Xie Lan raised her head slightly and looked at a screen hanging in front of her.
The screen is playing the live broadcast signal, allowing fans to see the scene outside the stadium.
Players from both sides have walked out of their respective locker rooms and walked to the court through the players' tunnel.
Xie Lan squinted his eyes and observed carefully.
She wanted to see the expressions of the Argentine players.
If she sees the Argentine players smiling, she will breathe a sigh of relief - because it means that the Argentine players have relaxed and may have the idea of underestimating their opponents.
That is the opportunity for the Chinese team.
But what disappoints Sheeran is that every Argentine player who appears in the close-up has a serious expression.
After their captain Melly came out, he patted his teammates one by one to cheer them on.
This means that Argentinian players should not underestimate their opponents...
"Oh my God!" Xie Lan cursed in disappointment, "You're still so cowardly when you're two goals ahead!"
Then she saw the Chinese team players walking out of the locker room after the Argentine players and appearing in the corridor.
"Come on! Team China! Come on, son!"
She shook her fist at the screen and shouted.
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"Okay, audience friends, welcome back to the Capital Workers Stadium, the venue for this World Cup final! Players from both sides have already appeared, and the second half of the game is about to begin."
Hearing He Feng's voice, Peng Hao put down his cell phone and turned his attention to the TV screen.
During the halftime break, he went to Weibo to read everyone’s comments on the first half.
He became angry when he saw it - he knew that the Chinese team did not perform well in the first half, and there was no precedent in history for a comeback after falling behind by two goals. But he just couldn't tolerate someone blaming the Chinese team, especially himself.
's cousin.
Why didn't my cousin score a goal in the first half? Are you guys blind?
How many goals has he scored in this World Cup? Without his goals, could the Chinese team reach the World Cup finals?
Oh, now just because he didn't score for 45 minutes in the first half, you idiots are barking like dogs on the Internet and making my cousin take the blame and be the scapegoat!
Although I can't win glory for my country on the court like my cousin, I can speak justice for my cousin online!
Want to bully my cousin online?
There is no way!
I’ll take care of your mother first!
So during the entire fifteen minutes of intermission, he spent the entire fifteen minutes on the Internet quarreling with people at high intensity.
During this period, his wife Yao Yuling came over to see what he was doing. When she found out, she just rolled her eyes at him but did not stop him.
Because Yao Yuling knew that she was behind by two goals in the first half, Peng Hao was actually under a lot of pressure and felt unhappy and needed to vent.
So it is definitely better to go online and scold those obsessive "stupid(ha)mapi" than to quarrel with your family.
"... During this halftime break, neither team made any substitutions. Especially Argentina, which did not make any substitution adjustments, which was a bit surprising. The high press in the first half was very energy-consuming... I don't know if the Argentina team will continue in the second half.
If you continue to play like this, how long can you last..."
Li Qingqing said from the side: "After all, they are two goals ahead, so there is definitely no need to make substitutions. If they have to make substitutions, they will be made when physical fitness problems begin. Now Feisol may not feel it is necessary..."
Hearing what Li Qingqing said, Peng Hao sighed.
No one else in the living room said a word.
It was completely different from the cheerful atmosphere at the beginning of the first half.
It wasn't until Hu Lai appeared in the close-up that these family members and relatives cheered up a little and cheered for their family's pride.
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As the referee blew his whistle, Cantero kicked the football into the backcourt amid the cheers of the Argentine fans.
The global commentators in the commentary box shouted together: "The second half of the game has begun!"
The Argentine team, which had possession of the ball, did not play backcourt, but quickly pushed the ball forward in an attempt to threaten the Chinese team's goal.
Faced with Argentina's aggressive playing style, the Chinese team shrank to a 30-meter area to defend.
They set up two very clear lines of defense at the front of their penalty area.
In addition to center Zhou Zijing at the front, even Hu Lai returned to the penalty area to help defend.
After some passing, Dino Sosa sent a pick-up pass from more than thirty meters away.
At the same time, offensive midfielder Morero accelerated into the Chinese team's penalty area, hoping to take advantage of the space created by Melila.
Dino Sousa's pass was a little too big and did not reach Moreiro's feet accurately. Instead, it was hugged by the attacking Chinese goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan.
This is the end of Argentina's attack after the kick-off.
However, they did not retreat to their own half of the field as if the tide was ebbing.
Instead, just like in the first half, they stayed in the frontcourt and adopted a man-for-man strategy against the Chinese team players.
"Sure enough, it's still oppression from a high position!" He Feng shook his head.
The Argentine commentator said excitedly: "Very good! Looking at it now, Feisol is not satisfied with leading by two goals! This is right, this is right! Although from the historical record, the two-goal lead at halftime is already
We are guaranteed to win the championship. But...who would think that the lead is not big enough?"
Faced with almost man-to-man situations, if it was the first half, Lin Zhiyuan would definitely have made a long pass to find Zhou Zijing in front.
However, after halftime adjustments, Lin Zhiyuan chose to pass the football to the wing.
The pass was passed to Luo Kai, who had retreated very deep and was already in the full-back position.
Roquet retreated so deep that an Argentine player still came up to attack him, but it was not Argentine left back Gabriel Ngoza, but left winger Farias.
If Roquet is only in the midfield position, then the Argentine left back will be defending him.
Now that Luo Kai has retreated so deep, Argentina's pressing has also undergone a handover, and it is replaced by Farias to press him.
After Luo Kai caught the ball, Farias did not directly extend his foot to intercept the ball - it would have been easily passed.
He chose to stand in front of Luo Kai, preventing him from dribbling the ball forward and blocking his passing route.
This is a very smart approach, and it is also the approach taken by Argentina in the first half:
When they are particularly close to the Chinese team's penalty area, they are not in a hurry to grab the ball, but focus on pressing. When the Chinese team players send the football forward to the midfield, the Argentinian players use more aggressive actions to grab the ball.
ball, forcing Chinese players to make mistakes in passing and controlling the ball.
But the situation now is different from the first half.
In the first half, the Chinese team had relatively few points where they could score the ball stably, but now they have Zhang Qinghuan.
Seeing Luo Kai being blocked by Farias, Xia Xiaoyu quickly moved closer to him to meet him.
At the same time, Zhang Qinghuan also retreated to fill the space left by Xia Xiaoyu.
In this way, when the Chinese team players face Argentine players pressing, they don't always have to use long-distance passes to break through. After all, the longer the passing distance, the worse the passing accuracy, and the higher the probability of making a mistake.
Seeing Xia Xiaoyu coming to meet him, Luo Kai passed the football to him and immediately started to bypass Farias.
Farias did not attack Xia Xiaoyu, but turned around and followed Luo Kai. Because he knew that there would definitely be teammates to take care of Xia Xiaoyu.
Indeed, when Xia Xiaoyu caught the ball, Morello stood in front of him and approached him.
Xia Xiaoyu passed the ball to Luo Kai who was penetrating forward.
A two-over-one hit the wall and cooperated.
Farias just followed Luo Kai, but did not try to intercept the ball before Luo Kai, because if he did not intercept the ball successfully, he might let the target go, allowing Ngoza, his teammate in front, to catch the ball in a short time.
Falling into a difficult one-on-one situation with Luo Kai.
Farias only needs to follow Luo Kai, force him in front of Ngoza, and then two on one, the success rate of grabbing the ball will be greatly increased.
Luo Kai guessed how Argentina would deal with him, so he did not dribble the ball, but kept stopping the ball near the sideline, knocking the ball passed by Xia Xiaoyu to Zhang Qinghuan.
So far, the Chinese team players have been playing the ball quickly and trying not to let the ball stay at their feet for too long.
But when the football was passed to Zhang Qinghuan, the rhythm changed.
Zhang Qinghuan made a gesture to meet him, and when de la Vega followed him, he suddenly cut across to block de la Vega with his body, then let the football pass, and then turned around!
Not willing to be thrown away like this, de la Vega reached out and grabbed Zhang Qinghuan's arm.
Zhang Qinghuan resisted his interference and passed the football back to midfielder Ou Yangjin in the middle.
While passing the ball, Zhang Qinghuan pointed at Xia Xiaoyu who was returning to his position, seemingly wanting Ou Yangjin to pass the football to Xia Xiaoyu.
But what he shouted was: "Pass it to me!"
While shouting this, he moved sideways towards Ou Yangjin.
Sure enough, Zhang Qinghuan's gesture and Xia Xiaoyu's forward thrust deceived the Argentine players. They all rushed towards Xia Xiaoyu, but missed Zhang Qinghuan.
He suddenly speeded up and ducked into the space laterally, catching the ball passed forward by Ou Yangjin.
"Beautiful! Zhang Qinghuan caught the ball without anyone marking him!"
Zhang Qinghuan turned around and immediately passed the football to the left, allowing Chen Xingyi to take advantage of his quick start!
"China's attack!"
Amid the cheers of the Chinese fans, Chen Xingyi caught up with the football, and then faced the Argentine right back Osqui who intercepted him. Without any extra movement, he directly pushed the football forward!
Rely on speed to defeat Osqui!
"Speed! Hit him!"
When Osqui saw Chen Xingyi's posture, he knew that even if he turned around, he would definitely be thrown away.
So he simply didn't turn around, took a step forward, stretched out his hand and grabbed Chen Xingyi's jersey.
With this tug, Chen Xingyi lost the power to move forward and could no longer catch up with the ball...
The referee's whistle and boos from the sky sounded at the same time.
"Osqui fouled! This is a tactical foul! It should be a card!"
Sure enough, the referee came over with a yellow card in his hand.
The Argentine commentator was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision: "Isn't it too harsh to give a yellow card for such a foul?"
Osqui was also defending himself. He did grab Chen Xingyi's jersey, but it was still far away from the goal. Even if Chen Xingyi was allowed to pass, it would not be a direct threat to the goal...
But his defense was too weak.
For such an obvious tactical foul, the referee must make a statement, otherwise he may not be able to suppress the anger of the Chinese players.
In order to prevent such an important game like the World Cup final from turning into an "all-out showdown", the referee must not be lenient when playing cards.
After all, he gave a yellow card to a Chinese team player in the first half...
He Feng said: "This is the first yellow card Argentina has received in this game! This is the first yellow card Argentina has received in this game!"
He said this sentence twice, which contained a strong emphasis.
Because in his heart, there is actually something he has not said:
Does this yellow card represent some kind of turning point?
