Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 183 A Shocking Opening - One Road
On the field, the referee blew the whistle to start the match.

After Shan Yongzhuo passed the ball to Deng Zhuoxiang, he ran towards the front, followed by Lucas Cani and Matthew Spiranovic.

Lucas Carney is 185cm tall. Although he is not particularly strong, his ability to fight is still better than Shan Yongzhuo's. Spiranovic, on the other hand, is tall, strong, and muscular. The two of them coming together immediately put pressure on Shan Yongzhuo.

Australia's overall strength is indeed stronger than China's. When China attacked down the flank, Zhou Haibin was dispossessed, and Australia then launched a frontal attack.

Australia fielded a 4-4-1-1 formation in this match, with their four midfielders lined up in a row.

All four players play in Europe. Led by veteran Emerton, they completely dominated the Chinese team in midfield, firmly controlling the midfield advantage and launching several excellent attacks.

On the field.

The situation was very unfavorable for the Chinese team. The whole team was under pressure and could hardly breathe, and could only run around defending desperately.

Shan Yongzhuo stood at the very front, becoming a lonely supporting character.

From the start of the match, Shan Yongzhuo was shown on camera a few times, but he couldn't get the ball to him and had no other options, so he simply stood still in the frontcourt.

The CTV5 commentator said helplessly, "Xiao Dan isn't getting any support up front. He's completely motionless on the field. There's nothing we can do about it. Five minutes into the game, the Chinese team is being completely suppressed..."

Australian coach Arnold, standing on the sidelines, also noticed this.

He naturally knew that defending against Shan Yongzhuo was the key to winning the game, but from the current perspective, the Chinese team's 4-2-3-1 formation, with two defensive midfielders and three fast forwards, made the midfield control very weak.

This led to the Chinese team being completely dominated by Australia from the start.

Gao Hongbo naturally saw this as well, but there was nothing he could do, because the Chinese team really had no one to use in midfield!

The main consideration for using the 4-2-3-1 formation is to solidify the defense and focus on counter-attacks.

The opponents we faced before were of similar strength, so this problem was not exposed.

Now, facing Australia's strong midfield, the problem of insufficient midfield control has been immediately exposed.

Deng Zhuoxiang, Zhou Haibin, and Qu Bo are all forwards who make aggressive runs; control is not their strong suit.

Although he was a little anxious, Gao Hongbo didn't have any better options and could only hope for a counterattack based on the performance of mid laner Yongzhuo.

Unfortunately, before the Chinese team could launch a counterattack, they conceded a goal in their own half.

In the 8th minute, Cahill unleashed a powerful volley from outside the penalty area, piercing Yang Zhi's goal and giving Australia the lead.

The Chinese fans at the scene were very disappointed, while the Australian fans were excitedly chanting Cahill's name.

The CTV5 commentator said helplessly, "This goal was really unacceptable. Zhang Linpeng missed Cahill. You know, Cahill's long-range shots are very powerful..."

This is a semi-final match, and conceding a goal so early is very disadvantageous for the Chinese team.

The Chinese national football players on the field were also disappointed. They thought about the series of matches the national team had played before and had a vague sense of unease.

Shan Yongzhuo didn't take it too seriously. Although he had only touched the ball once in the game so far, and that was at the start of the match when the ball was kicked off from the center circle, he wasn't worried at all because of the sacrifice.

However, even though he was encouraging his teammates, he could only try to score the first goal if they seemed to be in a bad mood.

"The Ghostly Grappling Hand lasts for 3 seconds, and the Whirlwind Ground Kick lasts for 5 seconds. That's enough!"

"Even though we wasted two skills to score one goal, let's boost morale first! We won't run out of skills in this match anyway!"

After thinking for a moment, Shan Yongzhuo roughly estimated the distance from the midfield to the goal to be about 55 meters, and 8 seconds would be enough. He then made a bold decision in his mind.

"Give me the ball!"

He spoke directly to Deng Zhuoxiang from the center circle where the ball was to be kicked off.

“Okay!” Deng Zhuoxiang replied.

When the referee signaled for the kickoff, Deng Zhuoxiang handed the ball to Shan Yongzhuo.

As soon as Shan Yongzhuo got the ball, he charged forward, a move that stunned everyone.

When kicking off, the correct choice is to pass the ball to the player behind you. Driving forward like this will only result in one consequence: losing possession of the ball.

Do you think you can take on an entire team by yourself?
And that's exactly what Shan Yongzhuo did.

To everyone else, Cahill ran over to intercept, but in his eyes, Shan Yongzhuo was simply too fast. Before he even reached his position, Shan Yongzhuo had already left him several steps behind.

In just 3 seconds, Shan Yongzhuo broke through the interception of Cahill and midfielder Gennady and rushed into the heart of the opponent's half.

The Ghostly Grab Hand effect is gone.

However, Shan Yongzhuo immediately used the Whirlwind Ground Kick, taking advantage of the adhesive force to continue charging forward.

When Emerton and Valery came over to defend, they double-teamed Shan Yongzhuo from the left and right.

However, Shan Yongzhuo did not slow down at all. Two people came to surround him, but Shan Yongzhuo gently flicked the ball over their legs and it returned to his feet.

"This is too fast!"

The two were shocked; they hadn't expected Shan Yongzhuo to be so fast with the ball.

Moreover, even while dribbling at such a high speed, he was still able to perform a move like lobbing the ball over an opponent.

They won't make it.

Finally, Lucas Neal and Spiranovic blocked Shan Yongzhuo's way.

Neil made a sliding tackle, committing a foul to stop Shan Yongzhuo.

Spiranovic followed, trying to stop Shan Yongzhuo.

Dan Yongzhuo was indeed startled. He flicked the ball forward again, the ball went over two people, and he himself bypassed the two defenders and rushed into the penalty area.

They left the two of them completely behind.

The ball has reached the center of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Schwarzer has come out to intercept it.

The fans and TV commentators in the surrounding stands felt it was a pity, as the ball was placed too far forward, allowing goalkeeper Schwarzer to easily catch it, and Shan Yongzhuo probably wouldn't have been able to catch it.

This was an incredible feat of a straight-line kickoff, but unfortunately, it was all lost at the last moment.

However, the next moment, just as Schwarzer was about to reach the ball, it suddenly reversed direction, escaped from Schwarzer's hands, and returned to Shan Yongzhuo's feet.

"This...this flick can also produce a spin?"

Everyone was shocked, and then they saw Shan Yongzhuo dribbling the ball around the fallen Schwarzer.

At this moment, no one could stop him; it was an open door.

One step, two steps!

Shan Yongzhuo dribbled the ball directly over the goal line and into the goal.

By the time everyone realized what was happening, they saw Shan Yongzhuo standing inside the goal, stepping on the ball and making a V-sign at the camera.

His expression was relaxed and at ease, as if it were as simple as eating and drinking.

(End of this chapter)