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Chapter 1263 Fierce battle against the top sixteen!

At the Al-Kojor Stadium, the atmosphere was frenzied, with earth-shattering cheers one after another. After the start of the World Cup 1/8 finals between the Chinese team and the Mexican team, there was a scene of cautious mutual testing.

Whether it is the Chinese team or the Mexican team, they will actually face today's game very conservatively, especially their bottom line is that even if it is overtime, it is no problem to kick a penalty shootout!
But you can't lose out because of your own aggressiveness!

Mexico’s overall strength has not actually become stronger after the previous generation of stars quit the national team stage. Among the familiar stars of the previous generation are Dos Santos and Pea Hernandez. concentrated!

However, under the guidance of Martino, the Mexican team also settled down with defensive counterattacks.

Antuna on the right, Pizarro on the left, Pinet and Gutierrez in the midfield, and Jimenez, who is working hard in the Premier League on the front line, are the siege weapons that disrupt the opponent's defense.

Although Mexico's tactics are simple, after being injected with Argentine football concepts by Martino, the team's control of the game and passing organization have been strengthened.

Especially the sense of rhythm of the game has also become clean and tidy. You will never procrastinate to control the ball and let yourself fall into the quagmire of offense. If you can win, you will fight.
If you want to play a good defensive counterattack, it is very important that you have to shape the opportunity for counterattack. If you always invest a lot in the battle of tough positions, you will obviously be unable to launch a counterattack.

There is no doubt that the Chinese team and Mexico are very similar in rhythm, so it was very easy for the two teams to test and attack each other within 10 minutes after the start of the game.

But after the trial period, the counterattack of the two teams showed a climax at the Al-Kohol Stadium!

In the 13th minute of the game, Pinet made a long pass from the midfielder to find Jimenez. The latter responded with a header on the penalty area line and ferried to find Pizarro who cut inside. Although the latter touched the ball first when cutting into the penalty area , but the chest stopped the ball but failed to control the strength. The football bounced out of his own ball control range. Cheng Renjun took the lead and blocked Pizarro behind him, watching the football bounce out of the baseline.

Martino made a gesture from the sidelines to let the team drop back and prepare to defend.

The Chinese team has to play positional warfare. This rhythm is what Mexico likes, and the Chinese team also plays very simple in the positional warfare.

In the 15th minute of the game, the Chinese team made a quick break in the frontcourt. Zhao Fenghua made a sudden stop to smash the ball and retreated under the interference of Gutierrez, because he had already seen Diego Reyes rushing up to intercept him. At this time, he passed the ball directly behind Reyes!
Reyes stopped abruptly and turned around to look around, only to see Wu Lei hit the ball horizontally in response.

Luo Cheng made a cut from the side. Although he was a little far from the goal, he still made a decisive shot!
The striker trident of the Chinese team, who did not appear in the final match of the group stage, was full of energy today. The top scorer of the team in this World Cup is Luo Cheng. His performance has attracted the attention of the outside world beyond imagination.

The shot was powerful and the football flew straight above the near corner of the goal!
The Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa ran a few steps quickly and then jumped!
Seeing that the football was about to fly into the upper left corner of the goal, Ochoa blocked the ball with a single palm in the air like a superman!

Defender Arauyo immediately returned to the small penalty area and half-turned to clear the ball out of the sideline.

call!
The Chinese fans in the audience exclaimed!

Mexican fans are terrified!
"Luo Cheng almost scored with a long-range shot! If this goal is scored, it will definitely be a world wave!

Ochoa! The 37-year-old Ochoa is as agile as the 27-year-old!
Mexico really has a good goalkeeper!
The strikers of the Chinese team have obviously started to be active in the game. They sat on the bench for 90 minutes in the last game. It can be said that Situ Yunbing boldly employed people in the last game in exchange for the space for the main striker to fully rest. Today , The striker of the Chinese team at least has an absolute advantage in physical fitness! "

Martino adjusted his glasses on the sidelines, the danger just now was really shocking!
The striker of the Chinese team is very strong, which has been proved in the group stage.

7 goals from 5 different players!

Mexico needs to be more cautious in positional battle defense!
With this dangerous situation, Martino naturally made defensive adjustments, allowing the midfield line to retreat to the front of the penalty area to avoid long-range shots after being cut in by the Chinese winger!

In the 18th minute of the game, the Chinese team made a quick break in the frontcourt. Zhao Fenghua came to the dangerous area of ​​attack and received a pass from Luo Cheng from the side. Turning around and going to the other side, it seems to be walking in the garden, but it makes the opponent scurry.

After the group stage, when the European media summed up the players who performed well in the World Cup group stage, Zhao Fenghua was able to rank among the top five midfielders of all participating teams!

He sorted out the midfield offense and defense of the Chinese team very well, and at the same time constantly delivered threatening balls!

Although on the stage of the World Cup, he lacks more impact and aura than those players who are already considered world-class midfielders, he is already very outstanding in terms of stability.

When Zhao Fenghua continued to move the ball forward, Gutierrez blocked in front of him. At this time, Zhao Fenghua sent the ball short to the right in front of the penalty area. Gutierrez still marked Zhao Fenghua. Ye Si rushed to grab Luo Xin.

After the inside cut, Luo Xin found that there was no good opportunity to take a long-range shot, so he continued to dribble and cut inside to close the Mexican defense line, and then suddenly changed direction and went outside to kill the veteran Moreno!
Sticking to the penalty area line and coming to the bottom line, Luo Xin swept the ball across the goal area!
Wu Lei quickly followed up with an oblique thrust and a point shot ahead!
At the moment of his shot, defender Alvarez directly shoveled the ball and just blocked the ball from the bottom line!
Another wave of offensive by the Chinese team formed a shot, but this time Mexico's defense was in place!

Martino looked dignified, the striker strength of the Chinese team is much stronger than he imagined!

Three minutes later, when Luo Cheng crossed from the side and was directly blocked by Rodriguez, Pi Ne controlled the ball in the backcourt. Seeing that Zhao Fenghua retreated, he knew that he had to play the ball as soon as possible, otherwise Mexico would have no chance to counterattack. !

So Pinet passed the ball obliquely to the left of the midfielder, and the veteran Moreno quickly inserted in the wing area and then passed the ball straight ahead.

Pizarro stopped the ball on the left side of the dangerous zone of attack, turned around and quickly went forward after controlling the ball. Due to the slow follow-up in the middle of Mexico, Zhang Zhibang decisively assisted in defending the side. Just as he was about to hit Pisa When Luo was in front of him, the latter stopped suddenly to control the ball and retreated, and then made a diagonal pass to the front left of the penalty area.

Center Jimenez backed up here, and before Bai Yuanfan stepped forward to defend, Jimenez turned around after smashing the ball and then shot!
The football flew straight to the center of the goal and was slightly lower left. The ball came quite suddenly. Shen Jingjie's line of sight was blocked at first, so the saving action was a little slow, but fortunately, he managed to block the ball out of the baseline!
After finishing the save, he raised his hand to show his teammates that he was fine, but Bai Yuanfan blocked his sight just now, and he couldn't see Jimenez turning around with the ball.

"Shen Jingjie saved Jimenez's shot! Mexico's counterattack also started to play threats!
The Chinese team needs to improve their defensive aggression, and they cannot let their opponents shoot from the penalty area line so easily! "

Situ Yunbing also hit his left palm with his right fist on the sidelines, with a tough expression, and the message to the team is to be tougher and decisive in defense!
After all, Mexico is also playing counterattack, and there are only a few players on the offensive end. If Jimenez retreats to respond, Bai Yuanfan will decisively defend and press down, because other offensive players in Mexico will have teammates to mark the limit!
Perhaps because it was a knockout match, Bai Yuanfan also had some concerns. He was afraid that if he stepped forward to defend, he would expose the gap in the penalty area and be exploited by the opponent!
Regardless, knockouts are always stressful, especially for defensive players.

They are different from offensive players. Attacking players can make mistakes from beginning to end. As long as they are right once, a chance, and a goal, they may turn things around. sinner.

Mexico's corner attack failed to play a threat, and they did not have many players to attack.

After the Chinese team's defense became active and tough, it allowed them to continue to put pressure on the Mexican defense.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Gutierrez received a pass from Pizarro in the front court and looked for the target of the ball. Zhao Fenghua rushed to press him. Gutierrez suddenly changed the direction of the ball to get rid of it, but followed closely When Huang Bozhou came up and put a shovel to intercept, he destroyed the ball.

Zhao Fenghua turned around and quickly stepped forward to push the ball forward, and Pi Nei quickly retreated upon seeing this.

After Zhao Fenghua hit the ball to the dangerous area of ​​attack, Pi Nei also rushed to intercept it with a shovel!
Zhao Fenghua calmly smashed the ball and changed direction to complete the dodge, and then passed the ball diagonally to the left in front of the penalty area in front of Reyes.

Wu Lei took the initiative to run to meet the ball and ran towards the side. This surprised Arauyo, who came out of the top defense. The defender Rodriguez, who was in the penalty area, was about to step forward to steal Wu Lei. Wu Lei passed the ball straight between Rodriguez and Arauyo!

Rodriguez turned around and looked, Luo Cheng's figure came into view!
Luo Cheng went around the outside line and cut into the penalty area. After receiving Wu Lei's pass, he had already penetrated Mexico's defense.

When Alvarez rushed towards him quickly, Luo Cheng decisively passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area!

Because at that end, Luo Xin is about to move and kill!
Just when the football fell, Ochoa quickly ran towards the right post. Alvarez and Arauyo were powerless, and the 34-year-old veteran Moreno had also been shaken off by Luo Xin!

Seeing that Luo Xin was about to head the ball into the goal, someone jumped in front of his eyes and headed the ball over the baseline!
Defender Diego Reyes!

Nearly [-] Chinese fans in the stands of the Al-Kohol Stadium sighed loudly, and couldn't help but put their hands on their heads!

Without Reyes' clearance, Luo Xin would have faced a half-empty goal!

There is no doubt that this goal will be scored!

(End of this chapter)