Fox in the Penalty Area

When Enzo Tornatore shot the football into the goal, Sun He was still more excited than Mr. Zhang next to him. He jumped up and shouted at the first time, and then kept waving his fists towards the field, gnashing his teeth. It looks as if Shan Xing has a hatred for killing his father and taking his wife against him.

Now that Hu Lai has scored a goal, but no matter what, Flash Star can't win the game, otherwise Mr. Zhang will be unlucky, and he will be unlucky with him, and even worse.

Now seeing Tonatore score, the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

The next step is to appreciate the flashing star players, especially the mournful expression of Hu Lai.

He set his sights on the live big screen.

But then the expression on his face froze.

Because he also saw the flashing star players who laughed!

are you crazy!

He cursed in his heart.

Lost the ball and laughed?

You guys are laughing so hard!

Our majestic Chinese Super League team, Poseidon, would be inseparable from such a group of psychopaths in the semi-finals of the FA Cup... It's just sad!

Sun He looked at those star players on the big screen viciously.

Laugh, laugh! Wait until you throw another ball to see if you can still laugh!

Sun He, who sat down again, gritted his molars and repeated that sentence in his heart:

If God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy!

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But when the game restarted, the situation was a little different from what Sun He expected.

Before throwing this ball, Flash Star's defense was already crumbling and could collapse at any time. This is something anyone with a little understanding of penalty kicks can see.

It stands to reason that after conceding the ball, the Flash Star's defense will only collapse faster, and more conceding goals will follow, and even all of this will happen in a very short period of time.

But this is not the case in the actual game.

After losing the ball, the Flash Star not only did not collapse, but instead re-stabilized their defense.

The players seemed to be neither tired nor tense all of a sudden.

Just like in the first half, they had a well-thought-out plan for the upcoming game, coping with every attack of Seagod.

Wang Guangwei, a young player, has become the focus of everyone's attention. When facing the Super League's attack, he is as calm as Mount Tai, calm and without any mistakes.

With a height of only 1.84 meters, he has a very high success rate in heading the ball, and he is quite experienced in defensive positioning. He does not look like a young central defender who is only 21 years old.

In addition to completing his own defensive tasks, he can also direct his teammates to arrange defense lines. Remind everyone to pay attention to marking people to fill in the gaps, which is quite a general style.

Yan Kang, a guest commentator on CCTV, couldn't help admiring Wang Guangwei: "This young man must have a bright future!"

The flash star represented by Wang Guangwei did a good job of defense, which surprised the Poseidon players who thought they could get whatever they wanted from the flash star goal after scoring a goal.

They originally thought that as long as they exerted more strength, they could completely knock the broken bus away.

Unexpectedly, when they rushed up, they found that they had bumped into the armor of the new upgraded bus with bulletproof steel plates.

Hou Lai also became part of these "armors".

When Enzo Tornatore tried again to shoot from distance, the ball was blocked by Houlei's body.

Seeing her son lying on the ground clutching his stomach, Xie Lan in front of the TV showed a worried expression, and she muttered: "Don't hit there...I haven't hugged my grandson yet..."

Hu Lixin with a dignified expression broke down in a second when he heard this: "What have you been thinking all day!"

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The game was going on minute by minute, and Sea God was still besieging Flash Star for half the time. Flash Star would occasionally have a counterattack, but most of them would not be successful, unable to threaten Sea God's goal, because they invested too little counterattack force up. Chen Xingyi was alone most of the time.

Pass the football forward from the backcourt and let Chen Xingyi chase it alone. If he can catch up, he will have a chance to fight back.

Can't catch up and pull down.

This kind of counterattack tactic was ridiculed by some Poseidon fans as "walking the dog tactic", comparing Chen Xingyi to a dog, and Shanxing's long pass counterattack to throwing a Frisbee.

But this kind of sarcasm instead reflects the nervousness of the Poseidon fans. They have to use this method to ease the tension inside the situation.

It's not just them who are nervous.

Sun He on the rostrum was also very nervous.

In fact, across from Mr. Zhang, the general manager of the Shining Star Club, that big fat man is also quite nervous, but Sun He is completely in the mood to laugh at others now, as if he has never seen the world.

His own situation was not much better...

The special rules of the Football Association Cup stipulate that if the game is tied after 90 minutes, there will be no overtime. The physical strength of the Super League team will not be reflected here.

Going directly to a penalty shootout, this way of betting on the outcome based on luck is actually not good for the Sea God who is superior in strength.

Sun He believes that Shining Star must have done a lot of penalty kick training before coming to the away game and is fully prepared.

It can be seen from the stance they put on the bus that they just hope to drag the game into a penalty shootout.

Once they get their way, Poseidon's preparations for penalty kicks are insufficient, and the mentality of the players has undergone a subtle change. It's hard to say who will win and who will lose.

If he was really eliminated by a Chinese team...

Sun He didn't dare to think any further.

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When the game entered the last ten minutes, some boos were already mixed in with the cheering waves of the Sea God fans in the stands. I don't know whether these boos were for the Sea God who couldn't attack for a long time, or for the flashing star who couldn't shrink back. Or both.

During this period, the head coaches of the two teams have made substitution adjustments.

Poseidon coach Matthews put on more offensive players, intending to put all his eggs in one basket.

The head coach of Shining Star, Zhao Kangming, replaced the weak players.

In the previous games, some Shining Star players had cramp. But because he was worried that the referee would not stop the game after he fell to the ground, and the Poseidon players would continue to attack, so he insisted on continuing the game. It wasn't until the game entered the dead ball stage that he fell to the ground and rolled around holding his calf.

The Poseidon fans in the stands also booed dissatisfied with this practice of the Shining Star player, thinking that the Shining Star player was delaying time.

But it's really not.

This game can also be regarded as tragic for Flash Star.

They have never mentioned such a high-intensity game when they played smoothly in the Chinese Premier League. Even in the last round of the FA Cup, they played against the Haihe Double Ports, which are also in the Chinese Super League. They didn't feel this way.

That's why when the game had only been going on for sixty or seventy minutes, there were a number of celebrity flash star players who had cramp and fell to the ground.

With ten minutes left in the game, Zhao Kangming had used up two substitutions. The reason why I didn't use up all three substitutions in one go is mainly to keep them just in case. What if something unexpected happens in the last ten minutes?

Even if there is no accident, this last substitution can be used to delay some time...

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Chen Xingyi was still on the court, he was not replaced.

Although he is also close to running out of oil and the lamp is dry.

When he played the South China Sea team before, it was also a high-intensity and fast-paced game. He couldn't play the whole game and was replaced early.

In terms of physical fitness, he is indeed not as good as Luo Kai, another outstanding player of his age. After all, he does not train as hard as Luo Kai. Luo Kai was injured all the way to training, and he, Chen Xingyi, hadn't been injured in training yet, so he was willing to give up...

The midfielder Shi Junde, who had come off the bench before, kicked the football out of the touchline, allowing Sea God to get a throw-in.

The football game has temporarily entered the dead ball stage.

Chen Xingyi supported his knees with both hands, bent over and panted heavily, so that he could have a little rest.

During this period of time, his performance was mediocre, and Flashing Star's counterattack did not hit.

He felt that if he continued to play like this, he might be replaced.

But why has he remained on the pitch until now?

He knew that this must be Director Zhao and still had some hopes for himself, and he was still unwilling to just stick to the penalty kick...

Yes, others must have thought that we were all focused on the penalty shootout, but in fact... they all guessed wrong, and no one knew that our first goal was to eliminate Sea God in the 90-minute game!

On the sidelines, the Poseidon caddy cooperated with the Poseidon players and quickly threw the football back. The Poseidon players threw the ball out of bounds, and Chen Xingyi quickly straightened up and ran up again.

Opponents did not leave him much time to recover and rest.

He didn't chase back too far, and saw Qin Lin snatch the football back with a beautiful tackle.

After seeing this scene, Chen Xingyi was stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran forward.

He didn't know if Qin Lin would pass the ball to him, but running forward was his task.

After the tackle, Qin Lin got up quickly, adjusted the football under his feet, and then passed the football before the Poseidon player pounced on him.

It was Chen Xingyi who gave it to the forward!

"Qin Lin's beautiful defense... He passed the football quickly, Shan Xing tried to play a quick counterattack again! Chen Xingyi caught the ball!"

Chen Xingyi received the ball, this time Qin Lin didn't kick the football ten meters in front of him, and then let him speed up to chase.

Qin Lin seemed to know that Chen Xingyi's physical strength was close to exhaustion, so even if he kicked the football ahead, it would be meaningless, because Chen Xingyi might not be able to catch up.

So he chose a safer pass - pass the ball directly to Chen Xingyi's feet.

This may cause the team to lose speed when counterattacking, but at least the ball is still under control, so Chen Xingyibai will not make a trip.

Moreover, controlling football to one's own side can delay some time...

Chen Xingyi's thinking is somewhat different from that of his big brother.

After receiving the ball, he ran towards the Sea God's penalty area.

His task is to create opportunities for Flash Star to set the ball in the frontcourt.

So he must be as close to the opponent's goal as possible, even if it is closer to one meter.

He hasn't crossed the center line yet...

"Chen Xingyi dribbled the ball, Feng Ziwei came up to defend him. Chen Xingyi slowed down and turned around and seemed to pass the football back... Oh, beautiful!"

It was Chen Xingyi's action that made He Feng yell suddenly.

After he slowed down and turned, it looked like he was about to turn his back on the attack.

He swung his foot out as if to pass the football back to his teammates. As a result, his feet were suddenly wrapped around the football and turned back with his body!

Turn around and get rid of it in one go!

The spoon is amazing!

This action caught Feng Ziwei by surprise, he only wanted to step forward and press Chen Xingyi when he returned the pass, causing him to make a pass error.

Unexpectedly, his rushing action just gave up the space on his side, allowing Chen Xingyi to take the ball and turn around to get rid of it!

Chen Xingyi threw off Feng Ziwei and continued forward. He quickly crossed the center line and entered the Sea God's half.

Another Poseidon midfielder Huo Xianhong rushed back from the frontcourt and chased after Chen Xingyi.

And caught up with Chen Xingyi before entering the 30-meter area.

It has to be said that Chen Xingyi's physical energy consumption is really great at this stage of the game, so much so that his current speed has dropped by more than an order of magnitude.

If it had just started, he could have dribbled the ball into the penalty area in one go just by virtue of the opportunity he had just turned around to throw off Feng Ziwei.

But now he was stopped by Huo Xianhong before he entered the 30-meter area, and had to slow down.

Huo Xianhong was stuck inside him, preventing him from cutting inside, while Liu Yan was defending Chen Xingyi from the front.

Liu Yan quickly glanced at Hu Lai's position, and found that he was also running towards this side, obviously wanting to meet his teammates.

If Hu Lai catches up, Chen Xingyi can pass the football to Hu Lai, but he won't be able to restrain him...

Thinking of this, Liu Yan decided to put further pressure on Chen Xingyi, and he stretched out his feet to grab it!

Chen Xingyi seemed to know that he would do this, and at the same time he kicked the football to the left, he tapped the football forward with his left foot, as if he wanted to break through.

But his right foot was a little slower. After setting aside the football, it was kicked by Liu Yan's forward foot.

"Ah!" Chen Xingyi screamed and fell to the ground.

Then the referee's whistle sounded.

Huge boos from Nanshan Stadium followed.

This place is 33 meters away from the straight line of Poseidon's goal.

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