Chapter 216 The Chinese team reversed the situation and won, defeating the fifth place in South America! A few minutes later, the first half of the game ended with the two teams temporarily tied at 1:1. I don’t know whether Ecuador is satisfied with this score, but the Chinese national team is quite satisfied with it. In the locker room, Zhu Guanghu praised several players who performed well in the first half, such as Feng Xiaoting on the defensive end and Han Peng on the offensive end. Of course, Lin Feng, who performed well on both offense and defense and directly completed assists, also deserves praise from him. "Keep playing like this in the second half, pay attention to the opponent's counterattack, don't be afraid to fight with the opponent physically, have the spirit of drawing swords, and the brave will win when they meet in a narrow road!" Old Zhu obviously also likes to watch anti-Japanese war movies. His words were taken from the lines in the anti-Japanese TV series "Drawing Sword" which was popular on CCTV last year. In fact, even if he didn't say it, after adapting to the opponent's rhythm and physical confrontation, the players of the Chinese national football team gradually became bolder and began to actively seek physical confrontation with the opponent. Humans have a strong ability to adapt. As professional players, after overcoming the initial discomfort and quickly adjusting their condition, they will not be afraid of the opponent's fast-paced and highly confrontational play. The reason why I couldn't adapt at the beginning was that there were no teams with such fierce pressing and confrontation in the domestic league environment.

Ecuador, on the other hand, served as a sparring partner for them, effectively raising the threshold of their physical confrontation! So from this perspective, it is a good thing for the Chinese national team that the opponent in the first warm-up match is Ecuador, rather than facing top teams like France and Brazil right from the start. …… Neither side made any personnel adjustments. In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues and started the game again. In the 47th minute, Ecuador launched a very threatening attack right from the start. Castillo broke through on the right rib and passed the ball back. De La Cruz dribbled into the right side of the penalty area and shot a diagonal shot with his right foot into the far corner from 10 meters in front of the goal. The defender and goalkeeper of the Chinese national team blocked the ball at the same time, defusing the crisis. In the 49th minute, Lin Feng deliberately passed the ball to Zheng Zhi behind him after receiving it in the middle. He took the opportunity to open up space to the side and stretched out his hand to ask for a pass. Lin Feng's actions disturbed the opponent. The Ecuadorian midfielder was attracted by Lin Feng, but Zheng Zhi did not pass the ball to Lin Feng. Instead, he boldly dribbled the ball and attacked across the half court and headed towards the Ecuadorian half. Seeing that Zheng Zhi was about to complete the key pass, Valencia was forced to commit a tactical foul and reached out to pull Zheng Zhi to the ground. "Lin Feng leaked the ball beautifully, but it was a pity that Zheng Zhi didn't pass it out at the last moment!" "If Zheng Zhineng had passed the ball, maybe the Chinese national team could have made another threatening shot!" Both commentators felt a little regretful that the Chinese national football team's offense had no highlights during this period. Just when they finally got excited, the opponent immediately ended the team's offensive with a foul. It must be said that the Ecuadorian players are indeed very experienced in defense and are absolutely decisive when it comes to fouling. The opponent's foul gave the Chinese national team a free kick in the frontcourt, which was a little far from the goal. Lin Feng estimated that the distance to the goal was about 38 meters. At this distance, he could only try a powerful shot. Seeing Lin Feng preparing to shoot directly, the Ecuadorian players forming the human wall became extremely serious. Among the entire Chinese team, the player they are most familiar with and whose name they have heard the most is the young player in front of them. Since you have heard of Lin Feng's name, you naturally know how good Lin Feng's free kicks are. Although the ball is far away from the goal, the probability of scoring directly is not high.

But it is always better to be safe than sorry, especially when facing such a free kick master. Lin Feng took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and started accelerating the moment the referee blew the whistle. After quickly running the run-up distance, Lin Feng swung his right foot and hit the ball hard. His shot went high over the wall and headed straight for the upper right corner of the goal at an extremely fast speed. The Ecuadorian players jumped up with all their might and turned their heads in the air to look at the flight trajectory of the ball, shock and despair written all over their faces. Swish! The goalkeeper arrived late and failed to stop the ball's trajectory, and the football hit the inside of the side net and flew into the goal. The score became 2:1, and the Chinese national football team took the lead! "The ball is in!" "2:1!" "The Chinese team is leading!" "Unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable, Lin Feng's long free kick broke the deadlock again and helped the Chinese team achieve a reversal!" In the CCTV studio, the two commentators almost completely lost their minds after seeing Lin Feng's goal. If Lin Feng hadn't taken the free kick from this distance, most people wouldn't even think it was a threat. But the Chinese team seized this inconspicuous opportunity and reversed the score! If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, most people would not believe it was true! "Lin Feng is awesome!" “This ball is awesome!” "I declare that from today on, I am a fan of Lin Feng!" "Haha, after watching a goal that only appeared in highlights so many years ago, I never thought it would happen to the Chinese national football team one day!" Lin Feng's free kick was too outrageous, so outrageous that even the most optimistic fans couldn't have imagined that the ball could actually go in, and it was so brilliant! At this moment, the TV was replaying the entire process of Lin Feng's free kick goal. Even watching it again in slow motion, the fans were still shocked! This ball only exists in heaven, how often can we hear of it in the world? "Haha, the Ecuadorians must be paralyzed after being robbed of two goals from two set-pieces by the Chinese national team, right?" "I think their goalkeeper is starting to doubt his life!" "I don't know if Ecuador regrets challenging the Chinese national team. Now it seems that they won't get the winning start they wanted, but may end up with a losing start instead!" After the Chinese team scored the second goal, the mentality of the Ecuadorian players did change significantly. When the Chinese national team equalized the game before, they were only slightly surprised at the team's strength and did not feel that the game was out of their control. But now, with the Chinese national team scoring the second goal, everything has become different. Ecuador fell behind for the first time, and the players' mentality obviously began to become anxious. They have realized that they have underestimated their opponent, the Chinese national football team. Although all of the Chinese national football team's goals come from set pieces, being able to score goals from set-piece opportunities is also a skill.

Now, it's their turn to have the pressure of the game! “Time is running out for Ecuador!” The CCTV commentator expressed the voice of the majority of football fans. After the Chinese team finished celebrating, Ecuador seemed not to want to waste even a minute and wanted to attack as soon as the ball kicked off. But haste makes waste. They had only made a few passes when they were intercepted and interfered by the Chinese players. In the second half, the quality of China's defense improved, and the overall defense line became more layered. It was much more difficult to break through the Chinese team's defense line than in the first half. The other party tried to use this simple cooperation to achieve results, but they were obviously overthinking it. In the 54th minute, Lin Feng made a straight pass in the midfield, Han Peng took the ball in front of the penalty area and turned to shoot, but unfortunately the shot lacked power and was confiscated by the goalkeeper. Then, Ecuador tried to attack from the right, but Valencia's low right-foot shot from 17 meters in front of the goal was caught by Li Leilei. In the 58th minute, the Chinese team launched a quick attack on the left. After a cross from the bottom of the left, Han Peng, who was lying in the penalty area, jumped high and rubbed the ball towards the goal. The opponent's goalkeeper reacted with amazing speed. He subconsciously raised his hand and blocked the ball out of the goal frame. There were sighs coming from the stands again. Han Peng thought the ball would go in, but he didn't expect the opponent's goalkeeper to save the ball, which made him extremely disappointed. As time went by, the Chinese national team played with more and more energy, the players' cooperation became more and more skillful, and various small-scale wonderful cooperation emerged one after another. On the other hand, under the pressure of the score, Ecuador's players began to make more mistakes, and they were too anxious to play, so they failed to launch a very threatening attack. In the 61st minute, Lin Feng got the ball in the midfield and sent it into the penalty area with a straight pass. Li Jinyu took the opportunity and shot the ball into the net with his left foot from a small angle 11 meters in front of the goal. Just as he was about to celebrate his second goal, the referee signaled that the goal was invalid. It turned out that before he shot, the linesman had already raised the flag to indicate that he was offside. Although the goal was blown off, Li Jinyu's mood was not affected much. He turned around, gave Lin Feng a thumbs up, and ran back happily. He felt that he was in great shape now, and if there was such an opportunity again next time, he would definitely seize it. But Zhu Guanghu chose to make substitutions at this time. The two main forwards Li Jinyu and Han Peng were both replaced, and Gao Lin and Dong Fangzhuo came on as substitutes. "What is Lao Zhu doing? Li Jinyu and Han Peng both performed very well today, why did they have to be replaced at the same time?" "Does he want Dong Fangzhuo and Gao Lin to also play and experience the feeling of scoring a goal?" "I'm not that optimistic. Although the Chinese national team has been dominant during this period and has created some opportunities, the opponent is not a weak team after all. It's hard to say whether there will be similar good opportunities in the future!" The fans didn’t understand Zhu Guanghu’s substitution, and neither did the players on the field. Replacing two forwards at once is equivalent to restarting the Chinese team's offensive system. It will probably take a lot of time for the two substitutes to adapt to the rhythm of the game and find their shooting form. During this period, the Chinese national football team’s offense may no longer be as threatening as it was just now! Ecuador didn't care about all this. They took advantage of the temporary decrease in the offensive threat after the Chinese national team made substitutions and launched a counterattack against the Chinese team. In the 65th minute, Delgado turned around and broke into the penalty area, and fell to the ground after physical contact with Li Weifeng. "Ping porcelain!"

"Fuck, that's despicable!" The fans of the Chinese national football team were shocked and thought they were doomed. Unexpectedly, the referee was very observant and ignored the opponent's forward's attempt to ask for a penalty kick. He believed that Li Weifeng had not committed a foul and signaled that the game should continue. "This is a world-class referee!" "Chinese Super League referees should learn from this!" "I suddenly became very curious about who the referee for this match is. If he is not on the refereeing team for this year's World Cup, I will be the first to disagree!" Seeing that the team's offense was not going well, Ecuador coach Suarez could no longer sit still. In the 68th minute, he started making substitutions. Former Southampton striker Kavides replaced the goal scorer Tenorio, who was exhausted. The latter seemed a little unhappy when he was substituted and ignored Suarez's outstretched hand when he left the field. This scene was captured by the camera on the sidelines and projected onto the big screen! "Haha, the general and the commander don't get along!" "There's a conflict within the team!" "Fight, fight!" The Chinese national football fans are really in a relaxed mood right now, as the team is leading in the score and has the advantage on the field. They are really not in a hurry, so they naturally have the leisure time to watch other people's fun. The more than 4000 Chinese national football fans who came to the scene were also very excited. They kept shouting and applauding, using this way to encourage and support their own team. Time passed little by little, and Ecuador was still trying to attack. The two substitute forwards of the Chinese national team, after going through the initial adaptation stage, also began to gradually exert their strength on the offensive end. In the 72nd minute, Gao Lin passed the ball to Dong Fangzhuo, who broke into the penalty area but was double-teamed by two defenders and lost his chance to shoot. In the 75th minute, Zheng Zhi made a long pass from the backcourt to Gao Lin, who passed the ball to Dong Fangzhuo in the air. Dong Fangzhuo accelerated and dribbled into the penalty area, but facing the goalkeeper who came out, he missed the one-on-one opportunity. "Gao Lin's ball handling these few times was very good!" "After playing for a year, I feel like I've improved!" "King Dong, to be honest, why does it feel like his explosive power when he accelerated just now is not as strong as before?" "Could it be because of the injury he suffered at the club that affected his condition?" Dong Fangzhuo wasted several passes from his teammates in a row and felt a little guilty. He wanted to return the favor to Gao Lin, but his ball-handling ability was far inferior to Gao Lin's. However, Gao Lin discovered through several previous attempts that Dong Fangzhuo was not in the best condition, so after receiving the pass from his teammate again, he did not choose to pass the ball to Dong Fangzhuo, but tried to cooperate with other teammates. The person he chose was Lin Feng! In the 78th minute, the opponent made a mistake in the backcourt pass, and Lin Feng took the lead and kicked the ball to Gao Lin. After getting the ball, Gao Lin did not rush into the penalty area, but leaned on the defender and half turned to the left to pass the ball.

This direction happened to be the direction where Lin Feng broke through, and Gao Lin passed the ball just right. Beautiful pass! The moment he broke into the penalty area, Lin Feng couldn't help but secretly praise Gao Lin. No wonder he gets so many opportunities to play in Dortmund, this guy is really improving very fast. Ecuador's original formation was to push outwards because this was their turn to take the ball and attack. But because of a mistake, the situation changed rapidly. The team's backcourt was already on fire at this time, and Lin Feng even broke into the penalty area with the ball. But it was too late for other people on the field to rescue, and everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Feng and the opposing goalkeeper. After Lin Feng received the pass from Gao Lin, he adjusted his pace and rhythm while observing the goalkeeper's position. The goalkeeper had no time to attack and could only expand the blocking area as much as possible and prepare to save the shot. After adjusting his pace, Lin Feng immediately chose to complete the shot with his right foot. Contrary to the goalkeeper's expectations, Lin Feng did not shoot the ball to the right side where the angle was wider, but aimed at the left side which was almost completely blocked by the goalkeeper. This caught him off guard, and he tried to block it subconsciously but failed. The score became 3:1. After falling behind by one goal, the Chinese national football team scored three goals in a row and finally reversed the situation and defeated Ecuador, which ranked fifth in South America! (End of this chapter)