Chapter 25 Super Long Shot
The goal in the 90th minute was basically a stunner, but Gifu FC did not give up, especially the 4 minutes of stoppage time gave them hope of keeping their warm-up unbeaten run.
Jiro Fangshan made a third substitution, he removed a midfielder and replaced it with a striker, and the formation also changed to the 3214 trapped beast fighting formation.
Kawaguchi can loudly encourage his teammates not to give up, and at the same time let the full-back pay attention not to get too close to Lin Hong, he must do a good job of helping to defend, the two goals just now are brought by Lin Hong's speed, and now there is no defender who matches his speed, so he must use the numerical advantage to defuse.
Although Gifu FC had a strong desire to equalize, Imabi FC was determined to hold on to the victory.
In the 92nd minute, Takeshi Okada made his third substitution, No. 25 Qin Yugang replaced No. 10 Nagashima Otta, everyone knew that this was a substitution that delayed time, so the two took a full 90 seconds, if it wasn't for the referee to urge, it is estimated that it would be another half a minute.
In the 93rd minute of the game, Gifu FC scored twice in a row. Sanchez's header was blocked by Lin Hong, and then Harada blocked a long-range shot on the line of the box with a lying grass.
The football bounced back into the penalty area, and just when the opponent was about to continue to kick, Watanabe Kobayashi saw that he had no time to stop and had to tackle the ball with his feet.
The referee's whistle blew, Watanabe Kobayashi couldn't escape with a yellow card, and a direct set-piece at the edge of the penalty area also caused boos from the fans at the scene.
Stoppage time had arrived, but the last attack was definitely going to take place, and the referee seemed to want to punish the home team for delaying time, insisting on not blowing the whistle.
The free-kick taker made several complex gestures, and his teammates were squeezing in, which didn't look like a straight shot.
But sometimes there are too many things to do on the football field, especially on set-pieces.
Fortunately, Masaki Imagawa is not a hairy boy, and he knew before the game that the opponent's most threatening free thrower was this guy, so he expected that this would definitely be a direct shot.
The fans at the stadium stood up, and everyone was shouting "Defend, defend", and if they managed to defend this goal, Imabari FC would win against a professional team for the first time in history.
Sure enough, everyone's running was to distract the goalkeeper, and he wasn't sloppy when it was time to shoot.
The ball arced into the far corner of the goal, and Masaki Imagawa stretched like an ape, hitting his wrist and bouncing back into the box.
Daisuke Yoshii was also involved in the defense in the penalty area, he didn't expect the football to fly towards him, he didn't think about it and half turned around and kicked it out.
It's just that at the moment when Daisuke Yoshii cleared the siege, he was pushed by the opposing player, so that he kicked it at his feet.
The ball was not kicked far by the force, so it was not kicked away, but floated forward in a small arc.
Lin Hong's header ability is not good, so just now he was responsible for the defense of the periphery, but what he didn't expect was that what he was waiting for was not defense, but an unexpected offensive opportunity.
The football flew abruptly in front of him, and the person he was marking just now had already run away to spread suspicions, on the other hand, no one was marking him now, more precisely, there was no one in front of him after Lin Hong turned around, and 22 people in the stadium, including Kawaguchi Nenghu, were in this narrow penalty area.
Before the referee's whistle sounded, Lin Hong pulled the ball and turned around and took a step forward, and then hit the ball with the instep of his foot.
A "bang" resounded throughout the audience.
"Lin Hong, oh, shot, super super long shot, the football flies, let's pray it doesn't deviate from the course......"
Lin Hong also wanted to use his speed to dribble the ball to the goal line to shoot, but the referee basically wouldn't give him the opportunity to do this, because Imabari FC was already leading 2:1, and now blowing the stop game will not affect the result, so blowing the whistle directly is a high probability event.
Grabbed the kick before the referee blew the whistle, Lin Hong also wanted to hit his luck, the only chance of the 20,000 yen he had in mind was an ultra-long-distance shot, and only when the ball flew in the air would the referee not blow the whistle to cut this attack.
The most important thing in a long-range shot is accuracy, as long as you have enough power and hit the goal range like this.
Judging by the voice just now, the strength is enough, and the rest is to wait.
No one including Kawaguchi Nengju has gone back, and this has nothing to do with professionalism, only with science.
The ball flew lower and lower, and when it finally fell to the line of the penalty area, everything was clear, and the ball bounced forward quickly, in the direction of the goal. The anxious Imabari FC fans were already shaking their fists in celebration, while more were trying to control it, waiting for the moment when the ball crossed the goal line.
Lin Hong was excited in his heart, it was the first time he had scored such a long-distance goal after playing football for so many years, and the most important thing was that this goal was very valuable.
Under the excitement, Lin Hong didn't care that the ball didn't cross the line, so he clenched his fists with both hands and raised them high in celebration, and at the same time roared angrily in his mouth.
Because the kick gave a lot of power, it was not slow to roll across the goal line from a position slightly before the penalty spot.
The Imabari FC fans at the scene were already boiling at that moment, and it was worth it today, whether it was skipping class or skipping class, everyone was celebrating wildly.
The referee turned around and raised his arms with five fingers together and pointed to the kick-off point in the middle circle, and the goal was valid! After the goal was declared valid, the referee blew the final whistle.
Because the referee was also in the half of Imabari FC, it was as if it was a goal from Gifu FC. But the score was updated on the big screen at the scene as soon as possible, and 3:1 was so dazzling.
No one cared about the referee's gestures anymore, everyone was celebrating the victory, they were shouting, using flags and scarves in their hands, and venting their emotions with tears, as if they thought Imabari FC had won the J1 League.
In fact, it was just an ordinary warm-up match, but it didn't affect the carnival of Imabari FC fans, because they regarded this game as the beginning of Imabari FC's prosperity, and only Imabari people, who were born and loved football, know how long they had been waiting for this moment.
At the end of the game, Imabari FC scored three goals in the second half to complete the overtake after trailing by one goal in the first half. Let's remember these names, Kazuyuki Toda, Masaki Imagawa, Otta Nagashima...... And every player from Imabari FC, whether they play or not, tonight they are heroes, everybody.
Of all of them, of course, there are two names that shine in particular tonight.
Daisuke Yoshii, our future captain, proved with one goal and one assist that he is the most talented player Imabari has ever seen, and that he deserves the support and love of his hometown fathers.
The other player is Lin Hong, and although he has only been at the club for less than a month, I would say that I am already a fan of him. Two goals and an assist, and that's his answer tonight.
Daisuke Yoshii is only 17 years old this year, and Lin Hong is only 18 years old, don't forget that they have only been on the court for more than 30 minutes.
I have to say that they are the future of Imabari FC, and we have reason to believe that Imabari FC is on the right path, and there is so much we can expect in the future.
Perhaps many people were skeptical of Mr. Okada's declaration at the press conference, but now is it time to revisit those ambitious club goals!
Well, that's all for tonight's game, and have a great night! Good night! ”
The DJ finished his job, but the fans didn't want to leave right away, knowing that the players would come back later, which was an important part of the post-match between the players and the fans.
This is Lin Hong's first game in the true sense of wearing the Imabari FC jersey, and he very much wants to keep this jersey, whether it is for himself or to become famous in the future, it is a good choice to auction it for charity.
Losing the game 1:3, Kawaguchi didn't blame himself too much, although the third goal was his reason, but it didn't make sense. The point of the warm-up game is to find the problems and solve the problems, and the previous unbeaten streak has covered up a lot of the problems of Gifu FC, so losing this last warm-up game is not all bad, at least they have found a lot of things that can be improved.
As soon as the game ended, Kawaguchi walked to Lin Hong, a player who gave him too much trouble today, and of course it could be a surprise now.
"Excuse me, your name is Lin Hong, right, which school are you from, have you participated in the high school league?"
Japan has a national league from elementary school to university, and many players who do not make it to professional clubs do well in high school and college soccer leagues, and then there are not a few who go to professional leagues. Kawaguchi Nenghuo is very sure that Lin Hong has not entered a professional club before, otherwise it is impossible for people to put such seedlings to play in the amateur league, so he can only be a genius trained in the high school league.
"I'm sorry Mr. Kawaguchi, I'm not Japanese!"
Lin Hong has been mistaken more than once these days, but when he looks in the mirror, he still looks significantly different from the Japanese, why do the Japanese still admit mistakes?
Kawaguchi frowned, he originally thought that Lin Hong was a rare surname in Japan, but he didn't expect that he was not Japanese.
"So you're from Nanbang?"
Damn, the emotional face of East Asia is the South Stick in addition to Japan? Greater China doesn't deserve a genius like me? Although Lin Hong complained in his heart, when he thought of the achievements of Chinese football over the years, well, it seems that there are no achievements at all.
"No, I'm from China!"
Kawaguchi was even more surprised, not Japanese, not Nanbanon, but Chinese, Chinese are very rare in Japanese football.
After being surprised, it didn't matter if Kawaguchi could live, he didn't think about helping Chinese players grow, after all, there are too many talented young players like Lin Hong in Japan, rather than bothering that he is Chinese, it is better to discover more Japanese players worthy of his help.
"Alright then, I wish you a bright future in Japanese football!"
Kawaguchi Nenghuo bowed slightly to Lin Hong and sent his blessings, and he couldn't find fault with the etiquette, but the idea of exchanging jerseys before was gone. For him, Lin Hong is not a Japanese player, and the level is not yet to the point where he can exchange jerseys for Kawaguchi.
Lin Hong actually knows the hypocrisy of Japanese etiquette, people do not propose to exchange jerseys, he is even more desperate, he is too late to keep it as a souvenir, what kind of strength to exchange, besides, this Kawaguchi can live in the 2004 Asian Cup and the Chinese is not very pleasant.
Seeing that he was excited to exchange jerseys with Kawaguchi, Lin Hong felt that they were really of the same species.