Chapter 1: Rushing to Success
Rush to overtake success
With the referee's whistle, in the penultimate round of the Chinese League, the Peninsula team defeated the Nanyang team 3:0 at home, and the Crouching Tiger Stadium, the home of the Peninsula team, resounded with cheers that shook the ground, because this means that the Peninsula team won two rounds of the championship in advance, and it also means that they will play in the Chinese Super League next year, which no one could have imagined half a year ago, when they were still in the fourth from the bottom of the Chinese League standings. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the summer transfer period, with the successive addition of several domestic and foreign aides such as Jin Dapeng, the strength of the Peninsula team has been greatly improved, and in the second half of the Chinese League, they have achieved a record of 11 wins and 2 draws, beating many local tyrant clubs to win the Chinese League championship.
In the 15th and 16th rounds of the Chinese League, substitute Jin Dapeng scored and helped the team equalize, and in the subsequent games, he was the team's starter, and helped the team win 11 consecutive victories with consistent and efficient goals.
In this round of the Chinese League A competition, Jin Dapeng was also the only three yuan and scored a hat trick. Speaking of hat tricks, this is already commonplace for Jin Dapeng, he has scored 7 hat tricks in the Chinese League, although he has only played 13 games in the Chinese League, he has scored 32 goals, ranking first in the scorer list, and has basically locked the top scorer king in this year's Chinese League.
At the press conference after the game, the head coach of the Peninsula team, Sandwich, could not hide the joy in his heart and praised his players, while Jin Dapeng, who attended the press conference with the head coach, was very calm, although he was also very happy, but he knew very well in his heart that the championship was not the end, and the FA Cup semi-final in a week would be an important test.
Although from the outside world, it is beyond imagination that the Peninsula team can have today's results, but Jin Dapeng thought of Ma Yun's words in his heart, "The dream still has to be there, what if it comes true."
In the first half of the FA Cup, the opponents faced by the Peninsula team are generally not strong, even the two Chinese Super League teams they met are relegation teams, and they put their main attention on the league relegation, which also makes the Peninsula team the only team to reach the semi-finals, but because the FA Cup champion will qualify for the AFC Champions League next year, the other three Super League teams in the semi-finals are very important.
Because of this, the outside world is generally not optimistic about the prospects of the Peninsula team in the FA Cup, but at this time there are also beneficial aspects for the Peninsula team, that is, they have won the Chinese League championship in advance, and they can fully focus on the FA Cup, which is incomparable to the Chinese Super League teams.
At this time, the Chinese Super League is in the "Warring States Period", various clubs have spent huge sums of money to introduce big-name foreign aid, and the Super League standings are also in a state of anxiety, and many teams are likely to enter the top three, so as to qualify for next year's AFC Champions League.
The semi-final opponent of the Peninsula team is the Chinese Super League team Nanhe team, although this team is not as rich as the local tyrant team of the Chinese Super League, but there are several domestic and foreign players in the team who are very cost-effective.
The most well-known is the number 10 player in the team: Nikolai. He is also a well-known player in Brazil, leading relegation favorites Nanhe to an 8th place in the Chinese Super League after coming to the Chinese Super League last year.
It is precisely because of such an excellent performance that many teams paid high salaries to poach this player after the end of last year's Chinese Super League, but he finally chose to stay in the Nanhe team.
There are only 3 rounds left in this year's Chinese Super League, and the Nanhe team ranks fifth in the Chinese Super League, with the same points as the third and fourth places, only 3 points away from the top of the table, and still has a chance to win the championship.
In his pre-match press conference, the head coach of the South River team did not specify the starting lineup for tomorrow, and in his own words, he wanted to add a little difficulty to the head coach of the Peninsula team.
Unlike the Nanhe team, the goal of the Peninsula team is very clear, that is, to fight the Nanhe team, and the Peninsula team, which has won the championship of the Central League, can devote all their energy to the FA Cup.
According to the arrangement of the organizing committee of the competition, the first round of matches between the two sides was arranged at the home stadium of the Peninsula team. The home-to-away schedule was slightly unfavourable for the Peninsulars, but the Peninsulars were united and their morale was high.
At this time, Jin Dapeng's heart was very calm, and he looked at the upcoming game very calmly.
The game started on time at 15:30, and the first to kick off was the Nanhe team, the Nanhe team discharged a 442 formation, while the Peninsula team was the 451 formation they had been accustomed to, with Jin Dapeng as a single arrow striker in the frontcourt.
At the beginning of the game, the Nanhe team launched a fierce attack on the Peninsula team, but the Peninsula team's defense was very solid and did not give the opponent too many absolute chances. This is what the Peninsula team would like to see, as they are accustomed to counter-attacking and using Kim's individual ability to score points.
However, the Nanhe team has obviously also carefully studied the Peninsula team and strengthened the defense against Jin Dapeng. Both sides slowed down their attacks after a few rounds of back and forth, but there was a hint of murder in the slow pace.
Nanhe No. 10 Nikola found his teammate on the right side with an accurate pass from the midfield, and his teammates drove long along the sideline to the baseline cross, and Manlo, the 195 high school forward of the Nanhe team who was ambushed in the middle, grabbed the goal with a header.
Under the interference of the Peninsula defenders, Manlo's header was not fully powerful and was blocked by the goalkeeper, but the ball did not go far, and Nikola, who followed up, easily scored the empty goal with a follow-up shot.
1:0! Nikolai, who opened the score, looked very excited and ran to the sidelines to hug the coach.
Such a score is good news for the South China Sea team, and it is indeed a blow to the united Peninsula team. Head coach Sandwich looked very excited on the sidelines, shouting into the stadium, while the interpreter laid out tactics in an equally anxious tone.
At this time, the TV camera was focused on Jin Dapeng, and it seemed that he didn't have too much anxiety and still maintained a normal expression.
The home fans were not discouraged by the goal conceded and still cheered for the team on the sidelines, which greatly boosted the morale of the players.
After the kick-off at halftime, the Peninsula team changed their tactics and played more actively, after all, they are now one goal behind. The tactics of the South River team have also changed, and they are waiting for the Peninsula team to attack and take advantage of the opportunity to counter-attack, because an away goal is huge positive news for them.
Facing the South River's iron bucket formation, the Peninsula team did not seem to have many options, although the home team controlled the situation on the field, but there were not many opportunities to really threaten the visitors' goal.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Jin Dapeng was tripped by the opposing defender in front of the penalty area, and the referee awarded a direct free kick, the penalty kick was on the left side of the penalty area, about 30 meters away from the goal, and Jin Dapeng stood in front of the ball alone.
Jin Dapeng, who was standing in front of the ball, took a closer look at the position of the opposing player, the human wall mainly blocked the right side of the goal, and the goalkeeper stood on the left side of the goal.
Jin Dapeng observed the position of his teammates, and since the Peninsula team did not have a real center forward except for himself, the cross was not a good choice. If you hit the goal directly, there are two options, one is to play the near corner, which is closer, but it is easy to be saved by the goalkeeper, and the other is to play the rounded corner, but this needs to go around the high human wall.
After a fierce ideological struggle, Jin Dapeng finally made up his mind, he slowly retreated a few cloths, it seemed that the distance of the run was a little far, obviously he was going to hit the door directly. Running and accelerating, Jin Dapeng kicked the ball in the middle left part of the ball with the outside of his left instep, and the ball drew a wonderful arc from the right side of the human wall and hit the right post and bounced into the goal.
The goalkeeper of the Nanhe team obviously didn't expect the ball from the right side of the human wall to hit the goal frame, and he stood still and watched the football enter the goal.
The crowd was visibly stunned by the incredible goal, and the stadium suddenly fell silent, followed by a deafening cheer.
1:1! The two sides were back on the same page, but the home side's morale was already up, and in the next few minutes they launched a tidal wave of attacks on the South River goal, but they were unable to change the score before half-time.
At half-time, neither side made any personnel changes, and it was clear that both sides could accept the scoreline.
At the beginning of the second half, both sides played unconservatively, and the transition between attack and defense was very fast, but the score was never rewritten.
In the 65th minute, the attack of the Nanhe team was blocked, the Peninsula team won the ball, and the defender Li Techang passed the ball accurately to find Jin Dapeng, who retreated to the midfield defense, 1V4, Jin Dapeng looked up at the four Nanhe defenders in front of him, they were all standing in their positions.
Obviously, it is very difficult to get past the 4 defenders, and waiting for teammates will delay the fighter, and when Jin Dapeng was a little hesitant, he suddenly found that the goalkeeper of the Nanhe team was standing a little forward.
A striker's intuition told him that the time was ripe to hit the goal, Jin Dapeng flicked the ball sideways with the instep of his foot, flashed out of the space to shoot, raised his foot and kicked heavily in the middle and lower part of the ball, the ball jumped high and then fell rapidly, the goalkeeper of the Nanhe team desperately ran back to no avail, and the ball fell into the goal after the goalkeeper jumped up at the end but could not touch it.
2:1! The score was rewritten again, this time the lead was replaced by the home team, and the fans could no longer hold back the joy in their hearts, and one by one they stood up from their seats, chanting victory slogans.
The head coach of the Peninsula team, Sandwich, rushed into the field excitedly and hugged the players warmly, and the head coach of the South China Sea team at this time was indeed depressed, and it could be seen from his expression that the taste of being reversed was really uncomfortable.
While the whole team was immersed in joy, Kim Dapeng's heart was very calm, because he knew that the 2:1 score would not ensure that the Peninsula team would reach the FA Cup final, and he still needed to continue to work hard.