Chapter Seventy-One: To Advance or Not to Advance
The game had been played for 38 minutes and Boavista was far behind their opponents in possession, at less than 25 per cent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info Gondomar is the 5th team in the Central Division, and if it weren't for a quick counter-attack from the Panthers, he would have firmly dominated the field at the moment.
Just before the end of the first half, Chen Jianhao got the ball in the front court. Seeing that no one else was playing, he did not hesitate and immediately turned on the personal rush mode. However, he didn't run a few steps before he was chased by the other party, and he thought that there was no room to move forward, so he adjusted slightly and shot a long shot.
It was only Boavista's second shot of the game. Chen Jianhao felt a slip when he shot out, so the quality of the ball was not high, and it was greatly deflected out of the goal. And because it was a headwind, when the ball just passed the penalty area, the speed was greatly reduced, and the goalkeeper didn't even have the will to save, just stood in place.
With this seemingly random shot flying off the line, the first half was over. Govia has rarely praised the performance of his players and hopes that the big guys can keep it up and get out of the relegation zone. You know, after losing the last game, they have come to 13th place. The 13th and 14th players need to play the play-offs against the third-division champions at the end of the season and decide to stay; The bottom 15 and 16 were directly relegated. So, they need to pick up more points to make sure they can stay away from this position at the end of the season.
At the start of the second half, the Panthers Boavista also returned to their original mode of possession. However, Chen Jianhao seemed to find a long-range feeling in the first half, ignoring the slowing down of his team-mates' style of play, and as soon as he got the ball, he went straight forward to break through one of the centre-backs, and then kept his distance from the other centre-back, and went close along the middle. Chen Jinwu could see clearly behind him, and he knew that when Chen Jianhao's right leg arched at the same time, a shocking long-range shot was coming.
From headwind to tailwind, the benefits of changing the field can already be felt by Chen Jianhao when he advances with the ball. He felt that the speed of the ball was obviously much faster, and the speed of his feet was naturally faster. However, the opposing central defender only cared about retreating to the penalty area, and he didn't expect what the red-haired boy in front of him wanted to do, he thought that as long as he blocked people in front of the penalty area, he could avoid the crisis.
Several defenders around him also focused on Quielos and Francis, who were scattered at both ends, as well as the "double Paul" Paulo Campos and Paulo Gomez, who were ready to pick up at the back. Quellos deliberately pulled the side, he also seemed to have a premonition that Chen Jianhao would take advantage of this wind direction to shoot long, and Fang Jizhou was used to running sideways before, even if Govia intended to let him go back to the middle to try, he would not be able to change this habit for a while. And Govia also gave him the power to run freely, and his current idea is to pull the side, wait for Chen Jianhao to give the ball, and then cross to complete the cooperation.
Unexpectedly, just as he was running hard to the side, Chen Jianhao shot - there was still some distance from the top of the gourd, about 35 meters away from the goal, Chen Jianhao made a shooting pose. At this time, not many people on either side noticed his intention to shoot, only to see the ball soar into the air, "bang", and flew out of a graceful trajectory. The defender closest to him couldn't help but look up, and the ball disappeared like a shooting star.
The defender quickly turned his head and kept his eyes on the ball. Driven by the wind, the ball was much faster than usual, and the goalkeeper leaned out a few steps and felt that it was not easy to judge the path of the ball, so he stepped back again. However, he was completely disorganized in these few steps, and the speed of the ball was so fast that he did not give him room to adjust at all, and in just this moment, it had already fallen from above and smashed into the top left corner of the goal.
The goalkeeper just jumped up on instinct, he only hoped that the ball would hit the post or go out of the goal, otherwise he would be powerless with his limited range of saves. To his relief, the ball hit the post just as he had hoped, and he could clearly feel the whole goal tremble - good guy! The strength of this kick is too strong, isn't it?!
The goalkeeper boasted in his heart, thinking that the crisis was over - but although the ball hit the post, it bounced straight down and crossed the goal line!
Then the ball bounced out again and was grabbed by the goalkeeper.
Is it in?
Except for the goalkeeper, no one could see the trajectory of the ball accurately. He knew that the goal had been scored, so he pretended not to see it, and only fell to the ground, pressed the ball tightly, and hesitated for a while before standing up.
Chen Jianhao felt that the ball had been scored, but he didn't dare to be sure, he just subconsciously held his head in his hands and ran towards the referee again, not knowing whether to regret or complain. Everyone around looked at the referee, because there is no baseline referee, this kind of ball is not easy to judge.
At this moment, the linesman, who had been attached to his body and observing from a distance, suddenly raised the flag and signaled that the goal was valid! So the referee immediately blew a long whistle, stretched out his hand to the middle circle, and ran back quickly.
The pitch was polarized, with Boavista rallying around Chan and cheering loudly, while Gondomar rallied around the referee and several ran to the linesman, questioning his goal.
"Anyway, this ball is so beautiful!" Govia and Little Pan hugged each other in celebration, and Resendi, who was left aside, smiled and said, "Didn't you let him shoot this kind of ball?" ”
"So what? What established player would be completely at the mercy of his coach? ”
After speaking, Govia added: "This kid is going to be a superstar in the future!" ”
"Haha...... Listen to you, you're right in what you say! ”
Xiao Pan also joined in the touting, grinning and said: "Don't forget that he brought it to me, and you have to remember me for a lot in the future!" ”
"I'm his initiation coach, and I have a share of it!"
"And me, I'm in charge of the usual shooting training, and I don't have anything to do with you!" Resendi shouted as well.
Several old boys were arguing like children at the moment, but they all had smiles on their faces. The referee upheld the decision, giving two yellow cards and warning the opponent for unwarranted entanglement. Boavista led 2-0, a result that the home side Gondo Mar never expected, and they thought that the sleeping Panthers, who had suffered three consecutive league defeats, were far from their opponents. And 70 per cent to 30 per cent possession also shows that they have the upper hand. But football is not a sport where just looking at the stats can make the difference, otherwise they wouldn't be two goals behind.
Chen Jianhao's goal greatly boosted morale, and at 52 minutes, he almost scored again. It was also Chen Jianhao who rushed along the middle with the ball, and the opponent didn't dare to give him too much space this time, and the two central defenders on the left and right immediately grabbed it, but Chen Jianhao gave the ball to Quilos who was inserted forward. Quilos is an experienced goalscorer and naturally felt the advantage of the tailwind, taking advantage of the momentum to hit a long-range shot, but his long-range shooting skills were far inferior to Chen Jianhao, and the ball went wide of the goal.
Goal kick, the opposing goalkeeper passed the ball to the forward position, Chen Jinwu did not grab the first point, but swept over desperately, cut off the ball, and then directly crossed the midfield and knocked it to the retreating Quilos. Quellos cleverly dodged a defender and cut inside along the left flank. The opponent's right wing-back had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, and at this time he was two goals behind, and the tackle was also ferocious, and Quilos couldn't dodge it, and even the man was put to the ground with the ball. The referee did not blow the whistle, Quilos took advantage of the fact that the ball was still on his side, and quickly stretched out his leg and stabbed it, and the ball rolled slowly to the hinterland of the opponent's penalty area and was picked up by Chen Jianhao.
While Chen Jianhao took the ball, he made a move with his left foot to knock the ball to the right side of the opponent's central defender, and then shook his shoulder and passed him. Then he ran to the left side of the small penalty area, and he didn't care that the central defender behind him shoveled it and shot angrily.
Chen Jianhao and the goalkeeper were already one-on-one, this shot was fast and fierce, and he lost his balance at the same time as he shot, coupled with being shoveled to the supporting leg by the opponent's central defender, he fell down instantly, and then pressed on the central defender's body. He only had the ball in his eyes, and the goalkeeper had no time to make a save, only the right side could reach out, but the ball was so fast that he didn't even touch it, when he heard the net make a "swish" sound, and was scraped hard by the spin of the ball.
Boavista 3:0 Gondomar!
Chen Jianhao felt that his arm was grabbed, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was the captain Quilos.
"Beautiful!" Quellos pulled him up, and the two embraced.
Then Chen Jinwu also ran up and congratulated him: "Well done! Then he reached out and gave him a high-five.
For Govia, this was an unexpected outcome. Even if he thought about winning, he never thought it would be so easy. Although the team's possession was not good, and they had no control over the field at all, the defense was also very ordinary, except that they blocked a few key single shots by mistake. If this result can be maintained until the end, then the first contributor to the defense is goalkeeper Pedro Ferreira, and the offensive side, of course, is Chen Jianhao.
Chan seems to have found the ease he felt when he played in the youth team and no longer found it so difficult to cope with in the professional arena. However, this is only the second grade, and for him, the road is long, and now is far from the time to be happy. He felt that he should still have the energy to score one or two more goals, otherwise he would have wasted his good form today.
The opposition made a change to the midfield, and although they were in control of the situation, they wanted to further stabilize the midfield. And shortly after that substitution, in the 63rd minute, they finally scored a direct free-kick from the edge of the box. The goal was caused by a foul by right wing-back Ribeiro. It was Pedro Ferreira who misjudged and hit the ball directly above the centre of the goal, only to pounce laterally to the other side.