Chapter 033: Lightning Goal

"Beep~"

With the whistle of the referee on duty, Alireza Fagani, the final of the 16th Asian Cup in Australia 2015 was officially announced.

Hearing the whistle, Gao Lin pulled his right foot forward, and the football rolled towards Lu Liang.

Australian veteran Cahill started to pounce on Lu Liang on the spot, Lu Liang, who received the football, paused, and waited until Cahill came two meters in front of him to pass the ball back to Tang Zheng who was standing at the top of the arc of the center circle of his side.

At the same time, there was a loud chant over the Australian stadium: "Whoa, whoa, whoa—"

Cahill froze in place, and then started to pounce on Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng did not hand over the football again like Lu Liang, but used Artemisia Junmin to step forward and pick up his right foot to pass the ball, Cahill thought Tang Zheng was going to pass the ball, so he stretched his left leg in the run to try to intercept Tang Zheng's pass to Artemisia Junmin.

Tang Zheng's right foot slammed the ball back, and a very wonderful fake facsimile dunk shook Cahill, taking the ball and moving forward.

“…… The defensive midfielder is Tang Zheng's partner Li Kui, who is only 19 years old...... "Yang 5 commentator He Wei was still reporting the starting list of the Chinese team to the fans in front of the TV, and saw Tang Zheng skillfully shake Cahill's voice and shouted: "Beautiful pass!"

When Kreuzer saw Tang Zheng coming over with the ball, he felt a little unhappy, and stepped forward to defend aggressively.

However, Tang Zheng's upper body with the ball had an obvious tilt to the right, and Kreuzer also wanted Tang Zheng to break through from the left side of his body, so he moved to the left in advance, but Tang Zheng pushed the ball to the left with the arch of his right foot, and the left foot of the supporting foot kicked the ground to start on the spot, breaking through from the weak side of Kreuzer's defense, that is, the right side of Kreuzer's body.

Tang Zheng, who passed Kreuzer, also crossed the middle line, and the double-back combination of Milligan and captain Jedinak were a little embarrassed, and they didn't know whether to step forward to defend Tang Zheng.

Because Lu Liang and Hao Junmin both consciously ran towards the space behind Miligan and Jedinak, coupled with Gao Lin running to the space between the two central defenders Sainsbury and Spiranovic, once Tang Zheng passed, the defense would be very passive.

The players on the pitch were aware of this, and manager Postecoglou saw it, so he stood up sharply in the dugout and walked to the front of the home team's dugout to instruct the players on how to defend.

But the atmosphere was frenetic, and the Chinese fans saw the first attack of the Chinese team to create a hint of threat, creating a huge cheer, and the players on the field could not hear Postecoglou say anything, and did not even notice that he came to the sidelines.

Neither Miligan nor Jedinak stepped forward to defend, and Tang Zheng continued to dribble the ball forward by five meters.

In the absence of a choice, Miligan stepped forward to defend Tang Zheng, and captain Jedinak made up for it behind him.

At this moment, Tang Zheng slammed the ball to the right with the outside of his right instep, shook off the angle, picked up his right foot, and passed a diagonal pass of more than 20 meters with the instep of his right foot.

Zhang Linpeng has now suppressed Brazil's quasi-national right-back Danilo to become Porto's right wing-back, and his ability is needless to say, plus Wu Sanshi's adduction has taken away the defensive attention of left-back Davidson, and there are no Australian defenders within a radius of five meters.

Tang Zheng's pass also had a certain amount of advance, which was completely in line with Zhang Linpeng's sprinting speed, and he took the ball forward in a high-speed run.

“…… The centre-back is Sainsbury and Spiranovic ......"

He Wei, the central 5 commentator, finally finished reading the starting list of the Chinese team, and when it was his turn to read the starting list of Australia, he saw the football coming to Zhang Linpeng's feet, and his voice changed suddenly, shouting: "Tang Zheng's pass found Zhang Linpeng who was inserted at high speed, and there were no Australian defenders in front of him, which ...... It's an opportunity......"

Australian coach Postecoglou suddenly realized something, and stood in the home team's coach's command area and roared hysterically at the absent left-back Davidson: "Watch out for the Chinese players outflanked 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 of the fans in the stands were higher and higher, so the players on the field could not hear Postecoglou's roar on the sidelines.

In this regard, Postecoglou couldn't help but curse secretly: "Shit!!"

It was clear that the players on the pitch had made a mistake that they shouldn't have made.

Lack of concentration at the beginning of the game!

One of the easiest times to score is at the start of the game, so Postecoglou has a bad feeling, but there is nothing he can do about it right now, so he has to stand in the home team's command area and have a headache.

Lippi, who was not far away, was full of expectations, even if Tang Zheng's choice was a little different from the rigorous tactics arranged before the game.

Before the game, Lippi asked the team to focus on stability, especially in the early stages of the game.

But Lippi follows the truth that tactics are dead and people are alive, and Tang Zheng is the kind of brain-type player on the pitch who can often have some whimsical ideas.

Defenders at this time are the most prone to negligence, so it's 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 was more to look forward to.

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"Whoa—"

Zhang Linpeng dribbled the ball to the offensive ribs at high speed, and the shouts created by the Chinese fans in the stands suddenly rose an octave and were deafening.

The home fans, who occupy half of the Australian stadiums, were so blindsided at this moment that they forgot to make a sound.

There were also many fans who were queuing up to enter the stadium to listen to the loud shouts that suddenly resounded in the sky, and out of physical conditioning, they stopped in place and turned their heads to look at the stadium.

Zhang Linpeng picked up his right foot about 30 meters from the bottom line, and made a wide range of crosses, and Davidson, who deceived the high-speed return defense, hurriedly stretched his left foot and tried to block Zhang Linpeng's cross, but Zhang Linpeng did not cross, he quickly withdrew his right foot, and the arch of his foot went to the direction of the bottom line.

The defenders are already passive in defense, and Davidson's explosiveness is not as strong as Zhang Linpeng's, so it is too late to accelerate after a pause.

Centre-back Sainsbury had no choice but to move to the left wing and force Zhang Linpeng to dribble away from the middle.

Originally, Zhang Linpeng wanted to speed up towards the middle, but after seeing Sainsbury pull out to defend, he decisively took the ball to the right side, widened the distance from Sainsbury, and prepared for the next ball handling.

At this moment, not many people noticed that Tang Zheng, who had passed Cahill and Kreuzer, quietly accelerated, and ran towards the Australian penalty area.

Bresciano, who was experienced in the game, was not on the band, and his concentration was very focused, reaching for the shirt behind Tang Zheng's back as he actively ran away.

What Bresciano didn't expect was that Tang Zheng ran two steps and swung his arm violently to hit his right arm that was pulling his jersey, and he didn't concentrate enough under the pain.

Tang Zheng, who was running, suddenly accelerated again, and Bresciano failed to hold on to his jersey......

"Look at him, Michael!"

Bresciano realised the importance of Tang Zheng and had no choice but to turn to captain Jedinak, who was protecting the space in front of the centre-back.

However, it was too late for Jedinac to hear it, because Tang Zheng's acceleration was much faster than Jedinak's uniform running, and when Jedinac heard Bresciano's 'call for help', a red figure flashed from his side to his side.

The Arabic numeral '10' on the back of the jersey stands out, telling who the shirt owners are.

Tang Zheng!

The first World Footballer of the Year in the entire history of Asian football!

Recognized worldwide as the best goal-scoring midfielder at the moment!

But Jedinak couldn't do anything about it, because it took him time to go from constant speed to full speed, and Tang Zheng was running at a complete high speed.

Zhang Linpeng, who was dribbling the ball, came to a distance of ten meters from the bottom line, and Sainsbury basically stood in a defensive position, as long as there was no active mistake, it was able to interfere with the quality of Zhang Linpeng's cross to the greatest extent.

Zhang Linpeng, who suddenly slowed down his speed, accelerated violently again, and then picked up his right foot to make a gesture to cross, and the young Sainsbury thought that Zhang Linpeng was going to cross, and quickly stretched out his right foot to try to block Zhang Linpeng's cross.

The result?

Zhang Linpeng picked up his right foot and didn't cross, but just dummered a shot, and the ball was pushed forward at the moment when Sainsbury stretched his foot to gain more passing space.

Sainsbury was glad that he had a good eye, quickly retracted his right foot, kept up with Zhang Linpeng's stride, and threw his whole body at the moment when Zhang Linpeng actually kicked the football, and stretched his right foot forward.

"Zhang Linpeng!Cross!!"

He Wei, the central 5 commentator, looked at the broadcast screen and shouted violently.

At the same time, Sainsbury was a little remorseful, because Zhang Linpeng's cross was not swept directly into the penalty area, but gave an inverted triangle, and the football quickly rolled against the turf to the top of the arc of the big penalty area.

For Zhang Linpeng's cross, there was no active return to the Australian defenders, so they stopped on the spot and watched as the football rolled.

Australia's captain Jedinak watched Tang Zheng face the ball as he ran, then adjusted his pace and picked up his right foot.

The on-site director switched the camera for the first time and aimed at the top of the arc of the big forbidden area.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice changed, his voice was an octave higher, and Tang Zheng, who was looking at the broadcast screen to face the football, shouted: "Tang Zheng——"

"Whoa—"

The eruption of Chinese fans in the stands has increased significantly, giving people the sense that Tang Zheng is not shooting but scoring directly.

“Boom~”

Half a second later, Tang Zheng's right foot kicked the middle and lower part of the football with a strong instep, making a crisp hitting sound.

According to the feeling of football feedback, Tang Zheng was overjoyed.

Pregnant!

The football soared into the air, without a trace of spinning in mid-air, like a cannonball, whistling towards the goal.

Goalkeeper Matthew Ryan didn't even have time to react to the flying football, all he could do was keep his vision from taking his sights off the ball.

At this moment, he remembered the explanation of the enlightened coach in the sunset - as a qualified goalkeeper, he can't let football out of his field of vision no matter what.

Indeed, he did.

It's just that Matthew Ryan was in a terrible mood, and the ball flew like a cannonball into the top right corner of the goal as he witnessed it until the ball crashed into the snow-white net......

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"The ball is in! The ball is in!!The ball is in!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei was full of passion, almost crazy shouting: "World wave! Absolute world wave! Captain Tang Zheng used a kick to help the Chinese team break the deadlock less than a minute after the game started! This is his eighth goal in this Asian Cup! Officially tied the record of Iranian legendary star Ali Daei scoring eight goals in a single Asian Cup!!"

Zhan Jun, the commentator of New Wolf Sports, was full of excitement and spoke in an impassioned tone: "An incredible game! Tang Zheng helped the Chinese team break the deadlock in just 24 seconds after the game began! Although this goal is not the fastest goal record in the history of the Asian Cup, it is definitely the fastest goal record in the history of the Asian Cup final! Tang Zheng, who is like a divine soldier descending from heaven, helped the Chinese team open the door to victory with a world wave! ushered in a dream start!"

"Oh-My-God!!" British Sky commentator Andy Grey's tone changed from amazed to surging: "Amazing Tang! The ability of an absolute superstar is vividly reflected at this moment! I think the Chinese team will finally win the Asian Cup under his leadership!"

"The Chinese team will win! The Chinese team will win!!"

Chinese fans at Australian stadiums shouted a unified slogan under the leadership of the 'Dragons Fan Club'.

Tang Zheng, who scored the goal, was also particularly excited in the frenzied atmosphere of the scene, and after he made sure that the football flew into the net, he spread his arms and ran all the way to the front of the 'Dragon Team Fan Club', waving his arms back and forth.

Chinese fans became more and more excited under Tang Zheng's instigation, and the huge shouts that erupted rose again tomorrow, like a mountain roaring tsunami.

Not long after, the excited teammates ran behind Tang Zheng, hugged Tang Zheng one after another, and shouted loudly, venting the great pleasure brought by the goal.

Before the game, the Chinese players thought that they would score, but they did not expect that the goals would come so quickly.

Lippi in front of the away team's coach's bench didn't expect the goal to come so quickly, and he broke the deadlock with this kind of goal that stimulated the visual nerves, so Lippi, who was used to seeing the world, couldn't help but raise his arms and shout.

Australian head coach Postecog pulled his hands at his hair, frustrated with hatred.

Before the game, he didn't expect to score first after being poisoned, but he didn't expect the Chinese team to score in the first offensive ball, and he scored in this way of hitting the opponent's momentum.

Immediately, the close-up of the live broadcast was given to a number of Australian players.

Cahill, Bresciano, Jedinak, Sainsbury and other players have ugly faces, it is undeniable that they thought about conceding before the game, but they did not expect it to be so fast, the game is only a minute now......

Playing at home, the Chinese team scored in less than a minute at the beginning, this feeling is very embarrassing.

Looking at the Chinese players who were frantically celebrating their goals, my heart became 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 has opened the scoring, and if the next game can continue this form, it is very possible to beat Australia at home to win the first Asian Cup in the team's history!