Chapter 1159: The True Colors of a Dark Horse
With the passage of time, the 1/8 finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil between the Chinese team and Algeria have arrived.
On the day of the game, countless enthusiastic fans came to the hotel where the Chinese team stayed early, and they used their passion to tell the Chinese men's football team that they are the strong backing of the national team, whether they win or lose!
Although the soundproofing facilities of the hotel where the Chinese team stayed were good, the shouts of the Chinese fans were very powerful, whether it was during the meal or in the gym provided by the hotel.
Of course, that doesn't happen when the players are resting.
To get back to the point, the fans who came to the hotel in advance did not buy tickets, because they could only cheer for the Chinese team in this way.
It is worth mentioning that this 1/8 final can be completely said to be half of the home stadium of the Chinese team, Algeria in North Africa is not very developed, so there are not many fans who can go to Brazil to watch the game, but China's economy continues to rise rapidly, there are many fans who have an economic foundation to watch the game, plus the largest number of people on the planet is Chinese, and there are naturally many Chinese fans who go to Porto Alegre Bellario Stadium to watch the game.
Eighty percent of the stands at the Bellario Stadium, which can accommodate more than 50,000 fans, are occupied by Chinese fans, and the uniform crimson jersey and unified slogan are the impressions left by the increasingly professional Chinese fans to the world.
In addition, it is interesting to note that the Algerian head coach showed signs of weakness in his regular pre-match press conference before the game, while the star Feghouli, who has played for Valencia before, agrees with the head coach that it is a miracle that the team can make history and reach the knockout rounds......
Pep Guardiola, the protagonist, with his rich experience and seasoned Chinese players, will naturally not believe these words, because they have seen too much in Europe's top leagues and the Champions League......
The game time was played at 6 o'clock in the evening on the 30th local time in Brazil, and the Chinese team, which had the strength of nearly eighty percent of the fans, performed very well under the shouts of nearly eighty percent of the fans on the scene, and frequently created killing opportunities, but no one expected that Algeria's goalkeeper Mbolhi would ...... God.
If it is reasonable to make one or two shocking saves, he made god-level saves one after another, trying to keep the goal from losing.
Especially in the twelfth minute of the game, when Zhang Linpeng received Hao Junmin's pass on the right side and broke through to the bottom line, and then sent a beautiful cross without any interference, Gao Lin, who was outflanked in the middle, actively ran in front of the point to attract the attention of two Algerian defenders, but he did not jump hard, but suddenly missed, and Ailo, who accelerated from the back point, met the ball on the line of the small penalty area.
Such a close-range header on goal, and he is currently the world's most efficient goal-scoring footballer, so everyone thought that this goal would be scored, but at this time, goalkeeper Mborsi reflexively fell to the left side of his body, and blocked with one palm, strangely lifting the football off the crossbar.
Suddenly, a huge exclamation rang out over the entire Bellario Stadium.
Even Iro, who had completed his header, was slow to react......
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Algerian goalkeeper Mborsi was extremely good and in frantic form to keep the goal intact.
Other Algerian players seem to see hope in Mbolhi's upset win over China, so they are running more aggressively, knowing that the team as a whole is not as good as China, but they have wisely chosen to give more energy in exchange for a local advantage.
Under the full physical play, the Algerian players are becoming more and more courageous, even if they can't use normal defensive actions to complete the defense, they will choose unconventional actions to complete the defense, and all of a sudden, the Chinese team's offense gradually made more mistakes under the fierce defense of Algeria.
There was even a siege of the Chinese team at one point, and the change in style surprised those football commentators and journalists, knowing that this situation had not been expected in their developed brains......
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0 without any change.
Throughout the first half, the ratio of possession between the two sides was 53% to 47%, and the Chinese team, which had always controlled the situation, was only slightly ahead.
Compared with the three games in the group stage, the Chinese team's possession rate dropped very significantly, so the commentators in the on-site commentary bench gave various analyses during the fifteen minutes of the break.
Sky TV commentator Andy Gray was surprised by Algeria's performance, praising it: "Their performance is really different, if it weren't for the jerseys to distinguish the teams, we thought that the Chinese team was playing against another top team, especially the performance of goalkeeper Mborsi, which is completely world-class, if his performance can continue, it will definitely gain a foothold in the mainstream European leagues, and even become the world's top three super goalkeepers!" ”
CCTV commentator Huang Jianxiang said with a slight sourness: "Is it really Algeria to play with us in the first half? Are you sure it's not Germany or Brazil or Argentina wearing the Algerian green jersey? ”
At the same time, most of the Chinese players who entered the locker room were obviously not very interested, and if it wasn't for the 0:0 score at the end of the first half, they would have thought that the Chinese team was behind Algeria in the first half......
Pep Guardiola has never been the kind of manager who is good at stirring up the spirit of his players, so he glanced at the players and shook his head secretly.
At this time, the captain Ailuo suddenly took a step forward, clapped his palms, and jokingly said to Gao Lin, Zhang Xizhe, Hao Junmin and others who were in an unhappy mood: "Hey, how do you behave like losing?" ”
"I'll go, their luck ......"
Gao Lin was about to blurt out, but Iroh stretched out his hand to stop him, and he smiled and said, "I know...... You're all discouraged by their luck, but don't forget...... Luck is only a small part of the game, it can't be eternal, in other words, not scoring just we didn't try hard enough, just keep going and we're going to score goals, remember how we beat Portugal? ”
Through Iroh's deliberate guidance, the brows of those players who felt unhappy gradually relaxed.
Because Iroh is very right, luck is only a small part of the game, it can't exist forever, as long as the next game works harder, then the winner must be yourself, plus the strength is already superior, why fear?
Isn't Portugal, considered a formidable force, yet a crushing defeat at our feet?