I am the king of football

Chapter 139: Drawing the Swords
After winning the captain's rock-paper-scissors game, Colen chose the right to kick off. As Qin Hu and Kane walked towards the serving point with the ball, the atmosphere on the scene temporarily froze.

"Both teams have taken their respective positions. In this match, Hull City will attack from left to right in orange jerseys, while Southampton will attack from right to left in red jerseys."

“Sh ...

A long whistle pierced the sky, and under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the championship battle that Hull City was one step away from a perfect victory officially kicked off.

"Qin Hu kicked the ball out and Kane turned and passed it to Colen. In this game, Hull City's formation was very dispersed and every player had ample space to play."

Collen pulled the ball directly past Lambert who rushed up immediately after the kick-off, and his movements were very chic. He turned around and passed the ball to the left.

After getting the ball, Cavelli calmly faced Peng Qiyong who was directly opposite him. The opponent's sudden pressure became an opportunity for him to show his skills. He changed direction and passed the opponent directly. The winger rushed to the midfield with the ball.

"Schneiderlin had no choice but to rush towards Kaveri, and the two sides came into direct contact!"

At the first moment, the midfields of the two teams started a fierce battle. Schneiderlin blocked Cavelli's attempt to continue breaking through, but when he passed the ball to Lallana on the left, the excited Cooper kicked the ball out before Lallana had even warmed up.

Afterwards, there was naturally another chaotic battle, but seven minutes into the game, Hull City's midfield finally found the opportunity to pass the ball faster.

When Colen received the ball from Paul who had intercepted it and passed it to him, the burly Qin Hu turned his back to the defensive player behind him.

"An easy header! With Qin Hu here, Hull City's aerial dominance is almost unassailable."

With Duparado stuck behind him, Qin Hu's header easily found Kane who had already advanced on the right. Facing the Saints' tight defense, Kane first tried several breakthrough angles and changes of movements, but there were no loopholes in the defense in front of him.

In this case, Kane no longer tried but directly passed the ball back after seeing Qin Hu turning around and rushing towards him from the left side out of the corner of his eye.

"It was a simple inverted triangle pass. Qin Hu's long strides directly left Duparado half a body length away. What would he do with the ball? Oh~, just shoot it!!!"

"Oh!"

With a dull sound, although there was only less than half a meter of shooting space, Qin Hu's right leg still burst out with great force, blocking the midfielder who was chasing behind him and facing the defender who was rushing towards him, his shot still accurately headed towards the Southampton goal.

"Boom!"

Fortunately, the scene that made Saints fans despair did not happen. Their goalkeeper Davis was in high spirits from the beginning of the game.

The impact of Qin Hu's shot had already spread throughout the Championship. As a goalkeeper of a championship-contending team, he should at least stand up at this moment when the opportunity is not absolute.

"Davis hit the ball over the crossbar, and Qin Hu's shot was a little bit straight~"

Zhan Jun's voice was full of regret. The Hull City fans in the stands who had just roared and started to cheer also let out a huge sigh, but then as the drums sounded everyone started jumping and dancing again.

The game lasted more than ninety minutes, with countless exciting attacks and shots. Although Qin Hu's shot did not go in, it was exciting enough and enough to threaten their opponents with death.

Moreover, no one would think that Qin Hu would only shoot this wonderful shot in this game. When the ball was sent out by Colen from the corner, the players in the Hull City penalty area jumped up to fight for it. Unfortunately, this time Southampton's defenders were very tenacious. Their defender Hojveld used all his strength to head the ball out from in front of Qin Hu.

However, the Hull City team was not discouraged at all. Before the Saints' attack had even crossed the half-court, their four midfield players surrounded them again.

Although Southampton played with a five-midfielder formation in this game, it was obvious that the harassment from Collen and his four players also put them under great pressure, especially when Kane began to withdraw and participate in the team's midfield pressure for the ball.

For a moment, it was not known whether it was intentional or necessary, but the Saints' formation began to shrink continuously, and the entire team except forward Lambert retreated to their own half.

The situations formed by the two sides and the formations they deployed matched each other perfectly. This game, which was supposed to be a strong confrontation under the high expectations of everyone, suddenly turned into a bus-breaking drill.

But the difference is that Southampton is not without any fangs.

In the 27th minute of the game, Hull City once again created an opportunity to threaten the opponent's goal. After attracting the attention of two defensive players, Qin Hu used a beautiful breakthrough to force a gap and then poked the ball to Kane who was on the right.

Kane, who was extremely fast, created space while being double-teamed by Fox and Richardson and shot directly. The ball just brushed the right post of the goal and flew out of the bottom line.

Then, before Hull City's pressing formation could retreat, Davis quickly picked up the ball and kicked it out.

Schneiderlin, the core organizer of the team's midfield, easily received the ball. Facing Paul's defense, he easily changed direction and passed the ball to Lallana who was quickly advancing on the left.

"Southampton's counterattack opportunity has come! Lallana is so fast that Rosenior can only keep retreating. He dare not rush to kick the ball."

Hesitation will lead to defeat. At the moment when Rosenior hesitated, Lallana had already seen Lambert running quickly in the middle. The ball suddenly flew up and flew into the Hull City penalty area with quite accurate precision the next moment.

"Inspirational Lambert! Header!!!"

Lambert, who is 1.87 meters tall, is also one of the best in the Championship in terms of heading ability. He has scored 24 goals in 38 games and is now the second in the Championship scorer list. In short, he is a striker who should not be ignored.

"DUANG!"

Maguire didn't have time to jump up to block, and Gulas leaped but couldn't touch the ball. Everything was going in the direction that the Saints fans expected, but unfortunately at the last moment, the ball that had already crossed the goalkeeper's penalty area line lightly hit the inside of the right goal post.

"The ball bounced back, and Gulas quickly turned around and held it in his arms! Hull City survived the disaster!!!"

"hu~hu~"

The Hull City players who were chasing back were all panting heavily. Looking at the ball hitting the goal post and bouncing into the goalkeeper's arms, everyone felt like they had survived a disaster.

Thirty minutes into the game, both teams showed their weapons to each other one after another. No one was a lamb to be slaughtered in this game.

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