"Mendy leaps up and heads the ball into the goal!"

"A backheel pass! It goes right over everyone's head! Obvious trajectory! This pass...

...is divine!!" Shen Jian was dumbfounded watching the replay.

He thought the ball would go to Ospina. When the football sailed over the heads of three players, he thought it was overshot.

The ball was going to fly away!

He never expected the ball was meant for Mendy, who was further back!

Wow!!

Carrow Road erupted in thunderous cheers.

Mendy pounded his bald head with his left hand, striding back, but it was too late. Ospina, closer to Zhao Gang, had already wrapped both arms around Zhao Gang's armpits and lifted him up.

"Oh... that was... amazing! That dribble... was something else." Henry watched the replay. The first elastico (oil fried ball) was because the defender was too careless, not expecting Zhao Gang to dribble past him. The second feint that made the defender fall was the real essence.

In a short span of time, Zhao Gang's legs and arms made continuous small feints, making the defender mistakenly think he was about to break through, causing the defender to shift his weight continuously and finally lose his footing and fall.

But Zhao Gang was still standing in place.

In the past, the defender most likely wouldn't have been fooled by the feint, but Zhao Gang had just completed an elastico to dribble past one player, putting psychological pressure on the defender.

"He really possesses a maturity beyond his age.

Calm, elegant.

Every move seems calculated. He knows exactly what the defender is thinking!" Henry certainly saw what happened during Zhao Gang's second breakthrough.

This ability to read the game, to understand the opponent's psychology.

"He reminds me of someone. Although their technical characteristics are completely different, this elegant and intelligent style of play, this sharp and deadly pass, reminds me of that old partner.

Zhao is really suited for Arsenal!"

Henry watched Zhao Gang's calm handling of the football, his ability to read the game and the defense.

That final pass over the defense was simple and deadly.

His passing style was completely different from the Iceman, but his on-field presence was a perfect match.

That pass made Henry feel like he was sprinting down the field, receiving a sharp pass from the Iceman, going one-on-one with the keeper, and crushing the opponent.

"Beautiful, wonderful!" Henry couldn't help but exclaim.

When the team is completely unable to open up the game, the core players should take responsibility and stand up.

He doesn't necessarily need to prove his worth with goals, or even assists.

What he needs is to use his actions to tell all his teammates that we can do it, we can win!!

Farke on the sidelines clenched his fist and waved it. Very good!

His tactics were still effective. Mendy's attack added a high point in the penalty area, giving the passing players more options.

If the AEK Athens players continued to turtle like this, then Mendy wouldn't have to come back!

"Hehehe, acting like a scared turtle for half the game... they're done for now." Brooke openly mocked AEK Athens.

This team, without any forwards, was just defending in their own half.

Preventing Zhao Gang from receiving the ball, from passing the ball.

He didn't expect Zhao Gang to be able to dribble through!

Zhao Gang's elastico did surprise Brooke.

Not because the dribble was so clever, but because Zhao Gang had never shown the ability to dribble before.

Now, Zhao Gang had actually learned to dribble!

This would bring even more attacking options for Norwich.

For their opponents, this would be a fatal piece of news.

"That was indeed a wonderful pass. Zhao's passing is still full of imagination.

Up until now in the game, Zhao has only made this one truly threatening pass, but this one pass has been converted into a goal.

I'm willing to call Zhao the strongest midfielder in the Championship!" Rod couldn't help but praise.

"The next game will be a bit difficult for AEK Athens. Whether Norwich faces a Championship team or Arsenal and Manchester United, once they take the lead, they will ultimately win the game.

Their counter-attacking style is simple and efficient. Unless AEK Athens is willing to accept a narrow defeat, once they attack, there will be huge gaps behind them!

For Norwich, they can easily seize these gaps and counter-attack!"

Clearly, the AEK Athens players weren't thinking about equalizing!

It seemed that losing by one goal was acceptable.

At least for now, they weren't thinking about counter-attacking.

Their idea was to continue to solidify their formation. Losing by one goal was acceptable.

This allowed the Norwich players to be even bolder.

The Norwich defenders knew that this kind of defense was extremely physically demanding.

They experienced it deeply when facing Arsenal, running with the ball, constantly focusing on marking the opponent.

In the end, they were about to cramp.

Now that they had this opportunity, they definitely had to take advantage of it.

As Farke had expected, the advancement of the defensive midfielders and even the full-backs increased the defensive pressure on the entire Athens team.

In addition to Xilo and Philip, the two full-backs also kept charging the defense, seizing the opportunity to lob the ball into the penalty area.

Causing several moments of chaos in the Athens penalty area.

And Zhao Gang stayed away from the dangerous area. With the two defensive midfielders not participating in the defense, the AEK Athens players' stamina decreased, causing loopholes to appear in their defense.

At this time, the two midfielders had to support the defense.

Otherwise, without Zhao Gang passing, the other Norwich players would tear apart the AEK Athens defense sooner or later.

"The two AEK Athens midfielders are starting to stay away from Zhao Gang. Their teammates are already struggling to withstand Norwich's attacks!"

"These problems will arise from this kind of blind defense. Running with the ball, it's okay to run for several tens of minutes, but once your stamina drops, big problems will arise. And the AEK Athens coach, ah, is fanatically believing that defense can win a draw, and he hasn't even arranged any counter-attacks. If you play like this, why put on forward players? You might as well just put on six defenders and four midfielders!" Coach Zhang looked at the tactics of AEK Athens and really felt angry at their lack of ambition.

In the 70th minute of the game, Zhao Gang, who had been coordinating the game from the center, received the ball. At this time, as many as six Norwich players were involved in the attack!

As soon as Zhao Gang got the ball, two defenders quickly approached.

Xilo and Brian on the right flank started almost simultaneously.

When the two defenders were in position, Zhao Gang's ball had already passed diagonally through them and landed at Xilo's feet.

Seeing the defender approaching, Xilo gently pushed the ball forward, and Brian, who continued to move forward, rushed all the way to the baseline.

After attracting two defenders, he squeezed past them and, before falling to the ground, passed the ball to the edge of the penalty area.

Xilo, who had already run into position, lifted his foot and lofted the ball. The defending players could only try to raise their legs high to block it.

There was a defender behind Ospina, but the people who had been double-teaming him had already gone to fill the gap.

He strode forward, sprinting all the way, still without jumping up, squeezed the defender, and headed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal!

2:0!!

"Oh dear, you see, playing like this is just asking for trouble. Another player was missed. This won't do!" Coach Zhang was anxious.

"Coach Zhang, are you... worried about AEK Athens?" This tone made it sound like Coach Zhang was a fan of Athens? Is Zhao Gang playing for AEK Athens?

"It's not that... there's a problem with their style of play. Look at the AEK Athens players, they're exhausted like oxen plowing ten acres of land, and look at Zhao Gang, he hasn't even broken a sweat, like he's herding the oxen plowing the land. Can you win playing like that???"

"66666!!"

"Coach Zhang can even tell jokes!!!"

"You have to say, Coach Zhang's analogy is really vivid!"

"Haha..." Shen Jian finally couldn't help but laugh. Coach Zhang was still objective, worried about the opponents.

When will Coach Zhang be worried about the opponents when the national team is playing? How great would that be!