Chapter 47: Walking Goal
In the 34th minute, the Chinese team made a mistake in the frontcourt attack. The football was cut off by Uzbekistan, and the opponent immediately fought back.
Fortunately, Zheng Zhi was experienced and returned to defense in time to destroy the football.
"Be careful of Uzbekistan's counterattack! This is the second time! The last time they were judged to be offside, but in fact it was a misjudgment... The Chinese team's offensive was very fierce, but when they attacked with all their strength, they also pay a little attention to the defense..." He Ping said worriedly.
Just two minutes after he finished speaking, Zhang Xi, who had made a mistake in the middle, made a straight pass in front of Uzbekistan's penalty area this time.
The ball seemed a bit powerful, but Gao Zheng, who was in the Uzbekistan's defense line, suddenly stretched out his feet and used his legs to cut off the football in the middle.
At the same time, taking advantage of Zhang Xi's passing power, he took the ball into the penalty area and rushed in!
"Good ball! Opportunity! Gao Zheng!!!"
Cheers from Wuhan Sports Center burst out again.
Gao Zheng's rush has stuck all Uzbekistan's defenders behind him. Now in front of him is the only Uzbekistan goalkeeper Nestrov who is in good shape today!
This is a single shot!
The Uzbekistan defender was behind him, his hands stretched out to try to grab his shoulders.
At this moment, Gao Zheng shot!
Nesterov decisively abandoned the goal when Gao Zheng broke into the penalty area, in order to block Gao Zheng's shooting angle when he shot.
But Gao Zheng's shot was still very tricky.
Even though Nestrov fell to the ground and made a save, the football rushed past him!
Then he jumped into the goal!
"The ball is in!!! Beautiful!!! Beautiful!!! Beautiful!!!" He Ping roared in a long voice, passionately like a South American commentator. "Gao Zheng scored the first record for the Chinese team! After a series of bombardment, the Chinese team finally scored!! In the battle of life and death, he temporarily led his direct competitor Uzbekistan with one goal!"
The cheers at the entire Wuhan Sports Center at this moment were like something exploded, reaching the peak of today!
Every Chinese fan who comes here to cheer for the team is very clear about the current situation of the Chinese team.
After they defeated Syria in the last game, the biggest obstacle in front of them was Uzbekistan.
In the first half of the top 12 matches, when the Chinese team was visiting Uzbekistan, the team was very chaotic, and the team eventually lost 0:2 away.
Uzbekistan is indeed very strong, but this is not the reason why the Chinese team gave up.
In this game, the Chinese team must defeat Uzbekistan. The Chinese team wins and gets three points, which means that Uzbekistan has to lose three points. This is a game worth six points!
Of course, the premise is that the Chinese team must be able to maintain this one-ball lead...
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The lagging Uzbekistan began to try to attack the Chinese team's goal.
They can't afford to lose this game either.
After all, the last game against the South Korean team was also very difficult to play.
And in fact, their goals are easier to achieve than the Chinese team. They don’t need to beat the Chinese team away, they just need to be able to tie the Chinese team.
After a draw, Uzbekistan scored 13 points and the Chinese team scored 9 points. With only one round of the top 12 games left, the Chinese team fell four points behind Uzbekistan and was eliminated one round ahead of schedule and missed the World Cup play-offs.
So now Uzbekistan only needs one goal, and one goal can equalize the score.
And they believe that with the pressure the Chinese team is under, as long as they equalize the score, the Chinese team may collapse.
The home court is full of momentum, which seems to be a good thing, right? But what if these fans who cheer for them all start to boo them? When these people start to turn against each other, the so-called home advantage will become a home disadvantage.
Just one goal is needed...
Just one goal is needed!
This is the idea in the minds of all Uzbekistan supporters.
Uzbekistan's players have indeed played a role in strengthening their offensive.
When Uzbekistan got the corner kick, they sent the football directly to the goal.
Chinese goalkeeper Zengcheng was a little hesitant when dealing with this ball, and punched the ball with both boxing, but did not hit the football far.
This led to Uzbekistan's second offensive, and their striker Shumolodov headed the ball in the small penalty area line. Fortunately, Zengcheng reacted quickly enough this time, jumped up and leaned back, and held the football out with one hand!
The Chinese fans in the stands frightened and made commentator He Ping very nervous.
"Uzbekistan still has a chance, don't be too relaxed! Chinese players must concentrate and be vigilant when defending! After all, it is really not safe to lead with one goal!"
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Although Shumolodov's header in front of the goal did not score, it greatly boosted the morale of the entire Uzbekistan team.
Then they also created several murderous intents in front of the Chinese team, which made the first time over the Wuhan Sports Center not cheers prevail, but more exclamations.
The few Uzbekistan fans at the scene were excited. They tried their best to make their voices, hoping to see their team equalize the score.
The Chinese team is indeed passive in the scene, and even Gao Zheng returns to his half to participate in the defense.
This made the commentator of Uzbekistan TV very excited: "Gaodu is back to defend! This is a very rare scene! This shows how much pressure we have put on the Chinese team's defense line! If you continue like this, boys! You are only one line away from scoring the goal!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Zheng, who came back to the sideline, took advantage of the Uzbekistan player who was holding the ball and suddenly stretched out a kick from behind and took advantage of his long legs to stab the football away!
The Uzbekistan player who took the ball staggered and looked back and saw that it was Gao Zheng. He was stunned and never expected that the one who came up to cut off his ball was Gao Zheng, who was not good at defending...
After Gao Zheng broke the ball, he ignored the opponent and turned around and ran forward.
During this process, he also made a transfer station for the Chinese team to counterattack and helped transfer football from the pressing of Uzbekistan players.
Then he ran forward.
But the speed was not very fast, which was in sharp contrast with those teammates who were running forward desperately and the Uzbekistan players who were pursuing their heads to chase back.
It was as if he was not participating in a quick counterattack at all, but was taking a walk after a meal...
However, at this time, basically no one focused on him because of this Chinese team's chance to counterattack!
The fans on the scene, the audience in front of the TV and the commentator were all moving with the football.
Zheng Zhi sent a long diagonal pass with a big foot in the midfield, passing the ball to Deng Xuwen on the right side. Right back Deng Xuwen took the ball and drove forward along the side. At the same time, Wu Lei was also sprinting desperately to meet in the middle.
"This is the Chinese team's counterattack!!"
The shouts on the spot were shocking, while cheering for the Chinese team, they also created pressure on Uzbekistan players.
Deng Hanwen dribbled the ball to the wing, and he tried to cut inside, intending to dribble the ball directly into the penalty area.
But when he was defended by Uzbekistan players, he could only push the football to the bottom line and try to cross it from the bottom.
Wu Lei rushed to the front point with a quick step, ready to answer him.
But at the same time, at least two Uzbekistan defenders were posted to prevent him from receiving the ball.
Zheng Zhi, outside the penalty area, also accelerated to enter the penalty area and was preparing to make a second response point.
Another Uzbekistan player immediately followed.
In addition, there is a Uzbekistan defender at the back point of defense, and Deng Xuwen passes the football directly to the back point.
At this moment, Gao Zheng, who was slow, finally ran away. When he saw Wu Lei and Zheng Zhi were followed, he changed to Deng Xuwen and opened his hands to signal Deng Xuwen to pass the football to him.
There was indeed no Uzbekistan player around him because they were all taken away by Wu Lei and Zheng Zhi. Moreover, he ran too slowly before, and he didn't seem to be actively involved in the offense, so that Uzbekistan players subconsciously ignored him...
When Deng Xuwen saw this scene, he quickly changed his mind and did not directly cross it, but instead passed it in an inverted triangle!
The football rolled over the Uzbekistan player and rolled towards the ribs of the penalty area.
"Deng Xuwen's biography... the inverted triangle! Gao Zheng!!" He Ping screamed thunder.
Gao Zheng faced the football sent by Deng Xuwen, without adjustment, and directly shot!
Chapter completed!