football fight

Chapter 122 Double dark horse
Watching Kong Pengyu keep making moves in front of the penalty area, Ludao team's No. 2 central defender couldn't hold back, stretched out his foot on the edge of the penalty area to stop him, and knocked him down.

"Beep!" The referee blew his whistle immediately, pointed to the scene of the incident, and awarded St. Friedom a free kick on the penalty area line.

Xu Wenli is usually the one who takes free kicks, but he is off today, so everyone gave this task to Kong Pengyu.

The human wall in the penalty area is very tight. Generally, in this case, the players will use a combination of tearing down the wall and bombarding the goal.

At this time, it is not only a test of the player's physical confrontation ability, but also a test of the footwork of the shooter.

Reynolds Babb and Pu Tingfeng are the two strongest players in St. Fridhom's formation. They stood next to each other in the middle of the human wall, and were squeezed by Ludao players on both sides.

They just want to use the simplest, direct and traditional way to complete this short free kick in the frontcourt.

Kong Pengyu took a few steps back and accelerated his run-up after the referee whistled. At the same time, the human wall here began to stir.

At this time, Babu and Pu Tingfeng are like two doors facing each other, resisting the defenders on both sides, opening a gap in the human wall.

The ball passed through the gap and rushed to the goal, the ball was extremely fast.

Yan Yi, the goalkeeper standing in the center of the goal, made a side attack, but failed to reverse the outcome. The goal of the goal is the goal!

The trajectory of the ball played by Kong Pengyu is like a straight line that goes up obliquely. From the moment he kicked, it began to climb slowly, and finally went to the goal.If the ball was allowed to fly for a while or Kong Pengyu didn't know the position of the ball correctly, the ending might be a high ball flying into the sky.

This time it was Babu's turn to pick up Kong Pengyu and lift it high. This ball can be regarded as the result of the cooperation of several of them.

This time St. Friedom took the lead with 3 goals in two rounds, and one foot has already stepped into the next round of the knockout round.

The conceded goal of the Ludao team was entirely due to the restrictions of the opponent Babu and Pu Tingfeng. They didn't let the strongest players fight against them.

In the 90th minute of the game, St. Friedom launched an offensive again, this time it was completed by three forwards.

After Kexin Planet was broken, Kong Pengyu immediately counterattacked and successfully intercepted the ball from the opponent's feet.

He took the ball and accelerated forward from the center. There was Gao Feijie on the left, and Pu Tingfeng on the right to help him fill in, but it was not the time to pass the ball.

At this time, the opponent's defensive players have begun to interfere with him personally, making Kong Pengyu's dribbling a bit awkward.

Kong Pengyu immediately stopped suddenly, stepped on the ball, and started to move forward again. This time he got rid of him, and at the same time attracted the defensive army to the left.

He sent a pass to Gao Feijie's position, and continued to accelerate along the route just now, making the opponent think that he was going to catch Gao Feijie's inverted triangle.

However, the Ludao team hadn't noticed the space on the right. The defense on that side was weak, and Pu Tingfeng gradually ran up.

Sure enough, Gao Feijie sent a low pass from the left, slid across the goal, and came to the back point.

Pu Tingfeng fell to the ground and finished the tackle. No one interfered with him, but Gao Feijie passed the ball a little too fast, so he had no choice but to do so.

However, the ball did not have the effect he wanted in the end. It just hit the side net and did not form a goal.

Shortly after this, the game ended, St. Friedom beat Ludao 2:0 at home, and the total score of the two rounds was 3:0 to advance to the next round.

The next round will be the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Compared with other teams, St. Friedom's FA Cup trip is relatively easy. So far, they have not encountered any strong teams before.

Their performance is relatively stable, and they are indeed stronger than the teams that they have encountered. It is indeed a matter of course to advance.

But when everyone looked at the three teams that entered the semi-finals with them, they naturally had another opinion on St. Friedom.

The teams that entered the semi-finals with them were Tianhe Athletic, Xicheng Cavalry, and Modu Chixiao, which happened to be the top three teams in the Super League.

Moreover, these three teams have the task of competing in the AFC Champions League, but they still defeated their respective opponents with good strength and persisted.

Compared with them, St. Friedom is indeed very lucky, but this cannot conceal their dark horse appearance.

They not only follow these three teams in the FA Cup, but also follow these three teams in the Super League (the league ranks fifth because of the goal difference disadvantage).

St. Friedom's transfer funds at the beginning of the season ranked 10th among the teams in the Super League, which is not particularly large, but their current high-level performance is simply a manifestation of "low investment, high return" .

Their next opponent in the semi-finals will be the Shanghai Red Owls. The previous confrontation between the two teams was in the fifth round of the season. St. Friedom lost 1-0.

The difficulty of the next semi-finals will definitely not be lower than that of the league. St. Friedom must go all out to retain the hope of advancing.

And after another three rounds of the league, they will face the challenge of Tianhe Athletic in the last game of the first half of the league.

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"Coach Chen, what do you think of the team's cup results so far? Do you think it's luck?"

The post-match press conference was held in the press room of the Holy Liberty Arena as usual, and Chen Shixiong was answering reporters' questions.

"Opinion?" Chen Shixiong was stunned for a moment, "I think the team is doing very well now, so I don't have any opinion."

Regarding the reporter's statement about luck, Chen Shixiong thought for a while and said, "Luck is a magical thing. There are two kinds of people who need it. People hope to be lucky and want to get something for nothing all the time, while those who try their best try to do what they can do to the end, and the rest of the unsatisfactory can only be attributed to luck.”

"St. Fredome's players will always try their best. We don't just rely on luck to win." Chen Shixiong finally said.

Applause broke out in the news room, which was rare, and the reporters were moved by Chen Shixiong's words.

"Will you blame Gao Feijie for that mistake today?" Another reporter asked, and he was targeting Gao Feijie's problem.

"Blame the players, it's a coach's way of failing." Chen Shixiong paused, "But I found success through failure. I took Gao Feijie when he was in St. Fridhom's youth training, and I will blame him , but I'll also enlighten him."

"Then, I would like to ask Coach Chen, you will meet the Shanghai Chixiao team in the semi-finals, do you have any special plans now?"

"Plan," Chen Shixiong is more used to catching key words in reporters' questions, "As I said before, St. Fridhom will do his best."

"There is still a period of time before the semi-finals, and we will not think too far. If we really have any special plans, it is a good plan to do a good job in every day's training." Chen Shixiong said again.

(End of this chapter)