After Selius Caesar received the ball in the frontcourt, he passed the football horizontally to Marco Rossini next to him.
Then he turned around and pulled away laterally.
After Rossini pulled away, he passed the football to him.
Facing the rolling football, Caesar did not stop the ball. He raised his right leg and shot directly outside the penalty area!
The flying height of the football is not very high, and it is below people's knees the whole time.
It’s not easy to throw a ball at such a height!
Argentina goalkeeper Rino Marinelli dived out without touching the ball!
The football finally missed the goal post and flew out of the bottom line!
"Oh——! What a risk! It was just a little bit close! Caesar almost opened the scoring for Italy in the first ten minutes of the game and took the lead! It seems that Caesar is in good condition in this game. Maybe he has really recovered from his knee injury.
Recovered! Such a shot requires a lot of strength and stability of the knees..."
In front of the TV, the Chinese players who were watching the game all said with emotion:
"Who would have thought that this is what a 38-year-old player should perform?"
"And my knee is still injured..."
"Caesar's performance in both the club and the national team really made me wonder..."
"Well, what's wrong with this? Let's just keep playing for the World Cup. Although he didn't say when he will retire, I feel that he will retire after playing this World Cup. As the last competition of his career,
Of course he will try his best."
"Would this be unfair to the Turin Bulls..."
"Otherwise, why do you think Caesar has been criticized so fiercely this season, and the Turin Bulls rarely come out to support Caesar in a big way?"
"Argentina did not expect Caesar to start... Their response in the game seemed very hasty. When Caesar opened his shot just now, no one was able to get on it immediately, which allowed Caesar to start calmly..."
"Based on this, Argentina won't be eliminated, right?"
"That's not the case. Generally speaking, Argentina is still stronger than Italy. Italy only defends better. But it is still too dangerous to passively defend... No one can guarantee that they will not make mistakes at all..."
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"Albertazzi!"
On the TV, the commentator exclaimed.
Outside the TV, the Chinese players watching also exclaimed:
"Holy shit!"
"This save!"
“How awesome!”
They just saw Mauro Albertazzi fall to the ground and block Melli's close shot with his feet!
Melli, who failed to break through Albertazzi's goal, saw the opponent's save, and his knees softened and he knelt on the ground, holding his head in his hands, looking at Albertazzi in stunned silence.
He couldn't believe that his shot could be saved...
When he shot, he was probably only one meter away from Albertazzi!
At such a distance, Albertazzi was able to block the football with his feet...Melli's face was filled with "This is impossible!"
And you must know that this is his second consecutive save after Albertazzi has already made a save.
He saved Pablo Becker's long shot before, which was already a very extreme save.
The football he threw out hit the goalpost, bounced back into the penalty area, and landed right in front of Melli.
After landing on the ground, Albertazzi quickly stood up, spread his legs and opened his arms to rush towards Melli.
Melli chose to move forward the least and launched the fastest shot, but the ball was blocked by the inside of Albertazzi's right foot, which was dragging on the ground, and missed the baseline.
After Albertazzi made such a perfect save, he stood up and shook his fist vigorously in celebration.
It looked like he was about to punch Melly...
Merry might have thought so himself, so he shrank his neck reflexively.
When Hu Lai saw this scene, he said with experience: "Yes, no matter whether he wins or loses after the game, Meili will definitely make him one more hot search."
The game has entered the second half, and the score is still 0:0.
Argentina's offensive in this game was not as fierce as everyone thought.
This may have something to do with Caesar's appearance.
As a pillar center, Caesar can not only grab points in front of the goal, but also provide the ball for his teammates.
Let Argentina dare not devote all its energy to offense.
This is the aura of the veteran king. Even if you know that he can't run away most of the time, you just don't dare to completely let down your guard against him.
According to the Italian football style, they only need one bite, not too much, just one bite, and it might be fatal.
Wang Guangwei lowered his head and glanced at the time on his watch, then suddenly stood up and walked out.
Hu Lai, who was in the same room, asked, "Why are you going?"
"Go and inform everyone that it's time to set off." Wang Guangwei said and walked out of the room.
"Should I go? Are you leaving?" Only then did several other people watching the game in the room react and look at the time.
There really was only about ten minutes left before they set off for the stadium.
At this time, you should really prepare, pack your things, and go downstairs to gather in advance.
It’s impossible to really miss the time and go downstairs, right?
The on-site media, fans, hotel security, police cars clearing the way... everyone is ready, just waiting for you to watch the game for a few more minutes?
Everyone saw that the time was almost up, and even though the game was still going on, they had no choice but to leave.
The sound of Wang Guangwei knocking on the door was heard in the corridor.
Everyone in the room also stood up and prepared to turn off the TV.
But at this moment, the noise of the fans on the TV suddenly increased, which made Hu Lai, whose finger was already on the power-off button of the remote control, stop.
I saw Italy attacking from the wing, and Dikunzo made a pass.
The ball was headed out by Argentina center back Sergi Peralta.
Then he was stopped by Italian midfielder Marco Rossini outside the penalty area.
After Rossini stopped the ball, facing the oncoming Argentine player, he immediately passed the ball to Caesar next to him and then inserted himself into the Argentine penalty area.
Everyone thought the two of them were going to fight one-two.
So the Argentine players who originally wanted to block Caesar hesitated for a moment whether to continue to attack or to retreat.
It was this hesitation that allowed Caesar to seize the opportunity!
In order to seize this fleeting opportunity, he didn't even take a run-up, but directly exerted his strength on the spot, raised his right foot and shot!
Everyone was unprepared for Caesar's kick!
In a hurry, Argentina goalkeeper Rino Marinelli leaned forward and made preparations for a save.
In fact, his position was very good, because Caesar's shot was straight and he didn't need to dive sideways.
But Caesar's kick was too sudden and too powerful.
When the football hit Marinelli's chest, before he could take his hands back, the football bounced out again!
Marinelli, who was lying on the ground, was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat!
He got rid of it!
He quickly struggled with his hands and feet and threw himself at the football.
But before he pounced, a foot wearing navy blue socks suddenly appeared in front of him, and then knocked away the football that was so close at hand!
"Rossini!!"
The commentator roared loudly.
Deafening cheers also erupted from the stadium stands.
And these cheers all come from Italian fans!
When Marinelli threw the ball away, Marco Rossini, who had just passed the football to Caesar and then directly entered the penalty area, rushed in and made up for the ball that flew out of the ball into the goal!
A situation that no one expected occurred!
The Italian team is ahead!
The Chinese team players, who were already in front of the TV and were about to turn away, were all staring at the TV screen with their mouths open.
Then a series of exclamations came from the opened doors:
"What the fuck?!"
"What the hell!!"
"what's the situation?!"
“Fuck fuck fuck fuck!”
"Italy is ahead?!"
“Italy is ahead of Argentina?!”
Wang Guangwei had just knocked on the door of a room when he heard exclamations coming from inside the room.
So he followed in and took a look, and saw Marco Rossini, Caesar, and other Italian players celebrating.
"Oh, not bad." He praised with a smile.
As a player who plays in Serie A, of course he supports the Italian team in this game.
After praising Italy's performance, he said to his teammates: "Turn off the TV, pack your things and get ready to gather and set off!"
"Okay, Team Kings!" The Chinese team players, who were still excited about Italy's goal just now, obediently turned off the TV.
Wang Guangwei turned around and went out, walking to another room.
Thanks to Italy's goal at this time, he didn't have to knock on the door one by one, because his teammates had already opened the door and ran out of the house.
He simply stood in the corridor and shouted:
"Gather! Gather! Let's go!!"
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"Oh my god, is Argentina going to lose?!"
Danny Drew looked at the celebrating Italian players and the dejected Argentine players on the TV screen, and expressed such exclamation and emotion.
Beside him, Maxi Carey checked the contents of his backpack for the last time, zipped it up, threw it on his back, and carried it on one shoulder.
"Nothing to see, Danny. It doesn't matter who wins or loses."
Carey said.
"Anyway, we win in the end."
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The staff in the hotel lobby, the media reporters and fans outside were all talking about Italy's lead just now.
In the 53rd minute of the game, Italy took the lead.
For Italy, which is good at defense, taking the lead is simply a killer!
So when the Chinese players stepped out of the elevator, speculation about the match between Italy and Argentina and pessimism about Argentina were spreading inside and outside the hotel.
However, this emotion disappeared after seeing the Chinese team players.
Someone quickly forgot about Italy and Argentina, and then let out the first cheers and screams: "They are coming! They are coming!"
Remind everyone present - the real protagonists are here!
The eyes and cameras were very neatly focused on the Chinese team players who came out.
Cheers resounded throughout the audience:
"Ahhh! Come on, Team China!"
At the same time, the same scene was happening outside the hotel where the Dutch team was staying.
Dutch fans sent blessings and cheers to the Dutch players who boarded the bus.