Chapter 12: The Blue Twins
The ball arced and smashed towards goal, but in the end it hit the hateful crossbar and failed to change the score for Barefoot.
"It's a pity that the ball hit the crossbar, but Shao Yifan's kick is also very beautiful!" CCTV commentator Jin Qiu said.
The red football players regretted it, but they also sent appreciative eyes to Shao Yifan.
Playing in the first team is a completely different concept than playing in the junior team. Although there will be a certain amount of cooperation in the junior echelon, most of the time the individual ability of the players will determine the outcome of the game. Even having a great player in a team is enough to completely change the form on the field. But it's different in the first team, which pays more attention to tactical coordination, and it is difficult to change anything by just one person alone. This requires players to not only work well on their feet, but also to have a very good awareness on the pitch.
The game continued, but the situation on the court was one-sided, and it was difficult for the barefoot side to play a decent attack, which was suppressed by Evergrande.
In the 79th minute, Evergrande's foreign aid Paulinho broke through with the ball in the middle circle, and then sent a long pass forward. Evergrande frontcourt player Zhang Xiuwei headed the ball and continued to pass it to Talisca outside the penalty area. At this time, the defenders near Talisca were alarmed and rushed to run, but they were still a step too late.
"The football came to Talisca's feet, and the barefoot defenders were clearly making mistakes!" As the scene became tense, the narrator Jin Qiu's speed of speech also accelerated.
Talisca stopped the ball firmly and didn't hesitate to kick the goal!
Although barefoot goalkeeper Xie Zhen struggled to save, the ball still went into the net from the far corner.
"Beautiful! World Wave! In the 80th minute of the game, Talisca scored twice! Help Evergrande lead the opponent 2-0!" Commentator Jin Qiu said loudly.
After the goal, Talisca ran to the sidelines and pointed to the blue fans with the word "Evergrande" on the front of his clothes to show off. And the blue fans also gave a generous round of applause. Scoring two goals in 20 minutes away from home is really respectable.
For the home team, there were more than ten minutes left in the game, and now they are two goals down. The chances of a comeback are slim.
And at this time, Barefoot made another substitution adjustment. This time it was the only foreign player on the field, Recio, the core of the barefoot midfield from Spain.
It's hard to get the ball to the front, and now you have to replace the core of the midfield? Shao Yifan complained a little depressed in his heart. In the last 20 minutes, Evergrande's high-intensity pressing made the barefoot midfielder completely unable to hold the ball, and all the balls sent to the front court were completed through long passes.
"Oh? On the barefoot side, there were personnel adjustments, and it was replaced by ...... Number 10 Recio?!" Commentator Jin Qiu was also a little surprised, "Barefoot, is this planning to face Evergrande with an all-Chinese class?" ”
"Let's start by looking at the barefoot players who are ...... No. 24 Chen Wei!" Commentator Jin Qiu fell into surprise again, "This is also a seventeen-year-old player!" And it's a career debut!" He began to complain about the barefoot coach in his heart, what is this? Sending two young players to make their debut and a big defeat?
Chen Wei walked into the court after high-fiveing Recio. There was no panic on his face. Some are just the confidence that everything is under control.
"The coach is really no one to change, and he will send you up!" When Chen Wei passed by Shao Yifan, Shao Yifan said to him with a smile.
Chen Wei just calmly shot back: "You can come up, why can't I?"
Two years of training have already brought the two very close, at least on this court, they are the most tacit partners relative to each other.
Chen Wei didn't say much, and quickly ran to the position where he should be.
However, when the game started, everyone realized that they were underestimating the young player.
His nimble footwork is no less than that of foreign player Lessio, and his passing ability and awareness of the pitch are also excellent.
A few minutes later, Chen Wei steals from Paulinho's feet and then quickly dribbles forward.
"Chen Wei grabbed the ball! Now break through with the ball! In front of him, there are two players, Yang Xu and Shao Yifan, but Yang Xu's position should be better. Jin Qiu introduced the situation on the field.
After getting the ball, Chen Wei did not take the ball to break through by himself, he also observed the specific situation on the field. That's what a midfielder should do.
He naturally also discovered that Yang Xu and Shao Yifan in front of him were good targets for ball sharing. Yang Xu's position seems to be better, close to the penalty area, and there is only one defender beside him. Shao Yifan was followed by at least two defenders.
But Chen Wei still slashed to Shao Yifan, because he knew very well that it would be difficult for Yang Xu to break through the defender, and although Shao Yifan faced two defenders, he thought that Shao Yifan had the ability to bypass them. Before the game, he carefully analyzed the characteristics and abilities of each player on both sides, and even though he didn't think he would play, he still did it seriously. Now it seems just right.
Shao Yifan, who took the ball, as Chen Wei expected, shook the three defenders with a few simple movements, making him embarrassed.
"Beautiful! He is worthy of being a player who has come out of the Manchester United Academy, and his skills are really amazing!" The narrator exclaimed.
Although they failed to stop Shao Yifan, they also bought some time, and at this time, the Evergrande players had already returned to defense.
Shao Yifan didn't care so much. Now they are fighting in the whole Chinese class, but there is no foreign aid to help them, and they can only rely on themselves.
Of course, Shao Yifan never wanted to rely on anyone.
He quickly dribbled the ball across the edge of the box and took away several Evergrande players. Then he stopped suddenly, took two steps back, and took advantage of the gap exposed by the Evergrande players to hit the goal!
"Knock on the door! Shao Yifan chose to knock on the door by himself! The ball is in! Shao Yifan successfully helped Barefoot rewrite the score!" Listening to the narrator's surging star commentary, the audience was also enthusiastic.
After scoring the goal, Shao Yifan ran excitedly and then did a gorgeous somersault. It was his first goal in this stadium!
However, there was not much celebration because they were still down by one goal and the time was running out.
The morale-boosting Barefoot finally began to regain some of the feeling of the first half, organising a number of dangerous attacks, but unfortunately they could not change the situation.
When the time came to stoppage time, failure seemed to be getting closer to barefoot.
However, under the influence of Shao Yifan and Chen Wei's unyielding temperament, the barefoot generals will still go all out.
Soon, the opportunity came to Barefoot. They were awarded a corner. And this will be the last chance of this game, when the corner is issued, it is estimated that the game will be over.
Originally, it should have been Yang Xu who took the corner, but Shao Yifan took the initiative to make a request.
For Yang Xu, he naturally wished that such a hot potato would be sent out as soon as possible. Now it's the last minute of the game, and it's a risk!
However, Shao Yifan doesn't care about these.
When the referee's whistle blew, he kicked the ball in front of the goal, and a blue figure jumped high and bounced amazingly, pushing the ball into the goal!
Sky Stadium is boiling! The red soccer players were also ecstatic!
In the last minute of the game, they managed to equalize the score!