Chapter 72
In the night, at the exit of the Capital Sports Stadium, many spectators who left early left in twos and threes. The reporters waiting outside the door stopped a father and daughter.
"Hello, the game is not over yet, why did you leave early?"The reporter asked
"Because... because the child needs to go to bed early, and she cries a lot. Although the Dragon National Team played very well in the second half today, I don't want to make my daughter cry because of the loss. It's that simple."
The reporter looked at the little girl. The corners of her chubby face were turned down, and it was obvious that she was not in a good mood.
"Of course, we still have a chance to turn things around, but……"
"——Boom!"
A huge roar came from the stadium behind them, drowning out everything else, and everyone turned around at the same time.
"Dad, what's wrong?"The little girl jumped up and asked loudly
"I……"The middle-aged man's face was also confused.
The cheers in the stadium did not stop, but surged out like a surging wave.
"We're tied!" The reporter pointed to the big screen on the outside wall of the stadium showing the score!
"What?! We're tied?!"
The middle-aged man was shocked, but the next moment his face turned into ecstasy, and the little girl's mouth corners also curled up at this moment.
"We should go back to watch the game.……"The middle-aged man picked up the girl and rushed into the stadium.
After the father and daughter, more and more fans who had just left the stadium turned around and rushed into the stadium.
……
"Chen Huan passed the last defender and entered the penalty area!"
"Kawashima Eiji left the door and went out!"
Xiao Zhan's roar was transmitted to the ears of all the spectators who were watching the game through electronic signals.
"Chen Huan is about to knock on the door!"
"Chip shot!"
"The football passed Kawashima Eiji and fell into the goal!"
"Yuto Nagatomo rushed towards the goal and tried to block the ball!"
"He was a step too slow! The ball went in!"
"Less than a minute into overtime - Chen Huan scored a hat trick and equalized the score!"
"Oh my god, I can't believe what I'm seeing! We've evened the score!"
……
Fuso Sports Channel
"——Bang!"
Ueno Yusaku stood up in shock and accidentally knocked over the thermos cup next to him in the studio with his elbow.
But he did not look at the thermos cup, but stared at the football flying over Kawashima Eiji's head on the screen in front of him with wide eyes.
""Nagatomo-kun, stop the ball!"
Ueno Yusaku shouted to the Fuso right-back Nagatomo Yuto who was running towards the football on the screen.
But he was a step slower.
The football crossed the goal line in front of Nagatomo Yuto.
Ueno Yusaku suddenly became quiet and slid back on the chair.
On the screen, the proud Asian blue warriors had collapsed to the ground, panting tiredly.
The Dragon Country players in red jerseys rushed towards Chen Huan who fell to the ground from all directions - this hat trick was almost the player who tied the score single-handedly.
"This is a lie, how is this possible?"
Ueno Yusaku muttered to himself as he looked at the screen that updated the score.
……
The coaching staff of the Dragon National Team hugged the players on the bench at this moment.
"Okay, let's prepare for overtime. We need substitutions in the midfield and backcourt.……"
Lisson Ollie was able to keep his sanity. He dispersed the celebrating crowd, called the coaching team over, and began to prepare for the extra time.
……
"Have you ever heard of the story of a great effort, followed by a weak second and a desperate third?"
When Chen Huan stood up from the court, he did not celebrate but handed the surrounding players to him.
"I have heard of it." Liang Dai nodded,"But why do you want to say this?"
"The Fuso national team is already panicking, especially Takato Sakai and Atsuto Uchida."Chen Huan lowered his voice and pointed at the two main central defenders of the Fuso national team who were looking listless with their heads down.
"As soon as they kick off, Liang Dai, Xie Wenqiang, and Tang Chi, you guys go over and press them. We haven't used high-pressure pressing tactics in this game, so if we suddenly press them, it will definitely work." Chen Huan explained his thoughts to the others.
"Brother Huan... No, Captain, what do you mean? Aren't we going to drag the game into overtime?" Liang Dai asked many of his teammates.
"Stupid, look at who is warming up in the Fuso national team now? When we enter the overtime, our main players will be exhausted, and the opponent's new forces who are ready to go will disperse us as soon as they come on the court. I plan to get rid of them in the regular time. There should be more than two minutes before the end of the game, no problem."
After listening to Chen Huan's plan, several national team players were dumbfounded. They were ecstatic to equalize the score, but Chen Huan actually wanted to completely finish off the opponent before the end of the game - that's the Fuso national team, not the East Timor men's football team!
But they changed their minds and felt relieved. If Chen Huan told them at halftime that he could equalize the score in overtime, no one would believe it. Everyone would just think that the other party was a psychopath.
"Okay, I can still run!"Liang Dai nodded in agreement
"We can all run, too."Tang Chi and Xie Wenqiang nodded in agreement.
At this time, the Fuso national team had regrouped, and Osako Yuya placed the ball in the center of the circle, then kicked the ball.
""Grab!"
Chen Huan shouted the moment Osako Yuya kicked the ball out, and then burst out his last bit of physical strength, rushing across the center circle towards the direction of the football.
Tang Chi, Liang Dai, and Xie Wenqiang also accelerated towards the direction of the football beside him.
"Ah! What's going on?!"Hasebe Makoto just caught the pass from Osako Yuya and was surprised to see the striker and midfielder of the Dragon National Team rushing towards him.
Hasebe Makoto did not choose to control the ball, but chose to pass it back to the central defender Uchida Atsuto again.
"What are they going to do?"Before receiving the ball, Atsuto Uchida kept observing the situation on the court, but he was also startled by the sudden pressing of the Dragon Country players.
"No matter what, let's pass the ball to the midfielder first."Uchida Atsuto thought so and passed the ball to Honda Keisuke.
"Opportunity!"This pass was just within his coverage, so he immediately accelerated and rushed forward. Just as Honda Keisuke was about to speed up to catch the ball, he saw that Uchida Atsuto, who had just passed the ball, suddenly turned pale.
"Oops!" Honda Keisuke accelerated again and rushed towards the football.
The next moment, he felt a strong wind blowing by his side, and a red figure rushed over from behind before he could catch the ball, trapping him behind.