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Chapter 215 A Victory Full of Regrets

The Taishan team's offensive was like a wave, and they completely took the initiative in the opening stage.

In the 14th minute, Zheng Zheng's ultra-long-range free kick was confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper Li Shuai.

In the 18th minute, Duan Liuyu and his teammates played an exquisite cooperation and shot wide from the far corner.

In the 22nd minute, the central defender Zheng Zheng got excited and dribbled the ball all the way from the backcourt to the front of Shenhua's penalty area for a long shot, which was saved by Li Shuai.

In the 24th minute, Shenhua team defender Bi Jinhao slipped with the ball in a panic. Jin Jingdao, who had a low chassis and fast speed, snatched the ball and gave it to Wu Xinghan on the wing. Wu Xinghan cut inside the far corner and missed it slightly.

In the 28th minute, Zhang Chi made a breakthrough from the left and made a cross. Pellet made great efforts in the penalty area, and a powerful header went over the crossbar again.

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The Taishan team took full control of the initiative and overwhelmed the Shenhua team with a stormy attack.

The fans of the home team in the Olympic Sports Center were waiting anxiously. The completely suppressed scene made everyone feel that the goal might be in the next moment, but the situation of gaining power and not scoring made everyone feel a little anxious.

After much difficulty, Taishan's mad attack finally paid off in the 38th minute.

The Taishan team played a wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt, forming a continuous pass, and Wu Xinghan broke into the penalty area.At this moment, the Shenhua team's defense was completely chaotic. Under the impetuousness, the young U23 player Jiang Shenglong failed to control his actions. A standard American football collision action knocked Wu Xinghan to the ground and was awarded a penalty by the referee.

Italian gunner Pellet took the penalty, fooled the goalkeeper, and steadily scored the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.

1:0, the Taishan team took the lead.

This goal also let Li Xiaopeng and the Taishan team breathe a sigh of relief. With a goal to lead the bottom, they don't panic, and they just need to try their best to expand the score in the rest of the time.

After taking the lead, the Taishan team still maintained a vigorous offensive.

In the 43rd minute, Jin Jingdao cut in from the right and was drawn to win a free kick in an excellent position. Unfortunately, Zheng Zheng's shot was too straight and was blocked by the defender.

In the 46th minute, Jin Jingdao, who was extremely active, made a wonderful pass to Duan Liuyu, who shot slightly over the crossbar.

In the 49th minute, Pellet fought vigorously, squeezed a central defender away in the confrontation, and then carried another central defender to kick the goal, but goalkeeper Li Shuai tried his best to block the baseline.

In the 51st minute, Hao Junmin made a cross from the side, Pellet headed back and Zhang Chi shot angrily at the ball, which was saved again by the brave goalkeeper Li Shuai.

One minute later, the Taishan team missed a good opportunity again. Jin Jingdao made a pass from the right.Hao Junmin, who came in from the back, was unmarked. Faced with this simple pass, the "third brother" swung his leg and shot, but the result was unimaginably empty!
The dignified "Third Brother" was able to make such a low-level mistake, which caused the fans in the stands to burst into laughter.Everyone was very relaxed, because from everyone's point of view, it would be a matter of time before they broke the door again, and a good opportunity wasted was just a small tidbit, just laugh it off!

But the coaches of both sides on the bench looked dignified.

The Shenhua team was kicked helplessly, and Cui Kangxi was of course gloomy.But he has been gaining power without scoring, and too many good opportunities have been wasted, but it also makes Li Xiaopeng feel a little uneasy in his heart.

Three minutes later, Wu Xinghan cut in from the side again, dribbling past people in succession, but the banana ball turned into a straight soaring cannon with a shot that was supposed to circle the goal, causing the coaches of both sides to jump and scold their mothers on the sidelines.

An attack can make the head coaches of both sides anxious, and Wu Xinghan can be regarded as No.1.

Cui Kangxi finally couldn't sit still, and decided to change and adjust!

He completely negated his pre-match strategic plan, removed the mediocre high center forward Jin Xinyu, and replaced him with black and hard Ighalo.The entire tactical style of play has also changed.

On the football field, it is often like changing a knife.The appearance of Ighalo has brought positive changes to the Shenhua team. He is a completely different type from Jin Xinyu. He has speed, technology, and running.The Taishan team was a little uncomfortable with the sudden change of the opponent.

In the 57th minute, Ighalo took the ball in the front court, a bicycle passed Dai Lin, and then sprinted with the ball, killing the penalty area, and ran 30 meters. Under the joint defense of Zheng Zheng and Liu Yang, the ball was slightly wide, and was resolved by goalkeeper Wang Dalei in advance.

Although no shot was formed, the rushing all the way with the ball also greatly boosted the already sluggish morale of the Shenhua team.

In the 61st minute, Ighalo retreated to respond, attracting the attention of the Taishan team's defense. Then he suddenly made a direct pass to Cao Yunding who was advancing forward.

Although it was a false alarm, it also sounded the alarm for the Taishan team.

The Shenhua team solved the problem with one trick, and they were all alive.

Ighalo's appearance revitalized the Shenhua team's entire attack line, and the Shenhua team's frontcourt players who were dormant for most of the game ended their sleepwalking and began to perform.

In the 66th minute, captain Moreno made consecutive breakthroughs. This handsome foreign player, who is comparable to a top male model, is 1 meters tall, but his feet are not inferior.

A series of handsome breakthroughs, coupled with the subsequent clever scoring, made the home audience applaud for his wonderful performance.

In the 71st minute, Shalawi, who had been playing missing on the field before, also showed the style of the old European golden boy. First, he passed Jin Jingdao through the crotch, and then played a two-for-one with Moreno.The ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal. Fortunately, Wang Dalei was well prepared and swooped hard, only then could he barely block the ball out of the baseline.

This is also the most threatening shot for the Shenhua team since the opening.

Li Xiaopeng roared angrily on the sidelines, playing at home, not only failed to continue to expand the score, but was almost brought back by others.Don't the players know what an away goal means in the two round finals?
It has to be said that the on-the-spot adjustment ability and adaptability of domestic players are generally not good. In other words, the golf quotient is not high.Obviously, how to deal with Ighalo has been clearly arranged and deployed before the game, but when he suddenly changed his tactics, they panicked and couldn't adapt.

This is not how difficult Ighalo is to guard. If it is really impossible to guard, Cui Kangxi will not let him sit on the bench from the beginning.In the final analysis, I still have a low golf quotient, and I can only think in an unchanging linear way. Once I encounter sudden changes, I will not diverge my thinking.

There is no way, this is a common problem of domestic players, and there is no rush.Li Xiaopeng can only re-deploy tactics through substitutions and adjustments.

He successively replaced Zhou Haibin and Song Long, two veterans, and used their rich experience to stabilize the morale of the army.After that, he replaced Wu Xinghan with Liu Binbin, a fast horse, and made a fuss about the offensive method.

These adjustments are very effective. The new players are not only a new force, they have increased their physical fitness and experience, and they also brought the latest instructions from the coach.The team finally stabilized and regained the feeling of the previous game.

But at this moment, the time has reached 75 minutes, and there is not much time left for the Taishan team.

Now the Taishan team urgently needs to continue to expand the score.

The Taishan team, who had stabilized their position, once again launched a fierce attack on the Shenhua team's goal.Seeing that time was running out, the Shenhua team also took it back and carried out a strict defense.

For them, although it is a pity to lose away without scoring, the score of 1:0 is not unacceptable, which means that they still have a chance to return home.

In the 81st minute, Liu Binbin quickly broke through from the side and made a pass from the bottom. Pellet's header was confiscated by Li Shuai.

In the 85th minute, Liu Binbin was knocked down by Jiang Shenglong again in the penalty area, but the referee did not say anything.

Seeing that time was running out, Li Xiaopeng waved the flag and transferred Fellaini into the restricted area.The Taishan team's striker has become a twin tower.The offensive routine is completely simplified, and all kinds of high balls are thrown into it.

In the 88th minute, the Taishan team got another good opportunity. Hao Junmin took a free kick and drove directly into the penalty area. Several big men of the Taishan team jumped high at the same time.

The door line pending case!

The Taishan players surrounded the referee to signal that the ball had been scored, but the Shenhua players naturally denied it.The two sides quarreled and the scene was chaotic.

However, there is no VAR technology in the FA Cup, and it depends entirely on the referee's own discretion.The referee hesitated for a moment, but still decided that the ball did not completely cross the goal line and the score was not overwritten.

The morale of the Taishan team took a hit, and they failed to seize the opportunity in the last few minutes.

At the end of the game, the Taishan team won 1:0 at home.

Although they won the ball, regret and disappointment were written on the faces of everyone in the Taishan team.The pre-match strategic goal of this game was "fewer conceded goals and more goals", and now only half of the goal has been completed.Originally thought that the battle could be resolved cleanly at home, but was dragged to Shenhua's home court.

The Shenhua team's home court has always been a devil, and the night will be long and dreamy, and I don't know what the result will be.

(End of this chapter)