The atmosphere in the China team's locker room was solemn, and Ali Khan assigned the tasks for the second half with a powerful voice.
Qin Xiong listened calmly, but in fact, he was lost in thought.
Because through his observation and understanding of the situation on the field, he knew that Ali Khan's adjustments were meaningless.
Ali Khan urged the other players on the field, including the striker Li Jinyu, to work hard to create opportunities for Qin Xiong to become the core of the offense and serve around him.
But what was the point?
Mexico did not care what the other players in the China team did. They were blocking Qin Xiong from beginning to end.
On the contrary, at this time, if the China team could have a player who could threaten the Mexican goal to stand up, it would liberate Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong suddenly had an absurd thought: Ali Khan must have never heard of the story of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao.
Now, the more the offense was focused on Qin Xiong, the more it might be what Mexico wanted.
But Qin Xiong really could not refute the manager at this time. It would cause internal chaos. The more unfavorable the situation, the more unity they needed.
Moreover, he could only refute. Before he could come up with a better plan, any refutation would only provoke meaningless disputes and chaos.
Back on the field in the second half, the only change Qin Xiong could make was: Since his teammates were attacking around him, he could be more willful!
Force a breakthrough!
Even if the breakthrough was unsuccessful, he had to make the opponent commit a foul.
Then he could change the situation on the field through a set piece.
In the 48th minute of the game, Qin Xiong received Liu Yi's direct pass from the backfield. With his back to Pardo, he faced Fonseca, who was returning to defend, and with Pérez on the right to assist in the defense, he directly kicked the ball in Pérez's direction.
His dribbling change surprised the Mexican players who were surrounding him.
It was obvious that the space on the other side was larger, but Qin Xiong kicked the ball to an area with narrower space, which looked like an extremely unwise choice.
But just after he kicked the ball, Fonseca, Pardo, and Pérez wanted to tighten the encirclement, but Qin Xiong suddenly knocked the ball back behind him.
After he made the change to get rid of the ball, the three players suddenly realized.
As expected!
Qin Xiong knew that there was a tiger in the mountain, but he still insisted on going to the mountain. He was just playing a trick.
He still wanted to break through by dribbling in a more open area.
When Pineda and the defensive midfielder Toledo were sandwiched in front to defend, Qin Xiong suddenly sped up and took big strides to dribble the ball. The football rolled between the two players, but Qin Xiong circled around Pineda and advanced rapidly.
Just as he broke through the Mexican midfield defensive line and wanted to regain control of the ball, Marcos took the opportunity to rush up and steal the ball before Qin Xiong could because the price of breaking through the opponent was to take big strides to the ball!
When Marcos controlled the ball, he moved to the side. When Qin Xiong stretched out his leg to control the ball, he was slower by a beat. Instead, his leg kicked Marcos' leg, causing Marcos to stagger two steps and fall to the ground.
The referee whistled to signal that Qin Xiong had committed a foul. Qin Xiong immediately admitted his mistake. He walked to Marcos' side and reached out to pull the ball up. Marcos looked indifferent and was not angry because he had won!
Qin Xiong struggled to fight alone, but he still could not break through this cage!
He and his teammates were not on the same pace at all.
It was not that he did not want to accommodate his teammates to unify the pace.
But if he synchronized with his teammates, then the speed of the China team's attack would obviously slow down.
He could only attack the Mexican defensive line at a faster pace. Otherwise, it would be equivalent to taking the initiative to delay the speed of the attack. Then he would not just be a beast trapped in a cage, but would have to face thousands of soldiers and horses. The Mexican team would have more players who attacked in the front field come back to form a tight defensive line.
In the 53rd minute of the game, Qin Xiong was pushed to the ground by Pardo when he rode his bicycle in front of Pardo. The referee gave the China team a direct free kick in the front field.
Qin Xiong came to take the free kick. Although his direct shot hit the goalpost, because of the distance and the angle was not very good, it was directly confiscated by the goalkeeper.
Five minutes later, the Mexican team launched a quick attack from the left side. Pineda did not go down the sideline and directly raised his leg at a 45-degree angle to cross. As the previous goal was scored by Fonseca following up from the middle to the penalty area line, Liu Yi did not withdraw thoroughly this time, fearing that the Mexican team would repeat the same trick. But he did not expect Pineda to pass the ball to the front of the goal. After the striker Borgetti rushed past Zheng Zhi's side, his header gently brushed past Zheng Zhi and slightly changed the trajectory of the football's flight. The entire audience saw the football hanging behind the goal. Liu Yunfei's raised hand could not touch the football because the distance was too close.
"The Mexican team has scored the second goal! The China team suffered another heavy blow in the second half. This is really an unexpected huge blow. The Mexican team now leads the China team by 2: 0!
Although the average height of the Mexican team is not as high as that of the China team, the two players on the offensive side, Borgetti and Franco, are both more than 1.8 meters tall, and Fonseca is also more than 1.8 meters tall. They did not show any strong means in the attack. They just relied on the passing tactics from the sidelines to make it difficult for the China team to parry. From this point of view, the shortcomings of the China team are still very obvious. "
Many China fans in the stands were disappointed and frustrated. They did not expect the China team's first performance in this World Cup would be so terrible.
Perhaps in the eyes of the fans, Qin Xiong was still a very independent player because he began to frequently dribble and break through in the second half of the game, but was unable to create good opportunities for the team and create a threat to the opponent.
It was not that Qin Xiong was selfish, but that he had no choice. He could only rely on himself to break through. The passing coordination could be played, but the failure rate was very high. After all, the teammates around him, whether in terms of passing ability, awareness, or vision, were not enough to play consistently and efficiently in this level of game.
In the eyes of other fans, Qin Xiong was very hardworking. He constantly broke through to create pressure on the Mexican team. The opponent also began to frequently target fouls and strengthen the confrontation.
Qin Xiong was the player who was fouled the most on the field. In the 66th minute of the game, he left both Pardo and Perez with yellow cards.
After getting the sixth direct free kick in the front field, Qin Xiong suddenly tried a straight pass. The first five direct shots could not break the Mexican team's goal. His sudden straight pass was actually very unexpected.
However, Li Jinyu obviously saw the direction of the rolling football before he started.
This was obviously slow. Salcido left the human wall first to block Li Jinyu's running position, and then successfully let Qin Xiong's straight pass roll out of the end line.
Li Jinyu turned back to Qin Xiong and raised his hand to apologize.
Qin Xiong could only turn and walk toward the midfield. As the captain, he could not complain and could only tolerate his teammates.
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