After Hulk came on the court, Brazil's offensive did improve. Just after this attack failed to score, in the 41st minute, Brazil launched another attack. Oscar passed directly on the left side, Damion received the ball from the left side of the penalty area, leaned against Guo Nu, and then passed the ball out, left back Marcelo, who was inserted from behind, shot the ball in anger.

Sun Pan made a save, but failed to hit the football, because the football went off the post and flew straight out of the bottom line...

"Marcelo! What a pity! But I think the Brazilian team finally found the right direction of the offense, and their offense is becoming more and more threatening!" BBC commentator Mark Laurenson said. "Meneces made a very important and critical substitution. He replaced Hulk and made Brazil more confident when he attacked the 30-meter area of ​​the Chinese team!"

The Brazilian commentator was even more excited to say that the Brazilian team was getting closer to the goal step by step.

The Brazilian fans in front of the TV were also very excited and optimistic.

Although he lost the ball just now, Brazil finally woke up by the loss of the ball. It was a blessing in disguise?

Chinese fans began to worry about their team. After going to lead early, the current situation is what everyone is most worried about - with the Brazilian team's full counterattack, how long can the Chinese team's leading advantage last?

Taking the lead with one goal early is like being in the lead position from the beginning of a marathon. In the following long schedule, I always think about maintaining the lead. This is a huge pressure. This pressure will always be accompanied by the leading athletes, and eventually he will be surpassed in the middle due to excessive physical exhaustion. Once it is exceeded, he will no longer have the energy to overtake. He can only watch the opponents behind him surpass him one by one and run forward.

Therefore, smart and experienced long-distance runners will never rush to the front at the beginning of a marathon, but will always be in the second group, following the leader in the crowd, and constantly putting invisible pressure on him.

The relationship between China and Brazil is now like a relationship between a leader and a runner.

But the weakest thing about Chinese football is psychological quality. Every time they are at the most critical moment, they will always lose their links.

Are they strong enough in their hearts now facing Brazil’s fierce attack?

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Unlike the Chinese fans who were worried in front of the TV, Chinese goalkeeper Sun Pan was very excited. He kept roaring in front of the goal, and you could not see any signs of "under heavy pressure" from him.

He was very excited because the Brazilian offensive finally threatened the goal he was guarding, and he could finally play his best and show off.

In the 44th minute, the Brazilian team launched another attack, and Marcelo made a tackle pass from the left. Neymar broke into the rib on the left side of the penalty area and got the ball. Guo Nu came up to force him. He made a timely cross. The football hit Guo Nu and changed the line, but it fell to Hulk's area by chance. He jumped high and headed the ball to the top!

"Hulke!!" Mark Laurenson screamed.

"Be careful of header!" He Ping exclaimed anxiously.

Hulk almost headed the ball to the goal in the small penalty area line. At such a close distance, coupled with a change in the line when the football crossed before, it can be said that it was very unexpected.

But this ball still did not escape Sun Pan's ten fingers.

He jumped high and took off the football in the air with both hands, and hugged it firmly in front of his chest, not giving the opponent a chance to shoot.

After Sun Pan landed, he grinned at Hulk. This was not a friendly smile.

Then he threw the football out, and Zhou Yi retreated and stopped the football with ****. Just as he was about to turn around and pass the football out, Marcelo, who was returning to defend, rushed up from the side and tackled him down. The ball was lost and the whistle sounded.

"Oh!" He Ping took a breath and shouted, as if this kick was shoveled on his leg, but he really hoped that he could replace Zhou Yi because he was worried that Marcelo's kick would hurt Zhou Yi's foot. "Marcelo's move must be taken by cards! This is the action of tackle behind the back! According to the spirit of FIFA's judgment, the tackle behind the back, whether the ball is shoveled or not, he must give the card!"

Sure enough, the referee showed Marcelo a yellow card.

Zhou Yi sat on the ground with his calf pinched his calves until his teammate Yang Muge came up to pull him: "How is it, is it okay?"

Zhou Yi shook his head: "Fortunately I hid quickly, otherwise it would be not my calf, but my ankles."

"Be careful, South American players are dirty in playing football." He Ying next to him reminded Zhou Yi. "You may not be easy to use against the South Korean team's ball control for Brazil. They really dare to kick your ankles and knees."

"Don't worry, Lao He, I almost fell in love with Lamacia. I still have a little talent in acting!"

"Damn!" He Ying was speechless. It was now, and Zhou Yi was still joking about shadying Barcelona.

Yang Muge smiled. Zhou Yi was able to joke, which means that everything was normal.

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After Zhou Yi got up from the ground, the regular time of the first half ended. At this time, the fourth official raised the sign of three-minute stoppage time in the first half on the sidelines.

As soon as the sign was revealed, a boo was heard from the stands - of course, this boo was issued by Chinese fans.

It is rare to see three minutes in the first half, unless there are really many interruptions in the first half. However, the first half is quite smooth, and only the Chinese team's goal celebration is considered the longest interruption.

You should know that Marcelo's tackle over Zhou Yi was only the first yellow card in the first half, which shows how smooth the first half was.

It was really surprising that such a smooth first half had as many as three minutes of injury time.

"This stoppage time... Is there three minutes of stoppage time in the first half?" He Ping also asked a tactful question.

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The players on the court also noticed the injury stoppage time in the first half.

"Damn!" Zhang Jiadong spat. "Does it take three minutes to stoppage time in the first half?"

"I must have wanted to buy more time for Brazil." Wu Lei said.

Zhou Yi also noticed the three-minute stoppage time. He turned his head and said to everyone: "It doesn't matter. Let's try to control the football on our side. If we really can't hold it anymore, try to kick the football to their half-court, and play as far as we can."

Originally, Zhou Yi planned to kick the football forward and let He Ying complete an attack alone. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, it would be better to harass Brazil's defense line.

But he has changed his mind now.

The possibility of a counterattack being able to score a goal is really low, and the ball will soon fall to the Brazilian team. Looking at the injury stoppage time, three minutes are enough for Brazil to launch two attacks.

So now I should try to keep the football on my side first and spend three minutes of injury stoppage time before talking about it.

So he asked He Ying to stay in the frontcourt and headed in the front, while the others returned to the midfield and asked Yang Muge to stay by his side to facilitate his passing.

After He Ying ran to the frontcourt, he raised his hand to ask for the ball. His movement attracted Thiago Silva's close-up guard.

Brazilian players also believe that the Chinese team will definitely pass the football to He Ying, and then let He Ying attack their defense as a gun. They paid a little attention to He Ying while defending.

But when Clattenberg blew the whistle, Zhou Yi passed the football back to Yang Muge.

Yang Muge did not kick directly into the frontcourt, but continued to pass the ball back. At the same time, Zhou Yi also ran back to pick up his teammates.

In this way, the Chinese team began to fall in the midfield and backcourt.

Now it's Brazil's turn to press the Chinese team...

After a round of passes, the football was kicked into the frontcourt by Zhang Jiadong, and was intercepted by Brazilian goalkeeper Gabriel who ran out of the penalty area and then launched an attack.

But at this time, half of the three-minute injury stoppage time had passed, only one and a half minutes left.

Neymar made a diagonal pass from the left, and Romero headed the ball ten meters in front of the goal. The football was tilted up and dragged out of the crossbar by Sun Pan. Brazil won a corner kick.

After the corner kick was taken, the football was pushed out by Guo Nu and fell outside the penalty area. The Brazilian team grabbed possession and the game continued, and the first half was not over. The booed the Chinese fans in the stands, but they were soon suppressed by the cheering of Brazilian fans.

Neymar received the ball again, and this time he faced the Chinese team's defense line and chose to break through himself.

After he broke into the penalty area, facing Guo Nu's frontal interception, Cao Yun's assisting defense was next to him. Neymar did not choose to continue to break through, but directly shot.

Sun Pan rushed over, but when he was about to hit the football, he raised his hand and put the football over, and the football flew straight out of the baseline - he was sure that the ball was definitely not shot within the goal frame, but he didn't want to give Brazil a chance to have a corner kick, otherwise the first half would not be over.

He was right. After the football flew out of the baseline, referee Clattenberg finally blew the whistle to the end of the first half.

The Chinese team ended the first half with a score of 1:0. This result was really surprising. No one expected that after 45 minutes, the Chinese team would be the one leading the way!

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Back in the locker room, Brazevic praised the players for their performance. He now doesn't seem to worry that praising the team during the break will make the team proud. After all, they don't have to worry that the Chinese team will be proud at all.

Brazevic then asked the team to continue playing like this in the second half, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack on the basis of consolidating defense. He emphasized "patience".

"You must be patient and wait for the opportunity. As the game progresses, if the score cannot be rewritten, their pressure will become greater and their performance will naturally become more and more impatient. Then it will be our opportunity. Before that, you must be calm and patient!"

At the same time, in the Brazilian team's locker room, head coach Menesez is also cheering the players: "Believe you, the national flag on your jersey is Brazil! The Chinese table tennis is invincible in the world, but in football, we are invincible in the world! Don't be afraid of their lead, give full play to your level, and you can definitely rewrite the score!"

Apart from saying some encouragement, he did not make any adjustments to the tactics. Because there is really nothing to adjust. Should we let the Brazilian team change to defensive counterattack? He believes that the only thing that can be changed is the mentality of the players. Both tactics and strength are fine, but if there is a problem with the mentality, we cannot play it out.

In order to adjust the mentality of the players, he of course had to encourage them. In his opinion, these talented players in Brazil had more or less psychological problems. When playing with the wind, they were all "Perley II", but once they encountered difficulties and setbacks, they were prone to being unbalanced and lacking resilience.

Before this game, Menesez thought that the Chinese team would play defensive counterattack because they mainly played defensive counterattacks in this Olympics, so you can imagine what tactics they would adopt when facing the powerful Brazil.

But Meneses felt that even if the Chinese team counterattacked with defense, Brazil could mainly control the situation, and there was nothing to worry about. However, he really didn't expect that the Chinese team would score a goal twenty-five seconds into the game... This concealed goal completely disrupted the rhythm of the Brazilian team. Before he replaced Hulk, Brazil's offense was a headless fly with no clue. He really couldn't stand it. After replacing Hulk, Brazil's offense found its direction at once, and then it could threaten the Chinese team's goal many times.

Now that Brazil is finally back on track, all they need is encouragement and make them believe that they can do everything in the second half.

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As the second half was about to begin, Zhou Yi also encouraged his teammates in the locker room: "Come on, there are still 45 minutes left. The Brazilian team will definitely counterattack regardless of everything in the second half. As long as we can withstand their attack, we will get a lot of counterattack opportunities. Remember, Brazil is..."

"Paper Cat!"

The teammates answered him in unison and then burst into laughter.

Amid laughter, they opened the door to the locker room and walked to the stage of Dream Theater.

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Chapter completed!