Shooting

The Art of War says: It is wisdom to not take the initiative, to use defense as offense, to use softness to overcome hardness, to assess the situation, to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, to wait for the opportunity to act, and to attack later to win.

This is the only way to defeat the strong with the weak summarized by our ancestors for thousands of years, and its correctness has been verified countless times by history.

In this game, the Chinese team had already committed the taboo of being aggressive. If it weren't for the unexpected factor of Yin Jun, the Chinese team would have been unable to escape defeat. But now that Yin Jun's goal helped the Chinese team take the lead, things have become clearer.

Turnaround.

In the last few minutes of the first half, the Chinese team began to retreat completely, hoping to maintain the lead until midfield.

Costa Rica, which unexpectedly conceded the goal, chose to attack, and the Guimarães team hoped to tie the score.

In the eyes of Costa Ricans, the three points in this game with the Chinese team are must-win points. Because their goal is to qualify, if they can't even win the weakest Chinese team in the group, let alone compete with the European powerhouses.

Turkey and four-star Brazil.

Costa Rica is still very strong. After all, it has been a team ranked among the top 30 in the world for a long time. When they attack with all their strength, the Chinese team seems a bit difficult to resist and can only defend with all their strength.

However, the strength of this Chinese team is not bad, at least it is the peak of the Chinese team after entering the new century. Under the tenacious defense, Costa Rica failed to break the door of the Chinese team.

Soon, the first half of the game entered injury time, and the score was still 1:0, with the Chinese team leading.

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Due to the treatment of two injuries to the Chinese team Sun Jihai and the Chinese team's goal celebration, the referee gave 3 minutes of injury time in the first half.

When the game time entered the 47th minute, after six or seven minutes of strong attack, Costa Rica, which still failed to score a goal, relaxed its attack slightly.

They also saw that eagerly trying to score the Chinese team's goal was not a realistic thing. After all, this Chinese team is led by the amazing Milutinovic.

At this time, the Chinese team discovered an opportunity.

The Chinese team intercepted a pass from Costa Rica outside the penalty area. Ma Mingyu stole the ball from Costa Rica forward Wanchop, and the ball fell to Yin Jun.

Yin Jun moved the ball forward and strode forward.

Because Costa Rica was still aggressively attacking just a moment ago, when Yin Jun received the ball, there were no Costa Rica defensive players within ten meters around him.

Correspondingly, because the Chinese team is also in a full retreat situation, except for the two forwards Su Maozhen and Yang Chen, there are no other players in the frontcourt.

Moreover, Su Maozhen and Yang Chen were both under the guard of the opponent's players and did not have a good chance to catch the ball.

Yin Jun looked up while dribbling the ball forward. He simply stopped passing the ball and quickly dribbled the ball forward himself.

Yin Jun's long drive suddenly disrupted Costa Rica's defense. After all, he had just scored the goal of Costa Rica a few minutes ago, and they did not dare to underestimate Yin Jun. For a time, except for Costa Rica's midfielder and frontcourt, the team quickly chased back.

, two of the four defenders also rushed towards Yin Jun, trying to surround Yin Jun near the midfield.

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When Yin Jun reached the center circle, there were already four players around him rushing towards him from four directions.

As Yin Jun was surrounded, the defensive pressure around Su Maozhen and Yang Chen on the front line dropped sharply. The two of them also moved to the left and right, running forward while opening up space for Yin Jun.

Yin Jun quickly passed the ball to Yang Chen who was pulling to the right before the two Costa Rican defenders closed the door on him.

Compared to Su Maozhen, who is already in his early 30s and has lost his speed, Yang Chen is not only younger, but also has a certain ability to break through with the ball, so Yin Jun chooses to pass the ball to Yang Chen, not Su Maozhen.

Yang Chen had already opened up space on the right, and Yin Jun's passing route and speed were good, so Yang Chen received the ball smoothly, and took advantage of the situation to form a breakthrough and pass from the bottom.

Su Maozhen advanced in the middle, coupled with Yu Genwei's attack on the left, for a while, the Chinese team formed a three-point attack in the frontcourt. Costa Rica's defense faced huge pressure, and no one noticed after the ball was passed.

, Yin Jun continued to follow up in the middle.

Yang Chen made a pass from the bottom, but his pass was not looking for Su Maozhen in the middle, but Yu Genwei who followed up from behind.

Yu Genwei also had a Costa Rican defensive player in front of him. In addition, he was on the wing and far away from the goal, so he could not head the ball directly to the goal. However, he noticed Yin Jun quietly following up in the middle, so he chose to header the ball to the goal.

In front of the restricted area.

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Not only Yin Jun followed in the middle, but also midfielder Li Tie, and Li Tie's position was slightly further forward than Yin Jun.

Li Tie didn't notice Yin Jun hiding behind him. When he saw the ball flying towards the middle, he thought Yu Genwei was looking for him when he headed the ball over, so he bent his bow and arrow from a distance, preparing to take a long kick.

shoot.

Costa Rica's defensive players saw Li Tie preparing to take a shot and chose to block Li Tie. However, a figure came out from behind Li Tie, stretched out his foot and intercepted the flying football.

Although there are five defensive players in Costa Rica's penalty area, their left back was just defending Yang Chen. The left center back chose to defend in the middle after Yang Chen passed the ball. The right center back was attracted by Su Maozhen, and the left back was in the middle.

Defending Yu Genwei, the midfielder was attracted by Li Tie's powerful volley with his leg. Therefore, when Yin Jun intercepted the ball first and entered the penalty area, there was no defensive player in front of him.

Yin Jun did not choose to dribble the ball to break through. At this time, even if he took the ball one more step, he would give his opponent time to react in that step, and there would be more variables.

After Yin Jun hooked the ball, the football landed just in front of his left foot. Taking advantage of the inertia of moving forward at high speed, after he landed, his left foot took advantage of the situation and ejected towards the football that had not yet landed.

In the blink of an eye, the football changed its course in the air again and flew towards Costa Rica's goal.

The Costa Rican goalkeeper had just rushed to the left side of the goal, preparing to defend Yu Genwei's close-range header. Unexpectedly, Yu Genwei chose to header the ball to the center, and was then intercepted by Yin Jun, who was rushing forward at extremely fast speed.

In a series of rapid changes, the Costa Rica goalkeeper was stunned at the near post. Yin Jun's shot that bounced towards the center of the goal flew into the goal without any hindrance!

In the 2nd minute of stoppage time in the first half, the Chinese team scored another victory!
Chapter completed!