Of course, it is impossible for one person to defeat a team, but a key clearance stopped the decline, ten minutes of intensive defense allowed the Chinese team to regain the feeling of victory, an incredible shot made the players full of confidence in victory, as the captain and superstar, Li Huan did everything he could, the team can play to the extent of the shot, it depends on how well the teammates play.

The players of the Chinese team are also competitive, after Li Huan scored, their spirit also came up, and they seemed to have overcome their adaptation to the climate and jet lag, running vigorously and pressing fiercely, and the team full of youthful vitality and vigorous enthusiasm is back.

Costa Rica are struggling to play harder, they belong to the type of team that plays with the ball like Brazil, they can play at a high level if they play as they want, but after being limited by their opponents, they can't even play at a normal level.

In the 21st minute, the left corner of the Chinese team's penalty area was hoisted to the small penalty area, and Chen Teng scored with a header under no guard, but the ball was pushed high by him. In the 25th minute, Li Huan broke through on the right side to create a corner kick opportunity. Li Huan was punished to the middle, Xu Yang's head-shaking attack did not hit the right part, but the ball was just ferried to the back point, but the follow-up Liu Chao was a step slower, and although he touched the ball in the face of the empty goal, the ball hit the outside post and popped up the bottom line. 2 minutes later, the Chinese team made another killing, the little monkey Yu Tong sent a straight plug on the right side, Chen Teng quickly inserted and threw off the Costa Rican defender and crossed the middle, but unfortunately Xu Yang, who followed up, was half a beat slower, and the ball slid in front of the goal.

In less than ten minutes, the Chinese team made three threatening shots on goal, but the players did not grasp the opportunity, and Costa Rica seemed to be stunned by the Chinese team, and there was no chance to fight back within ten minutes, so they could only be beaten passively.

Head coach Lavolpe was so anxious that he yelled on the sidelines, letting his players run more actively, controlling the ball more in the midfield, not handing over the ball to the opponent easily, and letting the Chinese team easily counterattack.

As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain, how can it be that the manager can change it with a few shouts, the Costa Rican players have not changed their faces, they are still in poor form, and the Chinese team has played more calmly after wasting a few chances.

In the thirty-third minute of the second half, the Chinese team recovered another goal! Li Huan made a wide oblique long pass in the backfield, Fan Yang assisted to the front, took the ball on the right side of Costa Rica and sent the full moon scimitar to the goal, Chen Teng pressed the opponent's defender's header in the penalty area, Xu Yang's header relayed, and the ball bounced off the ground and flew into the lower left corner of the goal.

2:2.

The Chinese team equalized the score.

The Chinese fans in the stands were very excited, and they once again gave applause to the brave Chinese players, and some local Chinese and migrant workers were also even more excited and proud, and they really felt the pride of being a Chinese at this time.

"Goal! Scored! The Chinese team equalized! It was Xu Yang who scored the goal! His header helped the Chinese team equalize, 2:2! This is a very favorable score, in the history of the World Cup and the Champions League two-legged knockout round, the first leg of the result of a 2-2 draw, the home team only 12.5% chance of qualifying, while the away team is as high as 87.5%, that is, even if the Chinese team does not score in the back, this score is a very good score......

Lavolpe also understood that the score was not good for him, and he made a series of substitutions to prepare for the final wave of attacks, hoping to score another goal.

The Chinese team under Li Huan's rule has never had the bad habit of Chinese moderation and forbearance, and they have always beaten water dogs and never turned over without beating their opponents. After scoring this goal, the Chinese team continued to attack wildly, wanting to complete a super reversal.

According to the course of the game, the morale of the Chinese team is high, and the probability of completing the reversal far exceeds the probability of Costa Rica scoring again, but the Chinese team has traveled more than 10,000 miles, flying in the air for more than 30 hours, and brought from the cold north Vanchux to the savannah, their physical fitness persisted tenaciously for more than 70 minutes and finally stopped holding on. Even a physical maniac like Li Huan felt the decline in physical fitness, and he had to signal Chu Fu on the sidelines to replace a few midfielders who could run to strengthen the control of the field, and at the same time let the team begin to shrink gradually, so that Costa Rica could not see the decline in the physical strength of the Chinese team.

At the beginning, Costa Rica thought that the Chinese team wanted to keep the 2:2 draw, after all, the time was only ten minutes, the Chinese team was two goals behind, twice tied and the tie was considered a victory, they were afraid of the Chinese team's counterattack, and did not dare to attack aggressively, when the Costa Rica team saw that the Chinese team was already at the end of the crossbow, there were only 5 minutes left, and the Chinese team had begun to defend intensively, Costa Rica was not able to score again even if all the pressure was on, and finally could only accept a 2:2 draw at home.

The players of the Chinese team were really tired, and when the referee Doss blew the whistle for the end of the game, almost all of them were sitting or lying on the turf, and they didn't bother to take off their clothes soaked with sweat.

Although the Chinese team did not stand up to thank the fans, but the fans were even more moved, such a Chinese team is respectable and should be loved by the people, the original team that can only pick up girls to gamble on football, and bow and apologize after losing, is simply the product of China's 3,000 years of dictatorship + dictatorship.

At this time, the Chinese fans in the stands were even more excited, the Costa Rican players who were still fighting with the Chinese team on the field suddenly turned into star chasers, they ran to Li Huan's side with their jerseys and prepared signature pens, and asked Li Huan to sign a photo with them, and Campbell, who scored two goals in this game, got the opportunity to exchange jerseys with Li Huan.

With opponents on the pitch and idols and fans off the pitch, Li Huan has become accustomed to this change of role, he stood up to sign autographs and photos of the Costa Rican players, and patted them on the shoulder in a friendly manner, praising them for playing well, which was the first draw for the Chinese team. Every Costa Rican player who was praised by Li Huan had excited eyes and flushed faces.

Commentator Duan Xuan couldn't help but joke: "La Volpe and the Costa Rican Football Association must be in a hurry, their players are all fans of Li Huan, how should they play in the next game, who is willing to shovel Li Huan." ”

At the press conference after the game, because Li Huan was very tired, Chu Fu attended alone, Chu Fu praised the brave struggle of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, it is not easy to equalize the score when it is two goals behind, Chu Fu said: "Since the establishment of the new national team, the Chinese team has not encountered the current difficult situation, jet lag, climate and environment are not adaptable, two goals behind, which gave the Chinese team a preventive shot in advance, if the Chinese team can qualify for the World Cup finals, these are the Chinese team must consider in advance." Chu Fu also said that they must prepare carefully after returning to their home stadium, and they will not be careless, and Costa Rica's strength should not be underestimated.

Costa Rica coach Lavolpe expressed regret over the result, saying: "We won the process, but we didn't win the result, and it's a pity to get a draw in the right place at the right time, of course, with the magic of the Chinese team, even if we win, we may not be able to qualify." In the next game we became a team with the right time and place, and it will be very difficult for us, but I hope my players and fans don't give up, don't forget, in the 2002 World Cup, we played in Asia, and in front of the Chinese team, we also had the right time and place, but we won the victory, and I hope the players can play the spirit of their predecessors and complete a miracle. ”

Later, when asked by reporters, La Volpe spoke highly of Li Huan, "If Ronaldo is an alien, Pele and Maradona are the kings of the ball, then Li Huan can be said to be a ball god standing in the sky overlooking the earth, with him, everything becomes simple, I don't despise Coach Chu Fu and the original Li Huan's coaches, they are all coaches with real talents, but seriously, without them, as long as there is Li Huan, Hoffenheim miracle, Arsenal myth, Atletico legend may appear." ”

The second leg between China and Costa Rica will be played in a month's time, but the media and journalists have already decided that China will undoubtedly qualify for the World Cup finals. After the game, Costa Rica's "El País" lamented: The dream of Costa Ricans is over, and the home team has not won by two goals, is there any hope on the road? "Freedom of the Press" said: "Lose a good game! After being levelled by two goals and unable to take advantage of the opportunity to fight back when their opponents ran out of energy, Costa Rica looked exhausted and their dreams of reaching the World Cup finals for a fourth time could be over. ”

China's "Globe News" was even more excited: "The Chinese team has survived the tropical rainy season and returned to the Chinese island city, and the Chinese team's promotion will be undoubted, with two away goals in hand, the Chinese team only needs to draw 0:0 and 1:1 to advance." With Li Huan, we believe that the curse of "a draw will qualify" will definitely be broken. ”

"Weekly" commented: "Although the Chinese team's winning streak was ended and suffered its first draw, this draw is beneficial to the Chinese team, back at home is not to score, we can also advance, while Costa Rica must attack after a long journey, the victory is very close to us, the second time to reach the World Cup finals is only 90 minutes away from us, let us witness a miracle in the island city, in the place where Li Huan played wild ball." ”

(To be continued)