One hundred and twentieth chapters pour cold water
Ricardo Moya's adjustments at halftime still worked.
At the same time, Alvara's players also knew very well that they were fighting with their backs against the wall and there was no way out.
The head coach repeatedly mentioned "this is our home court" during the halftime break, which definitely not only boosted their confidence, but more importantly, told them:
This is our home court. If we can't win at home, then this season's Europa League will be completely over!
So if you still want to fight for the championship, then work hard for me!
So at the beginning of the second half, Alvara launched a fierce offensive into Leeds City's penalty area.
Their centre-forward, Serbian international Dechod Igor, frequently pulled out of the penalty area, bringing out Leeds City defenders and creating opportunities for other teammates to advance forward.
In the 61st minute, it was Igor who pulled Bengrist out of the penalty area. Alvara's Brazilian midfielder Eli accurately passed the football to the space behind Bengrist. Lecinho inserted it at extremely fast speed.
There was space, and then he jumped in front of the attacking goalkeeper Van der Ven and stabbed the football into the Leeds City goal!
"Beautiful!! Lecinho! Lecinho! He got a goal back for Alvara!" the Portuguese commentator raised his arms and shouted excitedly.
There were also thunderous cheers in the stands of Lisbon Arena, and the home team fans were cheering for Lesinho.
In the stands that were still a little quiet in the first half, all the Alvara fans seemed to come alive.
After scoring the goal, Lecinho was very happy. He ran to the sidelines and danced a samba with his teammates who came up.
Moya on the sidelines also let out a sigh of relief.
Although he only got one goal back, Alvara was still behind in the score.
But this goal is a good start.
He helped the team regain morale at the most critical moment and also dealt a heavy blow to the opponent.
Next, Alvara just needs to continue playing like this and pursue the victory, and maybe he can equalize the score in a short time.
There is still time for the team to turn defeat into victory.
Yes, just kick it!
After the initial cheers and excitement, Moya walked to the sidelines and gestured to the players.
He waved his hand towards the Leeds City half, signaling the players to continue attacking after the game started.
Maintain this rhythm and intensity, and maintain this strategy, use center Igor to bring out the opponent's defenders, and then let Lesinho and other offensive players insert in the back row and quickly insert into the penalty area.
Creating chaos in front of Leeds City's goal, causing their already weak defense to focus on one thing and another.
Thinking of this, he also glanced at the visiting team's coaching bench.
Leeds City manager Tony Clark was sitting in his seat and did not get up.
He didn't give any instructions, as if he was frightened and dumbfounded.
Seeing this scene, Moya breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his opponents were just strong on the outside but weak on the inside. In fact, they were like walking on a tightrope. If they were not careful, they might fall off the cliff.
If I hadn't risked my life to fight Leeds City, I might have been frightened by their forced calmness...
Now that the deadlock has been broken, the game will return to Alvara's favorite rhythm!
As if to confirm Moya's thoughts, the fans in the stands of the Lisbon Arena were singing Alvara's team anthem in unison to cheer for the team.
The home court where people can draw strength is back!
Alvara's morale was boosted after he got a goal back, and after the game restarted, he continued to attack Leeds City's goal with a steady stream of attacks.
Joao Valente shouted excitedly in the stands: "Come on, Alvara! Go forward, Alvara!"
After following other fans in shouting slogans, he waved his fist to the court alone and shouted: "The counterattack starts now!"
On the court, Lessinho took the ball and faced Junpei Morikawa's interception, and decisively used his speed to force a breakthrough. Although Junpei Morikawa was good at blocking positions, his speed was really not fast enough in front of Lessinho, and he was easily thrown away by the opponent.
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Alvara fans cheered in the sky above the Lisbon Arena.
Amid the cheers, Lessinho stepped on the accelerator and rushed forward at high speed.
Even in the face of Kamara who was returning to defense, he was not afraid at all. He kept in mind the coach Moya's instructions to him during the halftime break not to be afraid and just compete with the opponent's speed!
He concentrated on dribbling the ball, then caught up with the ball before it rolled out of the baseline, and passed the ball towards the goal.
Igor jumped up in the middle and competed with Bengrist for the top.
The two people collided with each other, but the football was still pushed by Grist and thrown out of the penalty area.
However, Alvara controlled the second goal, and Eli hit the flying football from outside the penalty area with a powerful volley!
The football moves forward against the turf!
There are people everywhere in the penalty area. As long as you can touch anyone, you might be able to change the line and fly into the goal!
In fact, Van de Ven did change the line and pounced to the left. As a result, the football hit the foot of Leeds City center back Bradford who stretched out to intercept in the penalty area. It was refracted and flew to the other side.
Fortunately, the angle of refraction was relatively large, and the football flew straight out of the baseline.
Otherwise, once it is within the goal range, the ball may go in...
The Leeds City fans were frightened, and the Alvara fans beat their chests, but they soon got back on their feet and kept cheering to cheer the team.
From this series of attacks, they really saw the team's hope of equalizing the score.
Unfortunately, Alvara failed to threaten Leeds City's goal in the next corner kick. Instead, Leeds City took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, which almost threatened their own goal.
If their left back Nathan Shea hadn't chased back tenaciously and destroyed the football from the sideline in the 30-meter area, Alvara's goal would have been in danger.
So when Shea completed the tackle and destroyed the ball, he received applause from all the Alvara fans.
Everyone thanked him for this successful defense and bought the team time to return to defense.
The other Alvara players returned to their defensive positions and built two lines of defense in the thirty-meter area to deal with Leeds City's attack. The outer line of defense was composed of forwards, and the second line of defense was a mixture of defenders and midfielders.
, make sure there are not too many gaps at the front of your penalty area.
This is also one of Alvara's changes in the second half. When they faced Leeds City's attack, they were no longer thinking about offense all the time like in the first half, so they were inevitably a little impetuous when defending.
Now their defense is defense, tighten the fence, and prevent Leeds City's offense first before thinking about other things. They must be calm when defending and not give Leeds City more opportunities and openings.
The offense has improved and the defense is solid, which will naturally make the Alvara fans in the stands full of hope for the next game.
Even the Portuguese TV commentator praised the team's performance: "Alvara was a completely different team in the first and second half. Although coach Moya's tactics made mistakes at the beginning of the game, his adjustments during the halftime break were still very good.
It is also very useful in time... After all, this is the first time Alvara has played against Leeds City. It is normal that he did not know enough about their strength and style before... The important thing is in the future. After adapting to Leeds City's offensive style
, Alvara is going to launch a counterattack at home!"
At this point, the commentator looked at the Alvara players who were setting up defense and added: "Of course, the premise is that we must first defend against Leeds City's attack."
Leeds City threw a throw-in, and facing the two lines of defense formed by Alvara inside and outside the penalty area, there was no good solution.
They initially tried to organize an attack on the right wing and broke into the penalty area.
However, due to the overall movement of Alvara's defense, there was no chance.
And he almost lost possession of the ball and allowed the opponent to counterattack. When Peter Williams was holding the ball in the ribs, he was pressed by Alvara midfielder Eli and was intercepted.
It looked like Eli was about to bypass Williams and pass the football to Lesinho.
The latter leaned forward, ready to accelerate and rush forward.
At this time, even Leeds City's central defender was pressed to the center line. If Eli passes the football and Lesinho uses his speed advantage, Leeds City's goal will be in danger.
At this critical moment, Junpei Morikawa once again demonstrated his value.
Jumped in front of Eli, put his legs together, and blocked Eli's ball!
Eli wanted to continue to control the ball, but Morikawa Junpei took the ball first, and then he passed the ball horizontally to Jay Adams.
Adams quickly moved and passed the football to Leeds City's left wing to Kamara.
After Kamara received the ball, Leeds City left back Farek Quinn ran forward from behind him, attracting Alvara right back Ibrahimba. Kamara took the opportunity to cut inside and develop laterally.
He took a step laterally and saw that Alvara midfielder Luca Bloom, who was back in the penalty area to defend, had no intention of attacking him. Instead, he was firmly guarding his defense zone to prevent him from breaking through into the penalty area.
Seeing this, Kamala simply took a long shot.
He picked up his right foot and shot the football towards the goal!
Just when the football had just left his feet, Hulay, who was guarding the back point, suddenly broke out from behind Alvara center back Bruno Pinto and ran towards the goal!
At this time, Pinto's entire attention was on the football and he did not notice what was happening behind him at all.
Not to mention him, even Alvara's other central defender Mathew Kefer did not notice Hulay. Although Hulay rushed out right in front of him, he was still staring at Kamara's shot...
Bloom saw Kamara taking a shot and reflexively stretched out his foot to block it.
He stopped the football, but he didn't stop it completely. The football hit his calf and deflected slightly, but still flew towards the goal!
Alvara goalkeeper Ferreira, who had already fallen to the ground to save, became the victim of his outstretched leg... Faced with the changing direction of the football, he could only hastily change his hand shape, but failed to grasp the football.
The ball flew out of his chest!
"Get rid of it!"
When Pinto saw the football go away, he wanted to start a rescue, but his vision was blurred!
Leeds City's No. 14 had already appeared in front of him, blocking his back in front of him and showing off his face with his number and name.
"Hulai!!"
Ferreira's second reaction was very fast. He had no time to get up, so he directly stretched out his foot to shovel the football, trying to interfere with Hulay's shot.
But Hu Lai was the first to reach out and poke the football that bounced over!
The football flew into Alvara's goal just before Ferreira's foot tackled it!
At this moment, the three people on Alvara's back line, with the exception of Pinto, were still in the same position as when Camara was shooting, with their legs spread apart and their heads turned to watch the show.
Time seems to have been paused by Hu Lai. Only he can travel freely in this still time and space!
