Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 139 Backhand Shot

The game continues.

Liverpool strengthened their defense against Shan Yongzhuo. Although Lucas is not strong, he is very active and has excellent defensive skills. Under his defense, Shan Yongzhuo once again became invisible.

Liverpool's attack became even more ferocious.

Trailing by two goals seemed to spur Liverpool on, as they launched a series of passes in midfield. Gerrard successfully broke through De Jong's defense on the outside and delivered the ball to the left side of the penalty area.

After receiving the ball with his back to goal, Torres used his speed to turn and shake off Kompany, and unleashed a powerful shot that struck Joe Hart's arm before being cleared out of bounds by Toure.

Gerrard's long-range shot from outside the penalty area hit the post and bounced out, but was cleared by Kompany.

For the remainder of the first half, Liverpool launched a fierce attack, hoping to pull back at least one goal before halftime.

However, Liverpool failed to score until the end of the first half, and their dull performance was thwarted once again.

In the 43rd minute, Manchester City launched an attack.

Manchester City's attack reached the penalty area, but Tevez failed to get the ball and it was cleared by Skrtel. De Jong received the ball outside the box and passed it to Milner on the left.

Milner then passed the ball to Barry.

Milner was tightly marked during his passing phase, and his consecutive passes lacked power, resulting in a high, half-high ball.

Barry happened to see Shan Yongzhuo run to the edge of the penalty area with his back to Carragher.

Seeing Shan Yongzhuo waving for the ball, Barry didn't hesitate and immediately kicked a half-high pass to him.

Dan Yongzhu controlled the ball with his chest, glanced at Carragher behind him, and knew that it was unlikely he could turn and get past him in the normal way, so he simply activated his Whirlwind Ground Kick and lifted the ball up.

"A lob pass?"

Carragher's first reaction was that Shan Yongzhuo was going to pass the ball back into the penalty area, probably to Tevez. However, the accuracy of such a pass is hard to say, so he didn't pay much attention and blocked Shan Yongzhuo's turn.

However, Shan Yongzhuo did not turn around. He jogged forward half a meter, then suddenly turned around and bypassed him. By the time Carragher reacted, Shan Yongzhuo had already run past him into the penalty area.

How did the ball get back to his feet?

What shocked Carragher even more was that when Shan Yongzhuo completed this series of actions, the football suddenly spun in the air and then fell to the ground, stopping steadily at Shan Yongzhuo's feet.

"Damn it! You can even kick a spin like that?"

Carragher was completely bewildered; he felt somewhat lost.

"What if the opponent can execute a bicycle kick with a spin?"

This goal completely overturned Carragher's understanding of football after many years, leaving him stunned and unsure of what to do.

Meanwhile, Shan Yongzhuo had already dribbled the ball past the penalty area and was approaching the six-yard box line.

All the players in the penalty area were shocked, but Skrtel reacted the fastest. He only panicked for a moment before rushing over and using his body to affect Shan Yongzhuo's balance.

Shan Yongzhuo was being squeezed by Skrtel and was about to fall, but he had already kicked the ball away.

In everyone's eyes, the football seemed to have been kicked casually by Shan Yongzhuo, yet it went straight into the corner of the goal and crossed the goal line.

Goalkeeper Reina watched in disbelief as the ball raced into the net, unable to stop it.

“I have done everything I could!” — Skrtel

"Can a bicycle kick also produce a spin? How can you defend against that?" — Carragher.

"That shot was too difficult, I couldn't do anything about it!" — Reina.

"Damn it, why didn't he bring a gift!" — Hodgson.

“This is a superstar!” — Mancini.

"That move was amazing!" — Tevez.

Everyone thinks from a different perspective, and their thoughts on Shan Yongzhuo, a fellow Chinese, are also different, but what they all have in common is that they are all shocked.

Everyone was shocked.

After Shan Yongzhuo scored, the stands erupted not with cheers from the home team, but with a cacophony of gasps and discussions.

"That dribble was so cool!" "He kicked the ball backwards, and then it bounced back in mid-air?"

"That was an amazing shot! I want to see it again!"

"..."

The commentator was also shocked, but his professional instincts kicked in and he immediately shouted, "Goal!"

"Manchester City are leading Liverpool by three goals..."

Then, I got stuck and couldn't react for a long time.

Only after reviewing the goal's sequence over and over again did he continue in astonishment, "Shan Yongzhuo, it's Shan Yongzhuo again! He used a bicycle kick, but delivered a spinning shot, and then skillfully got past Carragher..."

"This……"

The commentator wanted to say it was impossible, but he could only grit his teeth and say, "We all know that Shan Yongzhuo is very good at creating various curves and spins, but this spin is still incredibly amazing. Kicking the ball into the air and then creating a spin, I dare say that only Shan Yongzhuo in the world can do that!"

On the field.

Barry was the first to react, pulling up Shan Yongzhuo who had fallen to the ground. "Shan, are you alright?"

Shan Yongzhuo smiled and said, "It's nothing."

Then, he once again lit up his "why aways me" shirt, standing there arrogantly with an expression that said "I'm the best in the world."

However, no one made any accusations.

He deserves all the praise for scoring a goal like that.

Hodgson was very dissatisfied with the goal.

Shan Yongzhuo's dribbling goal even made Hodgson angrily berate the club's management for not signing Shan Yongzhuo, but after venting his emotions, he didn't have any good solutions.

Carragher is a key defender for Liverpool. If you think about it calmly, he has done a very good job. Although he allowed Shan Yongzhuo to score two goals, anyone would be helpless against those kinds of goals.

Liverpool are now facing a 3-goal deficit at halftime.

With little time remaining in the first half, Liverpool launched an attack after the game restarted, and the referee blew his whistle.

Halftime break has begun.

On his way back to the locker room, Hodgson kept thinking about what to do. More importantly, Liverpool were now three goals down and their morale was very low.

Before the match, Hodgson assigned Carragher to closely mark Shan Yongzhuo, but the opponent scored two goals in the first half, which seemed to prove that Carragher's defense was a failure.

But who else could it be?

No one in Liverpool's entire defense is better than Carragher.

Hodgson also knew that he had to boost the players' morale and bring them back from their low spirits. He also knew that Carragher couldn't be blamed too much for his defense against Shan Yongzhuo.

However, Hodgson's encouragement had little effect.

He took over Benitez's position in the summer, and it's hard to say he has any authority in the team.

On the other hand, the atmosphere in Manchester City's dressing room was much more relaxed. The players returned to the dressing room and kept talking about the game, with the last goal becoming the topic of conversation for everyone.

That's truly incredible.

"How did you do that? You kicked out that spin!"

"too difficult!"

"That's simply impossible!"

Dan Yongzhuo maintained a faint smile, his face clearly showing the word "luck".

Mancini was all smiles. With a 3-goal lead over Liverpool at halftime, it was an excellent situation. He praised every player, especially Shan Yongzhuo, and then encouraged everyone to keep up the good work.

"We must win the game!"

"Keep up the good work, everyone!"

(End of this chapter)