Chapter Forty-Nine: The Away Battle of Tianhe (5)
When Ringer broke through with the ball continuously, Bobovich clenched the mineral water bottle in his hand tightly, and when Ringer hit the ball into the goal, Bobovich threw away the water bottle and shouted: "Beautiful, well done, boy!" I knew you could! ”
Ringer, who scored the goal, once again glided across the pitch with open arms, gliding into the area of neutral fans and making flying kisses to the fans in the stands. Most of the fans in the stands were neutral, and they gave Ringer a lot of applause to the Chinese.
"The goal is so beautiful, this surnamed Lin is really amazing~~~"
"Of course, otherwise you think he can make such a name for himself in Japan."
"But I heard that he seems to be getting a very low salary, and many Chinese Super League teams want to buy him back."
"I think it's better not to come back, just play in Japan for two years and go to Europe, and go back to China in this big dye vat, I don't know what it will be dyed again."
Dad Lin and Mom Lin in the stands listened to the discussions around them, a little dreamlike. When their son was going to play professional football, they all thought that it was just a whim, and he would soon hit his head and bleed back, but he didn't expect that in just half a year, his son became more and more famous, just like a dream.
He deliberately arranged for the old couple to sit in the neutral stands, so as not to hear the words of Evergrande fans attacking him, which caused the old couple to be unhappy, which was also the main reason why Ringer rushed here to celebrate.
"Let's take a look at this goal again, Ringer started to dribble the ball from the midfield, passed Conca and Zheng Zhi in a row, and then Marseille slipped past Zhang Linpeng, smashed the ball and shook off Feng Xiaoting, and finally scored through the crotch. It's really beautiful, the midfielder launched a single ride to break through, and a person has torn apart the Evergrande defense line in his life. It's often said on the football pitch that a star's flash of inspiration can change the outcome of a game, and now it's a flash of inspiration, and Ringer single-handedly helped Tokyo FC equalise. Yang Ma's broadcast screen continued to repeat this goal, Ringer once again appeared in the field of vision of countless fans, and Duan Xuan was praising again.
Ringer's goal came in the 78th minute, and immediately after the goal, Lippi used up a substitution and brought on homegrown striker Jorin to replace Conca.
"Lippi's substitution is a bit unexpected, although Conca's performance in this game is not exciting enough, but his combing in the midfield is still very necessary, he helped Evergrande has been suppressing Tokyo FC in the midfield, and now it seems that Lippi is still not satisfied with Conca's performance, and he intends to strengthen the attack."
In fact, Lippi was not very satisfied with Conca's defensive performance just now, Ringer was the first to pass Conca to initiate that one-man breakthrough, and it was also his slowest time when he started, at that time Conca could have directly pulled down Ringer, a problem that could have been solved by an ordinary midfield foul, and finally evolved into a conceded goal, and Lippi, who is good at Italian defense, is quite dissatisfied with this.
With the equaliser, FC Tokyo once again returned to familiar ways to hold on to this draw. It's not that Ringer didn't think about scoring another goal, but that goal just made him physically exhausted, and after this goal, Evergrande was more closely marked by him, and Ringer did not have the confidence to score again. If he wastes his energy and fails to score, then he will not be able to play extra time at all, and Tokyo FC with Ringer and without Ringer are completely two teams.
More importantly, Bobovic has long been ready to fight for extra time and even penalty shootouts with Evergrande, and everyone is more confident to move forward according to the pre-arranged route.
Evergrande, who was replaced by Sulin, was more aggressive, and it was clear that they wanted to score again and end the battle within 90 minutes. Bobovic also quickly used up his second substitution, with Kenichi Kaga coming on for Kenta Starling.
Kenichi Kaga was injured in the game with Guoan, and his condition has been bad since he recovered from the injury, and at the same time, Zhang Xiuxian performed well, so he lost the position of the main central defender, even if Zhang Xiuxian couldn't play in this game, Bobovic would rather let Hideto Takahashi go back to play central defender than let Kenichi Kaga play. But now Kenta Starling's performance in the left-back position is terrible, and now Evergrande is going crazy and desperate, Bobovic knows with his ass that Kenta Starlinghara will definitely not be able to withstand it, so he has to use the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and let Kenichi Kaga go up to play left-back to try.
No one expected that this helpless substitution would not be bad, Kenichi Kaga performed well at left-back, much better than Kenta Starlinghara, limiting Muric and Zhao Yuanxi to a certain extent, and did not let the South Korean Zhao Yuanxi get the required assist.
Soon, the 90-minute game was over, Evergrande never broke through the goal of Tokyo FC again, and Tokyo FC did not have a good chance, and the two teams had to play extra time.
There was only a few minutes of rest before extra time, and the two teams had no time to go back to the locker room, so Bobovic could only explain tactics on the sidelines: "Everyone remember, it only takes 30 minutes, we are only 30 minutes away from the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League, as long as we survive the 30 minutes of extra time, the penalty shootout Evergrande is definitely not our opponent, we have been prepared, we have only beaten the Kashiwa Sun God on penalties in this year's Super Cup to win the championship, we don't need to worry about the penalty shootout." ”
Indeed, Tokyo FC's previous two days of closed training, the practice is mainly defense and penalty shootouts, Bobovic has long had the idea of forcing Evergrande to draw and then fight for penalties, but he didn't expect to be broken in the first half, fortunately, in the second half Ringer relied on his personal ability to help Tokyo FC equalize, and the game finally returned to the rhythm that Bobovic wanted.
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At the start of extra time, luck slowly sided with Tokyo FC. In the 95th minute, Tokyo FC counterattacked and won a corner kick, and in the corner kick defense, South Koreans Cho Won-hee and Watanabe Chi-jin, who had been performing well in the game, collided together, and then never got up again. This time it was not a pretending injury, it was a real injury, Zhao Yuanxi was unconscious for a while, and even an ambulance drove into the stadium, and the game was forced to be interrupted for more than six minutes.
Evergrande lost South Korea's Cho Won-hee, who performed well in this game, and also had to use up his last substitution, losing the opportunity to adjust again, and Bobovic on the sidelines secretly clenched his fists and had a greater chance of fighting for penalties until the end.
Evergrande, which lost Zhao Yuanxi, really declined in attack, and Tokyo FC even had two threatening counterattacks, but unfortunately failed to score.
The game went into extra time before Bobovic used up the last substitution to bring Lucas on the pitch and put the best of the penalty in preparation for the penalty.
Beep~Beep~Beep~~~
The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, and there was a huge boo at the Tianhe Sports Center, and the fans were very dissatisfied with the result.
"At the end of the game, both sides did not score in extra time, Evergrande drew 1:1 at home to Tokyo FC, the two teams can only decide the last quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League this season through penalty shootouts, but Evergrande still has the advantage of home, I believe they can eliminate Tokyo FC." Shen Fangjian said.
Preparation before the start of the penalty shootout, Yuhei Tokunaga guesses the coin to win, and chooses to take a penalty. However, the penalty goal designated by the referee was on the side of the Evergrande fans, which caused Bobovic to protest again, but unfortunately the protest was ineffective.
Evergrande was the first to come out was Muric, who easily deceived Shui-kunda into scoring a goal, and there were huge cheers behind the goal.
"Muric scored a penalty, Evergrande temporarily led 1:0, and it was time for Tokyo FC next."
"Oh ~ Tokyo FC was in charge of the first penalty shot by Ringer, which was very unexpected. You must know that the first penalty shoot-out is arguably the most important, Ringer was scheduled to take the first penalty and it seems that he is very much valued by coach Bobovic. ”
Setting up the ball at the penalty spot, Ringer took a deep breath and let himself relax. The first free throw is really stressful, and if you miss the first one, it will be a big blow to your own morale.
"Hey, dog traitor, you definitely won't be able to kick in!" The Evergrande fans behind the goal tried their best to interfere, and all kinds of curses came towards Ringer.
After the referee blew the whistle, Ringer took two steps back, his legs were about to run, and a little red light appeared in front of him, which was Evergrande fans interfering with Ringer with laser pointers. Ringer stopped and helplessly spread his hands to the referee, but just now the referee was on the side and didn't see it at all, and looked at him strangely, so Ringer had to go up and explain to him.
"Mr. referee, someone is using a laser pointer behind the goal, which will seriously interfere with my penalty ~~~"
After knowing the situation, the Qatari referee walked to the sidelines and asked the Evergrande staff to deal with the matter, and Ringer could only wait boredly. At this time, the laser pointer appeared again, and a little red light appeared on Ringer's face, Ringer habitually turned his head to dodge, and the red light point followed, Ringer thought it was quite funny, and continued to dodge. So there was a strange picture on the field, where Ringer shook his head and dodged, causing a burst of laughter from the Evergrande fans behind the goal.
After a hiatus of about three minutes, the penalty shootout resumed and the laser pointer disappeared. In this kind of serious interference with the game, the referee can directly sentence Evergrande to lose, and under the comfort of the staff, Evergrande fans also know that the severity has been reined in.
"Ringer ~ Run-up ~ Hit the Door !!"
"The ball is in! Tokyo FC temporarily equalized, 1:1. Ringer's penalty was very powerful, straight to the top left corner of the goal, and Yang Jun couldn't help it at all. ”
Ringer was relieved to score his own penalty. He believes that Tokyo FC can advance to the quarterfinals, after all, Bobovic deliberately trained behind closed doors for two days for this penalty shootout.
Next, Evergrande's Cleo scored a penalty, and Tokyo FC's Lucas also scored; Zheng Zhi's free throw hit, and Hasegawa followed suit. Both teams made no mistakes in the first three free throws, and all of them hit.
"3:3, the first three free throws of the two teams all hit, and the pressure came to Evergrande's side again."
Evergrande's fourth appearance was to Sulin, and Ringer suddenly realized that this round might be the one that would decide the outcome of the game. Glou Lin is notoriously a whistleblower, his shots are often jerked off, and it is not known why Lippi sent him to take charge of the fourth penalty. Maybe he just took over the team and didn't know enough about his players, so when he saw that he was a striker, he sent him to take free throws.
Sure enough, the kick that "lived up to expectations" was kicked by the football and bounced off the crossbar. Although Su Lin angrily rushed up and shot the ball into the net, it was useless, and the penalty kick in the penalty shootout was not allowed.
According to the rules, penalties obtained in ordinary time in football can be re-shot, and the re-goal is valid, and in the 05 Istanbul Miracle, Liverpool's Xavi Alonso was saved from the penalty, but he reacted quickly and immediately rushed over to shoot the ball into the net to help Liverpool equalize. However, in the penalty shoot-out, no follow-up shots are allowed, and once the penalty is missed, there is no chance to remedy it.
"Sue Lin, he missed the penalty kick, and now the advantage is on the side of Tokyo FC, if the next Tokyo FC free throws are all hit, Evergrande will be eliminated."
"Well done, boy! Your penalty is beautiful! Bobovich on the sidelines "cheered" for the forest, causing a burst of boos from the Evergrande fans behind him.
Tokyo FC's fourth appearance was Naohiro Ishikawa, who withstood the pressure and scored a penalty, and the boos at Tianhe Stadium were even louder.
In the end, Evergrande's fifth veteran Sun Xiang sent the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal, but then Tokyo FC's fifth player Chima Watanabe also kicked the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal.
"At the end of the game, congratulations to the Gas, who were one goal behind in the first half against the mighty Guangzhou Evergrande, but in the second half they relied on Chinese star Ringer to equalise and finally beat their opponents on penalties. Congratulations to them, they reached the quarter-finals of their first AFC Champions League tour and are the only J-League team to reach the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League this season. Nippon TV was celebrating loudly.