Chapter 172 Is This Really the First Time?

In fact, when Xia Xiaoyu ran towards the football, the fans in the stands of Shanhai Stadium had already seen this opportunity.

After all, Xia Xiaoyu was completely undefended.

But does it mean that he will definitely score a goal?

Even Chinese fans dare not make such a conclusion.

So there were cheers from the stands, but they weren't loud enough.

Because there are still many people who are restraining their emotions.

After all, anything is possible in football.

In the quarter-finals between Italy and Germany, wasn't Janus Edman's last chance a must-goal?

The results of it?

The German striker kicked the ball into the hands of Albertazzi who rushed back.

Before Edman shot, let alone him, even the fans from both sides probably didn't expect Albertazzi to be able to save the ball.

Xia Xiaoyu's opportunity this time is not as good as Edman's.

It is perfectly normal to kick the ball away while running.

Not to mention, after suddenly getting such an opportunity in the semifinals, would Xia Xiaoyu think too much? Is it too hasty? Will you be unable to bear the pressure?

These worries are natural.

Not to mention Chinese team players, even Brazilian players may not be able to grasp this kind of opportunity when faced with it.

But Xia Xiaoyu did not disappoint.

Facing the flying football, he stepped forward, raised his foot and pushed the ball!

The football flew into the goal past Lemos who came back from the counterattack!

The cheers at Shanhai Stadium were louder than before, like a volcanic eruption!

"Holy shit!! Awesome!"

"Xia Xiaoyu is awesome!!"

"OK!!"

"Chinese team! Awesome!!"

Every fan in the stands jumped up from their seats, raised their arms and shouted, looking for hugs and high-fives from those around them.

The Brazilian fans put their heads in their hands or covered their mouths with their hands, unable to make any sound. Their silence was deafening.

Commentators from all over the world shouted wildly in the commentary box:

"Xia——!! GOOOOOOOOL!!! The Chinese team is in the lead!! In the 35th minute of the game, the Chinese team 1:0 Brazil! Facing the defending champion, they did not fall behind at all!"

"Beautiful! Beautiful! Hu's missed ball in the front spot was so beautiful! And Xia did not let down Hu's missed ball! The Brazilian team paid too much attention to Hu in defense, which gave other Chinese team players opportunities!"

"Xia! This is his first goal in this World Cup! He opened the scoring for the Chinese team! The Chinese team takes the lead and takes the initiative!"

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In the roaring tsunami, Xia Xiaoyu, who scored the goal, first ran to Hu Lai, who missed the ball for him, and then the two hugged and ran together to Chen Xingyi, who sent the assist.

The three of them hugged each other in the Brazilian team's penalty area and celebrated!

Other Chinese team players swarmed over and hugged the three of them.

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When Xia Xiaoyu ran to Hu Lai to celebrate his goal, Netolela was lying on the turf behind him.

When Xia Xiaoyu shot, he was tackling from the side and behind.

He wanted to stop Xia Xiaoyu's shot, but it was completely in vain...

He didn't tackle the football.

After watching the football fly into the goal, he lay back on the ground.

At the same time, he hammered the turf next to him hard.

Because this goal conceded is his responsibility in Leila.

When Xia Xiaoyu asked Peng Weijun for the ball, Netolela was beside him, responsible for defense.

As a result, after Xia Xiaoyu passed the ball to Chen Xingyi, he stopped following Xia Xiaoyu and turned his attention to football.

By the time he noticed Xia Xiaoyu again, it was already when Hu Lai missed the football.

Only then did he realize that Xia Xiaoyu was the killer move of the Chinese team!

He rushed over quickly, trying to stop Xia Xiaoyu from shooting.

It's too late!

He is too far away from Xia Xiaoyu, and nothing can change except for showing off.

This ball is considered his mistake...

Slowly getting up from the ground, Netolela looked at the Chinese team players who were celebrating.

At this moment, he heard the voice of captain Kabangka:

"Cheer up! This is the World Cup semi-finals! Our opponents are not easy to deal with! This is not an ordinary Chinese team! It is normal for them to score our goals! The key is our response!"

Hearing what the captain said, Netolela remembered the "story" the captain told them before this game.

He suddenly realized that the reason that sounded ridiculous was probably not made up by the captain to prevent them from underestimating the enemy.

Because when he saw Xia Xiaoyu shooting the football into the goal right under his nose, he also felt a strong emotion in his heart.

Anger and unwillingness are intertwined.

He couldn't calm down for a long time.

This is before the game is over.

If he had been in that game eight years ago, they would have been absolutely tied by the Chinese team despite their strength, and even almost lost.

After surviving the disaster, he will definitely not be grateful that the Chinese team did not kill them, but will be angry that he only escaped death because of good luck...

So what the captain said is right. Although it sounds incredible at first, when you are in that environment, as long as you want to face it, you can't just ignore it.

As for holding that breath for eight years...

Netolela can completely understand.

He originally thought that he had already attached great importance to this game and this opponent.

But now it seems that he didn’t pay enough attention!

Otherwise, why didn't he follow through just now?

He put his hands on his hips and looked up at the sky.

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"That's it. If Xia Xiaoyu presses forward, he can create many opportunities!"

After the celebration, Qin Lin applauded and said to the assistant coach Ding Gaoyi beside him.

His adjustments were immediately effective and the effect was very good. As a head coach, this is the sense of accomplishment and the most satisfying.

Ding Gaoyi asked him with a smile: "What's next? Do you want to continue to press forward?"

Qin Lin put away his smile and celebrated the goal. Now it is time to seriously consider where to go next.

He raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch.

It was the 35th minute when Xia Xiaoyu scored.

The current time is thirty-seven minutes.

The celebration took two minutes.

Injury time may make up for this time.

So there's almost ten minutes to go before the end of the first half, maybe more.

It would be nice to have a two-goal lead at the end of the first half.

If not, then we should ensure that the goal is not lost and go into the halftime break with a one-goal lead.

Therefore, we should continue to attack and make full use of the high morale and strong fighting spirit of the players.

"Keep pressing, put pressure on Brazil."

After explaining to assistant coach Ding Gaoyi, Qin Lin personally walked to the sidelines, gestured to the Chinese team players who had finished celebrating and were running back, and shouted:

"Keep the offensive! Keep up the pressure!"

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After the goal, the Chinese team's morale was greatly boosted. After the game restarted, they launched continuous attacks on the Brazilian team's goal.

"Hu!!"

The Brazilian commentator exclaimed, with a horrified tremor in his voice.

Just when he shouted this, Hu Lai completed a poke near the penalty spot.

The football was thrown to the ground by Brazilian goalkeeper Lemos and he struggled to save it from the bottom line!

The ball was saved, but the Brazilian fans in the stands and in front of the TV were frightened.

The Chinese team took a corner kick and Kao made a header to clear the ball.

The forward Reynaldo Lima, who was in front, saw the football flying out, turned around and ran forward, preparing for a counterattack.

At the same time, he looked back to observe the situation.

As a result, he saw Ou Yangjin head over the football before Kabangka could.

He tipped the ball directly to Chen Xingyi.

After Chen Xingyi got the ball, he immediately passed the football into the penalty area.

Because this is the time when the Brazilian team players press out and prepare to counterattack!

"Chen Xingyi passed the ball over the top!"

"Zhou Zijing...long legs! Ouch!"

Seeing Chen Xingyi's pass, Zhou Zijing broke out of the crowd and ran towards the space behind the Brazilian team's back line.

Then taking advantage of his long legs, he jumped up and swept the football directly towards the goal.

But he failed to control his strength and the football flew high over the crossbar...

Although no goal was scored, there was a wave of intensive applause from the Chinese team fans in the stands.

And the commentators’ praise and emotion:

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you just turned on the TV right now, please don't be surprised. It is indeed the Chinese team that is besieging and oppressing, and it is indeed the Brazilian team that is being pressed and beaten. They did not exchange jerseys!"

"Xia's goal greatly stimulated the Chinese players. I believe that at this time, the Chinese players must think they can beat Brazil! Look at the confidence and calmness shown by each of them when handling the ball! It's really difficult I believe this is their first World Cup semi-final!"

"The Chinese team is beating the Brazilian team! Oh my god! Friends, am I not dreaming? Ha! It's really not a dream! Now we do have the upper hand!" Shen Lang, the commentator of the Tengfei video, laughed heartily.

Amid the applause, Kabangka looked very ugly.

The series of offensive attacks by the Chinese team just now reminded him of the game eight years ago...

If the Chinese team could continue to bombard the Brazilian team's goal like this after scoring the third goal, maybe the Brazilian team would really lose the goal!

Let alone eight years ago, even now, Kabangka is always worried that his team will concede a goal.

If it wasn't Zhou Zijing who ran in reverse, but Hu Lai, the ball would have been hard to predict.

Then why not Hu Lai?

Because Hu Lai wanted to create space for Zhou Zijing to run back - it was because he did not suddenly turn back and run in front of the goal that the Brazilian team's defenders thought that no one would get behind them to threaten the goal...

So the Brazilian team was lucky this time.

But the Brazilian team will not always be lucky...