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Chapter 239 Advancing to the Semifinals

Facing the match against Team M, the young players of the City League did not slack in the slightest. They took a two-goal lead in the first half and ended the second group match with the same score of 3:0.

After two rounds, the City League, which represented the motherland, qualified one round ahead of schedule, while Team M, which had lost two games in a row, was eliminated one round ahead of schedule.

The H team currently only has one point, ranking third. In the final round, the H team must defeat the opponent, and they have to hope that the city league can defeat the W team.Of course, Team H has to score more goals.

"How do you plan to play in the last round?" Zhu Yitong looked at Liu Feiyu and asked.

"Naturally, you can kick as you want." Liu Feiyu said with a smile.

"The quarter-finals will be held two days after the end of the game. Do we want to rotate our players?" Zhu Yitong asked.

"Are you trying to make us waterproof?" Liu Feiyu said with a smile.

"No!" Zhu Yitong was a little anxious, "That's what I said, and what's more, what I just said is what I want to say, and there is nothing else."

Liu Feiyu looked at Zhu Yitong's anxious look, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do. Our goal is to be the champion!"

"Oh!" Zhu Yitong looked at Liu Feiyu and smiled, knowing that Liu Feiyu had plans in mind.

"Are you really only 22?" Zhu Yitong said leisurely.

"Of course, don't your football associations have records." Liu Feiyu said with a smile.

"I know, I just think you have thoughts that don't match your age." Zhu Yitong said.

"It's just precocious!" Liu Feiyu said with a smile, aren't you talking nonsense?I am now a person with a 40-something mentality!

Although the City League has repeatedly emphasized in the previous press conference that it will finish the final round of the group stage seriously, the starting lineup of the City League in the final round of the group stage is still dominated by substitutes.Apart from Lei Yiming and Xu Hongtao, the other starting lineups are center back Zhang Hai, full backs Wang Han and Chang Weiwei, midfielders Zhao Junzhe, Sui Dong, Yao Dong and Ma Yong, forwards Li Xinmao and Shang Yi.

In the end, the City League lost a small goal, and ranked No.2 in the group against the S team ranked first in the fourth group.

At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked Liu Feiyu if he intended to give up the game, but Liu Feiyu's answer made the reporter unable to ask again.

"Our players are all the best. Besides, from the perspective of the game, we still have a certain advantage, and we once tied the score in the game, which shows that our players did not give up the game. We don't want to see a small loss in the end, but football games are like this. No one will predict the ending. This is also the charm of football games, isn't it?" Liu Feiyu said calmly.

After the group stage, it will immediately enter the knockout stage.

"Brothers, if we want to win the championship, we just need to play three games well! But we have to win these three games. We can't lose. If we lose one game, the championship has nothing to do with us! But our team is a team that is good at knockout rounds! Don't forget, when we were in East Polytechnic, we made it all the way to the finals when we were not expected to win the championship." Liu Feiyu looked at his teammates and said: "Team S is a strong team, so I ask everyone to have [-]% ability to go there Play this game well. Do you hear everything clearly?"

"Listen!" shouted the players,
"Okay! Now I announce the starting lineup for this game. Goalkeeper Lei Yiming, center back Xu Hongtao, left back..." Liu Feiyu said.

The starting list for this game is the same as the list against Team H in the first round of the group stage.No adjustments were made.After the group stage, Liu Feiyu was happiest that the City League did not experience any injuries or downsizing.

"Come on, brothers!" Chen Tianhao, Liang Fei, and Yuan Xiaoqi loudly cheered on the players who were preparing to play!
"Don't worry!" Xu Hongtao said with a smile.

After the game started, Team S, which kicked off first, did not rush to launch an attack, but poured the ball in the backcourt, waiting for the opportunity, but Liu Feiyu's tactic for this ball arrangement was to press the whole court.Xiao Zhanbo, Yao Dong and others continued to overwhelm the midfielder to intercept and siege.What makes it difficult for the S team's defenders to guard against is that Shang Yi and Yang Chen, as forwards, are also constantly pressing.And the defensive players of Team S couldn't adapt at all. This kind of pressing, under the pressing of the city league players, made a mistake, and Zheng Bin intercepted the ball. Zheng Bin who grabbed the ball directly made a through ball and passed the ball to Yang Chen. Naturally, Yang Chen would not waste such a good opportunity, and took the lead in breaking the deadlock with a low shot.Less than 10 minutes into the first half, City League once again got off to a fantastic start, taking a one-goal lead on the field. After taking the lead, City League resolutely implemented Liu Feiyu's theory of scoring more goals while he was ignorant.In the next less than 10 minutes, he scored two goals in succession. At 10 minutes into the first half, the City League was already leading by three goals!

At this time, the coaching bench of the City League was full of joy, and nearly a thousand fans of the motherland in the stands were even more excited.

Even the on-site commentary couldn't help saying: "This knockout match is really unexpected."

After falling behind by three goals at the start, the morale of the players of the S team was greatly reduced, and they couldn't lift their spirits at all.

However, the head coach of the S team quickly made adjustments and finally stabilized the morale.

After experiencing the madness after the opening, the City League gradually slowed down, and neither side scored a goal in the rest of the first half.

During the intermission, Liu Feiyu said a few words, nothing more than hoping that everyone will not relax in the second half, let alone underestimate each other, and save the fruits of victory until the end of the game.

In the second half, although the S team had some improvement on the scene, as time passed, the three goals fell behind, and the S team still lost the confidence to catch up.

After more than 20 minutes in the second half, both sides began to replace players on the bench, and the game became dull.

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game as soon as the game time was up for the second half.And the players of the city league and the fans of the motherland who had been waiting for a long time began to celebrate.

Already reached the semi-finals!One step closer to victory!

"Good job! Boys!" The officials of the Football Association were obviously a little excited. Reaching the semi-finals was the middle-level goal set by the Football Association for this team. The biggest goal was to qualify for the group stage, which has already been achieved, and the ultimate goal is naturally to enter the world preliminaries. Of course, winning the championship is the best!Today, the Urban Alliance is one step away from its ultimate goal!

(End of this chapter)