Chapter 41 The Atmosphere at Home Is Fanatical

When the game started, there was a huge cheer in the Mineiro Stadium. These cheers were for the Brazilian team, not the Chinese team.

As the host, the home atmosphere here is very strong.

The stadium, which can accommodate 62,547 fans, is the second largest stadium in Brazil.

Today's Mineiro Arena is almost entirely filled with a sea of ​​yellow. Brazilian fans make up the vast majority of the stadium.

However, although there are few Chinese fans, the red color is still conspicuous among the yellow, making it easy to find.

After the kick-off, the on-site commentator He Ping began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides for this game.

Compared with the previous game, the Chinese team's starting lineup in this game only made one adjustment in the forward position, replacing Wu Lei with Gao Lin.

Gao Lin was in the middle and He Ying went to the right.

All other positions are identical.

On the Brazilian side, Scolari replaced Paulinho, who performed poorly in the group stage, with Fernandinho, a defensive midfielder who played for Manchester City, and there were no other major adjustments.

Neymar and Hulk are both there.

The center forward is still Fred.

The referee of this game is the famous referee Webber from England.

Any player who has played in England or in the Champions League will definitely be familiar with this referee.

Zhou Yi has had the experience of Weber officiating games. The most impressive one was the second round of Dortmund's semifinals last season, the away game against Real Madrid, where Weber served as the referee.

However, at the national team level, Weber has never officiated a Chinese team game before. After all, the last time the Chinese team participated in the World Cup was in 2002.

However, Brazil's match against Chile in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa four years ago was refereed by Weber. In that game, the Brazilian team relied on goals from Juan Fabiano and Robinho to defeat Chile 3:0 and advance to the quarterfinals.

So if you have to say it, Weber can be regarded as the referee who brought good luck to Brazil. I don’t know if Weber will continue to bring good luck to them in this game.

He Ping is introducing the starting lineups of both sides.

The Brazilian commentator talked about the history of the confrontation between the two teams: "This is the second time we have played against the Chinese team in the World Cup. The last time was far away in 2002, and we won the World Cup that time. The group stage In the second round, we defeated the Chinese team 4:0..."

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After the game started, the Brazilian team took advantage of their home court advantage and launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal.

In the first four minutes, after Neymar got the ball in the center circle, facing the defense of Zhou Yi and Yang Muge, he chose to dribble the ball from the middle and force a breakthrough.

He wiped away Zhou Yi, but was pushed to the ground by Yang Muge in time.

Referee Weber made the first foul call of the game and sentenced Yang Muge to a foul and gave him a verbal warning.

"The Chinese team must guard against Neymar today. His breakthrough will be a great threat..." He Ping said.

If you want to say who worries the Chinese team the most in Brazil today, it must be Neymar.

Neymar is also the only one in Brazil's starting lineup who has not played against Zhou Tie.

Brazil got a free kick in the frontcourt. They hit the Chinese team's penalty area. Hulk jumped up and headed the ball. The football was lifted over the crossbar by Sun Pan. The Brazilian team got a corner kick.

Next Hulk ran to take a corner kick.

After the corner kick was taken, it was cleared by Feng Xiaoting's header. Marcelo got the second spot from the outside. After he adjusted, he directly took a long shot with his left foot.

After the football drew an arc, it still missed the goal.

The Brazilian fans in the stands almost cheered in shock.

Although Marcelo missed the goal, it sounded the clarion call for the Brazilian team's national attack.

In the 12th minute, the Brazilian team played a beautiful combination in the frontcourt.

Hulk took the ball on the left and broke forward. Faced with the defense of two Chinese team players, he chose to pass the football to Neymar who connected with him in the middle, and then he continued to run forward.

With his back facing the direction of the attack, Neymar was unable to turn around as Guo Nu pressed against him, so he used the outside instep of his right foot to rub the football behind him and passed it back to Hulk who was advancing forward!

Hulk accelerated into the penalty area, but the Chinese team's right back Zhang Linpeng followed him. When Hulk entered the penalty area to get the football, he made physical contact with Zhang Linpeng, and then he fell into the penalty area.

Loud boos and shouts erupted from the stands at the Mineiro Stadium as Hulk fell to the ground.

Brazilian fans stood up from their seats and waved their arms into the field.

They thought it was a penalty.

But referee Weber said nothing.

After being stunned for a moment, Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari yelled angrily: "How could this not be a penalty kick?!"

Chinese commentator He Ping was also worried: "Hulk fell in the penalty area, the Chinese team should be careful!"

Later, the slow motion of the TV broadcast showed that Zhang Linpeng and Hulk did have physical contact. His hand did make a push-out movement, but it was not very obvious, and the power of this movement should not have made Hulk like this. Falling to the ground easily, you must know that Hulk is very strong, just like a humanoid tank, how can he be knocked down so easily?

Even if Zhang Linpeng made a move, Hulk was still suspected of diving.

"This is not a penalty kick, Weber saw it clearly!" He Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

But the Brazilian commentator held a different view: "This is a penalty! The Chinese team's No. 5 player made a very obvious push! Weber turned a blind eye?! It seems that what Zhou Yi said before the game is true. It worked, so that the referee did not even dare to adhere to the normal penalty scale, for fear of being labeled as 'taking care of the host'!"

When he said these words, he was angry and unhappy that Zhou Yi had succeeded.

Hulk fell to the ground, which became the first controversial penalty in the game. Scolari was still chattering, but he could not change the result of the penalty.

Fortunately, the Brazilian players were not affected by this penalty. They continued to use their home court advantage to attack the Chinese team's goal.

In the seventeenth minute, Brazil launched another attack and reached the edge of the Chinese team's penalty area. Neymar passed the ball to the left. When he wanted to pass it to Hulk, Yang Hao, who was returning to defense, saw the ball coming from The ball flew past me, and as my mind got hot, I suddenly stretched out my hand and blocked the football...

"Eh? Eh! This is handball!" the Brazilian commentator exclaimed. "This is intentional handball! It's a move to get a card!"

"Yang Hao committed a foul..." He Ping was also speechless. This was not a threatening pass. Even if Yang Hao couldn't stop it, he didn't have to block it with his hands... As a defensive midfielder, he was beaten for such a stupid reason. If you get a yellow card, it will be very detrimental to the next game. "Yang Hao is still a little nervous, maybe because of the atmosphere of the home game..."

The atmosphere at Brazil's home court in this game was indeed very fanatical. Every moment, Brazilian fans were shouting and singing in the stands. As long as the Brazilian team takes the ball and moves forward, no matter whether it threatens the Chinese team's goal or not, there will be huge cheers, so loud that it can make people feel extremely uncomfortable.

In addition, when the Chinese team players get the ball, there will be a burst of boos. Of course, other Chinese players did not enjoy many boos, mainly Zhou Yi. As long as Zhou Yi touched the ball, the boos would be particularly loud. Zhou Yi's remarks before the game successfully aroused Brazilian fans' dislike of him.

Referee Weber did not let go of the Chinese team's foul this time. He not only gave the Brazilian team a free kick to the left of the front court, but also gave Yang Hao a yellow card.

The Brazilian team then used Hulk to take the free kick. His free kick bypassed the wall and flew directly to the near corner of the goal.

However, it is difficult for such a free kick to break through Sun Pan's fingers.

Sun Pan jumped into the air and blocked the football from the bottom line.

Brazil wins a corner kick.

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Hulk took the corner kick before, but this time the Brazilian team changed the corner kick taker, and Neymar ran to take the corner kick.

He kicked the football forward.

The Chinese team also strengthened its defense at the front point when defending. After all, this is a very threatening way to score from corner kicks.

As expected, Thiago Silva, the captain of the Brazilian national team, jumped high from the front point and wanted to header!

Guo Nu, who is not as tall as him, used his excellent jumping to compete with Thiago Silva for the top spot. However, he was pushed to the back by Thiago Silva. Silva still grabbed the football before him. .

However, due to Guo Nu's interference, he was unable to header the ball and could only rub the football back.

This move caught the Chinese team's defense by surprise.

Sun Pan originally blocked Thiago Silva's header from the front point, and the Chinese team's defensive focus was relatively forward.

Unexpectedly, Thiago Silva put the football behind him!

At the back spot, there’s David Ruiz!

But in front of David Ruiz, there was Yan Min who retreated to defend in front of the goal.

When Yan Min saw the football flying over, he raised his legs backwards like a conditioned reflex, just like a horse raising its hind legs to kick someone. This was completely a subconscious action. He wanted to get the ball to David Ruiz before he did it. Stop the football.

But David Ruiz was close to him behind and also raised his leg. The two people's legs collided with each other. This collision caused Yan Min to lose control of his legs.

The football hit his calf, then changed direction and bounced into the unmarked goal...

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