Chapter 796 Difficult to cross the hill
The Hill Stadium in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, is the home stadium of the Paraguay national team and has a capacity of 80,000 people. Stadiums with a capacity of 80,000 people are rare in Europe, but in South American football, they are just commonplace.
South Americans seem to like to use big balls to increase the intimidation of the court.
Because a big enough stadium can accommodate enough fans, and the momentum created by enough fans will be astonishing and terrifying enough.
Now in the stands of the Hill Stadium, 75,000 Paraguayan fans created an overwhelming momentum. It makes people feel that this is not a land stadium, but a dragon palace in the sea - the huge shouts are continuous, like the momentum of sea water pouring in!
"This is the game with the highest home attendance in this World Cup qualifier!" the commentator of Paraguay TV announced proudly and excitedly.
He was right, this was indeed Paraguay's home game with the largest audience in this World Cup qualifying match.
On the one hand, this game is related to whether Paraguay can go to the World Cup. On the other hand, it is because before the game, there was news that Sosa Espinola and Paulo Arce shook hands and made peace, which was very exciting. It increased the fans' confidence and attention in this game.
So 75,000 people flooded into Hillside Stadium during games. This is because enough safety areas must be left, otherwise there will only be more people.
With so many people crowded together, even if everyone just sighed, after being amplified seventy-five thousand times, it turned into a storm.
Not to mention that these Paraguayan fans kept making noise and commotion in the stands.
They stood side by side in the stands, beating hand in hand rhythmically. From a distance, they looked like waves that were constantly rising and falling.
On the big screen of the stadium in the distance of "Waves", the real-time score of this game is displayed.
The game has been going on for fifty minutes, and the score is 1:0, with the Paraguay national team playing at home taking the lead.
And this goal was scored by their top scorer Sousa Espinola!
The TV broadcast kept switching close-ups between Paraguay captain Arce and the team's top scorer Sosa. The director used this method to tell everyone that these two people were the key figures for Paraguay to take the lead in this game.
Needless to say, Sosa scored a goal. Arce also performed very well in this game. He successfully restricted Hulay's performance, allowing Hulay to hit only two shots within the goal frame so far, basically not putting any pressure on his goalkeeper teammate Angel Almiron.
Compared with the reveling Paraguayan fans, the few Chinese fans in the stands were much quieter. They were wearing red T-shirts, with national flag paint on their faces, and holding small five-star red flags in their hands. They sat or stood in their seats, looking at the stadium listlessly.
There are very few people who flew from China to Paraguay to watch the game. The vast majority of them are overseas Chinese and employees of Chinese-funded companies in Paraguay or the three surrounding countries of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
Many people may not watch football at all, let alone be fans. The only reason for them to come into the stadium to watch a Chinese team play is that this team represents the motherland.
They are not here to cheer for the Chinese team, but to cheer for China.
They have also been active since the start of the game.
But now they are all silent in their positions, and some people hold their heads in their hands, frowning, and their expressions are very solemn.
They are not acting like this because the team is currently lagging behind - although the Chinese team is lagging behind in terms of score, the overall performance of the players is still very good, and there is absolutely no sense of uselessness that made people feel itchy before.
Even the Chinese team is not completely at a disadvantage on the scene. It is really a surprise to many people that they can play back and forth with Paraguay.
There's another reason why they're so frustrated, for the same reason Paraguay fans are so excited:
If you look carefully, you will find that all Chinese fans are looking in the same direction, which is...in the penalty area of the Chinese national team, in front of the goal.
There were several people gathered around, and the referee was making a gesture to the audience to let the stretcher come on.
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"This is really too bad..." He Feng looked at the crowd gathered in front of the door in the studio behind and sighed. "When Hao De intercepted the pass, he sprained his foot when he landed, and it seemed that he could no longer hold on. In the game...the Chinese team was originally in a good position, but now they are forced to use up one substitution and change the goalkeeper..."
"Lin Zhiyuan ran back from the warm-up area after a simple warm-up. Shi Wuyuan once again chose a young player he was more familiar with at a critical moment. Lin Zhiyuan once served as the main goalkeeper of the Chinese Olympic team and participated in the Olympic Games with the team. He has performed well. Now in the Chinese Super League, he is already a South China Tiger. The main goalkeeper. It can be said that he is a talented player at the goalkeeper position in Chinese football... But whether it is the Olympics or the Chinese Super League, compared with the key battles of the World Cup qualifiers, Lin Zhiyuan's ability is still different at this life and death moment. Withstand the pressure and perform at a normal level? ”
In front of the Chinese team's coaching bench and bench, the atmosphere was a little tense and the situation was a little chaotic.
When Lin Zhiyuan ran back from the warm-up area, assistant coach Li Zhifei turned around and shouted Lin Zhiyuan's name. Before he finished speaking, he saw Lin Zhiyuan standing in front of him, which shocked him.
"What the hell are you doing? Why didn't you say anything when you came back!" Li Zhifei's tone was very bad.
The situation was originally good, but then the main goalkeeper was injured and unable to continue the game. Even the best-tempered person would have a drastic change in temperament.
Of course, Li Zhifei didn't really have any objections to Lin Zhiyuan. After complaining casually, he pulled Lin Zhiyuan aside, handed him his participation card, and pushed him to the fourth official on the sidelines.
The substitute goalkeeper basically comes on the field without any tactical instructions and has nothing to explain, just let him play.
Lin Zhiyuan ran past the coach's bench with his participation certificate in one hand and the goalkeeper's glove in the other.
When passing by Shi Wuyin, the latter stretched out his hand to him. Seeing this, Lin Zhiyuan quickly put his participation certificate in his mouth and freed his hands to high-five Director Shi.
He heard Shi Wuyin say to him: "You are crazy, this is your national team debut, a big occasion!"
Lin Zhiyuan bit his participation certificate, grinned at Director Shi, turned around and ran away.
Looking at his back, Li Zhifei said to Shi Wuyuan: "I hope he can really make people crazy..."
What young people fear most when they suddenly come off the bench in this game is that they will be too nervous, causing the whole person to be in a state of confusion.
Players in other positions are actually fine even if they are confused, but the goalkeeper position is particularly special. If he does not perform well, he may be a trap for the whole team.
Although everyone has worked together on the Olympic team, the Olympic team is completely different from the national team, and the pressure of the Olympics is definitely not as great as today's game.
Because they had prepared in advance, everything was under control. The Chinese team performed very well in the away game, allowing Paraguay to score only one goal, and they were able to play back and forth with the opponent.
But Hao De's accidental injury gave the Chinese team a sap.
This can understand why Paraguay fans are so excited - the Chinese team's main goalkeeper is injured! Major benefits!
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Listening to the singing and cheering of the Paraguayan fans in the stands, Lin Zhiyuan ran onto the field.
The injured Hao De had been carried off on a stretcher. He ran straight to the door of the Chinese team, put on his gloves, patted him hard, opened his arms and shouted: "Get in position!!"
Many people are worried about whether young goalkeeper Lin Zhiyuan will be replaced at this critical moment and whether he can live up to expectations.
Lin Zhiyuan's mind was boiling over this matter.
Taking orders in times of danger?
Sir, what I want is to accept orders in times of danger!
This scene has been played in my mind countless times...
This script is almost tailor-made for me!
What are you doing standing still? Let the game begin quickly!
I want to be the savior of the team!
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Paraguay is good at seizing opportunities. They took advantage of the fact that the Chinese team had just changed their goalkeeper. After the game resumed, they launched a fierce attack on the Chinese team's goal.
Just hope to expand the lead.
The game lasted for almost an hour, and Paraguay only took the lead by one goal. Logically speaking, this is not safe. In this two-round game, we must try our best to end the suspense in the first round. Otherwise, we go to the away game in the second round, who knows what will happen then...
When Paraguay stepped up its offensive, Lin Zhiyuan in front of the goal was extremely excited.
Because this is exactly what he is looking forward to, and it is also a perfect opportunity for him to perform!
When he made his first save after coming on the field, he jumped into the air, flew sideways, and knocked the football out of the baseline with one palm!
"Oh beautiful!" He Feng exhaled and cheered loudly, "Lin Zhiyuan's first save was very successful! It seems that he is in good condition today!"
"Yes, He Feng. For a goalkeeper, the effect of the first save is very important. If it is successful, the confidence of the players will be greatly improved..."
After landing, Lin Zhiyuan rolled around on the ground to relieve his strength, and then stood up directly. The whole movement was extremely graceful.
After getting up, he did not forget to wag his finger in the direction of the Paraguayan players.
It can be said to be very pretentious...
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Paraguay's offensive continues, and it does not end because of Lin Zhiyuan's wonderful save.
After they got the corner kick, they did not send the football directly to the goal. Instead, they made a change and took a tactical corner kick.
After passing the ball from the wing, he suddenly passed the football.
Arce, the Paraguayan captain and center back who had been ambushing in the middle, jumped up and hit the ball before Yao Huasheng!
But he didn't push the football directly towards the Chinese team's goal!
But... click backwards!
Yao Huasheng and Wang Guangwei both missed.
He also shook Lin Zhiyuan - his whole body was like a spring compressed to the extreme, ready to pounce on Alsay...
As a result, the football flew to the back point!
He didn't bother to check what was going on behind him, his feet were faster than his eyes and he kicked out!
The person is like a racing car spinning at 7,200 rpm, ejected and flying backwards!
When his whole body was in the air, he could clearly see the situation at the back point - Paraguay's leading shooter, Sousa Espinola, who was 1.88 meters tall, rushed towards the goal from behind, facing the opponent who was being rubbed. Just hit the football when it comes!
"Hey, be careful!!" He Feng and Yan Kang almost exclaimed at the same time.
He hit the football in the middle of his forehead, and the ball flew towards the goal that was just around the corner!
Lin Zhiyuan's hand also reached for it, but he was still a step too late - he arrived at the moment when the football flew over the goal line, and only caught a ball of flowing air...
"Ouch——!" The two commentators looked up to the sky and sighed.
The cheering decibels in the hill stadium reached a new high, like an insurmountable peak... (End of Chapter)