Chapter 32: Guo Fu
Although Villa was sad about being substituted, he was quick to leave the pitch as Spain were now two goals down and needed time to score. If you delay a little more time when you make substitutions, it will have a greater impact on the team.
Now time is on the side of the Chinese team.
Villa's tears seemed to irritate the Spanish players, but it was also possible that Bosque made the right substitution, and it was always when Juan Mata came on that Spain's attack picked up.
Alba's 45-degree cross from midfield found Torres just outside the box, and Torres chested the ball and fired a straight volley that went just wide of the net and flew out of the net.
"Torres! It's so dangerous! The Chinese team's defense has a slight problem, and it was immediately caught by Torres, and you can't relax!" Liu Jianhong shouted anxiously.
After Sun Pan also jumped up from the ground, he slapped his hands hard and reminded his teammates loudly.
Then in the 63rd minute, Xavi Alonso fired a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, which went straight high and did not threaten the Chinese team's goal.
At this time, in the face of Spain's offensive, the Chinese team chose to slow down the pace a little. Because Spain clearly wants to speed up, and they can't get what they want.
The Chinese team, which is two goals ahead, can now play very calmly and calmly, and there is no need to rush at all.
It is Spain that should be in a hurry.
Without Lippi's instructions in the long confession, the Chinese team had already made such adjustments, and they waited for an opportunity to counterattack on the premise of a solid defense.
In this game, Lippi discharged Yan Min, He Ying and Wu Lei, three fast and impactful forwards, who must have made this kind of preparation. And Zhou Yi was very keenly aware of the head coach's thoughts, and made such an adjustment in advance, saving Lippi from yelling on the sidelines.
In the face of the Chinese team's defensive counterattack, the Spanish team could only attack hard, even if they knew that it was dangerous for them to attack. At this time, they have no choice and are not qualified to consider others.
Sun Panting likes this tactic because he has become the protagonist.
As Spain shot more than he softened, so did the number of appearances he was able to make.
It excites him.
And Sun Pan belongs to the kind of goalkeeper who is crazy, and the more excited he is, the better.
This is a pain for the Spanish players, no matter how they shoot, they can't break through the goal guarded by Sun Pan.
At the 72nd minute, Bosque made another substitution, bringing on Cesc Fabregas for Cazorla.
Before the game, it was revealed in the news that Cesc Fabregas and Bosque had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel on the training ground. Now, Bosque certainly can't care about his feud with Cesc Fabregas, and it is more important to save the glory of Spanish football.
Cesc Fabregas did bring some changes to Spain's attack when he came on.
In the 76th minute, he suddenly retreated on the left side of the penalty area to receive the ball from his teammate and passed the ball to the right post.
Rong Hao jumped up and wanted to push the football out, but he didn't get it!
"Rong Hao has risen to the top!" Liu Jianhong exclaimed.
Behind Rong Hao was Juan Mata, who replaced Villa, and he was ready to receive the ball.
Just when he hadn't caught the ball yet, Sun Pan scolded and rushed out of the goal and went straight to Mata.
And Guo Nu originally wanted to defend Mata, but seeing Sun Pan's action, he hurriedly ran towards his goal.
Mata caught a glimpse of Sun Pan's attack out of the corner of his eye when he received the ball, so he was ready before he received the ball. He leaned back, spread his hands for balance, and then raised his left foot to cushion the ball from Cesc Fabregas!
He shot straight at goal!
Hanging shot!
Sun Pan jumped up, but it was still a little slower, and Mata's direct shot was a bit unexpected to him.
Mata and Sun Pan, who have been teammates at Chelsea Club for half a season, obviously know Sun Pan very well, and he knows that Sun Pan's attack is very fast, so he must not stop the ball, once the ball is stopped, he will lose the opportunity to shoot, so he chose to shoot directly.
Although the accuracy is not as high as shooting higher after adjustment, at this time, you have to give up and gamble.
He gambled on a direct shot and caught Sun Pan off guard.
When the football flew past Sun Pan's fingertips, it looked like he had won the bet......
"Mata! Shoot ——!!," the Spanish commentator shouted excitedly.
In his roar, the football crossed Sun Pan's ten fingers and fell to the goal behind him!
That's a huge empty door!
Spain will pull a goal back!
If it goes in, it will be Spain's first goal in a sports game at this World Cup!
The Spanish fans in the stands swept away their previous frustration and despair, jumped up from their seats and cheered loudly.
Amid their cheers, the ball crashed towards the goal, getting closer and closer to the goal line.
But at this time, Guo Nu, who chased back to the door, jumped over, and then made a difficult barb!
When the ball was about to cross the line, he ticked it off!
"Guo Nu !!" Liu Jianhong's voice made the Chinese fans in front of the TV have no doubt that he wants to rush to the stadium to hug Guo Nu.
Actually, they, the fans, want to do it too much - this clearance is too dick!
"Difficult barb clearance! Guo Nu he succeeded! It was so beautiful! At the last moment! He risked a possible own goal and made a successful clearance!"
Sun Pan's heart was half cold when the football flew over the top of his fingers, did he still remember the oath he made before the game......
As a result, when he turned around, he saw Guo Nuteng in the air, with a standard barb action, hooking the football out.
At this moment, he wanted to hug Guo Nu.
When the football that was cleared by Guo Nu was kicked into the stands by Wu Lei, the Spanish players raised their hands and signaled to the referee that Mata's ball had crossed the line as a whole just now, and Guo Nu should have kicked the football out in the goal line.
However, the referee did not accept the complaints and protests of the Spanish players, and the TV rebroadcast made it clear to those who were not sure that at the moment when Guo Nu cleared the ball, only a little edge of the football was tangent to the outermost side of the goal line, and it was still far from the goal.
Guo Nu's solution can be said to be very timely, and there is no problem.
"No goals, no goals!" Liu Jianhong kept repeating as if for the Spanish players. "Guo Nu's key clearance on the goal line saved the Chinese team! He scored a goal for the Chinese team with a header before, and now he has saved another goal, which is almost equivalent to him scoring two goals! Guo Nu's form in this game is really good!"
The Spanish commentator watched this scene and had nothing to say: "I really didn't get in...... In the first half, Villa's shot failed to cross Sun Pan's ten fingers, and this time Mata's hanging shot crossed Sun Pan, but was cleared by Guo Nu on the goal line...... Spain's luck is just too bad!"
When the commentators were paying attention to the goal-line technology, Sun Pan had already given Guo Nu a hard hug.
Once when two people met for the first time, they couldn't get used to each other. Now they hug each other for a ball.
Time flies, everyone is changing, and the feelings are becoming stronger and stronger.
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The fact that the two must-score chances were denied by the Chinese team in different ways dealt a huge blow to the morale and confidence of the Spanish players – anyone who failed to score on two of these good chances would have been hit.
The Spanish offensive was noticeably weaker.
Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, the Chinese team took the opportunity to launch an offensive against Spain's goal. If you can score, of course, it is good, even if you can't score, at least you can press Spain back, so that the pressure on the Chinese team's back line can be reduced.
Meanwhile, Juan Mata was in another stadium just after missing a great chance to score.
The Dutch team, which has always been deadlocked, also scored in the match against Chile.
In the 77th minute, substitute young Dutch midfielder Leroy Fell opened the scoring and opened the door for Chile.
Because the Chinese team has a two-goal lead over Spain, if the Netherlands and Chile draw, they will have five points. The Dutch team has a goal difference of four, and the Chinese team has a goal difference of two so far, and the Dutch team will also qualify first in the group.
But Chile were about to be eliminated from the tournament, so Chile attacked with all their might and wanted to score, which was seized by the Dutch team to play a quality counterattack and score.
It's not going to be easy for Chile right now, if they want to qualify from the group, they can't just draw with the Netherlands, they have to win, they have to score two more goals, and they have to keep the Netherlands from scoring.
The Chilean team was forced to the edge of the cliff, with an abyss behind them.
The competition has entered a white-hot phase.