Perfect Center

Chapter 22 Home battle!

The time came to the day before the second leg of the Champions League qualifying play-offs.

Match day for Zalgiris at home against Arantes.

The Lithuanian League officials postponed the game for them so that Zalgiris could fully prepare for the Champions League qualifiers.

At the Zalgiris training base, several members of the coaching staff looked at Xia Han on the field.

"Xia's heading ability seems to have improved? His physical contact ability has also improved, and he can withstand the impact of defensive players!"

The team is training in heading the ball from the corner. A player in the corner flag area will take the corner kick, the two central defenders will defend, and the attacking player will need to compete for the header from the outside to the inside.

The ball was sent out. Xia Han was very fast. He found the first landing point sensitively while being double-teamed by two substitute central defenders. He jumped high and pushed the ball hard into the ground through the gap in the defense of the two central defenders!

Snap!
The football bounces back!

The rebound caught the goalkeeper off guard and the football quickly rolled into the goal!

"Good shot! Xia, your heading has become stronger recently!" The young goalkeeper of the youth training camp scooped the football out of the net and praised Xia Han.

"It's all thanks to my hard training and my insignificant talent!" Xia Han replied with a smile.

"It looks like we can catch the Celtics off guard!" On the sidelines, the coaching staff members who were observing Xia Han smiled.

In recent training sessions, Xia Han's headers and set-piece attacks have been outstanding.

Despite the interference from starting defenders Kendish and Sveryuga, Xia Han's headers still had flaws, often heading wide and rolling out of the baseline.

But against the Celtics, they had a low opinion of Xia Han's heading ability.

In this underappreciated situation, Xia Han's header might become the key to victory!
The next morning.

At the pre-match press conference.

Facing questions and doubts raised by media reporters.

"We will turn the game around! We will win the final victory! A great victory will be born today!" Ronnie Della vowed.

On the other side, Dambruaskas answered questions with a smile.

"We have a four-goal advantage!"

"If Celtic want to win the game, they need to score three goals and not let us score, which is difficult isn't it?"

"Yes, that's right! I think we can get a ticket to the Champions League! We can successfully advance! This is a big step for Zalgiris and a big step for Lithuanian football!"

The game is about to begin.

The stands at the Zargiles Zalgiris Stadium were packed with people.

The dark water is like a green ocean.

"Xia! Xia! Xia!"

"Our hero! Xia!"

"We will make history! We will make it to the Champions League!"

The fans of Zalgiris kept cheering loudly, shouting Xia Han’s name and singing the song of victory!

"Zhuangdianertai! Zhuangdianertai! Good evening, audience friends!"

"Welcome to watch the second leg of the Champions League qualifying play-off!"

"Zalgiris at home against Celtic!"

"The team that wins this match will directly enter the 2015/16 Champions League!"

"After the first round, Zalgiris has an absolute advantage!"

"They have an incredible advantage of four away goals! They have already stepped into the Champions League finals!"

“Let’s look forward to the wonderful performance of both teams in this game!!!”
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[It’s a sure win! Four away goals! I really don’t know how we lost! ]
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[Can you beat me in one second with 17 cards? Can you beat me with four away goals? ]
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[Give the Celtics ten points, fly and admit it! ]
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[Buy the football in reverse, the villa is by the sea! Brothers, believe me, the Celtics reversed the game! It's a real script! ]

The Champions League theme song suddenly stopped and the referee team led the players from both sides out of the tunnel.

Zalgiris wore the classic green and white striped jersey, while the Celtics wore white Nike jerseys.

The cheers from the fans in the stands became louder and louder! "Xia! Xia! Xia! We love you!!!"

Xia Han waved to the fans in the stands.

"Here are the starting rosters for both teams!"

"Zalgiris once again deployed a 4-4-2 formation!"

"Goalkeeper: Witkauskas!"

"Defenders from left to right: Vitkunas, Kendish, Svirjuga, Kerla!"

"Midfield: Gaucho, Pilibaitis, Luksa, Kuklis!"

"Forward: Xia Han, Sernas!"

"Celtic played in their usual 4-2-3-1 formation this time!"

"Goalkeeper: Gordon!"

"Defenders from left to right: Mulgrew, Van Dijk, Boyata, Janko!"

"Double defensive midfielder: Beaton, Brown!"

"Winger: Armstrong, Forest!"

"Attacking midfielder: Johnson!"

"Forward: Griffiths!"
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[Both sides' starting lineups have changed! 】
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【Steady and spicy! All spicy! 】
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[I believe in Griffiths! God striker! Brothers! Follow me! ]
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[What the hell! Zalgiris already has a four-goal advantage away from home! Even if it's 2-0 or 3-1, Zalgiris will advance! ]

Just as Xia Han got into position, the system's long-lost special task reminder sounded.

【Ding dong! 】

[Special mission triggered: Lead Zalgiris to advance to the Champions League finals! ]

[Rewards depend on the host's performance! ]

[Guaranteed reward: "Rapid recovery from injury" template! ]

"Recover quickly from injury?" Xia Han looked at the six big words with naked passion in his eyes.

Beep!
The referee blows the whistle!
The game officially begins!
Celtics have the ball!
Griffiths passes the ball back to Johnson and then moves forward!
The Celtics' overall formation pressed forward madly, with the two full-backs positioned well!

Facing the Celtics' crazy forward pressure, Zalgiris was well prepared. He quickly pressed the opponent and quickly shrank the formation.

Armstrong received the pass from Johnson and accelerated suddenly!
Trying to get rid of Kuklis's defense!
Kuklis is like a piece of taffy, sticking tightly to Armstrong's offensive route!
Armstrong pedaled his bicycle and pushed the football with his left foot!
Snapped!
The football was successfully intercepted by Lukesha who came over to defend!
"Don't be so fancy! Be more decisive!" Della on the sidelines spitted and cursed.

Zalgiris' formation quickly spread out!

The midfielders are attacking frantically!

After Lukesha intercepted the ball, he immediately passed it to Pilibatis in the middle!
Pilibaitis made a slight adjustment and sent a long pass!

The football flew low and landed at Gaucho's feet.

Brown looked at Gaucho with the ball with a firm look in his eyes.

The two full-backs who had already advanced tried their best to chase back!
Gao Qiao lowered his shoulders and hips, slightly shook Brown's center of gravity, and then broke through decisively!
After successfully breaking through Brown, Yanko was already in position.

Seeing Xia Han asking for the ball in the middle, Gao Qiao faked a pass and cut inside!
A slight shooting angle after cutting inside!
Step forward with your right foot and shoot the football hard!
Bang!
The football flew to the left side of the goal!

Gordon reacted quickly and quickly moved sideways to save the ball!

The black gloves are like a solid wall!
Snapped!
Gordon successfully hit the football out of the baseline!
"Ah!" Gordon got up from the ground and waved his hands!

"What a pity!!!" Della's face flushed.

"Pass the ball! Don't dribble like that!" Dambruaskas on the other side held his head on the sidelines.

Xia Han in the middle has already run out of space, and you are still dribbling the ball.

I thought he had turned over a new leaf in the first few games, so I put him in the starting lineup for this game, but I didn’t expect he was still so selfish!
　Ask for anything

　　
　
(End of this chapter)