Chapter 102: The Battle of Bruges 2
"Alright, audience friends, the game is on, and it is Antwerp ...... who will attack first"
After the whistle blew, King Dong knocked the ball to Digregoryo next to him.
Di Gregorio passed directly to Yu Liang, who was behind him.
In this game, Yu Liang did not bear the responsibility of organizing the attack, he was asked by Van Ack to sweep and assist in the midfield. So after receiving a pass from Di Gregorio, after judging the situation, Yu Liang immediately passed the ball back to Di Gregorio.
Although the Brugge players showed great contempt for Antwerp in interviews before the game, their attitude during the game was still worthy of recognition.
As soon as the whistle blew, they pressed out and started to press.
After D'Gregorio circled the opponent's striker, he was unable to form a return pass for a while in the face of the pressure of the opponent's midfielder.
The ball came to Yu Liang's feet again.
Gaitan Engelbert, a midfielder for Club Brugge with a wide vision and excellent footwork, was the first penalty taker for Club Brugge's free-kicks and corners. At the same time, it also has a certain interception ability.
He was the captain of the Belgian youth team and represented Belgium at the 2002 World Cup.
After Di Gregorio returned the pass, Engelbert rushed directly towards Yu Liang.
Facing Engelbert, who was approaching at high speed, Yu Liang flicked the ball outward with his right foot, although he dodged Engelbert's pressing, but he was not able to completely get rid of Engelbert.
After the experienced Engelbert's pressing was dodged by Yu Liang, he immediately turned around and stuck to Yu Liang's side. wants to continue to interfere with Yu Liang's dribbling.
Facing Engelbert's close defense, Yu Liang frowned.
But instead of passing the ball, he slammed the outside of his foot forward and chose to accelerate the ball.
Speed itself is not Yu Liang's strong point.
The Club Brugge players will surely know this before the game.
Engelbert certainly knew that he had prepared well before the game.
But when it came time to compete, he didn't dare to take it lightly. immediately accelerated and followed behind Yu Liang.
But as before, he kept an eye on it.
Of course, Yu Liang knows that speed is not his strength, and he will not be stupid enough to compete with his opponent for speed in the competition. The reason why he chose to accelerate the dribble instead of passing the ball was because he had done his homework before the game, and Engelbert's speed was average.
After an accelerated sprint, Yu Liang pulled the ball back with his right foot.
was about to complete the turn and shake off Engelbert, but when he pulled the ball, he clearly felt Engelbert's figure behind him.
He knew it was Engelbert's slowdown.
So immediately pulled the ball forward, and an acceleration got rid of Engelbert.
After getting rid of Engelbert, Yu Liang directly made a diagonal pass to Di Gregorio.
Di Gregorio made a cross knock and passed the ball to Yu Liang again.
At this time, Yu Liang had already come to the thirty-five meter area, within his range.
So Brugge's central defender Clement immediately pounced and blocked Yu Liang's shot route.
Yu Liang, who was blocked from shooting the goal, shook his ankle, and the football rolled directly from Clement's side into the penalty area.
Di Gregorio, who cut in diagonally from the middle, got into place and fired straight into the near corner.
"Beautiful, Di Gregorio, Di Gregorio burst into the box and shot ...... Oops, it's off the doorpost! β
Watching Di Gregorio's shot go wide of the post, Verbeek sighed regretfully from the stands.
Immediately after the Antwerp attack, Brugge's attack swept in.
After a succession of passes, the ball came to Brondel's feet.
Brondel, Belgium's new international, has skill and speed.
He is the frontcourt raider for Club Brugge.
It is also an opponent that Antwerp focuses on defending.
After Brondel received the ball, he shook off Biga in the first place.
Yu Liang immediately made up for the past.
Seeing Brondel pedaling his bicycle there with both feet, Yu Liang did not rush to grab it, but retreated while looking for opportunities. When the two reached the 35-meter area of Antwerp, Yu Liang knew that he couldn't drag it any longer, so he immediately stretched out his foot to break the ball.
Brondell didn't know how many opponents he had to face in a season, watching Yu Liang stretch out his foot to break the ball, buckle the ball back with the instep of his left foot, and then knock his heel, and the football came directly to the right side of his body with a hint of spinning.
Yu Liang saw that the football was wrapped around Brondell to the other side of his body, and he took a step forward directly, and the whole person was directly attached to Brondel's body.
Yu Liang stepped forward and directly squeezed Brondell to stumble.
The stumbling Brondell pulled the ball back with his right foot while quickly adjusting his center of gravity, not only did not lose possession, but also created a chance to break through.
After controlling the ball with his right foot, Brondell knocked on the outside of his foot and suddenly accelerated forward.
Yu Liang wanted to speed up and follow the defense, but Brondell directly shook him off with his excellent explosiveness.
Brondel, who shook off Yu Liang, made a diagonal cross directly and sent the ball into the penalty area.
Portillo flicked his header at the football.
"Beautiful! Willocks made a brilliant save to block Portillo's header, and the Spanish striker looked very annoyed! Let's take a look at this corner! β
The Brugge corner was taken by Engelbert, who went straight to the front post and was cleared out of the box by Cisse.
However, the landing outside the box was controlled by Club Brugge's players, and the ball remained at the feet of Club Brugge.
After winning the ball outside the box, Brondell did not hesitate to pick up a pass and send the ball into the box again.
Croatian striker Balaban stretched out his foot and shot directly from the far end, and the football flew directly into the goal.
"Oh! The ball is in! Antwerp leaked at the back post and Baraban scored to give Club Brugge the lead, 1-0! Club Brugge got off to a good start, let's see how Antwerp responds next! β
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After the game began, Van Ake, who had been sitting firmly on the bench, scolded and walked directly to the sidelines.
While the Brugge players were celebrating their goal, Di Gregorio was called to the sidelines.
"Go to the front, double strikers, 442 formation. You all go and hit their number 6, turn slowly, and hit the back more! β
Back on the pitch, Di Gregorio immediately told his team-mates about Van Ake's tactical adjustments.
Once Club Brugge's players were back in their positions, the game resumed.
After the kick-off at halftime, Di Gregorio and King Dong immediately went up to the front.
After passing through with his teammates in the backfield a few times, Yu Liang, who came to the middle line, took a look at the opponent's No. 6 player after receiving the football, and immediately made a long pass.
The ball flew over most of the pitch and directly behind the number six in Club Brugge.
At the same time, next to the No. 6 player, a tall figure wearing a red jersey quickly stepped forward.
The Antwerp fans inside the stadium immediately screamed.
They're looking forward to the goal! (To be continued.) )