Chapter 592 Advance to the Top 4
Lu Wenbin's goal completely stabilized the morale of the Chinese team, while Senegal was naturally closed to a dead end.
However, sometimes there are accidents on the football field, and it is not always possible to take the lead if you have the situation and psychological dominance.
After failing to score a goal in the opening attack, the Senegalese players were already a little impetuous.
Now that the score is behind, he is naturally more anxious.
Therefore, after the game restarted, the Senegalese team's offense was even higher, vowing to score goals.
Although African players are less disciplined, they are better than players from other continents in terms of physical fitness and drive.
Under Senegal's continuous pressing attack, the Chinese team made a mistake in the 27th minute. Defender Jiang Zhipeng tackled Senegalese striker Coulibaly in the penalty area, not only received a yellow card, but also gave the opponent a penalty. .
Konate took the penalty overnight and kicked the penalty into the dead corner. Zeng Cheng even threw it in the wrong direction.
Senegal leveled the score, and the Senegalese fans in the stands were jumping and dancing with excitement and celebrating.
Jiang Zhipeng felt very annoyed, listless, still regretting the foul in the penalty area just now.
But at this moment, captain Lu Wenbin came over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Cheer up and defend the line. It's just a penalty kick. We will definitely score more goals for them later."
In the stands, the singing of Chinese fans sounded at the right time. The singing of "Ode to the Motherland" wafted over the Millennium Stadium, bringing Jiang Zhipeng a new force.
Jiang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Captain, don't worry, I won't make such a mistake again!"
Other teammates also came up to comfort Jiang Zhipeng, and then restarted the game.
In fact, Lu Wenbin was right. Senegal's penalty kick had a lot of accidental factors.
In the rest of the first half, although the Senegalese players were boosted by the equalizer, they failed to break through the Chinese team's goal.
On the contrary, it was the Chinese team. In the 41st minute, Lu Wenbin completed another long-distance attack, and finally faced the attacking goalkeeper with a lob shot.
Lu Wenbin scored twice and the Chinese team led 2-1 again.
All the Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV gave out warm applause and cheers.
With a score of 2-1, the two sides entered the intermission.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Senegal still relied on their black physique to start the game and wanted to score a goal to equalize the score while the Chinese team was not paying attention.
But this time the Chinese team was mentally prepared, and it was no surprise that they blocked all Senegal's attacks.
While solidly defending, the Chinese team did not forget to counterattack.
In the 73rd minute, Senegal's shot from outside the penalty area was confiscated by Zeng Cheng. Zeng Cheng threw the ball to attack, and the Chinese team counterattacked again.
But this time Lu Wenbin participated in the defense, and he was standing at the back, and it was too late to be a sharp knife figure in the counterattack.
But Lu Wenbin has a master pass assist ability.
Zeng Cheng's throw fell to Wu Xi's feet, Wu Xi smashed the ball out of the opponent's striker's counterattack and passed it to Lu Wenbin.
Wu Lei had already turned around and rushed towards Senegal's half when Zeng Cheng threw the ball to attack.
When Wu Lei was about to go offside, Lu Wenbin passed the ball with a precise through ball.
The ball escaped the interception of two Senegalese players on the way and appeared at the front of Senegal's penalty area.
Wu Lei succeeded in countering offside, received a through ball from Lu Wenbin and entered the penalty area, and then hit a close corner against the attacking goalkeeper.
Although the goalkeeper Mane jumped in the right direction, but the near corner was too close and the speed was too fast, the ball flew past before his palm reached, and then slid into the near goal against the goal post.
Lu Wenbin assisted Wu Lei to make another victory, and the Chinese team led Senegal 3-1.
The gap between the two goals can be said to have sealed the victory.
Therefore, not only the fans, but also the players of the Chinese team celebrated enthusiastically, and finally ended the celebration under the protest of the Senegalese players and restarted the game.
After the game restarted, Senegal, which was behind by two goals, almost had the whole team attacking. Only two central defenders were left behind to defend Wu Lei. Sometimes there was only one central defender, and the other central defender crossed the half to participate in the attack. .
However, although Senegal's offense looks like a rainbow, it can't see any tricks.
Many players want to forcibly pass people after getting the ball. If they can't pass people, they get out of the way outside the penalty area and then take a long shot that doesn't know where to go.
Naturally, this kind of offense has no effect, and has not been able to score goals.
Although the Chinese team has a lot of counterattack opportunities, because Lu Wenbin has been participating in the defense from the back, the frontcourt offense is handed over to Wu Lei, Cao Binding, Ba Li and others.
These guys had poor shooting skills, and they had two good chances to counterattack, but they missed the goal frame.
Finally, in the 87th minute, Lu Wenbin's position was slightly forward. When the Chinese team got another chance to counterattack, the ball was handed over to Lu Wenbin's feet.
Lu Wenbin turned around and rushed up with the ball, ready to make another long-distance attack to score the goal and completely seal the victory.
The time is coming to an end. Although Senegal is almost certain to lose, defender Siss does not want Lu Wenbin to score more goals and lose more.
So, when Lu Wenbin was about to pass him, he made a side tackle and shoveled Lu Wenbin to the ground with the ball.
Although he received a yellow card, Sith thought that it was unlikely that Lu Wenbin would make it because the distance was too far.
This free kick is 40 meters away from the goal, which is quite a long distance. Unless the speed is more than 100 kilometers per hour, the goalkeeper will have time to react and make a save.
This kind of speed, even for Lu Wenbin, who has a full physique, is something that can be met but not sought after.
In the eyes of countless spectators at the scene and in front of the TV, Lu Wenbin activated his special free kick skill and shot a shocking long shot.
I saw the ball first soared into the air, crossed the human wall, and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal through a weak arc.
Goalkeeper Mane saw the flight path of the ball and began to move to the left, preparing to take the free kick in the upper left corner.
As a result, when he moved two steps and was about to take off, he was shocked to find that the ball turned to the right.
Mane, whose center of gravity shifted to the left, couldn't move. He could only watch the ball fly into the right goal. He remained motionless like a statue.
The British commentator in the commentary booth roared and called:
"Gooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"Nice, Lu hit a long-range free kick, and it was an S-shaped arc. Goalkeeper Mane was deceived!"
"Luo completed his first hat-trick at the London Olympics!"
That's right, this is Lu Wenbin's first hat-trick in London.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin, who scored the goal, was also very excited. He rushed to the sidelines and kissed his fiancee Kate to celebrate, which caused applause and screams from all the fans.
After Lu Wenbin staged a hat-trick to help the Chinese team lead 4-1, the game completely lost its suspense. The Senegalese players had no interest in evening the score and gave up the game completely.
Seeing this, the referee didn't even make up the 3 minutes of stoppage time, and blew the whistle for the end of the game after more than 1 minute of stoppage time.
The Chinese Olympic team beat the African team Senegal 4-1 in the quarter-finals with Lu Wenbin's hat-trick and Wu Lei's goal, advancing to the semi-finals.