Everyone thought that He Ying's missed breakaway was a heavy blow to China's morale.

On the Japanese side, there was a feeling that those who survive a great disaster are bound to have good fortune later. Many Japanese fans even breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that if the Chinese team couldn't score such a good opportunity, they probably wouldn't be able to score in this game anymore.

Chinese fans were pounding their chests and stamping their feet because He Ying didn't score. Some emotionally excited fans even scolded He Ying for wasting the opportunity.

However, Zhou Yi didn't think so. Some people would see regret and disappointment in this ball being missed, but he saw the loopholes in the Japanese team's defense. As long as they could organize attacks in the frontcourt, the Japanese team's defense would have many problems.

After the game restarted, while everyone was still feeling frustrated that He Ying didn't score, Zhou Yi was already looking for the next opportunity.

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Honda Keisuke was also looking for opportunities, or rather, looking for opportunities to defeat Yang Muge.

In the seventieth minute, the Japanese team once again had an opportunity to attack. Hasebe Makoto passed the ball to Kagawa Shinji. Kagawa Shinji moved towards the center, but was met by Yang Muge, so he passed the ball to forward Okazaki Shinji, who came up to meet him.

Okazaki Shinji pulled out of the penalty area to receive the ball. Li Fengwei was pressing him from behind, so he couldn't turn around and could only pass the ball back again. This time he didn't pass to Kagawa Shinji, but to Honda Keisuke, who came up.

After Honda Keisuke received the ball, Yang Muge stood in front of him.

Seeing Yang Muge's expressionless, indifferent face, Honda Keisuke was filled with anger—it seemed like the other party could defend him effortlessly, which the proud Honda Keisuke couldn't tolerate.

He dribbled the ball towards Yang Muge.

Zhou Yi didn't come up to help, he was paying attention to Kagawa Shinji.

Yang Muge didn't meet him, but slowly retreated.

But the distance between the two was quickly reduced to zero in Honda Keisuke's aggressive breakthrough.

The two met less than five meters from the edge of the penalty area.

Honda Keisuke made a move to shift the center to the wing, and Yang Muge followed.

But Honda Keisuke immediately used his right foot to buckle the ball towards the center, a change of direction!

But Yang Muge's reaction was also very quick, almost synchronized with the turn, so after Honda Keisuke buckled the ball, he found that Yang Muge was still in front of him...

For a moment, Honda Keisuke even thought that he hadn't successfully buckled the ball, otherwise why was Yang Muge, who was originally going to the wing, still in front of him?

Seeing that Honda Keisuke seemed a little distracted, Yang Muge immediately stabbed his foot at the ball. Honda Keisuke's reaction was also quick enough. His brain may not have turned around yet, but his body had already made a move, quickly pulling the ball back and turning around at the same time, dodging Yang Muge's kick, and also protecting the ball with his body, separating the ball from Yang Muge so that he couldn't continue to steal the ball.

But there was also a problem... His conditioned reflex turn made him face away from the direction of attack... If he wanted to advance further, he would have to start all over again.

Seeing that Honda Keisuke had encountered resistance on Yang Muge's side, Kagawa Shinji quickly ran towards Honda Keisuke, intending to meet him.

Zhou Yi ran over with Kagawa Shinji.

Honda Keisuke didn't know if he didn't see Kagawa Shinji, or if he saw him but still wanted to play Yang Muge one-on-one. In short, he didn't pass the ball, but after making a feint to pass the ball, he suddenly turned around!

The movement was very agile, and the control of the ball under his feet was also very good. The outside of his foot was almost stuck to the ball when he turned around synchronously.

But he was facing Yang Muge, the tenacious player that even Zhou Yi felt strained against.

At the same time as he turned around with the ball, Yang Muge's foot was placed in front of the ball. When he flicked the ball, he flicked it onto Yang Muge's foot. His heel hit it, and the two kicked against each other. Honda Keisuke only felt as if he had kicked a piece of iron plate deeply rooted in the ground. The iron plate didn't move at all.

At the same time, his body continued to turn backward under the action of inertia. So, with the force of his upper body forward and the reaction force of his feet backward working together, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The ball also fell to Yang Muge's feet.

When he fell, he shouted and raised his hands to the referee, hoping to make the referee realize that Yang Muge had fouled.

He believed that Yang Muge must have made some small movements with his hands, otherwise why would he fall so decisively?

But the referee didn't say anything.

"Honda Keisuke tried to turn around! But the ball was intercepted! He fell to the ground, Yang Muge didn't foul!"

As soon as Yang Muge intercepted the ball, Kagawa Shinji rushed up to counter-press on the spot, but Yang Muge's movements were faster than him. He immediately poked the ball forward with his toe. Kagawa Shinji didn't block it. When he looked back, Zhou Yi had received the ball!

Zhou Yi was originally following Kagawa Shinji, but when he saw Honda Keisuke was going to turn around with the ball himself, he immediately made an emergency stop and then went diagonally forward, pulling out an angle. He knew that Honda Keisuke had made the stupidest choice, and that Yang Muge would be able to hold the ball without any accident. So, at this time, Zhou Yi was no longer thinking about how to prevent the Japanese team from attacking.

While everyone was still in a defensive state, he was already considering how to use this interception to launch a counterattack against the Japanese team. He always thought more and took the next step than the average player.

Sure enough, as soon as he pulled out the angle, Yang Muge poked the ball out. If he hadn't pulled out the angle in advance, it might not have been easy for Yang Muge to pass the ball to him in the face of Kagawa Shinji's pounce...

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"Good ball! Zhou Yi received the ball!" Liu Hong shouted.

As soon as Zhou Yi received the ball from Yang Muge, he didn't even raise his head before he immediately passed the ball out again. This time he distributed the ball to the wing, where Hao Junmin was receiving the ball.

After passing the ball, he dodged Hasebe Makoto, who was pressing up, and accelerated forward.

Because Hasebe Makoto, who rushed up, failed to slow down the Chinese team's attacking speed, the Japanese team was now in an unfavorable situation. They couldn't patiently organize their defense and could only respond hastily.

Endo Yasuhito was forced to run to the wing to block Hao Junmin, while Hasebe Makoto could only desperately chase back. Kagawa Shinji was also chasing back.

On the Chinese side, Hao Junmin dribbled the ball towards the Japanese team's penalty area. Zhou Yi was running forward, Gao Lin and He Ying were also moving, and Yu Hanchao, the winger on the other side, was leaning towards the inside, while the open space on the wing that he pulled out was left for Sun Xiang, the left back who was advancing at high speed. At the same time, Zhang Linpeng, the right back, was also chasing after Hao Junmin. The Chinese team instantly formed a three-dimensional and layered offensive.

Endo Yasuhito blocked Hao Junmin before he entered the thirty-meter area, but the gap in the Japanese team's midfield was huge. At this time, the center back needed to step out decisively.

Yoshida Maya made a gesture to his center back partner Inoha Masahiko, telling him to stay behind, and quickly pounced out.

There was no time to hesitate at this time. He couldn't consider what to do about the gap after he went up.

But just as Yoshida Maya rushed out, Hao Junmin also passed the ball out, and passed it to... He Ying!

He Ying had run into the gap behind Yoshida Maya at some unknown time!

No one noticed when he ran over.

But he appeared in the most critical place.

Yoshida Maya almost had his soul scared out of him when he turned around and saw this scene—although He Ying's condition was average today, and he had wasted a one-on-one chance, who could guarantee that he wouldn't score in an unguarded situation? It would be a terrible injustice to lose the ball for this reason.

So he quickly turned around and pounced back.

At the same time, He Ying received the ball sent by Hao Junmin in the penalty area.

"He Ying!" Liu Hong was worried in his heart when he shouted this sentence, for fear that He Ying would miss another opportunity. The Chinese team didn't have many such good opportunities in this game!

The Chinese fans were also nervous, and many were worried that He Ying would repeat the same mistake.

Moreover, He Ying didn't shoot immediately after stopping the ball, but controlled it for a moment. It was this moment that allowed the Japanese defenders to react and pounce from different directions.

"Oh no, too slow..." Liu Hong and the Chinese fans had the same thought—He Ying should have shot directly!

"It's over..." This was the Chinese fans' thought.

But just when everyone thought so, He Ying, who was holding the ball in the penalty area and facing encirclement, suddenly sent the ball horizontally.

The ball rolled past Yoshida Maya and Inoha Masahiko, and rolled to the front of the penalty spot.

Gao Lin was still far away, he couldn't receive this ball.

Then who did He Ying pass this ball to?

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a red figure rushed into the penalty area and swung his right leg at the ball rolling on the grass...

"Zhou Yi—!"

In Liu Hong's drawn-out roar, Zhou Yi's straightened right instep hit the upper middle part of the ball. The ball flew along the grass towards the lower right corner of the goal at high speed.

Inoha Masahiko watched the ball fly towards him and wanted to reach out his foot to block it, but the ball went through his legs, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground again.

All the Japanese players' eyes were attracted by the ball, and they all turned their heads to stare at the ball. Now Kawashima Eiji was their last line of defense, they could only rely on him.

But Kawashima Eiji was swayed by Inoha Masahiko. In addition, Zhou Yi's shot was sudden and tricky. Although he jumped and fell to the ground, he couldn't touch the ball!

The ball brushed past his fingertips and then crashed into the inside of the right post and bounced into the goal...

The ball went in!