Chapter 70: My Iron Will (Part II)
"Tick!"
"Foul, Yu Liang tackles Kestens, yellow card! The referee showed a yellow card! If Yu Liang's foul can get a yellow card, then Kestens shouldn't be on the court now! It can be seen that Yu Liang's heart is full of anger, he has been violated 5 times so far in the game, but this foul is still a bit irrational, giving the opponent a chance to take a free kick in the front court! ”
In the 36th minute of the first half, Yu Liang made a sliding tackle in the middle of the backfield and brought down the dribbling Kestens and received a yellow card.
Yu Liang's foul also gave Ham a free kick position in frontcourt.
This free-kick, which was about 28 meters from the goal, was quite a threat to Antwerp's goal. So Willockx directly discharged the human wall of six people.
Jonathan Putra stood directly at the foul spot, ready to take the free-kick.
The stadium was quiet, and everyone was watching the free-kick.
In the 27th minute, Ham took advantage of a set-piece to set up a header from Jonathan Putra to equalise the scores.
If they take advantage of this opportunity to score again, then Antwerp will be behind.
Backbite!
After the referee's whistle blew, Putra ran and drove the free kick directly.
After the ball circled the wall, it spun a little and began to fall.
Although Willocks made the right judgment and made a save, he did not touch the football, which flew past his hands towards the goal.
"Butra's free-kick went over the wall and flew straight towards the goal, Willocks didn't save, it was dangerous! Crossbar, crossbar blocked Putra's free-kick and bounced straight to the edge of the penalty area to counter-attack ......"
When the football passed Willocks' hands, the people of Antwerp were disheartened and everyone thought the goal would go in!
But this time the crossbar stepped up and saved Antwerp.
The moment the ball popped out of the box, cheers erupted in the stadium.
"Attack!"
Yu Liang, who was lined up in the human wall, rushed towards Putra at the moment when he took a free kick, hoping to interfere.
Although he was not able to interfere with Putra, Yu Liang's running won him a chance to grab points.
Watching the football bounce towards the outside of the penalty area, Yu Liang directly stuck Butra behind him, pointed the ball to the central defender Christopher with his head, and then quickly turned around and motioned to Christopher to pass the ball to him.
After hitting the wall and getting rid of Putra, Yu Liang directly passed diagonally to Di Gregorio.
After a few quick steps down the middle, Di Gregorio sideways the ball to Kevin Jenson, who was quick to plug in, and continued to go down fast.
At this time, King Dong was on the left, Di Gregorio was in the middle, and Kevin Jenson was on the right, and the three formed a three-on-two situation in the frontcourt.
Ham's two defenders were able to stay in the middle and let Kevin Jenson run down the right.
At the same time, the rest of the Ham team is making a quick comeback.
When Kevin Jenson burst into the 30-metre area with the ball, he went straight inside and cross-cut. Seeing this, Di Gregorio pulled directly to the right. However, the defenders who had been eyeing Di Gregorio did not follow the defense, and remained in the middle.
Kevin Jenson, who was advancing at high speed, saw this scene and directly shook his ankle and passed the ball diagonally to the right.
Di Gregorio leaked his crotch, and at the same time completed the turn, knocked the ball with his right foot, adjusted it, and directly lifted his right foot.
Ham's defenders immediately pounced on Di Gregorio, hoping to interfere with the shot.
As if expected, Di Gregorio immediately switched his shot to a pass, and the ball crossed in front of goal and went straight to the back post.
A tall figure slammed into the face of a football.
"The ball went in, Dong, King Dong, scored a goal that overtook the score! It was King Dong's 14th goal of the season. On the other side of the pitch where the game was played at the same time, Wasland was still 0-0 Gil, and Aris failed to score! Also in the other game against Lum, although they won 2-0 lead, Gerémière was not able to score! In this way, King Dong will temporarily occupy the top position of the scorer list with this goal. ”
“King…… Supervise! ”
“King…… Supervise! ”
“King…… Supervise! ”
After King Dong scored a goal, cheers broke out in the stadium.
Excited fans shouted King Dong's name again and again in the stands.
After the celebration, the game quickly resumed.
Ham were on the offensive again, but they didn't get a good chance before the end of the first half against a heavily defended Antwerp.
Instead, it was Antwerp who got a chance to fight back in the 41st minute!
In the face of the Ham team, Yu Liang, Mihem and Biga's three-man midfield combination launched a ferocious pressing at the back.
After Mihem passed the ball from the feet of the opposing player, he immediately distributed it to Yu Liang.
Yu Liang, who got the ball, made a long pass directly from the backfield and found Kevin Jenson, who completed the cross after dodging the gap on the right side of the frontcourt. Although King Dong in the penalty area grabbed the point, but under the interference of the opponent's defenders, he was unable to form an attack, and the bounced football was picked up by the opponent's goalkeeper, missing a good opportunity to help the team expand the score.
Both sides ended up back in the dressing room with a 2-1 scoreline.
……
"The second half of the game is about to start, the players of both sides have returned to the field, and judging from the personnel on the field, the two sides have not made any adjustments to the personnel on the field in the midfield! The first half was 2-1, so let's take a look at the second half! ”
At the referee's whistle, the second half began.
After the whistle blew, Antwerp, which took the lead in kick-off, did not immediately press out to attack, but Yu Liang controlled the rhythm in the backfield.
But Yu Liang didn't cooperate with his teammates a few times before he was put to the ground by Fleiss.
Yu Liang, who was violated by Fleiss, got up as if there was no foul, and continued to patiently reverse his feet with his teammates in the backcourt to control the rhythm.
……
Backbite!
"Damn, another foul! It seems that all the players of the Ham team have become lumberjacks! ”
Seeing Yu Liang being brought down by the Ham players again, Verbeek couldn't help but complain on the commentary bench.
Less than five minutes into the second half, Yu Liang was violated twice.
Such frequent fouls directly caused dissatisfaction among fans.
The boos in the stadium shook the sky.
However, the fans' appeals have not been able to change the established tactics of the Ham team.
At half-time, Ham's manager, Rudy, encouraged his players to infringe on Yu Liang in the second half.
He had studied the match between Antwerp and Ronse before the game, and he found that Yu Liang was very ineffective on the pitch after being violated.
A foul by Kestens in the first half confirmed that.
It is clear that in this Antwerp team, Yu Liang is their midfield brain, dominating the rhythm and direction of the game.
If they can freeze Yu Liang in the game, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless for them!
Coupled with the foul of Kestens in the first half, the referee did not say anything at all, which further fueled his evil thoughts. Although he is a well-mannered gentleman, he can sacrifice everything for the sake of victory.
After being pulled up by his teammates, Yu Liang glanced gloomily at the Ham players who had put him to the ground.
Then he was silently fiddling with the football, and the words Van Ake had spoken to him at half-time echoed in his ears.
"Calm down, as the brain of the team, your actions on the pitch determine the fate of the team!"
After caring about Yu Liang's ankle, Van Ake expressed his dissatisfaction with Yu Liang's yellow card.
"Their purpose in violating you is not to hurt you, they just want to provoke you and make you lose your cool."
After taking a deep breath to calm his mood, Yu Liang passed the ball to Lart on the side, and then quickly stepped forward, wanting to seek a one-two-one cooperation with Lart.
But as soon as he received a pass from Larter, before he could advance with the ball, he was directly overturned to the ground by a force from behind him.
"Oh, damn God! Can you tell me that Ham are playing football? I very much doubt their purpose on the field. ”
Less than a minute before the last foul, Yu Liang was brought down again.
However, the fouls of the Ham players were very measured, either pulling Yu Liang down or pushing Yu Liang down.
The action was so clean that the referee couldn't even give a reason to draw the cards.
After the referee gave a verbal warning, the game continued!
"Phew, how do I stay calm?"
After being knocked down by the opponent three times in a row, Yu Liang, who was pulled up by his teammates, stood at the foul spot and kept asking himself.
"How do I stay calm?"
"How do I stay calm?"
After asking himself three times in a row, Yu Liang remembered Andy Welsh's words.
"Whoever is ruthless to you in the game, you will be more ruthless than him, and you can't let yourself suffer!"
"Yes, definitely! Play aggressively! ”
Thinking of this, Yu Liang looked at the players of the Ham team and couldn't help but show a fierce look.
After kick-off, Antwerp's attack ended in a sloppy end with Di Gregorio's shot.
Watching Antwerp hastily end the attack, Rudy, who was standing on the sidelines, smiled.
That's what he wants!
But what he didn't expect was that there was another outcome.
Ham, who got the ball, quickly launched a counter-attack.
After the pass, Jonathan Putra carried the ball past the centre circle.
Ham's two wide attackers, Mampouja and Van Sheft, were moving forward quickly, and a long pass could tear through the Antwerp defence.
But before he could pass the ball, he was directly tackled.
After standing up, Yu Liang didn't look at Butra next to him, but looked directly at Andy Willsh on the sidelines with an expressionless face.
He didn't understand the specific meaning of Andy Welsh's iron blood, but he interpreted the iron blood he understood with his actions!