When Hu Lai made his signature celebration at the South China Tiger Stadium, a small but clear "thunder" sounded in the sky above the Lotus Stadium.
Although South China Tigers fans accounted for three-quarters of this game, many of these fans still cheered in conjunction with Hu Lai.
In their hearts, even if Hulay wears the jersey of Madrid Pirates, he is still the pride and hero of Chinese football.
Cheering for him is the consciousness of a Chinese fan.
This is actually not the first time Hu Lai has scored at the South China Tigers' home court. When he was in the Chinese Super League, he once broke the South China Tigers goal guarded by Lin Zhiyuan in an away game.
At that time, Hu Lai also made his iconic celebration in this stadium, but the South China Tigers fans did not cheer for him here at that time...
After losing the ball, the South China Tigers players looked very helpless.
Especially Liu Yan.
In this attack, he was the "first person" responsible for defending Hu Lai.
That's why Yao Huasheng headed the ball to save him, just to prevent him from losing Hu Lai.
While Vukovich was shooting, Liu Yan reached out and pushed Hu Lai to prevent him from getting close to the goal.
But he didn't expect that this push would push Hu Lai into football...
Because after the football was saved by goalkeeper Duke, it fell in front of Hu Lai!
If he hadn't pushed Hu Lai away, maybe Hu Lai would have missed football?
This is really...
Liu Yan put his hands on his hips and looked up at the sky with a painful expression on his face.
Then he cursed harshly.
This is all he can do.
As a teammate who has played alongside Hu Lai in the Olympic team and the national team, Liu Yan certainly knows Hu Lai's interests and dangers very well, so he has been keeping an eye on Hu Lai since the start of this game.
That end twists... more than a midfielder.
Almost every few seconds, he has to turn his head to look at Hu Lai beside him. Otherwise, he has to reach out his hand and confirm Hu Lai's position by touch. For example, when Hu Lai is behind him, his hand will move towards
If you swing back and touch someone, it means Hu Lai is still there.
If he found nothing, he would immediately turn around and look for him. Only when he found Hu Lai could he rest assured.
With such strict defense, in the end... the success fell short!
He admitted that when Vukovic shot, he dropped his focus on Hulay because his attention was inevitably diverted to Vukovic's shot.
Therefore, he made a mistake in conceding the ball. He did not keep an eye on Hu Lai.
But he didn't expect that he would make this mistake just seven minutes into the game...
You can imagine how people will comment on this missed goal after the game... No, you don't even have to wait until the end of the game. Now I'm afraid there are many people criticizing Liu Yan for not concentrating during the game and missing Hu Lai.
Liu Yan really just wants to say:
proceed if you can!
If you don't defend Hu Lai personally, you really can't understand how much pressure you have to bear in the game.
He shook his head because he had no way to deal with his national team teammates.
"This is a typical Hu Lai-style goal!" He Feng said in the commentary box at the scene, raising his voice.
"Turn a goal that was not an opportunity into an opportunity! Why is he so lucky that he always appears in the right spot for the ball? Because this is not luck at all! This is his top-notch sense of goal.
And the result of movement without the ball!”
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The assistant coach who complained that Madrid Pirates looked down on him at the beginning of the game sighed deeply.
Qin Lin didn't seem to lose the ball accidentally, and said to him: "Look, why do you still think people look down on us... Why do people look down on us when we can score so easily?"
The assistant coach remained silent.
After finally reaching the semi-finals of the Club World Cup and facing off against the Champions League champions, their desire to meet an opponent who goes all out seems to be the meaning of their semi-finals.
But now it seems that Qin Lin is right, he wishes others would not go all out...
The entire main lineup was not fielded, only half of the main players and half of the substitutes. It was so easy to score a goal.
If they really start with all the main players and go all out... I'm afraid this game will turn into a "tragedy" like their game against Vesseldorf, right?
"Alas...this strength gap is too big!"
After listening to Qin Lin's words, the assistant coach sighed.
"Fortunately, it's still within the range of our expectations." Qin Lin said.
Before this game, Qin Lin's coaching staff made many plans.
Prepared ways for players to deal with various situations.
Conceding goals is naturally within the scope of their consideration. After all, their opponent is the Champions League champion. Qin Lin is not arrogant enough to think that his team can not concede a goal against the Champions League champion.
Not only did he lose the ball, Qin Lin also considered the situation of losing the ball at the beginning - he assumed that his team failed to score in the opening attack, so the Pirates seized the opportunity to launch a quick counterattack, resulting in
Lost the ball.
Because he had considered this situation in advance, Qin Lin was relatively calm.
But at this time, whether the head coach is calm or not is not the most important. The most important thing is whether the players on the field can stabilize their position.
Qin Lin took a step forward and stood on the line in the command area in front of the coach's bench, ready to remind his players loudly at any time.
He set his sights on the team captain Yao Huasheng on the field.
Thirty-six-year-old Yao Huasheng is an extension of his will on the court, and Qin Lin also hopes that Yao Huasheng will join his coaching staff after he retires.
As a captain, he is like a coach on the court at this time, and he has to do what a coach should do.
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Liu Yan, who was still blaming himself, was patted on the shoulder by Yao Huasheng:
"Don't think about it, that kid is like a ghost. Just play well in the next game. You are a central defender and you can't think randomly."
Liu Yan nodded vigorously, Captain Yao was right, the center back could not let himself fall into a low and negative mood.
Next, Yao Huasheng raised his voice and shouted to his frustrated teammates: "It's only one goal and the game is not over yet! This is all within our expectations. Let's continue playing the same way!"
He not only shouted, but also ran up to his teammates and patted his teammates on the shoulders one by one to boost their morale and pull them out of their depression.
Qin Lin, who saw this scene off the court, stepped back and stood next to his assistant coach again. He stopped talking and concentrated on watching the game.
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Hu Lai and his teammates finished celebrating and ran back to their own half, just in time to hear Yao Huasheng's shouts.
So he cast his gaze over there.
I saw Yao Huasheng comforting and encouraging his teammates one by one.
Just like when he was in the national team.
Team Yao or Team Yao...
After sighing with emotion, Hu Lai turned his attention to the South China Tigers players who were encouraged and comforted by Yao Huasheng.
In fact, as an opponent, Hu Lai hopes that the South China Tigers can perform better and not be defeated by the Madrid Pirates too easily.
This is a little bit of selfishness on his part as a Chinese player.
This Club World Cup semi-final is an excellent opportunity for the Chinese team to appear in front of fans and media around the world.
He hopes that the South China Tigers can use their outstanding performance to show the world that Chinese football is not just about players who have studied abroad in Europe.
It would be best for European media and clubs to pay more attention to local players in China.
If this can allow more Chinese players to go abroad, then this Club World Cup semi-final will not be in vain.
Although he scored early in the game, he also hoped that the South China Tigers players would not be hit by this goal...
You have to fight when you have to!
Don't be a coward!
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"...No one expected that just seven minutes into the game, the Madrid Pirates took the lead. Now the game restarts, and the South China Tigers kick off again... Coetzee passed the football back and then ran forward. Although he lost
But I hope the boys of the South China Tigers will not be affected by this ball, maintain their mentality, and play at the original rhythm - I believe Qin Lin's coaching team will definitely take the factor of conceding the ball into consideration. After all, facing the Madrid Pirates
It’s impossible for a team like this not to concede a goal... Then let’s see how the South China Tigers respond!”
After the kick-off, the South China Tigers still passed the football back in a very regular way and passed it in the backcourt, attracting the Madrid Pirates players to press forward.
It was obvious that they wanted to pull out the Madrid Pirates players and spread the Pirates' formation, widening the gap between the Pirates players and giving the South China Tigers a chance to counterattack.
The Madrid Pirates didn't take it seriously. When they saw the South China Tigers backfooting in the backcourt, they immediately pressed forward and started pressing in the frontcourt, hoping to threaten the South China Tigers' goal after stealing the ball directly in the frontcourt.
When the South China Tigers saw the pirates pressing hard, Yao Huasheng immediately raised his hand to ask for the ball.
After he got the ball from the central defender position, he directly made a long pass!
The football flew across half the field and into the frontcourt.
It is a pity that this time the football still failed to get over the top of the Madrid Pirates center back - Riva Moreno and Tan Yunlong took off at the same time to compete for landing points. In the end, Moreno was superior, relying on better position selection and
Better physical fitness, push the football away first.
The South China Tiger's attack failed again...
Switch to Madrid Pirates attack.
As for the Madrid Pirates attacking players who pressed forward just now, they didn't have to retreat. They just waited in front for their teammates to pass the ball up.
After three simple passes, the football fell to Hu Lai again.
Facing Liu Yan who was guarding him, Hu Lai raised his foot and pretended to shoot. After tricking Liu Yan into stretching his foot to block, he pushed the football diagonally and sent a through ball!
Dikunzo, who was running diagonally, received the ball at the line of the penalty area and shot!
Fortunately, Yao Huasheng followed and saw Di Kunzo receiving the ball, so he decisively interfered with the tackle.
Under his interference, Di Kunzo's shot went high and failed to threaten the South China Tigers' goal.
But in just these ten minutes of the game, everyone could see that the Madrid Pirates were completely dominant.
The South China Tigers have not had a single shot so far, not even within the 30-meter zone of the Madrid Pirates.
