When Chen Xingyi caught the ball and crossed the ball, Hu Lai was still sitting at the back - after he passed the football to Luo Kai, he did not run quickly, but stayed where he was, turning his head to observe the situation.
It looked as if he did not intend to participate in the next attack and wanted to stay out of it.
Of course, Argentina's defenders couldn't really think that Julet would stay out of the situation.
So they could only use physical methods to keep Hulay "out of the situation" - as goalkeeper Penalva shouted: "Press forward!" The players on the Argentine back line in the penalty area rushed forward uniformly.
This left Hu Lai in the offside position.
Hu Lai still didn't rush to return to his position. He continued to be offside and seemed to really not intend to participate in this wave of attacks.
Since he was in an offside position, Argentina's defenders naturally turned their attention to Chen Xingyi who was holding the ball.
As a result, Chen Xingyi swung his foot to shoot, but when he dunked the football into the penalty area, the Argentinian back line that had been pushed out was forced to retract, and Hu Lai, who was standing on the spot, changed from offside to not offside.
It was at this moment that Hu Lai, who had been motionless, moved.
He suddenly started, bypassing the defenders in the middle and running forward.
At that time, Chen Xingyi was dribbling the ball toward the goal and swinging his feet again to shoot.
All Argentina players involuntarily turned their attention to Chen Xingyi and ignored the movements around them.
Chen Xingyi really shot, not passed.
But by some mistake, the football hit Dino Sosa's leg and bounced to the front point. Hulay arrived just in time, turned around to meet the ball and volleyed it into the back corner!
If goalkeeper Penalva hadn't been so focused and reacted quickly enough at the goal line, Hulay might have scored with his first shot of the game!
Seeing Hu Lai's shot almost scoring a goal, the Chinese fans in the stands became excited again.
For example, Xie Lan.
She kept shaking her fist at the court below: "Come on! Son! Come on! They can't always guard you!"
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Hu Lai's shot won another corner kick for the Chinese team.
The Chinese team won two corner kicks in a short period of time, and the Chinese fans in the stands cheered loudly to cheer for their team.
Argentina's players are also feeling the pressure.
Goalkeeper Penalva pointed at Hulay and shouted at his teammates: "Don't let him shoot! Don't let him have a chance to shoot!"
That moment just now was really his subconscious reaction. After he got up, his mind was still blank. He didn't even know how he saved Hu Lai's shot.
If given a choice, he definitely doesn't want to experience the same scene again.
So the best way is to do what he did before this shot, so that Hu Lai has no chance to kick.
As long as Hulay can't shoot, won't he be able to threaten Argentina's goal?
This time the Chinese team took a corner kick, but it did not allow Hu Lai to take a shot.
Because the ball was headed directly by Argentina center back Peralta to clear the ball.
Argentina then took advantage of the situation and launched a quick counterattack.
But they were eager to counterattack and made mistakes when passing the ball.
When offensive midfielder Luciano Morello passed the football to Farias, Farias ran away early, causing the football to pass behind him.
He had to stop suddenly and then turn around to stop the ball.
This allowed the Chinese team's defensive midfielder Shi Wanqing to seize the opportunity, cut across, block Farias with his body, and cut off the football.
After being yelled at by Wang Guangwei, Shi Wanqing was now able to devote all his attention to the game. Although not as strong as others, he used his diligent attitude and running to make up for the gap.
At twenty-four years old, he is young and inexperienced, but he is young and strong. His body functions are like a rising sun. He seems to have endless strength. He is not afraid of confrontation or injury.
Just fight on the field and it's over.
After Farias was intercepted by Shi Wanqing, he turned around and tried to steal it back.
Shi Wanqing had already passed the football to Qin Qi, who was returning to defense.
The Argentine players, who were on a counterattack mission, immediately moved into the frontcourt to press.
This is definitely not something that the players can do voluntarily and consciously, it must be a tactical requirement from the head coach.
Ramon Cantero went up to press Qin Qi, while Meili moved closer to Wang Guangwei.
Wang Guangwei turned around and saw Meili, pointed at Lin Zhiyuan and shouted to Qin Qi: "Pass back to the goalkeeper!"
Qin Qi passed the football to Lin Zhiyuan.
Now, finally, no Argentine player could directly press Lin Zhiyuan.
However, Lin Zhiyuan doesn't have a good place to hit the ball, because his teammates who are closer to him are all surrounded by Argentine players.
In the end, he could only kick forward.
Zhou Zijing ran back from the front, got ahead of Roxas, and headed the ball back!
Luo Kai moved forward and received the ball behind Argentina's entire defense!
The Chinese fans in the stands cheered loudly!
"The Chinese team's chance to counterattack!" He Feng also shouted excitedly.
Li Qingqing asked: "Is this ball offside?"
She always felt that Luo Kai was offside when he caught the ball.
However, the current rule is that even if it is offside, the attack must be completed first, so whether it is offside or not, we have to wait.
Luo Kai dribbled the ball towards Argentina's penalty area, and Peralta rushed over to cover.
Hu Lai is already empty in the middle!
But Luo Kai finally chose to shoot by himself.
Under interference from Peralta, his shot hit the side netting.
The trembling net made many Chinese fans think the ball had been scored, and huge cheers erupted in the Workers' Stadium.
It wasn't until everyone saw clearly that Luo Kai who shot the goal did not celebrate, but held his head with both hands, that they realized that the goal had not been scored...
Not only did it not go in, the referee also raised his arm to indicate that the ball was offside!
The TV broadcast quickly gave the AI's line-drawing judgment:
When Zhou Zijing headed the ball back, Luo Kai had one more foot than Peralta, the Argentinian center back who was trailing behind at the far end. Because the foot is the effective part of the ball, he was offside...
Because Luo Kai was offside, it is meaningless to discuss whether it was appropriate for him to shoot instead of passing the ball to Hu Lai, who was unmarked in the middle.
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"The Chinese team's offensive has obviously picked up during this period. Although we are one goal ahead, it is not safe!"
Although Luo Kai's shot was offside, the Argentine commentator was still frightened and broke into a cold sweat.
Because Argentina is lucky this time, but what about next time?
Do you always count on good luck?
The TV broadcast cut to Argentina's coaching bench.
I saw head coach Lukas Feisol sitting on the coaching bench, looking motionlessly into the field. He neither got up and walked to the sideline to make adjustments, nor made any gestures, nor even a change in his expression.
It was as if the shocking scene just now didn't affect him at all.
In a place where the camera could not capture it, he covered his mouth and tilted his head and said to the assistant coach Damian Pinto next to him:
"The Chinese team has already tasted the benefits of this direct passing style of play. They will definitely play like this more in the future. I don't believe they can find the target so accurately every time. Let our players continue to press them.
, not just in the frontcourt, but also in our half, forcing them to make more passing and receiving errors."
Pinto followed the order and came to the sidelines to remind the Argentinian players on the court to continue pressing the Chinese team.
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Amid the cheers of Chinese fans, the Chinese team played more simply and directly.
They don't seem to be afraid of Argentina's high pressure and pressing. Anyway, if Argentina does this, they will directly send the football forward through medium and long passes.
Based on this, they may be eager for Argentina to continue to press at a high level.
The Chinese team seems to have found a way to break Argentina's frontcourt press.
When Hu Lai's second shot of the game missed the outside of the goalpost and flew out of the baseline, He Feng cheered loudly for Hu Lai.
Although Li Qingqing felt that Qin Lin's choice was different from what she had imagined, she did not continue to criticize this approach in the commentary. After all, at least the morale of the Chinese team players has recovered a lot during this period.
and……
Li Qingqing was also lucky - what if Hu Lai really helped the team equalize the score?
It was hard for her to convince herself not to be so longing for it.
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The real-time score was played again on the screen, and He Feng also said: "Unconsciously, the game has been going on for thirty minutes. During these thirty minutes, the Chinese team failed to quickly enter the game state in the first half and was caught by Argentina.
The opportunity to take the lead. What makes us gratified is that after conceding the ball, the Chinese team was not beaten by Argentina. Instead, it regained the feeling of playing in the World Cup finals. They began to threaten Argentina's goal more! This batch
What a great player! Taking a path that no one has ever walked before, being hit by conceding the ball first, and being able to quickly adjust his mentality is really amazing!"
Li Qingqing also nodded in agreement. Not to mention the differences in tactics, at least she admired the mental outlook of the Chinese team players.
It is actually normal for the Chinese players to feel nervous at the beginning of the final and not perform well, including Shi Wanqing's mistake that resulted in conceding the ball. To put it bluntly, even if they lose the final because of this, it is not normal.
All the rocks are green.
No one can remain calm and perform as usual when facing the World Cup final.
Making mistakes is normal.
The key is to face the wrong attitude.
Will he continue to break the rules and be beaten to the point of collapse by the Argentinians?
Or should you adjust your mentality, correct your mistakes, and continue to fight your opponents tenaciously?
Looking at it now, the Chinese team should have chosen the latter.
Regardless, this should be praised and respected.
“Come on Team China!!”
"Come on! Team China!"
Any Chinese audience watching the live TV broadcast - even if they are not fans - is cheering loudly for the Chinese team at this time.
They were also infected by the tenacious fighting of the Chinese team players.
I used to say that I hope the Chinese men's football team will die standing still. As long as they have a correct attitude and dare to play hard, no one will blame them even if they lose the game.
So isn’t the current Chinese men’s football team what everyone wants to see?
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When the current score and time were played on the TV, the Chinese team was getting the ball in the backcourt.
Argentina still presses from a high position and presses every Chinese player who gets the ball.
Facing Argentina's frontcourt press, the Chinese team chose to pass the ball forward.
This time they were looking for Luo Kai on the wing.
But Luo Kai failed to get the ball.
As Feisol expected, it is difficult to ensure accuracy with such a long-distance pass.
Qin Qi did not control the strength of the ball well when passing the ball. As the ball approached Luo Kai, Argentina left back Ngoza headed towards the center and was destroyed.
It was Argentina's defensive midfielder De La Vega who received Ngoza's pass in the middle.
De la Vega then transferred the football laterally and passed it to his defensive midfielder partner Dino Sosa.
When Sosa caught the ball, he heard Melli calling him: "Pass the ball to me!"
Without saying a word, Sosa passed the football to Melli, who came from the wing to the center to meet him.
At this time Melly was in the center circle.
When he received the ball, Ou Yangjin was also following him, and even pushed Melli, trying to interfere with his catching the ball.
Despite Ou Yangjin's interference, Melly still caught the football steadily and began to dribble forward.
Ou Yangjin continued to follow closely.
At this time, Argentina's offensive midfielder Luciano Morello took two steps back from the front and stepped forward to respond.
Upon seeing this, Melli passed the football forward to Morello, and at the same time he accelerated around Morello.
Morello gently handed the football to the captain when Melli ran past him.
Ou Yangjin, who had been following Melli, was blocked by Morello and was forced to slow down. When he wanted to start to bypass Morello, Melli had already accelerated to get rid of him and rushed forward with the ball!
Argentina's "pick-and-roll tactic" was successful!
Melli shook off Ou Yangjin and continued to dribble forward.
Shi Wanqing hit him hard from the side.
Merry was knocked to the right by him, but the football was not left to Shi Wanqing, but he took the football to the right.
Then he passed the football to Cantero.
The latter carried Cai Shuyi on his back to catch the ball.
After passing the ball, Melli continued to rush forward and penetrated behind the Chinese team's back line.
Clearly he wants a one-on-one with Cantero!
But he was too preoccupied with turning his head to look at Cantero's movements, and didn't notice that Wang Guangwei suddenly cut across him in front of him.
So when Cantero passed the ball, Melly bumped into Wang Guangwei. They both fell to the ground at the same time, and the football rolled in front of them, and was finally stopped by Qin Qi.
The whistle sounds!
The referee called Wang Guangwei for a blocking foul!
Cantero raised his arm to signal to the referee, hoping that the referee would give Wang Guangwei a card.
He thought that if Wang Guangwei didn't stop him, Meili would break through directly.
However, the referee did not give a card, but only verbally warned Wang Guangwei, who got up from the ground. After all, the place where Wang Guangwei committed the foul was still a bit far from the goal - about 31 meters, and behind Wang Guangwei, there was Qin Qi.
He then signaled Argentina to take the free kick.
Melli was pulled up from the ground by Morello. He did not go to the referee to complain or protest, but ran to Qin Qi to ask for the ball. He wanted to take the free kick himself.
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When Melli placed the football, the Chinese team lined up nervously in a wall of people.
Lin Zhiyuan stood next to the right goal post, shouted the names of his teammates loudly, and then made gestures to ask them to move as close to the right goal post as possible and block this side with a human wall.
The position of this free kick is in the middle. For Melli, a left-footed player, he can shoot from the left or the right.
Therefore, it is a common practice to block one side with a human wall and the goalkeeper to guard the other side.
While Lin Zhiyuan was arranging the human wall, Hu Lai returned to the penalty area and lay down behind the human wall without Lin Zhiyuan's words.
After directing the wall, Lin Zhiyuan returned to the center of the goal and moved slightly to his left side so that he could take care of both sides.
At the same time, Melli has also placed the football.
"This is the first free kick of the game. Melli will take the kick. He has the ability to score free kicks..."
When He Feng said this, his voice became smaller and smaller, with obvious worry and uneasiness in his tone.
A close-up shot of Mellit appeared on the television broadcast.
In the picture, he frowned and looked towards the Chinese team's goal, seemingly measuring the distance with his eyes.
Then he turned to look at the referee, waiting for the referee to give the signal.
The Chinese fans at the scene continued to boo, trying to disturb Melli, and the sound was so loud that it completely drowned out the voices of the Argentine fans.
So Melli could only use his eyes to confirm with the referee - he was afraid that he wouldn't hear the whistle.
The referee makes a gesture while blowing the whistle.
Melly withdrew his gaze and lowered his head to check where he was standing.
Then push off the ground and take a running approach.
Just one step later, he stepped on the football with his right foot and swung out with his left foot!
Kick the ball!
The football soars into the sky!
Spin violently!
Bypassing the wall of the Chinese team that was struggling to take off, they went straight to the top corner of the goal behind!
In fact, when Lin Zhiyuan was playing football at Melli, he had already started to move towards the goal post on his right.
When he saw the football flying over the wall, he immediately kicked off and flew out!
But it's still too late!
Before his hand could catch the football, it spun and flew from the lower edge of the crossbar into the Chinese team's goal!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!GOLAZO!!!Melli! Good goal! Good goal!! Beautiful direct free kick! In the 32nd minute of the final, we led the host by two goals!! Amazing! Amazing!
Argentina is amazing!”
The Argentinian commentator raised his arms and shouted in the commentary box, almost crazy.
Before the half was over, Argentina led the Chinese team by two goals. He knew very well what this meant!
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PS, there are still four updates today, and the update time is the same as yesterday!