Champion’s Heart

Brazil's first shot of the match came in the 13th minute. August 1st? Talk [Network]

At that time, Neymar was tripped to the ground by Zhang Linpeng while dribbling from the wing. The referee called Zhang Linpeng for a foul and gave the Brazilian team a free kick from the wing.

Neymar's free kick was headed four meters in front of the goal by Thiago Silva.

But Thiago Silva headed the ball high.

After the football flew high over the crossbar, Sun Pan in front of the goal whistled.

Thiago Silva glared at Sun Pan after landing, but Sun Pan turned a blind eye.

Since the Brazilians are anxious to get angry, let's add more fuel to them. This is Sun Pan's idea.

The Brazilian team finally had its first shot, but this shot was ridiculously high! He Ping seized the opportunity to mock Brazil. Although the Brazilian team has a large number of fans in China, He Ping is not worried that he will offend those Brazilian fans. At this time, of course all Chinese are fans of the Olympic team, and they all hope to win in the end. The people are the Chinese team.

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Thiago Silva's header did not hit the goal frame, but Brazil did not give up. They continued to attack the Chinese team.

Of course, their offensive method has not changed much. As long as they hit the 30-meter area, they will rely more on their own personal abilities instead of patiently passing the ball.

It is in sharp contrast to the Chinese team's counterattack by passing the ball.

Because the Brazilian team's offensive was very fierce during this period, the Chinese team was compressed in their own half most of the time. Even if there is a chance to counterattack, they often cannot invest too much force, and they have to reach the front of the opponent's penalty area with only three or two passes. Of course the success rate of such a kick is not high.

However, the Chinese team is already one goal ahead, so they don't have to worry.

I remember he was Brazilian.

Facing Brazil's fierce attack, the Chinese team launched a defensive counterattack, which is also their main tactic in this Olympics. They relied on defensive counterattacks to make it all the way through the group stage and into the knockout rounds.

However, the Chinese team's defensive counterattack is not the kind of defensive counterattack that cowers in front of its own goal and then allows the opponent to control the ball at will outside.

The Chinese team’s defensive counterattack is relatively more active.

Their players will rely on their numerical advantage to surround the Brazilian players in their own half, dividing and surrounding them so that they cannot connect with each other.

This move is very suitable for dealing with the Brazilian team.

Facing the Chinese team's strategy of division and encirclement, the Brazilian players relied on their own personal abilities to stand out. Each one of them seemed to be possessed by Garrincha, dribbling wildly and relying on their personal abilities to create opportunities.

In the 18th minute, Damian dribbled the ball into the Chinese team's frontcourt. Facing the defense of Yang Muge and Zhang Jiadong, he did not release the ball in time, but chose to continue dribbling. After being cornered by Zhang Jiadong and Yang Muge, he tried to use his personal skills to get rid of the defense, but was stabbed by Yang Muge and lost the ball...

The football poked by Yang Muge fell to Zhou Yi's feet. Zhou Yi turned around and sent the ball forward. This time Thiago Silva pushed the football out of the sideline before He Ying could catch the ball.

Since He Ying scored, Thiago Silva has been marking him more closely.

When the Chinese team took a throw-in, not everyone came up to participate. In the end, He Ying gave the football to Zhou Yi.

Under the defense of Brazilian midfielder Romero, Zhou Yi did not choose to control the ball. He directly returned the football thrown by He Ying to He Ying with his feet, and He Ying passed the football back to Zhang Jiadong.

At this time, Zhou Yi had already turned around and cut away from Romero.

Zhang Jiadong passed the football back to him, and He Ying had already completed his move. Zhou Yi passed the football to He Ying again and asked He Ying to end the attack. No matter what the result was, it didn't matter.

In the end, He Ying missed the ball under Thiago Silva's close pressure.

Although it did not hit the goal frame, it was still considered a shot. In terms of the number of shots, the Chinese team also led Brazil 2:1.

In this attack, the Chinese team invested a total of three people to form the final shot. It can be seen that the Chinese team's counterattack efficiency is actually higher than that of Brazil.

Most people may only see that China's shot did not result in a goal and did not hit the goal frame, but in fact, what is behind this can explain the problem more.

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Two minutes later, the Brazilian team was tied with the Chinese team in the number of shots.

In the 20th minute, Damian broke through the Chinese team's defense on the wing and made a cross.

Chelsea midfielder Oscar followed up in the middle and pushed with his left foot eight meters away from the goal.

However, this shot was quite accurate, and Sun Pan, who was waiting in front of the goal, easily held the football in his arms.

After catching the ball, he did not forget to taunt the Brazilian players verbally: The shot is so weak, does it only have so much ability?

Although Oscar is also a Chelsea player, Sun Pan has no intention of taking care of his teammates.

The only pity is that others cannot understand what he says. If he could be proficient in multiple languages, he could implement his trash-talking offensive on the court...

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The Brazilian team had just equalized the number of shots. The Chinese team quickly launched two attacks in succession. Zhou Yi and Wu Lei's long-range shots were both higher one after another. In terms of the number of shots, the Chinese team once again took the lead and widened the gap, 4:2.

Comparing the number of shots may seem like a boring thing, but in fact, through this simple numerical comparison, you can more or less guess how the two teams performed.

In terms of the number of shots, the Chinese team had more shots than the Brazilian team, so it cannot be said that the Chinese team was beaten by the Brazilian team. Although it was a defensive counterattack, the Chinese team was not embarrassed on the scene.

From the perspective of watching the game, the Brazilian team did have an advantage on the scene. They scored more times in the 30-meter area of ​​the Chinese team. Judging from the more than 20 minutes of the game, the Brazilian team scored in the Chinese team’s three-meter zone. It is true that there are more encounters between the Ten Mickeys than in China. There is a statistic. Although it will not appear on the TV broadcast, it does exist.

As of the 20th minute of the game, the Chinese team had scored four times in the 30-meter area of ​​the Brazilian team, while the Brazilian team had scored eight times, which was exactly twice as many as the Chinese team. However, the number of shots taken by the Chinese team was four, and that of the Brazilian team was two. The Chinese team had twice as many shots as the Brazilian team.

What does this set of data show?

It shows that although the Brazilian team broke into the 30-meter area of ​​the Chinese team, its advantage in this 30-meter area is not great. Their average possession time in this thirty-meter area is only twenty-four seconds.

What does this mean?

For example, in the just-concluded 2012 European Cup, Spain won the championship. The Spanish team scored an average of 31 times per game in the opponent's 30-meter area, and the average possession time in this area was one minute and two. Eighteen seconds. Spain's continuous possession of the ball in the frontcourt was four times longer than Brazil's! Long-term continuous possession of the ball fully guarantees Spain's advantage in attacking, and they can therefore create more shooting opportunities. Brazil's continuous possession of the ball in this regard is short, which is also confirmed by the fact that they have fewer shots than China, indicating that their offensive efficiency in the frontcourt is low and the effect is not good.

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Seeing that the game was more than 20 minutes old, although the Brazilian team's offensive was very fierce, it did not pose a substantial threat to the Chinese team's goal. The Brazilian team's head coach Meneses made adjustments in advance.

In the 26th minute, he replaced midfielder Alex Sandro with Hulk.

The Brazilian team used up a substitution quota early. This was a forced substitution! Losing the ball too early disrupted the Brazilian team's pre-match arrangements... He Ping said. After conceding the goal, everyone thought that the Brazilian team would quickly enter the rhythm of the game, but now it seems that they have not found the feeling of the game... Menezes hopes that Hulk can change this situation. Huer Ke is indeed a player with outstanding abilities. The key is that his physical fitness is very good. Players on the Olympic team must be careful about him using his physical advantage...

After Hulk came on the field, it did change the Brazilian team's offensive effect to a certain extent.

In the 38th minute, the Brazilian team organized an attack in the frontcourt. Oscar handed the football to Hulk. After Hulk got the ball, he suddenly took a long shot 35 meters away from the goal!

The football flew towards the Chinese team's goal like a cannonball.

This kick was not only sudden, but also of high quality.

The football is coming towards the Chinese team’s goal!

Be careful!! the commentator He Ping exclaimed.

The Chinese fans in the stands also gasped in horror.

Hulk's shot was Brazil's third shot of the game, but it was also the shot that gave them the greatest sense of crisis. Although it is far away from the goal, the momentum can be clearly felt in the stands!

No one can stop the football flying in the air, except goalkeeper Sun Pan.

When Hulk shot the football towards the goal, Sun Pan had already moved quickly, then jumped into the air and rushed towards the direction of the ball!

It's just that everyone's attention was attracted by the football flying in the air at that time, and they didn't see Sun Pan at all.

It wasn't until the football was almost flying to the goal that everyone realized that Zhou Yi's hand had almost touched the football!

Hulk's shot was dragged by Sun Pan's palm, bounced upward, and hit the lower edge of the crossbar!

Then it fell, but luckily it didn't fall within the goal line, but it didn't escape the danger zone. After the football landed, it bounced up and was still in the Chinese team's penalty area, or even in the small penalty area!

This situation plunged the Chinese team's penalty area into chaos. In the chaos, Damian broke out from the crowd, ran towards the football, and shot the ball!

Sun Pan, who had just landed, struggled and jumped up from the ground, reaching out to block it.

The football hit his palm and was blocked from the baseline...the alarm was cleared!

Beautiful! Sun Pan! Amazing consecutive saves! He saved the Chinese team's goal! He Ping shouted excitedly, almost jumping up from the chair in the commentary box...

On the other side, the commentator of the Brazilian TV station held his head in his hands: Ahhhh! Unbelievable! The Chinese team's goalkeeper Sun Pan made a very difficult save. He blocked Hulk and Damian's attempts. Shot! The Brazilian team lost an excellent opportunity to equalize the score! But the adjustment of Menezes replacing Hulk has shown its effect. If we continue to play like this, the Brazilian team will equalize the score sooner or later! (To be continued. )