Chapter 104: The Battle of Bruges is over

Rumble!

The Brugge fans immediately burst into cheers when they saw Portillo's man split.

Yu Liang didn't expect that in such a narrow space, Portillo would choose to divide the ball.

In the face of Portillo's ball, Yu Liang pushed Portillo who was bypassing him with a sideways butt, and after delaying his speed, he stretched out his left foot and hooked the football back.

After controlling the football, Yu Liang immediately passed the ball to Dries on the wing, and at the same time quickly pulled the side forward.

Dries made a direct pass to send the ball to Yu Liang's feet again.

"Antwerp counterattack, Yu Liang diagonally long pass, beautiful, beautiful, wonderful long pass......"

At the same time that Verbeek lamented the transfer of Yu Liang's long pass, a burst of sound erupted in the stadium.

Boos and cheers mingled in the stadium.

Sitting in the stands, you can clearly see the trajectory of Yu Liang's diagonal long pass, as if someone was holding a knife and cutting diagonally from the right edge of the Antwerp penalty area to the right top corner of the opposite corner of the Brugge penalty area. The trajectory of the football did not have a trace of arc, and flew straight to the left side of the front court.

Di Gregorio quickly stepped forward when Yu Liang hooked the ball back.

At the same time, Club Brugge's players are retreating quickly.

Di Gregorio, who had been pressing forward on the opponent's back line, accelerated sharply when Yu Liang passed.

After catching up with the football, he cut inside with the ball and entered the penalty area.

Facing the attacking Brugge goalkeeper, he crossed directly to the goal.

“Goooooooooal! Goooooooooal! Dong, Dong, Dong scored, Di Gregorio selflessly scored in the penalty area, assisted King Dong to score the equalizer! 1-1! With the last ten minutes left in regular time of the game, King Dong helped the team equalize, of course, don't forget Yu Liang who sent a long diagonal pass, if it wasn't for Yu Liang's large-scale transfer and sent the ball to the left side of the front, such an opportunity would not have been created! What a wonderful pass......"

Verbeck, who was on the commentary bench, was full of praise for Yu Liang's pass.

While he was talking about the pass, the Antwerp fans in the stadium, after celebrating the goal.

They sang again in the stadium: "Yu Liang, Yu Liang, Yu Liang......"

"Fantastic young player from China......"

"His defense is like a barrier ......"

"His long pass is like a sword......

"His long-range shot is like a cannon ......"

"Hero, hero, he's a hero! He was the captain of the Royal Antwerp and led us to victory......"

"Champions, champions, we are champions......"

"Well done! Well done! ”

Andy Welsh accepted command of the team after Van Ack was called into the stands.

He made a change immediately after the goal, the first of the game for Antwerp.

He replaced Suleimani with Ferjans, moved Di Gregorio to the left and handed over the team's organization to Yu Liang.

And Club Brugge also strengthened the team's attack at this time, replaced a striker, removed a midfielder, and played an offensive formation of 433.

As soon as the game started, they launched a strong attack, apparently trying to finish the game with ten minutes remaining.

Antwerp also want to finish the game with ten minutes remaining.

So after holding a wave of attacks from Brugge, a strong attack was also launched.

In the last ten minutes of the game, they once again gave both sides a wonderful offensive battle.

But the offense didn't bring them goals.

By the end of the 90-minute regular game, the score was still 1-1.

With such a draw, the two sides went into extra time.

The ninety-minute fierce battle brought the physical fitness of the players on both sides to a critical point.

So in 30 minutes of extra time, they didn't manage to score.

The winner of the Cup can only be decided by twelve yards!

……

"The two sides came to the penalty shootout, and the first penalty was Antwerp, and Dong is now on his way to the penalty spot!"

King Dong, who was standing at the penalty spot, glanced at the goalkeeper at Brugge and took a deep breath.

It wasn't the first penalty shoot-out of his career.

Most recently, at last year's World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, they eliminated the German youth team on penalties in the quarter-finals against the German youth team, who reached the quarter-finals.

Backbite!

After the whistle blew, King Dong let out a long breath.

After the run-up, he scored directly into the far corner.

1-0!

"The ball is in! Dong calmly pushed the far corner and deceived the opponent's goalkeeper! It was the turn of Club Brugge's players to take the spot-kick and their first penalty taker was striker Portillo from Spain. ”

Portillo did not expect the final against Antwerp to last until a penalty shootout.

Not only did he not expect it, but even their manager did not expect that they would have to go to a penalty shoot-out.

However, the difficult game did not affect Portillo, and when he reached the penalty spot, he faced Willocks in one fell swoop.

1-1!

Antwerp's second player to take the penalty was Kevin Jensen.

The incredibly fast wide horse faced Brugge goalkeeper Tomislav with a few steps before pausing to deceive Tomislav and then firing into the middle of the net.

2-1!

"Well done Kevin! Next up is Brugge player Balaban ......"

Balaban walked to the penalty spot, swung the ball twice, and then stood there looking at the referee.

Backbite!

After the referee saw that Balaban was ready, he blew the whistle directly.

After the whistle blew, Balaban ran and pushed directly to the right side of the goal.

The penalty shootout is a moment to test the goalkeeper's anticipation and reflexes.

At such a close distance, you want to save your opponent's penalty. Only by making a judgment in advance and making a save can you save an opponent's penalty.

In a penalty shootout, some goalkeepers will choose one direction to make a save, which may happen to save the opponent's penalty.

Willocks' first save was towards his right.

When Balaban took the penalty, he again made the option to save to the right.

Only this time, he made an early save.

Watching the ball roll to the side of his save, Willocks was overjoyed.

At the same time, try to stretch your body and increase your defensive area.

Clang!

"Nice, pretty, Willocks, Willocks blocked Balaban's penalty! Pretty! So it's still 2-1 after two rounds! ”

In the next two rounds, they didn't miss a penalty.

With one round left in the first five rounds, the penalty score is 4-3.

As long as Antwerp's fifth penalty is not scored, then Club Brugge still have a chance.

The pressure all piled up on the players who took the penalty in the fifth round.

The player who took the penalty kick in the fifth round of Antwerp was Yu Liang.

"Hoo ......"

Yu Liang, who was walking towards the penalty spot, took a few deep breaths.

That's when he thought about the penalty shoot-out against the World Youth Championship in Germany.

It was he who took the last penalty, and then Yang Cheng saved the opponent's penalty to help the team win.

Now it's time again.

It's just that he's not so nervous compared to the last time.

Calmly walked to the penalty spot, Yu Liang put the ball behind the penalty spot with his foot, and looked directly at the referee.

Backbite!

He kept looking at the referee.

It wasn't until the referee blew the whistle that Yu Liang looked at the goal.

There was almost no run-up, and he directly swung his leg on the spot to shoot.

After watching the opponent's goalkeeper make a save, Yu Liang's ankle shook, and at the moment of contact with the football, the original push turned into a pick.

The ball flew straight into the center of the goal.

5-3!

“Gooooooal! Gooooooal! Yu Liang, Yu Liang hit the last penalty steadily. In this way, through the penalty shootout, Antwerp finally defeated Club Brugge with a score of 6-4 and won the cup! It's their second title of the season, haha, a double, it's so wonderful, it's like a dream......"

At this time, Yu Liang, who was standing in front of the goal, was surrounded by his teammates, like a king, holding his hands high and his head high, accepting the worship of his subjects from the stands.

At the moment he is a king, a king who lives forever in the hearts of Antwerp fans...... (To be continued.) )