In the 62nd minute of the second half, the Chinese team got a goal back and the score became 1-3.
The morale of the Chinese players was high, and they continued to attack fiercely, striving to continue to create scoring opportunities.
Gao Bo and Li Tie were very excited. They were looking forward to the Chinese team coming back again, just like they did against the Netherlands in the second half, overwhelming their opponents.
However, Yun Sheng knew very well that the winning rate in this game was too small.
Just now, the German team was disrupted by the changes in the Chinese team's formation and lost a goal. However, as the world's top team, they quickly regained their footing and restored peace. Coupled with Loew's tactical adjustments, allowing Khedira and Lahm to properly protect the wings, the Chinese team's numerical advantage on the wings disappeared.
Not only that, when the Chinese team attacked fiercely, the German players defended while looking for loopholes.
In the 74th minute of the game, Hao Junmin assisted and put some distance between him and Zhou Haibing. The German player seized this opportunity!
Draxler, who replaced Bastian Schweinsteiger, suddenly moved forward with the ball and found a gap between Hao Junmin and Zhou Haibing!
Pass the ball to the left front! Podolski got the ball!
Podolski had just replaced Gotze and was in excellent physical condition. Just now Zhang Linpeng stepped forward to assist, and the defense was empty!
Zheng Zhi quickly pressed forward, and Podolski passed the ball to the other side of the penalty area!
Muller got the ball! Jiang Zhipeng rushes to Mueller! Feng Xiaoting is also ready!
At this time, Muller did not shoot. He distributed the ball to the center. Cross was ready to go at the top of the penalty area!
Volley into the lower right corner of the goal without stopping!
The ball went in!
4 to 1! Germany scores another goal! The score gap widened to three goals again!
Zeng Cheng, who fell to the ground, felt extremely guilty and punched the ground hard!
If it hadn't been for this conceded goal, maybe we would have had a chance to equalize!
At this time, Zheng Zhi helped Zeng Cheng up, his face full of determination.
"The game is not over yet, we still have a chance. The gentleman just told us that our goal in this game is to play the Chinese team's style. Now don't worry too much about the outcome of the game."
Not only Zheng Zhi, but other Chinese players were also extremely determined. Although they lost the ball, they were not frustrated after that. They attacked like a tide, one after another.
The physical fitness of the players dropped drastically, so Gao Bo made substitutions.
Wu Xi, Sun Ke, and Gao Lin came on stage one after another, and the Chinese team continued to strengthen the offense in the midfield and frontcourt.
In the 86th minute of the game, Yu Dabao was pulled down by Boateng outside the penalty area and got a free kick opportunity.
Chen Tao took the penalty decisively! The ball hit the dead center! Simply and neatly!
2 to 4! The Chinese team pulled a goal back again!
Loew looked at the time, there were still about five minutes left.
He thought for a moment and made substitution adjustments.
The team's formation changed to 5-4-1, and the last substitution was used on defense.
Yun Sheng on the sidelines whispered: "The German team was afraid of being beaten by us, and they wanted to hold on to the victory. Judging from the second half alone, we beat the German team by 45 points."
Gao Bo's expression was a little complicated. He agreed with Yun Sheng's statement, but he also regretted it.
If I had been bolder and chosen more targeted tactics in the first half, would the result of the game have been completely different?
But there is no regret medicine in the world.
As Wu Xi's long shot hit the post again, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
In this extremely fierce quarter-finals, the Chinese team lost 2 to 4 to the German team, the favorite to win the championship.
When the whistle sounded, all the Chinese players on the field collapsed to the ground. They were too tired.
Although it was only a 90-minute game, their psychological pressure seemed to have gone through two 90 minutes. Facing the world's top teams, they did their best, but they were still powerless about the result.
Although they won the ball, the German players did not celebrate too wildly. They paid enough respect to the opponents in front of them.
Players from both sides exchanged jerseys with each other, and several players who played in the Bundesliga chatted casually with acquaintances and friends from the German team.
On the sidelines of the court, Loew also walked towards Gao Bo immediately and expressed his respect to him.
Immediately afterwards, Loew walked towards Yun Sheng again and shook hands with Yun Sheng cordially: "Coach Yun Sheng, if you were the coach of the Chinese team in this game, I guess the outcome would be hard to say."
Yun Sheng shook his head: "Gao Bo is a very good Chinese coach. Even if I lead the team today, I may not be better than him. And to be fair, the German team performed better and is stronger. This victory is well deserved. I wish Germany the best." It’s going to be smooth sailing for the team from now on.”
"Thanks."
At the press conference after the game, Gao Bo showed a determined expression on his face. When talking about the performance of the Chinese team, Gao Bo was full of praise.
"This World Cup is the second time we have reached the finals. It is only the second time that we have successfully qualified for the group stage and reached the top 16. I think this is a qualified result! Our players have performed in excellent condition , I’m proud of their performance!”
And when the reporter asked about Yun Sheng beside Gao Bo, Yun Sheng's speech was the same.
"We reached the top 16 of the World Cup, which is already an outstanding result. Before the game, many people asked, will we go further? I didn't make any statement at the time, but I want to say now that the possibility is extremely slim. , I thought so before the game.”
"It has taken less than thirty years for China's football professionalization to develop to this day, and there have been many detours along the way. According to statistics from relevant departments, the number of registered football players in our country is less than 6,000! This The data is simply exaggerated!”
"The number of registered athletes in Japan during the same period was 400,000. This gap can be seen at a glance. Many people say that Chinese football players are selected from more than one billion people. In fact, this is not the case. We only selected 6,000 people. ! This number is not to mention compared with football powers such as Japan, Germany, England, and France. Even compared with countries such as Singapore, Syria, and Iraq, the numerical disadvantage is more than ten times worse!"
"If we say that the football team we selected from 6,000 people can enter the quarterfinals or go further, this is not in line with the laws of football at all. This is completely unfair to those countries that are fully committed to developing football! So China The extent to which national football can reach today is already at its upper limit!"
"The reason why the number of people participating in Chinese football is not too large, even less than that of countries with small populations such as Iceland, is not that the Chinese are not good, but the particularity of the country's development. Our country's employment direction is broader, and many young people are in scientific research, industry , business and other fields are developing very well. These industries have taken away many young talented elites. This is not a good thing for the development of football, but it is beneficial and harmless to the development of the country! In the process of national development, the proportion of sports is indeed not as high as In the fields of science and technology and industry, even if I am a football coach, even if I love football, I must admit this. A country can be poor at football, but it must not be poor at scientific research, industry, or agriculture!"
"In many countries with developed football (such as Brazil and Iceland), football is their top three industries. This is related to their narrower employment direction. Even in sports, countries like China and the United States, the level of football is None of them are very high. For example, our young people prefer to play table tennis, and the number one sport in the United States is rugby, which is a reflection of the diversity of values."
"Despite this, the market and prospects of our Chinese football are still very good, and I am very optimistic about it! Now there are dozens of Chinese players in the five major league teams, and there are more in low-level leagues in Europe, and in China In domestic football schools, many young people have also become involved in this sport, which is a good thing."
"I say this not to make excuses for Chinese football, but to tell our fans and managers that I hope everyone can have more patience and tolerance towards Chinese football, and that more people will participate in football. Come and enjoy the fun that football brings us!"
