"Finally, I've been given a card." Hong Gang said teasingly, "Before, I was worried that the Chinese fans who took a big shower early in the morning to watch the game would fall asleep, but now I finally have some excitement."
Many Chinese fans disagreed with Hong Gang's words, thinking that only giving cards was too loose. For example, when Chen Jiangfeng fouled Palacios, he shouted: "It's a one-man attack. Pull someone from behind, red card, red card!"
At this time on the field, the players of the Chinese team were nervously discussing how to take this free kick.
When positional offense is difficult to break through the opponent's defense, set kicks, especially well-positioned free kicks, become opportunities that must be paid attention to.
This season in the Longteng team, when it comes to free kicks, the domestic players are basically Tao Wentao. Now in the Olympic team, of course he is also standing in front of the ball. The other two players are Qin Minghao and Xu Mingyu.
After a brief discussion, the three players divided their responsibilities.
First, Xu Mingyu faked a shot and actually ran over the ball. Then Tao Wentao made a move to run. In the end, it was Qin Minghao who took the run-up shot.
It should be said that the Chinese team's two consecutive fake runs still confused Honduras, causing the Honduras side's wall to become loose to a certain extent. When Qin Minghao shot, the jump of the wall was a little inconsistent.
When the football flew past, it just happened to hit the head of a player on the far right side of the wall, causing the football to deviate from its direction.
In the penalty area at this time, Zou Weijia acted as a high point. Facing the high ball that flew over, Zou Weijia took a few steps forward, half-turned in the air and pushed the ball back. In order to push the ball back, Zou Weijia was already very
He was reluctant, so he didn't care about returning to where in the penalty area. As a result, the ball fell directly to Vargas, another defender of Honduras.
When Vargas was thinking about heading the ball out with his head, there was a player from the Chinese Olympic team behind him who jumped significantly higher than him and had a stronger ability to stay in the air. He grabbed the ball before he headed the ball to clear the ball.
Headed towards the goal.
"Qi Ming's header!" Hong Gang shouted loudly, "The ball went in! Beautiful, Qi Ming's powerful header rushed to the top, and the Chinese Olympic team broke the deadlock!"
"Yeah!" Chen Jiangfeng jumped up happily, "Haha. I called you a foul and asked you to throw me down. You deserve it."
Dad Chen also resented the frequent fouls in Honduras: "It's like walking too much at night and you will encounter ghosts one day."
After scoring the goal, Qi Ming was hugged tightly by Qin Minghao, which was regarded as an encouragement from the big brother of the Longteng team to his junior brother.
Qi Ming's goal was a relief for the whole team. In fact, by this time in the first half, the players' physical fitness had reached the limit. In the next few minutes, everyone was preparing to slow down the attack a little.
Unexpectedly, I had gained something before my physical fitness reached its limit. It was like the gas tank of a car was about to bottom out, and a gas station suddenly appeared in front of me. I finally let go of my worries.
Honduras, which had been defending for nearly 40 minutes, was a little confused at this time. They were ready to end the first half of the game 0:0. After being attacked like this, they had to attack.
After another kick-off, the situation on the field suddenly changed. The Chinese team returned their formation to defend, and Honduras overpowered the half to find an opportunity to attack and score.
The players of the Chinese team deployed heavy troops near the defensive 30-meter zone line and used constant pressing to prevent Honduras from having the opportunity to threaten the goal. The two sides formed a confrontation in the midfield area.
It can be said that the situation has changed now. This time it is the Honduran players' turn to complain that the referee is unwilling to call a foul and take out a card.
Seeing the anxious-looking Honduran players on TV, Chen Jiangfeng was overjoyed: "Haha. It makes me laugh so hard." Then he recited a poem, "Good and evil are finally rewarded, God's way is reincarnation. If you don't believe it, look up, God will forgive you."
who."
Dad Chen also joked with a relaxed attitude at this time: "You haven't gone to college yet, are you ready to take the postgraduate entrance examination?"
Amid the chatter and laughter of the fans, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The Chinese Olympic team won the first half with a score of 1:0. The players returned with relaxed expressions.
locker room.
In the locker room of the Chinese team, everyone was talking and laughing, whether they were on the starting team or on the bench, and discussing some of the details of the first half.
Liming and Zou Weijia, two tall men in front of each other, complained about the height and confrontation of the opponent's players. Zou Weijia said: "I used to think that black people are taller and stronger than us, but now it seems that is not the case. Compared with before,
Germany and Mexico, they are much weaker."
"Yes. Their center is not very tall, and I can definitely hold him up in the penalty area. I heard that he plays in the second division and does well. Can he stand firm in the second division with such a confrontation?" Liming
Clearly showing disdain for Honduran center Joko Lozano.
After seeing that the players had almost eaten and drank, Rick Link began to assign tasks for the second half: "Boys, we are one goal ahead now. But the 1:0 score is the most dangerous score. I hope you will pay more attention in the second half.
Concentrate and play harder. They will definitely attack if they are one goal behind. I hope to score another goal. Then it will be our turn to counterattack."
"After passing this level, we will have a chance to compete for medals." Ricklink began to encourage the players, "You must know that then we will compete with Rafinha, Marchios, and even Neymar.
World-class stars compete against each other. When the time comes, we can fully showcase our talents. I hope you don’t miss this opportunity.”
When Reiklink was assigning tasks, the players were obviously a little distracted, and when Neymar's name was mentioned, everyone let out a burst of cheers. In their opinion, the game was already won.
In the Honduras locker room, head coach Pinto was cheering the players: "Now we are falling behind, which is not a good thing. But a goal is nothing. The opponents are very strong, and we are not as famous as them. But in
Behind us are the expectations of the entire country, and we cannot give up the game. As long as we give our best effort, God will bless us."
As a devout Christian country, the power of religion is still very powerful. The players who were feeling a little depressed also began to pray secretly, hoping to gain more strength.
When they came to the players' tunnel, the Honduran players obviously relaxed. Compared with the Chinese players who were chatting and laughing, their expressions were serious and resolute, and they obviously did not admit defeat.
After the start of the second half, Honduras played without panic at all, and did not become impatient because they were one goal behind. The three lines were positioned very reasonably. At the same time, they continued the previous foul tactics in the midfield, as if they were not behind.
The players of the Chinese team were a little strange at first, but gradually they stopped paying attention. Their opponents didn't want to win, so they had nothing to worry about.
But this overly relaxed mentality soon showed its consequences.
In the eighth minute of the second half, midfielder Xu Mingyu obviously took the ball for granted. After he passed an opponent's attack, he did not pass the ball out. Instead, he continued to dribble forward and just passed the center circle.
The ball was intercepted nearby by Honduran right back Garcia.
After intercepting the ball, Garcia played more reasonably. He did not dribble the ball, but quickly transferred the ball to Cuito'o on the left, who was completely left open.
After Cuito'o got the ball, he started to directly face the right center defender Liming. Liming wanted to use his body to squeeze the opponent to prevent the opponent's attack, but was thrown away by Cuito'o with a beautiful turn. This time, the Chinese Olympic team defended on the right
A huge loophole has appeared.
Just when Cuito'o was about to break into the penalty area and form a one-on-one attack, Zhang Linpeng rushed back with all his strength. He hit Cuito'o with his chest from behind. Although this foul was not big, it was an obvious tactical foul.
The referee was very aware of the foul and gave Zhang Linpeng a yellow card. He also awarded Honduras a free kick in a very good position.
Rick Link was very angry at two consecutive players' mistakes, not only because he gave his opponent a free kick, but also because Zhang Linpeng received his second yellow card since the start of the game. Even if the Chinese team advances this time, he will miss the next game.
This was a huge loss to the Chinese Olympic team.
Like the Chinese Olympic team, Honduras also attaches great importance to this set kick. Several central defenders who had previously refused to pass the half-time were also involved in this free kick tactic.
Unlike the Chinese Olympic team, which has at least three players who can directly score from free kicks, all set kicks and corner kicks on the Honduras team are taken care of by their captain No. 6 Acosta.
After observing the position of the Chinese Olympic team, Acosta chose to go around the wall and hit the near corner. Because the penalty spot was on the edge of the penalty area, it was not easy to shoot hard from this position, so the ball did go around
Zengcheng crossed the wall, but the speed was not too fast. Zengcheng moved from the right side of the goal to the left, and then made a side dive to save the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
It was Honduras' Cuito'o who grabbed the second point outside the penalty area. After receiving the ball, he directly chose to pass it into the penalty area. At this time, the Chinese Olympic team, which had just defended the free kick, was in chaos in the penalty area.
When the football flew into the penalty area, Honduras' center Lozano was spotted by Li Yun. Their front midfielder Benavidez was closely pressed by Ma Yongli, but Honduras' right midfielder Ellis was empty.
It fell, and the football flew right in front of Ellis.
Facing this pie falling from the sky, Ellis directly kicked the ball. After the high-speed flying football changed its trajectory, it went straight to the left side of the goal. With such a close shot, Zengcheng had no choice.
, could only watch the football fly into the net.
"Oops! Missed someone." Hong Gang was very dissatisfied, "This is so inappropriate. No one was watching Ellis in the penalty area. This is so inappropriate. Ellis is one of the most active attackers in Honduras.
One of the players, how could he miss it?"
The area where Ellis scored was on the right side of the penalty area, which was Liming's defensive area. It can be said that Liming's weakness of poor positioning was completely exposed.
For players like Li Ming, there are two situations that can lead to problems with positioning, one is when they are too relaxed, and the other is when they are particularly nervous.
After the Chinese Olympic team came on the field in the second half, it was obvious that it was a little too relaxed. At this time, it gave the opponent a very threatening free kick. For a while, the mood became extremely tense. Double reasons led to Liming's penalty in the penalty area.
The defense made a serious mistake.
"Sigh." Chen Jiangfeng was very unhappy at this time. He was beaten by a team that was obviously weaker than him. He felt more depressed than being scored by a team that was stronger than him. It felt like his goddess was being beaten by him.
The frustrated loser was in trouble, "How could I lose the ball? Others just attacked once and lost the ball."
"You are completely underestimating the enemy." Father Chen also said with hatred, "You are still young and inexperienced."
Hong Gang’s view is the same as Chen’s father: “When it comes to the knockout stage of any competition, there will be no underdogs. Our team was obviously too relaxed in the second half. Such continuous mistakes will not occur in a team that takes the game seriously.
It’s on the team.”
At this time, Rick Linke on the sidelines was also very angry. He mentioned during the halftime break that the 1:0 score was not safe. Unexpectedly, the players did not listen at all.
Seeing the cold look on the head coach's face, the players of the Chinese Olympic team also knew that they had made a mistake. After kicking off again, everyone devoted themselves to the game. The Honduras team was once again suppressed by the Chinese team to halftime.
Although the situation on the scene was unfavorable, it was actually very comfortable for the Honduras team. After all, before the game, they had made plans to be pressured by the Chinese team into defensive counterattacks.
When Rick Link saw that the team could not quickly break through the opponent's gate, he decisively chose to substitute. At the 15th minute of the second half, Nie Jiang replaced Xu Mingyu, and the team changed to a 3-5-2 formation.
Nie Jiang's appearance quickly produced results.
In the second minute he came on the field, he attracted the defensive attention of two Honduran defenders, and then made a beautiful back-up pass in front of the penalty area for Qin Minghao to set up and run. The latter's long shot was blocked by the Honduran goalkeeper.
The save that amazed the whole audience saved the bottom line.
Next, after Ding Huaiyi attracted the defense of three opponents on the left, he accurately passed the ball into the penalty area. Nie Jiang pushed away the center back Vargas and fired at the ball.
Because Ding Huaiyi had created enough space for the people in the penalty area, when Nie Jiang pushed away the people in the penalty area, he was basically facing the goalkeeper alone.
It can be said that Honduras goalkeeper Lopez once again saved Nie Jiang's shot with an incredible single palm. It cannot be said that Nie Jiang's shot was not good. He kicked the ball in the right place and with great power. It was a very beautiful kick.
The shot was unfortunately possessed by the goalkeeper Lopez, it was so powerful.
