The game between the French and German teams was obviously two outstanding players, but the game was very dull. They only scored one goal in 90 minutes, which was very unsatisfactory.

Fans who just watched this game then watched the game between the Chinese team and Colombia, but found that this game was completely different from the previous game.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team and Colombia did not conduct each other's tests and confrontation competitions started as soon as the game was held.

This really surprised the commentator and the fans.

Originally, they thought that since both teams reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup, they should be more cautious, because their two teams are close in strength and the winner may be between one goal. If they are not careful and make a mistake and are caught by their opponents, it will be all over.

Looking at the cautious performance of France and Germany, it can be seen how teams with similar strength will perform...

But neither the Chinese team nor Colombia seem to have thought so much.

In terms of starting lineup, Yang Hao, who had started every game before, did not appear in the starting lineup in this game, and veteran Zheng Zhi replaced him.

From then on, the starters in other positions were exactly the same as in the previous game.

The only way to adjust Yang Hao's position is not to allow Yang Hao to avoid the risk of a yellow card suspension, but to have other purposes.

This may be seen from the fierce attack on Colombia by the Chinese team after the start of the game.

Whether in Hengyuan, Guangzhou or in the national team before Zhou Yi, Zheng Zhi was responsible for the midfield rhythm control and dispatch. He was not the kind of player who rushed very hard and then passed a fatal straight pass to assist his teammates. Of course, he could do that too. He had the ability in that aspect, but he was better at sorting out the midfield.

When Zheng Zhi reappears, Zhou Yi doesn't need to take on too much task of sorting out the midfield. He can give this job to Zheng Zhi. What about Zhou Yi?

The task Lippi gave him in this game is to let him go closer to Colombia's penalty area, use his vision and ability to pass more deadly passes, and he can also threaten Colombia's goal through long shots.

Judging from this adjustment, Lippi is thinking about offense rather than defense, otherwise he would not let Yang Hao, who is better at defense than Zheng Zhi, sit on the bench.

Lippi wanted to use offense to fight Colombia, and he hoped to end the game within 90 minutes this time.

Why?

Because the Chinese team's physical fitness is now problematic, if they play for 120 minutes or even a penalty kick, the Chinese team's physical fitness will be exhausted.

Even if you pass this level of Colombia and enter the semi-finals, the Chinese team will not have much strength to resist when facing Germany.

With this in mind, Lippi hopes that the Chinese team can solve the battle in just ninety minutes, so that the physical energy consumption of Chinese players will not be so large.

After all, the Chinese team's bench is not thick enough, and there are only a limited number of players available. The eleven players who start are basically the strongest lineup of the Chinese team. This main lineup is relatively stable, and he can only fine-tune in one or two positions in each game. So far, this lineup has played four games, and almost every game is full of fierce battles. Especially in the last round of the eighth-finals with Brazil, not only played 120 minutes, but also played five rounds of penalty shootouts.

Although Lippi gave the team a day off the second day after the game, this was like a drop in the bucket for the Chinese players who fought continuously.

You should know that before the World Cup, China's Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League only played one-third of the physical fitness of Chinese players was not too large, but the overseas returnees who supported the most important combat effectiveness of this team have experienced a whole European season. Except for Yan Min, the six of them, there were not many games in the first half of the season, the other five were the absolute main players of their respective teams, starting every game and never resting.

The intensity of the European League is very high and the physical strength of the players is extremely limited. Therefore, every overseas player who returns to the national team is actually in a state of fatigue and directly joins the national team's training without rest.

Not to mention Zhou Yi and Yan Min, they played at the club until May 25 after Dortmund reached the Champions League final.

Zhou Yi was injured in the Champions League final and missed the training of the national team until the group stage.

Zhou Yi is definitely the most tired person in the team, because he is an indispensable core in Dortmund. Except for missing the game for more than a month due to injury, he participated in all other games. Dortmund has been attacked frequently this season, so he has a greater dependence on Zhou Yi.

In addition, he was injured in the Champions League final, which prevented him from training with the Chinese team normally.

Never think that a player can quickly recover his physical strength without participating in training and recuperating at home, which will make him physically better than those who train normally... On the contrary, such a player has worse physical fitness. Because for professional players, physical fitness is definitely not cultivated by rest, but accumulated through scientific, continuous and stable physical training.

Zhou Yi missed important training of the national team due to injury, which also made his physical fitness worse than his teammates.

Lippi does not want to add burden to the team. Instead of being conservative and cautious in grinding with Colombia, it is better to quickly resolve the battle, so that he has more room for action in substitutions.

Why does he think he can quickly resolve the battle?

Because Lippi does not believe what the outside media said, it is a close match.

He believes that the Chinese team's strength should be above Colombia.

Although the Chinese team is far behind Colombia in terms of the number of goals scored in this World Cup, the latter has so far scored eleven goals in this World Cup, only one goal less than the Netherlands, ranking second in the World Cup goal list. The Chinese team only scored six goals. However, half of the six goals scored by the Chinese team were scored without Zhou Yi playing. The first two group matches were not the complete form of the Chinese team.

Although the Chinese team may not be able to beat Colombia in terms of the number of stars and value, the Chinese team is all first-class European players in key positions. There are He Ying and Yan Min, the two main players of their respective clubs, including Zhou Yi and Yang Muge in the midfield, Guo Nu, and Sun Pan, which is the goalkeeper. This happens to be a very excellent central axis.

Lippi firmly believes that his team can definitely beat Colombia.

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After the aggressive Chinese team started the game, they launched a fierce attack towards Colombia's goal.

In the third minute, Yan Min was knocked down by Colombia player Carlos Sanchez when he got the ball inside on the left.

The referee from Spain, Velasco, called the Colombian player for a foul and gave the Chinese team a chance to have a free kick in the frontcourt. This free kick is a little in front of the top of the free throw arc, which is a free kick with a slightly left angle but a good position.

He Yinglai took the free kick that could directly shoot. The football he kicked bypassed the wall, but flew out from outside the left post of the Colombian goal.

"Oh! What a pity!" commentator Duan Xin exclaimed. "I almost entered!"

In the sixth minute, the Chinese team launched an attack from the left. Yan Min tried to break into the penalty area by a Colombian player when he was kicking the football out of the bottom line.

The Chinese team therefore got a chance to get a corner kick.

This set piece was taken by Zhou Yi, who ran to play the ball, and Guo Nu and Feng Xiaoting, two Chinese defenders, also entered the Colombia penalty area.

"The Chinese team won a corner kick, which was the first corner kick in this game..." Duan Xin said.

After Zhou Yi put the football on, he took two steps back and prepared to play this corner kick.

In the penalty area, the players on both sides also finished their positions.

After Zhou Yi assisted, he kicked the football in front of the goal with his right foot. This was an intra-rotating ball, and the football flew over to the front point of the goal.

In this position, He Ying and Guo Nu are both competing for the top, and they also drive Colombia's defensive power in front of the goal, with as many as four defensive players squeezing to them to defend them.

But neither side encountered football.

The football flew straight to the back of the goal!

The football was swept in front of the goalkeeper. Because the speed was too fast, the goalkeeper did not react at all. He just turned his head and followed the football and looked back.

There was a defensive player there, but he was also attracted by the top of the front point just now and ignored the people around him.

Another central defender of the Chinese team, Feng Xiaoting, seized this opportunity to jump out of him and happened to appear at the landing point of the football!

He raised his foot and swept the flying football towards the goal!

Colombia goalkeeper Ospina made a save when he saw Feng Xiaoting shoot, but how could it be too late?

If Colombia's back post could stand alone when defending the corner kick, it could still block Feng Xiaoting's shot. But this time, Colombia did not do this, and the football flew into the goal without any suspense!
Chapter completed!