After both He Ying and Wu Lei missed Yan Min's cross, Spain launched an offensive in the thirty-eighth minute.

Iniesta suddenly delivered a through ball in midfield, and the football pierced through the gap on the left side of the Chinese team's defense. Juanfran quickly moved forward, using his speed to rush behind Rong Hao, the Chinese team's left back!

"Iniesta's beautiful through ball completely disrupted the Chinese team's defense!" the Spanish TV commentator exclaimed excitedly.

Juanfran caught up with the football behind Rong Hao and dribbled towards the baseline. Rong Hao desperately chased back, trying to make up for his mistake.

Juanfran didn't wait for Rong Hao to catch up. When he was about to reach the baseline, he swept the football towards the goal!

At this time, the Chinese team's defense had not yet reformed an effective defense due to the sudden change just now. The two center backs had not yet returned to their positions. Only Zhang Linpeng, the right back who had cut back, was in front of the goal, and he was still some distance away from the Spanish striker Villa, who had moved forward to the goal. Villa could be said to be completely unmarked!

Facing Juanfran's pass, Villa ran a little too far, but this did not prevent him from shooting. He made an unexpected shooting motion facing the ball—as the football passed between his legs, his right foot tapped inward! He knocked the football towards the goal, which was close at hand!

This was a very sudden and concealed shot. As long as it could hit the frame, it would be a great threat to any goalkeeper, and the goal rate would be very, very high.

But this time, standing in front of the Chinese team's goal was Sun Pan!

He had already lowered his center of gravity and spread his hands when Juanfran passed the ball.

Then, the moment Villa received the ball, he noticed his movement.

It wasn't a regular leg-swinging shot.

Sun Pan's mind immediately flashed the shooting method Villa might use—a backheel shot!

This kind of backheel shot usually goes towards the far corner of the goal.

So before Villa even touched the ball, Sun Pan immediately fell to the ground and pounced towards the far corner, and then the football was knocked over by Villa...

The football really rolled towards the far corner, but because Sun Pan made the correct judgment in advance, his right hand just pushed the rolling football out!

The football that Sun Pan pushed out happened to land next to Zhang Linpeng. He didn't have time to think about anything at the time, turned around and kicked the football out!

"Sun Pan! Sun Pan!!" At this time, Liu Jianhong dared to cheer for Sun Pan loudly. "He just made an incredible save! He blocked Villa's very hidden shot! Sun Pan made the first key save of the game!"

"Juanfran passes, Villa rushes to shoot!!! Sun Pan! Oh no! Sun Pan!" This time, even the Spanish commentators had to be impressed by Sun Pan's performance... Even though he was very, very disappointed. "When the Chinese team's defense has been broken through, there is still one person who is an insurmountable wall! The Spanish national team players must be familiar with this Chinese goalkeeper who played for Atlético Madrid for two seasons. He has performed similar wonderful saves many times at Atlético Madrid! At that time, he guarded Atlético Madrid's goal, and now... he blocked Atlético Madrid striker Villa's wonderful backheel shot!"

The TV close-up lens stuck to Sun Pan. After he got up from the ground, he saw the football being cleared and patted the national flag on his chest vigorously.

Rong Hao, who had returned to defense, rushed up and hugged Sun Pan tightly, thanking him for his wonderful save just now.

If Sun Pan hadn't blocked this ball, then Rong Hao would definitely be the main person responsible for the goal, because he easily allowed Iniesta's pass to penetrate, and he also failed to stop Juanfran's cross.

Sun Pan waved his hand at him: "Piece of cake."

While the Chinese team was cheering and celebrating Sun Pan's wonderful save, on the Spanish side, Villa held his head in his hands, unable to believe his eyes. When he saw Sun Pan blocking the angle in front, he thought about hitting the far corner. The position he was in at the time could only choose to hit the far corner with his heel. Although this was very difficult, it was well-hidden and unexpected. At this distance, it was almost impossible for the goalkeeper to react...

But as a result, Sun Pan reacted and扑ed his shot out!

This reaction was completely beyond Villa's expectations.

Although Villa was an Atlético Madrid player, he had never been teammates with Sun Pan. He only transferred to Atlético Madrid in the 2013-2014 season, and Sun Pan had already returned to Chelsea at that time.

If he and Sun Pan had both played for Atlético Madrid at the same time, maybe he wouldn't be so surprised...

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Villa's failure to score this goal not only surprised Villa, but also had a slightly negative impact on the morale of the Spanish players.

Before seeing Villa shoot, many Spanish players raised their hands, waiting to cheer and celebrate.

Unexpectedly, this shot was saved by Sun Pan.

Those Spanish internationals who played in La Liga immediately thought of their experience when facing Atlético Madrid in the league.

In front of him, Sun Pan, who was 1.9 meters tall, was truly a moving Great Wall, difficult to overcome and break through.

On the Spanish bench, there were still players discussing Sun Pan's save just now, their faces full of disbelief.

Bosque frowned. He was also ready to cheer just now, but fortunately he was more稳重 than his players and didn't raise his hand...

Now he felt sorry that the ball didn't go in, and even more uneasy. Villa's shot was very beautiful, but if it didn't go in, would it have a certain impact on the confidence of his players?

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Bosque's worries were justified. When the game restarted, the Spanish players were obviously a little distracted. They were clearly affected by Villa's missed goal, and mistakes began to increase.

Zhou Yi of course keenly noticed this situation and knew what was going on. He realized that this was a good opportunity for the Chinese team. If they could increase the pressure, maybe they could make the Spanish chaos last longer, so that the Chinese team could take advantage of it...

So he increased the forward passes and accelerated the speed of passing and receiving, so as to drive the entire Chinese team to launch an attack on the Spanish goal at this rhythm.

This change in the Chinese team did make the Spanish team very uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Bosque immediately made adjustments, requiring the Spanish team to retreat to defend first and avoid conceding the ball.

Now there were only five or six minutes left in the first half. Bosque was worried that the team would concede a goal when the military's morale was unstable, which would be adding insult to injury.

So of course he wanted the players to take back the defense.

First defend through the first half, and then make corresponding adjustments during the halftime break based on the situation in the first half.

Whether the Spanish players were willing or not, they could only follow the coach's request and retreat to defend.

Spain retreated, and the Chinese team naturally attacked.

Zhou Yi distributed the football to the left wing. After Yan Min got the ball, he feigned a cross to the bottom line, but suddenly changed direction and cut inside, catching the Spanish defender Juanfran, who was defending him, off guard. Yan Min, who was cutting inside along the edge of the penalty area, did not pass the ball again, but swung his foot to shoot.

The inside of his right foot搓d the football into an arc, and the football went straight to the far corner of the goal!

"Yan Min shoots—!" Liu Jianhong shouted excitedly, looking forward to seeing a world-class goal.

Reina jumped up. Although he stretched his arms as long as possible, he still didn't touch the football.

The Chinese fans behind the Spanish goal couldn't wait to jump up from their seats, ready to cheer for the goal.

But in the next second, the football flew out of the baseline from outside the intersection of the goal and the crossbar!

"Yan Min's shot... Oh! It's a little off! It's just a little off!" Liu Jianhong shouted regretfully.

"It's dangerous! Yan Min's shot was off, and the Spanish team escaped a disaster!" the Spanish TV commentator exclaimed. "Juanfran seemed to be a little struggling when defending Yan Min... He can't deal with the fast, flexible and agile Yan Min..."

Seeing that his shot was actually off, Yan Min held his head in his hands and knelt on the ground. His disappointment could not be better expressed, and his movements were not exaggerated at all.

"Yan Min missed a great opportunity to take the lead... It's already the fortieth minute of the first half, and the score between the Chinese team and the Spanish team is still 0:0. The deadlock has not been broken. On the other side, the match between the Netherlands and Chile is also still 0:0. If it ends with this score, the Netherlands and Chile will join hands to qualify, and the Chinese team will be eliminated..." Liu Jianhong said. "There are still fifty minutes left for the Chinese team..."

At this time, of course he couldn't say the famous saying "There is not much time left for the Chinese team", but he still had some faint worries in his heart.