Chapter 55: A Bitter Battle
"Michael has passed! He passed to Beatty, the captain of the front! Robin, the on-site commentator, was also nervously explaining. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
As a commentator for this game, he felt very tired. On the one hand, he is always worried about whether his team, Sheffield United, will concede another goal, and on the other hand, he has to cheer for the team with his passionate voice.
"Beattie showed us his amazing footwork and shook the opposing defender Cardwell down! Opportunity! Murphy, Birmingham's last defender, pressed up, and Beattie immediately changed his route with the ball and slid diagonally to the right! ”
"Ah, shoot! Uh-huh, the ball was blocked by Murphy and the ball rolled towards the right edge of the penalty area. But there were no players from us or any players from Birmingham. ”
"Oh no, who is that? Our players! Number 25, my God, when did Zhang run here! That's great! Seeing Zhang Xu appear in the big penalty area of Birmingham, behind the football, Robin was so excited that he was almost speechless.
"Come on! Come on! Oh oh oh oh god, he shot! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! ”
Before Robin could finish his shot, he saw that the football had penetrated the Birmingham gate, so he quickly pulled out a long scream to express the excitement and excitement in his heart.
And his high-pitched screams were accompanied by the deafening roars of all the Blades fans at Bramall Lane Stadium! Horn sound! Applause! These voices converged and completely released the pent-up passion of Blade fans for a long time, and went straight to the nine heavens, as if to let the world know the ecstasy in their hearts.
After Zhang Xu saw the football flying into the net, he immediately rushed to the goal of Birmingham, and in the resentful eyes of Birmingham goalkeeper Michiel, he picked up the football from the goal, and rushed to the position of the kick-off on the middle line with a hand.
"It's only 1:2, and you have to score a goal to equalize! Time is running out! This is Zhang Xu's true thoughts in his heart, he is a person full of pursuit of victory, and it is difficult for him to accept losing, even if it is against an opponent stronger than himself.
The teammates originally planned to run to Zhang Xu, ready to celebrate this rare goal with Zhang Xu, but after seeing Zhang Xu's actions, they all understood Zhang Xu's plan, so they hurriedly returned to their own half and stood in a good position.
Zhang Xu put the football on the tee-off point, and then ran to his position at a high speed, applauding and cheering with his teammates passing by as he ran.
The Blades fans were even more excited to see the team do this, and all the Blades fans, led by the North Stand fans, began to sing the Sheffield United anthem in unison. In this way, they hope to add a bit of strength to the team.
The referee saw that the Sheffield United players had already stood up, and the Birmingham players did not seem to have woken up from this shocking long-range shot, and hurriedly blew the whistle in his mouth, signaling Birmingham to hurry up and get ready for kick-off.
The referee's whistle woke up the Birmingham players to find that their opponents had placed their football on the kick-off point, and that the opposition players had returned to their own half, looking at the side with a tiger's eye.
"Beep!" After a whistle, the game resumed.
After Sheffield United pulled a goal back, the team's morale was greatly boosted, and the physical strength that had been exhausted seemed to have recovered a lot, both offensively and defensively, and suddenly returned to the state that began at the beginning of the second half.
Birmingham, on the other hand, was strong, but its morale was hit, and its combat effectiveness plummeted. The effect of this drop and rise is that the Championship team Birmingham, which originally had the upper hand, was pressed and beaten by the English League One team Sheffield United in the last ten minutes.
In the eighty-fifth minute of the game, Zhang Xu once again successfully broke the football from Mallon's feet, this time, he did not rush to pass the ball, but took the ball, using his perverted speed of up to 93 attributes, and quickly killed Birmingham's hinterland.
Zhang Xu's blatant behavior naturally attracted a lot of hatred, and three players from Birmingham directly surrounded him, wanting to stop Zhang Xu's crazy dribbling.
They succeeded, and did stop Zhang's dribbling, but Zhang Xu sent the ball to Michael in front of the right before they could fully encircle.
After Michael received the ball, he suddenly found that because Zhang Xu had attracted the attention of three Birmingham players, he was as empty as the Mongolian steppe.
Delighted, he immediately started and quickly took the ball and went forward. He crossed the halfway line and gradually approached the penalty area, and was ten meters away from the penalty area before being stopped by the opposition defender.
Michael certainly wouldn't be alone, and even if he did, now wasn't the time to perform, as he pushed with the arch of his foot and a through ball past defender Cadwell and into the feet of Beattie, who ran aggressively towards the open space against Birmingham centre-back Murphy.
Beattie pulled away with a brilliant catch and a dribble, and then suddenly got up and shot!
It's a boccia ball, not very fast, but it's the most difficult one for a goalkeeper to save. Michiel immediately flew sideways, hoping to save on this tricky shot!
He couldn't pounce and the ball rolled through his fingertips!
Just when he was desperate, he heard a crisp voice that brought him back from the dead!
"Bang!" The ball hit the outside post, then bounced back to his side, and he quickly hugged the ball tightly in his arms and held it tightly.
After the panic, Birmingham's morale was even lower, while Sheffield United's morale was even higher, and the game had entered its final stage, with Birmingham simply giving up the front and recoiling in defence.
In this case, Sheffield United launched a round of bombardment against Birmingham, high and low shots, and sent intensive attacks on Birmingham's goal again and again.
In the eighty-ninth minute of the game, Zhang Xu took the ball through the half court for the first time unscrupulously, and then after several passes and receptions with his teammates, he shot angrily again.
However, the quality of the shot was not high, about a meter above the crossbar!
It was also Sheffield United's last shot on goal!
In the end, Birmingham struggled to qualify for the third round of the FA Cup with two goals!
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, all the Sheffield United players fell to the grass, snorting and kicking, unable to move.
Even though they couldn't move, and even though they lost the game in the end, everyone had a satisfied smile on their faces.
"Hahahaha! Rejoice! Joyfully! Captain Beatty turned his head to the side and laughed loudly at Zhang Xu, who was lying not far from him.
"Yes! We lost, but we also won! Zhang Xu nodded, saying contradictory words with a smile on his face.
"You did win!" At this time, both Birmingham's Zhikic and Jonathan came to their side, and Zhikic said in an admiring tone: "We won the game, but we lost our dignity!" Alas! ”
Zhang Xu struggled to get up, then helped the captain Beatty up, and said to Zhikic with a smile: "Hi, telephone pole, thank you for teaching us a lesson, and at the same time, it also allowed us to recover the rarest thing we almost lost - the blade spirit!" ”
Zhikic and Jonathan smiled wryly at each other: "Are we considered rivals?" ”
Everyone burst out laughing.
Although the team eventually lost the game, all the Blades fans were not disappointed in the team, and in their opinion, the team has been reborn and has the spirit and momentum that the fans want to see the most!
That's right, it's the spirit of the blade and the indomitable momentum!
Therefore, after the game, not many fans left the stadium, but continued to sing the team anthem of Sheffield United in the stands, with their already hoarse voices!
Looking at the Blades fans who were still singing, Jonathan sighed enviously: "You Sheffield United do have the cutest and most valuable fans in the world!" ”
"Of course!" With Zhang Xu's support, Beatty finally stood firm, and he said proudly: "This is the blade!" This is the blade that never falls! ”
After speaking, he put on the jersey that Jonathan exchanged, and together with Zhang Xu, who was wearing the jersey exchanged by Zhikic, gathered his teammates who were lying on the ground, supported each other, and came to the stands.
In the high-pitched singing of the fans, Zhang Xu and his teammates still bowed deeply to the fans despite being very tired and it was difficult to even stand firmly!
Beattie shouted loudly to the fans: "I'm sorry! We lost this game! I'm sorry! ”
Beatty's apology moved all the Blades fans, and they shouted loudly: "No, we didn't lose!" We are still invincible! Some fans even shed tears when they said this.
"Yes, we're Blade! We have nothing to fear! Beatty yelled.
Then Zhang Xu and his teammates roared loudly together: "We are blades, we are fearless!" ”
Soon, all the Blade fans also roared loudly: "We are Blades, we have nothing to fear!" We are Blade, we are fearless! ”
Head coach Wilson stood quietly on the side of the court, feeling rather uneasy.
Prior to this game, he had always felt that the team was strong enough under his leadership to have the level and qualifications to challenge for the Championship.
However, today, Zhang Xu and his teammates gave him an unforgettable lesson!
Let him finally understand that a really strong team is not only about having strong players, not only about having tactics with strong energy to match, but also about a spirit! A powerful spirit that resonates with the fans!
That's where the team is really strong!