Seeing Ou Yangjin being defeated by Mei Li through crotch penetration, Peng Weijun, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help but cursed: "Fuck! You're kidding me!"
The Chinese team was two goals behind, which made him lose his temper.
Then I saw the Chinese team players on the field looking in a hurry under the pressure of the Argentine players.
He was even more anxious and kept twisting in his seat.
His body leaned forward, then fell backward, and then he slumped on the chair again, staring at the stadium with his eyes blankly, not knowing what was going on in his mind at this moment.
Seeing him like this, Zhang Qinghuan next to him could completely understand him, because he himself was very anxious inside.
Before this game, when head coach Qin Lin informed him that he would not start in the final, he acted very calmly and calmly, as if he was focused on the overall situation of the team.
But when the team really fell behind by two goals in the final, he couldn't calm down.
He knows that if the Chinese team wants to withstand Argentina's high pressure, it needs to improve its ball control ability.
Who can bring ball-handling ability to this team?
Zhang Qinghuan said without humility that it must be him.
This is not a difficult thing to figure out.
He believed that with Brother Lin's ability, he would not be unable to see this.
Then why hasn’t Brother Lin replaced himself?
It's probably because of his physical condition that Brother Lin has always had doubts...
When he thought of this, Zhang Qinghuan suddenly felt something in his heart. He turned to look at the head coach Qin Lin who was standing on the sidelines.
At the same time, Qin Lin was also looking back at him.
The two people's eyes met in the air.
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"Lao Yuan, please explain to me."
On the eve of the game, when many Chinese team players were tossing and turning in bed, Qin Lin thought hard for a long time, and then called the team medical team leader Yuan Bo into his room by phone.
Then he looked Yuan Bo in the eyes and "forced" him: "Is Zhang Qinghuan's body unable to start, or can't he play?"
Seeing the serious expression on the head coach's face, Yuan Bo hesitated for a moment, and finally told the truth: "If you want me to tell you, just judging from our examination results... I think his World Cup actually happened when his old knee injury broke out.
, it should be over. Even if he comes off the bench in the final, there is still a risk - what should we do if he is injured during the game? It will definitely be a completely passive adjustment and a waste of a substitution.
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When Qin Lin saw Zhang Qinghuan's shining eyes, what came to his mind was the conversation he had with Yuan Bo last night.
The reason why he wanted to take Zhang Qinghuan with him in the first place was that Zhang Qinghuan performed really well in the training camp, and on the other hand he wanted to add a possibility to the Chinese team's tactics.
Judging from the group stage, Zhang Qinghuan completed the task very well.
However, after entering the knockout rounds, his role decreased sharply. He performed poorly in the starting lineup in the quarter-finals and was replaced early. In the last garbage time of the quarter-finals, he was allowed to go out and mess around. In the semi-finals, he was completely injured.
Didn't show up.
Now that the Chinese team has encountered a big crisis in the finals, they have to count on Zhang Qinghuan to come on and turn the tide?
Even Qin Lin himself thinks this is ridiculous.
In addition, Zhang Qinghuan may be injured after playing and unable to finish the game...
It was like there was a sword of Damocles hanging above Qin Lin's head, constantly reminding him of the risks he would have to take if he sent Zhang Qinghuan on the field.
But besides Zhang Qinghuan, can he think of other candidates or ways to change the situation?
He really couldn't figure it out.
Finally, Qin Lin found the answer in Zhang Qinghuan's shining eyes.
He turned and walked towards the bench.
Peng Weijun, who was sitting paralyzed, was so frightened that he straightened up from his chair and sat upright.
He thought the head coach was here to cause trouble for him.
However, Qin Lin didn't look at him. Instead, he walked straight to Zhang Qinghuan and said to him: "Hurry up and warm up!"
Zhang Qinghuan stood up and ran out of the bench without saying a word.
Behind him, Peng Weijun watched him run to the warm-up area with envious eyes.
Then he looked at the head coach with expectant eyes, but when he turned his head, Qin Lin had already walked back to the sidelines...
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The TV broadcast showed Zhang Qinghuan running to warm up.
Sun Juan, her parents, and mother-in-law Ren Changmei all cheered in front of the TV.
They knew that this meant Zhang Qinghuan was going to appear!
When the starting list was announced before, they were disappointed when they saw that Zhang Qinghuan's name was not on it.
Although I know that my son (husband/son-in-law) is injured, when he really can't start, the loss and unhappiness are real.
Seeing that her daughter was very excited, cheering and clapping her hands, the mother reminded her with some worry: "Pay attention to your emotions, Juanjuan..."
Sun Juan smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, Mom. Not only am I happy, she is happy too!"
She gently stroked her bulging belly, and then suddenly exclaimed: "He kicked me!"
Ren Changmei said happily: "Baby, do you also want to see your father play football?"
The living room was filled with laughter and laughter, which diluted the gloom and gloom that the Chinese team had just fallen behind by two goals.
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"Is Zhang Qinghuan going up?" He Feng saw Zhang Qinghuan going to warm up and realized that Qin Lin was about to make adjustments.
"That's right!" Li Qingqing said. "At this time, the Chinese team needs to strengthen its ability to pass and control the ball and strengthen its control in the midfield. Brother Huan is definitely the most suitable candidate!"
She actually wanted to say that Brother Huan should have been substituted when the first goal was conceded. Now that he had to substitute after conceding two goals, it was hard to say how effective it would be...
However, out of respect for Qin Lin, Li Qingqing did not say that.
She didn't want to give some people with ulterior motives the opportunity to hype up "Hu Lai's wife Li Qingqing criticized the national team coach mercilessly".
While Zhang Qinghuan went to warm up, the Argentinian players on the court continued to press the Chinese team players.
Not only in the Chinese team's half, but also in Argentina's own half.
During this period, the players of the Chinese team have indeed not recovered from the blow of falling behind by two goals.
When the Chinese team fell behind by one goal, both He Feng and Li Qingqing praised the tenacity of the Chinese team players.
That is a fact, not an embellishment of "a happy funeral".
The players of the Chinese team did pick themselves up quickly after losing the ball and threatened Argentina's goal many times.
But this time, after conceding two goals, the players of the Chinese team did not show any signs of cheering up.
They had no structure when attacking and could only pass the ball forward from the backcourt. Both Hu Lai and Zhou Zijing were like headless flies, chasing the ball in the frontcourt, but they could not really devote themselves to what they could do.
Threatening the attack of Argentina's goal.
In addition, the Chinese team also directly passed the football out of the sideline under the pressure of Argentine players.
However, in the face of the Chinese team's performance of stretching their hips, not many people blame them.
Whether it's a commentator or a fan.
After all, the difficulties faced by the Chinese team in the game have exceeded their imagination.
We were two goals behind in less than half of the final. If we still accuse the Chinese players of not cheering up quickly after losing the ball, they probably don’t treat the Chinese players as human beings. They should think that the Chinese players have no emotions and are like robots.
Similarly, if you enter the command "Counterattack starts from now", you will immediately switch the state and rush towards the Argentina goal...
Defensively, the Chinese team was helpless against the flexible and technically excellent Argentinian players, who looked clumsy and embarrassed.
Nervous and depressed emotions prevent them from even performing at their normal level.
During this period, Argentina stepped up its offensive, which was the most tense moment for the Chinese team in front of the goal!
Every time Argentina attacks, the Chinese fans in the stands will scream, for fear of losing the ball again...
In the 38th minute, five minutes after Argentina scored, when Melli dribbled the ball from the right wing, he first attempted to cross the ball at a 45-degree angle.
Ou Yangjin was so deceived that he stretched out his feet to block it.
It turned out that Melina was just a fake move. He dunked the ball back with his right foot and immediately stopped and turned around to cut inside!
Ou Yangjin has been thrown away and is completely powerless. Even if he struggles to come back, he will definitely not be able to catch up.
Seeing that Meili was about to throw away Ou Yangjin, Cai Shuyi rushed over from the side and shoveled Meili to the ground mercilessly!
Or to be precise, it may be that he wanted to tackle the ball, but Melli poked the football away first. He couldn't hold back and tackled Melli...
In any case, when Melli fell, the Argentinian fans in the stands booed and the Chinese fans cheered at the same time, as well as the referee's harsh whistle.
"Cai Shuyi committed a tackle foul. He should have tackled Melli's foot..."
The slow-motion replay shows that it was not actually the shovel that hit Merry's foot, but that the car was unable to stop after the shovel was empty, and the inertia brought Merry down.
There was nothing wrong with the referee calling Cai Shuyi a foul.
However, what the referee did next made He Feng a little dissatisfied.
Because the referee showed Cai Shuyi a yellow card after he got up!
"Yellow card?! This..." He Feng felt that the referee was a little too strict.
Chinese fans are also very dissatisfied with the referee's decision, because Cai Shuyi is the main central defender of the Chinese team. If he receives a yellow card, it will greatly affect his defensive performance.
With two goals behind, Cai Shuyi's yellow card was equivalent to another nail in the coffin for the Chinese team!
That's why they are so dissatisfied. They think the referee's penalty is too specific to the Chinese team.
Whose home field is this?!
The Argentine commentator was also dissatisfied, but the reason for his dissatisfaction was that he felt that the yellow card was given too late:
"When Wang fouled Melli, he should have been given a yellow card! Now after discovering that Chinese team players frequently fouled our players, he thought of maintaining the order of the game!"
Cai Shuyi, who was shown a yellow card, seemed to be in a state of confusion. He didn't even think of going up to defend himself, so he silently returned to the goal to prepare to defend Argentina's free kick.
The Chinese team players seemed to be really discouraged by Melli's free kick...
It was at this time that Zhang Qinghuan finally ended his warm-up and returned to the Chinese team's coaching bench.
Qin Lin pulled him and gave him instructions:
"It's thirty-nine minutes now, and there isn't much time before the end of the first half. So after you come on the field, your main task is to stabilize the situation first and not let Argentina continue to compete like this. Control the ball more and pass the ball more to make the football move.
, let everyone regain their sense of ball and confidence."
Zhang Qinghuan nodded repeatedly: "I understand, Brother Lin."
"Also, when you go up, tell Chen Xingyi and ask him to help take care of Meili during the defense."
"good."
After finishing the arrangement, Qin Lin seemed to want to say something, but his mouth opened and he held back in the end.
He just patted Zhang Qinghuan on the shoulder and gently pushed him towards the fourth official.
Looking at the back of Zhang Qinghuan standing on the sidelines, waiting to appear.
Qin Lin looked back at team doctor Yuan Bo who was on the coaching bench.
Reminds me of the conversation he had with Yuan Bo yesterday:
"Have you told Zhang Qinghuan that he won't be able to play in the rest of the World Cup?"
"No, he doesn't know. I think it might be a good thing for him to retain some hope. God has been cruel enough to him..."
Qin Lin withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhang Qinghuan's back again.
In his field of vision, Zhang Qinghuan's movements slowed down.
Time in the entire world seems to be slowing down, getting slower and slower. Then it starts to go backwards rapidly, faster and faster.
The figure in Qin Lin's eyes was becoming younger, very young.
Even the color of his jersey has changed to that of Capital Tenglong, and the number has also changed from No. 10 to No. 19 - that was Zhang Qinghuan's jersey number when he represented Capital Tenglong in the first season of the Chinese Super League.
The figure standing on the sideline waiting to play now overlaps with the high-spirited figure sixteen years ago.
Huge cheers rang out over the stadium, just like they did sixteen years ago.
Same stadium, same cheers.
Who could have imagined at that time that there would be so many displaced people?