Zhigao Supreme: The Legend of Greenery

Chapter 76 Hot Derby
Yu Liang, who sat in the stadium and watched the whole game, felt a little disappointed.

What he was disappointed was not the result of the whole game, but the fact that they lost the chance to compete for the play-off spot in the second stage.

Although there is still a third stage to fight for, but in the third stage, any team that wants to make a big splash will fight for this last chance. It is conceivable that they will face even greater pressure at that time .

But the only good thing is that after losing the previous two chances, they still have one last chance.

What is even more congratulatory is that, after being away from the stadium for nearly four months, he was finally able to appear in the game at the end of the month.

However, it is a bit of a pity that Van Aker has clearly told him that he will not be able to get the chance to play in the midweek cup match.

The four rounds of the league have not won, which directly led to the loss of the chance to win the promotion playoffs in the second stage of the league, which put a lot of pressure on Van Aker.At present, the only way to alleviate the pressure on him is to continue to break through in the cup.

Although in the two stages of the league, the team's results were not very good.But in the cup competition, Van Ark's team has always maintained a great competitiveness.This is really rare for a team in the second division.

The Belgian Cup is divided into ten rounds, from the first round to the fifth round, all teams from the lower league and the second division participate.Sixteen teams will be determined in the first five rounds, and they will fight against the next participating League One teams to compete for a place to advance to the top sixteen.

From the first round all the way to the quarter-finals, a game system is adopted to determine the outcome.

Antwerp started to participate in the fourth round. From the fourth round to the present, they have played a total of four games.In the fourth and fifth rounds, their opponents were low-level league teams, and they all won easily.But after the fifth round, when they played in the round of 32, they faced Genk, a strong team from the First Division.

Facing the mighty Genk team, Antwerp, who played at home, relied on defense and tenaciously defended the goal in 10 minutes of the game, and persisted until the end of 120 minutes.In the penalty shootout, Willox's miraculous performance saved two consecutive penalty kicks from the opponent, helping the team advance with difficulty.

In the quarter-finals, they faced the same team from the First Division - Saint-Truden.

Compared with Genk's strength, Saint-Truden's strength is much weaker.

Even so, Antwerp did not play easily in this game. After 120 minutes of fierce fighting, finally relied on Cisse's header to score and beat the opponent with one goal, and was able to advance to the quarterfinals.

In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, the game is a double-leg home and away game.

In the middle of next week, Antwerp will welcome its quarter-final opponent at home, the sworn enemy from the same city-Bill Short.

Bill Short, the full name of Royal Thermal Miner Bill Short Club, the club was formed in 1999 by the merger of KFC Bill Short and Antwerp Bill Short.The Antwerp Bierschot was established after the departure of Antwerp players in 1900.In order to distinguish it from Antwerp, they removed the word Antwerp.

Although Antwerp Biershot no longer exists, not to mention that the players left more than 100 years ago, and the cause is still unknown!But in the eyes of die-hard Antwerp fans, Bill Short is a team built by traitors.What makes them even more angry is that this team established by traitors is still in the First Division.

Although the two teams missed the opportunity to play each other due to the difference in league levels in these two seasons, Antwerp lost a trace of the hot atmosphere of the same city derby.But that doesn't mean Antwerp fans don't hate their opponents.What makes the fans hate their opponents even more is precisely because of the Antwerp Sports Express, which teases them there when they have nothing to do.

The team was able to eliminate two First Division teams and break into the quarterfinals, which has already satisfied the fans.

But after the appearance of the opponent in the quarter-finals, the situation changed a lot immediately.The fans expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the quarter-finals of the Cup, and they wanted to beat their opponents to advance to the semi-finals.Before the game came, the whole city of Antwerp was already full of gunpowder.

If they win in these two rounds, Van Aker can not only relieve his own pressure, but also increase his prestige in the club.But if they lose the game, or fail to achieve a satisfactory result, you can imagine how much pressure he will be under, and even the possibility of being fired by the club.

In fact, not only for the head coach, but also for the players, the importance of this cup match is self-evident.Although most of them are not native players in Antwerp and don't understand the grievances between Bill Short and Antwerp, they understand the meaning of Derby.They know what kind of mission they will shoulder in the derby.

As the game day approaches, the smell of gunpowder in the city is getting stronger and stronger.

In this game, the Antwerp club only sold less than [-] tickets to the opposing fans.Naturally, such a small number of tickets could not satisfy Bill Short's fans, which led to a strong protest from the Bill Short Club.But Antwerp has a high-sounding reason, and this reason Bill Short cannot refuse-to prevent conflicts between fans of both sides during the game.

Although the Antwerp club only sold less than [-] tickets to Bill Short fans, there were still a large number of fans flocking to Bosur Stadium from the southwest of the city on the afternoon of the match day.

Fans who were unable to enter the stadium gathered directly outside the stadium, shouted slogans, and cheered for the team there.

"Huh..."

Yu Liang, who was in the stadium, was amazed when he heard the shouts coming from outside the stadium.

There are also many cities in China that have such a football atmosphere. Many teams have a large number of diehard fans. Every match day, they will pour into the stadium to cheer for their respective home teams.

But when compared with foreign countries, it can be found that the fan organization in China is very loose.The cheering and cheering in the game often fails to form a whole. It looks like a huge crowd, but the effect is not particularly ideal.

Sitting in the stands and feeling the passion of the fans, Yu Liang couldn't help looking forward to the start of the game soon.

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"When attacking, strengthen the assault on the side, but after making a breakthrough, either choose to cut in and shoot, or choose an inverted triangle pass to pass the ball to the front of the penalty area. Try to avoid crossing, because their central defenders have relatively low air defense capabilities Excellent. Dong, after the two flanks break through, you need to involve the opponent’s defenders in the middle, lead them to press forward, and leave space near the penalty area line to create a gap for teammates who come in from behind to shoot. !"

In the locker room of the home team, Van Aker is making the final deployment.

"If there is no shot machine, choose to pass back and try to control the ball under our feet, so that we will take the initiative in the game. If the wing cannot be opened, Di, you will bear more important responsibilities in the middle. Your breakthrough ability, break through their barriers in the middle, and then hit their backs. Their central defenders are tall, and their turning speeds are relatively slow. Dong, pay attention to go forward at any time!"

"If you go to the frontcourt and lose the ball, you need to press on the spot. If you can't effectively stop their attack, foul! But please pay attention, you must foul near the center circle, and don't give them free kicks in front of the penalty area! Biga , pay attention to their NO.11 player, press. His foot skills, dribbling ability, speed and explosive power are all very good. If you can’t stop him, just foul him! But please pay attention to the scale of the foul and try to reduce the amount of food The risk of the card!"

"Well, guys, there is no need to repeat the importance of this game! Go out and kill them. Let them know who is the real master of Antwerp!"

"Yes, kill them!"

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"Audience friends, good afternoon everyone, I am your old friend Verbeke! Today I will bring you a quarter-final of the Belgian Cup at the Bosur Stadium, Antwerp vs. Bill Short!"

"This is the first time the two sides have met in a match in recent seasons. During this period of time, Antwerp has not performed well in the league and has not won four rounds. Coach Van Aker has been pushed to the cusp. Before the game At the press conference, he made it clear that he hopes to relieve his pressure through the cup."

"I have to say that this is a very bold choice. I hope Van Acker can fulfill his promise! Well, the game is about to start, let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides."

As the commentator of Antwerp TV, Verbeke, although he has always been a die-hard fan of Antwerp, but in this game, he really can't show his tendency in the commentary, unless he doesn't want to continue to work on the TV go down.

Under his cadenced explanation, the starting rosters of both sides were immediately displayed on the TV screen.

"Bill Short Four Four Two: Goalkeepers: 26, Luciano."

"Defenders: 5, Pete Jan Montney, 4, Kurt Van Dorn, 6, Delek, 25, Dixon Ajman."

"Midfielders: 24, Kamara, 11, Sezer, 7, Karel, 8, Chris."

"Forwards: 9, Jurgen Cavens, 19, Mohammad Masudi."

"Antwerp Four Two Three One: Goalkeeper: 1, Willox."

"Defenders: 2, Cedric, 21, Sam Lavan, 8, Mehm, 18, Dries."

"Midfielders: 16, Biga, 17, Gunter Ferjans, 13, Spencer Verbister, 7, Di Gregorio, 24, Suleimani."

"Center: 29, King Dong."

(End of this chapter)