Chung Chi-kwong: "Ah, beautiful. The superstar is indeed a superstar. Even he can destroy a city by himself and help Hong Kong Team equalize the score."
Wong Hing-kwai: "Zhang Kuang's goal is very crucial. It will at least make the central and defensive lines calmer, because they know there is someone in front of them who can help them reduce pressure, so they will not be so impatient. If they are not so impatient, they will not make mistakes."
Chung Chi-kwong:"Yes, that's it..."
Cris Kang was stunned for a second, then turned around and rushed towards Zhang Kuang and hugged him, and he got an assist.
Zhang Kuang patted him on the back and smiled. Hong Kong Team Players came from all directions, and a group of people gathered around the corner flag area and hugged each other.
Shane·Lowry ran half the court from the backcourt and dove into the crowd.
Deafening shouts erupted from the stands, and the square outside the stadium burst into cheers. Many fans were very excited. They saw Zhang Kuang score, and it was worth their while to come.
Troussier punched hard on the sidelines, turned around and gave the assistant a hard slap.
After the restart, Nigeria couldn't accept being tied by a team that was more than a hundred places lower than them in the international rankings, so they were eager to save face.
In the 34th minute, Mikel passed a long pass over the top. Emenike rushed out from behind Shane·Lowry and stopped the ball with his chest to volley. The ball flew to the upper right corner. Fan Chun-yip flew and touched the ball with his fingertips. The ball hit the crossbar and popped out!
Emenike held his head and knelt down in disbelief.
The referee signaled that it was a goal kick. Emenike stood up and showed his hands to the referee. Nigeria's players gathered around to protest, but the referee insisted on the penalty.
In the 36th minute, Musa elbowed Poon Yiu-cheuk during a scramble. The referee blew the whistle and gave Musa a yellow card.
Poon Yiu-cheuk lay on the ground clutching his ribs for a few seconds before being pulled up by his teammates. Troussier shouted something to the fourth official on the sidelines, and the fourth official signaled him to calm down.
In the 37th minute, Martins cut in from the left and shot into the far corner. Fan Chun-yip once again flew to save and held up the crossbar with one palm.
Another corner kick.
Yobo headed the ball towards the top.
In the 42nd minute, Ogu deflected Bai He's defensive long shot from outside the penalty area. The ball hit Shane·Lowry's legs and flew to the right side of the goal.
Fan Chun-yip had already pounced to the left, his center of gravity was completely deceived. Seeing that the ball was about to enter the net, he twisted his body back, turned sideways in the opposite direction and poked the ball out with the fingertips of his right hand!
All Hong Kong fans stood up. Chan Wai-ho rushed to make a clearance before Emenike made a follow-up shot.
Fan Chun-yip lay on the ground and took a few breaths before getting up, patting his chest and yelling at the defense line.
In the stoppage time of the first half, Zhang Kuang retreated to the center circle to catch the ball, got rid of Etuhu's press, and sent a diagonal kick. Cris Kang's shot was not strong enough and was confiscated by Enyeama.
The half-time whistle sounded, 1:1.
On the way off the court, Lee Chi-ho was limping. He had sprained his ankle while defending Martins. The team doctor checked on the sidelines and indicated that the problem was not serious, but Troussier still asked Li Weilian to start warming up.
In the locker room, Troussier patted the tactical board. "Congratulations, you withstood the first half and only conceded one goal. There is only one requirement for the second half: No matter what method you use, you cannot let them kick."
At the beginning of the second half, Nigeria made substitutions: Martins went out and Obasi came on.
Hong Kong Team did not make any substitutions, Lee Chi-ho jumped up and down to express that he had no problem.
In the 47th minute, Obasi caught the ball from the left and threw away Lee Chi-ho. He passed the ball across the middle and Ogu shot low from outside the penalty area. Fan Chun-yip saved the ball.
The corner kick was taken by Emenike with a header high into the goal.
Lee Chi-ho obviously couldn't keep up with the rhythm in this defense.
Troussier turned around and shouted to the bench, "Li Weilian, get ready."
There was no dead ball, so the substitutions were kept waiting.
In the 51st minute, Mikel sent a through ball from the midfielder. Obasi countered offside and entered the left side of the penalty area. Facing Fan Chun-yip, he pushed the shot into the near corner. The ball went into the net from Fan Chun-yip's armpit.
1:2.
Obasi rushed to the corner flag area and roared, Nigeria players celebrated again.
Hong Kong Team Player Taxi was obviously shocked, and some of them stood there with their heads lowered.
He Wei: "Oh, Nigeria still scored a goal. What a pity."
Xu Yang: "Actually, there is no need to regret it. After all, there is a difference of more than 100 places in the rankings. It is not possible to close the gap with just a few naturalizations. But now at least there is a chance and we will not be massacred by the opponent in a big score."
He Wei: "Yes, we just lost one more goal. There is still a chance. Hong Kong Team needs to send more shells to Zhang Kuang."
In the 53rd minute, Hong Kong Team made a substitution.
Lee Chi-ho down, Li Weilian up.
Lee Chi-ho was limping when he left the field and walked very slowly.
Troussier patted his shoulder and asked him to go to the team doctor.
In the 55th minute, Hong Kong Team counterattacked.
Fan Chun-yip took the goal kick, Jack·Xu received the ball and passed the ball to Zhang Kuang.
Zhang Kuang took the ball from the wing and ran all the way. After shaking away the last defender Odia, he cut inside to the top of the penalty area and shot a long shot.
The ball bypassed Adeleye's block and flew towards the upper left corner of the goal. Enyeama flew to save and missed, and the ball hit the crossbar!
Dang!
The ball bounced off the baseline!
Just a hair's breadth.
The whole audience sighed.
Zhang Kuang pursed his lips and shook his head.
However, the audience still gave him warm applause.
Then the whole audience started singing again, cheering for Hong Kong Team.
In the 58th minute, after Nigeria controlled the ball back and forth for several minutes, Obasi found a chance to cross from the left. Emenike's header was confiscated by Fan Chun-yip.
In the 60th minute, Leung Chun-pong tackled Mikel in the midfield. The referee showed the second yellow card of the game and gave it to Leung Chun-pong.
Troussier spread his hands on the sidelines, and the fourth official came over and made a 'calm down' gesture.
In the 62nd minute, Zhang Kuang received a pass from Leung Chun-pong near the center circle.
Facing the double defense of Yobo and Adeleye, he dunked and flicked with his left foot, passed between them in two consecutive changes of direction, and then accelerated towards the penalty area.
Odia chased from the side and tackled the ball. Zhang Kuang jumped with the ball between his legs and jumped over Odia with the ball.
His move was quite wonderful and he immediately received warm cheers and applause from the audience.
After skipping over Odia, Zhang Kuang had already reached the top of the penalty area. There were already two defenders in front of Nigeria Team who were about to defend him. Without saying a word, he immediately swung his legs and fired a powerful shot.
There was a loud bang, and the ball was deformed after being kicked. Then the ball went straight towards the upper left corner of Nigeria's goal without any rotation. But the ball was too high. Was it going to go out of the baseline?
Chung Chi-kwong: "Ah, this ball was kicked a bit high..."
Wong Hing-kwai:"No, this is an elevator ball."
Chung Chi-kwong: "Ah, it's in, it's in, it's in, the ball is in, Zhang Kuang, Zhang Kuang, a powerful non-rotating elevator ball directly blasted away Nigeria's goal, 2:2, Zhang Kuang equalized the score!"
Wong Hing-kwai: "Tsk, tsk, awesome, awesome, this kick is really awesome. Zhang Kuang kicked the elevator positioning ball at high speed. It's really awesome."
He Wei: "It's in, it's in, it's in! Zhang Kuang, equalized the score! The strong wind blew up into the sky, and suddenly it fell into the net with a thunderous thunder. At first it looked like flowing clouds rushing over the blue sky, but when the goal was about to knock on the door. It contained the power of thunder in the chest, and the ball flew across the sky and suddenly broke the waist!"
After Zhang Kuang scored, he made a long sliding kneel, and then he threw a powerful uppercut, accompanied by his roar!
2:2!
Hong Kong Team's team members ran over excitedly to celebrate, and Troussier also shook his fist fiercely, quite satisfied.
Nigeria's head coach Lagerbäck and his players shook their heads in disbelief.
This team, which was ranked more than 100 places below them, was actually equalized twice, and it was done by the same person without much support from his teammates.
In the 67th minute, Nigeria made a substitution.
Mikel down, Keita up.
Replace the core midfielder with a midfielder with better physical fitness.
In the 68th minute, Ogu swayed Bai He's defense from outside the penalty area and sent a through ball. Obasi broke into the right side of the penalty area and passed the ball in front of the goal.
Emenike rushed out from in front of Shane·Lowry. Shane·Lowry stretched out his hand to grab it. Emenike had already fallen down and slid, but Shane·Lowry failed to catch it.
The ball was shoveled by Emenike who suddenly rushed out. The speed was quite fast. Fan Chun-yip didn't even react. The ball went in!
2:3.
Emenike slapped his chest hard like a King Kong, making a bang bang sound on his chest. Nigeria celebrated taking the lead for the third time.
Shane·Lowry sat on the ground and slapped the turf hard with a painful expression. His calf was scratched by the spike of Emenike who had just tackled the ball. There was a hole in his socks and blood oozing out.
The team doctor rushed into the field to check and signaled that treatment was needed.
The audience watched the Nigeria team members celebrating, and some die-hard fans were still beating drums and shouting for cheers.
In the 72nd minute, Obasi broke through from the left, Shane·Lowry tackled the ball from the side, the referee blew the whistle, Hong Kong Team gave Shane·Lowry the fourth yellow card.
Nigeria took the free kick into the penalty area, and Emenike headed the ball high.
In the 76th minute, Obasi broke through and shot from the left but was confiscated by Fan Chun-yip.
In the 84th minute, Nigeria made a substitution.
Emenike down, Odemwingie up.
The last substitution, full impact.
In the 86th minute, Musa made a pass from the right, and Odemwingie headed the ball towards the goal.
Fan Chun-yip flew to save and lifted the crossbar with one hand!
A corner kick was taken, and Yobo headed the ball wide.
In the 88th minute, Zhang Kuang retreated to midfield to catch the ball. Etuhu pulled him from behind. The referee blew the whistle and gave Etuhu the third yellow card.
Hong Kong Team quickly took a free kick from the backcourt. Jack·Xu Changchuan looked for Zhang Kuang. Zhang Kuang jumped high and headed the ball to Cris·Kang.
Cris·Kang then split the wing with Li Weilian, Li Weilian made a pass from the bottom, Cris·Kang grabbed the spot and shot, but Enyeama saved it.
Hong Kong Team corner kick.
In the 89th minute, Cris Kang took a corner kick and the ball flew to the center of the penalty area.
Zhang Kuang started in the crowd. He did not take off to fight for the top, but took half a step back to create space.
Yobo and Adeleye rushed towards him at the same time, but Zhang Kuang had already risen into the air. He leaned back, his body was almost parallel to the ground, and shot a volley with his right foot!
The ball passed over Enyeama's head, hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced into the net!
3:3!
An overhead kick breaks the goal!
He Wei's voice was completely hoarse. "Zhang Kuang! Overhead! Hat trick! The third goal! Hong Kong Team equalized again! Absolutely equal!!
The Nigeria people thought victory was already in their pockets, but this group of China people refused to admit defeat.
The ancients said, "Although it is hard work, you can only find gold after blowing all the sand." After nearly 90 minutes of running and being two goals behind, they did not bow their heads.
Don't believe that victory is as easy to come by as dandelions on the hillside, but please believe that there are always some good things in the world that are worthy of our all-out efforts, even if we are broken into pieces.
This absolutely equal kick is the stubbornness of a mortal against the strong, a spark that refuses to be extinguished in a desperate situation. Even though the opponent's talent and physical fitness are overwhelming, the local soldiers used their tenacity to forcefully close the three-point gap.
'There is no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there is a bright future in the village.' When everyone thought that the competition was settled, fate opened another door for Hong Kong Team at the last moment.
And Zhang Kuang, who scored this amazing goal, scored two hat tricks in two warm-up games! This is no longer a superstar, this is Superman! Who else in the world can do it?"
He Wei's sensational commentary made some fans excited and choked with emotion. They were really moved by Hong Kong Team's tenacity and Zhang Kuang's perfection.
Hong Kong Team faced Nigeria Team, who was ranked more than 100 points higher than himself, and always persisted in fighting and never backed down in the face of a powerful opponent, and it was a draw at the last moment.
Such spirit, such fighting spirit, such passion.
What many fans can't see in China national football team is the embodiment of what many fans have always wanted to 'die standing' and 'fight until the last moment'.
Therefore, the fans were excited and shed tears.
After Zhang Kuang landed, he fell onto the turf and was pinned at the bottom by his teammates who rushed over.
Cris·Kang jumped on him, Li Weilian jumped up, and other teammates who came over were excitedly lying on top of the pile, a group of people stacked on top of each other.
If Zhang Kuang hadn't been a cultivator, he would have been crushed to death.
Fan Chun-yip ran for more than half of the stadium and plunged into the highest level of the crowd, which was so overwhelming that Zhang Kuang almost took his last breath.
The stands went completely crazy.
More than 40,000 people all stood up, and the sound of drums, gongs, trumpets, songs, and shouts merged into a roar that made even the air tremble.
In the stands where the mainland fans were standing, some people took off their shirts and played the drums bare-chested, some people waved the national flag as hard as they could, and some people were crying with tears streaming down their faces while still shouting 'Zhang Kuang'.
Nigeria's Expeditionary Force stand was completely quiet. Several hundred people were sitting there, holding their heads in their hands, silent.
Nigeria's players stood on the court with their hands on their hips and shook their heads.
Yobo kicked the turf away from his feet.
Enyeama sat in front of the goal, lowered his head, took off his gloves and threw them aside.
Lagerbäck looked livid on the sidelines, turned around and said something to the bench in a very aggressive tone.
Soon, the game continued with 3 minutes of added time.
In the 92nd minute, Ogu shot high from outside the penalty area.
Some people in the stands of Hong Kong Team fans have already started singing "Golden Goal", and the singing spread from a small area to a large area.
In the last minute, Keita made a long pass from midfield, and Obasi countered offside and entered the penalty area to shoot.
Fan Chun-yip fell to the ground to save the ball and held the ball underneath him.
Fan Chun-yip lay on the ground and hugged the ball tightly with both hands until the referee ran over and signaled that there was no problem.
"Beep--beep--beep--"
The final whistle blows.
3:3.
Fan Chun-yip lay on the grass and covered his face with his hands.
Shane·Lowry lay directly on the lawn, covering his face with clothes. No one knew how tired he was.
Leung Chun-pong bent over, supported his knees with his hands, looked up at the score on the big screen, and slowly grinned.
Troussier was hugged by the assistant coach and slapped twice on the back of the assistant coach behind him.
Zhang Kuang swapped jerseys with Mikel of Nigeria, and then he high-fived each of his teammates.
Cris Kang ran over and hugged him and shouted something. Zhang Kuang smiled and patted his back.
None of the fans left the stadium.
Forty thousand people stood in the stands applauding, singing and waving flags. The banner 'Take us to Brazil' was raised to the highest point, and red fireworks exploded in the night sky.
The Nigeria players stood on the court with their hands on their hips and shook their heads. Finally, they completed the final ceremony after the game and high-fived the Hong Kong Team players one by one.
Ogu lowered his head and kicked the turf. Yobo and Adeleye walked off the court without any communication the whole time.
Lagerbäck said something to the fourth official on the sidelines, turned around and walked towards the tunnel, walking heavily.
Hong Kong Team players went around the field to thank the fans!
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At the post-game press conference, Troussier couldn't hide the smile on his face.
He said, "Being able to tie with Nigeria is already the lucky one. I saw the unity of the whole team and their spirit of fighting until the last moment.
This is the most valuable quality of a strong team. Regardless of the score, just looking at this point, I believe Hong Kong Team will have a great future.
Of course, this game also allowed me to clearly see the gap between Hong Kong Team and the strong teams that are real regulars of World Cup.
Our coaching staff basically already knows which tactics should be adjusted next and which aspects the players should improve.
With Zhang Kuang here, we are guaranteed on the offensive end. But the gap on the defensive end is too big, and we still need a lot of time to adjust."
Reporter: "Will the 361 formation be the main formation of Hong Kong Team in the future? Can you tell us why this game is tactically arranged this way?"
Troussier:"That's it..."
Reporter: "..."
After the reporter asked Troussier several questions in succession, they finally threw the questions to Zhang Kuang who was sitting aside.
Reporter: "Zhang Kuang, you scored three more goals in this game and completed a hat trick. How do you evaluate this game? How do you evaluate your performance?"
Zhang Kuang took the microphone. "I am very happy to continue to score three goals. Regarding my personal performance, I think it is still a little lacking, especially in defense, which is not very helpful to the whole team.
Today's football is beginning to move towards the modern development of 'total attack, total defense', which will increasingly require all players to have defensive capabilities.
So, next, I will strengthen this aspect to see if I can help the team defensively when the time comes.
In addition, it is the ability of set pieces. Maybe I should improve my ability of set pieces. My current scoring method still lacks this shortcoming, I hope I can make up for it next time.
As for the whole game, I think Hong Kong Team showed tenacious will and everyone was united on defense. This spirit is indeed the temperament of a strong team as coach Troussier said. I am very proud of this.
Regarding Nigeria Team, they are an extremely good team. Their offense is very sharp, their organization is very layered, and their defense is very solid. This is a very strong team. No team in the world can say that they can beat them for sure."