Godfather of national football

Chapter 75 Brazil is still the same Brazil
The referee is measuring the distance, the Chinese team is lining up the wall, Ronaldinho is posing, and the Chinese fans in the stands are struggling.

Everyone wants to appreciate Ronaldinho's free kick skills, but today Ronaldinho faced the goal of our Chinese team. This is where the fans struggle.

Wang Dalei knew how powerful Ronaldinho's free kicks were, so he squatted on the ground repeatedly to check the distance between the wall and himself, whether he could completely seal the angle of Ronaldinho's shots, and so on.

Everything was ready, the referee blew his whistle, and Ronaldinho started to run. In the stands, the players on the bench of the Chinese team were struggling.

From Li Guo's point of view, it happened to be the angle behind Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho ran up and touched the ball in one go. Li Guo knew that the ball was hanging.

After the ball flew over the wall, it began to draw an arc, just like the arc drawn by a compass on white paper. Wang Dalei looked up, as long as the ball hits the goal frame, it must be unsolvable.

With a crisp sound of "bang", the ball hit the inner post and bounced into the goal, an unsolvable free kick.

Wang Dalei fished out the ball from the net and squeezed it hard, roaring, the ball was too depressing, Wang Dalei didn't even touch the ball during the whole process, and the ball went in.

But the other Chinese players felt a little helpless, this ball brought everyone back to reality from the cloud, Brazil is still the same Brazil!

After the goal, Ronaldinho clasped his hands to "six", which is his most classic gesture of celebration. Other teammates rushed to hug Ronaldinho. The Brazilian players were so excited. Maybe they never thought before the game that they would be so happy because they scored a goal for the Chinese team.

*****
Chen An, who has always had a calm personality, realizes that the situation is not good. It is the saddest thing to be tied after leading on the court. Although it is still one goal short, the second half has just started. With the current strength of the Brazilian team, it may be a matter of time before the tie.

"Li Guo, it's going to be bad."

"I know, the current situation is to give me 20 defenders, and it feels like the defense is full of holes."

"Now is the time to watch the head coach," Chen An patted Li Guo.

"What would I do if it was before?"

"What?" Chen An's eyes were full of doubts.

"Oh, I didn't say anything, don't worry."

After dismissing Chen An, Li Guo fell into deep thought. He wanted to call Allardyce, but he held back. This game is up to him.

But football is too complicated and professional, Li Guo really has nothing to do at this time.

At this time Dutt came and handed Li Guo a small piece of paper with densely written tactics on it. Li Guo looked at it, smiled and said to Dutt: "Robin, your tactics are perfect, but I don't think my players can execute them."

Dutt is an academic, and things are more theoretical. Li Guo knows that the players on the field can hardly breathe under the strong attack of the Brazilian team. How can he implement complicated tactics?
"Thank you, Robin," said Li Guo and handed the note back to Dutt, then put his hands in his pockets and watched the game.

*****
"Team China, rise up,"

"Team China, rise up,"

"Team China, rise up,"

In the 2002 World Cup, the "Arirang" of the South Korean fans made the opponent very uncomfortable, but now the cheering of the Chinese fans shocked the Brazilian players.

After the shout of "Xiongqi", an even more shocking scene happened. Tens of thousands of Chinese fans stood up, clapping their hands in unison as if there was a tacit understanding.

This scene reminded Li Guo of the Icelandic fans in the 2016 European Cup. It was so shocking. Some even said that the mighty Icelandic fans helped their national team beat England.

Seeing this scene, the Chinese players on the court felt as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Mu Fei and other young players were about to cry. This scene was touching.

It is said that the fans are the 12th person on the court. With the support of the Chinese fans, the Chinese team withstood it on the court. Everyone ran a little more to make up for the lack of technology with active running.

"Why don't you use the three substitutions at once," Chen An said.

Li Guo shook his head, "No, the replaced players are not in the same rhythm as the original ones, that would only make things worse."

*****
Ronaldinho played an important role in the two players replaced by Brazil in the second half, but the other player, Pato, was so-so. The Chinese team defended in the second half, and Pato's speed advantage could not be brought into play.

But a player like Pato is very tricky. He couldn't find an opportunity ahead, so he ran back until he reached the midfield, and Li Weifeng stopped following him. In this way, Pato could take the ball calmly, turn around and run forward.

Pato took the ball and turned around and rushed forward. This scene did not attract the attention of the Chinese players, but it attracted the attention of Li Guo, because this scene was too similar to the later scene, that is, in the 2011 UEFA Champions League group match, AC Milan challenged Barcelona away.

When Pato started in midfield, Li Guo rushed to the sidelines and yelled at the field, "Pato, pay attention to Pato."

But the entire stadium was too noisy, and the players on the field couldn't hear anything. The Chinese team's defensive focus was still on Ronaldinho.

"Pato, Pato," Li Guo wished he could rush into the court at this moment, he knew what was going to happen next.

I saw Pato running faster and faster until the Chinese team was within the 30-meter defense zone. When everyone thought that Pato would pass the ball to Ronaldinho, and then it was two to one, Pato suddenly took the ball, and then rushed through the middle of the defense line composed of Li Weifeng, Fang Suo and Yin Di like the wind.

When the Chinese players reacted, Pato had already entered the penalty area. At that moment, what the fans seemed to see was not a football game, but Jamaican Lightning Bolt running [-] meters.

Facing Wang Dalei, Pato pushed a shot from a close angle, and the ball flew into the goal against the lawn. Brazil scored another goal, 3 to 3!

From the perspective of a neutral fan, this ball is an undisputed world wave, and can even be selected for the annual "Puskas Award", but still the same sentence, the goal belonged to our Chinese team, and there was no sound at the scene. It felt like winning 500 million in the lottery. It turned out that waking up was a dream. We were half-time ahead, but...

The Brazilian team rushed out of the bench, as if they had won the Olympic gold medal. Dunga even threw away the mineral water bottle in his hands excitedly. He hugged Pato who rushed over, "Nice, well done."

Li Guo looked at the clock on the big screen, there were still 15 minutes, and now he could only pray that the Chinese team could get a draw.

"It's not the players' fault. Ronaldinho's free kick and Pato's unreasonable speed are beyond the peak of Asian football," Chen An comforted Li Guo.

Li Guo smiled lightly, "So what? Our goal is to be in the top three."

(End of this chapter)