CHAPTER 1854: CHAPTER 970: KICKING AMERICA DUMBFOUNDED (PART 2)

"Whoa! Beautiful shot!"

Huang Youjie exclaimed excitedly.

"Beautiful!"

Ding Yue was also a bit excited. The coordination between Li Shuangying and Zhao Xuanming for this shot was simply perfect, so smooth without a single flaw.

"Nice! Awesome goal!"

Xu Bin clenched his fist and said excitedly.

Meanwhile, Wen Ruohan, Ding Xiaoyou, and Lin Zhirou, the girls nearby, had already started screaming.

The national soccer team scored, why wouldn’t princesses scream in celebration?

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

"Who dares to stand tall, only General Zhao!"

"This shot is brilliant!"

"Goal! Awesome!"

"National team, awesome!"

"Everyone, quickly show National Team Awesome on the screen!"

"This shot is stunning!"

"Perfect!"

"This is the national team!"

"I’m crying, our national team scored such a splendid goal against America in the World Cup!"

"Today’s national team is no longer the team it once was, it’s too strong."

In the live streaming rooms on various domestic platforms, the screen was instantly filled with comments, and domestic fans couldn’t be happier at this moment. This goal was like adrenaline to them, filling every fan’s heart with pride and joy.

"Yue, Li Shuangying and Zhao Xuanming are simply a perfect match, and with Liu Zhan as the lubricant, our attacking lineup is just superb!"

Huang Youjie couldn’t help but praise.

"Hahaha, you didn’t need to say that."

Ding Yue was feeling a bit proud at this moment. Li Shuangying and Zhao Xuanming performed exceptionally well, and Zhu Tan’s sudden long pass was beautiful too. If it weren’t for Zhu Tan’s breakthrough long pass, there wouldn’t have been such a stunning shot afterward.

"That’s why Li Shuangying and Zhao Xuanming are simply our team’s devastating weapons!"

Xu Bin also said with a smile.

This goal eased everyone’s tension because they were already leading 1-0. The key point was that after this goal, it boosted the energy and morale of the national team players.

Every player was extremely excited, and in this situation, they could be motivated to perform even more difficult maneuvers.

The match continued.

America’s team’s morale had visibly dropped a bit.

This is quite normal, whenever a team scores on the field, their morale rises significantly, while the other team’s morale undoubtedly drops; it’s energy conservation.

Of course, there are exceptional cases, where some teams can actually become stronger with setbacks, eventually using a strong mentality and perseverance to overtake and win the match, which is quite rare.

Usually, two strong teams will have a back-and-forth match, once one scores, the other too scores in a see-saw manner which makes the match thrilling.

America’s team managed to stabilize their mindset well enough with some strong attacks, regaining some form and balance, while our national team perfectly defended against America’s strong attacks, not giving them any chances.

Then, both sides went back into another tug of war.

America still tried to find opportunities through the tug of war, our national team thought the same, since both sides were already in a tug of war, they could only try to find chances to break through the defense.

The burden now fell back on Zhu Tan.

However, this time Zhu Tan was tightly marked, Li Shuangying and others were also tightly guarded, meaning Zhu Tan found it hard to break through or pass long.

Nothing could be done.

Zhu Tan had to defer the performance to his teammates, eventually passing back to the defensive line, and when America pressed forward, the defenders passed it back to the goalkeeper.

That’s the safest choice, after all, further passing might lead to a forced interception by America.

Observing the field situation, the goalkeeper realized that if the ball was passed to the midfield, it would still be a tug of war, hard to break through.

Thus.

Goalkeeper Zhu Cheng decided to step back and make a long pass directly towards Li Shuangying and the others.

The ball indeed went towards the left and crossed the midfield, so next it was for Li Shuangying to perform, competing against three America players.

Li Shuangying’s skills were undisputed.

Faced with tight defense from three America players, he remained calm and composed, though he couldn’t find the right opportunity.

Truth be told.

This time America’s defense was well executed, eventually leading Li Shuangying to pass to Liu Zhan and Liu Zhan back to Li Shuangying, but when Li Shuangying took the shot, he knew the chance was slim.

Indeed, America’s goalkeeper saved it easily.

"Oh, what a pity, the opponent’s tight defense worked."

The commentator regrettably said.

Although the goal didn’t score, it still exerted massive pressure on America, as they deployed many players to heavily guard Li Shuangying while also watching Liu Zhan in the middle and Zhao Xuanming on the right wing, since the first goal was scored by Zhao Xuanming from the right wing.

In the next ten minutes, both teams remained in a tug of war state, with the national team several attempts at breaking America’s defense, they were threatening but alas didn’t score.

America’s team barely threatened our goal, with just five shots in nearly half an hour, two accurate but none converted.

The national team did have more attempts, with higher shot accuracy than America, showing that our attacking momentum in the first half was much stronger than America’s, not that America’s attacks weren’t aggressive, but many times they got intercepted and neutralized in midfield or at the defensive line.

Finally, America got a corner kick at the fortieth minute.

Our national team players were prepared, America’s corner kick came in, and one player found the chance for a shot, but despite its power, to the goalkeeper Zhu Cheng, no ball is hard to defend!

"Caught it! Superb save! No wonder it’s Zhu Cheng!"

The commentator was thrilled seeing Zhu Cheng save the shot perfectly.

America’s only chance of scoring in the first half was extinguished by our goalie Zhu Cheng, making him a figure of despair.

Right after the catch, Zhu Cheng immediately did a long pass, and Li Shuangying, Liu Zhan, Zhao Xuanming were already moving, America’s defenders swiftly retreated to defend, and in an instant, many players were sprinting like lightning, moving really fast.

Especially after Li Shuangying got the ball, he was advancing at full speed!

With America’s players chasing hard right behind, there was only one America defender ahead, and then the goalkeeper.

One America defender alone wasn’t enough to stop Li Shuangying; when he brought the ball into the opponent’s territory, the opportunity was right there.

"Shoot!"

Whoosh!

The soccer ball under Li Shuangying’s foot seemed to have magic, curving in a path hard to predict in mid-air.

Evidently, America’s goalkeeper dived only to realize it was the wrong direction.

"It’s in! Two to zero! The national team leads two to zero!"

The commentator was extremely excited.

He’s never seen our national team perform so dominantly in such a match, scoring two-nil against America in just the first half.

At this moment, America’s players were in disbelief.

They were stunned by the two goals from the national team, questioning, is this the strength of Xia Country’s national team? So formidable?