Chapter 07: Chapter 7 Shooter Competition

Three days later, the quarterfinals arrived.

The Eagles' opponent was the Belen team from the Portuguese League. This was an encounter.

No one would have thought that a pheasant team could break through the top 16.

Brue and Hamburg focused all their energy on the last opponent, Rio Ave, and the Belen team collected very little intelligence.

Before the game, Brue carefully set up a 532 formation and continued the big center tactics of the previous game.

"Hey, enjoy your last game."

While waiting to enter the stadium, the No. 9 striker of the Belen team walked in front of Wang Po and said with hostility.

Wang Po frowned without understanding why, and found it funny, and asked back, "Are you provoking before the game?"

"No, we don't look down on your pheasant team at all." The No. 9 striker of the Belen team shrugged noncommittally and said with a sly smile.

This remark aroused the anger of the Eagles players. The impulsive Jim waved his fist and was about to give the opponent's No. 9 a taste of color, but fortunately he was stopped by his teammates.

"Oh, really? Then let's see what's going on on the field." Wang Po was too lazy to argue and just said it.

"Don't worry, I'll take you home myself."

The No. 9 of the Belen people turned around and left with a laugh.

Wang Po had a serious expression and was angry. These words ignited his fighting spirit.

The No. 9 of the Belen people is called Stephen. He ranks second in the scorer list of this U16 League. He has scored 15 goals so far and is seen as a favorable contender for the Golden Boot.

Of course, the first on the scorer list is Wang Po, who has scored 18 goals and 16 assists. The two are competitors for the Golden Boot.

No wonder Stephen is full of hostility towards Wang Po.

At the beginning of the game, the No. 9 Stephen, the main attacker of the Belen people, showed a strong desire to attack.

His strong body, excellent speed, and good dribbling skills made the Eagles' defenders suffer.

Volley, hook, header.

Stephen is like an arsenal, showing his various offensive methods.

After the trials of the group stage and the round of 16, the Eagles' defense was very resilient, while the Belen's offense was basically a lot of noise but little action, with few shots that were truly threatening.

The first half ended in a cycle of suppression and counter-suppression.

No goal was lost, which was acceptable for the Eagles in the first half.

"The big center tactic didn't work, and even if we retreated to receive the ball, the effect was not good. We need to change it."

Blue keenly discovered the crux of the team.

Unlike Rio Ave's defensive tactics in the last game, the Belen adopted a regional combined man-to-man approach.

Behind the big center's pass was always a dog-skin plaster-like central defender, and there was also a defensive midfielder who was ready to assist at any time.

Where was the winger Jim, the right back stuck to him.

The core player Wang Bo was even more uncomfortable with the opponent's other defensive midfielder's sticky defense.

"Bo, you go to the defensive midfielder position in the second half."

Blue found that the opponent's man-to-man tactics were limited to the players on the offensive line, and regional defense was adopted for the Eagles' defensive midfielders.

The defensive strength of the striker is much less than that of the pure defender. This is a risky move for Bruce to liberate Wang Po.

The central midfielder is placed behind, which means that a defensive midfielder must be taken down, which undoubtedly weakens the protection of the defense line.

The attack and defense are combined, which increases the consumption of Wang Po.

The real test is coming.

After getting ready, the second half of the game began.

Wang Po fell into the defensive midfielder position, while the central midfielder position was occupied by the purely defensive right winger to supplement the lack of midfield defense.

The 5221 formation of the Eagles is really strange, which makes the head coach of the Belen team unable to figure it out.

The fierce firepower of the Belen team made Wang Po in the defensive midfielder position exhausted, physical confrontation, shovel, block, and participate in the control of the ball when defending and attacking.

People can't help but sigh, iron man!

Stephen and his teammates made a subtle wall-to-wall cooperation on the penalty area line, broke into the penalty area to form a single knife, raised his leg, shot, fell to the ground, and screamed.

The scoring opportunity was ruined by Wang Po's foul tackle.

"Beep"

The referee blew the whistle and sentenced the Eagles to death, a yellow-point set.

Seeing this, Stephen, who was in pain just now, got up from the ground with a smile on his face, and taunted Wang Po with his mouth covered.

"Thank you for the gift. I didn't expect you to send me home."

"Maybe you gave up the chance to advance." Wang Po retorted.

In that position, Wang Po had no choice.

"Then you have to open your eyes and look carefully."

Stephen made a throat-cutting gesture and walked to the penalty spot with the ball in his arms.

"Beep"

Run-up, kick, shoot.

As a striker, Stephen's footwork is great, the angle is very tricky, and the ball goes straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

"Dang"

The fast and tricky shot hit the crossbar of the goal and bounced back fiercely.

The penalty was missed.

The Belen players, who were ready to celebrate, stood there in shock.

Stephen held his head with both hands, his face full of disbelief.

The Eagles escaped again.

The big center forward who returned to defense fought against the opponent's back midfielder and grabbed the second point and passed it to Jim who was waiting. The latter was stuck by the right back and couldn't turn around.

"ball"

Just as he was about to lose the ball, a familiar figure floated past him.

It was Wang Po who made the run.

Jim passed the ball and turned to run forward.

After getting the ball, Wang Po strode forward. Facing the right center back of the Belen team who came to defend, he changed direction and passed the opponent, adjusted his steps, and shot the ball into the back corner with his left foot.

The ball went in.

The Eagles led 1-0.

From the start of the attack to the end, it took only 12 seconds to break through the iron wall of the Belen team's defense.

It took only 12 seconds for the Belen team to go from heaven to hell.

"Speaking of which, this goal should be thanked for your intermittent assists. Without the rebound second penalty, we would not have such an offensive opportunity."

Wang Po responded to Stephen, who looked depressed, with a smile.

The latter's arrogant and domineering spirit was swept away, and his face was full of dejection.

He wanted to be a hero of the players, but he became a sinner.

The lagging Belen replaced two forwards and continued to increase the attack.

After leading by one goal, the Eagles players felt confident and made more confident moves.

Stephen again.

The center back stole the ball from his feet and passed it to Wang Po. The ball was passed to Jim's feet without stopping. He was under close scrutiny and could only turn his back to the goal. The moment he got the ball, he didn't even look at it and passed it directly to the right side.

The right back had to keep close to Jim, which left the right side defense empty, which was the only weakness of the Belen people.

After passing the ball, Wang Po had already ambushed on the route Jim passed the ball. He rushed forward after getting the ball and ran all the way to the Belen people's penalty area without any obstacles.

With the record of being broken through last time, the opponent's center back didn't dare to rush forward at all and stood on the route of the assault.

Wang Po dribbled the ball horizontally, swung his legs, and shot.

A low ball through the crotch caught the Belen goalkeeper off guard.

The ball went in, 2-0, and the Eagles expanded their lead.