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Volume Six 1999 Chapter 308 The End of Glory

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    Chapter 308: The End of Glory

    In the second half, the Al Ain team launched a crazy counterattack, but due to Yunjia Tianyu's proper recovery, they basically found no opportunities. After more than 20 minutes in the second half, the Al Ain team's offense began to slow down. Bennett  Si also began to make appropriate substitutions, replacing three players, Tony, Deco and Xie Feng, to rest. The final score was fixed at 3-0. Yunjia Tianyu used a relatively labor-saving method to reach the final.

    ¡°The next step is to see who our opponent is.¡± Pei Wei said to Benitez after boarding the bus back to the hotel.

    "No matter who it is, at least we have four hours more rest time than our opponents." Benitez said expressionlessly.

    In fact, both he and Pei Wei knew that Dalian Dongfang entered the final. Fortunately, if it was the Iranian Estegra team that entered the final, then the extra rest time Yunjia Tianyu had would not be an advantage at all - the opponent  You can rest comfortably for more than a day without any interruption, but what about Yunjia Tianyu?  Just look at the situation in the past two days.

    "Then let's cheer for Dalian Dongfang." Pei Wei smiled, turned to the players in the car and shouted: "When we get back, we won't disband for the time being. We will all go to the head coach's room to watch the game.  Cheer for Dalian Dongfang! ¡±

    "Okay!" the players replied in unison. No matter how deep the conflict with Dalian Dongfang is at home, here, Yunjia Tianyu and Dalian Dongfang are very much the same enemy.

    Xu Genbao has indeed started preparing for the Asian Club Cup after losing to Yunjia Tianyu. In the next two rounds of the league, the old main players did not have much playing time. They were all saving up their strength and at the same time allowing the young players to play.  The players get more training opportunities, but of course this approach also comes at a price - now Dalian Oriental has only six points in the seven rounds of the League, tied with the other three teams for second to last, and has slipped into the relegation zone.  Dalian Dongfang's senior management has had enough. The Asian Club Cup is Xu Genbao's last chance.

    Among Chinese coaches, Xu Genbao is definitely a very charismatic coach - although his simple and rough style has been criticized by many people, and his "two locks on the front door and two locks on the back" management style has also attracted many who once had the same father-son relationship with him.  Many players eventually fell out with him, but he still has a charm that can make players effective. At the same time, he has something that Chinese coaches rarely have - the courage to gamble at critical moments and the courage to place bets.  Although "being determined to qualify" has become the reason for many people to attack him.  But compared with those head coaches who either don't even dare to shout slogans, or shout some slogans that they don't believe in, he is not even a little bit higher.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that when he bets big, he often loses miserably.

    To be fair, the game against Esteguera was the best game played by Dalian Dongfang since the beginning of this year.

    Amid the cheers of 100,000 crazy Iranian fans, the Estegra team launched a fierce attack from the beginning, and took the lead in the 26th minute, opening the scoring.

    Dalian Dongfang is not anxious because of its backwardness.  Their mature psychological factors came into play, and they did not lose control at the Azadi Stadium, the home stadium of hell. They withstood the opponent's attacks one after another, and before the end of the first half, they relied on a beautiful kick from the front of the penalty area.  A volley equalized the score.

    "Dalian Dongfang has really put all its treasure on the Asian Club Cup." Benitez said softly after watching the first half.

    Pei Wei next to him nodded, in this game.  All the main players of Dalian Dongfang played, except Zhang Yaokun replaced Zhang Enhua, Hu Zhaojun replaced Jins, and Brazilian foreign aid forward Orlando replaced Gao Feng.  The other main players are all opponents who have been entangled with Yunjia Tianyu for three years.

    Judging from their steady pace and quick movements on the court, you can tell that after this period of rest, these exhausted veterans have recovered to at least 80% of their condition. Although these veterans who are over 30 years old have lost their physical strength,  The reason is that it is impossible to play all the games and maintain good condition, but as long as you prepare carefully, you can reach your peak performance in one or two games.  It is normal to even exceed the level.

    "This is Xu Genbao's last gamble." Pei Wei said lightly: "If he can win the Asian Club Cup, then he can at least stay in Dalian for the rest of this year and have an Asian Club Cup champion as a foundation.  Dalian Oriental Club and its fans can still tolerate the team's downturn in the leaguebut if they fail to win this championship"

    He didn't say the rest, but everyone including the players knew that this game would be Xu Genbao's last game in Dalian Dongfang - and at his age, after resigning as the head coach of Dalian Dongfang, he might not  StillEnough to appear as the head coach of a first-line professional team.

    There was silence in the room.  Although most of Yunjia Tianyu's players are young.  But similarly, most of them also played against Dalian Dongfang led by Xu Genbao last year.  There is a feeling of respect for this legendary coach in Chinese football.

    "Okay, let's not talk about this anymoreget ready to watch the second half of the game."

    Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Pei Wei broke the dullness by speaking: "Watching this game, we are not only trying to determine the opponent for the next game, but also carefully observing the characteristics and tactics of the opponent in the final in this game.  There is no need to look at Dalian. We know them well and there is nothing mysterious about them. Focus on observing the technical characteristics of the players of the Estegola team, especially the main players. You must observe the players in the positions you want to play against.  Careful, this will largely determine how much you can overwhelm your opponents in tomorrow¡¯s game, understand?¡±

    ¡°Understood!¡± the players responded in unison.

    After the start of the second half, Dalian Dongfang still focused on stability, setting up layers of defense in the middle, and started fighting from the midfield. It was neither impatient nor impetuous in the offense. It rarely used long passes to initiate fast breaks, but Nemeche in the midfield.  Gram and the people come to organize.  Right back Madavecchia provided more assists, while left back Wu Jun focused on defense and gradually advanced, mostly using the tactic of high balls from both wings, using the strong Hans, Orlando and Wang Tao to compete for the top in the penalty area. The tactics were very simple.  , but very practical.

    "If Gao Feng was here, Dalian Dongfang could have played easier." Pei Wei sighed.  Since there are no fast players on the offensive line of Dalian Dongfang, there is no way to counterattack. They can only advance through the offensive layers. This is equivalent to a lame leg in the offense. Also because there are no players who can counterattack quickly, Ace  The Tegla team's offense was even more unscrupulous.

    "The Brazilian forward they introduced this year has pretty good personal abilities, a typical center, but his coordination ability is not strong. He prefers to play alone. A player like this may be useful against weak teams, handing the ball directly to  It's enough for him to play with his feet, but if he plays against a strong team a defender with strong man-marking ability can mark him to death. If there is another player on the side to help defend, then he will not even have a chance to get the ball.  Too much." Benitez criticized mercilessly, and Pei Wei smiled inwardly. It seems that after staying in Yunjia Tianyu for a long time, Benitez's vision has become much higher.  After all, the foreign players who can come to Yunjia Tianyu are all future world superstars.

    Xu Genbao wore a pair of sunglasses that he never took off all year round and stood in front of the visiting team's coaching bench with his hands folded expressionlessly. The Esteguera team's attack was very fierce. His disciples were gritting their teeth on the court. Fortunately, the main players during this period  They have accumulated enough physical energy, otherwise the current Dalian Dongfang will be brought down by physical strength alone.

    Xu Genbao admitted that he had no luck. If their opponent in the semi-finals was Al Ain, Xu Genbao believed that the winner would be Dalian Dongfang.

    pity.  Luck is the most unpredictable thing on the football field. Now that you have encountered such a powerful opponent, regretting or calling out injustice is definitely the behavior of a coward.

    In the 69th minute of the game, an exciting moment for the Dalian people came. The Estegla team's attack was cleared out of the penalty area by Xu Hong. Hans, who returned to defense, headed the ball to Nemechek.  Nemechek took the ball near the center circle arc and saw that the opponent's goalkeeper was standing a little forward.  Suddenly he raised his foot and kicked the ball far away!

    The ball flew high into the sky.  Flying towards the Estegola team's goal!

    The goalkeeper of the Esteguera team was taken aback. When he saw the ball flying over from a distance, he turned around and ran back.  Only then did he realize that he was too far away from the goal.

    But it was already too late. When he just ran into the small penalty area, the ball had already flown over his head, grazing the lower edge of the crossbar and flying into the goal!

    A super lob shot from about 60 meters, a super world wave that is definitely qualified to be selected into the top ten goals in the history of the Asian Club Cup!

    Xu Genbao yelled and laughed like crazy and jumped next to the coaching bench, then hugged Nemechek tightly as he rushed down the court, and kept saying words of gratitude in the veteran's ears

    It¡¯s not easy, it¡¯s not easy. It¡¯s really not easy for Dalian Dongfang to take the lead in such a passive situation.

    After the crazy celebration, the game restarted. Amid the cheers of the fans in the audience, the Iranians launched an even crazier counterattack!

    The Estegura team cannot afford to lose. They represent Iran and West Asia. If the final teams of this year's Asian Club Cup are two clubs from East Asia again, then it will not only be a matter of losing face, but also in next year's Asian Club Cup finals.  In the AFC general election, maybeAsian countries will take advantage of their victory on the field to reverse the trend of being passive in the AFC.

    The two football leaders from East Asia, China's Xu Li and South Korea's Zheng Mengjun, have had a profound influence on the AFC. Xu Li has such high prestige that even Veerappan, who is in power, is very convinced of him.  Zheng Mengzhi, who is the vice-president of FIFA, has deep connections in FIFA. He had a profound influence on West Asia last year. If it hadn't been for the overall victory of the West Asian team in the 1996 Asian Cup, it might have happened.  At that time, the east wind prevailed over the west wind, but in 1997, East Asia accounted for three of the teams that entered the World Cup, and West Asia had only Iran. In 1998, China, which came from East Asia, stood out in the World Cup again. If the East Asian team in the Asian Club Cup  If we gain the upper hand again

    "Go back! Go back! Defend! Strengthen defense!" Xu Genbao kept shouting from the sidelines. There were only twenty minutes left before the end of the game. After this period of time, Dalian will enter the Asian Club Cup for two consecutive years.  finals!

    The Persian's scimitar shone with cold light, the Iranian's attack was like a furious attack, and the roar of 100,000 Iranian fans in the stands was earth-shattering. Xu Genbao could no longer keep calm. He had already replaced two defenders in succession, but he still couldn't control it.  Stop the opponent's attack.

    "This referee started to blow the whistle." Pei Wei said with certainty. Benitez nodded incomprehensibly. He could also see that with Dalian Dongfang taking the lead, the player who was still in trouble at the beginning  The fair referees have begun to show obvious bias. They often call Dalian Dongfang players fouls during physical confrontations and give Dalian players two yellow cards in a short period of time.

    In the 83rd minute, Dalian Dongfang¡¯s left back Wu Jun accumulated two yellow cards and was sent off, which made Dalian Dongfang even more passive on the scene.

    Finally, in the 87th minute, a striker from the Estegra team dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was forced to the ground by Xu Hong. The referee hesitated and awarded a penalty kick!

    Dalian people were angry. The players asked the referee for an explanation, but received two yellow cards in a row. The excited Xu Genbao was also sent off from the stands with a red card while arguing with the referee.

    "Dalian Dongfangit's over!" Pei Wei said dejectedly.

    Sure enough, theory cannot change the result. The forward of Estegra easily sent the penalty kick into the gate of Dalian Dongfang, taking the game into overtime.

    Although both sides have chances in overtime, Pei Wei does not believe that Dalian Dongfang can really survive the overtime. Even if they survive, they can't even find five players who are better at penalty kicks. Why should they fight with the opponent?  ?

    One person less, no head coach, and few offensive players on the field Under such circumstances, Dalian Dongfang struggled to survive the first half of overtime, but still failed in the second half of overtime.  Was eliminated by the opponent's golden ball.

    "Dalian's gloryis over!" Pei Wei sighed. He knew in his heart that after losing the Asian Club Cup, Dalian Dongfang would definitely undergo a major purge from coaches to players, and it would be necessary to replenish young blood.  Okay, if you want to return to your peak strength, you don¡¯t know what will happen in a few years.
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