Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Fastest Goal

May 8, 1996 was a day that went down in the history of world football.

The Belgian capital of Brussels – the Heysel Stadium – has now been renamed the King Baudouin Stadium for the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

France Saint-Germain vs Austria Vienna Rapid.

The reason for the name change of Heysel Stadium is simple, because no one can forget the tragedy that occurred on 29 May 1985 when Liverpool and Juventus staged the European Champions League final here - the Heysel tragedy.

Due to a mistake in UEFA's arrangement, a stand behind the goal was mixed with fans from both teams.

During the game, there was constant verbal abuse and throwing behavior from fans on both sides. Football hooligans mixed with Liverpool fans fought with Juventus fans, causing the stands to collapse, crushing 39 Juventus fans on the spot and injuring more than 300 others......

It was also the first top-flight European event to be held after the renovation of the King Baudouin Stadium.

The French team has never won the three major European cups, and the only club to win the European Champions League for the first time also broke out in a match-fixing scandal after the game, which once made French fans unable to hold their heads up.

Today, Saint-Germain will make history as they become the first team to win the league, FA Cup and all three European Cups in a single season.

350 buses full of enthusiastic fans set off from Paris to Brussels, and there were no less than 30,000 Parisian and Chinese fans who came to the King Baudouin Stadium, another 10,000 Austrian fans, who also made a special trip to support their team, and the rest were some local fans who maintained a neutral attitude.

In order to prevent fan riots during the match, UEFA separated the fans of the two teams, and the local fans in Brussels were honored to serve as the human wall.

Rapid Vienna are not always a very strong team, but they can reach the finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, and their quality should not be underestimated.

Of course, if it is like the 02 World Cup, South Korea went all the way to the semi-finals, which is not within the scope of the above statement......

In the tunnel of players, Ling Feng glanced at his opponents, and there was only one face he recognized - a bald head, as bright as Barthez, and also very tall, about the same height as Bierhoff, provided that the hair was not counted - Yankel - the main center forward of Bayern in the future.

Before the game, the outside media had been optimistic about Rapid Vienna, because Saint-Germain, with the likes of Ling Feng, Djokaff, Rama and Rais, could not be matched by a mere Austrian team.

Ling Feng naturally knew that in his memory, when Saint-Germain did not have himself, he also won 1:0, and it was Negetti's header who scored the only goal for Saint-Germain, and the whole game was also thrilling.

(Negeti is Ngoti, but the translation is different, and Ice Soul is used to following the old translation)

Since Saint-Germain has already won the European Cup Winners' Cup before, Ling Feng is even more imperative now, he came to Paris and brought Saint-Germain a league championship and a cup championship that had never been in history, so now, he will naturally not let go of this original Cup Winners' Cup champion.

The two teams finally entered, and amid the shouts and cheers of the fans, Ling Feng walked into the stadium first, followed by the Saint-Germain players holding hands.

Yankel glanced at Ling Feng attentively, this white-haired Chinese has achieved results that others dare not imagine since landing in Ligue 1, and is said to have been nominated for the World Footballer of the Year, if successful, then he will become the youngest World Footballer in the world, because he has just turned 16 years old.

"You must prevent that Chinese from dying, don't give him any chance to shoot, and pay attention to it, don't foul in front of the penalty area!" The defenders of the Vienna Rapid were ringing in their minds the coach's words before the game, and they didn't dare to believe it, because a fan who did not want to leave his name before the game sent a special shot of Ling Feng's goal highlights to the Vienna Fast Club.

The night after watching it, all the players on the Rapid team had insomnia......

Ling Feng and Sheehan, the captain of the Rapid Team, began to guess the coin, and the final result was that the Rapid Team served first, and Saint-Germain chose the venue.

Ling Feng felt it, the wind was a little, but it was not too big, but in order to gain an advantage in the first half, Ling Feng decided to choose the offensive side of the wind.

Jankel played the ball out of the midfield, and Ravane next to him knocked it back to the Austrian player Martinez in midfield.

Martinez was customary to give the ball to Koxos on the right, but the Hungarian midfielder was just about to receive the ball when he suddenly felt a flash in front of him, and then the ball was broken.

White-haired - Ling Feng!

The Vienna fast players didn't expect Ling Feng's speed to be so fast, when Martinez and Kausos were both stunned, Ling Feng quickly broke forward with the ball, and easily shook the Slovak defender Harinka in front of him, and had successfully broken through to the big penalty area.

The captain of the fast team, Sheehan, immediately made up for it, his position was center back, and the coach specially told him before the game that he must not make a foot when defending Ling Feng, and try to jam his position.

In such a tactical arrangement, Sheehan and right-back Adamski blocked Ling Feng's route to break through to the penalty area one left and one right, leaving only half of the gap in the middle, but as long as Ling Feng forcibly broke through from the middle, the two of them could completely break the ball.

However, Sheehan was suddenly surprised to find that Ling Feng actually jumped forward, and it was too late when he hurriedly stretched his feet, Ling Feng just jumped over his and Adamsky's feet, and between his two feet - there was still a ball!

Blanco of the Mexican team "frog jumped" in the 98 World Cup!

Compared with other tricks, this kind of passing can be said to be the simplest one, but because of the simplicity, no one will think of using it, and when such two people are sandwiched, this easiest way to pass people who are looked down upon is the most useful!

As if making a movie, Sheehan and Adamski watched Ling Feng jump in front of them with wide eyes, and when they were about to kick again, Ling Feng took the ball forward with his left foot, and his whole body rushed out and entered the penalty area!

Goalkeeper Haider didn't expect that the white-haired Chinese man could easily break through into the penalty area under the outflanking of the two, and by the time he reacted, it was too late, Haider had just taken a step forward, Ling Feng had already raised his right foot and gently rubbed it under the ball, and the ball drew an arc around Haidel's control and directly hoisted into the dead corner of the goal!

1:0! Just 14 seconds into the first half, Ling Feng took the lead in scoring a goal!

The King Baudouin Stadium had his first world-class goal since it was built, and it was only 14 seconds into the game!

Amid the earth-shattering cheers of the Parisian fans, Ling Feng swooped down on the turf near the corner kick point, and the photo was immediately sent to various media, and the editors had already thought of the title: "The Silver Bomber That Dives"!

The Vienna Speedy players were dumb, and the game had only been going on for so long before the opponent scored such an inexplicable goal with such an inexplicable pass.

Ling Feng's goal also broke the record for the fastest goal in the Cup Winners' Cup final set by Kvetler, and with only three editions of the Cup Winners' Cup left to be merged into the League Cup, Ling Feng's record will also be a swan song.

Naturally, the game will be broadcast live to the world, and it should be visible everywhere except Afghanistan and Antarctica......

When Ling Feng scored, countless Chinese fans erupted in earth-shattering cheers, they all knew that Ling Feng would score goals and lead the team to victory, but no one expected that he would score so quickly?!

A smile appeared on the corner of Ling Feng's mouth, the sneak attack was successful, and the future games would be even better.

Vienna's fast strength is not as good as Bordeaux, I really don't know what kind of luck they took to reach the final, as long as their wings are blocked, and Jankel in the middle is not given a chance to head the ball, then Saint-Germain will basically be invincible.

But the ball still has to be scored, the time it takes to score a goal is short, the whole game may not be able to score one, if it is long, a threatening attack only takes less than half a minute from the organization to the goal, football is round, no one can guarantee that the opponent will not pull this goal back, and someone has done it!

Sure enough, Vienna quickly launched a big attack in order to equalize the score.

As the name suggests, the Rapid are also very fast-paced, with their attacking focus on the left and right wings, with Lavane and Martinez on the wings, and in the middle, the 1.93m Yankel is in charge of headers.

For the defense on the wing, Saint-Germain still suffers, because their height is not very high, and the speed of the full-backs is not very fast, so they are often broken through by the opponent to the bottom line near the bottom of the cross.

However, Saint-Germain does not rely on the wing, and neither of Kobes and Domi on the side go up to assist, so there is enough time and space to catch up with the players who break through quickly on the side of Vienna, although they can't break the ball, but they can also make some interference, plus Negerti and goalkeeper Rama in the middle are in great shape, Yankel can't grab the ball most of the time, and can only watch the ball go above his control or be hit by Rama.

At the same time, Saint-Germain's attack is not idle, compared with Vienna's fast wing attack, Saint-Germain's cooperation in the middle is even more smooth, especially when the fullbacks of the fast team come forward to assist, Ling Feng is often a beautiful high-altitude ball to stuff the ball behind the back line of the fast team, Rai and Loko quickly inserted also caused a lot of trouble for the Austrians.

Fortunately, neither Rai nor Loko were very fast, often keeping up with the ball, but when they were brought to the vicinity of the penalty area, they were forced to the edge of the penalty area by the players chasing behind them, and lost a good opportunity to cut into the box and hit the goal.

Some people with eyes can see that if Ling Feng had plugged in, he would have scored a goal a long time ago!

However, Ling Feng pressed left and right in the midfield at this time, intercepting the opponent's passes, and turning the broken ball into an attack from time to time.

In other words, if it weren't for Ling Feng, Saint-Germain would not have had many people who could get the ball in the midfield and then flash the opposing players around them, and then see the opportunity to pass the ball to their teammate in the best position.

However, Ling Feng's role was far more than just robbing and passing, he was waiting, waiting for a good opportunity before rushing forward.

But speaking of which, letting Ling Feng do such a defensive job is really a bit of an overkill, if Ling Feng stands behind a Vieira or Keane, Ling Feng can put his mind down and attack, if there is another Zidane and Beckham pass for him, then Ling Feng can play his own breakthrough and attack to his heart's content.

If the striker who is paired with Ling Feng is Ronaldo or Shepchenko and Thierry Henry, then this offensive line can tear through any so-called reinforced concrete backline in the world.

However, although Saint-Germain is strong at this time, the teammates who partner with Ling Feng have not yet reached the top level, and it is okay to handle ordinary balls, but if you want to convert one of the opponent's mistakes into a must-kill, except for Ling Feng, the others do not have this strength for the time being.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Vienna won their third corner of the game.

Unable to even produce a threatening shot from the side, the Vienna Rapid players were mostly impatient and the backline pressed forward more and more, and set-pieces became their best chance to score.

Captain Sheehan also pressed into the penalty area, compared to Saint-Germain, Vienna Rapid has a certain high-altitude advantage, but when competing for high-altitude balls, it does not mean that players with high-altitude advantages will necessarily be able to grab points, for example, their position is not good......

Yankel grinned at being squeezed by Ling Feng, this white-haired young man who was half a head shorter than him seemed to have a powerful force in his body, and the first two corners were squeezed out of his position by him, but this time it seemed that there was no play.

How did he know that his predecessor Bierhoff was stronger than him, but he didn't get a bargain on Ling Feng, if he Yankel could squeeze Ling Feng, then the German national team was not Bierhoff but him.

Glancing at the box, Jankel was no longer able to get a good position, and after a moment of depression, Kosos decided to pass the ball to captain Sheehan, but what he didn't know was that his consideration changed the situation of the game again.