CHAPTER 1881: CHAPTER 984: THE SPIRIT AND WILL TAUGHT BY SCHOOL

Seeing the injury time has already begun.

This semi-final clash between the national team and Baxi Team has five minutes of injury time. Right after the injury time started, the score between the two sides has been frozen at two goals each. Both teams are trying to score another goal before the injury time ends.

This way, they can end the match, defeat the opponent, and advance to the semi-finals.

Otherwise,

with a 2-2 draw, the match will enter a penalty shootout, a situation neither team desires, apart from the audience. A penalty shootout adds too many uncertainties, and if they don’t perform well, or the opponent excels, they may lose the shootout, and thus the entire match.

"Score another goal!"

Seeing the tense situation on the field, Ding Yue muttered to himself.

All the fans of the national team are feeling nervous; who doesn’t want the national team to score another goal?

The fans of Baxi Team feel the same way.

In the last three or four minutes, Baxi Team made one final attack, attempting to score and win the match, but their attack was undoubtedly intercepted by the goalkeeper Zhu Cheng.

Zhu Cheng’s save extinguished Baxi Team’s hope of scoring another goal and defeating the national team.

After seeing their shot failed, Baxi Team felt a bit deflated and switched to a defensive strategy to drag out time. Only three or four minutes remained, and having missed that shot, their only option was to drag the match into a penalty shootout and decide the winner there.

Although Baxi Team seemed to have no more inclination to attack and switched to defense,

the national team hadn’t made their final strike.

Both teams, during these last few minutes, wanted to score one more goal to end the match. Baxi Team thought and acted this way, and clearly, the national team had the same thoughts and were about to act accordingly.

The players of Baxi Team never expected the national team’s goalkeeper to block their final attempt, while the national team’s forward Li Shuangying, with a powerful shot, completely blew Baxi Team out of the World Cup.

That’s right!

In the last minute of the match, Li Shuangying received a pass from his teammate Liu Zhan.

But Li Shuangying didn’t immediately attempt a shot as he felt that taking a shot from his position was not the most secure option.

Therefore,

Li Shuangying passed the ball back to Liu Zhan, who then passed it to Zhao Xuanming. Zhao tried to attack but had anticipated that it would be difficult to penetrate the defense and that missing or a bad shot would waste the opportunity.

So Zhao Xuanming feigned an attack.

With his classic feinting maneuver, Zhao Xuanming brought a full-on attacking aura, which frightened Baxi Team’s defenders and goalkeeper, fearing he would break through their defenses.

Most of Baxi Team’s key defenders moved up, and the goalkeeper was also drawn in attention.

Seeing this, Zhao Xuanming knew the opportunity was here.

This opportunity wasn’t for himself but rather for the captain Li Shuangying.

In the next second, Zhao Xuanming raised his foot as if to shoot.

However, he fooled everyone; he was prepared to turn the shot into a flank pass all along.

This rapid change in offense caught Baxi Team’s defenders and goalkeeper off guard. Wow, they thought you would go for a goal, but instead, you used a feint?

And this feint was executed to the extreme. When Zhao Xuanming kicked out the ball, no one expected it would be a pass rather than an attempt at the goal.

Only two people on the field knew what Zhao Xuanming might do and were ready to cooperate with his next move.

These two people were, of course, Zhao Xuanming’s forward teammates, none other than Liu Zhan and Li Shuangying.

Liu Zhan and Li Shuangying had already picked up on Zhao Xuanming’s hint but couldn’t be completely sure who he would pass it to, so both were fully prepared.

No matter if Zhao Xuanming passed to Liu Zhan or Li Shuangying, they could quickly receive the ball and find an opportunity to shoot.

As Zhao Xuanming’s foot swung out, aiming for the goal direction, Baxi Team’s defenders and goalkeeper stood ready, tense and nervous, but the ball went astray.

Zhao Xuanming intentionally misdirected it, aiming significantly wide toward the other sideline, at high speed.

The test for Li Shuangying had arrived.

At this critical moment, Li Shuangying did not disappoint his teammates. When the ball reached his feet, he found the perfect opportunity to shoot. For Li Shuangying, this was the last chance; missing this would not only betray his teammates’ trust but also drag the match into an uncertain abyss.