Chapter 5 Reality is Cruel

Valdivia blasted a world wave! The goal was fast and tricky! Goalkeeper Sun Pan couldn't do anything despite making a save...... The Chinese team fell behind in the opening eleven minutes!"

Chilean players celebrate the goal to the cheers of their fans.

The fans of the Chinese team were silent.

They know that the prospects of the Chinese team are not very optimistic after the unexpected situation of the temporary change of coach and the injury of the core Zhou Yi in this World Cup, but they still hold a little luck, hoping that the Chinese team can have an excellent performance without Zhou Yi, or it will not be so miserable.

But now it was only 11 minutes into the game, and the Chinese team had conceded a goal.

“...... The defense of the Chinese team was disrupted by Sanchez's dribbling, and everyone's attention was on Sanchez, completely ignoring Valdivia, who was just outside the line of the big penalty area...... "Zhang Lu analyzed why the Chinese team lost the ball just now. Of course, Valdivia's world wave is also the key to the goal, if his shot is not so perfect, it is very likely that Sun Pan will save it...... Sun Pan had already moved forward to block the angle, but Valdivia's shot was too tricky...... The goal conceded by the Chinese team can be said to be an accident of bad luck, or it can be said to be the inevitable result of a series of mistakes......"

The TV broadcast cut to the bench of the Chinese team, replaying Zhou Yi's performance when he had just conceded the goal.

After seeing Sanchez turn around and wipe Yang Muge, he stood up from his seat and looked at the stadium with concern and nervousness.

And when Valdivia broke the score, he sat back and pursed his lips.

The substitute teammates next to him all reacted more than him, some with their heads in their hands, and some chattered regretfully......

But Zhou Yi just pursed his lips and sat in his place.

He can't play, he can't say anything, complain about the bad performance of his teammates on the field?

Of course he couldn't, he couldn't even show a look of frustration.

Zhou Yi knows very well that there will be a camera on him at this time, and even the slightest change in expression on his face may be fermented by the media after the game and become a "big news".

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The conceded goal was like a hammer hitting the Chinese players on the head, knocking them all out.

Originally, because of a series of accidents before the opening of the World Cup and the performance in the warm-up games, some people lacked confidence.

Now the goal conceded has added to their lack of confidence.

When the game resumed, the Chinese team did not take the opportunity of their kick-off to launch any counterattack.

In fact, the minds of the players of the Chinese team are still chaotic, and there is no unified thought.

But Chile is more handy. The morale of the whole team was boosted after the goal.

The Chinese team's possession of the ball soon changed hands, and Chile took advantage of the situation to launch a new round of offensive.

In the face of Chile's aggressive attack, the Chinese team could only defend passively, and they were very embarrassed.

As a result, just two minutes after Chile's goal, in the thirteenth minute, Chile shifted the ball to the right with a long diagonal pass from the left.

Aranguiz received the ball on the right flank and played the ball to Alexis Sanchez, who was picking him up in the box.

As soon as Sanchez got the ball, the Chinese defenders were nervous. Immediately three people surrounded them, and they patronized to grab the ball at Sanchez's feet, but ignored Aranguiz.

Sanchez poked the ball out in the midst of three men, and the ball rolled to the baseline.

Sun Pan hurriedly abandoned the door and attacked.

Aranguis, on the other hand, came around the other side to get the ball first.

At this time, Sun Pan did not immediately retreat to the front of the goal, but continued to follow Aranguis.

Aranguiz turned with the ball, and Sun Pan also pressed up, but was led farther and farther away from the goal.

After turning around, Aranguiz hurriedly passed the football to the goal, and at this time the Chinese team was empty!

Zhang Linpeng wanted to clear the ball with a header, but he didn't notice the Chilean striker Vargas rushing up from behind him, he collided with Zhang Linpeng, and the ball was pushed to the side by him, Sanchez happened to appear there, he used his body to stop the football, and then shot with his foot!

Sun Pan had already pounced at this time, for Sanchez's close shot, his reaction speed was fast enough, he made a save, and touched the football, but Sanchez's powerful shot still penetrated his palm and flew into the goal behind him......

"Sanchez——!! Chile scored two goals in just three minutes, and now they are 2:0 ahead of the Chinese team!"

Sanchez ...... Danger!ahhhh "Still conceded the ball...... The Chinese team was all messed up in the defense of this ball......"

"It's still affected by the goal we conceded. Zhang Lu said. 'The players haven't recovered yet. Sun Pan was a little anxious, the ball just now, in fact, he didn't need to rush out, he just needed to seal the near corner. Not to mention, he also followed the opposing Aranguiss all the way to the line of the small penalty area......"

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Conceding two goals in three minutes, the Chinese team couldn't have been worse at the beginning of this World Cup.

Chile was celebrating wildly, and the bald coach Sampaoli was excited to run and wave his fists before his bench.

His goal has been reached. In less than fifteen minutes, their team was two goals ahead of their opponents...... As long as it is steady, Sampaoli believes that it will be difficult for the Chinese team to turn the tables - if Zhou Yi is on the court, it is still possible.

But then again, if Zhou Yi is on the field, it is really hard to say whether Chile can score two goals in a short period of time for the Chinese team......

The TV broadcast cut to Zhou Yi again.

Zhou Yi still pursed his lips and looked expressionless. No one can know what he is thinking.

Zhou Yi, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly remembered the time when he was first transferred to the first team of Dortmund, Dortmund hosted Bayern Munich, and Zhou Yi and Mark watched the game in the south stand. At that time, although he was a first-team player, he was not in the squad for the game, so he had to watch from the sidelines. Then they watched their team lose 0:5 at home to Bayern Munich.

At the time, he kept reminding himself that "waiting is part of professional football, and so is failure." ”

He had to do it, or he didn't know if he would be able to keep his peace of mind through the long wait of not knowing when it would end.

Despite this, he was also very unwilling at the time.

The feeling of watching your team lose the game and not even have a chance to help the team is very bad and very aggrieved.

This time, too, exactly the same.

So behind his tightly pursed lips, what was hidden was the teeth that were clenched together.

If you look closely at his cheeks, you will see that there is an abnormal bulge there, which is the muscle straining.

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"!!" Sun Pan, who lost the ball, sat on the ground and kept swearing. If he didn't attack, how could the opponent send the football to the goal so easily......

It was his responsibility to concede the goal.

After Zhou Yi was injured, he also patted his chest in the group and assured Zhou Yi that Zhou Yi would enjoy the wonderful result of lying down and winning on the bench, without worrying about paying, recuperating from his injury, and making a comeback in the knockout stage.

Now it's time for him to be in the limelight.

As a result, in the opening fifteen minutes, he conceded two goals......

It's not a ball, it's a person! Shame!

Yang Muge gasped for breath and looked at the Chilean who was celebrating his goal.

It had only been fifteen minutes into the game, and he was already starting to feel tired...... This has never happened to him in very good shape. Not even when it came to the Ruhr derby.

Pressure.

Fatigue comes from a tremendous amount of stress.

In the opening thirteen minutes, two goals behind, many people may have great fear and pressure in their hearts at this time.

He looked around, and there were many people who felt the same way as him.

Guo's face turned red, he just ran to grab the ball at Sanchez's feet, but he and his two teammates cooperated, but they didn't cut off Sanchez's foot cleanly, but let him poke the ball out......

Yan Min was pulling his hair with his hands, his expression painful. It's been thirteen minutes since the opening minute, and he hasn't played much in attack, and he hasn't helped in defense, feeling like a waste.

He Ying lowered his head and turned his back to everyone, standing in the middle circle, waiting for the kickoff. No one could see his expression, and no one knew what he was thinking.

At the end of the season, they discussed the upcoming World Cup in the group, and they were all in high spirits, wanting to write their names in the history of Chinese football and on the stage of the World Cup.

They feel that with their years of experience in Europe and excellent form, although they are not going to be able to break through in the World Cup, it should not be difficult to get the right to qualify from the group.

They have a lot of great hopes for the World Cup.

But from the two winless games in the warm-up game and the collapse of Gao Hongbo's body under heavy pressure, many realities shattered their wonderful dreams.

They have never participated in the World Cup, but now they realize that the World Cup is far from their vision......