Chapter 53: Seoul (2/5)
Chapter 53: Desperate Seoul
Li Qingshan turned around....... Direct Shot!! ā
"Golden Dragon!! He subconsciously blocked the ball!! ā
Elkeson!! Elkeson !!!!! ā
"Shoot!! The ball went in!!! Duan Xuan jumped up from his seat!!
He was so excited, the game had just started, and Guangzhou Evergrande scored a goal!! What this ball means, I believe everyone knows very well. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Guangzhou Evergrande led the opponent 1-0 at home, and the aggregate score was stretched to 3-1!! Such an advantage has made the opponent's chances of turning the tables very small.
Duan Xuan even wanted to announce it now that the 2013 AFC Champions League belonged to Guangzhou Evergrande, but when the words came to his lips, he reflected them in time and swallowed them.
As a Chinese commentator, he can of course abandon the neutral commentary and completely favor the side of Guangzhou Evergrande. But if you say something like that before the game is over, it's different. This is disrespectful to the game, and he may be punished by CCTV after the game!
Then he calmed down and continued: "One minute and thirty-two seconds! Guangzhou Evergrande scored a goal!! Fantastic start!! ā
In the stands of Tianhe Stadium, countless fans rose in response, raising their arms high, cheers, jumps, and shouts intertwined in the stadium in the center of Guangzhou.
Outside the stadium, in the large and small bars in Guangzhou City, on the big screen in each square, the TV screen is slowing down Guangzhou Evergrande's goal, and Duan Xuan's excited voice: "Guangzhou Evergrande scores quickly!" Li Qingshan took the ball and turned around and shot directly from a distance!! The speed of this kick is too fast, although the angle is not opened, but the opponent's goalkeeper is also quite difficult to deal with, Jin Longda subconsciously used his arm to put in gear! Elkeson's clever follow-up shot breaks the net!! Guangzhou Evergrande is ahead!! ā
At this moment, the whole city is cheering for this goal!!
In the box of Tianhe Stadium, Boss Xu, who was sitting in the front, was also smiling, and the smile on his face could not be hidden. He didn't know much about football, and if he was a little nervous before the game, it was a reassuring one.
Lippi on the sidelines also stood up from his seat and applauded his players' performances, before he and his coaching staff hugged and high-fived each other.
To be honest, even he didn't expect that Guangzhou Evergrande would start so smoothly.
Li Qingshan unexpectedly did not pass the ball to the side and then rushed into the penalty area to grab a point, but turned around and shot from a distance! Although it didn't go straight into the net, it did create a chance for Elkeson to score with a stoppage!
Guangzhou Evergrande's first attack scored a goal! Such a fantastic start made Lippi feel that victory was about to beckon them!
After the goal, Elkeson excitedly found Li Qingshan, who created a supplementary shooting opportunity for him, and hugged him tightly, and then, more Guangzhou Evergrande players surrounded him, yelling excitedly!
They were so excited, this goal was so crucial! They widened the gap to more than two goals, so the pressure in their hearts was completely released and they could play more calmly at home!
Choi Yong-so stood on the sidelines, as if frozen because of the goal.
He hoped to be able to defend solidly before the game and wait for Guangzhou Evergrande to make a mistake. But now it's been less than two minutes before the opponent has scored!
Now it seems that Seoul FC is more likely to collapse first.
What about the next game? It is also difficult for Choi Yongsu to come up with a good solution at this time.
It is undeniable that Choi Yong-so is an excellent coach, but no matter how powerful a coach is, it may be difficult to have any good solutions in the face of this situation.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger once said that the manager who can improve the strength of the team by 10% is the top manager. It can be seen that in football games, the comparison of strength between the two sides is still the most important. A team may be able to rely on tactical adjustments and luck to beat the opponent in one game, but if it is a long season, it is still the overall strength of the team that plays a decisive role.
Choi Yong-so stood on the sidelines, racking his brains to think of a way to turn the tables. Now all the crux of the problem is on one person - Li Qingshan!
Because none of our centre-backs can compete with each other in the high ball. In order to contain Li Qingshan's high-altitude ball, the side thought of many ways, but all at the expense of other aspects.
Just like the goal just lost, Kim Joo-young's choice Choi Yong-so saw it in his eyes, but he didn't blame Kim Joo-young - he gave priority to defending the opponent's side cross because Li Qingshan was too threatening!
Who would have thought that this time Li Qingshan actually chose to shoot from a distance by himself!
Judging from his shot, Li Qingshan is not a reckless man who can only head the ball. Although his long-range shot is not at a good angle, the power of this shot is really incredible, and at this ball speed, it is already very difficult for Jin Longda to save the ball. As for Elkeson's follow-up shot, he can only blame his own bad luck - if the golden dragon blocks the ball from the bottom line, then the ball will be nothing.
Now Seoul FC has no way out, they have to attack, although there is still a lot of game time, but Choi Yong-so knows that if they continue to wear down, Seoul FC's morale will be completely lost.
They had to attack and try to equalise in the first half.
If they can make it 1-1 in the first half, they will have more tactical options in the second half. Because then they only need to score a goal and change the score to 2-1! The aggregate score is 3-3, with the same number of away goals scored by both sides! In this case, they were at best able to drag the game into extra time.
And if they are lucky enough to score another goal to make it 3-1, and the number of away goals is more than Guangzhou Evergrande, Guangzhou Evergrande will have to score two goals!
Choi Yong-so weighed inwardly for a while, then stretched out his arm and made a gesture.
The Seoul FC players understood when they saw their coach make the gesture from the sidelines.
Offensive! They're going to push each other down with their offense!
Although Guangzhou Evergrande's counterattack was quite sharp, but now Seoul FC can't care so much, they must equalize the score as soon as possible!
If you press the attack as a whole, you must always be on guard against the opponent's counterattack. But if you can't give it a go and let the game time pass slowly, it seems to be even more disadvantageous for Seoul FC!
When the game resumed, Seoul FC began to press aggressively. All three of their foreign players are very strong offensive players, and if they are really desperate, Guangzhou Evergrande's defense may not be able to completely defend against them.
However, Guangzhou Evergrande did not get carried away because they were ahead, and their overall formation shrank back, compressing the space in the midfield, making Seoul FC's attack like hitting an airtight wall, and it was difficult to find space for passing.
In this way, the situation of the game became Seoul FC attack, and Guangzhou Evergrande comfortably contracted back to fight back!
As time goes on, it will still be difficult for Seoul FC to threaten the Guangzhou Evergrande goal. They are actually not very good at attacking positionally, and Seoul FC's attack is more often based on the individual strength of the foreign players on the counter-attack. In this kind of situation where the opponent opens up the position and lets Seoul FC attack, they are really not very good.
As the game time passed minute by minute, Seoul FC's formation was getting more and more pressed, and even unconsciously, central defender Kim Joo-young also pressed into the front court to participate in the attack.
Instead of waiting for the Chinese players to collapse under the pressure, the South Koreans themselves became more and more anxious.........