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Chapter 60 This is the proof!

The football is rolling towards the sideline.

Chi Zhen gritted his teeth and rushed towards the football.

At the same time, from another direction, Tyne's right back Archie Noble was also sprinting.

In the end, Chi Zhen pushed off the ground and tried to hook the ball back before it went out of bounds.

Immediately afterwards, Noble made the same move, but in a different direction.

The football was kicked into the field by Chi Zhen, and then was knocked out of the sideline by Noble who rushed over.

The two men then collided with each other.

Chi Zhen didn't bother to consider whether he was injured. Although he felt a little pain, it was not obvious at all now, because his adrenaline was surging and he was no longer very sensitive to pain.

He got up from the ground, waved his hand and pointed towards the Tyne baseline, telling the referee that Noble had touched the ball out of bounds and that the Scouse team should be given a throw-in.

Noble also got up from the ground and made exactly the same gesture, but pointed in a different direction - he was signaling to the referee that the ball was kicked out of bounds by Chi Zhen and that Tyne should be given an out-of-bounds ball.

The referee gave his decision.

He pointed the ball towards the Tyne baseline:

The Tyne player touched the ball out of bounds, it was a throw-in for the Scouse players!

Chi Zhen gave a thumbs up to the referee for his keen observation.

Noble looked very shocked - he held his head in his hands, his eyes widened, and his face looked incredible.

Although from the camera it seemed that he indeed touched the ball out.

But he was not necessarily playing dumb. It was such a violent collision at that time, and his perception might be wrong, so he didn't know who hit it. Anyway, he thought it should be Chi Zhen who hit the ball - what if the ball hit his legs and bounced back, and then hit Chi Zhen's body, and finally rolled out of the sideline?

Noble's performance certainly couldn't make the referee change his decision, so even though he thought the ball was a misjudgment, Noble didn't say anything else, but quickly retreated to his defensive position, and the expression on his face had returned to focus.

Chi Zhen did not wait for his left-back teammate Atala to come up and throw the ball out of bounds, because he wanted to buy more time and did not want to waste even a second.

It is now the 79th minute of the game.

Almost ten minutes had passed after Tyne tied the score at 2:2. The Scouse players attacked fiercely but were unable to break through the Tyne goal.

Time passed by minute by minute, and every second that passed, the hope of winning decreased a little.

Chi Zhen threw the ball to forward Delmora who came up to receive the ball, and at the same time he rushed into the field and sprinted towards the Tyne baseline.

Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, Delmora jumped in the air and swept the football in the direction of Chi Zhen's sprint.

Chi Zhen caught up with the football, and Noble did the same.

Facing the relentless pursuit of Tyne's right-back, Chi Zhen didn't dare to stop the ball. He was afraid that as soon as he stopped the ball, Noble would stick to him and he would be unable to get rid of him or pass the ball.

So he took a risk and passed the ball in the air directly into the penalty area.

Noble also stretched out his foot to block, and the two almost kicked each other in the air.

In the end, Chi Zhen and Noble's feet brushed against each other, and he was almost kicked on the inside of his foot by Noble...

"Chi! High pass!"

After passing the ball, Chi Zhen raised his head and looked towards the penalty area, wondering whether his cross could pose a threat.

To his disappointment, he failed to grasp the power of the cross, and the football flew high over the middle of the penalty area and headed towards the other side of the back point.

Eight minutes ago, Portugal's center forward Joao Vega, who replaced striker Rosas, tried very hard to jump in front of the goal, but with his height of 1.91 meters, he was still far from reaching the ball...

Chi Zhen didn't have time to feel upset about his pass error, because at the far end, his teammate, right-back Sean Connelly, who also came on as a substitute, had already rushed up to receive the ball.

He caught the ball on the sideline!
Chi Zhen quickly cut into the penalty area, and instead of joining in the fun in the middle, he ambushed at the back post.

After the head coach sent on center forward Vega, he also instructed the players to make more crosses from the flanks, making full use of Vega's height and headers to launch high-altitude bombardment on the Tyne goal.

For an attack like this, you can't just ambush in front of the goal, you need to do more outflanking.

With Chi Zhen's height of only 1.78 meters and his poor header skills, it would be useless for him to go to the goal. He couldn't squeeze past those "tall guys" in the confrontation, and his keen grasp of the landing point was not as good as that of a real center forward.

It’s better to pick up the leak later.

What if the opportunity comes?
A few seconds later, the opportunity really came!
Connelly made a cross from the wing.

A group of people in the middle jumped up to compete for the header. Vega jumped the highest, but he had no way of heading the ball under Katic's close defense. He could only barely get the ball...

After he touched the football, it changed its direction slightly and flew to the back point!

Chi Zhen is right there.

He used his chest to knock the ball away!
And then...then there was no chance to shoot...

Noble and Biggins were blocking his way.

Chi Zhen didn't even make a shot before the ball was poked out of the penalty area by Noble!

"Oh!" Luo Jin cried out in regret when he saw this scene.

Zhao Chuanfeng also felt sorry for Chi Zhen: "Chi shouldn't have stopped the ball, he should have just shot it directly... If you are not sure about the shot, just sweep the ball horizontally towards the goal. If someone touches it and changes direction and flies into the goal, you will win!"

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The Scouse team's continuous attack could not be sustained forever, after all, the players' physical strength was limited.

Especially when the game has entered the last ten minutes.

The Scouse football tactical style requires very high physical fitness of the players.

So before eighty minutes, Josep Gil had already replaced four players in a row.

Boissier was substituted, Simon Lofven was substituted, McGowan was substituted, and Flavio Rosas...

Now he still has one substitution spot left, just in case, as a backup.

Tyne also made substitutions.

After Dean left the field, Tyne's formation and tactics were adjusted.

Van Ginkel moved from the center to the left to play as left midfielder, while Biggins played as right midfielder.

Tyne actually played 442.

McNeill then replaced Van Ginkel with Gabriel Barreto, bringing on a true left midfielder.

Archie Noble replaced the starting right back Jacob Barnabas. The latter was under too much pressure and consumed too much energy because of the constant attacks from Chi Zhen and other Scouse players in this game. In order to avoid a thunderstorm in the final stage of the game, McNeil replaced him with substitute right back Noble.

Unlike Gill, McNeill only made these three substitutions.

After all, Tyne's bench depth is not as strong as that of the Scouse team.

If I change too much, I’m afraid the whole thing will collapse.

Especially now that the competition is intense, the team is under tremendous pressure.

If someone else comes on, he won't be able to get into the rhythm of the game for a while, which may lead to losing the ball.

The current lineup on the field is functioning normally, and there is no need to replace too many players in a short period of time.

In the 83rd minute, Tyne's attack reached outside the Scouse penalty area.

Because Tyne is now playing 442 instead of the previous 433, Wang Lie did not retreat outside the penalty area, but stayed at the front - after all, the effect of him being at the front will definitely be better than letting Vitini be at the front.

Today's Brazilian kids are not suitable to play center.

Wang Lie was at the front, Vitini retreated to the outside of the penalty area to support, and then used his excellent skills and agile dribbling to create threats.

After receiving the ball, Vitini passed it to Wang Lie in the penalty area.

Wang Lie stepped forward with his back to the goal to receive the ball.

After passing the ball, Vitini rushed straight into the penalty area, as if he was going to perform a wall-to-wall pass with Wang Lie.

Just like the cooperation between the two in the first half.

Wang Lie felt that Libert, who was pressing against him from behind, seemed to have changed his center of gravity. He guessed that it was Vitini's forward movement that attracted Libert's attention.

So he decisively pushed the football in the opposite direction, then immediately turned around and shot!
In order to avoid the football being poked away by the opponent's defender before he could shoot, Wang Lie adopted an unconventional shooting action!
The shot is very hidden!
But Leonardo Lucero, the Argentine goalkeeper who is good at making all kinds of amazing saves, finally lived up to his name of "Saint Lucero" this time. When he didn't have time to fall to the ground and save the ball with his hands, he simply did a "Lotus Sitting on the Lotus" and sat down on the spot!

The football was touched by his outstretched studs and went out of bounds...

"Lucero!! Nice save!!"

"Wang Lie—Ouch! Lucero made a very crucial save!"

Seeing that the ball didn't go in, Wang Lie held his head with both hands and grabbed his hair in frustration, as if he wanted to pull all his hair out...

Then he looked up to the sky and shouted:
"Hold!!!"

Lucero, who made a brilliant save, did not have the pride of saving Wang Lie’s shot, but was pulled up from the ground by his teammates with lingering fear.

He couldn't even blame Libert for not defending well... because Wang Lie's turn was too fast and his shot was too sneaky. How could an ordinary defender expect Wang Lie to do this?

The reason he was able to block the ball was purely due to luck, not strength.

He could only use shouting to distract himself and keep himself from falling into the fear:

"Corner defense! Mark him--!"

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Tyne's corner kick did not threaten the Scouse goal, but instead led to a counterattack.

But the Scouse people's counterattack was unsuccessful...

When advancing to the offensive third zone, Delmora wanted to pass the ball to Chi Zhen, but the ball was too far.

Even though Chi Zhen ran until his lungs were burning, he was unable to catch up with the ball.

The ball rolled out of the baseline under the escort of Tyne goalkeeper Goetz...

Chi Zhen, who failed to catch up with the football, bent over, supported his knees with his hands, and gasped heavily, his breathing sounded as heavy as a bellows with a leak.

He was unwilling to see this counterattack end in vain.

But he was powerless, he couldn't even blame Delmora for his bad pass.

Instead, Delmora took the initiative to shout behind him: "Sorry, Chi! This ball is mine..."

Chi Zhen kept his hands on his knees, but he freed his right hand and swung it backwards to tell Delmora that it was okay.

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When attacking, Tyne also passed the ball from the wing to Wang Lie in the penalty area.

Although Wang Lie is not particularly tall, only 1.85 meters, his height is not outstanding among a group of big center forwards. However, his excellent jumping ability, coupled with his keen judgment of the ball's landing point, makes his header level also top in today's football world.

So when necessary, he can be used as a center forward.

This time the cross was made by Vitini who was on the wing.

Wang Lie jumped high in front of the Scouse goal and collided with Mason Harper.

But he still tried his best to kick the ball back!
It was Tommy Biggins who appeared at the back post!

He met the football thrown by Wang Lie and shot directly!
He hit the ball out of bounds...

"Wang Lie heads the ball to... Biggins! Sigh!"

"Biggins' shot missed!"

Dean on the bench threw the towel in his hand to the ground and cursed:

"FUCK!"

He didn't have any complaints about his teammate Biggins, he had complaints about the fact that the ball didn't go in.

If this ball goes in...it'd be a fucking buzzer beater!

Biggins on the field was equally disappointed. He covered his mouth with his hands and stared at the goal - I was aiming right here when I shot!
"A great opportunity missed!"

"You still can't seize opportunities in front of the goal..."

"Biggins wasted this opportunity! We always say that wasting opportunities in a game will be punished..."

The commentators felt sorry for Tyne but also worried about them.

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Biggins failed to kill the suspense of the game. After escaping the disaster, the Scouse people launched another fierce attack on Tyne's goal.

At the last moment of the game, they still didn't give up trying to win the game.

The result of being tied by Tyne was really unacceptable to them.

Especially within less than 2 minutes of the start, they were already leading Tyne 0:.

Besides... I still can't defeat Wang Lie, so how can I talk about revenge?

We went to the Red Stone Stadium with a revengeful mentality, but ended up drawing 1:1 with Sofia United.

Now he came to Lize Park Stadium to find Wang Lie with the idea of ​​revenge. If the game ended in a 2:2 draw again, he didn't know what kind of ridicule he would face!

"Chi! Diagonal pass!"

After Chi Zhen got the ball from the wing and cut inside, he did not choose to continue dribbling because his physical strength had already been affected and he could not run any longer. Fortunately, his teammate Joao Vega ran diagonally into the penalty area, so he chose to pass the ball to the opponent.

Vega collided with Katic when receiving the ball, and then fell forward...

"Joao Vega...he fell!"

Joe Wesley questioned: "Isn't this a foul?!"

There was a huge booing at Leeds Park - Tyne fans thought Vega was diving. The referee did not blow the whistle immediately, but signaled the game to continue.

Anyway, there is a video referee team, they will watch the replay video. If there is really a problem with Vega's fall this time, he will naturally be notified. Then he will stop the game and run to the sidelines to watch the VAR video to confirm whether it is a foul.

Whether it was Vega who was lying on the ground, or Chi Zhen who passed the ball to him, as well as the Scouse players near Vega, they all raised their arms to complain and protest to the referee.

Tyne players also complained and protested.

Katic simply waved at Vega on the ground, cursing, "Stop pretending, get up! Get up!"

Goalkeeper Goetz was also roaring at him: "Liar! Is this all you can do?! You cheated a penalty by diving!"

Amid the controversy, the TV broadcast quickly replayed the footage that had just occurred.

From the slow-motion replay footage from different angles, it can be seen that Katic did collide with Vega, but there were no extra movements on Katic's hands.

Vega's fall seemed like an attempt to seek a penalty.

Connor Cowley shook his head and said, "This is not a penalty! Vega is too impatient!"

Joe Wesley, who had just questioned the penalty, remained silent.

Luo Jin was indignant: "I think the referee should give Wei Jia a yellow card and sentence him for diving!"

The game was still going on. The referee did not receive any prompts from the video referee team and naturally had no intention of stopping the game.

Although the ball was cleared by Tyne players, it still fell into the feet of Scouse players, who continued to attack.

Their right-back Connelly came on as a substitute, was full of energy, and came up from the backcourt to participate in the attack.

After receiving the ball from his teammate, he pretended to cross the ball, tricking Charlie Cohen, who was defending, into jumping up and stretching his legs to block it.

However, he used his right foot to dribble the ball to the left, and at the same time dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area!
There was a burst of boos and screams at Leather Park.

Connelly broke into the penalty area, swung his left foot and shot directly!

Goetz dived sideways but missed the ball!
The football drew an arc, passed through his fingers, and went straight to the back corner of the goal!

When Goetz turned his head and saw this scene, his heart almost stopped beating...

Fortunately, he saw the football hit the far post and bounce out of the bottom line!

"call!!!"

I don't know how many Tyne fans breathed a sigh of relief, and the sound of their breath sounded like thunder.

The referee first pointed to the goal area line of Tyne, indicating that it was a goal kick, and then made a gesture for a substitution.

On the sidelines, Scouse head coach Josep Gil played his last card and replaced Chi Zhen, who had almost no energy left, with Argentine striker Alfredo Ticeira.

"Chi is going to be substituted... He scored a goal and indirectly created another goal in this game. His performance was very good. However, in the last moments of the game, he was exhausted because he had consumed too much energy in the early stages. After replacing him, Gill chose to replace him with striker Tisela. Obviously, he was unwilling to shake hands and make peace with Tyne like this..."

"Chi Zhen is off the field. He performed very well in this match, but it was a pity that his shot with Delmora outside the penalty area was saved by Goetz, otherwise the Scouse team would be leading now..."

Chi Zhen felt somewhat unwilling to find himself being substituted, but he did not show it, nor did he hesitate to leave the field.

He mustered up his last bit of strength, chose the nearest route and jogged down the field to buy the team a little more time.

For this reason, he did not even go to high-five Tisela and walked to the bench alone from the sideline.

As he walked towards the bench, he turned his head to look at the court, his eyes fixed on Wang Lie.

The game wasn’t over yet, but the contest between him and Brother Wang seemed to have been decided—he only scored one goal, while Brother Wang scored two…

Maybe because I'm not a striker, we can't simply compare the number of goals?
My positioning helped the team take the lead within one minute of the start... If we win in the end, does that mean it's a draw between Brother Wang and me?
His mind was in turmoil, he felt a mixture of reluctance and helplessness, and he was trying to find excuses for himself.

When head coach Gill shook hands with him, hugged him and praised him for his outstanding performance, he managed to force a smile and apologized to Gill:
"Sorry, Boss. I missed some opportunities..."

Gil comforted him: "That's not your problem, it's just bad luck. Your performance in this game proves that you deserve to be the core of the national team."

Chi Zhen didn't expect that even the club's head coach knew about the core dispute between him and Brother Wang.

He accepted the coach's consolation with a wry smile and returned to the bench.

But he didn't sit down. Instead, he stood there, staring nervously at the field with his other teammates.

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Seeing Gill play his last card, assistant coach Varro asked McNeill, "Should we consider substituting Wang?"

The reason why he asked this was because he took into consideration that Wang Lie was already 38 years old after all, and he had not played a full game this season, so he was worried that he might have physical problems.

But McNeill did not hesitate this time. He said to him decisively and firmly: "No. Anyone can leave the court, but Wang can't. Unless we don't want to win anymore."

Seeing that McNeill was so determined, Varro stopped trying to persuade him.

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Replacing Chi Zhen with forward Tisela shows that the Scouse team is determined to win.

So their offensive became more and more fierce.

Sonny Dean stood in front of the bench with a towel in his hand, staring at the court.

When he came to his senses, he glanced at the time on the scoreboard.

It's the 90th minute of the game.

The fourth official also raised a sign on the sidelines indicating four minutes of injury time.

There are only four minutes left, but now we can't even get past halftime!

The fierce attack of the Scouse players forced Tyne to return to their own half and tighten their defense.

Although Wang Lie was still at the front of Tyne's overall formation, his position had retreated to the back of the center circle.

Dean remembered what Wang Lie had repeatedly emphasized before the game and during halftime:
"I will prove that I, Wang Lie, can lead you to victory!"

prove?

how to prove?

Tell me, how are we going to win now?
It's damn good that we didn't lose!
Don’t dream… This is not the Red Stone Stadium, the people next to you are not your Sofia teammates from the seven-time champion era, and you are not 31 years old!

You can't still live in your own world, can you?
You are the one who should wake up!
Stop being so stubborn!
Don't be the enemy of the world!

Don't...work so hard!

Dean clutched the towel so tightly that his knuckles turned white without him noticing.

He just stared at the figure on the court.

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“Give me the ball!!”

When Goetz saved Tisela's shot, Wang Lie stood in front of the center circle and yelled at him, raising his arms high.

He didn't care that he would be discovered by the Scouse players. Even if he didn't raise his hand, would Mason Harper let him go?

Goetz threw the football towards Wang Lie.

Wang Lie got into position, ready to catch the ball.

Mason Harper was behind him.

Wang Lie jumped, and Harper also jumped.

Wang Lie headed the ball, and Harper headed him.

Wang Lie screamed, fell from the air, and fell to the ground holding the back of his head.

The referee's whistle and the boos from Lize Park sounded simultaneously.

"Harper fouled in the header! Tyne won a free kick near the center circle!"

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"call--"

Robbie Dixie took a long breath, then put his hand to his heart and said weakly:
"Aiya... the ball is finally back to us. Let's breathe a sigh of relief..."

His words resonated with many people around him.

Just now, the Scouse players suddenly launched a high-pressure defense on Tyne, preventing Tyne from even getting through half the court.

If we continue like this, we might really be snatched away by the Scouse people and collapse.

It is not impossible to be killed by the opponent.

And now Harper's foul helped Tyne get a chance to breathe.

The fans who had been too busy talking to talk were now able to chat for a while.

"If we can hold on to this draw, then I think it's a completely acceptable result..."

"It's more than acceptable! It couldn't be better! You know, our opponents are the Scouse people!"

"Thanks, Wang! If it weren't for Wang, we might have collapsed after losing two goals in the first 0 minutes. I even think we might have been beaten 7:!"

"Yes, yes, Wang's two goals were crucial! And they boosted morale, otherwise the team would never have been able to hold on until this time!"

Dixie heard others praising Wang Lie, so he turned his head to look at the young Chinese man. He did not feel happy because everyone was praising Wang Lie. Instead, he frowned and looked at the court without saying a word.

Perhaps in order to ease the relationship with him, Dixie took the initiative to say: "Chinese boy, don't be so serious. Although the sheep has not turned into a lion, we can already scare the lion away..."

Tang Lin heard his words and could sense his goodwill, but he did not appreciate it and shook his head, "How could you scare them away? Isn't the lion still trying every possible way to rush in and eat the sheep?"

Dixie looked at the time on the scoreboard and curled her lips and said, "There are less than three minutes left in the game. We have the ball. As long as we don't lose it, we can delay the game a little longer. Maybe we can even delay it until the end of the game."

Tang Lin didn't say anything else.

Because he didn't understand football, he didn't know if what Dixie said was really possible.

But he still felt that if it was just a draw, then the two goals scored by Wang Lie... would they be wasted?

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Tyne won a free kick near the center circle in their own half, which was taken by center back Katic.

Most of the Tyne players still entered the Scouse half.

However, the Scouse players did not retreat directly into their own penalty area to defend. Except for the back line, everyone else still played man-to-man defense.

Almost every Tyne player who entered their half had a Scouse player beside him.

It was obvious that the Scouse team wanted to take advantage of this free kick opportunity and launch a counterattack after a direct steal.

Katic looked around but couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to.

He even had the idea of ​​turning around and passing the ball back to goalkeeper Goetz, then passing the ball back and forth in the backcourt to waste time.

Of course, if he did this, the Scouse players would definitely rush up to press him, but at least this would draw the Scouse players out, and maybe it would really create a chance?
"The game has already reached the 92nd minute, and there are two minutes left until the end of the game... Now Tayne is taking a free kick in the backcourt. Katic should pass the ball back to the goalkeeper, and then pass the ball back in the backcourt to waste time..."

Commentator Connor Cowley said this when he saw Katic turning back to observe.

Joe Wesley agreed: "Now Tyne should try to delay time and keep the score of 2:2 until the end. Being able to draw with Scots at home is a completely acceptable result..."

Wang Lie in the penalty area saw that Katic seemed to be in hesitation, but maybe he was deliberately delaying time.

But no matter what the reason was, Wang Lie didn't want to stay in the penalty area any longer.

Because it makes no sense.

So he suddenly accelerated, rushed out of the penalty area and ran back.

While running, he shouted to Katic: "Hey! Katic!"

Remind him to pay attention to himself.

When Katic looked over, he gestured:

Give me the ball!

Katic noticed that when Wang Lie suddenly retreated, the two Scouse central defenders in the penalty area did not follow him out immediately.

So he really passed the ball!
The football flew low over the center circle and headed towards Wang Lie.

Seeing the ball being passed to Wang Lie, Mason Harper ran out of the penalty area and prepared to defend.

With his back to the goal, Wang Lie quickly looked back to observe the situation and found that Harper was still a little far away from him, but not far enough for him to calmly take the ball and turn around. The so-called "far" was only compared with close combat and defense...

He already had a plan in mind.

When the football flew towards him, he slightly tilted his body, raised his left foot and stopped the ball directly in the direction of his body.

Then he turned around.

The stopped football fell onto the grass diagonally in front of him.

After stopping the ball, he stepped forward with his left foot, stepping heavily on the grass.

Keep your arms outstretched for balance.

Using the force of turning around, he swung his right leg directly!
By the time the football hit the ground and bounced, his right foot had arrived too.

Bang!
Grass clippings and dirt flew everywhere.

The football flew past the rushing Mason Harper!

"San Lucero" jumped into the air and swung his hand hard towards the football.

He didn't touch the ball!

The football dragged a trail of white light in the night sky, crossed the green field like a meteor, and then plunged into the net!
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PS, there will be two updates today too!
(End of this chapter)