When the referee's whistle sounded, the Ukrainian team players immediately left the field and walked towards the players' tunnel.

In the first half, after three goals were scored in the goal behind him, goalkeeper Lu Ning took the initiative to shake hands with Shen Xiao and quickly returned to the locker room.

The players of the Chinese national team were still celebrating excitedly on the court.

After all, before the end of the first half, Wen Shuai scored another goal for the Chinese team, and the gap between them and the Ukrainian team was getting wider and wider.

There is only half time left, and the Chinese team is currently leading by two goals, so the players of the Chinese team are full of confidence in winning this game.

However, there are still two players in the team who are not too emotional.

One of them is Li Xing, and the other is Wen Shuai, who just scored a goal.

Li Xing felt that Shen Xiao gave him such an important free kick opportunity, but he actually didn't kick it well and the football hit the opponent's wall directly.

Although the final result was pretty good, with his teammate Wen Shuai taking the lead shot, Li Xing still feels like he wasted the opportunity given to him by the captain.

Another player who is not in a high mood right now is Wen Shuai, who just scored a goal.

Maybe it was because he had just returned from injury. Wen Shuai's follow-up shot just now was a bit too hard, and his muscle was accidentally strained.

The teammates were all preparing to swarm to celebrate with Wen Shuai, the hero of the goal, but in the end, they were supporting him and limping off the field.

Wen Shuai looked frustrated. He did not expect that after returning from injury, he would be injured again only in the first half of the game.

Although he scored a goal, Wen Shuai still felt that he was a little "broken".

Therefore, the Chinese players, who were originally planning to stay on the court for a while, had no choice but to slowly return to the locker room and start taking a halftime break.

In the locker room, the team doctor was checking Wen Shuai's injury, and Shen Xiao was also constantly comforting Li Xing, who was in a bad mood after failing to take a free kick.

However, the members of the coaching staff looked at their disciples with smiles on their faces.

Because of the two-goal lead and the obvious advantage of the Chinese team on the court, the joy of being about to touch the trophy made coach Gao Qiang's face bloom with joy.

After a while, Li Xing's expression slowly eased, and it could be seen that Shen Xiao's "consolation" was very useful.

Shen Xiao finally took a deep breath. After leaving Li Xing, he went to the cabinet in the room to take out a towel and began to wipe the sweat from his body.

"Thank you, Shen Xiao!"

At this time, coach Gao Qiang came to Shen Xiao and said softly.

"Hey, coach, why are you saying thank you?"

"I didn't score a single goal in this game! Moreover, the game is not over yet!"

Shen Xiao was stunned when he heard this, and saw that it was a high-strength coach, so he said with a smile.

"You brat, don't look careless in front of me!"

"It's not your boy's style to be coy on purpose!"

"On behalf of the coaching staff, I want to thank you for being the captain of the team! You kid!"

"Although you haven't scored a goal in this game, everyone can see that you are organizing and controlling the field!"

"We are not blind yet as to who is responsible for the improvement in the overall strength of the players throughout the team's journey!"

"Also, regardless of the outcome of this game, it is already a very good result for our national youth team to enter the finals!"

"As long as everyone can make progress, you will always be the champion in my heart!"

At this time, Coach Gao Qiang said to Shen Xiao in a serious and nagging tone.

"Coach, thank you for your trust!"

"Also, look at the guys on the team. Their morale is so high right now. How could they give up on the championship? Haha!"

"Besides...I don't have the habit of finishing second!"

"Coach, just wait and see, in a few dozen minutes, we will go get you a trophy!"

Shen Xiao was also a little moved when he heard this, and he assured Gao Qiang very solemnly at this time.

After hearing what Shen Xiao said, Gao Qiang patted Shen Xiao on the shoulder hard, and then a fatherly smile appeared on his face.

Time passed quickly and the second half of the game was about to begin.

Players from the Chinese team and the Ukrainian team returned to the stadium one after another.

At this time, in terms of player lineup, the Ukrainian team has not made any personnel changes.

The Ukrainian team did not make any changes to the lineup or formation during the halftime break, which is actually understandable.

After all, they are currently two goals behind the Chinese team, and it is impossible for them to play conservatively in the second half of the game.

Therefore, the 433 three-forward formation means that the Ukrainian team must attack in the second half. After all, losing one goal has the same meaning as losing ten goals.

On the Chinese team's side, head coach Gao Qiang replaced three players in one go, and the lineup on the field made great changes.

Perhaps it was because there were players injured in the first half, and the idea of ​​letting substitute players come on to experience the game, and finally the belief that this game would be won, so the coaching staff made a major substitution decision.

The injured Wen Shuai was replaced by Xi Wei, midfielder Yao Qin was replaced by Zhang Xi, and goalkeeper Huang Jian was also replaced by second goalkeeper Dong Xing.

The lineup has changed, but the formation has not. The team's attack point is still determined around Shen Xiao.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, and the second half of the World Youth Championship finals officially began.

The game started with the kick-off from the Ukrainian team.

As the game progressed, Ukraine's Siteshvili and other three forwards did not immediately make a general attack, although their team was already two goals behind.

With only about 45 minutes left, the Ukrainian team chose to play steadily after the start of the second half.

The Chinese midfielders Xi Wei and Zhang Xi, who had just started playing for the Chinese team, performed particularly positively.

Because as substitute players, they have the desire to perform on the court, and coupled with their abundant physical strength, they are very active in fighting in the midfield at this time.

The Ukrainian team had a strong ability to control the ball, but the Chinese players fought hard and the ball returned to the Chinese team.

At this moment, Shen Xiao was holding the ball in the midfield, while other players in the frontcourt quickly ran forward.

"Xi Wei, catch the ball!"

At this time, Shen Xiao shouted and immediately passed the ball to Xi Wei on the right side of the court.

Xi Wei came on to replace the injured Wen Shuai, so the task of breaking through and attacking on the right wing is currently left to Xi Wei.

"Captain Shen, received!"

Xi Wei received Shen Xiao's precise pass from the backcourt, and then began to break through on the right side of the court.

Perhaps because he was too nervous just to take the field, Xi Wei took the ball forward a few steps and was intercepted by Ukraine's midfielder Maxim.

After Maxim got the ball, he kicked the football out immediately and the ball flew directly towards the goal.

At this moment, Siteshvili, who was already ambushing the Chinese team in the backcourt, immediately started his body in advance and ran directly towards the landing point of the football.

Since the four defenders of the Chinese team are positioned relatively forward, the only ones closest to the football position are Sitishvili and goalkeeper Dong Xing.

If Sitishvili gets this high-altitude ball passed from the backcourt, then the ball is likely to become a one-way goal.

Therefore, goalkeeper Dong Xing didn't even think about it at this moment, so he walked out of the goal and prepared to compete with Sitishvili for the high-altitude ball.

At this moment, the football was slowly falling from the sky, and Dong Xing and Siteshvili were about to collide.

"Snapped!"

Dong Xing, who is 193cm tall, is holding the football tightly in his hands with both hands.

Although Dong Xing and Sitishvili jumped up at the same time to compete for the high-altitude ball, Siteshvili was no match for Dong Xing, who was tall and had long arms.

Dong Xing, holding the football in his hand, looked ahead and immediately prepared to throw a powerful hand throw to allow his teammates to launch a counterattack.

"Beep!"

At this moment, the referee's whistle sounded!

Dong Xing was suddenly stunned on the spot!
Chapter completed!