In the commentator's exclamation, the football missed the top edge of the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.
A huge sigh erupted from the stands of the Iron Dome, the home ground of Munich.
This was the sigh of the home fans because Becker's shot failed to fly into the Madrid Pirates goal.
The second leg of the semi-final between the two sides has lasted seventy-five minutes.
The score is still 0:0.
In terms of total score, Madrid Pirates still leads Blue and White Munich with a score of 3:2.
Everyone originally thought that it would be easy for Blue and White Munich, which was only one goal behind, to tie the score when they returned home.
Unexpectedly, facing the Madrid Pirates, the indiscriminate bombardment of Blue and White Munich had no effect.
The Madrid Pirates chose to shrink their defense in the backcourt, and their offensive desire has not been high throughout the game so far.
The Blue and White Munich were on the offensive, constantly attacking the Madrid Pirates' defense.
However, due to the overall defensive performance of the Madrid Pirates, coupled with the heroic performance of goalkeeper Hywell, as of the 75th minute, seven effective saves had been made.
Becker himself had three shots that hit the goal frame and were saved by Hywell.
On offense, the Madrid Pirates play very simply, using long passes to find offensive players like Hu Lai and Kamara.
In this game, Parotti made adjustments to the team's lineup and formation.
The usual 442 was replaced by 433, with Hu Lai, Kamara and Tonini playing as the three forwards. Maxi Carey was on standby on the bench.
But in fact, it still looks like 442 when playing, because Toni is both a winger and a wide midfielder, and his position is very flexible. He appears more often in the midfield position in the game.
The Madrid Pirates' offense basically relies on Hu Lai and Kamara.
Make a long pass from the backcourt to find Hu Lai or Kamara, and then use the tacit cooperation between the two of them to create a threat.
Although there are not many shots, they are threatening every time.
This is also the reason why the Blue and White Munich failed to score a goal for more than 70 minutes. The defense was threatened by Hu Lai and Kamara from time to time, and they did not dare to go all out.
Without Kamara in the midfield, Parotti arranged an iron barrier composed of Ramirez, Vukovic and Joaquin Vela.
There are three main tasks. The first is to ensure the safety of the defense behind him, the second is to sort out the midfield and control the rhythm, and the third is to launch the attack directly during counterattacks.
All three of them completed these three tasks well.
Ramirez specializes in defense and doesn't think about anything else.
Joaquin Vela balances offense and defense, helping Ramirez in defense and connecting with Vukovich in attack.
When defending, Vukovich is mainly responsible for staying in position and maintaining the integrity of the formation. Most of the time, he uses his super personal skills to "wash" the ball for the team, "washing" those dangerous and unsafe balls into
A safe, easy-to-handle ball, given to Joaquin Vela or someone else.
Coupled with the four defenders at the back and goalkeeper Hewel, this can be said to be the Madrid Pirates' lineup with the highest defensive level currently.
Like the second leg of last season's Champions League semi-final against the Madrid Kings, Parotti chose a more prudent and defensive approach in both games.
It's just that the trends in the two games are different.
Last season, the Madrid Pirates were very passive. Instead, Hu Lai scored the first goal, helping the Madrid Pirates unexpectedly take the lead.
Then Melli quickly equalized the score, and then the "steady" rhythm of the game that Parotti hoped for turned into a fierce confrontation between the two sides. The rhythm was very fast, and the back and forth was really lively.
There is nothing we can do about it. The Pirates of Madrid and the Kings of Madrid are mortal enemies. If the two teams meet together, if there is a little spark, it will become very popular.
In this game, from the beginning to the end, the Madrid Pirates adhered to the tactics arranged by the head coach before the game.
Steady, slow, dragging.
The three midfielders composed of Ramirez, Joaquin Vela and Vukovic are smaller in number than the five midfielders of Blue and White Munich, but they are not inferior in terms of control, and are even slightly stronger.
Ramirez's sophistication, Joaquin Vela's diligence and Vukovic's agility have different characteristics, but they complement each other and work very well together.
During the game, commentators from various countries have praised this midfield combination more than once.
It was precisely because they always controlled the rhythm that they did not allow the Madrid Pirates to be disrupted by the fierce attack of the Blue and White Munich.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the blue-white Munich team does not have a "breakthrough player" like Melli who is very good at breakthroughs and has incredible personal abilities.
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"In the league last weekend, Hantcheck made a substantial rotation of the team's lineup, which resulted in them losing 0:1 to the weak Wiesevogelburg in the league. You can see that
For this second round of competition, Hantcek attaches great importance to..."
"...As for the Madrid Pirates, because they still have to compete with Catalonia and Madrid Kings for the league championship, although Parotti also rotated the lineup, not all of them were rotated. Maxi, who did not play in this game,
Carey played in the weekend league and played the entire game. Hu also played and was not replaced until the 70th minute. He also scored twice in the game to help Madrid Pirates 2:1.
Defeating Turias... This somewhat affected the physical strength of the Madrid Pirates players, so Parotti chose a relatively passive and conservative strategy in this game. He may have wanted to keep this one-goal lead until the end.
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Hantcek stood on the sidelines, waving his arms and shouting loudly, asking the team to continue attacking.
There was not much game time left, and he couldn't sit still. Coupled with his own personality, he stood on the sidelines directing the game throughout the second half and did not return to the coach's seat at all.
Blue and white Munich continue to besiege Madrid Pirates' goal.
As the end of the game approached, their offensive became more intense.
Madrid Pirates' defense is showing signs of being unable to hold up.
Mark Becker's shot just went slightly over the crossbar, which is a good proof.
Blue and white Munich, who had taken a week off, showed their physical superiority at the end of the game.
Soon the football was played to the edge of Madrid Pirates' penalty area again.
Torey Weil passed the football to Becker who connected with him in the middle, and then he sprinted forward, seemingly trying to hit the wall with Becker.
Becker did have the intention of passing the football to Weier, but it was just a fake move!
After his right foot passed, his ankle buckled in, clamping the football tightly, and following the rotation of his body, he was taken into the penalty area!
"Spoon is awesome!"
Amid the cheers, Becker changed from facing away from the attacking direction to facing toward the attacking direction.
For such a versatile center to turn around in the penalty area is a huge threat to the Madrid Pirates goal.
Danny Drew rushed forward first, trying to stop him.
But Becker took the first step and stabbed!
The football flew between Danny Drew's outstretched legs and headed straight for the bottom corner of the goal!
Madrid Pirates goalkeeper Seawell, the "Hai Daddy" who had been so brave for almost 80 minutes, was slightly blocked by Drew this time, so that he did not react immediately.
When he saw the football coming from under Drew's crotch, he fell to the ground and saved it. It was too late!
The football flew into the net before he could get it!
"TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!!!" the German commentator extended his voice excitedly, roaring like a Spanish. "TOR" means "goal" in German.
"Mark Becker! This is a historic moment! Ladies and gentlemen! History is coming!"
The German commentator was so excited that he simply stood up from the commentator's seat with his arms raised.
"Eighteen! Eighteen! The eighteenth goal! Mark Becker scored his eighteenth Champions League goal of the season! Not only did he help Blue and White Munich equalize the total score, he also allowed himself to surpass Selieu
Caesar has become the player with the most goals in the Champions League in a single season in history! This record belongs to Mark Becker of Blue and White Munich! It belongs to German player Mark Becker!"
Deafening cheers rang out in the Iron Dome, as if they could break through the "steel dome."
After scoring the goal, Becker was extremely excited. He ran towards the corner flag area. Along the way, teammates kept wanting to come up and hug him to celebrate, but he pushed them away.
Until he ran to the corner flag area, grabbed the corner flagpole, pulled it up, and waved it vigorously.
He finally achieved his goal and became the first player in the Champions League!
His teammates pounced on him and drowned him like a tide. Only the corner flag he held high was still waving!
