Such a smooth opening made the Longteng fans go crazy with joy.
Chen Jiangfeng, who is still one of the ardent fans of the Longteng Team, was waving the club scarf in his hand crazily. The fans behind him sang "The Song of Nie Jiang" rhythmically under his leadership.
Chen Jiangfeng's girlfriend was dressed in a hot outfit, and the female fans of the Longteng team, who were also dressed in cool clothes, celebrated wantonly in the stands. Their delicate bodies and gorgeous makeup killed many media films.
On the rostrum, Zhang Zhijun, wearing a Longteng fan jersey, was smiling and shaking hands with senior officials from Hubei Province and Jiangcheng to celebrate.
The goal just made everyone stand up.
"Our team played really well."
"Where, where."
"This is a good start."
"Indeed, but it's a bit of luck."
Everyone complimented and humbled each other. In fact, Zhang Zhijun was very happy.
Different from the excitement of the fans, Zhang Sheng was just very reserved, smiling and high-fiving the members of the coaching staff around him in celebration.
Not far away, in the substitute area of the visiting team's coaching bench, the coaching staff and substitutes of Riyadh Crescent looked sad. Head coach Ramon Dias was very dissatisfied with the mistake made by center back Jahfa just now, but this Jahfa
Farley and Hausawi are already his strongest central defender combination.
Riyadh Crescent is obviously not well prepared.
It’s incredible to say that the lagging side who is aiming for revenge is ill-prepared, but that’s the fact. The more nervous you are, the easier it is to make mistakes, especially when your strength is not as good as the opponent’s.
In real history, the Chinese team often had such embarrassing scenes.
Riyadh Crescent, which was one goal behind, still played impatiently after the kick-off. Their players' foot skills are actually not bad. It can be clearly seen on the court that their dribbling and breakthroughs are all above the standard.
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But in terms of passing and receiving, the players on the field don't look like they have been playing together for a long time. If the passing between the players is not so powerful, the person receiving the ball will be difficult to handle and unable to
Continue to participate in the offense smoothly, or pass the ball directly out of bounds, or the passing force is not enough. It is not a problem to give the ball to your teammates and let them catch it, or not to catch it.
For these passes, the players of the Riyadh Crescent worked very hard, often chasing after them desperately, or even risking injury to challenge the players of the Longteng team to tackle the ball.
The result was that there were no critical fouls like Ramon Diaz expected before the game, but unnecessary fouls abounded.
After the referee Irmatov dealt with several consecutive fouls by Riyadh Crescent players, he took out the first yellow card of the game in the eighth minute. This card gave Riyadh Crescent's frontcourt core
Alfaraj.
When Al Faraj received a pass from his teammate who was not strong enough, in order to get the ball, he couldn't hold back his foot and kicked Shen Jun.
"Riyadh Crescent played a little impatiently, and Faraj's action was a bit too much. Our players still have to be careful not to get injured." Xu Yang frowned and said when he saw Shen Jun, who was still grinning and rubbing his feet.
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The players of Riyadh Crescent seemed to be working very hard, but they were unable to do anything to help the situation on the field. Ten minutes have passed since the start of the game. In addition to receiving a yellow card, the team has neither a threatening attack nor a threatening attack.
Attack the goal.
In other words, ten minutes have passed and Riyadh Crescent still has zero shots.
In the 11th minute of the first half, the Longteng team's offensive once again hit the 30-meter area of Riyadh Crescent. Tao Wentao brought the ball to the right side of the penalty area and tried to pass from the bottom, while Riyadh Crescent's left back Shah
Rani kept pestering him and didn't give him a chance to cross.
When Tao Wentao was dribbling the ball to get away, he glanced and found Fernando running diagonally from the front of the penalty area. He passed the ball with his left foot. Fernando crossed diagonally through the upper right corner of the penalty area and came to the right sideline of the penalty area.
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Earlier, Tao Wentao kept dribbling on the right side of the penalty area, preparing to cross. There was only one full-back on the Riyadh Crescent side defending. Now that Fernando comes over, the situation is different.
Not only did Shahrani come up, but midfielder Milesi also came to help defend. Behind Shahrani, there was center back Hausawi, ready to guard against Fernando's sudden attack and one-stop play.
Seeing as many as three defensive players paying attention to him, Fernando looked like he was preparing to break through, but instead knocked the ball behind him with his feet.
Because he knew Tao Wentao was behind him.
After more than a year of playing together, Fernando knows Tao Wentao's ability. As long as he is given a certain amount of space, the opponent can make a very good pass.
Fernando's various actions on the right side of the penalty area are all in preparation for the next pass.
Sure enough, after Tao Wentao received the ball, because no one was defending him, he passed the ball comfortably.
The football drew a beautiful arc, bypassing the goalkeeper in front of the goal and the defensive player in the center of the penalty area, and went directly to the back point.
It was Nie Jiang who was lurking in the back. Facing the inswinging ball, he jumped high and hit the football with his head. After the impact, the football changed direction and flew directly towards the goal.
Fernando and Tao Wentao had been moving on the right side of the field before. The goalkeeper's attention was also here, and his body involuntarily leaned to the left side of the goal.
When the football flew across the penalty area and came to the left side of the penalty area, and Nie Jiang headed the ball towards the goal, Muaiov had no time to completely block the right side of the goal.
With a header from such a close range, Muaiov reluctantly moved over and touched the football, but the save was not enough to drag the football over the crossbar.
"Header! Beautiful! The ball went in! The Longteng team's second goal of the game, the score reached 2:0." Xu Yang exclaimed, "Only a few minutes have passed since the last goal."
"Indeed, looking back on the last goal, it was seven minutes ago." He Wei also smiled, "The game has only been eleven minutes, and the Longteng team has already led by two goals, and the total score has reached 5:1. Riyadh Crescent
There is basically no chance.”
"This is also Nie Jiang's two goals in the AFC Champions League final. His number of goals in the AFC Champions League this season has reached 14. This number of goals broke the AFC single-season scoring record. Now the AFC Champions League has
The record for goals scored in a single season belongs to our Chinese player Nie Jiang." Xu Yang shouted excitedly.
"The previous record was set by two players. They were Muric during the Guangzhou Evergrande period in 2013, and Carlos Adriano of Seoul FC last year. They both scored 13 goals." He Wei introduced
previous data.
"It's a coincidence. Muric later moved to West Asia and returned to Guangzhou Evergrande during the Chinese Super League AFC Champions League this year, while Carlos Adriano moved to Shijiazhuang Yongchang in our Chinese Super League this season. In other words, he once
The three AFC Champions League single-season goal record creators are all in our Chinese Super League." Xu Yang said with a proud tone.
He Wei was even more proud when he said: "Our Nie Jiang is different from Muric and Carlos Adriano. He is a local player in Asia and our Chinese player. The latter two are both Brazilians and both are foreign players.
.Now the AFC Champions League record belongs to our own people.”
Nie Jiang, who broke the record, was flying on the court at this time. He crossed the court and threw away all the teammates behind him who tried to catch him to celebrate.
Until Nie Jiang hugged Zhang Sheng on the sidelines, everyone suddenly realized that this was to show respect to their mentor.
"Seeing this scene, we are lucky. We have the best players in Asia, and we also have the best head coach in Asia." He Wei said affectionately, "It is the pride of Chinese football to have such a mentor and apprentice.
, and also the pride of Asian football."
"I unilaterally declare that this year's Asian Footballer of the Year and the Best Coach of Asian Football are coached by Nie Jiang and Zhang Sheng." Xu Yang asserted with great confidence.
Amid cheers like a tsunami in the stands, Nie Jiang returned to the court to accept the celebrations from his teammates. Zhang Sheng also applauded Nie Jiang excitedly from the sidelines.
No one expected that the game would reach a breathtaking climax in just eleven minutes.
Obviously, the guests who came here had known Nie Jiang's information in advance. Although it was impossible for them to check it themselves, they were all aware of the fact that Nie Jiang might break the AFC single-season scoring record.
They all praised Nie Jiang one after another.
Now Zhang Zhijun on the rostrum no longer pretended to be humble. He calmly accepted the congratulations from everyone around him and kept responding: "Nie Jiang is really not easy. He is really an outstanding player."
In a box in the stands, listening to the stadium DJ introducing Nie Jiang's record, and the whole audience roaring with "Nie Jiang", Nie Jiang's mother was so excited that she kept wiping her tears with her hands. The club's youth training deputy
Supervisor Chang Weiwei also comforted his cousin in a trembling voice: "Xiao Jiang is really a genius. If you let him play football correctly, he will have a bright future."
Chang Weiwei's wife was also comforting her: "Sister-in-law, don't cry, we should be happy."
Mother Nie raised her face, which was shedding tears, but could not hide her smile: "I'm just happy."
Everyone was happy for Nie Jiang's record, except for the Riyadh Crescent players and coaches whose confidence in the game was completely shattered by Nie Jiang's goal.
The referee Irmatov was very considerate and did not interrupt the celebrations of Nie Jiang and the Longteng team. Of course, he would give more stoppage time in the first half.
In the following game, the Longteng team still maintained a high-intensity offensive momentum, and the Riyadh Crescent side obviously wanted to maintain their own face and did not hesitate to use a large number of fouls to prevent the Longteng team from scoring more goals.
It's just that the players of the Longteng team, who are confident of a big victory, will no longer risk injury to compete with the players from the Riyadh Crescent side. They will use more passes to dispatch the opponent.
The Riyadh Crescent players, who were being teased by the constant passes from the Dragons players on the court and were running around, couldn't get the ball and were feeling more and more suffocated.
At the 32nd minute of the first half, the hot-tempered defensive midfielder Otaefu, after being driven back and forth several times by the Long Teng team's non-stop passing, made a sliding tackle towards Tao Wentao, who had just received the ball.
Otaev's sliding tackle did not keep his feet close to the ground like a normal tackle, but raised his right foot slightly to reveal his spikes.
Tao Wentao, whose take-off height was not high enough, dodged the opponent's left foot that was close to the turf, and was kicked by his right foot to the bone of his calf. Tao Wentao, who was in mid-air, fell hard to the turf.
Huang He, who was not far away from Tao Wentao, rushed up immediately. When he saw that Tao Wentao seemed to be fine, he immediately rushed towards Oteifu.
Fortunately, the referee Irmatov was not far away. He immediately rushed over and spread his hands to tell Huang He and Otaev not to be impulsive.
Then he took out the red card without hesitation and showed it to Otaev, who was directly kicked out of the game by him.
Otef's flying tackle made the Riyadh Crescent team even worse, and they could only fight with ten players.
"This action of the opponent's No. 8 is very bad. It is completely against the person and not the ball. This is completely against professional ethics." He Wei was very worried about Tao Wentao.
"Tao Wentao and Xiao Tao are the absolute main force in the midfield of the Longteng team. Nie Jiang performed well in front and scored two goals. Both goals came from Xiao Tao's assists. He scored twice with assists in just 11 minutes.
"This performance is no worse than that of Nie Jianglai. I hope he is fine." Xu Yang also praised Tao Wentao very much.
The Longteng fans in the stands were also worried, fearing that something might happen to Tao Wentao.
As a die-hard supporter of Zhang Sheng, Tao Wentao unconditionally supports his mentor on all occasions, so Longteng fans also like this player who is infinitely loyal to Zhang Sheng and the Longteng team.
If it weren't for being unable to rush off the stage, many fans would be eager to go on the court and hit someone, not to mention that old Longteng fans know that Tao Wentao's ankles are not as strong as those of normal professional players.
So Otaev received boos from the audience. When the referee took out the red card, the fans also sent their applause to the referee.
After Tao Wentao got up from the ground without any major problems, the fans gave him even bigger applause.
The defensive midfielder was sent off, and Ramon Diaz made a timely adjustment. Taking advantage of the dead ball time when Tao Wentao was being observed by the Longteng team doctor, he replaced the mediocre Emi with another defensive player, Salim.
Byrd.
After Tao Wentao entered the game again, Riyadh Crescent, who had been sent off one man, played much more restrained. After all, they are all players, and they may get carried away in the moment, but they still have basic professional ethics.
Riyadh Crescent played restrained, and the Longteng team's offensive threat became greater again.
After scoring several consecutive goals, the Longteng team finally had an opportunity.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Omar Khribin finally got a shot, but his shot was confiscated by Huang Dawei.
Huang Dawei immediately threw the ball with his hand and launched a fast break.
After receiving the ball from Huang Dawei, Qi Ming passed the ball to DePaul, who handed the ball to Nie Jiang. Nie Jiang, who was being guarded, did not bother much and directly gave the ball to Cha who entered the penalty area.
Weiss and Chavez saw that there was no chance to shoot and immediately took the ball back.
Facing Chavez's counterattack, Nie Jiang shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area without hesitation. The football touched the ground and went straight to the lower left corner of the fans.
In response to Nie Jiang's ground attack, Riyadh Crescent's goalkeeper Muaiof tried his best and fully opened his wingspan, but still could not prevent the ball from bypassing his fingertips and quickly entering the net.
Nie Jiang completed his hat trick in the AFC Champions League final. This is a new record that has never been achieved!
