The match between France and Germany was obviously two strong teams, but the game was very dull, and only one goal was scored in 90 minutes, which was very unenjoyable.

Fans who just watched this game, then watched the match between the Chinese team and Colombia, only to find that this game was completely different from the last one.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team and Colombia did not test each other at all, and from the beginning of the game, they launched a contest of high speed and confrontation.

This was a surprise to the commentators and fans alike.

Originally, they thought that since these two teams had reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup, they should be cautious, because their two teams were close in strength, and the victory or defeat could be between one goal.

Looking at how cautiously France and Germany played, it shows what happens to teams of similar strength......

But neither the Chinese team nor Colombia seem to think about it that much.

In terms of the starting lineup, Yang Hao, who started every game before, did not appear in the starting lineup this game, and he was replaced by the veteran Zheng Zhi.

Other than that, the starters in other positions were exactly the same as in the last game.

Just adjusting Yang Hao's position should not be to let Yang Hao avoid the risk of yellow card suspension, but for other purposes.

This may be seen from the fierce attack launched by the Chinese team against Colombia after the start of the game.

Zheng Zhi is not in Guangzhou Hengyuan, or in the national team before Zhou Yi, he is responsible for the rhythm control and scheduling of the midfield, he is not the kind of player who rushes very high and then passes a deadly through ball to assist his teammates, of course, he can do the same, he has that ability, but he is better at combing the midfield.

When Zheng Zhi returns to the game, Zhou Yi does not need to take on too much of the task of sorting out the midfield, he can completely hand over this job to Zheng Zhi. And what about Zhou Yi?

Lippi gave him the task of moving forward, closer to the Colombian penalty area, using his vision and ability to make more lethal passes, and he could also threaten the Colombian goal with a long-range shot.

Judging from this adjustment, Lippi is thinking about offense, not defense, otherwise he would not let Yang Hao, who is better at defense than Zheng Zhi, sit on the bench.

Lippi is looking to use the attack to fight Colombia, and he hopes to finish the game in 90 minutes this time.

Why?

Because the Chinese team has a physical problem now, if it plays another 120 minutes, or even a penalty shootout, the Chinese team's physical fitness will really run out.

At that time, even if it passes the Colombian hurdle and reaches the semi-finals, when it comes to facing Germany, the Chinese team will have little strength to resist.

With this in mind, Lippi hopes that the Chinese team will be able to settle the battle in just 90 minutes, so that the physical exertion of the Chinese players is not so great.

After all, the thickness of the Chinese team's bench is not enough, and the players who can be used are limited, and the eleven players who started are basically the strongest lineup of the Chinese team. This main lineup is relatively stable, and he can only fine-tune one or two positions in each game, and so far, this lineup has played four games, and almost every game has been a bitter battle. Especially in the quarterfinals with Brazil in the last round, I played 120 minutes and played five rounds of penalty shootouts.

Although Lippi gave the team a day off the day after the game, this was tantamount to a drop in the bucket for the Chinese players who have been fighting continuously.

You must know that before the World Cup, China's domestic Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League only played one-third, and the physical consumption of players in China is not too large, but the returnee players who support the team's main combat effectiveness have experienced a whole European season.

The intensity of the European league is very high, and the squeeze of the players' physical strength is also very extreme, so every foreign player who returns to the national team is actually in a state of fatigue, and he directly invests in the national team's training without rest.

Not to mention Zhou Yi and Yan Min, who reached the Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund and played at the club until May 25.

Zhou Yi was injured in the Champions League final and missed the national team's training until the group stage.

Zhou Yi is definitely the most tired person in the team, because he is an indispensable core in Dortmund, and he has participated in all but one of the games that he missed for more than a month due to injury. Dortmund has suffered frequent injury attacks this season, and their dependence on Zhou Yi is even greater.

Coupled with the injury he was injured in the Champions League final, he could not train with the Chinese team normally.

Don't think that if a player doesn't participate in training, he can recover quickly by recovering from injuries at home, which will make him better physically than those players who train normally...... On the contrary, such players are even less physical. Because for professional players, physical fitness is definitely not cultivated by rest, but accumulated by scientific, continuous and stable physical training.

Zhou Yi missed the important training of the national team due to injury, which also made his physical fitness inferior to his teammates.

Lippi didn't want to burden the team, and instead of grinding back and forth with Colombia conservatively and cautiously, it was better to settle the battle quickly so that he would have more room to maneuver in his substitutions.

Why did he feel that the battle could be resolved quickly?

Because Lippi didn't believe what the outside media said, it was a close game.

He believes that the strength of the Chinese team is above that of Colombia.

Although China is far behind Colombia in terms of goals scored in this World Cup, which has scored eleven goals in this World Cup so far, just one less than the Netherlands, and ranks second in the World Cup scoring list. The Chinese team only scored six goals. However, half of the six goals of the Chinese team were scored without Zhou Yi playing, and the first two group games were not the complete form of the Chinese team.

Although in terms of the number and value of stars, the Chinese team may not be able to compete with Colombia, but the Chinese team is a first-class player in Europe in key positions, with He Ying and Yan Min, the two main players of their respective clubs on the front line, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge in the midfield, Guo Nu in the defender, and Sun Pan in goalkeeper. This happens to be a very good central axis.

Lippi is convinced that his team can beat Colombia.

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The Chinese team, who were aggressive in attack, launched a fierce attack on the Colombian goal after the opening.

In the third minute, Yan Min was brought down by Colombian player Carlos Sanchez when he took the ball and cut inside on the left side.

The referee from Spain, Velasco, blew for a foul on the Colombian player and gave the Chinese team a chance to take a free kick in front of the penalty arc, a little in front of the penalty arc, a free kick that was slightly far to the left, but in a good position.

He Ying took the free-kick that could shoot straight at goal, and the ball he kicked went around the wall but flew out of the left post of the Colombian goal.

"Oh, what a pity!" the narrator Duan Xin exclaimed. "Almost got in!"

In the sixth minute, the Chinese team launched an attack from the left side, and when Yan Min took the ball on the left side and tried to break into the penalty area, he was kicked out of the bottom line by Colombian players.

As a result, the Chinese team was given a corner kick opportunity.

This set-piece was the penalty of Zhou Yilai, he ran to swing the ball, and Guo Nu and Feng Xiaoting, the two defenders of the Chinese team, also entered the Colombian penalty area.

"The Chinese team won a corner, which was the first corner of the game...... Duan Xin said.

After Zhou Yi set up the football, he took two steps back, ready to kick this corner kick.

In the penalty area, players from both sides are also in position.

After Zhou Yi ran away, he kicked the football towards the goal with his right foot, which was an internal rotation ball, and the football flew towards the front of the goal.

In this position, He Ying and Guo Nu are both competing for the top, and the two of them also led the Colombian defense in front of the goal, with as many as four defenders squeezing around them to defend them.

But neither side touched the football.

The football swiped over He Ying's head and flew straight to the back of the goal!

The ball crossed in front of the goalkeeper, because it was so fast, the goalkeeper didn't react, he just turned his head to follow the ball and looked back.

There, there was supposed to be a defender, but he was also attracted by the battle for the top just now, ignoring the people around him.

Feng Xiaoting, another central defender of the Chinese team, seized this opportunity to rush out of him and appeared right on the landing point of football!

He lifted his foot and swept the flying ball towards the goal!

Colombia's goalkeeper Ospina only made a save when he saw Feng Xiaoting's shot, but how could it be too late?

If Colombia's back post can stand alone when defending corner kicks, it can also block Feng Xiaoting's shot. But this time, Colombia didn't do it, and the football flew into the goal without any suspense!

"Ahhh "In just seven minutes, the Chinese team took the lead! It was a great start!"