Chapter 32 Guo Nu
Although Villa felt sad about being replaced, he quickly left the field. After all, Spain is now two goals behind and they need time to score. If he delays a little more time when making substitutions, the impact on the team will be even greater.
Time is now on the side of the Chinese team.
Villa's tears seemed to stimulate the Spanish players. Of course, it is also possible that Del Bosque made a correct substitution. When Mata came on the field, Spain's offense immediately improved.
Alba made a cross from a 45-degree angle in the midfield and found Torres outside the penalty area. Torres stopped the ball on his chest and shot directly in the air. The football missed the target slightly and flew out of the goal.
"Torres! It's so dangerous! There was a slight problem with the Chinese team's defense, and Torres immediately caught him. Don't let up!" Liu Jianhong shouted anxiously.
After Sun Pan also jumped up from the ground, he clapped his hands hard and loudly reminded his teammates.
Then in the 63rd minute, Xabi Alonso shot a long shot from outside the penalty area, which hit the ball directly high and did not threaten the Chinese team's goal.
At this time, facing Spain's offensive, the Chinese team chose to slow down the pace a little. Because Spain obviously wants to speed up and cannot let them get what they want.
The Chinese team, which is two goals ahead, can now play very calmly and calmly, without any need to rush.
It is Spain that should be anxious.
Without Lippi's instructions, the Chinese team had already made such adjustments. They were waiting for opportunities to counterattack while maintaining a solid defense.
In this game, Lippi fielded Yan Min, He Ying and Wu Lei, three fast and impactful forwards, who must have made such preparations. Zhou Yi was keenly aware of the head coach's thoughts and made such adjustments in advance, which saved Lippi from shouting on the sidelines.
Facing the Chinese team's defensive counterattack, the Spanish team could only bite the bullet and attack upward, even though they knew that it would be dangerous for them to attack. At this time, they have no choice and are not qualified to consider anything else.
Sun Pan liked this tactic because he became the protagonist.
The number of Spanish shots has increased, and the number of times he can appear has also increased.
This excited him.
And Sun Pan belongs to the kind of goalkeeper who goes crazy when people come to him. The more excited he is, the better.
This is a pain for the Spanish players. No matter how hard they shoot, they can't break the goal guarded by Sun Pan.
At the 72nd minute, Bosque made another substitution adjustment, bringing on Cesc Fabregas and replacing Cazorla.
Before the game, the news revealed that Cesc Fabregas and Del Bosque had some unpleasantness on the training ground. Now, Del Bosque will definitely not care about his grudges with Fabregas. It is more important to restore the glory of Spanish football.
After Fabregas came on the field, he did bring some changes to Spain's offense.
In the 76th minute, he suddenly retreated from the left rib of the penalty area to receive the ball from his teammate, and then passed the football to the back point on the right.
Rong Hao jumped up and tried to push the football out, but failed!
"Rong Hao has taken over!" Liu Jianhong exclaimed.
Behind Rong Hao is Mata, who replaced Villa. He is already ready to receive the ball.
Just before he could catch the ball, Sun Pan cursed and rushed out of the goal, heading straight for Mata.
Guo Nu originally wanted to defend Mata, but when he saw Sun Pan's action, he quickly ran towards his goal.
When Mata caught the ball, he caught a glimpse of Sun Pan's attack from the corner of his eye, so he was already prepared before he caught the ball. He leaned back, opened his hands to maintain balance, and then raised his left foot to push the football passed by Cesc Fabregas upward!
He shot directly!
Lob shot!
Sun Pan jumped up, but still a little slow. Mata's direct shot was a bit unexpected.
Mata and Sun Pan have been teammates at Chelsea for half a season. He obviously knows Sun Pan very well. He knows that Sun Pan's attacks are very fast, so he must not stop the ball. Once he stops the ball, he will lose the chance to shoot. , so he chose to shoot directly.
Although the accuracy is not as high as shooting after adjustment, at this time you have to give up and take a gamble.
He bet on shooting directly and caught Sun Pan off guard.
When the football flew past Sun Pan's fingertips, it looked like he had won the bet...
"Mata! Lob shot——!!" the Spanish commentator shouted in a long and excited voice.
In his roar, the football passed through Sun Pan's fingers and fell towards the goal behind him!
That's a huge empty door!
Spain will get a goal back!
If this goal is scored, it will be Spain's first sports goal in this World Cup!
The Spanish fans in the stands swept away their previous frustration and despair, jumped up from their seats and cheered loudly.
As they cheered, the football crashed towards the goal, getting closer and closer to the goal line.
But at this moment, Guo Nu, who was chasing after him in front of the door, jumped over and then made a difficult barb!
When the football was about to cross the line, he hooked it out!
"Guo Nu!!!" Liu Jianhong's voice made the Chinese fans in front of the TV have no doubt that he wanted to rush to the stadium to hug Guo Nu.
In fact, they fans also want to do this - this rescue is so awesome!
"A difficult hook clearance! Guo Nu succeeded! It's so beautiful! It was a critical moment! He took the risk of an own goal and made a successful clearance!"
Sun Pan's heart froze when the football flew over the top of his finger. He still remembered the vow he made before the game...
As a result, he turned around and saw Guo Nuteng in the air, hooking the football out with a standard barb move.
At this moment, he wanted to hug Guo Nu.
When the football that was cleared by Guo Nu was kicked into the stands by Wu Lei, the Spanish players raised their hands and signaled to the referee that Mata's ball had already crossed the line. Guo Nu should have kicked it inside the goal line. The football was kicked out.
However, the referee did not accept the complaints and protests of the Spanish players. The TV replay also clearly told those viewers who were not sure that at the moment when Guo Nu made the clearance, only one edge of the football was tangent to the outermost edge of the goal line. It's still far from a goal.
Guo Nu's rescue can be said to be very timely and without any problems.
"No goal, no goal!" Liu Jianhong kept repeating this sentence as if he was telling the Spanish players. "Guo Nu's key clearance on the goal line saved the Chinese team! He scored a goal for the Chinese team with a header before, and now he saves another goal. It is almost like he scored two goals! Guo Nu's performance in this game The condition is really outstanding!”
The Spanish commentator watched this scene and had nothing to say: "It's true that we didn't score... It was almost, alas! We once again lost a good opportunity to score! Villa's shot in the first half could not get past Sun Pan. It was a close call, but this time Mata's lob shot passed Sun Pan, but was saved by Guo Nu on the goal line... Spain's luck is really bad!"
While the commentators were focusing on goal-line technology, Sun Pan had already given Guo Nu a strong hug.
When two people met for the first time, they couldn't stand each other. Now they are hugging each other for a ball.
Time flies, everyone is changing, and the feelings are getting stronger and stronger.
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Two must-goal opportunities were rejected by the Chinese team in different ways. This dealt a huge blow to the morale and confidence of the Spanish players - anyone who failed to score two such good opportunities would be punished. Blow.
Next, Spain's offensive was obviously weaker.
The Chinese team, led by Zhou Yi, took the opportunity to exert force and launched an offensive towards the Spanish goal. It would be great if they could score. Even if they couldn't, at least they could push Spain back and relieve the pressure on the Chinese team's defense.
At the same time, just after Mata missed an excellent chance to score, he was in another stadium.
There was also a goal in the always deadlocked match between the Netherlands and Chile.
In the 77th minute, young Dutch midfielder Leroy Fer, who came on as a substitute, opened the scoring for the team and broke through the door of the Chilean team.
Because the Chinese team already leads Spain by two goals, if the Netherlands and Chile draw, they will both score five points. The Dutch team has a goal difference of four, and the Chinese team has a goal difference of two so far. The Dutch team will also qualify first in the group.
But the Chilean team was about to be eliminated, so the Chilean team attacked with all their strength and wanted to score. The Dutch team seized the opportunity and made a high-quality counterattack and scored.
Now the Chilean team is having a hard time. If they want to qualify from the group, just drawing with the Dutch team is not enough. They must win, and they have to score two more goals, and at the same time they have to prevent the Dutch team from scoring.
The Chilean team was forced to the edge of a cliff, with an abyss behind them.
The competition has entered a fierce stage.
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