Hulay did not get the first shot of the game until the 20th minute, which shows how much the Brazilian team "cares" about him during the game.

As long as Hulay enters the 30-meter area, there will definitely be Brazilian players around him, regardless of whether he shoots and takes the ball.

The Brazilian team is even willing to take risks elsewhere in order to defend Jule.

This is also something that can't be helped.

Could they not know that taking Hu Lai too seriously would lead to vulnerabilities elsewhere?

of course I know.

But what can you do if you know?

Oh, in order not to expose flaws elsewhere, we let Hu Lai go?

I'm afraid no football coach in the world would make such an arrangement.

We can only "choose the lesser of two evils".

Hulay has already scored nine goals in this World Cup, and now he is two goals short of the single-game scoring record in World Cup history - the single-game scoring record in World Cup history belongs to "French Cannon" Celine Mon

Thierry, he once set a record of eleven goals in the 1982 World Cup. Unfortunately, even if he scored eleven goals, the French team could not win that World Cup...

Now Hulay has great hope of threatening Montiel's record.

And Montiel has also publicly stated that he is happy for Hulay to break his record.

Facing such a historical shooter, how could the Brazilian team use ordinary defensive strategies to restrict Hulay?

If the rules allowed it, they would have liked to send three more players on the field and form a "siege" to surround Hu Lai.

Under such tight defense, Hu Lai only got one shot opportunity.

But even if he only had one chance, he threatened the Brazilian team's goal.

The Brazilian players also knew it very well, so they increased their enthusiasm in "taking care of" Hulay.

In fact, compared with the previous two World Cups, the Chinese team in this World Cup has greatly improved the diversity of its offensive firepower - so far, six members of this Chinese team have scored goals in this World Cup.

.Among them, Luo Kai also scored two goals.

In the last term, four people scored goals, and except for Hu Lai, everyone else only scored one goal.

The last term was even worse, with only Hu Lai and Luo Kai scoring goals.

It can be seen that the overall level of the Chinese team has improved significantly.

But even so, in the minds of Brazilian players, Hulay's threat level still ranks first. No matter what the situation, priority must be given to defending Hulay.

When the Chinese team launched an attack, Hu Lai made a diagonal run.

Xia Xiaoyu passed the football towards his diagonal path.

Just before Hulay received the ball, Brazilian defensive player Neto Leila slammed into him from the side, stabbing the football away first and knocking Hulay down at the same time.

Seeing Hu Lai rolling sideways and falling out, the Chinese fans in the stands greeted Netolela's family with the warmest voices.

Amidst the huge boos, the referee did not call Torreira a foul, but crossed his arms to indicate that the ball was not a foul.

So the Chinese fans in the stands once again warmly greeted the referee and his relatives.

Although judging from the subsequent slow-motion replays from multiple angles, Nettorella did indeed tackle the ball first, so there is no problem in not calling a foul.

In fact, Hu Lai did not suffer any serious injuries - most of the force caused by the collision was removed by his continuous rolling on the turf.

He quickly got up from the ground and got into the game.

Xie Lan in the stands retracted the arm that he had just stretched out to "accuse" Netorella. She was part of the wave of boos and curses just now.

Of course she knew Netolella didn't commit a foul, but so what?

As a mother, can’t I protect my son without thinking?!

If you "invade" my son on the court, then you are not giving me face!

Since you don't give me face, don't blame me for scolding you badly!

Hu Lixin and Li Ziqiang, who accompany her to watch football matches, are used to Xie Lan's way of venting her emotions.

They did not join in scolding Netorela because as coaches, they always have to look at the game from a professional perspective and pay attention to issues that ordinary fans may not pay attention to.

It's obvious that Hulay has been targeted by the Brazilian team, so the Chinese team shouldn't really pin all their hopes of scoring on Hulay, right?

Qin Lin will definitely arrange for others to take over Hu Lai's scoring task.

Now Hulay no longer just stays in the middle, he frequently appears in other areas, obviously pulling on the Brazilian team's defense.

After he opens the space, someone has to appear in the space and seize the opportunity to shoot and score.

So who is this candidate?

Zhou Zi Jing?

Luo Kai?

Or... Chen Xingyi, who has not scored a goal in this World Cup so far?

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However, before Li Ziqiang and Hu Lixin can think of who the candidate is, the Chinese team must first withstand the Brazilian team's attack.

The game lasted for 26 minutes. The host country played very aggressively at the beginning, but they were unable to suppress the Brazilian team.

On the other hand, the Brazilian team, which has a stronger overall strength, also cannot control the rhythm of the game.

The two teams were going back and forth like this, with everyone trying to control the game.

And the only way to control the game is to score goals.

Whoever scores first will have the upper hand and take the initiative.

Gonsalves passed the ball forward from the backcourt, looking for Kabangca.

Kabangka receives the ball with his back to the attacking direction.

Ou Yangjin immediately came up from behind.

However, when the football was passed over, Kabangka used his right foot to push the football directly from under him. The football not only penetrated his own crotch, but also penetrated the crotch of Ou Yangjin who was close to him...

Before Ou Yangjin could react, Kabangka had already turned around and passed by Ou Yangjin!

“Kabanka!!”

"careful!"

When Xia Xiaoyu saw that Ou Yangjin had been wiped, he immediately stepped forward to defend himself.

Kabangka completely ignored him, accelerated the ball, and rushed towards the Chinese team's penalty area!

"Go up and force him!"

Wang Guangwei commanded loudly, but Qin Qi decisively stepped forward to interfere.

Kabangka shoots directly!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the football flew towards the Chinese team’s goal!

Lin Zhiyuan jumped into the air, rubbed his fingertips, then hit the crossbar, and then the bottom line popped out.

"Lin Zhiyuan! Beautiful! He saved Kabangka's long shot with his fingertips! Extreme save!"

After completing the save, Lin Zhiyuan jumped up from the ground and waved his fist vigorously.

The Chinese fans in the stands gave him warm applause and cheers.

Kabangka turned a blind eye to Lin Zhiyuan's celebration and ran to prepare for a corner kick.

However, this time the Brazilian team's corner kick did not threaten the Chinese team's goal.

The ball he kicked in front of the goal was pushed out by Wang Guangwei first.

Then the Chinese team launched a wave of counterattacks, but they did not finally threaten the Brazilian team's goal.

Seeing that the first half was about to last half an hour, it was different from what the neutral commentators had hoped. The two teams did not enter a goal battle, and the score was still 0:0. Both sides seemed to have opportunities, but neither was able to seize them.

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Qin Lin looked at the time. Thirty minutes into the first half, it was still a deadlock.

He can no longer sit in the dugout and watch the game.

So he got up and walked to the sidelines, shouting Xia Xiaoyu's name, asking him to move forward more actively and not be afraid of losing the ball.

Why should Xia Xiaoyu not be afraid of losing the ball?

Because Xia Xiaoyu does not press forward alone. He is the "eye of the needle" of the Chinese team. If he wants to press forward, it means that the Chinese team as a whole must press forward. This can ensure that the distance between each player is appropriate and the pass can be maintained.

accuracy.

Otherwise, if he goes up, will Ou Yangjin follow?
To be continued...