No. 556: Three Arrows!
In the Brazilian dressing room, the atmosphere is solemn, although the two teams are evenly matched in the score, but from the perspective of threatening shots, Brazil is much less.
Dunga broke the silence in the dressing room: "It's clear that Chen has changed his style, not only did he not shoot frequently, but he even changed his breakthrough line. But we didn't deal with it well. ”
McConn wiped the sweat from his forehead, yes, that little guy doesn't make a fuss on the wing, but often takes the football to the middle......
The Brazil coach paused and continued: "How do we adapt? ”
The defender frowned slightly, lost in thought.
Dunga gave the answer and request: "When he is dribbling the ball, there is nothing wrong with the nearest players to block it, but we must not relax with the other players.
The goal we conceded was that there was no one to defend Van Persie!
We had to pay attention to that in the second half, but also with Arjen Robben, whose most dangerous way to shoot was to cut inside! ”
Bastos has a headache, coach, I know his trick is to cut inside, but I still can't help it.
Dunga also had a lot of headaches, and the Dutch wings were so fast that even if you knew in advance what they were going to do, you still couldn't stop them from finishing the shot.
It's a very disappointing and frustrating feeling.
In the Dutch dressing room, the atmosphere is equally tense and dignified, the attack cannot be converted into goals, and their hearts are pressed with a stone, is the god of luck really on the side of Brazil?
Van Marwijk smiled and said: "The atmosphere is so solemn, we need to relax a little bit, it's just a normal quarter-final. ”
The players knew the manager was trying to take the pressure off them and they smiled.
'We created a lot of chances in the first half and it shows how good we are and we should be proud of that.
The Dutch boss understands that the smile of his players is not genuine, he wants to make his players laugh genuinely.
'We were unlucky in the first half and missed a couple of chances in a row to get ahead of the scoreline, but who can take every chance? Not even a god can be! ”
He looked at his players and said: "We were unlucky in the first half and in the second half I thought our luck would come back. Brazil ran out of luck in the first half! ”
Remembering that his coach was once violently criticized by the domestic media for "luck theory", he is now joking with himself, this spirit is admirable and moving.
This time there were no smiles on the players' faces, but their hearts were touched.
Sneijder exhaled a long breath and said with a smile: "The coach is right, Brazil ran out of luck in the first half, and luck will be on our side in the second half!" ”
Chen Fan exhaled heavily, and said to himself in his heart: Boy, you barely shot in the first half, and you should have taken action in the second half.
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After a fifteen-minute break, the players from both sides returned to the pitch and the second half of the showdown was about to begin.
The stands slowly woke up like a beast, they shook their spirits and let out a loud shout, and the battle of the twelfth man on the pitch began early.
"Tick! ……”
The referee blew the whistle and the second half began.
The Netherlands soon moved the ball to the midfield, and the two sides once again engaged in a fierce battle near the center circle, this time Chen Fan did not participate in the scramble, he wanted to be closer to the opponent's goal so that he could get a chance to shoot.
A striker who doesn't shoot can still be called a striker?
In the heat of battle, Gilberto Silva blocked De Jong's pass to Sneijder, and Van Bommel dropped his weight to stab the ball to the left.
Captain Van Bronckhorst simplified the situation on the pitch and kicked the ball straight to the left midfield, which flew behind McConn.
Under the football, Chen Fan and McCone ran wildly towards the football, and they squeezed each other in the process of running.
From a distance, the two of them looked like drunk people, staggering and could fall to the ground at any moment......
Lucio is another man who is racing towards football, and he will be with McCone to snatch the ball down and stifle the Dutch long ball.
The three men got closer to the football, and the shouts from the stands got louder......
The ball landed on the turf, and the next moment the three men stretched out their right feet almost at the same time, and they were going to grab the ball!
Chen Fan's outstretched foot suddenly accelerated again, and he picked up the football that bounced off the turf in advance, and the football flew over Lucio's head!
"Beautiful!"
The ESPN commentator shouted, "Chen wins the battle!" ”
Chen Fan turned around and flew towards the football, Mai Kong saw that the situation was critical, and decisively stretched out his right hand to grab Chen Fan's jersey.
The next moment, Chen Fan fell to the turf stiffly.
"Tick! ……”
The referee blew the whistle and pointed at McCone for a yellow card.
"Shhhh ……”
There was a huge boo in the stadium, which was given to McCone by Dutch fans, who were mocking one of the best right-backs in world football today.
The German national television commentator said: "McCone chose to foul in desperation, and from a tactical point of view, this is the right choice, after all, it will be very dangerous for Brazil to let Chen dribble to the middle." A yellow card to resolve a crisis is worth it. ”
Sneijder pulled Chen Fan up from the turf and the game resumed.
It was difficult to shoot directly from this position, Sneijder chose to take a free kick into the Brazilian penalty area, Van Bommel beat Melo with a lion and shook his head, and the ball flew towards the left side of the goal!
Cesar leaps forward and bravely lifts the ball off the crossbar!
Three minutes later, Brazil struggled to develop the football into the Dutch half, and the assist McCone won the ball on the wing and suddenly cut inside, and then crossed diagonally into the box!
The soccer ball flew into the penalty area like an arrow against the turf, and the air in the stadium suddenly became tense.
Fabiano leaned on Mathieson and stretched out his right foot to stop the ball in front of his right, followed by a powerful shot!
The football hit the side-netting, which made the Netherlands break out in a cold sweat.
In the ensuing game, the two sides went back and forth, but neither could form a good chance to open the scoring under the tight defense of the opponent.
In the seventeenth minute of the second half, the situation on the field changed abruptly, Brazil reversed the ball at the back, and Van Persie pounced strongly on Melo who got the ball.
The Brazilian midfielder made the wrong choice to give his right forward Gilberto Silva a pass.
The moment he passed, an orange figure burst out like a bolt of lightning from behind Gilberto Silva's right!
Chen Fan overtook Gilberto Silva in three steps and tackled the football!
"Good shot!"
Adal, the commentator of Dutch national television, shouted: "Chen made a successful steal and counterattacked!" ”
The Brazilian national television commentator said bitterly: "Melo made a mistake, his pass was intercepted by Chen!" ”
The atmosphere at the Elizabeth Mandela Bay Stadium became lively, and the Dutch fans let out a loud roar: "The Flash! ”
"The Flash!"
"The Flash!"
These roars are like steps, Chen Fan wants to step on these steps and rise step by step!
A young orange figure with a football struck the Brazilian penalty area like lightning, and the Brazilian defense was in chaos!
McCone and Lucio wanted to go to the pinch, but Chen Fan didn't give them a chance at all, and on the way to the ball, he turned the ball to the right front with the outside of his right foot and killed it from the middle!
Van Persie immediately ran past Chen Fan and headed for the left, with Robben cutting in aggressively on the right......
Three arrows!
How does Chen Fan choose, whether to force himself into the penalty area from the middle to accomplish something, or choose the appropriate opportunity to distribute the football to his teammates on both sides?