Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 7 Shooter Contest
Three days later, the quarterfinals came.

The Eagles' opponent is the Belém team from the Portuguese League. This is an encounter.

No one would have thought that a pheasant team could break through to the top sixteen.

Bru and Hamburg put all their energies on their previous opponent, the Rio Avi team, and the Belem people collected very little information.

Before the game, Bruce cautiously put up a 532 formation, continuing the big center tactics of the previous game.

"Hey, enjoy your last game."

While waiting to enter the field, the No. [-] striker of the Belém people walked up to Wang Po and said with hostility.

Wang Po didn't understand, so she frowned, thought it was funny, and asked, "Are you provoking before the game?"

"No, we didn't take a fancy to your pheasant team at all." The No. [-] striker of the Belém shrugged noncommittally and said with a wicked smile.

This remark aroused the anger of the Eagles. The impulsive Jim waved his fist and wanted to give the opponent No. [-] some color, but he was stopped by his teammates.

"Oh, is that so, let's see the real chapter on the field." Wang Po didn't bother to argue, and just put down the words.

"Don't worry, I will take you home personally."

Belém No. [-] laughed and turned away.

Wang Po's expression was serious, and his heart was on fire. These words ignited his fighting spirit.

Belen's No. 16 is named Stephen. He ranks second in the U[-] league's scorer list this year. He has scored [-] goals so far and is regarded as a favorable contender for the Golden Boot.
Of course, the top scorer is Wang Po, who scored [-] goals and [-] assists. The two are competitors for the Golden Boot.

No wonder, Stephen is full of hostility towards Wang Po.

At the beginning of the game, the Belen people were the main attackers, and the main attacker, No. [-] Stephen, showed a strong desire to attack.

Strong body, excellent speed, and not weak dribbling skills have made the Eagles defenders suffer.

Volleys, barbs, headers.

Stephen is like an arsenal, showing his various offensive methods.

After being honed in the group stage and the round of [-], the Eagles' defense was full of tenacity. The offense of the Belém team was basically thunderous and rainy, and there were very few truly threatening shots.

The first half ended in the consumption of inhibition and anti-inhibition.

Without conceding a goal, the first half was acceptable for the Eagles.

"The big center tactic didn't work. Even dropping back to catch the ball didn't work well. We need to change it."

Bruce keenly discovered the crux of the team.

Different from Rio Avi's defensive tactics in the previous game, the Belém adopted a combination of zone and man-marking.

The big center forward is always followed by a central defender who looks like a dog skin plaster, and there is also a defensive midfielder who can help defend at any time.

Where is the winger Jim, the right back is sticking to him.

The core Wang Po was even more uncomfortable being defended by the opponent's other midfielder like brown sugar.

"Per, you go to the midfielder position in the second half."

Blue found that the man-marking tactics of the opponent were limited to the offensive line players, and the Eagles adopted a zone defense against the midfielders.

The defensive strength of forward players is much less than that of pure defenders. This is a dangerous move for Blue to liberate Wang Po.

Positioning the central midfielder at the back means taking down a defensive midfielder, which undoubtedly weakens the protection of the defense.

The offensive and defensive grasps have increased the consumption of Wang Po.

Now comes the real test.

Get on the field, and the second half of the game begins.

Wang Po fell in the position of the midfielder, and the position of the central midfielder was occupied by a purely defensive right winger to supplement the lack of defense in the midfield.

The 5221 formation of the Eagles is really strange, and the head coach of the Belém people will not be able to fix it.

The ferocious firepower of the Belém team made Wang Po, who is in the midfielder position, exhausted, physically confronting, shoveling, blocking, and when switching from defense to offense, he also had to participate in controlling the ball.

People can't help but sigh, iron man!

Stephen hit the wall with his teammates on the line of the big penalty area, and he entered the penalty area to form a single shot, raised his leg, shot, fell to the ground, and screamed.

The scoring opportunity that was close at hand was destroyed by a tackle foul by Wang Po who came to help defend.

"beep"

The referee blew the whistle and sentenced the Eagles to death, with a yellow dot package.

Seeing this, Stephen, who was still in pain just now, got up from the ground with a smile on his face, covered his mouth and taunted Wang Po.

"Thank you for the great gift. I never thought of sending myself home."

"Maybe it's you who handed over the chance of promotion to others." Wang Po retorted.

In that position, Wang Po had no choice.

"Then you have to keep your eyes open."

Stephen rushed to cut his throat and walked towards the penalty spot with the ball in his arms.

"beep"

Run up, kick up, hit the goal.

As a striker, Steph's footwork is very good, the angle is very tricky, the ball goes straight to the top left corner of the goal.

"clang"

The quick and tricky shot hit the goal crossbar and bounced hard.

Missed the penalty.

The Belém team, who were ready to celebrate, froze in place, dumbfounded.

Stephen held his head in his hands, with disbelief written all over his face.

The Eagles escaped again.

The big center forward who returned to defense grabbed two points against the opponent's midfielder and gave it to Jim who was on standby.

"Ball"

Seeing that he was about to lose the ball, a familiar figure floated past his peripheral vision.

It's Wang Po plugged in.

Jim made a point, turned around and moved forward.

After getting the ball, Wang Po strode up, facing the right center back from the Belém team's supplementary defense, changed direction and wiped the opponent, adjusted his footsteps, and volleyed a contra-angle with his left foot.

The ball goes in.

The Eagles lead 1-0.

From the start of the attack to the end, it took only 12 seconds to break through the defense line of the Belém team.

The Belém team went from heaven to hell in just 12 seconds.

"Speaking of which, this goal is also thanks to your intermittent assists. Without the rebound two penalty kick, we would not have such an offensive opportunity."

Wang Po smiled and responded to the frustrated Stephen.

The latter's arrogant and domineering energy was swept away, and his face was full of depression.

Originally wanted to be the hero of the players, but became a sinner.

The lagging Belém replaced two forwards and continued to increase their offense.

After leading by one goal, the players of the Eagles had confidence in their hearts, and they became more confident in their actions.

It was Stephen again.

The central defender intercepted the ball from his feet and handed it to Wang Po. The ball was passed shortly to Jim's feet without stopping. He was focused on marking and still had to turn his back to the goal. The moment he got the ball, he didn't even look at it, and was directly allocated to the right side.

The right back has to keep a close eye on Jim, resulting in an empty defense on the right. This is the only dead spot for the Belém people.

After passing the ball, Wang Po had already ambushed on the route where Jim scored the ball, got the ball and rushed forward, and rushed all the way to the penalty area of ​​the Belém people unimpeded.

With the record broken last time, the opponent's central defender didn't dare to rush forward at all, and stopped the assault route.

Wang Po dribbled the ball laterally, swung his legs, and shot.

A crotch-piercing low-level ball caught the Belém goalkeeper by surprise.

The goal was scored, 2 to 0, and the Eagles expanded their advantage.

(End of this chapter)