Chapter Ninety-Five: We Are the Champions 4

"Oh! Flying over the crossbar, Glenn Stankovsky sent the ball flying! Oh my God, he wasted a great chance to score! It seems that the Macedonians are not fully in the game yet! ”

Stankovsky grabbed his hair in annoyance to the sighs of the crowd and gave a thumbs up to Soleimani.

After Antwerp's attack failed to find the back of the net, the Viton team immediately launched a counter-attack.

They counter-attacked quickly and after a few through balls they advanced straight into the heart of Antwerp.

However, while they blindly pursue speed, they have few attacking players up front, and it is difficult for them to meet each other against a large number of Antwerp.

Their right midfielder passed the ball to a midfielder in the middle and then immediately stepped forward to try to make a one-two combination.

With such obvious intentions, it's easy to see through.

Yu Liang directly blocked their forward defender's right route.

The attacker, who was unable to pass to the right, took a look at the left. After discovering that the passing route on the left side was also blocked, and after trying to break through unsuccessfully, he directly kicked the goal from the outside.

At a distance of 35 meters from the goal, in order to score a goal, it is not only necessary to have a high level of footwork, but also to have a sudden shot.

Clearly, the Viton team's strikers failed to do both.

Not only is the ball slow, but it's ridiculously off.

Such a sloppy shot could hardly threaten the door of the Willocks handle.

After the Viton team hastily finished the attack, they immediately retreated to the backfield to start defending.

Perhaps it's because of their lackluster performance on the offensive end that they have developed defensive skills.

Antwerp didn't even get a chance to shoot in the next attack, and they were cleared directly.

The strategy of the Weitong team to mark people in the area and defend the middle steadily. The attack that allowed Antwerp to last more than twenty minutes failed to score a single goal.

This made Van Ake, who had been standing on the sidelines, very dissatisfied, but Van Ake himself was helpless.

In the face of the Viton team's stubborn defense, they have tried to attack for many minutes in the past twenty minutes or so.

Wide crosses, penetrates in the middle, and shoots from the perimeter.

But not a single success.

Yu Liang also tried to recycle the formation during this period. controlled the rhythm and led the Weitong team to attack, but the Weitong team was unmoved, still shrinking back to the backcourt, and it was clear that they were coming for a point.

The anxious Van Ake, looking at the shrunken Viton team, shouted loudly on the sidelines: "Control, control!" Steady, steady......"

If you continue to attack like this, you will not hesitate to attack physically. What will they do to sustain them until the end of the game?

After hearing Van Ake's shout, Yu Liang immediately slowed down the pace of his attack and began to fall to his feet with his teammates in midfield.

While controlling the ball, Yu Liang was also observing the changes in the Weitong team.

Although the Witon team is still unable to press out defensively, he can feel that the Witon team's defense is slowly becoming lax as their possession time increases.

After feeling that this was an opportunity, Yu Liang immediately launched an attack with a long pass.

Soleimani on the left side of the pitch was the first to get in front of the opposition full-backs and take control of the ball.

Although the opposing full-backs were a little slower to react. However, the opposing central defender still defended it at the first time, blocking Suremani's cross and breakthrough route.

After losing the cross and breaking route. Soleimani immediately took a look at the top corner of the box. At this point, the full-backs of the Viton team are back in place, and their full-backs have also blocked the gaps in the ribs.

The quick filling of the Viton team deprived Antwerp of their best chance to attack.

Yu Liang didn't expect the players of the Weitong team to react so quickly, and after seeing the lost opportunity, he directly called Suleimani to pass back and continued to fall in the midfield.

After that, Yu Liang also launched several attacks. However, with the quick reaction of the Witon team, they were not able to get a good chance.

By the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0 and the two sides returned to the dressing room with a draw.

The first half was a bit ungoal-scored, and the mood of the players was a bit dull.

But a little later the news came from the Lorzestraat stadium. Got them excited.

With a corner, Diesel took the lead by finding the Mons goal just before half-time.

"Beautiful!"

"Pretty?"

Although Van Ake also got the news, he was still grim-faced when he entered the dressing room.

"They're doing a beautiful job! They've scored against Mons, but what about us? Facing Weitong, he was helpless! Are you counting on the Diesel to help us win the league? Are you counting on Team Mons to give us the championship? Guys, don't be naΓ―ve! If we want to win the championship, we have to rely on ourselves! Scoring goals, beating Viton and getting three points is king! ”

Van Ack's words once again made the dressing room dull.

"Attack until the end of the game!"

In the face of the Weitong team's stubborn defense, they have no good way but to strengthen the attack.

"Biggar and Ferjans, you go to rest, they don't attack, and we don't need to add defense in midfield."

"Di Gregorio and Darren Gibson, you guys go. Di Gregorio plays as a second striker after you come on the field, drops back more to get the ball, attracts the defense, and then chooses for yourself. Glenn, you go to the middle lane and step up the frontal attack! Darren, you go to the right, cut down the bottom crosses, your task is to cut inside, and so are Suremani! The task of sending the cross was given to Dries and Horfast in the second half. ”

"Hurry up, the second half of the game will start soon!"

Van Ack was about to continue to explain, but he didn't expect the staff outside to come and urge.

"Alright, guys, that's all! Remember the second half is a requirement for you, attack, attack, attack......"

……

"The second half started and the players from both sides were back on the pitch! Oh, Van Ake made two substitutions in a row, with Digregoryo and Darren Gibson on, which is a signal to strengthen the attack! ”

"Yes, 0-0 is an unacceptable scoreline! They have to score! ”

expressed his frustration with the team's failure to score goals.

After the substitutions, the second half of the game started quickly.

The Viton team, who did not make substitutions at half-time, ended the attack hastily after the start of the second half, surrendered possession to Antwerp, and retreated to the half to start the defense.

In the face of the Viton team, who were shrinking from the defense, Antwerp launched a frantic attack.

It was much the same as in the first half.

The only difference is Antwerp's shooting on the offensive end. Enter. More. large, and increased mid-lane penetration.

The intensity of the attack has been increased, and the effect is naturally different.

It's just that the frequent shots were defused by the goalkeeper of the Viton team, and the high receiver resisted.

In the 61st minute, Di Gregorio's shot was punched out by the opposing goalkeeper and fell directly at the feet of Yu Liang.

After attacking for more than ten minutes without scoring a goal, Yu Liang was ready to take this opportunity to adjust the physical fitness of his teammates.

But at this time, there were regretful sighs from the fans in the stadium, and Yu Liang knew that the score had changed in another game. Listening to the sighs, it must have been the Mons team who equalized.

This is definitely not good news for Antwerp.

What if the Mons team overtakes the score next?

"Gotta score quickly!"

Thinking of this, Yu Liang gave up the idea of controlling the rhythm.

After turning, go straight to Di Gregorio.

But at this time, the Viton team, which had been shrinking back on the defensive in this game, moved.

Their central midfielder, who moved laterally, directly cut off Yu Liang's pass, and then sent the ball to the left side of the front court with a diagonal pass.

In the 62nd minute, the Viton team launched a counterattack.

"!"

Seeing that the Weitong team launched a counterattack, Yu Liang immediately turned around and retreated.

He didn't expect that the Viton team, which had shrunk for more than 60 minutes, would launch a counterattack and was not satisfied with the 0-0 score.

And what he admired even more was the timing of the Viton team's choice to counterattack.

The sighs that erupted from the fans, all knew what it meant. The real-time situation of the match between Diesel and Mons is naturally known to the people of the Witon team.

Being able to take advantage of the timing of the Mons team's equalizer as an opportunity to counterattack shows that the Witon team is not without desire in this game, but has made sufficient preparations.

So from the very beginning of the game, they put on a rigid posture.

The purpose of this is twofold.

The first one is weak!

Attract Antwerp to attack and give them the impression that we are here to defend a point.

The second is to fight back!

As long as they withstood Antwerp's attack and didn't allow Antwerp to score, it was only natural that Antwerp's players would become impatient as time went on.

In this case, the Mons team scored and gave them a great opportunity to counter-attack because the Antwerp players were distracted.

Witon coach Waldmar Creech's arrangement is not bad.

As they counter-attacked, Antwerp's backfield was empty and there were no defenders on either flank.

Their left wing-back received the ball without any defensive resistance.

Yu Liang, who was struggling to chase back, did not move directly to the side, but let Christopher move closer to the side and defend the left winger of the opponent's attack, because Christopher's recovery speed was fast. Yu Liang himself retreated to the middle with Cisse.

But in the end, it was a little slower, and Christopher was unable to prevent the opposition player from bursting into the box.

Willocks immediately chose to attack and expand the defensive area.

But against opposing players, Willockx was always on the passive side. Under the opponent's two consecutive feints, he was directly shaken. The opposing player scored with a clever push past Willocks.

1-0! The Witon team took the lead.

This goal of the Viton team was like a slap in the face, directly knocking out Antwerp.

So much so that for the next ten minutes they were not able to organize a decent attack. (To be continued.) )