The Comeback
We defy the odds.
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The Comeback
Shandong intimidate me.
Mykhaylo Mudryk scored for Shandong 14 minutes into this one. I thought for certain that we were doomed.
We did tie the match in the 33rd minute. Jeong Sang-Bin had the ball in a ridiculous position, sitting alone in the penalty area with 5 defenders surrounding him. Fortunately for us, one of the Shandong players decided to push him to the ground instead of taking the ball off of him, giving us a penalty.
Suphanat Mueanta scored that penalty, and we were even at 1.
Cryzan scored for Shandong in the 67th minute, and I thought it was all over. You’ll recall that we beat Shandong 2-1 in that Chinese Super Cup game just a few weeks back. I thought losing by the same margin would be poetic justice.
But my players didn’t want to have any of that.
Pietro Rovaglia, the player I came close to selling off, gave us the equalizer in the 72nd minute with an incredible shot.
Zhu Bin, who came on as a halftime substitute for the fatigued Delfi, added to his heroics by scoring in the 80th minute with a thundering shot. He’s a special one.
And then Jeong Sang-Bin finished them off with an excellent goal in the 89th minute.
We won, 4-2. I still can’t believe it. We won.
Shanghai Shenxin
There’s not much time to dwell on other things. We’ve got to get ready to destroy Shanghai Shenxin in our next league match.
This will finally put an end to the crazy run of matches we’ve had. We’ll be able to rest up and heal after this one is done.
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