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Chapter 618 Fighting Croatia (4)

Chapter 618 Fighting Croatia ([-])

"Could it be that the Croats got some information during the intermission?" Liu Jianhong repeatedly confirmed that there should be no information.

But the situation on the court changed suddenly, which told Liu Jianhong that something must have happened. In the second half, Croatia seemed to have changed a team. It didn't seem like they were joining hands with the Chinese team to qualify, but they were here desperately.

"It's not necessary, it's incredible."

The busiest person on the Chinese side in the second half was the goalkeeper Yan Junling, who made a high block and saved several threatening shots from Croatia.

In fact, this is a good thing. The goalkeeper is most afraid of cold shots, just like in the first half, and this kind of continuous shooting just stimulates the goalkeeper's potential, and people react faster when they are excited.

On the Croatian side, the central defenders and goalkeepers basically had nothing to do, especially Subasic, who hadn't touched the ball in the second half.

He became the most leisurely spectator on the court. He saw Croatia take a corner kick and the ball flew to the middle of the penalty area. Yan Junling, who was already high, took a few steps, jumped high, and picked the ball steadily.

When the audience applauded Yan Junling's wonderful performance, Yan Junling didn't get high, but kicked the ball directly towards the Croatian half with a big kick.

At this time, the Chinese team has only one person in the opponent's half, that is, Ji Ke, and he has not yet grabbed the ball. The ball flew to Croatia's central defender Joel Luka.

Even elementary school students should be able to stop this kind of ball well. Joelluka looked up at the ball and moved his feet. Suddenly, something incredible happened. Joelluka slipped. In this way, the ball flew past and fell to Ji Ke’s feet. The originally harmless ball became a one-handed ball for the Chinese team.

Ji Ke couldn't believe his eyes, it was like being hit by 500 million. Ji Ke took two steps, and then kicked a volley, and the ball flew into the goal steadily.

Today Joel Luka is completely unlucky. It can be said that the two goals of the Chinese team were all given by him.

But when the Chinese team was celebrating, Ji Ke was offside when he saw the flag raised by the linesman.

Ji Ke felt that he was wronged. He had read it, and he and the opponent's Srna should be parallel, but the line referee was unmoved.

When you watch the replay after the game, you will find that the Croatian captain Srna is really smart. He seems to have predicted that Joel Luka will be messed up in advance, and he ran a few steps forward. It was less than half a meter away and Ji Ke was in an offside position when he received the ball.

Li Guo could see clearly, he gave Srna a thumbs up in the direction, but many people thought Li Guo was praising Ji Ke, but it was not, Li Guo expressed his admiration for Srna's super prediction.

The Croatian coach, fed up with his sleepwalking performance, replaced him with Pjjaka after the ensuing dead ball.

The Chinese team, which had lost their main force, played very casually, as if they had hit a big luck, and whoever met them was lucky. It was impossible to organize the offense in an orderly manner like when Zhou Dun and Liao Lisheng were around.

After Croatia reduced its turnovers, the Chinese team had no chance to attack and was kept in the half court.

At this time, Croatia's offense has no choice. There are too many people in this half, so it can only be a long pass.

Mandzukic in the penalty area is a threat, but the bigger threat is the Croatian passer, especially Modric and Rakitic. So Li Guo waved his hand and asked the players to push out a little bit, and push the Croatian passer a little bit.

Zhang Yuning has retreated to his own half to assist in the defense. The advantage of being young is that he can run. When other teammates can't run fast, Zhang Yuning can still run like a lap.

The Croatian players are still a little bit afraid of Zhang Yuning, and this "little lunatic" grabbed the opportunity in the first half by doing this.

So whenever Zhang Yuning is close, the Croatian players will speed up the pass to avoid the recurrence of Joel Luka's tragedy.

Modric took the ball, Zhang Yuning ran towards Modric, and the magic flute began to like this little guy a little bit, too seriously, but football is cruel, and the magic flute was going to pass him when Zhang Yuning approached.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Yuning slipped and bumped into him. This was beyond the expectations of both parties. Zhang Yuning and the magic flute collided. The referee gave Zhang Yuning a foul and gave him a yellow card.

Croatia got a free kick in a good position. Although they couldn't shoot directly, they could pass the ball. Defender Vida couldn't bear it. He rushed forward. In this way, apart from Mandzukic, Croatia had another high point in the penalty area of ​​the Chinese team.

Rakitic ran over and he took the penalty. Yan Junling spit on the glove. The Chinese team's air defense height is not enough. In this case, the goalkeeper's attack is more important.

Rakitic also knew that the ball must not be caught by the goalkeeper, or he would be counterattacked, and even if he couldn't score, he must go out of the baseline.

The ball was lobbed high into the penalty area, basically without an arc. The Chinese players understood that Croatia relied on its height advantage and did not use any skills.

This is the simplest, but also the most proficient test. The player jumping high in the penalty area is a Croatian player with blond hair. From a distance, he can tell that it is Vida.

Although Vida jumped high, it was obvious that he was inaccurate in judging the ball. He didn't hit the ball, and the ball fell to the back point.

Mandzukic strafed with his unaccustomed left foot. The ball was crushed and flew into the near corner of the goal.

After scoring the goal, Mandzukic was relieved. As Croatia's number one striker, the more goals the better, the Chinese team is not upset about the conceded goal. Croatia was obviously full of firepower in the second half. In this case, the Chinese team only conceded one goal, which is not bad.

3 to 1 is also the final score of the game. Croatia won a victory, and the Chinese team was the second in Group B. The two sides joined hands to advance to the top 16.

The game was over, and Cacic was very satisfied. The most important thing was that the players were not injured. He took the initiative to go to Li Guo. Li Guo knew that it was impossible to meet Croatia again in this cup, unless both teams reached the final, but that was basically impossible. Since there was no conflict of interest, Li Guo also said a few nice words and praised Croatia.

After hearing this, Chachiqi felt lighthearted. In fact, he still admired Li Guo a little bit, so he was very happy to be praised by Li Guo.

Farewell to Chacic, Li Guo walked towards the fans, the group stage of the Chinese team is over, and a new journey is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)