Champion’s Heart

When Zhou Yi turned around to get rid of Fernandinho, Fernandinho had no time to turn around. He kicked Zhou Yi to the ground with a sweeping kick.

Referee Weber's whistle sounded immediately.

This is a foul! He Ping shouted.

It was a foul, no doubt about it.

Weber ran up and not only called Fernandinho a foul, but also gave Fernandinho a yellow card.

Fernandinho received a yellow card, so if we advance to the quarter-finals, he will not be able to participate due to suspension... the Brazilian commentator said.

She had nothing to say about this foul. If there was no foul, Zhou Yi would be able to get rid of it. If there was a foul, the result would be like this. Someone has to take responsibility. It can only be said that Fernandinho's responsibility is a bit large. In this game, he was basically at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Zhouyi.

In this regard, the Brazilian commentator was also helpless.

Fernandinho did not argue and calmly accepted the yellow card. Of course, he may not know that he will be suspended for the next game, otherwise he may be a little more excited.

On the Chinese side, whether it is players, commentators or fans, they don't care at all whether Fernandinho will be suspended. They only care about whether Zhou Yi is injured.

Since he was injured in the Champions League final, every time Zhou Yi falls to the ground, it will affect people's hearts, making people worry about whether he will have a recurrence of old injuries or cause new injuries...

But fortunately, Zhou Yi quickly got up from the ground. It seemed that nothing was wrong, and the Chinese fans breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this made the Brazilian fans think that Zhou Yi was diving, so they booed him again.

Zhou Yi didn't care at all about the boos. He shook his head to his concerned teammates and said, I'm fine. But they are a little anxious.

Brazil is really worried.

There were thirty minutes left in the game, but no matter the score or the scene, there was no hope for the Brazilian team.

As a center forward, Fred's contribution to the Brazilian team was almost zero. In the first 60 minutes of the game, he rarely appeared in close-up shots, and everyone almost forgot about him.

At the sixty-fourth minute,

Scolari made the first substitution of the game. He replaced Fred, who had performed poorly, with center forward Jo who had played for Manchester City.

When Fred came off the field, he heard boos from the Brazilian fans.

This is the first time in this game that Brazilian fans have booed their players in such a uniform and unreserved manner.

The decibel level of the boos almost made people think that the Brazilian fans were booing the Chinese team players.

But no.

Fred was also dissatisfied with the boos from the Brazilian fans. After he came off the field, he did not wave to the fans in the stands as usual. He did nothing and just got into the seat of the bench.

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The boos when Fred came off the field were a shock to the Brazilian players, because they have never enjoyed such treatment in this World Cup. Even if there are some voices of dissatisfaction, they are all sporadic. , will not become mainstream at all.

But at this moment, Brazilian fans seemed to have broken the boundary of not booing the home team and also pierced the window paper in the hearts of Brazilian players.

They wondered if they would be treated the same way by Fred.

This makes Brazilian players a little uneasy. There are too many factors outside the football field that interfere with the game.

The Chinese team took the opportunity to launch an offensive, threatening the Brazilian team's goal.

Zhou Yi sent a through ball from the front of the Brazilian team's penalty area. Yan Min, who switched to the right, took the ball and made a pass. He Ying followed up in the middle and fired a powerful shot!

The football was blocked by Cesar, who performed well...

Cesar! He once again made a wonderful save! Although he has not played a normal game in the club for a long time, in this game, Cesar seemed to show the treble he won at Inter Milan. Performance! Marcel Leif also admired Cesar's performance.

From a physical point of view, Cesar is obviously fatter than before. Although Cesar was not slim back then, he can now be described as bucket.

His physical fitness has definitely declined compared to the past, but in terms of mental will, Cesar's performance is still outstanding.

When the game time is getting shorter and shorter, and the two full-backs are getting more and more pressure, the Brazilian team needs more and more Cesar's outstanding performance in defense to ensure that they do not concede the ball...

Cesar's performance did not disappoint. Facing the Chinese team's offensive, he blocked everything from high to low.

However, Cesar's outstanding performance is actually based on a not very good foundation, that is, the Chinese team's offensive during this period was so fierce that it made Brazilian fans begin to doubt their lives - this Is this our home court? Is it our Brazilian national team wearing yellow-green jerseys on the court?

The reason why the Chinese team's offensive is so fierce is inseparable from Zhou Yi's active performance. He constantly passes and organizes the ball in the midfield. In addition to sorting out the midfield, he can also send a very fatal final pass to let his teammates They have a chance to score.

It is precisely because the Chinese team has more shots that Cesar can perform well...

So in fact, under normal circumstances, if the goalkeeper is too active, it means that the team is in a very dangerous situation.

Fernandinho was already carrying a yellow card. He didn't dare to make any moves when facing Zhou Yi. He even had the idea that Zhou Yi would deliberately pick on him, and then try to get him sent off by accumulating yellow cards. In that case, the Chinese team would have a numerical advantage, and no one in Zhou Yi could contain it. Wouldn't the Chinese team be comprehensive? If you have the advantage, can you do whatever you want in the Brazilian team's half?

But if you are worried about being sent off and don't dare to take action... In fact, the Chinese team is already doing whatever they want.

This is a very distressing multiple choice question.

Fernandinho has been struggling with whether to choose A or B, and it is even more difficult to do his best in defending Zhou Yi.

Scolari saw Fernandinho's performance and knew why. He must now make substitution adjustments, otherwise the Brazilian team's midfield may collapse.

But now on the bench of the Brazilian team, there are very few people who can defend Zhou Yi, and there is only one Paulinho. But Paulinho's performance in the group stage was very poor, otherwise he would not have put him on the bench in this game.

Will it be possible to contain Zhou Yi by letting Paulinho, who performed poorly in the group stage, play?

Scolari was unsure.

But now I'm afraid he won't be allowed to make the optimal choice, so some changes would be good.

So in the 70th minute, the Brazilian team made its second substitution, replacing Fernandinho with Paulinho who was carrying a yellow card.

When Fernandinho came off the field, there were also boos, but the boos were not as loud as Fred's. After all, Fred, as the most controversial and weakest No. 9 in the history of the Brazilian team, has long made many Brazilian fans feel sad. I feel unhappy.

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Scolari changed two people in a row. It can be seen that he is dissatisfied with the current performance of the Brazilian team. Substituting Fernandinho this time is an adjustment for Zhouyi. Fernandinho was in this game. , starting in place of Paulinho, hoping that he could contain Zhou Yi. But judging from the actual game, he obviously failed... Marcel Leif commented. I wonder if Paulinho can contain Zhou Yi after he comes on the field?

Soon the two men had a head-to-head confrontation on the court.

When the football was passed to Zhou Yi, Paulinho also pounced on him.

Facing his defense, Zhou Yi used his right foot to lightly dunk the football to the left, and then stretched out his left foot, as if he was going to pass a fried ball.

Paulinho also immediately tilted his body to that side and shifted his center of gravity, trying to block Zhou Yi's path.

But Zhou Yi was not a fried ball. His left foot pushed the football forward with his right foot!

The football passed between Paulinho's legs...

Although Paulinho's upper body did block Zhou Yi's body, it was difficult to block a football that was much smaller than Zhou Yi's body...

The ball was passed by Zhou Yi to Gao Lin, who was retreating to respond. Because of Paulinho's forward attack, Gao Lin was in an unmarked space.

After Gao Lin received the ball, he turned around. Brazil's center back David Ruiz could only leave his defense zone and rush to defend him. As a result, his position was empty. He Ying cut inside. At the same time, Gao Lin launched a through ball and sent the football over!

Opportunity for the Chinese team!

Fortunately, Thiago Silva's performance was reassuring. When He Ying received the ball, Silva also blocked He Ying's side, causing interference and preventing him from shooting easily.

Although He Ying completed the shot in the end, due to the personal interference of Thiago Silva, his shot was not powerful and Cesar fell to the ground and caught it in his hands.

The TV broadcast did not show the camera to Cesar who made the save, or Yan Min who shot the shot, but immediately gave it to Zhou Yi.

He is also a broadcaster who understands football.

This was Paulinho's first defense against Zhou Yi since he came on the field, but Zhou Yi still seemed to be able to do it with ease.

So far, replacing Paulinho has not achieved Scolari's tactical goals, which is a bit... embarrassing.