Seven Crowns

After the quarter-finals were all over, the organizing committee of the event also drew lots for the semi-finals.

In the semi-final draw, two teams from Liaoning Province, Shenyang Huimin Middle School and Dalian No. 48 Middle School, played a derby in the same province, and Meijiang Middle School played against the host Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.

The two teams from Liaoning originally wanted to join forces in the final and stage the same-province derby in the final. Unexpectedly, the lottery was not drawn well, and the semi-finals were staged in advance of the same-province derby.

However, Meijiang Middle School has no opinion on this lottery. Except for the identity of the host, Tianjin No. 54 Middle School is inferior to Shenyang Huimin Middle School and Dalian No. 48 Middle School in terms of strength.

It can be said that Meijiang Middle School has drawn a good lottery.

Of course, this is only relative to the other two teams.

In terms of apparent strength, Meijiang Middle School itself is the weakest among the four top four teams, and reaching the top four is an absolute dark horse miracle.

The people from Tianjin No. 54 Middle School also believed that they were also a good draw to draw Meijiang Middle School in the semi-finals, which was better than facing the two Liaoning teams.

Regardless of whether the signing is good or bad, the matchlist has already come out, so everyone should concentrate on preparing for the semi-finals.

On the morning of August 23, the semi-final/Derby in the same province officially started between Shenyang Huimin Middle School in Liaoning Province VS Dalian No. 48 Middle School.

Both teams are from Liaoning, a strong football province. They are also strong teams with deep backgrounds and national championships. Their strengths are almost the same.

Within 90 minutes, the two sides tied 2-2 and had to enter overtime.

Then, because of physical fitness, the two sides played until the end of the 120-minute overtime, and no one scored a goal to lore the other side. It was still 2-2, and the winner was not determined.

In the end, the two sides could only enter the penalty shootout, and Dalian No. 48 Middle School had the last laugh in the penalty shootout.

They beat Shenyang Huimin Middle School 4-3 in a penalty shootout to advance to the final.

After the first semi-final, after 19:00 in the evening, the second semi-final is about to start between Guizhou Meijiang Middle School and Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.

When Lu Wenbin and others walked into the Tianjin Olympic Center football stadium, they were shocked by the tens of thousands of spectators in the stands.

In the previous quarter-finals, although Meijiang Middle School also played against Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School at the Olympic Sports Center, the match was not attractive to the local residents of Tianjin at all. There were only one or two thousand people in the stands. The scale of 20,000 to 30,000 people cannot be compared at all.

Moreover, these audiences are not just to watch the fun.

There is a group of student cheerleaders who are estimated to be organized by Tianjin No. 54 Middle School to cheer on the school team. There are about one to two thousand people. Horns, gongs, drums, banners, etc. are all available, cheering for Tianjin No. 54 Middle School in the stands.

There are also cheerleaders who are estimated to be the family members and relatives of the school team members. They are also fully equipped and cheer on the members of Tianjin No. 54 Middle School in the stands.

Other local fans and spectators who came to watch the game through propaganda naturally supported the Tianjin team.

As for Meijiang Middle School, there are only a few fellow villagers in Guizhou who work and live in Tianjin to support them. Moreover, there are definitely not many people, anyway, Lu Wenbin and others didn't see it.

After warming up and explaining the tactics, at 19:30, with the whistle of the referee, the semi-final of Guizhou Meijiang Middle School VS Tianjin No. 54 Middle School officially started.

In this game, after learning the lessons of Guangzhou No. 5 Middle School's loss to Meijiang Middle School in the quarter-finals, Tianjin No. 54 Middle School chose to focus on defense first and try not to let Lu Wenbin score goals, and started a defensive counterattack.

Moreover, they sent two players from Tianjin TEDA youth team to closely guard Lu Wenbin,

There are other people at any time to help defend against the siege, restricting Lu Wenbin to death.

Although Lu Wenbin's personal strength is definitely stronger than both of them, but several opponents defend him, and their strength is not weak. Lu Wenbin's success rate is not high whether it is breakthrough or passing.

The result of both teams playing defensive counterattacks is that the scene is very ugly.

20 minutes after the start of the game, the two sides had not even shot within the goal frame. Most of the balls were returned from their respective midfield and backcourts. Some spectators were so bored that they read novels on their mobile phones in the stands. Stop watching the game.

Of course, the scene was ugly, but the players on both sides were very nervous.

Tianjin No. 54 Middle School was afraid of Lu Wenbin's personal breakthrough and shot, and Meijiang Middle School was also afraid of the opponent's counterattack. No one dared to be careless.

Both sides guarded the backcourt and did not dare to press too hard.

However, after 20 minutes of stalemate, Meijiang Middle School took the lead in making adjustments.

Lu Wenbin took advantage of an opportunity to send a sideline ball and ran to the sideline to mumble a few words with Coach Zhang Minghai. Then Meijiang Middle School changed its tactics and started to overwhelm the offense as a whole, instead of Lu Wenbin fighting in the frontcourt alone.

If the two teams really have been playing defensive counterattacks to drag the 0-0 score to a penalty shootout, Meijiang Middle School has no chance of winning.

Except for Lu Wenbin, most of the other players in Meijiang Middle School are not as good as Tianjin No. 54 Middle School in their shooting skills, and the goalkeeper level is also far behind.

Therefore, Meijiang Middle School must attack and strive to resolve the battle within 90 minutes and 120 minutes at the latest. If it is dragged to a penalty shootout, Meijiang Middle School will definitely lose more and win less.

However, in order to prevent being counterattacked by the Tianjin team, the so-called offense of Meijiang Middle School was only three people from the center and frontcourt, Nie Yingkun, Xiang Youming, and Han Dapeng, who came up to cooperate with Lu Wenbin. The midline has never been passed.

On offense, only Lu Wenbin and other three or four people faced the entire defense line of Tianjin No. 54 Middle School.

This is the same as other teams facing the entire defense line of Meijiang Middle School when they are on the offensive. Even if Lu Wenbin's personal ability is better, he can't break through everyone and score.

As for the balls that passed out, Han Dapeng and others were also unable to grasp them. Some were stolen or destroyed by the opponent, and some shot opportunities failed to score.

On one occasion, Lu Wenbin swayed a small angle with a smash and fried balls under the double team of three opponents, and passed a second pass.

As a result, Xiang Youming's shot after catching the ball in the penalty area was too accurate and went directly into the arms of the opponent's goalkeeper, missing a good opportunity to score.

After 45 minutes, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the score was still 0-0.

Meijiang Middle School's pressing attack failed to score, and Tianjin No. 54 Middle School's occasional counterattack also failed to break through the goal of Meijiang Middle School.

The two sides entered halftime with a score of 0-0.