Zhang Qinghuan stepped onto the Crown Arena with the belief that he would bring a perfect end to the team's season, but this does not mean that he can explode and completely ignore the pressure from the King.
Regarding this point, in fact, he had already fully experienced it in that game in the first half of the season.
This time he found a familiar feeling again.
Even if he has played in La Liga for two seasons and participated in the Europa League this season, he still has to be 200% energetic when facing the Kings.
As a midfield organizer, he must always maintain a high level of physical and mental intensity.
The fatigue after playing a game like this is definitely not comparable to an ordinary La Liga game, nor can it be compared to previous domestic leagues.
This is a high-level football match.
As soon as Zhang Qinghuan received the ball, Osei kicked him from behind. While pushing the football away, he also pushed it against his hip bone, causing him to tilt his body and lose his balance.
After losing the ball, Zhang Qinghuan did not stop where he was and raised his arms to complain to the referee. Instead, he actively and quickly engaged in the counterattack.
Sure enough, the referee did not blow the whistle for the Olympique foul.
Because this is indeed not a foul.
In European football matches, or in La Liga matches, this is a very normal physical contact.
Zhang Qinghuan's attempt to regain the ball failed, and Osei carried him to pass the football forward.
He had the advantage in physical strength, so Zhang Qinghuan had no choice but to follow him and defend.
It seemed that the three boos from the stands stimulated the Kings players, and their offense became even more crazy.
Like Zhang Qinghuan just now, there are only a handful of opportunities to catch the ball in the Kings half. Most of the time, the Kings are besieging Sarria's half.
Zhang Qinghuan, a midfielder who prefers to organize offense, was more like an engineer in the first half, going wherever needed to assist the team in defense.
But he has no complaints or dissatisfaction. Because he is a member of the team, he must serve the team's overall tactics, instead of thinking that he is an organizational midfielder and is only responsible for scoring...
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Attack and ignore everything else.
When Saria, who is relatively weak, faces an opponent as strong as the King, if everyone cannot try their best, there will be no chance of creating any miracles.
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Melly dribbled the ball in the frontcourt. When he approached the thirty-meter area of Saria, it was like swimming in extremely viscous liquid, with increasing resistance.
Saria's players have no "martial ethics" when dealing with Melli. They can "fight in groups" and will never "fight" with him.
And it's all physical contact.
It was just to make Merry use all his strength when breaking through them, so that if he really broke through, he would already be at the end of his efforts.
Relying on this kind of defense like a chain dunk, Saria stabilized the defense after losing the ball and never allowed Melli to get any decent opportunities.
Same this time.
As Melli approached the penalty area, three Saria players intercepted the ball.
One of them kept reaching out from behind to harass Melli. The second person came up from the side and bumped into him. The third person took advantage of Melli's concentration on confronting the opponent and stretched out his foot to steal the ball.
Under the triple interference, Melli failed to control the ball well, and the football was stabbed out by the opponent!
But Saria's defense against Melli also has a side effect, that is, their defensive intensity against other players is not that high.
The ball poked out by Sarria players did not fall to their own feet, but was snatched away by the flexible Cerrados.
After Cerrados stole the football, he tried to take a long shot, which caused Sarria's central defender to step forward to block it, but he passed the football diagonally to Vandenberg in the penalty area!
The Belgium international received the ball, turned around, took off and shot, all in one go!
Although Saria's goalkeeper Bahun pounced on the ball, Vandenberg's shot was so powerful and heavy that his pounce did not knock the football out. The ball only slightly changed its line and eventually entered the net!
"goooooooooooool!!! Vandenberg! Ryan Vandenberg!! In the 37th minute, the Kings of Madrid led Saria by two goals at home! Just...
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As everyone expected before the game, there is no suspense in this game. The suspense of winning the championship is actually concentrated in the other game! But now the Madrid Pirates are leading Catalonia United in the away game: 0. If the King wants to win three
Crown Champion, it seems... it’s a bit difficult at the moment!”
Although it was a bit cold water to say this when the goal was just scored, the reaction of the Madrid Kings fans was almost the same. Needless to say, the commentator said that the Kings fans at the scene were not very good-natured.
When Vandenberg scored, there was a burst of cheers, but it was not very loud - they didn't really care about the game at the moment, and they would definitely win anyway.
They were more concerned about the duel in the distance.
When will the news come that Catalonia equalizes the score, I'm afraid the cheers here will be louder than after the goal.
This may also be a rare moment for Kings fans to cheer for their arch-enemy Catalan United...
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Zhang Qinghuan gasped and looked at the celebrating Kings players.
Even when celebrating a goal, they seemed a little distracted.
Many people also took the opportunity to celebrate the goal and asked the substitute teammates who came up to hug them about the score of another game.
Then there was a faint look of worry on his face.
After scoring against Saria, he was unhappy but worried. This was naked contempt for the King's opponent Saria.
But Zhang Qinghuan was not angry at all.
He even hoped that the Kings players could be more obvious and never set their sights on Saria who was right next to them.
Because this means that Saria may get a chance in the next game.
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When the news that Madrid's Kings were leading Saria 0 reached the Sagrada Familia Stadium, it was the Catalan fans' turn to boo.
So everyone knew that the King had scored again - if Catalonia wanted to win the championship, they not only had to defeat the Pirates at home, but they also had to count on Saria to help them hold the King back, or at least not lose.
As a result, the first half has not yet ended, and Saria is two goals behind.
Catalan United...
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The fans' boos at this moment fully expressed their resentment and ridicule towards Sarria, their mortal enemy in the city.
Unlike the situation where there was a lot of chatter on the Kings bench when the Pirates scored, the Pirates coaching bench was very quiet after hearing the news.
This is normal, because as long as they win Catalonia, why should they care about how the Kings play?
They all looked at the stadium seriously.
After shrinking for a while, Catalonia United stabilized its position, and the players finally recovered from the confused mood.
Now resume the attack on the pirates.
There were less than ten minutes left in the first half. They did not expect to equalize the score in the first half, but hoped to get a goal back and reduce the difference to one goal.
In this way, there will be much more room for adjustment during the intermission.
Facing the resurrected Catalan United, Parotti asked the Pirates to stay put, continue to shrink their defense, and then rely on the two wings to counterattack.
The team's highest priority task during this period is "not conceding goals".
After holding on to a two-goal lead, Catalan United was forced into a corner in the second half and could only attack wildly, leaving them with no time to take care of the space behind them. At that time, the Pirates would either attack Catalan United or continue to defend.
You can fight back more calmly.
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After Catalonia pushed the football forward in their usual way, they started a positional battle against the Pirates who shrunk their defense.
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In fact, Catalonia United are not afraid of positional battles. They patiently pass the ball back and forth, using the ball to mobilize the Pirates' defense, and they can always find opportunities.
"Although there was not much time left for Catalan United in the first half, Catalan United played very patiently. This is actually the way Catalan United is good at playing... When attacking in the frontcourt, Rosas
As a secondary school hub, whether it is passing backwards, forwards, or horizontally, it basically has to pass through Rosas. He is like a card dealer, responsible for dealing out the cards until the card is needed.
The team...
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In the hands of his teammates, his passing often determines the direction of Catalan United's offense... This is Gaspar Rosas, the brains of Catalan United!"
In the introduction by commentator He Feng, Rosas kept moving on the field, catching the ball, passing the ball, or catching the ball, protecting the ball, getting rid of it and passing the ball again.
If someone who doesn't understand football looks at it, he will think that this is something extraordinary. Isn't it just the most basic passing and receiving?
How come you can now be called a "midfield master" just by using basic skills to play football?
But in the eyes of those who know football, every pass and reception by Rosas is very concise, without any fancy moves. It is his simplicity that will not cause the football to play in the frontcourt of the Catalan League.
any blockage.
At the same time, this fluency is not just as simple as conciseness, but also includes Rosas' top-level understanding of the football game, his super ability to read the game, and his talent for always making the right choices.
There are not many players in the world who can achieve such a terrifying ability.
If he had not suffered an injury this season and was not in very good condition, Catalonia United would never have been almost empty-handed this season...
Before Rosas caught the ball, he turned his head left and right to observe the situation on the court. After he caught the ball, he observed it again.
The Pirates' midfielder Juan Ramirez took advantage of him to observe and pressed forward.
Facing the rushing Ramirez, Rosas pushed the football to the side with the outside of his right foot, then turned around and blocked Ramirez behind him.
He did not stop there, but continued to use the instep of his outside foot to pick up the ball and continued to turn around.
In this way, through a set of continuous turns, it is ensured that Ramirez is always stuck behind him and it is difficult to steal the ball - if Ramirez wants to steal the ball forcibly, he will have to foul.
After turning around, Rosas faced the attacking direction again, and then he passed the football to the left rib.
Mario Salado received his pass and faced the Pirates right back Irazusta who came up to defend him. He did not pass the football to his left back teammate Francisco Calderon who was running behind the edge.
, but choose to do it yourself.
He was riding a bicycle...
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Close to Errazusta!
Then, taking advantage of the moment when Errazusta took the first step, he gently pushed the football away with the outside of his right foot, allowing Errazusta to miss it!
Follow him and dribble the ball into the penalty area!
"Salado is in!"
The Catalan United fans in the stands cheered excitedly.
Salado, who entered the penalty area, moved the football forward, and Pirates center back Moreno came diagonally towards him!
Salado used the outside instep of his left foot to push the football to the outside, follow up and shoot!
Then it hit the side net!
Although no goal was scored, the Catalan United fans in the stands cheered non-stop and burst into applause.
With two goals behind at home, Catalonia United needed such a boosting performance.
Rosas's passing back and forth can certainly organize the team's offense in an orderly manner, but at this moment, what the Catalan fans are eager to see is Salado's performance of penetrating the Pirates' defense with his personal ability and posing a threat.
Amid the applause and cheers, Salado took a deep breath with a straight face and looked at the Madrid Pirates goal with high-spirited eyes.
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Hywell deliberately delayed the football and delayed the game time. His intention was obvious.
Catalan United fans just behind the goal booed him.
Hewel didn't take it seriously. After placing the football, he asked everyone to gather in the middle and then drove the football up with his big foot.
It was Juan Ramirez who grabbed the ball in the frontcourt. He jumped up and rubbed the football backward.
Maxi Carey, who was retreating to receive the ball, did not stop the ball. Instead, he directly raised his foot and kicked the football from the air to his side and behind with his heel.
There is Hu Lai there.
At the same time, after he landed, he quickly turned around and rushed forward.
It was at this moment that Hu Lai first used his chest to remove the football, and then before the football had completely hit the ground, he raised his foot and passed the football diagonally forward.
Carey ran over and just caught the ball. He didn't even stop the ball, but moved the football forward and rushed past the Catalan United center back Joel Jimenez!
"Hey, Kairi?! It's so fast!"
Simon...
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Nice originally wanted to stretch out his foot to steal the ball, but when he stretched his foot halfway, Kyrie took the football away and even entered the penalty area!
Catalan United's right back Pablo Osqui came for a tackle, but was knocked over by Carey's emergency stop!
"Kairi! Kairi! Oh oh oh!"
Carey, who passed two Catalan United players in a row, had already formed a one-man attack. Facing the attacking Catalan United goalkeeper Cordero, he suddenly stopped!
Cordero thought he was going to shoot, so he immediately lowered his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
Facing the overreacted Cordero, Carey stood on the spot and casually shot a shot. The football flew over Corderot's head and fell into the... goal behind him!
"Kyrie——! Passed! Passed again! Eh? Beautiful!! Beautiful! Kyrie! Beautiful shot! So easy! So freehand! At the end of the first half, Maxi Kay
Here is another victory for the Pirates, and they actually lead Catalonia by three goals in the away game! This is really incredible! It’s incredible!! This goal means..."
He Feng's excited roar stopped abruptly, and Yan Kang did not pick up the topic.
They all seem to realize that some things cannot be said too fully...
In front of the TV, accompanied by cheers, Yan Yan and the others raised the beer cans in their hands and bumped them together.
"Champion! Champion! Champion!!"
They shouted out the word that the commentators He Feng and Yan Kang did not dare to say. (To be continued)