When Julay landed in front of the Catalan United fans despite the boos, turning a blind eye to their boos, insults and middle fingers, Renado Lima on the bench thought this scene was really cool.
But he quickly came to his senses - Damn it! I am a Catalan United player, how can I think my opponent is handsome?!
Then he put his head in his hands and, together with his substitute teammates, felt regret and pain for his team's loss.
On the coaching bench diagonally in front of the bench, the team's head coach Riley Vicente did not hold his head and sigh like other players.
He had already walked to the sidelines, comforting and encouraging his players while the Madrid Pirates players were still celebrating their goals.
He pressed his hands down to signal the players not to panic and stay calm.
Hu Lai will score in the game. This is a plan that their coaching staff has already made. They also told the players this in the tactical meeting before the game.
Vicente did not expect his team to be able to defend Hulay at home and prevent him from scoring a goal - although Catalonia has only conceded 17 goals so far this season, which is the least in La Liga.
The team, but Vicente doesn't think Catalonia's defense can definitely limit Hulay's scoring.
In the pre-match arrangements, his focus was not on how to contain Hulay's goals, but on how to let Catalonia score more goals.
As long as Catalonia United scores more goals than Madrid Pirates in the end, won't they be able to win?
So even though he lost the ball, Vicente still made gestures to the players, telling them to continue playing as planned before the game.
No matter how the Madrid Pirates play, pressing high up the pitch or flying from both wings, it doesn't matter. Catalonia United must stick to its own passing and control system.
If they press high up the pitch, use passing control to mobilize them and consume their energy.
If they fly together on both wings, then Catalonia United will shrink in the middle and focus on marking Pirates players like Julay who have the ability to threaten the goal. No matter how they fly, the Madrid Pirates will eventually hit the ball to the middle.
Staying unchanged in response to all changes is Vicente's idea.
While the head coach was comforting the players, Lima turned his attention to Kabangka.
He wanted to see what his big brother would do.
Kabangka is encouraging his teammates on the court, like a captain without an armband.
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"...If you lose the ball, wouldn't you be a sinner?"
Hu Lai's words resounded in Vanderstern's ears a minute ago. The words are still ringing in his ears, the words are still ringing in his ears...
Unexpectedly, I really lost the ball!
Van der Stern blamed himself very much. This goal was inseparable from him - it was his foul on Kamara during the game that gave the Madrid Pirates this free kick.
And it was precisely because he briefly diverted his attention while defending Hu Lai and missed Hu Lai that Hu Lai had the opportunity to score the ball into the goal.
So this conceding of the ball is his responsibility.
No one can remain indifferent after making such a mistake.
Especially Van der Stern, who missed the last match between the two sides this season due to injury.
He moved to Catalonia from Blue and White Munich. Everyone had high hopes for him, but he was injured before the third round of the league against Madrid Pirates and missed that game.
The result was that Catalan United lost that game.
It is also the only game Catalonia has lost so far this season.
After the game, Catalan United head coach Vicente believed that if Van der Stern had not missed that game, it would have been possible for Catalan United to defeat Madrid Pirates away from home.
After all, the score of that game was 2:3, and Catalonia lost only one goal.
Van der Stern is very grateful to the head coach for his trust and support in him, so he has been looking forward to this game since that time and worked hard to prove that the head coach's trust has not been betrayed in the game.
As the original main defensive midfielder of Blue and White Munich, he was recruited by Catalonia United in his early years. After recovering from injury, Van der Stern immediately showed his strong personal ability and excellent adaptability.
So far in the league, Catalonia has only lost one game and drawn one, conceding the fewest goals in La Liga. Van der Stern deserves most of the credit.
Unexpectedly, he made such a serious mistake in just over 20 minutes of this game.
This made him depressed and ashamed.
When the Madrid Pirates players celebrated the goal wildly, he covered his face with his hands and lowered his head.
At this moment, someone tapped him on the shoulder:
"Don't blame yourself, Victor Hu is like this in defense. He can always take advantage of the defender's mistakes. But who can guarantee that he will not make mistakes in the game?"
"Kendor..." Vanderstern turned around and saw it was Kabangka, and he didn't make excuses for himself. "But you're right, this conceding the goal is indeed my responsibility."
Hearing Hu Lai say this to Van Der Stern, Kabangka twitched the corner of his mouth: "Don't listen to him, that kid is very arrogant. Don't take his words to heart, and don't throw this ball away."
Keep it in mind, the important thing is not the ball that has been lost, but the next game. If your performance is affected by losing the ball, it will be more dangerous. Think about the previous game against Hu, is this the case?"
Van der Stern and Hulay have played against each other several times, but the one that impressed me most was the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals last season.
Hulay's six-minute hat trick is called the "Miracle Six Minutes", but in fact the collapse of Blue and White Munich started with Hulay's goal just one minute after they scored.
That ball disrupted the hearts of all the Blue and White Munich players. Some were in pain and frustration, some were angry and unwilling, and some were absent-minded.
So immediately after the kick-off in Munich, the Madrid Pirates intercepted the ball to counterattack, and then Hulay scored another goal...
Although Hu Lai had not completed his hat trick at that time, all the Blue and White Munich players knew very well at this time...the situation was over!
Van der Stern still remembers how he felt at that time, and his mentality completely collapsed.
Thinking of this, he nodded to Kabangka: "You are right, Kendall. I can't be immersed in the emotion of losing the ball. The game is not over yet."
Kabangka was very happy that Vanderstern could say this, and he patted Vanderstern hard on the back.
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After Kabangka comforted and encouraged his teammates, he stood in his position, waiting for the Madrid Pirates players to finish celebrating and return to their half.
He set his sights on Hu Lai.
Ever since he moved to Catalonia, he has seen this scene too many times.
When he was at Manchester Athletic, he could still hold down Hu Lai - in the history of the two people's confrontation, Hu Lai really didn't take advantage of him. At that time, the only time Leeds City won against Manchester United was because of a card.
Bonca had just recovered from a serious injury, and the head coach did not dare to risk letting him play, so he watched from the sidelines as Hulay defeated Manchester United.
But when Hulay moved from Leeds City to Madrid Pirates, Kabangka felt that the other party seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes, and he was completely different from the previous time in Leeds City.
And his relationship with Hu Lai also changed from being chased to being chased.
At the beginning, Kabangka also had a psychological gap.
But after this season of training, Kabangka gradually came out of this psychological gap.
The "normality" he repeatedly mentioned in front of Lima is definitely not a cover, let alone an excuse to educate newcomers.
He truly hides his ambitions and buries them deep in his heart, and then tries to deal with the rumors and the ups and downs in the game with a normal mind.
He is not yet twenty-eight years old, but now he has the feeling of a veteran who is over thirty.
My mentality is much better than when I was young.
Perhaps it was the changes brought about by the trough period of the past two years...
Now watching the Madrid Pirates players celebrate the goal wildly, he is neither frustrated nor anxious.
But this kind of calmness does not mean giving up and surrendering, but to better exert force to defeat Hu Lai!
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When the Madrid Pirates players finished celebrating and ran back to their own half, the Catalan United players had already been "waiting for a long time" in their positions.
The fans in the stands booed the Pirates players. They believed that the Pirates players deliberately used celebrations to delay time, and even returned to their own half slowly.
And Hu Lai actually had the nerve to wave to them.
So...shush him!
The boos gradually subsided until all the Madrid Pirates players returned to their positions.
In the quiet Holy Family Stadium, the referee's whistle was particularly clear.
With a crisp whistle, the game restarted.
The morale of the leading Madrid Pirates is high, and the game seems to have entered their rhythm again.
It seems like everything will be like last season.
But Madrid Pirates soon encountered difficulties.
Vukovic tried to break through with the ball in the middle, but was blocked by Van der Stern - the Dutch midfielder knocked down Vukovic while stealing the ball.
The latter lay on the ground to protest and complain to the referee, but this time the referee did not call Van der Stern a foul.
"Van der Stern was not affected by the conceded goal! This is a great thing for Catalonia!"
After van der Stern stole the ball, he passed the football to Kabangka who retreated to meet him.
The latter turned and dribbled away Joaquin Vela, and then passed the ball to Mario Salado who was running behind Ramirez in a one-on-one with Juan Ramirez.
The latter cut inside and tried to shoot into the far corner, but the football slipped out!
"Oh! Salado! What a risk! Just a little bit close!"
After completing the shot, Salado held his head in his hands and then looked up to the sky in great annoyance.
But Kabangka gave him a thumbs up and shouted:
"Nice shot, Mario! That's it! That's it!"
Salado, who was praised by him, nodded to show that he understood.
The Catalan United fans in the stands cheered the team with loud songs. The atmosphere at the Sagrada Familia Stadium was lively, and the home team did not behave as they should have just after conceding a goal.
Head coach Reilly Vicente stood in front of the coaching bench and said to his assistant Steyn van Hoyzen:
"Kabonka has become more mature and we have stabilized our position."
But Van Hoyzen was not so optimistic: "Let's see, Reilly. The game has just resumed."
Not only before the game, but also during the game, Van Hoyzen did not dare to set up FLAG at will...
Although he has only been in Catalonia for half a season, he has already fully realized the horror of Hulay.
