Chapter 46 The Situation Is Changing

When Zhou Yi was about to turn around and get rid of Fernandinho, Fernandinho had no time to turn around again, and he kicked Zhou Yi to the ground with a sweeping leg.

Referee Webb's whistle sounded immediately.

"It's a foul!" He Ping shouted.

It's certainly a foul, there's no doubt about it.

Webber ran up and not only blew for a foul on Fernandinho, but also gave Fernandinho a yellow card.

'Fernandinho received a yellow card, so if we can progress to the quarter-finals, then he will not be able to play because ......of suspension,' said the Brazilian commentator.

She has nothing to say about this foul, if she doesn't foul, she will let Zhou Yi get rid of it, and if she fouls, it may be such a result. Someone has to be held accountable. It can only be said that Fernandinho has taken on a bit of a big responsibility, and he is basically at a disadvantage in this game against Zhou Yi.

In this regard, the Brazilian commentator is also helpless.

Fernandinho did not argue either, calmly accepting the yellow card. Of course, he probably didn't know he was going to be suspended for the next game, otherwise he might have been a little more excited.

On the Chinese side, whether it is the players, commentators, or fans, they don't care about whether Fernandinho will be suspended at all, they only care about whether Zhou Yi is injured.

Since he was injured in the Champions League final, every time Zhou Yi falls to the ground, it will affect people's hearts, making people worry about whether he will recur from an old injury or lead to a new one......

But fortunately, Zhou Yi quickly got up from the ground and seemed to be fine, and the Chinese fans were relieved.

However, this made Brazilian fans feel that Zhou Yi was faking a fall, so the boos sent to him rang out again.

Zhou Yi didn't care about these boos at all, he shook his head at the teammates who came up to care and said, "I'm fine." But they were in a bit of a hurry. ”

Brazil is really in a hurry.

There are still 30 minutes left in the game, but there is no hope for the Brazilian team, both in terms of the score and the field.

Fred's contribution to Brazil as a centre-forward was almost zero, and in the first 60 minutes of the game, he was rarely seen in close-ups, and everyone almost forgot about him.

In the 64th minute, Scolari made the first substitution of the game, replacing Fred, who had performed poorly, with a former Manchester City centre-forward.

When Fred came off the pitch, he heard boos from the Brazilian fans.

It was the first time that Brazilian fans had booed their players so unreservedly.

The decibels of the boos almost made people think that the Brazilian fans were booing the Chinese players.

But it's not.

Fred was also unhappy with the boos of the Brazilian fans, and when he came off the pitch, he did not do anything and went straight to the bench without waving to the fans in the stands as is customary.

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The boos from Fred's departure were a shock to the Brazilian players, because they had never enjoyed such treatment in this World Cup, and even if there were some discontent, it was sporadic and would not have become mainstream at all.

But at this moment, Brazilian fans seem to have broken the boundary of "not booing the home team", and also pierced the layer of window paper in the hearts of Brazilian players.

They don't know if they'll be treated like Fred.

This made the Brazilian players a little uneasy, and there were too many factors off the football pitch that interfered with the game.

The Chinese team took the opportunity to launch an offensive and threatened the Brazilian team's goal.

Zhou Yi sent a through ball at the front of the Brazilian team's penalty area, Yan Min, who switched to the right side, took the ball and crossed, and He Ying, who followed up in the middle, shot hard!

The ball was saved by a brilliant César flying sideways......

"Cesar! He made another wonderful save! Although it has been a long time since he played a normal game at the club, this game, Cesar seems to have played the performance of the triple crown of Inter Milan!" Marcel Leif also admired Cesar's performance.

In terms of physical shape, Cesar was significantly more blessed than he was back then. Although Cesar was not slim back then, he can now be described as a "bucket".

His physical fitness is definitely lower than back then, but in terms of mental will, Cesar's performance is still very good.

When the game time is getting less and less, and the two full-backs are getting more and more qualified, the Brazilian team needs Cesar's excellent play more and more to ensure that they do not concede goals in defense......

Cesar's performance did not disappoint, in the face of the Chinese team's offensive, he picked up high and low, and all of them were rejected.

However, Cesar's outstanding performance is actually based on a not very good foundation, that is, the Chinese team's offensive during this period is too fierce, so fierce that Brazilian fans will begin to doubt their lives - is this our home stadium?

The reason why the Chinese team's offensive is so fierce is inseparable from Zhou Yi's active performance, he constantly organizes passes in the midfield, in addition to combing the midfield, he can also send a very deadly final pass, so that teammates have a chance to shoot.

It is precisely because of the increase in the number of shots on goal by the Chinese team that Cesar can have an excellent performance......

So in fact, under normal circumstances, the goalkeeper is too active, which means that the team is in a dangerous situation.

Fernandinho was already carrying a yellow card, and he didn't dare to make a move when facing Zhou Yi. He even has such an idea, thinking that Zhou Yi will deliberately touch him with porcelain, and then try to get him sent off with a cumulative yellow card, so that the Chinese team has an advantage in numbers, and Zhou Yi has no one to contain, wouldn't the Chinese team have an overall advantage, but also can do whatever they want in the half of the Brazilian team?

But if you don't dare to make a move for fear of being sent off...... In fact, the Chinese team is already doing whatever it wants.

This is a very distressing multiple-choice question.

Fernandinho has always struggled with whether to choose A or B, and it is even more difficult to do his best in defending Zhou Yi.

Scolari saw Fernandinho's performance and knew why. He must now make substitutions, otherwise Brazil's midfield will collapse if it doesn't do well.

But now on the bench of the Brazilian team, there are very few people who can defend Zhou Yi, only Paulinho. But Paulinho had a very poor performance in the group stage, otherwise he would not have been on the bench in this game.

Will Paulinho, who had a bad performance in the group stage, be able to contain Zhou Yi?

Scolari didn't know the bottom of his mind.

It's just that now I'm afraid he won't be allowed to make the best choice, and some of them will be good.

So in the 70th minute, Brazil made a second substitution, replacing Fernandinho, who was carrying a yellow card, with Paulinho.

When Fernandinho came off the field, there were also boos, but the boos were not as big as Fred, after all, Fred, as the most controversial and weakest No. 9 in the history of the Brazilian team, has long made many Brazilian fans unhappy.

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'Scolari made two changes in a row and it was clear that he was unhappy with the way Brazil are doing. The replacement of Fernandinho this time is an adjustment for Zhou Yi. Fernandinho started in place of Paulinho in this game, hoping that he could contain Zhou Yi. But in terms of the actual game, it was clear that he had failed......" commented Marcel Leif. "I don't know if Paulinho can contain Zhou Yi after he plays?"

Soon the two men had a head-to-head confrontation on the court.

When the football was passed to Zhou Yi, Paulinho also pounced.

Zhou Yi faced his defense, gently buttoned the football to the left with his right foot, and then stretched out his left foot, as if to make a croquette.

Paulinho also immediately leaned his body to that side, shifting his weight to try to block Zhou Yi's forward route.

But Zhou Yi is not a croquette, his left foot pushed the football that was buckled by his right foot forward!

The ball slipped between Paulinho's legs......

Although Paulinho's upper body did block Zhou Yi's body, it was difficult to block the football that was much smaller than Zhou Yi's body......

The football was passed by Zhou Yi to Gao Lin, who retreated, because Paulinho's forward pounce put Gao Lin in an unmarked vacancy.

Golin received the ball and turned around, and Brazil's centre-back David Ruiz had to leave his zone and rush up to defend him. As a result, his position was empty, and He Ying cut inside, and at the same time, Gao Lin pushed out a through ball and sent the football over!

"A chance for the Chinese team!"

Thankfully, Thiago Silva's performance was reassuring. When He Ying received the ball, Silva also blocked He Ying's side, interfering with him and making it impossible for him to shoot easily.

In the end, although He Ying completed the shot, but under the close interference of Thiago Silva, his shot did not hit the power and was caught by Cesar on the ground.

The TV broadcast did not give the camera to Cesar who saved, or Yan Min who shot the goal, but immediately gave it to Zhou Yi.

is also a director who understands the ball.

This was Paulinho's first defense against Zhou Yi after coming on the field, but Zhou Yi still seemed to be at ease.

Replacing Paulinho has not achieved Scolari's tactical goals so far, which is a bit ...... Embarrassed.