Chapter 74: Semifinals
After all the quarterfinals were over, the organizing committee also conducted a semi-final draw.
The draw for the semi-finals saw two teams from Liaoning Province, Shenyang Huimin High School and Dalian No. 48 High School, play a provincial derby, while Meijiang Middle School will face hosts Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.
The two teams in Liaoning originally wanted to meet in the finals and stage the provincial derby in the finals. Unexpectedly, the draw was not drawn, and the semi-finals were staged in advance of the provincial derby.
Meijiang Middle School, on the other hand, has no opinion on this draw, except for the identity of the host, Tianjin No. 54 Middle School is inferior in strength compared to Shenyang Muslim Middle School and Dalian No. 48 Middle School.
It can be said that Meijiang Middle School has drawn a good lot.
Of course, this is only relative to the other two teams.
From the perspective of surface strength, Meijiang Middle School itself is the weakest of the four top four teams, and reaching the top four is already an absolute dark horse miracle.
The people of Tianjin No. 54 Middle School also believe that they are also a good draw in the semi-finals against Meijiang Middle School, which is better than facing those two Liaoning teams.
Regardless of whether the signing is good or bad, the bracket has come out, so let's concentrate on preparing for the semi-finals.
On the morning of August 23, the semi-finals of Shenyang Huimin Middle School VS Dalian No. 48 Middle School in Liaoning Province officially began.
Both teams are from Liaoning, a strong football province, and they are both strong teams that have won the national championship and have a profound background.
Within 90 minutes, the two sides were tied 2-2 and had to go to extra time.
Then, due to physical reasons, the two sides played until the end of 120 minutes of extra time, and no one scored to beat each other, and the score was still 2-2, and the winner could not be distinguished.
In the end, the two sides could only enter the penalty shootout, and Dalian No. 48 Middle School had the last laugh in the penalty shootout.
They beat Shenyang Muslim High School 4-3 on penalties to reach the final.
After the first semi-final, after 19 o'clock in the evening, the second semi-final will be held between Meijiang Middle School in Guizhou Province and Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.
When Lu Wenbin and others walked into the football stadium of the Tianjin Olympic Center, they were shocked by the tens of thousands of spectators in the stands.
Although Meijiang Middle School also played a match with Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School in the Olympic Sports Center in the previous 1/4 finals, that game was not attractive to the local citizens of Tianjin at all, and there were only one or two thousand people in the stands, which could not be compared with the scale of 20,000 or 30,000 people in this game.
Moreover, these audiences are not just here to see the excitement.
There is a group of student cheerleaders who are estimated to be organized by Tianjin No. 54 Middle School to cheer for the school team, about one or two thousand people, with horns, gongs and drums, banners, etc., all available, cheering for Tianjin No. 54 Middle School in the stands.
There are also some cheerleading teams that are estimated to be the families and relatives of the school team members, and they are also fully equipped with various equipment, cheering for the players of Tianjin No. 54 Middle School in the stands.
Other local fans and spectators who came to watch the game through publicity naturally supported the Tianjin team.
As for Meijiang Middle School, only some Guizhou villagers who work and live in Tianjin are supporting them. Moreover, there are definitely not many people, anyway, Lu Wenbin and others didn't see it.
After warming up and explaining the tactics, at 19:30, with the referee's whistle, the semi-finals of Guizhou Meijiang Middle School VS Tianjin 54 Middle School officially began.
In this game, after learning the lesson of Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School's defeat to Meijiang Middle School in the quarterfinals, Tianjin No. 54 Middle School chose to base itself on defense first and try not to let Lu Wenbin score, and started a defensive counterattack.
Moreover, they sent two players from the Tianjin TEDA Youth Team to closely guard Lu Wenbin, and others helped to defend and encircle at any time to limit Lu Wenbin to death.
Although Lu Wenbin's personal strength is definitely stronger than all of them, several people on the other side defend him, and his strength is not weak, and Lu Wenbin's success rate is not high whether it is breaking through or passing.
The result of both teams playing defensive counter-attacks is that the scene is very ugly.
After 20 minutes of the game, there was not a single shot on goal between the two sides, and most of the balls were passed back to their respective central and backfielders, and some spectators were so bored that they were reading novels on their phones in the stands and not watching the game.
Of course, the scene was ugly, but the players on both sides on the field were very nervous.
Tianjin No. 54 Middle School was afraid of Lu Wenbin's personal breakthrough and shooting, and Meijiang Middle School was also afraid of the opponent's counterattack, so no one dared to be careless.
Both sides guarded the backcourt and did not dare to press on it.
However, after a 20-minute stalemate, Meijiang Middle School took the lead in making adjustments.
Lu Wenbin took advantage of an opportunity to send a sideline ball and ran to the sidelines to muttered a few words to Coach Zhang Minghai, and then Meijiang Middle School changed its tactics and began to press the attack as a whole, instead of Lu Wenbin fighting alone in the front court.
If the two teams really kept playing defensive counterattacks and dragged the score of 0-0 to the penalty shootout, Meijiang Middle School would have little chance of winning.
Except for Lu Wenbin, most of the other players in Meijiang Middle School are not as good as Tianjin No. 54 Middle School, and the level of goalkeepers is also far behind.
Therefore, the Mae Giang Middle School must attack and try to resolve the battle within 90 minutes, or 120 minutes at the latest. If it is dragged to the penalty shootout, Meijiang Middle School will definitely lose more and win less.
However, in order to prevent being counterattacked by the Tianjin team, the so-called attack of Meijiang Middle School only had Nie Yingkun, Xiang Youming, and Han Dapeng in the midfield to cooperate with Lu Wenbin.
On offense, only Lu Wenbin and three or four others faced the entire defense line of Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.
This is the same as the entire defense line of Meijiang Middle School when other teams press the attack, even if Lu Wenbin's personal ability is more outstanding, he can't break through everyone to shoot and score.
As for the ball that was passed, Han Dapeng and others also failed to grasp it, some were stealed or destroyed by the opponent, and some shooting opportunities failed to score.
Once, Lu Wenbin shook off a small angle with a smash ball and refueled croquettes under the bag of the other three people, and passed a second pass.
As a result, Xiang Youming's shot after receiving the ball in the penalty area was too positive, and it was directly sent into the arms of the opponent's goalkeeper, missing a good opportunity to score.
After 45 minutes, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the score was still 0-0.
Meijiang Middle School's pressing attack failed to score, and Tianjin No. 54 Middle School's occasional counterattack also failed to break through Meijiang Middle School's goal.
Both sides went into the break with a 0-0 scoreline.
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