Chapter 127: Never Suffer
Just eight minutes into the game, there was a clash on the pitch, but fortunately the key parties kept their composure and did not let the conflict escalate, and no one from either team was shown yellow cards.
But He Ping still reminded: "The Asian Cup is suspended for accumulating two yellow cards, and the yellow card clearance will wait until the end of this game to reach the semi-finals." In this game, three people in the starting lineup of the Chinese team all carried a yellow card, namely Ji Xiang, Cai Hui and captain Zheng Zhi, and Jiang Zhipeng, who was sitting on the bench, also had a yellow card. If they get another yellow card in the game, they will miss the next semi-final. For the Chinese team, this is not four yellow cards, it is simply four time bombs...... Be sure to stay calm and don't take cards lightly. ”
And Xu Yang is a little pessimistic: "I think it's difficult, just the way the South Korean team plays ......"
"So you must stay calm, Gao Zheng is doing a good job in this regard, in fact, he is the person who should be angry the most." He Ping said. "But this is not the first time we have seen Gao Zheng calmly deal with the provocation of his opponent. It's really a very difficult thing to do, and it's not that easy to control your emotions. You may not be able to control your emotions anytime and anywhere in your daily life, let alone in such a fierce competition. On this stage, huge pressure and adrenaline surge will make people's brains easily lose their minds, even a famous superstar like Zidane, on the World Cup final stage, in the face of Materazzi's provocation, did not hold back his anger, Gao Zheng is really amazing! ”
The TV broadcast also gave a close-up to Gao Zheng, and he became the focus of attention - after being provoked by Ji Chengyong, will he stabilize his emotions?
China's free-kick did not pose much threat to South Korea's goal, and the ball bounced off the wall.
The Chinese team reorganized the attack.
Gao Zheng also retreated from the front of the goal and pulled out to meet his teammates.
When he received the ball from his teammates, he looked up and observed the situation on the field. Then facing the Korean player who pounced, he flicked the ball to the other side, and then crossed the opponent and dribbled horizontally.
Soon he brought the football in front of Ji Chengyong, the captain of the South Korean team.
In front of Ji Chengyong, when he was adjusting the football, he seemed to have made a mistake, and the football that should have been charged at his feet was gently rubbed in front by him and rolled towards Ji Chengyong.
Seeing this, Ji Chengyong stretched out his foot to poke the ball, intending to break the ball.
But Gao Zheng, who seemed to be farther away from the football, suddenly stretched out his foot and pulled the football back faster than Ji Chengyong!
At the same time, Ji Chengyong's foot was swept away, and the person lost his balance and sat down on the ground.
And Gao Zheng pulled the football back and took advantage of the Marseille maneuver and wiped it from Ji Chengyong's side. The captain of the Korean team sat on the ground and was completely powerless about it, and could only watch Gao Zheng break through his defense!
"Good shot! Strike! Xu Yang was very excited. Marseille Roundabout!! That's it, over him!! ”
The stands resounded with the huge cheers of the Chinese fans. When Ji Chengyong plotted against Gao Zheng just now, they could only express their anger with boos, but this boos could not affect the referee's judgment at all, nor could it bring any retribution to Ji Chengyong. It's really aggrieved.
And how aggrieved they were at that time, how happy they are when they cheer now!
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Gao Zheng, who passed Ji Chengyong, took the ball to the South Korean team's penalty area, and in stark contrast to the back of Gao Zheng's dashing departure was the figure of Ji Chengyong falling to the ground helplessly.
The players of the South Korean team didn't expect their captain to be passed by Gao Zheng so easily. When they watched Gao Zheng dribble the ball horizontally all the way before, they all stood in front of Gao Zheng, just to force Gao Zheng to Ji Chengyong's position and hand it over to the captain to clean him up.
Unexpectedly, the number one back of the South Korean team was passed by Gao Zheng so easily.
This was a big surprise to them, and they had to hastily organize a defensive line.
However, before their defence could be organized, Gao Zheng had already made a shot from outside the penalty area, and he fired from a distance, and the ball went straight to the top corner of the goal.
South Korea's goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyun couldn't touch the ball despite his best save, and the ball eventually grazed the top edge of the crossbar and flew off the bottom line.
"Gao Zheng's long-range shot——! Ahh It's just a little bit off! He Ping held his head in his hands on the commentary seat and shouted regretfully.
The sighs of Chinese fans also rang out in the stands.
Although almost everyone feels sorry for Gao Zheng's kick, Gao Zheng himself doesn't think so. He didn't even make any gestures to express regret, but turned to look in the direction of Ji Chengyong, who had just gotten up from the ground and noticed Gao Zheng's gaze.
The two looked at each other, Gao Zheng slowly grinned, and smiled at Ji Chengyong.
I don't know why, Ji Chengyong seems to see a shark smiling at him......
He was in a trance, but he was immediately compelled to come back to his senses.
Hmph, what are you proud of? Anyway, the goal didn't go in!
He withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at Gao Zheng.
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Ji Chengyong no longer looked at Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng found Ji Chengyong again.
In the thirteenth minute, after Gao Zheng received the football on the left side, he pretended to break through, but he buckled the football to the middle, and then dribbled horizontally and came to Ji Chengyong again.
Ji Chengyong did not rush out this time, but pasted it up, forcing Gao Zheng to turn around and protect the ball with his back to the offensive direction.
It looks like it's going to be a successful defense.
As a result, Gao Zheng came once, Cruyff turned around, and shook off Ji Chengyong again.
This time, Ji Chengyong was not shaken down by Gao Zheng, he turned around and chased after him.
Gao Zheng made an emergency stop, gently flicked the football with the outside of his right foot, and passed by Ji Chengyong.
Seeing that Gao Zheng was about to break through from the other side, Ji Chengyong stopped the brakes again and turned around and pounced back.
But as soon as he pounced back, Gao Zheng, who was about to break through from the other side, gently pushed the football to the left with his right foot, and the football drilled between Ji Chengyong's legs, and Gao Zheng changed direction again, this time to break through on the left.
Ji Chengyong found that Gao Zheng had changed direction again, and had no choice but to brake and turn around again, but the continuous emergency stop and change of direction had already made his center of gravity sway left and right very unstable, and this time he forcibly stopped and turned around, which finally made his body completely lose balance, slip under his feet, and fall to the ground again.
And what about Gao Zheng? When he fell, he had already caught up with the football and passed the football into the penalty area to Wu Lei, who was in front of him.
Wu Lei's sudden forward response caused chaos in the South Korean team's penalty area, and finally Kim Yingquan, the last person on the Korean team's defensive line, blocked Wu Lei's shot from the bottom line.
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"Haha!!" Although he didn't score, Xu Yang laughed happily. "Twice in a row, Gao Zheng shook Ji Chengyong to the ground! In front of Gao Zheng's leisurely strolling feints, Ji Chengyong was embarrassed as if he had taken a bath in a muddy pond! ”
He Ping also smiled: "And twice in a row, Gao Zheng found Ji Chengyong from the side with the ball horizontally to complete the breakthrough, I always feel that Gao Zheng did it on purpose......"
Feng Shiyu in front of the TV said to Xiao Yingying: "I just said, when did you see him suffer?" ”
Xiao Yingying didn't reply to her, because she was already laughing and rolling on the sofa.
On the other side, Yang Wenlong pointed to the TV and said to Zhao Ju: "Look at people!" ”
Zhao Ju exclaimed: "Brother Zheng is worthy of Brother Zheng, your uncle is still your uncle!" ”
On the Internet, Chinese fans are also laughing like crazy. When Ji Chengyong plotted against Gao Zheng before, but he was not punished in any way, they were all angry. If there are keyword statistics, you will find that the word "stick" suddenly soared on the Chinese Internet at that time.
And now I see Ji Chengyong eating deflated in front of Gao Zheng twice, and being shaken to the ground by Gao Zheng twice, making Gao Zheng's background board, not to mention how cool it is. Once again, the word "stick" became the hottest word of the time period.
"Just ask if the stick is cool?!"
"Not only do we have to get past you, but we have to shake you down!"
"Didn't Ji Chengyong do enough homework? I don't know what Gao Zheng's nickname is? That's right, since leaving Sampdoria, it seems that people are mentioning this nickname less and less, so that they have forgotten that Gao Zheng is the 'Great Demon King'! Who do you say the stick is bad for, the 'big devil'? The image of P before the game, and the yin trick during the game...... I really don't think I'm dying fast enough! ”
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After Ji Chengyong stepped on Gao Zheng's kick, he was shaken down twice by Gao Zheng across half the court.
But the story of the two of them doesn't end there.
In the seventeenth minute, Zheng Zhi picked Gao Zheng, and Gao Zheng had already consciously run in front of Ji Chengyong in advance. When the ball flew over, he stopped the flying ball with his chest, and then picked it up again with his foot, as if trying to pick the ball over Ji Chengyong's head.
How could Ji Chengyong let Gao Zheng get his wish?
He turned around to pounce, intending to jam Gao Zheng behind him and separate the ball.
As a result, Gao Zheng relied on the advantage of leg length, stretched out his feet to pick up the ball through Ji Chengyong's body, and hooked the football back.
When Gao Zheng adjusted the football with his chest, Ji Chengyong turned around and rushed up.
Gao Zheng used his head to push the ball behind Ji Chengyong again, and at the same time planned to bypass Ji Chengyong.
Ji Chengyong turned around and pounced back, and Gao Zheng grabbed the football to the other side before him for the third time.
Every time he lifted the ball over Ji Chengyong's head, the Chinese fans in the stands would let out a loud cheer, as if they were counting Gao Zheng.
This cheer fell into Ji Chengyong's ears, and it was like a crazy mockery of him.
In the ridicule, Ji Chengyong only felt a surge of blood rushing to his head, this time he didn't care where the football was, when Gao Zheng was about to pick the football over his head, he kicked Gao Zheng's kick......
Then kick Gao Zheng to the ground!
This time, amid a huge boo, the referee's whistle sounded. He ran to Ji Chengyong and held a yellow card in his hand!
Seeing this, the Korean commentator shouted in pain: "Ahhhhhhh Ji Chengyong is about to be shown a yellow card! And before that, he had already received a yellow card against Australia! This means...... If the South Korean team can beat the Chinese team and reach the final, the captain Ji Chengyong will also be suspended for accumulating yellow cards! ”
Looking at Gao Zheng who fell to the ground holding his heels, Ji Chengyong suddenly reacted, and he stared at the scene in front of him with wide eyes - what did I do just now?!
He knew he already had a yellow card on him and he knew exactly what that yellow card meant.
He will miss the semi-finals!
However, looking at Gao Zheng on the ground, Ji Chengyong had another thought in his heart: Fortunately, Gao Zheng was also injured, is this considered a white foul......
But just when he was thinking so, he was surprised to see Gao Zheng get up from the ground alone without the help of any teammates, move the ankle of the foot that was kicked, and then make a gesture to the referee "I'm fine, I don't need a team doctor and a stretcher".
Ji Chengyong was stunned for a moment, and then reacted and shouted to the referee: "He faked a fall!" ”
The Australian referee Benjamin Williams, who officiated the game, said to him very seriously: "You are a very obvious pedaling foul, and whether the opposing player is injured or not will not affect your yellow card!" ”
Ji Chengyong looked at Gao Zheng, Gao Zheng stretched out his hand at him, and said in English: "The referee is right." ”