Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 440 Helplessly, the Opponent Has a Royal Flush

"Shan Yongzhuo!"

"My God, another opening sequence! This seems to have become one of Shan Yongzhuo's standard tactics!"

The commentator on CTV5, who was broadcasting the match, excitedly said: "Monterrey suffered a major blow right from the start. In just 8.6 seconds, Shan Yongzhuo opened the scoring for Manchester City."

"This match is very likely to turn into an exhibition match..."

The commentator's words resonated strongly with the Chinese fans watching the game.

In their view, although Monterrey defeated AFC Champions League winner Ulsan Hyundai, it doesn't prove anything. Isn't it obvious that the champion team from CONCACAF is stronger than the champion team from Asia?

However, their strength is still insufficient against Manchester City.

How many goals can Shan Yongzhuo score?
That's the only suspense in this match.

The Japanese commentator broadcasting the match remarked with some bitterness, "As expected of the King of Asia, the world's number one star, Shan Yongzhuo, he has already demonstrated his dominance with a stunning performance right from the start of the match."

"However, we must face the fact that Shan Yongzhuo is an Asian player, and he is Japan's opponent!"

"Japanese fans need to face this issue squarely; today's joy may turn into tomorrow's sorrow."

"Today we saw Monterrey completely outmatched by Shan Yongzhuo, and perhaps tomorrow we will see Japan face the same problem."

"Now, I'm a little worried about Japan's World Cup prospects..."

The Japanese commentator's concerns were not unfounded.

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, China and Japan were drawn into Group B, competing for a place in the World Cup knockout stage.

The current Japanese team is indeed full of talent, with a golden generation emerging, making them very promising.

Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa, Makoto Hasebe, Atsuhito Uchida, Shinji Okazaki, Maya Yoshida...

Each of them is a renowned Japanese player who has proven himself in European competitions. Even Yuya Osako, who recently joined Granada in La Liga, can be considered a rising star.

However, compared to Shan Yongzhuo, all of these people are simply not good enough.

It's like playing Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).

The Japanese team had a lot of cards like 8, 9, 10, J, and O. Although they didn't have any high-ranking cards, they still had straights and pairs, so their hand wasn't bad.

Although the Chinese team had cards like 5, 6, 7, and 8, which were smaller cards, they weren't much worse than the Japanese team's cards.

More importantly, the other side holds a trump card.

With this trump card, the Chinese team is not afraid of the Japanese team at all, and even has a huge advantage.

Unfortunately, the opponent had a trump card!

The Japanese commentator even seemed a little envious and jealous of the South Korean team.

South Korea was placed in Group A, where their strongest opponent is only Iran. Japan, on the other hand, not only has to face China, a near-invincible force in Asia, but also Australia, which is equally formidable.

This is truly tragic.

Just as the Japanese commentator was expressing his feelings, the situation on the field quickly changed again.

In the 5th minute, Manchester City launched an attack. Silva crossed the ball from the wing, but it was cleared out of bounds by a Monterrey player.

Shan Yongzhuo took the corner kick without hesitation.

Then, without any suspense, the ball entered the goal at extremely high speed and with a bizarre arc.

The stands erupted in cheers once again.

"The ball is in!"

"2-0, it's still Shan Yongzhuo!"

The Japanese commentator said helplessly, "Another iconic goal. After completing a solo run at the start of the game in 8.6 seconds, Shan Yongzhuo broke through Monterrey's goal again in the fifth minute, making the score 2-0."

"This time it was a signature Shane corner kick that found the back of the net!"

"His feet were like a magician's wand..."

"This is Shan Yongzhuo, the world's number one star, the most terrifying goal-scoring machine in football history. No one can stop him from scoring!" "Now I feel sorry for Monterrey. They haven't even had time to celebrate their victory over Ulsan Hyundai before they have to face a game they are sure to lose."

"And now, five minutes into the game, their fate is sealed."

"All of this is simply because the other party has Shan Yongzhuo..."

The commentator gave Shan Yongzhuo extremely high praise, even calling him the most terrifying goal-scoring machine in football history.

However, few people questioned this statement.

Many people agree with this.

Generally speaking, like many other fields, football has a tendency to favor the past over the present.

Many people agree that today's star players can never compare to the great players of history.

However, no one thought that way about Shan Yongzhuo.

There's really no way around it; he's broken too many records. Even a goal-scoring machine like Gerd Müller, whose Bundesliga goal-scoring record hasn't been broken by Shan Yongzhuo, has had his Premier League and Serie A goal-scoring records broken by Shan Yongzhuo.

Moreover, it far exceeded the original record, even by a factor of two.

The records in these two competitions seem to be of higher value than those in the Bundesliga.

Cheers erupted from the stands all around.

The Japanese fans who came to the scene were mainly there to see Shan Yongzhuo's performance.

Otherwise, even Manchester City wouldn't be able to fill a stadium with 7 people.

Now, Shan Yongzhuo's performance has not disappointed them.

Shan Yongzhuo celebrated with his teammates, who were happy but not as excited as the fans.

They were already used to Shan Yongzhuo's goal-scoring prowess, and would just celebrate casually and then move on.

Meanwhile, the Monterrey players on the other side were filled with grief and indignation.

But is there any way...?

It's unstoppable!

Once the game started, they implemented their head coach's strategy of defending to the death, resolutely refusing to attack and parking the bus in their own half.

Manchester City, on the other hand, launched a relentless bombardment against them.

Soon, the third ball arrived.

This time it wasn't Shan Yongzhuo who scored; it was Aguero.

He received the ball on the left side of the penalty area, then skillfully dribbled past his opponent and entered the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper, he took a shot from a tight angle and once again breached Monterrey's goal.

3 is better than 0!

The match is now essentially over.

But this was still not the last goal of the first half.

In the 30th minute, Shan Yongzhuo came back.

This time, he received the ball 15 meters in front of the penalty area, immediately used a ghost-like tackle to create space, then lay forward a few steps before unleashing a shot that was close to the penalty area line.

"4 to 0!"

"Manchester City are unstoppable!"

"It's Shan Yongzhuo again. In just 30 minutes, he completed a hat trick!"

"The mighty Shan Yongzhuo, the mighty Manchester City!"

"Although it only lasted 30 minutes, the match is already over!"

"4-0, Monterrey has no chance!"

(End of this chapter)