Although Robben created a chance in the first five minutes, and although the Chinese team had a passing error in the first five minutes, almost losing the ball.

But when the Dutch team thought they could replicate the start of the last match between Chile and China, they found that the situation was somewhat different from what they had imagined.

They encountered very tenacious resistance from the Chinese team.

This is mainly reflected in the intensity of the tackles.

There is a statistic that the Netherlands is the country with the highest average height in the world.

Although there were some differences in physique between the two sides, the Chinese team made up for their physical shortcomings with running and fighting spirit, and they bravely made physical contact with the Dutch team.

They almost fought for every ball.

This was something the Dutch team did not expect before the game. They did not expect the Chinese team to be so tough.

In fact, this is what Lippi repeatedly told the players before the game. Against teams like the Netherlands, you must show enough toughness and never be overwhelmed by their momentum. If you are oppressed by their momentum, it will be difficult to turn the tables.

With tenacious and tough defense, the Chinese team created a lot of trouble for the Dutch team's offense.

The Dutch team's offense was difficult to organize and smoothly advance to the front of the Chinese team's goal.

He Ping also praised the Chinese team's performance during this period: "It can be seen that the national team has very seriously summarized the gains, losses, experiences and lessons of the last game. They have obviously strengthened their defensive efforts after the start, and at the same time, everyone quickly entered the game state, and there was no absent-mindedness..."

The tenacious defense allowed the Chinese team not to concede a goal in the first fifteen minutes this time.

Many Chinese fans who were worried that the Chinese team would repeat the same mistakes breathed a sigh of relief.

Moreover, the Chinese team not only defended, but also tried to show something on the offensive end.

In the sixteenth minute, the Chinese team passed the ball to the front of the Dutch team's penalty area, and then Wu Lei crossed from the right. Zheng Zhi then inserted and shot after receiving Wu Lei's cross on the edge of the penalty area!

Dutch central defender De Vrij stretched his leg to block and blocked the ball out of the baseline, giving the Chinese team a corner kick.

However, this corner kick did not threaten the Dutch team's goal, but allowed the Dutch team to launch a quick attack.

Rong Hao, the Chinese team's left back who was chasing back, had to pull down Robben, who was about to speed up on the wing. The referee awarded the Dutch team a free kick and showed Rong Hao a yellow card, which was also the first yellow card for the Chinese team in this World Cup.

"Rong Hao had no choice. Robben's speed was about to pick up. If he didn't foul, Robben might have directly dribbled the ball into the penalty area..." He Ping shook his head and said.

Then Robben took the free kick on the wing and sent the ball to the front of the goal. Van Persie rushed to the front and headed the goal before Guo Nu!

However, the ball failed to break through Sun Pan's fingers. He headed it too straight and was caught by Sun Pan.

In fact, the difficulty of saving this ball was very low, but Sun Pan still hugged the ball and lay on the ground, staying for two more seconds. He was delaying the game time by all possible means. The Chinese team's goal in this game was to at least force a draw with the Dutch team. Now the score is 0:0, of course he wants to speed up the game time as much as possible...

Just when the Chinese fans were happy with the national team's defense, in the twentieth minute, the Chinese team made a long pass from the backcourt to try to send the ball forward to find He Ying. However, Dutch central defender Blind took the position and then jumped up and headed the ball back.

Robben received the ball in the center circle and accelerated forward.

Relying on his speed advantage, he quickly broke through Feng Xiaoting and ran towards the Chinese team's penalty area!

"Robben! It's Robben again! He's so fast! Many Chinese team players are chasing closely behind him, but they can't catch up!" He Ping exclaimed.

At this time, Guo Nu, who was dragging behind, was originally guarding Van Persie, but now he certainly couldn't care about Van Persie anymore. He abandoned the Dutch striker and rushed towards Robben.

Facing the rushing Guo Nu, Robben slightly moved the ball to the left, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and then shot without adjusting!

Guo Nu threw his whole body out and stretched his foot to block Robben's shot.

His foot did touch the ball, but he didn't block the ball out of the baseline. The ball hit his foot and changed direction, continuing to fly towards the goal!

Sun Pan originally planned to save the near corner - Robben also shot at the near corner.

But the ball was touched by Guo Nu, and then flew towards the far corner miraculously!

Sun Pan, who had already fallen towards the near corner, could only kick his foot towards the ball, hoping to block the ball out with his foot.

As a result, the ball became more tricky after being touched by Guo Nu, and he failed to touch the ball.

The ball finally flew into the goal from the far corner...

In the twentieth minute, the Chinese team fell behind!

"Alas!" He Ping sighed heavily. "Still conceded a goal! This goal is the ultimate embodiment of Robben's personal ability. His speed and dribbling rhythm are too good. After the final shot was blocked by Guo Nu, it hit a blind spot. Even Sun Pan was powerless... A perfectly performing opponent plus bad luck, it's frustrating for the Chinese team to concede this goal..."

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Robben, who scored the goal, spread his arms and ran to the corner flag area to celebrate the goal.

Behind him, Guo Nu and Sun Pan were both lying on the ground, not getting up.

Guo Nu covered his face with his hands. He knew that he had touched the ball and changed its direction. If he hadn't touched it, Sun Pan might have saved it...

In this game, if you want to maximize the hope of forcing a draw with the Netherlands, the first thing is not to concede a goal.

But now, only twenty minutes into the game, they have conceded a goal, only nine minutes later than the last game...

Guo Nu slowly got up from the ground and saw Sun Pan, who was also slowly standing up. His mouth wriggled, and he decided to apologize to Sun Pan. He was the one who caused Sun Pan to concede goals in two consecutive games. And didn't Sun Pan swear before the game that he wouldn't concede a goal?

So he murmured, "That... sorry..."

Unexpectedly, Sun Pan waved his hand, seemingly not angry because of conceding the goal: "It's okay, at least it's nine minutes later than the last game, it's an improvement."

Then he clapped his palms hard and shouted to his teammates: "It's just one goal, it's no big deal! We'll just equalize!"

Then he pointed to He Ying: "Old He, aren't you very awesome? Now is the time to test you! Show some real skills!"

He Ying curled his lips and did not respond to Sun Pan. He turned around and strode towards the center circle.

And Sun Pan was still roaring behind him: "Everyone, cheer up! Kill the Netherlands! What are you afraid of? Don't be cowardly! Just do it! Just fight! Fight them to the death! Damn it!!"

He waved his fist, as if he really wanted to rush out and have a fight with the Dutch team...

His roar echoed in the ears of every Chinese player, and every Chinese team player who heard his roar couldn't help clenching his fists and gritting his teeth.

We will concede defeat if we concede a goal first in two consecutive games?

No!

As Sun Pan said, what else is there to worry about at this point? Just go head-to-head!

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When the Dutch team players ran back to their half surrounded by Robben, they were still immersed in the joy of taking the lead.

They didn't notice the expressions on the faces of those Chinese players next to them at all.

They didn't have the pain and frustration after conceding a goal. On the contrary, there was a fire in their eyes, eager to burn everything they saw.

They were already standing in their positions, waiting for the Dutch team to come back, and the game could start again.

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When the game restarted, He Ping was still discussing the goal they just conceded with Gong Lei. In their opinion, the Chinese team's luck was really too bad. If Guo Nu hadn't blocked it, Robben might not have been able to score...

"That's how football games are..." Finally, "football poet" He Ping sighed and said with emotion. "Not every moment that changes fate will be accompanied by lightning and thunder and background music. Sometimes, unintentionally, an accident may change the course of fate... Before this goal was conceded, everyone was happy with the Chinese team's performance in this game. No one would have thought that the goal would come so quickly... It's like a slap in the face, hitting everyone in the face..."

In his poetic and philosophical narrative, the Chinese team had already passed the ball across the midfield after a series of passes.

Zheng Zhi took the ball in the midfield, slightly to the right.

The Dutch players did not immediately come up to press him. They seemed to be still immersed in the joy of just scoring a goal, and they had not recovered. They did not take the Chinese team captain in front of them seriously.

Zheng Zhi looked up at the situation in front of him, and then suddenly kicked a long pass!

The ball flew over half the field and flew to the left rib of the Dutch team's penalty area.

Because the height was too high, the central defenders in the penalty area of the Dutch team could not jump up to clear the ball. They could only follow the ball back.

That place was far from the goal, and the angle was a bit biased. It was not a place that could directly threaten the goal. The Dutch defenders didn't take it too seriously.

But when their central defender, No. 3 De Vrij, turned around, he saw He Ying of the Chinese team swinging his left foot while running!

Looking at this posture, he is not going to stop the ball, but to shoot directly!

While running to the outside, He Ying swung his left foot and hit the ball!

He didn't use much force, and even reduced his force a little when he hit the ball.

After the ball was hit by him, it drew an arc and flew towards the goal.

Next to He Ying, De Vrij, who was closest to him, didn't even have time to make any blocking movements in the face of this sudden shot. He just turned around reflexively, seemingly wanting to use his body to block the shot.

But how is that possible?

Dutch goalkeeper Cillessen soared into the air, raised his arms, trying to block the shot, but his speed was still a bit slow. The ball had already passed through his body and flew behind him, then hit the lower edge of the crossbar, bounced to the ground, and when it bounced up again, it was blocked by the top of the net...

"Eh? Eh!!! Beautiful!!" He Ping, who was still writing and sighing about the impermanence of fate just now, suddenly roared, because he had no warning, and his throat had no chance to warm up, so he roared hoarsely. "Beautiful!! Beautiful!! He Ying!!! A world-class goal!!! A brilliant goal!! A key goal! The Chinese team only used one minute to equalize the score!!"

Gong Lei was also very excited: "Good ball! Good ball! He Ying's shot is really beautiful! It's not easy to be able to hit the goal frame with such a difficult direct shot! He pressed the ball, controlled the strength well... Although the angle is not exactly the same, this ball really reminds me of Van Basten's wonder goal in the 1988 European Cup! Amazing!"

The atmosphere of the Stadio San Nicola was ignited by He Ying's wonderful volley.

Chinese fans cheered, and even many neutral Brazilian fans were cheering and applauding for He Ying's beautiful shot.

Brazilian fans admire attacking football and like beautiful football. He Ying's beautiful goal has won the love and support of many Brazilian fans for the Chinese team.

After scoring the goal, He Ying turned around and ran to his teammates, calling everyone to come up and celebrate the goal.

And Sun Pan also ran up with open arms and participated in the collective celebration.

All the players of the Chinese team gathered together, and no one was separated.

When they encounter difficulties, they unite and share weal and woe.

At the end of the celebration, He Ying pointed to Sun Pan, which was a response to Sun Pan's words just now.

Sun Pan smiled and said, "Without my aggressive tactics, could you have scored such a beautiful world-class goal? You have to thank me!"

He Ying slapped Sun Pan hard on the back: "Thank you!"

Sun Pan ran back to his goal, grinning in pain...

The Chinese team players who saw this scene laughed.