When the Chinese team players returned to their own half, the Argentine players were already standing in their positions waiting for the game to start.
Melly did not stand in the center circle to watch the ball. The person standing on the ball in the center circle waiting for the kick-off was his good friend Ramon Cantero.
Cantero stepped on the football and looked at Hulay, who had returned to his own half.
He couldn't help but think of what the man said before the game started when he held his hand.
"And you are very unfortunate, because your opponent is me."
When he first heard that sentence, he just thought it was Hu Lai being pretentious and pretentious.
Now he felt as if he had been slapped hard...
He thought he was an arrogant bastard, but he didn't expect that he actually did it... He did something that even Merry couldn't do.
Not only five goals in nine minutes, but also a hat trick in this game.
Because Cantero kept staring at Hulay, the latter seemed to notice his gaze, so he once again spread his hands, shrugged and smiled at him.
Cantero withdrew his gaze angrily, and then secretly swore in his heart that he would let Hulay know how powerful Argentina was in the next game!
Not long after the referee blew the whistle to restart the game, the fourth official raised a sign indicating four minutes of injury time on the sidelines.
This means that Argentina only has four minutes to save their shaky qualifying situation - at this moment, neither coach Rosas nor the players care about finishing second in the group and meeting Spain.
As long as we can qualify in the group, what if we have to fight against the hosts?
The Argentine Olympic team has specially recruited super talents like Melli this time, and its ambitions are naturally great. Their goal for participating in this Olympics is to win the gold medal. Argentine football has won the World Cup and the Americas in history.
Cup champion, but not the Olympic champion.
Although the gold content of the Olympic football event is far less than that of the World Cup, and its influence is also far behind. But after all, it is the Olympic Games, the top comprehensive sports event for mankind, and no one can refuse the title of Olympic champion.
When Melli announced his participation in the Madrid Olympics, Argentinian fans were ecstatic. They all felt that they had great hope of winning the gold medal this time, and their only opponent might be the host country.
Unexpectedly, the team is now facing the possibility of not qualifying for the group stage...
After the game restarted, the noise in the stands was much quieter, because nearly half of the Argentine fans did not make a sound.
The TV broadcast cut to the stadium stands, and the Argentine fans who appeared in the camera almost looked like they were produced on an assembly line. They all held their heads in their hands and looked in the direction of the stadium in silence.
It was completely different from the previous performance where I was excited for almost the whole game.
They seemed to have foreseen Argentina's fate of being eliminated, and felt desperate because they had no idea how to change this outcome.
Normally when fans find themselves in the TV broadcast footage through the big screen at the venue, they will actively respond to the camera by waving and smiling, but now the Argentine fans who appear in the TV broadcast footage
, no one smiled in front of the camera.
The Argentine players on the field also realized that they had already stepped half off the cliff.
In order to save themselves, they launched the most violent attack on the Chinese team's goal.
The Chinese Olympic team, on the other hand, recovered after scoring a goal, retreated into its defensive third zone, and then set up a bus in front of the goal, building a Great Wall of flesh and blood.
He really used his body to block Argentina's attack.
Wang Guangwei once again used his chest to catch Merry's long shot.
The football bounced and flew almost ten meters, which shows the power of this kick.
But this time Wang Guangwei didn't lie on the ground clutching his heart and couldn't get up. Although he felt very uncomfortable, he still insisted on getting up from the ground and rejoined the game.
Because he didn't know whether the Argentine players would take the initiative to kick the football out because he fell to the ground. Didn't they do that the previous time? Then at the last moment, the Argentine players who were red-eyed probably wouldn't do it even more.
Did this.
"There is not much time left for the Argentina Olympic team!" Yan Kang said these words before He Feng, and then secretly exclaimed "It's great" - he never thought that he would have the opportunity before.
This sentence applies to the Argentina team!
He Feng couldn't help laughing when he heard these words, but he quickly tightened his expression and said in a very serious tone: "You must hold on in the last few minutes! If you travel a hundred miles and a half, you must not give up at the last moment.
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"Hold! Hold! Hold!" Xie Lan chanted repeatedly in front of the TV. Without saying a word, she waved her fist slightly.
This is how she cheers for her son's team.
She is not the only one doing this. At this moment, in front of TV sets across the country, countless people are doing the same thing, cheering for the Olympic team in various ways, hoping that they can hold on to the score.
And these same people, before this, hoped that the Olympic team could hold on to the score of 2:2, thinking that a draw with Argentina would be enough for them to be happy for a whole year.
Now everyone regards a draw as a defeat.
As expected, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality...
In front of the 100-inch projection screen, no matter whether it was Qin Lin, Zhang Qinghuan, Xia Xiaoyu, Qin Qi, or even Wang Yuan, they all stood up. No one could sit down and watch the game.
They were so nervous that they didn't say anything. The five of them stared silently and intently at the game broadcast, waiting for the whistle and the excited voice of the commentator.
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The whole game lasted 93 minutes and 42 seconds, and there were still 18 seconds left before the end of the game.
Melly took the ball in the frontcourt and tried to force a breakthrough into the penalty area.
In front of him were three players from the Chinese Olympic team, and behind him was Hu Lai.
He was surrounded by four Chinese team players.
Even so, no one can easily steal the ball from his feet.
He pushed the football to the left to avoid Li Chengwu's interception. At the same time, he pulled the football back, allowing Gao Ruimin to miss the ball.
After pulling it back, he pushed the football forward again, pulling the ball in a V shape, trying to get rid of Hu Lai behind him.
In a blink of an eye, he was facing only Du Wanqing.
He moved the football forward and accelerated to break through Du Wanqing head-on.
Du Wanqing made a tackle, but Melli poked the football away!
"Merry passed four people! It's dangerous!!"
Wang Guangwei rushed over and blocked Melli's path, but he didn't dare to take a shot easily because Melli had already entered the penalty area. If he scored a penalty kick at the last moment, he would really be a sinner...
He didn't even dare to raise his hands and put them behind his back for fear of being touched by the football.
Meili raised his left foot as if to shoot. Wang Guangwei didn't dare to guard against it, so he raised his foot to block it.
As a result, Melli's left foot came down and feinted behind the football.
When Wang Guangwei tried to raise his foot to block the ball again, Melli moved very quickly this time and fired a low shot, which really hit the goal!
"Merry shoots—!"
"Melimelli Melimelimelli...Melli-!!!" The Argentine TV commentator chanted Melly's name in a row, as if he was calling God.
Amid the exclamations of the entire audience, the football ran against the turf towards the far corner of the goal.
Lin Zhiyuan, who had just moved to the near corner to block the angle, saw the football coming towards him during the move and quickly fell to the ground and jumped sideways!
He didn't know if he could touch the ball. Anyway, he gave it all and a 1.9-meter-tall man fell to the ground at an alarming speed.
Then he felt his fingertips touch the football!
Get out of here!
Everyone, including Melli himself after finishing the shot, was staring at the football.
The ball was running so fast that almost no one could see whether Lin Zhiyuan had pounced on it... They stared at the football with wide eyes as it rubbed and rolled on the turf and rushed towards the back post.
From Merry's eyes, the football veered slightly outside the goal post...
He felt like his heart was about to stop.
In the minds of many people, it seems that a very long period of time has passed since Melli took the shot, but in fact it is less than half a second, which is the blink of an eye.
The football rubbed the outside edge of the back goalpost and slid out of the baseline!
Melly's knees softened, as if he had lost the strength to support his body in an instant, and he knelt on the ground.
Wang Guangwei, who looked back and saw the football rolling out of the bottom line, clenched his fists, and Liu Yan beside him shouted: "Good shot!!"
Lin Zhiyuan, who was lying on the ground, turned his head to confirm that the football flew out of the baseline. He did not immediately get up from the ground and wave his fists to show off. Instead, he took a deep breath. He felt so weak that he didn't even want to move a finger.
Cantero rushed out of the baseline, picked up the football that bounced off the billboard, and ran directly to the corner flag area - he actually didn't know if Lin Zhiyuan really touched the football, but it must have happened at this time.
It's a corner kick. After all, this may be the last chance for the Argentine team to attack...
But he had just run to the corner flag area and before he put the football down, he heard the referee's whistle from behind him.
One sound.
Two sounds.
Three times!
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"The game is over! The game is over!!" He Feng couldn't really hear the referee's whistle in the noisy stadium, but he always stared at the referee and observed his gestures. When he saw the referee
When he raised his right hand and pointed it to the sky, then lowered it and pointed it flatly at the center circle, he was finally able to confirm that the game was over, so he immediately announced the news in the commentary.
"The Chinese Olympic team defeated the Argentine Olympic team 3:2 in the third group match! We got the right to qualify for the group!! We qualified!!"
The substitute players of the Chinese Olympic team who have been waiting on the sidelines ran into the court with open arms, while the players of the Chinese Olympic team on the court had different performances. Some raised their arms high to celebrate victory, while others lay on their backs on the turf and waved.
fists, and some people jumped up and hugged the nearest teammate.
"The history of Chinese football must have this day! August 14, 2024! The Chinese Olympic team created a new history and record at the Madrid Olympics! After the first group match, I once told the audience friends
We said that you are welcome to witness history with me...but I was wrong, now is the time to truly witness history! A rare glorious and highlight moment in the history of Chinese football was born today!"
In front of the TV, Xie Lan and Hu Lixin hugged each other tightly. She burst into tears and cried non-stop.
Hu Lixin patted her back gently and said nothing.
"... When no one was optimistic before the game, the boys of the Olympic team overcame many difficulties and created a miracle that belongs to them! This miracle not only belongs to Hu Lai who scored a hat trick, but also belongs to Hu Lai who scored a hat trick in the end.
Lin Zhiyuan, who always saves Melli's shots, also belongs to all the Olympic team players who tried their best to stop Melli and Argentina's attack on the court despite being embarrassed... Today, you are no longer the target of ridicule and ridicule!
Today, you can stand up and feel proud of yourself! Because you are the heroes of all of us! We are proud of you!"
Wang Yuan secretly glanced at her husband and saw a smile on his face and clapping his hands.
His son Qin Qi was yelling beside him.
Zhang Qinghuan and Xia Xiaoyu ran out of the living room, maybe kneeling down to celebrate again...
There are only three of them in the house.
Wang Yuan felt that the knot that had always bothered her husband seemed to be solved.
"... Tonight, at this moment, in the capital, in the mountains and seas, in Lingnan, in Jincheng, in Yunyang... Chinese fans in countless Chinese domestic cities, please allow me... please authorize me to represent you
, pay tribute to these young people of the Olympic team in front of you! Thank you! Thank you!"
Li Ziqiang sat on the sofa, folded his hands across his chest, looked at the flickering fluorescent TV screen, and slowly exhaled.
Chen Mo, who was watching the game at home, recalled what Zhao Kangming said after the first group match - Hu Lai is the one who can break the darkness.
Yan Yan and the middle-aged uncle raised their respective wine glasses in the bar, smiled at each other, and knocked the glasses together.
"... No matter what is waiting for you ahead, on the journey ahead, please remember how amazing you are today! Please keep walking, young people, keep moving forward. And we will always cheer for you!