Chapter 0162: The Attack Works!
Bueno, the commentator of Brazilian Globo TV, was very dissatisfied with Marcelo Rospide's substitution, but there is nothing wrong with objective comments, after all, the strength is not as good as the opponent, and it is an away game, and it is a normal choice to get a valuable away goal, and it is a normal choice to accept it when it is good. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Not to mention that it is unknown whether the attack will be able to score goals, but River Plate, who have overtaken the score, is very demoralized, and it is very likely that the score will be expanded at any time when the defensive line is unstable, and the away goal advantage will be wiped out.
Gremio decided to hold on to the 1:2 scoreline, and the 30-meter defensive third zone was full of people, and there was no one even left to fight back, so the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semi-final was announced to be a half-time battle.
Many commentators from Brazil don't understand Gremio's choice, even if they want to stick to the score, there is no need to completely give up attacking, right?
Because it is easy to have problems with continuous passive defense, and Gremio represents not only himself, but also the entire Brazilian Liga and the face of Brazil.
When did Brazil face Argentina?
So regardless of whether Gremio can hold on to this score until the end of the game, coach Marcelo Rospade will be criticized by the Brazilian media.
Brazilian football is in the world's impression of being full of strategy and passion, when has it ever been so passive and defensive?
In the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, even if Brazil won the championship with defense, it was criticized by the Brazilian media as worthless, not to mention the current Gremio team who only knows defense and has no counterattack?
Tang Zheng was not in a hurry in the face of Gremio's dense defense, anyway, there was nearly half of the second half, which should be enough to expand the score!
At first, he was still more afraid of Gremio's counterattack, after all, the team's first goal was due to the opponent's quick counterattack, but as time went on, he found that Gremio's counterattack was completely disorganized, and he kicked forward when he had the opportunity.
After another five minutes of play, Tang Zheng finally determined that Gremio was putting on a stubborn posture, and he could finally put his mind at ease.
With Domingo off the field, the responsibility of organizing the frontcourt offense naturally fell on Tang Zheng, so he could devote himself wholeheartedly to the offensive organization without worries.
Like the second goal, Tang Zheng's first consideration was to use the width of the pitch to pull the opponent's defense back and forth.
However, it was difficult to reap the results of the same method, so Tang Zheng began to try to strengthen his long-range shots.
Now his long-range shooting ability is much better than a few months ago, the crosshairs have skyrocketed, and the world wave at the Morumbi Stadium is still fresh in many people's memories, so the Gremio defensive arrangement that has studied Tang Zheng for a long time is aimed at Tang Zheng's long-range shots......
Since there is no way to make a difference from a long shot, let's use a 45-degree cross from both flanks to test Gremio's air defense!
According to the arrangement of head coach Simeone before the game, Bonanot and Ortega, who attacked the ribs, shouldered the heavy responsibility of the transfer, while Poncio was responsible for deciding the direction of football development, and the two fullbacks assisted forward with the sideline.
"It's ...... The rhythm of the assault!" commentator Abel Claudio was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed.
Gremio's defenders immediately became nervous when they saw Tang Zheng enter the penalty area.
Previously, Falcao's presence made them feel extremely uncomfortable, and now Tang Zheng, who is more than 1.9 meters tall, has entered the forbidden area again......
Do you want to let people live?
In fact, Tang Zheng just didn't give them a way to live!
Since you have chosen to stick to it, you should prepare for the worst.
With two baseline lines and 45-degree consecutive crosses, Tang Zheng and Falcao kept attacking Gremio's backline.
At the beginning, it was quite good, but as the pressure brought by Tang Zheng increased, the air defense alarm bell sounded.
In the 72nd minute of the game, the football developed to the left side, and it looked like he could get up and cross at any time, so the taller Revell narrowed the distance between him and Tang Zheng, chose to defend closely, and at the same time used the referee's visual blind spot to drag Tang Zheng's jersey with his hand.
At this time, left-back Ferrari knocked the ball back to Poncio, who received the ball, Tang Zheng took two steps back, and Revere had to let go, otherwise Tang Zheng consciously dived at the moment of the cross, and it would be troublesome.
What Revere didn't expect was that the moment he let go, Tang Zheng accelerated violently again, suddenly accelerating from the penalty spot to the left side of the penalty area.
Revell subconsciously reached out and wanted to pull Tang Zheng's jersey, but his movements were half a beat slower, and he only grabbed a ball of air.
Fortunately, his second reaction was fast, and the penalty area was overcrowded, so it was difficult for Tang Zheng to sprint at full speed.
Although he is half a position behind, he is not completely out of position.
Just then, Poncio fed the ball back to left-back Ferrari, who glanced up at the box before slotting a cross before the opposition full-back came up.
Tang Zheng bypassed Falcao and Everton, who were in front of him, and rushed to the front point, and Ferrari's cross landed at the front point.
This scared Revere a lot, but he quickly reacted, the landing point of the football was obviously too far away, even if Tang Zheng stopped the football, he couldn't form a goal at the first time, he chose to run to the ribs to block the angle of Tang Zheng's shot after receiving the ball.
Under normal circumstances, it is understandable to make such a choice, and it is a very smart approach, but Tang Zheng is facing football not to hit the goal with the ball, but to ...... Make a wall.
The football in mid-air began to fall, and Tang Zheng first stuck his position with his back to the goal, not giving Revere a chance to clear the siege in advance.
Revere saw that Tang Zheng had his back to the goal, but he had no intention of clearing the siege, he believed that as long as Tang Zheng's shooting angle was blocked, then the defense would be solved this time.
Goalkeeper Victor was facing all the players with a wide field of vision, his attention was on the football as well as on the River Plate players entering the box.
When Tang Zheng turned his back to the goal and faced the football, Victor's attention was more focused on the other River Plate players in the penalty area who could form a connection with Tang Zheng, because they were the biggest threat to the goal!
Bonanot, who entered the penalty area from the right rib of the defense, instantly entered Victor's monitoring range, but he didn't think that Tang Zheng would hand over the ball to Bonanotte as soon as possible, after all, Tang Zheng, who was half-backed to the goal, was still looking up at the falling football, and he shouldn't be able to pay attention to Bonanotte who slipped into the penalty area.
Should?
However, Victor forgets that in football, there is a term called 'tacit understanding', and tacit understanding is that you don't need to deliberately observe the movement of your teammates.
Tang Zheng naturally opened his arms at the moment when the football came to him to maintain his body balance, just like the most ordinary chest and part stop, Revere behind him only paid attention to Tang Zheng's shooting angle, as for Tang Zheng's other options, he didn't have any extra mind to guess.
Anyway, the soldiers will come to block it.
"Whew-"
The River Plate fans in the stands saw that Tang Zheng was about to receive the ball, and subconsciously shouted.
Everyone saw Tang Zheng's left leg take half a step back, and the center of gravity of his body naturally tilted to the left back, just at this time, the football fell on his right chest, and then rubbed it to change direction.
The ball, which had lost most of its force, bounced off Bonanott's forward course.
It was only then that everyone's attention followed the football to Bonanot, which did not attract anyone's attention.
But it was too late for the attention, and as soon as goalkeeper Victor blurted out "Go up!" and Bonanott picked up his skilful left foot and kicked the ball.
"-Shoot!"
Abel Claudio's voice jerked an octave higher.
The frenzied atmosphere over the Monumental Stadium also heated up as the football left Bonanott's golden left foot, and Revere reflexively tried to block it with his body, but it was still a little slower than the speed of the football, which almost grazed his chest and flew towards the near corner of the goal with the sound of the wind.
Goalkeeper Victor's pupils shrank suddenly, and his body made a save in an instant......
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal――”
The next moment, the live radio rang out with DJ hysterical chanting.
Bonanot's non-stop volley power and angle are impeccable, so with the explosion of the DJ on the spot, the River Plate fans in the stands are completely boiling!
They know that a 3-1 score is more conducive to the team than a 2-1 score to qualify for the final.
At this moment, no one at the Monument Stadium can be calm.
Bonanot became so excited to see the football lying quietly in the goal that he rushed to the sidelines to jump over the billboards and raise his arms and chant to the home fans in the stands.
It was the most beautiful goal of his career so far!
And it was a goal that helped the team to extend the score, and from a competitive point of view, it was a goal that established confidence!
That's why Monument Stadium is so boiling.
Twelve years of waiting is enough for a teenager to become a father.
Many fans in the stands watched River Plate win the second Copa Libertadores in their history in childhood or adolescence, and twelve years later, with this goal, they are infinitely close to the Copa Libertadores final.
It was only then that Gremio coach Marcelo Rospid realized that if he continued to hold on, he would completely miss the Copa Libertadores final, so he immediately played the third card.
But this substitution did not meet his expectations, but was a dead move towards the abyss.
The problems caused by the dwindling number of defenders and the decline in fitness were fatal, and Tang Zheng used his trademark back-cut header to extend River Plate to 4-1 with 84 minutes played
River Plate conceded first in the first half, but they scored four goals in the second half in a row to see them qualify for the final.
Provided, of course, that they don't lose three goals away from Gremio.
Against this backdrop, the River Plate fans in the stands went completely frenzied, and the extremely fanatical fans lit the red fireworks that were smuggled in.
For a few moments, fans sitting in front of the TV will be able to see the smoke appear in the broadcast footage......
In the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores, with a three-goal lead over the visitors, what could be more satisfying?
(To be continued.) )