Football Feast, Starting From the Acquisition of European Clubs - Chapter 464

Chapter 464 Will history repeat itself?

The referee quickly ran to the place of the foul, showed a yellow card to Chilean right-back Isla, who tackled Neymar, and awarded Brazil a direct free kick.

The position of this free kick is a little outside the upper right corner of the Chilean team’s penalty area. The distance is a bit far and the angle is small. It is not a good place to shoot directly.

Neymar’s previous free kicks were not good at strength. Most of the starting points were within 30 meters. Now this free kick is at least 35 meters away from the goal, which makes Neymar hesitate a bit.

Hulk, who has always been known for his powerful free kicks, moved over at this time, obviously wanting to take the free kick.

By the court, Chen Ran, who saw this scene, immediately called Alves who was closest to him.

“Dani, hurry up and tell Neymar that this free kick will be taken by him, hit the goal directly, don’t hesitate.”

“Okay, boss.”

Soon, Alves passed Chen Ran’s order to Neymar, and Hulk next to him had no choice but to touch his nose and walk away.

Carefully arrange the ball, measure the steps back.

After standing still, Neymar took a deep breath.

Since the boss trusts me so much, then I will go all out and fight.

Looking up at the goal of the Chilean team, Neymar started to run up and swing his legs.

“boom!”

The ball drew a huge arc and flew to the far corner of Chile’s goal.

Normally speaking, for a free kick in such a biased position, most players who take the penalty will choose to hit the near corner.

Chile’s goalkeeper Bravo thinks so too, so he stands closer to the near post. .

But Neymar’s unconventional choice suddenly caught Bravo by surprise. By the time Bravo realized that the situation was not good and hurried back to the back post, it was already too late.

Bravo stepped back while reaching for the ball, trying to lift the ball off the crossbar. But he was still a step too slow, and the ball flew into the net between his hand and the crossbar.

“GOAL!!!”

Relying on Neymar’s free kick to the world wave, the Brazil team finally broke the deadlock and led Chile 1:0.

“This free kick is a bit like the free kick that Ronaldinho scored in England in the 2002 World Cup.”

“It’s quite similar, except that one is on the right and the other is on the left. This goalkeeper is probably the same as Seaman, and will become the background board and be played repeatedly in the future.”

“From Ronaldo to Ronaldinho, then to Kaka, and now there is another Neymar, the stars of the Brazilian team are really emerging in endlessly.”

“Didn’t you pay attention to it? This free kick was originally intended by Hulk, or Chen Ran asked Alves to run over and say something, and finally it was replaced by Neymar.”

“I saw it too. The free kick is remote and far away. Neymar seldom kicked such a far free kick before. I guess it was after Chen Ran gave a special explanation that he made up his mind to hit the goal directly.”

“Good guy, Chen Ranyou, are you so clever? Don’t you just make up your own brains here?”

“Hehe, the one upstairs looks like a newcomer. You can look for Modric’s free kick collection. Some of the **** in it are in the same positions as today. Modric didn’t have confidence at first, but Chen Ran specifically confessed to him. He chose to hit the goal directly, which Modric himself admitted in an interview.”

As soon as Neymar scored a goal, the head coach of the Chilean team, Sampaoli, had a hard time.

He now has to face the same predicament as Mexico coach Herrera before, but it is even more difficult.

This is a knockout match, and losing means that Chile’s journey to this World Cup is over, and he has no choice.

In desperation, Sampaoli had no choice but to turn around and look at the bench.

In fact, the most powerful players of the Chilean team have been sent to the field, and the remaining substitute players are of average ability.

But at this time, Sampaoli can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor. He replaced the central defender Silva with substitute forward Pinilla, changing the team’s formation from 532 to 433.

On the Brazilian side, after scoring the goal, the team was relieved from top to bottom.

After seeing the Chilean team’s substitutions and adjustments, Chen Ran immediately called Casemiro and Oscar from the bench. After a brief warm-up, he called them to his side.

“Carlos, after you play, you still form a three midfielder with Fernandinho and Ramirez, understand?”

“Okay, boss.”

“Oscar, you will play as a midfielder after replacing Hulk. Tell Neymar and Diego Costa to let them play forward together in front, understand?”

“Understood, boss.”

Soon, Chen Ran replaced Kaka and Hulk with Oscar and Casemiro.

Everyone can see that when the Chilean team changed the formation from 532 to 433 to attack, the Brazilian team immediately changed the formation from 4213 to 4312.

“Hahahaha, ‘Chicken Thief’ is ‘Chicken Thief’, this formation changed really fast enough.”

“That is, the on-the-spot adaptability of the world’s top coaches is no joke.”

“There is nothing to say about the adaptability, but it’s a bit too rough.”

“Hehe, ‘gou’ is not ashamed, it’s only when you lose.”

“That’s right, ‘Gou’ is popular these days, and Gou has everything you need in the end.”

“That is, as long as you can win the championship trophy, who will remember the game process?”

After Sampaoli added a striker to the field, the Chilean team’s offense did improve.

But with the appearance of Casemiro, this momentum was abruptly pressed down again.

On the contrary, because the Chilean team pressed the offense, the loopholes in the defense gradually revealed.

When the game progressed to the 77th minute, after receiving Oscar’s long pass over the top, Diego Costa first tapped his chest, and then before the ball landed, he followed up with a volley.

“boom!”

The ball flew directly towards the upper left corner of the Chilean team’s goal like a fired shell.

Diego Costa’s coherent movements made Chile’s goalkeeper Bravo have no time to react.

By the time he made a save, the ball had already flown from his hand into the net.

“GOAL!!!”

Relying on Diego Costa’s volley to score, the Brazilian team further widened the score gap, leading Chile 2:0.

The Chilean team, which fell behind by two goals, was inspired to fight instead.

The head coach Sampaoli continued to replace offensive players, and no longer cared about whether the defense would collapse. The Chilean team moved forward as a whole, obviously planning to give it a go and desperately fighting Brazil.

Suddenly, the defense of the Brazilian team was also a bit flustered. Chilean striker Sanchez took the opportunity to grab a shot and scored a goal, tying the score to 2:1.

As soon as the goal was scored, after seeing the hope of equalizing, it immediately inspired the fighting spirit of the Chilean players.

However, they were not happy for long.

Less than five minutes after the Chilean team scored, Brazil’s goalkeeper Cesar held Vidal’s long-range shot firmly in his arms, then quickly got up, and kicked the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot.

Diego Costa immediately rushed to the point where the ball fell, and used his body to resist the Chilean defender Medel who was in charge of marking him.

Although Medel was blocked by Diego Costa, he was also useless.

Under his stalking, Diego Costa couldn’t hold the ball well.

Thus, Diego Costa did not choose to stop the ball, but turned his head and ferried the ball to Oscar who was advancing at high speed.

At this time, because the Chilean team is attacking across the board, most of the players are still in the Brazilian team’s half and it is too late to come back to defend.

After receiving a pass from Diego Costa, Oscar rushed directly towards the restricted area of ​​the Chilean team.

Realizing that the situation was not good, Hara, the remaining center back of the Chilean team, had no choice but to push out from the penalty area, trying to block Oscar from outside the penalty area.

At the same time, Neymar also advanced at high speed on the left and successfully left Chile’s right back Isla behind.

Seeing that Neymar had already run out of space, Oscar made a through pass without hesitation and passed the ball to Neymar’s forward line.

Oscar’s pass was just right, and Neymar didn’t need to adjust. He took advantage of the situation and took the ball directly into the Chilean team’s penalty area diagonally from the left.

At this time, the Chilean team’s defense has been completely penetrated.

In desperation, goalkeeper Bravo had no choice but to abandon the goal and attack.

Seeing Bravo rushing towards him, Neymar gently rubbed the ball calmly.

The ball was immediately picked up, just over the head of the attacking Bravo, and flew into the Chilean team’s net.

“GOAL!!!”

Relying on Neymar’s lob shot, Brazil led Chile 3:1, completely securing the victory.

The score gap widened to two goals again, coupled with the fact that there was not much time left in the game, it immediately discouraged the players of the Chilean team.

In the end, with Neymar’s brace and Diego Costa’s goal, Brazil beat Chile 3:1.

While successfully advancing to the quarterfinals, Chen Ran also got a “Level 1 Sight Card” from the system.

“Colombia won Uruguay 2:0. In this way, Brazil’s opponent in the quarter-finals is Colombia. If nothing else, Brazil can at least make it to the semi-finals.”

“First Chile, followed by Colombia. These teams are all defeated by the Brazilian team in South America. As expected of the host, this schedule is clearly arranged.”

“Hahahaha, France and Germany are miserable. These two favorites to win the championship will meet in the quarter-finals. Who arranged this schedule? Take the bamboo shoots.”

“Who did you say arranged it?”

“hey-hey.”

In the Colombian team that Brazil is about to face, there is one of the brightest stars so far in this World Cup, and that is James Rodriguez.

Three group matches plus a sixteen-to-eight knockout match, James Rodriguez scored five goals in four games, ranking first in the scorer list, and has great hopes of winning the World Cup Golden Boot.

Although Chen Ran knows that James Rodriguez will drive high and go low in the future, a typical case of peak debut.

But it is undeniable that, at least in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, this guy is definitely a dangerous person.

Fortunately, Colombia’s other thigh, the famous striker “Tiger” Falcao, missed this World Cup due to injury, otherwise Colombia will be even more difficult to deal with.

In addition to James Rodriguez, there are many strong stars in this Colombian team.

Like the defender Zapata who played for AC Milan, Guarin of Inter Milan, Cuadrado of Fiorentina, Baca of Sevilla, Quintero of Porto and Jackson Martinez.

The combination of these people, even Chen Ran did not dare to take it lightly.

Colombia’s current coach is the former Argentina coach Pekerman.

The old coach has rich experience. Although he knew that encountering the host Brazil would be bad luck, he still adopted his usual tactics and did not put the bus like Mexico and Chile.

Center Gutierrez

Foreman James Rodriguez

Left midfielder Ibalbo, central midfielder Carlos Sanchez, central midfielder Guarin, right midfielder Cuadrado

Left back Almeiro, center back Yepes, center back Zapata, right back Suniga

Goalkeeper Ospina

As for the Brazilian team, Chen Ran had some hesitation about whether to send Neymar to play.

As a reborn person, he knows very well that in his previous life, Neymar suffered a fractured vertebra in the game against Colombia and missed the team’s semi-final game against Germany, laying a hidden danger for Brazil’s 1:7 fiasco.

If history repeats itself and Neymar is injured again, it will cause huge troubles for Chen Ran’s next formation.

Other offensive players in the Brazilian team, whether it is Oscar, Coutinho or William and Douglas Costa, no one can replace Neymar’s role.

Although Chen Ran is confident that the 1:7 tragedy will not happen again. But this will also make the Brazilian team lack a killer in the semi-finals and even the finals, making the game more difficult.

Finally, after careful consideration, Chen Ran put Neymar on the starting list.

According to Chen Ran’s memory, in his previous life, Neymar was kicked and injured by a Colombian defender after Brazil led 2-0 in the second half.

Then, he only needs to replace Neymar immediately after Brazil takes the lead, so that Neymar can avoid the risk of injury with a high probability.

Of course, all of these calculations are based on the premise that there is no big deviation between the progress of the game and the previous life.

As for whether it will develop as Chen Ran expected, to be honest, he himself is not too sure.

For this reason, Chen Ran also deliberately retreated the positions of Neymar and Hulk to the midfield, so as to minimize the risk of their being violated.

Center Diego Costa

Left midfielder Neymar, midfielder Kaka, right midfielder Hulk

The midfielder Fernandinho, the midfielder Ramirez

Left back Marcelo, center back Thiago Silva, center back David Luiz, right back Alves

Goalkeeper Cesar

July 5th, Fortaleza, Castelão Stadium, the quarter-finals between Brazil and Colombia officially started.

(end of this chapter)