Just as Tony Clark guessed, when the second half started, Tramed, who was playing at home, launched a fierce attack on Leeds City's goal.
After a fifteen-minute break, Tramed fans recovered from the frustrating and angry mood at the end of the first half and still cheered for their team with their singing and cheering.
No matter what, fans still have to support their team.
Especially from the start of the second half, it was obvious that Tramed did not give up.
Their performance deserves the fans cheering for them.
Tramed’s fans chanted in the stands:
"Tlamed will never die! Telmed will never die!"
"Our flag flies forever above the Red House!"
"Because the red flame never goes out!!"
This is not Tramed's team song, but a song used by fans to boost morale when the team is in danger, similar to a war song.
In this song called "The Red Flame Will Never Die", Tramed once swept across Europe and achieved the first Triple Crown in the history of English football.
Every true Tramed player will be full of strength as long as he hears this song.
This is the case now. Amid the singing of the fans, Tramed's team continued to attack Leeds City's goal. Suddenly, Leeds City's offensive was suppressed. For several minutes, Leeds City was not a particularly offensive threat.
Lamed's goal was blocked, and their ball couldn't even get past half-court...
When the on-site commentator Matthew Cox heard the Tramed fans singing this song, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "There is a 'trivia': in the history of Tramed, there was only one
In some of the four games against Leeds City, this song never appeared at the Red Roof Stadium!"
It is true that even in the 37th round of last season, when Leeds City beat Tramed here, the home team fans did not sing this song to boost morale.
Obviously, until Hulay scored in this game, Tramed fans had not really regarded Leeds City as a formidable opponent. In their understanding, the victory in last season's game was nothing more than a formidable opponent.
It was an accident.
With Tramed's strength and home court advantage, as long as they adjust their mentality, Leeds City will have no chance of comeback here.
But after Hulay's goal, the minds of these fans changed. The Leeds City in front of them is no longer the West Yorkshire country bumpkins who have never seen the world like they were two seasons ago.
This is actually a disguised recognition of Leeds City, acknowledging that they can be equal opponents to the giants such as Tramed.
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The deafening singing in the red-domed stadium is almost breathtaking.
Coupled with Tramed's fierce offensive, Leeds City made mistakes while being compressed in the penalty area to defend.
When Quinn was guarding Tramed's right midfielder George Payne's pass in the penalty area, he raised his arm. And the football hit his open arm...
"Penalty kick——!!!" The song above the red-domed stadium suddenly switched seamlessly to such a roar.
The referee also decisively blew the whistle to stop the game and pointed his hand firmly at the penalty spot!
"Penalty kick! There is no problem with this penalty kick!" Cox shouted, "The football hit Quinn's arm and changed its flight direction. It is indeed a penalty kick!"
Excluding the 2023-2024 season when Leeds City was just promoted to the Premier League, they had penalty kicks in all three of their away games against Tramed.
The first two penalty kicks were very controversial and produced dramatic results.
But this does not mean that there is a problem with this penalty kick - there is no problem with this penalty kick, it is very clean.
Even without slow-motion replay, everyone can clearly see Quinn's raised arm blocking the ball.
In this situation, any referee will not hesitate to call a penalty kick.
Moreover, Quinn, who committed the foul, just covered his face with his hands and did not defend or protest the penalty too much.
Although the other Leeds City players felt sorry and pained, they did not go up to attack the referee.
The Leeds City fans in front of the TV sighed, but they still maintained enough sense and calmness and did not loudly curse Quinn's extreme behavior.
After all, no one wanted something like this to happen, and Quinn certainly didn't mean it...
There is just one thing that makes Leeds City fans unhappy.
The cheers above the red-top stadium were really harsh to the ears of Leeds City fans...
Listening to their cheers, it was as if the goal had been scored. Why didn't they think about how Leeds City beat Tramed last season?
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Since both sides have no objection to the penalty call, the penalty kick can be taken next.
According to regulations, players from both sides must leave the penalty area, leaving only the penalty kicker, the goalkeeper, and the referee.
As Tramed's number one penalty kicker, Connor Kirk holds the football in his hand and is ready to take the penalty kick.
But at this time, a surprising scene happened:
Ricardo Barea was different from those players who walked out of the penalty area. He went in against the flow and went straight to captain Kirk: "Captain, can you let me take this penalty kick?"
Kirk turned to look at the young man in front of him. His tone was firm when he spoke just now, and his expression was also firm under his gaze.
So Kirk didn't say anything more about what he had or didn't have, and directly put the football into his arms: "Here."
He didn't ask Baria why, because he knew why.
He knew it from the moment he saw this young man practice penalty kicks for half an hour after training every day.
This young man has probably been waiting for such an opportunity since that day.
If you stumble on a penalty kick, you must try again on the penalty kick.
"Wow!" Cox exclaimed, "Balia took the initiative to go up and said something to Kirk, and then Kirk gave him the football... It seems that Balea took the initiative to apply for this spot.
Ball!"
This scene made the red-top stadium that had been cheering quiet for a while. It seemed that Tramed fans were worried about Barea.
Those Leeds City fans who were holding their heads in front of the TV with regrets cheered up: "Don't panic! Maybe he will miss the penalty kick?!"
In front of the home team's coaching bench, assistant coach Cohen Melburni opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Kevin Locke: "Watch this ball first!"
Even the Chinese commentators He Feng and Yan Kang, who were obviously emotionally inclined to Leeds City, were moved by it: "Balia is... so brave!"
"Yes, I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to go to Kirk and ask for the right to take the penalty kick. He wanted to get rid of the stigma and shadow of missing the penalty kick that led to the team being defeated by Leeds City... Regardless of the final result of this penalty kick
What is the result? I think that the person who made a mistake in the penalty kick dares to stand in front of the penalty spot again. This act itself is admirable enough!"
After a brief silence, thunderous applause erupted in the stands, and fans sang Barea’s cheering song:
"You are our Ricardo! Our Ricardo Barria!"
"You make us happy and you make us crazy!"
"We love you Ricardo! Our Ricardo!"
Just these three lyrics, they sang them over and over again.
During the song, Barea bent down and put the football on the penalty spot, then stood up and stepped back, spreading his legs slightly, waiting for the whistle.
Seeing that he was ready, the singing and applause in the stands gradually disappeared, and finally fell into silence.
There were only sporadic boos from a few Leeds City fans, which seemed a bit harsh in the quiet environment.
But Barea didn't care, he just looked at the goal.
I don't know if it was God's arrangement, but the goal he faced for this penalty kick was exactly the same as the goal he missed the penalty kick last season.
It was in front of this goal last season that his feeble penalty kick was saved by the same goalkeeper.
In the end, he became the laughing stock of all Europe... no, the whole world.
People laughed at him for diving, laughed at him for his bad consequences, and his penalty kick was saved...
Baria took a deep breath, focused his eyes again, and got rid of all the messy images in his mind.
Focus, Ricardo!
The whistle sounded very clear and sweet in the quiet red-top stadium.
Ricardo Barea takes a running start and kicks the football!
As he repeated countless times on the training ground...
Bang!
He shot the football into the Leeds City goal!
This time, Van der Ven, who was waiting hard, failed to touch the ball. He even misjudged the direction...
He swooped to the right and the football flew to the left!
He could only turn his head to look at the football in the air helplessly and desperately, unable to do anything...
In the blink of an eye, the football flew into the goal!
"The ball went in! Barea! He put the penalty kick firmly into the goal! This time Van der Ven had no chance to save his penalty kick... Tramed finally equalized the score!" Matthew Cowen
X cheered.
The red-top stadium that was quiet just now instantly turned into a crater of violent eruptions. The collective cheers of more than 60,000 Tramed fans were like hot lava, spraying high into the sky and then falling down, or flowing down.
It flowed downwards on the red stands, dyeing the entire stadium red!
Just like what was sung in the war song: The red flag is flying high over the red house, and the red flame will never go out!
In front of Leeds City's goal, Barea did not run wildly to celebrate after scoring a goal. Instead, he stood at the penalty spot, clenched his hands into fists in front of his chest, raised his head and roared.
His face was flushed, and veins were popping out on his forehead and neck.
He wanted to let out all the emotions he had suppressed in his heart for more than half a year in this long roar!
His teammates rushed to hug him and patted his shoulders and head, both to comfort and encourage him.
They know what this penalty kick means to Barea.
Off the court, head coach Kevin Locke turned to assistant coach Cohen Melburni and smiled: "He has passed this hurdle, Cohen!"
Melburnie nodded: "Yes, he turned over, Kevin. He can continue to move forward!"
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"Barilla's kick shattered the shadow of his past! I know some people will say that 'missing a penalty is the only way to become a superstar', but in fact, missing a penalty is not. Missing a penalty
Standing bravely in front of the penalty spot after the ball and kicking the penalty kick is the only way to become a superstar! Now Barea has done it! He perfectly demonstrated his toughness in this penalty kick
His heart has proved to the world that he is worthy of being the leader of the golden generation of Portuguese football, and he is a real strong man!"
Even He Feng did not hesitate to praise Ricardo Barria this time.
"It's not terrible to make mistakes. Each of us will make mistakes all our lives. But whether we can get over them after making them is the key to success in life... From this point of view, I think Ricardo
·Balia’s future achievements will definitely not be low.”
"Yes, He Feng. Balia is twenty-two years old this year, and Hu Lai is twenty-three years old. They are both similar in age. In the foreseeable future, they will be each other's opponents in their respective careers.
.Balia’s ability to perform like this will naturally push Hulay to perform better!”
"That's right, Yan Kang. This is the meaning of the opponent's existence!"
Leeds City goalkeeper Van de Ven picked up the football from the goal in annoyance, and then kicked the football towards the center circle with a big kick.
Hu Lai was already standing in the center circle. Facing the ball flying from the backcourt, he didn't even lift his foot. He just raised his ankle slightly. The football falling at high speed instantly lost all power and elasticity and was caught.
Suck firmly at his feet.
After stopping the ball, he just stood there motionless, waiting for the game to restart.
