Rosas, the head coach of the Argentine Olympic team, stood at the edge of the coaching area, with one foot almost stepping onto the court.
This fully demonstrates his inner anxiety and tension.
He just received the news that Belgium is temporarily leading Nigeria 2:1. Nigeria is still very strong. After falling behind by two goals, it got back one goal and is currently only one goal behind.
However, it is too difficult for Nigeria to qualify from this group. They failed to defeat the weakest Chinese team in this group in the first game, and they are destined to be at a disadvantage in the competition in the group of death.
Unless they score two goals in the last few minutes and come back to win, there is still a chance to compare the goal difference, total number of goals and the relationship between victory and defeat with Belgium.
Rosas doesn't care whether Nigeria can qualify, but he is very grateful for the tenacity of the African teams. Belgium's current situation is a goal difference of two. And if Argentina can score a goal at the last minute, it will win the Chinese team 3:2.
After that, the goal difference was also two.
In the case of the same points and the same goal difference, the basis for determining which of the two teams is ranked first in the group and which is second will be the total number of goals scored.
In terms of total goals, Argentina, which won 3:2, had one more goal than Belgium, which won 2:1.
Just one more goal can allow Argentina to beat Belgium and win the first place in the group.
But only if Argentina scores a goal in the remaining minutes of the game!
You have to win the game, otherwise you won't even get three points. What are you daydreaming about here?
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Merry stood on the field, with his hands on his hips, and his breathing was much heavier than before.
As Argentina's main attacker in this game, he dribbled the ball forward again and again, constantly retreating and then turning around to sprint, which was extremely physically demanding.
He looked at the players from the Chinese team opposite him, and there were few who were better than him. He could still stand upright, but the players from the Chinese team were all bent over, with their hands on their knees, gasping for air with their mouths wide open, as if they were leaving.
Fish out of water.
But these extremely embarrassed Chinese players prevented him from scoring a single goal in the second half.
They linked each other together to form an iron chain in front of him, trying hard to bind him.
And he was really tied up so that he couldn't use his hands and feet...
At first, when Hu Lai also scored twice, he thought Hu Lai was his opponent. But now he thinks about it, his real opponents have always been these inconspicuous Chinese team players in front of him.
While Meili was sizing up his opponents, Li Chengwu, who had replaced Guo Junfu, was saying to Gao Ruimin: "Meili is tired too. Look at him like that..."
Gao Ruimin raised his head and glanced at Meili with his hands on his hips, and then smiled: "Hey, Director Shi is right. Isn't the game about killing them before they kill us? It's not easy for us, and neither is it for them.
It feels so good. Fuck! Fight them to the end, you only have a few minutes left!"
After speaking, he spat on the turf.
Li Chengwu said: "I don't have any cards on my body yet, I can foul later."
Gao Ruimin nodded when he heard this and said nothing. Now is not the time for him to show off.
He basically competed with Melli in this game, and because of this, he received a yellow card not long after the start of the second half. Before being replaced, Guo Junfu also committed a foul while defending Melli.
Received a yellow card.
It can be said that Melli alone caused the three main players of the Chinese team to get yellow cards, which also shows how powerful Melli is.
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"Melilla raised his hand to ask for the ball... Martinez passed the football... Sure enough, Argentina's offensive engine is still Melilla, and only he can create a threat to the Chinese team's defense..." He Feng said.
I felt a little sad when I did it.
He thought that based on what Argentina showed in this game, without Melli, our Olympic team would even be able to defeat them... But unfortunately, they have Melli, which is enough to suppress us.
well……
Melli did not go directly to the center after taking the ball, but dribbled the ball forward along the side.
Chen Xingyi was chasing after him. In terms of running speed alone, he was actually faster than Melli, but Melli's combination of man and ball was so good that it was useless no matter how fast he was because he couldn't take a shot.
, if you can't get the ball off, you can only run beside him.
Li Chengwu rushed over from the middle and joined the team of runners. However, he had an advantage in physical strength and kept squeezing Melli during the process of running with him. Since he had no cards, he had no worries and his movements were natural.
Be more open-minded.
Meli felt the impact of Li Chengwu while dribbling the ball. This all-out defensive method really made him feel the pressure.
He planned to get rid of Li Chengwu, so he first tried to pass the ball to Cantero who was in front of him to receive him, but after passing over with his right foot, he just made a false shot, and when he took it back, he knocked the football to the middle, trying to shake Li Chengwu away.
Just when he was competing with Li Chengwu, Chen Xingyi, who had been nearby but had a weak sense of presence, saw the time and suddenly accelerated, changed direction and accelerated before Melli, and then kicked the football first, knocking Melli past.
Stab away!
"Chen Xingyi! Beautiful steal!" He Feng shouted excitedly. "With a few minutes left in the game, this successful steal is a great morale booster!"
Almost as soon as Chen Xingyi caught up with the football, Argentina's Martinez pounced on him. In his haste, he could only poke the football again and gave it to Gao Ruimin, who was responding to him.
Then the other guy jumped up and bumped into Martinez, causing both of them to fall to the ground.
But the referee's whistle did not sound. He saw Gao Ruimin receiving the ball and chose to let the game continue.
At this moment, Gao Ruimin is faced with a choice: to settle down in the backcourt and delay a little more time? Or to choose to counterattack as soon as possible. After all, Argentina is currently in an unstable state of transition between offense and defense...
At this moment he heard Hu Lai yelling: "Give it to Luo Kai!!"
He raised his head and looked forward, and the Luokai people had already rushed forward like an arrow from a string!
No need to hesitate anymore, his teammates have already helped him make the choice to fight back!
He raised his foot and kicked the football forward, making a diagonal pass. He didn't need to be too precise, as long as he could pass the football in that direction.
Anyway, Argentina has just been attacking, and there is still a large space in the backcourt.
“Gao Ruimin makes a long pass to Luo Kai! The Olympic team still wants to counterattack!”
"That's right, He Feng! Bring the fight to the opponent's half. The best defense is to attack! Use sharp counterattacks to prevent Argentina from attacking with full force, thus reducing the pressure on our defense.
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Luo Kai looked back while running forward to confirm whether Gao Ruimin had passed the ball to him.
When he saw the football flying towards him, he felt a burst of joy in his heart.
This is the opportunity I have been waiting for for three full games!
His first Olympic goal!
The football landed in front of him. His arms swinging wildly drove his legs to accelerate towards the football.
His starting speed is not as fast as Chen Xingyi's, and his advantage lies in late acceleration. As the saying goes, "the faster you run, the faster you run."
Argentina's left center back Santiago Sweeney was in front of him. He originally wanted to come up and steal the ball in advance, but after seeing the sprint speed displayed by Luo Kai, he started to retreat directly because he was worried about himself.
I couldn't match the opponent's speed, and was defeated by the opponent in one go...
"Luo Kai caught up with the ball!" He Feng's voice trembled with excitement. A very bold idea was taking shape in his mind. Can we still beat Argentina?!
When this idea was squeezed out of his mind, he even shuddered, startled by his own thoughts.
No, it’s impossible, absolutely impossible. How can we defeat Argentina?
He Feng kept shaking his head in denial, but this was more like an act of self-deception and character-building...
When Luo Kai caught up with the football on the wing, the Argentine players were desperately trying to defend.
Center back Juan Sosa, right center back Matias Capelli, midfielder Enzo Diaz, left wing back Augusto Cardozo, and even Mellie Banega
, all swept back like the wind.
Luo Kai didn’t care about that. He took the football and charged at Sweeney!
He still remembered that Coach Shi said that this kid was not very smart and was easily impulsive. He was a weakness in Argentina's defense.
He is going to find trouble with this weakness now!
Sweeney saw his opponent coming towards him and cursed in his mind. However, he did not pounce on him on impulse. Instead, he slowed down and retreated, not allowing Luo Kai to rely on his speed to break through him.
Opportunity.
During the halftime break, he was scolded by head coach Rosas in the locker room for his mistake in conceding the first goal. Although he explained that it was because he thought goalkeeper Marinelli had attacked, but
This obviously does not allow the head coach to forgive his mistakes.
Swinney, who was severely punished by the head coach, is now much more honest, and his performance in the second half was remarkable, not even good. The main thing is that he stopped making mistakes and did not make those low-level mistakes.
Luo Kai didn't know this. After he went up with the ball, he found that Sweeney did not come up to "fight outside the border" with him, but kept retreating, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
If he can't get rid of Sweeney quickly, his first Olympic goal will be out of the question.
So he changed his strategy, accelerated the change of direction, and tried to cut inside.
As expected Sweeney followed.
Seeing this, Luo Kai used the outside instep of his right foot to flick the football to the outside, then changed direction and headed back to the wing, as if he wanted to break through from the wing.
Sweeney did not dare to neglect and could only change back.
As soon as he changed back, Luo Kai's right foot dunked the football towards the center again, changing direction again!
“Continuous change of direction!”
Sweeney's knees were under tremendous pressure from Luo Kai's continuous changes, but he still turned back tenaciously, but his body was already staggering a bit.
Luo Kai didn’t give him a chance to adjust. He directly knocked the football into the penalty area and then went around from the other side!
“The ball passed!!”
There was a huge cheer in the stands, coming from Chinese fans.
There were also huge boos, coming from Argentine fans.
However, when Luo Kai entered the penalty area, he found that Juan Sosa, the captain of the Argentine Olympic team, also appeared in front of him and got stuck inside him.
Luo Kai, who caught up with the football again, did not get a chance to shoot just because he broke through Sweeney.
Although Sweeney was passed over by Roquet in a humiliating way, his caution and tenacity before that still bought the most precious time for the Argentine Olympic team.
Juan Sosa now reorganized his defense in front of Roquet.
And he is far more difficult to deal with than Sweeney. In addition, the space in the penalty area is small, and there is no way for Luo Kai to use his continuous changes of direction to dodge Sosa's defense.
Of course Luo Kai can also shoot directly through Sosa.
It’s not like he has never scored goals like this before.
But this is in the Olympics, and he is facing a world-leading team like Argentina.
Finally and most importantly, this is probably the last chance for the Chinese Olympic team to score in this game...
If the shot hadn't been scored... He couldn't help but think of the shot on goal against Nigeria. If that goal had been scored, the Chinese team might have finally won against Nigeria, and there would be no need to face Argentina in this match.
I worked so hard during the competition...
For a moment, many thoughts flashed through Luo Kai's mind.
He hesitated.
Sweeney, who had been passed, also took the opportunity to fight back, and together with captain Juan Sosa, formed an encirclement against Luo Kai...
Luo Kai could feel pressure from two directions, and the time and space left for him to consider were approaching zero.
He must make a decision, whether to force a shot and try for his first Olympic goal, even though it will put the whole team's hope of victory on the line. Or...
Juan Sosa saw that the Chinese team player's movements suddenly slowed down, and it was obvious that he didn't know what to do. Seeing this, Sosa did not rush to steal, but continued to maintain the current defensive action, getting stuck.
If you're on the inside of the opponent, you won't let him break through anyway. If you shoot, you can block it.
Even if he does nothing and just traps the opponent, the defense will be considered a success.
At this moment, he saw his opponent, who was lowering his head, suddenly use the outside instep of his right foot to push the football closer to the baseline, and then swung his kick to shoot!
He quickly took a step forward and blocked the opponent's shooting angle.
But when the opponent kicked the ball out, he passed the football!
An inverted triangle pass!
Sweeney, who was behind, stretched out his foot to block the ball, and the football hit his calf bone. Instead of flying out of the baseline, it changed line and jumped high, flying behind them.
You can definitely shoot if you want to, but what if someone is in a better position than me and has a greater chance of scoring?
Luo Kai knew that the man must have caught up, so he chose to pass the ball out and give up the chance to score, just to get a more stable result.
After passing the ball, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, not forgetting to look back behind him.
In the direction he was running from, that annoying figure arrived as expected!
He laughed.
You owe me, Hu Lai.
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“Inverted triangle pass Hu Lai!!!” He Feng roared until his voice almost broke.
The small living room in front of the TV was extremely quiet. Xie Lan and Hu Lixin were both staring at the TV in stunned silence, unable to make any sound, not even breathing, as if they were two statues.
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Meili ran all the way and was finally about to catch up to the penalty area. In front of him was the Chinese team's No. 14, Hu.
Everyone focused on the Chinese team's No. 9 who was dribbling the ball, but Melly intuitively believed that this person might be the most threatening person in this attack.
Victory was in sight, so he accelerated and rushed forward, trying to get close to his opponent.
At this moment, he noticed that No. 9 passed the football, and the target was indeed No. 14!
But just when he caught up with No. 14, the latter suddenly stopped suddenly and moved himself in front.
Not only did he stop suddenly, he also quickly took a step back and distanced himself from Merry.
And the football, after hitting Sweeney's leg, bounced high and flew towards the place where he retreated!
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"Ah!" Xu Wen couldn't help but let out a low cry. She seemed to be more nervous than she was during the competition.
Beside her, Li Qingqing opened her lips lightly and read silently:
Shoot, Hu Lai!
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“Shoot!!” Zhang Qinghuan stood in front of the sofa in front of the TV, shouting with his hands clenched into fists. It was as if Hu Lai was five meters in front of him, as if they had fought side by side countless times before.
He passed the football to Hulay, then shouted "shoot", and Hulay would turn his pass into an assist.
Qin Lin's eyes were fixed on the projection screen, and the figure in the penalty area was reflected in his pupils. He was looking up at the flying football, with his left leg in front, supporting his body, and at the same time swinging his hips and twisting, dragging him along.
The right leg from behind...
This is the kick to shoot!
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Hulai watched the football fall from the sky, getting bigger and bigger, getting closer and closer to him.
Juan Sosa had turned and rushed towards him, but he didn't see it at all and didn't care.
He spread his arms to maintain balance, leaned his body to the left, and swung his right leg up.
When his pupils were filled with the reflection of the football, the left leg supporting his body was pressed almost at a forty-five-degree angle to the ground. His right leg was raised almost at the same level as his waist, making it look like it was level with his upper body.
It's like folding together.
Then his instep firmly hit the football!
The soil and grass clippings sandwiched between the spikes were blown out, like the tail flames emitted by a football shot.
The football whizzed past Mellie Banega's head. He didn't even see the ball clearly. He just felt a gust of wind above his head blowing his hair...
Fifteen meters is the distance from where Hulay shoots to the goal line.
Less than half a second is the time it takes for the football to fly from Hu Lai's feet to the goal.
When the football lifted the net in the goal, Argentina goalkeeper Rino Marinelli just jumped into the air and waved his arms...
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As Shi Wuyin said during the halftime break, the game is like this, either you will be beaten to death by your opponent, or you will beat your opponent to death.
The Chinese team and the Argentine team are like two people who have been stabbed twice, hugging each other and biting each other. No one can pull them apart, and no one dares to step forward and pull them apart.
They were breathing heavily, swearing, and punching each other with their fists.
Before you shed the last drop of blood, you must kill your opponent first.
Argentina has a stronger foundation and is riding on the Chinese team, with fists raining down on the Chinese team.
What about the Chinese team?
Even though his face was covered with blood, he only used one hand to cover his face, and the other hand was groping unwillingly on the ground next to him.
Then he touched a brick, swung it up and slapped it on Argentina's temple!
Argentina, who was in high spirits, fell backwards on his back, splashing dust and blood.
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