King of the Zone

Cheng Hai and his teammates celebrated for almost half a minute before returning to their own half to wait for Uzbekistan to hit the ball.

After the game restarted, Uzbekistan, which was stunned by Cheng Hai's lightning goal, was unable to enter the game state for a long time. It could only shrink the defense line in fear and adopt intensive defensive methods to prevent the Hua Guo team from attacking.

After being overwhelmed by the South Korean team in the last game, the Huaguo team can finally use their advantages in strength and morale to bombard their opponents indiscriminately.

However, even though the entire Uzbekistan team was pressed up and down within 30 meters of their goal and could not get out, this also helped Uzbekistan strengthen its defense in disguise.

Everyone shrank to defend intensively within 30 meters of the goal, so that the Hua Guo team, which is not very skilled, could not break through the tortoise shell.

Breaking the problem of dense defense, even if the whole world is a problem, let alone the Hua Guo team.

Although Cheng Hai's speed increased, sometimes he could break through one or two people in a row and enter the penalty area.

But there are too many people in the opponent's penalty area, and they can't finish at all. They will always be stopped, and they can't find a gap to shoot.

It is even more unreliable to run out of the gap without the ball to catch a pass from a teammate.

Under the opponent's intensive defense, the penalty area was overcrowded. Although Cheng Hai's full-value off-ball running and grabbing points could still make short gaps, his teammates did not have that keen insight and superb passing ability.

Some opportunities are fleeting, and the ball can only be passed at a specific speed and route. If the speed is fast or slow, or the ball is slightly off course, the ball will be intercepted by the opponent.

Obviously, no one in the Huaguo team has achieved this kind of passing skills, not even Wu Xi, the main midfielder.

Only top midfielders such as Ronaldinho, Harvey, and Iniesta can perceive such fleeting opportunities and achieve this passing technique.

After more than ten minutes of attacking, there was still no effect. The head coach Sun Wei made gestures on the sidelines to let everyone slow down the offensive, and the formation was closed back.

The purpose is to pull out Uzbekistan's formation, lure the snake out of the hole, and then hit the opponent's counterattack.

You know, Cheng Hai's speed has increased now, whether it is a quick counterattack or a long-distance attack, Cheng Hai can do it.

The head coach's adjustment made everyone calm down from the excited bombardment, and moved the formation to their own half.

Only then did Uzbekistan gain some respite and began to counterattack.

It's not that they don't want to continue to defend with the bus. The key is that Cheng Hai's lightning goal in the opening 8 seconds made them fall into extreme passivity.

Even if they continue to stick to it and prevent the Hua Guo team from scoring a goal, at the end of the game, they will still lose the game because they are one goal behind.

Therefore, even if they knew that the shrinking of the Hua Guo team's formation was to lure the snake out of the hole and to fight their counterattack, they had no choice but to counterattack, and had to find a way to score and equalize the score.

Otherwise, they will lose this quarter-final.

However, when attacking, they still pay great attention to the protection of the back line.After all, they are only one goal behind and still have a chance to tie.

If they don't pay attention to marking Cheng Hai and let Cheng Hai score another goal, it will be difficult for them.

Uzbekistan's cautious attack made Cheng Hai unable to find too many opportunities, and several attempts to counterattack failed.

Until the 42nd minute at the end of the first half.

On the football field, it is impossible for any defense to be watertight. What's more, Uzbekistan is facing Cheng Hai, a cheater with full or close to full skills such as running without the ball and grabbing points, and his speed has also undergone a qualitative change.

In addition, the long-term ineffective attack also made the Uzbekistan players feel a little impetuous, and the formation was unconsciously over-pressed.

Therefore, Cheng Hai finally seized an excellent counterattack opportunity in the 42nd minute.

Although Cheng Hai didn't have the chance to run offside this time, he ran a huge gap, allowing Wu Xi to have an ideal place to get the ball after receiving the opponent's ball that was intercepted by the defender.

Wu Xi didn't make any mistakes in passing the ball this time, and it passed to Cheng Hai smoothly.

Because of the opponent's negligence and Cheng Hai's full value of off-ball movement, when Cheng Hai received a pass from Wu Xi near the left center line, there was only the opponent's full-back Azamov in front of him.

Although the two central defenders Hormuradov and Irmatov in the center are a bit behind, they are a little far away, and they cannot join the full-back Azamov for a while to pinch Cheng Hai.

Naturally, Cheng Hai would not waste this rare opportunity.

After receiving Wu Xi's pass, Cheng Hai immediately moved the ball forward and rushed straight at Azamov.

Azamov was terrified, but he had no choice but to retreat while getting stuck, hoping to hold Cheng Hai for a while and buy time for the two central defenders in the middle to help defend.

But Cheng Hai didn't give him this time.

Cheng Hai firmly controlled the ball at his feet with full dribbling skills, and then approached Azamov at the fastest speed while ensuring that the ball did not leave the control range.

Azamov was getting stuck while retreating. Naturally, his speed was not as fast as Cheng Hai was facing the attacking direction, and Cheng Hai approached him almost within a few steps.

As soon as the two sides approached, Cheng Hai made a fake move to break through the middle. Azamov knew that Cheng Hai would use Matthews' fake move now, so when the body moved a little to the middle, there was still room for turning back to the side for defense.

Sure enough, after he made a move, Cheng Hai immediately leaned to the side, showing signs of breaking through to the side.

This is the basic routine of Matthews' fake moves, and Azamov was mentally prepared after watching Cheng Hai's video a few times.

Therefore, Azamov had no scruples now, and immediately turned around and rushed to the side, stretching out his feet to break Cheng Hai's ball.

Even if you can't break the ball, you have to keep Cheng Hai, and you don't hesitate to foul.Anyway, it's just past halftime here, and it's still far from the danger zone. Even if he makes a foul, there's a high probability that he won't get a card.

However, what Azamov didn't expect was that he threw his body completely to the side, but Cheng Hai once again turned the ball to the center.

With Azamov's body center of gravity completely thrown out, he was no longer able to return in time.

Cheng Hai took the ball and broke through from the other side of his body in an instant.

Azamov, whose center of gravity was not in the right direction, tried to stop Cheng Hai, but he was already powerless.

Moreover, anxious to stop Azamov, he turned around and rushed back reluctantly, lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, and even lost the chance to make up for it.

Cheng Hai took the ball and walked away.

Although when Wu Xi passed the ball to Cheng Hai and Cheng Hai broke through Azamov, the two central defenders Hormuradov and Irmatov in the center had already retreated and leaned diagonally to the side, trying to block Cheng Hai's possible breakthrough route.

It's a pity that Cheng Hai broke through Azamov too fast, even if he defended the fastest Hormuradov, he couldn't completely block Cheng Hai's advancing route.

The two met in parallel on the left wing of the frontcourt. Holmuradov made a fierce collision, accompanied by a pushing movement with his hands, trying to push Cheng Hai away and knock him down.

There is no penalty area here, even if there is a foul, there will be no penalty kick. Anyway, the Hua Guo team does not have any free kick masters.

Holmuradov's thoughts were correct, but what he met was the only person in the world with a full "physique".

If Holmuradov is one of those tank guards who are tall enough and heavy enough, even if Cheng Hai has full physique, he might really be knocked down.

But the problem is that Holmuradov is only 182cm tall and weighs only 78kg. He has no obvious advantage over Cheng Hai's 178cm height and 71kg weight.

Coupled with Cheng Hai's full physique, in terms of physical confrontation, Cheng Hai has the advantage.

As a result, what everyone saw was that under Holmuradov's premeditated pushing and collision, Cheng Hai's body swayed slightly. Not only did he not fall down, but he opened his arms and pushed Holmuradov backwards.

It was Holmuradov's stagger that made Cheng Hai instantly distance himself from him and complete the real transcendence.

Cheng Hai really formed a single sword.

Another Irmatov in the middle who returned to defense quickly was on the same line as Cheng Hai, but as long as he tried to block Cheng Hai diagonally, he would be left behind by Cheng Hai because of the extended running distance.

There is no suspense about what happened next.

Cheng Hai cut in from the wing and entered the penalty area from the corner of the penalty area. Irmatov, who quickly returned to defense in the middle, did not dare to foul at this time.Because once a foul is committed, it is a penalty kick.

He could only pull Cheng Hai slightly with his hands, trying to influence Cheng Hai, but he didn't dare to use too much force, for fear that Cheng Hai would fall in the penalty area and the referee would award him a foul and a penalty.

You know, the Huaguo team is the host, and this is the home court of the Huaguo team. It is quite normal for the referee to be a little tilted.

But this level of defense, although it can't be said that it has no effect on Cheng Hai, who has a full physique, the effect is too small.

To prevent Cheng Hai from advancing or shooting, Irmatov could only shovel from the side.

But the risk of fouling like that was too great, and Irmatov was a little tangled.

However, Irmatov did not struggle for too long.Because after Cheng Hai entered the penalty area, he took two steps and took a shot.

Goalkeeper Zhulayev defended the near corner, but Cheng Hai volleyed a far corner with the outside instep, and the angle was very precise.

The ball sprinted past Zhulayev's body, then slammed inside the post and bounced into the net.

In the 42nd minute, Cheng Hai received the ball from the midfield and rushed into the penalty area to score a goal in a counterattack. He scored twice and helped the Huaguo team take a 2-0 lead.

This goal made Huaguo players and fans celebrate excitedly.

Many people applauded and commented:

"Wow, Cheng Hai's long-distance raid this time is really fast!"

"It feels like he's running much faster than in previous races!"

"I don't know what's going on, but it's awesome!"

"The more awesome Cheng Hai is, the better. It's best to score ten in one game!"

"Haha, that's impossible! You can't find a few who average more than one goal per game. Cheng Hai is already super awesome!"

"Yeah! Cheng Hai's speed has become so fast today, I don't think the two goals can be stopped, and Cheng Hai probably has to score in the second half!"

"Not bad! I think it's okay, another hat-trick!"

"Basically, the victory is guaranteed, and it is no problem to enter the semi-finals!"

"After entering the semi-finals, there are only two games left to win the championship, so excited!"

"It's sad to think about it. In such a big country, whether it's the Asian Games or the Asian Cup, the men's football team has never won the championship. It's a shame! I hope this time there will be a breakthrough!"

"If you can't win the championship under the leadership of Cheng Hai, I will never watch the national football game again!"

During the celebration of Chinese players and fans, the Uzbekistan team became very heavy.

Their strength is not as good as the Hua Guo team, and they are still two goals behind, so they must attack.

However, Cheng Hai, the top striker in the European arena, stood on the forward line of the Huaguo team, and his speed suddenly became so fast.

They could all guess what happened next: they had to attack aggressively under the pressure of falling behind by two goals, and then maybe they hadn't scored yet, and they were hit by Cheng Hai's counterattack just now.

But even knowing this, they have nothing to do, because they are two goals behind and they have to attack.There is still a little chance to attack. If you don't attack, you will lose, there is no suspense.

Therefore, after Cheng Hai and others celebrated, after the game restarted, Uzbekistan had to press up with the whole team to strengthen the attack, leaving only two central defenders behind to prevent Cheng Hai's counterattack.

Such a situation led to a nearly counterattack by Cheng Hai in the 45th minute. Fortunately, central defender Irmatov decisively put in a shovel and stopped Cheng Hai's breakthrough with a yellow card.

Otherwise, Cheng Hai may have another long-distance attack to score.

However, for both sides, the remaining time of the first half was a bit short, and the score of 2-0 did not change at all, and the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

At the beginning of the second half, both sides took advantage of the beginning of the game and thought that some of the opponent's players had not entered the game state.

In the end, the Huaguo team was superior.

Especially Cheng Hai, after continuing to use the system to enter a 10-minute deep sleep during the intermission, he was very energetic in the first few minutes of the second half.

As a result, just three minutes into the second half, in the 3th minute, the Huaguo team took advantage of Uzbekistan's massive pressure to steal the ball and hit a counterattack.

And this time Cheng Hai also used his off-ball running skills to successfully reverse offside. He received Park Sung's long pass from the backcourt behind the two Uzbek central defenders and directly formed a single goal.

Although Holmuradov and Irmatov were chasing closely behind, they were still unable to catch up after being thrown off by Cheng Hai in the initial stage.

Cheng Hai's 19-point dribbling attribute didn't slow him down much while running with the ball.

At the front of the penalty area, when the two central defenders were about to catch up with Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai faced the attacking goalkeeper Zhulayev and shot directly.

Cheng Hai naturally lobbed.

The ball lifted off the ground, passed over the jumping Zhulayev's palm, crossed a parabola, and flew into Uzbekistan's goal without any suspense.

3-0!

In the first 3 minutes of the second half, Cheng Hai scored another goal. He completed a hat-trick and helped the Hua Guo team gain a three-goal lead.

This ball is almost a seal of victory.

However, even though they already knew that they would lose, Uzbekistan still had a little hope, replaced a midfielder, replaced a striker, and made a desperate attack across the board.

They still hold a little hope.

Such a full-line attack really allowed them to score.

In the 57th minute, the Hua Guo team made a mistake in the defense line outside the penalty area. Defender Zheng Zheng kicked the ball when he cleared the siege. The ball was not far away, and it happened to fall at the feet of Uzbekistan No. 14 midfielder Pilimov on the left side of the penalty area.

The nearby midfielder Lu Peng rushed over to grab the ball.

But Pilimov did not stop the ball, but directly raised his thigh and made a volley.

The quality of this volley is quite high, whether it is speed, strength, or angle, it can be called excellent.

Although Wang Dalei reacted immediately to make a save, Pilimov's angle of the ball was too tricky and the speed was too fast, Wang Dalei failed to catch up after all.

The ball flew diagonally above Wang Dalei's palm and into the dead corner of the Hua Guo team's goal.

Uzbekistan finally scored a goal to bring it back a point and are now only two behind.

Pirimov's goal boosted the morale of the Uzbekistan players and fans, and they pressed on more fiercely. They wanted to make persistent efforts, scored two more goals to equalize the score, and dragged the game into overtime.

At that time, without Cheng Hai, Uzbekistan may not have the possibility of winning.

However, at this moment, Cheng Hai scored again.

Although Cheng Hai became more threatening after his speed became faster, his physical energy consumption was also greater.

Therefore, after scoring the third goal and completing the hat-trick in the 48th minute of the second half, Cheng Hai didn't run a lot. Without a good opportunity, he kept walking to slow down the physical consumption and deter the opponent's back line.

After Uzbekistan scored a goal, it may be the need to continue to score goals, or it may be a little paralyzed by Cheng Hai's walking for most of the time after scoring a goal in the second half, which caused central defender Irmatov to lose his position in the 64th minute and relax his marking on Cheng Hai.

Coincidentally, Uzbekistan's attack in the frontcourt happened to be cut off by the Huaguo team at this time.

After stealing the ball, Lu Peng took a step forward and kicked the ball directly to the frontcourt.

With Irmatov out of position, Holmuradov alone couldn't stop Cheng Hai, who was running at full speed without the ball and had an acceleration of 18 points.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Cheng Hai rushed past Holmuradov, without holding Cheng Hai with his outstretched hand, Cheng Hai broke free easily.

Cheng Hai succeeded in anti-offside again, rushed to the front of the penalty area to grab the ball to the front right before the attacking goalkeeper Zhulayev, and passed Zhulayev who rushed out of the penalty area after a stop.

Then, ahead of Irmatov who returned to the defense, Cheng Hai chased the ball just out from the corner of the small penalty area, and sent the ball into the Uzbekistan goal with a light push.

In the 64th minute, Cheng Hai played a big four, helping the Huaguo team lead 4-1 again by three goals, completely killing the game.

With less than 30 minutes left, it was impossible for Uzbekistan to equalize.

Even though Cheng Hai was exhausted after completing this shot and had to be replaced, Uzbekistan was still powerless against the Hua Guo team, which was united and defended intensively.

After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. The Hua Guo team beat Uzbekistan 2010-4 in the men's football quarter-finals of the 1 Yangcheng Asian Games and advanced to the semi-finals.

Hua Guo team is getting closer and closer to the final!