Chapter 18 The Crucial Tie
After Van Persie's exit, the Dutch team's attack threat was significantly weakened.
But despite this, the Chinese fans are still nervous.
In the past history of Chinese football, there is a famous phrase that must be mentioned, that is, "Black Three Minutes". In the last three minutes of the game, the Chinese team had a black history of being scored goals and turned over many times.
At the last moment of the game, the team's physical fitness is often when it drops to its limit and its attention is not focused.
At this time, goals are indeed easy to occur.
But the probability of appearing in the Chinese team is slightly higher...
Every Chinese fan will worry about playing black for another three minutes.
Although the Dutch team made every effort at the last moment, they could only play long shots when facing the Chinese team recovering from the entire line.
Long-range shots are the least threatening way to shoot for Sun Pan.
He catches high and low gear to ensure that the goal is not lost.
The fourth official on the sidelines raised the sign of injury stoppage time, indicating that the injury stoppage time of this game was three minutes.
The Dutch fans in the stands booed, and the three minutes were too short for the current Dutch team.
In front of China's bench, all the substitutes stood up, then stood shoulder to shoulder on the sidelines, staring nervously and anxiously inside the court.
Zhou Yi is in it.
At this time, they couldn't help, and could only show that they were with their teammates on the court through this move.
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"The game is about to end in three minutes..." He Ping's voice became smaller as he spoke, as if he was afraid of disturbing the Chinese team's players. "We just need to hold on for another three minutes... Come on, the Chinese team!"
"You must withstand this time!" Gong Lei said. "At the same time, you must be calm and never give the opponent a chance to set the ball at the front of the penalty area!"
Sun Pan kept yelling in front of the door: "Come on! Hold on! Hold on! Run! Don't stop! Pussing! Pussing! Right! That's it! Do a good job!"
He used his roar to remind his teammates that when his teammates had excellent defense, he praised them with his roar without hesitation.
The Chinese team players felt safe when they heard the sound coming from behind...
At 93:13, the injury stoppage time had been completed for three minutes, but the referee still did not blew the whistle in his mouth.
At this time, the Netherlands was attacking, and he seemed to be planning to let the Netherlands team blow up after this attack.
He Ping was very dissatisfied with this: "Haimondi is not blowing the whistle yet? The game time has come! At this time, no matter whether the Dutch team is attacking or not, they should blow the whistle decisively!"
Sneider received the ball outside the penalty area, and he had no time to observe and pass the ball, so he chose to shoot directly with a long shot!
As the core of the midfield of the Dutch national team, Sneider has excellent long-range shooting skills, so his kick is really possible to score a goal.
He Ping exclaimed: "Look at this ball... be careful!"
Amid his screams, Sun Pan soared into the air and knocked the football flying in the air out of the crossbar!
"Good! Sun Pan! He made another wonderful save to ensure the goal is not lost..." Before He Ping finished speaking, he saw the referee making a gesture to the end of the game, so he shouted excitedly: "The game ends! The game ends! The Chinese team tied the powerful Dutch team, and they got a precious point! This group qualifying has retained hope!"
"That's great!" Gong Lei said from the side.
The Chinese substitute players who had been waiting on the sidelines rushed to the court and hugged and celebrated with their teammates. The joy was as if they had not tied the Netherlands, but defeated the Netherlands.
Sun Pan got up from the ground and was hugged by Feng Xiaoting.
Guo Nu also came up and patted him on the back hard, thanking him for his outstanding performance in this game.
"...Sun Pan, he should be the best in the game in this game." He Ping said. "Although he lost one goal in the game, the ball was a refraction ball in a line, which had little to do with him. In the following game, he used excellent saves again and again to block all the Dutch team's shots outside the goal. After losing two goals in the last game, he avenged his previous shame in this game!"
After Zhou Yi ran on the court, he also ran to Sun Pan and hugged him.
This scene naturally fell into the TV broadcast screen.
"...When Zhou Yi is unable to play, Sun Pan's performance is crucial. Lippi's Chinese team wants to play a defensive counterattack, and Sun Pan is definitely the core figure in this tactic. It is said that Zhou Yi may come back in the next game, so even if Sun Pan completes the task assigned to him, he retains hope for qualifying for the Chinese team, and makes Zhou Yi's comeback meaningful..."
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"We could have been the first team to qualify in this World Cup, but because of the players' distracted in the game, we had to postpone the time of qualifying in the group..." The Dutch commentator was helpless about this result. "We should have won this game, but the Chinese team is far more tenacious than we thought. Without Zhou Yi, they are based on defense and counterattacks. With the outstanding performance of Sun Pan and He Ying, they tied us... In the next game, Van Persie will not be able to play, and the prospect of qualifying in the Netherlands suddenly becomes less bright..."
The TV broadcast also gave some footage of Dutch players and coaches.
Both Robben and Sneider were disappointed by the result, and at the end of the game, they looked helpless and frustrated.
This result was something they had never expected before the game. They thought they could definitely beat the Chinese team, but they did not expect that the Chinese team without Zhou Yi was still so tenacious...
All the Dutch players seemed to have been beaten and stood blankly on the court after the game. Some of them watched the Chinese players celebrate without any reaction.
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The excited reporters pulled Sun Pan to the mixed interview area to interview him.
Sun Pan performed the best in this game, and it was his saves time and time again to ensure that the Chinese team could tie the Netherlands in the end.
In front of the reporter's camera, Sun Pan was also very excited: "We said that we would not make Zhou Yi's comeback meaningless, so we will definitely do it. That's how we keep our promises!"
"I'm not surprised to force the Netherlands to tie because we have such strength."
"I'm certainly satisfied with my performance, but I'm not the most satisfied, because I still lost a ball... Of course, that ball has something to do with me. If I react faster, I should be able to save it!"
"I told Zhou Yi before the game that I will never lose to the Netherlands in this game. The facts prove that I have always counted my words!"
Facing the reporter's camera and microphone, he turned on the bragging mode.
However, Chinese journalists were very happy and let him blow.
Finally, at the request of the reporter, Sun Pan lit his hands in front of the camera lens. These two big hands like palm fans were the number one hero of the Chinese team in this game.
After Sun Pan accepted the interview, He Ying was pulled over again.
Sun Pan's save helped the Chinese team to ensure the goal was not lost in the subsequent games, but without He Ying's world-class foot, no matter how perfect Sun Pan performed, it would not change the result of the Chinese team's backwardness. Therefore, He Ying was also a hero who could tie the Netherlands.
"That shot? I didn't think too much about it, but I felt the position was good. When I felt it, I could shoot... Of course, I was quite surprised when I played so beautifully in the end. No matter what, as long as I scored, it would be fine. If that ball didn't make it, I would continue to look for other opportunities to score." He Ying seemed a little low-key and modest.
A reporter asked him: "It is said that Zhou Yi will come back in the next game. Are you looking forward to his return?"
"Of course." He Ying nodded. "Everyone in our team is looking forward to his return."
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At the post-match press conference, Lippi also answered reporters' questions about Zhou Yi's comeback, but he was not sure that Zhou Yi will definitely come back in the next game.
"I can't say now whether he can come back when we play Spain next game. I hope that, but I can't be sure."
The old fox died without saying anything until the last moment.
Of course, it is not ruled out that he is releasing smoke bombs.
After all, the Chinese team will definitely fight Spain to the death in the next game. If Spain wants to qualify, no matter what their next game with Chile will look like, they will definitely defeat the Chinese team.
Lippi doesn't want his opponent to know his trump card too early.
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Although Sun Pan spoke wildly when facing reporters, it was actually not his most crazy state.
In the bus back to the hotel from the stadium, Sun Pan complained that Zhou Yi did not let him swear: "...If you asked me to finish the swearing, I would definitely be able to win over the Dutch team! As a result, you interrupted before you finished speaking..."
Zhou Yi joked: "Isn't there a game there? You still have a chance, Panpan."
After hearing Zhou Yi's words, Sun Pan was stunned for a moment, and then did not respond to Zhou Yi, but lowered his head and picked up his cell phone.
"What are you doing?" Yang Muge leaned his head curiously and asked.
"Send to Weibo." Sun Pan said, "Okay!"
Then he picked up his phone and said to Zhou Yi: "I have posted the vow to Weibo just now, now you can't stop me!"
Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment: "What?"
"Uh..." He Ying said with her cell phone. "Sun Pan just posted a Weibo post saying that he would win Spain in the next game. If he couldn't do it, he would live streaming to eat shit..."
"Damn!" The teammates were frightened, but unexpectedly, Sun Pan actually listened to Zhou Yi's words.
"That's a joke, can't you hear it?" Yang Muge was speechless.
"Hmph!" Sun Pan raised his head and said proudly: "This is called 'burning the boat'! If you don't force yourself to a desperate situation, how can you create a miracle?"
Zhou Yi pinched his nose and said, "In ancient times, Xiang Yu burned his boats, but now, there is Panpan live streaming to eat shit... If you can really win Spain in vain, this will become a good story. It's the taste of this good story... It's not very good..."
A car of people burst into laughter.
Chapter completed!