"The ball is in play."
"Chen Zhong."
"A surgical knife-like through pass!"
"Di Maria gets the ball!"
"One-on-one!"
"Shot!"
"Goal!"
"Oh wow!"
"Goal!"
"6:6"
"Real Madrid has equalized!"
"Chen Zhong's through pass, Di Maria's goal."
In the stands, after a brief silence, a wave of boos erupts.
Neither the Real Madrid nor Barcelona fans can quite believe their eyes.
What's happening, Real Madrid kicked off, Chen Zhong got the ball, the Barcelona players just took a few steps, then Chen Zhong sent a precise through pass to Di Maria.
Di Maria successfully broke the offside trap, then faced the goalkeeper and scored directly, did he?
Guardiola's eyes widened, and his expression was that of disbelief, while Mourinho, after a mont of bewildernt, was instantly overjoyed.
He punched the air on the sidelines, laughed heartily, even jumping up and down in place.
As happy as if he were going to give a present to a child.
Barcelona's players were montarily bewildered, but their confusion didn't last long because Chen Zhong, once again silent, ran towards their goal attempting to retrieve the ball.
Not enough?
Is it not enough?
Do you really have to beat us at Camp Nou?
In the hearts of so Barcelona players, a seed of fear had already taken root and started to grow.
Whenever they looked at Chen Zhong, they had the illusion that, no matter what they did, they couldn't win. No matter how many goals they scored, Chen Zhong would find a way, either by himself or helping a teammate, to score.
As Chen Zhong ran towards Barcelona's goal, an unexpected event occurred.
Valdes, whose ten fingers had been pierced six tis in this match, refused to give the ball to Chen Zhong. He looked at Chen Zhong and said in a low voice, "You think you're so great, don't you?"
He taunted Chen Zhong, chattering on and on.
But Chen Zhong completely ignored Valdes, directly pushing the goalkeeper aside, and as he ran out of the goal, he even bumped into Valdes who was blocking his way.
This action almost reignited the conflict between the two teams.
In the stands, so Barcelona fans, though loudly booing and cursing, had a hint of expectation in their eyes, maybe it wouldn't be bad if the match ended like this.
Now the morale of the two teams had completely reversed.
Real Madrid gathered around Chen Zhong, their spirits lifted.
Chen Zhong's actions and deanor united their hearts, while Barcelona's players seed a bit distracted, even as Puyol tried his best to rally them.
But the effect was far from what Chen Zhong had on Real Madrid.
Maybe if ssi was more of a leader and willing to step up, it might have had a different outco, but unfortunately, the Argentine star was too shy and didn't have the leadership presence of Chen Zhong.
At least not now...
"The match has reached the 92nd minute."
"Barcelona kicks off."
"Real Madrid's defense is very stable."
"Chen Zhong closely marking ssi again."
"Barcelona trying to pass to Bojan."
"Bojan gets the ball on the right flank."
This match, for ssi, is a breakthrough; for the first ti, he broke through the defense of Mourinho's team, and now, he wanted to make a second breakthrough, to get past the man in front of him, and help his team beat Real Madrid.
He was signaling to his teammate, Iniesta, with eye contact.
Iniesta raised his hand, asking Bojan for the ball. Bojan unhesitatingly passed it to Iniesta, and after shaking off Di Maria's entanglent, Iniesta covertly sent a through pass.
ssi anticipated the play, as long as he could touch the ball, it would be a "good ball."
However, Chen Zhong seed to have foreseen ssi's intentions and reached out his long leg in advance to block it.
The ball deflected, and ssi pressed forward, trying to gain control of the ball before Chen Zhong. But Chen Zhong "showed no rcy," one hand on ssi's shoulder, and used his body to jostle ssi, pushing him behind.
"Iniesta."
"A very covert through pass."
"Chen Zhong intercepted in advance."
"ssi was pushed to the back."
"Got it."
"Driving the ball forward."
"Iniesta, Keita trying to intercept."
"Passed the ball to Kaka."
"Kaka dribbles the ball."
"C. Ronaldo!"
Iniesta's and Keita's actions created a gap in Barcelona's midfield, and Chen Zhong decisively sent the ball to Kaka. Kaka's ball control skill was outstanding, and when he dribbled, it felt like art.
Cristiano Ronaldo did a sprint back, received Kaka's pass, then passed it back to Kaka, passed again, after a series of passes, suddenly a diagonal pass to Di Maria.
After taking the ball, Di Maria slowed down his dribbling speed facing Abidal.
At this point, everyone knew what his intention was.
He was waiting for soone.
Who was he waiting for?
Chen Zhong.
In the stands, Barcelona and Real Madrid fans could clearly see Chen Zhong charging into Barcelona's penalty area.
anwhile, Di Maria's ball control on the flank was very stable, forcing Abidal to use a "crab step" to delay ti.
"The match is in the 95th minute."
"Real Madrid with continuous passing play."
"Di Maria gets the ball on the flank."
"Chen Zhong making a run from the center."
"Will he pass?"
Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have their distinct characteristics.
Barcelona's feature is, you can't stop ssi's dribbling.
Real Madrid's feature is, you can't stop Chen Zhong's forward runs.
The physically exhausted Iniesta was the first to be eliminated, Keita was rely a supporting role beside Chen Zhong, and Busquets, having been knocked over multiple tis by Chen Zhong, learned his lesson.
He no longer thought of directly blocking Chen Zhong's progress, but rely delayed.
Pique, after observing for a mont, quietly approached Chen Zhong, and when Di Maria saw Chen Zhong had reached the desired position, amidst everyone's "expectation," he delivered a cross.
Goalkeeper Valdes didn't choose to make a move, the previous header dunk imposed by Chen Zhong left this short-statured goalkeeper psychologically scarred.
anwhile, Chen Zhong, surrounded by Busquets, Pique, and Keita, resolutely reached the designated spot.
Hands, feet, body.
The trio exhausted all their efforts to entangle Chen Zhong, trying to block him.
Chen Zhong first pushed away Keita, then spread out his arms, created so space, stood his ground, and then, with a beautiful chest control, trapped the ball.
At that mont, Valdes sensed the danger and decisively abandoned the goal to move out.
Pique and Busquets were also using hands and feet, trying to destroy the ball.
"Di Maria's cross."
"Chen Zhong holds his position."
"Chest control!"
"Valdes abandons the goal to attack."
"What?"
On either side are Pique and Busquets, and directly ahead is Valdes who abandoned the goal.
The ball made a dull thud on Chen Zhong's chest, but Chen Zhong remained utterly calm, sensing everything around him, watching Valdes rush towards him, he nudged the ball forward.
Probing shots are a very "chance-based" technique.
Quick and covert are its advantages, but controlling accuracy is an unavoidable drawback, and at that mont, Chen Zhong chose to gamble with a probing shot.
This was his best option while being clamped by Pique and Busquets, and with Valdes blocking ahead.
Both man and ball passed by one another, and then it struck the goal post and rebounded into the net.
"The ball is in-in-in-in-in!"
"Chen Zhong!"
"Hat trick!"
"He, in the final monts of the match, facing a triple team."
"Coolly nudged the ball into the net!!!"
"6:7"
"This could very well be the goal that decides the match!"
"It's a killer!"
"A killer goal!"
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