Time passed, and after a short period of irritable performance by the French team on the field, the players' emotions gradually stabilized.
After 35 minutes of the game, the slow French team seemed to be entering the game state, frequently relying on the players' strong personal abilities and some direct passes to create some threatening attacks.
In the 38th minute of the game, Pogba received a cross from Tolisso on the right side of the arc in the center circle.
This time he learned a lesson wisely. After receiving the ball, he did not pass it to the center. Instead, he suddenly made a long pass from the right side of the frontcourt and once again penetrated to Pavard outside the penalty area.
Pavard did not choose to stop the ball in the upper right corner of the penalty area, but suddenly used his right foot to pad the ball towards the center.
Griezmann cleverly got in front of Feng Xiaoting, but Pavard's kick put him in an awkward position, and it went to his right waist, making Griezmann extremely awkward.
But a top star is a top star. He jumped up and curled up and still completed a shot, but unfortunately the ball hit his calf and he was unable to exert any force, allowing Yan Junling to easily hold the ball in his arms.
Just two minutes later, the French team made a comeback, still using a similar offensive idea. If they couldn't penetrate the middle, they would go to the wing.
This time it was replaced by Hernandez, who suddenly made a forward pass from the wing and passed back to Dembe in the ribs.
Dembe came to seize the fleeting opportunity in the ribs and passed the ball to the back point.
Mbappe went to the right side of the small penalty area. Under the interference of Jiang Zhipeng, he missed his target and the ball slid past the goal post.
It's not that the Chinese team didn't attack, it just wasn't effective.
After the two wings were tightly guarded, Bai Lele rarely found opportunities to start, so he came to the center to act as an offensive fulcrum in the frontcourt to receive direct passes from the midfield and backcourt.
Bai Lele, who is as strong as an ox and as tall as a central defender, relies on his physical advantage to really hold his fulcrum.
Many times, Varane or Umtiti was carried on his back to stop the ball, and then he sought small cooperation with Wu Lei, Hao Junmin and Mo Yang, who intervened in time, and launched an attack on the French defense.
But unfortunately, because of Kanter's late presence, even if he can stop the ball at his feet, most of the time he is too troubled by Kanter to release the ball immediately. Sometimes he can successfully pass the ball.
But after such a delay, the French team's formation has retreated collectively, and the counterattack has turned into a critical battle.
In the 43rd minute of the game, Mo Yang suddenly hit an overhead ball towards the center.
Bai Lele also reacted quickly. He ejected to get rid of Kanter's entanglement, and then used continuous acceleration to get rid of Umtiti who was approaching.
But in the end, he ran into the wall of Varane who was retreating early, and the ball was disgraced and he fell down.
The French team's defense is so stupid. In order to deal with Bai Lele's unreasonable speed, Varane and Umtiti's positions were one behind the other, which deepened the depth of the defense.
Not long after, referee Cunha blew the whistle to end the first half.
Lippi did not go back to the locker room to prepare in advance. He stood on the sidelines and hugged every player passing by after the game, giving encouragement and affirmation.
In fact, this game was not only surprising to the Chinese fans, but also to him.
Apart from Mo Yang, Bai Lele and Wu Lei, who are playing in the European leagues, the other players in the team are really not very good at personal skills.
But the skills are not enough, and the brains are used to make the game very smart and cautious enough.
Everyone did a good job in the first half and formed a wall under Mo Yang's connection. He never expected that they could really withstand the French team's powerful offensive.
But Lippi was not too complacent. He knew very well that the French team in the first half was not a normal French team.
This abnormality is caused by many factors, such as the lack of tacit understanding between the players, but it is mostly caused by the tactics Deschamps chose.
When it was the turn of Mo Yang and Bai Lele, the two biggest contributors to the goal, Lippi grinned and opened his arms to hug them hard, his face full of joy.
"Okay, audience friends, the game has entered halftime!"
"Zhang Zhi, do you think there will be any tactical changes in the second half of the game between the two sides?"
"Well, there must be changes, especially the French team. Their offensive efficiency in the 45 minutes of the first half was really poor, so Deschamps will definitely make adjustments!"
In the live commentary stand, He Wei and Zhang Lu had already begun to review the tactical confrontation between the two teams in the first half.
"For the French team, their main offensive method is almost all medium and long-distance overhead straight passes to hit us behind. Such passes are very risky and have a low success rate."
"Especially when Pogba in the middle was completely suppressed by Mo Yang and cut off his contact with the front line, the effectiveness and success rate of the French team's offense were even lower."
"In addition, the French team's players' positions on the field are too spread out, and they are almost distributed in the entire half of the field when attacking."
"As a result, the distance between the players is too far, and it is impossible to realize that they are very good at various short passing cooperation."
"There are very few teams in Europe playing this kind of tactic now. Most of them use compact formations and use close passing and cutting coordination to open up the opponent's defense and launch an offensive!"
"..."
During the explanation between the two people, time passed quietly.
In the second half, players from both sides returned to the court and changed sides to fight again.
After the game started, to Zhang Lu's surprise, the only change made by French coach Deschamps was to move Pogba's position forward.
This small adjustment allowed the French team to strengthen its offensive again.
On the field, due to Pogba's forward push, he liberated Griezmann's dilemma in the first half because Pogba was suppressed by Mo Yang and had to retreat frequently to get the ball.
This small change immediately made the French team's offense smoother.
There are also small changes in the Chinese team, that is, Mo Yang spends more time in the front midfielder position, and he no longer frequently switches to the defensive midfielder position to participate in the defense of the backcourt.
Just when all the fans were expecting Mo Yang to give them a wonderful performance in attack, the French team's fatal blow came unexpectedly.
In the 55th minute of the game, Yan Junling took a goal kick.
The French team retreated in a 4141 formation. They did not engage in high-pressure in the frontcourt.
On the Chinese team's side, the formation also pressed forward under the command of Mo Yang. Even the two full-backs Jiang Zhipeng and Zhang Linpeng also came to the midfielder line.
After Feng Xiaoting received the ball on the left road, he calmly moved forward for several meters before being tackled by Mbappe.
He quickly separated and passed to Jiang Zhipeng on the left front road.
Jiang Zhipeng stopped the ball and faced the center circle. When he saw Griezmann approaching from the center, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be no ball point nearby.
Just when Jiang Zhipeng was in a panic, he saw Hao Junmin from the left frontcourt pulling from the center to the wing to support him.
At the same time, Mo Yang suddenly raised his hand for the ball in front of the kick-off point in the center circle and shouted to Jiang Zhipeng to pass the ball over.
"Kante was taken to the wing by Hao Junmin, and Mo Yang was left unmarked!!"
"Chance!!!"
Zhang Lu saw this opportunity in the condescending commentary stand.
As long as Jiang Zhipeng passes the ball to Mo Yang, then Mo Yang and Wu Lei and Bai Lele, who are on the left and right in front of the French defense, will directly have an excellent offensive opportunity for a three-on-three frontcourt.
But unfortunately, Jiang Zhipeng, who was instilled with the caution-first tactical philosophy by Lippi, did not dare to take the risk to get the ball away from Griezmann and then pass it.
He half-turned to the left, stuck Griezmann on the right side and passed with his foot.
But Griezmann obviously predicted it. He stretched out his foot and rubbed it at the moment of passing the ball. As a result, Jiang Zhipeng's corner kick failed to reach Hao Junmin's feet.
Instead, he rolled forward along the sideline and let Varane get it.
Bai Lele followed up from behind, but Varane directly knocked back Pavard in front of him.
At this time Hao Junmin also stepped forward!
As a result, Parva had no intention of turning around. He rubbed the outside of his right foot backwards and the ball flew towards Kante on the back right.
At this time Zheng Zhi also came up!
Seeing Kanter stopping the ball facing the center and the ball bouncing under his feet, Zheng Zhi rushed over and stretched his foot to chop the ball.
But Kanter's foot frequency was too fast. He deftly raised his right foot and the ball flew behind Zheng Zhi, who followed suit.
At this moment of transition between offense and defense, the Chinese team's backcourt was wide open.
The crisis suddenly struck, catching everyone off guard!
Including Mo Yang!
Seeing that Kanter and Pogba were on the line in the middle circle, Mo Yang turned around and ran back, trying to cut off the line.
But it was too slow after all, and I could only watch the ball rolling past my toes.
At this moment, his heart sank to the bottom, because he had already foreseen all the French team's next offensive lines.
In front of Mo Yang, Pogba rushed the ball forward in front of him. He looked up and saw that the Chinese team's defense was open to him, and he suddenly felt a surge of ecstasy in his heart.
In the direction of Pogba's progress, Zhang Linpeng got stuck on the left and followed Mbappe on the inside.
Griezmann was running between Mei Fang and Feng Xiaoting, looking back at Pogba, making it clear that he would step on the accelerator as soon as the ball came.
"It's over!!!"
Seeing the two to three meters distance between Zhang Linpeng and Mei Fang, a common thought emerged in the minds of all Chinese fans.
The next second, Pogba passed the ball and made a precise through ball while running.
The ball turned in a small arc to the left in front of Mbappe.
But fortunately, Pogba's through ball was a bit conservative, as if he was afraid that if it went into the penalty area, there would be a risk of the goalkeeper making a clearance.
As a result, Mbappe was unable to completely rush forward, but even if he stepped on the accelerator lightly, it was enough for Zhang Linpeng.
In the blink of an eye, Mbappe opened the distance between him and Zhang Linpeng, and caught the ball first at the top of the arc near the left penalty area line.
Zhang Linpeng, who was half-stretched, had no choice but to take advantage of the moment Mbappe touched the ball and fell to the ground from behind on the right side to sweep the ball.
Next second!
Mbappe is down!
The ball flew away!
Let Yan Junling hug you!
And the referee is here!
But just when all the Chinese fans felt as if they were falling into hell, the referee rushed over and shook his hands to indicate that it was not a penalty kick.
At this moment, all Chinese fans went straight from hell to heaven.
On the sidelines, Lippi was feeling helpless about this.
The French team's 400 million-strong forward line is really terrifyingly fast!
But the next second he saw the referee running back and Yan Junling threw the ball directly to Wu Lei who came back from the right. When the game continued, he was stunned.
But just when Lippi, Mo Yang and other players were lucky enough to escape, the referee suddenly blew the whistle and interrupted the game.
Then he raised his hand and drew a box in front of him, indicating that he wanted to watch the var video replay.
On the court, Mo Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head. Then he remembered that this World Cup introduced a new technology, the video assistant referee.
It’s over now!
In the stands on all sides, the French fans who were so angry that they exploded and cursed the referee for being blind suddenly burst into joy when they saw this scene, and immediately stopped their boos and curses.
The referee ran outside the court, watched the video replay for more than a minute, communicated with the video referee team, and then turned around and ran back to the court.
Cunha made gestures while running, and then pointed at the penalty spot!
The sentence has been changed!
Immediately, the wailing of Chinese fans and the fierce cheers of French fans with infinite joy could be heard in the stands on all sides.
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