LRAB Chapter 64 He withstood the pressure in the face of various hand-to-hand combat situations.
Chapter 64 He withstood the pressure in the face of various hand-to-hand combat situations.
Police quickly brought the scene under control, and riot police rushed onto the stands to prevent further chaos.
What followed was a series of communications and processing, which disrupted the entire competition process.
In particular, the fourth official has to communicate with the Football Association to determine whether Zhang is still suitable to continue playing after his fight with the fans.
This is a big problem. The football association officials have no idea what to do and can only say that they need to hold an emergency meeting for ten minutes.
Meanwhile, in BJ's studio, Liu Jianhong was also furious: "According to reports from reporters on the ground, Lille's extreme fans said they wanted to injure Zhang Kuang so he couldn't play, and then help the team win..."
Xu Yang: "The fans' behavior is too extreme. If every team behaves like this, then fans can injure any outstanding player from the opposing team. How can football be played then?"
Liu Jianhong: "Yes, CCTV just called the French Football Federation to strongly condemn this behavior, which has affected our program broadcast and the Chinese audience's perception of Ligue 1."
Xu Yang: "Yes, we can't pretend nothing happened. Zhang Kuang is currently the best player in China. If we don't step up to help him immediately, then..."
The French Football Federation is facing a major headache, as they are under pressure not only from CCTV in China, but also from UEFA and FIFA.
The French Football Federation has lost face big time this time. A talented player is being publicly murdered by Ligue 1 fans. Does Ligue 1 even care about its reputation anymore?
This farce is also spreading rapidly to other parts of the world, starting in European countries, where liberals are most agitated because they hate racists.
It has to be said that although Zhang Kuang doesn't particularly like the liberal leftists, he is now the one they are protecting, which is truly ironic.
This has also made this match the most watched match in Europe right now, with everyone wondering what will happen next.
The match was delayed by twenty minutes before kickoff. The stadium's fourth official told reporters about the French Football Federation's decision: the match would proceed as scheduled, security measures would be strengthened, the perpetrators and Lille FC would be severely punished after the match, and an apology would be issued on behalf of the French Football Federation to the arrogant individuals.
The Lille club and the local mayor rushed to the scene to personally apologize to Zhang Hao, saying that it was not worth damaging his image.
Lille's head coach Rudi Garcia devised a tactic before the match: violently suppress arrogance. Now he has to tell the players to abandon this strategy; strictness is acceptable, but unwarranted violence is not.
In fact, the players involved also breathed a sigh of relief. They had just witnessed Zhang Kuang taking on six opponents single-handedly, which was Chinese Kung Fu. How could they possibly stop him with violence?
Some players even recalled the fate of Ioan, the arrogant Nice defender who once made a violent tackle. Ioan went to tackle the arrogant defender, but his right foot was broken by the arrogant defender and is now almost useless.
That was probably Zhang Kuang's deliberate act, wasn't it?
Never mind, never mind, it's good that the head coach has abandoned the violent tactics.
"However, we cannot reduce the intensity of our defense against Zhang from China; we must severely limit him within the reasonable rules," head coach Garcia emphasized.
The players had no choice but to agree, albeit reluctantly.
Zhang Kuang stood near the center circle, hands on his hips, staring blankly at the opposite goal.
Game start.
In the 5th minute, Lille's defensive midfielder Florent Balmont attempted a tackle from behind on Zhang Kuang, but hesitated at the last moment before making the tackle and only managed to touch the air.
In the 12th minute, Lille's center-back Adil Rami tried to limit Zhang Kuang with a physical challenge, but the moment their shoulders collided, Rami felt like he had hit a wall and his body staggered backward uncontrollably.
In the 18th minute, Lille's full-back Mathieu Debuchy tried to pull on Zhang Kuang's jersey, but Zhang Kuang swung his arm and Debuchy's hand was easily shaken off.
In the 25th minute, Zhang Kuang received the ball on the wing, and three Lille defenders surrounded him at the same time.
Zhang Kuang didn't force the ball; instead, he passed it to Olic, who was making a run down the wing, and then quickly moved forward himself.
In the 31st minute, Auxerre won a corner kick.
Birsa's corner kick was sent to the center of the penalty area, and Zhang Kuang leaped high amidst the crowd, heading the ball towards the goal—
The ball was saved by Lille's goalkeeper, Michel Landreau.
Lille is indeed a strong team. Their arrogant goals weren't so easy anymore. It seems that their previous easy goals were due to the weakness of their opponents.
Zhang Kuang also put away his recently inflated ego and began to get serious.
In the 38th minute, Zhang Kuang received the ball on the wing again.
This time, two Lille defenders rushed at the same time – Debuchy tackled from the front, and Balmont bumped into him from the side.
Zhang Kuang did not dodge.
He shielded Balmont from the impact with his body, jumped to avoid Debuchy's tackle, and then passed the ball in mid-air to Pedretti at the edge of the penalty area.
Pedretti unleashed a powerful shot –
The ball was saved by Landreau.
"Wow, Lille put a lot of defensive pressure on Zhang Kuang in the first half. They were deliberately targeting him, constantly using physical contact to disrupt him," Bart said.
"Yes, it wasn't just Lille's tough defense against Zhang Kuang; their goalkeeper Landreau also played brilliantly today, making a crucial save against Zhang Kuang's sure goal and another crucial goal that Zhang Kuang assisted Pedretti to score."
With 43 minutes left in the first half and the score 0-0, it looked like the first half was about to end.
Zhang Kuang suddenly switched to the left wing and received a pass from midfielder Ndinga (number 29) near the halfway line in his own half.
Then Balmont from Lille charged straight at him, but this time Zhang Kuang didn't try to meet him head-on. It wasn't that he couldn't handle it, but he felt that would be mindless and a waste of his time and energy.
So, with a flick of the ball and a turn, he bypassed Balmont's charge, and what followed was a forest of men waiting for him.
However, Zhang Kuang was not afraid at all and charged forward into this human forest. At this moment, many of Lille's defensive players were moving in this direction.
Just when everyone thought Zhang Kuang was about to make a decisive collision, he advanced a few meters into Lille's half, then suddenly changed speed and darted towards the center, before unleashing a lightning-fast shot...
"Wow, Zhang Kuang has taken a shot! That's almost 45 meters from the goal... Ah, ah, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!"
That's right, Zhang Kuang unleashed a powerful long-range shot from about eight or nine meters ahead of the center line, a distance of nearly 45 meters, catching Lille goalkeeper Landreau completely off guard.
Because Landreau was standing near his own penalty area line, he was unprepared for Zhang Kuang's sudden shot, and he didn't expect the long-range shot to be so fast. By the time he reacted and tried to tip the ball, it was too late, and he could only watch helplessly as the ball rushed into the goal behind him.
0-1, Lille trails Auxerre at home!
"Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Lille's nearly 45 minutes of aggressive and violent defending couldn't stop that furious shot!"
"Yes, that long-range shot was very powerful. I estimate the speed was no less than 130 kilometers per hour, and it had almost no curve or spin. It was very straight and violent!" Xu Yang added.
This unexpected goal stunned Lille's coach, as if his heart had been torn apart. He couldn't believe that such a blatant attack couldn't stop such arrogance.
At this moment, Zhang Kuang had already rushed to the corner area of the home fans, and then angrily jumped high, making a "Siu" celebration gesture towards the home fans, staring fiercely at them.
The home fans were furious again, hurling insults and throwing things. Zhang Kuang kicked all the things thrown at him back, and then fans in the stands screamed in pain.
Seeing that the fans were about to riot, the Auxerre players quickly ran over and pulled Zhang Kuang back onto the field.
"Wow, wow, wow, did you see that? Zhang from China is angry. He's provoking the home team's fans. Wow, his footwork is really good. He kicked everything the fans threw at him back, and it all hit the players who threw it. Haha... Interesting!" Bart excitedly introduced.
Dugarry: "Hehe, I didn't expect that Zhang from China would have such a baby face but such a volatile temper. He can't stand being taken advantage of. It seems he has made an enemy of Lille fans."
Butt: "So what? I doubt he'll have many more chances to come to Lille's home ground, unless Lille makes it to the Champions League every year and gets grouped with the next team that's gone crazy."
Dugarry: "That's hard to say. Knowing UEFA's nature, they love this kind of drama of continuing old grudges."
Barthes: "Haha, Dugarry, watch out for UEFA's lawyer's letter. You've exposed their tricks."
"..."
Lille's players looked at Zhang Kuang with puzzled expressions, especially the defenders. Zhang Kuang's body was too tough; they had all been battered and bruised, yet this Chinese Zhang could still score so fiercely.
In the 45th minute, Lille kicked off from midfield, and the referee blew his whistle: "Beep, beep, beep!"
They stopped the first half, and they won't even give us overtime?
The referee seems to be saying: "You guys hurry up and finish this game so I can go home!"