i don't want to be king

Chapter 367 Unspeakable Pain
Replacing Hong Bowen with Jiang Peng is not a routine prepared in advance in the tactics class. This abnormal midfield substitution is tantamount to telling the players: "It seems that this game can't be played, let's try something else"...

In this way, a precious substitution quota was consumed in advance.

If even Li Liang in the stands started to worry about this early adjustment, then one can imagine how much mental pressure the players on the field will increase because of this.

Li Liang noticed that Jiang Peng's state after playing was obviously not in sync with other teammates, so he couldn't help worrying about Jiang Peng.

Sure enough, in the 48th minute, Herribin and Almavas immediately found an opportunity in the defense zone of Jiang Peng and Xu Hai.

Heribin received a long pass from his teammate in the backcourt and successfully returned it under the pinch of Jiang Peng and Cheng Hang. Almavas followed up with a strong long-range shot in time. Fortunately, he didn't kick the right position and the ball missed the left post.

Syrian coach Hakim immediately realized that there was a problem with the Chinese team's defense. He did not hesitate to replace Mukhtadi with the more mobile substitute center Aldouni, and began to attack Jiang Peng and Xu Hai. on the left.

When the coaching staff was still thinking about countermeasures for the adjustment of the opponent, the chaotic defense of the national team finally paid a heavy price.

In the 54th minute, Al Saleh dribbled the ball from the backcourt to near the center line, and sent a long pass forward. The only Syrian players ahead were Almavas and Aldouni. They faced 4 players from the national team. The defense made a simple crossover, and Almavas rushed towards the ball's landing point at the top of the penalty area against the defense of Feng Xiao, Cheng Hang and Jiang Peng.

This is just a long pass with no technical and tactical content and a slow ball speed, but what the audience never expected was that Ge Chao, the goalkeeper of the national team, suddenly abandoned the goal in the face of this harmless ball. He went out, ran for more than 20 meters and rushed towards the landing point!

Chenghang is the closest to the landing point, Jiang Peng is concentrating on protecting it, and Feng Xiao is advancing towards the only possible route for the opponent to continue to break through, preparing to get stuck in advance.

No matter from which angle you look at the ball, it will not pose a direct threat to the goal. On the contrary, for Almavas, who is defended by three defenders, it is extremely difficult to control the ball!
Ge Chao, who had no chance of touching the ball, still accelerated towards the opponent. Soon Ge Chao rushed out of the penalty area, and flew into the air before the ball was about to hit the ground, trying to destroy the ball directly in the air!
Li Liang, who had been silent in the audience, suddenly jumped up from his seat: "Don't—"

Almavas accidentally saw the opponent's goalkeeper flying out. While rushing into the arc of the penalty area, he deftly picked up the ball in front of Ge Chao with his toes as if completing a ball-jumping action!
Ge Chao was caught off guard and ran towards Cheng Hang and Jiang Peng in the air!
Cheng Hang, who was about to catch up with his opponent, instinctively slowed down and made dodge moves. Jiang Peng was completely unprepared and was knocked down by Ge Chao, who was 1 meters tall!
Feng Xiao tried his best to make up for it, but it was too late. Almavas reacted quickly and used his body to protect the ball that bounced off the ground. With Feng Xiao on his back, he volleyed the ball into the empty goal with his right arch!

This weak shot hit Li Liang's heart like a heavy hammer, and he closed his eyes tightly in pain.

Ge Chao made a mistake and was picked by Almavas and scored an empty goal. 0-1, the national team fell behind at home!

Ge Chao was lying on the ground covering his face with his hands, Cheng Hang was standing dumbfounded, Jiang Peng was lying on the ground dumbfounded, Feng Xiao was sitting on the ground and spread his hands helplessly...

There was a dead silence in the audience, and this sudden change hit everyone on the head like a blow to the head.

In an instant, curses and sighs surged like a tide, and many people couldn't even believe their eyes—is this how the national team lost the ball?

Li Liang sat down slowly, Gao Jianxin, who was cursing at the side, shut his mouth bitterly.

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This unexpected surprise gift boosted the morale of the Syrian team, and they immediately hit an offensive climax on the court.

In the 56th minute, Herribin received the pass from the backcourt and crossed it from the left side of the penalty area. Aldo Ouni took advantage of the situation and turned the ball to the right. I was annoyed that I missed the chance to score twice.

Gao Bohong finally reacted, and he immediately replaced Jiang Yuning, who had zero shots in the game, with Wen Lei in the 57th minute.

The two substitutions were all used for error correction.

Many spectators are still persistently cheering for the lagging national team. They still imagine that there is still time and opportunity. Perhaps this time, a miracle should come, right?

After Wen Lei came on the field, the national team created several threatening attacks, but they were successfully resolved one by one by the improving defense of the visiting team.

In the 63rd minute, Gao Bohong replaced Xu Hai, who was completely out of shape throughout the game, with high center forward Xu Yang, and prepared to use the 343 attacking formation to kill his opponent with the premise of two full-backs!
The national team has completely given up on the ball-controlling style of play that they insisted on at the beginning of the game, and began to frequently hit crosses from the two sides, and even directly played long passes from the midfield and backcourt!

This style of play is in Syria's arms. Although the height is not dominant, they use a tight overall defensive formation and active running to completely contain the simple repeated attacks of the national team.

The national team has been unable to attack for a long time, and the loopholes in the defense have been repeatedly caught by opponents.

In the 74th minute, it was Almavas who broke through from the right to get rid of Hao Jingmin. He entered the right side of the small penalty area and passed back in an inverted triangle near the bottom line.

Seeing this goal, the fans finally accepted the painful fact that they were only scored by their opponents because China was lucky...

Gradually, the waving flags and scarves disappeared, and the faces of the fans were ashen; the neat and loud cheers and majestic singing also disappeared, but they were replaced by Qinxi's unique vulgar language: "ZNM!"

Soon, fans from all over the world joined in the ranks of roaring, and the only thing left in the huge Qinxi Provincial Sports Center was rhythmic and huge curses...

Amidst the roar of the fans, the referee finally gave the national players on the field a complete relief with the final whistle.

The fans who had agreed to sign autographs and take group photos got up and left the field silently, and no one came to look for Li Liang as agreed.

(End of this chapter)