Lippi's hand-to-go high pressing tactics paid off in the minutes after the substitution, Liu Ruofan just came out, very physical, and very expressive, with an even greater range of movement on the field than Wen Zhihao, and the Chinese team also created a lot of threatening attacks on the offensive end because of his active running and change.

Only three minutes after Liu Ruofan played, the Chinese team created an opportunity in the front, Wen Zhihao sent a penetrating pass, Wuqiu Wang went all out to the zero degree angle on the left side of the goal, and then did not hesitate to directly low flat ball and quickly crossed to the middle, the defensive attention of the Brazilian defenders was on Gao Lin in the middle, and Gao Lin was very smart, deliberately chose not to receive the ball, knocked his heel lightly, and returned to the middle of the road, passing to Liu Ruofan in the middle, and the four offensive core players in the front court played a smooth team offensive.

However, Liu Ruofan's final follow-up slash was rubbed out of the bottom line by Ederson with his fingertips, and the offensive process was flawless, the only flaw was that the result was not perfect.

An attack failed, and the Chinese team soon made a comeback. Two minutes later, the Chinese team won a set-piece in front, Wen Zhihao's pass was of excellent quality, and the ball went straight to the back post with a strong spin, forcing the goalkeeper to choose to attack rashly, and it was very conducive to the top battle.

Gao Lin and Wu Qiu Wang ambushed in the middle and back of the goal at the same time, Gao Lin's strong jump and Wu Qiu Wang's volley feints attracted the attention of every player in the Brazilian team's backline, but ignored Liu Ruofan, who was inserted from back to front, Liu Ruofan was surrounded by no one to guard him when he jumped, giving him enough space to jump.

Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson saw Liu Ruofan suddenly slash out of the diagonal stab, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, but his route to attack had been blocked by the dense crowd in the penalty area, and he was completely powerless, so he could only pray that Liu Ruofan wasted the opportunity for the second time.

But God is fair. Liu Ruofan became famous at a young age because of his performance in the forward position, and won the nickname "Liu Ruma", although he is still a rookie with serious lack of experience in the World Cup, but this kind of header less than two meters in front of the goal, whether it can be scored has nothing to do with experience, it all depends on the mentality, under normal circumstances, a striker must score.

Since the beginning of his appearance, Liu Ruofan has been quite excited, so this header is not difficult for him at this moment.

Liu Ruofan chose to smash the ball to the ground, then bounced high and flew into the goal. Although his personal first goal of the World Cup is not particularly domineering, it is worth a thousand gold to the Chinese team. This goal came at the stage when the Brazilian team was about to take off, and it undoubtedly poured cold water on the opponent head-on and extinguished the flame of attack.

"The ball is in! 3:2, wow! The Chinese team is domineering! One less person is still a strong overtake! He Wei sighed excitedly.

Liu Ruofan threw off Wen Zhihao, who ran up to congratulate him for the first time, after scoring the goal, and jumped into the stands behind the goal, while wanting to take off his jersey and give it to the fans, and enjoy the feeling of being a hero, but Wen Zhihao came up from behind and grabbed him, stopped the move, and reminded loudly: "Ruofan, Ruofan, don't get too excited!" You can celebrate however you want, but don't take it off, the referee's yellow card is waiting! We're one less person now, and it's not cost-effective. ”

Liu Ruofan has already taken off halfway, and under Wen Zhihao's reminder, he stopped his movements again, turned around and made a set of combination punches to Wen Zhihao, venting his inner excitement, Wen Zhihao is also very talented in acting, with Liu Ruofan's movements, he kept making the action of being knocked backwards, which looked very joyful.

And the eyes of the Brazilian players revealed a deep question: What's the matter, falling behind again? When did the Chinese team become so tough?

The game time has reached sixty-five and a half minutes, counting injury time, there are only 30 minutes left to play a full game, and now the Brazilian team has stepped on the cliff with one foot, and Tite quickly used the second substitution. Renato Augusto, who plays for Beijing Guoan Club in the Chinese Super League, came on to replace Paulinho.

Although Paulinho had bright spots defensively today, he was ineffective on the offensive end. And now what Brazil need is attacking firepower, and it makes sense to replace a forward midfielder who is good at organising.

However, Tite's thoughts are a bit wishful thinking, although he puts on an offensive stance, but no matter how strong the player's offensive ability is, he must control the ball at his feet...... After the Chinese team regained the lead, the rhythm was dominated by Wen Zhihao again, Wen Zhihao began to strengthen the control of the ball, consciously increased the number of horizontal passes, or passed back to the back and defenders, although Liu Ruofan was very eager to strengthen the attack, but under the intentional guidance of Wen Zhihao, he quickly realized that his ideas were a little selfish, at this time there is no longer a need for individual strong play, relying on the overall maximization of victory is the king.

I have to admit that high-level games are very training for young people, especially with excellent players, Wen Zhihao doesn't talk much on the field, but Liu Ruofan partnered with him and quickly felt how an excellent midfielder should be relaxed. Winning the Champions League with 12 goals plus the silver boot, Wen Zhihao is now considered to have entered the ranks of world-class midfielders, although Liu Ruofan is still far from Wen Zhihao's level, but it is undeniable that this is also a young player with a high level of understanding, and as the game deepens, he has gradually been able to fit Wen Zhihao's rhythm.

Of course, in the national team competition, Wen Zhihao deliberately took care of everyone's rhythm and habits, and if he played according to the intensity and rhythm of Atletico Madrid, no one in the Chinese team could keep up. But apparently this is not what Wen Zhihao wants. In the vast majority of cases, there is no need for a lone hero on the football field.

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In the last half hour of the game, the two sides attacked and defended each other, it was the Chinese team that always maintained an offensive posture, and the Brazilian team was afraid and never dared to attack on all fronts.

The final stoppage time was five minutes.

He Weigang wanted to question that the stoppage time was too long, but when he saw that Lippi was about to make a third substitution, his mood immediately improved a lot, and he joked: "It is estimated that after this substitution, there will not be much time left in the game." The Chinese team withstands! The quarter-finals are already beckoning! ”

Lippi's substitution full of tactical purpose this time was to replace Wen Zhihao. When he walked off the field, he enjoyed the applause of all the Chinese fans in the audience. Although Liu Ruofan's personal debut goal was a real winning goal, Wen Zhihao's two goals laid a solid foundation and also contributed a lot.

Wen Zhihao was still killing time when he left the game, and the fans at the scene applauded, and in the end, the referee showed a yellow card and invited Wen Zhihao to the bench.

However, the result is already certain, and the Chinese team finally defeated Brazil 3:2 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Since the 2002 World Cup, South Korea has once again had an Asian team make it past the round of 16, with the best chance coming in South Africa, although South Korea and Japan both stopped in the round of 16.

After the game, congratulatory messages were sent to Chinese websites, and Chinese fans ridiculed that the quarter-finals were the best results for Asian teams in the World Cup - although South Korea reached the semi-finals in 2002, it was an open secret that the referee was the protagonist in that match. Otherwise, it is impossible for South Korea to win against Spain and Italy. Chinese fans have never been shy about mentioning the "glorious history" of the South Korean team in 02.

The current quarter-final record of the Chinese team is earned by real strength, and it is said that it has truly broken through the new height of Asian teams in the World Cup, which is really not wrong at all.