King of World Football: Chapter 70 : Lock the league championship in advance
Beveren, East Flanders, Belgium, Fretier Stadium, where the 33rd round of the Ligue 1 is being played, Beveren vs. Genk.
For Genk, this game is crucial because it matters whether the team can win the championship one round earlier. Earlier in this game, Anderlecht tasted their fourth defeat of the season. Losing to Bill Short 1:2, Genk still led by two points even though he missed one round.
Since Genk's goal difference has an advantage, that is to say, as long as Genk draws with their opponents in this game, they can win the league championship in the 00-01 season! In this way, they can give up the last round of the game and concentrate on preparing for the Europa League final.
But if they can't beat their opponents, they will have to face the unfavorable situation of a double final in one week. All Genk players and fans don't want to face such a scene, and even most of the Belgian media don't approve of such a game arrange.
Because Belgium has not reached the Europa League final for many years, the last time Anderlecht won the Europa Cup in the 1982-1983 season.
They even called for the Football Association to reschedule the final round of the match if Genk fails to win the championship ahead of schedule, so that Genk can fully prepare for the UEFA Cup. It is said that the senior management of the Football Association is considering the feasibility of this plan.
For most people, if Genk can win the championship early, it will be the best result, but Anderlecht players and fans obviously don't think so. They are watching the game nervously at this time, praying With Genk's defeat, they left hope of reversal.
The Beveren players on the field obviously didn't want to release water. Although the team was not under the pressure of performance, they still tried their best in the spirit of sportsmanship. Threat of offense.
However, the skills of the Genk players are obviously better, gradually taking the initiative on the court. In the 23rd minute, Genk launched a quick counterattack. Christian Chivu in the backcourt lobbed a high ball into the midfield. Karl Bass couldn’t catch the ball under the interference of the defensive players, so he took advantage of the situation to push forward, and then struggled to get rid of Defense, after catching up with the ball, another pass was passed to Gareth Barry in the frontcourt.
After receiving the ball, Barry quickly passed the ball to the right line of defense. Wang Feng caught up with the ball near the baseline.
Jason Aldridge, who was inserted in the back row, had some problems with his timing and failed to reach the best point, so he was quick to use his wits and kicked the ball with a flower arrangement. The ball rolled straight to the far point of the goal, and the Beveren goalkeeper was hit. One was caught off guard and could only watch the ball hit the net.
1:0, Genk took the lead! The league championship trophy seems to be getting closer and closer to them.
The first half of the game ended with Genk leading by one goal, and the players in the dressing room were talking and laughing, not as depressed as they were in the last game against Liverpool. Aldridge even suggested that we celebrate with champagne first.
Wang Feng stopped immediately after hearing the words. Although he didn't know why, he had a feeling somewhere that opening champagne in advance to celebrate was not a good omen. Captain Aaron Abigail also stood up and said: "Everyone, we have successfully touched the corner of the league trophy, but football is round, everything is variable, and there are still 45 minutes of challenges waiting for us."
"We are not qualified to be unrestrained yet. When this game is over, you can celebrate however you want, but now is not the time." Abigail is usually very majestic in the team, so everyone listened to him and cheered up to greet him. The second half of the game.
After the change of sides, Beveren was still very tenacious, but the Genk players were united and unanimously decided to win the game, so they still had the advantage.
Time passed bit by bit, Anderlecht players and fans watched the TV, and their hearts gradually sank. This feeling of putting hope on the opponent, and the opponent slowly took it away , is really uncomfortable.
In the 78th minute, Barry passed the ball to Aldridge on the left. After Aldridge took the ball into the penalty area, he made a few fake moves and failed to shake the defender, so he crossed to Bess, who was also on the edge of the penalty area.
Beth didn't stop the ball, and directly tiptoed the ball to the middle. Wang Feng took off with his back to the goal, raised his right foot, and directly attacked the goal with an upside-down golden hook.
"Bass passed the ball to the center and hit the goal! The goal went in, goooooooooooooal! It was so beautiful. In the 78th minute, Wang Feng used a wonderful upside-down golden hook to seal the victory for Genk."
"This is the 40th goal scored by Wang Feng this season. He has scored 40 goals in 33 rounds of the league, 6 goals ahead of the second-placed Jan Koller. He has almost locked the Golden Boot of the League this season. Let us Congratulations again to Wang Feng."
"At the same time, Wang Feng also broke the record of goals scored in a single season in the history of the League, and the record for the youngest player in the League's Golden Boot. I believe this record will remain for a long time."
"It is worth mentioning that Wang Feng also contributed 12 assists this season~www.mtlnovel.com~ ranked fifth in the assist list, that is to say, more than two-thirds of Genk's goals were all It is related to Wang Feng, Genk can win the league trophy this season, Wang Feng has contributed a lot."
Wang Feng's brave performance also won the respect of the fans of the home team. When Wang Feng was celebrating the goal, many Beveren fans spontaneously stood up and applauded this young but hot player.
If he can bring back a UEFA Cup for Ligue 1, it will be the glory of all Belgian fans, so at this moment they hope very much that Wang Feng can also maintain this aggressive state on the stage of the Europa League final .
This goal also completely shattered Anderlecht's dream of defending the title. Many fans burst into tears at home. Jan Koller stared blankly at the high-spirited teenager on TV, thinking of his rhetoric last year.
"I will definitely not lose next time", it turns out that it is not just the next time, every time he does not think about it and will not lose. "Even taking away my last glory in Bijia, you are really a greedy person." Jan Kole said to himself.
However, this also inspired his fighting spirit. No matter where Wang Feng goes in the future, it will always be in the top five leagues. I can't fall too far behind him. This 28-year-old "veteran" seems to have a second spring.
When the final whistle sounded, Beveren's players took the initiative to shake hands with Genk players to congratulate, because Genk did not celebrate in the away game, but Aldridge's wish to put champagne in the locker room came true. After scoring a goal, the team staff went to a nearby supermarket to buy a few bottles.
Naturally, Wang Feng was the one to be taken care of. He failed to grab a bottle, but was taken away by other team members, and they even stared at him and sprayed it, making him dumbfounded.
Everyone fought for a while, took a shower and rushed back to Genk overnight.