Chapter 37: The Consequences of Carelessness
The 4:0 in the first leg basically lost the suspense of the second leg of the AFC Champions League between Evergrande and Bai Suns.
If it weren't for the fact that the game was played at Tianhe Stadium, in order to give back to the home fans, Cannavaro would almost want to rest all the main players on the bench.
Once the game starts, both sides want to take control of the field.
At the beginning of the game, the bayonet was red, and the Kashiwa Sun God took advantage of the mourning posture to surprise the attack, and only one minute after the opening minute, striker Cristiano received a cross from the side of the box and headed high from close range.
In the face of Bai Sun's attack, the Evergrande team was not in a hurry to attack at the beginning, but made progress by controlling the rhythm.
In the 8th minute, Dai Zhiwei and Goulart played a collision with the wall, and Goulart picked up Dai Zhiwei, who was knocked down by the opponent's defender in the penalty area.
Unfortunately, the foul was outside the penalty area, and Evergrande's subsequent free kick was shot away by Elkeson.
In the 16th minute, Kashiwa Sun's attack paid off, Ibarada Yangsheng won the ball in the middle of the penalty area and cleverly distributed it to the left, Evergrande's defense leaked, Cristiano shot vigorously after getting rid of the defense at the back point, Zeng Cheng saved the ball, but Kudo Zhuangto in the middle quickly followed up and scored an empty goal, and Kashiwa Suns temporarily led 1-0!
The total score was 1:4, and the Kashiwa Sun God still retained a glimmer of life.
After conceding the goal, the Evergrande team began to counterattack aggressively, but Bai Sun God moved very much in the midfield scramble, and frequently fell to the ground and shoveled.
"Go! These are the dead guys! After spending a lot of time in Guangzhou, Dai Zhiwei also learned a lot of Cantonese.
Just now, he was put to the ground by the Bai Sun God defender when he broke through, and in front of the opponent's fierce defensive strength, Dai Zhiwei, who was afraid of injury, began to have reservations.
After all, "I still have the AFC Champions League semifinals and the last few rounds of the Chinese Super League to play after that, I am the one who wants to win the championship, and I can't fight hard with these street boys!" ”
In the 32nd minute, Zheng Zhize made an attack, and his pass accurately found Dai Zhiwei, but under the interference of the Bai Sun God defenders, Dai Zhiwei deflected the ball and the football crossed the goal.
Dai Zhiwei angrily kicked the turf, and then extended a thumbs up to Zheng Zhi.
Venting + thumbs up, unconsciously, Dai Zhiwei also learned the best stadium combination skills of these Super League veterans.
After that, there were no good chances for both sides, until the first half of injury time, Huang Bowen, who was rushing forward with the ball, suddenly shot from a distance in the corner of the opponent's big penalty area, and the goalkeeper of Bai Sun, who was caught off guard, did not even make any effective save, but the ball hit the post and bounced off the bottom line.
The disappointed fans lamented, and Huang Bowen also hugged his head in disappointment, he felt that he was going to enter, but God made a joke with him.
At half-time, the two managers did not make any substitutions, in fact, the players on the field were already their best players, the tactics had been deployed, and the rest depended on the performance of the players.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and after failing to score in the first 10 minutes, both sides stopped attacking and began to play a peace goal.
In the end, the game was over, and both sides failed to break through each other's goals in the second half, and Kashiwa Suns could only reluctantly accept the result that no one wanted to win the second battle and still not be able to advance.
At the end of the game, Kudo took the initiative to exchange jerseys with Dai Zhiwei, and Dai Zhiwei readily agreed, because the other party said in English, "You are a better shooter than me!" ”
At the time of separation, Kudo Strongman suddenly said, "You are very strong, but I will definitely defeat you next time!" ”
"Then let's talk about it next time." Dai Zhiwei didn't care, the next time they met, he thought to himself that his strength would definitely not be the same as today.
That's how the game ended, but Dai Zhiwei didn't expect that in this game, his performance seemed to be no different from the performance of the Chinese men's football players in the fans' impression.
Three days after the second match with Bai Suns, Evergrande ushered in the 25th round of the Chinese Super League with R&F.
This is the final game of the Chinese Super League round, and in the previous game, SIPG suffered a surprise defeat, which makes this Guangzhou derby a different importance.
As long as Evergrande can win this game, then they will win this season's Chinese Super League championship 4 rounds in advance!
In the first leg of the derby this season, with Dai Zhiwei's brace, Evergrande won the first contest between the two sides this season.
Back at home Yuexiu Mountain, R&F faced the Evergrande team that had just lost and advanced, and everything was developing in the direction of the home team's favor.
Yuexiushan Stadium was full, with fans of the home team R&F occupying more than half of the country, and there were also fans of the Evergrande team cheering for their team in the stands, but they were only in a corner, and the momentum of the derby in the same city seemed to be much worse.
At the start of the game, the home team got the right to kick off, and R&F had already driven the ball out on the field.
Bokila kicked the football out gently, and after Wang Song received the football, Bokila stopped caring about the ball and rushed straight forward.
Wang Song then hurriedly passed the football back to Michelle in the rear.
Michelle didn't let the ball stay at his feet for a second longer, and as soon as the ball rolled over, he split the ball to the left front.
Reinaldinho stopped the ball and looked up. Immediately afterwards, Reinaldinho slammed his foot on the spot and pumped it hard!
Long pass!
A long pass that spans almost half a pitch!
As soon as Reinaldinho received the football, R&F fans had a premonition and stood up, and the cheers that followed.
Just as the football was taking off, Bokira was like a bomber that appeared in the field of vision through the clouds, and shot out from behind the entire back line of the Evergrande team!
One of the Evergrande players raised his arm to signal for linesman Bokira to be offside. But the linesman ignored it and just followed Bokira and continued to run downward.
Zeng Cheng reacted faster than his defenders, and when he saw Bokira break out of the backline, he decisively dropped the goal.
At this time, regardless of whether Bokira is offside or not, Zeng CD has to ensure that the goal is not lost.
The ball quickly fell towards Bokira and Zeng Cheng, but it was obvious that it was much closer to Bokira.
In the next moment, Bokira soared into the air!
At the same time, Zeng Cheng also saw Bokira's intentions, although he was still a certain distance away from the football, and the chance of holding the football was not great, but at this time, there was no way to jump, stretch his body in the air, and spread his arms, as if a net was rushing towards Bokira.
Bokira volleyed in the air, and as soon as he flung the football in the air, the football changed direction slightly, passed under Zeng Cheng's armpit, and rushed towards the goal.
Although Bokira's angle and strength are average, there is no one in front of the goal.
Zeng Cheng, who pounced on Bokila, looked back and saw that the football was already on the net, and there was no doubt that he had entered the goal!
"Oh! Can't believe it! 17 seconds! R&F scored in just 17 seconds of the opening game! It was a quick goal! The narrator at the scene shouted excitedly. Reinaldinho's precise long pass, Bokira's perfect header! Bokira has announced the return of his king! ”
In the current situation, not only Cannavaro did not expect it, but the players of the Evergrande team did not expect that R&F's goal would come so quickly.
R&F's goal stunned the Evergrande team a bit!
The goal was planned for them, but it was so early that it was a bit of a surprise to them – despite the careful preparation and full anticipation of the difficulty of the game.
But the improvement and strength of R&F is still a little unexpected.
But the Evergrande team is definitely not a soft persimmon that is deliberately pinched casually, and after being led by R&F, the players on the field soon completed their self-adjustment.
It's just a goal behind, as long as the equalizer is equalized, then the aggregate score between the two sides is still tied.
Before the game, R&F's new head coach Stojkovic repeatedly emphasized that there are two players in the Evergrande team that deserve special attention, one is their midfield core Goulart, and the other is Dai Zhiwei, who is currently the first scorer in the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League.
It can also be seen from this game that when the Evergrande team is attacking, the football will be handed over to Goulart and commanded by him, and Dai Zhiwei is the bridgehead of the striker.
Dai Zhiwei received a pass from a teammate outside the box.
He felt very uncomfortable in this game, the opponent raised the defense line more forward, he was accidentally offside, and the opponent's two central defenders were also very tight, and there was no good opportunity in the penalty area at all, only to withdraw from the penalty area to get the ball, but the threat of taking the ball outside the penalty area was much smaller.
Dai Zhiwei wanted to find a passing target, and when he looked up, the vision was full of people wearing R&F jerseys.
Dai Zhiwei hesitated slightly, and was cut off by the opposing defender.
The situation on the field seems to be back to parity, with Evergrande and R&F in a stalemate in midfield.
Both sides are heavily armed and fiercely contested here.
R&F has no grievances about this stalemate, and they are even happy to see it happen.
R&F is not afraid of such a stalemate, especially if they are already ahead. Slowly wear down the opponent's patience and fighting spirit, make them impatient, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack, and the situation will be more favorable if they are two goals ahead.
Michel was caught between two men and passed the ball to Reinardinho on the right. After Reinaldinho and Jiang Zhipeng made a cooperation on the side, Jiang Zhipeng resolutely stepped forward and lured the Evergrande team to pay attention to him, but Reinaldinho suddenly passed to the middle.
Bokira unexpectedly rushed forward against offside and received the ball where it was not offside!
In the next second, Yuexiu Mountain Stadium once again sounded a shocking cheer!