Perfect Center

Chapter 73 Victory
In the live broadcast room, fans laughed at Gao Qiao's anti-aircraft cannon.
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[Air-to-air missiles are ready! ]
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[It's understandable that they want to delay the game, after all, there's only a little time left in the game. ]
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【Zalgiris made history by taking all three points! 】
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[The cheers from the home fans are getting louder and louder! ]
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【come on! 】

On the football field, facing the increasingly aggressive Shakhtar Donetsk, Dembele adopted a defensive bus formation.

"Two goals ahead in the aggregate score! De Bruyne used the familiar bus formation used against Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid!"

"In the final moments, can Shakhtar Donetsk still create opportunities?"

Time passed little by little, and Zalgiris's sturdy bus withstood the violent attack of the wind and rain.

The regular time of the game was about to end, and when it was approaching the ninety-minute mark, the fourth official held up a sign near the center circle, indicating that the injury time would be four minutes.

The cheers from the Zalgiris fans grew louder and louder.

In the first minute of injury time, Janusauskas made a clearance error and sent the ball to Teixeira's feet.

Teixeira quickly passed the ball to Marlos and then moved forward!

After receiving the pass, Marlos dribbled forward and faced Vitkunas' defense, and easily dribbled past him.

"Zalgris's physical strength declined and he made a mistake in clearing the ball. Teixeira intercepted the ball and passed it away instantly!"

"Marlos once again demonstrated his superb dribbling skills! He dribbled past Vitkunas' defense easily!"

Marlos dribbled the ball frantically to the end line, faked a pass, made a cross gesture, then cut inside and broke through Pilibatis's defense.

Snap!
Malos drew his bow and arrow, then kicked the football hard, making a crisp sound.

The football rushed towards the goal like a streaking arrow!
Witkauskas had already adjusted his defensive position to prevent Marlos's cut-in shot.

He leaned down to the ground sideways and held the football steadily in his arms.

Just as Witkauskas was about to fall to the ground to delay time, he saw Xia Han running back to the front court quickly and raising his hands high to ask for the ball.

"Maybe I can assist and score twice!" Witkauskas thought to himself, driving his body to quickly get up.

Run up, throw the ball, and kick the ball into the goal!

"A sudden shot!"

"Malos's shot from inside was very sudden! But because it was so sudden, he was not able to fully exert his strength and the angle was a bit straight!"

"He was firmly pressed to the grass by Zalgiris goalkeeper Vitkauskas. It seems that he wants to delay time!"

"Hey! Xia Han raised his hand, as if asking Vitkauskas for the ball! The backcourt of Shakhtar Donetsk is very empty at the moment! Will there be a chance?"

"Vitkauskas immediately stood up and kicked the ball. Eduardo and Teixeira tried to intercept the goal kick but failed!"

There was only Xia Han in the frontcourt of Zalgiris. Under the arrangement of Dambruaskas, Enyazi, Gao Qiao and Shen Beilas participated in the defense of the positional battle and formed part of the bus.

Shakhtar Donetsk's backcourt is very empty. After all, there is not much time left. Losing one or two goals is still a loss. It is better to press forward in the attack, just in case a goal is scored to turn the game around!

Although Zalgiris had already arranged a 9-0-1 formation, Xia Han was left alone in the frontcourt.

But Kuchel and Ivan Odes also stayed in the backfield to prevent Xia Han's one-point explosive ability.

Xia Han continued to speed up, and Witkauskas's long kick was far ahead of time, hooking the ball back before it flew out of bounds.

"The kick from Witkauskas was a little off, luckily Xia Han was fast enough to hook the ball back before it went out of bounds!"

Xia Han led the ball and charged towards a large open space. Ismaili and Srna were unable to return to their own half for a while because they had advanced to participate in the attack.

High speed attack!
Xia Han charged alone into Shakhtar Donetsk's half, and when he advanced to the 30-meter area, Kuchel was already approaching.

Xia Han pretended to continue to move to the baseline, but Kuchel decisively blocked his position. With the change of center of gravity, Xia Han changed direction instantly, leaned on Kuchel's body and suddenly dissipated his strength, turned around and pushed the ball!
Kuchel directly pulled Xia Han to block Xia Han's next move.

Beep!
The referee decisively called a foul on Kuchel, and took out a yellow card from his pocket and pointed it at Kuchel.

Kuchel did not make any excuses. If he did not stop Xia Han's breakthrough, Xia Han might have created a goal. After all, Xia Han's shooting skills were obvious to all. He did not dare to bet that Ivan Odes could stop Xia Han.

The fans in the stands sighed.

"With one long kick, Xia Han created a free kick opportunity in a pretty good position!"

"At the free kick spot, as usual, Xia Han and Pilibatis stand in front of the penalty spot. Let's see who will take the free kick this time!"

"We all still remember Xia Han's amazing super arc free kick!"

"And that long free kick that scored a goal! It's something to be talked about!"

Xia Han and another man stood in front of the football, covering their mouths as they discussed tactics.

"Push the ball over here, I'll shoot directly later." Xia Han's mind flashed with the famous scene of Toni Kroos of the German team in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The position of this free kick is similar to that of the winning free kick.

Beep! !

The referee's whistle came as expected.

Pilibatis gently pushed the ball the moment the whistle sounded, Xia Han took a run-up, adjusted his shot and shot directly!
The football took off from the ground, drew a graceful arc in the air, and headed straight for the goal!

He bypassed the human wall and rushed to the upper right corner of the goal!
"Pilibaitis gently pushed the ball to Xia Han for a shot! Facing this free kick opportunity, after the other teammates attracted the attention of the defenders at the back point, Xia Han chose to shoot directly!"

"What a high-quality shot! The ball is moving very fast! Can Piatov react?"

Piatov was always wary of Xia Han's direct shot and watched the football heading straight towards the goal.

Piatov pushed the grass hard with his feet, dove sideways, and jumped high!
The body was stretched very relaxed in the air, and the save was beautiful, just like the save in a textbook!

"Pyatov! An extremely good save!"

"The speed of this football is not very fast! But the angle is very tricky!"

"But Piatov, who was standing in front of the goal, was possessed! He directly hit this high-quality free kick out of the bottom line!"

After Piatov lifted the football out of the baseline, he landed and yelled loudly!
The entire stadium was silent for two seconds.

Then there were sporadic sighs, sighing that Xia Han's high-quality free kick was saved by the brave Piatov.

"Corner kick opportunity for Zalgiris!"

"Pilibaitis took a slow corner kick, and Ivan Odestai headed the ball out of the bottom line! Another corner kick opportunity for Zalgiris!"

In the last minute of injury time, Zalgiris had a corner kick opportunity.

This time, Pilibatis decisively took a corner kick, Xia Han successfully grabbed the first point of the football and headed for the goal!

The football whizzed into Piatov's arms. Due to the interference of Ivan Odes, Xia Han's header was too straight and the speed of the ball was average.

When Piatov wanted to launch a counterattack by throwing the ball quickly and powerfully, the Greek referee Astanasios blew the final whistle!

Beep! Beep! Beep!
Zalgiris beat Shakhtar Donetsk 4-2 at home!
(End of this chapter)