Chapter 743: Swastika
The players of the South Korean team did fully feel the anger of their coach, and they really felt ashamed.
Therefore, at the beginning of the second half, the Korean team launched a more violent attack on the Chinese team's goal.
Because Yang Zhongxun made detailed adjustments during the halftime break, the offensive effect was much better than when Park Soon-tae was first replaced.
The Chinese team's defense suddenly felt greater pressure than in the first half.
Finally, in the 66th minute, the Korean team knocked on the door of the Chinese team through tireless offense!
"Park Suntae!!! Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!! 'Light of Asia' finally shines in the audience!!" the commentator of the Korean TV station shouted excitedly. "Although Wang Guangwei and Yao Huasheng performed very well and steadily in this game, they were ultimately defeated by Park Soon-tai!! This was a wonderful quick counterattack! Park Soon-tai single-handedly challenged the entire Chinese team's defense!"
Park Soon-tae's goal was replayed over and over again on the television broadcast.
There is no such complicated tactical routine, and even the tactics arranged by Yang Zhongxun during the halftime break were not used. The Korean team counterattacked after stealing in the backcourt, and directly passed the long ball to Park Suntae in front.
Park Suntae quickly ran with the ball after receiving the ball from the wing.
Taking full advantage of his speed, he got rid of Yao Huasheng who came up to defend him, and then faced Wang Guangwei one-on-one.
He didn't have any fancy passing moves. He just sank his shoulders slightly, which made Wang Guangwei shift his center of gravity slightly, and then he suddenly changed direction and ran back.
Wang Guangwei's turning speed couldn't keep up with Park Chuntai's, and he was left behind in one big step.
There was no suspense about what happened next. Park Soon-tai, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area, faced the attacking Chinese goalkeeper Hao De and took a push shot.
Hao De threw the ball in the wrong direction, and the football rolled past his feet, eventually jumping into the Chinese team's goal.
In this goal, Park Suntae took full advantage of his speed.
Whether it was Yao Huasheng, Wang Guangwei, or other Chinese players chasing after him, no one could stop him. Even if you want to commit a foul, you can't grab his body and jersey...
After scoring the goal, Park Soon-tae did not celebrate wantonly. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity when no one was competing with him, dove into the goal, bent down to pick up the football, turned around and ran back to the center circle.
Then he shook his fist at his teammates: "Keep going, just play like this!!"
He was not willing to score a goal, nor was he willing to draw with the Chinese team in the away game.
Ambition and pride repeatedly told him that if he didn't win this game, he would be a failure!
Seeing this, the South Korean commentator excitedly said loudly: "This is the captain of the Republic of Korea, the soul of our Korean football! With Park Soon-tae here, no matter how bad the situation is, he can't knock us down! Come on, Republic of Korea! Come on, Park Soon-tae!!"
The South Korean commentator had no idea how rare it was for a game between South Korea and China to be so excited and even a little rude.
There have been few times like this before: wouldn't it be easy for the Korean team to beat the Chinese team? How could it happen that we just pulled one goal back, but when the score was still behind, we were so excited, as if we had won...
From this perspective, the Korean team has actually lost.
However, the commentator of the Korean TV station who was in high spirits did not think so. He only knew that the South Korean team went from being two goals behind to one goal behind. Park Soon-tae was in good condition, and there was no sign of an old injury that had not healed.
There are twenty-four minutes left in the game, and including injury time, there may be nearly half an hour.
With the state Park Suntae showed today, this time is enough for him to score another goal... no, two more!
Victory will eventually belong to the Republic of Korea!
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"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Yao Huasheng, the captain of the Chinese team, shouted in the penalty area to boost the morale of his teammates. "We are still one goal ahead. The situation is not at its worst. The most important thing is to keep a calm mind and stabilize your mentality! Don't panic!"
Goalkeeper Hao De was also fulfilling his duties as the team's vice-captain, comforting Wang Guangwei who was easily broken by Park Soon-tae: "This is not your responsibility, Guangwei."
The two were once rivals in the league. They fought each other in the league. Last season, they fought hard to win the league championship.
But now wearing the same red Chinese team jersey, they have only one identity - Chinese national team players.
Wang Guangwei lowered his head and still blamed himself: "If I had reacted faster and been able to stick to it, this wouldn't be like this... Park Suntae is still much faster than Park Guixian!"
"Of course. If Park Guixian is on the same level, how did Park Soon Tai become the 'Light of Asia'?" Hao De gently patted Wang Guangwei's shoulder with his big hand, "Don't be affected by the loss of the ball this time. Next time Stay focused on defense.”
Wang Guangwei knew that Hao De was right, so he nodded: "I understand, Captain Hao."
He Feng, who had been worried about the team since losing the ball, observed the situation on the court. When he saw many Chinese team players comforting and encouraging each other, the stone in his heart fell to the ground.
He said in an encouraging tone: "Although we lost the goal, it doesn't matter! We are still ahead in the score. This is not a big problem. As long as we hold on to our position... And look at the performance of the international players now, they are comforting and cheering each other up. This is hope! This kind of performance is really rare to see in the previous national team! They have truly become a whole!”
Yan Kang next to him also nodded in agreement: "That's right, He Feng! We have seen too many national football matches before where the opponent got into chaos after a goal was scored, and we have also seen too many times when the opponent was timid before fighting. Example... But today's national team is different. It is this difference that gives us hope! He Feng, I have a very strong premonition now, I believe... I believe in 'Korean phobia'. To be completely cured!”
This is not just a forced smile on the part of the two commentators, or nice words said to prevent the audience from getting emotional.
That's what they really think.
At the same time, the Chinese fans in front of the TV really thought so too.
After losing the ball, many messages appeared on the Internet. Contrary to the Chinese team's past performance of scolding whenever it lost the ball, this time most of them were messages of encouragement, comfort and cheer.
"Hold on to the national football team! We are still ahead!"
"The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road. Now it's time to fight them hard! The South Korean team has qualified early. I don't believe they are more willing to fight than us!"
"Although it is depressing to lose a goal, but... come on, China team! As long as we can win at home, even if we can't go to the World Cup in the end, it will be worth it!"
"That's right, as long as you can defeat Bangzi in the World Cup qualifiers, I will forgive you for failing in the World Cup again!"
"You can lose to anyone, but you can't lose to Bangzi!"
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Park Soon-tae ran back to the center circle and handed the football to Hu Lai, who was already standing there.
The latter smiled at him: "Brother, it seems that your injury is fine, so why are you still playing as a substitute? Do you look down on us so much?"
When Park Soon-tai, who was full of pride and ambition, heard Hu Lai's words, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his emotions became incoherent - Do you think I want to be a substitute? ! Is this looking down on you? No matter how much we look down on you, we can't afford to concede two goals first, right? !
Before Hu Lai finished speaking, he continued to look at Park Suntai and said: "Seeing that my brother is in such good condition, then I can do it too!"
Pu Chuntai had a puzzled look on his face, not understanding what Hu Lai meant.
Upon seeing this, Hu Lai explained thoughtfully: "I mean I can finally go all out!"
Hearing what Hu Lai said, Pu Chuntai was a little shocked at first, then raised his eyes and looked at Hu Lai with an unkind expression.
I dare you to stop kicking me before?
Isn't this a bit too arrogant?
Park Soon Tai suddenly thought of a possibility - of course Hu Lai couldn't really hold back his kicks. He said this just to deliberately anger himself and make him lose his calmness and reason.
As a forward, staying rational and calm when attacking is a basic quality. Otherwise, even if the opportunity comes, you will not be able to seize it.
I almost fell into this kid's trap...
Park Soon-tai remembered that he had heard others say that Hu Lai was a very cunning player, and he always seemed to come up with a lot of bad ideas in his mind.
However, I had never had contact with Hu Lai before, so I just heard those rumors and didn't take them seriously. Neither believing nor doubting, noncommittal.
Now that he thought about what happened to him on the plane, he suddenly felt that the rumor was quite credible.
Because he proved the correctness of this sentence with his own experience!
Thinking of this, the anger on Park Suntae's face disappeared. He squeezed out a smile and replied in English: "Really? Then please go all out."
As if he didn't hear the sarcasm in his tone, Hu Lai nodded unceremoniously: "No problem, please give me some advice, brother!"
I just had to bow my hands.
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