Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 353 Berserk Speed ​​by Shan Yongzhuo

"It's the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, with Manchester City hosting Chelsea. In the 71st minute, Shan Yongzhuo scored Manchester City's second goal, giving them a two-goal lead over Chelsea!"

"That goal was absolutely brilliant! After shaking off Terry, Shan Yongzhuo used his speed to overtake Ashley Cole on a curve, and then headed the ball up, turning the impossible into possible!"

"This brilliant goal ignited the passion of the Al-Ittihad Stadium. We could hear every fan excitedly chanting Shan Yongzhuo's name. His performance was simply outstanding..."

"With the two goals in this match, Shan Yongzhuo's Champions League goal tally this season has reached 29, and he is about to break 30!"

"Now, he has scored his second goal, and Chelsea's defensive strategy has failed..."

As the commentator spoke, the stadium was already filled with the cheers of excited Manchester City fans; they were simply too excited.

This is the Champions League semi-final.

Despite their opponent being Chelsea, a long-time defeated team of Manchester City.

Before the match, Manchester City fans were very optimistic because their opponent was only Chelsea. It wasn't that they looked down on Chelsea, but since Shan Yongzhuo came to the team, Chelsea had been almost constantly slaughtered by Manchester City, giving Manchester City fans a huge psychological advantage when facing Chelsea.

The first leg is at home, so the team will definitely want to gain an advantage, ideally by thrashing Chelsea.

Every fan is confident.

However, in the actual competition, it's a different story.

Chelsea adopted a defensive strategy, making it difficult for Manchester City to break through the defense and even preventing them from creating any real chances. Although Shan Yongzhuo scored the first goal, one goal is not enough to guarantee a win.

Moreover, for Manchester City fans who are used to seeing Shan Yongzhuo score goals like water, it's really quite unusual for him to only score one goal.

Now, the second goal has finally arrived.

If we can successfully eliminate Chelsea, we can reach the Champions League final!

Manchester City fans were more excited than anyone else when they had a chance to reach their first-ever Champions League final.

You can't blame them. In Manchester City's more than 100-year history, they have always been a bottom-feeder, never achieving anything worthwhile. At most, they have won the FA Cup and the League Cup, and they never even dared to dream of winning the league title.

Moreover, Manchester has a giant like Manchester United, making Manchester City feel like the city's stepchild.

With the arrival of the Arab consortium, Manchester City fans saw hope for a resurgence, but dared not dream of winning the Champions League.

They only dared to dream of winning the league title.

Now, they are close to achieving the highest honor in Europe!

The media naturally focused on different aspects. Television replayed Shan Yongzhuo's goal frequently, and they also paid attention to the entire process of the goal.

Shan Yongzhuo displayed amazing speed and once again showcased the incredible chip header he displayed in the match against Barcelona.

"His speed is almost as fast as Bale's at Tottenham, this..."

"Even Ashley Cole can't keep up, it's too fast!"

"Could it be that he's been hiding his true speed all along? But why?!"

The media's biggest discussion was about speed, because until last season, Shan Yongzhuo was not known for his speed.

But the speed that ball just now showed was enough to send my adrenaline soaring.

That's insane!

As for the header goal that he scored by dribbling the ball himself, hardly anyone is discussing it.

There's nothing to discuss.

Shan Yongzhuo is the world's best goal scorer. He has already demonstrated this goal, so it must be his new signature move. There's nothing surprising about it.

Everyone was thinking that Shan Yongzhuo already had unparalleled goal-scoring ability, and if he could also be that fast...

"This is terrible..." Chelsea manager Mateo shared the same thought on the sidelines.

Trailing by two goals, his defensive counter-attacking strategy had essentially failed.

Now, all he can do is urge his players to push forward aggressively, hoping they can at least score an away goal so that they can still have a chance to play when they return home.

Meanwhile, Mancini on the other side began to emphasize defense.

Now that they have an advantage at home, the second leg away from home will be much easier.

This is a relatively conservative strategy.

Mancini is not actually a conservative coach, but in this situation, he still made the same choice as other head coaches: to solidify the defense.

This is normal.

He was also very excited at the thought of the Champions League final.

During his time at Inter Milan, he was ridiculed as "the dog-tethered champion," and his best Champions League result was only reaching the quarterfinals.

Now, he leads Manchester City to look forward to the final, to the top of Europe.

This naturally made him more cautious and conservative.

After the game restarted, Chelsea did intensify their attack, pressing forward aggressively and showing no signs of giving up until they scored.

Manchester City were quickly put on the defensive, spending most of their time on defense.

Chelsea launched a series of attacks, often targeting Drogba as a focal point, employing the simplest high-ball tactics to attack.

And it was under these circumstances that Manchester City launched their counterattack.

In the 83rd minute, Chelsea launched an attack. Ashley Cole crossed from the byline, and Drogba and Kompany contested for the header, with Kompany winning the header.

The ball then came to Lampard's feet on the outside, and Lampard took a shot, which was punched away by Joe Hart.

Torres got to the ball inside the penalty area.

However, with an open goal in front of him, Torres' shot miraculously struck the post.

Chelsea's players were stunned, but they seemed to have gotten used to it.

They immediately went to contest the ball, but De Jong in the penalty area got there first and then launched a long, reckless attack forward.

Chelsea's players quickly retreated to defend.

The ball landed near midfield, and in the ensuing scramble, Yaya Toure managed to get the ball by squeezing past Meireles.

Then, Yaya Touré noticed Shan Yongzhuo ahead and kicked the ball directly towards him.

Dan Yongzhuo ran towards the ball, with Terry following beside him. The two pushed and shoved each other, both trying to get the ball.

Finally, Terry got into the best position and was about to win the ball.

But just as Terry was about to stop the ball, a foot reached out from between his legs, brushed the ball, and then pulled it back.

But to Terry's surprise, the ball did not stop as he had hoped, but suddenly passed between his legs.

"This……"

Terry immediately came to his senses and turned around to chase after him.

However, Shan Yongzhuo had already dribbled the ball forward, charging towards Chelsea's penalty area. At this moment, Chelsea's backfield was empty except for Cech, who looked constipated.

(End of this chapter)