Chapter 944 Proof of Battle
The Russian player Nikolay Lucas, who was previously responsible for taking the corner kick, ran to the ball boy to ask for the ball in preparation for a throw-in.
He raised the football with both hands above his head and was about to throw it when he heard the referee's whistle.
A sound.
He threw the football.
The second whistle sounded.
The football fell on the turf, bounced up, and fell again... It just bounced around the field with no one to catch it.
The third whistle has been blown.
The Russian TV commentator in the commentary box sighed: "The game is over! The game is over... We failed to defeat the Chinese team, the weakest team in the group, in the second group match. Russia lost its lead in the group qualifying competition. opportunity...but the performance of the Chinese team is worthy of this draw , I think Wang Guangwei's header clearance at the last moment can be included in the highlights of this World Cup... This is a microcosm of the Chinese team's performance in this game. It was with such a tenacious defensive performance that they allowed We are unable to move forward and are at a loss..."
The Russian TV commentator commented on the game with a mix of disappointment and calmness, maintaining his demeanor despite being extremely disappointed with his national team's performance.
In the same commentary box in the distance, He Feng and Yan Kang could not keep calm. They rushed into the microphone and shouted loudly, as excitedly as if the Chinese team had won the game:
"The game is over! The game is over!! The Chinese team withstood Russia's last crazy attack! They defended the tie! Wang Guangwei made a wonderful defense at the last moment of the game! His leaping in the air to make a clearance was really right The best ending to the game! ”
"After the 2:2 draw with Algeria, the Chinese team's performance has satisfied domestic fans. But they are not satisfied with the results they have achieved. Facing the more powerful Russia, they not only opened the scoring in the game, And it also withstood Russia's attack. The whole team worked together and scored one point again! So far... the Chinese team remains undefeated! ”
On the court, Wang Guangwei was still stunned when he was hugged by Lin Zhiyuan next to him: "Lao Wang! Lao Wang! The game is over! We have not lost!!"
Then Lin Zhiyuan patted his back hard, let go of him and went to find someone else.
Wang Guangwei looked around again and saw his teammates raising their arms and shouting to celebrate the draw.
He finally came to his senses - yes, the game is over, we... did not lose!
So he raised his arms and shouted happily, then turned around and hugged Yao Huasheng and Captain Yao: "Captain Yao, I'm sorry!"
"Why did you say sorry to me?" Yao Huasheng had a smile on his face, but his mind was filled with little questions.
"Hey... In the last defense, I jumped up on your shoulders, Captain Yao..." Wang Guangwei revealed the truth.
Yao Huasheng smiled and shook his head: "I guessed it was you! Otherwise, how could you jump so high?"
"I had no choice at that time. I could only support Team Yao and you to take off, so that I could compete with Romanov... But the situation was urgent, and I didn't ask for your permission..."
Yao Huasheng patted his back: "I don't need to agree. If you think it's right, just do it. I'm also very happy to be a stepping stone for you!"
Wang Guangwei waved his hand: "It's not a stepping stone, Team Yao. The two of us defended this ball together!"
Romanov looked at Wang Guangwei and Yao Huasheng who were hugging and chatting beside him.
His presence also attracted Yao Huasheng's attention. He remembered the scene just now and said to Wang Guangwei: "By the way, you really have to thank me. If he hadn't pulled you just now, your cervical spine might have been destroyed... …”
He told Wang Guangwei the scene he just witnessed with his own eyes.
After Wang Guangwei heard this, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back - he had just jumped too high and struggled to hit the ball before falling weightlessly, briefly losing control of his body.
If Romanov hadn't taken action in time, the consequences would have been... unimaginable.
After Yao Huasheng finished speaking, he patted him on the shoulder and pushed him towards Romanov: "So you have to say thank you."
Wang Guangwei walked up to Romanov, who was still in a daze, and said in English: "Thank you."
Romanov was awakened by him, came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head and replied in English with a strong accent: "I just acted subconsciously, you don't need to thank me."
After saying that, he shrugged again: "How did you do that last header...?"
Wang Guangwei pointed at Yao Huasheng and answered him in English: "I jumped up on the shoulders of our captain."
"No wonder..." Romanov suddenly realized, then shook his head. "This is the first time I've seen someone do this in a game. But be careful, saving a ball can put you in a very dangerous situation..."
Wang Guangwei disagreed: "If you don't put yourself in danger, how can you guard against the giant bear?"
After Romanov understood Wang Guangwei's words, he burst out laughing.
It attracted a lot of eyebrows.
As soon as everyone saw that the person talking to him was Wang Guangwei, they all looked away.
Amid laughter, Romanov took off his Russian No. 9 jersey and handed it to Wang Guangwei: "Come on, kid, exchange jerseys."
Wang Guangwei was not pretentious. He also took off his jersey and neatly completed the jersey exchange ceremony with the opponent.
"Wang Guangwei and Romanov were exchanging jerseys. In this game, the two were entangled and had several head-to-head encounters. Obviously, Wang Guangwei won the respect of his opponent with his actual performance... This was Romanov's initiative to exchange Jersey’s”
"He Feng, look, after Wang Guangwei took off his jersey, his body was covered in bruises and purples, all from when he fought against Romanov in the game... In order to win the respect of his opponent, Wang Guangwei paid so much The price was almost all injuries.”
In front of the TV, Wang Guangwei's mother couldn't bear to see the injuries on her son's body - of course she knew that as a professional player, it was inevitable that his son would have bruises after playing a game. It was not like she had never seen the scars on her son's body after playing in the league and the national team, but it was still extremely rare to see them as dense and shocking as today.
Especially the last one really scared her so much that her heart almost jumped out of her throat. She was really worried that something might happen to her son if he landed on his head...
When the husband saw his wife covering her mouth and frowning, he said, "This is the World Cup. Even if you just want not to lose, you need to try your best."
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"...I believe there must be people like him in the Chinese team. It is because the whole team is united and works so hard that we can score another point for us! This is the World Cup, the highest stage of international football, and Our Chinese team is a new player on this stage, but after playing two games, we can still compete with our opponents on an equal footing... I think this is not easy.”
"Yan Kang, you are right. Before the Chinese team went to the World Cup, to be honest, although there were such and such voices on the Internet, any rational and calm fan must know that with the strength of the Chinese team, in this group How difficult the situation will be... But these boys gave us a big surprise! The first draw with Algeria, who are also new players in the World Cup, many people, including me, felt... ...'That's it. That's it. 'At least I'm very satisfied... But I didn't expect that this second game would be against Russia, which had reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and the semi-finals of the European Cup - even though it was in decline. Russia, we still performed very tenaciously, scored first, and withstood their fierce attack, only conceding one goal! This performance has greatly exceeded our expectations for them!”
"Yes, I think this is why no matter how much we pay, how far we travel, generation after generation... we must come to the World Cup! Because this is the top stage in world football! Only Only by personally participating in it can we learn advanced experience and grow...otherwise we will always be a frog in the well! Then it will be really difficult for Chinese football to make progress!"
The two commentators seemed very excited as one said one thing and the other said another.
Obviously this draw with Russia made them feel a lot.
Before the World Cup, everyone had many unrealistic fantasies about the Chinese team. Fans and the media had set many performance goals for the Chinese team.
But in the eyes of the two commentators, the significance of the Chinese team participating in this World Cup does not lie in how many places we got in the end or whether we qualified for the group. It's about whether we can really grow in this kind of competition.
After all, we are not just here to participate in the World Cup once, and then die after enjoying it.
We want to participate in more World Cup finals in the future and hope to not miss every World Cup.
Therefore, the most important thing is to gain experience and grow from this first time, so that everyone can see hope.
Now after two rounds of the World Cup group stage, the Chinese team remains undefeated. Although facing the strongest Brazil in the last round, it is almost impossible to defeat the opponent and qualify for the group, but this will not make people feel frustrated and dissatisfied.
On the contrary, everyone is cheering for the Chinese team's performance.
This can be seen from the enthusiastic and exciting messages on the Internet.
"Wang Guangwei is awesome! To be honest, even if Romanov gets old, he would still be a 'terrible devil' in Asia. But Wang Guangwei was able to face him head-on for ninety minutes and only conceded one goal! This Is he already the top central defender in Asia? ”
"The header clearance at the end really shocked me! I just said 'fuck' in front of the TV. I didn't know what to say other than 'fuck'..."
"Don't forget the other Chinese team players who contributed to this draw. Team Yao also fought hard until the end. Wang Guangwei mainly dealt with Romanov, and Team Yao dealt with other Russian players. The pressure on them was not light at all! ”
"There is also Mao Junzheng who was replaced. Our Golden Arrow's Mao Jun is really good! He used to be the main player in the national team and now he is a substitute. He has no complaints and is working hard to let him play. I think this team The reason why the national team has been undefeated in the World Cup so far has a lot to do with the unity of the team. There is really no factionalism and factionalism in this team. Coach Shi has truly united them. A team, this is the most amazing thing!”
"Yes, every international player who goes to the World Cup, if you want to say whether they have selfish motives, they definitely do. But everyone can still unite under a common goal and fight for each ball in the game. This is It’s really great! To be honest, I burst into tears countless times while watching these two games..."
"Although he is not as popular as Hu Lai, Luo Kai has really learned his skills while studying abroad. The World Cup goal is the best reward for all his efforts! I hope this goal can make his journey abroad smoother. I hope He can become the 'twin stars' of Chinese football in Europe with Hu Lai! ”
"Zhang Qinghuan's performance in this game was obviously much better than the last one. He has gradually adapted to the rhythm of the World Cup. The assist to Luo Kai was so beautiful! When he passed the ball, I thought He was looking for Hu Lai, but he didn’t expect the football to make a sharp turn and fly straight to the back point!”
"No one praises my Xiaoyu? From the nervousness when he came on as a substitute in the first game, to the calmness when he started this game, the several times he turned around during the game were really full of aura!"
"Everyone above is right! The results achieved by the Chinese team are the result of everyone on the team, not just one person, or just the eleven people on the field...those players who came on the bench and did not play. , They all worked hard for these two draws! I love this Chinese team! ”
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After the game, the Chinese team players gathered together and walked to the bottom of the stands where the Chinese team fans were most concentrated to pay respect and thanks to the Chinese fans who came to the Miami Rock Stadium to cheer them on. Just like after the last game against Algeria.
The Chinese fans in the stands waved their national flags to them.
“Well done to the Chinese team!”
“The national football team is awesome!”
“Come on Team China!”
The chants echoed in the stands at Rock Stadium.
Wang Guangwei was still naked with his upper body exposed, revealing the shocking scars on his body. He had Romanov's jersey on his shoulders and raised his hands to applaud the fans in the stands.
Next to him was Lin Zhiyuan. He took off his gloves and held them in his hands, waving to the Chinese fans in the stands.
Next to them are Zhou Zijing, Xia Xiaoyu, Zhang Qinghuan, Chen Xingyi and Hu Lai... The camera swept over the faces of these people.
They all had the same posture, looking up at the fans in the stands, raising their arms and applauding.
Further away, Luo Kai, who scored in this game, had his face stained with dirt and grass clippings, but he still smiled and patted the five-star red flag on his chest with his hand.
They slowly walked from one stand to another, waving and applauding to the Chinese fans in the stands, thanking them for coming from afar.
He Feng saw this scene and said with emotion: "Friends, audience, this is our country's football team... After a fierce battle, each of them looked very tired, and no part of their bodies or jerseys looked intact. The grass clippings stuck with sweat on some people's faces are not even wiped off. The image is not very tall, and it is definitely far from the radiant and glamorous heroic image in everyone's mind... But audience friends. , they are our own country A real football hero is like this, not handsome, not handsome, not clean, breathing heavily, with chapped lips... his eyes may be slightly out of focus due to excessive fatigue... he walks with a limp. , as if their movements are inflexible... They are not the otherworldly 'idols' in idol dramas, but there is no doubt that they are our heroes! Because of these fatigue and injuries... they fought with all their strength. Proof!”
In front of the TV, countless Chinese fans also kept standing, watching the Chinese team players on the screen and applauding.
It was as if their applause could also be heard by the international players across the ocean.
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PS, the single update has started, sorry sorry
PS2, these two games early this morning were really enjoyable.
When Spain led Croatia 3:1, I posted on Weibo, proudly showing off my prediction. Unexpectedly, they were slapped in the face by Croatia in the end. Then I posted on Weibo to express my admiration for Croatia. As a result, Spain scored two goals in overtime...
It was really sad to see Modric end up exhausted. Imagine that at the 2018 World Cup in Russia three years ago, the 33-year-old Modric fought until the end of every game and still had the strength to rush back to celebrate. But now he can only hold his knees with both hands and play football on the spot...
Croatia really exhausted its last bit of strength and fought until exhaustion and was defeated.
Although defeated, it is still glorious!
In the match between Switzerland and France, when the French team led Switzerland 3:1, I couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to go to sleep. Anyway, there was no suspense in the game. As a result... Switzerland actually eliminated France with a penalty kick... That's awesome!
So cool! This is football, this is football!
Friends, I will always love football!
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