World Cup of Great Powers

The Chinese team's goal completely disrupted Hiddink's plan.

Before Zhaojun scored, South Korea was already improving very much.

Ahn Jung-hwan, Park Ji-sung and others have also threatened Ou Chuliang's gate several times.

But as soon as this goal came out, the South Koreans were immediately confused.

The Chinese team, under the command of Zeng Zheng, continued to try to control the ball.

Soon, the whistle sounded at the end of the first half and the game entered the intermission.

Looking at the energetic Chinese players, Hiddink looked bitter and felt that his brain was not enough.

He was thinking about what tactics to adopt in the second half?
Strengthen the offense?
This seems necessary.

South Korea's forward offensive ability is not bad, it must be strong and powerful, and it must be fast and poisonous.

Park Ji-sung is also an invincible player and has great offensive ability.

The key to the question is, will Zeng Zheng adjust the team's strategy in the second half?
If unexpected adjustments are made, what will happen to South Korea?
Hiddink was really panicked.

He didn't expect the Chinese team to take the lead.

Even if the two teams tie, he still has many countermeasures.

But now, the high energy of the Chinese team and the frustration of the South Korean players are in sharp contrast.

If this continues, the path to the semi-finals will become more difficult.

Go on like this, no!
"go!"

Hiddink gave the order.

He took the assistant coaches back to the locker room first.

In these 15 minutes, he has to train these South Korean players.

On the other side, the Chinese fans at the scene stood up and applauded the outstanding performance of the international players.

Netizens in front of the TV were also very excited.

Being able to defeat South Korea in a competition like the World Cup is something that can last a lifetime!
You know, this is the first World Cup Asian Derby in history!
No matter who you let win, you can’t let Bangzi win!
In the short first half, Zeng Zheng's impact on the team and fans was profound, and the results were gratifying.

Countless fans even called the TV station to award Zeng Zheng a medal or something.

"Although it was only the end of the first half, we could hear the cheers of the fans on site."

"This may be the most enjoyable game played by the Chinese team in recent years."

"The team's perseverance, the players' flash of inspiration, and the coach's calm command are all things we should be proud of."

"As long as the current score remains until the end, the Chinese team will completely write the history of Asian football."

"Zeng Zheng's name will also be recorded in the history of football forever."

The tense 15 minutes passed quickly.

No one knows what the head coaches of both sides said or what adjustments they made in these 15 minutes.

At least judging from the roster, the players from both sides are still the same group from the first half.

Hiddink pinched his waist and came to the coaching bench to stand, his eyes looking forward like an eagle.

After the game restarted, the two midfielders headed by Hao Junzhe pressed forward at the same time.

The addition of three forwards continued to press the South Korean half.

However, something seems to have changed on the South Korean side.

The two balls were passed from the backcourt, and then the three midfielders quickly pressed forward.

This made Zeng Zheng frown.

In the 47th minute, the South Korean formation suddenly pressed forward and looked like it was about to launch an attack.

Facing the opponent's attack, Li Tie and others instantly doubled their pressure and made more mistakes.

Suddenly, Lee Yong-pyo tipped his toe and took the ball away from Son Ji-hai.

With just one step, the ball was sent to Ahn Jung-hwan's feet.

The South Korean forward took the ball and turned around, briefly protected it and then forced the ball down.

Facing Xu Yunlong's defense, he made a direct pass.

At the back point, Hong Mingpu, who was outflanked, got rid of the pull, jumped up high, and hit the ball hard with his forehead.

The ball bounced on the ground, passed Ou Chuliang's fingertips, and entered the net.

Just three minutes into the second half, South Korea tied the score.

After the goal, the South Korean players rushed forward and surrounded Hongmyeongpo.

The latter also quickly rushed to the camera on the sidelines, raised his arms and shouted loudly.

"This is a very wonderful team goal." Huang Jianxiang was angry, but still explained it bravely.

"From stealing the ball to passing the ball, the South Korean players did it all in one go."

"It was our right wing, and we made a pass before Xu Yunlong could make up the defense."

"It can be said that South Korea attacked very decisively this time."

"The impact of two flanks like this is the strength of the South Koreans."

"I can definitely conclude that this must have been specially emphasized by Hiddink's coaching staff during the halftime break."

"During the entire scoring process, the South Korean players performed their duties and had their own clear goals."

"From this point of view, our players' ability to enter the state in the opening stage is still slightly inferior."

"The score on the court is now one to one and the game is back to where it started."

Hiddink is indeed a world-famous coach.

In just 15 minutes, it not only reversed the frustration of the South Korean players, but also really changed the score.

Seeing the South Korean players regaining their spirits on the field, Zeng Zheng's pressure instantly doubled.

"Turn on the intensity, give me the intensity!"

Li Tie opened his arms, stuck Park Ji-sung behind him, and finally protected the ball from the bottom line;

"Look at people, look at biographies, don't look at your feet!"

Zhao Junzhe and Sun Jihai made two one-twos in succession, and finally passed the ball to Yang Chen;

"Pull over, pull over, come over and take over!"

Facing Song Zhongguo's pressing, Li Weifeng quickly passed the ball to Wu Chengying on the left wing.

The two parties are really familiar with each other.

After South Korea used a fast break to tie the score, they immediately stepped up their efforts in the midfield.

The Chinese team is originally a three-man midfielder. Facing the opponent's four-man midfielder, it has a natural disadvantage.

It seemed that in the first 45 minutes, Hiddink had seen the key.

No matter how Zeng Zheng changes, he still has fewer midfielders than South Korea.

Since Zeng Zheng arranged for three forwards to play against South Korea, then we will fight with you in the midfield.

Either you bring Yang Chen and others back to participate in the defense, or you do what you are doing now and let Zhao Junzhe and Sun Jihai do the dirty work for Li Tie, who has been banned.

In the 50th minute, Sun Jihai was violated on the right.

Zhao Jun took a free kick. Kim Tae Young fought for the top of the crowd and pushed the ball out of the penalty area.
In the 51st minute, Sun Jihai knocked back from the bottom line on the right, Yang Chen pushed the ball from the edge of the small penalty area, and the ball missed the right post.

In the 52nd minute, Ryu Sang-teel pulled down Zhao Junzhe who was dribbling the ball and was given a yellow card.

In the 53rd minute, Sun Jihai also overthrew Song Zongguo during the counterattack and was also shown a yellow card.

Under the command of Hiddink, South Korea intends to speed up the pace.

But the Chinese team also gritted its teeth and persisted, so the effect was not great. The ball was still switched back and forth between the two teams in the midfield.

In the 56th minute, Song Zongguo took a corner kick from the right, and Li Yirong shot low from the front of the penalty area and missed the right post of the Chinese team.

In the 58th minute, Hiddink was dissatisfied with Wu Chengying's tackle and said that the ball would result in at least a red card.

In the 59th minute, Sun Jihai passed the opponent's defender on the right and rushed to the front of the penalty area to shoot low with his left foot. Li Yun blocked the near corner and got the ball.

Subsequently, the referee Meike stepped forward and gave Xue Qixuan a yellow card for the retaliatory shovel.At this point in the game, the tension between the two sides intensified.

Coupled with the fact that the Chinese team was repeatedly called for offside when attacking, it aroused even more anger.

In the 61st minute, Hiddink replaced Yoo Sang-chul with Lee Cheon-soo.

Zeng Zheng immediately made adjustments and replaced Xie Hui with Zheng Zhi to strengthen the midfield fight.

After the substitutions, the two sides fought even more fiercely, and the atmosphere in the stands was also aroused.

In the 67th minute, Li Tianxiu received the overhead ball and inserted it into the right side of the penalty area to cross. Li Tie used his left thigh to push the ball out of the baseline in the small penalty area.

Then Song Zhongguo took a corner kick from the right side. Li Tianxiu shot from the right side of the penalty area and hit the back of Zheng Zhifei, and the ball bounced to the left side of the penalty area.

Park Ji-sung's volley shot from a small angle went straight to the near corner, but Ou Chuliang showed bravery and flew to save the ball with one hand.

Subsequently, Zeng Zheng made his second substitution adjustment and replaced Xu Yunlong with Yang Pu.

Not only does it still maintain the intimidating power of the three forwards, but the replacements are also guys who can fight and grab.

In this way, under Zeng Zheng's substitution policy, the situation on the court became 70V10 in the 10th minute of the second half.

The cause was still a scramble near midfield.

At that time, Li Tie and the opponent's No. 7 Kim Tae-young were fighting for a half-goal, and neither of them stopped.

Just like that, the two fell to the ground at the same time after colliding with each other.

After getting up, they all pushed the cows together regardless.

Before Zeng Zheng could warn him, Kim Taiying took action.

With Li Tie's violent temper, how could he suffer?

He immediately raised his fist and fought back.

Whoa!
The quarter-finals of the World Cup turned into a boxing ring due to the "tacit understanding" between the two.

From the moment Li Tie threw his first punch, Zeng Zheng knew that this matter would not end well.

If that's the case, let's have a good time!
"Tiezi, fuck him!"

"Others, stop those sticks!"

"Let Tiezi challenge him to a duel!"

Kim Tae-young, who is 1.8 meters tall, was born in 1970 and currently plays for South Korea's Jeonnam Club.

Even though he is 7 years older and 4 centimeters taller than Li Tie, he is completely at a disadvantage when facing Li Tie who is like a "steel cannon".

The two punched each other three times. Kim Taiying almost vomited blood, but Li Tie was fine.

And the Chinese team members who were responsible for "promoting the fight" were also very naughty.

They will hold on to whatever stick comes forward.

It is to create space for Li Tie and Kim Taeyoung.

Just like that, in front of fans all over the world, Li Tie and Kim Tae-young were fighting each other with one punch and the other with one punch.

Although there were many people fighting, the two of them had plenty of space to attack their opponents.

Until the referee Meike arrived and showed a red card to both men.

"Li Tie is really too uncool."

Wang Junsheng was extremely angry at this moment.

It was obviously the other party who made the move first, so if you just endure it, won't it be over?
Why do you have to fight back?
If we can play 11 against 10, how big of an advantage will we have next?

But your counterattack turns out to be unreasonable!

Such a good "lead" opportunity has been missed by you!

You're such a tough guy.

Undisciplined, right?

I'll take care of you when I return home!
Alas, I don’t know if Xiao Zeng’s absence from Li Tie will affect the overall situation.

Affect the overall situation?

Jin and Chi looked at each other in confusion at this moment.

It affects the overall situation!

At this moment, Zeng Zheng was like a passerby who didn't mind the excitement and was teaching Li Tie how to punch.

Good guy!
Are you a football coach or a boxing coach?

The noise lasted for more than a minute.

The "dispute" was stopped only with the entry of the linesman.

Li Tie and Kim Tae-young were both sent off the field with red cards. Both the South Korean and Chinese teams had 10 players left on the field.

When the game got to this point, both sides were very angry, and the scene was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

"Boss Zeng"

When he walked off the field, Li Tie was cheered by Chinese fans and booed by South Korean fans.

Seeing Zeng Zheng walking towards him, Li Tie calmed down and lowered his head, not even daring to blow on his hair curtain.

"Okay, Tiezi, let's fight in the World Cup knockout stage, and you are the leader of the Chinese team!"

"The ball was not kicked well, and the fight was quite intense."

"Tell me, my teacher, what's it like to fight on the court?"

Seeing the smile on Zeng Zheng's face, this tough guy who had used his face to withstand three punches from his opponent actually started to swing his legs.

"Boss Zeng, I, I"

"What am I, tell me!" Zeng Zheng patted Li Tie on the shoulder, "Tell me what it feels like to play with a stick?"

Every time he was patted by Zeng Zheng, Li Tie's shoulders lowered a little.

Finally, he simply squatted down and buried his face in the curtain of hair.

Seeing Li Tie's cowardly appearance, Zeng Zheng smiled and shook his head.

“If you hit him, you’ll hit him, and that’s it!”

"Didn't you lose the fight?"

"Afraid of him being a bird?"

"Can we still be bullied by the stick?"

"I just couldn't get on the field."

"If football allowed PK like ice hockey, don't you think I would go on the field and cripple that stick?"

"A man is responsible for what he does, so tell me if you feel good about it!"

Looking at Zeng Zheng's handsome face, Li Tie seemed to have made some determination.

He stood up with a shudder and replied loudly: "It's great!"

"Boss Zeng!"

"It's so cool to hit a stick!"

Li Tie's loud voice scared everyone around him.

Jin and Chi quickly organized their manpower and told each other to keep their mouths shut.

The players on the bench were infected by Li Tie, and they all turned red and wanted to rush onto the field to kill the enemy immediately.

"Row!"

"Just feel good!"

Zeng Zheng nodded, "When you go back, give me a [-]-word review."

"Don't write nonsense."

(End of this chapter)