Chapter 615 Boiling and Cooling
Xie Lan and Hu Lixin were standing in the stands. She had just cheered for an attack by Flash Star, and now she was nervous about the South China Tiger's attack.
The whole person was so startled.
But people like her are not outliers in the stands. There are many people around her who behave exactly like her.
Although the score is still in the lead of Flash Star, Flash Star fans are not feeling relaxed.
On the contrary, they became more nervous.
After all, it is easy to worry about gains and losses.
When you are ahead, it is easy to think about things, think too much, and worry about many things.
Hu Lixin understood why his wife behaved like this.
Any fan will have this mentality, and he is not much better. He is also nervous and worried about gains and losses.
It’s just that the reason why he worries about gains and losses may be different from that of his wife. In addition to the game in front of her, her wife is also paying attention to the game between Shanhai Mariners and Hedong Thunder through the radio function of her mobile phone. The reason why his wife worries about gains and losses is because of the championship. , I hope Hu Lai can win the league championship.
Hu Lixin is very simple, he just hopes that his son can win this game. Win this game, get into the top three in a league, and qualify for the AFC Champions League next season. For him as a father, this is very satisfying.
As for the league championship... Hu Lixin can be regarded as half an industry insider. He knows how difficult it is to win the league championship, so he does not have any unrealistic illusions like his wife.
But seeing his wife's nervous look, he couldn't help but ask: "What? Is there a goal over there?"
Xie Lan shook his head: "No, it's still 0:0."
Hu Lixin nodded, understanding his wife's nervousness more and more.
She definitely wished that both games were over by now. In this way, Flash Star will win the Chinese Super League championship this season by virtue of their points advantage.
But how could such a good thing happen...
He looked up at the big screen in the stands. The game lasted sixty-six minutes.
There are still twenty-four minutes left, and if you include injury time, it will probably be close to half an hour.
No one knows what will happen in this half hour.
After the start of the second half, the South China Tigers stepped up their offensive, and the Stars were forced to retreat to defend. They could only use counterattacks to occasionally threaten the South China Tigers' goal, so that they did not dare to press forward unscrupulously.
Twenty minutes into the second half, the South China Tigers failed to score, and the Stars were unable to continue to expand their lead.
The score difference of one ball makes the game very delicate, and the balance is so fragile that it can be broken if you put a hair on it.
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"Although we didn't score, we can all feel that the game has entered a white-hot stage. The two teams are going back and forth, and the offensive and defensive transitions are getting faster and faster. The Flash Stars are not just shrinking back to play defensive counterattacks, They will continue to attack and push back the South China Tigers' increasingly powerful offensive... However, under Yao Huasheng's constant defense, Hu Lai did not get a good chance. Zhang Qinghuan just tried a long shot directly from the outside. But it was easily confiscated by Lin Zhiyuan..."
"But the South China Tigers' offense has also encountered trouble. Junpei Morikawa has done a very good job in protecting the defense, making it difficult for the South China Tigers to organize a more threatening attack. They now abandon the center and go to the side to launch an offensive..."< br>
The two team coaches, Zhao Kangming and Lehman, stood in their respective command areas on the sidelines, staring at the ongoing game with stern expressions.
There was a stalemate on the scene, and no one felt relaxed.
Who knows when a goal will come out of nowhere.
The same scene also happened in Shanhai Stadium. The two head coaches of Shanhai Mariners and Hedong Thunder stood on the sidelines with solemn expressions on their faces.
The fans in the stands constantly make various noises to encourage their own team and cause trouble for the opponent team.
The two stadiums are like two pots of boiling water that are continuously boiling. The heat steams out, gushing out, and in turn envelopes the stadiums.
There was a roar of people.
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Although everyone present felt that time passed very slowly, in fact, more than three-quarters of the game had passed by unknowingly.
The last round of the Chinese Super League kicked off at the same time. News of various goals came from other stadiums continuously. However, there was no movement in the second half of the two games related to the ownership of the league championship.
There were some exciting scenes, but no goals.
And because the Stars are only one goal ahead of the South China Tigers, the suspense always exists.
It was like a carrot on a stick, luring players from both sides to try their best without daring to relax at all.
This is a completely different experience from the general league. For the Flash Star players who are competing for the championship for the first time, they are a little uncomfortable.
At the beginning, he was able to go head-to-head with the South China tiger with his full enthusiasm. But as the game progressed, when the game time came to seventy minutes and their physical fitness approached that point, the frenzy caused by adrenaline gradually subsided, and they felt tired and dazed.
Zhao Kangming also noticed something strange about the players on the field.
He asked Chen Mo to ask Han Xiangfei to warm up and prepare for substitutions.
The person who will be replaced is Xia Xiaoyu. As the first season of his career, Xia Xiaoyu performed very well this season and gradually became the main force in the second half of the league.
However, this game was also a severe test for him. He performed very well in the game, but his physical strength was too much and he gradually became unable to support himself.
Still lack of experience and exercise...
Look at Qin Lin, who is much bigger than him. He still has the strength to sprint up and down at this time.
However, I believe that after this game and this season's training, Xia Xiaoyu's performance will definitely get better and better, and the future is promising.
After replacing Xia Xiaoyu, Zhang Qinghuan will return to the middle, and Flash Star will return to their most familiar tactics.
Zhao Kangming planned to shrink his defense in the last ten minutes to avoid the South China Tigers seizing the loopholes in the defense and launching a fatal blow...
If it weren't for the competition for the top three in the league, he could actually let Bingxing let go of the attack at the last moment, regardless of victory or defeat, and just use the South China Tigers as a test target for Bingxing's offensive firepower.
But now he is burdened with a more important task, and he cannot be so willful.
We still have to try our best to win, even if the final victory is unearned, it doesn’t matter...
Five minutes later, in the 77th minute of the game, Han Xiangfei was replaced.
The exhausted Xia Xiaoyu walked off the field, bowed to the Stars fans in the stands, shook hands and hugged Zhao Kangming and Chen Mo, and dragged his tired steps back to his seat.
Simply put on a down jacket and focus on the court.
His chest was still heaving violently, and his eyes did not leave the court at all.
The score is still 2:1, with Flash Stars playing at home taking the lead.
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In the Shanhai Stadium, amid the huge noise, almost no one could still sit in their seats and watch the game. They all stood up and, led by the leader of the fan organization, cheered in unison.
Cheers to the Mountain and Sea Sailors.
On the field their home team is attacking.
Zhou Zijing received the ball outside the penalty area. His back was facing the direction of the attack. Behind him was Hedong Thunder's main center back Sui Huiming, who was pushing hard against him to prevent him from turning around.
According to the previous situation, at this time Zhou Zijing should pass the football to his teammates to serve as the tactical fulcrum of the frontcourt. This is also his task.
But Zhou Zijing changed his mind temporarily.
He was about to pass the football, but suddenly he moved the football sideways and turned around quickly!
Using the power of turning to drive his right leg, he turned and volleyed in front of Sui Huiming within the penalty arc!
From Sui Huiming's perspective, it was as if a super-large-caliber cannon fired close to his face...
boom!
Bang!
After the loud bang, the football was gone.
It has already sunk into the goal behind him!
Hao De, the main goalkeeper of the Chinese national team and captain of Hedong Thunder, didn't even make a save.
"Ahhhhhh!" the commentator of Shanhai TV Sports Channel screamed in the commentary box of Shanhai Stadium. "Zhou Zijing!! Zhou Zijing!!! An unreasonable turn and volley!! At the 80th minute of the game, the deadlock... was finally broken!!"
There was a huge wave in Shanhai Stadium. It was a tsunami!
Zhou Shenghai screamed and jumped in the stands: "My son is awesome!! I'm awesome!! He's so fucking awesome!!"
After scoring the goal, Zhou Zijing turned and ran to the coaching bench to hug Cao Wei, the head coach who started him in this game.
This is not his first league goal this season, but it is his most important goal.
He wants to thank Director Cao for giving him this opportunity, otherwise how could he have the ball he has now?
His teammates followed him and swarmed toward the dugout.
All the fans in the stands were waving their arms, and all the emotions they had suppressed for eighty minutes were released.
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South China Tigers assistant coach Matthews Fisher put down his phone.
He received bad news.
The Shanhai Mariners finally broke the deadlock and took the lead.
Based on everyone's current points, the Mariners have surpassed the South China Tigers in the standings and risen to first in the league.
If our game ends with this score, the Mariners will become the league champions and the South China Tigers will fail to defend their title.
Just when he was about to tell Lehman the news, he suddenly saw the old man shaking.
Then loud boos erupted over the stadium.
He hurriedly used his rich experience to set his sights on the restricted area of Flash Star - if he remembered correctly, the South China Tigers should be attacking now!
"Lou Jiarong made a direct pass! Ding Yuanhai didn't tackle the ball, he missed it!"
It was at this time that the boos in the stands started.
"Xu Yi received the ball, he was not offside!"
When Fisher turned his attention to the Shining Star penalty area, what he saw was the scene where Xu Yi received the ball behind the Shining Star defense. At this moment, he is already in the restricted area of Flashing Star!
Immediately afterwards, Xu Yi swung his foot to shoot, but suddenly passed the football across the middle!
Bernardo, who was following up there, suddenly accelerated from Wang Guangwei's side, got ahead of the latter and pushed the rolling football into the goal guarded by Yu Zhiming...
"Bernardo! The twenty-sixth goal of the season! The South China Tigers finally equalized the score!! But it's not enough. In the remaining ten minutes, they need at least one goal!"
Yu Zhiming, who turned over and rushed back, failed to stop the ball from entering the goal. He beat the ground in front of him angrily and unwillingly.
Many fans in the stands opened their mouths but did not make any sound.
The Provincial Sports Center, which had been burning for eighty minutes, cooled down rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. (End of chapter)