Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1923

Lin Zhiyuan stood there without moving, but turned his head to watch the football fly out of the baseline.

It seemed that his expression was as steady as an old dog, but in fact his heartbeat was already one hundred and fifty per minute.

This ball...flew out by rubbing against the outside of the goal post!

Almost, just entered the door!

And he failed to make a save at all.

But he still couldn't make people see the panic in his heart, so he calmly made a gesture of pressing his hands down to his teammates who looked back: Hold on, don't panic!

"Rafael El Gurez! His shot slid out!"

Substituted in the 77th minute, striker Rafael Herguez had just finished his first shot on goal.

The quality of this shot is actually very high, otherwise Lin Zhiyuan wouldn't be in a cold sweat.

But no matter how high-quality the shot is, as long as there is no goal, it is equal to zero.

Head coach Kyle Borja made adjustments to the lineup, replacing the starting striker Pablo Alegria and replacing him with striker Rafael El Gurez, who played for the Sevilla Navigators. Joaquin Bella was replaced with center Mati Palacio, who played for the Stan Park Rangers.

Borja didn't care about the "tradition of Spanish football" at this time, and replaced two center forwards, trying to make the game simpler and more direct.

During this period of time, Spain's offensive has indeed started, almost attacking around the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team.

For the Chinese team, Dillon also made substitution adjustments.

Not long after Hu Lai scored, he played with right back Bai Di and replaced right wing back Luo Kai.

On the one hand, it was because Luo Kai had just returned from injury and his physical condition was not very good. On the other hand, it was also because Bai Di was better at defending than Luo Kai. After all, the former was a full-time guard, not a cameo.

After Bai Di played, the Chinese team scored 532.

Chen Xingyi is still on the left, basically a left back.

The reason why Chen Xingyi was not replaced, and a special left back was brought up, was because Dillon considered the possibility of the Chinese team's counterattack, and always wanted to keep a player who had the speed to break through with the ball.

Although leading by three goals, he still does not want his team to completely lose the ability to counterattack.

If you squat down and hug your head to be beaten, if you are kicked down by the opponent, exposing the deadly position of chest and abdomen, then you will be in trouble...

So even if you are defending, you have to hold the handle firmly.

"The game has progressed to the 80th minute, and there are still ten minutes before the end of the regular time. However, this World Cup is the first time to adopt the concept of net stoppage time. So the final stoppage time may be longer..."

Net stoppage time is a new rule introduced by FIFA in this World Cup. In the past, the stoppage time of injuries was actually estimated. For example, when a substitution gave 30 seconds of stoppage time, when celebrating a goal or suspending the game due to injury, the specific time was estimated.

In the end, three minutes of stoppage time is the norm, and five or six minutes of stoppage time is considered long.

There is seven or eight minutes of stoppage time, and they can be on the news.

In this World Cup, as long as the game is suspended, whether it is because of goal celebrations, VAR confirmation of penalties, or substitutions, treatment... At these times, the referee will stop the watch.

Then at the end of the game, all the time consumed by these timeouts is counted.

This has also led to the fact that in this World Cup, the tactics of delaying the game time have almost disappeared-because no matter how much you delay, it will be counted for you in the final stoppage time...

In this way, let alone seven or eight minutes, even ten minutes of stoppage time are very common in this World Cup.

At present, the game with the longest stoppage time in this World Cup comes from South Korea and England. Thirteen minutes of stoppage time were given in the second half...

That's because the South Korean team played very rough, fouled frequently, the game was interrupted a lot, and a small conflict broke out between the two sides.

The injury time that eventually led to this game broke the record.

In a normal game, unless both sides play very smoothly and the game has a lot of net time, then the stoppage time is basically at least six minutes.

The second half of the match between the Chinese team and the Spanish team was fairly smooth at the beginning. The Spanish team dominated the ball and the ball was always at their feet. The Chinese team could only defend and counterattack, so the game was not interrupted much.

However, after the Chinese team led by three goals, the Spanish players became more and more impatient, their actions became more and more serious, fouls gradually increased, and the game was interrupted more and more times.

In addition, this is Spain's home court, so we had to run for ten minutes in stoppage time.

Let's start with ten minutes of stoppage time, and there are still twenty minutes before the end of the game.

Is 20 minutes enough for the Spanish national team to chase three goals in a row?

It cannot be said that it is absolutely impossible, but it can also be said that there is little hope...

So whether it is the Spanish players on the field or the Spanish fans off the field, in the remaining 20 minutes, the only wish has become "At least score one goal, and you can't really lose 0:3 to China. Team"…

For a world champion, such a goal can even be said to be "humble".

But now it seems that it may still be a little unrealistic...

"Spain besieged the goal of the Chinese team. So far, they have shot 21 kicks, but they have not scored a goal..."

"It's unbelievable! The Spanish national team, which is full of offensive talents, will appear weak..."

"In fact, the problem of Spain's lack of scorers has appeared before-in La Liga this season, none of the top five scorers in the league is a local Spanish player. The Spanish player with the most goals is playing for Seville. Rafael El Gurez of the Navigators of Asia only scored 18 goals... Even so, Borja was not able to start El Gurez in this game, he still More trust in Catalan players. So Salado and Alegria started the game..."

"The Spanish team that won the championship four years ago had the World Cup silver boot Celados. Who can stand up at the critical moment this year and attack the team for the team? Salado? Rosas? Can The three-dimensional firepower net constructed by Pousano Borja now looks like a three-dimensional net without firepower..."

The TV broadcast turned the camera on Spain's coaching bench, and next to Borja stood the last Spanish player ready to be substituted, the young midfielder Albert Doncel.

When a goal is needed, a defensive midfielder is replaced, of course it is not because Borja gave up.

On the contrary, he was going to put all his eggs in one basket.

He will replace starting right-winger Keely Tres with Doncelle, then push right-back Martin Rosada into the attacking line, with Doncelle in midfield, dipping back to help the two centre-backs when necessary defense.

Borja is really out of luck.

In this 23-man roster, he only brought a total of four Zhengyin forwards.

Now these four forwards have all played, but still failed to score.

Of course, it is impossible for him to put the hope of scoring goals on the striker.

What's more, the tactics of the Spanish national team have never been based on forwards scoring. Many times, what forwards do is to help other players attract the attention of defenders, create space, and then allow the midfielders who come in behind to score.

Not long after Dongssel came on the field, the Chinese team also made substitutions.

The first is to replace Zhang Qinghuan with Guo Junfu.

Then after the game entered stoppage time, Hu Lai was replaced by left back Zhao Yongwei.

At the same time, Chen Xingyi was pushed forward.

Dillon made two substitutions, of course not to delay time, because when the substitution was made, the game time was suspended, and this time would also be added to the stoppage time.

The reason why he did this was so that Hu Lai could enjoy the treatment of a solo curtain call.

"In the 92nd minute, Hu Lai was substituted!"

"The Chinese team is making substitutions. No. 13 Yongwei Zhao comes on and replaces No. 14 Hu Lai!"

"Hu is finally coming off the field, and the Spanish team must have breathed a sigh of relief—at least they don't have to worry about being attacked by Hu again when they are attacking with all their strength. Although the game is not over yet, there is no suspense for the best player in the game. Except for Hu, there will be no one else! Without Hu's goal at the kick-off, the Chinese team would definitely not be able to lead Spain by three goals!"

"Although the World Cup has only played one round of the group stage, if I say that Hu will be a strong contender for the World Cup Golden Boot, I am afraid no one will have any objections? He has brought his excellent form in the club to the national team , this is not easy..."

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"Okay, guys. We're off..."

"Yeah, I can finally stop worrying..."

"No, I mean we can finally let it go. Come on guys, let's stand up and give Hu a round of applause!"

In the stands, Mantorres Alvared raised his arms and waved for those around him to stand up.

Those around him waved to fans farther away.

Just like this, one by one, one by one, like a beacon lit on a beacon tower, a large number of Spanish fans stood up one after another, and they were also fans of the Madrid Pirates.

While the Chinese fans cheered Hu Lai as he walked off the field, the opponent fans applauded Hu Lai with serious expressions.

Cheers and applause were intertwined, like the wind and thunder over the Crown Stadium.

"Hu Lai was waving to the Chinese fans in the stands, and the Chinese fans responded with cheers and applause...Ah! Not only the Chinese fans! And the Spanish fans! They gave Hu Lai a collective standing ovation! Really! A touching scene! A great player can bridge the gap between the enemy and himself!"

"That's right, He Feng! I think today's scene will definitely become a classic scene in the history of the World Cup, and it will be played and mentioned repeatedly! This is the pride of Chinese football, and every one of us in China is proud of it!"

Hu Lai walked to the sidelines and hugged Zhao Yongwei.

Then he walked off the field ~www.novelmt.com~ and went straight to the waiting head coach Jorge Dillon.

The old man reached out to shake his hand, but he pulled him into his arms.

Holly gave Dillon a big hug!

"Good boy! Good boy!" Dillon patted Hu Lai's back and murmured repeatedly.

He knew why Hu Lai gave him such an exaggerated hug in front of so many people and the camera...

No matter how much obsession, unwillingness and resentment he had for failing to coach the Spanish national team before.

After today's game it all evaporated.

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PS, there are two updates today, and tomorrow we will start a single update for a while, and we will continue with three updates in the next game—if all goes well...

I received a call from my mother last night. We took the children back to have dinner with them on Sunday. The child had a fever that night. As a result, my father also had a fever today.

I am a 70-year-old man with high blood pressure. To be honest, I am very worried.

(end of this chapter)