Chapter 1193: Incredible
At the end of the first half, the leading Chinese team and the backward Brazilian team were in stark contrast.
The smile on the former's face could not be concealed at all, and the expression of the Brazilian player who was five goals behind was very uniform, and the pain was accompanied by torment.
The fifteen minutes of the break were undoubtedly painful for the Brazilian players who had experienced a five-goal deficit and had no idea how they had come out of the dressing room and re-entered the pitch with a wooden face.
However, for the leading Chinese players, this period is a happy one.
Of course, it's quite important for manager Pep Guardiola, and as a top manager, he naturally knows what to do during the break.
What he has to do is very simple, that is, to control the excitement of the players on the field, five goals at half time is exciting and happy, but after all, a game is 90 minutes, as long as the final whistle does not blow, it means that any possibility can happen.
China was able to score five goals in the first half, so why couldn't Brazil?
As a coach, there are so many things to consider......
The second half of the game began with a whistle from Mexican referee Marco Rodríguez, and the atmosphere in the stands at the Mineiro Arena did not change much from the end of the first half.
It has to be said that the quality of Chinese fans has become the top five of the state-based fan groups.
If you look closely, the stands of the Mineiro Arena, which were still relatively full, have been vacant for a long time.
That's right! These Brazilian fans have completely lost confidence in the Brazilian players on the field, believing that this game is 100% unsuccessful, so they choose to leave the stadium and leave this sad stadium.
It is worth mentioning that before the start of the second half, both sides made changes to the players on the field, with Brazil replacing Bernard with Willian and Ramires replacing Hulk respectively.
In addition, the Chinese team has also made adjustments, Hao Junmin, who has been a little sluggish in the past two games, was replaced by Wu Lei, a rising star born in the 90s, to maintain the pressure on the Brazilian team on the side.
Guardiola's adjustment is very obvious, that is, to use Wu Lei's speed to continue to maintain the suppression of the Brazilian team's wings.
Although Wu Lei's speed is a little different from that of captain Ailuo, it is much faster than the technical Hao Junmin.
Looking at this adjustment of the Chinese team, Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor smiled at his partner Andy Gray: "It seems that Spaniard Pep Guardiola still has a big idea, replacing Hao ......, who is not in the best form, with a faster Wu."
Andy Gray shrugged his shoulders and said: "This adjustment is very correct, if you change to a defensive player, it will give the Brazilian team more attacking space, passive defense has never been Guardiola's philosophy, a steady stream of attacks is the most artistic football!" ”
The game passed quickly after the two men chatted with each other, and as time passed, the empty seats in the stands became more and more obvious, from the sporadic vacancy at the beginning to one by one.
This is the first time this change has occurred since the start of the World Cup.
It is not difficult to see that Brazilian fans are becoming more and more disappointed with the performance of the Brazilian players on the field.
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At the beginning of the second half, the Brazilian team made two changes in a row to really change the situation on the field, especially in terms of mental outlook.
Willian and Ramirez were much more dedicated than Bernard and Hulk, so Brazil as a whole was much better than the entire first half.
It's just that the only thing that remains unchanged is the attack without threat, and there is no way to threaten the goal guarded by Wang Xiaolei at all, which is why there are more and more empty spots in the stands at the Mineiro Arena.
There was little threat to the Chinese defence, and the defence was obviously much better than in the first half, with Ramirez and Willian both being the kind of players who can run and are very dedicated, even if the skills are not in place, but they can recover a certain disadvantage with their own hard work.
In the 20 minutes of the second half, the Brazilian team was inseparable from the Chinese team.
Of course, this is just that the Chinese team does not have much desire to attack.
Looking at the relatively balanced situation, the Brazilian national television commentator sighed and said: "If Scolari's player on the wing before the game had been Willian instead of Bernard, I believe the current score would no longer exist......"
Indeed, Willian's positivity and responsibility are incomparable to Bernard, who was substituted.
However, in the 69th minute of the game, the score on the field changed somewhat......
Forty meters from the Brazilian goal, Zhang Xizhe first pulled the ball to the left, and then suddenly used the outside of his right foot to pass a highly concealed through ball.
The football rolled from the left rib of the Brazilian team's defense to the right side of the Chinese team's attack, and Wu Lei, who followed up at high speed, stopped the ball comfortably in the run, then looked up at the penalty area, picked up his right foot, and crossed.
Marcelo, who hastily pulled to the side, stretched out his left leg to intercept Wu Lei's cross, but Wu Lei's cross line was very different from Marcelo's defensive prediction, because Wu Lei's choice was not the traditional high ball sent to the penalty area, but a side cross strategy used by the Chinese team - an inverted triangle pass.
Striker Gao Lin ghostly appeared at the edge of the penalty spot, and he got stuck in front of Dante with the advantage of being the first to start, picking up his right foot on the run.
"-Gao Lin!!" Commentator Huang Jianxiang's voice suddenly rose an octave, and he subconsciously shouted: "Will this be his fourth goal of the game?" ”
At the same time, the Brazilian national television commentator exclaimed: "-Danger!! ”
Just when everyone's focus was on Gao Lin, who picked up his right foot to hit the goal, his right foot unexpectedly let the ball go at the moment when he was about to touch the football.
Brilliant leak!
Iroh picks up his right foot on the run and pushes!
The ball rolls towards the far corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Cesar's reaction speed is top-notch, his body center of gravity is reduced to a minimum between the electric flashes, and at the same time, he uses his right foot to make a sideways block.
However, Iro's shot was quite tricky, and Cesar, who made the first save on the ground, did not touch the football.
The soccer ball almost grazing the inside of the left post of the goal and rolling across the goal line before being thrown into the arms of the snow-white net......
The score was rewritten again, and the Brazilian fans at the Mineiro Arena had no sound, and only the hysterical chanting of Chinese fans remained in the whole stadium, and the sea of joy that should have been yellow completely turned into a red ocean.
On the World Cup stage, with a six-goal lead over Brazil and a crucial semi-final game, it's incredible to think about.