Chapter 11: Semifinals
Although Cheng Hai really wants to score one or two more goals with his perfect shooting skills that he has just added to the peak, and once again complete the feat of four joys, or even five goals in a single game.
However, coach Tan Tangping didn't think so.
With two goals in the first group stage, a senior in the second game, and now a hat-trick in the third game, Cheng Hai has become the core key figure in whether Yuzhou University can continue to win all the way.
In the next semi-finals, Tan Tangping will rely on Cheng Hai to attack the city in order to enter the finals!
What's more, although Cheng Hai has a system to help him sleep deeply at night, after all, his own physical strength is not up to the level of a professional player.
After more than 60 minutes of high-intensity matching, Cheng Hai inevitably became out of breath.
Cheng Hai's fatigue Tan Tangping saw it in his eyes.
Therefore, after Cheng Hai completed a hat trick, helped Yuzhou University lead by three goals 4-1, and basically locked in the win, Tan Tangping replaced Cheng Hai with a defender to strengthen the defense.
In addition, Tan Tangping also replaced two other main players to prepare for the next semi-finals.
Although Yuzhou University replaced three main players, and the substitute players who were replaced were limited, they won because they had just come on the field, and they belonged to the new force, and they only needed to concentrate on defense.
As a result, under the stubborn defense of the bus of Yuzhou University, Shimen School of Economics failed to score even a single goal until the end of the game.
After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, and Yuzhou University defeated Shimen University of Economics 4-1 in the quarter-finals to advance to the semi-finals.
And Cheng Hai also won the experience reward of 200 + best 100 = 300 points for the team's win again, and the experience rose to level 5 350/1000.
After the quarter-finals, everyone finally got another day off.
The other players who had played a few games naturally didn't want to move, watching the live broadcast of the World Cup in the cafeteria, but Cheng Hai still pulled a few substitutes to train on his own to get those 50 points of experience in day training.
Coupled with the dream training on the nights of the 12th and 13th, Cheng Hai gained a total of 250 training points in one day and two nights, and the experience rose to level 5 600/1000.
Soon, the time came to 16:30 on the afternoon of June 14, 2010, with the referee's whistle, the semi-finals of the 10th Huaguo University Football League National Finals Yuzhou University VS Jinyang University of Technology officially began.
In the previous game, Cheng Hai scored a total of 9 goals in three games, ranking first in the scorer list, which naturally attracted the opponent's strict guard.
Moreover, Jinyang University of Technology is still very good at defense, and in the first few games, they won by a small score and conceded very few goals.
Therefore, in this game, when Jinyang Institute of Technology consciously played defensive counterattacks, Cheng Hai got a lot fewer shooting opportunities than in previous games.
Half an hour into the game, Cheng Haicai got a total of two shots on goal, but one shot in the box was interfered with by the opposing defender and deflected off the post, and the other shot from outside the box lacked power and speed, giving the goalkeeper plenty of time to react and save the ball.
Of course, on the other hand, Jinyang Institute of Technology, which focuses on defensive counter-attacks, did not get any decent opportunities to make threatening shots.
Half an hour into the game, the score was still 0-0.
But Cheng Hai's full-value shooting skills finally scored the first goal for Yuzhou University in the 34th minute.
It was a corner kick attack from Yuzhou University, and the ball was not touched by any player on either side after it was released, and the ball fell into the penalty area to form a chaotic battle.
In the chaos, the ball didn't know who stabbed it, and it just landed in front of Cheng Hai in the right corner of the small penalty area.
Cheng Haiyan was fast, and before the opponent's defender could fly into place, a flying stab shot stabbed the ball into the dead corner of the goal.
Then Cheng Hai was shoveled to the ground by the opposing defender, but he couldn't stop Cheng Hai's goal.
Cheng Hai finally scored the first goal in the 34th minute to give Yuzhou University a 1-0 lead.
At the same time, Cheng Hai also received a goal reward of 100 experience points, and the experience rose to 700/1000 at level 5.
After the goal lead, the situation of Yuzhou University suddenly changed.
Previously, Jinyang Institute of Technology defended and counterattacked, and Yuzhou University struggled to attack. Now that Yuzhou University has scored, it is good to shrink the defensive line with a whole hand, forcing Jinyang Institute of Technology to attack, and exposing more gaps in the backline.
Jinyang Institute of Technology, which was behind in the score, had no choice but to press forward in formation and was forced to strengthen the attack. Because if they don't attack, even if Yuzhou University no longer scores, a score of 1-0 will be enough to eliminate them.
However, because it was only one point behind, Jinyang Institute of Technology still played very carefully even if it attacked, and there was not much space for Cheng Hai to use.
The rest of the first half was consumed by both sides, with neither side scoring.
After one minute of stoppage time, the two sides went into the break with a score of 1-0, and Yuzhou University led by one goal.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and Jinyang Institute of Technology took advantage of the opening of the second half to launch a fierce attack.
Unexpectedly, Yuzhou University had the same idea.
When Jinyang Institute of Technology was attacking, in the 49th minute, Yuzhou University used a sudden ball counterattack, and the fullback Xie Hu came to a 45-degree angle of the ground cross, bypassing the Jinyang Institute of Technology defender who intercepted the front point, so that Cheng Hai at the back point successfully received the ball in an offside position to form a single knife.
Before the opposing defender turned and pasted up, Cheng Hai dribbled the ball to the top of the arc of the penalty area and faced the attacking goalkeeper with a precise volley and kicked the ball into the far corner of the goal.
Cheng Hai scored another brace and helped Yuzhou University take a 2-0 lead. His experience has also risen again, reaching level 5 800/1000, which is only 200 points away from leveling up.
As long as he wins this game, Cheng Hai will definitely be able to move up one level again, open new skills again, and gain 10 skill points.
After taking a two-goal lead, Yuzhou University played more calmly.
Jinyang Institute of Technology, on the other hand, seemed a little impatient.
After a goal down, everyone can still be a little sensible, because it is possible to score a goal at any time to equalize. But with two goals down, it's a bit of a frustration.
If you can't score as soon as possible, as time goes by, Jinyang Institute of Technology's chances of advancing will become less and less.
Therefore, after falling behind by two goals, Jinyang Institute of Technology increased its offensive efforts, pressed the formation more highly, and wanted to score as soon as possible.
But it backfired.
Their aggressive attack not only failed to score, but was once again given a fatal blow by Cheng Hai in the 69th minute.
The same counterattack, the same anti-offside, Cheng Hai used his speed to counter offside and successfully received the pass from his teammates to form a single knife, and then calmly shot in the face of the attacking goalkeeper and sent the ball into the gate of Jinyang Institute of Technology.