stepped forward and began his curse.

"Brazil is one of the greatest teams in the world, China's performance in the past two years has also impressed us, for this game, I am personally very optimistic about the Chinese team," Uncle Pele said: "There are loopholes in the Brazilian team that cannot be ignored, the cohesion in the Brazilian team is not as good as the Chinese team, and Ronaldo is not as good as Ling in terms of performance when he returns from injury." ”

"Several of the youngsters in the Chinese team have performed very well, and I am looking forward to their good performance in the final, and I hope that our own team can work harder and not just focus on the results in front of us."

Pele's remarks have been widely supported by the Brazilian people, and some Chinese fans who don't know about it are very strange, Uncle Bei is obviously praising us China, why are Brazilians so happy?

Damn, the crow's praise, don't just want it, I think Ling Feng's World Footballer was shouted by him back then.

It seems that the Brazilian team has really made a lot of money for this game, and has moved out the most vicious curses, and if the Chinese team wants to win, they can only ask God to bless them.

In the next three days, the Chinese team only carried out routine recovery training, in order to let the players recover as soon as possible, even if they had to lose the last game, they had to lose the glory.

Three days passed quickly, and the Chinese team finally ushered in the last game, a contest between Brazil, which is currently ranked No. 1 in the world by FIFA and recognized as the king!

With the exception of Brazil, no other country has taken on the title of football kingdom, winning the title four times so far, with top players all over the world, Leonidas, Pele, Garrincha, Tostao, Riverino, Zico, Socrates, Romagno, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, ......

At no time in decades have Brazil been without the world's best superstars, who represent the best football empire in the world today, and you can beat him in a single game without taking away his title.

Brazil's line-up is about the same as the one from the '02 World Cup in memory, with the only difference being that Ronaldinho was on the bench and Amoruso started.

Ling Feng smiled and shook hands with the players of the Brazilian team, and exchanged team flags with captain Cafu.

For the Chinese team, the Brazilian players did not show any superior posture, and both sides were very friendly in entering the game.

Think about the 02 World Cup, after the Chinese team and Brazil played, people refused to exchange jerseys with Chinese players, you can know the gap between the two.

The current Chinese team, even the top hegemon in world football, does not dare to underestimate.

Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Amoruso, the forward partner composed of these three people is as threatening, and whether the Chinese team can withstand the attack of the Brazilian team has become the key to winning this game!

Ling Feng's position today is a scavenger, which is the position he played against Germany in last year's World Cup, an assist-type central defender, and it seems that the Chinese team's tactics have been determined from the beginning, which is to defend and counterattack.

It was a friendly match, at least in the pre-match press conference, which was what both managers' managers said.

But polite words are polite words, and it is estimated that both sides even ate each other's hearts alive.

The race finally began in anticipation.

The Brazilian team started the game very cautiously, either pounced or chased hard, they patiently pounded their feet in the midfield, often passing the ball to the opponent's half and then going around in a circle and back, during which the Chinese players could not even touch the edge of the ball.

Ling Feng sits in front of the penalty area, this is the throat of the Brazilian team's attack, playing with Brazil, not afraid of them playing headers, what he is afraid of is the penetration of short passes and the occasional forced breakthrough by someone, Ling Feng stands in a position where he has time to block left and right, unless the opponent is forced to play two or two in front of the penalty area, he flashes, otherwise if you want to enter the penalty area, you have to pass Ling Feng first.

The Brazilian team naturally knew that the battle between the front trident and Ling Feng would soon be staged.

Just three minutes into the game, Ronaldo broke through and passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area, which was tackled by Ling Feng and destroyed the ball, and the first meeting between the two ended in Ling Feng's victory.

In the seventh minute, the Brazilian team made a comeback, Rivaldo's long-range shot hit Zhang Enhua's thigh and bounced high, Ling Feng judged the landing point and competed with Amoruso's header, the two collided in the air, but no one took advantage, the ball was sandwiched by two people in the air and fell to the ground, Ling Feng's reaction speed was much faster than Amoruso, and after landing, the ball went forward, just rushed straight to the midfield arc, and then a beautiful quick buckle flashed Emerson, and then passed directly to the gap on the left side, Hao Haidong quickly followed up to get the ball and launched the first attack of the Chinese team.

It was a great opportunity to counter-attack quickly, and when Hao Haidong got the ball, Aldair had just run in front of him to intercept it, and he was the only player in Brazil's backline.

Although the position is relatively far away, if they can break through the defense of the Brazilian veteran, then the Chinese team will immediately get a coveted one-on-one opportunity.

Aldair is a veteran of Brazil's fame, and at this time he played the role of the last barrier for Brazil.

It is said that the Brazilian team's backline is the worst among the world's top teams, but it does not mean that their players are poor, on the contrary, if you look at the player's individual ability, it may be higher than the average level of Italian defenders, but the problem is that no matter how good a defender is, if he does not stay behind the defense honestly, the back line cannot be stable.

Hao Haidong was not comfortable with the ball on the flank, and his path was completely blocked by Aldair, and it was impossible to cut into the penalty area.

In desperation, Hao Haidong had no choice but to break through to the side, and then cross, at that time Yang Chen and Yue Lingxiang should be able to outflank the vicinity of the big forbidden area.

Of course, Aldale understands what the other party is thinking, but there is no way to do it, forcing it to the side is better than being thrown off and rushed into the penalty area, right?!

Aldair's body moved to the side, trying his best to block Hao Haidong's passing lane, and destroying the ball out of the baseline or the sideline, ushering in more time for the team.

As an experienced veteran, Aldair grasped Hao Haidong's forward route in advance, and Hao Haidong was also clever, seeing that Aldair already had a tendency to move to the side, he immediately gave up his original plan, knocked the ball inward, and plunged into the penalty area!

This was a surprise to everyone!

Aldale didn't expect that his advance judgment would lead to such a consequence, and now he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly forcibly restrained the momentum of his body, stretched out his foot and broke the ball at Hao Haidong's feet!

Hao Haidong has been mixed with Ling Feng for so many years, he is a thief, he forcibly broke through this ball a little big, seeing that the opponent's goalkeeper has attacked, and he doesn't know who can grab the ball first, and Aldair's foot at this time just stretched out, so Hao Haidong stretched his leg forward very playfully, kicked Aldair's foot, and then the whole person flew out.

Penalty kick!

The referee didn't hesitate to point to the penalty spot!

In just the seventh minute of the first half, the Chinese team created a penalty opportunity for the first attack!

Ling Feng hung the ball in the penalty area with a beautiful spoon, and Dida was blinded by his previous feints and made a save.

1:0, seven minutes into the opening game, the Chinese team leads Brazil!