When Farias made a diagonal cut from the penalty area on the left wing, turning Catalonia's defense into a mess, the Madrid Pirates' starting right winger, Wesley Hodt, who can also play center forward, went straight to the goal.
In front of Catalonia United's goal.
But Hu Lai, who was supposed to be there, stepped back...
No one noticed his movement. After all, he retreated from the spotlight in the center of the stage into the darkness outside the light column.
Everyone - whether they are Catalan United players, Madrid Pirates players, or the audience, referees, coaches... their eyes are focused on the right side of the Catalan United penalty area and the left side of the Madrid Pirates attack.
road.
As for the fans watching the live TV broadcast, their sight is limited by the broadcast perspective, and they have no idea what is happening outside the broadcast camera.
Everyone watched Farias darting around on the wing, passing one after another, and the cheers became louder and louder.
And with Farias' breakthrough, everyone's attention also shifted to the door.
At this time, some fans in the stands finally noticed Hu Lai.
They shouted: "Pass the ball! Pass it to Hu!"
It's just that in the blink of an eye, their reminders have no effect at all.
Farias's perspective became narrower and narrower, and all he could see was the goal.
After getting past the double-team of Kabangka and Paul Fortune, he opened the angle and shot directly!
The shot with such an obvious intention and a small angle was easily saved by Catalonia's main goalkeeper Toney Schulman...
"oops!
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When Farias' shot was saved, countless Madrid Pirates fans shouted in regret.
And those fans who just reminded Farias to pass the ball even cursed him with curses - I told you to pass the ball, but you didn't! Wouldn't you have scored earlier if you had passed the ball earlier?!
But before these people could finish their swear words and sighs, they saw Hu Lai appear in front of the door and hit the flying football with a lion's head!
The ball flew into the goal as they watched...
“HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
!”
Sanchez raised his arms and shouted.
“GOL!GOL!GOL!GOL!GOL!GOL!GOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOL!
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"It's nonsense! It's nonsense! Good goal! A crucial follow-up shot! He made Farias' previous series of breakthroughs meaningful!" He Feng shouted excitedly, "Fifty-seventh minute of the game, 1:3!
There are still two goals left! There is still a chance, there is still a chance! Don’t give up! Madrid Pirates! Don’t give up!”
In the first half, the thought in his heart was still vague and indistinct. But now it seems to have taken some shape...
As if echoing him, Hu Lai did not run to celebrate after scoring, but rushed straight into the goal. Before Catalan United goalkeeper Schulman could react, he picked up the football, turned around and headed towards the goal.
Run in the middle circle.
And his teammates just rushed up to give him a high-five and then ran back with him.
The Pirates fans in the stands waved their arms desperately, cheered and roared as hard as they could.
On the sidelines, in front of the Madrid Pirates coaching bench, the excited coaches rushed to the sidelines to hug, and then applauded and punched the players on the court.
Their excitement was in sharp contrast to the calmness of Parotti, the head coach.
Parotti, like countless times before, remained calm when the team only scored a goal.
It makes it impossible to see his true inner thoughts.
Are you happy for this goal? Or are you confident that this is just the beginning?
On the coaching bench next door, Catalan United head coach Reilly Vicente also had a calm expression, and it seemed that he was not surprised by the conceded goal.
It doesn't seem like it, it is at all.
Riley Vicente was indeed prepared to concede the ball, and he was mentally prepared to concede more than one goal.
So even though he conceded the goal only twelve minutes into the second half, it didn't shake his mind.
After all, in his initial plan, Madrid Pirates would equalize the score in the first half.
Now it was delayed until the second half to concede the goal, which was much better than he expected.
He even covered his mouth, tilted his head sideways and said to the people around him: "Look, what did I say? They have the ability to score goals, and they will definitely score goals."
The assistant coach next to him, Steyn van Hoyinzen, nodded in agreement: "Our players have known about it for a long time, so you can see that they are not really panicking."
Vicente nodded slightly and looked up at the game time on the big screen.
The game ended in the 57th minute, and there were still 33 minutes left before the end of the 90-minute game. If injury time is included, the remaining time might be about 40 minutes.
These forty minutes are an opportunity for Madrid Pirates, but conversely, they are also an opportunity for Catalonia United.
We have already scored a goal at their home court, can't we score another goal?
The Madrid Pirates scored and we also scored, so aren’t we still two goals ahead of them?
Catalan United head coach Reilly Vicente is as solid as a rock from the bottom of his heart.
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After Hu Lai put the football back in the center circle, the game started again soon.
Getting a goal back is a great encouragement to Pirates fans.
As the referee blew his whistle, they cheered.
Then, whether it was boos or cheers, the momentum was stronger than before.
Pirates fans really see hope.
Completely different from the frustration and despair of the first half.
If this goal had been scored with twelve minutes left before the end of the game, they might not even be able to laugh.
But now there are still forty minutes, why can’t we do it?
They cheered and cheered, and the song appeared above the stadium.
“The united! people! will never! be! defeated!
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"Get up! Sing! We go to victory!"
"
"The flag of unity is already moving forward!"
"You come too and march with us!"
"You will see singing and flags flying!
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“The united! people! will never! be! defeated!
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This song is no stranger to the players of Madrid Pirates, it has almost become familiar to them.
But perhaps because it is too familiar, this song has completely become background music that can be automatically ignored. Many times, players do not seriously think about the specific meaning of the lyrics. Just like those fan songs of other teams,
Nothing different.
Anyway, as long as the fans sing this kind of song, it means that they have demands on the team and hope that the players will get rid of their previous situation and cheer up.
But in fact, when they listen carefully to the songs of Pirates fans and understand the meaning of the lyrics, they will know that the songs of Pirates fans are different, and they are not just playing for the team.
Just cheering...
Now I don’t know how many people can still appreciate the fans’ singing seriously, and how many people just regard it as ordinary background music.
Anyway, on the surface, as the fans sang, the Madrid Pirates players continued to attack the Catalan United goal.
They must take advantage of the momentum they just scored to try to score another goal in a short period of time.
If the score can be rewritten to 2:3 in five or ten minutes, the possibility of creating a miracle will greatly increase.
Anyway, if they fail to score again, as the game time goes by, the Pirates, who are eager to equalize the score, are likely to be widened by Catalonia United again.
Didn't you see that now they are shrinking their defense and trying to counterattack?
Everyone knows that this fierce offensive of the Madrid Pirates will not last long.
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Farias was still asking for the ball from his teammates, but this time, Yin Weng Martinez, who took the ball, did not pass the ball to him. Instead, he used his presence to deceive the defensive player, and then cut inside and kicked off directly.
Shot.
As a result, the shot went high...
Seeing the football higher than the crossbar, Farias didn't seem very happy and spread his hands to Yin Weng Martinez: Why didn't you pass the football to me?
Yin Weng snorted coldly, turned around and ran back, and at the same time shouted to Farias: "Return to defense!"
Of course he knew that Farias was looking for the ball from him, but he only passed the ball when he was out of his mind...
Your kid is surrounded by Catalan United players, and I pass the ball to you? Then let the football fall into the black hole with your kid?
The correct approach is of course to take advantage of Farias' opportunity to attract the opponent's defensive attention and cut inside to create a murderous opportunity.
Although his last long-range shot didn't go in, there was no problem with his thinking.
Only a kid like Farias, who takes it for granted that others serve him, would raise his hands to question Yin Weng's choice.
Moreover, although this kid's breakthrough on the wing just now was beautiful, his final choice was very brainless.
If Hu's sense of smell in front of the goal wasn't the best in the world, I'm afraid that the final outcome of that attack would have been wasted by Farias, just like the opportunities he wasted before.
Judging from his behavior just now when I didn't pass the ball to him, he obviously didn't reflect on his own problem.
This bastard, no matter how outstanding his personal abilities are, he will never achieve anything!