The sixth professional football player who started with Manchester United

Chapter 127 The Third Round 3
After Santos left the field, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half within a few minutes.

Although the score is still 0-0, everyone knows the current situation very clearly. It has reached a very dangerous situation for Mexico.

The two sides returned to the locker room.

The 15-minute intermission passed quickly. As the players from both sides returned to the court again, it also indicated that the last critical 45 minutes of the game was about to begin.

Soon as the referee's whistle sounded, the second half of the game officially began.

After the start, to the surprise of many people, Wales did not strengthen its attack because of its numerical advantage, but continued to play according to the tactics of the first half.

This poses a problem for Mexico.

Herrera is very aware that he is currently at a numerical disadvantage, but the current group situation does not allow Mexico to accept the current score. If he wants to qualify, he must defeat his opponent, but the opponent is in a defensive counterattack posture. Once he If your attack is blocked, the opponent's counterattack will definitely follow the trend. Once the opponent's counterattack is successful, you will really feel uncomfortable.

Just when Herrera found it difficult to choose, the situation on the field left him with no choice.

In the 51st minute of the game, Dabao and Ledley teamed up to cause a pass error from the Mexican midfielder. After Dabao took control of the football, he changed direction to avoid the opponent's sliding tackle, and then began to accelerate and dribble the ball forward. After passing the center circle, Dabao suddenly sent the ball to the left with a long pass. When the ball arrived, Bell hit it with a slap on the horse. After passing the opponent's full-back, he unloaded the football, and then adjusted quickly. Completed a cross.

Kanu, who followed up from the middle, leaped high and hit the goal with a powerful header.

But the Mexican goalkeeper reacted even more quickly. He made an almost instinctive leap and punched the ball out. However, the football did not go far and landed in the penalty area. There was chaos in the penalty area.

Somehow the football flew straight out of the penalty area. Just when the Mexican fans thought that their team had escaped disaster, the football happened to fly in the direction of Dabao.

It turned out that Dabao did not retreat after passing the ball, but continued to move forward to the outside of the penalty area.

He is worried that if the ball fails to be attacked, then when the opponent counterattacks, he can counterattack on the spot to slow down the opponent's counterattack. Now he sees the football flying towards him, and there are no defensive players around him.

Looking at the flying direction of the football, Dabao judged the landing point of the football, quickly adjusted his position, then swung his right leg, and before the football landed, the instep of his right foot hit the football hard.

Suddenly the football flew towards the goal quickly with the blessing of power. At this time, the Mexican goalkeeper had just stood up, and his center of gravity had not been adjusted yet. In addition, his line of sight was blocked, so by the time he saw the football, it was already too late to do anything. Reacted.

I could only stand there and watch the football go into the goal.

1-0, Wales took the lead in the 53rd minute of the second half.

After scoring the goal, Dabao also excitedly came to the stands where the fans were again, and interacted with the fans with a happy smile on his face.

Koeman on the sidelines was also very excited and hugged and celebrated with the assistant coach next to him. With this goal, Koeman could finally let go. This goal was a reassurance for Koeman and the Welsh fans in the stands.

"The ball went in, a very beautiful volley. Congratulations to Dabao for scoring his fourth goal in this World Cup. It is another goal that can enter the best. I found that Dabao either didn't score, It’s all very difficult to get into.”

"This goal makes Wales completely stable. Now the initiative is completely in its own hands. There is no need to look at other people's faces. Mexico is in trouble because Brazil is already 3-1 on the other venue. [-] ahead of Cameroon. If the current score of the two games ends, Wales will qualify first in the group, while Brazil will be second in the group. This is too cruel for Mexico. After two rounds It’s really hard to accept the fact that we won’t qualify for the first place in the group.”

"I think Brazil must have won this game, and now it depends on what Mexico will do next."

"It's very difficult to handle. The key is that he is missing one person, and the missing person is his own offensive core. It should be said that Santos's end was a huge blow to Mexico, and it was too fatal."

"Well, Wales will definitely continue to defend and counterattack next. They have a goal advantage in their hands. Don't be too comfortable in this counterattack."

Does Herrera have any options?No more, receiving the score of another game on the sidelines, Herrera knew that losing one in this game was no different from losing ten.

If Mexico at the moment is the same as Cameroon, there is no hope of emergence, then maybe Herrera will not count on it. If there is one less player, less losses will at least still save face.

But Herrera, who had already scored 4 points, was unwilling to be eliminated from the World Cup just like this.

So after the game restarted, Herrera made adjustments on the Mexican side.

Directly replaced two full-backs and replaced two forwards.

Immediately, Mexico on the field changed from the original five-back system to a three-back defense, and the formation on the field became a 333 formation.

This is definitely a big gamble for Mexico.

After the substitution, Mexico's offensive momentum was indeed very fierce at the beginning, but Wales gained a firm foothold under such an attack, and under such an attack, Mexico's numerical disadvantage was infinitely magnified.

The reason why it seemed to be able to take advantage at the beginning was because the morale of the two players who had just changed into the field was very high, but as time went by, the changes in the players' emotions, the decline in morale, and physical fitness, etc. After adding all these reasons, this offensive gradually became less threatening.

On the contrary, Wales' counterattack became more and more sharp.

In the 79th minute of the game, Dabao's long pass found Kanu in front of him. After Kanu stopped the ball with his back to the goal, he made an unconventional pass. After the football did not land, he knocked his heel. It just passed between the defender's legs, and Bell's off-the-ball cut was also formed quickly.

Alone, facing the goalkeeper's attack, Bell pushed the ball into the goal.

2 to 0, Bell's goal completely sealed the victory.

(End of this chapter)