Chapter two hundred and sixteen the wind is behind
Leeds City's celebration of the last-minute goal was a bit long. The Navigators players had been protesting to the referee, reminding him to pay attention to Leeds City's celebration time and not let them use their celebration to delay time.
In response, the referee pointed to his watch and told them not to worry, he would add the time to celebrate the goal into the final injury time.
Taking advantage of Leeds City's celebration, Sevilla Navigator completed the last substitution.
Replace the team's defensive midfielder Victor Montero with young Argentinian forward Augustin Insua.
Without the midfielder, Sevilla Navigator's back line had to face Leeds City's offense during the game. Even if it went into overtime, it would be very disadvantageous.
But at this time, the Sevilla Navigators can't afford to think about this. They first have to survive the ninety-minute game before they have the right to worry about how to play the 120-minute game...
At the same time, when running back to their own half, the Leeds City players also received the latest instructions from the coaching bench - recycle across the board!
Hu Lai scored in the 89th minute and celebrated for two minutes.
When the game restarted, the game time had entered the 90th minute.
At the same time, the fourth official held up a stoppage time sign on the sidelines. The Arabic numeral "6" was on the sign, telling everyone that this game had six minutes of stoppage time!
The Leeds City fans in the stands booed loudly. They believed that the stoppage time was too long and that six minutes could have allowed Sevilla Navigator to score a goal...
From the perspective of Leeds City fans, they wish the game would end right here without even a second of stoppage time.
The fans of Sevilla Navigator were inspired, as if they were resurrected, they sang and shouted again to cheer for their team.
Six minutes is actually not much time, but it is less time... There are many precedents in history of scoring goals in the last minute or two.
Wasn't there a ready-made one just now?
In the last two minutes of the 90-minute game, Hulay scored a goal.
If Jule can do it, why can’t Sevilla Navigator?
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"Six minutes of stoppage time, there is still time and there is still a chance! Sevilla Navigators did not give up. They took advantage of the kick-off opportunity and launched a fierce offensive towards Leeds City's goal!"
After the football is kicked out, it is passed directly to the frontcourt.
Elvarez competed with Ben Grist in the frontcourt and was crushed by Grist without any suspense. The football was pushed back by Grist on top of his head.
Fortunately, the person who ran to the spot to control the ball was Pablo Becker, the core midfielder of Sevilla Navigators.
After seeing this, Elvarez finally felt relieved and quickly ran into position after landing, preparing to cooperate with the team's attack.
When Becker received the ball, Junpei Morikawa rushed forward. When stopping the ball, the Argentine leaned slightly to the left, as if he was about to break through from the left.
But this was just a false shot. The outside instep of his right foot gently pushed the football to the right, trying to change its direction.
At the same time, Junpei Morikawa made a very decisive tackle!
It was the football that Becker pushed to the right that was shoveled!
The ball was shoveled solidly by Junpei Morikawa!
Then rebound and fly towards the midfield!
Becker hit Junpei Morikawa and fell to the ground.
"Becker lost the ball! Morikawa Junpei accurately judged his movement!" the Japanese commentator shouted excitedly.
Becker, who fell to the ground, raised his arms and complained to the referee next to him. He thought Morikawa Junpei's tackle was a foul.
But the referee who was right next to him didn't even look at him, turned around and ran away.
Leeds City switches from defense to offense!
The football shoveled out by Junpei Morikawa fell right at the feet of Hu Lai, who was retreating.
Because Sevilla Navigator has pressed forward across the board, there are actually very few people left in their half.
Hu Lai, who just ran back to the center circle, is now the most advanced player in the Leeds City team.
Lasky dropped back to Pete Williams' position, almost becoming an attacking midfielder.
This is because Clark asked the team to shrink defensively, so the formation was pulled back.
They never considered counterattacking Sevilla Navigators at the last minute...
But now, the opportunity to counterattack has appeared!
“Leeds City’s chance to fight back!”
Ismail Kamara, who had almost dropped back to the full-back position, saw this scene, lowered his head and gritted his teeth and rushed forward.
I hope to be able to move forward quickly so that Hu Lai has a target to pass the ball and make this counterattack a success.
Even though he didn't have much physical strength left, he still tried to push forward.
Lasky is also rushing forward. He is closer to Hulay than Kamara, but he is in the middle and the space is not as big as Kamara on the wing.
Whether it was Kamara or Lasky, they both looked up at Hulay after trying hard to start.
I saw that Hulay had completed his turn, and in front of him was Sevilla Navigator's center back Arthur.
Arthur reacted very quickly and did not immediately rush to steal the ball. Instead, he braked suddenly and kept a very appropriate distance from Hu Lai.
This distance is neither so close that Hu Lai can easily pass him by, nor so far that he loses control of Hu Lai.
"Artur! Beautiful!" the Spanish commentator praised upon seeing this. "That's right, that's right. Don't pounce on him immediately, stabilize him, hold him back so that they can't fight back.
Also pay special attention to Lasky and Kamala..."
As he was talking, Hu Lai had already started dribbling the ball forward.
It wasn't very fast at first, just slowly.
Artur also slowly backed away and did not fall for the trick.
Other Sevilla Navigators players were quickly returning to defense.
He is buying time for his teammates.
"Leeds City has a chance to completely kill the game!" Matthew Cox said excitedly, "But Hu has to hold the ball first and wait a moment..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Hu Lai, who had been slowly moving forward, suddenly kick the football out, very far!
The ball rolled directly to the empty half behind Arthur!
Cox was stunned for a moment.
Is this a pass, or is it an attempt to pass?
Pass the ball?
To whom?
There is not a single Leeds City player in front!
Extraordinary?
How to live?
By speed?
But Hu Lai is not a player known for his speed!
When Hu Lai took the football out, Artur was a little surprised. After all, he had never heard of Hu Lai daring to attack with the ball like this before.
But as an excellent central defender, he reacted quickly and turned around to chase!
As we all know, Hu Lai is not fast, so Artur is still very confident in catching up with him.
At the same time, he also stretched out his hand, intending to disturb Hu Lai.
But just as he was thinking this, he saw the figure in front of him suddenly speeding up!
His outstretched hand found nothing!
Because it was too unexpected, Artur even staggered, and was thrown further away by Hu Lai!
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After Hu Lai pushed the football out hard, he ran two steps first, increased his speed as much as possible, and then used [unfitting sneakers] on himself - he was still very cautious and did not use this prop directly.
He was afraid that if he picked up the speed too quickly, he would not be able to control it, and it would be self-defeating. After all, he had never used [sneakers that didn't fit well] before, so he didn't know what it was like to use them.
To use props, you don’t have to go into the system space very troublesomely. You only need to think about it in your mind. This ensures that Hu Lai can use props at the right moment in the game and will not miss opportunities because of using props.
Hu Lai, who was equipped with [unfitting sneakers], felt that his body seemed lighter. It felt like he was running with the wind, and his body was being blown forward by the wind. It also felt as if someone had kicked him on the butt.
With one kick, the whole person rushed out!
So just when Atul thought he was about to catch up with Hu Lai, he was thrown away...
But that doesn't mean all is well.
Because in addition to Arthur, another Sevilla navigator defender Poyatos was originally dragged behind Arthur, but now he has become a "safety lock", heading forward to Hulay.
Go after the football!
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"Wow! Hu Lai! Hu Lai! Unbelievable! He actually dribbled the ball past Arthur!! Oh my god!" Shen Lang exclaimed.
In fact, not only him, but also Shi Wuyuan beside him had his eyes widened and was so frightened that he could not speak.
As a head coach who has coached Hu Lai in both the Olympic team and the national team, Shi Wuyin has never seen Hu Lai forcefully break through defensive players with his speed...
"Hu has a chance to go it alone, but he must first control the football before Poyatos..." Matthew Cox said nervously.
Fans from both sides in the stands made huge noises at the same time. Leeds City fans cheered for Julay, while Sevilla Navigators fans booed Julay.
Poiatus ran wildly and pursued him diagonally.
Hu Lai sprinted in a straight line.
On the green turf, two figures will meet at the football place!
In the box, Luo Kai's eyes widened nervously. He couldn't believe that Hu Lai would use speed to solve the problem...and it seemed...not too slow?!
This is the 92nd minute of the game! How can he have such physical fitness and such speed?!
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Poiatos looked at the football that was getting closer and closer and the black shadow that appeared in the corner of his eye. He jumped up and shoveled towards the football with gritted teeth!
Just when his foot was about to touch the football, Hu Lai stabbed the football away before him!
"Hu——! Hu!!"
Poyatos cleared the air and even brought it to Hulay's feet.
If he tackles Hu Lai, then he will be sent off with a red card... But Poyatos no longer cares about this. He would rather be sent off with a red card if Hu Lai can be stopped!
Hu Lai staggered and waved his hands in the air. He looked a little funny, but he stabilized his body!
He did not fall, but after staggering two steps, he caught up with the football that he had poked away.
At this time, Sevilla Navigator goalkeeper Dulic had already abandoned the goal and attacked, running towards him!
Hu Lai, who had just caught up with the football, suddenly kicked the football with his right leg!
He shot directly from the top of the penalty arc!
This shooting action was so sudden that there was no warning before the shot. Dulic, who attacked, did not react at all. When he saw the football flying towards him, although he still wanted to jump up, he still could not escape the gravity of the earth.
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He just stood on tiptoes and waved his arms upward.
He felt as if he could touch the ball because Hu Lai's shot was not very high...
But he didn't touch it, the football just passed over his fingertips!
"Hu Lai—shooting!!"
After completing the lob, Hu Lai kept his feet and without looking back, he turned around and ran straight to the corner flag area.
It was as if he had anticipated the outcome.
Before he reached the corner flag area, he jumped up and made his signature celebration move.
At this time, the football behind him passed the desperate Duric and fell towards the Sevilla Navigator goal.
When Hulay turned around in the air, he happened to witness the football crossing the goal line.
As the football crashed into the goal, others also fell from the sky, their feet stepping on the soft turf.
This time, the Leeds City fans didn't have time to cooperate with Hu Lai's thunderous cry.
But the sky above the entire Paris World Cup Stadium was already filled with lightning and thunder!
Hu Lai stood on the court, his slightly arched body seemed to have an invisible cloak swaying behind him.
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PS, the third update is completed. There are only two chapters left in the manuscript. Starting from tomorrow, I will update for three days alone, so I can save the manuscript.
The fifth volume ends and the sixth volume begins. Not depositing the manuscript is like not having any money. I feel very flustered...