Chapter 63: The Second Youngest
Aalborg were a team with momentum and were down again, but they were very quick to adjust their mentality and soon came back in a hurry to equalise again.
Leon would have been happy to fight them.
Even if the score goes up alternately, Lyon still have something to gain, because they get away goals.
What's more, in terms of the overall strength of the team, it is impossible for Lyon to be unable to attack the opponent.
In the 80th minute of the game, Aalborg, who was about to instigate an offensive, lost the ball in the midfield, and Gonarons swept the ball to Zhang Chaoqiang for the first time.
Zhang Chaoqiang stepped on the accelerator and accelerated the start!
"Here we go again! Chinese Fast Horse!! The Danish commentator exclaimed instantly, but it seemed that his neck was stuck, and his voice was a little hoarse.
At this time, Zhang Chaoqiang was already in the wind under his feet and ran with the ball.
In addition to Aalborg's quickest-reacting midfielder Thomson being reversed, there are five other players who actively return to the defense and desperately chase back.
But from the perspective of the fans at the scene, their players are just following the Chinese to eat ashes.
You can't run away without the ball, and that guy runs with the ball!
“OhmyGod!!” UEFA's broadcast technology is very good, and the camera is quickly raised, allowing countless fans who are watching the live broadcast of the game to witness this famous scene.
Speeding into the opposition penalty area, Aalborg had a drag defender in addition to the goalkeeper.
It's Paterson again!
As soon as he entered the penalty area, the opponent immediately caught up.
Zhang Chaoqiang wrapped his left foot around the football and only stepped on the bicycle.
The right foot immediately plucks the ball and pulls the ball out of position in an instant.
Sideways
Swing your legs.
Kicker!
Knock on the door!!
Zhang Chaoqiang kicked with all his strength on the inside of his right foot, and the ball was hit hard, but it didn't soar into the sky.
The Danish goalkeeper had a good vision and easily judged that the shot was a half-high ball, and he had a good chance to save.
So he took a step sideways, decisively exerted force under his feet, and flew over.
But after he flew in the air and stretched his arms as hard as he could, he still found that he couldn't reach them.
The inside of the foot hits the door with an outward arc that just goes around his fingertips.
Yikes!
The spinning ball smacked the post and undoubtedly flew into the goal.
“Gooooooooal————————”
"The ball is in! Super Zhang!! Hat-trick !! ”
"It's another classic super goal, using the speed to counter-attack and score."
"When you give him football, you give him space to counter-attack, then he won't let you down!"
At the same time, the domestic commentary seems even crazier.
"Beautiful!! Zhang Chaoqiang!! ”
"A quick counterattack to break the goal, Zhang Chaoqiang is like a god descending from heaven! No one can stop you! Crazy hats!! ”
"On this special day, Zhang Chaoqiang gave Chinese fans a special gift to celebrate the New Year!!"
"And if memory serves, this should be the first hat-trick of an Asian player in a European competition, made by our Chinese players!!"
Successfully scored the third goal, Zhang Chaoqiang galloped all the way to the sidelines in front of the camera and quickly took off the outer jersey.
On top of his undershirt, there are four big red characters -
Happy New Year!
Compared with the video New Year's greetings, Zhang Chaoqiang feels that it is more practical to score New Year's greetings.
"Today is a special Chinese holiday, the Chinese New Year's ......," the European commentator began to explain to fans the significance of Zhang Chaoqiang's stripping celebration.
At the same time, the referee was not polite, walked over while digging his pocket, smiled at Zhang Chaoqiang and said:
"It's the rule, you know."
Strip to celebrate, yellow card warning.
When Zhang Chaoqiang took the whole team of Lyon to celebrate, the French commentator had already turned over the manuscript and talked about the record of this hat trick.
As the center of world football, Europe is naturally more professional in commentary.
As early as when Zhang Chaoqiang scored two goals, a staff member sent a manuscript to tell them about the records that might be produced next.
"Super Zhang scored a hat-trick, the first hat-trick of an Asian player in a European competition."
At the same time, at the age of 19 years and 11 months, Zhang became the second-youngest hat-trick player in the history of the Europa League.
'The younger hat-trick player than Zhang was Croatian Marco Piacza, who scored a hat-trick just three months ago in Dinamo Zagreb's 4-3 home win over Celtic in the final round of the Europa League group stage.
"Piatza was 19 years and 7 months old at the time."
"With the exception of Zhang and Piatsa, the rest of the players were 20 years old when they wore hats in the Europa League......"
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After Zhang Chaoqiang wore a hat, Aalborg finally gave up the game.
There is obviously a gap in the overall strength, so it is better to win if you lose less.
Soon the two teams had spent the rest of the time, and the final whistle sounded.
"Congratulations to Lyon, they beat Aalborg 3-1 away with a hat-trick from Zhang Chaoqiang and have basically sealed the qualification."
"Based on the first-leg score advantage, Lyon can even lose 0:2 at home in the second leg and still eliminate the opponent."
"This is undoubtedly good news for Lyon, who are competing for the Ligue 1 title......
Zhang Chaoqiang scored the second hat-trick of his career and collected the match ball for the second time after the game.
"Zhang, you come with me to the press conference." Fournier knew that today was a special day, so he decided to take Zhang Chaoqiang to the post-match press conference.
Although he has participated in it many times, this time with a hat trick, Zhang Chaoqiang always feels more special.
"Zhang, congratulations on becoming the second-youngest hat-trick player in Europa League history, what are your expectations for the future?"
"I'm just an ordinary player in the Lyon team now, I just want to play every game seriously, and as for the future, I'll leave it to the future, and I believe that God will not fail every child who works hard."
Zhang Chaoqiang only knew when he heard the "second youngest hat-trick player" that he seemed to have another record in the account.
But he was calm, as if the record didn't matter at all.
"Zhang, now that Alexandre Lacazette is injured and you get more shots, are you worried about him coming back to affect your goalscoring efficiency?"
"Of course not, we worked well together before, and it will be the same in the future."
"So what do you think Lyon is aiming for this season? Ligue 1 or Europa League? ”
"Why not at the same time? We're doing well in Ligue 1 and Europa League and have a chance to win both titles together......"
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"Super Zhang wears a hat away and becomes the second youngest player to wear a hat in Europa League history"
"China's fast horse gallops Denmark, Lyon wins 3:1 away and basically locks in the promotion"
"The Chinese striker threatens to help Lyon win the double! 》
"Asian Demon Stars Shine in the Europa League Schedule, European Giants Pay Attention to It"
Lyon won 3:1 away and basically completed the task of killing the game in one round, so the whole team happily flew back to France.
At this time, the media on the European continent reported the results of the competition, and Zhang Chaoqiang was naturally the key figure.
The Champions League round of 16 was of course the most watched in the midweek European competition, but the result was not too surprising, with the strong teams getting more favourable results and the players not being particularly brave.
In the Europa League round of 32, Lyon's Zhang Chaoqiang and Everton's Lukaku both wore hats, so they received a lot of attention.
Romelu Lukaku's hat-trick in Everton's 4-1 win at Swiss side Bern Juniors was equally fierce.
But in terms of overall performance, Zhang Chaoqiang's flight to Denmark is more impactful and has received more reports.
Because of this hat trick, many inexplicable transfer rumors reappeared, and Zhang Chaoqiang became the object of scandal among major giants.