Chapter 13: The Semifinals Begin

In the afternoon of the second day, the Royal Cup officially started, and the first match was between the Royal Yanjing team and the Shanghai Shencheng team. The Blue Devils have a lot of players coming in this game, and they are trying to create a home atmosphere for the Shanghai Bidding team.

But this is Yanjing after all, after all, it is the Royal Stadium, and it is also half of the home stadium of the Royal Yanjing team. The Blue Devils fans who came to the scene did not even have a tenth of the fans of the Royal Yenching team.

It wasn't the home of the devils, and the atmosphere at home couldn't be created, but Shanghai Shencheng still gave the fans a better game, and they scored a goal in each half.

Unfortunately, the Royal Yanjing team scored three goals, and in the end, in the semi-finals, the Royal Yanjing team defeated the Shanghai Shencheng team with a score of 3:2 and successfully advanced to the final of the Royal Cup.

The Royal Yenching's dominance in the Royal Cup was evident in this game. They themselves have the upper hand psychologically. Yanjing is their home stadium, the players of the Royal Yanjing team are more adapted to the environment of Yanjing, and the fans of the Royal Yanjing team are also very good, they occupy most of the grandstand seats, making the Royal Yanjing team play as if they are playing at their own home stadium.

In addition, the Royal Yanjing team has won the Royal Cup a total of 13 times, which is the team that has won the most Royal Cup titles. They have a congenital upper hand in the Royal Cup.

The Shanghai Shencheng team played quite well in this game, whether it was offensive or defensive, they did their best. It can be seen that the Shanghai Shencheng team really wants to win this game, but unfortunately their strength is still inferior to the Royal Yanjing team.

The maritime Shencheng team returned home in advance. But that didn't dampen the enthusiasm of the fans, including the Blue Devils. The Blue Devils are very united, they also pay great attention to communication, after more than half a year of development, the Blue Devils have quite a lot of fans have become Lin Qi's fans, so many Blue Devils did not return to the sea with their own teams, they stayed in Yanjing to wait for the highlight of the Royal Cup semifinals in the evening.

Another city derby between Qilu team and Quancheng team!

The semi-final between Qilu and Springs obviously attracted a lot more fans than the other semi-final, and the stands at the Royal Stadium were packed to the brim. The fans are eagerly awaiting this match. They would love to know. Will the Quancheng team continue their heroic state, or will the Qilu team complete their belated revenge?

Regardless of the outcome, this game is sure to be exciting anyway!

When Lin Qi and An Run entered almost at the same time, the fans at the scene let out an earth-shattering shout. An Run and Lin Qi. Now the two hottest young people in Chinese football have met again.

It is worth noting. An Run changed his number on the Qilu team in this game.

The previous Anrun was the number nine. But now he has become the number seven, which is not only a change in the number, but also means that An Run has officially transformed into a winger.

The number nine has always been the number of the typical center. The number seven is more of an attacking player on the wing. In the club of Huaxia, although each number does not have so many glorious traditions, this shows Anrun's determination to transform!

In the future, he may be a winger, and Shen Yue's arrival has re-pointed out a path for An Run. An Run didn't know if he didn't try, he was shocked when he tried, he never thought that playing as a winger could be so comfortable.

Judging from An Run's character, he is also more suitable to be a wide player. In the game, most of the players will often gather in the middle, and the density of players can easily make Anrun unable to perform. Relatively speaking, it is much more comfortable on the side, and Anrun can gallop freely on the side.

On the wings, Anrun has played better and his role in the team has become more obvious, not only scoring goals for himself, but also bringing more goals to his team-mates.

Overall, An Run stayed well on the wing, so he took the initiative to change his number after two warm-up games. From the middle to the side, from the ninth to the seventh, Anrun has found a more suitable position for himself.

This is thanks to Shen Yue, Shen Yue has seen a little more in Europe, and he knows what kind of position is more suitable for a player like An Run. At the same time, he also dared to change, he changed the formation of the Quancheng team to 4-3-3, and the attack group of three forwards is rare in China at this time.

Chinese football is inherently weak, so their style of play tends to be more conservative. Three forwards, such an arrangement, the head coach of Huaxia really doesn't dare to try.

4-3-3, this is the new formation that Shen Yue brought to the Qilu team, this lineup is still based on An Run as the offensive core, An Run's range of activities on the field is quite large, he often changes positions back and forth on the two wings, and sometimes of course he will run to the middle to brighten up.

An Run's expression after playing today was not solemn at all, and he completely lost the sense of urgency he had when he played against Quancheng last time. His face was full of lightness, and after the game, he also took the initiative to reach out to greet the fans in the stands.

It can be seen that An Run is in a very good mood now, which is a world of difference from An Run when he first returned to the Qilu team to report on it. At that time, he looked extremely depressed, and only now he is the real Anrun.

Confident, sunny, handsome, and smiling can even make female fans feel warm.

An Run's changes surprised the players of the Quancheng team, and they seemed to see the invincible An Run before Lin Qi appeared......

When the players shook hands, An Run held Lin Qi's hand with a smile on his face. And Lin Qi just rolled his eyes at him, smiling so good-looking, isn't it also a mouthful of big white teeth.

Lin Qi sometimes looks at An Run, which is really a little unpleasant, especially after Wang Yi hesitated to change him, Lin Qi's unpleasant feeling became even stronger, and that feeling was exactly the same as if he looked at Lin Heng unpleasantly......

The game started quickly, with Quancheng gaining the right to pick the edge and Qilu taking the lead. After the Qilu team drove the ball out, Chen Song was very keen to discover the changes in the Qilu team.

It's not just a change in the players, it's a change in the style of play, and they're playing more aggressively. There was no extra backball in the backcourt, and the players of the Qilu team passed the ball directly to the front court.

It was Zhou Tao who received the ball in the front court, Zhou Tao did not hesitate, and directly made a very penetrating pass to accurately find An Run, who was running forward on the side. After An Run took the ball, he went to the middle, and after passing a defender of the Quancheng team, he decisively kicked the goal.

Chen Song was shocked into a cold sweat by An Run's shot on the sidelines. Fortunately, the ball was slightly over the crossbar, and the Springs team was in danger. But Chen Song didn't let go of his mind because of this, the Qilu team's attack this time was really easy and too aggressive, which made Chen Song couldn't help but worry about the back line of the Quancheng team.

After An Run turned to the side, Chen Biao obviously couldn't run to the side to defend him. Chen Biao is the core of the Quancheng team's defense and the commander of the Quancheng team's backline, and he must sit in the middle.

This leaves a problem for the two wings of the Quancheng team, whether it is Lu Fei or Zhao Lin, the two fullbacks will definitely not be able to stop An Run, and the two fullbacks may not be able to play much of a role. An Run can shoot and pass, and the threat is too great.

While Chen Song was thinking here, the Quancheng team on the field tried to launch a wave of attacks. Both teams didn't have any temptation at the beginning, and it was an offensive battle as soon as they came up!

The Quancheng team's attack attracted Chen Song's attention, and he stared closely at the ball at the feet of the Quancheng players. The football is now at Zhao Lin's feet, Zhao Lin didn't dribble the ball much, he looked at Lin Qi's position, and then directly looked for Lin Qi with an accurate long pass.

This is the consistent style of play of the Quancheng team, the side is still the main offensive force of the Quancheng team, and finding Lin Qi on the side is their most typical offensive routine.

This style of play and routines have repeatedly made contributions, frequently brought them victories, and also allowed them to snatch a Super Cup championship from the hands of the Qilu team!

After more than half a year of running-in, the offensive routine of the Quancheng team has been very skilled. Lin Qi knew that he was going to pass the ball as soon as he saw Zhao Lin's posture, so at the moment when Zhao Lin passed the ball, Lin Qi was ready to grab the point.

He ran back and forth twice, confusing the defenders of the Spring City team, and then ran to the exact landing point when Zhao Lin's pass landed.

After that, Lin Qi bent his legs and knees, ready to jump up and perform his header bombardment.

However, Lin Qi, who jumped high, failed to grab the header, and the central defender of the Qilu team desperately cleared the football with his head when Lin Qi was about to touch the football.

Where did Lin Qi, who landed on the ground, stay for a while, what was the situation? Why didn't you grab this header?

Lin Qi was very confused, but Chen Song on the sidelines saw it clearly. A central defender of the Qilu team was not confused by Lin Qi's running at all, he found the landing point of the football earlier than Lin Qi, and then he stuck his position and grabbed the first landing point of the football from Lin Qi's head when the football fell.

The first drop point was robbed? Or a header? Chen Song was shocked, Lin Qi's header has basically never been pushed out like this, in last season's game, which cross was not Lin Qi's first landing point.

But this time, the situation changed, Lin Qi failed to grab the ball, and the defender of the Qilu team cleared the ball with a header very accurately.

The attack of the Quancheng team was stopped! (To be continued......)