Champion’s Heart

When the second half of the game started, the Chinese team was in high spirits.

In the 50th minute, Yan Min sent a cross from the right again, and Gao Lin scored with a header in front of the goal!

However, the ball was ruled offside...

Gao Lin header! The ball is scored! Good goal! The Chinese team equalized the score!! Commentator Duan Xin was very excited and shouted impatiently without waiting for confirmation.

There were also huge cheers at the scene.

But everyone soon noticed that something was wrong. After the goal, the referee did not point to the center circle, but ran to the place where Gao Lin headed the ball and raised his arms high-this was an offside gesture.

Ah? Offside? Duan Xin was surprised.

Gao Lin, who was running to celebrate, turned around and found that his goal had been whistled, and he shook his fist in dissatisfaction.

However, judging from the subsequent slow-motion replay, Gao Lin was indeed offside when Yan Min passed the ball...

There is no problem with this penalty.

Oh... it's a pity. Duan Xin could only shake his head and sigh after watching the replay. It's indeed offside...

It doesn't matter. Although it was offside, the Chinese team was in good shape after the start of the second half. As long as we continue to play like this, I believe the goal will come. Zhang Lu said from the side.

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Zhang Lu is right. Although the Chinese team's goal was offside, it did not count. But the morale of the Chinese team players was not affected, and they continued to attack the Chilean goal. Yan Min played a very important role in this. His dribbling breakthrough made it difficult for Chilean players to defend.

The Chilean commentator even gave Yan Min a nickname, calling him Robben of China. Because he is fast and good at changing directions, he can shoot inside and cross from the wing. His technical characteristics are somewhat similar to Robben's. But Yan Min has more hair than Robben...

Just three minutes after Gao Lin's offside goal, in the 53rd minute, He Ying pulled to the wing to pass the ball. Defensive midfielder Yang Muge suddenly inserted into the penalty area and received He Ying's pass in the middle. shoot!

The football rolled against the turf towards the near corner of the goal!

Opportunity for the Chinese team——!

In Duan Xin's roar,

Chile goalkeeper Bravo fell to the ground to make a save and pushed the football away with his hand. The rescue was successful!

The Pantanal Arena was filled with the gasps of Chilean fans and the exclamations of Chinese fans.

Then in the 57th minute, Chile tried to launch an attack, but when Sanchez dribbled the ball in the center circle, he encountered Yang Muge's frontal interception. He wanted to force a breakthrough, but Yang Muge stabbed the football behind him. At the same time, he Unable to stop, the car hit Yang Muge. The two fell to the ground at the same time, but the football had already been caught by He Ying, who was retreating.

He dribbled the ball towards Chile's penalty area.

Chinese fans in the stands cheered loudly and cheered for him.

Facing the defense of two Chilean defenders, He Ying was not dribbling very fast at first. When he was about to reach the line of the penalty area, full-back Zhang Linpeng caught up from behind and then cut inside to get closer to the center.

He Ying suddenly accelerated and wanted to bring the football to the baseline, causing the Chilean defender to follow suit. In this way, Zhang Linpeng is just in an open position.

He Ying immediately knocked the football over with his heel!

Great back-heel pass! Good shot!

Zhang Linpeng, who got the perfect opportunity, rounded his right leg and volleyed hard!

But the football was shot high and flew out of the bottom line...

Aiya! This time Zhang Lu couldn't help but sigh. Zhang Linpeng really wants to hit this ball...

Zhang Linpeng, who was ejaculating, covered her mouth with both hands, looking very regretful and annoyed.

Zhou Yi, who was on the sidelines, clapped his hands hard and shouted to his teammates on the court: It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Come again!

He didn't care whether his teammates could hear his voice. At this time, he looked like a coach...

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Of course, the Chilean team is not completely passive.

The fierce attack of the Chinese team means that the Chilean team has a chance to counterattack.

In the 60th minute, the Chilean team organized an attack at the front of the Chinese team's penalty area, and Sanchez suddenly sent a diagonal through ball.

The football passed diagonally through the Chinese team's defense and came behind them. On the left side of the penalty area, Vargas moved forward smartly and received the ball behind the Chinese team's defense!

Sun Pan abandoned the goal when Sanchez passed the ball and pounced on Vargas.

Vargas had no chance to adjust his shot, so he could only take a stab based on instinct!

The ball was blocked by Sun Pan's foot, but he still ran over tenaciously and rolled towards the goal...

Look at this goal - Duan Xin screamed in horror. If this goal was scored again, the Chinese team would be two goals behind again, and the game would be difficult to play. This is definitely a heavier blow to the morale of the Chinese team!

Just as the football was about to roll into the goal, Guo Nu rushed forward, fell to the ground, turned around and tackled the ball at the same time, kicking the football out on the goal line!

Guo Nu——! Duan Xin roared as if Guo Nu had scored a goal, At the critical moment, Guo Nu kicked the football out! The goal didn't go in!

But the Chilean players made sense. They protested to the referee, believing that the goal had already been scored when Guo Nu made a clearance.

However, this kind of protest did not affect the referee's judgment, because this World Cup also introduced goal-line technology, and FIFA finally caught up with the trend...

After returning to defense with goal line technology, we can clearly see that when Guo Nu made a clearance, the football was indeed on the line, but only about one-fifth was on the line, and the other four-fifths were still outside. According to FIFA rules, the entire ball must cross the goal line to count. Even if there is a trace of projection on the goal line, it will not count.

Not to mention such an obvious failure.

So it was useless for Chile to protest, the goal just didn't go in.

After Sun Pan got up, he saw Guo Nu clearing the football on the goal line. This time he did not taunt him, but hugged him hard to express his gratitude.

It was really touching to see the moment when Sun Pan hugged Guo Nu... Later, a netizen reviewed what impressed him about that game on the Internet. Everyone is working hard, everyone is working hard. The way this team is united and marching towards the same goal is touching. I know that the future of this team will be limitless!

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Chile lost an excellent opportunity to expand its lead... While the Chinese side was rejoicing, the Chilean TV commentator was regretful. He kept shaking his head in the commentary box. After encountering the Chinese team's indiscriminate bombardment, we had a chance to end this embarrassment and embarrassment... Now the suspense will continue. We are only leading by one goal, and this is very, very dangerous!

Sampaoli obviously knew this, so he made a substitution immediately after the goal failed to score.

He replaced Vidal with Felipe Gutierrez.

After Vidal was replaced, he angrily threw the towel he used to wipe his sweat on the ground. I don’t know if he was dissatisfied with Sampaoli for replacing him early, or with his own performance in this game.

His performance in this game was indeed lackluster. As the main midfielder of Juventus, Vidal has to bear more responsibilities in the national team. He is the core of the Chilean team's midfield and can attack and defend well. Vidal, who is in excellent form, plus Sanchez will definitely make the Chinese team even more embarrassed.

But before the World Cup, Vidal suffered from injuries. He also underwent surgery on May 7 due to a meniscus injury in his right knee. At that time, everyone believed that Vidal would definitely miss the World Cup if he chose to undergo surgery just over a month before the start of the World Cup. Unexpectedly, Vidal's recovery was astonishingly fast. He started training with the ball in early June. A few days later, in a friendly match against Northern Ireland, he came on as a substitute and participated in Chile's first goal.

Chilean fans were excited about this at the time.

But some people are worried about Vidal being so eager to come back. Chile's well-known Mercury interviewed Cugat, who performed the surgery on Vidal. The latter's answer was indeed not optimistic: If you let Vidal participate in the game before July 7th - it will be a long time before he does it. It's been less than two months since the surgery - so his injury will most likely recur.

But Vidal is very confident and believes that he can definitely participate in the first group match of the World Cup against China.

Now it seems that he has caught up, but the price he paid is sleepwalking, making no contribution to the team's offense or defense. This fully demonstrates that his knees are not as good as he said, and injuries and surgeries have affected his performance.

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In the 65th minute, the Chilean team got a corner kick opportunity.

Sanchez took the corner kick, but it did not result in a goal attack. The football was directly punched out by Sun Pan and hit outside the penalty area.

Yang Muge passed the football to Zheng Zhi, and Zheng Zhi passed the football to the side for a group photo before the opponent came forward.

When He Ying caught the ball, there was a large space in front of him and no one around him to interfere. He immediately threw the football five or six meters away and started to accelerate.

In addition to Yan Min in the Chinese team, He Ying is also a fast horse.

Chilean player Felipe Gutierrez, who had just been substituted, also rushed forward to stop He Ying.

But in the speed competition, he fell behind.

When he was about to stick to He Ying, He Ying moved the football away again and then accelerated away. Gutierrez was afraid of fouling and raised his hands to show his innocence, but his feet were out of rhythm. After staggering a few steps, He could only stay away from He Ying.

The Chinese team's counterattack! He Ying! Beautiful! He used his speed to break through Gutierrez's defense!

After getting rid of Gutierrez, He Ying dribbled the ball toward the center.

At this time, there was only one Chilean center back in front of him. At the same time, Yan Min advanced at high speed from the other side, keeping pace with him.

He Ying can either dribble the ball by himself or pass the ball to Yan Min. This makes the Chilean team very difficult to defend. They dare not all attack He Ying for fear of missing Yan Min.

This greatly relieved He Ying's pressure.

When He Ying dribbled the ball to the penalty area line, he slowed down slightly, then moved the ball laterally, making a posture of dribbling laterally and cutting inside.

This led the Chilean center back Medel in front of him to block the middle. As a result, He Ying's left foot knocked the football from behind to the right!

Change directions and turn around at the same time!

Cutting inside the penalty area!

He Ying, who had just cut inside the penalty area, used his right foot to move the football forward. At this time, Gutierrez, who was chasing back into the penalty area, also shoveled the football, but he started too late and could not touch it. Instead of the football, it kicked He Ying's foot...

He Ying was knocked over in the penalty area by him...

Eh? Eh!! Penalty kick! This is a penalty kick!! Duan Xin was stunned for a moment at first, then quickly glanced at the referee and found that the referee Duai blew the whistle and ran towards the penalty area. He knew whether He Ying would be sentenced for diving or Gutierrez for a foul, but he couldn't wait any longer.

Soon, the referee also made a penalty. He raised his hand and pointed to the penalty spot!

It's a penalty!

In the 65th minute, the Chinese team got an excellent opportunity to equalize the score!

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