Seven-time Champion

Chapter 602: Red card plus penalty kick

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This time, Lu Wenbin and his teammates celebrated for nearly a minute before returning to their own half due to the intervention of the referee, allowing the Brazilian team to kick the ball from the center circle.

After the game resumed, the Brazilian team, which was behind in the score, naturally launched a massive attack to try to equalize or even reverse the score.

The Chinese team, on the other hand, was united in their determination to hold on to the 2-1 scoreline until the end.

Of course, if there is a chance to fight back, the Chinese team will not give up. If they can expand the score to 3-1, they will lock in the victory.

But such opportunities are quite rare.

Under the overall pressure of the Brazilian team, the football had difficulty even passing the center line and almost kept flying around in the Chinese team's half.

In the 79th minute, Marcelo suddenly cut inside from the wing, received a pass from Oscar and made a long shot from the corner of the penalty area.

The ball passed through the penalty area like a cannonball, bypassed Zeng Cheng's save, and finally hit the post and bounced out of the bottom line, making the Chinese players and fans break out in cold sweats and greatly disappointing all Brazilians.

In the 82nd minute, Brazil made a comeback.

Forward Romulo made a 45-degree cross from the wing, Damiao successfully headed the ball in the penalty area and the ball flew towards the Chinese team's goal.

Unfortunately, the angle of the ball was too straight, and Zeng Cheng happened to be standing on the flying path. Zeng Cheng subconsciously waved his hand and successfully blocked the ball, but failed to catch it.

The ball fell back into the penalty area, and Neymar, who had the fastest reaction, fell to the ground and shot, ready to score the ball into the empty goal.

Zeng Cheng fell down again, subconsciously blocking the ball's path. The ball hit Zeng Cheng's face and bounced out, then Zhao Peng cleared it out of the restricted area with a big kick.

Zeng Cheng made a world-class double save, blocking Brazil's close-range attacks twice in a row.

Teammates came over and hugged Zeng Cheng to celebrate, while the Brazilian players looked at Zeng Cheng in a daze.

Passive defense is certainly not a solution. Lu Wenbin still wants to continue scoring goals and completely secure the victory if there is a chance.

In the 86th minute, the Chinese team once again had a good chance to counterattack.

Lu Wenbin dribbled the ball from his own half, successfully breaking through the defense of three Brazilian players in a row, and made a lob shot facing the attacking goalkeeper Gabriel outside the Brazilian penalty area.

As a result, Gabriel actually guessed Lu Wenbin's intention. The moment Lu Wenbin kicked the ball, he did not dive to the ground. Instead, he suddenly jumped up, reached out his hand, and successfully touched the ball that Lu Wenbin shot.

The ball bounced on Gabriel's fingers, changed direction and went wide of the goal.

The subsequent corner kick was not contested by the Chinese team and was cleared by Thiago Silva heading it out of the penalty area.

Gabriel also made a key save, and the Chinese team missed the opportunity to expand the score and lock in the victory.

However, even if Lu Wenbin did not score this goal, there would be little time left in the game.

Chinese fans in the stands sang songs excitedly, shouted slogans such as "China will win", "Long live China", "Champions" and started celebrating in advance.

The head coach, assistant coaches, substitute players, team doctors, etc. on the sidelines could not hold back and stood on the sidelines, waiting for the end of the game.

The Brazilians naturally didn't want to be defeated like this.

Brazil, which has won five World Cup titles and is known as the football kingdom, has yet to win an Olympic title. This is simply a loss of status!

Therefore, Brazilians' pursuit and love for Olympic champions is no less than that for the World Cup.

In this year's London Olympics, the final opponent was the Chinese team, and the Brazilians thought it was a good draw. After all, the Chinese team was too weak, and even if Lu Wenbin was strong, it would be useless.

Even if Lu Wenbin can score two or three goals in a game, the Brazilian team can still score four or five goals against the Chinese team based on its overall strength.

This is the idea of many Brazilians, as well as the coaches and players of the Brazilian Olympic team.

Unexpectedly, in addition to being the best in the world in offensive efficiency, Lu Wenbin also has unique defensive abilities.

Even if we put aside Lu Wenbin's offensive ability and put him in the position of defensive midfielder or defender, Lu Wenbin is enough to become one of the world's top defensive masters.

Therefore, even if Lu Wenbin did not retreat to the penalty area, he could still cause great interference and obstruction to the Brazilian attack in the midfield, delay time, and provide assistance to the Chinese team's defense.

The result is that now that the game is almost over, the Brazilian team is still trailing 1-2, and their dream of an Olympic gold medal is about to be shattered again.

All Brazilians are unwilling to accept this.

In the last few minutes, the Brazilian team launched a massive attack, and even midfielder Sandro left Lu Wenbin behind and rushed to the frontcourt.

Neymar rushed left and right, constantly using his spiritual technical moves to tease the Chinese team's defense.

Lu Wenbin was also forced to retreat.

Seeing that there were only a few minutes left in the game, Lu Wenbin had no intention of fighting back. He just wanted to defend until the last second and hear the referee's whistle to end the game.

As time passed, the game entered injury time.

The celebrations of the Chinese fans in the stands were getting louder and louder, and the Brazilian fans were almost in despair.

In the 92nd minute, Marcelo broke through Wu Xi's defense and made a cross from the bottom. The ball was headed out of the penalty area by Zhao Peng and fell to Wu Xi's feet.

The Chinese team launched a counterattack, and players from both sides poured out of the penalty area like a tide and ran towards the Brazilian team's half.

As a result, Wu Xi's attempt to pass the ball directly to Wu Lei was discovered by Juan, who tackled the ball and then passed the ball to Oscar while lying on the ground.

The Brazilian team in turn hit back against the Chinese team.

When the Chinese team counterattacked, Neymar did not run back and stayed in the same line as the Chinese defender.

By the time Oscar got the ball, Neymar had already turned around and was ready to sprint.

Just when Neymar was about to be offside, Oscar passed the ball.

The ball evaded the interception of Lu Wenbin, Tang Jiashu and Du Wei, and was passed directly to Neymar by Oscar. Neymar successfully made an offside and received Oscar's wonderful pass behind the Chinese team's defense line to get a one-on-one chance.

Suddenly, there were cheers from countless Brazilian fans and boos from Chinese fans in the stands.

Zeng Cheng was also horrified and rushed out. Du Wei and Zhao Peng, who were behind Neymar, also chased after him.

In a flash, Neymar had already entered the penalty area, but he missed the best shooting opportunity due to his last dribble.

Zeng Cheng saw the opportunity and pounced. Neymar suddenly had an idea and barely stretched out his foot to poke the ball away before Zeng Cheng touched it.

The next second after Neymar poked the ball away, Zeng Cheng's hand pressed to the place where the ball had just shrunk.

As a result, he didn't touch the ball, but touched Neymar's shoes.

However, before Zeng Cheng touched his shoes, Neymar had already fallen down with a shrill scream.

While falling, Neymar was already screaming and hugging his instep, as if he was injured by Zeng Cheng. After falling to the ground, he kept screaming and rolling, and even almost rolled from the penalty area to the goal line: Neymar, who will surely become famous in the future, rolled onto the final stage of the London Olympics.

"Beep..."

The referee rushed over with a sharp whistle, pointed to the penalty spot, reached out and took out a red card, and sentenced Zeng Cheng and the Chinese team to a death sentence: red card + penalty.