Chapter 101: Absolute Peace!
In the penultimate round of the K-League, at 7 o'clock on October 25th, the Seoul World Cup Stadium ushered in the most high-profile matchup of this round of the league! Seongnam Il and Cheonma, who are ranked at the top of the league, and Seoul FC, which is temporarily ranked second in the league, have launched a fierce competition!
Seoul FC have scored a crazy 24 points with seven wins and three draws in the first ten rounds of the second half of the league! Pohang Steelers are second in the K-League standings with a goal difference, and now they are only 6 points behind Seongnam Il and Cheonma with 40 points!
If Seoul FC win against Seongnam Ilhe and Cheonma in this game, then they will continue to have their hopes of winning the regular season of the league! But if they draw or lose the game against Seongnam Ilhwa, then as long as Seongnam Ilhwa does not get a point in the next two league games, Seongnam Ilhwa will be safe to win the regular season title.
After experiencing the disappointment in the first half of the league and the joy and confidence from the start of the second half of the league to the present, the players of Seoul FC have breathed a sigh of relief and vowed to pull Seongnam Ilhwa from the top of the league table!
With the team's attacking edge after the reshuffling of the forward line, coupled with the already stable midfield combination and strong defence, who else can stop them from the pace and determination to challenge for the title?
However, it is a pity that although Seoul FC is full of momentum, and it is not inferior to Seongnam Il and Tianma in terms of lineup and tactics, God seems to want to joke with the players of Seoul FC tonight.
In less than five minutes after the opening game, Li Kong received a cross from Kim Dongjin in the penalty area and shook his head to attack the goal, and finally pushed the ball to the goalpost! Ten minutes later, Li Yirong directly plugged Li Kong to get a half-single chance, Li Kong squeezed away the central defender of Chengnan Yihe and knocked the ball to the fullback Andilson of the team who was inserted behind, but no one expected that Andilson faced the push of most of the empty goal and finally hit the goal post of Chengnan Yihe!
Andilson, who missed this opportunity, also held his head in his hands and was annoyed, and Seoul FC hit two goalposts in less than 20 minutes of the first half! And even more desperate things happened one after another, first at the end of the first half, Seoul FC was scored by Kim Doo-hyun with a world wave 30 meters away from the goal!
Shortly after the start of the second half of the game, Seongnam Ilhwa's high school striker Woo Sung-yong suddenly fell down when he was fighting for the top in the Seoul FC penalty area, and the referee immediately awarded Seongnam Il and Tianma a penalty, Seoul FC was responsible for defending Woo Sung's central defender Kwak Tae-hui excitedly wanted to find the referee's theory, but fortunately Lee Yi-yong even pulled him away, which did not cause more adverse consequences for Seoul FC, and then Woo Sung scored the penalty he created in one fell swoop.
Suddenly they fell behind 0-2, and many players of Seoul FC felt a little dazed when they looked at Seongnam Il and the players who were celebrating together, but fortunately at this time, Lee Jang-so and the team's old captain Kim Byung-ji stood up and shouted to cheer for the players, and the Seoul FC players, who barely mustered up some energy, were able to resist the next wave of attacks by Seongnam Ilhwa.
However, the dramatic scene came again, in the 80th minute of the game, Li Kong suddenly pulled out his foot and shot angrily at the front of the big penalty area of Chengnan Yihe! The football was first bravely blocked by the central defender of Chengnan Yihe with his back, but no one expected that the blocked football bounced on the legs of Chengnan Yihe and another defender and flew towards the goal again!
The goalkeeper just breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and he couldn't make any saves at all when he was caught off guard! He could only watch the football fly into his own door, and the defender who blocked the ball with his back and another defender who was standing innocently in place also looked at each other, who should blame this Nima? The goalkeeper helplessly fished the football out of the net, looked at the two people in front of him spread their hands, signaling that they can't carry this pot, they decide who will carry it~ (Both T M Lai Benzema!)
Li Kong was also stunned by this scene, but the enthusiastic teammates quickly overwhelmed him, although this goal is not his goal, but it can also be said that the opportunity he created is not! The home fans of Seoul FC at the scene are also boiling, but the celebration time is over soon, after all, they are still one goal behind, and they have to hurry up and score another goal!
The head coach of Seongnam Ilhwa at this time is very decisive and directs all the players to retreat to their own penalty area, and holding on to this victory is what they have to do now! It is better to be besieged than to be counterattacked by Seoul FC when they attack again, right?
From time to time, he walked to the sidelines and shouted the names of the players, signaling them all to press up! If you don't fight at this time, when will you fight? Losing one is also a loss, and losing two is also a loss, but as long as they score one more, they can get a glimmer of hope again!
The consequences of pressing a team's onslaught are usually nothing more than two kinds, one is that your team scores, and the other is likely to be counterattacked by the opponent, two consequences, one heaven and one hell. Lee Jang-so loosened his tie and squatted directly on the sidelines, he did everything he needed to do in this game, and the result could only be decided by that damn god!
Li Kong resisted the defenders of Chengnan Yihe again and again to receive the ball or fight for the top, but the effect was not very good, the defenders and goalkeepers of Chengnan Yihe seemed to be explosive at this time, and the goal of Chengnan Yihe was strictly guarded, every time Li Kong just squeezed away a defender, there would be other defenders decisively close to his body, which made him very uncomfortable!
Although his teammates usually say that he is a monster of strength and physical fitness, only he knows that this is the result of his hard training day after day in the past few years to break through the limits of his physical talent! What he has is only a flesh and blood body, but he has not touched the limit of his body when he usually competes, but now, he is tired!
You can see his shadow flying and tackling when Seoul FC is defending, and you can also see him fighting for the top when Seoul FC is attacking, but no matter how good his physical fitness and physical fitness are, don't forget that Li Kong is just a big boy who has not yet reached the age of 18!
When fighting for the top again, Li Kong was squeezed in the middle by the two guards of Chengnan Yihe, he finally couldn't stand it, he couldn't jump up with the two of them, and even stumbled and sat on the ground when he landed, and the sweat like water gurgled down his raised face.
And now the fans who are watching the game in front of the TV are all sweating for Li Kong, who is obviously exhausted, and at this moment, looking at the still somewhat immature face of this big boy, many people remember that he is only 17 years old!
In the past, Li Kong's strong performance has made most people gradually ignore his age, as if he should always be so strong and never tired.
He was squeezed to the ground by two defenders of Seongnam Ilwa, but the referee ...... The referee signaled that there was no problem! The game continued, Li Kong sat on the ground, it seemed that he didn't have much physical strength, could he still hold on...... He refused! He gestured to reject Coach Lee Jang-so's decision to replace him! He sat up from the turf again! He still held on! He still wanted to keep fighting......
Kim Jong-nam's commentary style, which is obviously biased towards Lee Kong's personal feelings, has become familiar to the fans, but most of the fans are not averse to this kind of commentary, and is there still a shortage of "Lee Kong blowing"? The entire football and even sports circles in Seoul are praising Lee Kong! It only took 10 games to hit eight goals and five assists! After his debut, he scored in five consecutive games! The key is that he is only 17 years old! It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the strongest newcomer since the establishment of the K-League!
In addition, Li Kong never provokes the fans of other teams on the field, does not accept media interviews in private, trains hard and never goes to places like nightclubs, and it is impossible to talk about black spots, it can be said that in the past few months, Li Kong's performance on and off the field has attracted a large number of fans and fans for him!
Li Kong once again rejected Lee Jang-so's request for a substitution, he puffed out a sigh in his mouth, and looked up at the group of "special fans" wearing the No. 39 jersey number in the north stand of the stadium, which was the fan group that supported him! Li Kong lifted the hem of the jersey to wipe the sweat off his face, gave his fans a thumbs up from afar, and then slowly but firmly ran into the forbidden area of Seongnam Ilhe again.
This corner kick is almost the last chance for Seoul FC, the referee has been looking at the watch frequently, it is very likely that the whistle of the end of the game will be blown after the corner kick attack, Li Yirong stood quietly in front of the corner flagpole, looking at the position of his teammates in the penalty area, at this time, Li Kong suddenly retreated to the line of the big penalty area, waved his hand at Li Yirong, and then stretched out three fingers, Li Yirong was stunned for a moment, then nodded with the corners of his mouth, and stretched out three fingers to everyone.
The defenders of Chengnan Yihe, who watched this scene, were inexplicably a little nervous, and they didn't know what dumb riddles Li Kong and Li Yirong were playing, but in the end they decided to ignore Li Kong who ran to the outside of the penalty area, after all, what threat did Li Kong have if he didn't have much strength to jump away from the goal again?
Seoul FC's goalkeeper Kim Byung-ji also ran to Seongnam Ilhwa's penalty area at this time, everyone knew that it was time to fight with all their might, so in the players in the penalty area desperately pushed each other, Lee E-yong drove the ball out! The football crossed a high and floating arc, bypassed most of the players, and flew to the back point of the goal in a daze!
The goalkeeper of Seongnam Yihe glanced at Li Kong a little nervously, and found that he was still standing outside the big penalty area, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then stared at the trajectory of the football with full attention.
Kim Dongjin stopped the ball with his chest at the back of the goal, because his front was already full of people! There was a goalkeeper staring at him in the back, and the consequences of shooting without stopping the ball can be imagined, but he didn't plan to shoot in the first place!
Without the slightest hesitation after stopping the ball with his chest, Kim Dongjin waited for the ball to fall at the right height and directly picked up the football again, and the landing point was just outside the big penalty area of Seongnam Ilhe!
Because many people were blocked in front of the goal at this time, the goalkeeper of Seongnam Yihe couldn't see the situation outside the big penalty area at all, but after seeing Jin Dongjin's actions, he instinctively felt bad, you must know that outside the big penalty area, there is still an unguarded Li Kong!
"Stop Li Kong's shot!"
The goalkeeper of Seongnam Ilwa shouted this sentence almost immediately, but it was too late!
A live ball flew from outside the penalty area towards the top right corner of the goal!
"So fast!" This is the first thought that pops up in the minds of the two teams looking at this football, the goalkeeper of Seongnam Ikwa just waved his hand in vain, and when he turned around in some despair, he saw a football that had just fallen from the net, and rolled to his side in a bouncing motion, as if to laugh at his incompetence, extremely dazzling!
Li Kong volleyed the ball out with his right foot and then fell directly to the ground, he had just used all his strength on this foot, and now he really has no strength at all! Whether he can enter or not, let God decide!
The Seoul World Cup Stadium was not silent at all! Not a second! Before the goal, they were still shouting and cheering for their players, and the moment the goal was scored, the entire Seoul World Cup Stadium was like a volcanic eruption as the football rushed into Seongnam Il and the goal!
All the Seoul FC fans at the scene, whether they were men or women, old or young, all used all their strength to roar out at this moment! Their faces were bloodshot with excitement! The fans who were close to the live broadcast camera did not shy away from showing their somewhat hideous faces on the TV, and the Seoul FC fans in front of the TV also jumped up from the ground or on the sofa!
It's not the AFC Champions League final, it's not the league winner, but that's the beauty of football! That's the crazy thing about football! You never know what's going to happen on the pitch until the last minute!
No one cares about the frantic voices of the commentators on the TV anymore, they are all staring at Li Kong who is being lifted high by his teammates in the stadium at the moment, and the very tired but very bright smile on the boy's face is dazzling at this moment!
Lee Jang-so sat on the ground a little deprived, and looked at the score refreshed on the big screen of the stadium in a daze, from 0-2 to 2-2, and the devil knows what kind of change his mood had just undergone! He made Seongnam One and an own goal, and scored a killer goal in the countdown stage! Lee Jang-so looked at Li Kong, who was now being hugged tightly by his teammates, and suddenly a thought appeared in his mind that made him feel incredible: From hell to heaven, I only need one Li Kong!