Chapter 62: Fighting to the Last

Sun Pan was eventually sent off, but the rules required someone to be in goal, so the Chinese team had to replace a player on the field to make substitute goalkeeper Zengcheng come on.

So Gao Lin, who was originally the starter, played for ten minutes and could only leave the game depressed.

But the loss of the Chinese team did not stop there, the team's head coach Lippi was also sent to the stands by the referee because of his overly excited protest.

Now there is one less person on the field, the most important referee is missing from the coach's bench on the side of the field, and a penalty is awarded......

The hearts of many Chinese fans sank to the bottom all of a sudden.

Then Mark Wagner personally took the penalty and kicked the penalty into the goal, and the Chinese team fell behind 0:1.

This conceded goal and the previous clash completely disturbed the emotions of the Chinese players, and when the game resumed, many people could not concentrate on the game.

Germany, on the other hand, seized the opportunity and scored twice in two minutes in the 23rd and 24th minutes.

Rewrite the score to 3:0!

In the 26th minute, the German team scored another goal, 4:0!

Liu Jianhong was silent in the commentary seat, and the fans of the Chinese team in front of the TV were also silent.

The Germans on the pitch were celebrating their fourth goal, and not far away, the Chinese players hung their heads down.

Although the game only started for 26 minutes, in the eyes of many, the Chinese team has been publicly sentenced to death, they are finished, this semi-final is over, and the German team has become the first team to reach the final......

After taking a four-goal lead, the Germans finally slowed down their attacking tempo, and perhaps they felt it was enough for them to win.

Although the pace has slowed down, the situation on the field is still firmly under their control.

Until the end of the first half, the score did not change again, 4:0, and the German team took the lead.

"I know the situation is very difficult, but we still want to see the boys of the Chinese team not give up easily, the game is not over yet, even if it is four ......goals behind," Liu Jianhong said weakly, he didn't believe it himself, four goals behind, it was too difficult, and the Chinese team was still one less person, and the head coach could not command on the spot.

The TV broadcast gave a circle of shots of every Chinese player who left the game, and every Chinese player who appeared in the picture lowered his head and walked quickly into the passage. Behind them, the excited singing and shouting of German fans.

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When the Chinese players entered the dressing room, Sun Pan was there, he had recovered from the anger of being sent off, but the mood was not good, after all, he saw the news in the dressing room that his team had been scored four goals in a row by the opponent.

He wanted to apologize to his teammates for his mistake, but Zhou Yi stopped him: "It's not your fault, Panpan, you can only choose to foul that ball." ”

Sun Pan opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something, but he was interrupted by Zhou Yi with a gesture: "Okay, no need to say anything more." I don't think I need to say what the situation is like now, and everyone knows it. It's a bit ironic now that we thought about it, but yesterday we had a special meeting and said that we wanted to unify our thinking and do what he voted for...... The result is now ......"

Hearing Zhou Yi say this, everyone's mood in the locker room became even lower.

But Zhou Yi's voice rang out: "But that's not a reason for us to give up." I know that there are a lot of difficulties in front of us, and any one of these difficulties is enough for someone else to lose the game with peace of mind. But then someone else, not us. It's nothing to be four goals behind, really, nothing, it's not like I'm pretending to be easy. Ladies and gentlemen, have any of you experienced despair?"

His rhetorical question made everyone in the locker room stunned for a moment, and then Yang Muge suddenly raised his head, opened his mouth and seemed to want to speak, but he still didn't say anything in the end.

"I've been there, guys. I've experienced despair, and more than once. I've been in a game where I was scored four goals in the first half, I really did. When I was at Dortmund, I played in the Champions League for the first time and we were beaten away by Inter Milan in the group stage and scored four goals in just 45 minutes......"

Now it was not only Yang Muge, but Sun Pan, Guo Nu and He Ying all raised their heads and looked at Zhou Yi.

They all remembered the game, when they were watching the game live in front of the TV, discussing it in the group, and even though they weren't on the pitch, they could feel the suffocating desperation.

"But in the end, we tied them 4-4, on their home turf!" Zhou Yi said. "What's four goals behind? As long as all of us don't give up, we can do miracles! Football is round, friends, no one rules, when we are four goals down at half-time, we have to surrender early. What the final result will be will only depend on our subsequent efforts, not on the score of the first half. ”

"I'm not going to surrender now, I'm going to keep trying, and I don't want to just throw in the towel early. I'm going to fight until the last minute and I'm confident we can equalise!"

Yang Muge raised his hand: "I won't give up, I've also experienced despair." ”

He Ying also raised his hand: "I will not surrender, I will fight until the last moment." ”

Guo Nu raised his hand, his face flushed: "I, I, I ......"

Zhou Yi waved his hand at him: "Okay, Lao Guo, we all know what you mean, you don't need to say it." ”

But Guo Nu changed to a word-by-word approach, and stubbornly finished this sentence: "I! also! no! will! let go!"

Sun Pan raised his hand: "I'm here to cheer you on!"

Zheng Zhi raised his arm: "Now we have nothing to scruple about, in this case, there is only one way left, and that is to fight with them!"

"Fight!!"

A loud shout erupted in the locker room.

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Lippi stood outside the locker room, and his interpreter, Wen Shudang, stood next to him, who had intended to push the door into the locker room.

But listening to the constant shouts from within, Lippi didn't do it.

"Wait a minute......" he said to his translator. "Don't go in now, disturb them. ”

Although he couldn't understand Chinese, he could still feel that the players were cheering each other on in the dressing room.

"I was ready to comfort and encourage them, but now it seems that I don't need to say that. He laughs. "Then let me go back to the essence of coaching and contribute to them tactically......"

It was only when the sound in the locker room became quieter that Lippi pushed open the door to the locker room.

He looked at a room full of Chinese players who were still a little excited, and raised his hand to greet them: "Boys, it's nice to see you so scrappy." First of all, I want to apologize to you guys and apologize for my impulsiveness in the game...... But for now, let's put what has happened aside and focus on the game. There are still 45 minutes, and from now on, please play them as if they were your World Cup final...... In the second half, if we want to fight back, we have to score as soon as possible......"

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In the dressing room of the German national team, the atmosphere seemed relaxed.

In the face of such a big score advantage, head coach Loew is not good at facing the players.

The German team played very well in the first half, and in the second half, the Chinese team will not only continue to have fewer individuals, but they also have no head coach to direct on the sidelines, and the four-goal lead will not help the German team win the game?

Mark sat in his place and watched the elated teammates in the locker room.

With a four-goal lead at half-time, the opposition has one less person, one less manager, and it's normal for everyone to be happy because it means that they are almost half of their way to the World Cup final.

But I don't know why, Mark just feels that this situation is not right, and it shouldn't be like this.

He searched everywhere and found his teammates in Dortmund, Hummels, Grosskreutz and Dulm.

Then he walked up to them.

I said...... I'm always worried that we're rejoicing too soon. Mark whispered.

"What's there to worry about? we're four goals ahead!" Durm didn't understand where Mark's worries were coming from.

"Not only are we ahead in the score, but we are also ahead in numbers! I know that Zhou Yi will be very sad if he loses, and when the time comes, I will invite him to relax in a nightclub when I go back to Dortmund, and I will be compensated, ha!" Grosskreutz was happy at the thought that he would be able to participate in the World Cup final with the team.

Mark was still very worried when he saw his teammates so relaxed, so he said: "I think we should be careful in the second half, after all, it was not Zhou Yi who was sent off...... Have you all forgotten that in the club we also had a situation where we were four goals behind in the first half, but in the end we came back 4:4, and the person who directed the game was Zhou Yi!"

Hummels patted Mark on the shoulder, "I understand your concern, Mark. But the Chinese team is not Dortmund, and the game you talked about, I know, is our Champions League and Inter Milan group stage. But we weren't any less than Inter in that game. ”

He seems to convince Mark, who stops talking.

But in fact, the indescribable worry in Mark's heart has not disappeared, and when he thinks of Zhou Yi, with his understanding of his good friend, Mark cannot celebrate so comfortably as his teammates.

He wished he had been overthinking this time.

But when the second half began, Mark felt he was probably right.

Because the Chinese team in front of me is fundamentally different from the Chinese team that was completely beaten into the dirt in the first half, there are great changes!

In the fifty-third minute, less than ten minutes into the second half, Yang Muge made a steal in the midfield and cut off the ball at the feet of Ozil, and then he passed the football to Zhou Yi, who immediately passed the football directly and passed the football to Yan Min, who was transferred to the right side.

Yan Min broke through with speed on the right flank and crossed with his feet.

He delivered a very precise cross.

The soccer ball flew near the penalty spot.

Ho Ying ran diagonally and then jumped high to head the ball into goal, but he couldn't reach the ball under Boateng's close interference, and the ball fell to the penalty spot.

Just when the fans of the Chinese team felt sorry for why the shadow was on top, Zhou Yi, who had been inserted all the way forward after passing the ball, slapped his horse and killed it, and he picked up his right foot in the face of the flying football!

Boom!

His right foot is on the instep of the foot and is firmly pumped on the football!

The soccer ball flew towards the goal like a cannonball!

Although Neuer made a sideways save and also touched the football, Zhou Yi's sudden hit, coupled with the great strength, after Neuer played the football, the football changed the line and plunged into the goal!

At that moment, the air at the Mineiro Stadium seemed to freeze, and the Chinese fans in front of the TV jumped up.

Liu Jianhong was stunned and then shouted hysterically: "The ball is in, !!!the ball is in, the ball is in!! Zhou Yi has pulled back a goal for the Chinese team! Now we are only three goals behind! And the second half has just begun! There is still a chance!!"

After the goal, Zhou Yi did not do any celebration, but rushed to the goal, wanting to get the ball, but He Ying had already done the job before him. Seeing this, Zhou Yi turned around and ran back, and beckoned the other teammates to go back, ready to continue the game.

At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team pulled a goal back, hoping to re-ignite in their hearts.

And Mark looked at the back of Zhou Yi greeting his teammates, and couldn't help but think of the Champions League group stage.

He turned his head to look at his teammate Hummels, when Zhou Yi shot, Hummels was actually not far from Zhou Yi's side, but he didn't react at all, and could only watch Zhou Yi finish shooting.

Now Hummels had a slightly frightened expression, completely different from what he had seen in the dressing room.

Although Germany still have a three-goal lead, Mark's biggest fears may have already begun to happen......

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PS, the third shift will be at six o'clock in the afternoon