Paulinho couldn't laugh or cry, stared at Wen Zhihao, and asked very seriously: "You have won so many times in the club, but you are better in the national team......

After saying that, he kept shaking his head with an expression of recognition.

Wen Zhihao smiled and waved his hand to reply: "How simple is that, as long as you don't score our goals in the second half and take the initiative to admit defeat, we will be fine, hehe!" ”

Wen Zhihao smiled slyly, Paulinho shook his head and smiled bitterly, both sides knew that this was simply impossible, and the second half of the game would only be more intense.

During the break, Lippi further clarified the responsibilities of various positions on the pitch after the 5-3-2 change. The focus is on the division of labor between midfielders Liang Xin and Zheng Zhi. In the second half, Liang Xin's task is to be a full-time defensive midfielder, similar to the role of legendary Italian midfielder Gattuso, while Zheng Zhi will be more involved in the attack and provide assistance to Wen Zhihao's midfield combing.

Such an arrangement should be said to be the best option at the moment. In the second half, the Brazilian team will definitely strengthen their attack, and if the premise of Liang Xin's position is undoubtedly a risky choice. Zheng Zhi's fitness is a big hidden danger, especially after 70 minutes, once Zheng Zhi's coverage and running ability decline, the Chinese team's already problematic backline will be directly exposed to Brazil's strong midfield attacking firepower, which is very dangerous.

Liang Xin has always been a defensive midfielder in PSV Eindhoven, and such an adjustment will also make him feel more familiar with the road, while Zheng Zhi's experience and rhythm control can effectively help Wen Zhihao resolve the opponent's key pressing circle.

After Lippi laid out the tactics, he sounded the alarm again with the players: "With my tactical arrangement, everyone should be able to understand what we are pursuing in the second half." Although we are now in the lead in the score, we must not have the idea of wanting to defend to the end, facing the Brazilian team, such an idea is equivalent to digging a grave, attack is the best defense, control the ball at the feet, always the closest shortcut to victory. ”

After Lippi finished speaking, Wen Zhihao also stood up and said something specific: "Don't stand too dead between each other!" It's very difficult for us to defend against them one-on-one, and the few people in the neighborhood help each other defensively, run two more steps, stretch one more kick, this is the knockout of the World Cup, victory is never a pie in the sky, just a good thing that hits our heads. ”

The Chinese team didn't say much in the midfield dressing room, and the players still had a few minutes to drink and catch their breath, Wen Zhihao could vaguely hear the Brazilian dressing room next door, and Tite was using his loud voice to motivate the players.

Faced with this situation, Tite can only try his best to inspire a sense of honor in everyone's hearts: "What do you want to do?" Look down at the five stars on your chest! If you don't want all the Brazilian fans to be ashamed of you, bring out all your talents and talents in the second half and blast them out for me! ”

The sound insulation effect of the Olympic Stadium in Sochi is not very good, Wen Zhihao put his ear against the wall, although he couldn't hear what was being said next door, but the movement of the Brazilian team was faintly heard, and the corners of his mouth hooked a smile.

Liang Xin noticed Wen Zhihao's actions and expression, and joked: "Hey, Zhihao, when did you listen to the wall root more?" You're not a spy, so it's better not to have this hobby! ”

Wen Zhihao glanced at him: "you, don't listen to it, don't listen to it, listen to it...... Of course, it was not in vain. Lao Liang, do you believe in the saying 'If God wants to destroy people, he must first make them crazy'? ”

Liang Xin thought about it and nodded.

“bingo！” Wen Zhihao snapped his fingers, then raised his voice and said to everyone who was making preparations: "The next door has begun to go crazy, everyone work hard, push them to perdition, the top eight seats, our Chinese team is going to be decided!" ”

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Before the start of the second half, Tite made a substitution, with Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho coming on for right wing-back Willian. Tite was interested in strengthening the middle, and in the first half, Willian's Brazilian side was not as effective on the right side as Neymar's left side as a whole.

Brazil's formation changed to 4-3-3, with Fernandinho on the right in the midfield, Paulinho in the middle and Coutinho on the left. Neymar moved up from left wing-back to left wing-back, while the other two strikers, Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino, remained unchanged. This lineup is the strongest lineup of the Brazilian team at the moment, and the biggest weapon of this forward combination is speed. The main test for the Chinese team's defense is how to defend the speed of the opponent's counterattack.

French referee Turpin blew the whistle and changed sides in the second half. As soon as the ball kicked off in the middle circle, Coutinho released a long pass to the Chinese team's right defense, Neymar shot a low shot after a quick local breakthrough and cut inside, which scared all the Chinese fans, but fortunately Yan Junling concentrated, quickly lowered the center of gravity and then blocked the ball with one hand on the ground, blocking the ball out of the bottom line.

"An opening sneak attack with a clear tactical purpose, the Brazilian team did not shy away from their intention to strengthen the attack, the Chinese team defense must be 100% concentrated, and the Brazilian players have a lot of feints, so they must be careful to deal with it." He Wei prompted.

The arrival of Fernandinho increased the hardness of the Brazilian midfield in the middle, and soon presented a new challenge for the Chinese team - how to move forward after the ball was broken in the middle and back.

After the half-time battle, the players of the Brazilian team have completely figured out the characteristics of the Chinese team: the defenders lack the crosshairs of the long passes, the attack must go to the ground, relying on the organization and transition of midfielders Wen Zhihao and Zheng Zhi.

The Brazilian team responded very effectively, directly in the midfield high-pressure pressing, avoiding Wen Zhihao and focusing on pressing Liang Xin, Paulinho was responsible for giving physical pressure at the first time Liang Xin held the ball, and Fernandinho and Coutinho forcibly separated Wen Zhihao and Zheng Zhi, blocking all the lines of Liang Xin's pass to the two.

The Brazilians were not in a hurry and laid out slowly in the midfield, like a hunter hunting, always having enough patience to design traps and traps to make sure the prey was completely in their pockets.

In order to complete an effective frontcourt press, the Brazilian team continued to press the Chinese team to fall in the backcourt until their strength gradually gathered in the front court and launched a fatal blow.

In the 55th minute, Liang Xin passed a half-high ball to the front, and the Brazilian team relied on the advantage of physical confrontation to complete the header relay, and then Coutinho suddenly made a heel pass, which surprised everyone, but it coincided with Firmino's running route highly, and the front was flat at this time. A brilliant pass directly penetrated the entire defense of the Chinese team.

Yan Junling remained calm enough in the face of the single knife, and was not deceived by Firmino's feints, and successfully blocked the opponent's push, but only slapped half a palm and failed to control the ball. And Neymar immediately followed up at high speed to shoot Yan Junling's opposite direction, Yan Junling couldn't react and could only watch the ball roll into the goal.