The Chinese team was full of fighting spirit when the second half began.

In the fiftieth minute, Yan Min once again sent a cross from the right, and Gao Lin headed the ball in front of the goal!

However, the goal was ruled offside…

"Gao Lin headers! Goal! Great goal!!! The Chinese team has tied the score!!" Commentator Duan Xin was very excited and couldn't wait to shout before confirming.

A huge cheer also erupted in the stadium.

But soon everyone noticed that something was wrong. After the goal, the referee didn't point to the center circle, but ran to the place where Gao Lin headed the ball and raised his arm—this was the offside gesture.

"Ah? Offside?" Duan Xin was surprised.

Gao Lin, who was running to celebrate, turned around and found that his goal had been disallowed, and waved his fist in dissatisfaction.

However, from the subsequent slow-motion replay, Gao Lin was indeed offside when Yan Min crossed the ball…

There was no problem with this penalty.

"Alas… what a pity." Duan Xin could only shake his head and sigh after watching the replay. "It really was offside…"

"It doesn't matter. Although it was offside, the Chinese team's condition has been very good since the beginning of the second half. As long as they continue to play like this, I believe a goal will come," Zhang Lu said from the side.

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Zhang Lu was right. Although this goal was disallowed due to offside, the morale of the Chinese team's players was not affected. Afterwards, they continued to attack the Chilean goal. Yan Min played a very important role in this. His dribbling breakthroughs made it very difficult for the Chilean players to defend.

The Chilean commentator even gave Yan Min a nickname, calling him "China's Robben." Because he was fast and also good at changing direction, he could cut inside to shoot, and he could also cross from the wing. His technical characteristics were somewhat similar to Robben. However, Yan Min has more hair than Robben…

Just three minutes after Gao Lin's offside goal, in the fifty-third minute, He Ying pulled to the wing to cross, and defensive midfielder Yang Muge suddenly inserted into the penalty area. After receiving He Ying's cross in the center, he shot hard!

The football rolled along the turf towards the near corner of the goal!

"A chance for the Chinese team—!"

In Duan Xin's roar, Chilean goalkeeper Bravo dived to save, pushing the football out with his hand, successfully saving the day!

The Pantanal Arena simultaneously resounded with the sound of Chilean fans breathing a sigh of relief and Chinese fans exclaiming.

Then, in the fifty-seventh minute, Chile tried to launch an attack, but when Sanchez was dribbling the ball in the center circle, he encountered Yang Muge's frontal interception. He wanted to force a breakthrough, but Yang Muge poked the football behind him. At the same time, he couldn't stop and crashed into Yang Muge, and the two fell to the ground at the same time, but the football had been received by He Ying, who had retreated.

He dribbled the ball towards the Chilean penalty area.

Chinese fans in the stands cheered loudly, cheering for him.

Facing the defense of two Chilean defenders, He Ying's dribbling speed was not very fast at first. When he was about to reach the edge of the penalty area, full-back Zhang Linpeng chased up from behind, and then cut inside towards the center.

He Ying suddenly accelerated, trying to dribble the football to the baseline, causing the Chilean defender to also press towards the baseline. This way, Zhang Linpeng was in a good position.

He Ying immediately flicked the football behind him with his heel!

"A wonderful backheel pass! Great ball!"

Zhang Linpeng, who got a great opportunity, swung his right leg and shot hard!

But the football went high and flew out of the baseline…

"Oh—no!" This time Zhang Lu couldn't help but sigh. "Zhang Linpeng wanted to use too much force…"

Zhang Linpeng, who shot high, covered his mouth with both hands, looking very regretful and frustrated.

Zhou Yi on the sidelines clapped his hands vigorously and shouted to his teammates on the field, "It's okay, it's okay! Let's do it again!"

He didn't care whether his teammates could hear his voice or not. At this time, he looked like a coach…

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Of course, the Chilean team was not completely passively beaten.

The Chinese team's fierce attack meant that the Chilean team had a chance to counterattack.

In the sixtieth minute, the Chilean team organized an attack in front of the Chinese team's penalty area. Sanchez suddenly sent a diagonal through ball.

The football diagonally passed through the Chinese team's defense and came behind them. Vargas cleverly moved forward in the left rib of the penalty area and received the ball behind the Chinese team's defense!

Sun Pan abandoned the goal and attacked when Sanchez passed the ball, rushing towards Vargas.

Vargas had no chance to adjust and shoot. He could only poke the ball with his instinct!

The ball was blocked by Sun Pan's foot, but it still stubbornly窜past, rolling towards the goal…

"Look at this ball—" Duan Xin shouted in horror. If this ball goes in again, the Chinese team will be two goals behind again, and the game will be difficult to play. This is definitely a heavier blow to the Chinese team's morale!

Just as the football was about to roll into the goal, Guo Nu rushed to the scene, fell to the ground and turned around to tackle, kicking the football out on the goal line!

"Guo Nu—!" Duan Xin shouted as if Guo Nu had scored a goal. "At the critical moment, Guo Nu kicked the football out! This ball didn't go in!"

But the Chilean players had an opinion. They protested to the referee, believing that the ball had already gone in when Guo Nu cleared the ball.

However, this protest did not affect the referee's judgment, because goal-line technology was also introduced in this World Cup, and FIFA finally caught up with the trend…

After the goal-line technology replay, everyone could clearly see that when Guo Nu cleared the ball, the football did压line, but only about one-fifth was on the line, and the other four-fifths were still outside. According to FIFA rules, the entire football must cross the goal line to count as a goal. Even if there is a trace of projection on the goal line, it cannot be counted.

Not to mention such an obvious no goal.

So the Chilean protest was useless, this ball just didn't go in.

After Sun Pan got up, he saw Guo Nu clear the football off the goal line. This time, he didn't "嘲讽" him, but hugged him tightly to show his gratitude.

"Seeing the moment when Sun Pan hugged Guo Nu was really touching…" Later, a netizen recalled on the Internet what impressed him most about that game. "Everyone is working hard, everyone is拼命. The way this team is united and striving towards the same goal is令人动容. I know that this team's future will be limitless!"

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"Chile has lost a great opportunity to extend their lead…" While China was cheering, the Chilean TV commentator was very sorry. He kept shaking his head on the commentary席. "After encountering the Chinese team's狂轰滥炸, we had the opportunity to end this awkwardness and embarrassment… Now the suspense will continue. We are only one goal ahead, and this is very, very dangerous!"

Sampaoli obviously knew this too, so he made a substitution immediately after the ball didn't go in.

He replaced Vidal with Felipe Gutiérrez.

After being replaced, Vidal angrily threw the towel he used to wipe sweat on the ground. I don't know if he was dissatisfied with Sampaoli for substituting him early, or dissatisfied with his performance in this game.

His performance in this game was indeed lackluster. As Juventus' main midfielder, Vidal has to shoulder more responsibilities in the national team. He is the core midfielder of the Chilean team, capable of both attack and defense. If a Vidal in good condition is combined with Sanchez, it will definitely make the Chinese team even more embarrassed.

But before the World Cup, Vidal suffered from injuries. Due to a meniscus injury in his right knee, he underwent surgery on May 7. At that time, everyone thought that choosing to undergo surgical treatment when there was only a little more than a month before the opening of the World Cup, Vidal would definitely miss the World Cup. Who would have thought that Vidal's recovery was surprisingly fast. He had already started training with the ball in early June. A few days later, in the friendly match against Northern Ireland, he also came on as a substitute and participated in Chile's first goal.

At that time, Chilean fans were excited about this.

But some people were worried about Vidal's eagerness to return. The well-known Chilean newspaper *El Mercurio* interviewed Cugat, who performed the surgery for Vidal. The latter's answer was indeed not optimistic: "If you let Vidal participate in the game before July 7—less than two months after his surgery—then his injury is very likely to recur."

But Vidal was very confident and believed that he could definitely participate in the first World Cup group match against the Chinese team.

Now it seems that he did赶上, but the price he paid was that he was形同梦游. Whether it was the team's attack or defense, he made no contribution. This fully shows that his knee is not as good as he said, and the injury and surgery have affected his performance.

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In the sixty-fifth minute, the Chilean team got a corner kick opportunity.

Sanchez took the corner kick, but it didn't form a goal. The football was directly punched out of the penalty area by Sun Pan with a single fist.

Yang Muge passed the football to Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi passed the football to He Ying next to him before the opponent forced up.

When He Ying received the ball, there were large areas of open space in front of him, and no one was interfering with him. He kicked the football five or six meters away, and then started to accelerate.

In addition to Yan Min, He Ying is also a fast horse on the Chinese team.

Felipe Gutiérrez, the Chilean player who had just been substituted, also accelerated and rushed up to stop He Ying.

But he was at a disadvantage in the speed competition.

When he was about to catch up with He Ying, He Ying kicked the football away again and accelerated to get rid of him. Gutiérrez was afraid of fouling, raised his hands to show his innocence, but his rhythm was disrupted, and after staggering a few steps, he could only望尘莫及to He Ying.

"A counterattack for the Chinese team! He Ying! Beautiful! He used speed to break through Gutiérrez's defense!"

After甩开Gutiérrez, He Ying dribbled the ball towards the center.

At this time, there was only one Chilean central defender in front of him. At the same time, Yan Min插forward at high speed from the other side, keeping pace with him.

He Ying can either dribble the ball himself or pass the ball to Yan Min, which makes it very difficult for the Chilean team to defend. They dare not all come up to扑He Ying, for fear of漏Yan Min.

This greatly reduced He Ying's pressure.

When He Ying dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area line, he slowed down slightly, and then拨the ball horizontally, making a gesture to横向盘带切inside.

He 引the Chilean central defender Medel, who was挡in front of him, to封堵the middle, and as a result, He Ying's left foot磕the football from behind to the right!

At the same time, he changed direction and turned around!

Cutting inside into the penalty area!

He Ying, who had just切inside the penalty area, used his right foot to take the football forward again. At this time, Gutiérrez, who had回追to the penalty area, also下脚and铲towards the football, but he下脚was late and was not able to touch the football, but kicked He Ying's foot…

He Ying was铲倒in the penalty area…

"Eh? Eh!! Penalty! This is a penalty!!" Duan Xin was stunned for a moment at first, and then quickly glanced at the referee, and found that the referee Du Yiming鸣哨and ran towards the penalty area. He still didn't know whether he would judge He Ying for假摔or Gutiérrez for fouling, but he couldn't wait any longer.

Soon, the referee also made a penalty, and he raised his hand and pointed to the penalty spot!

It's a penalty!

The Chinese team got a great opportunity to tie the score in the sixty-fifth minute!