King of the Zone

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sonoda Jun put the shovel, and Cheng Hai immediately jumped up, trying to jump up to avoid Sonoda Jun's shovel foul.

However, in fact, the time from Jun Sonoda's shovel to Cheng Hai's take-off was extremely short. Even if Cheng Hai reacted, it was still too late.

What's more, Sonoda Jun's goal is not to tackle the ball, but to tackle people. If he fights for fouls, he must bring Cheng Hai down, so as not to let him dribble the ball and form a single goal.

Sonoda Jun's goal has been achieved.

His feet hooked Cheng Hai, causing Cheng Hai to lose his center of gravity in the air and fall down.

Sonoda Jun was overjoyed and relieved, feeling that his foul had paid off.

However, unexpectedly, although Cheng Hai was hooked by Sonoda Jun, he lost his center of gravity and fell forward.

However, Cheng Hai did not fall completely, but staggered to the ground with his hands first, then stood up on the ground, and staggered to his feet, chasing the ball he waded out by himself, and ran away.

Cheng Hai's "Balance" attribute, which was also as high as 19 points, played a role at this time.

Although the center of gravity was affected by Jun Sonoda's shovel, Cheng Hai did not completely fall to the ground, but stood up again with hands and feet, and then caught up with the ball he waded out.

The deliberate foul that Atsushi Sonoda thought would work did not achieve the desired effect in the end. Cheng Hai finally broke through him and caught up with the ball he waded out, forming a single-handed fight.

Although full-back Higa Yusuke returned to the defense as quickly as possible, facing Cheng Hai, who was full of physique, Higa Yusuke couldn't stop Cheng Hai's dribbling forward.

With a 19-point dribbling, a 20-point physique, and good speed, Cheng Hai carried Higa Yusuke to the penalty area with the ball, and did not allow other Japanese players who returned to defend to catch up.

After entering the penalty area, Higa Yusuke didn't even dare to foul, because a foul would result in a penalty kick.

The next thing is simple.

Cheng Hai, who is full of physique, resisted Higa Yusuke's pulling and pushing, and hit a precise near-end volley against the attacking goalkeeper Toshisuke Anto.

The ball slipped past Anton Junyou's armpit and slid into the Japanese team's goal against the near post.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, the Huaguo team counterattacked and Cheng Hai broke through the opponent's two central defenders and then scored a low shot into the penalty area and scored a 1-0 lead.

Immediately, the excited applause, shouts and screams of all Huaguo fans resounded from the stands.

In the commentary seat, the commentator of Huaguo CCTV-5 also roared with the loudest voice:
"The ball is in, it's in, it's in, it's in..."

"Cheng Hai scored a goal!"

"Cheng Hai scored the first goal for the Hua Guo team!"

"The Hua Guo team took a 1-0 lead and took the initiative!"

"After the start of the game, the Japanese team did not shrink their defense like the Hua Guo team's opponents in the previous games, but took the initiative to attack aggressively, trying to break the Hua Guo team's goal first!"

"However, the Huaguo team's defense withstood the Japanese attack and created an opportunity for Cheng Hai to counterattack. In the end, Cheng Hai counterattacked successfully, giving the Huaguo team a 1-0 lead."

"In the next game, the Hua Guo team will occupy a certain amount of initiative!"

Indeed, Cheng Hai's goal allowed the Hua Guo team to take the lead, and the lagging Japanese team naturally got a little tangled.

It stands to reason that since they were fearlessly attacking in a tie, and now that the score is behind, shouldn't they invest more troops, step up their offense, and try to equalize the score?

But it is not.

Before the Japanese team dared to attack aggressively, they felt that the Hua Guo team's defense was not good. They scored four goals for the Hua Guo team in the group stage.

Therefore, they feel that they can use it to attack the Hua Guo team.Even if Cheng Hai can score again, the number of goals scored by one person can't compare with the number of goals scored by their whole team.

However, in fact, after playing for more than 20 minutes, they discovered that something was wrong.

The Huaguo team that broke into the final is not the same as the Huaguo team they encountered in the group stage in terms of defense.

After so many games where Cheng Hai played first to help the team take the lead, and then the team defended after Cheng Hai left the field, the Huaguo team has some experience in defense.

You know, this is the new Olympic team formed by players of the appropriate age in London, and the group match with the Japanese team is the first official match of the 89th Olympic Games.

Coupled with tactical reasons, it is very normal for the Olympic team to perform poorly in the first group match.

But now Cheng Hai has become the captain, changed the order of playing, and increased playing time. The Olympic team has also increased defensive experience and tacit cooperation in the backcourt.

In the case of eight or nine people piled up in the backcourt for intensive defense, it is not surprising that the Japanese team, which is not Spain or Brazil, cannot break through the defense of the Huaguo team.

After more than 20 minutes of the game, the confidence of the Japanese team was broken.

And Cheng Hai's goal made them see a huge crisis.

The crisis is not just that they are behind in the score now, but that if they continue to attack like before, but fail to break through the tortoise shell of the Hua Guo team, and instead get scored by Cheng Hai's counterattack, then it will be difficult for them to win.

Compared with the Huaguo team that they encountered in the group stage, the strength of this Huaguo team has improved by more than one level, regardless of their mental state or teamwork.

This makes the Japanese players a little tangled.

Not only the players, but even the coaches were scratching their heads, not knowing what to do, and failing to give orders in time.

This led to some differentiation of the Japanese players on the field.

The frontcourt players naturally hope to continue to attack, equalize as soon as possible, and even overtake the score.But the players in the backcourt were more worried about Cheng Hai's counterattack, for fear of being attacked by Cheng Hai again. After falling behind by two goals, it would be difficult to win.

So, after the game restarted, the situation on the field changed a lot.

The Japanese team no longer made concerted efforts to push forward and attack wildly. Instead, the front and rear courts were somewhat out of touch. The front court players aggressively attacked, while three or four people in the back court hesitated to step forward to participate in the attack. Instead, they carefully guarded against Cheng Hai's counterattack.

Such a result naturally led to the lack of offensive numbers in the Japanese team's frontcourt, the offensive threat was greatly reduced, and the defensive pressure of the Huaguo team was greatly reduced.

The defensive pressure is reduced, and naturally, the frontcourt players can advance and participate in the offense to a greater extent.

Less than 10 minutes after Cheng Hai scored the first goal, in the 30th minute, the Huaguo team made another successful counterattack.

In this counterattack, the Huaguo team took advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese focused their defensive attention on Cheng Hai. With the cooperation of midfielder Wu Xi and full-back Lu Wenjun, they dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Knowing that Wu Xi dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area, the Japanese players defending Cheng Hai seemed to wake up from a dream, and rushed to block Wu Xi's or pass.

Unfortunately, they were too slow to respond.

Before they formed a siege, Wu Xi made a diagonal pass and sent the ball to the right rib of the penalty area.

Lu Wenjun, who was inserted from the wing, entered the penalty area, volleyed the ball without hesitation, and shot a high-quality shot.

The ball passed through the penalty area like a cannonball, avoided goalkeeper Toshisu Ando's ten fingers, and flew into the far goal of the Japanese team.

The Japanese team's excessive marking of Cheng Hai was punished in this counterattack by the Hua Guo team.

The Chinese team took a 2-0 lead.

The fact that they fell behind by two goals made the Japanese team finally wake up.

This Hua Guo team is completely different from the Hua Guo team they easily defeated 4-2 in the group stage.

Looking at the Huaguo team from the perspective of the group stage, the Japanese team is afraid that they will lose more, and there will be no chance at all.

For the powerful Japanese team, even if they are two goals behind, they still have a chance to come back after Cheng Hai leaves the field.

But if they don't unify their tactics, play as before, and get another goal by the Hua Guo team, then the Japanese team will really die.

Therefore, while the players of the Huaguo team were celebrating, the head coach of the Japanese team finally gave clear instructions to them to shrink their defense and resolutely prevent the Huaguo team from scoring any more goals.

After the game restarted, although Cheng Hai and his teammates wanted to score another goal very much, the Japanese team, which unified their thinking and tactics, shrunk their formation and strictly guarded against death, never giving the Huaguo team any more chances.

After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half. The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 2-0. The host Huaguo temporarily led by two goals.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again. The Japanese team still maintained a posture of not being able to hold on, strictly guarding against sticking to the line, and trying not to lose the ball.

As for the Huaguo team, although they have a two-goal lead, they still dare not be careless in the face of the Japanese team, which has scored four goals in the group stage.

Therefore, they must try their best to score another goal while Cheng Hai is still on the court.

If the Hua Guo team scores another goal and takes a three-goal lead, then the final will be basically stable.

Of course, it is not easy to score another goal.

The Japanese team itself is very strong, and now the whole team is still wholeheartedly defending. With the strength of the Huaguo team, it is quite difficult to break through the Japanese team's defense.

He could only pin his hopes on Cheng Hai.

But the Japanese also knew this, and they really took strict precautions against Cheng Hai, and did not give Cheng Hai any chance.

Under such circumstances, the Hua Guo team once again resorted to chaotic tactics: other players strengthened long-range shots, creating chaos in the penalty area, and creating opportunities for Cheng Hai.

However, now the Japanese also know the tactics of the Huaguo team, and understand the purpose of the Huaguo people to strengthen the shots of other players. On the one hand, they have strengthened the defense against the shots of other Huaguo players, and on the other hand, they have also focused on strengthening the control of the second landing point.

It is still quite difficult for Cheng Hai to grab the second spot for a follow-up shot.

However, on the football field, sometimes it is not only strength, but also a little luck.

As the host, the Huaguo team may have been favored by the heavens today.

In the 67th minute, more than 20 minutes into the second half, when Cheng Hai's physical fitness was getting worse and there was not much time left on the court, the midfielder Wu Xi caught another long-range shot from outside the penalty area.

Even if they are mentally prepared, but under the circumstances that Cheng Hai must be completely guarded against, the Japanese team will not be able to be tight against other Chinese players after all, and will still occasionally show gaps.

In addition, the players of the Hua Guo team didn't want to rush into the penalty area to shoot, the range outside the penalty area was too wide, and it was still possible to occasionally shoot from outside the penalty area.

It's just that the previous few shots didn't give Cheng Hai a chance to make a successful follow-up shot.

Or even if there is a chance for a second supplementary shot, the Japanese team, which is strictly defending, will destroy the ball before Cheng Hai.

Even if Cheng Hai's off-the-ball running position and spot-grabbing attributes are at full value of 20, there is nothing he can do when he is farther from the landing point than others and blocked by the opponent's defender.

But this time, luck was on the side of the Hua Guo team.

Although after Wu Xi completed the shot from outside the penalty area, the ball flew towards the goal, and was saved by goalkeeper Anton Junyou, the second landing point of the ball was a little away from Cheng Hai, and was snatched by Japanese defender Daisuke Suzuki.

Although Cheng Hai's full value off-the-ball running and grabbing ability made his reaction very fast, but the distance is farther than the opponent.

When he rushed over, Daisuke Suzuki had already swung his thigh, ready to kick the ball out of the penalty area with a big kick to clear the siege.

Seeing Daisuke Suzuki's movements, Cheng Hai didn't dare to use his front body to block the ball. If he was hit in the face or lower body, it would be very painful.

Therefore, in the process of sprinting, Cheng Hai took off with a half-turn and took off, doing his best to block the hole of the gun as he obeyed fate.

In fact, he himself didn't have much expectations.

On the one hand, this kind of action has a relatively small chance of blocking the ball. On the other hand, the opponent doesn't even need to kick the ball, just lightly dunk it, and Cheng Hai can be dodged.

However, Daisuke Suzuki didn't know what he was thinking, maybe he was too nervous. With Cheng Hai already jumping and his back turned to him, he didn't smash the ball away from Cheng Hai, but continued to use all his strength to hit the ball with one kick.

But what happened next left all the Japanese dumbfounded, and also made all the Chinese ecstatic.

Because the ball itself was saved by goalkeeper An Dong Junyou, the trajectory was not very smooth.

Under Cheng Hai's menacing press, Suzuki Daisuke may be a little nervous, and he was going to kick the ball out of the sideline.

Unexpectedly, he didn't know where to kick the ball correctly, and the kicked ball didn't fly to the sideline, but flew straight to Cheng Hai, whose back was facing him.

Then, Daisuke Suzuki watched helplessly as the ball hit the back of Cheng Hai's head, who had already turned around in the air, and bounced towards the goal.

Cheng Hai was also confused.

He didn't expect that he half-turned to block the hole of the gun as if he was completely doing his best, and he actually blocked the ball.

Daisuke Suzuki's rescue ball was very powerful. It hit the back of Cheng Hai's head and made Cheng Hai dizzy.

Cheng Hai didn't know where the ball bounced, but the others naturally knew.

Everyone watched in a daze as Daisuke Suzuki's big-footed clearance ball hit the back of Cheng Hai's head, and then bounced back to the Japanese team's goal.

An Dong Junyou, who had just finished throwing Wu Xi's shot, was getting up from the ground. He thought Daisuke Suzuki would make a clearance, but he didn't expect Daisuke Suzuki's clearance ball to hit the back of Cheng Hai's head and bounce back.

Although the speed of the ball was not fast and the angle was not tricky, An Dong Junyou was completely unprepared. He was caught off guard and his reaction was much slower.

When he reacted and flew to make a save, the ball had already flown into the goal.

His saves were futile.

In the 67th minute of the second half, there was a dramatic scene on the court: Japanese defender Daisuke Suzuki's big-footed clearance did not kick the ball out of the penalty area, but hit the back of the head of Cheng Hai, who turned around to block the hole of the gun, and bounced back to the Japanese team's goal.

With this super luck, Cheng Hai scored twice and helped the Hua Guo team take a 3-0 lead.

After being stunned for a second, all Huaguo fans screamed and cheered collectively.

"Damn it, did the goal go in?"

"How did you get in? Didn't I see the opponent's defender making a big-foot clearance?"

"I saw it! The defender's big-footed clearance hit the back of Cheng Hai's head and bounced back to the goal!"

"Damn! Awesome! This kind of ball can be scored, it seems that God helped us!"

"Cheng Hai's luck is invincible! The Hua Guo team will win!"

"The champion is ours!"

"we are the champion!"

As more and more people joined in the cry of "We are the champions", it was finally the only voice left on the field.

No one expected that when the second half of the game had been going on for more than 20 minutes and Cheng Hai might not be able to support himself and was about to leave the field, Cheng Hai used such luck to score his second goal and the Hua Guo team's third goal, helping the Hua Guo team take a 3-0 lead.

In fact, this goal was not so much scored by Cheng Hai as it was given to the Hua Guo team by Daisuke Suzuki!

This is the result of the luck of Cheng Hai and the Hua Guo team!
You know, it's the 67th minute of the second half, and it's less than 30 minutes from the end of the game.

The difference of three goals, in such a short period of time, even with the ability of the Japanese team, it is absolutely very difficult to recover!

Maybe, God really wants to give the Chinese a champion!

In the penalty area, Cheng Hai, who was hit hard on the back of the head by the ball, didn't know that the ball bounced off the back of his head and bounced back to the goal until his teammates rushed over to hug him and celebrate excitedly.

It was the first time Cheng Hai encountered such a situation, and he smiled happily and celebrated with his teammates.

They didn't celebrate for long, though.

In less than half a minute, the Japanese team protested that they were delaying the time, the referee interfered, and the celebration ended.

The Japanese are in a hurry.

The disadvantage of falling behind by three goals made them no longer have any confidence, and even the Hua Guo team had to protest for a little longer to celebrate their goals.

They must seize the time to attack, score goals, and equalize the score.

After the game restarted, the Japanese team completely gave up marking Cheng Hai.

On the one hand, Cheng Hai's physical fitness made him unable to run, and the threat was almost zero.On the other hand, even if Cheng Hai was a threat, the Japanese team couldn't care less.

They are behind by three goals, they must press the attack across the board, and strive to score goals as soon as possible.

Time is quite tight for the Japanese team.