Chapter 620: Battle of Croatia (3)
"Captain, do you want to eat gum?" Qu Bo asked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Don't eat it."
"Where's beef jerky?"
Zhou Dun shook his head.
"What about the spicy strips?"
Zhou Dun glared at Qu Bo, "Are you here to compete, or are you here for a spring outing." β
Qu Bo smiled, he saw Zhou Dun's restless appearance, and wanted to comfort him, "Captain, we are outsiders in this game." β
Zhou Dun nodded, "That's right, but ...... I just can't sit still. β
Qu Bo knows that the iron man Zhou Dun, whether it is in the national team or the club, as long as Zhou Dun is not injured, it is basically a full attendance.
"Captain, if I say a disrespectful word, you are like this, and you will not be happy when you see it."
That's right, Zhou Dun nodded, and then asked, "The spicy strips in your hand...... Is it tasty? β
"Of course." Qu Bo handed it over, Zhou Dun took a little and tasted it, I really don't know how Qu Bo can eat this kind of thing.
On the field, Mandzukicic is completely clear that in the back line of the Chinese team, although Zheng Zhi is more famous, what is more powerful is Gao Zhunyi, who does not look good.
Mandzukic told his teammates about this, telling them to pay attention to Zheng Zhi when passing the ball, not to Ko Joon-yi.
Modric took the ball in the position of the back waist, the coach made a long pass gesture on the sidelines, the magic flute understood, and a long pass went directly to Mandzukic in the penalty area, the passing distance was very long, it stands to reason that the Chinese team's backline should have time to react, but Yan Junling hit halfway, Zheng Zhi shouted "Go back." β
Zheng Zhi is experienced, and he sees that there is a problem with the magic flute's passing, not the kind of ball rushing forward, but the feeling of a fallen ball, which is easy for goalkeepers to misjudge.
Mandzukiqi saw the opportunity and pressed Zheng Zhi before jumping, but Zheng Zhi didn't jump up at all.
When Mandzukic was about to head the goal, Gao Zhunyi also jumped, and formed a strong interference with Mandzukic, the two hit the ball at the same time, the ball jumped up twice, and then the players on both sides rushed into the penalty area, at this time, it was like playing basketball to grab rebounds, everyone wanted to grab the ball when the ball fell.
Six or seven people grabbed the header in front of the small penalty area, and Yan Junling was full of people in front of him, and he couldn't rush out and jump up to pick up the ball.
In the end, I don't know who hit it, anyway, the ball flew outside the penalty area, Li Guo breathed a sigh of relief, everyone turned their heads to look at the place where the ball fell, and Modric was waiting there, when everyone thought that Modric would stop the ball and organize a second attack.
Luka Modric swung his leg and prepared to volley, and everyone in the stands stood up, a familiar scene that was the same as the Magic Flute scored a defoliated ball in the European Championship against Turkey two years ago.
Li Guo's heart tightened, it was indeed too similar, and Modric had such an ability, I saw that Modric's action of pumping the ball was like a whip pulling a top, completely pumping the ball, and the ball drew a rainbow-like arc, passing through everyone in front of him and flying into the net.
"Modric, another masterpiece," Liu Jianhong said helplessly, in fact, Liu Jianhong also expected the Chinese team to concede the second goal, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
Yan Junling fell to the ground and knocked the ball away with one punch, he didn't have any responsibility for this ball, but he was depressed.
When the Croatian players celebrated, the Chinese players became the foil again, and the Chinese players on the bench were quiet.
The first half ended with a score of 2-1, and in the other game, Portugal led Nigeria 3-0, but it was useless, as long as the Chinese team did not defeat Croatia, it was useless for Portugal to score more goals.
In the locker room, Li Guo first praised Zhang Yuning, "Good job, it should be like this, you did the right thing." β
If everyone knew that Li Guo scolded Zhang Yuning as an idiot in his heart in the first half, he would probably despise Li Guo.
Zhang Yuning was praised by Li Guo, couldn't find the north, and said: "Head, then I'll start again in the next game, I'll definitely try my best to grab it." β
Li Guo sweated on his forehead, and thought, "This is too good at beating snakes with sticks." β
"We'll talk about that later, but the most important thing now is to win this game."
After fighting with Croatia's air bully Mandzuki for half the game, Zheng Zhi was already very tired, and Li Guo asked me: "Zheng Zhi, is it okay?" Don't stiffen. β
"It's fine."
The years are unforgiving, Zheng Zhi is 38 years old after all, and he is no longer the Asian Footballer of the year, Li Guo still decided to respect Zheng Zhi, since he said that he was okay, then he would not replace him.
Li Guo's eyes swept to Yan Junling, for the substitutes, Li Guo has always been very methodical, on the one hand, they can't hit their self-confidence, on the other hand, they have to maintain pressure, but in the final analysis, they have to rely on their own performance.
Li Guo is still satisfied with Yan Junling, he made a mistake, but in the rest of the first half, Yan Junling made up for his mistakes very well.
Li Guo didn't say anything, just patted him, Yan Junling also understood what Li Guo meant, and his heart was warm.
Unlike the atmosphere in the dressing room of the Chinese team, the atmosphere in the Croatian dressing room is not very good, and the old coach Tsacic is very angry.
"What's wrong with you? Sleepwalking? Do you want me to beg you so you will kick it? β
The players looked at each other, their faces were blank, and the opponent came up with a substitute lineup, and Croatia was still playing like this.
Joel Luka was particularly embarrassed, standing up: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault," he thinks the coach is alluding to the goal conceded in the first half, but it wasn't, and Γacic was unhappy with the Croatian team.
In addition, when you are strong, you will be strong, and when you are weak, you will become weak, which is an old problem of Croatia, and Chacic is worried about the state of the team after entering the knockout round.
Rakitic said: "Set a target for us, it will be easier for us to play. β
That's what other players think, and no one knows how to play in this wantless situation.
Tsacic thought to himself that Croatia can often burst out with more energy in the face of adversity, "Well, my goal for you is to score at least two more goals in the second half. β
"Good!" Everyone spoke in unison.
Joel Luca asked: "What about conceding the ball?" He thought to himself that the goal should not be just to score and not concede.
ChaΔiΔ smiled: "The Chinese team can't form an offensive ability at all, as long as you don't make mistakes in passing, I don't worry about losing the ball." β
Joel Luca's face darkened, and he thought, "What a mouth I have." β
Setting a target is easy for Croatian players, but whether the Chinese team's backline agrees or not is another matter.