Chapter Twenty-Three: Fight to Fame
However, Lady Luck can't always be on the side of Barefoot.
In the 80th minute of the game, after Oscar made a steal, he looked at the empty barefoot backcourt and quickly dribbled forward.
Seeing this, the barefoot defenders also hurriedly returned to defense. Oscar then tripped in a tackle by an overriding barefoot defender and fell into the box.
"Oscar! Oscar fell in the box!" Commentator Jin Qiu shouted.
SIPG players raised their arms to appeal to the referee, believing that it should have been a penalty. And the red footballer also quickly ran to the referee's side, believing that Oscar had started to fall outside the penalty area, which was not a penalty.
The referee waved his hand to interrupt the accusations of the players on both sides, pressed the headphones with one hand, and listened carefully to the advice of the video assistant referee.
However, after listening for a while, he still had no way to make a judgment. He could only signal a timeout and he would go to see the VAR himself.
Maybe the process of watching VAR is only a short episode for the average viewer, but for the players on the field, it is an extraordinarily long wait, as if waiting for the judgment of death.
The referee looked down in deep thought after repeatedly watching the video provided by the video assistant referee. Moments later, he looked up and pointed to the penalty!
"Penalty! The referee pointed to the penalty!" Commentator Jin Qiu shouted.
The red footballer complained to the referee indignantly, but the referee was very resolute. So, they had to go to their place in disappointment.
SIPG's side was personally punished by Oscar, who made the point. And barefoot goalkeeper Xie Zhen stood on the goal line, ready to go.
When the referee's whistle blew, Oscar adjusted two steps on the spot, and then quickly ran and hit the goal!
Xie Zhen guessed the direction he was going to play, but unfortunately, Oscar's shot was of high quality and speed, so he didn't save.
"The ball is in! Oscar scores the ball! In this way, Shanghai SIPG overtook the score again in the 83rd minute of the game!" Commentator Jin Qiu explained.
The red footballer, who had rushed halfway from outside the penalty area, stopped in disappointment. In the closing stages of the game, such a goal was indeed a big blow for them.
On the other side, the SIPG players and the SIPG fans began to cheer. The team song of Shanghai SIPG began to resound throughout the Shanghai Stadium.
3-2, five goals have been scored by players from both sides so far and there are many more great shots and saves. Fans who watched this game praised the spectacle and excitement of this game.
It's hard to believe that this is a game between a relegation team and a championship team.
"Barefoot was a great game! It's also glorious even though it's defeated!" Some fans said this on social networking sites.
"Yes, it's amazing to be able to force SIPG to this extent!"
"Do you all think you will lose barefoot?"
"Or else? There are still more than ten minutes to go, and there is still a chance to turn the tables and go to Hong Kong?"
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There is a lot of discussion on social networking sites, but few are optimistic about barefoot. Even bookmakers, judging from the odds, are obviously not optimistic about them.
But the game isn't over yet!
SIPG made another personnel change, and it was also their last substitution, which was replaced by Elkeson, who had a good performance on the field, and replaced by a central midfielder.
"SIPG is strengthening its defense, and it seems that they are ready to defend it for the rest of the time." Jin Qiu analyzed.
On the other side, the backward barefoot morale has not diminished, and they still launched a desperate counterattack. Repeatedly threatened the gate of Shanghai Port.
In the eighty-ninth minute, I saw Chen Wei dribble continuously, and then stuffed the ball straight to Hudson in front, Hudson didn't dare to be careless, while observing the situation on the field, he dribbled, and then passed the ball to find Bale.
Bale stopped the ball in front of him and pushed it forward quickly.
If you've seen the picture of Bell overtaking on the side, you should have a general idea of Bell's speed. At this moment, he seems to have returned to the time many years ago, when he was killing all sides on the court.
When the SIPG defenders came to intercept, he made a perfect match with Shao Yifan. After passing the ball to Shao Yifan, he quickly passed the defender in front of him, and Shao Yifan passed the ball back to his feet and used the same method to pass the defender in front of him.
The central midfielder who SIPG had just replaced was clearly not fully in shape, and Bale passed him with a single pedal.
Subsequently, Bell entered the SIPG penalty area, and SIPG goalkeeper Yan Junling decisively chose to go out to meet him.
Bale didn't panic in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, and after a feint tricked the goalkeeper, he cleverly picked the ball past the goalkeeper, picked the ball twice on the grass, and then mixed into the goal.
"The ball is in! Bell!" This kind of goal in the last moments of the game always stirs up excitement, and the commentator is no exception, "Just when everyone thinks SIPG will win the game, it is Bale!" Bale helped the team equalise again! And it was Bale's first goal in the Super League!"
Bale ran excitedly on the sidelines after the goal, pointing to the team emblem on his chest. He's Bale, Gareth Bale, a good player, he was, he is, he still is.
Shao Yifan, who was closest to him, ran over and jumped on top of him from behind, while the nearby red football players also ran over.
The Shanghai Stadium was quiet again, and no one could believe the scene in front of them.
After Bale's goal, the time on the pitch was already in stoppage time. Six minutes of stoppage time, not much. So Bale didn't celebrate too much and quickly returned to the game.
The SIPG players are a little unwilling, how can they be willing to get the three points into one point?
So, in the remaining six minutes, I saw people on the field flipping on their backs, and many players on both sides were put down.
Shao Yifan stepped forward with the ball, and the central midfielder who had just come on the field grabbed his clothes with his hands in a hurry and dragged him to the ground.
The referee blew the whistle for a foul, ignored the displeasure of the SIPG players, and awarded a direct free kick to Barefoot in front.
"Barefoot gets a free-kick and see if you can change the game!"
Subsequently, Bell and Shao Yifan both stood behind the free kick, and everyone was speculating about who was the real penalty between the two of them.
Of course, most fans agree that it should be Bale. After all, such a critical opportunity may be more reliable to hand over to an international superstar.
It's a pity that they guessed wrong again this time, when the whistle sounded, Shao Yifan and Bell started at the same time, but Bell didn't hit the door by himself, but Shao Yifan kicked the ball out!
The ball jumps over the wall and goes straight to the goal!
Goalkeeper Yan Junling reacted and jumped high in the direction of the ball.
But it was too late, and the ball flew into the net from the top left corner of the goal. Yan Junling's fist was only a few centimeters away from it, and in the end, it still failed to hit.
"Ahhh World Wave! Shao Yifan brought a hat to kill at the last moment!" The commentator couldn't suppress his excitement, how many times can I see such a game in the Chinese Super League?
After scoring the goal, Shao Yifan ran wildly on the field, but was soon pulled to the ground by the players chasing behind him, and then the players who came pressed up one after another, and a stack of Arhats came!
Inzaghi, who had been calm on the sidelines, could not hide his excitement and hugged happily with the assistant coach. Barefoot and cheering!
That's the end of the game, and there is no doubt that it was a great game. There's nothing more exciting than a shut-out, and nothing is more amazing than a hat-trick, all happening in the same game at the same time.
Shao Yifan, the biggest contributor to all this, also became famous with three goals!
Shao Yifan's name began to be familiar to fans from all over the country.