Chapter 41

In the fifth round of the competition, Genk faced Ghent at home. Vuong Phong still started the match. Head coach Aimee Antonis is confident he has no problems.

Ghent's defense against Wang Feng was already established, his strategy of focusing on marking and flanking prevented him from making a sudden breakthrough, but because Wang Feng paid a lot of attention to defense, he was easily vulnerable to others. miss the 'space.

Soon after, Gareth Barry assisted Jason Aldridge's goal and Genk took the lead. Ghent at the back seemed a bit lost, wanting to continue to press Vuong Phong, but the other Genk players succeeded time and time again. danger. At the end of the match, Wang Feng counterattacked quickly and scored another goal to help Genk seal the victory.

After the match, Wang Feng's performance was unanimously recognized by everyone. He was not discouraged when he was defended at close range. He attracts defenses by constantly getting in the way and running away, making other players' offense more dangerous. In the end, he was able to seize the opportunity and turn it into a goal. Effective.

Anderlecht and Brugge won this match, holding Genk, while Standard Liège defeated Brussels 0: 0, widening the gap with the top team.

..... A week later, in round 6 of Ligue 1, Genk challenged Sültwarechem away from home. After just ten minutes of the match, Bass and Wang Feng created a great two-on-one combination. Henk opened the score.

Five minutes later, Wang Feng came back and successfully sent the offside ball to the right. Facing the following defender, he calmly cycled, made a wrong move and then leaned towards the penalty area. At this time, the players in the middle of Genk could not catch up, so Wang Feng was forced to score. The opposing goalkeeper made a serious mistake and positioned himself too far to the left. Vuong Phong flew to the far corner. The goalkeeper tried to stretch and save but it was still in vain.

After switching sides in the second half, Barry entered the box and provided a superb assist for Wang Feng. Wang Feng stole the ball and scored a hat-trick.

In the end, Genk won 3-0 in the away match against Sültwarechem. Wang Feng also scored a hat-trick in the first match of the season. He scored 10 goals in 6 rounds and topped the top scorer list. Call it an attack machine. After this round, Genk still holds the top spot in the rankings with an undefeated record.

.....

In round 7 of Ligue 1, Genk sat at home to welcome La Louvière. Affected by the national team's match day, several key players, including Barry and Chivu, were absent and were restricted to the reserve squad.

The away team, currently at the bottom of the relegation zone, showed extraordinary endurance, causing Genk to be unable to find an effective means of attack for a long time, and Wang Feng was also unable to provide support in the forward area. After fending off Genk's attack, La Louvière also relied on defensive counter-attacks, causing the Genk defender to use his hands in the penalty area, receiving a yellow card and a penalty!

The away team captain was also clear, doing so overnight, opening the scoring for La Louvière. After that, they played more cautiously, the whole team gathered within 30 meters from the beginning of the penalty area.

At 50, 60, 70 and even 80 minutes, Henk still couldn't find a good solution. Vuong Phong was very reluctant and continued running, waiting for an opportunity.

As the match entered extra time, Wang Feng received a pass from the right wing, pushed Bass back to the middle of the field, and then immediately crossed the penalty area from the right wing. At the feet of Vuong Phong.

In the penalty area, Wang Feng used the croquette technique to overcome defender La Louvière, then fired an angry shot.

"Vuong Phong put the ball into the penalty area, simulated defense, directly hit the goal, beautiful, gooooooooooooooooooo, the ball scored!"

"Vuong Phong, it was Vuong Phong who stood up at the critical moment and saved Genk." After scoring, Vuong Phong did not celebrate but quickly took the ball out of the away team's goal, then ran towards the middle of the field to shoot down.

Unfortunately there is not enough time yet. Immediately after La Louvière kicked off, the referee blew the whistle for the entire match. In the end, Genk won 1:1 at home and was equalized by the bottom-ranked team, La Louvière. After this round, Anderlecht won all 3 points and overthrew Genk to rise to the top of the table, while Genk dropped to 2nd place, with Bruges behind them also keeping an eye on.

Genk was underestimated by many media after the match. "Sports" believes that Genk's squad has very poor thickness. With the absence of many key players, its power has diminished significantly. This season, Genk still has to fight in the national championship, national cup and Europa League, so it will certainly be difficult to get good results.

Most of the media still commented positively on Vuong Phong's savior goal. "Latest news" says that Vuong Phong's fighting spirit is worth studying. "Until the last second, he did not give up victory."

.....

In round 8 of League, Genk challenged Segrabrugge away from home, Genk still had to fight against the enemy. After the match started, Vuong Phong quickly ran over. He broke through on the right wing and caused a corner kick, then decided to take the corner kick. A curveball found youngster John Wilson, Barry's replacement. He immediately scored overnight and opened the scoring for Genk.

After scoring, Wilson still stood there, unable to react. Vuong Phong looked a bit funny. Isn't that exactly what he did when he scored his first goal? So he walked over and grabbed Wilson and ran onto the field together. memory.

Segla Brugge cannot retreat so they can only withdraw to play, which gives Genk more space to attack. In the 33rd minute, Vuong Phong suddenly ran to the left wing to catch the ball, broke through the penalty area, lightly rushed past the defense and shot straight into the goal, bringing another victory to Genk.

In the end, the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end~www.mtlnovel.com~ Genk scored 3 valuable points, continuing to maintain the top position in the Anderlecht rankings, while Bruges and Standard de Liège The lead was defeated one after another. The draw widened the gap with the first two matches.

.....

The European Cup group stage draw also took place this weekend. Wang Feng, the coaching staff and his teammates gathered in the conference room to watch the live broadcast of the draw.

Genk were placed in Group B, in the same group as Petah Tikva Maccabi of the Israeli Super League, Brondby of the Danish Super League, Espanyol of La Liga and Lokomotiv Moscow of the Russian Super League.

This draw is relatively strong for Genk. The Europa League system applies a unique round-robin system in the group stage, the top three teams can advance to the top 32. Maccabi Petah Tikva and Brondby are weak teams. Even if the Spaniard and Lokomotiv Moscow are strong, Genk can still guarantee at least 3rd place in the table.

However, in order not to encounter strong teams of the 5 major tournaments in the top 32, it is best to compete for rankings. Genk last season fell into the top 32 and this season must break through.

.....

In round 9 of the championship, Genk faced Bill Short at home. The players transferred to the national team returned one after another, but their condition clearly has not fully recovered.

The whole match was quite boring, until the 31st minute of the second half, after Wang Feng received the ball from the right wing, he continuously passed two defensive players and made a cross. Barry in the middle followed and scored, securing victory for Genk.

Although Wang Feng did not score a goal in this match, he created all of Genk's threatening fouls and was well received by the media.

After this match, Genk will go to Israel to challenge Petah Tikva Maccabi.