Chapter 276: The Battle of Breaking Korea (4)
Swinging his legs, Li Dongguo glanced at the lower right corner of the goal at the moment of shooting. Wu Feng found it very cleverly, but he was still motionless, and the smile on his face looked more like a mockery in Li Dongguo at this time.
There is no way, in order to deceive Wu Feng, Li Dongguo's eyes and foot movements are coordinated, and he can't change it at this time, because the action has been finalized, he can only continue to do it, but he pushes in the other direction, and the football rolls quickly towards the goal.
Although Lee Dong-guk had already taken the penalty, he did not have a hint of joy because he knew that he had failed again. As expected, Li Dongguo, who deceived many viewers in front of the TV, was easily hugged by Wu Feng in the end.
Faced with this result, Li Dongguo stood in place with his hips crossed, with a hint of confusion in his eyes, and he felt that he didn't seem to have any way to break through the Chinese goalkeeper's ten fingers.
And Lee Dong-guk's emotions seem to have begun to infect other players in the South Korean team, as a core player of the attack, once his self-confidence is hit, it will soon infect other offensive players, and then the whole team.
Although Lee Dongguk's fighting spirit is very tenacious, it is still much weaker than the other players in the South Korean team. This is one of the reasons why coach Guus Hiddink did not call him into the team at the 2002 World Cup, and his mental state did not match South Korea's tenacious struggle.
Although the South Korean team did not give up, the next attack was in vain. Either they were destroyed by the Chinese team's defense, or they faced a Wu Feng who would not make mistakes after breaking through the defense, and every shot was blocked or saved by him.
But the Chinese team did not seize the opportunity, in the 40th minute, Wang Peng took the ball and burst into the South Korean penalty area, taking advantage of Kim Jin-gyu's unstable foothold, immediately shot. However, the direction is slightly higher, hitting the upper part of the crossbar, and flying directly out of the bottom line.
Soon in the 43rd minute, Qu Bo received a cross from Mao Jianqing in front of the penalty area, and after a one-two with Zheng Zhi, he entered the penalty area. But this time the shot was touched by Li Yunzai's fingertips, hit the outside of the post, and rushed out of the bottom line again.
In the 44th minute, Zheng Zhi took a corner kick, and Zhang Cheng beat Kim Doo-hyun and Son Dae-ho in the penalty area, jumped high, and hit the football. But the position is not very right, grazing the goalpost and flying out of the bottom line.
For more than three minutes, three consecutive high-quality attacks made the coach of the South Korean team, Verbeek, unable to sit still, and kept signaling on the sidelines to stabilize and not panic.
Although there was no goal, the Chinese team's offense also made the fans shine and felt very enjoyable. This match with the South Korean team not only allowed them to see the magical defense of the Chinese team's goalkeeper Wu Feng, but also saw that the Chinese team's offense has made great progress under Wu Feng's command.
Soon the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half and went into a 15-minute break.
After the break, the Chinese team did not make any substitutions. But the South Korean team replaced Kang Min-shou, who had a somewhat declining physical strength, with Song Jong-guk, and replaced Son Dae-ho with Cho Jae-jin.
The aim is to use Cho's air power and experience to break the goalkeeper of the Chinese team. In the first half, the South Korean team had a big advantage in possession, and there were many shots on goal, but they couldn't score a single one, which is also because the South Korean team did not have enough forward strength.
However, now Verbeck's hands are left with the strength of Cho Jae-jin, and the strength of other players is not as good as that of newcomer Li Tianxiu.
In the second half, the Chinese team gave the South Korean team a disadvantage as soon as it opened, and Zhang Cheng received the ball in the midfield. There was no return pass, and he went directly to the Korean team's half with the football.
Zhang Cheng's arrogant attitude angered the arrogant South Korean players, and Kim Jong-woo, who was in charge of keeping an eye on Zheng Zhi, gave up on Zheng Zhi's defense. When he came over, he shoveled Zhang Cheng, but Zhang Cheng instantly sped up, and Kim Zhengyou's flying shovel was empty.
But this is also his luck, if he shovels, he can't avoid a yellow card, and this distance of more than 30 meters is not a chance for Wu Feng.
When Zhang Cheng was about to get rid of Lian Jixun again, Lian Jixun was a little annoyed and angry, he had played football for so many years, how could he tolerate being played by this debutant hairy boy one after another.
When Yeon Ki-hoon was doing things in Jang Seong, he was ready to make this young man understand that he couldn't be too blind to play football. When Jin Doo-hyun came over, he went up and kicked Zhang Cheng's heel, if this kick was real, ordinary people would definitely have to lie in bed for a month or two, and he couldn't care about anything at this time.
However, Jang Seong's back was like having eyes, and Yeon Ki-hoon's kick went up, but Jang Seong jumped up and dodged with a pinch ball, and then as if nothing happened, he then dribbled the ball past Kim Doo-hyun.
Although Jang Cheng avoided Yeom Ki-hoon's tackle, the Chinese fans in the stands did not do it, such a dangerous move, this South Korean player wants to abolish their new star. For a while, almost all fans were scolding Yeom Ki-hoon.
Zhu Guanglu also did not stop protesting to the fourth official about the dangerous actions of the South Korean players.
Lian Ki-hoon's eyes widened, he couldn't be considered slow to kick this kick, does this kid have eyes behind his back?
It was almost a one-stop outbreak, and Zhang Cheng's outburst caused fans to be ecstatic, and immediately erupted in cheers and cheers that were comparable to Wu Feng's before.
After Kim Doo-hyun, Zhang Cheng immediately got up and shot, and so far in the Asian Cup, Zhang Cheng's powerful shooting has also become famous in Asia, and he has scored 3 goals so far, tied for second place with several others.
Seeing Zhang Cheng come to the penalty area with the ball, Li Yunzai couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp, but he still made full preparations, and finally barely lifted the football out of the goal beam.
However, the South Korean team escaped Jang Cheng's long-range shot, but could not escape the header from behind. Jung Ji fired a precise corner, and Jang Seong quickly understood it, using his strong body to squeeze through Kim Jin-gyu's defense, and flicked his head like a bomber into the far corner of the South Korean goal.
1:0!
"The ball is in! That's great! Less than 3 minutes into the second half, Zhang Cheng, a newcomer to the national football team, took the lead in scoring the first goal! Now the Chinese team is temporarily ahead of the South Korean team 1:0! After Duan Yixuan saw the football fly into the goal, he immediately stood up and explained loudly.
"I didn't expect that the first to break the deadlock this time was Zhang Cheng in the back position! His one-time pass was also very exciting, although he didn't score, he won a corner! And his header skills are also very good, four goals, two are headers! Liu Jianhong was also very surprised, he didn't expect Zhang Cheng, who was famous for his defense, to be the initiator of the attack this time.
For the first time, China took the lead, and the goal came so quickly that many fans didn't even see who scored. It wasn't until the slow-motion display on the big screen that they saw that it was Zhang Cheng's header.
The South Korean team was also a little dazed by the ball and did not react for several minutes. But the South Korean team is the South Korean team after all, under the shouting of Verbeck, they quickly calmed down, the pressing of the Chinese team was more fierce, and the defender's assists were more resolute, and for a while the Chinese team only had the power to parry.