When Zhou Yi was about to turn and get away from Fernandinho, Fernandinho didn't have time to turn around. He tripped Zhou Yi with a sweeping leg.

Referee Webb's whistle immediately blew.

"That's a foul!" He Ping shouted.

It was definitely a foul, no doubt about it.

Webb not only blew the whistle for Fernandinho's foul, but also gave Fernandinho a yellow card.

"Fernandinho got a yellow card, so if we can advance to the quarterfinals, then he will be suspended and unable to participate..." the Brazilian commentator said.

She didn't have much to say about this foul. If he hadn't fouled, Zhou Yi would have gotten away, and this was a possible consequence of the foul. Someone had to take responsibility. It could only be said that Fernandinho had a lot of responsibility, and he was basically at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Zhou Yi in this game.

The Brazilian commentator was also very helpless about this.

Fernandinho didn't argue and calmly accepted the yellow card. Of course, he might not know that he would be suspended for the next game, otherwise, he might have been a little more agitated.

On the Chinese side, whether it was the players, commentators, or fans, they didn't care whether Fernandinho would be suspended. They only cared about whether Zhou Yi was injured.

Since being injured in the Champions League final, every time Zhou Yi fell to the ground, it tugged at people's hearts, making them worry about whether his old injury would recur or lead to a new injury...

But fortunately, Zhou Yi quickly got up from the ground and seemed to be fine, and the Chinese fans breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this made Brazilian fans feel that Zhou Yi was diving, so the boos for him rang out again.

Zhou Yi didn't care about these boos at all. He shook his head to his teammates who came to care about him and said, "I'm fine. But they are a little anxious."

Brazil was indeed anxious.

With thirty minutes left in the game, neither the score nor the situation on the field gave the Brazilian team any hope.

Fred, as a center forward, contributed almost nothing to the Brazilian team. In the first sixty minutes of the game, he rarely appeared in close-up shots, and everyone almost forgot about him.

In the sixty-fourth minute, Scolari made the first substitution of the game, replacing the poorly performing Fred with Jô, who used to play for Manchester City.

When Fred left the field, he heard boos from the Brazilian fans.

This was the first time in this World Cup that Brazilian fans had booed their own players so uniformly and without reservation.

The decibels of the boos almost made people think that the Brazilian fans were booing the Chinese players.

But it wasn't.

Fred was also very dissatisfied with the boos from the Brazilian fans. After leaving the field, he did not wave to the fans in the stands as usual. He did nothing and went straight to his seat on the bench.

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The boos when Fred left the field were a shock to the Brazilian players because they had never enjoyed such treatment in the World Cup. Even if there were some dissatisfied voices, they were sporadic and never became mainstream.

But at this moment, Brazilian fans seemed to break the boundary of "not booing the home team" and pierced the window paper in the hearts of Brazilian players.

They didn't know if they would suffer the same fate as Fred.

This made the Brazilian players a little uneasy. There were too many factors outside the football field, which interfered with the game.

The Chinese team took the opportunity to launch an offensive, threatening the Brazilian team's goal.

Zhou Yi sent a through ball from the edge of the Brazilian team's penalty area. Yan Min, who switched to the right wing, took the ball and crossed from the baseline. He Ying, who followed up in the middle, took a powerful shot!

The football was blocked by César, who made a flying save...

"César! He made another wonderful save! Although he hasn't played a normal game in the club for a long time, César seems to be showing the performance of his Inter Milan treble-winning days in this game!" Marcel Reif also admired César's performance.

Judging from his figure, César was obviously fatter than he used to be. Although César was not slender back then, he can now be described as a "barrel."

His physical fitness must have declined compared to the past, but in terms of mental will, César's performance was still excellent.

As the game time dwindled and the two full-backs pressed higher and higher, the Brazilian team needed César's excellent performance more and more to ensure that they didn't concede a goal...

César's performance did not disappoint. He made high and low saves against the Chinese team's offensive, keeping them all out.

However, César's excellent performance was actually based on a not-so-good foundation, that is, the Chinese team's offensive was too fierce during this period, so fierce that it made Brazilian fans start to doubt their lives—is this really our home field? Are the people wearing yellow and green jerseys on the field really our Brazilian national team?

The reason why the Chinese team's offensive was so fierce was inseparable from Zhou Yi's active performance. He kept passing and organizing in the midfield. In addition to combing the midfield, he could also send a very deadly final pass, giving his teammates the opportunity to shoot and score.

It was precisely because the number of shots from the Chinese team increased that César was able to perform so well...

So, in fact, under normal circumstances, if the goalkeeper is too active, it means that the team's situation is very dangerous.

Fernandinho already had a yellow card, so he didn't dare to make any moves when facing Zhou Yi. He even had the idea that Zhou Yi would deliberately try to provoke him, and then try to get him sent off for accumulating yellow cards. In that case, the Chinese team would have an advantage in numbers, and no one would be able to contain Zhou Yi. Wouldn't the Chinese team have a complete advantage, and could even do whatever they wanted in the Brazilian team's half?

But if he was worried about being sent off and didn't dare to make a move... in fact, the Chinese team was already doing whatever they wanted.

This was a very troubling multiple-choice question.

Fernandinho was constantly struggling between choosing A or B, and it was even more difficult to do his best in defending Zhou Yi.

Scolari saw Fernandinho's performance in his eyes, and he knew why. He had to make a substitution now, otherwise, the Brazilian team's midfield might collapse.

But now on the Brazilian team's bench, there were very few people who could defend Zhou Yi. There was only Paulinho. But Paulinho's performance in the group stage was very bad, otherwise, he wouldn't have put him on the bench in this game.

Could putting Paulinho, who performed poorly in the group stage, be able to contain Zhou Yi?

Scolari was not sure.

It was probably not allowed for him to make the best choice now. It was good to have someone to replace.

So in the seventieth minute, the Brazilian team made the second substitution, replacing Fernandinho, who had a yellow card, with Paulinho.

When Fernandinho left the field, there were also boos, but the boos were not as loud as Fred's. After all, Fred, as the most controversial and weakest number nine in Brazilian history, had long made many Brazilian fans unhappy.

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"Scolari has made two substitutions in a row, which shows that he is dissatisfied with the Brazilian team's current performance. This substitution of Fernandinho is an adjustment aimed at Zhou Yi. Fernandinho started in this game instead of Paulinho, hoping that he could contain Zhou Yi. But from the actual game, he obviously failed..." Marcel Reif commented. "I wonder if Paulinho can contain Zhou Yi after he comes on the field?"

Soon the two had a head-on confrontation on the field.

When the football was passed to Zhou Yi, Paulinho also pounced on him.

Facing his defense, Zhou Yi used his right foot to gently flick the football to the left, and then stretched out his left foot, as if he was going to do a *óleo*.

Paulinho also immediately tilted his body in that direction, shifting his center of gravity, trying to block Zhou Yi's forward route.

But Zhou Yi was not doing an *óleo*. His left foot pushed the football that his right foot had flicked over forward!

The football went through between Paulinho's legs...

Although Paulinho's upper body did block Zhou Yi's body, it was difficult to block the football, which was much smaller than Zhou Yi's body...

The football was passed by Zhou Yi to Gao Lin, who retreated to meet him, because Paulinho's rush left Gao Lin in an unmarked space.

After Gao Lin received the ball, he turned around, and the Brazilian team's center back, David Luiz, had to leave his defensive area and rush up to defend him. As a result, the position he was in was empty. He Ying cut inside, and at the same time, Gao Lin pushed a through ball, sending the football over!

"The Chinese team has a chance!"

Fortunately, Thiago Silva's performance was still reassuring. When He Ying received the ball, Silva also stood beside He Ying, interfering with him, making it impossible for him to shoot easily.

In the end, although He Ying completed the shot, under Thiago Silva's close interference, his shot did not have enough power and was caught by César, who fell to the ground.

The TV broadcast did not give the camera to César, who made the save, or Yan Min, who shot, but immediately gave it to Zhou Yi.

It was also a director who understood football.

This was Paulinho's first defense against Zhou Yi after he came on the field, but Zhou Yi still seemed to be handling it with ease.

Replacing Paulinho has not achieved Scolari's tactical goal so far, which is a bit... awkward.