The effect of the "Eagle Eye Guardian Card" was immediate. Less than ten seconds after Chen Ran used it, he saw the referee Cakir change the previous penalty, directly show Moreno a red card, and award the Brazilian team a point.

ball.

This time, it was the Mexican players' turn to be afraid. They immediately surrounded the referee and asked for an explanation.

On the sidelines, Herrera, the head coach of the Mexican team, jumped up with anger. If he hadn't been grabbed by the assistant coach, he would have rushed into the court to argue with the referee.

Realizing that the situation was not good, two assistant referees rushed into the field to help referee Cakir maintain order, and the game was interrupted.

"Judging from the slow-motion replay, Douglas Costa was indeed tackled by Moreno after entering the Mexican penalty area. Brazil should indeed be awarded a penalty kick."

At this time, all the major broadcasting stations immediately replayed the foul action from various angles, and the commentators also expressed their opinions.

"There is no problem with the penalty kick. If Douglas Costa breaks through, he will directly face goalkeeper Ochoa. From this perspective, it is also appropriate to show Moreno a red card."

"I didn't expect the referee to be so brave. His decision to change the decision promptly corrected his mistake."

"Mexican players and head coaches had better control their emotions quickly. If they get another card and affect the subsequent games, the gains will outweigh the losses."

The commentators and guests responsible for broadcasting the game can see the slow-motion replay and can naturally accept the referee Cakir's change of judgment calmly.

But the Mexican players and coaches in the stadium didn't know this. They only thought that the referee Cakir was favoring the host Brazil team.

The result speaks for itself. After showing Moreno a red card, referee Cakir also showed yellow cards to the two most agitated Mexican players.

Moreover, at the reminder of the fourth official, Mexico's head coach Herrera was also sent to the stands.

After being interrupted for more than ten minutes, the game finally resumed.

But at this time, the Mexican players who had been hit hard had completely lost their fighting spirit.

After Kaka scored the penalty kick, the Brazilian team finally ended the game with a score of 2:0.

While the Brazilian team won two consecutive victories in the group, Chen Ran also received a "Level 1 Chicken Blood Card" from the system.

In another match in this group, Croatia defeated Cameroon 4:0.

As a result, Brazil ranks first in this group with six points. Although Croatia and Mexico share three points, Croatia squeezed Mexico into third place with its goal difference advantage.

Who can grab another spot in the group stage depends on the result of the direct competition between Croatia and Mexico.

Since the Brazilian team defeated Croatia and Mexico respectively, it has an advantage in the victory-loss relationship.

So even if the Brazilian team loses to Cameroon in the last game, they can still advance to the top 16 as the first in the group.

Although the Brazilian team secured the top spot in the group one round ahead of schedule, after the game, the media reporters focused all their attention on the decision change during the game.

"Mr. Chen, what do you think of referee Cakir's decision change?"

At the press conference after the game, Chen Ran naturally couldn't escape the reporters' questions.

"I just watched the replay of that foul. At least from the slow motion point of view, Mr. Cakir's change of judgment was accurate. I admire Mr. Cakir's courage to correct his mistakes."

"But Mr. Herrera, the head coach of the Mexican team, doesn't think so."

"It's understandable. If I were the head coach of the Mexican team, I would also find it difficult to accept it."

"But some people think that this is the preferential treatment that the Brazilian team receives as the host nation."

"Oh? Really? Who thinks so? You can ask him to stand up. Let's watch the slow-motion replay of that foul in the presence of all our journalist friends."

On the podium, Chen Ran said sternly.

Seeing that no one dared to answer the question, Chen Ran smiled slightly.

"I know that as the host nation, many people will inevitably question the preferential treatment received by the Brazilian team. But today's technological means are so advanced that everything that happens on the court will be recorded by the camera."

"If there is a serious misjudgment or omission of judgment, it will naturally not escape everyone's eyes. Everyone knows the rights and wrongs, so don't focus on this uncontroversial matter."

Thousands of miles away in China, the video of Chen Ran's press conference was also posted online by fans.

"Good guy, I finally saw what it means to fight with other scholars today."

"Yes. This guy Chen Ran made so many foreign reporters speechless by himself. He is so handsome."

"Haha, this guy Chen Ran has criticized reporters at press conferences not once or twice. When have you ever seen him suffer?"

"If Chen Ran were to change into Hanfu and put a goose feather fan in his hand, it would be Zhuge Liang who is so special."

"'Football Zhuge Liang's Confrontation with Confucian Scholars', I have already thought of a title for those who make short videos."

After resolving the minor disturbance in an understatement, Chen Ran turned his attention to the team again.

Brazil's last opponent in the group stage, Cameroon, is a weird one.

If we only look at the strength of the players, the African Lions are definitely a strong opponent that cannot be underestimated.

With the top striker Eto'o as the arrow, coupled with the support of powerful players such as Choupo Moting, Matip, Alexander Song, etc., even if the Brazilian team encounters it, they will not dare to take it lightly.

However, just before the start of the World Cup in Brazil, Cameroon players, led by Eto'o, threatened to refuse to board the plane to Brazil because they were dissatisfied with the match bonuses offered by the Cameroon Football Association.

In the end, the Cameroon Football Association gave in and met the players' demands, which brought the farce to an end.

However, things are far from over.

In the last round of Cameroon's match against Croatia, Alexander Song used a Muay Thai move to elbow Croatian forward Mandzukic from behind. As a result, he was sent off with a direct red card by the referee.

Immediately afterwards, defender Héctor had an argument with his teammate Mudekanyo and headbutted each other. If other teammates had not arrived to separate the two sides, they would have fought again in full view of the public.

With internal strife occurring one after another, Cameroon's performance will naturally not improve.

After consecutive losses to Mexico and Croatia, they have been eliminated from this World Cup early.

Facing such a Cameroon team, Chen Ran felt so happy.

Brazil's last game against Cameroon was just a good time for the main players to take a good rest and for the substitutes to find their match status.

Left winger William, center forward Fred, right winger Douglas Costa

Central midfielder Coutinho, central midfielder Casemiro, central midfielder Oscar

Left back Maxwell, center back Marquinhos, center back Dante, right back Maicon

Alisson

In the end, with goals from Fred, Douglas Costa, Coutinho and Oscar, the Brazilian team defeated Cameroon 4:1, which had no fighting spirit.

After successfully advancing to the top 16 with three consecutive wins in the group stage and ranking first in the group with nine points, Chen Ran also received a "first-level sight card" from the system.

In another match of this group, Mexico broke out in a life-and-death battle with Croatia, defeating Croatia 3:1 and grabbing another spot in the top 16.

According to the pre-established rules, the Brazilian team ranked first in Group A will face Chile, the second ranked team in Group B, in the top 16.

Although Mexico tried its best to grab another place in the top 16, their next opponent is the Netherlands, the favorite to win the championship, ranked first in Group B, and the odds are stacked against them.

"Good guy, the Brazilian Football Association has experts. After they enter the knockout rounds, they will face Chile first. If they advance to the quarterfinals, their opponents will be between Colombia and Uruguay, or teams from South America."

"If you didn't tell me upstairs, I really wouldn't have paid attention to this matter. No matter whether it is Chile, Colombia or Uruguay, they are not as strong as Brazil. Moreover, they are both South American teams and they know the opponent's situation well. It seems that this move is

The foreshadowing has been laid long ago.”

"The arrangement of this schedule is indeed very particular. If you only look at the group opponents, Brazil's grouping is actually not very good. Whether it is Mexico, Croatia or Cameroon, they are all second-rate teams with good strength. I thought Brazil was really selfless.

, I didn’t expect that Mao Ni was hiding behind it.”

"Do you think this exquisite design was Chen Ran's idea for the Brazilian Football Association?"

"Hehe, don't tell me that this is really possible. Chen Ran is so smart. He is not nicknamed 'Chicken Thief Ran' for nothing."

As both South American teams, Brazil and Chile know each other's situation very well.

The Argentinian coach Sampaoli of the Chilean team knew very well that his team was not as strong as Brazil, so he decisively adopted the method of the Mexican coach Herrera - setting up a bus.

Forward Vargas, Forward Sanchez

Central midfielder Dias, central midfielder Vidal, central midfielder Arangis

Left back Mena, center back Jara, center back Medel, center back Silva, right back Isla

goalkeeper bravo

As for the Brazilian team, after taking a break in the last game, the main players have fully recovered from the exhaustion in the first two games.

Facing Chile, the opponent in the knockout rounds, Chen Ran sent out the entire main lineup without reservation.

Left winger Neymar, center Diego Costa, right winger Hulk

Front midfielder Kaka

Midfielder Fernandinho, Midfielder Ramirez

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

goalkeeper cesar

The Chilean team went even more extreme than Mexico. From the first minute of the game, except for the two forwards Vargas and Sanchez, all other players shrank to defend in their own half.

Once you get the ball, you immediately kick it forward and look for two forwards to counterattack.

The entire counterattack process basically relies on Vargas and Sanchez. Whether they can form a shot depends entirely on their personal performance. Other players do not even participate in the counterattack.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ran on the sidelines could only curl his lips helplessly.

Although he had long been mentally prepared that this game would be difficult to play, he still couldn't help but frowned after seeing the Chilean team's performance.

At this time, he missed the high forwards of Crystal Palace very much.

Throughout the first half of the game, the Brazilian team was looking for openings around the Chilean team's penalty area.

However, the Chilean team was united and blocked the Brazilian team's attacks one after another.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the score on the field still remained at 0:0 without any change.

Halftime, Brazil team locker room.

After experiencing the game in Mexico, the team members' emotions were not affected too much this time.

Chen Ran was already used to this situation.

In the middle and later stages of his coaching of Crystal Palace, most opponents would use the tactics of setting up a bus to deal with Crystal Palace. It was common for the game to fail to open the game in the first half.

Therefore, Chen Ran was not anxious at all.

He silently opened the system and used a "free kick master card" for Neymar and a "first-level sight card" for Diego Costa.

"Diego, you hit more goals in the second half. I think your shooting feels good today."

"Really? Boss, do you think so too?"

Diego Costa did not expect that Chen Ran would suddenly call his name and ask him to shoot more.

This was exactly what he wanted, and Diego Costa immediately felt that his boss understood him, and he couldn't even close his mouth with laughter.

Chen Ran nodded to Diego Costa with a smile, and then said to other players of the Brazilian team:

"In the second half of the game, you can increase the number of dribbling breaks near the Chilean team's penalty area. Even if you cannot create shooting opportunities, you can still create free kicks so that Neymar can use his strengths. Do you understand?"

"Okay, boss."

"I know, boss."

On the Chilean team's side, head coach Sampaoli is very satisfied with the current progress of the game.

His plan was to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

When it comes to penalty kicks, the variables are huge.

No matter how big a star the player is, there is no guarantee that he will score a penalty kick.

Therefore, apart from encouraging the Chilean players to keep up their efforts, Sampaoli also made no substitution adjustments.

After the start of the second half, the situation on the field was still the same as the first half, with the Brazilian team attacking the Chilean team's penalty area.

However, the players of the Brazilian team seemed to be on fire, one by one desperately dribbling the ball towards the Chilean team's penalty area.

After the Chilean team sabotaged it several times, when Neymar finally broke through with the ball, because Neymar was too fast, the defender's foot, which was intended to tackle the ball, kicked Neymar's leg.

"beep!"

The referee blew the whistle without hesitation.
Chapter completed!