Champion’s Heart

Just after He Ying and Wu Lei both missed Yan Min's cross, Spain launched an offensive in the 38th minute.

Iniesta suddenly sent a through ball in the midfield. The football passed through the space on the left side of the Chinese team's defense. Juanfran quickly moved forward and rushed behind the Chinese team's left back Rong Hao with his speed!

Iniesta's beautiful through ball completely disrupted the Chinese team's defense! the Spanish TV commentator shouted excitedly.

Juanfran caught up with the football behind Rong Hao and took it to the baseline. Rong Hao was desperately chasing after him, trying to make up for his mistakes.

Juanfran didn't wait for Rong Hao to catch up. When he was about to reach the bottom line, he swept the football towards the goal!

At this time, the Chinese team's defense has not yet re-formed an effective defense due to the sudden change. The two central defenders have not yet returned to defend in place. There is only the right back Zhang Linpeng who has retreated in front of the goal, and he is far away from reaching the goal. The former Spanish striker Villa is still some distance away. Villa can be said to be completely unmarked!

Facing Juanfran's pass, Villa ran slightly past, but this did not prevent him from shooting. He faced the ball and made an unexpected shooting action-when the football passed between his legs When he got through, he knocked his right foot inwards! Knock the football towards the goal that is very close!

This is a very sudden and hidden shot. As long as it can hit the goal frame, it is a great threat to any goalkeeper, and the scoring rate is very, very high.

But this time, it was Sun Pan standing in front of the Chinese team's goal!

The moment Juanfran passed the ball, he had lowered his center of gravity and opened his hands.

Then he noticed Villa's movements the moment he caught the ball.

That's not a regular kick shot.

Sun Pan's mind immediately thought of the shooting method Villa might use - a heel shot!

This type of back-heel shot is usually shot towards the far corner of the goal.

So Sun Pan immediately fell to the ground and rushed to the far corner before Villa kicked the ball, and then the football was knocked over by Villa...

Sure enough, the football rolled to the far corner, but because Sun Pan made the correct judgment in advance, with this pounce, his right hand just pushed the football out!

The football dialed out by Sun Pan happened to land next to Zhang Linpeng.

He didn't think about anything at the time, turned around and kicked the football out!

Sun Pan! Sun Pan!!! At this time, Liu Jianhong dared to cheer loudly for Sun Pan. He just made an incredible save! He blocked Villa's very hidden shot! Sun Pan made the first critical save in this game!

Juanfran passes the ball, Villa's front goal!!! Sun Pan! Oh no! Sun Pan! Even the Spanish commentator had to be impressed by Sun Pan's performance this time... Even though he was very, very disappointed. When the Chinese team's defense has been penetrated, there is another person who is an insurmountable wall! This Chinese goalkeeper who has played for Atletico Madrid for two seasons, the players of the Spanish national team must not be happy with him. Strange, he has made wonderful saves like this many times in Atletico Madrid! At that time, he was guarding Atletico Madrid's goal, and now...he blocked Atletico Madrid striker Villa's wonderful back-heel shot!

The TV close-up followed Sun Pan closely. After he got up from the ground, he saw the football being cleared and patted the national flag on his chest hard.

Rong Hao, who returned to defense, rushed forward and hugged Sun Pan hard, thanking him for his wonderful save just now.

If Sun Pan did not block the ball, then Rong Hao would definitely be the main person responsible for conceding the ball, because he easily let Iniesta's pass penetrate, and it was he who failed to block Juanfran's cross.

Sun Pan waved his hand: It's a piece of cake.

While the Chinese team was cheering and celebrating Sun Pan's wonderful save, on the Spanish side, Villa held his head in his hands and couldn't believe his eyes. At that time, he saw Sun Pan blocking the angle from the front point, and he thought about playing from the back point. In the position he was in at that time, he could only choose to hit the back with his heel. Although this was very difficult, it was well concealed and very unexpected. It was almost impossible for the goalkeeper to react in any way when shooting from this distance...

But in the end, Sun Pan reacted and saved his shot!

This reaction was completely beyond Villa's expectations.

Although Villa is an Atletico Madrid player, he has not been teammates with Sun Pan. He only transferred to Atletico Madrid in the 2013-2014 season, and by that time Sun Pan had returned to Chelsea.

If he and Sun Pan both played for Atletico Madrid at the same time, maybe he wouldn't be so surprised...

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Villa's failure to score the goal not only surprised Villa, but also had a negative impact on the morale of the Spanish players.

When Villa shot before, many Spanish players raised their hands, waiting to cheer and celebrate.

Unexpectedly, this kick was saved by Sun Pan.

Those Spanish international players who play in La Liga, at this moment, immediately thought of their experience when they faced Atletico Madrid in the league.

In front of him, Sun Pan, who is 1.9 meters tall, is really a moving Great Wall, which is difficult to overcome and break.

On the Spanish bench, there were still players discussing Sun Pan's save just now, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Bosque frowned. He was also ready to cheer just now. Fortunately, he was more stable than his players and did not raise his hands...

Now he feels pity that the goal did not go in, and feels even more uneasy. Villa's shot was very beautiful, but if he didn't score, would it have a certain impact on the confidence of his players?

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Del Bosque's concerns were justified. When the game restarted, the Spanish players were obviously distracted. They were obviously affected by Villana's failure to score, and their mistakes began to increase.

Of course Zhou Yi was keenly aware of this situation and knew what was going on. He realized that this was a good opportunity for the Chinese team. If he could increase the pressure, he might be able to make Spain's chaos last longer, giving the Chinese team an opportunity to take advantage...

So he increased the number of forward passes and accelerated the speed of passing and receiving, thus driving the entire Chinese team to attack the Spanish goal at such a pace.

This change of the Chinese team really made the Spanish team uncomfortable.

Upon seeing this, Bosque immediately made adjustments and asked the Spanish team to retreat to defend first to avoid conceding the ball.

There are now only five or six minutes left before the end of the first half. Del Bosque is worried that the team will lose the ball when the morale of the team is unstable, which will make things worse.

So of course he has to let the players recycle defense.

Defend the first half first, and then make corresponding adjustments during the halftime break based on the situation in the first half.

Regardless of whether the Spanish players are willing or not, they can only follow the coach's instructions and recover their defense.

Spain recovered, and the Chinese team naturally attacked.

Zhou Yi distributed the football to the left wing. After Yan Min got the ball, he tried to make a pass, but suddenly he cut inside, catching the Spanish defender Juanfran who was guarding him off guard and cutting inside along the line of the penalty area. Yan Min did not pass the ball again, but shot with his feet.

The inside of his right foot twisted the football into an arc, and the football went straight to the back corner of the goal!

Yan Min shoots——! Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly, looking forward to seeing a world-famous goal.

Reina jumped up, but even though he stretched his arms as much as possible, he still didn't touch the football.

The Chinese fans behind the Spanish goal jumped up from their seats eagerly, ready to cheer for the goal.

But in the next second, the football flew out of the baseline between the goal and the crossbar!

Yan Min's ball... Oops! It's just a little bit off! Just a little bit off! Liu Jianhong yelled regretfully.

What a risk! Yan Min missed the shot and the Spanish team escaped! the Spanish TV commentator exclaimed. Juanfran seems to be having a hard time defending Yan Min... He can't deal with the fast and agile Yan Min...

Seeing that his shot missed, Yan Min put his head in his hands and knelt on the ground. He felt disappointed and his actions were not exaggerated at all.

Yan Min missed an excellent opportunity to take the lead... It has been forty minutes in the first half. The score between the Chinese team and the Spanish team is still 0:0, and the deadlock has not been broken. On the other side, the Netherlands and Chile The team's game is still tied at 0:0. If the score ends with the current score, the Dutch team will join hands with the Chilean team to qualify, and the Chinese team will be eliminated... Liu Jianhong said. There are still fifty minutes left for the Chinese team...

At this time, of course he couldn't say the famous saying There is not much time left for the Chinese team, but he still had some faint worries in his heart.

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