Chapter 169 No Time to Regret

As the referee blew his whistle, the people gathered on the 11-a-side standard football field in Laiqing Football Park let out huge cheers.

"The game begins!"

There was also a sound storm in the stands of Shanhai Stadium.

"CCTV! CCTV! Good evening, viewers! What you are watching now is the first semi-final of the 2034 China World Cup! Wearing red jerseys, red pants, and yellow socks, the ones attacking from the left to the right of the screen are Host team China!”

"...The Chinese team deployed a 4222 formation in this game, which is also the most commonly used formation by the Chinese team in this World Cup! The Brazilian team's 433 formation is also a very mature formation. Goalkeeper Lemos, central defender Amorim and Kao, left back Fonseca, right back Gazal, defensive midfielders Netorela and Gonsalves, offensive midfielder Kabangca, left winger Blau, right winger Lesinho, The sharp horse in the center..."

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The Brazilian team that took the lead did not kick back and forth in the backcourt.

Instead, after a simple pass, their left back Fonseca made a long diagonal pass and found the right winger Lesinho on the side.

As soon as Lessinho stopped the ball with his chest, Chen Xingyi appeared next to him.

Before Fonseca passed the ball, Chen Xingyi was in the frontcourt...

"Chen Xingyi retreated very quickly!"

Facing Chen Xingyi, Lessinho did not choose to dribble the ball directly.

It's not that he doesn't have confidence in defeating Chen Xingyi, but that he has a better choice.

Kabangka had already ran over to pick him up.

After Lecinho passed the football to Kabangka, he accelerated and moved forward.

Chen Xingyi ignored him and turned around to play Ka Bangka.

He was not worried about letting Lecinho go, because behind him, the Chinese team's left back Peng Weijun had already gone to attack Lecinho.

What Chen Xingyi has to do is to interfere with Kabangka and not let him pass the ball easily.

Sure enough, seeing Lesinho being defended and Chen Xingyi rushing towards him, Kabangka turned around and dunked the football towards the center, while using his body to block the rushing Chen Xingyi.

In the middle, Brazilian midfielder Gonsalves is stepping in.

Giovanni Gonsalves is a midfielder with a balance of offense and defense. He plays for the Turin Bulls and is the core of the midfield for this Serie A giant.

However, because of the presence of Kabangca in the Brazilian national team, Gonsalves cannot be the core midfielder, and his tasks have also been adjusted compared to the club.

In the Turin Bulls, he has a balance of offense and defense and focuses more on organizing offense because he has good forward passing ability.

In the Brazilian national team, he is more of a "connector" between the midfield and the frontcourt, and his role is mainly reflected in the transition between offense and defense.

And he is also responsible for the defense, working with Netolela to build a midfield barrier behind Kabangka.

But when needed, he can also complete the final pass.

Just like now.

Seeing that Kabangka wanted to move to the middle, the Chinese team's midfielder Ou Yangjin came up to defend Kabangka.

This just gives Gonçalves room to move forward.

Kabangka quickly passed the football to the center.

When Gonsalves stepped forward to receive the ball, he had already observed the situation in the Chinese team's penalty area.

Then he passed the ball directly to the left rib of the Chinese team's penalty area without stopping.

As he watched, there was an opening there.

But when he passed the ball, the Chinese team's right back Yuan Da had already moved in to cover the space.

Yuan Da cleared the ball before Brazilian left winger Gabriel Blau could catch the ball.

Then the two collided, and Yuan Da, who completed the rescue, was knocked to the ground by Blau.

The referee blew the whistle decisively and called Blau a foul.

The ball returned to the Chinese team.

He Feng praised excitedly: "Yuan Da! Well done! This defense was timely and crucial!"

Qin Qi went up to pull Yuan Da up and asked him, "Are you okay?"

Yuan Da shook his head: "It's okay!"

"Okay!" Qin Qi patted Yuan Da's back hard.

Goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan came up to take the free kick. He signaled his teammates to move forward. After the formation was set, he directly looked for Zhou Zijing.

When the football flew towards Zhou Zijing, Brazilian team center back Tavares Cao slammed into Zhou Zijing, trying to squeeze the opponent out of the landing point.

Facing Kaa's collision, Zhou Zijing leaned back and resisted with all his strength, refusing to give in an inch. For a center like him who plays in the Premier League, such physical confrontation is simply routine.

When the football flies over, the two people take off at the same time to fight for the top.

In the end, Zhou Zijing, who still occupied the position, grabbed the header and pushed the ball towards Xia Xiaoyu who was pushing forward.

As soon as Xia Xiaoyu caught the ball, Netolela pounced on him.

Under the pressure of the world's number one defensive midfielder, Xia Xiaoyu failed to control the ball well.

The football was poked out by Neto Leila.

Netolella bypassed Xia Xiaoyu and planned to control the ball.

However, the ball was intercepted by the Chinese team's midfielder Ou Yangjin first.

"Ou rushed forward really well!" the Brazilian commentator exclaimed.

As a defensive midfielder, Xia Xiaoyu rushes forward because he needs to organize the offense.

Ou Yangjin, who is also a defensive midfielder, also rushed forward so much, which really exceeded the expectations of everyone in Brazil.

This is a very risky move.

If he fails to steal the football first and let Netorela control the ball, then the huge space behind him will be exploited by the Brazilian team - Kabangka is in that space!

So when I saw Ou Yangjin intercepting the ball, cheers and exclamations sounded from the stands at the same time, and they were mixed together and couldn't be distinguished.

Just like the emotions of Chinese fans are so complicated.

Ou Yangjin successfully intercepted the ball and moved the football to the side and passed it to Luo Kai.

Brazil left back Fonseca rushed towards Roquet.

Seeing his aggressive look, Luo Kai remembered what the head coach Qin Lin said.

In fact, Director Qin didn't need to remind him, Luo Kai also knew Fonseca's characteristics.

After all, everyone is playing football in Europe, so who doesn’t know who is playing?

Not to mention that Rafael Fonseca, as the main left back of the Madrid Kings, has been in European football for many years and has been famous for a long time. Everyone knows what his strengths and weaknesses are.

Fonseca relies on his speed, flexibility and agility. Even if his first attack is passed, he can quickly turn around and make a recovery. Therefore, he seems reckless and prone to making mistakes when defending.

When he was young, with his excellent physical functions, doing so could indeed greatly enhance his defensive success rate.

And by doing so, once the defense is successful, you can immediately launch an attack from him. Using your speed and explosive power, you can often catch your opponents off guard.

Because it is during this transition stage of attack and defense that problems are most likely to occur.

Facing the oncoming Fonseca, Luo Kai directly pushed the ball forward!

Football passed by Fonseca, and Luo Kai also passed by him!

"Luo Kai...beautiful!"

Cheers erupted from the stands and commentary box at the same time.

Fonseca, who had overshot, quickly stopped and turned around to chase after him.

Although he is thirty-four years old and his speed has dropped somewhat compared with his peak period, Rafael Fonseca is still a speedy player on the court.

He sprinted with all his strength like a small steel cannon, approaching Luo Kai after a few meters.

Then he shoveled it directly from the side without any courtesy!

As soon as the football was thrown out by Luo Kai, it hit Fonseca's left foot and bounced out of the sideline!

Fonseca not only shoveled the football out of the sideline, but also shoveled Luo Kai to the ground. Facing Luo Kai, who had just passed him, Fonseca was not polite at all.

Although there were boos in the stands, the referee did not call Fonseca a foul this time. This was indeed a clean tackle.

"The Chinese team got a foul ball!"

The Chinese team's foul ball was already at the Brazilian team's 30-meter line. Almost all the Brazilian team returned to defense, leaving only center Reynardo Lima in front.

The wingers on the left and right all retreated to their own half to participate in defense.

On the Chinese team's side, right back Yuan Da ran up from behind and took a throw-in.

He threw the football directly to Luo Kai, who stepped forward to meet him.

Then he rushed forward along the sideline.

Luo Kai passed the football back to him.

But such a simple offensive routine did not penetrate the Brazilian team's defense.

Fonseca chased after him and forced Yuan Da into the corner flag area.

When Yuan Da saw that he had no chance to break through and the accuracy of his blind cross was not high, he chose to slow down to protect the ball.

But he was the last player to touch the ball. If the football really rolled out of the baseline, it would also be a goal kick for the Brazilian team.

You have to find a way to create a corner kick.

So he twisted his body and kicked the ball to Fonseca, so that the football hit Fonseca and bounced off the bottom line, which was the Chinese team's corner kick.

Fonseca is experienced and knew what Yuan Da was going to do when he saw him twisting his butt.

When Yuan Da took the shot, he retracted his leg and the football was "passed" by Yuan Da to the Brazilian left winger Gabriel Blau who was returning to defend and press.

Blau watched the football flying toward him, already thinking about how to counterattack. First of all, you can't stop the ball. Once you stop the ball, you have to turn your back to the direction of the attack, and the speed of going back and forth will be slower.

You have to pass the football directly, then turn around and complete the adjustment from defense to offense at the same time...

But when he turned halfway, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a red figure suddenly rushing up from behind!

It's Ou Yangjin!

As a defensive midfielder, he appeared on the wing at this time, which was beyond Blau's expectation!

In a hurry, Blau could only take the first kick and poke the football towards Gonsalves on the edge of the penalty area.

However, under Ou Yangjin's pressure, Blau's kick was too powerful and the accuracy was poor.

Coupled with Gonsalves' lack of mental preparation, he only reacted when he saw the football flying towards him and started to catch the ball.

He pushed his legs as far out as possible, but only slightly touched the football and failed to stop.

Instead, Luo Kai, who was forcing him, caught the ball!

The stands of Shanhai Stadium burst into cheers.

There were many exclamations in the commentary box.

"Lo!!"

"Good shot, Luo Kai!"

Luo Kai stopped the ball missed by Gonsalves towards the penalty area, and others followed suit.

Gonçalves turned over and saw that Luo Kai had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area. He could only retract his feet hastily, not daring to make any moves, for fear that the latter would scream and fall in the penalty area...

Luo Kai threw Gonsalves away, caught up with the football, and ran towards the near corner!

Brazil goalkeeper Lemos immediately moved to the front post to block his shot.

Also coming over was Brazilian center back Jose Amorim.

Luo Kai caught up with the football and took the first kick, sweeping the football towards the back of the goal!

"Crosspass!"

Chen Xingyi and Brazil right back Igor Gazal ran towards the football while tangled.

Although Chen Xingyi had already seized the position and squeezed Ghazal behind him.

But when the football rolled towards him, Ghazal still shoveled it from behind and shoveled the football back before Chen Xingyi!

Goalkeeper Amorim, who had just turned over, saw the football was shoveled back and immediately rushed back!

As soon as he turned around, he saw Luo Kai swinging his left leg towards the football and shooting!

Lemos reflexively made the save!

He quickly lowered his body and blocked the football with his legs in front of the goal line!

The football spun around the goal post and flew out of the baseline...

"Wow!!! It's so dangerous!!" The Brazilian commentator finally dared to breathe at this time. "Lemos! He made a great save!"

Chinese commentator He Feng sighed regretfully: "Ah! Lemos! He blocked Luo Kai's shot!"

Next to him, Li Qingqing looked at the problem from another angle: "The Chinese team was the first to threaten the Brazilian team's goal! I think it can be seen from this attack that our players performed normally in the face of the powerful defending champion. It’s a good sign! Although he didn’t score a goal, it can boost morale and confidence!”

Luo Kai in the broadcast screen did not hold his head with his hands in a gesture of regret, but signaled his teammates behind him to come up and take a corner kick.

This is just an opportunity missed, and we will definitely create more opportunities in the next games! (End of chapter)