Chapter 35 Sun Jingbo Scored?
The game time is getting shorter and shorter, and the huge cheers erupting above the Pernambuco Arena are getting louder and louder. Whether they are Chinese fans or Costa Rican fans, they can only vent their stress.
The waiting for the Chinese fans is torture, and the same is true for the Costa Rican fans. They now have one less player on the field. If they want to advance to the quarterfinals of this World Cup, they must maintain the current score until the end of the game. Otherwise, if the Chinese team makes progress, The ball equalizes the score, that would be an absolute disaster 1
Although the Chinese fans were suffering while waiting, they believed that the Chinese team led by Tang Zheng could at least equalize the score before the end of the game!
Many fans even believe that Tang Zheng can lead the team to kill the game directly like he did in the past Champions League finals!
Standing in front of the home team's coaching bench, Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team, was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and had a sad face. The on-site director's close-up shots were shown several times. When the game reached the 83rd minute, the CC5 commentator congratulated Wei said: "Time is getting shorter and shorter. Should Coach Lippi make the final substitution adjustment in advance? With the current offensive level, it seems difficult to break Costa Rica's solid defense system."
Commentator Gong Lei expressed different views and said with a smile: "He Wei, in fact, your thinking is too complicated. The Chinese team's current offensive combination can be said to be the most threatening offensive combination at present. Lu Liang on the left and Sun Jingbo on the right. They are both He is the kind of offensive player who can rely on outstanding personal abilities to complete breakthroughs. Gao Lin lacks grasping ability, but he can attract the defensive attention of a large number of Costa Rican players in the frontcourt. Both full-backs have good assist abilities, especially Zhang Linpeng, coupled with Tang Zheng’s coordination in the midfield and frontcourt, may be able to find opportunities in the remaining game time.”
At the end of the sentence, Gong Lei's wise eyes became determined.
As China's first former Chinese national footballer to be nominated for the World Footballer of the Year, he believes that Tang Zheng, the current FIFA Ballon d'Or winner, can lead the Chinese team to create miracles, score goals, and then defeat Costa Rica and advance to the quarterfinals!
Many Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV originally didn't have a good impression of Gong Lei, but after hearing his words, they found that Gong Lei's Ali was not that annoying, and could even be said to be... quite cute.
The fourth 1/8 final between the Chinese team and Costa Rica kicked off at 4 a.m. Beijing time. It was already past 5:30 a.m., and the sun was showing signs of emerging in most areas of the country, such as the sun in the coastal areas of Guangdong. Hang it high.
But Chinese fans who are following the Chinese team's World Cup journey are still in high spirits, sitting in front of the TV or computer watching the game, waiting for goals.
Waiting is a kind of suffering, but compared to the joy after scoring a goal, why not?
Time passed quietly second by second, and Tang Zheng, the Chinese team's No. 10, who had high hopes, became one of the on-site directors' favorite to capture close-ups. Can the fans sitting in front of the TV see Tang Zheng's handsome face? .
With one less player, Costa Rica's defensive system was quite solid and did not leave much space for the Chinese team. Even if Tang Zheng had an amazing ability to read the game, it would be difficult to find the right opportunity on the offensive end to deliver a fatal blow or send a fatal pass.
So in this case, we can only wait, but the game waited until the 85th minute, the 86th minute, and the 87th minute. Tang Zheng did not find a suitable opportunity. Even if he found it, if Navas had the help of God in this game, It is possible to turn danger into safety.
"Headache!"
Tang Zheng was very depressed as he watched Navas hesitate to ask the ball boy for a goal kick, pulling his hair with both hands.
He was waiting for the Costa Rican players to lose their physical fitness and lack of attention. However, judging from the current situation, the Costa Rican players were united and committed to holding on to the 1:0 score until the end.
Of course, Tang Zheng did not give up the game, after all, there was still time.
And from the perspective of winning the game, capturing the united Costa Rica goal will be more conducive to the subsequent overtake!
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The time will soon reach eighty-nine minutes,
The on-site director gave a close-up shot of the Chinese team's bench, but surprisingly, head coach Lippi and his assistants were still discussing and had no plans to make substitutions.
In fact, it's not that Lippi doesn't want to replace him, but that there is no one to replace him now.
The eleven players on the field are currently the strongest offensive formation that the Chinese team can put in place. The players left on the bench either do not meet the game tactics or lack experience in international competitions, so Lippi ultimately chose to stay put.
Not far away, in the visiting team coach's command area, Costa Rica head coach Pinto was very anxious. He had already made two substitution adjustments. The remaining one substitution adjustment was to stay in injury time to reasonably consume the game time, but football Always in control of the Chinese team, he felt very worried, especially when the football was passed to Tang Zheng's feet, he was extremely nervous and felt like he was walking on thin ice.
The fanatical atmosphere above the Pernambuco Arena became even more fanatical as time came to an end. Fans from both sides chose to stand up and watch the game on the field with breathless concentration, fearing that they would miss a moment that will be remembered for life if they did not pay attention. Wonderful picture.
The game time came to the 89th minute. Costa Rica head coach Pinto excitedly pulled Velon Francisco and quickly explained the tactics while also doing rich body movements.
It is not difficult to see that Pinto is very nervous!
One more minute of regular time and then injury time will add to his coaching resume!
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Falcao, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the live game, turned to look at James Rodriguez and asked: "Hey~ do you think it is possible for Tang to help the Chinese team equalize the score?"
"meeting!"
Falcao thought that James Rodriguez would think about it for a while, but in the end he said it categorically.
Unexpectedly decisive!
So Falcao was stunned and asked curiously: "Why?"
"Because... he is unpredictable!" James Rodriguez looked at Tang Zheng shown on the broadcast screen, then turned to look at the old captain Falcao, and said meaningfully: "You don't think so. ? Romedal?"
In the broadcast, Tang Zheng was organizing an attack in the 30-meter area at the offensive end. Even though time was getting shorter and shorter, he was not impatient and still handled the ball calmly.
Falcao's brain naturally thought of the past games with Tang Zheng as teammates and opponents. Suddenly, he realized that Tang Zheng had always been unpredictable. He was strong when he was weak, and even stronger when he was strong.
It is true that the overall strength of the Chinese team is insufficient, but what does it rely on to stand out from Group C?
A total team effort?
It is undeniable that football is a team sport after all, but if the Chinese team lacks Tang Zheng, it will be very difficult for the Chinese team to score goals and get their first points in the World Cup, let alone qualifying for the group.
So Falcao withdrew his eyes and watched the game again.
Seeing that Falcao was looking at the huge LCD screen in the room and not talking, James Rodriguez also turned to watch the game again.
Through continuous passing, the football came to Tang Zheng's feet again.
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The Portuguese national team was disbanded at the end of the last round of the group stage, but Cristiano Ronaldo, who is on vacation, is still paying attention to the World Cup knockout process, and the fourth World Cup 1/8 final between China and Costa Rica is also with him. of attention.
Of course, if it were just the game itself, he would have no interest in paying attention.
The overall level of national football between the Chinese team and Costa Rica is not high, and it makes no sense to pay attention. It was entirely because of his club teammate Tang Zheng that he chose to watch the match between the Chinese team and Costa Rica during his vacation.
He wanted to see where Tang Zheng could take the Chinese team.
In the group stage, the Chinese team had one win and one draw in the first two group matches, while Portugal had one draw and one loss. Most of them left the World Cup in Brazil.
In the final round of the group stage, the Chinese team fell behind Colombia by two goals and relied on Tang Zheng to score two goals to equalize the score and secure another qualifying spot.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo helped the national team score the winning goal in the last round to win the game, the huge hidden dangers caused by the big loss in the first round were fully reflected in the final round of the group stage, and in the end he could only leave in despair.
The Chinese team, which should not have appeared in the top 16, was brought into the top 16 by Tang Zheng, and the opponent they faced was Costa Rica, which was recognized as the weakest among all groups. Cristiano Ronaldo had reason to believe that Tang Zheng Able to lead the team to defeat Costa Rica.
However... both the Chinese team and Tang Zheng seemed to be in a lot of trouble. His expression was almost exactly the same as that of Tang Zheng in the broadcast, with his brows furrowed.
But as the camera progressed, Cristiano Ronaldo found that Tang Zheng's eyes were still full of fighting spirit, and murmured: "Maybe... there is a miracle?"
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The game was still more than ten seconds away from the ninety-minute regular time. The fourth official had already come to the sidelines with the electronic card and held it high.
The Arabic numeral shown above is: 4!
In other words, there are still four minutes left in this game!
Since the football was controlled by the Chinese team, not many people noticed an interesting thing happening on the sidelines.
Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team, believed that Costa Rican central defender Duarte was sent off and consumed too much game time, and the four minutes of injury time were unreasonable.
The Costa Rican head coach thought four minutes was too long, and it should have been three minutes at most.
At the same time, a huge exclamation came from the Chinese fans area above the Pernambuco Arena: "Oh oh oh -"
It's not that the Chinese team has switched from offense to defense, but that injury time is coming soon.
There is not much time left for the Chinese team!
Football happened to see Tang Zheng's feet, and he felt the exclamations coming towards him. He didn't know why?
Tang Zheng, who seemed calm and calm, could not help but have some psychological fluctuations. When he saw Sun Jingbo coming forward, he passed the ball through the ball without much thought.
As a result, the ball was intercepted by Brenes, who came on as a substitute. Then he looked up and handed the ball to captain Ruiz who quickly ran out of the space. Forward Campbell, who was still on the field, turned around and ran away as if he had been beaten to death.
"Oops!!"
Central 5 commentator He Wei changed his tone and exclaimed.
Tang Zheng, who rarely made mistakes, was not depressed for the first time. Instead, he quickly turned around and ran towards Costa Rica captain Ruiz.
as expected!
The football rolled towards Ruiz.
Tang Zheng is explosive and still has plenty of physical energy. Ruiz spent most of the game on defense and consumed too much physical energy. The start of his turn to meet the ball seemed a little smooth, and he had to adjust his feet a little more.
Ruiz moved the ball forward with the outside instep of his right foot, and Cubero yelled from his side: "Bryan! Be careful!!"
But... it's too late!
Tang Zheng's left foot kicked off the ground with enough force, his center of gravity sank, he stretched his right foot behind the right side, and used his heel to stop the football that Ruiz had just thrown out, but Ruiz threw it forward due to inertia. One or two meters away, he then rolled on the ground in pain while holding his right foot.
Standing in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Costa Rica coach Pinto stood up excitedly, raised his arms high, and looked at the indifferent referee Eriksen.
Tackles from behind are always prohibited, even from behind, but it depends on the referee's judgment of the action and intention of the person making the tackle.
After completing the tackle, Tang Zheng didn't hear the referee Eriksen's whistle. Naturally, he ignored Ruiz who was writhing in pain and quickly got up.
As a high-level player, Tang Zheng is very confident in his actions.
Ruiz is 100% habitual diving!
The easiest time to lose the ball in a football match is not the transition from offense to defense, but the transition from offense to defense after the transition from defense to offense.
The Costa Rican players, who were leading by one goal, defended for most of the game and found out that they had a chance to seal the victory before the end of the game. Therefore, most of the players could not bear the overwhelming strength in their hearts and chose to run back.
At this time, captain Ruiz, who performed the most steadily, lost the ball during the counterattack, which was fatal!
After getting up, Tang Zheng moved the ball to the right with the outside instep of his right foot, dodged a fierce tackle from Kuvelo, and then directly used his right foot to pass the ball to the left rib of the penalty area.
Lu Liang stepped in at high speed. During the retreat, center defender Gonzalez raised his right arm high to indicate that Lu Liang, who was chasing the football, was suspected of being offside, but the assistant referee did not raise the flag!
Not offside!
Lu Liang, who was running, pushed his right foot on the ground. He jumped forward due to the huge reaction force from the ground, and quickly moved the falling ball towards the far end of the goal with his left foot.
Costa Rica goalkeeper Navas, who was quite experienced in this game, originally wanted to block Lu Liang's shooting angle, but Lu Liang chose to pass the ball.
The key is that Gao Lin is not on the track of football, so...
Navas turned his head to look, and his pupils shrank suddenly.
Sun Jingbo, who came on as a substitute for the Chinese team in the second half, seemed to be... running towards where the football landed.
"damn it!"
Navas quickly started again and ran sideways to the far end.
However, the running speed of football and Sun Jingbo's running speed are obviously faster than Navas's moving speed, so the loud shouts made by the Chinese fans in the stands became a roar: "Ouch, Ouch -"
Sun Jingbo, who was running at high speed, made the same move as Lu Liang did before. He pushed off the ground with his left foot and stepped forward with his right foot. The only difference was that Sun Jingbo pushed in a different direction with the arch of his foot.
Navas, who was moving in front of the goal, flew out, but his height was limited, and Sun Jingbo had excellent shooting skills. The football almost flew towards the goal against the right goal post...