Junior football dream

Chapter 7 South American Copa Libertadores
News from our newspaper: The first round of the Copa Libertadores Top 8 will be held from June 6st to 1nd. As the favorites to win the championship, the two veteran Brazilian teams have completely different experiences.

Sao Paulo defeated the Mexican Tigers 4-0 at home with goalkeeper Saini scoring twice.Saini successfully sent two free kicks with strong arcs to break through the opponent's goal in the game, but he accidentally missed the penalty kick and missed the goalkeeper's "hat-trick" spectacle.

Saini obviously became the most stealthy player in the game. He said after the game, "I didn't expect to miss the penalty kick. But the Tigers had a lot of opportunities before. I am very happy that my goal can help the team. Turn the tide."

The away team Corinthians lost to Parana Athletic 2:3.Although Zhou Xing took the lead for Corinthians, the opponent scored two goals in a short period of time to overtake the score.

Although Corinthians equalized the score before the end of the first half, Athletic Parana scored another victory from Lima in the 71st minute under the adversity of a player being sent off. , and maintained the 3-2 result until the end.

In the two games played on June 6, the River Plate drew away with Banfield.In the 2th minute of the first half, Gallardo took the lead for the River Plate team. In the 9th minute, the home team's Pilos equalized the score, and the score of 54-1 continued until the end of the game.

The Guadalajara team, which played at home, swept the veteran team Boca Juniors 4-0.

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"Oh, damn it."

Asongsang was full of annoyance, and said angrily with tangled brows.After a year of baptism in the game, he and Zhou Xing have become the core figures of the team.For this game, he is very dissatisfied.

In the league and cup matches, he and Zhou Xing teamed up to dedicate a wonderful game after game.In the Copa Libertadores, the humble Corinthians' ability to overwhelm the Santos club to advance to the quarter-finals is also the best proof.However, due to away factors, they still lost the game.In the final stage, the opponent scored a goal, which made the red-haired boy extremely frustrated.

Zhou Xing rubbed his wound silently, without saying a word, and the expression on his face was also very depressed.In the game, due to the opponent's fierce tackle, he was added several scars on his left leg.I moved my feet, and there seemed to be some bruises.Because of this, he missed the goal with several shots.

Under the tight defense, the boy was brought down again and again.Occupying the advantage of the home court, Parana Atlético repeatedly knocked the boy down like an enlarged tree.In the second half, the opposing player shoveled and almost disabled Zhou Xing.If Zhou Xing hadn't been so fast, his leg would have been broken by the opponent.Although the opponent received a yellow card, Zhou Xing also lost his combat effectiveness and was substituted.

Scolari was also very worried about Zhou Xing, and sent a team doctor to carefully examine Zhou Xing's body.Fortunately, Zhou Xing's body is still strong, and there is nothing serious about it.Hearing this news, Scolari also breathed a sigh of relief.

"How is it, Xing Xing, is it still hurting?" Scolari asked with concern.

Seeing that the coach cared about him so much, Zhou Xing hurriedly said: "It's okay, yes, I can still play. I will definitely be able to play in the game in three days' time."

"Okay, that's good. Our goal is the championship. If you win the championship, not only you, but also Assuncao, your value will increase several times. Perhaps, foreign scouts will invite you to go abroad Try out."

Thinking of this, Scolari still has something to say, that is, he may also be favored by some European club and ask him to coach which European giant.At worst, he can teach a second-tier European team.You know, working in Europe for one year is equivalent to working in Brazil for a lifetime.

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In the second round of the quarter-finals, at the home court of Corinthians, they ushered in their opponents Atletico Parana.With the support of tens of thousands of spectators, the Corinthians' offensive was like a tide. Relying on the excellent performance of the whole team, they won the victory [-]-[-].

Zhou Xing broke through the opponent's gate with a header and a lob shot in the first and second half, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's victory.With this goal, he became the top scorer in the Copa Libertadores, ranking first with fifteen goals.And behind him is the striker Buddy who signed up with him at the Sao Paulo club.He is second with fourteen goals.

In the semi-finals, Zhou Xing met the River Plate team from Argentina.In the away game, relying on Assuncao's excellent performance, he blocked many threatening attacks from the opponent, and they only lost one to zero in the away game.

In the home game, the Corinthians Club sent all the main players to fight desperately.At the 8th minute of the first half, Zhou Xing received a wonderful pass from his teammate and broke through to the penalty area, forming a single goal.Zhou Xing calmly passed the goalkeeper and scored an empty goal, turning the total score into one to one.

Only in the No.306 minute of the first half, with a free kick, the River Plate striker headed the ball in the penalty area of ​​the Corinthians, a beautiful attack.Another tie and a valuable away goal.

Seeing this, Scolari couldn't sit still on the sidelines, and shouted loudly to the players on the field: "Attack, give more balls to Zhou Xing, and tell him to break through. You guys, be firm, don't Afraid of fouling!"

It's just that no matter how he shouted, the situation on the field still couldn't change.The Argentines, like eagles in the pampas, kept hitting Assuncao's goal.At this time, the red-haired boy lost his usual leisurely look, and became extremely nervous.There was sweat on his forehead and on his gloves.

In the last moments of the first half, he resolved at least four threatening attacks from the opponent.However, Assuncao didn't boast at this time, bragging about his achievements, he could only keep yelling at the defenders: "Return to defense, return to defense, and mark people."

After experiencing the opponent's attack like a tide, the Corinthians finally won a precious 15 minutes of intermission.

In the dugout, Scolari adopted a new formation, seven two one.He transferred seven people to the backcourt, leaving only two full-backs in the middle, and let Zhou Xing take the lead to break through and grab points in front.

And his formation also had a peculiar effect in the second half.The Argentine planned to expand his advantage in the second half, but he did not expect Corinthians to adopt an iron barrel formation to guard against death.

After withstood the opponent's attack for 10 minutes, Corinthians began to counterattack. No. 70 minutes, the Corinthians got the football in the backcourt, and immediately made a long pass, which fell at the feet of Zhou Xing.

With a beautiful turn and dodge the defender who was close to defending him, Zhou Xingxing dribbled the ball and broke through at high speed.After entering the penalty area, under the attack of three defenders, Zhou Xingxing distributed the ball to the unguarded space with an incredible heel pass.The Corinthians avant-garde who was following up shot a strong shot and equalized the score.

Before the end of the game, Zhou Xing single-handedly entered the penalty area and was pulled down by the opponent's defender, giving Corinthians a penalty kick.Corinthians' captain Ayrton didn't waste the opportunity Zhou Xing created for him, and he made the score [-]-[-] overnight.

In the end, they had the last laugh with a total score of [-]-[-] and won the right to the final.

In another game, Brazil's Sao Paulo eliminated Boca Juniors and won the final with a total score of 20 to [-].This is the first time in [-] years that two Brazilian teams have met in the South American Liberation Cup, and it has also attracted a lot of attention.Whether it is scouts, reporters, or fans, they are all looking forward to the game of the most important tournament in South America.

In China, some media also traveled thousands of miles to Brazil, hoping to obtain first-hand reports.The rights to broadcast the finals have also been purchased by China Central Television, which will broadcast the two games live to the audience.

And Zhou Xing also began to enter the sight of Chinese audiences at this time.

(End of this chapter)