Chapter 218: No Pressure on the Chinese Team
"Brazil's long-range shots are very threatening. The Chinese national team needs to add some protection outside the penalty area!"
Carlos' long-range shot made the two commentators break out in cold sweats.
This is truly a reflection of the star's personal ability. If it were someone else, the long shot just now might not have been as threatening as the one posed by Carlos.
Carlos's feet are tough, but the key is that not only are his feet tough, but his long-range shots are also very accurate. The volley just now was no different from a free kick under his feet.
Li Weifeng and Feng Xiaoting reached out and pulled up the fallen Li Leilei. He had just completed two key saves in a row and performed extremely bravely.
The goalkeeper's performance will also inspire other players on the back line and boost their morale.
Brazil continued to attack. Ronaldinho took a tactical corner kick from the left. Kaka received the ball and made a lob pass into the penalty area. Ade stopped the ball with his chest and turned around to volley.
The shot was beautiful, but unfortunately it didn't go in. The ball was blocked by the Chinese national team's defender and went out of bounds.
Ronaldinho changed direction again, running to the right and taking another corner kick.
This time the Brazilian team did not take a tactical corner kick, but directly lifted the ball into the penalty area.
Li Weifeng grabbed the first point and cleared the ball out of the penalty area, but the flying ball fell into the feet of the Brazilian team again.
Fortunately, this time the Chinese national team immediately arranged for the defensive players to press outwards, so that Carlos had no chance to take another long shot after getting the ball.
Carlos is very experienced. Seeing the opponent rushing towards him, he quickly passed the ball to Kaka who was in the open space at the top of the penalty area.
Kaka dribbled the ball into the penalty area, created a little space and then forced a shot.
Although there was very little space for him to shoot in the penalty area, Kaka still found this tiny gap in the crack with his superb shooting skills.
Kaka's shot bypassed the defender and went straight to the lower right corner of the goal.
The shot was very tricky, and Li Leilei couldn't touch the ball at all with his position.
Just as the ball was about to fly into the goal, it was blocked by a leg that stretched out from nowhere at the last moment.
Kaka was ready to celebrate, but unexpectedly the ball was intercepted in front of the goal line.
The one who stretched out his foot to intercept him was Xu Yunlong, who had retreated from the wing to the penalty area to participate in the defense. It was also Kaka's bad luck that Xu Yunlong happened to come to this position. If he had been a little earlier or later, the ball would have been scored.
The team missed many good opportunities in a row, causing Perreira to frown slightly.
Although he did not think that the opponent could pose a threat to his team, he was somewhat dissatisfied that the players missed so many opportunities in a short period of time.
When facing the weak Chinese team, they can play more casually and don't take the wasted opportunities seriously.
But if Brazil continues to waste opportunities like it is doing now in the World Cup when they meet traditional powerhouses like Italy, Spain, France and Germany, they will definitely not go far!
Thinking of this, Pereira decided to give the players a good ideological lesson in the locker room later. They must be made to take it seriously and not take it so lightly all the time.
Although Brazil is the defending champion and has a strong lineup, it is the favorite to win this World Cup.
But defending the World Cup title is definitely not an easy task.
In the history of the World Cup, only two teams have achieved the feat of defending their title.
Among them is the Brazilian team itself!
The last time Brazil defended the World Cup title was in 1962, which was 44 years ago!
In the past 44 years, which World Cup winner was not strong in both men and horses?
But without exception, they all fell on the road to defending the title.
Even the Brazilian team itself is no exception.
Indeed, from the Brazilians' own perspective, they have won two of the past three World Cups and are undoubtedly at the peak of Brazilian football.
But football is developing and changing very quickly, especially European football, which is changing with each passing day.
Four years ago, they had the help of the host country South Korea, who used various means to defeat a number of European giants, greatly reducing the difficulty of their winning the championship.
Four years later, facing the home game in Europe, the Brazilian team may not be as lucky as it was back then!
Although Perreira also wants to replicate Scolari's success in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, he himself knows that this is almost impossible.
In this case, if the Brazilian team still wants to win the championship, they must work twice as hard.
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Although the Brazilian team's attack was sharp and threatening, the Chinese national team had no pressure to perform well, so whenever there was an opportunity, they would try to launch an attack and had no idea what fear was.
In the 23rd minute, the Chinese team launched a counterattack. After Lin Feng got rid of the interception of several Brazilian players in the midfield, he passed the ball to the wing.
Sun Jihai dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and in order to avoid the ball being intercepted by the opponent, he sent a quick low cross.
Gao Lin started a little slowly, and even though he tried his best, he still couldn't touch the ball.
Li Jinyu did touch the ball, but he was unable to get rid of the interception by Brazilian defenders Lucio and Cafu.
So Li Jinyu made a very bold and imaginative move.
He raised his right leg high, touched the flying ball in the air, and completed a flirty shot.
Although the imagination is rich, the quality of this shot is simply appalling.
The football hit his thigh and slowed down significantly. Not only did his shot fail, but he also helped the opponent to clear the ball in disguise.
Brazilian goalkeeper Dida controlled the ball easily. After that, he glanced at Li Jinyu with some curiosity. He didn't understand what the other party was doing?
Dida felt that if the opponent didn't lift his legs so high, the chances of scoring might be higher if he took advantage of the refraction of the flying football.
"Does this count as a completed shot?"
"It seems like he shot it, but there is no threat at all!"
"Li Jinyu is simply here to make people laugh!"
When the fans of the Chinese national football team saw Li Jinyu's shot, they couldn't help but laugh.
They are worthy of being the Chinese national football team, they played really badly!
"It's good enough that I can complete the shot, why do I need a bicycle!?"
The fans of the Chinese national football team did not really want to curse the team. In fact, they already felt very satisfied that they were able to launch an offensive under the fierce attack of the Brazilian team and finally score a goal.
It's always better to fight back than to be beaten passively the whole time!
Although the Chinese national team's counterattack failed to work, the Brazilian team finally got tired after attacking for more than 20 minutes and began to try to control the tempo of the game.
After feeling that the opponent's offensive threat had decreased, the Chinese national team began to increase its offensive investment.
In the 27th minute, the Chinese national team took a quick free kick from the backcourt. Zheng Zhi quickly dribbled the ball across half court, and after avoiding Kaka's interception, he passed the ball to Lin Feng in the frontcourt.
This was the first time that Lin Feng received a pass from his teammate in such a forward position. In the past, the Chinese national team's passes would be intensively intercepted by the opponent before they even passed the midfield.
The Brazilian team was caught off guard by the Chinese national team's quick-start tactics. Midfielder Emerson rushed towards Lin Feng at the first opportunity, but it was too late.
Lin Feng noticed the opponent's movements, and while accelerating with the ball, he changed direction smoothly and easily passed him. After passing Emerson, Lin Feng's eyes suddenly became clear.
At this time, he was about 30 meters away from the goal, and there was no defensive player within at least three meters in front of him.
Lucio didn't dare to let Lin Feng dribble the ball, so he was forced to stop retreating and move towards Lin Feng's position.
At the same time, Brazil's other midfielder Ze Roberto was also accelerating towards Lin Feng, intending to cooperate with Lucio to attack from the front and back and steal the ball from Lin Feng's feet.
Seeing this, Lin Feng continued to pass the ball sideways to increase the distance between himself and Roberto, while observing the positioning of his teammates.
Unfortunately, Gao Lin and Li Jinyu's running positions overlapped, and the Brazilian team's defensive players did a very good job of positioning themselves, so it was difficult for Lin Feng to pass the ball to their feet from his angle.
As for dividing the ball, it is not impossible, but in this way, the opponent will have time to get into position and defend, and it will be very difficult to break through the Brazilian team's defense from the wing. The Chinese national team has tried it before.
Almost in an instant, Lin Feng knew what choice to make.
He did not continue dribbling the ball into the opponent's crowd, but suddenly stopped. When Lucio was approaching aggressively, he suddenly dribbled the ball, avoided Lucio's attempt to steal the ball, created an angle, and shot directly with his left foot from 25 meters in front of the goal.
This long shot was quite sudden. Except for Lucio, who was closest to Lin Feng and realized that he was going to shoot, the other players nearby did not expect Lin Feng to shoot suddenly.
Although Lucio was shaken by half a body length, he relied on his strong physical fitness and forced his foot to intercept the opponent even though his body was out of position, without caring at all whether doing so would risk pulling his crotch.
Lin Feng aimed at the upper right corner of the goal, originally intending to make the ball arc.
But after the ball hit Lucio, it deviated a little bit in the air and eventually went wide of the right post, which was a bit regretful for him.
Brazilian goalkeeper Dida was shocked in front of the goal. He didn't expect the ball to be so close to the goal frame.
If Lucio hadn't touched the ball just now, the ball would have most likely gone in.
Not only was Dida surprised, but Lucio himself was also scared and broke out in a cold sweat.
He looked back at Lin Feng with some fear. This guy's long-range shot was really something.
He almost broke the Brazilian team's goal!
"Oh, what a pity for this ball!"
"Lin Feng's long shot was very sudden and threatening, but Lucio seemed to have touched the ball and slightly changed its flight trajectory!"
"If this ball hadn't been blocked, maybe the Chinese national team would have taken the lead!"
In the commentary booth, the two commentators were very excited when they saw Lin Feng make a threatening long shot.
Not only them, but the majority of fans also expressed their satisfaction!
As long as my expectations are low enough, let alone a shot, even if the national team completes a steal, it can make the fans excited.
The game was almost thirty minutes in, and the Chinese national team had not fallen behind yet, which had already exceeded the fans' expectations.
After all, how many teams on this planet can withstand Brazil's fierce attack for half an hour?
Although the Chinese national team's counterattack was beautiful, it also angered the Brazilian team.
The Samba Army, which originally tried to control the tempo of the game, once again launched a fierce attack on the Chinese national team's goal.
In the 32nd minute, Ronaldo, who had been silent for a long time, completed a pendulum pass in the penalty area, and then his shot slipped past the goal.
Two minutes later, Ronaldinho, under the double-team of several Chinese national team defenders, dodged and danced in the narrow space, and finally used an extremely exaggerated bull tail to break through the siege and enter the penalty area.
The stars of the Brazilian team have begun their individual performances!
"Hold on, the Brazilian team is starting to fight for their lives!"
"The first half is almost over, hold on!"
The Chinese fans who arrived at the scene saw that the Chinese national football team was in a bad situation, and they spontaneously began to cheer for the team, hoping to use this method to inspire the team and help them get through this most difficult period.
But Brazil's offensive would not stop because of this. In the 35th minute, Kaka relied on his own speed to complete a breakthrough. Zheng Zhi could not catch up and was forced to knock him down with a tactical foul at the front of the penalty area.
The referee decisively showed Zheng Zhi a yellow card and warned the Chinese team.
This yellow card is not a big problem, but the location of this free kick is fatal.
The free kick location is just behind the top of the penalty area, about 20 meters away from the goal.
There are many free kick experts in the Brazilian team. For experts like them, it is easy to score directly from this distance.
Carlos discussed with Ronaldinho and finally decided that Ronaldinho would take the penalty kick.
On the Chinese national team side, almost all the players retreated to the penalty area to participate in defense.
Even Lin Feng, Gao Lin and others participated in the work of forming a human wall.
"Brother Feng, do you think the other team will throw the ball directly at us later?"
Gao Lin is about the same height as Lin Feng, and the two of them just fit together.
When forming the human wall, Gao Lin was extremely nervous, fearing that he would be made a sitting target if he wasn't careful.
"will not!"
After Lin Feng saw that the person who took the free throw was Ronaldinho, he categorically denied Gao Lin's concerns.
"why?"
"Because it was Ronaldinho who took the penalty, not Carlos. If Carlos took the penalty, he would have used his heavy artillery to hit the goal. At this distance, the heavy artillery would have been blocked by the wall of people. Of course, with his strength, the person who blocked the ball would probably get hurt."
Lin Feng has not yet experienced the power of Carlos's heavy artillery on the court, but he is also a heavy artillery player. When he takes free kicks, he has seen many times that the players in the opponent's wall look at him with fear in their eyes.
Carlos's heavy artillery could only be more powerful, so being hit by his heavy artillery would definitely feel uncomfortable.
After hearing what Lin Feng said, Gao Lin felt relieved.
In fact, he was afraid of this just now, but now that he saw that it was Ronaldinho who took the free throw, he was no longer afraid.
For someone like Ronaldinho who pursues good footwork, he will most likely hit a spinning arc ball. There is nothing to be afraid of with this kind of ball as the force will not be particularly strong, so you can jump with confidence later.
Beep!
The referee blew the whistle and Ronaldinho started his run-up.
With a dull bang, the football flew into the sky.
Lin Feng and Gao Lin formed a human wall and jumped up quickly. It was such a coincidence that the direction of Ronaldinho's free kick flew right where they were.
Lin Feng's luck was a little bad and he failed to touch the ball.
Gao Lin was extremely lucky. His big face collided head-on with the football, and he used his face to brake and block the ball.
It turns out that having a big face has this magical effect!
(End of this chapter)
