When the ball flew over from the front point, Marquinhos no longer underestimated the opponent. He looked closely at Li Yun and kept making small movements with his hands, not giving Li Yun a chance to rush up and jump. Then he was 1.83 meters tall.
He exploded with amazing jumping ability and pushed the ball out of the penalty area with a powerful header.
In front of the top of the arc in the penalty area, there is Qin Minghao on the Chinese Olympic team, and Luan on the Brazilian side. These two players are about the same height. In this confrontation, the latter has the upper hand.
Facing the incoming ball, Luan took the first step and kicked the ball to the left.
Because Luan's pass was made under Qin Minghao's personal confrontation, the ball lacked power, was high and floating, and could be said to be of poor quality, but the person receiving the ball was Neymar.
When the football fell high from the sky, the very difficult pass became smooth at Neymar's feet. When he unloaded the ball steadily, he also gave the ball a small forward force.
, the football just landed in an area less than half a meter away from Neymar, allowing Neymar to make the next move comfortably when he increased his speed.
Thanks to Neymar's extraordinary ball sense and superb stopping skills, although Xiang Tiange, who stayed in the backcourt to defend the right wing, rushed to defend immediately, Neymar continued to change the rhythm at his feet, but his speed was not the same.
It didn't drop at all. After shaking several times in succession, Xiang Tiange almost lost his center of gravity. Losing his patience, Xiang Tiange chose to stretch out his legs to intercept. But Neymar was waiting for him. He changed direction and stepped over Xiang Tiange at the same time.
Tiange's outstretched leg passed the opponent. Now it was Brazil's turn to counterattack.
The Chinese Olympic team, which invested a lot of manpower in the corner kick attack, after Xiang Tiange was passed, now has only two center backs, Du Zhenyu and Ma Yongli, in the backcourt. Li Yun is still in the penalty area and can potentially catch up.
Qi Ming and Xu Mingyu were running back desperately.
Neymar, who was dribbling the ball, accelerated again after passing Xiang Tiange. Du Zhenyu could only go up to defend. At this time, his short stature, high center of gravity, and slow turn were infinitely magnified. Just now, Neymar passed the ball.
Tiange still had to go all out to sway past others. This time when facing Du Zhenyu, his choice was simple and crude-accelerate and change direction. It was such a simple action, but Du Zhenyu had no choice at all.
Du Zhenyu, who originally wanted to reach out to pull Neymar, suddenly remembered that he still had a yellow card. He hesitated. Just as he hesitated, Neymar had already rushed into the penalty area with the ball.
Seeing Neymar coming, Zengcheng chose to abandon the goal and attack. Ma Yongli also rushed over to block Neymar's shot from the far post, hoping to force Neymar to hit the near corner of Zengcheng's frontal defense.
But Neymar's next move made the two people's efforts come to nothing. Facing the rushing Zengcheng, Neymar, who was dribbling the ball at high speed, made a concealed and elegant lob. The football passed behind Zengcheng's head and slowed down.
Slowly fell into the net.
As if he was 100% sure that this shot would score, when the ball was picked out, Neymar opened his arms, turned around and ran towards Jesus who had already rushed to the penalty area.
After looking back and seeing that the football had been scored, Neymar happily jumped on Jesus to celebrate the hard-won goal.
The Maracana Stadium suddenly turned into a sea of joy. The Brazilian fans sang and danced excitedly, and Neymar's name resounded throughout the stadium.
Chen Jiangfeng and Chen's father in front of the TV could only sigh and shake their heads at this time. Neymar, the world's top player, is too capable. The defenders of the Olympic team cannot be guarded. There is a gap in hard power.
When it's too big, the result is a lost ball.
Especially when the Olympic team's previous fierce attack gave the fans great hope, this conceded goal was even more unacceptable.
After the goal, the Brazilian team tasted the sweetness of counterattack. They have rich experience and know that when a team is only one goal behind, the mood to equalize is the strongest.
Sure enough, after the kick-off, the Chinese team pressed forward with its entire formation, leaving only three central defenders at halftime. For a while, the Chinese team was besieging the Brazilian team.
But once the Olympic team's attack fails, the horror of Brazil's counterattack becomes apparent.
In the 44th minute of the first half, Qin Minghao passed the ball to Zou Weijia. The latter had his back to the goal and wanted to pass the ball back, but Rodrigo Caio behind him took the first kick.
Kicked the ball out.
After Augusto, who was in the defensive midfield position, received the ball, he directly drove the ball to the right with a big kick. Gabriel Barbosa intervened at high speed from the wing and jumped when the ball was about to leave the sideline.
He got up and stopped the ball with his chest.
As soon as Gabriel Barbosa caught the ball, Luan and Wallace from the Brazilian side came to meet him. Then after the three people passed the ball quickly in succession, Luan made a beautiful through pass and Jesu
Si also responded and inserted himself into the penalty area.
Fortunately, Zengcheng was also very focused and rushed out in time, falling down and holding the ball in his arms. Jesus was one step away from catching the ball.
After being beaten back by the Brazilian team again, the Olympic team did not dare to press forward across the board and strengthened the number of players in the midfield. In addition, at the end of the first half, the physical fitness of the players did not support another rush.
The battle situation also became calmer.
Two minutes later, the first half ended, and the Brazilians entered the halftime break with a satisfied score of 1:0.
Rick Link looked at the players who were still panting, and felt helpless. The strength gap between the two sides was too big, and the opponent was 100% committed to the game. The team did not have many opportunities. The first thing to do now was to put the rest behind
The defense line is stable and Brazil is not allowed to penetrate its defense line at will.
"The second half comes at dawn, Du, you take a rest." Ricklink first solved the hidden dangers in the defense line. Du Zhenyu, who had a yellow card, became the focus of the Brazilian team's attack.
Next, Rick Link began to encourage the players: "Yes, now we are behind. The opponent is very strong. But we do not have no chance. In the last game, I tell you, 1:0 is the least safe score.
The same applies to the Brazilian team."
"They stormed our half and were only one goal ahead of us. And in the set kicks and corner kicks, we almost scored successfully." Rick Linke took out the only bright spot of the Olympic team in the first half and blew it.
Fan, "So, as long as we hold on and work hard on set pieces, it is not impossible to equalize or even take the lead. Are you confident?"
"have!"
Although the boys of the Olympic team are young, they are basically veterans who have been in the game for a long time, and they are still very tenacious. Now that the head coach has given out the game tactics, of course everyone will not be discouraged.
As the captain, Li Yun also responded with a few words: "What the head coach just said is right. The Brazilian team is not without weaknesses. They have more pressure than us. As long as we persist for one second, they will rush for one second."
, fight them till the end.”
After the start of the second half, Brazil started to play a pressing style again. The Olympic team once again fell into the same situation as the first half. However, midfielder Rick Link's arrangement made the players foresee the current situation.
After Li Ming came on the field, the players on the Olympic team stepped up their efforts to fill his position. After all, this is where Neymar plays, and he is too dangerous.
With a more targeted arrangement, although the National Olympic team played very ugly, it did not give the Brazilian team too many threatening shooting opportunities. For more than 20 minutes after the start of the second half, the National Olympic team held on tightly
The score was 1:0.
Of course, it is not without hidden dangers. In these more than 20 difficult minutes, both Xu Mingyu and Ma Yongli received yellow cards, leaving a lot of hidden dangers for the defense.
However, now the Olympic team can take a breather, because the Brazilian team, which has been pressing for more than 20 minutes, has also slowed down its rhythm.
Compared with the first half, the Olympic team learned a lesson. Even if the Brazilian team retracted its formation, at most one person from Qi Ming and Xu Mingyu would participate in the attack, leaving only one person in the midfielder to defend.
The Olympic team's style of play is safe, and there is no need to talk about the offensive threat. Brazil's double midfielder combination of Wallace and Augusto basically contained most of the Olympic team's attacks.
Even if there were a few passes that could hit the back of the midfielder, Brazil's two central defenders easily resolved these passes.
The set pieces and corner kicks that Rick Link hoped for did not happen.
When the Olympic team was still patiently looking for opportunities, the Brazilian team suddenly picked up the pace again after slowing down for a few minutes.
The Olympic team is indeed poorly prepared for the Brazilian team's speed increase. After being tense for a long time on the court and then relaxing, it is a very technical job to become tense again. Brazil obviously has more experience and talent in this regard.
In the 35th minute of the second half, Gabriel Barbosa, who returned from the front to the midfield to take the ball, suddenly accelerated, and the other three Brazilian frontcourt players also understood and ran at high speed.
After Xu Mingyu, who was carrying a yellow card, failed to intercept Barbosa, he did not dare to foul behind the scenes and could only watch his opponent rush into the thirty-meter area.
At this time, Neymar, who was the biggest threat to the Brazilian team, ran from the left to the center, while Luan and Jesus ran along the wings, one on the left and the other on the right.
Seeing Neymar moving towards the center, Qi Ming and Ma Yongli both ran over to guard him. At the same time, Li Yun in the center also focused on Neymar.
As a result, Barbosa did not force the ball to the center, but distributed the ball to the right. After receiving the ball, Jesus cut into the penalty area along the right penalty area line.
Although Ding Huaiyi, who was chasing back, tried hard to push Jesus toward the baseline, he still failed to interfere with the opponent's dribbling. Finally, when he was about to leave the baseline, Jesus passed the ball.
Because Jesus' cutting inside was a great threat, Zengcheng, including Li Yun, focused their defense on him. As a result, when Jesus passed the ball across the ball, not a single player from the Olympic team touched the ball.
, Luan, who was already outflanked on the left, easily hit the empty goal.
The Brazilian team relied on the exquisite cooperation of the four frontcourt players to score another goal. The Olympic team fell behind by two goals.
"Alas." When the Chinese team fell behind by one goal, Chen Jiangfeng still held on to the lucky hope of an equalizer. Now after falling behind by two goals, he finally realized that this was an extravagant hope. "These guys in Brazil are so awesome.
I can't help it."
"There is no way." Father Chen was also smoking a cigarette in depression, looking listless.
The goal of the Brazilian team once again ignited the enthusiasm of the Brazilian fans in the stands. Perhaps because Rio de Janeiro is located on the Atlantic Ocean, the waves of the Atlantic Ocean in front of Copacabana Beach inspired the fans. Waves of people rose from the stands.
The atmosphere of the stadium reached its peak.
Corresponding to the Brazilian fans are the slightly bitter expressions of the Chinese fans, and the somewhat lonely demeanor of the Chinese players on the court.
"It doesn't matter. It's just two goals." As the captain, Li Yun also noticed the mentality of his teammates. He began to encourage the players, "There is still time, we still have a chance."
After kicking off again, the Olympic team also gave up its previous slightly conservative approach and simply devoted all its attention to the offense. Losing two goals is a loss, losing three goals is also a loss. If it can score one, it can still make a comeback.
Save some face.
The Brazilian team, which already had two goals in hand, slowly began to deal with the Olympic team. They started the Chinese team's counterattack with peace of mind.
In the 39th minute of the second half, the Brazilian team successfully intercepted the defensive interception. Another long pass from Augusto accurately found Neymar in the frontcourt. After getting rid of it continuously, he broke into the penalty area. Li Yun had no choice but to
He put his hand on Neymar's shoulder, and the latter fell down at the touch.
The referee came over and gave Li Yun a yellow card, and then awarded the Brazilian team a penalty kick.
Although the players of the Olympic team went up to argue, they did not change the referee's will. Neymar easily scored the penalty kick, extending the score to 3:0.
This goal also announced that the Brazilian team had won the game.
Next, the Brazilian team began to make substitutions to prepare for the final. Jesus, Augusto and Barbosa, who performed well, were all substituted, and the game entered stoppage time.
The players of the Olympic team are still working hard for a goal.
In the second minute of stoppage time, the somewhat lax Brazilian team finally gave the Chinese team a chance to shoot. Qin Minghao's long shot from outside the penalty area forced Vivaldon to save the ball from the bottom line, and the Chinese team got a rare corner kick opportunity.
The boys of the Olympic team who decided to fight for honor also rushed into the Brazilian team's penalty area.
Ding Huaiyi's corner kick took another tactical change. He did not move the ball into the penalty area, but took a tactical corner kick. Xu Mingyu, who came to respond, played a two-on-one with Seka and passed Seka.
Rodrigo Caio quickly came over to defend Ding Huaiyi. The latter also completely let go of his burden at this time, and suddenly used the tail-flicking action near the baseline. Rodrigo Caio was completely caught off guard.
, allowing Ding Huaiyi to drive all the way into the penalty area along the baseline, and then he made an inverted triangle pass.
Zou Weijia in the penalty area was also very lucky. He happened to be on the path of the football. Facing the ball, he subconsciously blocked it with his foot. As a result, the ball quickly passed between the legs of a Brazilian player and went directly to the ball.
Fly goal.
Vivaldon's sight was blocked and he had no time to save. The football flew directly into the net. The Olympic team got a goal back in stoppage time.
"Yeah!" Chen Jiangfeng, who had been depressed all game, jumped up excitedly, "Beautiful! Our Ding Luo is still great. He should have played like this earlier."
"Okay, okay." Father Chen said with a grin, "Finally, I didn't have my head shaved. It's good to be able to score a goal."
