Chapter 142 Before shedding the last drop of blood
After attracting three Chinese players with the ball, Melli suddenly gave the ball away instead of shooting!
Passed to Ramon Cantero on the right side of the penalty area!
“Danger!” He Feng exclaimed.
Cantero started to adjust his pace when Melli passed the ball to him. When the football came over, he just adjusted his pace to the point where he could shoot directly, so he shot with a flick of his foot!
“I’m coming!!” With a loud shout, Lin Zhiyuan jumped out and threw himself at the back corner.
The football shot by Cantero indeed made an arc and went straight to the back corner!
The football was firmly clamped in the air by Lin Zhiyuan's hands, and then pressed onto the turf. Lin Zhiyuan then fell from the air and quickly curled up to protect the football inside his body to avoid the possibility of losing his hands.
“Lin Zhiyuan! He made a very good save! He didn’t even give Argentina a chance to shoot back! Well done!” He Feng and Yan Kang did not hesitate to praise Lin Zhiyuan.
When the team is under siege, what is often looked at is the performance of the goalkeeper. If a goalkeeper can repeatedly make wonderful saves, it can greatly boost the morale and morale of the team, stabilize the defense, and allow the players to
The more you guard, the more confident you will be.
From this point of view, Lin Zhiyuan is a goalkeeper who can boost morale.
Lin Zhiyuan, who made a wonderful save, did not get up in a hurry, but lay on the ground for a while longer to kill some time before getting up and kicking the football in front.
He saw Hulay jump up and compete with the opponent's captain Juan Sosa, but failed. Sosa pushed the ball back, and Argentina took advantage of the situation to launch another attack.
Lin Zhiyuan felt his heart beating wildly as he took a ready stance.
Damn...Hu Lai, you are so awesome, if you have the ability, you can score another one! Don't let them attack around us all the time!
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Hulay, who did not win the ball, desperately returned to defense. When Ramon Cantero retreated to catch the ball and then turned around to attack, he grabbed Cantero's clothes with both hands and did not wait until the referee blew the whistle.
let go.
This made Cantero very unhappy. He had always disliked Hu Lai, but now that he saw that the other party was so shameless, he became even more angry and raised his hand to push Hu Lai.
Hu Lai, who had never let go before, was pushed back several steps by him. In the end, he failed to maintain his balance and fell to the ground.
Sitting on the ground, he did not forget to turn his head to look at the referee and spread his hands to him. He reminded the referee: Look, he pushed me!
“Eh? This ball Cantero is very unfriendly!” He Feng shouted, completely ignoring that it was actually Hu Lai who pulled someone else’s jersey first. Of course, at this time, he was helping his relatives but not taking care of him!
The bayonets on both sides are red. Either you die or I live. How can we talk about neutrality and objectivity?
On the other side, the commentator on the Argentine TV station was yelling at Hulay: "Foul first and then diving! You are young and don't learn well!"
There were loud boos in the stands of Santa Lucia Stadium, but it was difficult to tell which of the boos were for Cantero who pushed and which were for Hulay who committed the foul.
Cantero saw Hu Lai look at the referee after he fell to the ground. How could he not understand what he was thinking? But after he understood it, it made him even more angry. At that time, he wanted to rush up and argue with Hu Lai.
It's a fucking foul and you still want to mess with me?!
As a result, he was hugged by Merry: "Calm down, Ramon! He deliberately lured you over! Now the situation is ours, if you are punished, it will be over!"
Cantero calmed down after hearing what his good friend said.
He spat in the direction of Hu Lai: "Insidious!"
After the referee came up, he first gave Hu Lai a yellow card. It was such an obvious deliberate attempt to pull someone away. Not giving him a yellow card would not be enough to convince the crowd.
Then he turned around and gave Cantero another yellow card for pushing someone in retaliation...
Cantero's eyes widened when he saw the yellow card. Merry suddenly felt the pressure on himself suddenly increase. Cantero in his arms was like a husky trying desperately to break free of the reins, which almost made him pull away.
live.
“Calm down! Calm down! Ramon! Don’t bother the referee!”
Meli felt so tired. He had never felt this way before during a game...
He dragged Cantero with all his strength and set his sights on the culprit.
The boy seemed to regret that he had not been able to successfully provoke, and was shaking his head and sighing.
Good boy Mellie Banega didn't like this approach, and he frowned.
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“That turtle is so bullying! He dares to push our Hu Lai!” Xie Lan rolled up his sleeves in front of the TV, as if he was going to teach Cantero a lesson.
Hu Lixin looked at his wife who was too involved in the drama and didn't know what to say...
Everyone has turned around, and they only need to speed up to launch a counterattack. As a result, your son grabs the jersey with both hands, and the chance of counterattack is just gone. Can he not be angry?
Hu Lixin knew that Hu Lai, as a center, had no defensive ability and could only rely on his enthusiasm. At this time, there was really no other way except fouling. In any case, it helped the Chinese team consume a few more minutes of game time.
Cantero was angry that his chance to counterattack had been terminated, but Hu Lai took advantage of the trick and sat on the ground, confirming Cantero's revenge. If it hadn't been for that Merry who grabbed Cantero in time, Hu Lixin believed that as long as
When Cantero went up to look for trouble with Hu Lai, he would cover his face and roll on the ground if he dared to touch even a hair on Hu Lai. He must make sure that the fouled team's two yellows turn into one red and he was sent off immediately.
Watching his son play football for so many years, Hu Lixin has a deep understanding of his playing style. He bets that Hu Lai will definitely do this.
Who did this kid learn to be so bad-tempered from...
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The interlude between Julay and Cantero caused the game time to pass by a few minutes. It stands to reason that even if Argentina draws with the Chinese team in this game, it can still guarantee the qualification of the group, but it will lose its status as the first in the group.
They shouldn't be so impatient.
But what Argentina is pursuing is not just qualifying from one group.
In another stadium that kicked off at the same time, Belgium already led Nigeria by one goal.
If everyone ends their respective games with the current score, Belgium will qualify first in the group with two wins, one draw and seven points. Argentina will qualify second in the group with one win, two draws and five points, and then go to the quarter-finals with the host Spain.
The Olympic team is struggling.
Of course Argentina could not accept this result, so even though they knew that they would qualify with a draw, they still bombarded the Chinese team's goal and became more and more manic as the game time went by.
After the game was interrupted and restarted, the Argentine players launched an attack on the Chinese team's goal.
This time when Cantero got the ball outside the penalty area, he ignored the call for the ball from his teammate who was in a better position and took a long shot himself.
This long-range shot, which was like venting anger, put all his strength into it, flew high over the crossbar and went straight to the stands behind the goal.
Melli was very dissatisfied with Cantero's shot. No matter how good the relationship between the two was in private, he couldn't help but yelled at Cantero: "What are you doing, Ramon?!"
Cantero also calmed down after the shot. It seemed that all his anger was kicked into the stands along with the football. He quickly raised his hand to apologize to Melli.
Although Melli is not the captain, with his ability and the honors he has received, he is the absolute boss in this Olympic team. Even the captain Juan Sosa has to give Melli face.
Let alone others.
Although Mellie usually seems to be a very gentle person, he can still cause people to feel great pressure when he is angry.
Seeing that Cantero simply admitted his mistake, Melly couldn't continue to pester him. He sighed: "Let's start over!"
Another wasted opportunity...
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In fact, Melli was also angry, but he chose to vent his anger on his opponents rather than football.
“Melli shoots! It’s dangerous!”
Seeing the football go wide of the goal, He Feng let out a long breath and said with lingering fear.
"Melimelli, Melimelly, he passed the football, Martinez, be careful!" He Feng exclaimed again.
After attracting many defensive players from the Olympic team, Melli distributed the football to his midfielder teammate Christian Martinez. The latter rounded his legs and volleyed. The football was blocked by Wang Guangwei, who came up to defend.
bounce out.
Wang Guangwei, who was hit by the football, was shaken and fell to the ground, clutching his stomach and seemed unable to get up.
However, Argentina did not take the initiative to stop, but continued to attack, so Wang Guangwei swayed up from the ground holding his stomach, gritted his teeth and threw himself into the battle.
Shi Wuyin, who saw this scene on the sidelines, was very dissatisfied. He complained loudly to the fourth official, but received no response.
However, when Argentina shot the football over the baseline and saw the Chinese Olympic team players going up to argue with the Argentine players, Shi Wuyin anxiously shouted to the court from the sidelines: "Calm down! Don't be impulsive!!"
He was afraid that something he didn't want to happen would happen to the players because of their intense emotions.
"Eh? Calm down..." He Feng, who was in the commentary box, saw this scene and kept saying, "You must control your emotions at this time!"
Yan Kang took a look at the game time and said: "The game has been played for seventy-eight minutes, and there are still ten minutes left before the end of the game... We need to make the opponent impatient, but we ourselves cannot mess up our position. The more impatient the opponent, the more aggressive we will be.
You have to be calm! The ten-minute game time is neither too long nor too short, so we must keep the score!"
In his opinion, if the Chinese Olympic team can draw with Argentina despite such a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, it will be a successful conclusion to the Olympic team's Olympic journey. The young men of the Chinese Olympic team can
Return to China with your head held high, and accept the applause and flowers sent to them by the fans and media at the airport with peace of mind. No one will laugh at them or make fun of them anymore.
But the Argentine players on the field did not agree.
At the 80th minute of the game, Melli played a one-on-one with his teammates in the frontcourt and hit the wall. He passed the football to Cantero, and he cut and ran straight behind the Chinese team's defense.
To be honest, this intention is very obvious and everyone can see it, but being able to see it does not mean that you can prevent it.
Cantero passed the ball directly into the penalty area without stopping.
Seeing that Meili was about to run in to catch the ball, Liu Yan, who was blocking him, had no choice but to reach out and pull Meili down...
Accompanied by the clear whistle of the referee, there were deafening boos in the stands. The Argentinian fans were very dissatisfied with Liu Yan's foul.
The commentator on Argentine TV was shouting: "This is a very bad tactical foul! If he hadn't pulled it, Melli would have broken into the penalty area! The card must be played!"
The referee complied with his request and awarded the Argentine team a free kick outside the penalty area and also showed Liu Yan a yellow card.
Subtitles were printed below the TV broadcast to remind the audience that Liu Yan would automatically miss the next game. In the first group match, he not only gave Nigeria a penalty kick but also received a yellow card for a foul in the penalty area. Now again.
Earn one yellow card, so if you accumulate two yellow cards, you will automatically be suspended for one game.
But no one cared about this matter, not even Liu Yan himself.
I don’t know if the Chinese team will play another game in the Olympics...
We must do our best to prevent Argentina from scoring. Now is not the time to worry about gains and losses.
Liu Yan, who took over the captain's armband from Guo Junfu who had been substituted, turned around, clapped his hands hard, and shouted to his teammates: "Don't relax! Lin Zhiyuan, direct the human wall!"
Chen Xingyi pushed Hu Lai, who had a yellow card, away from the football. He took Hu Lai's role and stood in front of the football to prevent the opponent from taking a quick free kick.
Hu Lai ran into the penalty area, preparing to use his talent to prevent Argentina's follow-up shot. If Lin Zhiyuan didn't hit the football out, but landed in the penalty area, he could kick the football out before the Argentine players.
Luo Kai ran to form a wall with his teammates. He had a height advantage and was physically stronger than his other two strike partners, allowing him to block a larger area.
Lin Zhiyuan leaned against the near post of the goal and shouted loudly, instructing his teammates to line up against the wall: "Go to the left, and a little further to the left! Hey! That's right, that's it! Okay!" He gave a thumbs up to his teammates who looked back.
, then smacked the goal post hard and ran back to the center right of the goal.
Wang Guangwei stood in the wall with his hands behind his back instead of protecting his vital parts. This way, if he jumped up, he wouldn't be able to raise his arms. If he hit the football and was sentenced to a penalty... How unfair would that be?
He would rather be kicked in the face by football again than leave any hidden dangers.
There are ten minutes left in the game, and before the last drop of blood is shed, the young people of the Chinese Olympic team have not given up yet.
