Breaking Asian Football History, the Future is at Your Feet! (Grand Finale)

As their stamina declined, the Chinese national team's defense began to crumble. They held on painfully for another seven or eight minutes, but finally could not withstand it any longer.

In the 81st minute, Iniesta's shot after breaking into the penalty area was cleared over the end line by Feng Xiaoting.

Xavi took the corner from the left, and the tallest player, Piqué, drew the attention of the Chinese national team's defenders.

The instant Xavi sent the ball in, Piqué leaped first, positioning himself in front of Du Wei.

However, the ball was not aimed at Piqué. Puyol, lurking at the near post, used Piqué's screen to head the ball backward into the Chinese team's net from nine meters out.

The score became 1:1!

Spain had equalized!

It was Puyol's third goal for the national team, but its importance far surpassed that of his previous two!

Without this goal, Spain might really have suffered an upset defeat!

But with this goal, everything changed!

After scoring, Spain's morale soared, and they continued launching fierce attacks around the Chinese team's goal.

Compared to before, their players were much more confident now. They no longer feared losing.

Even if the match remained tied and went into extra time, they would surely win. The difference in stamina between the two teams made that plain.

The sustained high-intensity match had drained most of the Chinese national team's players early on. Even Zheng Zhi, who had always possessed abundant stamina, began suffering thigh cramps because he had covered too much ground and contested too many challenges.

"Should we make a substitution?"

The assistant coach said worriedly into the Head Coach's ear.

"Wait a little longer. We only have one substitution left. What if someone gets injured later..."

Old Zhu hesitated greatly. Zheng Zhi was not the