Because he had just experienced eight or nine minutes of high-intensity confrontation, with frequent acceleration, deceleration, interception, and passing, Chen Tao was at a stage where his new strength was insufficient and his back-up strength was exhausted. But the boss's glance made him grit his teeth and follow.
Followed.
He doesn't have Wang Ai's surging, almost inexhaustible physical energy. He can't afford Wang Ai's expensive meat for a long time. He is also two years older than Wang Ai, which is the best stage to grow his body and lay the foundation.
It has passed.
This forced him to follow the frontcourt reluctantly, and after breaking away from the South African team's blocker, his steps were already staggering.
He saw the boss jumping up while holding the big bald head, and smashed the flimsy football over hard, passing over the South African players behind the big bald head and landing in front of him.
Sweat was on Chen Tao's forehead, face, eyelids, and nose. He opened his eyes wide and blocked the football with his left foot, causing it to change from a horizontal jump to a well-behaved one.
From the corner of his eye, he saw the big bald guy on his team, Bai Guanghai, doing his best to stop the South African players from approaching him on the right. He only had one chance.
Suppressing the weakness in his heart and forcing his concentration, facing the goalkeeper who was waiting for him, Chen Tao concentrated all his strength on his right leg. He raised his leg, faced the almost stationary football, facing the left side of the goal, and volleyed!
Then, the person lost his center of gravity and fell. But the ball went out.
The goalkeeper flew up sideways and faced the lower corner of the left goal!
Surrounding Chen Tao, reporters, staff and fans behind the front goal were paying attention to the football coming towards them; Wang Ai and Booth on the left looked side by side; Bai Guanghai on the right stopped and watched with the two South African center backs in front of him;
Zhao Xuri, who was following closely behind, gasped fiercely and stood on tiptoes. In the stands, fans from all directions stretched their necks and stared; high up in the stands, President Zuma, Ambassador Zhong Jianhua, Chairman Blatter, and Chairman Yan Shiduo were watching.
Below the stands, tens of thousands of people behind cameras from various countries were concerned about this ball and this "invisible man" who suddenly appeared almost under Wang Ai's light.
What was the outcome of the confrontation?
The football, midway towards the goal, changed direction strangely!
The football, from rushing towards the left side of the goal, suddenly changed to rushing towards the right side of the goal!
It turned out that at the last moment, Chen Tao chose the outside instep of his right foot and shot towards the left side of the goal, but he aimed at the right side of the goal!
The position of the ball and the direction of force at this moment completely exceeded the goalkeeper's judgment ability.
The man falls and the ball goes in!
People who witnessed all this with their own eyes made completely opposite voices according to their respective camps.
Chen Tao, who was lying on the ground, raised his arms and laughed silently.
Then, Wang Ai ran over, straddled Chen Tao's body, bent down, opened his bow left and right, and "hit" Chen Tao's face with his two fists in turn.
Chen Tao laughed and turned his head left and right, pretending to be beaten.
Within a few seconds, Bai Guanghai came up: "You stay away, I'll do it!"
After a long commotion, they returned to their own side after the South African team members came to their senses and protested.
With Chen Tao's extraordinary performance, the first half of the first game of this Confederations Cup, and even the result of the entire game, was already foreseeable. Unexpectedly, when they came back after the halftime break, the Chinese coaching staff replaced Chen Tao and replaced him with Fucked Zhu Ting.
Shen Xiangfu, who was sitting in the live broadcast room in Beijing, analyzed that Chen Tao consumed too much physical energy and performed too well and was easily attacked, so he was replaced for protection.
After replacing Zhu Ting, in the 22nd minute of the second half, Wang Ai once again grabbed the first point in a confrontation with Booth, still in front of the goal, so the score became 4:0. Later, Lao Gao also replaced Wang Ai. , replaced by Dong Fangzhuo.
At the post-match press conference, head coach Lao Gao and captain Wang Ai were unexpectedly "focused on", and even Chinese reporters had many pointed questions.
Lao Gao's explanation was slightly different from Shen Xiangfu's: "Chen Tao needs to stabilize and calm down."
When asked again, Wang Ai explained on his behalf that he knew that Lao Gao had a bad temper and the reporter's tricky questions were likely to make him angry. And the way he was angry was: I won't say anything no matter what you ask me!
"This is not Chen Tao's first hat trick, but he is the first in the national team, so he needs to slow down when he is too excited." Wang Ai took over the conversation with a smile: "Everyone understands, right? If a person, no matter what industry he is in, suddenly achieves very good results, his mentality will easily become unbalanced. In the case of players, his movements will also be easily deformed and injured. Therefore, there is no malice in replacing Chen Tao. If it was malice, why not bring him in? Okay? I won’t pass the ball to him, okay? Don’t think blindly."
"Then what do you mean by beating him? Is it because he stole your limelight?" a reporter in the crowd asked in English.
"No." Wang Ai glanced at the foreign reporter and deliberately explained in English in the direction of the Chinese reporter: "The most famous star in the world who shoots with the outside of his right foot should be my teammate Quaresma. Of course I can, and I have used it in Serie A games. However, Chen Tao probably didn’t know it before. At least I don’t know, and my teammates don’t know either, including Bai Guanghai. So after he shot the ball, we all thought the ball was missing. He has no energy left, and the opponent's goalkeeper is moving very quickly."
Speaking of this, Wang Ai smiled and shook his head: "I didn't expect that he actually got in. He got in with a technique we didn't know about, and we didn't know he knew it. So I pretended to beat him because he didn't tell him. Knows everything."
"Didn't you get hit?" The foreign reporter asked again: "Or are you used to using this kind of violence to suppress democracy in the team?"
"How is it possible to hit?" Wang Ai faced the reporter this time and asked strangely: "With so many cameras and tens of thousands of people's eyes, I hit someone? And I hit my teammates? If I don't want him to score, why should I?" Pass it to him? Can't I push it down myself and grab the second point?"
The reporter asked a few more questions. Wang Ai shook his head and did not answer directly but said: "Chen Tao is the type who is particularly enthusiastic about technology and loves to study. At the same time, he is also a bit sluggish. For example, he often comes up with some new tricks. Come to scare us. After being frightened, we will inevitably punish him, including making him run two more laps, or chasing and beating him. But there is no such thing as beating, oppression, etc., it does not exist. We grew up together and have a very good relationship. This is a way of communication for us. You can't expect us physical practitioners to always wear suits and use honorifics all the time."
"Of course." Wang Ai said seriously: "If this has caused misunderstanding among everyone and set a bad example for the fans, I am willing to apologize."
"Aren't you going to apologize to him?"
"Why did I apologize to him?" Wang Ai smiled and spread his hands: "Just to see me 'hit' him, you didn't watch when he kicked me!"
This chapter has been completed!