Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 416 Gao Qiu, a renowned football figure of the Northern Song Dynasty

The game on the field continues.

This is a significant blow to Iraq's team, especially for Hussein.

He was the core of Iraq's defense and held a high position within the team. Although no one criticized him, he still felt a sense of frustration.

Their initial ambition to successfully defend against Shan Yongzhuo completely collapsed.

"As expected of the world's number one soccer star!"

"I probably can't defend against him at all!"

"Hopefully he can score fewer goals..."

At this moment, Hussein, who had been completely outmatched, thought about the fates of the other two opponents in the group, Singapore and Jordan. This almost immediately made him realize the reality and lower his defensive goals.

That means reducing the number of goals scored by Shan Yongzhuo.

After the match resumed, Iraq launched an attack on the Chinese team.

For Iraq, their thinking is actually very simple; to put it simply, those who have nothing to lose are not afraid of those who have something to lose.

Before the match, they were not considered likely to defeat the Chinese team, but they did not dare to give up. They wanted to fight hard, even if they lost in the end.

As the saying goes, a desperate army is bound to win.

Iraq is a team playing with a sense of desperation; they are going into the game expecting to lose and don't really care about the outcome. But if they can play to their level, they might have a chance to win.

With this mindset, Iraq performed quite well on the field, even subtly suppressing the Chinese team.

In some respects, China's midfield strength was comparable to Iraq's, but under such a mentality and momentum, China was suppressed by Iraq and failed to gain any advantage in midfield.

However, the presence of Shan Yongzhuo in the attacking third still caused some concern among the Iraqi players.

China's defense was also quite good, so despite Iraq's fierce attack for 5 minutes, they didn't really create any good opportunities.

After that, the Chinese team also launched a good counterattack.

In the 12th minute, China launched a counter-attack.

Yu Hanchao dribbled the ball across the center line and then passed it to Zheng Zhi, who was making a run into the middle. Zheng Zhi saw Shan Yongzhuo raising his hand to ask for the ball and passed it to him without hesitation.

"Look at this play, Shan Yongzhuo has dropped back to receive the ball!"

Shan Yongzhu ran towards the ball, with two Iraqi defenders closely following behind. After a moment's thought, Shan Yongzhu made his decision.

The moment he got the ball, he activated the Ghostly Grab, and then without stopping the ball, he flicked it with his heel in a smooth and fluid motion. He then turned around and the ball passed through the gap between the two people.

After getting past two defenders, to everyone's astonishment, Shan Yongzhuo swung his right foot and shot.

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"Look at this ball!"

"Shan Yongzhuo dribbled past two defenders with a beautiful backheel flick..."

"That's right, Shan Yongzhuo took a shot!"

"Look at this... Goal! Goal!"

The commentator was initially quite surprised, but as the ball streaked through the air like a shooting star and then unstoppably pierced into Iraq's goal, the commentator immediately became excited.

"30 meters, at least 30 meters, this is a world wave explosion!"

"2-0! Shan Yongzhuo put on a brilliant performance!"

"Just nine minutes after the last goal, Shan Yongzhuo has once again scored a world-class goal!"

"That was a brilliant goal!" "Shan Yongzhuo first controlled the ball and then flicked it with his heel, getting past two Iraqi players at the same time."

"Then, instead of dribbling, he chose to shoot directly from 30 meters out!"

"And then the ball went in!"

"It's clear that the Iraqi team has no way to stop Shan Yongzhuo; even two players combined can't defend against him!"

"This is a huge gap in strength..."

The last thing the CTV5 commentator said was something he himself felt a pang of emotion afterward: When did the Chinese team become able to use "the difference in strength" to deal with their opponents?
When people talk about a gap in strength, they usually mean that the Chinese team is weaker than its opponents. When did it become the case that the opponents are weaker than the Chinese team?

Judging from the goal just now, it would be very easy for Shan Yongzhuo to break through the opponent's defense and score.

The Iraqi players on the field were very frustrated.

"This won't work! We can't defend against him at all!"

Hussein said to his teammates, frustrated, "Selemer and I were really focused, but he just suddenly went over there. I didn't even see his movement clearly!"

Hussein's dream of instant fame was shattered. He dared not think about it anymore. This was not a dream; it was a nightmare.

The other Iraqi players could only discuss what to do.

"Don't let him get the ball!"

Let's do it together!

"..."

Meanwhile, after Shan Yongzhuo scored his second goal, both the domestic media and fans raved about him to the skies.

He is simply the kind of top player that hasn't been seen in the past 500 years and probably won't be seen in the next 500 years. Some fans on the internet even jokingly praised him as the contemporary Northern Song Dynasty master Gao Qiu.

And so, a dazzling nickname was born online—

"Grand Commandant Shan!"

Shan Yongzhuo was naturally unaware of this nickname. At this moment, he was enjoying the treatment of the entire stadium chanting his name in unison, as well as the praise from his teammates.

"Brother Zhuo, you're amazing!"

"You alone are enough; their defense is completely useless."

"Haha, in that case, I reckon Gao Lin can come on in the second half and play garbage time."

"You guys don't even know who Brother Zhuo is! He's the world's number one football star, holding the goal-scoring records in the Premier League, Serie A, Champions League, and Europa League!"

Amidst his teammates' laughter, Shan Yongzhuo remained calm, displaying an air of profound mystery that made him seem even more unfathomable.

In fact, the two consecutive goals were so easy that he felt a bit bored with playing against weaker opponents, and he was thinking about how to score a more impressive goal.

In the eyes of the CTV5 commentator, this attitude was the true mark of a master: "We can see that Xiao Dan remained calm and not excited at all after scoring the goal."

"If it were someone else, scoring such a world-class goal, a brace in 12 minutes, they would definitely be ecstatic, but Xiao Dan wouldn't be. This is the true demeanor of the world's number one star."

The fans watching on TV understood it the same way, and suddenly felt that Shan Taiwei was indeed incredibly noble, not caring at all about scoring a goal in the national team's World Cup qualifiers, probably thinking that a goal was nothing special.

Think about it.

Shan Yongzhuo holds the single-season goal record in the Premier League, Serie A, Champions League, and Europa League, and has won titles in these competitions. So, there's really nothing to be excited about in scoring against Iraq.

However, regardless of whether Shan Yongzhuo is excited or not, Chinese fans are certainly very excited.

They were absolutely thrilled that the Chinese team could deliver such a dominant performance against strong West Asian teams.
(End of this chapter)