Seeing Hu Lai hugging Kabangka who was holding the ball, almost putting all his weight on it, the referee blew the whistle.
Hearing the whistle, the audience in front of the projection screen cheered - they thought the referee was blowing the final whistle.
When they found out that it was just a foul on Hulay, they started to curse again: "Japanese NM! It's not over yet? I have to score a goal for the Brazilian team before it's over, right?!"
"What is this melon doing?!"
"Black whistle! Black whistle!"
As a senior fan, Yan Yan thinks there is nothing wrong with the referee's approach, but he is also worried.
Especially after seeing Remus rushing towards him.
The goalkeeper's chance of scoring a goal is very low.
But what if?
Football is round, never say it's impossible.
So Yan Yan was also very nervous.
However, he didn't bother to scold the referee at all. He just stared at the projection screen quietly.
He knew that this free kick should be the Brazilian team's last offensive opportunity of the game.
He is waiting for the result of this offensive opportunity.
After others vented their emotions, they settled down and waited for the results.
Tonini kicked the free kick directly into the Chinese team's penalty area, and sure enough, Lemos won the point!
He leaped high and headed the ball!
Lin Zhiyuan rose into the air and waved upward.
He didn't touch anything!
Because the football went directly over the crossbar!
Then everyone finally heard the "sounds of nature" they had dreamed of!
"The game is over! The game is over! The Chinese team defeated the defending champion 3:2..."
What the commentator on the TV said was actually inaudible.
Yan Yan jumped up, raised his arms and shouted, then turned around and hugged Chu Yifan.
In front of them, more people were cheering, hugging, and roaring.
The entire stadium has become a sea of joy.
It's the same on the projection screen and on site.
The fans of the Chinese team wearing red jerseys jumped in the stands, raised their arms, and waved the national flag, making the stadium stands seem to come alive and pulsate powerfully!
At this moment, in countless corners of China, in the living rooms of thousands of households, in restaurants, barbecue stalls, shopping malls, subway stations, cinemas, bars, nightclubs, and on busy streets...
All have only one voice:
"We won!! We won!!"
I don’t even know how many people are hugging each other at this moment.
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Xie Lan hugged Hu Lixin, with tears in her eyes, and kept repeating: "Final! Final! We are going to the final!"
Hu Lixin was equally excited. He hugged his wife hard and said loudly to her: "Yes! We are going to the final! World Cup final!"
Li Ziqiang was punching hard, venting all his emotions into one punch after another.
Looking around, the whole stand is filled with Chinese people who are going crazy.
"Awesome! We won! We defeated the defending champion! We reached the World Cup final for the first time in history! Today, we are all witnesses of history!"
Han Shuyu said these words with a tearful voice, while using her mobile phone to take pictures of the surroundings, recording all the fans who were as excited as her, and recording this historic moment.
All the suppressed emotions were released at this moment, and few people could hold back their tears.
Even Li Qingliang, a steely straight man, was bursting with tears at this time, and his hands were shaking from crying. He could only hold on tightly to make the shot look as stable as possible.
He didn't scream loudly, but he already had a professional quality with "eyes".
In his "eyes", the red flags of Shanhai Stadium were flying, the crowds were surging, and the night sky above the stadium was reflected red.
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Seeing that the football he was hitting was higher than the crossbar, Lemos' knees softened when he landed and he knelt down.
He knew he had missed his last chance.
Around him, other Brazilian players collapsed on the court one after another.
Cheers filled the sky, like a huge wave that completely submerged them.
Some people cried bitterly on the spot, and some people's eyes were dull.
Even captain Kendall Kabangka, who had been fighting for a hundred minutes and had been boosting the morale of his teammates, could only stand there and look up to the sky when faced with defeat - his own emotions also needed to be digested.
Captain, he can comfort his teammates, but who can comfort him?
Seeing this scene, the Brazilian commentator sighed:
"Kabonka gave everything in the game, and we paid enough attention to the Chinese team and did a good job in all aspects, but why is the final result like this?"
I'm afraid this is also the question in the hearts of all Brazilian fans.
Their performance in this game was not bad. After being led by the Chinese team, they evened the score through timely adjustments and even completed the lead.
But the final result was not satisfactory.
In fact, this is normal. In football games, it doesn’t mean that you will win if you perform well enough.
In addition to luck, there is another reason for losing, and that is because the opponent performs better than you.
Brazilian fans may not be able to accept the fact that the Chinese team performed better than them, which is why they have such doubts.
But whether they are willing to accept it or not, this is the fact, and the fact is so cruelly placed in front of them:
This Chinese team is very strong, no worse than Brazil.
So it's not really a big surprise that they won.
This can also be seen from the comments of commentators from all over the world on this result. No one mentioned that this game was an "unpopular".
"...The hosts defeated Brazil at home! They made history! Congratulations to the Chinese team! They deserve it! Their performance in this game was outstanding... Note, it was everyone, not just Mei
The second degree of Hu! Everyone is so outstanding!"
"Hu and his teammates made history on their own doorstep! They became the first Asian team to reach the World Cup finals! They also rewrote the Asian team's record in the World Cup created by South Korea in the 2002 World Cup.
The best record ever! Congratulations to them, from now on, we finally don’t have to always associate South Korea’s name with this record! Team China! The real light of Asia!”
"The first team to reach the finals of this World Cup is born! Congratulations to the Chinese team! Congratulations to Hu! Judging from their performance in this World Cup, it does not seem to be a too surprising result to be able to reach the finals.
…”
"The players of the Brazilian team are very disappointed with this result! What I want to say is, hold your head high, don't cry in frustration, you should be proud of your performance! After all, you lost to a single goal that tied the World Cup
A team led by a record-breaking superstar! Hu’s performance in this game was impeccable! The world’s number one defensive midfielder Netorella defended him step by step, but still allowed him to score two goals! Especially
It was the second goal, which cannot be called a 'chance' at all! There is really no way to lose to Hu like this!"
…
To sum it up, just one sentence:
The Brazilian team is very good, but the Chinese team performed better in this game.
When the difference in strength is not large, if the team with better performance wins, is there any problem?
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Toni was neither sitting, nor kneeling, nor lying on the turf.
After taking the free kick, he stood there and watched the football fly into the Chinese team's penalty area, and then watched Lemos head the football out.
From the perspective of the free kick taker, the quality of his free kick was actually very high, and he accurately found Lemos among so many people.
But his teammates failed him with this accuracy.
After losing the game, Tonini leaned over, put his hands on his knees, and gasped for air.
He was brought on at halftime, and technically he only played half the game.
But he still feels tired now. If he doesn't support his knees with his hands, he seems to be about to fall.
The 32-year-old Kabangka may actually play in another World Cup, as long as he can maintain good condition.
And Toni, who is already 34 years old, knows very well that this is his last World Cup.
At this moment, someone put a hand on his shoulder.
He turned his head and saw Hu Lai's smiling face: "Cardozo, let's exchange jerseys."
Toni was a little surprised: "I thought you would go to Kabangka to exchange jerseys..."
"At this time, I'd better not provoke him."
"So you're just here to stimulate me?" After speaking, Tonini shook his head, "Actually, he is not as fragile as you think... Besides, he has already won the World Cup, but you haven't yet, so he still wants to suppress you.
!”
If you don't get any advantage on the court, you have to win it back with your words no matter what.
But he immediately said to Hu Lai: "There is one game left, go and win the championship! Let me tell you, Hu Lai, that trophy is pure gold, much heavier than the Champions League trophy. When you hold it up
Be careful!"
Hu Lai laughed loudly: "As expected of someone who has come before, you still have experience!"
Then hand over the jersey.
Toni also handed over his jersey: "You are making history, come on!"
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After exchanging jerseys with the opponent players, the Chinese players gathered together and began their traditional project after each game - walking around the field to thank all the Chinese fans who supported them.
The huge five-star red flag also appeared in the stands again, wandering around the stadium stands.
Seeing this scene, He Feng said with emotion:
"In the World Cup in the United States and Canada eight years ago, the fledgling Chinese team saw for the first time what a World Cup is. In that competition, although the Chinese team was eliminated from the group, it remained undefeated... Many people, including me, felt that
It’s a good ending, right? As the ending of participating in the World Cup for the first time, it can be said to be perfect...
"At that time, none of us probably thought that the Chinese team could defeat Brazil in the World Cup, let alone the semi-finals! To us, Brazilian football is like a sacred mountain! It can only be far away
Looking up and admiring, but not daring to have any blasphemous thoughts...
"What many people don't know is that after that game eight years ago, many Chinese players were not satisfied with the result, and they did not think that the result was perfect. Because there is a more perfect result.
That is, after a 3:3 draw, they continued to attack and beat Brazil! But at that time, they took the initiative to give up such a result and were content with a draw with Brazil... Over the years, they have been reflecting on this issue. Why didn't they do it again?
Give it a try? Why did you think that a draw with Brazil would be enough? But they have never said this to the outside world, and I only heard about it recently..."
Having said this, He Feng turned his head and glanced at Li Qingqing.
This was what Li Qingqing told him.
As Hu Lai's wife, Li Qingqing certainly knows the inside stories that even the media don't know.
"So audience friends, you know why the Chinese team continued to attack when the score was 2:2, with a posture of resolving the battle within 90 minutes, right? You know why the Chinese team did not learn from the mistakes of the last World Cup
Have you learned a lesson from the Dutch team's elimination? Because these young men from the Chinese team, compared with eight years ago, they... have a true 'championship heart'!"
When the wife in front of the TV heard what He Feng said, she turned around to see her husband's reaction.
But there was no one beside her.
"Lao Shi?"
Shi Wuyin stood in the yard without the lights on. He heard his wife calling, but there was no response.
He looked up at the night sky. In the courtyard of this villa on the outskirts of the city, when the weather was good, he could see a few stars.
Such as today.
The stars twinkled just above his head.
The head coach of the Chinese team eight years ago showed a relieved smile.
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PS, I have finally finished writing about this game. As the penultimate game in this book, I must write it in as much detail as possible.
Next, please allow me to update for a few more days and mention the archived manuscripts a little bit - I only have two archived manuscripts now, and I feel really unsure about entering the last game of this book.
In addition, I actually thought about replaying the finals in one go.
But then it will take a while to stop updating.
I know everyone is even more frightened by my discontinuation of updates, so I’ll forget about it...
This time it shouldn’t be a single update for too long, because I will resume double updates after entering the competition - I don’t expect to save many manuscripts in these few days, mainly so that I can be a little calmer when coding, and don’t
I was so overwhelmed by the progress of the serialization.