When Chen Xingyi caught the ball and crossed the ball, Hu Lai was still sitting at the back - after he passed the football to Luo Kai, he did not run quickly, but stayed where he was, turning his head to observe the situation.

It looked as if he did not intend to participate in the next attack and wanted to stay out of it.

Of course, Argentina's defenders couldn't really think that Julet would stay out of the situation.

So they could only use physical methods to keep Hulay "out of the situation" - as goalkeeper Penalva shouted: "Press forward!" The players on the Argentine back line in the penalty area rushed forward uniformly.

This left Hu Lai in the offside position.

Hu Lai still didn't rush to return to his position. He continued to be offside and seemed to really not intend to participate in this wave of attacks.

Since he was in an offside position, Argentina's defenders naturally turned their attention to Chen Xingyi who was holding the ball.

As a result, Chen Xingyi swung his foot to shoot, but when he dunked the football into the penalty area, the Argentinian back line that had been pushed out was forced to retract, and Hu Lai, who was standing on the spot, changed from offside to not offside.

It was at this moment that Hu Lai, who had been motionless, moved.

He suddenly started, bypassing the defenders in the middle and running forward.

At that time, Chen Xingyi was dribbling the ball toward the goal and swinging his feet again to shoot.

All Argentina players involuntarily turned their attention to Chen Xingyi and ignored the movements around them.

Chen Xingyi really shot, not passed.

But by some mistake, the football hit Dino Sosa's leg and bounced to the front point. Hulay arrived just in time, turned around to meet the ball and volleyed it into the back corner!

If goalkeeper Penalva hadn't been so focused and reacted quickly enough at the goal line, Hulay might have scored with his first shot of the game!

Seeing Hu Lai's shot almost scoring a goal, the Chinese fans in the stands became excited again.

For example, Xie Lan.

She kept shaking her fist at the court below: "Come on! Son! Come on! They can't always guard you!"

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Hu Lai's shot won another corner kick for the Chinese team.

The Chinese team won two corner kicks in a short period of time, and the Chinese fans in the stands cheered loudly to cheer for their team.

Argentina's players are also feeling the pressure.

Goalkeeper Penalva pointed at Hulay and shouted at his teammates: "Don't let him shoot! Don't let him have a chance to shoot!"

That moment just now was really his subconscious reaction. After he got up, his mind was still blank. He didn't even know how he saved Hu Lai's shot.

If given a choice, he definitely doesn't want to experience the same scene again.

So the best way is to do what he did before this shot, so that Hu Lai has no chance to kick.

As long as Hulay can't shoot, won't he be able to threaten Argentina's goal?

This time the Chinese team took a corner kick, but it did not allow Hu Lai to take a shot.

Because the ball was headed directly by Argentina center back Peralta to clear the ball.

Argentina then took advantage of the situation and launched a quick counterattack.

But they were eager to counterattack and made mistakes when passing the ball.

When offensive midfielder Luciano Morello passed the football to Farias, Farias ran away early, causing the football to pass behind him.

He had to stop suddenly and then turn around to stop the ball.

This allowed the Chinese team's defensive midfielder Shi Wanqing to seize the opportunity, cut across, block Farias with his body, and cut off the football.

After being yelled at by Wang Guangwei, Shi Wanqing was now able to devote all his attention to the game. Although not as strong as others, he used his diligent attitude and running to make up for the gap.

At twenty-four years old, he is young and inexperienced, but he is young and strong. His body functions are like a rising sun. He seems to have endless strength. He is not afraid of confrontation or injury.

Just fight on the field and it's over.

After Farias was intercepted by Shi Wanqing, he turned around and tried to steal it back.

Shi Wanqing had already passed the football to Qin Qi, who was returning to defense.

The Argentine players, who were on a counterattack mission, immediately moved into the frontcourt to press.

This is definitely not something that the players can do voluntarily and consciously, it must be a tactical requirement from the head coach.

Ramon Cantero went up to press Qin Qi, while Meili moved closer to Wang Guangwei.

Wang Guangwei turned around and saw Meili, pointed at Lin Zhiyuan and shouted to Qin Qi: "Pass back to the goalkeeper!"

Qin Qi passed the football to Lin Zhiyuan.

Now, finally, no Argentine player could directly press Lin Zhiyuan.

However, Lin Zhiyuan doesn't have a good place to hit the ball, because his teammates who are closer to him are all surrounded by Argentine players.

In the end, he could only kick forward.

Zhou Zijing ran back from the front, got ahead of Roxas, and headed the ball back!

Luo Kai moved forward and received the ball behind Argentina's entire defense!

The Chinese fans in the stands cheered loudly!

"The Chinese team's chance to counterattack!" He Feng also shouted excitedly.

Li Qingqing asked: "Is this ball offside?"

She always felt that Luo Kai was offside when he caught the ball.

However, the current rule is that even if it is offside, the attack must be completed first, so whether it is offside or not, we have to wait.

Luo Kai dribbled the ball towards Argentina's penalty area, and Peralta rushed over to cover.

Hu Lai is already empty in the middle!

But Luo Kai finally chose to shoot by himself.

Under interference from Peralta, his shot hit the side netting.

The trembling net made many Chinese fans think the ball had been scored, and huge cheers erupted in the Workers' Stadium.

It wasn't until everyone saw clearly that Luo Kai who shot the goal did not celebrate, but held his head with both hands, that they realized that the goal had not been scored...

Not only did it not go in, the referee also raised his arm to indicate that the ball was offside!

The TV broadcast quickly gave the AI's line-drawing judgment:

When Zhou Zijing headed the ball back, Luo Kai had one more foot than Peralta, the Argentinian center back who was trailing behind at the far end. Because the foot is the effective part of the ball, he was offside...

Because Luo Kai was offside, it is meaningless to discuss whether it was appropriate for him to shoot instead of passing the ball to Hu Lai, who was unmarked in the middle.

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"The Chinese team's offensive has obviously picked up during this period. Although we are one goal ahead, it is not safe!"

Although Luo Kai's shot was offside, the Argentine commentator was still frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

Because Argentina is lucky this time, but what about next time?

Do you always count on good luck?

The TV broadcast cut to Argentina's coaching bench.

I saw head coach Lukas Feisol sitting on the coaching bench, looking motionlessly into the field. He neither got up and walked to the sideline to make adjustments, nor made any gestures, nor even a change in his expression.

It was as if the shocking scene just now didn't affect him at all.

In a place where the camera could not capture it, he covered his mouth and tilted his head and said to the assistant coach Damian Pinto next to him:

"The Chinese team has already tasted the benefits of this direct passing style of play. They will definitely play like this more in the future. I don't believe they can find the target so accurately every time. Let our players continue to press them.

, not just in the frontcourt, but also in our half, forcing them to make more passing and receiving errors."

Pinto followed the order and came to the sidelines to remind the Argentinian players on the court to continue pressing the Chinese team.

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Amid the cheers of Chinese fans, the Chinese team played more simply and directly.

They don't seem to be afraid of Argentina's high pressure and pressing. Anyway, if Argentina does this, they will directly send the football forward through medium and long passes.

Based on this, they may be eager for Argentina to continue to press at a high level.

The Chinese team seems to have found a way to break Argentina's frontcourt press.

When Hu Lai's second shot of the game missed the outside of the goalpost and flew out of the baseline, He Feng cheered loudly for Hu Lai.

Although Li Qingqing felt that Qin Lin's choice was different from what she had imagined, she did not continue to criticize this approach in the commentary. After all, at least the morale of the Chinese team players has recovered a lot during this period.

and……

Li Qingqing was also lucky - what if Hu Lai really helped the team equalize the score?

It was hard for her to convince herself not to be so longing for it.

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The real-time score was played again on the screen, and He Feng also said: "Unconsciously, the game has been going on for thirty minutes. During these thirty minutes, the Chinese team failed to quickly enter the game state in the first half and was caught by Argentina.
To be continued...