As soon as Qin Xiong's words fell, the scene quickly quieted down, and his appeal and influence were particularly obvious at this moment.

The fans applauded Qin Xiong, and they all realized that excessive behavior would tarnish the country's image, they reminded each other, took the initiative to maintain good order, and watched the whole Chinese team board the bus amid cheers.

The Chinese team departed for Pretoria.

In the next three days, they will start preparing for the 1/8 finals of the World Cup.

Paraguay is a South American team, they have the innate genes of South American teams, the overall technical ability of the team is strong, but the overall technical and tactical aspects are not as strict and orderly as European teams.

The Chinese team made pre-match arrangements for Paraguay's technical style, and everyone in the team listened attentively to the analysis of the coaching staff, and repeated thoughts in their minds and remembered them deeply.

June 25, Loftos Stadium, Pretoria.

The Chinese team and the Paraguayan team walked into the stadium under the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, and the players of the two teams held their heads high and were majestic, ready for a big game.

In addition to the neutral South African fans in the stands, the momentum created by the fans of the two teams participating in the game in the stands was shocking, among which the fans of the Chinese team were simply arrogant!

"Chinese team, come on! Chinese team, come on! ”

The uniform slogan shouted echoed in the stadium, enduring, coupled with the uniform wearing of the Chinese team jersey, the stands on one side were simply rendered into a sea of red.

The Chinese team looked extremely solemn in the national anthem ceremony, and on the stage of the World Cup knockout round, the Chinese national anthem was able to sound on the field. Spread the word all over the world. At this time, every minute and every second will become a Chinese player. Fans, eternal memory.

"CCTV, CCTV, this is the Loftos Stadium in Pretoria, and I believe that all the viewers who watched this game know that today is a historic match for the Chinese team.

The upcoming start is one of the 1/8 finals of the World Cup, where the Chinese team faces the South American powerhouse Paraguay.

For the first time in history, the Chinese team reached the round of 16 of the World Cup, which has won praise from all parties in the Chinese sports circles, but the road of the Chinese team has not yet reached the end, and we hope that the Chinese team can work hard. Go as far as you can!

Paraguay had an excellent performance in the group stage of this World Cup, knocking out Italy in the group stage with Slovakia, causing an upset in Group F, while showing that Paraguay are not to be underestimated.

The Chinese team seems to have met all opponents in the World Cup, we are all weak teams, and we are not favored!

But football is the winner, not the strong!

The Chinese team has made history, and maybe it will create new glory today.

Well, let's look at the starting line-ups for both sides.

The Chinese team started 442.

Goalkeeper: Yang Zhi.

Defenders: Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng. Feng Xiaoting, Sun Xiang.

Midfielder: Zhao Junzhe. Zheng Zhi, Liu Yi, Huang Bowen.

Forwards: Qin Xiong, Han Peng.

Paraguay started 4321.

Goalkeeper: Bilal.

Defenders: Bonet, Da Silva, Alcaraz, Morrell.

Midfielders: Santa Cruz, Ortigueza, Riveros, Bella, Benitez.

Forward: Barrios.

The game will start soon, and the Chinese team will be the first to kick off. ”

After the referee's whistle, Han Peng kicked the ball to Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong stepped on the football and looked at the half of Paraguay, he had completely entered the game state at this time, and his mental awareness!

He's able to put all the clutter behind him and put his heart and soul into the game, playing in the top flight for many years, and he knows how to adjust in situations like this.

Barrios was the first to rush up, and Qin Xiong's eyes crossed Barrios or stared at Paraguay's goal, as if he regarded Barrios as air.

But when Barrios rushed up to press with his feet, Qin Xiong suddenly started, flicked the ball diagonally with his right foot, and rushed forward!

Barrios only felt a gust of wind passing by him, and he was instantly broken through by Qin Xiong!

Qin Xiong stepped forward, Santa Cruz and Benitez couldn't react, they stood on the side, but they didn't expect Qin Xiong to go his own way and kill him single-handedly after driving the ball directly, and the two had no time to stop Qin Xiong.

Before and after Qin Xiong came to Riveros, he flicked the ball sideways with his left foot and shot from a distance, and Riveros instantly realized that he had been deceived as soon as he stretched out his foot!

Because Qin Xiong's habitual foot is the right foot, which is about forty yards away from the goal, it is unlikely that he will shoot with his left foot!

Sure enough, Qin Xiong's left foot deducted the ball from behind him to the right side, and then controlled the ball with his right foot.

Before Bella teamed up with Ortigueza to block, Qin Xiong chose to shoot with his feet!

This long-range shot was very powerful, and the whole Paraguayan team knew that Qin Xiong had the ability to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, so he naturally would not take it lightly.

Goalkeeper Bilal moved laterally towards the right post of the goal, made a lateral save after the ball fell, and held the ball directly in his arms!

He was well prepared and Qin Xiong's shot was far away from the goal, and he was able to easily defuse Qin Xiong's long-range shot without making a low-level mistake.

But in any case, Qin Xiong's long-range shot still sounded the alarm for the Paraguayan team.

You can't afford to make a mistake in this game!

The same goes for the Chinese team.

The Paraguayan team began to organize the offensive, and they specialized in the match between the Netherlands and China.

So the offense is executed in a step-by-step and self-asserted style, but the defense is divided into two parts.

Part of it was a partial blockade of Qin Xiong and a strict guard against him.

The other part is to focus on stifling the passing organization of the Chinese team when it shifts from defense to offense.

In this way, Paraguay quickly built up the edge after the opening.

They achieved a very similar effect to the Dutch team, the midfield actively scrambled, blocking the Chinese team's offensive and defensive transitions, and the attack was high-flying, fast and decisive, trying to drag down the Chinese team with a fast pace.

In the 11th minute of the game, Velara made a cross, the football fell in the penalty area, Feng Xiaoting cleared the ball and hit Santa Cruz and rebounded towards the goal.

Yang Zhi couldn't react, turned his head to look, and saw the football hit the goalpost and bounced in the small penalty area.

Barrios immediately grabbed the point, but fortunately Sun Xiang returned to the defense and took the lead in clearing the ball.

It was difficult for the Chinese team to counterattack, and most of the reason was that the offensive and defensive transitions were not handled well enough.

Either it becomes a positional battle, or it is a big kick that drives the ball up the front court and returns the ball to the opponent.

This is also what Alihan repeatedly ordered in training.

Even if you clear the siege with a big foot, you can't be cut off in the middle and back!

Because once the opponent steals the ball, then the consequences are simply catastrophic.

The Chinese team began to enter a stalemate with Paraguay. (To be continued.) )