golden ball prince

Chapter 174
"With the whistle of the referee, the second half of the UEFA Champions League knockout round against Paris Saint-Germain at APOEL officially began. Fans and friends are welcome to continue watching the second half of the game." Parkrick Gillo's voice brought the fans in front of the TV back to the game.

"The current score on the field is 1:0. Athletic, who is at home, suddenly gained momentum at the end of the first half. The team's head forward Almeida received a header from his teammate Chala Lampides in the No. 403 minute of the game and scored from a small angle."

"Although Almeida helped APOEL to take the lead, the Champions League knockout match is a two-round match after all. In the first round of the contest between the two teams, Paris Saint-Germain won the game 2-0 at home. Therefore, in terms of total score, APOEL is temporarily behind with a total score of 1:2."

As the game began, Patrick Gillo quickly gave a brief introduction to the situation in the first half and the current total score situation of the two teams.

Seeing his partner finished speaking, Joan Lu continued: "Athletic played very well in the first half, and the most commendable thing is that they dared to attack. Even facing Paris Saint-Germain, which has the advantage of quick counterattacks, they are not afraid of counterattacks. The defense is also good, and they have fully displayed their home momentum."

"Although APOEL failed to continue the "dark horse" in the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout match against Paris Saint-Germain, the situation of being two goals behind made APOEL eager to advance can only give it a go tonight. Just like in the first half, even in the face of Paris Saint-Germain, which is stronger than itself, APOEL still aggressively attacked. So I think it is not surprising that APOEL took a one-goal lead at the end of the half."

The deafening shouts in the GSP stadium were all from the fans of the home team. They were still immersed in the goals in the first half. Although the team was still behind in the total score, Almeida's goal gave them hope. With 45 minutes left in the game, everything is possible.

Furthermore, APOEL's performance in the UEFA Champions League this season has already satisfied the fans, because no one, including the fans themselves, would have thought that the little-known APOEL would be able to beat Portuguese giants Porto and Ukrainian powerhouse Shakhtar Donetsk in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage to advance to the top [-] of the UEFA Champions League with the first place in Group G.

The scene was very lively and noisy, and the broadcast deliberately lowered the sound of the scene to a very low level, so as not to affect the commentary of the TV station, thereby ensuring the broadcast effect of the game.

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Ten minutes passed quickly. After the intermission adjustment, Paris Saint-Germain played better than in the first half, and it was more threatening to APOEL's goal. Therefore, APOEL had to switch from the offensive side in the first half to the current defensive side.

The realization of Paris Saint-Germain after the adjustment was also supported by Patrick Guillo. He explained: "Paris Saint-Germain's performance in the first half was actually not bad.

"Judging from the time since the second half came back, Paris Saint-Germain was obviously much more active than in the first half. I think Ancelotti should have explained to the players the issue of correct mentality. It is right to do so. I also hope that Paris Saint-Germain, which has the opportunity to advance, still needs to be cautious, so as not to stumble and fall short by then."

Paris Saint-Germain started to become more aggressive, which is not a good thing for APOEL, and the first leg of the match between the two sides has already proved this problem.

In addition, through the first round of the game, Ancelotti and Jovanovic have gotten to know each other well. The two head coaches have not changed much in the starting lineup tonight, and they both want to keep the same in response to all changes.

Aside from techniques and tactics, just looking at the state of the teams, both teams are in good shape. In the last round of Ligue 4, Paris Saint-Germain beat Ajaccio 1:[-] at home.

And APOEL is not far behind. In the Cyprus First Division, APOEL as a guest also won the league rival Amis with a score of 4:1.

In the 608th minute of the game, Sirigu took a goal kick, and Alex made a long pass from the backcourt. The ball arced in the air and went straight to the frontcourt. Between the two APOEL midfielders Pinto and Morais, Matuidi, who was inserted, hit the ball with his back to the goal.

The landing point of the ball was stopped by Maxwell. Before the ball landed completely, the Paris Saint-Germain full-back raised his right foot and unloaded the ball.

Trichkowski rushed up to steal the ball, Maxwell twisted his ankle to avoid Trichkowski's grabbing the ball, and then pushed the ball straight to Wang Zi who was asking for the ball from the wing.

Maxwell's through ball was passed along the sideline. Wang Zi had to adjust his pace while speeding up the sprint, so that he could lead the ball inward without stopping.

Subsequently, Wang Zi, who stepped forward with his right foot, easily took the ball and cut inward along the front of the penalty area.

Paul Jorge moved closer to shorten the distance between himself and Wang Zi, blocking Wang Zi's route into the restricted area.

But Wang Zi had no such intention at all. After cutting inside and facing the goal sideways, Wang Zi swung his kick directly towards the goal.

"Wang Zi! Just kicked!"

The sudden shot made everyone unresponsive, and Paul Jorge didn't even stretch his legs to intercept it.

Athletic Greek goalkeeper Ziotis stood in front of the goal and did not move, and he did not react.

boom!
"Oh! What a pity!"

The ball flew straight to the goal and hit the crossbar. At the same time as the crisp sound of the ball hitting the crossbar, Patrick Guillo blurted out a regretful cry.

"This shot! What a pity!" Yoan Lu was also very sorry, and he did not forget to praise Wang Zi after the regret, saying: "But Wang's shot is very thoughtful and unexpected. Maybe this time we should try this kind of attack more."

Seeing the ball hit the crossbar and flew out, Wang Zi also shook his head helplessly.

In front of the goal, Chiotis' back was full of chills. If it wasn't for good luck, the goal must have been scored, and he knew it better than anyone else.

Fortunately, the ball didn't go in. After taking a deep breath, Ziotis quickly adjusted his state. Not letting Wang Zi score a goal was the goal he set for himself in this game.

Because he made sufficient preparations today. After the last game, Ziotis found a lot of Wang Zi's goal highlights on the Internet, in order to understand Wang Zi's shooting habits, and it was because of his in-depth research on Wang Zi's shooting habits that he was able to save Wang Zi's shots several times in the first half, including two very threatening shots.

So much so that at the end of the first half, Ziotis was quite proud of himself, thinking: "If it were another goalkeeper, I would have conceded the ball early."

It is right to have confidence, but Ziotis never imagined that his confidence would soon be gone, and this time, even luck was gone.

Six minutes later, Paris Saint-Germain launched an attack again. Pastore held the ball in the midfield, Matuidi stepped in, and Wang Zi also moved on the side.

Morais stuck to Matuidi, and at the same time, Trichkovski also stepped forward to press Pastore. The APOEL midfielder tried to cut off the connection between Pastore and Wang Zi.

But before Trichkowski could take a few steps, Pastore, who saw Wang Zi running, directly passed the ball to Wang Zi.

The ball rolled quickly from not far from Trichkowski's side and rolled straight to Wang Zi's position.

Because Pastore's pass is a little stronger, Wang Zi still needs to run forward with the ball, but this is what Wang Zi wants, so as to save trouble, they are going towards the opponent's goal anyway.

Paul Jorge rushed towards Wang Zi, this time he was not alone, his teammate Kaka also followed, and the two of them were going to try their best to surround Wang Zi. (PS: Book friends with impressions should know that this is just a duplicate name.)
Seeing that the encirclement circle of Wang Zi was about to be formed by two people, but who knew that Wang Zi took a big stride and killed him out ahead of time with the ball.

"They underestimated Wang's speed." Yoan Lu immediately explained the reason.

After getting out of the encirclement that Paul Jorge and Kaka were about to form, Wang Zi had already arrived in front of the penalty area, flicked the ball with his right foot, and followed into the penalty area.

Ziotis fixed his eyes on Wang Zi's every move, and at the same time quickly predicted the direction of Wang Zi's next shot in his mind.

Seeing Wang Zi move a little further to the side, Ziotis felt relieved.

"He wants to push the near corner!."

With a decision, Ziotis shifted his center of gravity down and began to lean to his right.

Ziotis felt that everything was well thought out, but he just forgot that he had made a fatal mistake.

He was too focused on Wang Zi!
That's fine for everyone else, but not a good thing for a goalkeeper!
Ziotis focused all his attention on Wang Zi, and what Wang Zi did next made him feel a bit chilled.

On the left side of the penalty area, Wang Zi suddenly picked the ball to the middle with his right foot!

"Wang Zi! Pass the ball! He didn't choose to hit the goal directly!"

Gameiro in the middle is ready!
Chiotis panicked!

But the ball did not fly to Gameiro, but Mene on the right. Paris Saint-Germain's right winger was unmarked at this time!
"Mene! Shoot!"

In the excited voice of Patrick Guillo, Menei volleyed directly from behind and pumped the ball into the goal!

Chiotis could only rush over hastily, but it was too late!

The ball rushed into the goal like a tiger, and the snow-white net in the APOEL goal bulged!

"Goal! Mene scored!"

"It was Wang who assisted! In the last round of the league, Mene gave an assist to Wang, and Wang also reciprocated tonight!"

Patrick Guillot celebrated in the studio without any scruples, because in the Champions League, there is no need to consider other teams. French fans of course support their home country's team.

After the goal, Mene excitedly ran to find Wang Zi on the other side of the penalty area. On the TV screen, Mene gave Wang Zi a big hug.

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