Xia Xiaoyu received Hulay's pass, and at the same time, the Brazilian team's players also crossed the center line.
Their center Reinaldo Lima led the way.
At the same time, Xia Xiaoyu heard Wang Guangwei's voice from behind: "Return, Xiaoyu!"
Xia Xiaoyu didn't turn around or look back, he just knocked the football behind him with his heel.
At the same time, he also stepped slightly sideways, blocking Lima who was trying to bypass him.
When Wang Guangwei called for Xia Xiaoyu to pass the ball, he had already observed the situation in front of him.
After he stopped the ball, he quickly adjusted, then raised his right leg and made a long pass with his big foot.
The football flies to the right.
Luo Kai is already in place.
However, the Brazilian team's left back Rafael Fonseca was also in position - blocking the inside line, not rushing up, but waiting for Luo Kai to receive the ball.
Generally, for long passes like this, the receiver needs to adjust if he wants to stop the ball, which is very difficult.
He could have taken advantage of Luo Kai to stop the ball and pounce on it again.
Even if he can't steal the ball directly, he can still interfere with Luo Kai and make him unable to stop the ball.
Luo Kai guessed what Fonseca was thinking. He looked for the target in the middle and saw Hu Lai running over to pick him up.
So he jumped up and passed the football in the air directly to Hu Lai in the middle.
After landing, he accelerated and rushed forward along the sideline, taking Fonseca away.
But this did not help Hu Lai relieve the pressure.
Because Nettorella is with him.
Feeling the pressure from the Brazilian midfielder behind him, Hu Lai used his feet to pass the flying football directly back to Xia Xiaoyu.
Then turned around and ran forward.
Netolila ignored Xia Xiaoyu, turned around and ran back with Hu Lai.
Now Hulay's guess before kick-off was confirmed - Netolela's goal in the second half was him!
As for Xia Xiaoyu who had the ball, he handed it over to Tonini who had just come on.
Xia Xiaoyu made a gesture of passing the ball directly to Luo Kai who was advancing forward, then dunked the football to the left with his right foot and turned around at the same time.
Tonini bumped into him at this moment.
Xia Xiaoyu staggered and almost lost the ball!
But even if he protected the ball, he lost the opportunity to pass the ball.
The Chinese team players who were originally running had to move again and find their positions, and the original offensive rhythm was disrupted.
In this regard, Xia Xiaoyu did not force the attack forward. He passed the football back and reorganized the attack from the back line.
Then he looked back at Toni who bumped into him.
When Tonyni saw Xia Xiaoyu looking at him, he smiled and said in Portuguese: "Your physical resistance is a bit weak, young man."
Xia Xiaoyu ignored the opponent, because he knew that it had nothing to do with his physical fitness. He was hit and staggered due to mental arithmetic, but he didn't lose the ball in the end. He was already considered to be strong in physical confrontation.
Tonini was playing psychological warfare with himself when he said this.
After all... he was a teammate who played in the same club with Brother Hu for seven years, and he had some "bad habits".
Why did he speak to himself in Portuguese? Because he knew that he had played football in Portugal and could understand Portuguese.
Having specifically understood his own past, and being so targeted, that is a deliberate provocation.
If you talk to him yourself or take his words to heart, you will be considered to have fallen into the other party's scheme.
Xia Xiaoyu threw Tonini away and ran backwards to receive the ball from the back line.
At the same time, he kept looking back to observe the surrounding situation and found that Toni did not follow him, but stayed in the midfielder position.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoyu asked for the ball again.
Because he dropped deep enough, when he received the ball, he was facing the direction of the attack.
Toni still didn't come up, but Kabangka came up.
Xia Xiaoyu then distributed the football to left back Peng Weijun on the wing.
He has confirmed that Nettorella's target after coming on the field is not him, but Brother Hu.
The main tasks of the two defensive midfielders Tonini and Gonsalves are to cover and intercept in the midfield and protect the back line.
Just like Nettorella and Gonçalves in the first half.
And Netolela was liberated to specifically target Brother Hu...
In this way, no matter how Hu Ge moves, it will not affect the Brazilian team's defensive position.
Opportunities like scoring goals in the first half will become less and less in the second half.
The subsequent development of the game also confirmed Xia Xiaoyu's speculation.
After the Chinese team advanced the ball into the frontcourt, Hu Lai pulled out from the penalty area to respond.
After receiving the ball, he wanted to find Zhou Zijing to cooperate.
As a result, under Netolera's close defense, he failed to pass the ball accurately, and the ball finally fell to the Brazilian team.
After the kick-off, the Chinese team's offensive was over.
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After the Brazilian team gained the ball, Kabangka did not drop deep to respond as he did in the first half.
The football was handed to Toni and passed through him.
Tonini saw the Chinese team's defensive midfielder Ou Yangjin following Kabangka and chose to move the football to the wing.
Fonseca pressed up to receive Tonini's pass, and Roquet came to defend him.
He passed the football to Kabangka who came to meet him in the middle.
Facing Ou Yangjin, Kabangka used the toes of his right foot to pass the football between his legs while catching the ball!
Ou Yangjin was caught off guard and was passed by Kabangka!
The Brazilian fans in the stands cheered loudly.
Amid their cheers, Kabangka dribbled the ball diagonally towards the center of the penalty area.
Xia Xiaoyu quickly made up for it.
The Chinese team's center is relatively empty.
Kabangka used the outside instep of his right foot to push the football toward the middle.
Gonsalves steps forward!
Fortunately, Chen Xingyi came over in time.
But then the right wing is empty again...
Gonçalves then distributed the football to the right back Gazal who was running on the wing. Then he cut forward diagonally to the wing and ran in front of Gazal, attracting the Chinese team's left back Peng Weijun.
Chen Xingyi turned around and attacked Gazal.
Gazal passed the football forward and put it back at the feet of Gonçalves.
Then he accelerated and thrust forward from behind Peng Weijun.
Chen Xingyi ran over with him, so that he did not have to temporarily hand over defense to Peng Weijun, thus avoiding confusion during the handover.
As expected, Peng Weijun's motionless defense left Gonçalves with no good solution.
Gonsalves had no choice but to pass the ball to the center, looking for Kabangka.
Brazil's core ran towards the football, taking Ou Yangjin with him.
Xia Xiaoyu is also in that direction. As long as Kabangka stops the ball, he and Ou Yangjin can attack back and forth!
but……
"One leak!"
Kabangka, who was running towards the football, raised his foot and missed the football!
Everything is like Xia Xiaoyu’s goal in the first half!
Xia Xiaoyu and Ou Yangjin were shaken away at the same time. They could only watch as Tonini swung his left foot against the flying football!
Shoot!
"Bang!"
The football flew towards the Chinese team's goal like a cannonball.
At that moment, countless Chinese fans stopped breathing...
It wasn't until they saw Lin Zhiyuan flying in the air and saving the football from the bottom line with one hand that they all took a deep breath.
"Lin Zhiyuan! Beautiful save!"
"The Chinese team made a defensive mistake this time, but fortunately Lin Zhiyuan saved the team!"
"So far in this World Cup, the Chinese team has only conceded one goal, and Lin Zhiyuan deserves the most credit!"
After completing the save, Lin Zhiyuan stood up amid cheers and waved his fist vigorously to the stands behind the goal to vent his emotions and calm his racing heart.
"Not long after Tonini came on the field, he completed a very high-quality shot! It can be seen that he is in good condition! Well done, Tonini!"
The Brazilian commentator sounded encouraging. Although there was no goal in this attack, the adjustments made by head coach Pedro Garcia at halftime were immediately effective.
This is a place that makes him very happy.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.
An offense does not have to score a goal to be considered a success. The most important thing is to see positive things from it.
Li Qingqing, who was also in the commentary box, also smelled danger from the Brazilian team's attack.
And through the attack and defense between the Chinese team and the Brazilian team, she finally confirmed her inner guess.
It seems that Garcia just added a defensive midfielder to the team, but in fact, both defense and offense were immediately improved. Defensively, Netolera specifically marked Hulay, and the others could maintain the integrity of the defense and would not appear.
Too many loopholes.
Offensively, Tonini has stronger offensive attributes, coupled with Gonçalves who has a balance of offense and defense. When attacking, these two midfielders can insert themselves into the Chinese team's defense.
In addition to Kabangca, the Brazilian team has three people in the middle, while the Chinese team only has two people. They are already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. If the opponent frequently mobilizes the Chinese team's defense... the situation will not be good.
Li Qingqing hoped that she was overthinking, so she did not speak out her guess immediately, but planned to observe and observe before speaking.
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Assistant coach Joao Costa Cavill said to Pedro Garcia: "Should we start with this formation? That way at least we will not fall behind..."
Garcia looked at the court and shook his head and said: "This is a temporary measure. If we play like this in the first round, maybe it won't have such an effect. Besides...it's not too late. We are only behind by one goal, and the game lasts a full half."
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While talking, the Brazilian team had already taken a corner kick, but it did not threaten the Chinese team's goal.
The ball allowed Lin Zhiyuan to attack and pick it off, without giving players from both sides a chance to compete for the top of the ball in front of his goal.
He threw the ball forward, and the Chinese team launched an offensive into the Brazilian team's penalty area amid the cheers of the home fans.
The players of the Brazilian team quickly retreated to their own half, as if the sea was ebbing.
