Chapter Seventy-Six: The Chinese Team, Counterattack

Shortly after Brazil restarted, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Chinese players smiled and walked towards the dressing room, and they had plenty of reason to be proud of the fact that they were able to end the first half with a leading score against the mighty five-star Brazil. On the other hand, Brazil's superstars no longer look relaxed on their faces. Even in a business game, they feel that their dignity has been challenged.

"Well done!" In the dressing room of the Chinese team, the players high-fived each other as if they had won the game.

Alihan didn't stop the Chinese players from celebrating, and he wasn't worried that the players would get carried away with their pride. What are you kidding, they are facing a strong Brazilian team, is there really anyone who is proud to underestimate the enemy? In the first half of the game, they were suppressed so fiercely that Alihan was afraid that they would lose the courage to face a strong opponent.

According to the usual practice in commercial games, the Brazilian team will replace all the big names in the team in the second half, does this mean that the second half will be better?

Maybe we'll win. Many players couldn't help but have more thoughts in their hearts. Then they were frightened by the thought of their own.

In Brazil's dressing room, the atmosphere was completely different.

"Coach, I want to play a little longer." Ronaldo said seriously to Carlos Pereira, the new national team coach who was appointed in January this year. Pereira has coached the national team many times, and after Scolari's successful retirement in '02, Pereira, who led Brazil to win the World Cup in '94, was called back to the national team by the Brazilian Football Federation.

"I think I'd like to play for a while, too." Ronaltinho also stated that this football elf, who is famous for his happiness, has no happy expression on his face at the moment.

"I'm fine." Rivaldo's bitter face looked even more gloomy.

Everyone felt that their dignity had been challenged, and now they wanted to show their opponents the true power of the five-star Brazil.

"Very well, I'm glad that the World Champions haven't lost their hunger for victory. So let's see how we played in the second half. Pereira said.

When the second half began, the Chinese players were surprised to find that the Brazilian team did make substitutions, but the superstars remained on the field.

Pereira simply replaced the midfielder Kleberson with No.18 Juninho. In the first half, they won a lot of free kicks, but unfortunately none of them resulted in a goal, and now Pereira decided to let Juninho, who is known as "free kicks are higher than penalty kicks", come up and knock on the door of the Chinese team.

Apart from this substitution, Brazil did not make any further changes. Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, the all-conquering trident remained on the field.

Adjusted mentality, Brazil quickly scored, and in the 61st minute, it was Rivaldo who won a free-kick from around 30 meters in front of goal, and the new Juninho equalized for Brazil in one fell swoop.

This goal seems to have reawakened the fear of the national football team for the Brazilian team, although the score is still a draw, but they seem to suddenly not play, the original layered defense looked chaotic after conceding the goal, and soon in the 73rd and 78th minutes, the Chinese team conceded two goals in five minutes, and the Brazilian team turned the score into 3:1.

"!" Zhang Hong, who was in front of the TV, threw the remote control on the sofa. It's still a familiar recipe, it's still a familiar taste. Chinese football always gives you a little surprise when you are desperate, and then when you have a little hope, it makes you desperate again.

To be honest, in fact, when the Chinese team was leading, Zhang Hong did not expect the Chinese team to maintain this score to the end. He, like most Chinese fans, as long as the national team can play its own level and spirit, they are not unreasonable people.

If you just look at the 3-1 scoreline, they are already very satisfied, and they have scored one less goal than they conceded in the World Cup. But China's performance after conceding the goal made them feel really angry. It's another black five minutes, and it's this kind of collapse in a short period of time, and this kind of plot reminds them of how many unbearable pasts they can't look back on.

The Chinese players on the TV screen looked confused, why did we fall behind? Obviously, at halftime, everyone still felt that there was hope of winning.

Maybe it was because he thought he was sure of the victory, or maybe he felt that it was not good to win too much at someone else's home stadium, after Brazil scored the third goal, Pereira began to deploy his squad and replace several big names in the team one by one.

In the 80th minute, Brazil replaced Ronaldo with Denilson, Amoruso for Ronaldo, and Emerson for Ze Roberto. Of Brazil's three footballers, only one of Rivaldo's players remained.

But even with such a lineup, the Chinese team is still overwhelmed.

Zhang Shu stood near the halfway line, and apart from that free kick in this game, he didn't have a few chances to catch the ball. The tacit understanding between him and his teammates is really not enough, and on a few occasions he ran into the open space, and his teammates either didn't see his position, and returned the ball to the Brazilian team with a random big kick, or the ball passed to him was cut off.

But he still didn't get any closer to his teammates. Most of Brazil's players ran past half the pitch, and from 30 metres outside the Chinese penalty area to the halfway line, Brazil had the numerical advantage. The hope of running back to get the ball is even slimmer.

So he stood on the left near the halfway line, quietly waiting for an opportunity.

Zheng Zhi made a tackle to block the football off the sideline, and then he wanted to get up immediately to continue defending, but a spasm of his calf muscles made him sit down again. He was so tired in this game, he was pressed and beaten by Brazil all the time, his nerves were always in a tense state, constantly mobilized by football, and even if he was on defense all the time, it consumed a lot of his physical strength.

He knew he was about to cramp.

So be it, isn't it a business game anyway? Why do you have to work so hard? We've already scored a goal, and we've got an explanation for the fans across the country. Why make yourself so tired? Let's rest, take a break, there are so many teammates, you won't lose the ball if you sit for a while。。。。。。

As soon as he stopped running, the trace of fatigue in his heart involuntarily crept out, constantly seducing him.

Maybe, really take a break?

He shook his head and slapped his hands his face, shaking the thought out.

Are you kidding!

He remembered that in '01, he was just a little closer to being able to play in Germany, but for all kinds of unspeakable reasons, he couldn't do it in the end.

He remembered the hot summer last year, when he was just a little bit left out of the national team by Milou and could only watch with envy as his seniors flew to South Korea.

But is this the reason for giving up? Have all your efforts been useless because of failure?

Zheng Zhi slammed into Denilson, who was pedaling, with a ferocious dash from behind, and then he reached out and hooked the football to his feet.

Denilson collapsed in the box and raised his hands at the referee. But the referee was unmoved, and raised his hands in front of him to signal the game to continue.

Zheng Zhi kicked the ball out of the penalty area, and the rest of the Brazilian team came towards him.

He searched for the boy who suddenly entered the national team, the boy who used his actions to tell him what a professional player is.

Even if everyone thinks that clubbing is unprofessional, as long as you stick to the attitude of a scientific profession, this little bit of effort can eventually converge into the reason for success.

Even if you are in a dark miasma in domestic football, as long as you persist in working hard, you will one day break through the thick darkness, right?

Zheng Zhi kicked the ball hard to the left front court before the Brazilian players came around.

With his pass, the passionate roar of Huang Jian* Xiang came out of the TV of thousands of fans.

"Chinese team, counterattack!"