Chapter 161: Two Goals Ahead?

Tang Zheng's pass and Yerfan's running were just right, Courtois was too late to attack, Yerfan took the first step to complete the shot, and the football fell to the left side of his body from the subconscious to Courtois's left armpit and rolled to the far corner of the goal.

"Whoa—"

The Chinese fans in the stands subconsciously created a deafening huge shout, and the frenzied atmosphere of the game went up to another stage.

British Sky commentator Andy Gray was affected by the frenzied atmosphere of the scene, and his voice was an octave higher: "From the start of the game to the fourteenth minute, the Chinese team broke the deadlock, the balance of the game was broken, and the next game will definitely be very exciting, and the goals will continue, since the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, the number of goals in the third and fourth finals has never been less than three, and I think the third and fourth place finals in the St. Petersburg Arena are the same......"

Yang 5 commentator He Wei became more and more excited, and said excitedly: "The opening goal is a very important start for the Chinese team, because after taking the lead, you can retreat to the half-court and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, Lu Liang, Ye Erfan and Sun Jingbo have very fast speed, coupled with the 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!"

"He Wei said very right, the backward Belgium will definitely strengthen the attack after the game restarts, and then it will be our chance, as He Wei said, Lu Liang, Ye Erfan and Sun Jingbo have very fast speed, and Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo have very delicate foot skills, strong individual combat ability, 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 South Korean team!

Commentator Xu Yang shouted.

Yerfan was thrilled to score, his second goal of the tournament, and it was the opening goal of the third- and fourth-place final, so he ran to the left side of the attacking corner and played a kneeling celebration.

Xu Yang's voice changed, and his voice was excited: "Yeerfan, who is only nineteen years old, has a first-class sense of smell in front of the goal, superb shooting skills, this World Cup is destined to be a springboard for him to go to a higher league, Feyenoord can't keep this superstar with unlimited potential!"

The Chinese fans in the stands danced with their hands, and the Chinese players and coaches in front of the coach's bench hugged and high-fived each other, venting the emotional outburst brought by the goal.

Belgian captain Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne, Alderweireld, Vincent Kompany, Thibaut Courtois and other stars were all grim-faced, clearly unhappy with conceding the goal less than 20 minutes into the game.

But they know that the overall strength of their team is stronger than that of the Chinese team, and the score is only temporary, and the team that wins the game in the end must be Belgium!

If it weren't for Tang Zheng's defense in place, De Bruysse's pass to Hazard was stopped in time, and Hazard, who was diagonally inserted into the penalty area, could have taken the ball directly to face goalkeeper Yan Junling.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

With a burst of exclamations from Chinese fans, Yang 5 commentator He Wei said with palpitations: "Fortunately, captain Tang Zheng focused on the game, otherwise the connection between Hazard and De Bruyne is very likely to break through Yan Junling's goal and equalize the score with lightning." ”

At the same time, Tang Zheng, who stopped the ball, quickly poked it with his toes, and Li Kui quickly kicked the football out of the sideline.

Tang Zheng quickly got up, clapped his palms vigorously and said instigantly: "Hey~ brothers, concentrate on the game! We are only one goal ahead, don't get distracted, the opponent is Belgium! The strength is at least two grades stronger than us, so we must do better than the opponent!"

With Tang Zheng's reminder, the Chinese players in the midfield and backfield played a twelve-point spirit and did not give Belgium any more obvious vacancy.

In the blink of an eye, the game came to 20 minutes, and the score was still 1:0 ahead of the Chinese team, and the Chinese fans in the stands cheered and sang "Singing the Motherland" under the leadership of the fans of the Dragon Team Fan Club.

Loud singing resounded throughout the St. Petersburg Arena, and the chanting also came in waves.

Under the cheers of the Chinese fans in the audience, no one thought that the Chinese team, which was completely inferior to Belgium, would completely suppress Belgium at both offensive and defensive ends.

"The momentum of the Chinese team has risen, Belgium is completely underwhelmed, Robert Martinez should think of a way to turn the situation around as soon as possible, otherwise the Chinese team is likely to take advantage of the victory and chase after it and score another goal. ”

German Sky commentator Marcel Leef said.

Courtois attacked and firmly hugged Lu Liang's cross from the left, and then a run vigorously threw the ball in his hand, the football flew quickly to his own side to attack the left side, Belgium captain Hazard inserted at high speed, but Gao Zhunyi, who was very well selected, jumped high in the process of retreating, and gave the ball to Li Kui, who handed it to Tang Zheng who returned to the arc of the center circle.

"Whoa—"

As soon as the football arrived at Tang Zheng's feet, the Chinese fans in the stands erupted into a huge shout like a tsunami.

Tang Zheng stopped the ball forward with the outside of his right foot, then quickly picked up his right foot and made a long pass to find Lu Liang, who was attacking the left rib of his side.

The soccer ball landed so strangely that Alderweireld jumped high in the back and failed to reach the ball.

"Alderweireld has risen to the top!"

Yang 5 commentator He Wei shouted violently.

Lu Liang didn't expect Alderweireld to rise to the top at all, but he subconsciously stretched his leg quickly, and the arch of his left foot swept the ball towards the middle of the penalty area, and Yerfan, who had a first-class sense of smell in front of goal, flashed in front of Kompany to complete the header.

The ball bounces to the ground and then bounces towards the near corner of the goal.

Just when Chinese fans thought that Ye Erfan's header was about to hit the near corner of the goal, a big black palm flicked the football outward, and the ball deflected off the outside edge of the goal post on the left side and out of the bottom line.

"Thibaut Courtois!" Jacques, the commentator of the Belgian national sports television, shouted violently: "Meritorious service! He saved the header of the Chinese player Ye Erfan in front of the goal!

"It's a pity!" Yang 5 commentator He Wei said regretfully.

"yes. Commentator Xu Yang sighed: "If Ye Erfan scored twice, then the game would be much easier." ”

Yerfan, who missed the goal, held his head in his hands and looked very remorseful.

He knows that if he can score a brace in this game, his future career will definitely be a lot smoother, but ...... Courtois denied the ball.

Courtois's miraculous save seemed to wake up his sleepwalking teammates, and in the ensuing game, he reversed the decline with the advantage of overall strength, controlled the pace of the game, and pressed the Chinese team in the half for an offensive drill.

However, the head coach of the Chinese team, Lippi, was not worried, he just reminded the players to concentrate on the game when the Chinese team was relatively passive.

In this game, the Chinese team, which sacrificed three backs, had sufficient defensive thickness in the midfield, coupled with the active assistance of Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo, and the defensive end was at ease.

However, due to the large number of people involved in the defense, it is a bit difficult to rely on Ye Erfan alone at the front on the offensive end.

In addition, Alderweireld and Kompany have a lot of experience in the game, and they have a variety of ways to deal with the 19-year-old Yerfan, so the Chinese team only defended and did not attack during this time.

Lippi, who has a lot of coaching, saw it, but didn't make any adjustments.

Or rather, he doesn't know what to do now.

Tang Zheng, who was called the head coach of the stadium by the media, thought of a solution, but he can only wait for Belgium to make a mistake.

In the thirtieth minute of the game, Belgium created a chance to score a goal, and the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, Yan Junling, even gave up the save, and the hearts of the Chinese fans in the stands were in their throats.

However, the St Petersburg Arena's goalpost denied Lukaku's goalmouth shot and unfortunately missed the equaliser.

Two minutes later, De Bruyne grabbed a very high-quality long-range shot before Tang Zheng could make up the defense, and this time Yan Junling took out the water bottle of Dortmund's number one goalkeeper and flew to the side to lift the ball off the crossbar.

Belgium's successive attacks almost scored goals, which made the Belgian fans at the St. Petersburg Arena very excited, as if they had seen the equalizer and the overtake in advance.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei said in a worried tone: "Coach Lippi must think of a way to reverse this unfavorable situation in the shortest possible time, otherwise Belgium is likely to seize the opportunity to equalize." ”

In the 37th minute, Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Witsel and Romelu Lukaku played a series of passes at the top of the Chinese team's penalty area, which caused the Belgian fans in the stands to burst into loud cheers.

The ball rolled towards De Brané, with Hazard and Mertens straining diagonally into both of China's boxes.

The attention of the Chinese team's defenders was completely focused on Hazard, because De Bruyne was facing Hazard, he would definitely choose to play the ball for Hazard, but no one expected De Bruyne to do the opposite, choosing to use the outside of his right foot to push the ball to the right front, and the football rolled to Gao Zhunyi and Jiang Zhipeng's defensive ribs.

"Whoa—"

The Belgian fans' shouts soared an octave, only to drop half a second later and turn into exclamations.

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De Bruyne seemed to have an eye in the back of his head, and his pass was exactly the same as Mertens' run.

Seeing that Mertens was about to face the football while running, a long leg wrapped in yellow socks suddenly appeared behind the right side of the broadcast screen, rotting the ball under his feet in the process of falling to the ground, and passed the football to the left-back Jiang Zhipeng, who was left behind by Mertens, before Mertens counter-grabbed on the spot.

Jiang Zhipeng stopped the ball and looked up, and was about to clear the siege with his big foot when he heard Tang Zheng's shout: "Don't break the siege, give it to me!"

Jiang Zhipeng's left foot was quickly retracted, and then he used the arch of his left foot to hand over the ball to Tang Zheng, who turned to face the attack.

De Bruyne knew how powerful Tang Zheng was, and immediately went sideways to defend - if he couldn't break the ball, then fouled!

De Bruyne, who was already mentally prepared, took an extra step in Tang Zheng's direction, because he thought Tang Zheng would meet the ball and accelerate.

Outcome......

Tang Zheng stepped forward with his right foot at the moment of meeting the ball, made an illusion of accelerating to meet the ball, raised his left foot, let go of the football that rolled against the turf, and then turned to the left rear with the sole of his right foot as the axis.

De Bruyne took an extra step and was one more step away from Tang Zheng, who turned the ball away from the emergency stop, so he couldn't reach the foul.

Witsel, who was closest to Tang Zheng, shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending Tang Zheng, but Tang Zheng did not give Witsel a chance to get close to the foul, and he kicked the ball behind Witsel without raising his head.

The on-site director switched cameras, and He Wei, the commentator of CCTV 5, shouted: "- Ye Erfan!"

With his back to the attack, Yerfan leaned back against Kompany and knocked the ball that Tang Zheng kicked back diagonally.

Kompany, who couldn't stop the car, pushed Yerfan to the ground with too much force, but referee Cunha didn't blow the whistle because the football was headed towards Tang Zheng, who was defending around Kovitsel.

According to the rules of the offense, the game continues!

Tang Zheng, who was running, took the ball forward and accelerated!

The foul Kompany pounced on Tang Zheng, who was accelerating forward, but Tang Zheng used the space early to open up the defensive area that Kompany could cover, which was equivalent to saying that Kompany's forward work was useless, and all the pressure was left to his central defensive partners 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, and Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo are very fast, accelerating along the two ribs.

In the blink of an eye, Tang Zheng dribbled the ball over the middle line.

Alderweireld and Vertonghen couldn't make up their minds, so they had to fight and retreat.

Tang Zheng took the ball to the attacking 40-meter area and began to consciously reduce his speed, as if he was waiting for something.

Alderweireld and Vertonghen naturally knew what Tang Zheng was going to do, and knew that they couldn't wait any longer.

Because when Lu Liang and Sun Jingbo's support is in place, the situation will inevitably be unfavorable for our side!

Just as Alderweireld was about to step forward to defend Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng passed.

The ball rolled against the turf and attacked the left rib, and Alderweireld had to stop on the spot and run towards the right rear.

"—Lu Liang!"

As the broadcast screen switched, He Wei, the central 5 commentator, shouted violently.

Tang Zheng gave a very large amount of advance, and Alderweireld had a judgment that he had played against Lu Liang in the Premier League, and he did not bet on Tang Zheng's accurate pass, but stuck the position.

Lu Liang, who was running, looked up at the running positions of Tang Zheng and Sun Jingbo, and then sent a wide range of transfer balls, and the football bypassed Aurier, Alvierd and Vertonghen, and ran to Sun Jingbo at the back of the penalty area.

Vertonghen blocked Sun's shot angle, and Alderweireld adjusted his position.

It was then that Alderweireld suddenly realized something.

Tang Zheng should be defended!

Sun Jingbo, who won the ball, picked up his right foot to make a gesture for the goal, deceived Vertonghen into a frontal block, and then sent the ball to the top of the arc of the penalty area with the arch of his right foot.

"Don—"

Accompanied by the shouts of British Sky commentator Andy Gray, Tang Zheng did not make any adjustments during the run, and picked up his right foot.

Alderweireld made a forward block too late and the ball flew quickly towards the near corner of the goal on the turf.

Goalkeeper Courtois fell to the ground very quickly, but it was still half a beat slower than the speed of the football......