Chapter 2229 Do not accept any result other than victory
Pei Weilin pushed the football away, but it did not fall to the feet of the Chinese team players.
Because the ball was caught by Argentina's defensive midfielder Alberto Giampaoli.
Giampaoli stopped the football and moved it to the wing.
It was given to Farias who was pulling the edge diagonally in front.
But as soon as Farias received the ball, Xue Ming rushed forward aggressively.
Farias has been physically exhausted from playing so far. So he did not throw the football out immediately and then rely on speed to get rid of Xue Ming.
Because he knows that in his current state, he may not be able to get rid of Xue Ming, who is also not weak in speed - Xue Ming plays in La Liga Corvette Atlético, and Farias has also played against him in La Liga.
It's understanding.
If everyone had just come on stage, he would naturally not be afraid of Xue Ming.
But now he plays the whole game, and Xue Ming was only replaced in the 98th minute. The physical strength of the two is not at the same level.
So Farias could only stabilize the rhythm first, control the football at his feet, and then turn around to protect the ball.
As a result, just as he turned around, he was hit from the side by Xue Ming. Farias, who had relatively weak confrontation ability, was unable to stop him, and Xue Ming squeezed in between him and the football.
Farias was staggered and eventually lost control of the football.
After Xue Ming succeeded in stealing the ball, he looked up and saw Hu Lai. Zhou Zijing was already trying to penetrate the Argentina penalty area, so he passed the ball directly from the wing!
During the sprint, Zhou Zijing and Hu Lai crossed paths. He ran to the back, while Hu Lai rushed to the front!
In the end, Hu Lai grabbed the point in the penalty area. He threw the football back towards the far corner, but the football hit the shoulder of Peralta behind him, and then changed the line and flew towards the near corner of the goal!
Penalva, who was supposed to pounce from behind, was half a beat too slow to react, but it was precisely because of this half-beat that he was able to pounce back again!
He rushed forward and tried his best to hold up the football that was turning a strange arc with one palm. Then he quickly made a second reaction and picked the ball out of the air without letting the football go out of the baseline and without giving the Chinese team a corner kick.
"Hu Lai's header! This ball... points forward! Oops! What a pity!"
Because the distance between Jule and Peralta was so close, no one saw the change of direction clearly. They just saw the football flying closer, causing Penalva to make a very embarrassing save and almost scored.
ball!
So there were cheers and sighs from the stands at the same time.
Through slow-motion replay, everyone saw clearly that Peralta almost scored an own goal.
The Argentinian commentator said with some fear: "This ball is very dangerous. Fortunately, Penalva did not move in advance, otherwise he would not have time to pounce back!"
But on the other hand, if Peralta had not blocked it, with Penalva's reaction speed, the ball might have flown into the goal, and he would have pounced back...
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The Chinese team relied on Hu Lai's header to create a threat.
Argentina is not to be outdone.
After Farias received Melli's pass from the wing, he cut inside and passed the Chinese team's right back Wang Dong!
But just when he tried to continue cutting inside, he was stopped by Xia Xiaoyu and Qin Qi.
Unable to break through, he handed the football back to Melli.
Melly took another shot from outside the penalty area.
This time it went beyond the bottom line!
The Chinese fans in the stands were so shocked that they let out a sigh of relief.
"Melli! Beautiful shot! He scared the Chinese fans!" Of course, the Argentine commentator applauded and cheered for every attack of the Argentine team.
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Luo Kai took the ball on the left side of the frontcourt, and Peng Weijun drove forward at high speed from behind him.
Peng Weijun, who came on as a substitute in the second half, seemed to have endless energy.
Luo Kai passed the football to Peng Weijun. Although he was far away, Peng Weijun finally received the ball first.
At this time, Argentine right back Carlos Obregon also pressed forward.
Facing Obregón's pressing and interception, Peng Weijun forced a breakthrough toward the bottom line.
When he was about to reach the bottom line, Argentina midfielder Dino Sosa chased him back. Facing Sosa's interception, Peng Weijun swung his left foot and made a pass.
Dino Sosa stretched out his feet and pressed against it.
Peng Weijun used his left foot to buckle the football back, and at the same time he stopped and turned around, trying to break into the penalty area from the other side.
Sosa's body bumped into him, and he collided with Peng Weijun who turned around.
The two fell to the ground at the same time, but the football rolled to the side.
Amid the boos, the referee did not blow the whistle.
Luo Kai, who was nearby, was the first to react. He rushed up to catch the football and walked towards the penalty area.
Then facing the Argentinian players who were all huddled in the small penalty area, he passed an inverted triangle pass!
Xia Xiaoyu entered the penalty area and shot with his feet!
Goalkeeper Penalva fell to the ground and blocked him with a side dive!
However, Penalva was not able to directly control the football. The football was just thrown in front of him...
"Danger!!"
"Hulai!!"
Hulay, who was near the landing point, tried to make a follow-up shot, but was held tightly by the Argentinian center back Peralta in front of him. Finally, Penalva struggled to get up from the ground, took the football into his arms, and pressed it on
Under the body, this can completely resolve the danger in front of the Argentine team!
The Argentinian commentator shouted excitedly: "Peralta has done a great job! He held his position!"
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"The Chinese team's offensive is still more fierce..."
Assistant coach Pinto said worriedly.
"Dino (Sosa) can no longer stand it and must be replaced."
"Yeah." Feisol nodded, "Let Franco and Juan appear."
Franco Gonzalez, 24 years old, is the only player in the Argentine national team who plays in Argentina. He serves as a central midfielder, has outstanding running ability, and has a good long pass.
In this World Cup, he played a total of four times, including one start and three substitutes. He did not score or assist, and his performance was quite satisfactory.
At this time, Feisol chose to play Gonzalez and replace the exhausted defensive midfielder Dino Sosa. It was certainly not to simply strengthen the defense.
Instead, while defending, you also want to counterattack.
Because Gonzalez's long pass can help Argentina launch an attack!
Feisol still had the same idea before the game - instead of thinking about how to prevent the Chinese team from scoring, it would be better to score more goals and score earlier than the Chinese team.
When Melly and Farias were physically exhausted, and Lesman was unable to create a threat on his own, Faisol needed Gonzalez, a central midfielder who was good at controlling the rhythm and sending long passes, to
Let Argentina's offense advance to the Chinese team's half, especially the thirty-meter area.
In addition to Gonzalez, the other substitute was center back Juan Sosa, who replaced the equally exhausted center back Geronimo Rojas. This was an ordinary matchup substitution, nothing.
Easy to talk about.
At this point, Argentina has also used up its last substitution opportunity and quota.
Not long after he came on the field, Franco Gonzalez showed his ability and role with a precise long pass.
Through this long pass, he accurately found Lesmann on the sideline.
Lesmann then made a pass from the right, and Grazzini finally completed the header from the center.
However, due to interference from Qin Qi, his header was not in the right position and the football flew high over the crossbar.
"Faisol tried to counterattack by passing long balls instead of dribbling the ball forward! This is right! We cannot be passively beaten! To counterattack the Chinese team and hit them behind, then passing the ball is obviously better than dribbling.
More efficient!" The Argentinian commentator agreed very much with Feisol's adjustment.
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Xue Ming received the ball on the right side near the center line, but as soon as he received the ball, he was attacked from the front and back by Giampaoli and Ngoza - because Xue Ming received the ball with his back to the attacking direction, he did not expect Argentina behind him.
The left back came up so quickly, he was busy dealing with Giampaoli.
However, after stopping the ball, Ngoza hit him hard from behind and knocked the ball away with his feet. Giampaoli found the opportunity to turn around and control the ball.
Upon seeing this, Xue Ming immediately reached out to pull Zhan Baoli's shoulder. Even if he fouled here, he couldn't let the opponent launch an attack!
Giampaoli's body was stretched so hard that he couldn't move. He could only use the outside instep of his right foot to move the football horizontally to the center and pass it to Gonzalez.
Before Gonzalez caught the ball, he had already observed Grazzini who suddenly moved forward. So after catching the ball, he quickly sent a long pass over the top!
"Danger!"
Seeing this ball, He Feng exclaimed in the commentary box.
Because Grazzini has already rushed behind the central defender Qin Qi!
Gonzalez's pass was too decisive, leaving Qin Qi little time to react.
When he turned around, Grazzini had already stuck him behind!
However, Qin Qi did not give up. He still quickly caught up with him. At the same time, goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan also decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.
Facing the ball flying from behind, Grazzini did not stop the ball calmly like his captain Melli or Hu Lai, pass Qin Qi and then shoot.
Instead, just kick off!
While he was shooting, Qin Qi stretched his feet from the side to block it!
Grazzini still hit the ball!
Lin Zhiyuan jumped up and tried to save, only to find that the ball had been hit by Grazzini and bounced back!
The football slipped under his arm!
At this moment, I don’t know how many Chinese fans’ hearts stopped when they saw the football flying towards the goal!
Until they saw the football miss the near post and hit the billboard behind the baseline!
"Ah ah ah! What a risk! What a risk!! Grazzini's shot missed!! Ah——!" He Feng pressed his hand on his heart, trying to suppress his violently beating heart.
The Argentinian commentator put his head in his hands and looked at the court with wide eyes in disbelief: "Grazzini! Grazzini! He missed Argentina's best scoring opportunity after the overtime started! How could he do this?!
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Grazzini also found it incredible. He also held his head in his hands, knelt on the turf, and stared blankly in the direction of the Chinese team's goal.
Why did I miss the ball?!
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"Ah... I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die! It scares me to death, it scares me to death..."
Xie Lan slumped down weakly, leaning on the back of the chair, mumbling and repeating.
Hu Lixin looked down at his arm. There were clearly four red marks on it - left by his wife's tight squeeze on his arm just now.
But he didn't even notice it just now. It wasn't until this moment that he felt a dull pain in his arm. He lowered his head and found that it was his wife who was holding it...
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"The adjustment of Feisol replacing Gonzalez was right. After Gonzalez came on, Argentina's counterattack became obviously more threatening!"
"After the Chinese team continuously threatened Argentina's goal, Argentina also posed a threat to the Chinese team! Just like the injury time in this final, the same is true in overtime. Either side may kill the opponent! Any side can kill the opponent!
One side—even one that seems to have the upper hand—may suddenly die suddenly!”
"The overtime has been played for ten minutes, and the competition between the two sides has become more and more intense! It's so exciting! Thanks to the two teams for their best performance, we have enjoyed the most exciting World Cup final in the 21st century... No,
Probably the most exciting final in the history of the World Cup!"
"I feel... the game is like this, no matter what the result is, it is acceptable..." Sugiyama Tatsuya murmured, seeming to be talking to himself.
But Junpei Morikawa next to him expressed a different opinion: "No, Sugiyama-kun. Just because the game has reached this point, it is impossible for either side to accept defeat. The losing side will not feel proud, and their regret and pain will be greater than usual."
Deeper and heavier.”
While saying this, he gripped the handrail of the railing in front of him so hard that his knuckles turned white, as if he was about to leave marks on the iron railing.
