Chapter 67: The Unlucky Shandong Luneng
Three days later, in the evening of the www.biquge.info of Biqu Pavilion, the first game of the second half of the league officially began, and Evergrande Taobao Reserve Team faced Shandong Luneng Reserve Team at home.
For Shandong Luneng Reserve Team, before the game, Chen Long was carefully studied.
After all, no matter what level it is, Shandong Luneng is not an easy team to deal with, and the youth training of this team is well-known in China, and it is conceivable that the strength of its reserve team will not be much worse.
In this game, Chen Long continued to start, and he was at the front of the team alone.
As the team's top player, Chen Long rarely touched the ball, and the two sides were entangled near the midfield most of the time.
In the 18th minute, Evergrande midfielder Liu Tao received a pass from his teammates, did not pause, quickly kicked the ball, and passed the ball to the feet of Chen Long outside the Guoan half-court penalty area.
After receiving the pass, Chen Long instantly started his "cheetah"-like speed, however, after he just entered the penalty area with the ball, the referee's whistle sounded immediately, it turned out that he was in an offside position at the moment of receiving the ball, as for the Luneng defenders who were not far from him, when they saw him in an offside position, they were not moved at all, they were afraid that Chen Long would suddenly come to an anti-offside position, which would not be cost-effective.
The game continued, and two minutes later, the football was once again taken past the Luneng half, however, this time, it was not Chen Long who carried the ball, but fullback Xu Xin!
When Xu Xin dribbled the ball through the midfield, most of the two teams basically moved to the Luneng half.
Xu Xin, who was continuing to move forward with the ball, was surrounded by two Luneng players, and when he was forced to grab by the bag, Xu Xin tried his best to transfer the ball to the feet of Evergrande midfielder Zheng Fei on the left.
At this time, Zheng Fei's position was on the periphery of the penalty area on the right side, and he looked up at the situation in the penalty area and found that seven or eight players had gathered in the penalty area at the moment.
Among them, there are Evergrande frontcourt players represented by Chen Long, and Luneng players who are defending at the moment.
Knowing that the football was difficult to transmit, Zheng Fei adjusted the position of the football at his feet a little and chose to shoot on the spot.
The football crossed an arc over the penalty area and fell in the penalty area, and a Luneng player, at the moment when the football finally landed, several nearby players quickly stepped forward and started to scramble.
For a while, the entire penalty area was in a mess, and the Luneng goalkeeper made a save gesture at the moment Zheng Fei chose to shoot, but unfortunately, he pounced, and the football did not come to the goal at all.
Because the action he made during the save was too big, he fell, which means that the goal is empty at the moment.
In the chaotic battle in the penalty area, Evergrande striker Wang Hao seized the opportunity and pushed the shot, and the football drilled into the goal that was close at hand and no one guarded.
In this way, Evergrande scored the first goal of the game between the two sides and helped Evergrande take the lead.
When Wang Hao walked back to the midfield after their celebration, intending to restart the game, at this time, the captain of Luneng suddenly signaled to the referee, and at the same time, the other players of Luneng were gathered in front of the goal at the moment.
It turned out that because the previous save action was too big, the Luneng goalkeeper was injured, and it seemed that he might be injured very badly, and he needed to request a replacement.
While fighting again, Luneng's main goalkeeper was injured and replaced with the team's substitute goalkeeper, which is a good opportunity for Evergrande.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Chen Long took the ball from the midfield, made several feints in a row, quickly passed a few Luneng players who stepped forward to intercept, and on the periphery of the penalty area, he got up on the spot and shot violently, and the football quickly crossed the ten fingers of the Luneng goalkeeper and flew into the net, 2:0, Evergrande led by two goals.
In the stoppage time of the first half of the game, Chen Long made too big a move in a defense and shoveled the opposing player to the ground, and the referee gave a yellow card, which was also the first yellow card awarded to Chen Long in the reserve league.
After the referee gave a yellow card, Luneng, the player who was tackled, kept chattering in his mouth, and he believed that Chen Long's foul just now was at least a red card.
This also changed the relationship between the players of the two teams on the field, and there was a possibility of conflict at any time.
However, the first half ended afterwards, which also gave the players of both teams a buffer time.
After the break, the second half continued, and as soon as the game began, Chen Long's watch became more and more active, and those who knew Chen Long knew that Chen Long was enraged by the small episode that happened in the final stoppage time of the first half.
At the same time, on the court, after Chen Long was provoked, he chose to vent by scoring goals and scoring goals, so Luneng's nightmare came.
In the 52nd minute of the game, after receiving Liu Tao's pass, Chen Long chose to go straight to the front and passed the ball to Zhang Chao, who was in front of him.
After passing the ball to Zhang Chao, Chen Long immediately followed up quickly and instantly came to the front of the opponent's penalty area, and at this time, there was no defender in front of him, and there was a big vacancy.
So, after he yelled at Zhang Chao, the latter passed the ball to him without hesitation.
After that, Chen Long, who took the ball again, drove at full speed, and instantly hit the Luneng penalty area, the Luneng goalkeeper faced the rapidly approaching Chen Long, and before he had time to make any reaction, he heard a "bang", the football had fallen into the goal, 3:0, Evergrande expanded its lead.
While fighting again, Evergrande, which has already scored 3 goals, has no intention of stopping and continues to attack with high intensity.
In the 63rd minute, taking advantage of the free kick opportunity, Chen Long scored another goal to further expand the score advantage.
By this time in this game, Chen Long had already scored three goals, and this was his first "hat trick" since he stepped on the professional competition field!
Of course, Shandong Luneng Reserve Team unfortunately became a witness to Chen Long's first "hat trick" in a professional game!
In the 70th minute, Evergrande head coach Li Yi made personnel adjustments, and Chen Long was replaced.
Li Yi replaced Chen Long for two purposes, on the one hand, the team has a 4:0 lead, the result of this game is estimated to not have much suspense, Chen Long stays on the field, the tactical significance is not great, and he may be injured accidentally, on the other hand, replacing Chen Long is also to save physical energy and prepare for the next game.
In the end, neither side scored again, and the score of 4:0 was maintained until the end of the game, and Evergrande won the victory.
In another game, Beijing Guoan Reserve Team challenged Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Reserve Team away, and Guoan lost 0:1, which also means that Evergrande is back at the top of the standings and one step closer to their goal of winning the championship.