When Kamara threw herself into Hulay's arms and the two hugged each other tightly, Ramirez in the stands also hugged his teammates.
They all know the head coach's pre-game arrangements: attack and high pressure.
We all play football and we all know the risks of doing so.
But when everyone was training, no one questioned the head coach's arrangement.
This is not only out of their trust in coach Parotti, but also in Hulay.
In their view, Parotti's tactics were tailor-made for Hu Lai.
The high pressure combined with Hulay's strong ability to seize opportunities, plus the Catalan United should not have expected that the Madrid Pirates would press high.
This can give the opponent a head-on blow at the beginning.
This is indeed the case now.
Hu Lai scored the first goal in the 13th minute.
In the 19th minute of the opening, Hulay's header caused Schulman to make a save, giving Kamara a chance to make a supplementary shot. The Madrid Pirates scored another victory!
They're off to a great start!
In comparison, Catalonia United had a "start from hell".
Catalonia, which wanted to settle all its old and new grudges in the Champions League final, never expected that it would concede two goals in a row so easily...
"Don't be discouraged! Don't be discouraged! The game has just begun! Keep the pace! We still have a chance!"
Kabangka loudly encouraged his teammates.
But no one knows how effective his encouragement is.
Under the impact of just losing the ball, many people may not have heard his shout at all...
Catalan United head coach Vicente also had a solemn expression on the sidelines.
He didn't expect the Madrid Pirates' high-position press to be so aggressive.
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"Okay, the game continues!"
Following the referee's whistle, Lima turned the football and passed it backwards.
He is already very proficient in doing this action - can he not be proficient in it?
He has kicked off the ball three times in this game so far!
Only twenty minutes!
Lima feels like he takes more kicks than he takes shots...
He was right - he had only one shot so far, the high shot, but he kicked off the ball three times.
After this kick-off, just like before, the Madrid Pirates continued to press forward.
However, this time Catalan United did not wait for the Madrid Pirates players to rush forward. Rosas directly passed the ball diagonally to Kabangka on the right. This time, Catalan United also changed the kick-off.
Strategy.
Cabangkara went to the junction of the right line and the center line, crossed the center line at the moment of the whistle, and inserted behind the Madrid Pirates defense.
It was he whom Rosas was looking for.
Kabangka received the ball on the sideline and faced Ion.
Taking advantage of his opportunity to stop the ball and adjust, Ion followed up.
Kabangka made a breakthrough and did not pass the ball immediately. As a result, Tonini chased him again, forming a double defense.
Obviously, the Madrid Pirates' high-position pressing is not just high-position pressing, they also press in the low-position.
Wherever there are Catalan United players, there will be Madrid Pirates players.
Seeing them running so hard and aggressively, it's hard to imagine that this is a defending team.
Their fighting spirit is like that of teams that haven’t won a championship yet…
They say it is difficult to defend a title.
What's the difficulty?
The problem is that the players have no fighting spirit!
They have already won the championship, why should they fight for an honor they have already won?
After all, working hard is not as simple as shouting a few slogans.
It really takes physical effort and sweat.
We must continue to train hard in training, maintain high morale at all times in competitions, and then persist in this way for another year.
A championship team must sacrifice a lot of things in normal times. Everyone must work together as a team and strive for the same goal. No one can be selfish, and no one can fall behind.
This is very difficult for one person to do, let alone twenty or thirty people.
But look at the performance of these Pirates players, they all did it.
Looking at the way they run hard and press hard, people who don't know better think that this is a grassroots team that can only fight for their lives against the giants Catalonia United...
But in fact, their strength is no less than that of Catalonia United!
How terrifying would it be for a lion to try its best no matter what kind of prey it faces?
Kabangka finally chose to pass the football out. Rosas, who came up to receive the ball, stopped slightly when he stopped the ball, and the ball was almost intercepted by Joaquin Vela.
Fortunately, his skills were better and he could barely control the football, but he also changed from facing the direction of the attack to facing away, which made it difficult for him to organize an offense.
In order not to lose the ball, he decisively returned the pass this time.
Catalonia originally wanted to launch a quick attack after the kick-off to break through the Madrid Pirates' defense.
As a result, he was forced back by the Madrid Pirates players.
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Catalan United finally broke through the siege of the Madrid Pirates in the midfield and hit the football outside the penalty area.
Before Joaquín Vela pounced on him, Kabangca quickly stabbed the football to Rosas next to him, and then he dodged past Vela.
At the same time, Rosas quickly passed the football to him, and the two played a one-on-one.
Joaquin Vela turned around to chase back, but Danny Drew stepped forward to block it.
Facing the front and rear defenses, Kabangka did not stop the ball, but suddenly used a cold arrow and directly took a long shot!
This time he finally penetrated the Madrid Pirates' back line and hit the goal frame!
But Hewell flew sideways and flew out!
"Haywell! Beautiful save! Although he has not been threatened much since the beginning! But this save still shows his excellent competitive state! I believe this save will definitely give Madrid Pirates fans more confidence!"
Haywell, who made the save, did not complain about his teammates giving Kabangka a chance to kick. After all, Kabangka's shot was really sudden. Everyone thought he was going to stop the ball, but he shot directly.
Already.
Hywell just raised his arms and cheered for his performance.
Although Kabangka did not score a goal after completing the shot, he shouted to his teammates: "Cheer up! We still have a chance!"
He tried to wake up his sleeping teammates with his shot.
"Kabonca is in really good shape this season. After adapting and adapting last season, he has become a well-deserved leading figure in Catalonia this season, with 24 goals in the league and 17 assists in the Champions League.
Eight goals and three assists so far. He is the biggest contributor to Catalonia's ability to fight to the end with Madrid Pirates in both the league and the Champions League! But it's a pity that such an outstanding person met an even better Hu...
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The TV broadcast replayed Kabangka's shot just now.
He shot directly without stopping the ball, and there was no warning beforehand. Everyone thought that Kabangka was going to stop after all.
Outside the penalty area, without any charge adjustment, a direct shot can still produce such power, which shows how high the quality of Kabangka's shot is.
If Hewell hadn't been so focused and performed so well, the goal might have actually been scored...
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"Although Kabangca threatened Madrid Pirates' goal with a long shot, Catalonia's situation did not improve. Madrid Pirates' high pressure and pressing did not change, and Catalonia still played very hard."
"...The game has only started for more than 20 minutes. There is definitely no physical problem on the Madrid Pirates side. They have enough physical strength to support the team in doing this. Therefore, it is normal for Catalan United to be suppressed by the Madrid Pirates.
Already."
"What Catalonia should do now is be patient and take advantage of them.
The powerful ball control advantage fully mobilizes the Pirates players and increases their physical consumption."
"Catail United should appropriately shrink its defense, slow down the pace, and play simpler. We should survive this period first..."
In the commentary box, commentators from all over the world are expressing their opinions on the current game and giving suggestions to Catalonia United.
Catalan United is currently two goals behind. They also hope that Catalan United can cheer up and at least get one goal back to make the game more exciting. Except for the Chinese commentators, He Feng and Yan Kang do not want this.
It was an exciting game and they just wanted Madrid Pirates to win.
Judging from the scene, Catalonia is indeed at a disadvantage, and their passing and control advantage cannot be reflected in the face of Madrid Pirates' high pressure.
In turn, the Madrid Pirates can press high, pass and control, and can also counterattack quickly from both wings.
In the 25th minute, under the high pressure of Madrid Pirates players, Catalonia United made a passing error.
When Campuzano passed the ball forward to Salado in the midfield, Irazusta predicted the position and intercepted the ball before Salado.
Then Irazusta handed the football to Kamara and stepped in without the ball.
His forward movement attracted Catalan United left back Nunez Pereira, causing the opponent to hesitate for a moment, not knowing whether to defend Camara or the advancing Irazusta.
Fortunately, Rosas came over quickly to help him out - while running towards Camara, he waved Pereira to follow Irazusta.
Facing the thirty-five-year-old Rosas, Kamara was not polite at all. He immediately accelerated and overtook from the outside.
After Rosas pounced on him, he suddenly used the heel of his right foot to knock the football inward from behind, then stopped and changed direction!
Rosas also turned.
As soon as Kamara caught up with the football, he used the outside instep of his right foot to move the football to the outside in a very discreet way, and then stopped and changed direction again!
This time Rosas failed to follow.
It is indeed difficult for his knees to support him in continuous changes of direction while running at high speed...
His foot slipped and he fell to the ground.
Camara, on the other hand, dribbled the ball towards the Catalan United penalty area with rapid strides.
Pereira, the Catalan United left back who had retreated earlier, no longer had to guard against Irazusta at this time. He dropped the Madrid Pirates right back and pounced on Camara.
Then Kamara passed the football to Irazusta on the sidelines with the outside of his instep.
After the latter caught the ball, he went diagonally to the bottom!
Pereira turned around again and gave chase.
At the same time, Catalan United center back Joel Jimenez in the penalty area also ran to block Irazusta.
Hu Lai in the penalty area was rushing towards the goal. When he saw this scene, he immediately braked and then retreated.
The distance between himself and Paul Fortune was immediately widened.
At this moment, Irazusta passed the ball!
A ground ball inverted triangle!
The football rolled between Jimenez and Pereira who was returning to defense, and rolled towards Hulay who opened up the angle and space!
"Opportunity! Hu Lai!"
It was too late for Fortune to pounce on Hu Lai. He could only turn around and watch Hu Lai swing his right leg to meet the ball!
Direct shot!
He tried to raise his leg to block the ball, but the ball was a million miles away from him. The ball was not shot hard toward the near corner, nor was it hit in the middle.
Hu Lai's footwork for shooting was a bit strange. It looked like a shot, but the trajectory of the ball looked like a cross...
Draw an arc in the air, go straight to the goal and hit the top corner!
Even though Catalonia goalkeeper Toney Schulman was in the air and made a very smooth save, there was nothing he could do about the ball.
The football flew high and was not very fast. Under everyone's gaze, it fell from the lower edge of the crossbar... into the goal!
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PS, they really deserve to be the group of death!
The second half of the last two games of this game was so good!
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script!
Although Costa Rica was eliminated, they have won the respect of the world - in fact, I still hope that they can defeat Germany and qualify with the Japanese team.
Based on Spain's performance, they really don't deserve to advance.
As for the German team, it is their own fault. Modern football is changing at any time and at any time. The pass control back then could help them win the world championship, but it could not save the decline of forward weakness.
In the final analysis, football requires goals, and a forward who can score goals is still very important!
I am very happy that the German team can be eliminated. Now they can use practical actions to boycott the Qatar World Cup. If you ask for mercy, you will get mercy, and if you ask for hammer, you will get hammer. Perfect!
The Japanese team, the Japanese team is a team that makes me feel very complicated. On the one hand, their success makes me so sad, but on the other hand, their performance is indeed worthy of promotion.
It’s really a plot like a hot-blooded comic...
In the death group, I killed the two most powerful opponents... The real "I am fighting the elites!"
Let’s talk about today’s four games.
Portugal has already qualified for the group stage and will definitely rotate their lineup, so it’s hard to say how much they can do against South Korea. Although there is a grudge from 20 years ago, there is no need to fight with the South Korean team just to avenge that grudge.
What if another player gets injured? You know, kicking with a stick is very dirty.
So I think South Korea should be able to beat Portugal with one goal this time.
In the match between Ghana and Uruguay, Uruguay is showing its old age. As long as Ghana can win, they can qualify. They will try their best to defeat Uruguay. I am optimistic that Ghana will beat Uruguay with two goals.
Cameroon and Brazil are also qualifying from the group and need to rotate their lineup. But Brazil's lineup is too strong, no matter how strong the rotation is, the strength is still there. I think Brazil can beat Cameroon with two goals.
Serbia played against Switzerland in the last game. I think the two teams tied
