Chapter 161 2 Goals Ahead?
Tang Zheng's pass and Yerfan's movement were just right. It was too late for Courtois to attack. Yerfan was the first to finish the shot. The football subconsciously fell to the ground and pounced on Courtois's left armpit on the left side of his body. Rolling on the turf towards the far corner of the goal.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"
The Chinese fans in the stands subconsciously made a deafening roar, and the fanatical game atmosphere went to another level.
British Sky commentator Andy Gray was affected by the fanatical atmosphere at the scene and his voice rose an octave: "The Chinese team broke the deadlock in the 14th minute of the game and the balance of the game was broken. The next game will definitely be very exciting. Score a goal. Continuously, starting from the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, the number of goals in the third and fourth place finals has never been less than three. I think the same is true for this third and fourth place finals at the St. Petersburg Arena..."
Central 5 commentator He Wei became more and more excited and said excitedly: "The first goal is a very important start for the Chinese team, because after taking the lead, they can retreat to half-court and wait for opportunities to counterattack. Lu Liang, Ye Erfan and Sun Jingbo Both have very fast speed, coupled with captain Tang Zheng’s long-pass scheduling and organization, I think as long as the frontcourt players seize the opportunity, the score will soon expand to two goals!”
"What He Wei said is very correct. Belgium, which is lagging behind, will definitely strengthen its attack after the game restarts. Then it will be our chance. As He Wei said, Lu Liang, Ye Erfan and Sun Jingbo are all very fast. Moreover, both Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo have very delicate foot skills and strong individual combat capabilities. As long as we seize the opportunity and expand the score, we will no longer share the best results of Asian teams in the World Cup with the Korean team! Become an Asian team in the World Cup The best team in the World Cup!"
Commentator Xu Yang shouted.
Ye Erfan looked very excited after scoring. This was his second goal in this World Cup, and this goal was the opening goal in the third and fourth place finals. It was of great significance, so he ran to the left to attack. In the corner kick area, he celebrated by sliding and kneeling.
Xu Yang changed his voice and became passionate: "Yerfan, who is only 19 years old, has a first-class sense of smell in front of the goal and superb shooting skills. This World Cup is destined to be a springboard for him to go to a higher level league. Feyenoord will not be able to stay." Stay with this super star with unlimited potential!”
The Chinese fans in the stands were dancing and the Chinese players and coaches in front of the coaching bench hugged and high-fived each other, venting the emotional outburst caused by the goal.
Belgian captain Hazard, Lukaku, De Bruyne, Alderweireld, Kompany, Courtois and other stars had serious expressions on their faces, obviously disappointed with the loss in less than 20 minutes after the game started. Ball was dissatisfied.
But they know that the overall strength of their team is stronger than that of the Chinese team, and the score deficit is only temporary. The team that ultimately wins the game must be Belgium!
Therefore, the Belgian team, which had the advantage of kicking off, quickly organized a very threatening offensive. If Tang Zheng hadn't been in place to defend, he blocked De Bruyne's pass to Hazard in time and inserted it diagonally into the penalty area. Hazard can directly take the ball and face goalkeeper Yan Junling.
"Oh oh oh——"
Accompanied by a burst of exclamations from Chinese fans, Central 5 commentator He Wei said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, captain Tang Zheng was focused on the game, otherwise the connection between Hazard and De Bruyne would have been very likely to break through Yan Junling's guard. Goal, lightning equalizer.”
At the same time, Tang Zheng, who blocked the ball, quickly poked it with his toe, and Li Kui quickly kicked the ball out of the sideline.
Tang Zheng stood up quickly, clapped his hands with all his strength and said provocatively: "Hey, brothers, focus on the game! We are only one goal ahead, don't be distracted, our opponent is Belgium! They are at least two levels stronger than us. So we have to do better than our opponents!”
With Tang Zheng's reminder, the Chinese players in the midfield and backcourt worked hard and did not leave Belgium with any obvious openings.
In the blink of an eye, the game came to twenty minutes, and the score was still 1:0 for the Chinese team. The Chinese fans in the stands cheered and sang, led by the fans from the Dragons fan club,
"Singing the Motherland".
The loud singing resounded throughout the St. Petersburg Arena, and the cheers came one after another.
Under the loud cheers of the Chinese fans in the audience, no one expected that the Chinese team, which was completely inferior to Belgium, would completely suppress Belgium on both offense and defense.
"The momentum of the Chinese team has increased, and Belgium is completely at a disadvantage. Robert Martinez should think of a way to reverse the situation as soon as possible, otherwise the Chinese team is likely to pursue the victory and score another goal."
German Sky commentator Marcel Leiftau.
Courtois attacked and firmly hugged Lu Liang's cross from the left, and then threw the ball in his hands with a run-up. The football quickly flew to his side to attack the left. Belgian captain Hazard intervened at high speed, but the position selection was very good. Gao Zhunyi jumped high while retreating and tipped the ball to Li Kui, who then handed it to Tang Zheng who returned to the center circle.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"
As soon as the football reached Tang Zheng's feet, the Chinese fans in the stands erupted into a loud roar like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
Tang Zheng stopped the ball forward with the outside instep of his right foot, then quickly raised his right foot and made a long pass to Lu Liang, who was attacking his left rib.
The landing point of the football was so weird that Alderweireld, who was retreating, jumped up and failed to hit the football.
"Alderweireld is on top!"
Central 5 commentator He Wei shouted loudly.
Lu Liang didn't expect Alderweireld to go overboard at all, but he subconsciously stretched his legs quickly and lifted the ball to the center of the penalty area with the arch of his left foot. Yerfan, who has a good sense of smell in front of the goal, dodged in front of Kompany and finished. The header dives towards the top.
The football first bounced to the ground and then bounced toward the near corner of the goal.
Just when the Chinese fans thought that Ye Erfan's header was going to hit the near corner of the goal, a big black palm pushed the football outward, and the football missed the outer edge of the left goal post and went out of the baseline.
"Thibaud Courtois!" Jacques, the commentator of Belgium's national sports TV station, shouted loudly: "He has done a great job! He saved the Chinese player Ye Erfan's header and dived into the top of the goal! Beautiful save!"
"What a pity!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei said regretfully.
"Yeah." Commentator Xu Yang sighed: "If Ye Erfan scores twice, the game will be much easier to play."
After missing the ball, Irfan put his head in his hands and looked very regretful.
He knew that if he could score twice in this game, his future career would definitely be much smoother, but... Courtois kept the ball away.
Courtois's divine save seemed to wake up his sleepwalking teammates. In the subsequent games, he relied on his overall strength advantage to reverse the situation, control the rhythm of the game, and hold the Chinese team in the half court for offensive drills.
However, Lippi, the head coach of the Chinese team, is not worried. He just reminded the players to concentrate on the game when the Chinese team is relatively passive.
The Chinese team, which used three midfielders in this game, had sufficient defense in the midfield and backcourt. Coupled with the active defense of Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo, the defensive end was easy to handle.
However, due to the large number of people participating in the defense, it seemed a bit difficult to rely on Ye Erfan alone on the offensive end.
In addition, Alderweireld and Kompany have rich experience in the game and have many ways to deal with the 19-year-old Ye Erfan. Therefore, the Chinese team only defended and did not attack during this period.
Lippi, who has extensive coaching experience, saw it but did not make any adjustments.
In other words, he doesn't know what to do now.
Tang Zheng, who is called the head coach on the field by the media, has thought of a solution, but now he can only wait and wait for Belgium to make a mistake.
In the 30th minute of the game, Belgium created a chance to score a goal. The Chinese team goalkeeper Yan Junling even gave up the save, and the Chinese fans in the stands had their hearts in their throats.
However, the goal post of the St. Petersburg Arena blocked Lukaku's shot in front of the goal, and it was a pity that he missed the opportunity to equalize the score.
Two minutes later, De Bruyne took a very high-quality long shot before Tang Zheng could defend. This time Yan Junling took out the water bottle of Dortmund's number one goalkeeper, flew sideways and lifted the ball over the crossbar.
Belgium's continuous attacks almost resulted in a goal, which made the Belgian fans in the St. Petersburg Arena very excited, as if they had seen the equalizer and the go-ahead score in advance.
Central 5 commentator He Wei sounded uneasy: "Lippi must find a way to reverse this unfavorable situation in the shortest possible time, otherwise Belgium is likely to seize the opportunity to equalize the score."
In the 37th minute, Hazard, De Bruyne, Witsel and Lukaku played consecutive passes at the top of the Chinese team's penalty area, causing the Belgian fans in the stands to burst into loud cheers.
The football rolled towards Debrane, and Hazard and Mertens inserted diagonally into the Chinese team's two penalty areas at the same time.
The Chinese team's defensive players focused entirely on Hazard. Because De Bruyne was facing Hazard, he would definitely choose to play for Hazard, but no one expected that De Bruyne would do the opposite. Just as he did, he chose to use the outside instep of his right foot to flick the ball to the front right, and the football rolled towards the defensive ribs of Gao Zhunyi and Jiang Zhipeng.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"
The chants produced by the Belgian fans suddenly rose an octave higher, but then suddenly dropped down again half a second later and turned into exclamations.
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De Bruyne seems to have eyes in the back of his head, his passing is exactly the same as Mertens' running.
Seeing Mertens running towards the football, a long leg wrapped in yellow socks suddenly appeared on the right side of the broadcast screen. When he fell to the ground, he smashed the ball under his feet, and before Mertens could do it, Before making a counterattack, he passed the football to left back Jiang Zhipeng, who was left behind by Mertens.
Jiang Zhipeng stopped the ball and raised his head. He was about to make a big-footed clearance when he heard Tang Zheng shouting: "Don't make the clearance, give it to me!"
Jiang Zhipeng quickly retracted his flailing left foot, and then used the arch of his left foot to pass the ball to Tang Zheng, who turned to face the attacking direction.
De Bruyne knew how powerful Tang Zheng was, so he immediately crossed over to defend - if he couldn't intercept the ball, it would be a foul!
De Bruyne, who was mentally prepared, took an extra step in Tang Zheng's direction because he thought Tang Zheng would accelerate to meet the ball.
result……
The moment Tang Zheng met the ball, he stepped forward with his right foot, making an illusion of accelerating to meet the ball. He raised his left foot, moved the football rolling against the turf, and then turned to the left and back using the sole of his right foot as an axis.
Because De Bruyne took one more step, he was one more step away from Tang Zheng who made an emergency stop to turn the ball around, so he couldn't reach it even if he wanted to foul.
Witsel, who was closest to Tang Zheng, shouldered the important task of defending Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng did not give Witsel a chance to get close to the foul. He kicked the ball behind Witsel without even raising his head.
The on-site director switched the camera, and CCTV 5 commentator He Wei shouted: "——Ye Erfan!"
With his back to the direction of attack, Erfan leaned back against Kompany and knocked back the football kicked by Tang Zheng diagonally.
Kompany, who couldn't stop the car, used too much force and pushed Yerfan to the ground. However, the referee Cunha did not blow the whistle because the ball was heading towards Tang Zheng who was surrounding Witsel's defense.
According to the offensive favorable rules, the game continues!
Tang Zheng, who was running, moved the ball forward and accelerated!
Kompany, who committed the foul, pounced on Tang Zheng, who was accelerating forward. However, Tang Zheng used the space early to open up the defensive area that Kompany could cover. This means that Kompany's forward movement was useless and all the pressure was left to him. The center back pairing of Alderweireld and Vertonghen.
Fortunately, Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo are still behind Tang Zheng, and Alderweireld and Vertonghen can fully face Tang Zheng's impact.
However, the Chinese team's support ability is extremely strong. Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo are very fast and accelerate along the two ribs.
In the blink of an eye, Tang Zheng dribbled the ball past the halfway line.
Alderweireld and Vertonghen could not make up their minds and had no choice but to fight and retreat.
Tang Zheng brought the ball to the 40-meter offensive area and began to consciously slow down, as if waiting for something.
Alderweireld and Vertonghen naturally knew what Tang Zheng was going to do and knew they could not wait any longer.
Because when Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo's support is in place, the situation will definitely be unfavorable for our side!
Just when Alderweireld was about to step forward to defend Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng passed the ball.
The football rolled against the turf towards the left rib of the attacking team. Alderweireld had to stop on the spot and run towards the back right.
"——Lu Liang!"
As the broadcast screen switched, CCTV 5 commentator He Wei suddenly shouted.
Tang Zheng gave a very large amount of advance. Alderweireld had a judgment. He had played against Lu Liang in the Premier League. When Tang Zheng passed the ball accurately, he did not gamble, but stuck in his position.
Lu Liang, who was running, looked up at the movements of Tang Zheng and Sun Jingbo, and then sent a wide-range transfer ball. The ball bypassed Aurier, Alweireld and Vertonghen and ran to the back of the penalty area. Sun Jingbo.
Vertonghen blocked Sun Jingbo's shooting angle, and Alderweireld adjusted his position.
At this moment, Alderweireld suddenly realized something.
Tang Zheng should be defended!
After receiving the ball, Sun Jingbo swung his right foot towards the goal, deceiving Vertonghen into a frontal block, and then sent the ball to the top of the penalty area with the arch of his right foot.
"Don——"
With British Sky commentator Andy Gray shouting loudly, Tang Zheng did not make any adjustments while running and raised his right foot.
It was too late for Alderweireld to block the ball forward, and the ball flew quickly against the turf towards the near corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Courtois fell to the ground very quickly, but compared to the speed of football, it was still half a beat slower...