In fact, Alvara’s performance in the Europa League this season is not considered good.
Otherwise, they would not have to meet Leeds City in the quarter-finals. According to the rules, the eight teams eliminated from the Champions League group stage will first compete in the quarter-finals and the Europa League group stage.
The two fight against each other.
In other words, Alvara did not finish first in the group in the Europa League this season and could only go head-to-head with the Champions League teams.
This is like wanting to get first place in the group, but in the end, they were forced to compete with Catalan United in the blue and white Munich as second place in the group.
It’s simply miserable.
But this does not mean that Alvara is a weak team.
They are Portugal’s super wealthy families after all.
Maybe they are not competitive enough in the entire European competition, but it definitely does not mean that they can give Leeds City everything they want in this game.
This is their home field after all.
“Alvara! Alvara! OLEOLEOLE!! Alvara!”
“Alvara! Alvara! OLEOLEOLE!! Alvara!”
Joao Valente, like the Alvara fans around him, was jumping up and down in the stands, waving the scarf in his hand, and singing cheers rhythmically.
Xia Xiaoyu did not sing along, but he waved the scarf in his hand to cheer for his home team.
As a player of Alvara's reserve team, Alvara is his home team. Even if Leeds City has his eldest brother Hulay on the opposite side, his butt cannot be bent.
For him, the best result of this game is that Alvara beat Leeds City at home, but Hulay scored.
Everyone is happy, getting the best of both worlds.
At this time, Alvara, who plays at home, does have some advantages on the court.
They launched a fierce attack on Leeds City's goal amid the singing and cheering of the home fans.
Xia Xiaoyu turned his attention to Hu Lai.
He is at the front of the formation. Even if Leeds City is retreating now, he is always accompanied by Alvara's Portuguese international center back Bruno Pinto.
This shows how much Alvara attaches great importance to Hu Ge.
Last season's Premier League championship, Premier League Golden Boot and World Cup Golden Boot made Hu Ge steal the limelight, but it also made him "the target of public criticism" in the new season.
In every game, you will encounter the opponent’s highest-level defensive treatment.
Logically speaking, Brother Hu, whose individual combat ability is not very outstanding, basically has nothing to do when encountering such a defense.
But he was still able to score five goals in the Champions League and 13 goals in the Premier League.
So Xia Xiaoyu is full of expectations for Hu Ge's performance in this game.
At the same time, he reminded himself that after Hu Ge scored, he must not get carried away...
"Oh!" After Valente took a breath after singing along with other fans, he said excitedly to Xia Xiaoyu, "It's really crazy. It would be great if I could also play for Alvara in such an atmosphere.
alright!"
He and Xia Xiaoyu are both reserve team players. Xia Xiaoyu transferred from Flash Star, and he himself transferred to the Alvara Youth Training Camp when he was sixteen years old and joined the echelon.
But neither of them has made a single appearance for the first team yet.
Alvara is actually not stingy about giving young people opportunities to play, but they are also a Portuguese giant and have a lot of talents in the first team. Even if they want to give young people a chance to play, it will not be their turn for the time being.
Alvara right winger Lesinho, who is taking the ball on the court now, is such a representative.
At only 19 years old, like Xia Xiaoyu, he is not a player trained by Alvara's own youth training. He is a talented player poached from Brazil by Alvara last summer.
They are also transferred from other clubs. Xia Xiaoyu can only adapt to European football in the reserve team, while Lesinho can become the main player as soon as he arrives in Alvara.
This is the gap in natural ability.
In fact, Lesinho and Xia Xiaoyu are indeed not talented players of the same level, although they are both dubbed "genius boys" in their respective countries.
Lecinho is fast, good at breakthroughs, and has outstanding personal abilities. Last summer's World Cup, because he was not taken to the United States and Canada, the head coach of the Brazilian national team, Marcos Hoerna, caused some controversy in Brazil.
, has been criticized by many media and fans.
After the World Cup, some fans even believed that if Hoena had brought Lecinho, the Brazilian team might have defeated Spain in the final and won the World Cup.
This shows how talented this young Brazilian is.
It is definitely not just a European club like Alvara that is interested in him. There are countless clubs across Europe waving checks to sign him, including many wealthy ones.
But Lecinho finally chose Alvara, which is considered to be the right decision. In Alvara, he can get more opportunities and adapt to European football faster, laying the foundation for him to play the main role in a wealthy club in the future. .
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“Lesinho got the ball on the right wing and he stepped on his bicycle!”
When the stands of the Lisbon Arena saw Lesinho make this move, they burst into loud cheers. While cheering for him, they also put pressure on Leeds City's defensive players.
He is being defended by left winger Kamara, who has retreated to help defend. In this game, Clark ranked 433. Midfielder Junpei Morikawa and Jay Adams partnered, and Pete Williams came forward. Center Hu Lai, left winger Kamara, right winger Lasky.
Camara, as a winger, is not good at defense.
When Lesinho stepped on the third bicycle, he stretched out his foot and tried to poke the football away. However, Lesinho seized the opportunity and gently pushed the football away with the outside of his right foot, allowing Kamara to poke it. Empty!
Lecinho's movements with his feet were very fast. As soon as he poked the football away, he jumped to the side, bypassing Kamara, then stretched his right foot, retrieved the football that was about to roll out of the sideline, and accelerated it forward!
“Oh oh, beautiful!” the Portuguese TV commentator cheered.
Alvara fans in the stands of Lisbon Arena were also cheering.
As we all know, Kamara, as a winger, is not good at defense.
But he is fast!
When Lessinho moved the football forward, Kamara had already chased it back.
He bumped into Lessinho, who looked thinner than he was.
Lesignho barely controlled the football after being hit, but he also knew that if he continued like this, he would not be able to get rid of the Frenchman. Because the opponent's speed was no slower than his own, and he was still running without the ball.
So he raised his right leg as if to make a big kick, but then he suddenly pulled it back and knocked the football behind him.
Stop and turn at the same time!
We must get rid of the irresistible Kamala!
At this moment, the cheers in the stands of the Lisbon Arena suddenly switched to exclamations.
In Lecinho's eyes, he saw a foot suddenly stretched out from the side and pulled the football!
This time it was Lesiño’s turn to make a comeback!
Damn it! When did he come here?!
“Morikawa!!” British commentator Matthew Cox shouted excitedly, “He appeared in front of the ball in time!”
Morikawa Junpei pulled the football back in front of him, quickly turned around, separated the football from Lesinho with his body, and then passed the football across to Jay Adams.
After Adams got the ball, he turned around and moved the football to the right wing.
Laskila wide receiver.
Hulai in the middle turned around and ran diagonally in front of him, making a response.
While Lecinho was still upset about losing the ball, Camara had already passed him at high speed and rushed towards the Alvara penalty area.
Leeds City completed the switch from defense to offense in an instant!
The cheers in the stands have now been completely replaced by exclamations and boos.
“Opportunity for Leeds City!”
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Jule brought Alvara's main center back, and Portugal international Bruno Pinto pulled to the wing to meet Laski.
Lasky passed the football forward to him.
After passing the ball, he accelerated and cut inward at a diagonal while making a passing gesture to Hu Lai.
Hulay did not hold the ball too much on the wing. He pulled out one of the opponent's central defenders and has fulfilled his responsibility.
So he immediately passed the football back to the Pole.
Leeds City has reached the thirty-meter area of Alvara!
Peter Williams received the ball in the middle, and after Hulay passed the ball, he quickly cut inside and entered the penalty area.
At the same time, behind him, right back Josh Lawler has also inserted the edge at high speed.
“Be careful! Leeds City switches from defense to attack very quickly!” the Portuguese commentator shouted.
his worry is justified, because Leeds City's process from stealing the ball to launching the attack is too fast, and Alvara's players have not fully returned to defense.
Their back line was also torn to pieces by the cooperation of Hulay and Laski.
Bruno Pinto had to abandon Hulay at this time and turned to attack Laski.
Laski swung his left foot to shoot, attracting two Alvara players to rush to block it. However, he buckled the football back, fell to the right, and then pushed his right ankle horizontally!
The football was inserted directly into Alvara’s penalty area from the ribs!
"Hu!!"
Matthew Cox drew out his voice, as if he was expecting something.
Hulay, who was originally cutting across, turned around the moment Lasky passed the ball!
After passing the football, he had already adjusted his direction. Facing Alvara goalkeeper Ze Ferreira who moved to the near corner to block the angle, he swung his right foot and shot directly without stopping the ball!
Ferreira saw the football flying towards the near corner when he was rushing towards it, and it was flying towards the far end of his reverse corner goal!
He quickly changed his focus and rushed back, but it was too late!
The tip of his finger was probably about five centimeters away from the football.
It was these five centimeters that allowed him to watch the football fly into the back corner of the goal!
"The goal is scored!!! Thirty-first minute! Leeds City takes the lead in the away game! Hulay scored his first goal in the Europa League! The first Europa League game, the first
Europa League goal! The legend of efficient killer goals continues!"
Amid the exclamations above the Lisbon Arena, Hulay, who scored the goal, called his teammates to come up to celebrate, while running towards the corner flag area, shaking off his steps, and made his signature celebration action!