Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1989 This is the quarterfinals

The Chinese team and the Dutch team have just arrived at the game site. They have not come out to warm up in the locker room. Fans from both sides have already entered the stadium in the stands.

Fans who entered the stadium stared dumbfounded at the big screen, which was showing the match between Italy and Argentina.

The score remained unchanged, still 1:0, with the Italian team leading.

And time is running out for Argentina.

Meli dribbled the ball from the wing, broke through with a horizontal dribble, and after passing two defenders in a row, he swung his left foot and shot the football towards the Italian goal!

Albertazzi missed the ball this time!

But after the football bypassed his fingers, it also bypassed the far post.

Finally got around the bottom line!

The exclamation from the stands mixed with the exclamation from the big screen.

Meli, who finished the shot, also lost his balance. He fell directly on the turf and watched his shot go wide.

He didn't get up immediately and continue to fight, but lay down on the turf and closed his eyes in pain.

Immediately afterwards, his close-up shot suddenly switched to a long-range shot, and the Italian players guarding the sideline rushed into the field with open arms-just after Meli's shot missed the goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game whistle!

The South American powerhouse Argentina, who is also the favorite to win the championship... was eliminated in the quarter-finals!

Their two consecutive World Cup trips have stopped in the quarterfinals!

On the big screen, Meli has already got up from the ground, with his hands on his hips, looking at the cheering Italian players in the distance, his eyes lost.

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"Argentina is home!"

"Melly was eliminated! He was in such a good state before, I thought he could at least lead the team to the final..."

"This is the quarter-finals... Alas!"

The players of the Chinese team in the locker room also knew the final result of the game, and they started discussing one after another.

Although there are not many people in this national team who have a good impression of Argentina and Meli, a team that was generally optimistic about winning the championship before the game was eliminated in this way. Saving the crisis in the game...

This is very inconsistent with everyone's "common sense".

After Argentina fell behind, many Chinese players felt that Meli would definitely make a move, and he would use his super personal ability to help Argentina equalize the score.

After all, Meli has already proved how good he is in this World Cup.

As a result, at the end of the game, Meli was stunned and failed to break through the goal guarded by Albertazzi.

He was blocked by Italian players in the game.

Those Italian players defending him were like sticky mud, sticking to Meli's legs one after another, adding weight to his legs, slowing down his pace, making his feet no longer flexible and inflexible. out magic...

Until completely stuck in the quagmire and unable to move.

Wang Guangwei took over the words of his last teammate and said: "This is the quarter-finals, brothers! It is not very strange that Italy, which is weaker than Argentina, can eliminate their opponents in the World Cup. So even if we are now weaker than Why can't the Netherlands eliminate them?"

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"That's the quarter-finals, gentlemen."

The head coach of the Dutch national team, Josef Drost, spread his hands and warned his players.

"Don't think that the Chinese team lacks the main central defender and the main left wing back, and we can easily beat them. Argentina may also be full of confidence before this game. The result? The drama of football is often overwhelmed by the World Cup stage. Multiplied, especially in the knockout stage. Argentina lost well, and the loss was timely. Before our game against the Chinese team, it reminded us all again. We will face the Chinese team in a while, even if the lineup is not neat The Chinese team must go all out and show our best form!"

The Dutch players in the locker room all looked serious, no one was smiling.

"Let's go out and warm up now. During the warm-up, you should also concentrate and concentrate, and try to make your body meet the requirements of the competition as soon as possible. Remember, the competition has already begun!"

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Wang Guangwei stood at the exit of the player tunnel, looking out with his head probed.

Because there are outer walls of fan stands on both sides of the player tunnel, his vision is severely limited, and he can only see the area of ​​the stadium framed by the outer walls of the stands on both sides.

That's an area in the middle of the field.

is the place to kick off.

But when warming up, it was the most deserted place.

Because the players of both sides are concentrated near the goal in their respective halfs, Wang Guangwei actually looks around here, and there is not much to see.

But he still stood there watching, and occasionally he would walk around, trying to look out a little more without violating the rules, just hoping that he could see more.

In fact, the warm-up before the game is nothing to watch.

Wang Guangwei himself has experienced countless times, and it seems that he can't see the flowers.

He was wearing the uniform of the Chinese team, and did not change into training or competition uniforms. He also had a pair of ordinary sports shoes instead of sneakers.

He couldn't play in this game because he was suspended by a red card.

Since there is no need to warm up, there is no need to change clothes.

After a while after the game started, he had to sit in the audience seats on the stage and watch the game with other Chinese team staff who could not go to the coach's bench or the bench.

This game has nothing to do with him.

But he still chooses to be with his teammates, even if he can only watch and wait.

Wang Guangwei didn't know that the way he was wandering around the entrance of the passage was all captured by the camera, and then transmitted to audiences all over the world through the relay signal.

When He Feng saw this scene, he said with emotion: "Wang Guangwei can't participate in this game because of the red card suspension. He is definitely one of the biggest contributors to sending the Chinese team to the quarterfinals. But as a hero, he can't participate in the quarterfinals." How cruel is this in the quarter-finals? Of course, Wang Guangwei fouled on the court and needs to bear the punishment he deserves, so there is no problem with being suspended. It's just...seeing this scene, it is somewhat touching .He might be worried about the team too..."

He Feng kept some words in his heart and didn't say them out.

The main reason is that at this sensitive and critical moment, he is afraid of losing his character.

After all, Wang Guangwei could not play in this game, and Chen Xingyi could not start.

The Chinese team is tantamount to using a remnant team to face the powerful Dutch team.

And this Dutch team is well-staffed.

It can be seen from the starting lineup that their main players are all out.

Pre-match predictions, the world's major media are generally not optimistic about the Chinese team.

Although the Chinese team just eliminated England in the quarter-finals, everyone is still not optimistic about them.

This is by no means a contempt, it is really too big a problem for the Chinese team itself.

The captain is suspended, the main players are injured, and there are physical problems.

The World Cup is now coming to an end.

The Chinese team's first World Cup match was on June 19th, and they played four games in a total of thirteen days, with an average of one game every three days.

The intensity of this game can be exaggerated compared to playing in the club.

In addition to today's game, the Chinese team will play five games in 16 days.

And the later the World Cup, the shorter the rest time between games.

This is a huge test for the thickness of the team lineup and the physical fitness of the players.

The Chinese team is just a shortcoming in terms of lineup thickness.

As far as the main lineup is concerned, the Chinese team can almost be regarded as the top of the European second-tier.

But if you count the substitute lineup, put it in the entire world of football, it is still... second-rate, second-rate in the world.

A game like the World Cup is definitely not something that can be won with just one lineup.

In less than a month, seven games, relying on a lineup will collapse in the end.

It is impossible for the main players not to be injured, and it is impossible to be physically strong forever.

At this time, it is necessary to have sufficient level of substitute players, or rotation players to make up for the decline in combat effectiveness caused by the absence of the main players.

It must be said that Dillon has done his best in terms of rotation, trying to minimize the influence of the absence of the main players.

However, the huge gap in hard power between the substitute players and the main players is still difficult to make up.

For example, when playing against England, the right side of the Chinese team was almost useless before Luo Kai played. They could only defend and were completely unable to organize offenses.

As soon as Luo Kai stepped up, it was as if he had changed sides, extremely vigorous. The goal for the Chinese team to equalize at 3:3 was scored from the right by Luo Kai's cross.

His substitute, Cui Zexu, has actually performed very well. He didn't make too many mistakes in defense, and he also used his body to block eye-catching performances in the game.

But helpless, his ability is insufficient, he must do his best just to defend, and the offense is completely useless.

It can be said that wherever Cui Zexu is, he basically loses the ability to attack and threaten opponents.

In this game, Cui Zexu replaced Chen Xingyi as the left wing back.

Then the left attack of the Chinese team, which tossed Johnson Law into a mess in the last game, can't be counted on.

In addition to Cui Zexu, the gap between the strength of the Chinese team's starting lineup and the bench in other positions is also obvious.

For example, Zhang Qinghuan and Guo Junfu, Guo Junfu actually worked very hard, but his efforts seemed helpless in front of Zhang Qinghuan's four years of experience in the European League.

Therefore, in this World Cup, he can only get the chance to play when Zhang Qinghuan is replaced in advance due to lack of physical strength.

But four years ago, the gap in strength between him and Zhang Qinghuan was not as big as it is now.

Gao Ruimin was the main defensive midfielder of the Chinese team four years ago-if he hadn't been injured, he should have finished the World Cup.

And now he is Ou Yangjin's substitute, but in fact he can't replace Ou Yangjin. He basically fought side by side with Ou Yangjin.

Xia Xiaoyu is even more exaggerated. He doesn't even have a special substitute in the current Chinese team. At the same time, he is also the only player in the Chinese team who has played all the games together with Lin Zhiyuan-started all four games, played all the games, and tied for the first place in playing time.

This shows his importance.

But such an important player doesn't even have a substitute, thanks to Xia Xiaoyu's luck in this World Cup, he didn't get injured in the first group match like Gao Ruimin did four years ago. Otherwise, it may be difficult for the Chinese team to reach the knockout round.

After four years of studying abroad, the Chinese team now has ten players playing in Europe.

They are of course the guarantee of the Chinese team's combat power.

But the other Chinese team players were pulled further and further away by them.

At this point in the World Cup, the main players of the Chinese team have inevitably begun to become tired.

Especially in the last game they played for 120 minutes—actually more than ~www.novelmt.com~Because the combined stoppage time of the first half and overtime was more than ten minutes, so the Chinese team It is equivalent to playing a game for about 140 minutes.

Moreover, it is a very intense game, which consumes more energy.

Although the Dutch team played 120 minutes in the quarter-finals, they also played a penalty shootout. But the Dutch team has a thick enough lineup. In the past four games, the head coach Joseph Drost has also continuously adjusted the lineup, allowing players to take turns to play, so their physical fitness is actually better than the Chinese team.

With so many unfavorable factors, it is reasonable and normal for the outside world not to be optimistic about the Chinese team.

He Feng didn't feel slighted or humiliated either.

He also knows that it is difficult for the Chinese team to eliminate the Dutch team.

He even hopes that the outside world will belittle and look down on the Chinese team so that the Dutch team can think so.

Then the Chinese team has the possibility of winning.

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PS, this game will be updated tomorrow!

(end of this chapter)