Chapter 840: Last Chance
The Serbian players on the field saw the fourth official holding up the electronic card for four minutes of stoppage time, and the physical energy that was about to be exhausted seemed to be infused with a trace of energy, full of fighting spirit.
In addition to the second half of the Chinese team replaced Rong Hao, Yang Xu and Wu Lei have abundant physical fitness, most of the players have obvious signs of physical decline, even Ai Luo can not avoid it, he rested for nearly half a year, only to resume training for a month, did not reach his best physical condition at all, plus the interval between the games is very short, the Chinese team in the last round of the game is four days ago, there is no time to recover.
In the first minute of stoppage time, the Chinese team still suppressed the Serbian defensive half and bombarded indiscriminately.
However, when it comes to indiscriminate bombing, at best, it is to conduct the ball on the periphery of Serbia's 30-meter defensive area, and it is impossible to penetrate it at all, unless you take two wings, but there are only two options for the result of taking two wings, either to cross directly quickly, or to attract defenders to pull the side and then pass the ball back to the middle, so as to dispatch the strength of Serbia's defense line and wait for the defensive hole to appear.
Either way, however, there is no real threat.
In the blink of an eye, the second minute of stoppage time was approaching, and Iro, as the absolute heart and spiritual leader of the team, naturally shouldered the responsibility of handling the ball in the final moments of the game.
The players on the field also knew that as long as they saw Iroh running out of the air, they would send the ball over.
But this situation also causes Serbia's defense to become simpler, as long as you send someone to prevent Ailo from death, then you can easily cut off the core attack of the Chinese team, and the threat coefficient plummets, which is completely equivalent to once and for all, Ailo in order to avoid the football changing hands at a critical moment, so he had to pass the ball back without a chance to break through.
It wasn't until the second and a half minutes of stoppage time that Iello had a good chance to shoot with his feet under the cover of Gao Lin and Zheng Zhi, but unfortunately Sevilla was full of people in front of the goal, and the football was blocked by Vidic's outstretched leg on the right touchline.
Zhang Linpeng hurriedly ran to the place where the football qualified to get the ball and hurried to prepare to organize an attack again, but the referee's whistle sounded.
Serbia made their last substitution, with defender Kachar replacing the fit-outsized Krasic.
Substitutions in this time period are naturally not for technical reasons, but purely for the purpose of consuming game time.
Krasic was still walking like a fly when defending on the left side just now, and when he found that he was replaced on the sidelines, it was like he had lead on his legs, and it was very painful to move a step, and every step he had to raise his arms and pat his palms to respond to the Serbian fans in the stands, what was even more speechless was that he suddenly seemed to remember something after walking a few steps, turned around and jogged towards the referee, where was the sign that he couldn't walk just now?
So the Chinese fans in the stands can't stand it, and you can't move if you pretend to be unable to walk before! But you can't shamelessly run back to the referee to shake hands!
A tsunami of boos poured down from the stands, but Krasic is also a seasoned player, and the boos in the Bundesliga are much more fierce than this, so it is nothing to him, as long as he can reasonably delay the game, it is a victory.
Which referee can blow a World Cup match is a small person? At a glance, Krasic's intentions were clear.
He jogged to Krasic with a straight face and motioned for a quick departure from the playing field.
Krasic was unmoved, and the referee had no choice but to use a killer weapon, and threatened in a soft voice: "The delay you want is enough, if you continue to act in front of me, I don't mind giving you a second yellow card in this game, and then your team will have to play one less ......"
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Under the threat of the 'righteous' Argentine referee, Krasic had to take two quick steps to complete the substitution handover ceremony with Cachar on the sidelines.
Serbia finally completed this substitution, Lineker glanced at the game time in the upper left corner of the screen, shook his head and said: "After Serbia's delayed time substitution, there is not much time left in the game, at most there is only one minute left, whether the Chinese team can advance to the round of 16 depends on this last minute!" ”
Meanwhile, the match at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg was called to an end by the referee's two short and one long whistles as Germany won 2-1 against Ghana.
If the match is finished according to the current scoreline, Germany and Serbia will both have six points.
However, with both sides having a goal difference, then only the number of goals scored by both teams can be compared, with Germany leading by one goal and ranking first.
But the problem is that the game is going on at another venue, and as long as the game is not over, there is another possibility......
For example, the scenario that German coach Loew wanted to see the most - Serbia launched a counterattack at the last moment to extend the score.
Then Germany returned to second place in the group due to the disadvantage of goal difference, and faced the United States instead of England in the quarter-finals.
Of course, there are two other possibilities, Serbia beating China 3-2 or Serbia drawing 3-3 with China, but these two results have no impact on Germany's standings.
So Loew still wants to see Serbia take advantage of the counter-attack and score another goal......
Ginger is still old and spicy, what Loew can think of, Antich, who is sixty-two years old, can't think of?
He had the idea of sticking to the score since he received the news of Ghana's goal, so why not if he could pick a weaker opponent while guaranteeing a place in the round of 16?
In the third minute of stoppage time, Antic's assistant told him that the match on the other court was over, and if the match ended according to this score, it would be Serbia who would face the United States in the 1/8 finals!
Suddenly, Antici felt like she was forty years old again, and she was a much more capable and energetic person.
However, his reaction was not slow, standing on the sidelines and turning his hands into horns, he yelled at the players on the field: "Hold on to the last minute for me!" ”
The Serbian players on the field retreated a few meters in a few meters, and the back line all went into the penalty area.
Although there was only the last minute of the game time on the field, the Chinese players on the field did not give up the game.
Therefore, the cheering and shouting of the Chinese fans in the stands are continuous, and some hoarse voices can even be heard.
The continuous attack of the Chinese team seems to give them hope of equalizing and advancing to the round of 16 of the World Cup!
Seeing that the Serbian defenders on the left side were already overcrowded, Ailo had to switch positions with Wu Lei and look for opportunities on the right side.
But he's like a magnet that always draws the biggest defensive force to the past.
No matter where he is, there will always be at least three defenders on the defensive.
So there was nothing to be done but to bite the bullet in the last minute and get back to 35 yards away from the Serbian goal.
He wants to do it again, but he doesn't have a chance anyway, so he might as well try it from a set-piece and see if he can find it.
However, the effect received was not ideal, they were not in a hurry to stretch their feet in the defense of Ailuo, waiting for Ailuo's sudden acceleration to change direction and then the assistant defender would fill the position, and Ailo had to poke the ball to fullback Zhang Linpeng in order to avoid conceding the ball.
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As soon as Zhang Linpeng stopped the ball forward, left-back Kolarov pressed from the left rib of the defense, and he just saw Yang Xu and Gao Lin both inserting forward.
Ailuo, who ran forward after passing the football, became the focus of the target again, and Zhang Linpeng had to cross directly at 45 degrees on the right side.
However, the power was a little bigger, and neither player on either side in the penalty area could reach it, and the football was pressed to the left corner of the penalty area by Rong Hao.
Ivanovic and Petrovic pressed the past and put pressure.
Stankovic also took two quick steps back, focusing his full attention on the area at the top of the box that would always be overlooked.
Serbia's back five-man duo tacitly lined up in a line to press forward and create an offside trap.
Rong Hao has not been on the field for a long time, he is full of physical energy, and his skills at his feet are also a little bit material, and he can put pressure on Ivanovic and Petrovic in the penalty area, so he does not dare to foul lightly.
I believe that as long as there is a slight suspicion of foul play, no one is sure whether the referee will impose capital punishment.
Rong Hao has no fear to show off his small skills in the penalty area, but the Ivanovic and Petrovic who defend him are very experienced, and they have no intention of stretching out their feet to break the ball, just simply cutting off his shooting route and passing route, he had no choice but to rush the ball to the bottom line, and then slammed it back, taking advantage of the slightest time to pass the ball to Gao Lin, who pulled out the space and faced the goal.
Gao Lin was about to adjust his shot, but three defenders appeared in front of him instantly, and in order to avoid the football blocking, he had to subconsciously make a ball protection action - he took a step forward with his left foot, and flicked the ball horizontally with the outside of his right foot, and resisted Subotic and Lukovic with his back.
The angle of the shot is long gone, so he can only find a passing point while protecting the ball.
"This way!"
Just as Gao Lin was about to be forced by Subotic and Lukovic to control the ball at his feet, he heard the sound of Ailo coming from the right position of the Serbian penalty area at high speed.
Naturally, Airo's voice also caught the attention of Stankovic in the arc of the penalty area and another centre-back, Nemanja Vidic.
Of course, Kuzromanvich, who was following Ailo, was among them.
Gao Lin did not hesitate to twist his waist sideways, and used the arch of his foot to comfortably send the ball to Iroh's forward insertion route.
Stankovic reacted very quickly and fell to the ground to keep Gao Lin's pass behind, but he was half a beat too late, and the ball grazed his toes and rolled past.
As he ran, Iroh took a big step forward with his left foot and picked up his right foot.
Vidic snapped and fell sideways on the turf between the lightning and flint, disrupting Iroh's shot.
At the same time, the commentator Zhan Jun exclaimed: "Ailuo - shoot!" ”