Chapter 14: Overtime

Cheng Hai's goal boosted the morale of the players at Yuzhou University.

Although everyone still can't compare with the players of Western Regions Normal University in terms of physical fitness and physique, everyone still blocked the attack of Western Regions Normal University outside the penalty area by shrinking the formation and actively running and assisting in defense.

In addition, the Uighur players are indeed a little rough technically, and even if they occasionally hit the penalty area or get a shot on goal, it is difficult to get the ball into the frame of the goal to pose a threat.

In the end, the time of the first half came to an end in a stalemate between the two sides, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the two sides went into the break with a score of 1-1.

It seemed that the first half of the two sides was evenly matched, however, when the players from Yuzhou University came off the field, except for Cheng Hai, everyone else was out of breath, feeling that they had only played the first half and their physical strength was about to run out.

It is really the physical fitness and physique of the Uyghur players of Western Regions Normal University that are too strong, and the confrontation and running distance of this game are stronger than any game that Yuzhou University has experienced before.

Except for Cheng Hai, who enters a deep sleep every night through systematic dream training and can completely recover his physical and mental state, the other players have reached the verge of collapse in physical fitness after three consecutive days and two games.

In particular, a midfielder has started all the games from the group stage to the present, and has not rested a game.

In addition, the strength of Yuzhou University itself is not outstanding, and it almost depends on Cheng Hai to score a goal like a system to reach the finals, during which the main defender starts every game and bears a lot of defensive pressure, and the running distance is very large.

Although he is not a professional league, he is not a professional player himself, and he played two games in three consecutive days, and was almost dragged off the field by his teammates at halftime.

Seeing that the main midfielder seemed to be unable to hold on to the game, coach Tan Tangping had to replace him with a substitute midfielder at halftime.

As a result, due to the lack of play and lack of cooperation, the substitute midfielder made a mistake at the edge of his penalty area shortly after the start of the second half.

In the face of the forward player of the Western Regions Normal University who held the ball to the front of the penalty area, when there was already a central defender who rushed up to intercept it, he did not retreat to the penalty area to fill the central defender who grabbed it, but rushed forward in a swarm.

As a result, there was a gap in the penalty area, the opponent's forward midfielder was close to the back of Yuzhou University and the central defender before the approach, a close pass passed the ball into the penalty area, and another striker of Western Regions Normal University, Yeheya, inserted in time and volleyed the ball into the goal without stopping before the defender of Yuzhou University cleared the ball.

The score became 2-1, and Western Regions Normal University took the lead again.

The substitute who made the mistake was frustrated, but it was impossible for Yuzhou University to replace him at this time.

Besides, there is no full-time midfielder in the team anymore. Everyone could only comfort him and continue the game.

The morale of the Western Regions Normal University, which scored the goal, was greatly boosted, and they continued to press forward in formation, wanting to make persistent efforts and score another goal to expand the score, and their victory was secure.

However, in the face of Yuzhou University's dense defense, the players of the Western Regions Normal University, who have rough skills, have not many options.

The substitute midfielder who made a mistake just now and lost the ball was even more shameful, using his abundant physical energy to interfere and destroy a wide range of at the edge of the penalty area, making it more difficult for Western Regions Normal University to hit the ball into the penalty area to form a threat.

At the same time, in the case of the Western Regions Normal University pressing on the offense, the passive defense of Yuzhou University did not forget to counterattack.

After all, they are the ones who are behind the score now, and if they don't fight back, they will surrender and admit defeat.

With only one goal down, no team can admit defeat.

Although Western Regions Normal University has paid great attention to Cheng Hai's marking, destroying his first two counterattacks in the second half, in the 68th minute, Cheng Hai finally relied on his off-ball running and speed to get an excellent counterattack opportunity.

This counterattack relied on Cheng Hai's offside running and speed to successfully counter offside, and received the ball kicked by a long pass from a teammate in the backcourt after breaking the ball.

Although the speed slowed down when he stopped the ball and was stuck to the body of the opponent's returning central defender, Cheng Hai's physique allowed him to resist the opponent's collision, unloaded the ball with good stopping skills, and carried the opponent's pull and collision while dribbling the ball to the penalty area of Western Regions Normal University.

Although Cheng Hai's dribbling skills are only 10 points, with his strong physique and good speed, it is enough for him to control the ball and not let the Uyghur defenders next to him destroy it.

In the entanglement with the opponent's defender, Cheng Hai successfully dribbled the ball to the top of the arc of the penalty area of the Western Regions Normal University.

Seeing that he was about to enter the penalty area, the opposing defender, who had been entangled with Cheng Hai, was heartbroken, and fell directly to the ground with a flying shovel from the side, wanting to knock down Cheng Hai with the ball.

In this case, he felt that even if he fouled and received a red card, he would not hesitate to stop Cheng Hai from entering the penalty area.

Unfortunately, he moved a step slower.

At the same time as he made a flying tackle, Cheng Hai also saw the position of the attacking goalkeeper, and volleyed the ball to the far corner of the goal with a running volley.

Cheng Hai just finished shooting and was tackled by the defender next to him.

But at this time, the ball had already left Cheng Hai's feet, and it rushed towards the lower corner of the far end of the goal against the turf.

Despite the interference of people around him, Cheng Hai's 15-point physique still allowed him to stabilize his body, and with the blessing of 20 points of full value shooting, he hit a shot with a very awkward angle.

The goalkeeper's position is more near corner, because he feels that Cheng Hai is more likely to hit the near end.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Hai hit the far corner, which was originally a deviation from his expectations.

In addition, the reaction speed of amateur players is not as fast as that of professional players, so that before he could pounce, the ball had already rolled past him.

At this point, there is no point in making another save.

So, he gave up the save and just turned his head to look at the ball, hoping that Cheng Hai's shot would be wide of the far goal.

However, it backfired, and his prayers did not work.

The ball hit the far post precisely and drilled into the goal of Western Regions Normal University: a dead end in the absolute sense.

In the 68th minute of the second half, Cheng Hai scored twice for Yuzhou University to equalize again, and the score was 2-2, and Cheng Hai also relied on 100 points of experience in scoring goals, and his experience rose to level 6 500/2000.

Seeing Cheng Hai's shot into the dead corner, all the spectators on the side of the stadium applauded enthusiastically.

In particular, scout Emery, jumped up from his seat, applauded and applauded, and looked at Cheng Hai with bright eyes, his eyes full of surprise at the discovery of gems.

Cheng Hai's first goal was a dead corner, and this second goal was a dead corner.

This was enough for Emery to judge that although Cheng Hai's other physical qualities and techniques were a bit off, his shooting skills were indeed very good enough to gain a foothold in the top European leagues.

He can't wait to take Cheng Hai to Europe for a trial.

On the field, Cheng Hai and his teammates also celebrated warmly.

In a downtight situation, they equalized the score again.

The psychological effect of this ball on both sides is completely different.

For Yuzhou University, they are twice behind and twice equalised, showing their spirit of becoming more and more courageous.

For the players of Western Regions Normal University, the two leads and two equalisers have a feeling that they can't win no matter how they play, and the opponent can equalize.

Therefore, after the start of the game, Yuzhou University also boosted its morale and pressed the attack, almost turning the game situation over and pressing the Western Regions Normal University.

It's a pity that because of physical fitness, this state did not last, and it was soon pressed by Western Regions Normal University, and it returned to its previous game state.

As the game time went by, the players of Western Regions Normal University became more and more impatient.

They weren't willing to win a game after leading twice and being equalised twice, and they were eager to settle the fight and prove their worth in the 90 minutes.

The fierce rhythm of the game and the scramble collision led to the increasing physical consumption of the players on the side of Yuzhou University.

Finally, in the 84th minute, a full-back from Yuzhou University was replaced because of a thigh cramp caused by a violent run.

Western Regions Normal University attacked more fiercely, hoping to use the final minutes to score and win the final.

However, contrary to expectations, although the physical fitness of Yuzhou University is not as good as that of Western Regions Normal University, its technology and discipline are better than that of the other party.

Under everyone's concerted contraction defense, Yuzhou University held on for the last few minutes of the game and did not let Western Regions Normal University score.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the 90-minute regular game, and with Cheng Hai's brace, Yuzhou University and Western Regions Normal University drew 2-2, and the two sides needed to play an overtime duel.

This is another major psychological blow to the Western Regions Normal University, which has always dominated the field, leading twice but being equalized twice.

For Yuzhou University, which is obviously at a disadvantage, although the physical consumption of everyone will be more serious if they play another 30 minutes of overtime, they have fallen behind twice and equalized twice, and resisted the opponent's attack, dragging the game into overtime, so that everyone has stronger psychological confidence.

In addition, due to the physical lack of the college players, both teams could get a substitute spot again after going to extra time.

In other words, Yuzhou University used up two substitutes before, and there are still two substitutes in overtime to prevent accidents.

After a short break, the first half of extra time began.

It is still the situation of Western Regions Normal University pressing Yuzhou University, but compared with the 90-minute regular season, the opponent's offensive intensity is much lower.

Because these Uighur players are not iron men either.

Although their fitness is better than that of the mainland players, they are not so good that after playing six games in two games in three consecutive days, they can still press and attack with all their strength in the extra time of the sixth game.

Therefore, in the first half of overtime, Western Regions Normal University did not create any decent offensive opportunities.

On the contrary, on the side of Yuzhou University, because Cheng Hai can sleep and rest fully every night, and does not have to participate in defense, he still has the physical strength to counterattack and create two good attacks.

It's a pity that after he scored two goals and equalized twice, Western Regions Normal University defended him quite tightly, and failed to score in both attacks.

Neither side could score in the first half of extra time and the score remained 2-2.

At the end of the first half, the two sides rested again for a while before starting the last 15 minutes of extra time in the second half.