Silva forced himself to calm down, took two deep breaths, took a few steps, and kicked the ball to the lower left corner.
This ball is actually of good quality.
However, Lu Wenbin is even more powerful.
He made an accurate prediction, moved in advance, and then flew to save the ball, directly deflecting Silva's shot that went straight to the blind corner out of the baseline with one hand.
With one round left in the penalty shootout, China led Brazil by two goals, 3-1.
There was no need for any more penalties, and the Chinese team secured the victory one round ahead of schedule.
The moment Lu Wenbin kicked the ball out, all the Chinese people in the Mineirão Arena went completely crazy.
All the coaches and teammates on the sidelines rushed into the court, gathered around the running Lu Wenbin, and celebrated wildly.
The Chinese commentator shouted excitedly in the commentary booth and announced:
“Win!”
“The Chinese team won!”
"Lu Wenbin saved Silva's penalty kick, and the Chinese team defeated Brazil 3-1 in the penalty shootout and advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup!"
"Oh my god, the Chinese team actually defeated the Brazilian team and advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup!"
Finally, the commentator said with tears in his eyes: "As a media person who has witnessed the development of Chinese football, it is enough for me to see the Chinese national football team advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup!"
The Chinese fans in front of the TV were also celebrating wildly and shouting excitedly, without caring at all whether it would affect their family and neighbors' sleep.
Countless middle-aged and elderly fans were also moved and shed tears of excitement.
Before Lu Wenbin emerged, reaching the World Cup quarterfinals was an achievement that Chinese fans could not even imagine.
What's more, they defeated the host Brazil team and advanced to the quarterfinals.
In the eyes of Chinese fans, this is almost as great as winning the championship.
Reporters carrying cameras and microphones rushed to where the Chinese players gathered. They wanted to interview first-hand news and pass it on to domestic audiences.
Thanks to Lu Wenbin's goalkeeper-level performance, the Chinese team defeated the host Brazil 3-1 in the penalty shootout and 5-3 in the whole game to advance to the quarterfinals of this World Cup.
At the end of the game, Lu Wenbin also received the system reward for advancing to the quarterfinals and a single game reward different from that of the group stage.
The system experience rewards for a single World Cup knockout game are 1 million for assists, 2 million for goals, and 4 million for wins.
In this game, Lu Wenbin scored one goal and made one assist, but the game ended in a tie after 120 minutes, so it was not considered a win, and the goal scored in the penalty shootout was not counted as one of the goals.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin only received a 3 million experience reward for one goal and one assist.
Then there is the system task of advancing to the World Cup quarterfinals, and 3 million experience points + 30 skill points.
As a result, Lu Wenbin's system experience rose to level 21, 24.886 million/100 million, and the remaining skill points were 123 points.
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The game was played at noon local time in Brazil, but in China it was midnight.
But the miracle of the Chinese team defeating Brazil and advancing to the World Cup quarterfinals made countless fans so excited that they couldn't sleep and partyed and celebrated all night long.
Tonight, China is sleepless.
Not only in China, but also in the media and fans around the world, the key breaking point was that Lu Wenbin played as a goalkeeper and performed a goalkeeper-level performance.
Including overtime and penalty shootout, Lu Wenbin saved three penalties from the Brazilian team and was the biggest contributor to China's victory over Brazil and advancement to the quarterfinals.
With Lu Wenbin, the Chinese team's upset was not too surprising. But Lu Wenbin being the goalkeeper was indeed a surprise.
Many fans who did not watch the game that night woke up the next morning to see overwhelming news that they could not believe.
What is unbelievable is not that Brazil lost, but that Lu Wenbin became the goalkeeper.
"In the first knockout match of the World Cup, the Chinese team eliminated Brazil in a penalty shootout and advanced to the quarterfinals!"
"Lu Wenbin played as a goalkeeper and performed like a goalkeeper, saving three penalties in a row to send the Brazilian team out!"
"Forward, attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder, goalkeeper, is there anything else Lu Wenbin can't do?"
"From the forward at the front to the goalkeeper at the back, Lu Wenbin showed the world his true all-round ability in both offense and defense!"
Among them, there are naturally many questions about why Lu Wenbin can be a goalkeeper and his goalkeeping skills are so superb.
The Chinese team coach and players revealed in an interview that Lu Wenbin had already started goalkeeping training during the training camp before the start of the World Cup.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin's role as goalkeeper in the match against Brazil was not a temporary decision, but a tactic that the Chinese team had already decided on.
However, this did not solve everyone's doubts about Lu Wenbin's goalkeeping skills, but instead made everyone even more shocked.
Only a dozen days of training to reach this level? It's hard to accept!
When a reporter asked Lu Wenbin, Lu Wenbin said he didn't know why this happened.
He just wanted to give it a try, but who expected that he would make such rapid progress
"Perhaps, my potential in goalkeeping is better than that in attacking?" Lu Wenbin answered the reporter in a way that made people speechless.
Due to the overwhelming news and discussions, not many people paid attention to the second knockout match between Colombia and Uruguay.
Thanks to James Rodriguez's double, Colombia defeated Uruguay 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Moreover, Rodriguez's goal, which he chested the ball and volleyed, was considered by many to be the best goal of this World Cup.
But even so, he couldn't steal the limelight from Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin's news still occupies the main pages of the media and will not be diverted at all because of Rodriguez's good shot.
As the 1/8 finals came to an end, except for the Chinese team which eliminated the host Brazil team with Lu Wenbin's outstanding performance, other strong teams defeated their opponents and advanced to the quarterfinals.
After the last game, the teams that advanced to the quarterfinals were all decided: China, Colombia, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Argentina and Belgium.
The quarter-final matchups are China vs. Colombia, Netherlands vs. Costa Rica, France vs. Germany, and Argentina vs. Belgium.
Among them, the match between France and Germany is the most anticipated heavyweight match by media and fans around the world, and then it will be the match between China and Colombia to see Lu Wenbin's performance.
Lu Wenbin's role as a surprise goalkeeper has lost its effect. The Chinese team coaching staff and Lu Wenbin are discussing whether to let Lu Wenbin start directly as a goalkeeper.
Finally, considering that without Lu Wenbin's deterrent effect, the Chinese team would probably be overwhelmed by their opponents and would not be able to fight back at all.
In that case, even with Lu Wenbin's set-piece, it might not be possible to score a goal.
The opponents may score an accidental goal by bombarding the Chinese team and then defeat China.
Of course, the most important thing is that no one thinks that China has no strength to compete with Colombia.
With Lu Wenbin sitting in the defensive midfield to command the defense and wait for opportunities to counterattack, it is entirely possible for the Chinese team to win the battle by scoring a goal within 120 minutes.
Therefore, after discussion, it was decided to let Lu Wenbin play as a defensive midfielder and try to defeat the opponent with a goal.
If it really goes into overtime or a penalty shootout, Lu Wenbin will be the goalkeeper.