The Belgian commentator showed an expression like a takeaway, resisting the urge to burst into foul language, but there was still strong dissatisfaction in his tone: "There is really nothing to say about conceding such a goal, it is completely self-inflicted." Witsel has been playing in China since his level, and his level has dropped significantly. This conceded goal is directly related to his inexplicable header back to the point in the first place. ”

In January last year, Witsel transferred from Russian Premier League giants Zenit to Chinese Super League team Tianjin Quanjian, and is also one of the foreign international players participating in the World Cup. Although the Chinese Super League, as China's local top league, has significantly improved its viewing in recent years, many foreign commentators have formed preconceived notions. Therefore, the Belgian commentator directly ignored the improvement of the strength of the Chinese team itself, and did not summarize Witsel's mistakes, and directly related to the Chinese Super League, and threw off the pot.

But then again, the Belgian commentary is not the first foreign media to do so. When it comes to throwing the pot, Koreans are the real masters. After they missed out on the World Cup last year, they went crazy at the Super League and lowered their overall defensive level. In fact, since the Chinese Super League became booming, when various teams set off to buy South Korean defenders to do Asian foreign countries, the Korean media's criticism of the Chinese Super League has not stopped, and after each national team match day, as long as the performance is not satisfactory, it will be mentioned intentionally or unintentionally.

However, what is valuable is that the Chinese team is under all kinds of doubts and pressures, rushing all the way out of Asia, and has one foot in the World Cup semi-finals. Fans don't have to worry about the national team being overwhelmed by the pressure, and at the same time, even if there are such cool words, they can smile coldly and deal with it indifferently.

China laid the decisive two-goal advantage, and after 60 minutes, Lippi began to lay out for the second half of the game.

The first substitution, Lippi replaced the martial arts king who waited for the half-time opportunity on the bench, and replaced Gao Lin.

This was followed by an overall recovery of the Chinese team's formation, with Yu Dabao and Yu Hanchao retreating from the winger position to full-back respectively, and Lippi adding the task of assisting the full-backs to defend on the wing. At the same time, the two also exchanged sides, Yu Dabao came to the left side of the Chinese team, and Yu Hanchao went to the right side. Because the defensive problem on the left side is much more serious, Wang Shenchao was pressed and beaten by the opponent's right winger Origi almost the whole game, so Yu Dabao came to this side to concentrate on defense, which can reduce the pressure on the left side of the Chinese team.

The strategy of the Chinese team in the final stage is very clear, in addition to leaving a martial arts king on the front line, the other players are all recycled to their own half, and once there is a counterattack opportunity, with Wen Zhihao as the first starting point, Yu Dabao and Yu Hanchao stepped forward for the first time, of course, the biggest weapon is the counterattack speed of the martial arts king. Wuqiu Wang has just come on the court and is full of energy, and when the opponent is eager to attack and the back line is pressed as a whole, his threat to the opponent's backcourt will be doubled.

Belgian coach Martinez has removed Hazard and Origi, replaced Napoli striker Mertens and Huddersfield striker De Poitre, and Lukaku directly formed three high points in the middle. The opponent didn't even want to attack on the side, and directly chose the most simple and crude tactics of fighting for the top ball.

Obviously, the opponent also saw the lack of air dominance of the Chinese team's back line, and wanted to focus on this shortcoming of the Chinese team's back line.

I have to say that it did cause a lot of trouble for the Chinese team. Then there is an old Chinese saying that everyone is at the mercy of heaven. Martinez has done his best as a coach to make such a tactical adjustment, the Belgian players on the field have pressed China like crazy, and at the same time, the midfielder has tried to simplify the attack, creating enough high ball crosses, and the striker has also tried his best to get to the point. Both the players and the coaches of the Belgian team have worked hard for this victory, and they have "done their best".

In the game, if you want to score consecutive goals and achieve a big disadvantage, luck is also an indispensable factor, that is, "resigned to destiny".

Belgium's luck is indeed not very good, although the header in the penalty area can grab the first point, but the Chinese team players are also very defense when they see the dawn of victory getting closer and closer, and the Belgian team's shot is either blocked by the defender with his body, or he can't get past Wang Dalei, who is in excellent form tonight. Of course, Lukaku used his super physical fitness to open up the defenders, and the shot in the penalty area made Wang Dalei helpless. However, in the end, it was still a fraction of a goal away.

The reason is very simple, tonight's Chinese team is full of character, in addition to the eleven players on the field, as well as the "twelfth man" of tens of thousands of fans in the stands, the goalpost and crossbar have become the best "thirteenth man" of the Chinese team, respectively Lukaku and Mertens close range of goals are all denied.

After missing the opportunity, both of them looked up at the sky with regretful eyes, and they must have complained in their hearts that God didn't favor them, so why should they spoil their good deeds.

Marcelleif smiled: "It's not anyone's fault, the Chinese team should be the God-chosen winner of this game, otherwise it is difficult to explain why Lukaku and Mertens hit the post and crossbar respectively in the face of a two-metre opportunity in front of the goal, but they didn't score." ”

According to the old Chinese saying, this is called "destiny cannot be violated", or God rewards hard work, because the Chinese team has shown enough tenacity in every game of this World Cup, including this one, the most difficult period after Belgium's goal, the whole team is still gritting its teeth with a very high fighting spirit, from the overall performance point of view, the Chinese team has a two-goal advantage, and it is natural to be closer to victory.

Although in the last five minutes of the game, the Chinese fans have begun to count down to the national team's promotion to the semi-finals with rhythmic cheers, and to a certain extent, it has further stimulated the opponent's sense of urgency, in the eighty-ninth minute, De Bruyne's set-piece directly hit the goal and hit the elevator ball effect, Wang Dalei was out of reach, and the Belgian team pulled a goal back before injury time!

3:2！

He Wei couldn't help but be a little nervous: "The Chinese team still has to withstand it!" At this time, you should do everything you can to delay the game, Wen Zhihao has experienced such a big scene as extra-time in the Champions League final, and now his experience must work, as long as he can kill the game time, it will be beneficial to the Chinese team. ”

Xu Yang said: "Belgium can become the upstart of European football, and to be dubbed the 'Red Devils', there must be two brushes"

De Bruyne's goal also made the referee make adjustments to the stoppage time, and the original three minutes of stoppage time was extended to five minutes.

One of the multi-angle cameras on the scene happened to capture the temporary change of the referee team, and He Wei had a lot of complaints about it: "The referee team is the absolute authority on the court, and the stoppage time has been determined in advance, why change it?" Is this fair to the Chinese team that is ahead? It's a bit unreasonable, isn't it? ”

He Wei's complaint expressed the hearts of all Chinese fans who saw this scene, in fact, as long as the fans are clear, the referee team's approach is actually conventional. According to common sense, the referee team will take proper care of the lagging side in stoppage time when the score is only one goal apart, which is to leave more room for the game to create a turning point, leave more suspense, and indirectly improve the enjoyment of the game.

Everyone understands the reason, but when the actions of the referee team indirectly damage the interests of the Chinese team, few fans can remain rational without emotion at all, and everyone is easily affected by their positions and emotions.

In the last five minutes, the Belgian team saw a glimmer of hope to drag the game into extra time, regained their spirits, and rushed to the Chinese half with all the players, while Lippi immediately replaced Shi Ke. On the one hand, the tactical purpose is clear, delaying the game. On the other hand, Shi Ke came on the field to convey instructions: including the striker Wuqiu King, all members recycle the penalty area and defend the last five minutes!

Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes on the scene, hundreds of millions of eyes in front of the TV staring at these few minutes, the ultimate confrontation between spear and shield, is Belgium's strongest firepower in this World Cup The forward spear is sharper, or the shield built by the Chinese team is stronger.

The Belgian team had no reservations at all, and even goalkeeper Courtois rushed to the midfield to attack directly, completely abandoning the defense of the goal.

The opponent is completely ruined, and now it is a test of the Chinese team's ability to resist hits.

What is commendable is that the defensive formation of the Chinese team is dense but not chaotic, especially Wen Zhihao, who is the first line of defense around the top of the arc of the penalty area, showing his super high ball quotient in the midfield, and raising his foot three times in a row to block the ball that De Bruyne passed to the penalty area! You know, it can be quite difficult to predict the opponent's passing path in defence. Wen Zhihao, on the other hand, has done a better job than many full-time defensive midfielders and even defenders, and he can do this because he has brought himself into De Bruyne's role, by observing the direction of the opponent's torso and ankles, and quickly predicting the opponent's touch the ball, so as to achieve such a defensive effect.

He Wei watched these three processes, said three "beautiful" in a row, and then commented with relish: "I believe that the other party will definitely have a sense of powerlessness, Wen Zhihao not only performs all-round on the offensive end, but also makes the opponent unable to pass the ball at critical moments at the defensive end, but such a player is fortunate for the Chinese team!" ”

Garcia, who was narrated on Spanish national television, was less surprised, saying: "Don't be surprised why Wen can play such a role in defence, because even if I played almost all of Atletico's games last season, I still don't know if he has hidden skills. However, if you look at Atletico's two league meetings with Barcelona last season, no one would consider him a purely attacking player. ”

De Bruyne's pass was blocked, and Belgium could not afford to lose time, so they quickly shifted the core of the playmaker, avoiding Wen Zhihao's side, and handed the ball to the feet of the second playmaker, Nainggolan, to continue the cross.

The Chinese players as a whole moved quickly at their feet in the final stage, and they couldn't compete with the opponent one-on-one, but around the opponent's three high points, at least two players were responsible for marking, and the division of labor was clear, one was responsible for physical confrontation, doing his best to interfere with the opponent's jump, and the other player cleared the ball out of the penalty area.

However, even with such a targeted arrangement, it is still difficult to defend Lukaku. Feng Xiaoting was indeed no match in terms of bounce ability, but he still did his best, and Lukaku's header bounced off his shoulder and flew off the line.

Corner kick for Belgium!

Before you know it, the game has come to 94'40''', and if the referee Baskunana blows the whistle on time, this should be the opponent's last chance to attack the whole game!

One corner kick that could decide the fate of both teams! Hold on, and the Chinese team will go further to make history, if the Belgian team counts down the seconds to equalize......

Of course, there are no ifs in the game, and Chinese fans don't want the "ifs" to become a reality.

All the Chinese fans at the Spartak Stadium stood up en masse, desperately booing and putting pressure on the Belgian team.

In the VIP box, Da Ye had already gotten up, his face was calm, but there was a strong expectation in his eyes.

At the last opportunity, Courtois also rushed up to participate in the Belgian corner, and Lippi stood on the sidelines and shouted: "Attention! Don't let the goalkeeper reach the ball! Although his voice was completely drowned out by the sound of the scene, not to mention that the players on the field could not listen at all, and the physical decline was so serious, most of the players had lost the ability to think and insisted on playing completely on instinct.

De Bruyne took a corner kick on the left side, the ball spun directly to the middle, in this key point scramble, Feng Xiaoting absolutely contributed to it, Mertens rubbed in front of the point, the purpose is very clear, is to find a high point in the middle of the final word, originally the middle Lukaku and Courtois were ready to jump, but failed to compete with Mertens, Feng Xiaoting reacted quickly, immediately turned around and rushed to the middle, grabbed a head before the two jumped, and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

The Belgian team also wanted to scramble for two points to launch a continuous offensive, but Wen Zhihao directly volleyed the ball to the opponent's half.

Referee Baskunana fingered the middle circle and blew the long whistle to announce the end of the game, and the Chinese team advanced to the semifinals!

All the Chinese fans erupted in huge cheers in the stands, singing and dancing, and cheering in excitement. Young people let loose their passions at this moment, while older fans began to look around them for tissues to wipe the corners of their eyes.

In the VIP box, with a pleased smile on his face, he kept clapping, raised his hand very high, and gave a thumbs up, President Putin also had the same expression, sincerely sending his blessings to the Chinese team.

"It's not easy, everyone cheer! For the first time in their lives, the Chinese team got the opportunity to attack the World Cup final! At this moment, it was announced that Asian football had the second team to enter the semi-finals of the World Cup. However, I believe that from now on, when the world talks about the history of Asian football's World Cup conquest, it will mention more about the Chinese team's promotion process, because no matter the process or the result, it is absolutely impeccable, and this result is well deserv......ed."

He Wei couldn't go on talking, and a clear and audible choked voice came from the broadcast.