Chapter 926 "Killing Machine"
After Xia Xiaoyu participated in the goal celebration, he ran back when his right shoulder was suddenly tapped hard.
He turned to look to the right, but saw no one.
When he turned back to the left, he saw Hu Lai grinning at him: "Where are you looking?"
Xia Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, remembering his first game on behalf of Anton Flashing Stars, which was the Chinese Super Cup in the 2024 season. He stood in the tunnel as a starting player, which made him a little nervous.
Just when he was thinking wildly, Hu Lai patted him on the shoulder and joked with him.
He always seems to be like this, nervous about the Super Bowl and the World Cup... He is always the one who misses the key moments.
Thinking of this, Xia Xiaoyu apologized to Hu Lai: "I'm sorry, Brother Hu..."
"Why do you say sorry all of a sudden?"
"I... behaved too badly..." Xia Xiaoyu lowered his head and said. "I was so nervous... For a while, I even wished I could be replaced again. I wanted to escape..."
Hu Lai put his arm around Xia Xiaoyu's shoulders and hugged him hard to prevent him from blaming himself anymore.
"Be a bachelor, Xiaoyu. There is nothing to worry about. The worst thing that can happen is that we lose the game. Don't you always say to think about the worst result first, so that you can be mentally prepared when the worst result occurs? Don’t you think it’s a big deal? On the other hand, preparing for the worst in everything means that as long as the result is slightly better than this, it will be a good result? "
Xia Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment.
Hu Lai squeezed his arm hard, then let go: "I added the BUFF of the goal just now to you, you have been strengthened, Xiaoyu, don't think so much, just do it, do it and that's it!"
After saying that, he accelerated and ran back to the Chinese team's half.
Xia Xiaoyu, who was looking at Hu Lai's back from behind, pursed his lips hard.
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Almost everyone is shocked at how Hu Lai can score such a goal, especially the more familiar people are with Hu Lai, the more they can't figure it out.
The label "heavy gunner" has never been associated with Hu Lai.
Even if he can shoot from long range, it doesn't mean he is a "heavy shooter".
But this is not a very important question.
At least for the fans of the Chinese team, they don't need to care about why Hu Lai can blast the football in 35.63 meters away from the goal. They only need to know that Hulay scored the first goal in the history of the World Cup for the Chinese team, and the Chinese team is only one goal behind Algeria!
For Algerian players and coaches, this is just a question that worries them a little.
If Houlay can always threaten Algeria's goal away from the penalty area, then their defensive tactics may have to be adjusted...
Fortunately, when the game restarted, Hulay did not continue to shoot from very far away.
Of course, Algeria has indeed stepped up its pressure on Hulay to get the ball near the center circle. Even if they can't grab the ball, they can't let Hulay take a shot easily and calmly - they are really worried that Hulay will hit another super long-distance kick. If the world wave breaks through, then there is really no way to explain...
After Hu Lai showed a "miracle", he fell into the opponent's siege again.
However, because of this goal, the morale of the Chinese team was improved, and their offense also increased slightly.
During this time, Algeria captain Sedery replaced Odé and became the busy man who often appeared in broadcast close-ups.
He used his fierce defense to block the Chinese team's attack.
Build a high wall for Algeria's defense in the midfield.
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Zhang Qinghuan picked up the ball in the midfield and prepared to drive forward with the ball.
He looked up and saw Sateri right in front of him.
He swayed his upper body from side to side twice. Seeing that he was about to approach the opponent, he suddenly pushed the football to the outside with the instep of his left foot, intending to rush past Satelli.
However, Sateri accurately judged his intention and decisively reached out to grab it!
Kick the football away!
This is not over yet.
Sateri did not stop his force after poking the football away, but took advantage of the momentum to grab the ball and hit Zhang Qinghuan directly in the chest.
Zhang Qinghuan was knocked to the ground in pain, but the referee did not call a foul on Sai Deli.
Because he did hit the ball first, but he just hit Zhang Qinghuan after he "couldn't stop". The two people were very close to each other, and it was impossible to avoid them at such a close distance.
So collision is normal.
It's just that in ordinary collisions, everyone will make a movement to stop each other, and the collision is not that severe.
But Sateri didn't, he didn't hold back at all.
This is his usual playing style:
It is also a one-on-one defense. Most defensive players will be finished if they poke the football away. They will focus on controlling the football.
But Sateri is different. He not only wants to destroy the defense, he also wants to give the offensive players a hard blow.
This is a kind of intimidation move that belongs to him, telling those offensive players who dare to challenge him: This is the defense you will face in the game! If you kid is not afraid of death, then go ahead!
After Sateri knocked down Zhang Qinghuan, he was still fine. He rushed forward, caught up with the football, and passed the ball forward to launch a counterattack.
Behind him, Zhang Qinghuan did not get up, but still covered his thigh with a painful expression.
Chinese team players constantly signaled this situation to the attacking Algerian players.
There were also huge boos at the scene.
The Algerian players did not choose to stop the attack immediately.
In the end, it was Oede who kicked the football out of the sideline amidst the boos and let the game enter the dead ball stage.
The referee then turned around to look at Zhang Qinghuan.
The latter was trying to get up from the ground and took two steps with a limp. Seeing his opponent kicking the ball out of bounds, he sat down on the ground again and rubbed the outer thigh muscles of his right leg - the place where Satelli's knee had hit him just now.
"Zhang Qinghuan's expression looks very painful... I hope there won't be any problems..." He Feng said worriedly.
Yan Kang was comforting him and the Chinese fans in front of the TV: "It looks like it was a head-to-head encounter, a serious injury... The pain must be very painful, but there will be no hidden dangers. Just wait for the pain to pass." …”
On the sidelines, head coach Shi Wuyin protested to the fourth official. He believed Sateri's action should be a foul.
However, judging from the slow-motion replay of the TV broadcast, although Sateri's actions were rough, they were indeed not foul...
So there is no problem with the referee's choice.
After the game was suspended, Saili turned around to find Zhang Qinghuan, but instead of trying to pull Zhang Qinghuan up, he possessed him and patted him on the back twice before running away again with a joking smile on his face. .
It seemed like he was mocking Zhang Qinghuan for lying down like a sissy and unable to get up on purpose.
The female fans of Zhang Qinghuan in front of the TV watching this scene were furious and denounced Sateri one after another.
This is where Sateri is so controversial.
There are many people who hate him, and the reasons are all the same. They think he plays rough and has a tendency to hurt people maliciously. The nickname "Killing Machine" was originally given to him by these people to ridicule Sateri.
Unexpectedly, Sateri liked the nickname so much that he took it and put it on his head.
Those who supported Sateri defended him, believing that he just tried his best every time he defended.
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The Chinese team doctor quickly came on stage to examine and treat Zhang Qinghuan.
After some inspection, he told Zhang Qinghuan: "It's okay, it's a hard injury. No ligaments or joints were injured..."
Zhang Qinghuan gritted his teeth and grimaced in pain, almost crying. He gritted his teeth and cursed: "Fuck! It hurts so much?!"
The old team doctor patted him: "Is it better than Gao Ruimin?"
After saying that, he took out the spray to give Zhang Qinghuan pain relief.
After the cold spray came into contact with the painful area, Zhang Qinghuan finally felt relieved, so he asked: "How is Xiao Min?"
"Preliminary examination, it may be a metatarsal problem..." the team doctor answered him while working.
Hearing this, Zhang Qinghuan fell into silence and did not cry out in pain.
He knew what the news meant.
Everyone who plays football knows that if there is a problem with the metatarsal, the injury is very complicated, and most of them are accompanied by bone and soft tissue defects. It’s very troublesome to recover, and it doesn’t get better in a week or two.
If it was really a metatarsal injury, then Gao Ruimin's World Cup journey might be over.
He just had a kick with Sateri, but he injured his metatarsal and may have to bid farewell to the World Cup...
From this point of view, although I was hit by the opponent's knee and my thigh muscles were so painful that I was about to burst into tears, I could still stay on the court.
It's indeed okay.
But Zhang Qinghuan didn't feel relaxed at all.
Because the "killing machine" has already targeted him.
"Okay, let's get up and move around." The old team doctor patted Zhang Qinghuan and signaled that he was finished with treatment.
Zhang Qinghuan stood up and took two steps without saying a word.
Although there was still some pain in the place where he was hit, it did not affect normal activities. After limping for two steps, he gradually adapted to it.
He jogged back to his seat.
Chen Xingyi was asking him: "How is Brother Huan? Are you okay?"
Hu Lai also cast a concerned look at him.
He nodded to Chen Xingyi and Hu Lai respectively, indicating that he was fine.
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Although Zhang Qinghuan did not make the same mistake as Gao Ruimin, he still could not get rid of Sateri after the game resumed.
Several times when he encountered Sateri, he could only pass the football quickly and was completely unable to organize the offense like he usually did.
His passing is also mainly based on cross passes and back passes, with very few forward passes.
Li Zhifei, who had been watching the game on the sidelines for a while, shook his head: "Zhang Qinghuan was frozen by Sateri, and our offense could not be organized at all... The momentum that started after Hu Lai's goal is about to fall..."
Shi Wuyin said nothing, just watching the game on the court.
Li Zhifei hesitated for a moment and then said: "Should we replace Zhang Qinghuan?"
Shi Wuyin thought for a while and then said: "Change, call Lou Jiarong."
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The football rolled towards the sideline, and Zhang Qinghuan chased after it.
But just when he reached for the football, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sateri coming from the side and making a sliding tackle!
He quickly jumped up to avoid it.
The football was shoveled by Sateri, flew up and hit Zhang Qinghuan's calf, and bounced off the sideline.
Not only did he not get the ball this time, he also gave the opponent a foul ball...
The referee raised his hands while blowing the whistle to signal substitutions on the sidelines.
Zhang Qinghuan raised his head and saw his number on the sign held up by the fourth official who was close at hand.
He realized he had been replaced.
So he said nothing, walked down the field with his head lowered, and gave a simple high-five to Lou Jiarong who was waiting on the sidelines.
Shi Wuyin stretched out his hand, and he and Coach Shi also high-fived each other. Then he went straight to the bench and high-fived each of his teammates.
Finally, he sat on the chair on the bench. The national team staff immediately handed him a sweat towel and water, and the old team doctor came up again to check the condition of his thigh muscles.
As for all this, Zhang Qinghuan was indifferent and just stared at the stadium blankly.
"In the 70th minute of the game, the Chinese team made its second substitution. No. 7 Lou Jiarong came on and replaced No. 10 Zhang Qinghuan..."
"Zhang Qinghuan was closely guarded by his opponents in today's game, especially Sateri's very fierce defense against him, which caused him a lot of trouble. As the game progressed, it was almost difficult for him to perform in any decent way... ...But fortunately he was not injured in that collision. Take a good rest, there are still two games waiting for you.”
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PS, there are still three updates today
The French team is really awesome. However, I personally am still optimistic about their final victory in this European Cup.
After all, in the 2018 World Cup, they were also tied by Denmark in the group stage. What this team is best at is actually anti-counterattack, and anti-counterattack tactics only come into play when they enter the knockout stage.
So if the French team can enter the knockout rounds, they will be almost invincible.
They can make it all the way to the finals by relying on defense and then crush their opponents.
Portugal's two own goals in the half were really speechless - the defending European Cup champions scored three goals in the half, but fell behind their opponents 1:2... Can you believe this scenario?
If this were the plot of a novel, I don’t know how many readers would be criticized for “creating difficulties just for the sake of difficulty”, “in order to highlight the bravery of the protagonist, all the teammates are written as idiots”, “the defending champion is treated like an amateur team”... …
When I was watching football, I often worried that I was too conservative when writing novels and not bold enough. I obviously wrote YY novels, but they were not as crazy as the real world. I was really ashamed to be a YY writer!
So in the future, if you encounter something that doesn't satisfy you or a plot that doesn't meet your expectations, feel free to criticize it for whatever you want, but don't criticize me for saying it's "unreasonable." It is not reasonable at all for the German team to beat the Brazilian team 7:1 in front of the Brazilian team... (End of chapter)