Paraguay’s players are already waiting in the tunnel, but their opponents have not yet arrived.
But it cannot be said to be late as long as they come before the referee team arrives.
Although in the previous locker room, their head coach David Arturo emphasized to them that this game should not be taken lightly, most of the players were still very relaxed.
And they don’t think this is a bad thing. On the contrary, for South American players, a relaxed mentality is more helpful for them to perform well.
They lead by two goals in the total score. Even if this game is an away game, most Paraguayan players still have a relaxed mentality.
What, the Chinese team is very motivated?
Then let them score a goal and hit the sky?
And what about us?
We want to score goals too!
From now on, every goal we score will be an away goal!
It is true that the Chinese team has one away goal, but it is only one. We only need to score one goal to offset their away goal advantage.
With Sousa's condition, how easy is it to score a goal?
Besides, maybe the opponent’s young goalkeeper will be crazy and take the initiative to give a big gift?
The Chinese team wants to score two more goals without conceding a single goal, but facing our captain Arce, even Hu Lai has no chance. Otherwise, why did he hold back until the end of the last game and could only use one heel?
Assist teammates instead of scoring yourself?
Because he really couldn’t score under Arce’s defense!
Jule's assist in the last game was unexpected, because everyone thought that Jule was a very unique player. So before this game, in response to this, the coaching staff also made adjustments to make Paraguay's defense more compact.
Becoming an inseparable whole. Not only against Hu Lai, but also against Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi, Zhang Qinghuan made defensive arrangements.
Facing the attack of the Chinese team’s front four as a whole.
After making up for the last shortcoming, Paraguay can be said to be foolproof and without any loopholes.
As long as we perform normally, it is absolutely impossible for us to overturn in the away game!
Whether it was a draw or a small loss, which was actually the worst result in the minds of Paraguayan players, it could not change the result of Paraguay eliminating the Chinese team and reaching the World Cup finals again after 20 years.
While thinking about it, they heard a dense crunching sound coming from behind them, which was the sound made by the impact of shoe nails on the marble floor.
Many Paraguayan players who were chatting looked back and saw the "late" Chinese team players appearing in their field of vision.
They also noticed the Paraguayan players and cast unkind glances at them.
The Paraguayan players didn’t care about this unabashed look.
They are competitors after all. It would be a damn thing if you just nodded, bowed, and smiled when you saw them.
The key is still the final result of the game. Letting them stare twice will not affect the result of the game...
Just stare.
Many Paraguayan players glanced at him and then withdrew their gaze, continuing the previous conversation with their teammates.
Only a few people seem to care about the performance of the Chinese team.
Arsay is one of them. He feels that this time the Chinese team gave him a different feeling than before the start of the last game.
But it was hard for him to tell what exactly was different. It was a very subtle change.
He saw Hu Lai, who was also looking at him, with a hint of...danger in his eyes?
Arsay actually felt the danger in Hu Lai's eyes... This made him incredible.
Obviously he was the loser in the last game. In the end, if the backheel pass wasn't a bit beyond his imagination, he couldn't break through his defense at all.
Then why do you think Hu Lai is more dangerous today than in the last game?
Arsay even wondered if he was too sensitive...
Even if Hu Lai is the biggest threat in this Chinese team, he shouldn't let himself feel in danger, right?
Over there, when Arce was surprised by his impression of Hulay, Sosa also noticed that it was difficult not to notice the young goalkeeper of the Chinese team, who was staring at him.
And it’s the kind of unabashed, naked gaze.
From the time he approached him to the time he walked past him, his head seemed to be locked on him, always facing this way.
It wasn't until he stood in his position that he looked back at himself a few more times before looking back.
Sosa frowned when he saw it. What's wrong with this young goalkeeper?
Is this a demonstration to yourself?
Hey!
Souza smiled inwardly.
Unexpectedly, I was provoked by a young goalkeeper...
He doesn’t understand what Lin Zhiyuan has to be proud of, but he doesn’t mind teaching his opponent a lesson during the game, telling him to “respect your elders”.
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Before the Chinese team took the field, the sky above the Lotus Stadium was filled with all kinds of shouts and songs.
The game hasn’t even started yet, but the Chinese fans seem to have already entered the game state.
They even held singing activities in the stands on all sides, just like during military training:
“Is the singer from the North Stand singing well?”
"good!!"
“Then do you want to play another song?!”
"want!!!"
“One more song! One more song! Chirp, chirp, chirp!”
If the scores of the two rounds of both sides were not displayed on the big screen at the scene, it would really make people wonder whether the Chinese team had already qualified early. These fans are here to enjoy the joy...
But in fact, the situation is not optimistic. Chinese fans also know in their hearts that they also know that this team needs their support more than ever, so they create such a crazy home atmosphere, hoping to give Paraguayan players
Create huge psychological pressure and affect their performance in the game.
Even if each shout can only affect a little bit, the accumulation of countless little bits will eventually form an unstoppable avalanche!
This is a little ambition of Chinese fans.
However, judging from the expressions of the Paraguayan players, this goal is still far away. Listening to the singing and shouting of the Chinese fans outside the channel, few Paraguayan players took it to heart. Their expressions did not change, what should they do?
What else to do and what to talk about.
It wasn’t until the referee team came out and captain Arce slapped his hands to remind them that it was time to go on the field that these people paid a little attention to their expression management.
Everyone calmed down their expressions and lined up honestly, waiting to appear.
Different from them is the Chinese team next door. The players kept a straight face the whole time and didn't look away.
This made many Paraguayan players snicker inwardly after seeing how nervous they were!
To be honest, it’s not surprising that the Paraguayan players thought so, because the performance of the Chinese team players really looked like they were too nervous, causing their facial muscles to stiffen, and they could only maintain a dull expression.
Don’t talk about them anymore, maybe their appearance on the TV broadcast will cause countless Chinese fans in front of the TV to worry...
But at this moment, none of the players on the Chinese national team would think about what others think of them.
They had one thing in mind and started the game quickly, let us kill the Paraguayans!
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As the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel and entered the stadium, all the sounds on the scene turned into cheers, which gathered in the sky above the stadium and lingered for a long time.
He Feng in the commentary box said excitedly: "Friends from the audience! Now the players from both sides have appeared! The final battle of the Chinese team to compete in the World Cup is about to begin!"
Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, He Feng had to raise his voice as much as possible because he could hardly hear his own voice clearly even with a sound-isolating headset.
For a senior commentator who has experienced every home game of the Chinese team, this is the first time He Feng has encountered such a situation.
Even the previous game when the Chinese national team defeated the South Korean team at Jincheng home court, there is no way to compare it with now.
After all, this is a key step that really affects whether the Chinese team can break out of Asia and enter the world.
As for the match against the South Korean team, it was just that the Chinese team could survive. I don’t have the right to think too much about the future...
Now everyone is looking forward to the future passionately. Although they are still a little uneasy, the future is indeed behind that door.
Through the crack that was pushed open, brilliant light poured into this dark iron room, letting everyone know that there was good weather in the outside world.
It's just that the door is still closed. It's not easy to push the heavy door open.
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The noisy stadium fell silent instantly when the prelude of "March of the Volunteers" played.
It was like someone pressed the mute button, and suddenly all the noisy sounds disappeared, and the audience in front of the TV could clearly hear the prelude to the national anthem without having to increase the volume.
Subsequently, there was a heart-pounding chorus of the national anthem composed of 80,000 people.
While the national anthem was playing, the cameraman carried a machine and scanned the faces of the national team players one by one.
Goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan stood next to captain Yao Huasheng, turning his head to look at the five-star red flag held up by the ball boys.
He put his right hand on his left chest, looked at the flag and swore secretly in his heart:
I swear on the flag that I will seal a clean sheet for Paraguay today!
But no one knows what the young goalkeeper is thinking at this moment. They are just worried that Lin Zhiyuan will have a brain convulsion at the critical moment again...
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After the national anthem, the noise returned to the Lotus Stadium.
Players from both sides stand in their positions and prepare for kick-off.
Hulai stood in the center circle with a football under his feet. He looked around behind him and saw that they were all his teammates.
Looking forward again, his eyes passed through Paraguay's forward, midfielder and back line in sequence, all the way to their goal.
Hu Lai suddenly felt that this scene had a very good meaning:
My front is where I want to go.
Behind me is the strength I can rely on.
As long as they support me, I can just go for it!
A crisp whistle sounded, Hu Lai turned around and kicked the football towards Zhang Qinghuan behind him, then threw his legs and ran forward.