In the early morning of December 24, Beijing time, Kunlun Hongxing ushered in the first game of back-to-back combat, against the torpedo team. During the game, the Torpedoes suddenly attacked in the second quarter, scoring three goals in a row to widen the score gap. In the third quarter, the Kunlun Hongxing team stepped up their forward attack, but still could not break through the opponent's goal. In the final moments of the game, the Torpedoes used a counterattack to take another city, and finally vanke Dragons suffered a 0-4 clean sheet at home.
Contest War Report
In this game, Kunlun Hongxing maintained the lineup of the previous round against Ufa, and the only adjustment was that Xiang Xudong replaced Zhong Wei into the front three groups, partnering Ye Jinguang and Wang Taylor.
After the first quarter of the game began, the Torpedo team quickly entered the form, the counter-attack was the main attack, but fortunately Smith played well, handing over 21 blocks in a single quarter to save the city gate. The two teams drew 0-0 in the first quarter.
In the third minute of the second quarter, the Torpedo team opened the deadlock with Zafiyarov's goal, and Kunlun Hongxing fell behind 0-1.
Seven minutes later, Shen Jialei single-handedly broke through to cause an opponent to foul, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty. However, shen Jialei's penalty failed to score, and Kunlun Hongxing missed the opportunity to rewrite the score.
In the second half of the second quarter, the Torpedoes used Orlov's goal-in-front goal and Mire's pick-and-roll goal to widen the point difference twice, and Kunlun Hongxing suffered a disadvantage of 0-3.
In the third quarter of the game, the Kunlun Hongxing team launched an all-out attack, and although it was repeatedly suppressed by the formation of position warfare, it was difficult to break through the opponent's defense line. Three minutes before the finale, Torpedo's Gunchaluk scored another goal, and Kunlun Hongxing finally lost 0-4 at home.
Competition data
In this game, kunlun Hongxing team's offensive end can be described as a full-fledged dud, and the number of shots on goal is as many as 37 times behind the torpedo team. Among them, kunlun Hongxing was particularly passive in the first quarter of the game, only completing 2 shots on target. Although the attack improved slightly in the second quarter, playing 10 threatening shots and winning a penalty opportunity, the opponent goalkeeper was in excellent condition, and the Vanke Dragons had difficulty scoring goals to narrow the point gap. Although the Kunlun Hongxing team's forward line was not in good shape, the back line was still remarkable, and the goalkeeper Smith also delivered 49 saves and a 92.5% block success rate in the whole game.
Race Forecast
At 00:30 Beijing time on December 25, Kunlun Hongxing will face the challenge of Minsk Dynamo back-to-back at home.