Lin Feng's Free Kick Breaks Record Again, Chinese Team Becomes the Italian National Team's Last Hope!

At exactly 10 p.m. on June 24, accompanied by the referee's whistle, the final Group F match, Paraguay versus the Chinese team, kicked off.

For domestic fans, this was a rather late time slot.

Since the next day was a workday, staying up to watch the match might affect their performance at work the following day.

With the Chinese team having already qualified in advance, this match was, strictly speaking, optional viewing.

Yet the fans' enthusiasm was not dampened in the slightest by this minor inconvenience.

By ten o'clock that night, the lights were on in living rooms across nearly every household. Fans had gathered in front of their televisions early, waiting for the match to begin.

With so many people watching, CCTV Sports' ratings kept setting new records, and advertising fees during this period had surged several times over.

Back on the pitch, the Chinese team played with great initiative from the very start.

After the tentative opening phase, the Chinese team gradually increased the intensity of their attack.

Paraguay, the National Football Team's opponents, were actually somewhat uncertain about the Chinese team as well.

Before the group stage began, they had looked down on the National Football Team's strength somewhat.

They believed it was merely a team from Asia, and Asian Teams had historically performed rather poorly at the World Cup.

Although the Chinese team had Lin Feng, football was a team sport. If the overall strength was too weak, relying on one star player to turn the tide was hardly realistic.

However, the Chinese team's outstanding group-stage performances had made them see things differently.

They could defeat Slovakia as well, but beating the Italian National Team had truly exceeded their expectations, since that was something even they had failed to do.

Moreover, the Chinese team had