Chapter 33 Lightning Goal
"Beep~"
With the whistle of the referee Alireza Fagani, the 2015 Australian 16th Asian Cup final officially kicked off.
Hearing the whistle, Gao Lin pulled his right foot forward, and the ball rolled towards Lu Liang.
Australian veteran Cahill pounced on Lu Liang on the spot. Lu Liang paused after receiving the football. He waited until Cahill was two meters in front of him and then passed the ball back to Tang who was standing at the top of his own center circle. Zheng.
At the same time, a loud shout came from the sky above the Australian Stadium: "Ooooooooooooooo-"
Cahill froze on the spot, then started to pounce on Tang Zheng. Tang Zheng did not hand over the football like Lu Liang did, but used Hao Junmin to step forward and swing his right foot to pass the ball. Cahill thought Tang Zheng Zheng wanted to pass the ball, so he stretched his left leg while running and tried to intercept Tang Zheng's pass to Hao Junmin.
Tang Zheng raised his right foot and slammed the football back. A very exciting fake dunk passed Cahill, and he took the ball forward.
"...the defensive midfielder is Tang Zheng's partner Li Kui, who is only 19 years old..." CCTV 5 commentator He Wei was still reporting the Chinese team's starting lineup to the fans in front of the TV. He saw Tang Zheng's clever move. Cahill changed his voice and shouted: "What a beautiful move!"
When Kruse saw Tang Zheng bringing the ball, he felt a little unhappy and aggressively stepped forward to defend.
However, the upper body of Tang Zheng who was dribbling the ball had an obvious tilt to the right. Cruze also moved to the left in advance because Tang Zheng was going to break through from the left side of his body. As a result, Tang Zheng's right foot arched the ball to the left. Dunk, push the left foot of the supporting foot to the ground and start on the spot, breaking through Kruse's defensive weak side, which is the right side of Kruse's body.
Tang Zheng, who passed Kruse, also crossed the halfway line. The double defensive midfielder combination Milligan and captain Jedinak were in a bit of a dilemma. They didn't know whether to step forward to defend Tang Zheng.
Because Lu Liang and Hao Junmin both consciously ran into the space behind Milligan and Jedinak, and Gao Lin ran towards the space between the two central defenders Sainsbury and Spiranovic, once Tang Zheng passed the ball , the defense will be very passive.
All the players on the field were aware of this, and the head coach Postkoglu naturally noticed it, so he stood up suddenly while sitting on the coaching bench, walked to the home team's coaching bench, and instructed the players on how to defend.
However, the atmosphere at the scene was fanatical. The Chinese fans created a slight threat when the Chinese team attacked for the first time and made huge cheers. The players on the field could not hear what Postkoglu said and did not even notice him coming to the sidelines. .
Neither Milligan nor Jedinak stepped forward to defend, and Tang Zheng continued to dribble the ball forward five meters.
With no other choice, Milligan stepped forward to defend Tang Zheng, and captain Jedinak defended behind him.
At this moment, Tang Zheng swung the ball to the right with the outside instep of his right foot, swung the ball away from the angle, raised his right foot, and passed a diagonal pass of more than 20 meters with the inside of the instep of his right foot. The ball was half-high. The posture bypassed the Australian defensive left rib player and flew towards Zhang Linpeng who was joining the attack at high speed along the right sideline.
Zhang Linpeng has now suppressed Brazil's quasi-national education level right back Danilo and became Porto's assistant right back. Needless to say, his ability, plus Wu Sanshi's adduction took away the defensive attention of left back Davidson, his radius of five There were no Australian defenders within meters.
Tang Zheng's pass also has a certain amount of advance, which is completely in line with Zhang Linpeng's sprint speed. He moves the ball forward while running at high speed.
"...the central defender is Sainsbury's partner Spiranovic..."
Central 5 commentator He Wei finally finished reading the Chinese team's starting list. When it was his turn to read Australia's starting list, he suddenly changed his voice when he saw the football coming to Zhang Linpeng's feet and shouted: "Tang Zheng's pass found the high speed and came in." Zhang Linpeng, there is no Australian defensive player in front of him, this... is an opportunity..."
Australian head coach Postkoglu suddenly realized something. He stood in the home team coach's command area and roared hysterically at the out-of-position left back Davidson: "Pay attention to the Chinese players outflanking in the middle, Jason!! Don't hesitate! Foul!"
However, the attention of the players on the field was focused on the game, and the cheers created by the fans in the stands became louder and louder, so the players on the field could not hear Postkoglu's roar on the sidelines at all.
In response, Postkoglu couldn't help but cursed secretly: "Shit!!"
Obviously, the players on the court made a mistake that they shouldn't have made.
Lack of concentration at the beginning of the game!
You must know that one of the easiest times to score goals happens to be at the beginning of the game, so Postkoglu has a very bad feeling, but there is nothing he can do now and he can only stand in the home team's command area and suffer a headache.
Not far away, Lippi was full of expectations, even if Tang Zheng's choice was somewhat different from the rigorous tactics laid out before the game.
Before the game, Lippi asked the team to focus on stability, especially at the beginning of the game.
But Lippi followed the truth that tactics are dead and people are alive, and Tang Zheng is the kind of player with a brain on the court who can often come up with some fantastic ideas.
Anyway, defensive players are most likely to be negligent during this period, so it is better to give it a try.
In addition, Tang Zheng is the kind of player who has a strong ability to read the game and has a strong sense of position, so there will be no problem even if he switches from offense to defense.
In Lippi's eyes, there are more expectations.
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"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"
Zhang Linpeng dribbled the ball towards the attacking midfielder at high speed, and the cheers generated by the Chinese fans in the stands suddenly increased by eight degrees and were deafening.
The home team fans, who occupied half of the Australian stadium, were so confused at this moment that they forgot to make a sound.
There were many fans who were queuing up to enter the stadium. Hearing the loud shouts that suddenly echoed through the sky, they stopped in place due to their body's conditioned reflex and turned to look at the stadium.
Zhang Linpeng swung his right foot about thirty meters away from the baseline, trying to make a wide pass. Davidson, who was deceiving Davidson, who was returning to defense at high speed, stretched his left foot in a hurry and tried to block Zhang Linpeng's pass. However, Zhang Linpeng did not make the pass. He quickly Retract your right foot and push the ball toward the baseline with the arch of your foot.
Defensive players are already passive in defense, and Davidson's explosive power is not as good as Zhang Linpeng's, so it is too late to speed up after a pause.
Central defender Sainsbury had no choice but to defend to the left when the double defensive midfielder combination was not in place yet, forcing Zhang Linpeng to dribble away from the center.
Originally, Zhang Linpeng wanted to speed up towards the center, but after seeing Sainsbury pull out to defend, he decisively took the ball to the right, widening the distance from Sainsbury and preparing for the next handling of the ball. .
At this moment, not many people noticed that Tang Zheng, who had passed Cahill and Kruse, accelerated quietly and ran towards the Australian penalty area.
Bresciano, who is experienced in the game, is not in this group. He is very focused and reaches out to pull the jersey behind Tang Zheng while he is actively running.
What Bresciano didn't expect was that after running two steps, Tang Zheng suddenly swung his arm and hit his right arm that was holding the jersey tightly. He was in pain and couldn't concentrate enough.
Tang Zheng suddenly accelerated again while running, but Bresciano failed to grab the jersey...
"Watch him! Michael!"
Bresciano realized how critical Tang Zheng was, so he had no choice but to ask for help from captain Jedinak who was protecting the space in front of the central defender.
However, when Jedinak heard it, it was already too late, because Tang Zheng's acceleration was much faster than Jedinak's running at a constant speed. When Jedinak heard Bresciano's cry for help, there was something in his peripheral vision. A red figure flashed from the side to the front.
The Arabic numeral '10' on the back of the jersey is particularly conspicuous, telling who the owner of this jersey is.
Tang Zheng!
The first World Footballer in the entire history of Asian football!
The world is recognized as the best midfielder who can score goals!
But Jedinak was unable to do anything because it took time for him to go from a constant speed to a full speed, while Tang Zheng was running at a completely high speed.
Zhang Linpeng, who was dribbling the ball, came ten meters away from the bottom line. Sainsbury's basically maintained his defensive position. As long as he did not make any proactive mistakes, he could interfere with the quality of Zhang Linpeng's cross to the maximum extent.
Zhang Linpeng, who suddenly slowed down, accelerated sharply, then raised his right foot to make a pass. The young Sainsbury thought Zhang Linpeng was going to pass, and quickly stretched his right foot to try to block Zhang Linpeng's pass.
The results of it?
Zhang Linpeng's swung right foot did not pass, but just a feint shot. The moment Sainsbury stretched his foot, he moved the ball forward to gain more space for passing the ball.
Sainsbury was glad that he had kept an eye on it, quickly retracted his right foot, kept up with Zhang Linpeng's pace, threw his entire body and stretched his right foot forward at the moment Zhang Linpeng actually kicked the football.
"Zhang Linpeng! Pass!!"
Central 5 commentator He Wei shouted loudly while looking at the broadcast screen.
At the same time, Sainsbury's felt a little regretful, because Zhang Linpeng's cross was not directly swept into the penalty area, but was given an inverted triangle, and the football quickly rolled against the turf toward the top of the penalty area.
None of the Australian defensive players who were actively returning to defend thought about Zhang Linpeng's passing choice, so they all stopped on the spot and watched as the football rolled.
Australian captain Jedinak witnessed Tang Zheng running toward the football, then adjusting his steps and picking up his right foot.
The on-site director immediately switched the camera to the top of the penalty area.
Central 5 commentator He Wei changed his voice and raised his voice by an octave. Looking at the broadcast screen, Tang Zheng faced the football and shouted: "Tang Zheng——"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"
The cheers erupted by the Chinese fans in the stands increased significantly, giving people a sense that Tang Zheng did not shoot but scored directly.
"Boom~"
Half a second later, Tang Zheng's right foot hit the middle and lower part of the football firmly with the instep, making a crisp hitting sound.
Based on the feedback from football, Tang Zheng was overjoyed.
Got it!
The football soared into the air without a trace of rotation in mid-air, like a cannonball, whizzing towards the goal.
Goalkeeper Matthew Ryan looked at the fast-flying football and didn't even have time to react. All he could do was keep his vision away from the football.
At this moment, he remembered what the enlightenment coach said in the sunset - as a qualified goalkeeper, he should not let football leave his field of vision no matter what.
Indeed, he did.
It’s just that Matthew Ryan was in a terrible mood. He witnessed the football flying towards the upper right corner of the goal like a shell, until it hit the snow-white net...
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"The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in!!" He Wei, the commentator of CCTV 5, was full of passion and shouted almost crazy: "World wave! Absolute world wave! Captain Tang Zheng has not even started the game yet. In one minute, he used a kick that shocked everyone in the world to help the Chinese team break the deadlock! This is his eighth goal in this Asian Cup! Officially tied with the eight goals scored by the legendary Iranian star Ali Daei in a single Asian Cup. Record!!"
New Wolf Sports commentator Zhan Jun's face was full of excitement and his tone was passionate: "Incredible game! Tang Zheng helped the Chinese team break the deadlock just 24 seconds into the game! Although this goal is not the fastest goal record in the history of the Asian Cup, it is definitely the fastest goal in the history of the Asian Cup. The fastest goal record in the history of the Asian Cup final! Tang Zheng, like a magic weapon descending from heaven, used a world wave to help the Chinese team open the door to victory! A dream start!"
"Oh-My-God!!" British Sky commentator Andy Gray's tone ranged from exclamation to surging: "Amazing Tang! The ability of an absolute superstar is fully demonstrated at this moment! I think the Chinese team will finally win under his leadership. Win the Asian Cup!”
"The Chinese team must win! The Chinese team must win!!"
Chinese fans at the Australian Stadium, led by the Dragons Fan Club, shouted unified slogans.
Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, was particularly excited in the fanatical atmosphere. After confirming that the ball flew into the net, he opened his arms and ran all the way to the "Dragon Fans Meeting", waving his arms back and forth. .
Under Tang Zheng's instigation, the Chinese fans became more and more excited, and the loud shouts they erupted became louder and louder, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.
Not long after, the excited teammates ran behind Tang Zheng, hugged Tang Zheng with all their strength, and shouted loudly to express the great pleasure brought by the goal.
Before the game, the Chinese players thought they would score, but they did not expect that the goal would come so quickly.
Lippi, who was in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, did not expect that the goal would come so quickly, and he broke the deadlock with such a goal that stimulated his visual nerves. Therefore, Lippi, who was accustomed to the world, couldn't help but raise his arms and shout.
Australian head coach Postkog pulled his hair with both hands, feeling very annoyed.
Before the game, he had not thought about being poisoned and scoring first, but he never thought that the Chinese team would score a goal with the first offensive ball, and he would score in this way to dampen the opponent's momentum.
Immediately, the live broadcast showed close-ups of many Australian players.
Cahill, Bresciano, Jedinak, Sainsbury and other players all looked ugly. It is undeniable that they thought about conceding the ball before the game, but they did not expect it to happen so quickly. The game has only been one minute...
Playing at home, the Chinese team scored in less than a minute. This feeling is very useless.
Looking at the Chinese players celebrating their goals crazily, I felt even more uncomfortable.
The Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV don't care about the mood of the Australian players. They only know that the national team they support opened the scoring. If this state can be continued in the following games, they will defeat Australia at home and win the first Asian Cup in team history. Championship is very possible!