Champion’s Heart

Before overtime, both sides had a five-minute break. They did not have time to enter the locker room, so they all took their final rest on the sidelines.

The team medical and physical therapy teams from both sides are taking the time to massage the leg muscles of players who feel tired to help them regain their strength.

The head coach was holding a tactical board and explaining the tactical arrangements for overtime to his players.

Everyone was listening very carefully.

The TV broadcast took the time to show He Ying's last shot. He Ping was still very sorry: If this goal had been scored, these things would not have happened now... It's a pity, but this is football, this is football. You will always be I don’t know what will happen in the next second... I hope the mentality of the boys in the Chinese team will not be affected, and I hope He Ying will not be affected. If there is a chance in front of the goal next time, he will still shoot decisively!

Lippi held the tactical board and talked incessantly in front of the players. His translator looked at him intently, and then took advantage of him to take a breath and translated the long paragraph he just said in one breath.

...Remember, defend firmly and then translate. When counterattacking, be resolute and decisive, and don't have superfluous thoughts. The most important thing is to be patient, calm, and don't panic. We have specially practiced penalty kicks before the game. , If it doesn’t work, just take a penalty kick. Both sides have equal opportunities to take a penalty kick. Brazil may not be better than us...

The rapid tone of the interpreter, in today's environment, highlighted a sense of tension and urgency, which made many Chinese team players' throats tighten.

However, before taking the field, Zhou Yi clapped his hands and said to his teammates: The Brazilian team never expected that they would be dragged into overtime, so this was a big blow to their psychology. As long as we stay calm, we will have the advantage. In fact, it’s on our side. Let’s just play at the same pace as before and don’t think too much.”

Although he is young, he has experienced hundreds of battles. Everyone will feel at ease after hearing his words, because what scene has Zhou Yi not seen before? The experience of two Champions League finals is unique among Chinese players.

He was right, if he said it was no problem, then it was no problem.

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After a short adjustment and rest, the players from both sides returned to the court.

Lippi took the lead in making substitutions. He replaced the exhausted Yang Hao with Zheng Zhi.

Yang Hao has started four consecutive World Cup games. Although he has started every game, his physical strength is also very high. This game will last another thirty minutes, and he can no longer keep up with the rhythm.

If there are loopholes due to physical reasons, no one wants to see it.

Zheng Zhi is old but has rich experience, and thanks to his excellent professionalism and living habits, his physical fitness and condition are both good. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to be the captain and main force in Guangzhou Hengyuan, the dominant team in the Chinese Super League.

Zheng Zhi is a very comprehensive midfielder. He can organize offense and defend. When necessary, he can retreat to the back line as a central defender. Letting him play is equivalent to adding several more people.

In addition, after Zheng Zhi comes on the court, he can also help Zhou Yi sort out the midfield and lighten Zhou Yi's burden.

Unlike the Chinese team who made substitutions at the beginning of overtime, the Brazilian team had the last substitution left, and Scolari chose to sit still.

After the game started, the Brazilian team playing at home continued to attack the Chinese team's goal.

Now that the game has reached overtime, they certainly hope to score as soon as possible, establish an advantage, and then end the battle in overtime.

In the 91st minute, Hulk broke through from the left and was brought down by Zhang Linpeng. Referee Weber awarded the Brazilian team a free kick near the baseline. This free kick was basically equivalent to a short corner kick.

Neymar came to take the free kick, and there were people in front of the goal. He passed the football to the goal, hoping to create chaos and win in the chaos.

However, Guo Nu jumped up to grab the ball before everyone else, and it hit the bottom line.

Brazil then received a corner kick.

This time the Brazilian team did not kick the football directly to the goal. They took a tactical corner kick and reorganized the attack. Then he passed the football to the goal, but this time when Ruofei stepped forward to grab the ball, he raised his left foot and kicked Sun Pan directly. Weber ruled that Ruofei had committed a foul for charging the goalkeeper and gave Ruo a yellow card.

But for Brazil, the trouble may not end there.

Sun Pan, who was kicked by Ruo, lay down on the ground without getting up.

According to the rules, if a player is injured during the game, the injured player must leave the field for treatment and cannot return to the field until the treatment is completed. During this period, the team can only have one less person to compete.

There is only one position where this is not the case, and that is the goalkeeper.

If the goalkeeper is injured, he does not have to go off the field to receive treatment, and the game cannot be resumed. When the goalkeeper's treatment ends and it is confirmed that everything is fine, the game can resume. Until then, no matter how anxious you are, you can only wait.

Wait...

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If Sun Pan was kicked in the arm, Sun Pan covered his arm and fell to the ground. The Chinese team's medical team also quickly came on the court after getting the referee's permission to examine and treat Sun Pan.

In fact, there is no big problem, but everyone knows in their hearts that this is a good opportunity for the Chinese team to delay time.

So the team medical team slowly carried out detailed examination and treatment, while Sun Pan was also lying on the ground, covering his arms and making a pained expression. The other Chinese players gathered around him, replenishing water, watching the excitement, and resting.

How could the Brazilian players not know the Chinese team’s plans? Everyone is experienced in many battles, and no one is a rookie. If he came up and told the referee, Sun Pan must be stalling for time: I kicked him, but it was definitely not that serious. There is no way he needs such a long time of treatment!

As the captain of the team, Zhou Yi of course had to stand up for his teammates at this time. He approached Ruo and said, You're not a doctor, how do you know it's not serious?

If you argue: I don't have much power...

Oh, it's not powerful? Then if you just kick it at a key position, you don't need too much force to cause a lot of damage. Zhou Yi According to (Hu) Li (Jiao) Li (Man) Zheng (Chan) ).

You are using strong words! Ruo was very angry.

Zhou Yi took a step forward, almost close to Ruo Li, then looked up at him and said: You are the one who committed the foul. I don't think you have the position or qualification to say such a thing. Remember, you already have a yellow card on your body. ”

Although Ruo Ruo gritted his teeth, after hearing Zhou Yi's words, no matter how unhappy he was, he couldn't really do anything to Zhou Yi.

And at this time, Brazilian players also came up and pulled Ruo away. They were worried that if they reached out and pushed Zhou Yi impulsively, and Zhou Yi covered his face and lay on the ground, he would probably lie down. The first half of overtime was over...

Thiago Silva, the captain of Brazil, put his arm around Zhou Yi's shoulders, covered his mouth with his hands and said to Zhou Yi: Everyone knows what's going on, that's almost enough...

Zhou Yi looked innocent: I can't make the decision on this. I have to see the team doctor, and the team doctor also needs to look at Sun Pan's condition...

Thiago Silva had no choice in facing such a shameless person.

Who allowed himself to be impulsive and kick someone he shouldn't have?

In the end, Sun Pan faced the overwhelming boos of Brazilian fans and lay on the ground for three minutes before being pulled up by the team doctor.

What is the concept of three minutes?

In the fifteen minutes of the first half of overtime, he spent a fifth of the time on the ground.

When Sun Pan stood up and stretched his legs, the boos in the stands became even louder.

But Sun Pan didn't care and waved to the Brazilian fans in the stands who were booing him and giving him the middle finger...

Seeing this scene, even Zhou Yi had to admire that if Sun Pan was shameless, he could be even more shameless than himself.

Sun Pan is up. It doesn't seem to be anything serious. He focused on moving his arm that was kicked by Ruo... He Ping kept silent as he was delaying time.

But the Brazilian commentator was unceremonious: This is very unsporting and despicable behavior! Before the game, Zhou Yi kept saying that the referees take care of the Brazilian team, but look at what the Chinese team did, everything is in Trampling on the fair and just sportsmanship!

But in fact, Sun Pan did this not just to delay time, but more importantly to allow the Chinese team players to have a few more minutes to rest.

Unlike the Brazilian team, the Chinese team's bench is obviously not thick enough. The four games were basically played with this lineup, which consumes a lot of physical energy and cannot fully recover in a short period of time. This game lasted for ninety minutes and also went into overtime. It was also a huge test for the physical fitness of the whole team.

That's why the Chinese team needs this kind of rest time to facilitate them to better cope with the following overtime.

After all this turmoil, the game can finally resume.

After Sun Pan's behavior of delaying time, the Brazilian fans were all holding back their anger and were waiting for the game to start, completely defeating the Chinese team and smashing the goal guarded by Sun Pan into a sieve.