Chapter 581: "Two Hats" in a Row
When the Blue Cross conceded the first goal, the players still had a glimmer of will to win, after all, a one-goal advantage is not a safe score on the football field. However, when Feng Quan easily scored a brace on his own, they finally lost the will to resist.
Due to the obvious gap in the strength of the two teams, coupled with the strong deterrent power of Fengquan's "stadium nuclear weapon", the rest of the game was completely reduced to Atletico Madrid's goal performance time.
In the 29th minute of the first half, after Feng Quan got rid of two defenders in the middle of the front field, he sent the ball to the right side of the opponent's penalty area with a pick-up pass.
Griezmann, who was in the gap, unloaded the ball with his chest and swept it towards goal, where Mandzukic squeezed away defenders with his strength and fired a blast to make it 3-0.
Ten minutes later, Koke found Mandzukic ambushed on the edge of the penalty area with a pinpoint long ball from near the halfway line.
The Croatian striker dominated the opposition defender and swung the ball into the space on the left flank, then turned and slotted in front of goal. Siqueira, who was about to roll the ball off the sideline at high speed, swept the ball into the left side of the box with a fallen tackle pass.
Feng Quan, who was originally lying in ambush near the penalty spot, began to move in the direction of the left side of the penalty area when he saw Siqueira fall to the ground, and when his teammates completed the pass, he just in time to get the ball when the opposing defender fell to the ground to tackle. The Blue Cross defender who fell to the ground shoveled all the wind that had not had time to turn around directly to the ground due to inertia.
At the same time that the wind fell to the ground, the referee on duty also awarded a penalty to Atletico Madrid without hesitation.
Immediately afterwards, the wind that created the penalty took the ball to the penalty spot, and then after the referee signaled that he could take the penalty, he easily deceived the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal.
Up until this point, the time on the TV screen had just skipped 40 minutes, and Feng Quan, who was playing in the Club World Cup for the first time, had already scored a hat-trick.
With the Club World Cup final scheduled four days later, Atletico Madrid, who were leading by a large margin, slowed down the pace of the game in the second half and replaced the central midfield of Feng Quan, Griezmann and Koke. But even so, Raul Jimenez and Saul scored a goal each in the second half to lock the final score at 6-0.
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Although as early as a year ago, Yangcheng Hengda became the first team to represent China in the AFC Champions League as the Asian champion, and successfully reached the semi-finals of the competition. However, because the Chinese players did not score in the game, it still made the hearts of domestic fans feel a little empty after all.
And this time, even though the Chinese club failed to qualify for the Club World Cup, Feng Quan's dominance performance of scoring a hat-trick to completely end the suspense of the game in more than 40 minutes made domestic fans more excited than when Yangcheng Hengda participated in the competition last year.
That's right, Yangcheng Hengda Club is indeed standing at the pinnacle of Asia with its strong strength, but as long as the fans who follow their games know very well, the reason why they can achieve the results of smiling in Asia is largely due to the strong individual ability of several "super Asian" foreign players in the team.
If you lack the strong individual ability of Brazilian foreign players such as Muric and Elkeson, let alone reach the top of Asia, I am afraid it will be very difficult to break into the top four.
Therefore, although the 2013 AFC Champions League trophy has enhanced the national pride of domestic fans for a period of time, it has actually little to improve the strength of the national team.
Although Feng Quan has not yet led the Chinese team to achieve any breakthrough results in the Asian competition, his dominant performance in the Club World Cup has made domestic fans have more expectations for the performance of the national team in the upcoming Asian Cup.
Not only that, Feng Quan's strong performance also made the Italian coach Lippi, who had been a "national team consultant" as early as the end of the Chinese Super League, but had actually exercised the right to be the head coach, finally made up his mind to "officially take over" the position of head coach of the national team.
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Although the South American champions San Lorenzo are stronger than Mexico's Blue Cross, Atletico Madrid, who were stronger overall and did not face a difficult resistance in the semi-finals, still needed only half time to completely kill the suspense of the game in the Club World Cup final on December 20.
Although the unexpected attack of the San Lorenzo team in the opening stage caused a brief panic in the Atletico Madrid backline, the two wonderful saves of goalkeeper Oblak not only extinguished the arrogance of the opponent, but also instantly boosted the morale of his teammates and easily controlled the initiative of the game.
With Feng Quan scoring a hat-trick in just over 40 minutes in the semi-finals, San Lorenzo put the main focus of their defense on him. In order to prevent Feng Quan's goal, the South American champion did not hesitate to implement a two-player or even multi-player strategy in defense, but even so, it was still difficult for the South American champion to limit Feng Quan's individual play.
If it was last season's Feng Quan, in the face of the opponent's bag defense, he must not hesitate to choose to break through with the ball, after all, the frustration on the opponent's face when he is rid of it will always make Feng Quan never get tired of watching it.
However, Feng Quan, who has broken almost all individual records last season, has already put the overall interests of the team first, and will not have to break through the opponent's marking as before.
As a result, Feng Quan consciously increased the number of times he retreated to get the ball in the game, and pulled the opponent's defensive focus to the midfield area, so as to open up more offensive space for his forward players. When there is a clear gap in the opponent's backfield, he can help the team create a killing chance with accurate passing.
In the 11th minute of the first half, Feng Quan won the ball near the center circle and first pretended to break through to the left side of the front court, and when the defensive center of gravity of the San Lorenzo team shifted, he suddenly transferred the ball to the right side of the front court.
Griezmann, who followed up quickly, received the ball and easily escaped the marking of the full-back, and dribbled directly into the opponent's penalty area.
In the face of two defenders who pounced on him, Griezmann calmly passed the ball to Mandzukic, who was near the penalty spot.
Mandzukic spread his arms to separate the defender from the ball before picking up a powerful right-footed volley that pierced the San Lorenzo goal.
Fifteen minutes later, after winning the ball on the left side of the front field and dribbling horizontally to get rid of three defenders, Feng Quan aimed at the space on the right side of the penalty area and sent a scalpel-like through pass.
Griezmann managed to win the ball against offside and adjusted slightly, and then sent the ball into the top left corner of the opponent's goal with a left-footed shot, 2-0.
After Feng Quan "directed" two goals in a row, the San Lorenzo team finally began to strengthen the marking of his teammates and other Atletico Madrid strikers. While there was less room for Griezmann and Mandzukic, the same defensive intensity was also drastically reduced.
As a result, although the San Lorenzo team's defense seems to be more stable than before, the increase in individual offensive efforts has caused their defense to suffer a bigger blow.
In the 37th minute of the first half of the game, after Feng Quan got rid of two defenders in a row in the front court, he suddenly hit the goal with a powerful heavy cannon shot about 25 meters away from the goal.
Although the goalkeeper accurately judged the path of the ball, he could not prevent the soccer ball from burrowing into the net like a cannonball.
In the 13th minute of the second half, Griezmann broke through to the right side of the baseline and sent an inverted triangle pass near the penalty spot. Mandzukic, who was lying in ambush and pretending to shoot, slammed the ball into his own flank with his right heel.
Feng Quan, who was outflanked in place, did not choose to stop the ball, but directly hit the goal with a curling ball with the inside of his right foot, expanding the score to 4-0.
After another 10 minutes, Griezmann's breakthrough won Atletico Madrid a free-kick slightly to the right.
Normally, this kind of free-kick from the right side will be taken by a left-handed player if you want to hit the goal directly. However, Feng Quan, who has the [Full Moon Scimitar] skill, used his right foot to make the football draw a wonderful arc in mid-air, and then accurately drilled into the upper right corner of the goal, thus completing his second hat-trick in the Club World Cup.