Chapter 42 Make up for the fault
When Thiago Silva jumped up and wanted to head the ball, there were people in front of him, blocking his heading route, and Silva rubbed the ball to the back point.
This caught the Chinese team's defense off guard and Yan Min off guard.
Originally, with his height and heading ability, he didn't need to go back to the goal to defend, and no one expected him to play a big role in defense. He came back purely out of responsibility.
As a result, he made a mistake when he came back.
He blocked the football that Silva had rubbed into his goal!
When the football flew into the goal, the Brazilian commentator shouted excitedly: "The ball is in!! David Ruiz!! David Ruiz! He scored the first record for Brazil! This is his first goal in 40 games for the Brazilian national team!"
Everything happened so quickly at that time that the commentator far away in the stands did not see clearly, and he thought it was David Ruiz who scored.
He Ping also thought so: "This ball is dangerous... David Ruiz! Oh! The ball is in..."
After the goal, David Ruiz's wild running celebration also made everyone think that he scored the goal.
But on the Chinese team, Yan Min knelt on the ground, holding his head with his hands - he knew that he could not deceive himself, he blocked the ball, it was an own goal...
The entire Minero Stadium was filled with cheers from Brazilian fans, like a tsunami.
The cheers from Brazilian fans, to Yan Min, were like ridicule of him, making him even more uncomfortable.
All the Brazilian players went to David Ruiz to celebrate the goal, while the Chinese players were stunned in front of the goal. Unexpectedly, they conceded the goal in less than 20 minutes of the game.
This goal was really surprising, and there was no warning before, which made it difficult for them to accept for a while.
At this moment, Zhou Yi walked to Yan Min and rubbed his hair with his hands: "Get up, don't kneel. That's not your fault. Even if you don't block it, David Ruiz can still score football."
Hearing Zhou Yi say this, Yan Min looked up at Zhou Yi. He knew that Zhou Yi knew that this was an own goal.
"There are always all kinds of accidents in the game, so there is no need to take it to heart."
Then Zhou Yi turned around and shouted to his teammates: "The game has only started twenty minutes, we still have time and opportunity, don't give up! Stay calm and calm! Their goal is an accident and does not mean the gap between us and their strength!"
Sun Pan also came up and patted Yan Min on the shoulder. Although he didn't say anything, this action was enough to show his attitude.
At the same time, the TV broadcast also showed a slow motion of the Brazilian team scoring just now. In the picture, you can clearly see that the ball was blocked by Yan Min lifting his leg...
"Oh... this is an own goal..." He Ping sighed weakly. "Yan Min completely subconsciously raised his foot to block the football, but he didn't expect to block the football with the interference of David Louis... Yan Min was kind, but he helped him... But there was nothing he could do about this. If he didn't play, or if he wasn't there at all, the ball would still be scored, but it was replaced by David Ruiz's goal..."
The Brazilian commentator also saw clearly: "Own goal! The Chinese team scored an own goal! Their luck is really bad... But it seems inevitable. When Yan Min raised his leg to defend, Ruiz was behind him, so no matter what he did, it could not escape the goal. After the Brazilian team's continuous offense finally received a reward, which is a good sign. Brazil should continue to work hard after leading, continue to attack, and strive to expand its lead in a short period of time and completely defeat the opponent!"
Brazilian fans sang and danced in the stands to celebrate the goals. Chinese fans, who are absolutely disadvantageous in numbers, can only remain silent. They were also hit hard by this concealment. Because Brazilian football has always given people a strong impression, many Chinese fans are a little afraid and worried when their teams are playing against Brazil, and they are always worried about losing the ball first. In their opinion, if they lose the ball first, it will be over. Facing the strong Brazilian team, it will be difficult for the Chinese team to win back.
They hope that after the game begins, the Chinese team will score first. Only in this way can they feel safe.
There are also many Chinese fans on the Internet who lack security and are very depressed and unhappy about Yan Min's own goal.
"Yan Min, Yan Min, sometimes he is very energetic, sometimes he is like a young man. What should he say is good about him? When will he learn to be more mature and steady?"
"I saw that he was always so reckless when playing in Dortmund, and it was simply helpless..."
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The Brazilian players finally finished their celebration and returned to their half. At this time, the Chinese players had already stood in their respective positions.
He Ying and Gao Lin stood in the middle circle, stepping on the football under their feet, waiting for the kickoff.
Zhou Yi raised his arms behind them and raised a finger: "It's just a ball behind, let's pull it back!"
He said in Chinese that Brazilians would not understand, otherwise they would definitely laugh at Zhou Yi's nonsense.
Regain a goal?
It's easy to say!
Is it so easy to get it back by our Brazil leading?
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After the game started again, Brazil's offensive remained unabated.
In the 25th minute, Neymar dribbled the ball forward, throwing away the defenses of Yang Muge and Feng Xiaoting along the way. However, when he entered the penalty area, he was entangled by Guo Nu. Continuous breakthroughs made Neymar at the end of his strength. Under Guo Nu's close interference, his push shots were no longer powerful and lost their accuracy. Finally, he slowly missed the right post and did not threaten the goal guarded by Sun Pan.
Although there was no threat, the Brazilian fans in the stands still gave Neymar's performance.
The Brazilian commentator was even more excited: "Nemar passed two consecutively, and it was like entering a no-man's land! The Chinese team's defense was vulnerable in front of his assault! If this continues, the second ball will still come soon!"
However, when the game reached the 30th minute, it had been eleven minutes since the last goal of Brazil, but the second goal still did not come.
However, the Chinese team withstood the Brazilian team's offense during this period and gradually improved in offense.
At the 31st minute, when the Chinese team pushed the offense to the left side of the frontcourt, Yan Min accidentally stopped the football from the bottom line ten meters away, which caused the fans of the stands to burst into laughter.
Yan Min, who helped Brazil lead, is probably similar to the Joker in the eyes of these Brazilian fans. There are also Brazilian fans who are next to the sideline shouting at Yan Min, "Thank you! Thank you!"
Thanks to his own goal, and also thanks to his mistake in stopping the ball, which gave the ball control to the Brazilian team again.
Although Yan Min couldn't understand Portuguese, he still knew what the other party's laughter meant. The result of an own goal made him very, very unhappy and sad. The laughter of Brazilian fans was more like sprinkling salt on his wounds.
He pursed his lips tightly, preventing his clenched teeth from being exposed.
Brazilian player's right back Alves threw the clearing ball, and Oscar retreated to receive the ball.
Yan Min did not retreat, but stared at him not far from Oscar.
Alves threw the football to Oscar.
Oscar originally wanted to pass the football directly to Alves, but when the football flew towards him, he suddenly hesitated again, because there was no one behind him, Yan Min was on his side, and he could stop the football and turn around and go forward. In this regard, he was confident in his skills.
But with such hesitation, when the football flew in front of him, he had not decided whether to stop the ball or pass the ball.
This hesitation made him make a mistake when handling the ball, and I don’t know if it was stopped or passed by the small one…
In short, after the football hit his feet, it neither landed down and stopped at his feet nor flew out and rolled to Alves' feet.
Instead, he fell to a position between the two that made them both embarrassed.
Yan Min, who was next to him, was like a falcon that was diving and capturing prey. He rushed forward in one step. Before Oscar and Alves could react, he had already cut off the football!
"Yan Min! A successful counterattack in the frontcourt!"
Although Yan Min grabbed the ball, his situation was not very good. There was Alves in front and Oscars in the back. As long as he hesitated for a little, there would be no room for the ball.
Yan Min, who is good at dribbling, did not dribble the ball himself after intercepting the ball. Instead, he swept the ball with his left foot into the penalty area of the Brazilian team next to him without hesitation.
"Opportunity!" He Ping shouted.
Because he saw a clear gap.
This space is so huge, because Brazil is not ready to defend its backcourt clearing ball at all - the ball possession is on its own side, so what are they defending?
Before clearing the ball, Thiago Silva ran outside the penalty area and came up to give Alves, the throw-in ball, a choice of a goal point, and He Ying put it next to him in order to oppress him.
At the same time, David Ruiz was still near the penalty spot, which was where he should be, so there was a huge space between him and Thiago Silva...
And this space is Yan Min’s passing target!
At the same time, when Yan Min was robbing, Zhou Yi suddenly started from the spot and accelerated to the space in the penalty area.
His forward insertion was so sudden that Fernandinho, who was originally beside him, could not react. When he saw Zhou Yi's figure, he was already left behind...
When Zhou Yi ran into the air, Yan Min's pass had already arrived.
At this time, David Ruiz hurriedly came up to block the ball. Zhou Yi did not give him a chance to block himself, so he kept swinging his feet and shot directly!
The football was shot in an arc by his left foot outside the instep, bypassing David Ruiz and Cesar who came out to block the angle, and flew in from the far corner of the goal!
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He Ping screamed excitedly. "Good ball! Good ball! Good ball!! The Chinese team equalized the score! Zhou Yi scored! This is his first goal in the World Cup!! The key goal! Both sides returned to the same starting line!"
When Zhou Yi's football flew into the goal, there were only cheers from Chinese fans in the entire Minero Stadium. Their voices were very clear because the vast majority of Brazilian fans were stunned - they did not expect the goal to be lost so suddenly, from Oscar's mistake in stopping the ball to the final goal, the whole process did not exceed five seconds.
Chapter completed!