Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 658 Tonight, Brazil is destined to be sleepless.
The Brazilian players were extremely unwilling to accept this.

Brazil is one of the world's strongest football nations; in terms of the number of World Cup trophies they've won, they could even remove the "one of" from the list.

And what about the opponents?

It's just the Chinese team.

In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, the Brazilian team easily thrashed the Chinese team 4-0 in the group stage. They didn't even play a proper game, and the second half even became a personal show for their star players.

Before the match, the Brazilian team was surprised that the Chinese team had made it to the quarterfinals and was somewhat wary of Shan Yongzhuo, but deep down they still looked down on the Chinese team.

Even though the Chinese team defeated Colombia and Uruguay, most Brazilian players still believed that the Chinese team only had Shan Yongzhuo. Shan Yongzhuo led the Chinese team into the quarterfinals by his own strength, but he had reached his limit.

How strong can a team of one person be, no matter how strong?

Shan Yongzhuo is very good; he is the world's number one player, but it's impossible for him to have a breakout game every time.

They just need to focus on defending him.

Brazil will definitely win the game.

Now, the Brazilian players have no time to think about anything else; they've become incredibly focused, and the Chinese team's defensive performance is enough to make them take it seriously.

So far, their only goal has been an own goal by David Luiz, which is enough to show how well the Chinese team's defense has performed.

It's not just about relying on sheer numbers; the team's coordination and teamwork in defense are also outstanding.

Relying solely on sheer numbers is unlikely to defeat teams like Colombia and Uruguay.

As for Shan Yongzhuo...

This name has become something that the whole of Brazil doesn't want to think about or mention.

The Brazilian team knew they were going to lose, so they just wanted to do everything they could to score a goal.

Going all out on offense means not going all out on defense.

So what should Shan Yongzhuo do?
The Brazilian players simply stopped thinking about it.

Let's hand Shan Yongzhuo over to Gustavo!

Even Thiago Silva rushed forward to join the attack, leaving only Gustavo forced to stay behind and continue defending against Shan Yongzhuo.

For most of the first half, Brazil only had two players on the court.

One is Gustavo, and the other is goalkeeper Cesar.

Even when needed in the frontcourt, Gustavo would occasionally step forward to lend a hand.

Shan Yongzhuo was practically undefended.

This is what Brazil does.

Every player knew Brazil was doomed to lose. Instead of focusing on defense, they figured they should go all out on offense and score one or two goals to salvage some pride.

6比1、6比2，总比6比0要好看一些。

Although he was unmarked and barely received the ball, Shan Yongzhuo still stood in front.

He is still waiting for an opportunity.

Brazil's attack was incredibly aggressive, but Shan Yongzhuo knew that if he retreated now, there was nothing he could do. In fact, he might just be adding to the chaos for his teammates who had developed a strong defensive understanding. By staying put, he might be able to wait for an opportunity to threaten Brazil's goal.

The opportunity is slow to arrive.

Brazil has gone completely mad. They've abandoned some defensive strategies and launched a full-scale attack on the Chinese team. It seems like there are more Brazilian players in the attacking third than Chinese players.

Sometimes the Chinese team would clear the ball, but their backfield was too crowded, making it impossible to find an opportunity to clear the ball with a long kick or space to clear it. The Chinese team couldn't even pass the ball out of their own half.

Brazil's strategy is simply to attack, attack, and attack some more.

Chinese fans are cheering for the Chinese team, and Brazilian fans and players on the bench are also cheering for Brazil, but their cheers are simply hoping that Brazil can score a goal.

This seems to have had some effect.

In the 86th minute, Brazil's relentless attack finally paid off. Willian lobbed the ball into the penalty area, and David Luiz, who had scored an own goal in the first half, leaped high and headed the ball into the net.

6 is better than 1!

Brazil finally scored a goal.

The Brazilian players had no intention of celebrating after scoring. David Luiz, who scored, simply ran towards the center with the ball, urging the referee to restart the game.

David Louis was very upset.

Realistically speaking, it's almost impossible for them to score another goal.

In other words, he scored both the first and last goals of the match.

However, the situations of the two balls are completely different.

After the game restarted, Brazil regained possession and immediately launched an attack, unleashing two consecutive offensive waves as Brazil once again besieged the Chinese goal.

The competition was intense.

It's hard to imagine this is garbage time.

But soon, the stoppage time was over.

In the 94th minute, the referee blew the final whistle.

Liu Jianhong shouted at the top of his lungs, "The match is over!"

"This was an epic match that surprised everyone!"

"The young men of the Chinese team, with their amazing performance and Shan Yongzhuo's five-man haul, defeated the host team Brazil 6-1 at the Castelau Stadium, advancing to the World Cup semi-finals! They have equaled the best result ever achieved by an Asian team in the World Cup, previously held by South Korea!"

"Congratulations to the Chinese team, congratulations to these young men, they have made history!"

On the field.

The Chinese players were running wildly, each with an extremely excited smile on their face.

They all rushed towards Shan Yongzhuo.

The Chinese fans in the stands cheered at the top of their lungs, shouting and singing wildly amidst the Brazilian fans, oblivious to the distraught looks on their faces.

In stark contrast to the ecstatic Chinese players and fans were the Brazilian players and their Brazilian fans.

The Brazilian players collapsed to the ground.

Many players were heartbroken and shed tears.

Oscar was held in Neymar's arms, both of them with tears in their eyes.

David Louis knelt on the grass, pointing his fingers to the sky, his eyes closed, and murmuring as if he were praying to God.

Veteran goalkeeper Cesar slumped down in front of the goal, leaning against the goalpost, looking utterly dejected.

He was the one who was suffering the most.

For Cesar, a veteran goalkeeper renowned in the world of football, suffering such a defeat on his home turf seemed to cast a shadow over his entire life.

Meanwhile, in the stands of Castelão Stadium, Brazilian fans remained silent, with many more sobbing quietly. The eerily quiet Brazilian crowd left the home game to the ecstatic Chinese fans.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

For Brazilian football, this defeat was like a tragic black and white curtain, even comparable to that afternoon at the Maracanã in 1950.

As the host nation, they were full of ambition to lift their sixth World Cup trophy on home soil, but in the quarterfinals, they suffered such an epic defeat against China, ranked 57th in the world.

This scene was like a dark comedy, leaving everyone speechless.

Brazil is destined to be sleepless tonight.

(End of this chapter)